Changelog/2023/April 18



Hey Everyone! Today's Patch includes quite a lot of different things, including (but not limited to):

As you can see, there is quite a lot packed into this update. Read below for the full SkyBlock v0.18.3 patch notes!
 * The Long Awaited Crop Growth Changes (tm)
 * Garden Preset Changes
 * Bazaar Additions
 * Trophy Fishing Pity System
 * New Sacks and Updates to old Sacks
 * Winter Island Balancing and other fixes
 * Stranded Changes and Bug Fixes
 * A massive amount of changes and other bug fixes (Over 100!)

Crop Growth Changes
After releasing The Garden, it became clear that growth rates were not balanced properly, but we couldn't change them with our existing code. So, we've spent the last few weeks tweaking it to satisfaction. We will monitor the current speeds and will make changes if necessary, and hopefully after this, players should be able to properly set up farming loops on their islands.


 * Crops now grow 10% faster per garden level.
 * No more light requirements for any crops.
 * Mushrooms will now only spread on podzol and mycelium.
 * Mushrooms will only grow on the same y-axis, on the 8 blocks immediately surrounding another mushroom.
 * Soil mechanics (for wheat, potatoes, carrots, melon stems, and pumpkin stems):
 * Crops will not grow on completely dry soil.
 * Crops will grow with a 40% speed decrease on soil that is not at full moisture.
 * Crops will have no debuff on fully moist soil.
 * Mycelium no longer spreads.

Garden Preset Changes
Some of our pre-included presets were not up to standards. We've improved them for your convenience, and added a preset to allow you to reset a plot completely.


 * Added a super flat default preset.
 * Improved Melon and Pumpkin presets.
 * The default mushroom preset now has more space for mushrooms to grow.
 * The default cactus preset now has more rows, with less cactus in each row.

Bazaar Additions
The Bazaar has been reorganized to include several new categories and many new items. Click the spoiler below to reveal all items added to the Bazaar!

Trophy Fish Pity System
A new pity system has been introduced to help you when you get unlucky during Trophy Fishing:


 * When you fish 100th of the same fish, you are guaranteed to get a Gold Tier fish if it wasn't obtained before
 * When you fish 1,000th of the same fish, you are guaranteed to get a Diamond Tier if it wasn't obtained before

Sacks
Many new Sacks have been added, along with several new items in existing Sacks. Click the spoiler to reveal the full list of changes.

Winter Island Balancing and Fixes
It's winter somewhere in the world.


 * Added Snowy and Festive reforges to Terry's shop on the Winter island
 * More Winter items can now be salvaged for Ice Essence
 * Reduced the amount of resources required for the Shark Water Orb and Ichthyic Equipment recipes
 * Mining Fortune now works on ice blocks while on the Winter island
 * Increased the amount of gifts that drop during the winter battle event
 * Buffed the Reindeer pet's Snow Power perk to 0.1% bonus gift chance per pet level
 * Fixed the snow suit full set bonus activating without the equipment
 * Fixed the snow suit equipment not correctly applying their bonus gift chance

Stranded Changes and Bug Fixes

 * Mobs spawned by minions cannot drop spooky candy anymore
 * Lord Jawbus & Thunder cannot be corrupted on a Stranded profile
 * Fishing a Thunder when it's stormy weather will yield more juice into Thunder Bottles
 * Added a [Lvl 75] Magma Cube in place of the [Lvl 6] mob when players reach Combat level 24
 * Added Moody Grappleshot as a level 3 trade for 32 Enchanted Emeralds
 * Added collection increase for some villager trade items
 * Fixed an issue where the Karate Fish would be given without meeting the requirments
 * Fixed some SkyBlock leveling tasks appearing in the menu even though they are disabled in Stranded
 * Fixed an issue where Bestiary would be unlocked for stranded players
 * Fixed an issue where trades with villagers where you spend emeralds still gave you Emerald collection
 * Fixed breeding Villagers in Stranded producing boring old vanilla Villagers
 * Fixed Villager level progress not increasing based on quantity of items bought

Other Changes
A few things here and there, nothing major.


