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Atlas-Servers.io Blog Feed en https://atlas-servers.io/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 02:43 CEST Atlas-Servers.io is a Atlas servers list. Its goal is to provide an efficient way for players to find a server that suits their needs and also for servers owners to get more players on their servers. 60 Patch 558.0 https://atlas-servers.io/blog/317/patch-5580/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/317/patch-5580/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 02:43 CEST
We have a small patch to fix an exploit as well as a couple bug fixes for singleplayer/non-dedicated sessions.

Official servers will be going offline to deploy the update on Wednesday, April 5th at 12:00 PM PDT and are expected to be up shortly after.

Released Patch Notes

v558.0

Bug Fixes

Fixed an exploit.
Fixed an issue with clients at max torpor when in a non-dedicated session.
Fixed a crash in singleplayer when exporting pathfinder then choosing the delete option.

Final Note

Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed.

As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! :)

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas
Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas
Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas
Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame]]> SGE Update 3.15 https://atlas-servers.io/blog/316/sge-update-315/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/316/sge-update-315/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:50 CET
With the new season, we have an updated Server Grid Editor (SGE) available for unofficial servers. While there are no changes to the functionality of the SGE itself, included are the jsons for the Season 12 maps and the updated singleplayer map.

The latest Server Grid Editor (SGE) can be downloaded {LINK REMOVED}.

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas
Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas
Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas
Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame]]> Patch 557.6 - Season 12 Patch and Wipe https://atlas-servers.io/blog/315/patch-5576-season-12-patch-and-wipe/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/315/patch-5576-season-12-patch-and-wipe/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:35 CET
As we gear up for the new season, we have some exciting changes in store for you. In addition to the scheduled official server wipe, we have addressed several issues, including the display of loaded tames on Tame Railings, disappearing food in Tame Houses/Hatcheries upon server restarts, Xbox crashing problems, and much more! We've also made updates to the Vitamin management system, the singleplayer map, and added new ship tracking features, along with a few other quality of life improvements.

To make these changes, official servers will be temporarily offline on Wednesday, March 15th at 7AM PDT, with an estimated return time of 12PM PDT. Unofficial servers can expect to receive the update shortly after.

Unofficial Community

We would like to take a moment to express our appreciation for the unofficial server community and the significant contributions that you have made to ATLAS. Your creativity and support have helped shape the game and offer unique gameplay experiences for players. We believe that the unofficial server community has the potential to continue taking ATLAS to new heights.

We will be releasing an updated Server Grid Editor (SGE) after the patch on the 15th to allow players wishing to use, or have access to, the official maps. Note that there are no other changes to the SGE since its previous update.

We understand that modding is an important aspect of the ATLAS community, and we're committed to supporting mod developers as much as we can. We are working on an update for the DevKit to match it to the latest version of the game. While we don't have an exact release date for the update yet, it shouldn't be too long after the patch. We hope that the updated DevKit will make it easier for you to continue creating amazing content for the game.

Released Patch Notes

v.557.6

Official Servers Wipe & New Maps

We are returning to our larger map layout for our PvP server, though we are retaining the Xbox only server format for those who prefer it. As for the official PvE server, it will remain the same size but with the reintroduction of the different claim types for companies to secure land.

[Global][PvP] The Cobra’s Strike

Crossplay
9x9 map size
All quest content will be available
One open world (no regions or portals)
All claim types (claimable islands, claimable lawless, and unclaimable lawless)

[Global][PvE] The Whale’s Solitude

Crossplay
6x6 map size
All quest content will be available
One open world (no regions or portals)
All claim types (claimable islands, claimable lawless, and unclaimable lawless)

[Console][PvP] Emerald Coast

Xbox players only (no PC)
3x3 map size
Quest content (Power Stones etc.) will not be available
One open world (no regions or portals)
Claimable islands and unclaimable lawless only (no claimable lawless)

Singleplayer Map

Exciting news for all solo players out there! We're thrilled to announce that we're adding the Wonder Island and spawn points for the Army of the Damned (AotD) and Industrial Transient Nodes to the current singleplayer map. With these new additions, you'll have the opportunity to explore and craft all the latest content available in ATLAS, all while keeping your existing progress intact.

Added AotD Transient nodes to 150+ islands for collecting Cursed Bone Chips.
Added Industrial Transient nodes to 100+ islands for collecting Brimstone.
Added 1 Wonder Island for crafting the Great Temple.

Ship Icons on Map

All ships, now including ally, enemy, and SotD, will be visible on the map in the grid you are located in. Players will have the option of hiding either the entire ship icon or just the text using the “Toggle Ship Icons” and “Toggle Ships Text” buttons on their map to reduce clutter.

Unofficial servers will have the option of disabling this feature by using one of the following command line arguments:

?ShowShipInServer=false (completely disables)
?ShowEnemyShipsUnderFog=false (disable seeing ships covered by Fog of War)

The different ship icons will be colored coded to provide easier identification:

Your own ships: Normal (unchanged)
Ally ships: Cyan
Enemy ships: Red
Ship of the Damned: Brown

Vitamin Management

Vitamin Levels:

Vitamin levels now persist through death, instead of being reset.

The damage over time from vitamin depletion, poisoning, deficiency, and surplus has been removed. Instead, each vitamin will provide a different debuff to players when not adequately maintained.

Vitamin Depletion (0%) and Poisoning (100%)

Vitamin A: 20% increase to damage taken.
Vitamin B: 20% reduced stamina recovery rate.
Vitamin C: 30 reduced fortitude.
Vitamin D: 20% reduced speed.

Vitamin Deficiency (1% - 10%) and Surplus (80% - 99%)

Vitamin A: 10% increase to damage taken.
Vitamin B: 10% reduced stamina recovery rate.
Vitamin C: 15 reduced fortitude.
Vitamin D: 10% reduced speed.

Cooking QOL:

To encourage players to utilize their cooking skills, a few quality of life changes have been provided.

Increased Grill water amount from 300 to 1000.
Slightly reduced grown vegetable and egg requirements in cooked recipes.
Cooked recipe foods now give their secondary vitamins much quicker.
Chickens stored in Tame Hatcheries or Barns will produce unfertilized eggs over time.

Overeating:

Players will now experience even more realistic effects from overeating! If you eat more than your stomach can handle your pants will look a little tighter and you’ll become extremely sleepy…

Removed damage to health when overeating.
Added torpor to the player when overeating.
A player’s stomach will visibly get enlarged when they are overeating.

Pooping:

Is there anything more immersion breaking than randomly pooping on the floor? We are proud to say our pirates are now potty trained!

Removed the chance a player will poop randomly.
Player pooping is now only activated through keybind (F11 by default).
Pooping reduces food levels by 15.
Added a cooldown to pooping.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with the Puckle Tower attacking all targets even after setting a preferred target.
Fixed Rabbit Statues not having collision.
Fixed an issue with Rabbit Statues losing their textures when demolished.
Fixed an issue with Stuffed Bears clipping inside other surfaces.
Fixed an issue with Paper Lantern being difficult to place.
Fixed an issue with Stuffed Bears being difficult to place.
Fixed an issue with Stuffed Bears losing their textures when demolished.
Fixed an issue with Resource silos in Sea Forts lacking collision, creating hiding spots.
Fixed an issue with the barracks in Sea Forts lacking collision, creating hiding spots.
Fixed an issue with large cargo crates around the Sea Forts lacking collision.
Filled some chasms in various rock formations on multiple islands that would cause a player to get stuck.
Fixed an issue with jagged water holes appearing along the edges of the tunnel under the skull rock in Split Freeports.
Fixed an issue that prevented wild vegetables from being placed in Crew Resources Silos.
Fixed an issue with Bear bites not damaging a Beehive.
Fixed an issue with missing ground collision in D2 on the PVE server.
Fixed an issue with Accordion being misspelled as “Accordian” on two songs.
Fixed and future-proofed the outdated Bow description.
Fixed an issue with tames loaded into the Tame Cargo Ship Railing floating in mid-air when the ship is sunk.
Fixed an issue where you could not see or unload tames loaded into a Tame Cargo Railing.
Fixed an issue where swarm tames could not be loaded into Tame Cargo Railings.
Fixed an issue where the stored tames UI is displayed behind the player's inventory UI.
Fixed an issue that made the Tame House difficult to place.
Fixed an issue with food disappearing from tame structures after server restart. Some structures built prior to the patch may still be affected and will need to be replaced.
Fixed an issue where Fertilizer Barrels in Tame Houses and Hatcheries displayed water emblems on them.
Fixed an issue where selecting a tame stored in a Tame House/Hatchery when viewing the Tame Information did not display that tame’s stats and inventory.
Fixed an issue that disabled the Toggle Mating button in the View Tame Information menu.
Fixed various text overlapping UI issues.
Fixed an issue which prevented Waterskins from filling when placed in Water Taps.
Fixed an issue when traveling to a different grid with a shoulder tame.
Fixed an issue with non-recipe foods not increasing food value over 100.
Fixed an issue with some complex foods and drinks that only affected one vitamin level instead of two.
Fixed an issue where earned Artifact Keys would disappear when destroying the player’s dead body.
Fixed an issue with an inconsistent gold cost of unbundling Ironwood in the Workstation.
Fixed a grammar issue when drinking too much water.
Fixed an issue where the Voodoo Totem was not properly applying to players.
Fixed an issue where Water Barrels were classified as enemy foundations.
Fixed an issue with Cotton and base Fibers using the same icon.
Fixed an issue with Chert and base Flint using the same icon.
Fixed an issue with Rushes and Bark using the same icon.
Fixed an issue with Crude Oil and base Oil using the same icon.

Misc.

Increased Fertilizer stack size from 99 to 100.
Increased Rodent stack size from 1 to 10.
Increased Bottling Station inventory space from 70 to 300.
Added missing text descriptions.
Added items for all holidays to the Holiday Vendor.
Added a Unicorn costume to the Cosmetics Vendor.
Removed the ability to place Chairs on the seafloor.
Enabled Fog of War on official servers.
Removed ability to build inside Power Stone caves.
Removed enemy spawns inside Power Stone caves.
Increased performance on several structures.

Xbox Only

Fixed Xbox players crashing when viewing tame info while tames are mating or gestating in a tame structure.
Fixed an issue where Xbox users lose controller and keyboard functionality on the main menu when switching controls in-game.
Fixed an issue where a crash occurs for Xbox players when an unclaimed baby is in a tame house.
Fixed a crash that occurred when scrolling through the menus quickly.

Final Note

Official Servers

We are returning to our larger map layout for our official PvP network. However, we're keeping the Xbox only server format for those who prefer it. As for the official PvE server, it will remain the same size but with the reintroduction of the different claim types for companies to secure land. This brings us down to three different official servers:

[Global][PvP] Cobra’s Strike

Crossplay
9x9 map size
All quest content will be available
One open world (no regions or portals)
All claim types (claimable islands, claimable lawless, and unclaimable lawless)

[Global][PvE] Whale’s Solitude

Crossplay
6x6 map size
All quest content will be available
One open world (no regions or portals)
All claim types (claimable islands, claimable lawless, and unclaimable lawless)

[Console][PvP] Emerald Shores

Xbox players only (no PC)
3x3 map size
Quest content (Power Stones etc.) will not be available
One open world (no regions or portals)
Claimable islands and unclaimable lawless only (no claimable lawless)

Final Note

[NA][PvP] Ivory Shores
[NA][PvP] Seagull’s Beak
[NA][PvP] Stingray Bay

Ivory Shores, Seagull’s Beak, and Stingray Bay servers will be taken offline to wipe on Monday, January 30th around 9:00 AM PST. The new servers will be available on Wednesday, February 1st around 12:00 PM PST with the New Year Patch mentioned previously in this post.

New Servers

Three freshly wiped 3x3 Official PvP servers will be opening with a brand new map layout.

Variant 5 Information:

Mixture of Tropical, Desert, Temperate, Polar and Equatorial biomes.
One home server which includes a lawless Freeport island.
One grid containing a Golden Age Ruin island and a Trench (lawless!).

