Hello!
Today we are releasing a massive content update for SkyWars. Here is the TLDR:
- "New" Mode: Mini SkyWars
- 8 New Maps
- New & Revamped Prestiges
- Selectable Prestiges
- Kit Prestiging
- Challenge Milestones
- Revamped Prestige Icons
- Angel's Descent Extension
- Original Perk System For Insane Mode
- Mode Playlist Changes
- QoL Changes
- Balancing
- Bug Fixes
► Mini SkyWars
All of the original Ranked SkyWars Kits are back (untouched!), along with old maps and new ones. There are some additional changes that were made to "modernize" the mode, but we tried to keep it as true to the original where possible:
- Removed all perks
- Juggernaut is now a Global Perk
- Kit-specific perks are now apart of their Kits by default (no purchase necessary!)
- Removed hunger
- Ender Pearls no longer damage you
- Ores now instantly smelt when mining them
- Doubled the blocks found in starter island chests
- Removed the Default Kit, making Champion the new Kit that's selected by default
► New Regular SkyWars Maps
➥ Arkose
➥ Causeway
➥ Checkered Manor
➥ Citadel
➥ Forest
➥ Honeycomb
➥ Railwork
➥ Teatime
► Prestige Schemes
➥ New Prestiges
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► Kit Prestiging
Here are the tiers and their rewards:
- Tier I (1,000 XP): +50,000 Coins & White Movement Trail
- Tier II (2,500 XP): +100,000 Coins & Green Movement Trail
- Tier III (5,000 XP): +250,000 Coins & Blue Movement Trail
- Tier IV (10,000 XP): +1 Opal & Dark Purple Movement Trail
- Tier V (25,000 XP): +1 Opal & Gold Movement Trail
- Tier VI (50,000 XP): +1 Opal & Light Purple Movement Trail
- Tier VII (75,000 XP): +1 Opal, Rainbow Movement Trail, New Prestige Scheme!
Progress towards this system is retroactive, meaning that wins and kills you've earned with each Kit in the past will progress towards its prestige. If you've not gotten your XP yet upon logging in, don't fret! We'll be sending out the XP a couple of hours after the update initially drops.
► Prestige Icon Revamp
We've revamped the entirety of the old Prestige Icon system to bring it more in line with the Emblem system we have been slowly introducing across the network. Our goal is to make players care more about their Prestige Icons by making them more meaningful and difficult to obtain.
- Default
✯: No Requirement - Carrots For Eyes
^_^: Reach SkyWars Level 50 - Formerly Known
@_@: Reach SkyWars Level 100 - Reflex Angle Eyebrows
δvδ: Reach SkyWars Level 150 - Two Tired
zz_zz: Reach SkyWars Level 200 - Slime
■·■: Reach SkyWars Level 250 - Same Great Taste
ಠ_ಠ: Reach SkyWars Level 300 - Misaligned
o...0: Reach SkyWars Level 350 - Converge On Tongue
>u<: Reach SkyWars Level 400 - No Evil
v-v: Reach SkyWars Level 450 - Three Fourths Jam
༼つ◕_◕༽つ: Reach SkyWars Level 500 - Alpha
α: Unlock 55 Challenge Achievements - Omega
Ω: Unlock 65 tiers of Tiered Achievements - Rich
$: Unlock 225 cosmetics - Podium
π: Reach 50,000 wins across all modes. - Fallen Crest
☬: Reaching Angel of Death XII - Null
∅: Purchased in the Tournament Hall (replaces Favor of the Angel icon) - Sigma
Σ: Purchased in the Angel's Descent (replaces the old Omega Icon) - Delta
δ: Purchased in the Angel's Descent - Florin
ƒ: Own every other Emblem
Prestige Icons can now also be more easily equipped in the cosmetics menu, rather than being buried in the leveling menu!
