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  2. Allium

    Play Release 144!

    [B]Greetings Fellow Avatars![/B] Release 144 goes live November [S]24th[/S] 25th at 10:30 AM CST. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of [I]Shroud of the Avatar[/I] with new content and improvements. For Release 144 (R144), we offer a small army. For those...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    24 Nov 2025

  3. Morkin

    Fancy Kitchen Sink II can't be placed outside of houses

    The glaze on the sink would stain, and the wood would gray and rot. A sink intended for outdoor use may be the better solution.
    Posted By
    Morkin

    Date
    16 Nov 2025

  4. Ravalox

    R143 Sales and UltraRare Event has ended!

    We will be distributing the UltraRare bonus items associated with the purchase of a 6K or 10K COTO Pack during the event the week of November 17th. Haunted Voodoo Doll (6K COTO Pack) Undead Jackalope Doll (10K COTO Pack) Thank you for supporting Shroud of the Avatar!...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    13 Nov 2025

  5. Isbel

    [Submitted 72766] Mysterious Swamp - unlootable reaper

    I tested this a few times yesterday and couldn't the issue. However, one time I did notice that if my camera was pulled back fairly far that there was a "dead spot" in the middle of the reaper that I couldn't select, but when I zoomed in a little that dead spot went away and could select any...
    Posted By
    Isbel

    Date
    12 Nov 2025

  6. Isbel

    [Submitted 72766] Mysterious Swamp - unlootable reaper

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72766
    Posted By
    Isbel

    Date
    11 Nov 2025

  7. Rinaldi

    [Fixed 72765] Brittany Sewers - chest keeps resetting

    Thanks for the report. Issue #72765
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    11 Nov 2025

  8. Ravalox

    R143 Patch1: UltraRares coming to Hometown

    With this most recent patch, the Undead Jackalope has now agreed to remain visible! The Sales (and UltraRare event) will be extended through [COLOR=#00b3b3]November 12th[/COLOR] to allow for everyone to check out the Voodoo Doll and Jackalope in Hometown.
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    06 Nov 2025

  9. ConjurerDragon

    [Fix Needs Testing 72762] Ardoris - Lantern on/off Moth on/on

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72762
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    03 Nov 2025

  10. Hemnu Lightbringer

    ATTN: Ravalox on New Ultra Rare Sales Banners

    [QUOTE="Morkin, post: 1383025, member: 421415"]this forum too... your picture is lost :)[/QUOTE] I'm not sure what you mean, is the image not showing for you?
    Posted By
    Hemnu Lightbringer

    Date
    01 Nov 2025

  11. Ravalox

    R143 Patch1: UltraRares coming to Hometown

    We have just deployed a patch that brings the fully functional Haunted UltraRare Dolls into the game. They will be placed in Hometown in about 40 minutes. This patch completes the final prep for the Crown Store (Sub Reward and Login Rewards items) Have a Spooky Halloween! Keep an EYE...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    31 Oct 2025

  12. Hemnu Lightbringer

    ATTN: Ravalox on New Ultra Rare Sales Banners

    I wasn't able to get the pictures and verbiage put together before I crashed and slept for 11 hours. Even yesterday took me forever to get caught up. I have updated both the 10K and 6K listings... [URL]https://www.shroudof... I re-wrote the verbiage and put better formatting in place. I'm...
    Posted By
    Hemnu Lightbringer

    Date
    30 Oct 2025

  13. Allium

    Play Release 143!

    [B]Greetings Fellow Avatars![/B] Release 143 goes live October 27th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of [I]Shroud of the Avatar[/I] with new content and improvements. For Release 143 (R143), we offer items meant to display people and ...not...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    27 Oct 2025

  14. Rinaldi

    [FIxed] Resurrection items in Crown Shop - Add that it can be placed in dungeons & basements

    Updated the Description in the Crown Store. Should be live with R143
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    26 Oct 2025

  15. Shwna Ap'Owen

    nVida GeForce Now

    There is more to it than that. Using Install to Play does not optimize the game for GeForce's desired SLA and may have performance issues (which is a bad look for GeForce and the game being played). A service game (such as ours), apply patches on a regular basis (we patch on average 3 times a...
    Posted By
    Shwna Ap'Owen

    Date
    21 Oct 2025

  16. Greylond

    [Fix Needs Testing 72752] Annora Jenkins [Port Harmony Watersmith]