List of New Servers:

[NA][PvP] Emerald Shores

Xbox only

[NA][PvP] Seagull’s Beak

Company size limit: 10

[NA][PvP] Stingray Bay

Standard PvP

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

v.556.1

Holiday Event

Lunar New Year and Valentine's Day themed items can be purchased from Holiday Vendors found on Freeport islands:

Paper Lantern
New! Stone Rabbit Statue
New! Jade Rabbit Statue
New! Gold Rabbit Statue
Black Giant Teddy Bear
Pink Giant Teddy Bear
Red Giant Teddy Bear
New! Heart Cannon Skin

Bug Fixes

Fixed various holes in the water along island shores.
Fixed being unable to fill water skins at water taps connected to Stone Reservoirs.
Fixed the Barn UI becoming illegible when the player stores a large amount of tames.
Fixed various Tame House data tracking issues.
Fixed an issue with ships sinking unusually fast after being repaired.
Fixed an issue with ships clipping into the ground in shallow waters and moving onto land.
Fixed an issue where ships gridding at the same time loaded into the new grid on top of each other.

Misc.

Removed Thanksgiving and Christmas themed items from the Holiday Vendor.
Removed Grog crafting from Water Barrels. Grog can now be crafted in Cooking Pots or Grills.
Improved performance on several structures/items.
Reduced the decay time of fast decay objects from 12 to 10 hours.
Updated the Tame House UI to show tames in a list.

Xbox Only

Fixed instances of crashing with tame structures.
Fixed issues of not being able to use a tame structures option wheel.

Known Issues

Rabbit Statues lack collision
Xbox crashes when viewing tame information while a tame is mating or gestating.
Xbox crashes when scrolling through the menu too quickly.
Xbox players are unable to purchase or use some holiday items.
Xbox players are unable to reload mounted weapons. (Cannon, ballista, puckle, etc.)
Incorrect UI for the tame hatchery and swarm house.
Overlapping player inventory UI.

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

v.555.2

New Servers

Four new 3x3 Official PvP servers are opening up with a brand new map layout!

Variant 4 Information:

Mixture of Tropical, Desert, Temperate, Polar and Equatorial biomes.
One home server which includes a lawless Freeport island.
One grid containing a Golden Age Ruin island and a Trench (lawless!).

List of New Servers:

[NA][PvP] Elite Cove (Variant 4)
[NA][PvP] Sentinel’s Tear (Variant 4)
[NA][PvP] Gemini’s Breach (Variant 4)
[EU][PVP] Poseidon’s Crown (Variant 4)

Bug Fixes

Fixed encroachment issues with the Barn, Quarry, Warehouse, and Industrial Statue Base so they’re easier to place.
Fixed graphical issues when playing in Low Memory Mode.
Fixed an issue with a missing the Seed Vendor NPC in the variant 1 server's freeport.
Fixed an issue where the fuel in the Bait Station disappeared when added for the first time from the Bait Station's inventory.
Fixed an issue where the Smithy could be placed underwater.
Fixed a text issue when placing the Industrial Statue Base.
Fixed an issue with unfertilized eggs for some creatures not stacking.
Fixed an issue where the Ancient Rock Elemental could be lured out to the open sea and become unreachable on the ocean floor.
Fixed an issue where tames and crew were falling off of the ship when gridding.
Fixed an issue with the Wooden Cage having a 5 day decay timer.
Fixed an issue with the Large Armored Dock and Sea Dock having small holes in the pillars next to the doorways.
Fixed an issue where treasure maps of the same quality would stack in the death cache and become copies of the same map.
Fixed an issue where the Ferrymen NPC was missing from a Freeport island.
Fixed an issue where the large mace-wielding AotD from the treasure maps were not attacking.
Fixed issues with mace-wielding Wild Pirate NPCs.
Fixed a crash when rapidly backspacing while typing in Chinese.
Fixed a crash that happened when quickly selecting different worlds.
Fixed an issue where structures on cargo saddles would not get claimed when the tame gets claimed by another company.

Misc.

Increased the tame claim timer on PvE servers to 10 days.
Reduced the decay timer on Campfires to 10 hours.
Tames equipped with Cargo Saddles can no longer be manually unclaimed.
Removed player and tame collision on Holiday Lights
Removed crafting inventories from tames.
Added Solidified Essence to Ship of the Damned Galleon loot
Added Mythos to sunken treasure loot.
Added more hyperthermal insulation to Cloth Armor.

Xbox Only

Fixed an issue causing a crash.

Final Note

Exporting Grids

Open up an instance of the SGE and load a project that you want to take grid layouts from.
Be sure to have ‘Show Server Data’ checked to see all the server coordinates
Go to the export tab and you’ll see new options with text fields above them:
- Export Server Json (this section will be covering this)
- Import Server Json (next section)
In the text field above ‘Export Server Json’ type in the server you want to export in alphanumeric format like A1 or M12 not the numerical coordinates such as (0,0) or (12,12) respectively.
- NOTE: you cannot bulk choose servers, it has to be one at a time. Do not try to use lists like A1,B2,C3 as it will not work.
Once the server you want to export is typed in click ‘Export Server Json’ and an explorer window will open.
Save that file wherever you will find it and leave the syntax as its default (It will be something like: ServerGrid_B2).
Repeat steps 3-6 with all servers you are interested in exporting/importing.
NOTE: The data you are exporting will include Discovery Zones, Server Data and Island Data (instances, overrides and positioning).
Close this editor or File -> Open the project you are importing to.

Importing Grids

Open up an instance of the SGE and load a project that you want to take grid layouts from.
Be sure to have ‘Show Server Data’ checked to see all the server coordinates.
Go to the export tab and you’ll see new options with text fields above them:
- Export Server Json (Previous section)
- Import Server Json (This section)
In the text field above ‘Import Server Json’ type in the server you want to overwrite with an export in alphanumeric format like A1 or M12 not the numerical coordinates such as (0,0) or (12,12) respectively.
- NOTE: Same as last time, you cannot bulk choose servers. It has to be one at a time. Do not try to use lists like A1,B2,C3 as it will not work.
Once the server you want to overwrite is typed in, click ‘Import Server Json’ and an explorer window will open.
Navigate and choose the “ServerGrid_Server.json” file you want to import and hit ‘Ok”
It will replace the layout and information of the Grid you entered in step 4.
Repeat steps 3-7 for all other grids.
Save your project.

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

v.554.3

New Content

New Servers / World Maps

As mentioned in our previous announcement, there are some changes coming to the size, count, and layout of our official servers this season. There will be one 6x6 PvE server and ten 3x3 sized PvP servers.

Layout Variants: For the PvP servers, players will have access to 3 different map layouts.

Variant 1: Mostly temperate
Variant 2: All Equatorial and Tropical
Variant 3: All Equatorial and Tropical

List of Official Servers:

[Global][PvE] Kraken’s Grasp
[EU][PvP] The Shark’s Frenzy (Variant 1)
[EU][PvP] Typhoon Lagoon (Variant 2)
[EU][PvP] Crimson Tides (Variant 3)
[NA][PvP] Cobra’s Strike (Variant 1)
[NA}[PvP] Red Beard’s Revenge (Variant 1)
[NA][PvP] Royale Reef (Variant 2)
[NA][PvP] Greedy Gulf (Variant 2)
[NA][PvP] Ivory Shores (Variant 3)
[NA][PvP] Seagull’s Beak (Variant 3)
[NA][PvP] Stingray Bay (Variant 3)

Gameplay Changes for the PvE Server:

6x6 size
Quest content is available
All grids are unclaimable lawless
There are no regions or portals
No Maw Waters Regions

Gameplay Changes for PvP Servers:

3x3 size (10 total)
There will be a mixture of NA and EU Servers
Quest content will not be available
Mixture of Island Claim, Claimable Lawless and Unclaimable Lawless grids
There are no regions or portals
No Maw Waters Regions
Boosted Rates*

* The season will start out with PvE and PvP servers having the same server rates (2x normal and 4x boosted on weekends), then will later transition into PvP servers having higher rates than PvE.

Winter Event

Winter has arrived in Atlas, so cozy up next to a warm fire and enjoy the jolly times ahead during this limited time event!

Winter themed items can be obtained from Holiday Vendors found on Freeport islands:

Gold Turkey Statue: (50g) a placeable cosmetic structure.
Cooked Turkey Decoration: (50g) a placeable cosmetic structure.
New! Cooked Turkey Cannon Skin: (1000g) a cosmetic skin for your cannons to change the appearance of shot cannon balls.
Top Hat: (200 Gold) a cosmetic skin for helmets.
Santa Hat: (200 Gold) a cosmetic skin for helmets.
Christmas Tree: (100g) a placeable structure that produces a random gift every 24 hours!
Festive Lights: (100g) a placeable decoration that can be hung on walls.
Holiday Gift: (100g) a festive variant of the Small Storage Box.
Sleigh: (100g) a festive variant of the Wooden Chair.
Snowman: (100g) a placeable cosmetic structure.
Stocking: (100g) a decoration that can be hung on walls. Produces one Coal every five minutes.
Wreath: (100g) a placeable decoration that can be hung on walls.
New! Snowball Cannon Skin: (1000g) a cosmetic skin for your cannons to change the appearance of shot cannon balls.
New! Sleigh Saddle: (2000g) a saddle that can be equipped on horses, bears, and cows.

Barn

The Barn is a structure used to store up to 255 tames. Tames in the Barn will not reproduce or require food.

Crafting: Can be crafted in the Smithy after learning the Beastmastery 2 skill

240 stone
40 flint
80 hide
120 wood
40 fibers
50 metal
90 keratinoid

Bait Station

The Bait Station is a small structure used to lure and bait nearby creatures with their preferred food. The Bait Station can be picked back up and reused as long as the inventory has been emptied.

Activation: To activate the Bait Station, a Toxic Compound needs to be added as a fuel. Each of the different fuels will provide a different effect to the bait that creatures consume. Creatures will only be lured to the Bait Station if their preferred food is inside the Bait Station inventory.

Toxic Flora:

Will pacify creatures to allow easy passive taming.
Wild tameable creatures only.
Max baited at a time: 1
The tame will continue to be affected and consume bait from the Bait Station until one of the following occurs: the Bait Station is deactivated, the creature is successfully tamed, the creature is damaged, or the Bait Station runs out of food.

Toxic Sludge:

Will slow the movement speed of creatures.
Wild and tamed creatures (tamed on PvP servers only).
Will not bait tames owned by the company who placed the Bait Station (or their allies).
Max baited at a time: 5
Time the effects last depends on the bait potency set on the Bait Station.

Venom:

Will add a bleed effect (5% health over 10 seconds)
PvP servers only: Will cause aggression on affected tames. Naturally non-aggressive tames will only target players and tamed creatures owned by enemy companies.
Wild and tamed creatures (tamed on PvP servers only).
Will not bait tames owned by the company who placed the Bait Station (or their allies).
Max baited at a time: 5
Time the effects last depends on the bait potency set on the Bait Station.

Bait Potency: Players will have the option of increasing the time a creature is baited by changing the bait potency from the Bait Station’s radial menu. Tames will consume more food when the potency is higher.

1 food: 10 seconds (default)
2 food: 12 seconds
3 food: 14 seconds
4 food: 16 seconds
5 food: 18 seconds
6 food: 20 seconds

Crafting: Can be crafted in the Smithy after learning the Beastmastery 2 skill.

40 thatch
10 metal
50 wood
35 fiber

Cow Carts

Cows (and Bulls) are finally able to pull carts, carriages and sleighs! While Horses may be faster and Bears tougher, nothing compares to a Cow when it comes to beasts of burden. Storage Carts (carts and sleighs) pulled by Cows have an increased bonus to weight reduction, allowing players to haul even heavier loads of goods.

