Bosses
- Multiple boss fights of the same type can now run at the same time across the cluster. The old per-type lock — which made everyone else wait if a single Echidna fight was already in progress anywhere on the network — has been lifted. Each boss arena pad now tracks its own session, so two gangs can fight the same boss on separate pads simultaneously without one having to queue.
- Boss arena fights now hard-cap at 20 minutes (down from 30). The "you have N minutes" message at boss spawn reflects the new cap.
- Hephaestus and Thanatos no longer build temporary basalt walls at low HP. The "arena lockdown" ability was removed so the four bosses (Echidna, Lamia, Hephaestus, Thanatos) behave consistently — no boss modifies the arena geometry mid-fight anymore.
Fund Tier Reshuffle
- Outposts now unlock at Fund II instead of Fund III.
- Pit now unlocks at Fund III instead of Fund II.
Gangs
- Gang Top weekly rewards rebalanced: #1 15,000 Obols, #2 10,000 Obols, #3 5,000 Obols (down from 36,500 / 14,000 / 6,500).
Path of the Ancients
- Quest "Join or Create a Gang" (and other auto-complete steps) now credit immediately after claiming the previous step's reward if the condition is already met — no more relog to unstick.
Enchants
- Enchant Rerolls now drop 3× more often from shards and contrabands across every rarity.
Cross-Server Chat & Tab
- Fixed
[item](and[bal],[loc],[brag], etc.) in chat showing as literal text — e.g.[item] GUYS— to players on a different backend than the sender. Tokens now resolve correctly for everyone, no matter which map they're on. - Fixed player death messages only showing on the dying player's backend — deaths on Polis or Roads (or Core) now broadcast cluster-wide so everyone sees them no matter which map they're on.
- Fixed chat games leaking winning answers across worlds — when someone on another backend typed the correct answer, their chat message used to appear in your chat anyway. It no longer does.
- Tab list is now sorted by rank again: staff at top, then ranks high → low, alphabetical within each tier — across all three Tartarus maps.
Quality of Life
- Tinkering a pickaxe or piece of gear now refunds 100% of any energy stored on it in addition to the usual 25% craft-cost recovery.