Vending Machine + Token ROom - Darkpoole

Wartoken Room : All prestiges can use this room again
Vending Machine: All but shaolin can use it again :)


DP

Published on: September 11, 2026, 12:35 am

Jinn - BETA - Burlok

I have essentially completed all of the components of the "Jinn" class.

Including two spells: "Banquet of Boundless Power", and "Infinite Cosmic
Power"

You can now xp a test-Jinn to 19+4.

I anticipate this class going live after I complete coding their short
quest (class will be gained similarly to Gunslinger).

Please provide feedback in discord as you are able.

REMINDER: When the class goes live it will be renamed and so your testing
progress will not carry forward.

Published on: September 6, 2026, 11:33 pm

Reckless attack - Ghyath

Barbarian reckless attack is now 50% str, 25% dex and 25% con.
Thanks to Isgor for pointing out skills full and help file inconsistency.

Published on: September 5, 2026, 10:24 pm

Gen_eq drop rate - Disdain

I have increased the drop rarity pool for LOOT on kill gen_eq eq drops. Far
fewer drops will be common. Everything else is increased. Doubled the
chance for legendary and masterwork drops.

Published on: August 28, 2026, 3:54 am

Replay command - Ghyath

I have slightly modified how the replay command looks. Absorbed amount is
now listed in a separate column and the damage type now lists full damage
type name (previously truncated).
There is a special support for the blind mode settings, but I hope it
works also.
In case it still looks messed up for you (there are so many various
settings, clients etc.), please let me know.

Published on: August 25, 2026, 10:01 pm

Gen_eq resistance and perception features reduced - Disdain

Resistance and perception features have been reduced retroactively. Both
are now capped at level 10, and have reduced effect per level. Their
feature cost has been reduced, allowing more room on items to max a
feature or add other features

Published on: August 24, 2026, 8:10 pm

Unusable gen_eq flag in inv - Disdain

I added a red * to the front eq short desc for unusable kit. now when you
look at what is in inventory there is a visual for things you cant use

Published on: August 24, 2026, 4:08 pm

Gen_eq: Auspicious feature added to shields - Disdain

The auspicious feature can now land on shields.

Published on: August 22, 2026, 9:03 pm

Vampire Skills - Burlok

Fixed situations where vampires were losing skills that come with races.

Published on: August 17, 2026, 11:25 pm

General shops - buyback option - Ghyath

There is now a "buyback" flag for each item you sell so you can buy it back
at the price you sold it to the shop. This was implemented by Disdain and
not posted because he is probably too busy coding another awesome stuff.
Please keep in mind there is a cleanup routine so if you sell many items
and reach the stock limit (400 unique items), based on previously modified
rules (see post 381), some of the items might be immediately cleaned up
and may not be available for buyback.

I just added "list buyback" option (for all available filtering details
please see "help store") - currently only for the Mainland Shop(w, s, w
from CoT), but if all goes well, it should apply to all shops across
Tsunami soon.

Published on: August 14, 2026, 11:25 pm

Finger Update - Burlok

If a class is in its design or testing-phase the setting that keeps the
item off "help subclass" will now also conceal the race / class / subclass
in finger.

Published on: August 12, 2026, 11:10 pm

SAMURAI Kukan-do Style - Burlok

Someone suggested Kukan-Do style wasn’t very great. So un-great that you
should basically ignore it when it pops up even though thats Samurais
whole thing now.

How un-great was it?

If you rolled a 150 on your skill roll (roughly average at 200 skill).

Every 5 rounds you would gain: 0 to 3 SP

Meanwhile every round you were penalized:
About 300 Combat and 300 Awareness <- This is not a joke

CHANGE: NO PENALTY for being in Kukan-do
CHANGE: I tweaked the out-of-war sp throughput and in and out of war
timing slightly.

Its no mega heal but its probably worth styling to to get the warp strike
on your sword by attuning to it.

Published on: August 6, 2026, 12:48 am

Warlord Enlistee's - Darkpoole

There was an unintended oversight with enlisting NPC's keeping their
overtuned stats, that loophole has been fixed and now hero enlistee's now
cap out at their subclass max stats.


DP

Published on: August 5, 2026, 11:39 am

Setenv terminal truecolor - Darkpoole

We now *hopefully* support Truecolour and or Hex colour codes. welcome to
2026 i guess?


DP

Published on: August 5, 2026, 9:06 am

Achievements System - Darkpoole

I've added achievements for Killquests along with an achievements command
which will list your completed / uncompleted achievements that are
currently in the game. I'll be adding more over the coming days weeks or
until my ADHD takes me in a different direction.


~DP

Published on: August 4, 2026, 12:41 pm

Shaolin - Darkpoole

I've relaxed the restrictions on specific NPC training so go idle train on
them to your hearts content. Just don't act surprised if you get caught
trigger healing :)

Published on: August 3, 2026, 8:06 am

Warlords - Darkpoole

NPC Warlord's enlistee's and possibly PC mercenaries should have proper
races now

Published on: August 2, 2026, 2:03 pm

Shaolin - stance damage messages - Nacho

I have made considerable changes to stances and their respective damage
messages.

I have changed it so that "punch, kick, throw" will now reflect what
stance you are in.

e.g., If you are now in drunken stance, your punch, kick, throw messages
will reflect that you are fighting like a drunkard.

In theory there are about 113k possible distinct messages, if you notice
anything off, please let me know.

Nacho.

Published on: August 2, 2026, 8:22 am

Re: mug and gen_eq - Darkpoole

On Sun Aug 02 00:39:59 2026, Disdain wrote:
> today I realized that you can mug could mug eq off low level monsters
> effectively bypassing the 5 level cap on kill. this has been loophole
has
> been closed. mug is now prevented agains monsters more than 5 levels
lower
>
> in making changes to mug, i added a steal resistance value to gen_eq
> items. the more valuable the item, the more likely its owner will want
to
> hold on to it and induce higher fail rates with mug skill. in making
this
> change and testing values, i realized that the previous mechanism for
> resisting mug was nearly useless ( at level 25 anyway ) and my testchar
> was 100% successful in mugging items from equal level monsters. I dont
> feel that should be the case. it should be difficult to mug items from
> equal level monsters. so i made changes to how mug is resisted. its now
> harder to mug items... other alike skills such as entice will be changed

> soon as well
>
Unique items may no longer be stolen from NPCs as well.

Published on: August 2, 2026, 4:19 am

Mug and gen_eq - Disdain

today I realized that you can mug could mug eq off low level monsters
effectively bypassing the 5 level cap on kill. this has been loophole has
been closed. mug is now prevented agains monsters more than 5 levels lower

in making changes to mug, i added a steal resistance value to gen_eq
items. the more valuable the item, the more likely its owner will want to
hold on to it and induce higher fail rates with mug skill. in making this
change and testing values, i realized that the previous mechanism for
resisting mug was nearly useless ( at level 25 anyway ) and my testchar
was 100% successful in mugging items from equal level monsters. I dont
feel that should be the case. it should be difficult to mug items from
equal level monsters. so i made changes to how mug is resisted. its now
harder to mug items... other alike skills such as entice will be changed
soon as well

Published on: August 2, 2026, 1:39 am

Mage dungeon monsters - Ghyath

... now wear their equipment properly.

Published on: August 1, 2026, 12:19 pm

Shop stock - Ghyath

With introduction of gen_eq equipment grind became "the thing", but the
shop stock used to basically just destruct latest 200 items while keeping
the first 200 items for whole boot duration.
I made a change how shop stock is handled and the long story short,
shopkeepers try to always preserve valuable items of each rarity
independently on their actual "age".

Published on: July 31, 2026, 10:09 am

Animality - Darkpoole

When Marisil first made Beastmaster's his intention wasn't to re-create
another thief/rogue-like subclass, after discussion with him animality now
has a 1 round cast time (up from instant).


~DP

Published on: July 30, 2026, 2:39 pm

Magda - Disdain

I have edited Magda to provide a purchase 'all' command for enchanters. I
have added a command list to Magda's shop room description.

Published on: July 30, 2026, 12:10 am

Gen_eq: light and darkness features - Disdain

this morning I removed the lighting effect from the light and darkness
features. Going forward, new loot drops with these features will not alter
the light state of a room

Published on: July 28, 2026, 2:54 am

Light messages - Kane

There was a bugs idea to change the lighting feature so
that you only get notified of a situation with light if
it has a negative impact on you. After digging through the
code, realized that those messages can already be toggled
off with "setenv no_light_msg 1", so you no longer get
the "It's dark but you can still see." messages. If it's
so dark you can't see (or too bright) then those messages
will display as before.

Kane

Published on: July 26, 2026, 11:20 pm

Samurai NPCs - Burlok

Samurai NPC were never fully updated to account for the affinity system.
They should now be much better at using their full suite of skills and
styles.

CAREFUL: They might be significantly more damaging.

Published on: July 26, 2026, 7:16 pm

Muul Race - Burlok

REMOVE: Custom guts feature to Muul.

ADD: Muul now gains the skill "guts" as a racial skill.

REMOVE: All weapon skill adjustments. Dont see them only as the mace race.

ADD: Muul soft-cap on guts is slightly higher than normal.

Published on: July 21, 2026, 9:59 pm

Guts - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

As some of you know, Guts has a soft-cap. When you reach this soft-cap
every points of guts doesnt quite count as much as the points before the
soft-cap. This is because it would otherwise be possible for ultra-buffed
characters to essentially take a lot of damage in very little HP.

Toxin suggested that I flex the soft-cap slightly higher each hero level.
Because otherwise when you soft-cap you never see notable improvement in
the skill throughout the rest of its life.
This seemed like a good idea. So it has been implemented.

Published on: July 21, 2026, 9:56 pm

Changeling Beheading - Darkpoole

Changelings should hopefully behead corpses automatically when eating
corpses / all corpses while in form. If it goes weird please blame Sten.

Published on: July 21, 2026, 1:42 pm

Ride skill - Disdain

fixed an issues where centaur players couldnt mount their rider if it was
lucky to roll higher level than the player. There was a missing check in
the level requirement code to see if the object being mounted was a player
and if the rider was that player's steed.

Published on: July 21, 2026, 4:19 am

Re: Custom Form - Darkpoole

On Sat Jul 18 14:45:01 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> Custom Form has been permanently retired as it's a nightmare of a form
to
> properly balance and basically requires a full rewrite to fully utilise
> the skills in its pool table. To offset this I'm going to be going
through
> the other forms and tweak them as necessary.
>
>
> DP
>
As promised.


• Changeling Form Changes

Fox

- Stronger stealth/scout identity.
- Gains hide, silentwalk, and awareness.
- New slip mechanic: can partially avoid physical attacks, then goes on
cooldown.

Turtle

- Stronger defensive identity.
- New shell mechanic: can heavily reduce a physical hit, then goes on
cooldown.
- Drowning remains strongly reduced.
- Psychic, sound, and petrify damage are more dangerous to turtle.