Bug Fixes

Fixed instance of being able to select “Join with New Character” when selecting a new home server while in-game.
Fixed an issue with bad grammar in the “Join with New Character” message warning.
Fixed some instances of text overflow in the pathfinder creator.
Fixed some instances of spelling mistakes.
Fixed a minor text issue with enemy crewmates.
Fixed an issue where ceiling tiles were not placeable after placing a Sea Dock on the FOB.
Fixed an issue with the Sea Dock door and stair alignment.
Fixed an issue where the FOB decay timer is reset when rendered.
Fixed an issue where floors placed on FOB only had 5000 health.
Fixed an issue with some structure snap points on the FOB.
Fixed an issue where the damaged bark texture ended up being projected on the player.
Fixed an issue with invisible collision at the center of each grid.
Fixed an issue where the range of the Grave Digger and Ore Miner covered the whole island.
Fixed an issue of players not being able to access pin coded or unlocked autofarm structures.
Fixed an issue with the Farmhouse being difficult to place.
Fixed an issue where some structures can be installed on irregular / steep terrain on mountains.
Fixed an issue where the raft and dinghy showed as craftable from the Small Shipyard.
Fixed an issue with the Harrier being improperly positioned while being built on a basic shipyard.
Fixed an issue with being able to consume toxic sludge.
Fixed an issue with holes around Sea Forts.
Fixed an issue where the Swarm House could be used as a hatchery.
Fixed an issue where tames with Cargo Saddles could be loaded into a Tame House.
Fixed an issue with cargo saddles appearing below cows/bulls when equipped.
Fixed an issue where ships made in a lower quality shipyard would have their quality improved when unbottled in a higher quality shipyard.
Fixed an issue with Duplicated ships having duplicated items from the Original ship (items, ammo, weapons, etc.)
Fixed an issue where duplicated ships with duplicated storage boxes leave behind death caches with duplicated items that were stored on the Original ship's storage box.
Fixed an issue with having multiple small sails causing NPCs to stack on railing on the Carrack
Fixed an issue where installing two small sails close to each other on a Cog will cause the NPCS to stack on the railing.
Fixed an issue where installing two small sails close to each other on a Tramp Freighter will cause the NPCS to stack on the railing.
Fixed an issue where installing two small sails close to each other on a Kraken will cause the NPCS to stack on the railing.
Fixed an issue with an incorrect error message when attempting to place an Industrial Shack away from the Industrial Lab.
Fixed an issue where a ship docked in an armored dock could be sunk by another player with a bucket.
Fixed an issue with the client crashing after rejoining a non dedicated session after changing grids without the host in a previous game.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to crash when using the Grappling Hook.

Misc.

Removed Halloween items from loot and Holiday Vendor.
Reduced decay times for all standard placeable structures to 10 days.
Slightly reduced light glare.
The Smithy can now be placed on the ground.
Increased the render range of the Floating Operating Base and Sea Dock.
Skins can now be purchased from vendors more than once.

Known Issues

The Barn UI becomes difficult to navigate when an excessive amount of tames are stored.
The Barn’s encroachment area makes it difficult to place.
The Bait Station may no longer work after loading the Toxic Compound from the Bait Station’s inventory.

Final Note

Upcoming Wipe

The final day of the current season will be Wednesday November 30th when we will be wiping both official servers for a fresh start. Servers are expected to go down around 7AM PST and should be back up around 7PM PST. Unofficial servers are not expected to need to wipe at this time.

Server Changes

With your patience and understanding, we’d like to take this new season as an opportunity to bring some adjustments to our official servers so we can better prepare for some major changes coming to ATLAS gameplay in the future. We need more servers to thoroughly test what we have in store, so we are temporarily downsizing our official servers. We understand this change is not going to be looked favorably upon by the entire community, so please keep in mind this is only temporary for this season! For more details about this experimental phase, please see a preview of the server changes below. More details will be provided as we get closer to our wipe date.

PvP Servers:

The PvP server will be split into 10 different 3x3 servers.
Will be a mix of NA and EU servers.
There will be no regions or portals.
Claim type: will be a mix of claimable islands, claimable lawless, and unclaimable lawless.
Quest content (Power Stones etc) will not be available.
Boosted rates.

PvE Server:

The PvE server will be reduced in size to a 6x6.
Will be EU.
There will be no regions or portals.
All grids will be unclaimable lawless.
All quest content will be available.

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

V553.0

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the Swarm house could not be crafted.
Fixed an issue with the Jack O' Lantern helmet skin not being able to be removed from player inventories.
Fixed an issue where NPC crew manning ship cannons and sails would be shielded by large storage boxes or larders.
Fixed an issue with the VR feature being displayed in the options menu.
Fixed an issue where wild creatures and tames were not damaged by lava.
Fixed an issue where a grappling hook could cancel fall damage when the grapple was located below the player.
Fixed an issue where the forge would stop crafting when the limiting item is wood.
Fixed an issue where structures were sometimes not locking properly in PvE.
Fixed an issue where spiders attempting to follow players onto water structures would get stuck on the first attempt.
Fixed an issue where treasure map bottles did not always have a map.
Fixed an issue where various planks on Floating Operating Bases had small gaps in them.

Misc.

Increased Floating Operating Base health to 30 million.

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

v.552.9

New Content

Halloween Event

Halloween has arrived in Atlas again, so get in on the tricks and treats available with this limited time holiday event! Players can also enjoy a week long bonus rate event!

Jack O’ Lantern
This carved pumpkin contains a variety of Halloween themed gifts inside when opened. Can only be obtained from destroyed Ship of the Damned loot.

Halloween Items:

Two-Handed Scythe: a cosmetic variant of the 2-Handed Mace.
Jack O’ Lantern: a placeable cosmetic structure.
Gravestone: a placeable cosmetic structure.
Scarecrow: a placeable cosmetic structure.
Candy Corn: an edible treat (or is this a trick?) with no nutritional value.
Witch’s Hat: a cosmetic hat for Cats, Crows, Crocodiles, Yeti, and Monkeys.
Jack O’ Lantern Helmet Skin: a cosmetic skin for a helmet.
New! Jack O’ Lantern Cannon Skin: a cosmetic skin for your cannons to change the appearance of shot cannon balls.

Items can alternately be individually purchased from the Holiday vendor located in Freeports.

Floating Operating Base

Some crafty Pathfinders without an island to call home have managed to strap four schooners together and built a platform on them! This new Floating Operating Base has finally made its debut into Atlas!

Floating Operating Bases (FOBs) introduce a whole new strategic system into Atlas where players are able to build temporary floating bases to stage their fleet. The foundation of the FOB is a large square with a hollow center. Along each side of the foundation are snap points for Sea Docks (max: 6), where player ships can be docked and protected. The foundation will provide support for all structures placed on it or connected to it up to 16 connections away, with no weight limit. There are, of course, limits on where FOB foundations can be placed to avoid potential griefing.

Placement Restrictions:

Companies will be limited to one FOB per grid.
Must be placed in the open ocean.
Can’t be placed near Tradewinds, portals, islands, or other FOBs (being allied does not reduce the placement restriction).
Can’t be placed in Golden Age, kraken, or Maw grids.

After placing the foundation, a decay timer will start ticking down regardless of if a player is within render range or not. There are only a few instances where this decay timer can be extended and once the decay timer reaches zero, the foundation will be destroyed. If the FOB foundation is destroyed, all attached structures will also be destroyed. Any ships currently docked will be released and no longer protected.

Foundation Decay:

Island Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours and can only be extended if a War Declaration changes the grid into combat phase after the first 12 hours of the foundation's existence, meaning the foundation will be extended until the completion of the war declaration
Lawless and Lawless Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours.
PvE Specific: All FOB foundations will start with a 7-day decay timer which can be extended by 12 hours for 5,000 gold, with no limit on the number of extensions.

On PvP servers, FOBs can be claimed by other companies using the same claim flag used to capture enemy ships. The flag can be placed anywhere on any structure connected to the foundation. If claimed, the ownership of all ships docked in Sea Docks will be transferred to the new owning company as well.

Crafting: Crafted from the Smithy after learning the Esotery of Building skill.

Foundation:

Wood: 35000
Gold: 10000
Metal: 15000
Fibers: 10000

Sea Dock:

Wood: 10000
Fibers: 5000
Metal: 5000

Swarm House

The Swarm House offers a way of obtaining new companion tames with the added benefit of passive resource generation. Swarm Houses provide the perfect habitat for Bees, Ants, Bats, Rattlesnakes and Mini Crabs*. Nearby wild tames of the acceptable type will be drawn to the Swarm House where they will be captured and tamed. Creatures tamed this way will not be rideable or breedable.

Passive Resource Generation:

Bee: Honey
Rattlesnake: Venom
Bat: Nitro Fertilizer
Ant: Toxic Flora
Mini Crab: Crustacean Meat*

*Please note: the Mini Crab will be added in the next patch.

Crafting: Crafted at the Smithy after learning the Beastmastery Tier 2 skill.

Thatch: 40
Stone: 20
Hide: 10
Wood: 20
Fibers: 40

Bug Fixes

Fixed various issues with tames being unloaded from the Tame House and Hatchery.
Fixed an issue wherein poison arrow inflicted zero damage against a Fire Elemental.
Fixed an issue with buried Treasure Chests always containing Shipyards as loot.
Fixed an issue with unclaimed tame timers resetting on ships.
Fixed an issue with water spouts disappearing immediately after digging them up.
Filled in an exploitable gap near the Rock Elemental boss.
Fixed an issue with misplaced Voyage of Power map markers.
Fixed an issue where Waterskins and Jars could not be used to add water to Water Barrels.
Fixed some issues with incorrect soil types on certain islands.
Fixed an issue where the Aurora Borealis would appear in the tropical J10.
Fixed an issue with island spawn selections for previous season’s freeport grids.
Fixed an issue with the game crashing when joining with a new character.
Fixed an issue with respawning on home server not spawning on home server.
Fixed text issue in the keyboard bindings menu.
Fixed an issue where Power Stone map markers were displayed in incorrect locations.
Fixed an issue with players being able to clip floors and foundations into each other.
Fixed an issue where Guillotines are spawning on the new sea fort too many times.
Fixed an issue where NPCs will stand up when the player accesses the inventory of a sail with a junk skin.
Fixed an issue where NPCs are not seated correctly when a junk sail skin is used.
Fixed an issue where dismounting the wheel or sail of a moving modular ship would cause the player to fall into the ocean.
Fixed an issue with crashing when gridding on non-dedicated servers.
Fixed an issue about disconnected terrain on the north side of the north island in L9.
Fixed minor map issues.
Fixed an issue where non-fertilized chicken eggs could not stack.
Fixed an issue where the Large Wood Wall was placed in the wrong folder in the Smithy.
Fixed an issue where buried treasure chests did not contain high durability Small Shipyards.
Fixed an issue where items that require Toxic Compounds to make would be missing from the Mortar and Pestle after a server reset.
Fixed an issue with turtles not hatching from eggs.
Fixed an issue where the Puckle Tower was too difficult to place.
Fixed an issue with rowing module activation while anchored.
Fixed an issue with players able to clip through modular ship hulls and onto lower decks.
Fixed an issue with the Crab Boss not dropping Mythos.
Fixed an issue with selecting the join with new character option.
Fixed an issue with Tame Houses and Tame Hatcheries increasing the mating interval instead of reducing it.

Misc.

Added limits on how many Wall Hooks, Wall Planters, and Hanging Plants can be placed in close proximity to each other.
Increased the movement speed of Kekada (crab boss).
All bosses drop 2000 Mythos when defeated.

Final Note

Sea Activity

To put it simply, ATLAS is a pirate game. Player activities should focus on the sea and, well, pirating! To that end we are introducing some new features to encourage leaving your home base, taking part in sea combat, and increasing conflicts with opposing players and factions.

Modular ships were introduced, in part, to supply a quick and straightforward way to get out to sea. We’ve made it no secret we’re not entirely happy with how they’ve turned out, so we’ll be exploring ways to improve their looks with new art and how sails work on them. Any major changes to modular ships will likely not happen mid-season, if only to prevent any issues with ships crafted prior to any changes.

Floating Operating Bases

Floating Operating Bases (FOBs) will introduce a whole new strategic system into Atlas where players will be able to build temporary floating bases to stage their fleet. The foundation of the FOB will be a large square with a hollow center. Along each side of the foundation will be snap points for Sea Docks, where player ships can be docked and protected. The foundation will provide support for all structures placed on it or connected to it up to 16 connections away, with no weight limit. There will, of course, be limits on where FOB foundations can be placed to avoid potential griefing.