 * Added Wool Weaver as an Abiphone Contact
 * Added a Stock number on limited items sold from NPCs
 * Removed buy limit on sticks
 * Made Jerry and Bat pets upgradable with Kat
 * Enchants in the Enchantment Guide (/eg) are now ordered alphabetically
 * Removed Hellstorm Wand from Museum
 * Made Piggy Bank accessories work while in the Accessory Bag
 * Plumber's Sponge can now be used on floating liquids
 * Updated the fairy soul fishing count to reflect the 2nd fairy soul from the Crystal Hollows
 * Increased the chance of getting fairy souls from the Crystal Hollows fishing from 0.1% to 0.5%
 * Soulbound items can now be placed in the Personal Vault

Bug Fixes
Dungeons

The Garden and other farming fixes
 * Fixed being able to use ender pearls to stay stuck in the Dungeon when warping to the boss room
 * Fixed Shadow Fury causing players to stay stuck in the Dungeon when warping to the boss room
 * Fixed Floor 3 guardians disappearing and not respawning
 * Fixed being able to place the same relic multiple times in the fifth phase of Master Mode Floor 7
 * Fixed the final Terminal in Dungeons displaying as 0/7 instead of 7/7
 * Improved ending defeat animation for Thorn on Floor 4
 * Fixed player health in the Dungeons scoreboard missing a comma
 * Fixed being able to use Revive Stones on disconnected players
 * Fixed the Dwarf Turtle Shelmet not blocking knockback from certain boss fights
 * Fixed some levers facing the wrong direction in some Dungeons rooms
 * Fixed Crypt Undead mobs not dropping Undead Essence
 * Fixed Spirit Bow disappearing during Thorn fight
 * Fixed Crypt Wither Skull damage formatting
 * Fixed Witherborn set bonus working as a ghost in dungeons
 * Fixed Mage wall interfering with item frames
 * Fixed Mage wall breaking teleport pads in Dungeon puzzle rooms

Kuudra and the Crimson Isles
 * Fixed certain NPCs not unlocking when talking to them
 * Fixed crops not growing during Spooky Festival (as it brought permanent night time)
 * Fixed an exploit with the Basket of Seeds
 * Prevented Launch Pads from pasting in The Garden so that they don't turn into normal slime blocks
 * Fixed Garden visitors giving lower copper values than expected
 * Fixed Mooshroom Cow pet's Mushroom Eater perk working on non-mature crops
 * Fixed flying above build limit with Flying Pig trampling crops at bottom of world
 * Fixed Mooshroom Cow pet's Mushroom Eater perk not working on Nether Warts
 * Fixed being able to place Chum Buckets in The Garden
 * Fixed Spooky Festival mobs spawning in The Garden
 * Fixed Fungi Cutter and Cactus Knife tilling dirt, grass, and podzol
 * Fixed Enchanted Mushroom Blocks collected from Minions not giving Farming EXP
 * Fixed Omega Enchanted Eggs not giving Farming EXP when collected from Chicken minions
 * Builder's Ruler should now only span the border limits of a Garden plot

Fishing with your Chums
 * Fixed Kuudra pet Crimson perk typo
 * Fixed mobs not despawning after the Kuudra fight ends
 * Fixed Kuudra supplies clipping through blocks
 * Fixed Rock Pet being used to avoid being picked up by tentacles in Kuudra fight
 * Fixed Strongarm Kuudra upgrade not allowing supply crates to be brought close to land
 * Fixed saying 'No' to helping Elle and relogging into a Crimson lobby showing two Elle NPCs (Elle Duping)
 * Fixed Crimson Armor's swipe not counting as player kills
 * Fixed a Crimson Isle faction Daily Quest that asks for Gunpowder instead of Sulfur
 * Fixed Crimson Armor's Dominus ability not giving Combat exp when at max stacks.
 * Fixed Kaus not appearing where he should be
 * Fixed being able to get negative tokens from spam clicking purchase confirmation

Mythological Creatures and Pets
 * Fishing EXP is now awarded to the player that fished the Sea Creature instead of the killer
 * Improved Angler enchantment lore and Angler Armor lore
 * Fixed Moby Chum quest becoming impossible to complete if you lose the Chum Bucket
 * Fixed Flying Fish's Water Bender perk only working on lava for non-Mythical tiers.
 * Fixed Fishing Minion VII having an incorrect tier texture
 * Fixed back button in Fishing Skill menu
 * Fixed the Catch Fish objective scoreboard display
 * Fixed Auger Rod not working in the Sunken Jerry Pond and Reflective Pond Zone