► Angel's Descent Changes
➥ New Rewards
We've added 16 new rewards for you to collect along the Angel's Descent! There are many cool new Dragon-themed cosmetics, a new Kit, a 7th perk slot, and much more! These will become some of the most coveted rewards in the game, but they are also some of the most expensive!
NON-COSMETIC REWARDS
- Distillery Discount I-III (Permanent Upgrade)
- Potions in the Angel's Brewery cost 5/10/15% less Coins
- Costs 3/3/3 Opals
- Chilled Quiver I-V (Perk Upgrade)
- Upgrades Frost Perk
- Bow crits have a +2/4/6/8/10% chance to inflict 3s of Slowness I
- Costs 2/2/2/2/2 Opals
- Opalsmith (Permanent Upgrade)
- Opals cost only 1,250 Souls to forge
- Costs 7 Opals
- Double-Edged Sword (New Perk)
- Your first 3 sword kills put a Sharpness level on your sword but reduce your Max Hearts by 2
- Costs 9 Opals
- Quest Master's Best Friend I-IV (Permanent Upgrade)
- Quests reward +5/10/15/20% Coins and Tokens
- Costs 3/3/3/3 Opals
- Dragon's Pledge (New Perk)
- An Ender Pearl replaces the loot in one of your island chests. You start with only 7 Max Hearts
- Costs 10 Opals
- Kill XP Boost (Permanent Upgrade)
- Kills and Assists give an additional +1 SkyWars XP
- Costs 10 Opals
- 7th Perk Slot (Permanent Upgrade)
- Unlocks a 7th Perk Slot for usage
- Costs 20 Opals
- Fallen Angel Kit (New Kit)
- NORMAL MODE - Sharpness VII Diamond Hoe
- INSANE MODE - Sharpness IX Diamond Hoe
- Costs 25 Opals
- Dual Dragon Balloon
- Two Dragon-themed Balloons!
- Costs 12 Opals
- Eponymous Dragon Death Cry
- Plays the Dragon Death sound when you die
- Costs 12 Opals
- Descent Dragon Projectile Trail
- Like the Double Dragon Projectile Trail, but changes color based on your Prestige
- Costs 12 Opals
- Delta Prestige Icon
- Icon: δ
- Costs 14 Opals
- Double Dragon's Descent Victory Dance
- Two Dragons break through the ground below you, flinging you up in the air, then dying
- Costs 16 Opals
- Kit Prestige Cloak
- Lobby Cloak that displays the number of maxed Kit Prestiges you have
- Costs 18 Opals
- Demigod Prestige Scheme
- Only Prestige Scheme with curly brackets instead of regular brackets
- Costs 20 Opals
➥ Other Descent Changes
- Revamped all of the descriptions within the menu so they are more clear and easy to read
- Swapped out the Omega Prestige Icon for a Sigma Prestige Icon
- The Omega Prestige Icon is now earned through completing every Tiered Achievement, like in other games
- Meticulous Miner now gives +10/20/30/40/50% chance for double drops instead of triple drops
- Replaced Fireproof with Steel Quiver, which upgrades Blazing Arrows at +2% per level
- This is because the Nourishment perk has been removed as hunger is no longer a mechanic in SkyWars
- Replaced Smarty Pants with Big Brain, which upgrades the Knowledge perk by +2 EXP levels
- Replaced Telekinesis with Adrenaline, which upgrades Speed Boost giving Speed I for 7s on game start
- Telekinesis' old effect is now default for all players
- Fixed the Vaporized Kill Effect not working when you were Level 55+
- Added a message for when you first unlock the Angel's Descent
- 'The Angel's Journey' achievement now requires unlocking the Archaeologist Kit
- It has also been renamed to 'Digging Through The Descent'
- Added a new achievement 'Blasphemous' for unlocking the Fallen Angel Kit (worth 25 AP)
► Challenge Milestones
We previously promised that Ranked SkyWars cosmetics would be returning in one way or another, and challenge milestones are how that's happening! In order to progress, you need to complete every challenge a minimum number of times.