Placement Restrictions:

Companies will be limited to one FOB per grid.
Must be placed in the open ocean.
Can’t be placed near Tradewinds, portals, islands or other FOBs (being allied will not reduce the placement distance restriction).
Can’t be placed in Golden Age, Kraken or Maw grids.

Island Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours and can only be extended if a War Declaration changes the grid into combat phase after the first 12 hours of the foundation's existence, meaning the foundation will be extended until the completion of the war declaration.
Lawless and Lawless Claim Grids: The foundation will decay after 36 hours.
PvE Specific: All FOB foundations will start with a 7-day decay timer which can be extended by 12 hours for 5,000 gold, with no limit on the number of extensions.

Factions

Fighting against Ship of the Damned and ships from other player companies is fun and all, but the rewards for doing so can seem underwhelming at times. A new faction-based system will be introduced that allows players to sail their ships under the flag of the faction of their choosing! While we’re still designing the specifics on exactly how factions will play their part in the game, you can expect to see ships from each of the available factions roaming the open seas, special faction-based rewards, and pve quest line progression. More information will be shared as we get closer to implementing these new features.

Trading System

It’s been a couple of years now since we first started building a more automated and robust trading system, so we’ve had some time to evaluate how these systems are being used, their effectiveness, and enjoyability. The multiple types of auto-farm buildings, warehouses, markets, and sea forts all have an interconnected role in the current trading system, and we have several plans to improve many aspects of these.

A few of our planned improvements:

A new interface (UI) for Markets
Physical trade ships
Tame trading
Improved Sea Forts

Sea Forts will become a more integral and engaging system for both PvP and PvE players. Our last content patch included a slight preview of what’s to come by introducing our new smaller Sea Fort. We have much more in store for all of you though! From enemy NPCs, to hidden treasures and more, there’s plenty to entice players from all around. We don’t want to give everything away just yet though, so you’ll have to stay tuned for more details to come!

Tame Utilization

While creatures and tames may not be the main theme of ATLAS, they still play an integral part in current gameplay. With that in mind, we’ve been looking to improve how tames are being used. We’ve already introduced Tame Houses, Tame Hatcheries, and Tame Cargo Railings to improve breeding and transporting of tames, but there is still more we can do to improve their storage and utility.

We’ve also received a lot of feedback from the community on Tame Houses/Hatcheries, with one of the main critiques being the current UI used to view what tames are currently being stored inside. Having to go through the radial menu can become quite cumbersome when there are more than a few tames inside, not to mention the available information displayed is quite lacking. We’ll be working on providing a much better user interface to display tames and their relevant information.

Tame Barn

While the Tame Houses/Hatcheries can be used to simply store tames, their unwieldy size and limited capacity do not always make doing so an ideal choice. The Tame Barn will be a new structure used for the sole purpose of storing mass amounts of tames. Tames within the barn will not reproduce or require food, they will simply be in stasis.

Swarm House

The Swarm House offers a way of obtaining new companion tames with the added benefit of passive resource generation. Swarm Houses provide the perfect habitat for Bees, Ants, Bats, Rattlesnakes and Mini Crabs. Nearby wild tames of the acceptable type will be drawn to the Swarm House where they will be captured and tamed. Creatures tamed this way will not be rideable or breedable.

Passive Resource Generation:

Bee: Honey
Rattlesnake: Venom
Bat: Nitro Fertilizer
Ant: Toxic Flora
Mini Crab: Crustacean Meat

Single Player

While our current focus may be on official servers, we have not abandoned single player or non-dedicated players. One of the main draws of playing in single player (or a non-dedicated session with a friend) is the ability to play at your own pace. Official servers (and many unofficial servers) tend toward seasonal play with periodic wipes. Those with limited time to play often feel rushed to complete content and may not complete all goals before all that progress ends up getting erased.

So why haven't we been keeping the single player map updated? When we update the single player map, this causes all existing single player worlds to be wiped as well. While not updating the map for so long has saved players from many unwanted wipes, it has also come with the unfortunate side effect of many new features not being accessible or obtainable.

We want players to have access to current content without being forced to start a brand-new game unless they choose to do so. We also want players to be able to play on the same map as the one used on official servers. To do that, we’re investigating ways on allowing players the choice of what season’s map to play on at any given time. One of the possible ways we’re looking into is free DLCs for each map.

Final Note

Hotfix

v551.4

Bug Fixes

Fixed various issues with tames being unloaded from the Tame House, Tame Hatchery, and Tame Cargo Railings.

Devkit Update

The latest version of the ATLAS Devkit can be downloaded at the Epic Games Store: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/atlas-mod-kit

Final Note

Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed.

As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! :)

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information
Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas
Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas
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]]> Patch 551.2 - Season 10 Patch and Wipe https://atlas-servers.io/blog/303/patch-5512-season-10-patch-and-wipe/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/303/patch-5512-season-10-patch-and-wipe/ Wed, 21 Sep 2022 23:37 CEST
Get ready for another season of ATLAS! We’re starting off with a new map, Ship in a Bottle, the beginnings of our Sea Fort reconstruction, a whole collection of bug fixes, and several quality of life changes suggested by the community! A large focus of this season will be improving existing game features, so pathfinders can look forward to several changes throughout the season, including; the start of the modular ship design overhaul, a revamped trade system, factions, and much more!

Servers will be going down to deploy the update tomorrow night, Wednesday September 21st at around 7:00 PM PDT. Servers are expected to come back up within a few hours.

Lastly, as always, we are dedicated to bettering the gameplay experience with every patch. We apologize for any inconvenience and disappointment players experienced due to the Kraken Bowl grid not being online when advertised. We will be working on ensuring this does not happen again in the future. We appreciate all the support and will continue to keep the community first as we move forward to final release. Happy sailing!

Released Patch Notes

v.551.2

New Content

Ship in a Bottle

New magics have been uncovered while exploring the ghastly island in the Maw. Pathfinders who incorporate these magics can shrink their ships to store them in special bottles. Some pathfinders have even reported that they can sometimes make a duplicate of their ships while they are in a bottle!
Please note: Ship duplication has been disabled on the official PVP network for the first month of the season.

To use the ship in a bottle system, players will craft the Ship Bottle Station and Ship Bottles from the Smithy. The Ship Bottle Station must be placed on the shipyard it will be used at. When interacting with the bottles in the inventory of the Ship Bottle Station, press the Right Mouse Button or Right Trigger(Gamepad) to access the options menu. These options are Bottle, Duplicate, and Recover.

Bottle: Takes the ship that is currently anchored or in scaffolding in that shipyard and transfers it to the bottle. You can take the bottle out of the bottle station. Resource cost: 50 Solidified Essence.
Duplicate: If the required resources are present in the bottle station, and you have an empty bottle, you may duplicate your ship. Resource cost: 50 Solidified Essence and 1 empty Ship Bottle.
Recover: Restores the ship to the shipyard in scaffolding.

Ship Bottle Station
After learning the Master Shipwright skill, it can be crafted in the smithy.
Resources:

Gem: 60
Gold Coin: 270
Metal: 96
Stone: 110
Thatch: 134
Wood: 240

Ship Bottle
After learning the Master Shipwright skill, it can be crafted in the smithy.
Resources:

Solidified Essence: 50

World Map

The region layout has been updated, names of regions have changed, Freeport locations have changed, and temperature fluctuations within the regions have been reduced.

The following regions will be open at the season launch:

Pharos
Mytroa
Carribia
Hakar
Komolos
Azuela
Gelare
Kalda
Tortuga
Kraken’s Lair
Cervantes’ Rest
Maw Waters

The following regions will not be open at the season launch:

Huawi
Trackless Waters
Unknown Depths

Sea Fort Reconstruction

The reconstruction of Sea Forts throughout the Atlas has begun. Pathfinders will find that the islands have been fortified and new visuals have been added. The new Sea Forts are currently only found in Caribia, the largest of the regions in Atlas. Additional Sea Forts will be added in upcoming patches.
We can expect to see additional types of Sea Forts in the coming months.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue with the object text overlapping the repair tool tip pop-up menu.
Fixed an issue with floating damage text not appearing for poison arrows.
Fixed an issue with Flame arrows not displaying damage numbers when hitting a target.
Fixed an issue with rivers flowing backwards.
Fixed an issue with the workstation converting materials into the same type.
Fixed an issue with players being able to mesh buildings into a mountain.
Fixed an issue with the submarine crafting skill being missing.
Fixed an issue with lanterns not being able to be lit.
Fixed an issue with maxed out ground clutter density and/or distance causing players to crash.
Fixed an issue where destroying an industrial wonder prevented the owning company from building another.
Fixed an issue with the Industrial Lab and Great Temple buffs conflicting with each other.
Fixed an issue with the camera collision when inside a submarine in third-person view.
Fixed an issue with the death cache causing some non-stackable items to stack.
Fixed an issue with the North Pole and Antarctica regions on the Overworld map not being accessible with a controller.
Fixed an issue where it does not display the pop-up descriptions for all regions in the Overworld map mode when using a controller
Fixed an issue about inconsistent text description for Torpedo Launcher Kraken Railing.
Fixed an issue with random structures in the middle of the ocean.
Fixed an issue with spiders losing stats when put in the Tame Hatchery.
Fixed an issue with baby spiders having worse stats than their parents.
Fixed an issue where the player’s head would change size when taking damage.
Fixed minor art issues on the map.
Fixed island coastline art issues.
Fixed an issue where artifact keys could be dropped and moved within the inventory after picking them up from the player’s own corpse.
Fixed a performance issue when attempting to place a great temple.
Fixed an issue with accessibility of the Dragon Head on the Turtle ship
Fixed an issue with the Hide Map Text feature (Default is now: F12)
Fixed an issue with towers stacking on sea forts.
Fixed an issue where Water Jugs could only be filled once.
Fixed an issue where the poison debuff was removed by swimming.
Fixed an issue where the ocean did not have light blue water along the Trade Wind path.
Fixed an issue where Altar of the Damned building foundations could overlap each other.
Fixed an issue where some resources were refunded when overwriting a Statue Base and Framework with a finished Statue.
Fixed an issue where the Tame House and Hatchery were counting invalid tame types in the “Load Nearby X Tames” command.
Fixed an issue where dead tames could be loaded into the Tame House.
Fixed an issue where the “stop the bar” minigame did not appear when reloading a partially loaded Hydra Revolver.
Fixed an issue with inconsistent text style for “ship” and “railing” for railing structures.
Fixed an issue where the player can bucket water onto a cooking structure without putting it out.
Fixed an issue where Dinghies made in the Tiny Shipyard weren’t being renamed after putting a name in the “Name Your Ship!” window.
Fixed an issue where clients in non-dedicated sessions would crash when gridding.
Fixed an issue where the host in non-dedicated sessions would crash when respawning at a bed while a client was connected.
Fixed an issue where a player could bleed tames that are protected by an armored dock.
Fixed an issue with players being able to go prone as soon as they begin their reload animation.
Fixed an issue with the artifact key decay timer resetting when the player dies and acquires both old and new artifact keys.
Fixed an issue with floating structures in the middle of the sea.
Fixed an issue where damaged armors would share their depleted durability with other armors of the same type when dropped.
Fixed an issue with overlapping text on the song stone when the verse book is dropped.
Fixed an issue where tiger tames could bleed bosses for massive damage.
Fixed an issue where the Macuahuitl could bleed bosses for massive damage.
Fixed an issue where lava did not hurt the player.
Fixed an issue where the last arrow that would break a bow would not fire.
Fixed an issue where the description for the Chicken Egg incorrectly implies that they cannot be found in the wild.
Fixed an issue where the player could bucket water onto a cooking structure without putting it out.
Fixed an issue where the description for the Chicken Egg incorrectly implies that they cannot be found in the wild.
Fixed an issue where the player could bucket water onto a cooking structure without putting it out.
Fixed an issue where tamed fire elementals were not rideable.
Fixed an issue where poison arrows weren’t damaging some creatures.

Misc.

