On Dec 16th, we greatly reduced the amount of xp required for a crafter to progress from level 96 to level 97, in each of the four crafting lines: Smithing, Woodcrafting, Tailoring, and Cooking. We believe this was a good change that was for the good of the game since the amount of work was just too much. It's part of a larger pass we are making on the Crux to improve it by fixing bugs and making some things easier and/or more player friencly (some of these changes have already been done, and there are still a few more things we're working on within the Crux -- but we won't go into those now-- this post is about crafting compensation package).

However, reducing the amount of crafting xp required to reach level 97 was unfair to those players who had already made progress toward 97. They had to work much harder than the players who came after them. This compensation package is being provided to those hard working players in recognition of their effort, and to keep the game fair.

The size of the compensation package is based on how much progress each character made from crafting level 96 toward 97, within each of the four crafting skills. The items being compensated are specific to the relevant crafting skill. For example, Smithers will receive many Koldcore Ingots, Woodcrafters will receive many Teak Timbers, etc.

Crafters who reached level 97 will receive the full compensation package. Those who got part of the way will get partial compensation. For example, a character who progressed 50% of the way from 96 to 97 will get 50% of the full compensation package. This is so that the amount of the compensation corresponds to the amount of effort.

The crafting skill level that was used to determine these amounts is the character's crafting skill level when the build on Dec 16 was pushed. Therefore, players will not be compensated for crafting skill level progress that occurred AFTER the crafting xp was reduced--it's only for the work that these players put in when the requirements were much harder.

In addition to the per crafting skill compensation, we will also be providing some compensation on a per character basis of various experience boosting potions.

Players who had multiple characters with progress toward crafting level 97 will receive compensation for each and every one of their characters with progress toward 97.

(Also, the way our system is set up, we cannot dispense gold via these commands -- so we have include gems as part of the compensation package, which can be sold for gold.)

We will be distributing the packages, server by server. Since we've not done rewards this way before, we want to make sure everything goes smoothly before we do all the servers.

And that brings us to our fifth contest of the 12 Days of Christmas: The VH New Year's Resolutions Writing Contest!

As always, you can find all further information and rules in our forum: https://villagersandheroes.com/forums/threads/the-vh-new-year%E2%80%99s-resolutions-writing-contest-12-days-of-xmas-2024.10128/

The fourth contest in our 12 Days of Christmas series is now online: It's the ever-popular VH Holiday Meme Contest

Just follow the link for the rules and all other details: https://villagersandheroes.com/forums/threads/the-vh-holiday-meme-contest-12-days-xmas-2024.10127/


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Time flies ... and we're already at the third 12 Days of Christmas contest: The VH Monster Chef Contest!
As always, you can find all the rules in our forum:

https://villagersandheroes.com/forums/threads/the-vh-monster-chef-contest-12-days-of-xmas-2024.10125/#post-110299

And here we go! It’s that time of year again! BUT GUESS WHAT? We’ve decided to change things up this time around! Instead of growing items in your garden and emailing them to an event character who sells them for gold, instead we want you to email the character gathered materials of any kind, who will then sell them for charter tokens. That’s right, this is a charter token donation contest!



On every server, there is a special event character named CharterChap. For the next two weeks, mail CharterChap gathered materials of any kind at all! CharterChap will sell all the mats for charter tokens. All of the earned charter tokens will be converted into Crystals of the Benevolent Villager, which will be available to any player who wants to host a crafting party on their server. Additionally, as part of the 12 days of X-mas Event, this contest also provides servers with the opportunity to earn two special gifts for each player on their server.



As in previous years, because of the differing population sizes of the servers, we are combining several servers together. But this year, LatAm will be partnered with US3!

• LatAm and US3 will be combined
  
• EU1 and EU2 will be combined

This means we will combine the charter tokens earned from those servers, and distribute the crystals and gifts to each of those servers as one amount. (We won’t split the combined amount in half.)




Mail gathered materials of any kind to CharterChap. If you are unsure if the items can be sold for charter tokens, just check with the NPC named Zoran in Ardent City. ONLY items which can be sold for charter tokens will be accepted. Any other sent items which cannot be sold for tokens will not be accepted.
Alts are absolutely permissible! There is no limit to the number of times players may donate. The more the better!
It is not necessary to post on this forum thread after making donations. We will be posting on-going tallies every other day of the amount of charter tokens that each server has earned.
This contest will close on: December 21st.
200,000 charter tokens = 1 Crystal of the Benevolent Villager
5 million charter tokens = one special gift sent to every player
10 million charter tokens = a second special gift sent to every player
This contest does not have individual winners, it is server-only based.