    You're correct, she should be referencing Minister Greenwell. Also, I haven't heard about this bug before so thanks for sharing! Issue #72752
    Posted By
    Greylond

    Date
    20 Oct 2025

  17. Rinaldi

    [Fixed] The Breach - Point of Interest "Pavillion" is misspelled

    [QUOTE="Alley Oop, post: 1382704, member: 15071"]if we want to keep it consistent we have a bunch of player item display names and store entries to change too[/QUOTE] I certainly love consistency! :) Also, I'll say that, in general, we should be adhering to modern American English for our game...
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    20 Oct 2025

  18. Paladin Michael

    [Need More Info 72740] ARDORIS - PELADJAR'S INN - Wooden boards clipping through beds

    [USER=118975]@Paladin Michael[/USER] , I just checked Ardoris in the editor and that Inn has 2 upper floors. I checked the beds in both but didn't see any issues. If this issue is still happening for you... [LIST=1] [*]Reply with the /loc info so I can see where you were standing and what you...
    Posted By
    Paladin Michael

    Date
    13 Oct 2025

  19. Paladin Michael

    [Need More Info 72740] ARDORIS - PELADJAR'S INN - Wooden boards clipping through beds

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72740 (In the future don't forget to add the "/loc" info, please!)
    Posted By
    Paladin Michael

    Date
    13 Oct 2025

  20. Rinaldi

    [Fixed] The Breach - Point of Interest "Pavillion" is misspelled

    After reading this thread, I decided to change the spelling to "Central Pavilion" (one L) to match modern English standards. (No issue #)
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    13 Oct 2025

  21. Tiina Onir

    SotA is suseptible to CVE-2025-59489

    [QUOTE="Katu, post: 1382665, member: 55599"][URL]https://discu... I think you cut the message from wrong point, it clearly indicates it should be patched! Note the words "We strongly recommend"[/QUOTE] I think you missed the first sentence: [B]We are integrating Unity's remediation process...
    Posted By
    Tiina Onir

    Date
    10 Oct 2025

  22. Tiina Onir

    SotA is suseptible to CVE-2025-59489

    [SIZE=3][B]We are integrating Unity's remediation process into our builds. Please note that the vulnerability requires your local PC to be compromised by malware (etc), external to any Unity application installed. In addition, please see the below for changes that have been made to your system...
    Posted By
    Tiina Onir

    Date
    09 Oct 2025

  23. Hemnu Lightbringer

    [Need More Info] New Ghost Spawners Not Spawning

    There may be circumstances that are causing the ones you placed to not function properly.. Without the /bug information we cannot investigate. Using /bug while standing in front of one of the symptomatic ones then pasting the info here will give us a ton of data.
    Posted By
    Hemnu Lightbringer

    Date
    09 Oct 2025

  24. Ravalox

    Release 142 Sales have come to a close

    The patch to end the Crown Store sale has been deployed. COTOs and POT Upgrades are now back to their normal pricing.
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    07 Oct 2025

  25. Ravalox

    Sales ended, but not just quite yet...

    We were ready to deploy the sale end patch, however Steam seems to be having some issues (we cannot upload the patch to them, the partner API and websites are down, and DownDetector confirms). This should not affect game play as 99.9% of our players do not use Steam. If the Steam outage...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    07 Oct 2025

  26. Isbel

    [Fixed 72724] Crafting Sigil Sticking Through Wall Horizontally (NPC Crafting Shop)

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72724
    Posted By
    Isbel

    Date
    06 Oct 2025

  27. efranz281

    [Fix Needs Testing 72719] Earn Sir Patrick's Freedom

    Thanks for the report! Issue # 72719 In the future, it would be great if you included the "/loc" information with your bug report. (While still at the problem area, type "/loc" in your in-game chat and it will give you some details that can help me. Those details are immediately copied for you...
    Posted By
    efranz281

    Date
    05 Oct 2025

  28. Belladonna Rose

    Shipwreck deco. Plz

    Can you post some examples? (Zone and LOC) :D
    Posted By
    Belladonna Rose

    Date
    04 Oct 2025

  29. Mal Hari

    Subscription question, Switching over.