Server grids will no longer be added to favorites when joining.
Removing hats from spiders.
Industrial Shack decay timer increased to 10 days from 12 hours.
Bookshelves can now be placed inside modular ships
Adjusted Crocodile taming affinity effectiveness.
Updated the NPC portal art to enter Rookie Cove to remove the ring.
Increased the maximum an item can be sold for in player shops from 100,000 to 1,000,000.
Tame Cargo Ship Railing can now be crafted in the Smithy.
Medicinal Herbs can now be placed in the Crew Silo.
The Pegasus ship no longer has the same icon as the Majestic Kraken.
Players can no longer activate Circular Slice from a crouching and prone position.
Updated terminology in the single player options menu and warning messages.
Decreased how bright lanterns are.
Fertilizer can now stack.
Players can no longer animation cancel the sword’s overhead slice.
Increased Drake duration from 3 hours to 6 hours.
Increased Drake stamina from 1000 to 1500.
Removed the button to create a new character from the respawn menu. The create new character button was previously added to the server selection screen.
Mortar Ship’s mortar damage has been reduced.
Land Mortar’s damage has been increased.
Companies are limited to three of each type of shipyard and armored dock per grid.

Xbox Only

Memory usage has been optimized.
Memory leaks have been fixed.
Graphics have been optimized for each version of xbox.

Known Issues

Xbox version’s respawn screen still shows the create new pathfinder button.
Sea Fort defensive towers are sometimes shooting at their owning company.
Sea Fort Taxation Banks can sometimes not be placed.
Water spouts sometimes vanish rapidly after being dug up.
Loading Screen Images are not up to date

Final Note

New SGE

To download the latest Server Grid Editor (SGE) click the the following link: SGE download[s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com]

Ship In A Bottle Configuration

There are two options to set up the Ship in a Bottle info storage using either S3 or Redis database.

Redis Database:

1- To store the info in Redis you need to add the information for the redis table (make sure the table name is FileManagerDB).

2- You need to add this parameter to the server launch arguments -UseRedisForRemoteFileManagerStorage. This can be done by adding the argument to BaseServerArgs

S3:

1- To Use S3 simply add the S3 Credentials to the project settings.

2- Then click on the Ship Bottle Data button and the prefix info.

Finally for both options after the above steps you will need to export, so that info get parsed to ServerGrid.ServerOnly.json

Final Note

Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed.

As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! :)

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information
Natter n' chatter on Discord: https://discord.gg/playatlas
Hear ye, hear ye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sailtheatlas
Watch us scallywags on Twitch: http://twitch.tv/sailtheatlas
Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame
]]> Live Dev Q&A - Ask a Pirate Day #12 https://atlas-servers.io/blog/301/live-dev-q/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/301/live-dev-q/ Fri, 16 Sep 2022 21:00 CEST
It was fantastic seeing so many of you listening in on the Live Dev Q&A in our discord! For those of you who were not available at that time and couldn’t make it, we have a written version of the event here for you now. First, let’s get some introductions of the staff in attendance!

H2O-Melons: Hi, I’m H2O-Melons (or Melons for short), I’m the Community Manager for Atlas. For those that might not be familiar with what that means, I am essentially the liaison between the players and the developers. I get feedback from the players and bring their concerns forward to the development team. In turn, you could say I’m the spokesperson for the development team. I publish information and manage our social media accounts.

Red Beard: Hi everyone, I’m the senior designer for Atlas, and the team leader for the design team and development teams.

Weird Beard: Ahoy pathfinders! I'm Weird Beard, former Community Manager for Atlas. I’m now in QA (Quality Assurance) for Atlas. I know a lot of you are wondering why I disappeared so quickly. I had to go away for a bit for some personal reasons, but now I'm getting settled into the QA team. I'm happy to be there and think Melons is doing an amazing job in my stead. I just wanted to thank her and thank you, the community, for all your support throughout my tenure.

Grapeshot Nami: Hi, everyone. Some of you might know me, some of you might not, but I’m Nami. I was also once upon a time ago, one of the Community Managers here. I've since moved to a more behind the scenes role with the company working in a lot of marketing campaigns/sales and project management type stuff. I'm very excited to have our first live q&a, so I wanted to drop by and show my support and say hi to everyone.

Q&A

As a reminder, the answers below only reflect the current timeframe and are subject to change. While we can provide current insight on the game and what we hope to do, we can’t always foresee what is in store for us. We appreciate your support and understanding.

Question 1: During early access wipes are necessary as changes are implemented; however, in this process the game has shifted heavily towards seasonal play. What is your vision for the long-run in regards to wipes? Are you going to continue to embrace the seasonal aspect of the game or do you hope to eventually get the game in a state where seasons aren't necessary?

Answer: As Atlas has evolved we have noticed a trend where we see the highest number of players during the first month after a wipe. It goes without saying that the land grab, the exploration, and the early days of forging your company are some of the best parts of the experience. We are working on various ideas to have a seasonal based game but also not require players to do the same content every time. Some player data will be saved, the Power Stone quest will be redesigned, and achievements will persist for every season. How we are going to do all of this is still being talked about, but it is coming.

Question 2: What is the overall plan for the game? Do you have an updated roadmap that you can share with the community?

Answer: You can expect to see a roadmap in the next few weeks, which will cover at least the next couple of seasons. As for the overall plan for the game, we are upgrading the current systems, adding a few new systems that we feel tie the entire Atlas experience together, and focusing on polish. Our current goal is to end early access strong. As for the future after early access is over... well, we will just have to wait to see what the tide uncovers.

Question 3: Are there plans to add to the storyline of the game? For example, right now there are endgame quests and specific items added, but there isn't a lot of lore built into the game around them.

Answer: What is a game without lore? Well, I certainly have a few questions about Atlas lore. What are the Army of the Damned? Where do they come from? What about the mysterious tech that we see surrounding mythical creatures like the Kraken? Why does the world keep changing? These are some of the lore aspects that should be found within the game world, or through certain Journals that have washed up on our shores. The storyline of Atlas was intended to be player driven. However, we have a main questline to collect Power Stones and kill a Kraken. Seems like a great opportunity to expand. The most exciting way to add lore in a game like ours is by making the world feel alive through scraps of information here and there that you will have to piece together to get a story, texts to read, and lands to explore. This allows players to discover the lore organically, or optionally ignore it.

Question 4: Will we ever have real enemy pirate ships or privateers on the ocean ? Will factions ever appear?

Answer: Yes. Both are coming during season ten. Expect to see more than just Ships of the Damned on the seas one day.

Question 5: Do you have plans on further developing the ocean?

Answer: If you are referring to the trenches, yes. If you mean how blank and empty the bottom of the ocean is between islands and trenches, also yes. Though, it may have to wait until after we leave early access. It is a goal, but not a priority at this time.

Question 6: Why is new content/items being added to the game when there are still so many bugs that need to get addressed?

Answer: Let's be real, bugs are annoying. We all hate them. We are working to fix as many as we can, and when they are reported to us we prioritize them. It is my view that new content is just as important, however, to the health of a game. It will take a while to fix all the bugs. Why not enjoy something new while we work? Also, different teams can work on different things, you don't really want an artist trying to code a fix for how fast a cannonball moves do you?

Question 7: Can you elaborate on the Unreal Engine 5 rumors? It would be great to hear more details about this and how we could expect the change to affect the game. Will it help with the current optimization issues?

Answer: Unreal Engine 5 is coming. We are currently in the process of the engine update. Once it updates we will have one last early access season to ensure it is as bug free as possible. Also, this upgrade is granting us the opportunity to fix much of the optimization issues at the same time.

Question 8: What's the plan with modular and legacy ships? Will legacy ships ever be removed from the game?

Answer: At this time, there are no plans to remove legacy ships out of the game. Modular ships were intended to allow players to create a fleet of ships, each with a specific role, to play in a fight. The theory is good, we just need to fix the implementation.

Question 9: One of the biggest appeals of ATLAS is building your own unique ship plank-by-plank. Will more customization options be added to modular ships?

Answer: Building your own ship is half of the fun in the game. To that end, modular ships are being worked on to incorporate all the best parts of the ship building process that legacy ships enjoy. Tons of new customization options will be added, ship art is being completely overhauled, internal rooms/modules are being added, customizable captains quarters are being added….the list goes on. The main draw in Atlas for me is its ships, let's make that a good experience.

Question 10: There has been an overwhelming amount of player feedback to slow modular ships down. Do you have any plans to do so?

Answer: They have been slowed for season ten. Ship balance is an extremely difficult thing in Atlas due to multiple ship systems being used. I think we can all agree the implementation of it was bad. We have learned from the past several seasons to not make huge ship changes mid-season anymore, so that is something we will strive to no longer do.

Question 11: Will modular ships be better balanced in the future? Right now everyone is sailing on a Ramming Galley.

Answer: They have been updated for the new season, and while these changes are minor right now, they will be perfected for season 11. Additional changes will probably not be pushed to the live servers until season eleven to preserve a fair experience for all players in season ten.

Question 12: Are there plans to make changes to the modular ship repair system? In their current state there is no delay for repairing modules, while there is the smoke delay on the legacy ships.

Answer: The entire experience of building, repairing, and customizing the modular ships is being changed.

Question 13: Are there any plans to increase the incentives of ship PVP? The only thing players can consistently (rarely) do right now is to battle fleeing ships that will most definitely popcorn their loot and scuttle their ships right when they feel like they are losing. There is zero incentive to go out and battle other ships for veteran players.

Answer: With the implementation of ship in a bottle, players will no longer fear losing hundreds of hours of work in a few moments. With the faction system that is coming in the future, we can expect to see an improved experience that will greatly reward the hunting of ships on the seas, be they owned by another player or by an NPC.

Question 14: Do you have any plans to change the drop rates, craft count, and stat range for current blueprints for crafting? As it is now, we get many useless blueprints and the ones worth using have very low craft counts. Oftentimes, higher tier blueprints (mythic etc) actually have worse stats than lower tier ones.

Answer: Yes, I think a tiered system would fix this. We will need to design this further, but I agree, finding a mythical that is worse than a fine is beyond frustrating.

Question 15: Is the team going to take a look at the existing island templates and overhaul them prior to the game's official launch? Many of the islands are not very useful in PvP due to either having no natural harbor, having too shallow water in harbors, or being too tall to place island defenses.

Answer: The only reason this is taking so long is the sheer number of islands we have in the game. There are hundreds. At a bare minimum, it will take an entire season of one dev's time to adjust them. We have received lists of issue islands, islands that would be great if pillars were lowered, or if a bay was deepened, and we are working on adjusting them, when we have time.

Question 16: Are there any current plans to reduce structure spam?

Answer: The majority of Atlas issues, optimization, lag, and exploits are all directly connected to the structure spam we see. Building a base on pvp that is able to withstand a raid requires players to cover every inch of the island, and then build an absurd wall around their islands. So to answer your question, yes, we will aggressively change structure limits, add ways to prevent enemy building on islands, and address land raid defensive options.

Question 17: In PvE, people cover the islands quickly with warehouses so it's impossible to find a spot later on in the season. Are there any plans on modifying the warehouses so this isn't an issue?

Answer: The entire trade system is being revamped this season, including warehouses and autofarms.

Question 18: Are there any plans to make living in Freeport no longer possible?

Answer: Let's just say it won't be completely removed until we add some way for solo/small companies to not lose everything every time they log out.

Question 19: Would you consider making a separate server for single players and tiny companies?

Answer: It can be done, but it's a complicated issue. Not only would there have to be enough constant players to warrant the cost of the servers, but we need to figure out what impact it would have on the core pvp server. I don't think anyone wants a huge map with 4 mega companies only. I think a better solution would be to address the issues that prevent solo players and small companies from being not only viable, but also fun.

Question 20: Any estimate on when the single player world map will be updated to match the new multiplayer map?

Answer: We are currently working on allowing players to choose which season's map to play in single player, so you're not limited to just a single map and Blackwood. An option here is free DLCs that contain the different maps, so you can access them like you would Blackwood.

Question 21: Right now for Xbox this game is only playable for the series X. Are there plans to make it more Xbox friendly?

Answer: Yes! Great news on that. We are in the final stages of fixing that. I believe it will make this upcoming patch, but if it doesn't, it will be in the first patch of the new season.

Bonus Q&A

The following questions were obtained and answered during the Live Q&A after the pre-selected questions were answered.

Question: When will there be a Devkit and SGE update?
Answer: Both of those should be out next week.

