Changelog/2021/January 15

Hello,
A shocking discovery in the SkyBlock universe today, the Deep Caverns are in fact deeper than we thought!
Yes, the Dwarven Mines are the 7th layer of the mining island!
==Dwarven Mines==
The Lift Operator made a new friend! Rhys is a dwarf and he will grant you access to the Dwarven Mines. You can find him in the Obsidian Sanctuary (mining lvl 12 required).
Dwarves were once a great people, at least according to them. They built a great city down in the cavern, filled with shops and various eccentric and borderline cretin inhabitants, who may require your help in various ways.
This very vast layer is filled with Dwarves and Goblins, but most importantly: Mithril!
The rare mineral is much harder to break and can be found in various forms. The center of each vein is pure and rewards more ores. Mithril is known to drive dwarves insane and is useful in various crafts.
The Mithril Collection introduces many new items, including the new Mithril Minion.
Among other rewards, Beacons are now officially introduced in SkyBlock.
On top of granting island perks, Beacons also buff the speed of all minions within range and grant stats for all players on the profile, anywhere in SkyBlock. Choose wisely!
The current beacons, which were acquired in various suspicious ways, will lose their effects but will remain collector items.
==Heart of the Mountain==
Once being granted access to the Dwarven Mines, Rhys gives you the Heart of the Mountain
While in the mines, this menu is available from the SkyBlock Menu, otherwise it can be found in your Mining Skill Menu.
The HotM currently has Levels and each levels gives you Tokens of the Mountain, those are essentially skill points that you can spend in the skill tree.
Some skills can be leveled up using Mithril Powder, obtained through various ways on the island, but mostly from mining Mithril.
If you don't like your current setup you can always reset your HotM and get all your Tokens and Powders back, for a price!
Skills and Perks from the Heart of the Mountain affects your mining abilities across all of SkyBlock!
==Commissions==
The King and his council
Upon meeting the King in the Royal Palace, Commissions are unlocked. Completing commissions grants experience for your Heart of the Mountain, Mining Skill, and earns you Mithril Powder. The first commissions you complete every day will give a better reward.
As you do more Commissions, you'll unlock Emissaries around the map, Scrolls, and other rewards! Don't forget to return to the King or his Emissaries to claim rewards and start new Commissions. You can always press Tab to check your current Commissions progress.
==The Forge==
Leveling up your Heart of the Mountain unlocks The Forge and new Forge options.
Forging is an art that takes time, and our resident Forger will sometimes take hours or days to finish your items. You start with Forge slots and can get up to .
==Changes to Mining==
Mining is now completely custom in SkyBlock and we took this opportunity to do some balancing.
*Pickaxes are now stronger than in Vanilla, but and will give less . In most instances, this should not change anything for players, but it will make scaling more linear.
*The Mineral Armor stays the same, but won't work on ores that require a high breaking power, like Mithril and Titanium.
* now goes up to level .
*Officially created a stat for all perks granting chances of double drops: - - .
* and the various Fortunes are now stats and can be seen in your stats menu.
*Mining End Stone will only give EXP instead of , but worry not! There are many ways to get EXP on the new island and more to come!
*The Cole Mayor perks will only reward EXP from now on. It's a sad day.
===A note on future updates===
Before we move on to new islands, there are still many things we want to do regarding the Dwarven Mines. Among other things, we plan on releasing new quests, events, achievements, "Dwarven Caves", and many more features. You can consider it a part 2 of this update.
Part of our 2021 resolution as a team is to be more structured with our content releases. With more and more people working on SkyBlock, it might take a few months but you can expect our production to improve. We will offer more information about releases ahead of time and we will potentially also start giving release dates ahead of times. However, please yell at us if we have to delay releases!
==Credits==
*@aPunch - Heart of the Mountain / Starfalls / Too many things
*@Relenter - Mining Tech / The Forge / Mobs / Items
*@TheMGRF & @TheBirmanator - Mithril Collection items and NPCs
*@william - Pets and NPCs
*@_onah - Random Events and NPCs
*@Minikloon - Events
*@Dctr - Commissions / Mobs
*@LadyBleu - Skins and Head Arts
*@Sylent, @Bloozing, HPC and Bugs Team - Testing/QA
*@ShinkoNet - Event Music
*@sfarnham, @xHascox, @Donpireso and I - Game Design Team / Production
*@Vinny8Ball, @DistrictGecko, @Cecer, @fudgiethewhale, @Dueces, @Cheesey, @BlocksKey, @falloutowns, @Plummel, @DEADORKAI, @AdamWho, @carstairs95,
*@mistresseldrid - Dwarven Mines
Remember that this list is not exhaustive. Developers on this list are often working on other projects.
Thanks for reading!