Happy Donating! We love seeing you all rally together for the common good, and in previous years, we’ve been amazed with the generous spirit and effort this contest inspires on all of the servers. (Not to mention a little competitive fun.) So good luck, and have fun! 😃



And once again, the name of the character to mail your gathered materials to is:

And here is the first of our 12 days of Christmas contests! You probably know it already from the last few years, it's VH Holiday Bingo!

Click on the link for all the details: https://villagersandheroes.com/.../vh-holiday-bingo.../...

Grinchta's Lair has arrived! It's that merry, scary, time of year again when a snow filled wonderland, rich with sparkling rewards and deadly challenges, has descended upon the Seven Realms! An exotic new mount, homestead items, and more await in this festive holiday build, which also includes the addition of The Gulch – a terrifyingly fun new feature in the Crux, for those who are willing to accept the risk in order to reap the gains. Happy Holidays!

• Activated the Christmas event!
  
• The Gulch is now active! This is a new activity for players in the Crux.
  
• Improvements
  
• Increased the drop rate of Zorian Spores from bounties in Grinchta's Lair.
  
• Zorian Spores will now drop for bounties within Grinchta's Lair.
  
• Reduced the requirements for "Firefly Plasma Dollop" to 5 (was 15) for the quest, "Sustenance for Socorro".
  
• Increased the drop-rate chance of Mantiscite Scales in the Crux.
  
• Dropped weapons at levels below 30
  
• have a better chance to have more runes on average
  
• are more likely to drop than other gear

• Changed title of Fantin in the SW Crux to be "Registrar" instead of "Registar".
  
• misleading goal for the quest, "Debt Collector":
  
• * **OLD**: "I need to find a way of making fake hands."
  
• * **NEW**: "Turn in a pair of fake hands to Torvel."
  
• missing collider at -51 -693 124 (top right of D7) in the SW Crux.
  
• issue that caused level 96+ preparations to give less bonuses than level 95.
  
• formatting issue with level 95 Elder reward descriptions.
  
• talent text for level 97 crafted runes:
  
• * Hivesoul
  
• * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  
• * **NEW**: "Your dodge chance is increased..."
  
• * Cruxian Awareness
  
• * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  
• * **NEW**: "Your hero XP rate is increased..."
  
• * Socorium Precision
  
• * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  
• * **NEW**: "Your defensive breach is increased..."
  
• * Crux Pathfinder
  
• * **OLD**: "Your glyphs are increased..."
  
• * **NEW**: "Your mounted speed is increased..."
  
• the display name of Gulchhide Tracker Cap to match the recipe:
  
• * **OLD**: Gulchhide Nature Hat
  
• * **NEW**: Gulchhide Tracker Cap
  
• daily raid reward tooltip being overridden by Zorian Spore reward.
  
• Added level 96 shield recipes to Aegmon.
  
• Removed Thornhoof mounts from the Miscellaneous tab in event vendors.
  
• Slightly adjusted the positioning of some mushroom in the NW Crux.
  
• Note: Some mobile players are reporting that XP reward chests aren't working now. They are working! We just changed they work. The XP is granted the moment the player claims the quest reward (by talking to the NPC) -- and not later when they open the reward chests as before.
  
• trees that couldn't be harvested from in the NW Crux at 669 -672 21 (bottom right of F6).
  
• an issue that caused "Scent Thrower" to not be able to be started after completing "Crystal Fish Catcher" if dialog with Rocko was exited early.
  
• an issue with the quest, "Bustling for Bridges". It asked for 5 Cruxian Centipedes, but internally required 50. It will now require 5.
  
• an issue that caused level 95 items to sometimes be auto-selected as the base item when gnogging with a level 96+ item.
  
• an issue that caused walls to disappear in the NW Crux at "250 -571 18" (middle of E6) when graphics were on low settings.
  
• stuck area in the SW Crux at 509.0 124.3 41.3 (middle of F4) in the SW Crux.
  
• Added missing bounty Arachna in the SW Crux.
  
• text issue with the text in the quest, "Bustling for Bridges" in the SW Crux:
  
• * Old: "Collect 5 Cruxian Centipedes, which can be found in Trunktail burrows."
  
• * New: "Collect 5 Cruxian Centipedes, which can be found in Lavendar burrows."
  
• an issue with the text of the item, "Valor Berry Liquid Scent Pouch". It will now show the following text if it is used in the wrong location: "You are not in the right location to use that."
  
• missing quest icon for Cheedle during the quest, "Goosebumps for the Gulch" in the SW Crux.
  
• some gathering issues with Teak trees in the SW Crux.
  

Mobile Only
an issue that prevented Zorian Spores from being shown as a reward after completing a daily/weekly raid.
Gnogmenting button now shows up when Unequip button is visible so that text doesn't overlap the gnogmenting button.