There are 14 milestones, and each rewards one of the original Ranked SkyWars cosmetics. The cosmetics from higher divisions are at the later milestones, with the last reward being earned after you complete every SkyWars challenge 50 times! The milestone menu can be accessed in the pre-game lobby or in the queueing NPCs in the SkyWars lobby.
► Mode Playlist Changes
➥ Mega SkyWars Doubles
We have swapped Mega SkyWars out for Mega SkyWars Doubles. Rather than only queueing on the weekends, we are keeping the mode open throughout the entire week.➥ Insane SkyWars Doubles
Insane Doubles has consistently been our core mode with the slowest queues. Since Mega Doubles is close to what Insane Doubles provides, we have decided to stick with just having Mega Doubles in an effort to improve queue times.► Other Changes
➥ Insane SkyWars Perk Changes
We have removed the Perk Slots system from Insane SkyWars. Now, all perks you have purchased for Insane SkyWars will be enabled simultaneously. Our hope is that this will help keep Insane as a more distinct mode from Normal, without alienating newer players. If there are some perks you don't want enabled you can easily disable them within this menu as well.➥ Progression Changes
- Halved the amount of SkyWars XP needed for each level
- Prestiges are now earned every 10 levels instead of 5
- Kills now give 2 SkyWars XP instead of 1
- Assists now give 1 SkyWars XP
- Revamped the levelling menu so that you can see all levels and rewards
- Content Requirement Changes
- Angel's Descent now unlocks at SkyWars Level 15
- Angel's Brewery now unlocks at SkyWars Level 25
➥ Fallen Forge
We've added a brand new area over to the right side of the lobby, the Fallen Forge! We wanted to make earning Opals more exciting, so now you get to see them forged with a cool animation! In the related menu you can also view how many Souls you need until your next Opal, along with other information on what Opals can be spent on.
➥ Kit Menu Changes
Shop Menu ChangesThe Kits & Perks menu in the Shop has been revamped, both to make space for Mini SkyWars but also to clean it up a little. It's worth noting that Mythical Kits have been moved into the Kit menus for Normal and Insane respectively (purchasing them for one mode still unlocks it in the other).
Sorting Button & Favoriting
We have added sorting to the Kit Selection menu. There are sorts for A-Z, Z-A, highest rarity first, lowest rarity first, and a toggle for owned Kits first. You are also now able to "favorite" a Kit by toggling it as such in a Kit's breakdown menu. Your favorited Kits will always show up first in the Kit Selection menu regardless of the sort.
Lobby Kit Selection Changes
You are now able to select a Kit from the lobby by left-clicking it in the Kit Selection menu if you have it unlocked. Right-clicking will now bring you to the Kit Breakdown menu instead, where you can access your stats, kit prestige, the kit's layout editor, and the favorite toggle.
Pre Game Kit Selection Changes
The Kit Selection menu in the pre-game also gets the new sorting button, and now has support for multiple pages of Kits so the menu feels less cluttered. Also, you can now view your selected Perks and equip new ones if you wish from this menu.
➥ Perk Menu Changes
Perk Shop ChangePreviously the Perk Shop and perk selection were two entirely separate menus, which made it quite awkward to see all the perks at once if you didn't have some unlocked. We have merged these menus into one, making it exactly like most other shops on the network (like for cosmetics).
Revamped Descriptions
➥ Soul Well Changes
Soul ChangesThe cap on Souls has been removed and Souls from your Soul Well and your next Opal have been merged into one number. Note that if you somehow had more than 250 Souls in your Soul Well, we carried over at most 3,000 of them to this new system.
Rolling Improvements
Closing the Soul Well menu while it's still rolling for your rewards will now give you your rewards early. We have also un-bolded the reward chat messages so that they are a little less obnoxious to read.