Boar

- New momentum mechanic.
- Momentum builds while fighting and fades out of combat.
- Momentum improves attacking and combat.
- New wounded fury mechanic: lower HP adds extra offensive pressure
through guts.

Python

- Expanded stomach gameplay.
- Tracks stomach health, capacity, digest, acid pressure, and
peristalsis.
- Digest builds while prey is swallowed and fades when empty.
- Peristalsis crushes swallowed targets and is more skill-driven.
- Quickheal is blocked while living prey is swallowed.
- Updated stomach and peristalsis messaging.

Tiger

- New prey focus mechanic.
- Focus builds while attacking the same target.
- Focus improves combat and rake.
- Focus resets or fades when target pressure is lost.
- Stealth handling is improved.

Bear

- New bulk mechanic.
- Bulk builds while fighting and fades out of combat.
- Bulk improves AC, toughness, and resistance.
- Bulk is stronger while hugging/constricting.

Wyvern

- New venom pressure mechanic.
- Pressure builds when repeatedly poisoning the same target.
- Pressure improves toxin and sting strength.
- Pressure fades when target focus is lost.

Balrog

- New inferno mechanic.
- Inferno builds during combat and fades outside combat.
- Inferno strengthens immolate pressure.
- Inferno increases upkeep as it grows.
- Flameblade handling is more reliable.
- Skill focus moved toward burn.

Sphinx

- New high-tier form.
- Guardian/control role.
- Signature skill: shockwave.
- New enigma mechanic.
- Enigma builds in combat and from mystical damage.
- Enigma improves shockwave, awareness, resistance, intimidation,
combat, and armour.

All relevant helpfiles have been updated

Published on: July 19, 2026, 3:18 pm

Rapture and Inspire - Burlok

Rapture will no longer stack on inspire.

Published on: July 18, 2026, 6:38 pm

Protect - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

I have completely rewritten protect. It should now be a nice little
defensive "buff" to squishier party members at the expense of more "tough"
party members.

Please review the helpfile.

Test it out! Let me know what you think!

Published on: July 18, 2026, 6:33 pm

Python Form - Darkpoole

Python form should now (hopefully) actually be usable now

Published on: July 18, 2026, 4:13 pm

Custom Form - Darkpoole

Custom Form has been permanently retired as it's a nightmare of a form to
properly balance and basically requires a full rewrite to fully utilise
the skills in its pool table. To offset this I'm going to be going through
the other forms and tweak them as necessary.


DP

Published on: July 18, 2026, 3:45 pm

Lifebloom - Darkpoole

Morning,


There was an interesting issue I found when playing unicorn and lifebloom
while in a party, if the unicorn logged off before a heart_beat process
was checked the resulting party members would have a permanent lifebloom
buff until relogging, The issue has been fixed (ty for the bug report)

DP

Published on: July 17, 2026, 2:33 pm

Protect - Burlok

Ive disabled protect for the moment. It had some recursion going on.

This is my punishment for stealing and old skill.

I will try and fix it this weekend.

Published on: July 16, 2026, 8:54 pm

Tsu BDay: Extended - Marisil

Greetings,

Tsunami's Birthday event is now a week-long affair. It will end
this year on July 20th. Get in here and milk it for all it's worth,
and be sure to thank Darkpoole for being so generous.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: July 15, 2026, 11:52 am

Trickster Spiders - Darkpoole

Life Spider's HP has been increased (roughly doubled) to try and combat
their frailty in AoE situations.
They should also hopefully break intimidate a lot more now (still testing
so please let me know)

Published on: July 14, 2026, 4:04 pm

Gen_eq 2-hsword - Disdain

found a mess up where what should have been 2-hswords were defined as
"sword" but still 2 handed. this has been corrected. reworked gen_eq
randomizer for 2-hsword drops. you should be able to find 2-hswords now

Published on: July 14, 2026, 6:26 am

Gen_eq weapons WC - Disdain

Gen_eq weapons now suffer a decreased max WC penalty for installed
features. this should bring final WC up a bit on them.

Published on: July 12, 2026, 2:49 pm

Gen_eq mastery feature - Disdain

New mastery drops will grant higher skill bonuses per feature level.
Feature level cap has been reduced. 2 handed weapons now get double
+skill. All mastery weapons can now be wielded even if you dont have the
skill.

Published on: July 12, 2026, 2:47 pm

New Gen_EQ Armour Features - Marisil

Greetings,

Three new armour features have been added to gen_eq:

- Courage: intimidate suppression (like what alcohol gives you)
- Cushioning: blunt/crushing AC
- Daunting: +intimidate

Enjoy.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: July 11, 2026, 7:36 pm

Vendatron 87545 - Ghyath

There is a new item in Vendatron 87545. Those who know will know.
I also slightly adjusted some of the prices.

Published on: July 11, 2026, 9:59 am

Phantasm Peace Cheese - Marisil

Greetings,

There was a bug with the phantasm Illusionist spell that allowed
it to continue to damage a peaced target if it was cast on the
target before the peace was applied. This has been fixed.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: July 9, 2026, 10:12 am

Centaur Arena - Disdain

I completed some work on the centaur arena. it is now functional. However,
it is still a work in progress and will be subject to future changes.
The arena is privately instanced for single solo players or parties. Once
you leave your instance, you can not go back into it.
The portal in the big centaurs has been unrestricted. Enter at your own
risk...

Published on: July 8, 2026, 6:09 am

*Chuckle I'm in Danger* - Darkpoole

Good news everybody!





Wererat Fighters, Mages, Necromancers, Zurreal, Amythin and She'ol are now
minion typed, which may make kyldiss just that *little bit* more
challenging before I go through and change the rest over. oh also there's
a new hidden area in there. go find it!


DP

Published on: July 8, 2026, 2:57 am

Knight Weapons - Burlok

Knights can now also use daggers and axes.

Published on: July 2, 2026, 11:31 pm

Werewolf Slam Pt. 2 - Marisil

Greetings,

There used to be a message indicating when a slammed target got
back on their feet. It was mistakenly removed when the skill was
converted a while back. A new message has now been added, so that
you will know when you can slam the target again. Whatever wizard
converted this skill and messed this up will be summarily banished
and his area closed.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: July 1, 2026, 10:28 am

Werewolf Slam - Marisil

Greetings,

Sten found a bug in the Werewolf Slam skill that always caused the
target to permanently lose some combat with each use. This was not
the intended behavior, and has been fixed. Anyone with a hero
Werewolf above +10 will be reincarnated immediately as punishment for
not reporting this previously.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: June 30, 2026, 12:24 pm

Pod Village Gems - Phil

If any of you would have ever spent time in the Pod Village,
that I made into an exp pit. That I spent a decade rewriting
before AI. You would have realized I updated a lot of the items
to give bonus' and be beneficial to certain subclasses, by providing
bonus' to things that you cant otherwise find a bonus to directly
in the game.

You also would have noticed that two items of a healing nature were
broke. Thanks to the advent of AI and the fact that it has bothered
me for years that I couldnt figure out why they were broke and just
pencil whipped them in anyways, I have now fixed these items.

Not that any of you will go explore this masterpiece of an area for
levels 11-15 (key levels where mobs arent as stacked and plentiful
I might add), but nonetheless it is one more thing off the list.

All joking digs aside on you guys not going there, I fixed these
because it was bothering me. The items arent really that great
unless you get them in war, and I am not even sure its worth the
trouble.

Published on: June 30, 2026, 5:59 am

Pneumatos Ring - Darkpoole

Fixed an issue with pneumatos ring not "working" correctly and not giving
the pneumatos buff when focused. I also fixed an oversight where you could
focus the ring without wearing it. Now you'll need to wear the ring to
interact with it, and removing the ring also removes the pneumatos shadow.



If it looks wonky pls let me know.


DP

Published on: June 29, 2026, 10:26 am

Shops and add_eq - Disdain

increased gen_eq add_eq sale prices based on item level. now, the higher
the level, the higher the percent of max value they are worth

Published on: June 21, 2026, 4:51 am

The magic slot machine - Disdain

I updated symbol chances on the magic slot machine.

You are now more likely to land weapons and armour.
You are now more likely to land higher quality equipment.
You are now less likely to land coins or war tokens.
You are now able to land an xp reward.
You are now less likely to land an Assassin.
You are now more likely to be killed by Assassins.

GLHF. Or don't. Whatever does it for you
-Disdain

Published on: June 21, 2026, 4:19 am

NPC Monk Logic - Marisil

Greetings,

Monks will no longer relentlessly heal and strike once they
enter the mantis stance when low on hit points. They still
have a chance to do so, but it is no longer a guarantee.
Previously, they would knock you out and heal themselves over
and over, prolonging the fight unnecessarily and griefing the
player in the process.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: June 15, 2026, 9:37 am

Krythin, the Marshall-General of Kyldiss - Ghyath

Krythin, the Marshall-General of Kyldiss used to act like a special
instance of an old (like from 2000?) fighter with many of his skills not
being in the game anymore.
Now he is up to date, ready to slay you (and Xeriz if possible).

Meanwhile I fixed some random, more or less cosmetic, issues in Kyldiss
barracks, but if anything breaks, please bug it. Thanks.

Published on: June 13, 2026, 12:30 am

Ring of the Undead - Vladimir

I've added a 5 minute cooldown to prevent wear/unwear cheese
to replenish follower sp. The timer begins when you successfully
wear the ring, and summon an undead follower. If, for any reason,
you remove the ring (including death), you will not be able to
summon another undead follower until the 5 minutes has elapsed.

Let me know if there are any issues (other than complaining about
the RoU being quoteunquote nerfed).

-Vlad

Published on: June 10, 2026, 7:16 pm

Telik's daughters - Ghyath

They now properly use their manticore skill set aka they no longer fail
using spikes due to wrong syntax...

Published on: June 10, 2026, 5:07 pm

Soul-sucking feature - Disdain

hopefully fixed a bug that was causing soul-sucking to occur around 6-7x
more than any other feature. so you shouldnt find as many soul-sucking
anymore.

Published on: June 10, 2026, 12:15 am

Ring of The Undead - Darkpoole

Credit to Vladimir for this suggestion - Ring of the Undead can now use
'follower commands' - but lose the ability to use fmanashare




I'll keep an eye on this but without the graveyard exploit it should be
more manageable now.

~DP

Published on: June 9, 2026, 3:46 pm

Re: Class Mazes - Darkpoole

On Tue Jun 09 13:58:06 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> Level's dropped from 30/35 to 25/30 (N/H)
>
>
> Tier sets removed for now as I plan on doing something a little
different
>
>
> More changes to those class mazes to come soon :)
>
>
> ~DP
>
The non-boss mobs are now grunts, rather than experts, should make them a
little easier to kill

Published on: June 9, 2026, 3:05 pm

Class Mazes - Darkpoole

Level's dropped from 30/35 to 25/30 (N/H)


Tier sets removed for now as I plan on doing something a little different


More changes to those class mazes to come soon :)


~DP

Published on: June 9, 2026, 2:58 pm

Big centaurs, minion_types, and killquest - Disdain

minion_types have been removed from big centaurs. The killquest gains a new
reward unlock: A portal appears that leads to an arena filled with
minion_typed centaurs. At this moment, that portal is disabled as I finish
up a few things. Portal should be this week sometime.