    Only one can be active at a time per account. Even to update you card expiration, you would be canceling and re-establishing the sub. (This is because we do not store your card info at all).
    Posted By
    Mal Hari

    Date
    04 Oct 2025

  30. Barugon

    Unity security vulnerability

    We have the info and the patch from Unity. So we should not have any issues once it is in production.
    Posted By
    Barugon

    Date
    04 Oct 2025

  31. Rinaldi

    [Fix Needs Testing 72712] Plate Leggings of Courage Quest (Torben in Harvest)

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72712
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    01 Oct 2025

  32. Rinaldi

    [Fixed 72711] Typos in Grigor's Dialogue (in Storms Reach)

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72711
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    01 Oct 2025

  33. Sandra Sosaria

    Earthworms Drop Chance in Clay Deposits Please

    different crops have different chances.
    Posted By
    Sandra Sosaria

    Date
    01 Oct 2025

  34. Allium

    Play Release 142!

    [B]Greetings Fellow Avatars![/B] Release 142 goes live September 29th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of [I]Shroud of the Avatar[/I] with new content and improvements. For Release 142 (R142), we offer ghosts and goblets. For those wishing...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    29 Sep 2025

  35. ConjurerDragon

    [Fix Needs Testing] Chicken room proportions not fitting walls room to room

    [USER=2872]@ConjurerDrago... Since we cannot shift the existing off-grid dungeon rooms, I created a set of "half length hallway" pieces (4m long instead of 8m long) . Please let us know if this workaround fills the gap ;) The new hall pieces are available via a recipe and blueprint on the...
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    19 Sep 2025

  36. rixk

    [Fix Needs Testing 72685] Problem placing corner fence

    Thanks for the report and follow-up! I'm glad you were able to make use the lot how you want, but I'll take a look anyway and see if there need to be improvements in the area. Issue #72685
    Posted By
    rixk

    Date
    16 Sep 2025

  37. Rinaldi

    [Submitted 72684] Kas Ruins (Riei Firefeather) - repeatedly flops on the ground after it resurrects

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72684
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    16 Sep 2025

  38. ConjurerDragon

    [Fix Needs Testing 72675] Port Harmony, typo in Peregrine's dialog

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72675
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    09 Sep 2025

  39. Rinaldi

    [Fixed 72674] Mud - public vendor does not respond to keyword "Vendor"

    Thanks for the report and addition! Issue #72674 I didn't look into it yet, but I suspect these NPC has two specific keywords/"keyword sets" with overlapping alternate keywords in each set. Then when you use one keyword it fails because there's more than one set available.
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    09 Sep 2025

  40. Ravalox

    R141 - Back to Squirrel sale has ended

    We wave bye to the little ones as they go off to school, and so too we wave goodbye to the R141 sales! Thanks for your support!
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    06 Sep 2025

  41. Mondravis

    [Submitted 72645] Kobold Expeditionary Camp

    Thanks for the extra info! I couldn't repro the issue before. Hopefully this helps.
    Posted By
    Mondravis

    Date
    01 Sep 2025

  42. Rinaldi

    [Fixed 72659] Eastreach Gap - invisible blocker

    Thanks for the report! That ore node definitely shouldn't spawn within an invisible collider. I'll take a look and modify the collider, the visuals that imply a collider, and/or the location of the node. Issue #72659
    Posted By
    Rinaldi

    Date
    01 Sep 2025

  43. Paladin Michael

    [Fix Needs Testing 72658] Soltown Inn: Talking to Bentley

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72658
    Posted By
    Paladin Michael

    Date
    01 Sep 2025

  44. Ravalox

    The September Login Reward has been Deployed

    When the login reward goes active, players may note a server message indicating that the instance will close in 60 minutes. Once seen, if the client is logged out and logged back into, the new login reward should be delivered. This month's reward, A Studious Squirrel Statue:...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    01 Sep 2025

  45. Ravalox

    In game Deed Upgrades on sale for 20% did not deploy with R141

    This sale started with the deployment of R141 at 4pm CT August 28th, The sale was not triggered in game until 2am August 29th. If you upgraded a deed between these times, please send an email to support (support@shroudoftheavata... We will verify the logs and refund the difference in game....
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    29 Aug 2025

  46. Morkin

    [Fixed] Stone Dungeon Hall with Secret Door (T intersection) can't be placed

    Thanks! Was an odd one, but I now see what happened. (like I described on the livestream) While I was in there, I tweaked the gap on the door. Glad you noticed! :D
    Posted By
    Morkin

    Date
    28 Aug 2025

  47. Allium

    Play Release 141!

