Flesh and Blood

January 2002 - Announcements Page
== Game Changes ==
* 400 Cottages, 90 Villas and 10 Mansions added to the world.
* Settlement Portals added for housing introduced during the The First Strike update.
* The treasure system is now able to generate "cantrips" on certain high-level armor and weapons. See the Letter to the Players for details.
* The treasure system is now able to generate additional spells on certain high-level jewelry. See the Letter to the Players for details.
* Low-level monsters such as Drudge Slinkers, Drudge Skulkers, Mosswart Young, Creeper Mosswarts, Old Bones, Young Banderlings, Gnawer Shreths, and Mite Snippets no longer attack players unless they are attacked first.
* Other changes:
** Villas now have 70 hooks, 50 of which are useable.
** Improved artwork for Empyrean Stone Heads.
** New icon for .
== New Quests ==
* Elysa's Favor Quest
== New NPCs ==
* Dame Tsaya
* Ostentatious Farmer
* Reformed Bandit
* Sir Rylanan
* Sir Tenshin
* Stranger in Town
== New Locations ==
* Farmer's Basement
* Hall of Hollows
* 42.8N, 29.5E - Reformed Bandit's House
== Updated Locations ==
Updated as part of the Elysa's Favor Quest
* Asuger Temple - Creatures updated, Level 5+ restriction changed to 20+
* Darkened Halls - Creatures updated, now has a 20+ level restriction
* Fort Witshire - Creatures updated, Lifestone removed, now barricaded
* Witshire Dungeon - Creatures updated and can now be accessed via Underground Passages (20+) in the three mainland starter towns.
== New Items ==
== Updated Items ==
== New Emotes ==
* Pointing Up (points up, pointsup, pointing up, pointingup, point up state, pointupstate).
* Point Up (point up, pointup).
* Pointing Down (points down, pointsdown, pointing down, pointingdown, point down state, pointdownstate).
* Point Down (point down, pointdown).
* Reading (read, read something, readsomething, read a book, readabook).
* Offering someone a seat (have a seat, haveaseat, offer seat, offerseat).
* Offer someone a seat (musical chair, musicalchair).
* Knock knock knock (knock).
* Scan the Horizon (scan horizon, scanhorizon, scan, lookout, peer).
* Drudge Dance Step (dance step, dancestep).
* Sit and think (thinker)
== New Creatures ==
== Updated Creatures ==
* Dark Myrmidon - Spawns improved (drops the Osseous Mace).
* Knathtead - Can now be found in game again.
* Olthoi Eviscerators - Now inflict acid, blade and pierce damage.
== New Dialog ==
;Town Crier
;Ulgrim the Unpleasant
No new dialog this month.
== Related Articles ==
* Teaser
* Nexus Armor on Darktide
* Rollout Article
* Release Notes
* Letter to the Players
* State of the Code
== Media ==
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