Published on: June 8, 2026, 2:36 am

Re: Pub Kegs - Ghyath

On Sun May 03 01:34:24 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> On Fri Apr 17 14:13:52 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> > Big portable pub heals (kegs) were reworked to be HoT-based instead of

> > instant HP spikes.
> > Each sip now consumes up to 1000 from the keg and applies healing
> through
> > the alcohol regen system.
> > The drunker you are, the less effective each sip becomes (up to a
heavy
> > reduction), and rapid chain-chugging gets additional
penalties/lockout.
> > So: best value is from pacing drinks while relatively sober, not
> > burst-chugging.
> >
> >
> > ~DP
> >
> Reverted back to their original design :)
>
Well, "back to their original design", but only forgot adding the
diminishing return for repeated use. Now it is in place.
Meanwhile I introduced another, as Bulrok calls it, minor, but impactful
change, of one chug per round. Lets see how this change impacts the common
gameplay.

Published on: June 5, 2026, 11:23 pm

Charmed Masters - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

Minions will now suffer significant anxiety when they know their masters
are the thrall of another.

This anxiety will make it difficult to perform activities such as casting
spells, using skills, fighting, etc.

If there are consequences I have not anticipated in terms of situations
where they should perform as expected please feel free to reach out.

Published on: June 5, 2026, 3:40 am

Kenzoku - Burlok

Kenzoku hardcap has been removed. They will now scale beyond level 25.

MONKEYS PAW: They will never be higher than their summoners level - 2.

Published on: June 5, 2026, 12:40 am

Look command change - Disdain

Added ability to 'look in ' within your own inventory.

ie: 'look sword in ks', 'look legendary in backpack', etc

Published on: June 4, 2026, 2:18 am

NPC equipped gen_eq [?] - Disdain

Last night I implemented an unidentified state on ADD_EQ items generated
for NPCs. I meant to post last night but got distracted. Items added to
NPCs by add_eq will now show a [?] for their rarity and will not display
what features are applied to them. example: "A plate mail [?]". This
allows players to see that NPCs have gen_eq items but maintains the
surprise of random generation.

Published on: June 3, 2026, 10:31 pm

Penguins - Ghyath

Various penguins of Talamport/Heloca weren't wearing their equipment
properly. Now they do. Please bug them if you find any still broken.
Thanks.

Published on: June 3, 2026, 8:05 pm

Wu-Jen changes - Sten

Wu-Jen now draw power from the seasons and the moon. Fire burns hotter in
summer, water flows stronger in winter, air howls in spring, earth rumbles
in autumn, and spirit surges under the bright lunar phases. Check 'wulist'
to see what's active. Also fixed ice-bolt and missile which have been
pretending to scale with sphere rank since 2009, turns out integer
division by 100 rounds to zero. Who knew. o.O
If anything breaks blame me.
XO
Sten

Published on: June 1, 2026, 6:00 pm

RE: NPC equipped gen_eq - Disdain

I removed the cap on item rarities for ADD_EQ worn or wielded by NPCs. I
added a new rarity chance pool so generic monsters have slightly lower
chances at higher rarities than before, minion_typed monsters have
slightly better chances, but still low.

LOOT generated on kill has the best chance of higher rarities and I have
slightly increased those chances with this change.

Going forward, if you kill a monster that is more than 5 levels below you,
any ADD_EQ it may have had will be destroyed. This is in line with the
current system where you do not get gold or loot drops from monsters more
than 5 levels below you.


some things may need to be reloaded for these changes to take effect.

Published on: June 1, 2026, 7:01 am

NPC equipped gen_eq rarity - Disdain

NPCs that come equipped with gen_eq have been capped at various rarities
relative to their minion_type. untyped npcs wont spawn greater than rare.
low minions can spawn legendary. expert or greater may generate
masterworks.

Published on: May 31, 2026, 11:00 pm

Forged eq visuals - Disdain

Forged mythic eq now includes 'forged' at the beginning of its short desc
and contains the crafters name in the long desc. Should also properly
display as not savable

Published on: May 31, 2026, 7:33 pm

Subclassed monsters and wielded gen_eq weapons - Disdain

i found a issue where some npcs were cloning and wielding gen_eq weapons
before wielding their own kit they were designed to use. this should be
corrected now.

Published on: May 31, 2026, 2:36 pm

Bloodbelt - Darkpoole

Bloodbelt will no longer dest on death (hopefully)

Published on: May 29, 2026, 2:13 pm

Monster equipped gen_eq sale values - Disdain

Gen_eq from monsters that are wearing or wielding it ( add_eq ) is now
valued at 10% on sale to the store.

Published on: May 28, 2026, 12:46 pm

Monk NPC behavior - Sten

Optimized the way NPC monks fight and handle situations they can end up in.
While doing that also fixed a bug with focus where the monks would try to
pray it even though it was on cooldown. Beware, monks will be slightly
more lethal in fights.
Hopefully nothing breaks.

Cheers
Sten

Published on: May 26, 2026, 2:02 pm

Neverland Killquest - Marisil

Greetings,

Something very important has been accomplished: all mobs in the
Neverland kill quest now can be targeted via "neverlander".

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: May 25, 2026, 4:07 pm

Dalarian Mage Tower - Disdain

I have converted the mages and Khadgar to the minion_type system and given
them add_eq. They will now be very slightly harder and come equipped with
gen_eq. Happy farming.

Published on: May 23, 2026, 11:05 pm

Magic slot machine - Disdain

The magic slot machine has been reworked and is open again.
COT, 2d, 2w, s
now rewards gen_eq items. Good luck!

Published on: May 17, 2026, 4:19 pm

Shop list command - Disdain

I added more filtration to the shop list. see 'help store' for commands.
You can now apply a max price filter.
'list <1000' will show only items costing 100 or less gold

Published on: May 14, 2026, 2:38 am

Gen_eq released - Disdain

Gen_eq is now released and lockerable. happy hunting.

Two caveats:
1) if any major changes occur to this system in the future, all gen_eq may
be purged to start over. ( could happen, probably wont )
2) save and restore isnt 100% tested, i cant promise all the features will
work right after being restored. we'll see

Good luck.
Hope yall find some fun toys!

Published on: May 11, 2026, 6:13 am

Re: Pub Kegs - Darkpoole

On Fri Apr 17 14:13:52 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> Big portable pub heals (kegs) were reworked to be HoT-based instead of
> instant HP spikes.
> Each sip now consumes up to 1000 from the keg and applies healing
through
> the alcohol regen system.
> The drunker you are, the less effective each sip becomes (up to a heavy
> reduction), and rapid chain-chugging gets additional penalties/lockout.
> So: best value is from pacing drinks while relatively sober, not
> burst-chugging.
>
>
> ~DP
>
Reverted back to their original design :)

Published on: May 3, 2026, 2:34 am

Forestmaster Horn + Pixies - Marisil

Greetings,

Pixies can now wield the Forestmaster Unicorn horn, as was
apparently intended.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 29, 2026, 11:39 am

Offwield - Burlok

With the expansion of offwield to Ghants they have been able to offwield
some weapons that were not intended.

Specifically: 2-hsword, spear, staff, and polearm.

These weapons are now rejected by offwielding UNLESS there is a setting
which would override. For instance, an Ogre could theoretically offwield
2-hswords if there was ever a class that had both offhand and 2-hsword.

Published on: April 28, 2026, 10:28 pm

Ring of Undead, Barovia graveyard - Ghyath

Due to obvious "misuse" of Ring of Undead and Nether's clone feature (those
who explored Barovia enough know well) the following changes have been
made:
- you can no longer control spawned undead
- Barovia grave yard clone feature has been disabled until further notice

Published on: April 26, 2026, 5:08 pm

Centaurs - Disdain

The biggest of the centaurs have now given 'minion_types'. As a result,
they will have higher chances of dropping better loot and more gold, but
they will be more difficult to kill.

Published on: April 24, 2026, 4:54 am

Gen_eq and monsters - Disdain

Some monsters will now spawn with gen_eq worn or wielded.

Published on: April 24, 2026, 4:51 am

Trapmaking - Sten

Did quite a lot of cleaning up "behind the scenes" for the traps.
Pungi trap: Added the wrong kind of poison to its target which made it
very underpowered, this was fixed so now it deals a nice chunk.
Snare trap: Added some more types of damage that could "cut" the snare
trap rope, fire and bit in addition to what you would think is reasonable
as a rope cutting tool.
Firepit trap: Cleaned up the skill and upped the damage. Before it would
deal 1-2 damage each round at hero levels now its around 20-25damage.
Traps in general: More forms are now immue to the traps, incorporeal,
wraithform, tunneling worms. Worms will however still trigger any
firetraps (you burrowed straight into the pit you silly).
Hopefully nothing is very broken but if it is you can blame me and send me
a tell.
BR
Sten

Published on: April 23, 2026, 2:44 pm

Trolls - Ghyath

There was an error in calculations of troll damage while berserking. This
has been fixed and should be now in line with its creator's original
intentions. And yes, trolls should deal more damage now.

Published on: April 20, 2026, 7:49 pm

Native Destruct + Quest Points - Marisil

Greetings,

The Native "destruct" skill now gets a bonus from the total
quest points your character has obtained. This will help you
to destruct more powerful items. There's a hidden mechanic
that items have behind the scenes called "ego", and when this
is too high for your current destruct level, you'll see a
message like "it is too powerful for your abilities."
Anyhow, this new bonus will help you to overcome that,
assuming you've done a bit of questing .

