Hello adventurers! Another patch is upon us. This one includes a handful of notable changes:

🇧🇷 Portuguese Support: We’re thrilled to announce that the game client now offers Portuguese support! When Windows Language Settings are set to Portuguese, all client menus and labels will appear in your preferred language, allowing you to set preferences, configure keys, manage guilds, create characters, buy and sell items, and more—all in Portuguese!

🖥️ Visual Updates: We’re excited to share some visual updates. Thanks to updated rendering techniques, the game now has a cleaner look and tackles some long-standing visual issues. Plus, we’ve refreshed many rooms throughout the game, adding a few new details and discoveries for you to explore. Just a heads-up: these changes will require remapping of the updated areas, so be prepared as you dive back in.

Thanks for your continued support, and happy gaming!

• Wielding the Princess's shield as a soldier now provides a rank-based percentage reduction in mana costs, replacing the previous fixed reduction amounts. Previously, at the maximum soldier rank, you would see a maximum savings of 2 mana per cast.
  
• Logoff ghosts will now display masks, helms, and other items players were wearing.
  
• Likewise, Hall of Heroes statues will now display items players use.
  
• Adjusted NPC logic to inform players when they’ve already learned a spell, instead of stating they’re ready to learn it. This change addresses confusion where players were unaware they already possessed the spell.
  
• Players who fall from the bridge to the Riija temple will now have their mishap broadcast to the entire server.
  
• Faction soldier quests have been updated to assess a player’s true health, ensuring they are not turned away due to hitpoints modified by circlets and spells.
  
• Reflections and evil twins now have neutral karma.
  
• Ranged weapon attacks will no longer affect the durability of berserker rings.
  
• Added a purge sound effect to weapons when they successfully trigger a purge effect on hit.
  
• Priestess Zuxana’s hearing range is extended to her entire temple.

• Updated hardware rendering to address several long-standing issues that caused errant texture bugs, often appearing as thin floating lines.
  
• Moved '<New Character>' slots to the bottom of the character selection dialog.
  
• Added the ability to sort newsglobes.
  
• Added the ability to sort mail.
  
• Improved the scaling of player and monster markers, as well as annotations, on the map and minimap to enhance visibility at all zoom levels.
  
• Fixed scaling and FOV issues in the software renderer when adjusting window size.
  
• Resolved a hardware renderer issue that caused items in view to fail to render under certain window size conditions.
  
• Added mouse wheel support for zooming the map in and out.
  
• Steam users: You will now be properly directed to the Steam client for patch updates.

• Many NPCs will now greet players upon entering a room.
  
• Over 40 rooms have been updated to address issues such as missing or misaligned textures, problematic geometry, visual inconsistencies, and save issues. Please note that you will need to re-map these rooms due to the alterations made.
  
• Made a small modification to Izzio’s interactions so that he no longer responds as if you have received an item that you cannot actually hold.
  
• Adjusted spawn locations in the Avar Village to make the experience here a little more challenging.

• Fixed issues with how logoff ghosts are rendered.
  
• Fixed an issue that occasionally caused missing textures after being blinded.
  
• Fixed an issue that could cause players to be kicked from their current faction if they left a previous faction while a loyalty quest was still active.
  
• Fixed an issue with Seduce that would cause the caster’s mana to drain even after the seduced monster is killed.
  
• Fixed an issue blocking heat scrolls from use.

• Cleaned up the ‘/dlg’ folder to simplify future NPC dialog updates.

• Added audio for unwrapping gifts

Huge thank you to this patches contributors: Si, Siora, Aesica, Anthhon, Toko, playtoh, and Hektic.

Have feedback? Come join the community Discord and let us know: https://discord.gg/meridian59

THE REIGN OF BLOOD FRENZY: The fabric of reality shakes as an evil presence attempts to penetrate the Meridian. The servants of Qor sing out in cacophonic glee as anarchy sweeps across the land. With no Guardian Angels present, anything goes as long as the sky boils red.

• All characters, accounts and the server state are saved - then, Chaos Night begins!
  
  
• Players will receive a message to tell them what's going on every time they log in during the event. Expect confusion, chaos, and fun!
  
  
• Every few minutes, items will be given out - reagents, armor and weapons (including rare gear) for your character to go out and battle, and special Frenzy Food to keep your vigor high...before dying again.
  
  
• Mini-games during the Frenzy - Conquer cities and factions with your team!
  
  
• The Fields: A special realm in the sky will be opened for the final Battle Royale by Meridian 59 creator, Zaphod.
  
  
• Everything ends: Everything goes black as the Frenzy, and the world of Meridian 59, come to an end...then a brief maintenance break as its restored back to the way it was before the event began.

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Note: Your Player Characters and Accounts will be saved before the event, then restored to the way they were after a brief maintenance - the servers won't be able to be logged in during this maintenance. Any accounts or server activity during the frenzy is *not* saved.

We hope to see you there!

Happy Halloween ~

May you suddenly feel a little tougher.