Upgrade Changes
Harvesting Season used to upgrade the maximum number of Souls you could keep in your Soul Well. Since we have removed this cap, this upgrade has been revamped to give a % chance to earn x2 Souls on a kill or win, up to 10%. Besides that, we have also updated the descriptions for both upgrades for better consistency, and the menu no longer closes when you purchase an upgrade.
Soul Well Wheels Changes
The "Soul Well Settings" menu never housed anything other than just changing the # of Wheels that you would spin. Rather than having a whole new menu, you can now simply just left or right-click the button to change the # of Wheels you would like to spin at once.
Removal of Soul Harvesters
In order to keep Souls and Opals more distinct from Coins, the Soul Harvesters menu has been removed. To compensate for this change, we have made the Soul Well significantly cheaper to roll, now only costing 2 Souls per Wheel (maximum of 10 Souls to roll 5 Wheels).
Angel of Death & Head Collection
We've restructured a lot of our menus with this update to condense things and put them in places that make more sense. One of those changes is moving the Angel of Death and Head Collection into the Soul Well menu along with the other upgrades.
➥ Angel's Brewery Changes
Balancing- Ender Elixir: 20% → 15% chance to earn an Ender Pearl on void kill
- Level UP Energy: 30% → 50% chance to earn x2 Souls on wins
Gilded Tonic, Ender Elixir, Builder's Blend, and Robinhood's Concoction now all directly stack with perks rather than being a separate chance. This does not mean they will not work on their own, simply that it will directly buff a perk rather than acting entirely separate from perks. This was done to increase consistency and intuitiveness.
Revamped Descriptions
➥ Quest Overhaul
We have revamped all of the SkyWars quests in order to make them more rewarding and easier to understand.SkyWars Solo Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
SkyWars Doubles Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
Mini SkyWars Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
Mega SkyWars Kills (0/5)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
Lucky Block SkyWars Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
SkyWars Doubles Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
Mini SkyWars Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
Mega SkyWars Kills (0/5)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
Lucky Block SkyWars Wins (0/1)
+15 SkyWars XP
+1,500 Coins
+500 Tokens
SkyWars Wins (0/15)
+250 SkyWars XP
+25,000 Coins
+7,500 Tokens
SkyWars Kills (0/150)
+250 SkyWars XP
+25,000 Coins
+7,500 Tokens
+200 Souls
+250 SkyWars XP
+25,000 Coins
+7,500 Tokens
SkyWars Kills (0/150)
+250 SkyWars XP
+25,000 Coins
+7,500 Tokens
+200 Souls
Earn Opals (0/1)
+1 Opal
Note: In effect, this means the first Opal you earn each month gets doubled.
+1 Opal
Note: In effect, this means the first Opal you earn each month gets doubled.
➥ Head Changes
Removal as a CurrencyIn an effort to simplify the number of currencies we have in the game, we are removing any functional use for Heads outside of the XP that they give. Every Mythical Kit will now cost 1 Opal, and their price will no longer increase on subsequent purchases. The different Potions in the Angel's Brewery now have a SkyWars Level requirement instead of a minimum Heads requirement.
New Flavors
We have added 3 new flavors with this update: Ethereal (20 XP), Indescribable (25 XP), and Special (25 XP). The Ethereal and Indescribable flavors can be found by killing players with at least 50,000 and 100,000 kills in Corrupted games respectively. The Special flavor can be found by killing any player with [YOUTUBE] Rank.
Changes to Existing Flavors
The Sweet flavor (earned by killing any Staff member) has been buffed to give 25 XP rather than just 8 XP. We have also changed a few of the colors around for each of the flavors so that everything makes a little more sense.
Menu Changes
Change to Nicknamed Player Heads
If you kill a nicknamed player in a Corrupted game, the head that drops will have their nickname until they change it, at which point the head will show who the actual player was.
Soul Well
As mentioned earlier in the post, your Head Collection can now be found in the Soul Well along with the Angel of Death upgrade.