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 19, 2026, 6:51 pm

Re: Jerky - Darkpoole

On Sat Apr 18 04:44:09 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> On Fri Apr 17 14:23:53 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> > Native jerky are now an action heal - this means you can't use an
action
> in
> > the same round when trying to eat a jerky.
> >
> I've reverted this change but also made another.
>
>
>
> To skin jerky, you now have to "prep" them with danar first in the
guild,
> by "offer"ing corpses to him, he'll then prep them for you and then you
> can "do skin food" - you'll get more jerky per corpses but now requires
> you to be in his room and it'll be a guild effort to store as many
corpses
> as possible.
>
>
> DP
>
This change has been reverted and the old system re-implemented but with a
"Chaitan TM" Curve for healing instead similar to how old kegs worked -
eat multiple in a short window and receive reduced healing. Please test it
out instead of just complaining about it and I can adjust it on the fly :)

Published on: April 19, 2026, 2:20 am

Re: Custom Changelings - Darkpoole

On Sun Apr 19 00:44:58 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> On Sat Apr 18 02:13:32 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> >
> >
> > Custom changelings were forced into basically 1 viable build since
most
> of
> > the other fey skills were hardcoded to work on their respective
> > subclasses. I've basically reopened custom to be an actual custom that

> can
> > select from the wider skill pool so I'll be interested to see what
> > combinations you guys come up with. Max skills are increased to 6 and
> > points required per dropped to 30 instead of 40, and total points a
> custom
> > can receive was increased by 25% - And before anyone asks _no_ - I
> didn't
> > do this for me, I was happy with my overly insane build
> >
> I didn't realise just _how_ painful this would be to manage, so I've
> reverted this change, but also Mania & Batter can only be used with
their
> respective weaponry.
>
To clarify, It just means weaponry skill only

Published on: April 19, 2026, 1:51 am

Re: Custom Changelings - Darkpoole

On Sat Apr 18 02:13:32 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>
>
> Custom changelings were forced into basically 1 viable build since most
of
> the other fey skills were hardcoded to work on their respective
> subclasses. I've basically reopened custom to be an actual custom that
can
> select from the wider skill pool so I'll be interested to see what
> combinations you guys come up with. Max skills are increased to 6 and
> points required per dropped to 30 instead of 40, and total points a
custom
> can receive was increased by 25% - And before anyone asks _no_ - I
didn't
> do this for me, I was happy with my overly insane build
>
I didn't realise just _how_ painful this would be to manage, so I've
reverted this change, but also Mania & Batter can only be used with their
respective weaponry.

Published on: April 19, 2026, 1:44 am

Fumble - Darkpoole

Fumble's now a 2 round cast time

Published on: April 18, 2026, 2:56 pm

Forge skill now creates gen_eq - Disdain

Forge skill now creates gen_eq.

Published on: April 18, 2026, 6:43 am

Re: Jerky - Darkpoole

On Fri Apr 17 14:23:53 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> Native jerky are now an action heal - this means you can't use an action
in
> the same round when trying to eat a jerky.
>
I've reverted this change but also made another.



To skin jerky, you now have to "prep" them with danar first in the guild,
by "offer"ing corpses to him, he'll then prep them for you and then you
can "do skin food" - you'll get more jerky per corpses but now requires
you to be in his room and it'll be a guild effort to store as many corpses
as possible.


DP

Published on: April 18, 2026, 5:44 am

Pub Kegs - Darkpoole

Probably against better judgement, but non-humanoids can now drink from
them, just pretend they're fermented corpses or whatever monsters drink,
or maybe they're civilised and enjoy a beer?

Published on: April 18, 2026, 4:21 am

Class Changes - Darkpoole

With recent nerfs, here comes some good news for some underplayed classes.



Wyvern:-
----------------
sting +25% damage
catalyze effect +15% (applied when catalyzed poison is active in sting)
venomcloud +30% damage
envenom +50% imbue level
extra sting +5% while flying


Jotun Fire/Frost:-
-------------------
Thrash +15%
Brawling +5% (Jotun brawling-only weapondam path)
Swelter +10%
Shiver +10% (inherits _swelter.c, so auto-applies)
Emblaze +5%
Rime +5%
Hellhound +25%
Winterwolf +25%

Published on: April 18, 2026, 4:16 am

Custom Changelings - Darkpoole

Greetings,



Custom changelings were forced into basically 1 viable build since most of
the other fey skills were hardcoded to work on their respective
subclasses. I've basically reopened custom to be an actual custom that can
select from the wider skill pool so I'll be interested to see what
combinations you guys come up with. Max skills are increased to 6 and
points required per dropped to 30 instead of 40, and total points a custom
can receive was increased by 25% - And before anyone asks _no_ - I didn't
do this for me, I was happy with my overly insane build

Published on: April 18, 2026, 3:13 am

Bucking Uniponies - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

I have provided an increase to buck chance based upon conditions
(mumblemumble).

This is a damage increased for those who like to go BUCK WILD.

Published on: April 17, 2026, 11:04 pm

Native Teef - Darkpoole

Native Teef system had a refresh.



Replaced linear teeth stat bonus with diminishing returns:
0..10,000 teeth points: +1 stat / 1,000 points
10,001..30,000: +1 / 2,000 points
30,001..60,000: +1 / 4,000 points
60,001+: +1 / 8,000 points


May be changed further but this will see what its like.


DP

Published on: April 17, 2026, 4:53 pm

Spear of Sorrow (and DreamWeapons in general) - Darkpoole

Kyldiss-only enforcement for Spear of Sorrow: added area check so hit proc
and inspire/boost effects only work in /d/kyldiss; buffs auto-stop when
leaving Kyldiss;


All other dreamweapons recieved a 50% buff to compensate this change +
still make them viable with Disdains new eq system.


DP

Published on: April 17, 2026, 4:23 pm

Orb of Concentration - Darkpoole

These are now a heal (sp) over time. They'll restore your spell points to a
certain point and then will HSoT after that point.



~DP

Published on: April 17, 2026, 3:38 pm

Monk Sticks - Darkpoole

Due to burloks recent changes to some races, it enabled an oversight where
the Monk stick could be wielded in the offhand.
This was an unintended change as the monkstick was never able to be
offwielded. This has been patched/rectified.


~DP

Published on: April 17, 2026, 3:37 pm

Jerky - Darkpoole

Native jerky are now an action heal - this means you can't use an action in
the same round when trying to eat a jerky.

Published on: April 17, 2026, 3:23 pm

Pub Kegs - Darkpoole

Big portable pub heals (kegs) were reworked to be HoT-based instead of
instant HP spikes.
Each sip now consumes up to 1000 from the keg and applies healing through
the alcohol regen system.
The drunker you are, the less effective each sip becomes (up to a heavy
reduction), and rapid chain-chugging gets additional penalties/lockout.
So: best value is from pacing drinks while relatively sober, not
burst-chugging.


~DP

Published on: April 17, 2026, 3:13 pm

Shaolin update - Nacho

The punch and throw damage messages have been updated

The old versions were very stale " You punched warrior hard,” so they
have now been given a proper messages. There is a lot more variation, a
lot more flavour.

If anyone spots anything awkward, too repetitive, or just has a line they
think would make it even better, let me know.

Nacho wizard.

Published on: April 16, 2026, 5:33 am

Aurumvorax Refresh - Marisil

Greetings,

Aurumvorax has been given a "refresh" to make it a bit simpler
to play. Three main changes were made:

1. There is no longer the concept of "absorbing" the gold/coins
you have consumed. As soon as you eat them, they immediately
count towards your next growth stage (assuming you haven't hit
the max for your current player level already).

2. Aurumvorae are no longer restricted to a single gold vein bonus
at a time. Now gold veins from all climates can be consumed
without undoing each other's effects, building their respective
bonuses in parallel. So just dig and consume with reckless
abandon!

3. The total amount of gold/coins you have consumed (whether they
counted towards a growth stage or not) will now provide a
diminishing-returns bonus to all attack skills: clamp, collide,
fury, grate and pounce. This bonus is *very* slow to accumulate,
but will give you something to keep grinding at the higher hero
levels, perhaps.

If you run into any bugs, let me know.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 12, 2026, 2:21 pm

Beastmaster Hero Titles - Marisil

Greetings,

Beastmaster heroes have been given a title refresh, compliments
of Morgul. Enjoy!

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 10, 2026, 10:12 pm

Auto-Rez, Part 2 - Marisil

Greetings,

All cleric subclasses now have access to the "auto" option in
their respective resurrection prayers. As a reminder, using
"pray auto" will toggle between turning on/off
the ability of the cleric to *attempt* to auto-resurrect any
ghost present in the room.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 10, 2026, 1:48 pm

What the flux just happened. - Darkpoole

Good Morning,


Per a recent a totally incorrect bug report - spells/prayers/songs now
have a forward facing message when a room has been empowered / dampened.
Even though the spell was coded in 1996, it's worked every day since then.
If something is broken or not working, please submit a proper bug report
not just a "skill" is "apparently" broken and "it would be nice if said
skill would work"


~DP

Published on: April 7, 2026, 3:40 pm

Pillage Camp Disconnect Issues - Burlok

Greetings Pillagers of Tsunami,

Today, with your help, I identified circumstances where a room would clean
itself and destroy the pillaging camp.

When this happened you would become disconnected and some of your items
would be deleted.

Ive changed some things and so-far my Barbarian has been idling in his
pillaging camp for nearly 2 hours with no issues.

So I believe its mostly safe to idle in them but let me know if things
dont work out.

NOTE: If you leave the camp for any reason (including link death) your
camp is destroyed and your items are dropped in the room where you last
were. Without the camp present the room will continue to clean itself
every 20m or so. And so you could definately lose items on the ground in
your camp because they would be tossed outside when the camp collapses and
then later cleaned. So PLEASE dont consider your camp to be like your
house. It is a temporary structure.

I have also tested disconnecting in your camp. Going link dead in the
camp. And idling in the camp for 2 hours today.

All appears to be working as intended.

Published on: April 7, 2026, 12:39 am

Auto-Rez - Marisil

Greetings,

Crusaders and Shamans now have a new feature added to their respective
resurrection skills: "auto". If you "pray resurrect auto" or "sing
rebirth auto", it will toggle a new EXPERIMENTAL bit of functionality
called "auto-rez". While enabled, your Crusader or Shaman will attempt
to resurrect any ghost that enters the room in which you are located.
All the normal restrictions apply (mainly permit concerns). If the
resurrection succeeds, your character will then auto-rest to recover
the spent spell points. Obviously only one ghost can be rezzed at a
time, so if two ghosts enter, one will get rezzed first, etc. If you
have auto-rez enabled, "pray resurrect auto" or "sing rebirth auto"
will turn it off.

Let's see how this goes and how well it is received by the playerbase.
Hopefully a certain vocal minority will stop throwing shade at poor
old Valentinus. Now you can be just like his punk ass!

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 4, 2026, 10:59 pm

Shaman QoL, Part 4 - Marisil

Greetings,

The minimum amount of materia that channeling/skinning/burying
a corpse can give you has been raised from 1 to 5. For full
disclosure: the formula used to be 1 materia for every level of
the corpse. So this new approach just means that level 1-5 mobs
now all give 5 materia, but otherwise the level-to-materia formula
remains the same. This should help lowbie Shamans get started,
without having to buy loads of low-level materia from the NPC
merchant outside of the Native guild.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 4, 2026, 12:37 pm

Shaman QoL, Part 3 - Marisil

Greetings,

All Shaman skills/songs that use materia now allow for you to
forgo explicitly specifying a materia type when you use them.
If you omit a materia, the skill/song will automatically pick
the best type for the skill/song that you have available.
This should make Shamans easier to play without having to
necessarily worry about skill/song and materia combinations.
As long as you don't spend materia like a maniac without
killing anything, you shouldn't really run the risk of running
out of materia. Of course, as has always been the case, you
have to be killing mobs that provide the tier of materia that
your songs/skills are using, regardless of whether you specify
the exact materia or let the song/skill auto-select it for you.