Question: Are there any current plans for changing the armored docks?
Answer: With the ship in a bottle, the armored docks are going to be adjusted. In addition, for all shipyards (and armored docks) you will be limited to placing only three per type per company per grid for the following season.

Question: Are there any plans on changing the Drakes or token tames?
Answer: There has been a lot of discussion about that between the team. I think everybody knows I do not personally like being able to tame them. But we recently asked the question for feedback about the mythical teams and everybody seems to really enjoy them. Or they have a specific purpose, so they will remain there. At least for the time being. We do have a team working directly on fixing and updating all of the creatures of Atlas so they will be adjusted to be better in the future.

Question: Are there any plans to change the visual design of Ship of the Damned?
Answer: Yes, that is upcoming as well. I think they kind of look a little alien and out of place right now. So we are replacing them with a natural pirate ship that just looks cursed rather than alien.

Question: Are there any plans for a PlayStation release?
Answer: That is also a complicated question. The short answer is…it’s possible. Possible but no guarantee it will happen. It really depends on how we do at the end of early access.

Question: Do we have an estimate on the Unreal Engine 5 update?
Answer: We can expect that early next year.

Question: One of the main issues right now in the game is the tames falling off ships when grid changing. Can you give us any details on the status of getting that fixed?
Answer: Tames falling off of ships, through our investigation, has kind of related to a larger core game mechanic or code base issue that's happening. So for now, we're fixing it on a case by case basis. With the engine update it will be fixed in the core game code so it won't happen again.

Question: How about the rates in the new season, are we going to be sticking with just 5x the whole season again?
Answer: It seems like 5x was a good choice for most of the season. The original plan here was to have weekends be 5x and weekdays be 3x, then occasional special events would be higher. It wouldn't always be the same per weekend, so it could be resource gathering would be 5x this weekend or tame speed will be 5x this weekend.

Question: Are there any chances of alliance members being able to use things on ships?
Answer: Yes, we are working on a system, with the first part of it getting Alliance members to use a special bed on ships so you can go to your alliance member’s ships or bases. As for other systems, we are working on it, again, as we have time.

Question: Will the game ever be on Game Pass?
Answer: It’s a possibility. I don't have any control or say over that, so I can’t comment on that other than saying maybe or maybe not.

Question: We talked about getting a devkit update and upgrading to Unreal Engine 5. Will the upgrade affect modders?
Answer: When we're upgrading to Unreal Engine 5, the devkit will also be updated. This does unfortunately mean that the mods created in the Unreal Engine 4 version will have to be either adjusted or redone in the new UE5 devkit. For the community servers, I am working on several options to see if we can minimize this impact. More news on that will come soon, but hopefully it will have a negligible impact if everything goes well.

Question: During the time when the modular ships are overhauled, will they be lootable by players who sink them?
Answer: Yes, they should be. I think it's silly that you can't loot everything you destroy.

Question: Are there currently any plans to add any new maps similar to Blackwood?
Answer: We've talked about it a lot in our internal meetings. We have thought of doing a lot of smaller DLC based maps like Blackwood that would introduce different areas of the world. As everybody can see, through our world map, we've been trying to transition to an alternate Earth experience for Atlas. So if we did do this, you could expect to see, for example, a whole expansion for a snow region, or an ice region, or an African type sand region, or something like that. This also gives us an opportunity to expand on trenches for Atlantean stuff as well.

Question: Are there any plans on adding any new ships?
Answer: There are plans for a lot of new ships. I believe we have 10 new modular ships coming. That number may change, but they won't be introduced until we fix and update the system. Adding new ships without fixing the system doesn't make sense.

Question: Is anything changing with enforcement?
Answer: As we are exiting Early Access, our enforcement is ramping up. I think everybody had a fairly negative experience this last season with our wide bands. Having said that, we are going to be updating our systems so that we are able to get individuals. Certain offenses are still company wide. If the entire company benefits from the bannable offense, the entire company will still be banned. Having said that, that will be extremely rare.

Question: Is the map always going to be portal based, or will we ever return to one big map?
Answer: The map with the portals was always intended to give easy and fast travel throughout the world. You should be able to sail to the majority of the game at any given time. We are working on a system to have servers and grids that come online for certain amounts of time and then go offline. Additional content or additional routes will probably be portal based for the majority.

Question: Any plans for an Xbox only server?
Answer: That is also more than likely not coming.

Question: Any plans for new melee weapons?
Answer: With the engine update, we are going to completely redo the combat system. It's going to feel much smoother, nicer, and not so bloated

Question: Can we get friendly fire turned on?
Answer: It's possible to turn that on, however, that's going to drastically change the game. So if we did do that it would be on a smaller test server for a super hardcore game experience.

Question: Can we get cosmetic items we can buy with IRL money to help support the game? For example, ship cannon skins.
Answer: We will internally discuss that and if it is deemed appropriate, we might pursue it or we might not. I cannot make any promises.

Question: Will you ever make legacy ships usable again in pvp?
Answer: Yes, legacy ships still have their place in PvP. They are customizable to the point where it is almost impossible to get rid of them. There are so many tactics that I see players do that you just cannot replicate with a modular ship. Having said that, we are focusing on the modular ship system, although we will be balancing it to make sure that the legacy ships and that customization is not lost.

Final Note

Upcoming Wipe

The final day of the season will be Wednesday September 21st when we will be wiping both official servers for a fresh start. Servers are expected to go down at 7PM PDT and should be back up within a few hours. Unofficial servers are not expected to need to wipe at this time.

A dedicated Kraken Bowl grid will be accessible September 14th - September 21st, so grab your crew and send this season off with a bang! To reach the Kraken Bowl, sail out from Tortuga in any direction across the grid line. PvE players should be particularly cautious, as the zone is PvP enabled for all who enter.

We hope you’ll continue the journey with us as we make our way closer to exiting early access. Thank you for your support and happy sailing!

Here’s a sneak peek at some changes headed our way!

Live Dev Q&A

Come meet the ATLAS Senior Game Designer and the Community Manager on September 15th at 12:00 PM PDT in our discord Stage voice channel! We’ll be answering many of the questions recently gathered from our discord community. Pathfinders will also have the opportunity to ask additional questions or for further clarification. For those who will not be able to make it, we’ll be posting a written version afterwards.

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

v549.6
Patch will be released on 8/10/22 at ~7PM PDT

New Content

Poison Arrow
Causes a debuff that lowers food and water on the target for 60 seconds. Getting too close to an affected target will spread the debuff.
Requirements:

Secrets of the Bow
Mortar and Pestle
1 Stone Arrow
10 Toxic Compound (any combination)

New Region: Trackless Waters
Trackless Waters has reappeared into the Atlas as a Lawless Tundra area for pathfinders to explore and conquer. Bundle up and find rare resources and dangerous beasts. It is accessible through portals in Antarctica and North Pole

Bug Fixes

Fixed instances of all treasure maps in single player going to H6
Fixed instances of text inconsistencies
Fixed collision issue with the stairs on the Turtle Ship
Fixed instances of graphics quality lowering after loading in
Fixed some UI issues
Fixed an issue of unloading tames when accessing fertilizer barrel
Fixed an issue with floor tiles not snapping to same height as the floor foundation
Fixed an issue with railings facing the wrong direction on the right side of a Pegasus
Fixed an issue where demolishing a ritual pedestal casting unnatural fog crashed the game
Fixed an issue with sail placement on mortar ship blocking the door and ladder.
Fixed an issue where a player gets blocked ascending 1 side of a ship's side scaffolding.
Fixed an issue where the spyglass and sextant overlay did not display in the maw waters
Fixed an issue where players were able to go prone during circular slice
Fixed an issue where players were able to reset the heavy shield bash cooldown
Fixed an issue with invisible walls around Tramp Freighters being built in the Basic Shipyard
Fixed an issue where sails could be placed on the rear castles of the Tramp Freighter and Carrack
Fixed an issue where sails could be placed and block the Front Castle door on the Harrier
Fixed an issue where sails could be placed on the steering wheel and rear stairs of the Ramming Galley
Fixed an issue with the transient tracker tutorial text
Fixed issues with normal and Kraken style railings
Fixed an issue where Medkits could not be used on Tames
Fixed an issue with Ore Miner and Grave Digger blocking other farming structures
Fixed a text overlap issue in Industrial Smithy recipes for structures with long names
Fixed an issue where structures would continue to auto-repair forever
Fixed a collision issue with the stairs on the Carrack
Fixed an issue that allowed players to place certain Industrial structures on a shipyard
Fixed an issue with baby spiders dying on server restart
Fixed an issue wherein holiday vendor was selling outdated items at Freeports
Fixed map collision issues.
Fixed an issue where interacting the progression table on the Industrial Wonder caused the game to crash.
Fixed an issue with a missing description for Large Storage box item.
Fixed an issue about naming inconsistency for the Verse Book item.
Fixed an issue wherein spyglass was not displaying title/description when viewing sunken treasure.
Fixed instances of railings not snapping while in Simplified Chinese
Fixed an issue where the discovered banner would appear each time the player fast traveled
Fixed an issue where cobras could not be targeted by a puckle gun
Fixed instances of player’s being able to place bed underwater
Fixed instances where players would lose functionality after logging out on ships in shipyards

Misc.

The art for the advanced dock has slightly changed
Adjusted trade wind routes to better match map art
New art for Orichalcumized Rock
New art for Sulfurized Rock
Tames born in the tame house are set to follow the player when unloaded
Tames born and raised in the tame house or tame hatchery can have their imprint timers paused manually inside the structure
Players can now zoom in/out on the world/region maps to transition between them using mouse scroll wheel and controllers
A button has been added to server selection screen to join with new character. This allows players to delete their current character and start again
Artifact keys can only be used on the island the boss was defeated on
Removal of underwater effects and maw waters fog effects have been disabled in .ini files
Removed inventory access from Cursed Temple
Equipment slots on the Ritual Pedestal have been removed
Blueprints for modular ship tiles and railings will now drop from SoTD flotsam

Xbox Only

Reduced memory usage in certain areas

Known Issues

Visual effect on the poison arrows will sometimes last longer than intended

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

In addition to the content mentioned below, this update will include the previously mentioned Season 9 patch published last week. You can read more about those changes by clicking this link: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/834910/view/3301713421437781646

v548.2
Patch to be released 7/6/22 ~7PM PDT

New Content

Tame Hatchery

Egg-laying tames can now be stored at the new Tame Hatchery. Eggs produced by stored tames are sent to the inventory to be fertilized. Fertilized eggs will be incubated and hatched directly into the Tame Hatchery. While food is stored in the inventory, tames will continue to reproduce and generate Nitro Fertilizer, which gives crops a growth boost for a short time.

Tames allowed in the Hatchery:

Chicken, Crow, Parrot, Vulture, Seagull, Penguin, Ostrich, Spider, Turtle, Crocodile, Razortooth, Shieldhorn, Crab, and Tortugar

After obtaining the Beastmaster 2 skill, the Tame Hatchery will be buildable at a Smithy:
Crafting Resources

300 Stone
20 Flint
90 Keratinoid
65 Wood
80 Fibers

New Resource type: Toxic Compounds

Toxic Flora: Harvested from mushrooms in swamp biomes
Venom: Harvested from Snakes and Scorpions
Toxic Sludge: Crafted from Nitro Fertilizer

New Ship Railing: Swivel Gun Railing

A new railing that supports two out facing swivel guns has been added. Unlocked from Swivel Gun Skill in the Artillery tree, this railing can be built at the Smithy.
Crafting Resources

550 Wood
225 Thatch
250 Fibers
98 Alloy
180 Stone

New Region: Uncharted Sea

Uncharted Sea has been reintroduced into the world of Atlas. Tropical Islands here have rare resources for pathfinders to plunder as well as more access to industrial and Army of the Damned nodes. Access to this region is located via portals in the South America and Africa Regions. This region is Lawless.