    [B]Greetings Fellow Avatars![/B] Release 141 goes live August 28th at 4:00 PM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of [I]Shroud of the Avatar[/I] with new content and improvements. For Release 141 (R141), we offer schoolbooks or hooky. For those wishing...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    28 Aug 2025

  48. Ravalox

    R141 Deployment moved to Thursday

    Over the last week we have been working to get all the content ready so it would go live with R141. We built a QA Server patch for public testing before we finalized the content package, however the content did not pass our internal quality checks before opening the QA server to the playerbase...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    28 Aug 2025

  49. shadowvice

    [Fix Needs Testing 68318] Disable Monolith to Collect Geisterseelen - Misspelling - Blocken

    [QUOTE="Raven Swiftbow, post: 1381267, member: 122613"]I know this one was hopefully resolved, but alas, I recently picked up this quest and my Journal Entry still includes the Blocken instead of Broken. In the journal description it reads: "An Orator from the League of Skulls wants me to use...
    Posted By
    shadowvice

    Date
    25 Aug 2025

  50. ConjurerDragon

    [Fixed 72575] Castle Atos home merchant has a name but refuses to give it

    Thanks for the report! Issue #72575
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    14 Jul 2025

  51. spellstriker

    Ulfheim Dragon at the end

    [QUOTE="spellstriker, post: 1379740, member: 178014"]The dragon at the end of Ulfheim well attack through the wall or come all the way into the build sometimes. Would like to know if this is ment to be or is it bugging out? I have had it rest the encounter quite a few times now.[/QUOTE] Without...
    Posted By
    spellstriker

    Date
    14 Jul 2025

  52. Duke Olahorand

    [Resolved] High memory consumption

    Greetings! The game can use a range of RAM based on a few factors. Typically, I have seen it use from 4GB to 16GB RAM depending on what is happening. For instance I loaded into Castle Atos and was using 10.5GB and then went to Fishing Expedition and it dropped to 10.2GB (of course I am in the...
    Posted By
    Duke Olahorand

    Date
    13 Jul 2025

  53. Hemnu Lightbringer

    ETA on Player Owned Town Upgrade via COTOs guide

    The FAQ for this along with an accurate chart will be on the website. We have an intern on the team who has begun to collate all of the informational sticky posts in the forums that will need to migrate to the website. We intend to make information and things like this easier to find and be...
    Posted By
    Hemnu Lightbringer

    Date
    13 Jul 2025

  54. Ysold

    Why we really need double xp now and then

    I've made a broader statement here: [URL]https://www.shroudof... But to also address your specific concern, SotA does not have a 'traditional' end game since it is designed as an Ultima, so as players progress through higher levels, advancement is slower by design (same as can be seen in most...
    Posted By
    Ysold

    Date
    13 Jul 2025

  55. Ravalox

    Double Experience Events

    We would like to address the recent questions and concerns regarding Double XP (2XP) events. Due to ongoing issues related to 2XP including botting and extreme hoarding, where players wait for 2XP to complete actions in bulk, we've decided not to activate 2XP during this release. While...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    13 Jul 2025

  56. Allium

    Play Release 139!

    [B]Greetings Fellow Avatars![/B] Release 139 goes live June 30th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of [I]Shroud of the Avatar[/I] with new content and improvements. For Release 139 (R139), we offer the essence of fire. For those wishing to...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    30 Jun 2025

  57. DarkBlueMonkey

    [Resolved] Recover Five Love Letters quest uncompletable

    Alley is correct, make sure you loot Imps. Arguably the letter from an imp is the "most important" because it's the one you have to work hardest for. The other four letters are "easy" in the sense that they are all simply lying around in randomized locations in that same area. It may be notable...
    Posted By
    DarkBlueMonkey

    Date
    23 Jun 2025

  58. Morkin

    [Fixed 72533] Cannot path to beds or chairs in Pirate Galleon Town Home

    ok, will look at it
    Posted By
    Morkin

    Date
    11 Jun 2025

  59. Ravalox

    QA Server Database updated to 06-10-2025 00:00 CT

    The QA server now has the player data from the above date. The Public Test build is 1732 (R138 Deployment)
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    10 Jun 2025

  60. Morkin

    [Fixed 72533] Cannot path to beds or chairs in Pirate Galleon Town Home

    Updated QA with current Live Database, so we can look into this
    Posted By
    Morkin

    Date
    10 Jun 2025

  61. Ravalox

    Sales extended for one more day!