There is one song that is an exception: rebirth. It has a
dynamic materia cost which makes calculating an auto-selected
materia a bit more difficult code-wise. I'll try to look into
that, but in full disclosure, there are only two materia that
give it a boost anyhow: roagmo and efantig (efantig being a
stronger boost). So just set your alias to explicitly use one
of the two and forget about it. :)

On a final note, all Shaman songs/skills that were affected by
this change have been converted to a new skill system known as
"gen_skill". All "modern" skills use this system, and we have
been slowly moving "legacy" skills into the new paradigm for,
well...a decade or two. Anyhow, I mention this because while
in theory this shouldn't change the skill's behavior from the
standpoint of the player using it, in practice it sometimes
does. Namely, it can alter the range of the "roll" (think of
dice) of the skill level whenever the skill is used (in
comparison to what used to "roll" with the old system. So
after converting these Shaman songs/skills, don't be surprised
if things seem either underpowered or overpowered at first.
It might take a bit of playtime for me to smooth out the rough
edges.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: April 3, 2026, 10:27 pm

Illusionist Abilities - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

Tsunami has a number of awesome flavor skills which are more for fun than
adventure.

Because it relates to the Jinn project I am working on I went ahead and
converted them into abilities. So you no longer have to spend xp to raise
them. Otherwise, everything else should be the same ....

.... well except with cantrip. I reduced its cast time and sp cost to
reflect what a simple starter spell it is.

The spells I changed are: Cantrip, Fata Morgana, and Facade

Published on: April 2, 2026, 10:39 pm

Ultra Super Definitely Real Changes - Raine

Gunslingers no longer wield or fire guns. They now throw them as their name
implies.
Jinn now gain powerful special abilities when partied with the newest
subclass: Tonic.
Tsunami now has 50% more waves.
Readded the Fetch subclass.
The Ghants have announced a strike over Cecaelia taking their jobs.
The Heroes Inn is now Outt.
Dante's has reached a settlement with the bards of the realm and will now
only play techno _most_ of the time.
Do you have a structured settlement and need cash now? Call JG Flindworth.
877-BARK-NOW.
Due to rising electrical costs, Ariston is now Aristoff.
The researchers of the Explorer's Guild have recently discovered that the
Wu-Jen "spheres" are actually oblate spheroids.
Improved lag by a little bit, maybe, or possibly made it worse. I don't
really know.
A new feature has been added to the wedding system. Now if you get
divorced, the wealthier player has to pay alimony.
Trinius has gained one level. IYKYK.
Fetches have been removed as a subclass.
Wizards no longer exist - they weren't even using magic anyways.
Darkpoole has been promoted to Arch.
The Leng baseball hat has been removed. No cap.

Published on: April 1, 2026, 9:37 pm

Demon Sins - Sten

The crowd control aspects of the spell has been capped at 5 rounds max when
an NPC uses it against a player. So basically cast sin lust and sloth is
not nearly as annoying anymore. If anything breaks, lemme know. Peace

Published on: April 1, 2026, 4:05 pm

Recent Changes - Darkpoole

Greetings,



After recent feedback from players, the following classes have received
the followage buffs:




Natives:
All Teeth have been recalibrated so 500 teeth now becomes 1 stat rather
than the 1000.
Offensive Skills increased across the board about 15%
Tier Sets for natives now increase main offensive skills by 30% for a 4
set, Stat increased for 2 set up to 20 (previously 10), HP pools increased
from 150 to 250HP.


Banding with other natives increases attacking/combat by total_level * 5 *
party members
Max Talismans is now Total Level * Total Teeth



Anything goes wonky please let me know!


DP

Published on: April 1, 2026, 3:19 pm

Re: Shop 'list' and gen_eq - Disdain

I have added usable "!*" and unusable "*" flags to the list command.
usage:
'list !*', 'list *'
'list 5 !* gen_eq amulet'

Published on: April 1, 2026, 4:41 am

Shop 'list' and gen_eq - Disdain

I have filtered gen_eq items into there own listing and they will no longer
display under 'list'

Use 'list gen_eq' to see gen_eq items.
'list 10 gen_eq'
'list gen_eq helmet'
'list 10 gen_eq mace'
etc

Published on: March 31, 2026, 11:50 pm

Re: Peace / Fear and NPCs - Sten

On Fri Mar 27 12:57:40 2026, Sten wrote:
> On Fri Mar 27 12:55:46 2026, Sten wrote:
> > I've capped the rounds of peace an NPC can inflict on a player to 5
> rounds.
> > Also trolls / worms / probably some other subs, their roar skill is
now
> > capped at 1 room when it forces you to flee. NPCs are now immune to
> other
> > NPCs roar, before they would roar defensively and other NPCs in the
room
>
> > would aggro them.
> >
> Ehhh, if anything breaks, or you find some behavior that looks odd or
you
> feel that your charmie dont peace as they used to do, please tell your
> friendly neighborhood wizard.
>
This will now apply to phantasmagoria, stasis and other scary prayers /
skills / spells

Published on: March 31, 2026, 9:04 am

Jinn Testing - Burlok

Greetings Denizens of Tsunami,

I have completed functionality work on the Jinn subclass. Now for the hard
part -- testing.


CLASS NOTES

This will be a class that unlocks via achievement after a small quest.
Similar to Gunslinger.

RULES FOR TESTING

When testing is complete the class will be renamed to Djinn. So all
current Jinns will no longer be able to login that character without a
reincarnation. This mitigates the risk of test settings or funkiness
carrying over.

I am not ruling out the potential for rewarding testers but I dont want
the expectation to be walking away with a hero carried on the back of bugs
and mis-tuned test skills.

We will be testing in phases. Phase 1 is levels 1 to 10. Once you hit
level 10 you will not be able to progress. So no need to rush. Make
multiple Jinns. Provide feedback. Once we love levels 1 to 10 then we will
go higher.


IF YOU WANT TO TEST

You must message me (Burlok) on DISCORD. Which means adding me as a friend
first. When you make a friend request please send me a tell in-game with
your discord handle so I know you are not cat fishing me.

There is a PRIVATE SECTION for Jinn Testing where I have put testing
instructions as well as a chat. I will add you to this EXCLUSIVE CLUB once
I set you up for testing. TEST FEEDBACK SHOULD BE PLUGGED INTO DISCORD.

Cheers.

Published on: March 30, 2026, 10:06 pm

New inventory flag 'noeq' - Ghyath

There is a new 'noeq' flag for inventory command. It excludes worn/wielded
items when you list your inventory.

Published on: March 29, 2026, 3:25 pm

Shaman QoL, Part 2 - Marisil

Greetings,

In furtherance of efforts to improve Shaman QoL, the season's fury song
has been moved into the "gen_skill" framework that we use for most modern
skills. You probably won't notice a difference there, but that's not
really the point if this post. In the process of converting the song, I
also changed the way it acts if you do not provide an explicit materia to
use as you sing it. Should you leave out a specific materia, i.e.
"sing season's fury smurf", the skill will now automatically determine
which materia is best for the current season, and, if you have it, will
use that materia. If you don't have the best one, then it will use the
second best, and so. This should help take the guess work out of using
the song. Note that this always *excludes* omatim materia in its
consideration. To use omatim, you still have to explicitly "sing
season's fury omatim".

If this new option works out and doesn't run into bugs, I will soon
convert the remaining Shaman songs.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 29, 2026, 2:59 pm

Re: Forged Items - Burlok

On Sun Mar 22 01:29:51 2026, Burlok wrote:
> On Thu Mar 19 22:18:22 2026, Burlok wrote:
> > Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,
> >
> > If you forge an item you should be able to wield that item.
> >
> > Let me know if this winds up not being the case.
> >
> > #unleashthedwarves
> >
> Fixed something to make it more likely that this actually works.
>
This is confirmed to work now. Sorry to those who thought Id lost my mind.
The game needed to reset before the effect fully proliferate. Yesterdays
restart has it working.

Published on: March 28, 2026, 12:40 am

Re: Peace / Fear and NPCs - Sten

On Fri Mar 27 12:55:46 2026, Sten wrote:
> I've capped the rounds of peace an NPC can inflict on a player to 5
rounds.
> Also trolls / worms / probably some other subs, their roar skill is now
> capped at 1 room when it forces you to flee. NPCs are now immune to
other
> NPCs roar, before they would roar defensively and other NPCs in the room

> would aggro them.
>
Ehhh, if anything breaks, or you find some behavior that looks odd or you
feel that your charmie dont peace as they used to do, please tell your
friendly neighborhood wizard.

Published on: March 27, 2026, 1:57 pm

Peace / Fear and NPCs - Sten

I've capped the rounds of peace an NPC can inflict on a player to 5 rounds.
Also trolls / worms / probably some other subs, their roar skill is now
capped at 1 room when it forces you to flee. NPCs are now immune to other
NPCs roar, before they would roar defensively and other NPCs in the room
would aggro them.

Published on: March 27, 2026, 1:55 pm

Pillger Camp Logout - Burlok

Greetings PILLAGERS of Tsunami,

When you logout or disconnect in your pillaging camp you will now
hopefully log back into the room the camp was in.

All your JUNK should also be in that room now and subject to normal game
cleaning procedures if it hangs out too long.

Published on: March 27, 2026, 12:39 am

Pillaging Parties - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

As some will lament a couple of years ago I disabled banding when I began
working on pillaging.

I have - today - hopefully made it where partied natives will now all get
pillaging points and spoils.

I have also - hopefully - fixed conditions where beastmaster pets would
get kills and so the beastmaster would not get the pillaging points.

What does this mean? Native parties probably snowball ridiculously.

Test it for me! Show Ghyath that Natives are not underwhelming at all!

Published on: March 26, 2026, 11:09 pm

Kyldiss Killquest // Wererat Hunter - Darkpoole

Jarrod has learned some new knowledge regarding the dream gate / tearing /
portal

If you ask him about 'rift' 'tearing' 'dream tearing' or 'portal'

He may be able to sense if the portal has been opened or not in this
current boot.


~DP

Published on: March 24, 2026, 10:23 am

Re: New generated eq - Disdain

Made some changes to drop rates. Added a flat increase of 15% to loot
chance, this should bring it up to 1 in 3 kills producing something. Also
increased the minimum rarity of drops so you should see more drops with
higher rarities.

I have added a flag to the shop list descriptions. gen_eq gear will bear a
"~" at the front. I have also added a "gen_eq" id to new items, and 'list
gen_eq' will work at the shop to only show new equipment

I hope everyone finds something cool!

-Disdain

Published on: March 22, 2026, 8:23 pm

Rework - Burlok

I significantly reduced the cost to use rework. The expectation that a
player would need to carry an orb at some levels to use one of their
skills didnt feel right for this particular skill.

Published on: March 22, 2026, 4:24 pm

New generated eq - Disdain

I installed the new gen_eq this morning. Most kills will have a chance to
drop the new equipment. This eq will not be lockerable until I've had some
time to get feedback. 2 winters of work on this thing. I hope ya'll like
it.