Bug Fixes

Fixed instances where shooting a spear gun while riding an underwater tame damaged the tame
Fixed instances of players consuming the ship rename token
Fixed instances where the ‘collect now’ function only working once on the warehouse
Fixed instances where players were not getting Essence of the maw from destroying enemy ships
Fixed instances where players could not defecate
Fixed instances in which some module ships’ initial module point totals were incorrect
Fixed instances in which the tame house was placeable on shipyards
Fixed multiple instances of holes in the ocean in various islands
Fixed instances where players could not place turtle shells into the advanced shipyard
Fixed instances where bed travel and respawning would default to the rookie cove
Fixed instances where the game could crash when set to any language other than English
Fixed instances where sails would be be misaligned with the ships center
Fixed instances where the Tame House could be built on other structures
Fixed instances where the 6th shot in the revolver would not deal damage
Fixed instances where industrial buffs would give incorrect UI icons
Fixed instances of projectiles spawning at incorrect locations when the player is moving
Fixed instances where the Cog could not turn correctly
Fixed instances where Transient Nodes provided incorrect resources

Misc.

Durability for the Industrial Hydra Pistol and Industrial have been increased
Large Stone Walls and gates and their Industrial variants are now limited to 30 per company per server
Please ensure the 30 you want to keep are the only 30 placed before the patch. Any walls/gates placed over the 30 limit will be destroyed, at random until there are only 30 remaining.
Large Stone Walls and their industrial variants will start at a lower health when first built and will need to be repaired to max health
Ship Icons on the map will now show life as an HP amount instead of a percentage
UI is now more consistent for Industrial stations
Return to the overworld tab on the map has been moved to be less obtrusive
Added more keys to be bound to defecate
Ash wood bundles and unbundles have been added to the workstation
Shipyards can no longer be placed unless all ships within the variant can be built
Ritual Generator and Ritual Pedestal Health has been increased

Xbox Only

Fixed instances where the game would crash if the player switched between tabs in the menu too quickly
Adjusted distance islands render to decrease memory usage
Fixed instances where changing grids would result in a crash

Known Issues

Crash occurs when interacting with the Great Temple’s progression table
Crash occurs when interacting with the Industrial Lab’s progression table
Static nodes that are located on Island Claim grid islands are claimable and destroyable when a company wipes the island
The Hatchery has an issue where the fertilizer barrel can’t be accessed from certain directions
Treasure Map Bottles picked up in the PVP realm will sometimes not produce a treasure map
The limit on stone walls / gates is currently 30 per variant per company per grid, instead of 30 total per company per grid. This is being adjusted in next hotfix patch.
Crew seated on sails will sometimes be seated at a wrong location.

Final Note

Released Patch Notes

New Content

Industrial Wonder Structures and Buildings

New Monuments and a fantastic new Wonder have arrived on the shores of Atlas.

Tier 2 Monument - Industrial Lab

This monument is built in two stages and they are found in the Industrial Smithy

Stage 1: Industrial Lab Foundation
Resources to build Stage 1

2000 Metal
1800 Brimstone
800 Orichalcum
800 Pure sulfur
500 Crystal

Stage 2: Industrial Lab
Resources to build Stage 2

2000 Wood
2500 Brimstone
2000 Crystal
7500 Orichalcum
5000 Pure Sulfur
5000 Metal

Unlike the Cursed Temple, this Monument offers four externally placeable modular room locations. Players must build and place these modular room locations within shacks that are in range of the monument for them to be useable.

Stations

Industrial Shack

Resources to build Industrial Shack

200 Stone
300 Wood
400 Metal

Industrial Vessel Studies Station

Resources to Build

300 Hide
400 Wood
200 Fibers

Industrial Armory Station

Resources to build

300 Stone
250 Flint
250 Brimstone
400 Wood
600 Metal

Industrial Astronomy Station

Resources to build

200 Stone
400 Wood
100 Orichalcum

Industrial Culinary Station

Resources to build

500 Stone
200 Flint
800 Wood
400 Metal

Industrial Structure Studies Station

Resources to build

300 Stone
250 Flint
125 Hide
400 Wood
450 Orichalcum

Tier 3 Monument- The Observatory

This Monument is built in 6 stages. With the completion of stage 6, the wonder is completed and an intelligence buff is awarded. It is built directly on top of the Tier 2 Monument. Unlike the Great Temple, this Wonder can be obtained by every Pathfinder crew.
All stages of the Observatory are built in the Industrial Structures Studies Station

Stage 1:

Resources to build Stage 1:

50 Cedar Bundles
50 Slate Blocks
1000 Pure Sulfur
1000 Orichalcum
500 Crystal

Stage 2:

Resources to build Stage 2:

50 Fir Bundles
50 Coquina Blocks
1500 Pure Sulfur
1500 Orichalcum
500 Crystal

Stage 3:

Resources to build Stage 3:

50 Oak Bundles
50 Granite Blocks
2000 Pure Sulfur
2000 Orichalcum
500 Crystal

Stage 4:

Resources to build Stage 4:

50 Pine Bundles
50 Limestone Blocks
2500 Pure Sulfur
2500 Orichalcum
1000 Crystal
500 Brimstone

Stage 5:

Resources to build Stage 5:

50 Poplar Bundles
50 Sandstone Blocks
3000 Pure Sulfur
3000 Orichalcum
1250 Crystal
1000 Brimstone

Stage 6:

Resources to build Stage 6:

50 Ironwood Bundles
50 Marble Blocks
3500 Pure Sulfur
3500 Orichalcum
1500 Crystal
1500 Brimstone

Bug Fixes

Fixed instances where the workstation had incorrect crafting recipes.
Fixed instances where the Spider tame would take fall damage.
Fixed instances where the Cog was turning too slowly.
Fixed instances where the player would lose controller functionality when returning to main menu on pc.
Fixed instances where the fog of war would reset in single player.
Fixed instances where server times could be different.
Fixed instances where the player would change age when transferring grids.
Fixed instances where performance would drop when building the Cursed Temple.

Misc.

Timeworn quality has been removed until content and bugs are fixed
Removed drop shadow from text on the map.

XBox Only

Improved memory performance
Improved network connection

Final Note

Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed.
As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! :)

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- ATLAS Crew

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The time has come for new adventures to begin again in the world of Atlas. While familiar, the seas have shifted and hold new mysteries and challenges for both new and old pathfinders alike. With the recent discovery of the Golden Age ruins, pathfinders will find themselves tested by new adversaries that will strike down the most experienced of pirates if not careful. Seven of these bosses now roam the lands waiting to unleash their might on any that dare to find them. Are you brave enough to take the challenge?

There is also talk of an new unexplored region, shrouded in mystery, that may bring a new set of trials to pathfinders looking to unlock its secrets. Do not trust your senses in this eerie place for one false move may spell doom for you and your crew.

The map itself has also undergone a few changes to make traversing the world a little easier. As always, with the new content, we are also continuing to fix many of the issues that have been reported by you, the community, and will continue to do so until we get it right. We want to say thank you to all the pathfinders that have provided feedback and suggestions and that continue to support us as we make gradual steps to make Atlas the best gameplay experience possible.

With that said, the servers will go down May 18th at 7PM PDT and will undergo a few hours of maintenance. Barring any issues, we expect the servers to return and season nine to start around May 18th 10PM PDT. We wish all the best luck in your new adventures and, of course, happy sailing!

Released Patch Notes

v543.00
Patch to be released 5/17/22 ~7PM PDT

New Content

New Mini-Bosses of the Golden Age Ruins

Seven new Mini-Bosses have been added. Each Golden Age Ruin island will now have its own boss to find and fight.

Ancient Fire Elemental

The first fire elemental ever to be created. An unknown, wicked deity possessed inflamed, volcanic rocks. It is rumored that all other fire elementals derive from this one.
Found on the Golden Age Ruin island in A7

Elder Rock Elemental

A Giant Rock Elemental that has seen the tides of the Atlas shift many times. He has finally arisen from the sulfurous land to destroy pathfinders who trespass on his grounds.
Found on the Golden Age Ruin island in F4

Kekada

A Deep Sea crab that invaded the surface long ago. Its docile nature was corrupted by the power stone contained on the island it is found on. Kekada now brutally crushes anything it can fit in its massive claws.
Found on the Golden Age Ruin island in L7

Buwaya

A cursed Crocodile that is only told about in myths originating from the Philippines. Legend says, those who fall victim to this monster are taken to the world of the spirits.
Found on the Golden Age Ruin island in G8

Eber

The Boar God. Even creatures have deities, and this one smells awful according to Pathfinders who have encountered it. They say it is a big, feral boar with rotting flesh and piercing eyes that roams the forest.
Found on the Golden Age Ruin island in L3

Crystal Scorpion

Legend of a mysterious scorpion that appears only in darkness that is drawn to dark energies.
Found on the Golden Age Ruin island in M13

The Sentinel

A cyclops creature tasked with protecting crystal entities. Corrupted by tainted crystals, this creature's appearance has taken on the visage of the very crystals he guards.
Found in the Golden Age Ruin island in E1

Maw Waters

A new region has been discovered! A brave, possibly foolish, Pathfinder followed the Ships of the Damned across the waters of Atlas. He returned with tales of a land shrouded in darkness and unnaturally thick fog, with creatures that seem to vanish or appear out of thin air, and eerie green fires. As proof of his findings he brought back a strange crystalline substance, soft to the touch yet somehow solid. His final notes state that any Pathfinder who ventures to these lands should not trust their eyes, as empty stretches of land may have hidden dangers.

New Items

Lantern of the Maw

A special lantern that automatically appears on ships when they enter the Maw Waters region. Interact with the steering wheel to access the lanterns inventory, see current Essence value, and craft Solidified Essence. Fully fill your lantern to leave the Maw Waters region.

How to gather Essence of the Maw and fill your Lantern
There are several activities that will grant your lantern Essence of the Maw. With the exception of the Relic of the Maw all Essence is gathered on the ship the player enters on.

Active Accumulation

Destroy Ships of the Damned - Each ship destroyed will grant 10 Essence
Destroy other players ships - Each ship destroyed will grant 25 Essence
Obtain a Relic of the Maw - The Relic of the Maw is found in Flotsom and when consumed on a ship instantly fills that ship's lantern to full. Grants 100 Essence

Passive Accumulation

Travel 500 meters, either by sailing, swimming, or walking. Rewards 2-3 Essence.
Survive in the Maw - For every 5 minutes spent inside the Maw Waters 3 Essence is rewarded.

Essence of the Maw
A viscous smoke that can be collected within a special lantern. This item is only acquired in the Maw Waters region, and can not be used outside of the Maw Waters.

Solidified Essence
A semi-soft semi-solid crystal that glows a dim blueish green hue.

Relic of the Maw
An ancient Golden Age Relic, found only in the Maw Waters. Using this Relic will instantly grant 100 Essence of the Maw.

Reworked Map

The World of Atlas has shifted again, new lands have emerged and the known world has been disfigured. Maps all around the Atlas will need to be redrawn with these newly discovered regions.

Bug Fixes

Fixed instances where babies born in the tame house did not require imprinting.
Fixed instances where the forge would prioritize burning thatch before wood.
Fixed instances where controller disconnect can cause a crash.
Fixed instances where Shipyard scaffolding clipped through the front of the Pegasus.
Fixed instances where tame house debris would have incorrect textures.
Fixed instances where perpetual portals had invisible collisions.
Fixed instances where invisible collisions existed around damaged portal entrances.
Fixed instances where health was not displayed correctly for the Cursed Temple.
Fixed instances where the Harrier had an incorrect description.
Fixed several issues with the Giant Turtle tame.
Fixed instances where the Industrial Smithy had an incorrect description.
Fixed instances where the height and interact volume of the tame house was to high.
Fixed instances where the error messaging when joining an online session was incorrect.
Fixed instances where there was a lack of UI feedback for the Great Temple progression.
Fixed instances where the Pegasus had an incorrect description.
Fixed instances where unanchored ship limit increased when demolishing a ship before it is released.
Fixed instances where orichalcumized walls had incorrect LOD settings.
Fixed instances where Industrial statue framework being mislabeled as burial mound framework.
Fixed instances where Industrial statue framework returned a burial mound framework when picked up.
Fixed instances where the Industrial statue would float in the air when completed.
Fixed instances where there was a storage limitation of the Great Temple progression table.
Fixed instances of baby male tames being able to mate while in the tame house.
Fixed instances where food added to the tame house does not increase spoil time.
Fixed instances where medium weight sails are over-performing.
Fixed instances where medium and small weight sails would not take damage.
Fixed instances where transient node harvesting structures would collect resources from different factions.
Fixed instances where a baby tame would spawn under the ground causing its death.
Fixed instances where the workstation had incorrect crafting recipes.