➥ Wall of Death Changes
We've entirely re-implemented the Wall of Death from the ground up as there were many issues with its previous functionality. It should now work properly across all modes, and the particles should be visible again.► QoL Changes
- Removed hunger from all modes
- To coincide with this change, we have removed the Nourishment perk as it would no longer be useful
- Added a warning when you have empty Perk Slots in Normal and Mega SkyWars
- This message can be toggled off in the new settings menu
- Removed XP and Coin nerf from playing Lucky Block SkyWars
- Made most cages 3x3 in Solo modes
- All Kits and Perks in Mega SkyWars are now maxed by default
- Added 6 default perks to Mega and 3 more default perks to Normal mode
- Retroactively granted another 4 SkyWars XP for every Ranked SkyWars win a player has
- Reduced the requirements for several Mega SkyWars Tiered Achievements
- The "Well deserved" Challenge Achievement now requires completing a Challenge Milestone
- This is to make it obtainable again
- The "Scientist" Challenge Achievement now only mentions Lucky Block SkyWars to reduce confusion
- The Ultimate Warrior Challenge in Insane Mode now gives you an Iron Sword instead of a Stone Sword
- Removed the Revenge perk
- You can no longer enable SkyWars Challenges while in a Party
► Balancing
➥ Kits
All Modes- End Lord: Removed x16 End Stone
- Frog: Added x16 Lily Pads
- Nether Lord: Removed x12 Nether Brick
- Thundermeister: Lowered Axe cooldown to 5s
- Hunter: x16 → x8 Arrows
- Nether Lord: Added Sharpness I to Fire Nugget
- Hunter: x24 → x16 Arrows
- Nether Lord: Added Sharpness II to Fire Nugget
- Pyromaniac: Renamed to Pyro (consistency change)
➥ Perks
Normal Mode- Mining Expertise: 100% → 50% for double ore drops
- Mining Expertise: 100% → 50% for double ore drops
- Marksmanship: 3 → 2 Kills (consistency change)
- Blazing Arrows: 10% → 15% (consistency change)
- Marksmanship: 3 → 2 Kills (consistency change)
➥ Chest Loot
Normal Mode- Island Chests: 10 → 6 Arrows (when a Bow spawns)
- Mid Chests: 32 → 16 Arrows (when no Bow spawns)
- Mid Chests: 16 → 8 Arrows (when a Bow spawns)
- Island Chests: 15 → 6 Arrows (when a Power I Bow spawns)
- Island Chests: 20 → 6 Arrows (when a Power III Bow spawns)
- Mid Chests: 64 → 16 Arrows (when no Bow spawns)
- Mid Chests: 16 → 8 Arrows (when a Bow spawns)
► Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the Golem Kit didn't show its obtaining method
- Fixed an issue where you could earn extra Coins by using the Random Kit in Lucky Block SkyWars
- Fixed Rookie Challenge not disabling Global Perks or Angel's Descent perks
- Fixed the message which shows which challenges you have active sometimes not showing at the start of a game
- Fixed the New Day. New Challenge Tiered Achievement not tracking at the end of games like other achievements
- Fixed kit chat messages still displaying even when you had the Rookie Challenge enabled
- Fixed getting bonus coins when selecting the Random Kit while having the Rookie Challenge enabled
- Fixed minor errors in the descriptions for the Enderchest and Archaeologist Kits
- Fixed the Head Collection not sorting collected heads by timestamp
- Fixed player nicknames not being adequately respected in the Head Collection menu
- Fixed inconsistent text wrapping on the "Head Info" menu element in the Head Collection menu
- Fixed the Wall of Death particles not showing unless you were less than a block away from it
- Fixed not being able to Shift Click armor from inventories when the Ultimate Warrior Challenge was enabled
- Fixed some potion brews not showing messages when their effects were applied
- Fixed the combat logging system not considering players taking damage as "in combat"
- Fixed on kill action bar displaying earned experience as a decimal value despite only being a whole number
That's all for today!
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