Published on: March 22, 2026, 3:18 pm

< no title > - Nacho

Mercenary Recruitment Office Commissioned

The fighter guild has formally opened the new Mercenary
Recruitment Office, now overseen by David the Field Marshal.

This office serves as a dedicated command hub for warlords
to contract trained support under clear terms of coin, rank,
and readiness. Contracts are processed through disciplined
intake, with recruits assigned by subclass and delivered on
schedule according to the standing enlist framework.

Purpose:

Centralise warlord recruitment into a single, structured office
Provide reliable subclass hiring with level-based cost and preparation
time
Compensate the removal/change to class mazes
Enlist merc is still available

Prices and order times may vary, at the moment I feel they are modest.

If anything breaks we know who to blame...

Published on: March 22, 2026, 9:14 am

Re: Forged Items - Burlok

On Thu Mar 19 22:18:22 2026, Burlok wrote:
> Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,
>
> If you forge an item you should be able to wield that item.
>
> Let me know if this winds up not being the case.
>
> #unleashthedwarves
>
Fixed something to make it more likely that this actually works.

Published on: March 22, 2026, 2:29 am

NPC warlords - Ghyath

They no longer spawn paladin, knight and gremlin(!) mercenaries.

Published on: March 22, 2026, 1:11 am

Re: Juggernaught - Ghyath

On Fri Mar 20 00:13:40 2026, Ghyath wrote:
> NPC juggernaughts had an error in their logic so they always rotated
their
> weakest weaponry upon the first hit. Now they should properly select the

> weaponry their attacker is most vulnerable to! Trolls will love their
> Naptha Throwers.
> Meanwhile I adjusted formula for the power plant explosion when
> juggernaught dies. This works for both player characters and NPCs. It
> should now deal double the damage than before.
>
I discovered another error where NPC juggernaughts never used tier 7
upgrades. Well, now they do.

Published on: March 21, 2026, 11:36 pm

Levitation and Rest - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

You can now rest while under the effects of levitation because magic
lifting you up is different than trying to use wings to hover in place
when it comes to relaxing.

Published on: March 21, 2026, 1:48 am

Juggernaught - Ghyath

NPC juggernaughts had an error in their logic so they always rotated their
weakest weaponry upon the first hit. Now they should properly select the
weaponry their attacker is most vulnerable to! Trolls will love their
Naptha Throwers.
Meanwhile I adjusted formula for the power plant explosion when
juggernaught dies. This works for both player characters and NPCs. It
should now deal double the damage than before.

Published on: March 20, 2026, 1:13 am

Re: Forged Items - Burlok

On Thu Mar 19 22:18:22 2026, Burlok wrote:
> Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,
>
> If you forge an item you should be able to wield that item.
>
> Let me know if this winds up not being the case.
>
> #unleashthedwarves
>
In the interest of transparency...

chat Yeah.
I also added a soft-cap to forge. The soft cap is high enough it wont
disrupt the bonus from forges but will prevent what I anticipate being
situations where people gather all the buffs in the game in an attempt to
create and wield a level 40 weapon.

Published on: March 19, 2026, 11:24 pm

Forged Items - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

If you forge an item you should be able to wield that item.

Let me know if this winds up not being the case.

#unleashthedwarves

Published on: March 19, 2026, 11:18 pm

Chaos Orb - Vladimir

Congrats Chaosmages! You now have your own "mage weapon"!

Help spells chaos-orb for details.

And, as usual, blame Darkpoole if you don't like it, but be sure
to give me any feedback, suggestions or ideas.

Published on: March 19, 2026, 3:25 pm

Wars - Darkpoole

Due to popular demand, War's our now weekly instead of 3 weekly - Many
thanks to all the new players craving war!

Published on: March 19, 2026, 5:45 am

Barbarian HP Pillaging Display - Burlok

I removed the pillaging status updates from the Barbarian HP bar. This will
make them consistent with the other pillagers and reduce what could become
a very long hp bar. Please rely on the pillager command to view your
score.

Published on: March 18, 2026, 6:19 pm

Shaman QoL: Destruct Skill + Bonus Materia Gain - Marisil

Greetings,

Shamans now earn a materia-gain bonus based on their current total
"destructed" value. "Destructed" is incremented whenever you use the
"destruct" skill to destroy a MAGIC item (this is how it has always
worked, just repeating it here). As the Shaman destroys such items
over time, he or she will gradually earn a +X% bonus to all materia
gain, which will be displayed in "score" in the "Destructed" field.
For full disclosure, here is the formula:

x = total_destructed / 2000
x = log(x^(x^0.22))

Here's the bonus curve, given x, from 1 to 2500:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=log%28x%5E%28x%5E0.22%29%29+from+1+to
+2500

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 18, 2026, 1:39 pm

Shaman Auto-Materia-Channel - Marisil

Greetings,

I discovered an oversight in the Shaman auto-channel mechanism
that fires whenever you the Shaman buries or skins a corpse.
Essentially, materia tiers 1-3 were supposed to receive a bonus,
but were not actually getting it. This has been fixed.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 18, 2026, 11:32 am

Disarm - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

From time to time people complain about how disarm functions. Essentially,
requiring the player to manually rewield meanwhile npcs automatically
rewield as if they were never disarmed at all.


Ive put a new version of disarm into testing that handles the situation a
bit more like a debuff than actual manipulation of the weapon object.

Looking for feedback on this change. Currently the number of rounds
disarmed will be roughly 4. Sometimes less. Sometimes more. Depending on
skill roll.

Ive only implemented this for the disarm skill and mesmerizes unwield
command.

If the change is agreeable Ill look at rolling it out further.

Published on: March 17, 2026, 1:44 am

Draco Blight Spell - Marisil

Greetings,

Dracolich blight spell will no longer destroy heals on the
target that have a value of 10k coins or higher. This was
changed mainly to prevent NPC Dracos from costing you tens
if not hundreds of thousands of coins, in terms of heals
you might lose from your inventory. That was certainly
never the intention of the spell, and is a brutal player
experience.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 16, 2026, 8:34 pm

Re: Mage Weapons - Vladimir

I forgot to mention, the Mage Weapon change will affect the following:

Wu-Jen (all spheres)
Necromancer
Illusionist
Chronomancer

(maybe be on the lookout for a Chaosmage weapon in the near future)

Published on: March 16, 2026, 7:44 pm

Mage Weapons - Vladimir

Mage Weapons have been updated, to hopefully make them more attractive
to use.

They now give bonuses to spells, based on your class, or Wu-Jen sphere.
Also, they have a new special attack proc you might see fire off
from your melee attacks.

As a side "benefit", missile and ice-bolt have been updated to use newer
skill code, so let me know if anything looks fishy with them.


As always, blame Darkpoole for any problems. But be sure to let me know
about them as well.

Published on: March 16, 2026, 6:40 pm

Commands - Vladimir

A new command, 'commands' has been added. It replaces the existing
"help commands" spam-list.

Help commands, or use 'commands' / 'commands '.

The old 'help commands' list is still available, using 'help commands!'.

As usual, blame Darkpoole (or let me know), if there are any issues.

Published on: March 12, 2026, 4:30 pm

Pixie "pollen" command - Marisil

Pixies,

The "pollen" command has been update to provide more clarity
in regards to what each column means. Not that you probably
didn't know what they meant already, but now it is explicit.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 12, 2026, 12:08 pm

Help newbieareas - Ghyath

"help newbieareas" has been updated:
- directions now use/prefer caravans
- new information about (kill)quests nearby

Please let me know how you (dis)like it and what quests are missing where.
With a positive feedback I might update "help midbieareas" similarly.

Published on: March 11, 2026, 11:41 pm

Glance - Vladimir

Glance has been updated to accept a

Shop Sell Bonus - Burlok

I did a major refactor of the way the shop handles sell bonuses.

This is the bonus bards and thugs currently get.

It should have no impact player-side but JUST IN CASE im letting you know.

Published on: March 11, 2026, 4:12 pm

Snipe First Shot: Bug Fixed - Marisil

Greetings,

There was a bug in the code for the Hunter Snipe skill which
checked the target's "perception" skill level when
considering whether the first shot against that target
catches them off-guard. There is no such thing as the
"perception" skill, so this has been changed to be
"awareness", which is what the coder probably intended
. Before this was fixed, every initial snipe shot was
getting bonus damage, which is not what we intended. The
awareness of the target will now properly be taken into
consideration.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 10, 2026, 3:55 pm

Newbie Area - Darkpoole

Greetings Newbies!



I've updated the newbie area to be a little more interactive, you can
visit this area via the newbiearea command, which has also been changed
from level 1 to account age, you can use this command until your account
age hits 12 months total.



I've also added a few things to the blindmode command such as


Condensed who list
Condensed score


but I would love to hear some thoughts about what else to add to the
blindmode.


~DP

Published on: March 10, 2026, 1:59 pm

Blind Mode - Darkpoole

There's a WIP command called blindmode.


You can activate it with blindmode on / off

For any of my screen reader friends, if you can think of some ways to make
this game easier to access please let me know and I'll see what I can do
about adding things in.


~DP

Published on: March 9, 2026, 1:06 pm

Party - Ghyath

I *think* I fixed a bug where exp wasn't properly distributed when the
killer was a DoT-like effect.
You should now automatically follow, turn damage on and take formation
first upon joining the party.

Published on: March 9, 2026, 1:14 am

Re: RACE Updates Pt 1 - Burlok

On Sat Mar 07 00:24:32 2026, Burlok wrote:
> Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,
> I made a pass over a few races and installed some new things.
>
> DWARF
> -Dwarves love to fight and drink. They are not debuffed by alcohol.
> -Dwarves always have the forge skill (this is not new).
> -A Dwarf of 19+1 or higher can also mythic forge, regardless of quest
> points.
>
> BONUS REDUCTION: Dwarves no longer have a religion bonus.
>
> GHANT
> -A ghant can always "offwield". They do not gain the offhand skill but
> they gain a bit of hidden skill each level which will translate to
offhand
> attacks.
>
> BONUS REDUCTION: Ghants lost their +10 to offhand.
> BONUS INCREASE: Ghants who have the offhand skill gain a couple of extra

> points each level.
>
> KENKU
> SKILL SWAP: Kenku lost FLY but gained FLIGHT. This gives them all the
> additional functionality flight has.
>
> SKAVEN
> -Skaven always have the STEALTH skill. Very interested to see how this
> will be abused.
>
> SLEEN
> -When a sleen rests it enters a state of brumation which is a more
> restorative state than rest.
> -A sleen receives BONUS HEALING from ALL SOURCES.
>
> BONUS REDUCTION: I removed their weapon bonuses and penalties but kept
the
> ones related to light and dark.
>
>
Oh. I forgot. Dwarves lost their bonus to forge.

Published on: March 7, 2026, 12:34 am

RACE Updates Pt 1 - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,
I made a pass over a few races and installed some new things.

