Update 1.8.1

Released 2013-11-14

General

• A new 'Greenscreen' backdrop is now available in the Albion Theater!
• Sighing Forest Spirits no longer count towards the Fata Padurii kill count.
• Fixed an issue which could cause filth stacks to be applied to players who are no longer standing in filth.
• Kingsmouth Town exploration achievements are working again.
• Updated the text for the Welcome To Your Nightmare achievement to reflect that the listed scenarios must be completed on both the Duo Nightmare and Group Nightmare settings.
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from receiving The Venetian Agenda achievement. Players who have already completed The Venetian Agenda mission will be credited with the achievement and the reward.
• Child of the Night achievement gives proper version of Super soldier chemical tank harness.
• Attuned Restoring Augment Resonators will now display the proper level in their name.
• Updated description of Unattuned Serendipitous Augment Resonator to reflect that it actually requires 60 Pure water to attune.
• Draugs that hatch along beaches in New England will attack the player disturbing their gestation period.
• Fixed the color of the Fiery Tentacle Topper.

GUI

• Gear Manager is now updated when an augment is trained.
• Head accessories will no longer be saved by the Gear Manager.
• Fixed an issue where the Scenario Setup interface did not display lockout errors for members who joined the team after the interface was opened.

Combat

• Fixed an issue where augment effects would disappear after death.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Rampant Augment to not affect Lightning Manifestation and other chain abilities.
• House of Danesti Vandal's AoE attacks will now trigger at the appropriate time and location.
• Updated the description of Chain Misery to reflect that you need to hit with a chain attack for the effects to be applied.
• High Explosive Grenade will now be able to critically hit and penetrate when used against afflicted targets.
• Removed cooldown on Ignite.
• Increased number of targets affected by Linked Veins to 5.
• Increased number of targets affected by Coup de Grace to 5.
• Reduced cooldown of Anima Charge to 30 seconds.
• Reduced cooldown of Cannibalise to 25 seconds.
• Reduced cast time of Contaminate to 1 second.
• Reduced cooldown of Contaminate to 40 seconds.
• Reduced cooldown of Transfuse and Abuse to 45 seconds.

Missions

Hubs

• Venetian Missile Crisis - This mission now has a 3-day cooldown.
• Just a Flesh Wound - This mission now has a 3-day cooldown.
• Virgula Divina - Player must remove all 4 shackles before advancing to next goal.
• Mainframe - Players will now have a waypoint directing them back to the subway if they leave
• Rogue Agent/To Catch a Thief - This mission has undergone several balance adjustments and minor change.

Kingsmouth Town

• The Uncertainty Principle - This mission now has a 3-day cooldown.
• Black Helicopters - Orochi Group scientists no longer get stuck when running out of the lab.

Savage Coast

• Ami Legend - Assaulting ak'ab will spawn when player leaves and re-enter the assault area.
• Ami Legend - The Lair of Darkness is no longer labeled a Solo Instance.
• The Cover-up - Dynamite objects reset properly.

Blue Mountain

• Detritus Prime - Detritus Prime no longer attacks players when he's un-attackable himself, but he learned a new ability.

Scorched Desert

• The City Before Us - Interacting with the Time tomb will no longer remove items from inventory.

City of the Sun God

• Dead Rising - Added missing mission description text

Besieged Farmlands

• Deathless - Call of the Black Moon now automatically swaps new abilities in to the hotbar.
• Deathless - Blood Burst ability should now properly silence.
• Ripples - Herald of Sorrow in Tier four of this mission should now reset properly

Dungeons

Polaris

• Replaced a fully-functional combination lock on a shipping crate in the The Polaris with a slightly faulty one, as we needed the good lock to build something else.

Darkness War

• Extended some blocking collision around the Mayan Battle Mage to prevent players from getting outside the playable area.

Hell Fallen

• Fixed an issue that caused Ascendant, Gog, and Magog to occasionally run away from the fight.

Hell Raised

• Fixed a collision area in Hell Raised to prevent players leaving the playable area.

Hell Eternal

• Lustrehunter is more predictable about when he casts Mephisto's Reach, and Fallback.

Slaughterhouse

• NKL-107 now always drops his loot in the center of the room to ensure it's always possible to grab

Scenarios

• Survivors with bear arms are now less likely to become traitors.
• The Hotel - All regions of the pool in Hotel Wahid should now be affected by the Sandstorm.
• The Castle - Added collision to a closed door
• The Castle - Players can no longer jump over the wall to exit the area
• Players will no longer be on the threat list for wave enemies when they spawn.
• Healing will no longer generate excessive threat against enemies.

Previous Updates

Previous Updates (Patch Notes)
2018	2.2.0 ▪ 2.2.1 ▪ 2.2.2 ▪ 2.3.0 ▪ 2.3.1 ▪ 2.3.2
2017	2.0 ▪ 2.0.1 ▪ 2.0.2 ▪ 2.0.3 ▪ 2.1.0 ▪ 2.1.1 ▪ 2.1.2 ▪ 2.1.3 ▪ 2.1.4 ▪ 2.1.5
2016	1.13.1 ▪1.13.2 ▪ 1.14 ▪ 1.14.1 ▪ 1.15 ▪ 1.15.5 ▪ 1.15.6 ▪ 1.15.7 ▪ 1.15.8 ▪ 1.15.9 ▪ 1.15.10
2015	1.11 ▪ 1.11.2 ▪ 1.12 ▪ 1.13
2014	1.8.4 ▪ 1.8.5 ▪ 1.9 ▪ 1.9.1 ▪ 1.9.2 ▪ 1.9.3 ▪ 1.10 ▪ 1.10.1
2013	1.5.2 ▪ 1.5.3 ▪ 1.5.5 ▪ 1.5.5 ▪ 1.5.6 ▪ 1.5.6 ▪ 1.6 ▪ 1.6.1 ▪ 1.6.1.1 ▪ 1.6.1.2 ▪ 1.6.2 ▪ 1.7 ▪ 1.7.1 ▪ 1.7.1.2 ▪ 1.7.2 ▪ 1.7.2.1 ▪ 1.7.2.2 ▪ 1.7.3 ▪ 1.7.3.1 ▪ 1.7.4 ▪ 1.8▪ 1.8.0.1 ▪ 1.8.1 ▪ 1.8.2 ▪ 1.8.2.1 ▪ 1.8.2.2 ▪ 1.8.3
2012	1.0 ▪ 1.0.1 ▪ 1.0.2 ▪ 1.0.3 ▪ 1.1 ▪ 1.1.1 ▪ 1.1.2 ▪ 1.2 ▪ 1.3 ▪ 1.3.2 ▪ 1.4 ▪ 1.5