v8.1.2 Patch Notes

Summary: Pet Fusion, Inventory Improvements, Player Statuses, and Bug Fixes.

Dashboard & Inventory

• Dashboard now has a dedicated inventory shortcut in the top header
• Inventory now combines Items, Gear, and Skills into one clean area
• You can now upgrade your inventory to 24 slots
• Inventory now has category filters to sort/view items better
• Gear equipping flow has been improved from the inventory

Pets

• Pets now have affinities that give +2% to certain bonuses
• Pet bonuses now include Monster Loot, which increases monster battle coin and XP rewards
• Pet bonuses now include Chalice Boost, which increases the strength of active guild chalice effects
• Added Fusion Catalyst, which lets you fuse 3 pets of the same rarity into a new pet with better odds for higher-tier bonuses
• You can now pin pets to the top of your collection
• Pet collection can now be sorted by level, rarity, species, and acquired date
• Active pet info now shows evolution, affinity, and acquired date
• Various pet bonus ranges have been balanced
• Tier Lock cost has increased from 10 pet tokens to 12 pet tokens

Quests

• Added a new Beastmaster Mia quest: Fusion Initiate
• Requires Lv. 45 and completion of Evolution Warden
• Complete 1 pet fusion after accepting the quest

Profile

• You can now set a short public profile status
• Added player reporting for inappropriate text, suspected cheating, and other issues
• Friends list has moved to the Profile area
• Added a setting to hide player statuses for yourself and other profiles

Achievements

• Added First Fusion for completing 1 pet fusion
• Added Fusion Apprentice for completing 5 pet fusions
• Added Fusion Master for completing 15 pet fusions

Leaderboard

• Friends tab has moved to Profile
• Seasonal tab has been added as a placeholder for future ranked events
• XP Fairplay scaling has been adjusted to better support high-volume players

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Speed Walk guild quests expiring at midnight UTC instead of 24 hours after acceptance
• Fixed a Beastmaster quest showing incorrect secondary progress text
• Fixed weekly leaderboard reset issues where prior week data could appear
• Fixed cancel guild quest using the wrong function
• Fixed achievements not loading locally from cloud saves in some cases
• Fixed announcement board reactions sometimes not loading
• Fixed old no-friends text referencing only the Top 50 leaderboard

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-Gaurav