DWARF
-Dwarves love to fight and drink. They are not debuffed by alcohol.
-Dwarves always have the forge skill (this is not new).
-A Dwarf of 19+1 or higher can also mythic forge, regardless of quest
points.

BONUS REDUCTION: Dwarves no longer have a religion bonus.

GHANT
-A ghant can always "offwield". They do not gain the offhand skill but
they gain a bit of hidden skill each level which will translate to offhand
attacks.

BONUS REDUCTION: Ghants lost their +10 to offhand.
BONUS INCREASE: Ghants who have the offhand skill gain a couple of extra
points each level.

KENKU
SKILL SWAP: Kenku lost FLY but gained FLIGHT. This gives them all the
additional functionality flight has.

SKAVEN
-Skaven always have the STEALTH skill. Very interested to see how this
will be abused.

SLEEN
-When a sleen rests it enters a state of brumation which is a more
restorative state than rest.
-A sleen receives BONUS HEALING from ALL SOURCES.

BONUS REDUCTION: I removed their weapon bonuses and penalties but kept the
ones related to light and dark.

Published on: March 7, 2026, 12:24 am

Drunken Swashbucklers - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

Swashbucklers love to drink and fight. They do not suffer a skill penalty
while drunk.

Published on: March 6, 2026, 8:41 pm

Racial Adjustments - Burlok

I am going to be working on some adjustment to races over the next couple
of weeks.

The goal is to improve / increase / make more viable some of the races
that are not usually go-to selections.

I am NOT intending on posting each change as it occurs.

I WILL post summaries as I do a few.

So if something looks slightly different with a skill line DONT PANIC.

You can always reach out to me.

Published on: March 5, 2026, 8:34 pm

Cecaelia - Raine

Resistances changed to shock -15, sound -10, and drown +30.
Removed swipe bonus, added engage and strangle at +5 each. Weapon numbers
normalized as well.
Terrain numbers normalized.
Rings dropped to 6.

Published on: March 5, 2026, 2:35 am

Pixie Plerosis/Clover Stat Buff Decay - Marisil

Pixies,

Plerosis' (clover) bonus accumulated stat boost that comes from
its synergy with lily will no longer decay while you are resting.
This is so that you can use the enhanced rest that comes from
clover's synergy with tulip (in case you have that as well),
without be penalized for using the enhanced rest by potentially
losing some of your bonus stats in the process.

Cheers,
Marisil

Published on: March 4, 2026, 7:07 pm

Cecaelia - Darkpoole

Hentai lovers rejoice!


Ever wanted to play your own octopus inspired race?
Want to slap your enemies with your 8 tentacles?

Want to do something weird and slosh around everywhere?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia are cephalopod humanoids with powerful tentacles, fluid movement,
and
predatory instincts. They excel at constriction and close-quarters
control, but
struggle with rigid heavy weapon forms. Their bodies are built for water
and
shoreline hunting, not dry deserts or heavy plate warfare. Due to having
so many
tentacles and being a cephalopod they are restricted in what gear they can
wear
but can equip up to 8 rings.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia stat adjustments:

Strength : -5
Dexterity : 10
Intelligence : 10
Constitution : -15
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia resistance adjustments:

Drown : +30
Sound : -5
Fire : -10
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia skill adjustments:

2-hsword : -12 awareness : +5 axe : -10
bow : -8 grapple : +10 polearm : -10
stealth : +5 swipe : +5 sword : -10
unarmed : +8
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia sight restrictions:

Max Sight : +9
Min Sight : +1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia is a man-sized race.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Cecaelia combat adjustments from terrain:

Arid : -10 Desert : -15 Shore : +8
Swamp : +5 Underwater : +20 Water : +15
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-

Published on: March 4, 2026, 3:51 am

New Races - Darkpoole

Three new races have been discovered as playable


-Goblin
-Hobgoblin
-Bugbear



Feel free to check them out and let me know your thoughts :)
~DP

Published on: March 2, 2026, 5:56 am

Orcs and Corpses - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

The corpse heal orcs received did not keep pace with the addition of rest
and the wider proliferation of heals.

When an orc eats a corpse outside of war they will (rather than eat it)
actually render it into jerky much like a native does for portable
healing.

#orcmeta

Published on: February 25, 2026, 11:04 pm

Command: who2 - Ghyath

There is an alternative look of "who" under who2. Functionality should be
pretty much the same, lacks titles and pretitles (sorry Nomads). If you
like it, just "alias who who2".
Comments welcome.

Published on: February 24, 2026, 7:01 pm

Re: New Playtesting Opportunity - Darkpoole

On Fri Feb 06 04:48:29 2026, Darkpoole wrote:
> This isn't a change post but its the board everyone will see.
>
>
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> I?m opening up invite testing for a new work-in-progress class:
> Deathknight2.
>
> This isn?t replacing anything yet, but it?s the start of a modern
> ?expansion-grade? DK-style kit, with a clean gameplay loop and strong
spec
> identity. If testing goes well, this could become a full new
> class/subclass option going forward.
>
> What it?s about
>
> Runic Power is real gameplay (build it, spend it, manage it)
>
> Frost + Unholy presences you can swap between
>
> Procs that should feel obvious and exciting (not background RNG)
>
> Room effects that behave properly (persist, tick, don?t stack
infinitely)
>
> Current kit in testing
>
> Frost
>
> Obliterate (generator)
>
> Howling Blast + Frost Strike (spenders)
>
> Killing Machine + Rime procs
>
> Frost Fever status
>
> Unholy
>
> Rotrend (generator)
>
> Graveblight (room corruption template)
>
> Miasma Surge (spender that strengthens your room rot)
>
> What I need from testers
> If you hop in, I?d love feedback on:
>
> Does RP feel starved / smooth / flooded?
>
> Do procs feel too rare / too frequent / just right?
>
> Does Frost feel like burst/precision, and Unholy like slow
inevitability?
>
> Any bugs, weird stacking, or edge cases (especially around room effects)
>
> If you?re keen to test, DM me and I?ll get you sorted with
access/invite.
> ~DP
>
The first testing phase as finished, I've learned a lot, and have decided
to take it in a newerish direction focusing more on runes and the runic
weapon. If you previously had a runeknight && gave a lot of feedback,
please send me a tell and I'll have something for you. The next iteration
is Runereaver - feel free to message me if you'd like to try it out.

Published on: February 24, 2026, 8:43 am

Transform (Wu-jen Spell) - Darkpoole

Per Eider's idea - Transform receives a small boost for every rank of water
you have learned.

Published on: February 22, 2026, 2:23 am

Re: Windscar Islands - Ghyath

On Thu Feb 19 00:00:26 2026, Ghyath wrote:
> On Wed Feb 18 17:52:52 2026, Ghyath wrote:
> > You can now sail to Windscar Island from port 4e of CoT.
> > It is a test island, no hidden features, basically no monsters (except

> Den
> > of Beholders), but kind of innovative in terms of "graphical"
> > interpretation of your surroundings.
> > Since there are so many various clients and settings, I am looking for
a
>
> > feedback about how you like general idea, map symbols, how
> understandable
> > your movement around is and how messy it is with your client/settings.

> You
> > probably need to turn off your brief mode to see the main map feature.
> > Feedback please via tells/mudmail/Discord/public channels. Thanks.
> >
> 4 major biomes should now be populated with biome-fitting animals. Some
of
> them are smarter. In general the further from the shore, the bigger
> animals you might encounter (up to lvl 19).
>
Windscar Island is temporarily unavailable until Tsunami's sailors
schedule regular transport. You will be informed in time about new sea
routes.

Published on: February 19, 2026, 8:54 pm

Re: Windscar Islands - Ghyath

On Wed Feb 18 17:52:52 2026, Ghyath wrote:
> You can now sail to Windscar Island from port 4e of CoT.
> It is a test island, no hidden features, basically no monsters (except
Den
> of Beholders), but kind of innovative in terms of "graphical"
> interpretation of your surroundings.
> Since there are so many various clients and settings, I am looking for a

> feedback about how you like general idea, map symbols, how
understandable
> your movement around is and how messy it is with your client/settings.
You
> probably need to turn off your brief mode to see the main map feature.
> Feedback please via tells/mudmail/Discord/public channels. Thanks.
>
4 major biomes should now be populated with biome-fitting animals. Some of
them are smarter. In general the further from the shore, the bigger
animals you might encounter (up to lvl 19).

Published on: February 19, 2026, 12:00 am

Windscar Islands - Ghyath

You can now sail to Windscar Island from port 4e of CoT.
It is a test island, no hidden features, basically no monsters (except Den
of Beholders), but kind of innovative in terms of "graphical"
interpretation of your surroundings.
Since there are so many various clients and settings, I am looking for a
feedback about how you like general idea, map symbols, how understandable
your movement around is and how messy it is with your client/settings. You
probably need to turn off your brief mode to see the main map feature.
Feedback please via tells/mudmail/Discord/public channels. Thanks.

Published on: February 18, 2026, 5:52 pm

Survey - Darkpoole

Not a change post sorry - There's a new Survey in the survey room regarding
shutdown wars, please fill it out! xoxo

Published on: February 18, 2026, 1:23 pm

Monk Stick - Darkpoole

Greetings,


After some discussion with the resident Bug monk. It was realised that one
of the imbues actually had an issue which caused the other elements to
fire more rapidly and uncontrollably. This issue has been fixed/patched,
but the chance to proc is now much better (twice better to be preciseish)
and in doing so, I've lowered the amount of areas/notches needed to get
the next imbue, you can find it out at help monk stick or read below.



Imbue unlocks (by notches / explored locations)
-----------------------------------------------
Your stick level increases once for every 3 explored locations notched
onto the stick. This means imbues unlock at specific notch totals:

Fire: 9+ locations
Lightning: 24+ locations
Ice: 51+ locations
Acid: 81+ locations
Poison: 99+ locations
Holy: 120+ locations

Tip: If you are just short of an unlock, you usually only need a couple
more explored locations to push your stick level over the next threshold.




As usual if I broke something (It's me, so probability is high) please let
me know!


~DP

Published on: February 18, 2026, 1:12 pm

2 More Changes - Darkpoole

Bard's who charm an NPC now have the display on
their HP Prompt.



Anyone who creates a party with another player will Auto Follow, Turn on
Party Damage, and Join Formation First.

Published on: February 16, 2026, 3:56 am

Tower Defence Arcade Game - Darkpoole

Good News Everyone,


I created a fun little Tower Defence game in the arcade (2d 2w u from CoT)
- It's not a super intensive game but its a fun little interactive thing
if you want something to do while bored.

Published on: February 16, 2026, 3:15 am

The Iron Proving Hall - Darkpoole

New Level 30 Fighter Dungeon: The Iron Proving Hall

The old fighter mazes have been retired and replaced with a new dungeon
built for pure combat progression: The Iron Proving Hall.
This is a level 30 dungeon packed with fighter-type enemies and it follows
the same rules as Aincrad.