Equipment and Enchantment Fixes
 * Fixed a typo in the Rat Blessing pet perk
 * Fixed Aurora Staff ability damaging Mythological Creatures
 * Fixed Aspect of the Dragons ability damaging Mythological Creatures
 * Fixed some prevented damage to Mythological Creatures not saying the Griffin pet requirement
 * Fixed Oringo NPC not spawning sometimes
 * Fixed Armadillo pet sometimes giving vanilla versions of block
 * Fixed using Ascension Rope while on Armadillo not taking you to the entrance
 * Fixed Animal hunting time ran out message being delayed
 * Fixed Stalwart and Exalted Minos Hunters taking damage from players without the appropriate Griffin pet tier equipped

Other uncategorized fixes
 * Fixed Silent Death locking onto Witch Mask bats
 * Fixed being affected by a previously set speed cap on Rancher's Boots if the player doesn't meet the skill requirement
 * Fixed the Black Cat pet and Racing Helmet speed cap increases not working with Rancher's Boots
 * Fixed issue with Venomous Enchant doing damage to Souls Rebound affected enemies
 * Fixed Vanquished Glowstone Gauntlet not increasing when mining minion-placed blocks
 * Fixed the Sinseeker Scythe being able to teleport players after they die
 * Fixed Ranged weapons not showing the Magma Cube hit message during the Winter battle event
 * Fixed the Wardrobe sometimes displaying the incorrect error message
 * Fixed Arrow Poisons not working properly
 * Fixed teleport ability items from working after death (Shadow Fury, Sinseeker Scythe, Tactical Insertion)
 * Fixed Overload enchantment not working with several items and armor sets
 * Fixed the Celeste Wand Ability (Lightning Strike) not charging creepers
 * Fixed Witherborn working without meeting requirements
 * Fixed Blessing enchantment activating upon fishing up Fairy Soul
 * Fixed Guildford removing Reforge and Recombobulated rarity on Talisman upgrade
 * Fixed Delicate enchantment not always working
 * Fixed Wither Cloak Sword requirements being incorrect
 * Fixed Dragon Claw being unsellable
 * Fixed Aspect of the End ability sometimes not removing Speed
 * Fixed many other different armors and items not checking for requirements to be used


 * Added a way to escape the cold grip of the island portal if you place it on your island spawn point.
 * Improved the chat notification when your inventory gets full
 * Fixed Cells Alignment triggering on true damage
 * Fixed and issue where calling Maddox didn't kill the Slayer boss
 * Fixed Fire Sale Menu confirmation & title typo
 * Fixed Infinite Lava Buckets being consumed in Furnaces
 * Fixed issue with furnace returning a Charcoal without the minion fuel properties
 * Fixed Auction House issue not allowing to sell enchanted Common and Uncommon Items over 1 coin
 * Fixed Cat Talisman typo
 * Fixed HOTM typo
 * Fixed Tal Ker typos
 * Fixed T11 Ice and Snow Minion's Next Tier info lore
 * Fixed blocks not getting deleted from inventory with Personal Deletor if removed using Builder's Ruler
 * Fixed Personal Deletor not getting triggered when receiving items from gifts
 * Fixed not being able to add St. Jerry to Abiphone if muted
 * Fixed some improper grammar in tab when 1 effect is active
 * Fixed the Chicken Race 4th Checkpoint sometimes not completing correctly even if it was passed under the time limit
 * Fixed Ender Dragon fight not ending properly sometimes, blocking future boss fights from starting
 * Fixed being able to wipe the item from a Flower Pot using an Antique Remedies
 * Fixed Personal Compactor missing sound when an item is added/removed
 * Fixed going up multiple skill levels at once only rewarding coins for highest level
 * Fixed Minion Storage Chests counting towards the overall island chest limit
 * Fixed Romero & Juliette taking more than required amount of quest item
 * Fixed being able to set island spawn point in lava
 * Fixed being able to place snow outside build limit with snow shovel

That was quite a lot! The entire SkyBlock Team banded together to cramp in as much as we could for this update. We hope you all enjoy it!