    Since we failed to activate the Deed Upgrade sale at the start of R138 (it was activated about a day late), we are extending the sale for 24 hours. The Sale End Patch is scheduled to go live at Midnight (11:59pm CT) 6/10/2025
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    10 Jun 2025

  62. Pifester

    Since you are working on and improving Dungeons

    Of course bugs are a priority... After the bugs are sorted out I will start adding rooms that are missing across sets, new rooms and if there are updates I can do without impacting the existing footprint of a room, and will not affect existing deco surfaces then I will consider them. In the...
    Posted By
    Pifester

    Date
    10 Jun 2025

  63. ConjurerDragon

    Recipe book - two recipes for Vermillion Lens?

    I wasn't involved in the creation of this quest, scene, or recipe, and don't know the ramifications of making any changes. I'm inclined to leave it as-is and call it "as designed." (...But I wish the original creators gave the recipes different names to help them seem less like a bug or...
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    09 Jun 2025

  64. ConjurerDragon

    [Fixed 72524] NPC names and occupations

    Thanks for the extra information, [USER=2872]@ConjurerDrago... [QUOTE="ConjurerDragon, post: 1379068, member: 2872"]Would it be a problem if I use the games own client to start it in english and the gamestart over Steam to start it in german, to not have to change/download the other language...
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    09 Jun 2025

  65. Lained

    [Not a Bug] Crown store asset is occluded: Ancient Stone Lava Fishing Grotto

    Not technically a bug. The walls are there to ensure that: A: The VFX do not bleed into any adjacent rooms in the dungeon B: To ensure that if a player's camera finds itself in a position to see into the lava tubes, they will not see other rooms in the void The 3d preview is an unintended...
    Posted By
    Lained

    Date
    07 Jun 2025

  66. Ravalox

    AskADev - Answers

    [QUOTE]Can you explain what the skill on [Belt of Zombie Skin, Uncommon +10] that is called +% Death Summon Life Drain? [COLOR=#ff0000][B]Pets dont drain health[/B][/COLOR] so I'd like to know its function plz.[/QUOTE] but summons do! [USER=207484]@xisle[/USER... the magic summon lich fighter...
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    07 Jun 2025

  67. ConjurerDragon

    [Fixed 72524] NPC names and occupations

    I'll take a look. Issue #72524 [USER=2872]@ConjurerDrago... , so you see this issue only in Castle Atos, or in every city while using a German game client? For example do you see the issue in Ardoris, Battle of Solace Bridge, or Eastreach Gap?
    Posted By
    ConjurerDragon

    Date
    02 Jun 2025

  68. Ravalox

    Release 138 Dev Livestream re-scheduled to Thursday (5th) at 6pm CT

    Our ever increasingly misnamed May Update Stream is going to be delayed until Thursday at 6pm CT. We will be streaming from Scottie's office, so it promises to be a good one with peeks at what we are working on!
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    02 Jun 2025

  69. Allium

    Play Release 138!

    [B]Greetings Fellow Avatars![/B] Release 138 goes live May 30th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of [I]Shroud of the Avatar[/I] with new content and improvements. For Release 138 (R138), we offer three renovations. For those wishing to...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    30 May 2025

  70. Ravalox

    Release 138 Deployment (Friday May 30th)

    We will be deploying Release 138 on Friday the 30th instead of Thursday this month. The Livestream will occur on Monday at 4pm (from Scottie's office).
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    28 May 2025

  71. Allium

    The live game server is down (Resolved)

    The networking issue has been resolved. During the next month we will be scheduling a downtime maintenance window to start the process of moving the Game Server to new hardware. We will ensure advanced notice prior to initiating the work. (the work window will be set for a weekday so as to...
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    27 May 2025

  72. Allium

    The live game server is down (Resolved)

    Eta to datacenter: 9pm. Issue is network related, I have replacement parts with me.
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    27 May 2025

  73. Allium

    The live game server is down (Resolved)

    Ravalox is on his way to the data center to investigate as of an hour ago.
    Posted By
    Allium

    Date
    26 May 2025

  74. Ravalox

    Support email maintenance

    The email server is back in operation.
    Posted By
    Ravalox

    Date
    20 May 2025

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