Clear the room to advance: the next room won?t open up until everything in
the current room is dead.
No dipping out: if anyone leaves the dungeon, the run resets and it will
need to be started again from the beginning.

Boss + Loot
The final boss has a chance to drop a Tier set piece for fighter
subclasses. If you want fighter gear, this is the new proving ground.
If you were farming the old fighter mazes, this is the replacement. Bring
a proper build, bring sustain, and commit to the run, because the hall
doesn?t care how close you were.


I'll await feedback before I start working on the other Class Mazes but I
can guarantee it'll be worth it when you eventually get a 4 piece.


~DP

Published on: February 14, 2026, 11:56 am

Iview command - Burlok

I have unrestricted the iview command. It is now available to all players
during invasions whether you are native or not without the need for a
magic mirror.

Published on: February 13, 2026, 11:04 pm

Re: Worm Tunnel - Burlok

On Tue Dec 16 03:49:51 2025, Darkpoole wrote:
> Heyy,
>
>
> Worm tunnelling now incurs an SP penalty that gradually adds up over
time
> and will kick you out of tunnelling if you're too low on SP - As well
you
> can't rest while tunneling to prevent what is basically a sanctuary for
> not being killed.
>
> If this goes against Burlok's design idea i will be happy to revert it
>
>
> Thanks!
>
This is still true EXCEPT a worm gets 8 rounds before the sp drain kicks
in.

A worm currently auto-tunnels after each kill (plunging back beneath the
ground) and the sp cost was completely justified since people were idling
but by giving a grace period of a few rounds a worm is able to burst from
the ground to swallow its foes still without having an additional xp cost
for being cinematic.

Published on: February 13, 2026, 1:46 am

Newbie Book - Darkpoole

With the recent influx of some new players who happen to skip the
introduction quest. I've made the book available from Magnus (w,s,w,d)
from CoT - as a reminder he's also quite helpful and you can ask him about
most subjects about the mud and he'll hopefully be able to give you the
answer you are looking for.


~DP

Published on: February 13, 2026, 12:23 am

Test - Darkpoole

This is just a test post for the RSS feed.

Published on: February 11, 2026, 5:18 am

Hydra Exhale - Darkpoole

Hydra's no longer gain a toughness bonus (for whatever reason they got it
in the first place) when using exhale.

Published on: February 7, 2026, 1:05 am

Deathmail & Deathshield - Darkpoole

Both have been reduced approximately 30%

Published on: February 6, 2026, 11:12 am

Beholder Logic - Darkpoole

I thought I fixed this ages ago but apparently not. Beholder's now instead
of just spamming shield, will use their offensive and defensive skills as
they were meant to.


~DP

Published on: February 6, 2026, 11:05 am

New Playtesting Opportunity - Darkpoole

This isn't a change post but its the board everyone will see.



Hey everyone,

I?m opening up invite testing for a new work-in-progress class:
Deathknight2.

This isn?t replacing anything yet, but it?s the start of a modern
?expansion-grade? DK-style kit, with a clean gameplay loop and strong spec
identity. If testing goes well, this could become a full new
class/subclass option going forward.

What it?s about

Runic Power is real gameplay (build it, spend it, manage it)

Frost + Unholy presences you can swap between

Procs that should feel obvious and exciting (not background RNG)

Room effects that behave properly (persist, tick, don?t stack infinitely)

Current kit in testing

Frost

Obliterate (generator)

Howling Blast + Frost Strike (spenders)

Killing Machine + Rime procs

Frost Fever status

Unholy

Rotrend (generator)

Graveblight (room corruption template)

Miasma Surge (spender that strengthens your room rot)

What I need from testers
If you hop in, I?d love feedback on:

Does RP feel starved / smooth / flooded?

Do procs feel too rare / too frequent / just right?

Does Frost feel like burst/precision, and Unholy like slow inevitability?

Any bugs, weird stacking, or edge cases (especially around room effects)

If you?re keen to test, DM me and I?ll get you sorted with access/invite.
~DP

Published on: February 6, 2026, 4:48 am

Shaolins/hardcores vs. parties - Ghyath

Darkarn wrote an original prestige subclass of Shaolins with intention of
them being lonely in the cruel world of Tsunami. Probably during some
festivities (or for some reason unknown to me) this was changed and
Shaolins could party like everyone else. Well, until today when they
decided to follow the lonely path again.
Similarly the elusive hardcores.

Published on: February 4, 2026, 11:28 pm

Farty Pollow - Darkpoole

Hi,


I've fixed an oopsie doodle with party follow that should now work again,
in saying that it was hacked and slashed together using an old backup, so
there's a possibility that some old stuff went through as well. if you
notice anything weird please send me a tell :)

~D{

Published on: February 3, 2026, 9:33 am

TRAVEL CHANGES - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

HEARTHSTONE has been updated to include TRAVEL: help hearthstone
GATE has been updated to include TRAVEL: help spells gate
FLIGHT has been updated to include TRAVEL: help skills flight
WORMHOLE has been updated to include TRAVEL: help spells wormhole
CORRIDOR has been update to include TRAVEL: help prayers corridor

BONUS NEW SKILL: Bards have gained the song TRAVELERS TUNE. Skill level
will decrease the needed exploration percentage to travel. HEROIC BARDS
can travel to areas they have only begun to explore.


Let me know if any functionality of any skill is broken. I did thoroughly
test all the things but im not perfect.

Published on: January 31, 2026, 1:19 am

BETA: EXPLORATION and TRAVEL - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami,

Recent feedback from new and returning players has been that travel across
the land can be difficult as our memories from many years ago have faded
and that even when you know where you are going its very easy to get
turned around.


Ive implemented a system for general player testing that will allow
players to travel to realms they have reached a certain exploration
threshold in.

Currently that threshold is 61 percent.

See help hearthstone
See help gate

Both allow for the argument EXPLORED which will show destinations you meet
the exploration threshold for.

For you champion explorers who will have a huge list you can also restrict
the output by level EXPLORED -

Using gate / hearth / phearth will let you pick from these realms as well.
Hopefully all the costs and restrictions should be in place.

If anyone has other suggestions on how to use this system (or additional
skills to consider modifying) please let me know.

Published on: January 29, 2026, 1:04 am

Various minor changes/updates - Ghyath

Newbie chessboard got cosmetic update.
Tam's (Two Rivers area) behavior updated.
Newbie dummy (Newbie tutorial area) no longer gives melee exp. DummyGate
is over!
Toy Chest area updated, NPCs now properly wear/wield their equipment aka
Greshna's favorite babes finally wear bikini!

Published on: January 28, 2026, 5:50 pm

CONTEST Realm Entries - Burlok

Greetings Denziens of Tsunami.

New and returning players have provided feedback that navigating the
realms of Tsunami can be challenging. As a result, Burlok is working on a
travel-system.

WHAT WE NEED: We need to record the “entry location” for each realm.

The “entry location” is the first room you would enter off of the main
area into the REALM. You can type “realm” and see where you are. For
example CoT is in MAINLAND TOWN.

CONTEST
Players are being given the opportunity to help Burlok declare entry-rooms
to the various realms for MUD PRIZES. There is a COG DISPENSER at cot
which will give you a gps cog.

You can see which realms are needed via the command “gps needed”.

Travel to a needed realm and type “gps submit ” where
is the typical level a player would adventure in this area (you can only
pick 1 level). This level will be important to the travel system also.

You can view your progress with “gps contest” while holding a cog.

Burlok will be reviewing submissions every few days and approving ones
that appear to correctly identify the “entry room”.

The contest ends February 28 OR whenever the majority of the realms have
entries.

Published on: January 20, 2026, 11:53 pm

Druids - Ghyath

Druids have been disabled, because their current status isn't in line with
Tsunami's subclass standards.

Published on: January 16, 2026, 9:52 pm

Native PILLAGERS - Burlok

CONCEPT: The Native of Tsunami eschew the civilized world. They move across
the world pillaging the fringes of society which unleashed evil-powers
upon them.

All native classes now have access to pillaging and pillager.

See: help pillaging

Let me know if anything isnt working / doesnt appear to be set-up right.

Published on: January 11, 2026, 5:26 am

Re: NEW Pillager Skill - Burlok

On Sat Jan 10 06:21:09 2026, Burlok wrote:
> Barbarians have gained the pillager skill! See help skills pillager.
>
> This gives nomadic pillagers a mobile base. Allowing them to take a
break
> from time to time without losing their standing.
>
> I will continue working on testing this in conjunction with anyone else
> who wants to use it. If you find an abuse let me know.
>
> I will add it to other pillagers (Berserker, Amazon, More?) once I am
more
> confident its working as intended.
>
> The 300 round cooldown begins when the pillager who made the camp exits.
A
> logout will clear the cooldown ..
> .. but it also clears your pillaging score.
>
> You can see your timer's status by typing pillager.
>
Berserkers and Amazons have access to the pillager skill now.

Published on: January 10, 2026, 11:34 pm

NEW Pillager Skill - Burlok

Barbarians have gained the pillager skill! See help skills pillager.

This gives nomadic pillagers a mobile base. Allowing them to take a break
from time to time without losing their standing.

I will continue working on testing this in conjunction with anyone else
who wants to use it. If you find an abuse let me know.

I will add it to other pillagers (Berserker, Amazon, More?) once I am more
confident its working as intended.

The 300 round cooldown begins when the pillager who made the camp exits. A
logout will clear the cooldown ..
.. but it also clears your pillaging score.

You can see your timer's status by typing pillager.

Published on: January 10, 2026, 6:21 am

Death Equipment on Login - Burlok

PROBLEM: A deathknight had to summon all of their three equipment pieces
each login. How tedious.

CHANGE: You will automatically get your death gear when you login.

ADDED: Command dblade which will set the blade type you summon on
login (default vorpal).

BONUS CHANGE (Increase?): Deathmail was using 90% of its skill value. It
is now using 100%.

Published on: January 10, 2026, 1:48 am

Deathknight Equipment and Incorp QoL - Burlok

PROBLEM: Incorporeality would remove all of a DKs equipment forcing them to
manually re-wear. How tedious.

CHANGE: Going incorporeal will now re-equip valid item slots. It will mark
the items (codewise) to know which ones it took off.
CHANGE: Going corporeal will now FIRST attempt to re-equip all of the
items incorp marked.

CHANGE: Going corporeal will SECOND fill any remain slots with items
selected from the "suit up" command.

ENHANCEMENT: Clarified what equipment a DK can wear in its states in a
more straightforward fashion in the code.

WHEN INCORP: Deathknights cannot wear boots, gloves, other, or helmet.

BONUS CHANGE (Reduction?): Deathknights can NO LONGER wear mortal shields.
Only death shields.

--Willing to have a conversation about changing the way they get death
shield.

Published on: January 10, 2026, 12:06 am

This board - Fingolfin

This Board is the universal changes board for the
coders of Tsunami.

Changes will be posted here as well as in
the affected guilds.

Fingolfin

Published on: October 4, 1999, 8:56 pm