Collections
New cooperative collections including a Museum, Library and a Zoo. Completion of a cooperative collection results in rewards for everyone who contributed.
Q: Can you give some more details on Community Collections?
A: Community Collections are designed to provide a means for players to voluntarily participate in large-scale cooperative activities. Community Collections allow individuals to donate and earn points based on their direct participation towards the group effort.
Each community collection works slightly differently, for example, the zoo welcomes donations of various types. Each sort of donation is worth a number of “donation points”. The donations are tracked on each shard and when a shard reaches various thresholds the areas of the zoo begin to be populated with animals. Donations must continue to prevent the zoo from falling into disuse again.
Characters that donate to the zoo also have their donation points tracked. These points can be used to purchase rewards.
Q: What kinds of containers can be labeled?
A: Just about everything! New labeling tools have been created for metal containers, wooden containers, leather containers and spellbooks. Some examples of containers that can be labeled include: backpacks, bags, pouches, crates, potion kegs, chests, SOS chests, etc.
Q: Will cooking get any changes/additions?
A: Yes! There will be new cooking recipes. Cooks will be able to make food and drink that increases the regeneration rate of stamina and if eaten while poisoned, it reduces the number of “ticks” remaining on the poison. Other new food removes curses, increases damage (both melee and spell) for a brief burst of time, and grants a blessing when eaten.
There will also be a Food Decoration Tool that can decorate cakes, cookies and pizzas.