Misc.

Timeworn quality has been removed until content and bugs are fixed
Giant Turtles no longer spawn underwater
Chromatic Aberration has been removed from underwater post processing
Increase cost of the tame house
No longer rounding on ship sail unit values.
Players can no longer store temporary tames in the Pegasus.
Industrial Rifle has been adjusted. Bleed removed, increased damage from 160 to 200 per shot, increased durability loss from 4 to 8 per shot.
Industrial Revolver has been adjusted. Bleed removed, increased damage from 50 to 100 per shot, increased durability loss from 1.5 to 3 per shot.
Tames will be ejected from the Tame House when the Tame House is destroyed instead of killed.
The time it takes a modular ship to sink after it starts leaking has been increased.
The resource costs for crafting patch kits and armor patch kits has been reduced by 50%.
Modular ships have had their base weights adjusted.
Server restarts have been set to automatically happen at 10:30 PST daily, including weekends.
Scuttle and Unclaim options for ships have been changed to be locked behind company rank, similar to how structure access is. Interact with the steering wheel to set the minimum rank that can scuttle or unclaim.

Xbox Only

Improved memory performance
Improved network connection

Industrial Wonder Content

Due to the feedback we received surrounding the Industrial Wonder, we have decided to cut it from this patch so that we have adequate time to redesign and adjust.

Final Note

This fearsome creature may not be grumpy, but it definitely doesn't like pathfinders messing around where they're not supposed to be. One second, you and your crew may be scuttling along the shore, but the moment you may find yourself in a pinch, it's curtains for you and your adventure.

Careful where you swim since you never know what's under the waves and waiting to roll up on you in a flash. While a new set of shoes might sound nice, they won't help you out run this scaly stalker of the sea . You might as well save your tears, because if this predator finds you, there's no mercy for you.

It'll be hard to find another creature as a more solid challenge than this one. Its strength and size will definitely bring any inexperienced crew back down to earth. Those looking to climb this mountainous challenge will have to avoid crumbling under the pressure and deftly slide through the battle unscathed.

Again, we have the Kraken Bowl grids open on both PvE and PvP servers where players can take part in the festivities before the wipe on May 18th. Need a dance partner? Check out the community discord and get yourself a few battle buddies for the trip. We appreciate all the support. Happy sailing!

Final Note

As a teaser, we have a glimpse of some strange new phenomenon coming to Atlas next patch. What could it be? You’ll have to find out for yourself next season!

As we usher in a new age for Atlas, we will say goodbye to the previous season with fond memories. We hope you enjoyed it and look forward to what’s to come! The final day of the season will be May 18th when we will be wiping all servers for a fresh start. We hope you’ll continue the journey with us as we prepare to exit early access later this year. Thanks for your support, take care, and happy sailing!

The Kraken Bowl

The Kraken Bowl will have a dedicated grid this season! To reach the Kraken Bowl, sail out from Tortuga in any direction across the grid line. Both PvE and PvP pathfinders will get to take part in the festivities. Grab your crew and send this season off with a bang! The grid will be accessible May 4th-May 18th.

Final Note

Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed.
As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! :)

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

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]]> Patch v541.07 - Industrial Exploration Patch https://atlas-servers.io/blog/293/patch-v54107-industrial-exploration-patch/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/293/patch-v54107-industrial-exploration-patch/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 02:30 CEST
In this patch, we are preparing for a new era in Atlas. The winds of progress are coming to the world, bringing new structures and adventures for all pathfinders, new and old. Large plumes of smoke can be seen on the horizon, signaling the “revolution” to come.

First off, we have the much anticipated tame house being introduced in this patch. Breeders rejoice, these tame houses will make a great shelter for all your fauna friends, while significantly speeding up the breeding process.

In preparation for the new season and Wonder coming soon, the fires of the industrial forge have been stoked to produce new resources and structures for Atlas. With these metallurgical advances, the landscape of Atlas will never be the same.

Discover the origins of these new technological feats in two new regions of the Atlas map. Along with the new discoveries, these areas hold new mysteries and challenges that will test even the most seasoned pathfinder.

Lastly, as always, we are dedicated to bettering the gameplay experience with every patch. This patch has a slew of bug fixes and improvements for the game, many suggested and reported by the community. We appreciate all the support and will continue to keep the community first as we move forward to final release. Happy sailing!

Released Patch Notes

v541.07
Patch to be released 4/13/22 ~7PM PDT

New Content

Tame House

Tames are getting a new place to call home! Players that tend to a lot of tames will now have a centralized structure to house and breed tames at, as well as harvest fertilizer from. It will allow players to store up to 20 quadrupedal tames of many types:
Bears, Cats, Cattle, Crocodiles, Elephants, Giraffes, Horses, Lions, Monkeys, Pigs, Rabbits, Rhinos, Shield Horns, Sheep, Tigers, and Tortugar.
After obtaining the Beastmaster 2 skill, the Tame House will be buildable at a Smithy:
Resources
125 Stone
5 Flint
65 Hide
20 Wood
40 Fibers
20 Metal

Industrial Wonder Content

With Industrial Expansion on the horizon, so comes its innovation to the Atlas. Generators to augments resources and Statues to ring in the advancement are arriving to Atlas

Industrial Generator and New Wall Variants

Industrial Generator
A new experimental generator is available to build. It burns the pure sulfur, orichalcum and brimstone you’ve been harvesting and changes the Resources around the immediate area.
It can be crafted in the Industrial Smithy
This generator introduces Sulfurized Stone and Orichalcumized Stone into the game to use in creating new walls.
Large Stone Wall Variants
With all the newly augmented resources from the industrial generator, there are old recipes that can be modified to be potentially better than ever.
Specifically, Large Stone walls and Gates with orichalcumized or sulfurized stone finishes. Their respective properties activate when Brimstone is burned in the area.
Orichalcumized Walls and Gates will provide increased impact damage protection while Sulfurized Walls and Gates will provide increased Explosive damage protection.

Tier 1 Industrial Monuments: Statues of Industry

Industrial Explorer Statue
This specific statue commemorates the pathfinders that explored unknown waters and lands first
Its image motivates you and the crew to work more efficiently on ships
Industrial Privateer Statue
A statue commemorating the privateers that paved the way for industrial improvement.
Its image inspires one to collect more xp and resources.
List of New Craftables:

Industrial Generator
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 100 Brimstone
    - 175 Orichalcum
    - 150 Pure Sulfur
    - 300 Stone
  - Rituals Available
    - Burn Pure Sulfur
      - Makes rock harvesting nodes drop only sulfurized rock for a short period of time
      - Cost
        150 charges
        100 Pure Sulfur
    - Burn Orichalcum
      - Makes rock harvesting nodes drop only orichalcumized rock for a short period of time
      - Cost
        150 Charges
        100 Orichalcum
    - Burn Brimstone
      - Activates buffs on the Orichalcumized & Sulfurized Wall and Gate Variants for a short amount of time
      - Cost
        200 Charges
        150 Brimstone
Orichalcumized Large Stone Wall
- Unlocked in the Esotery of Building Skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 240 Alloy
    - 94 Fibers
    - 1176 Orichalcumized Rock
    - 420 Thatch
    - 588 Wood
Orichalcumized Large Stone Gate
- Unlocked in the Esotery of Building Skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 184 Alloy
    - 314 Fibers
    - 840 Orichalcumized Rock
    - 315 Thatch
    - 420 Wood
Sulfurized Large Stone Wall
- Unlocked in the Esotery of Building Skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 240 Alloy
    - 394 Fibers
    - 1176 Sulfurized Rock
    - 420 Thatch
    - 588 Wood
Sulfurized Large Stone Gate
- Unlocked in the Esotery of Building Skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 184 Alloy
    - 314 Fibers
    - 840 Sulfurized Rock
    - 315 Thatch
    - 420 Wood
Industrial Statue Base
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 20 Brimstone
    - 40 Orichalcum
    - 60 Puresulfur
Industrial Statue FrameWork
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy Skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
  - Resources
    - 200 Orichalcum
    - 200 Pure Sulfur
    - 500 Stone
    - 800 Wood
Industrial Explorer Statue
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy Skill
- Crafted in the industrial smithy
  - Resources
    - 200 Brimstone
    - 400 Orichalcum
    - 400 Pure Sulfur
    - 2500 Stone
    - 500 Wood
Industrial Privateer Statue
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy Skill
- Crafted in the industrial smithy
  - Resources
    - 200 Brimstone
    - 400 Orichalcum
    - 400 Pure Sulfur
    - 2500 Stone
    - 500 Wood

New Regions Added

There are new areas to explore in The Atlas: Trackless Waters and Unknown Depths. Like Uncharted Waters, It seems as if Industrial Machinery was left behind in these areas by pathfinders long ago.

Trackless Waters

A hot stretch of Islands found off the west coast of South America. There are portals available in the South America Region to reach here

Unknown Depths

A hidden, tundra area that could not be traveled to via normal means. This region can oddly be reached via portals found in Africa and Antarctica.

Bug Fixes

Industrial Hydra and Industrial Rifle are now affected by the Lucky Loader Feat
Fixed instances of farming structures not having areas of influence
Fixed instances of Cursed Armor needing multiple types of Bone Chips
Fixed instances of Transient nodes not moving weekly
Fixed instances of snapping pillars working incorrectly
Fixed instances of NPC Crew’s stats not updating correctly
Fixed instances of players losing functionality when standing on a ship while it is released
Fixed instances of Broadsider losing cannon functionality on logout
Fixed instances of wood not being able to be re-bundled
Fixed instances of rowing module displaying incorrect point value
Fixed instances of misspelling in the Carrack’s description
Fixed instances where the Fog of War in singleplayer wasn’t working correctly
Fixed instances where blueprint gunports were not doing more damage than common
Fixed instances where the Pegasus would sprout tentacles
Fixed an issue with whistling at the Turtle Ship’s emergency ladder
Fixed instances where the wood catwalk was not buildable
Fixed an issue when placing mythos in the progress table
Fixed the map zoom indicator in some regions
Fixed instances where players would contact invisible geometry inside of portals
Fixed various typos
Replaced placeholder art for tame cargo railing
Removed extra emergency ladder on Turtle Ship
Fixed instances of negative storage space in some structures
Fixed instances where the Sarcophagus was unable to be built
Fixed essence of power locations
Fixed visual issue of overlapping holiday vendors on freeports

Xbox Only

Improved memory loading / unloading
- Additional improvements coming in the next patch

Misc

Single Player character deletion is working correctly
Multiple UI Fixes
Deleted Duplicate entries in skills
Removed the Industrial Smithy from Sulfur Pits
The Compass’ Glowing Essences have been modified to be more in line with the icon
Commodity Vendor has been added to Tortuga
Reverted Blueprint colors to original values, with slight adjustments for ease of reading certain colors
Bola is now stackable, up to 15 per stack
After reaching rejuvenation 3, characters will no longer age past 20 years old
Fixed the Descriptions of multiple items
The Pegasus can now turn while stationary and in reverse

Known Issues

Stone cannot be re-bundled
Breaking down bundles produces a different type of resource
Some error messages are not appearing
Industrial Statue Framework shows up as Burial Mound Framework
Foundation and Framework have no time limit on when it can be picked up.
Orichalcumized and Sulfurized Large Stone Gateways are not affected by the ‘Burn Brimstone’ ritual
Large Weight sails still require tuning
Pegasus has turning issues

Final Note
Again, we would like to emphasize that ATLAS is still in Early Access, meaning many things can and will likely continue to drastically change - even in the middle of development. Anything discussed is only up to date as of the moment it is posted. Features and changes that ultimately make it to the next patch, as well as timing, may be different from what was previously discussed.
As always, we appreciate the suggestions and feedback from the community. Please keep them coming! Thank you for all of your support! :)

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information
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]]> Patch v538.6 - Pegasus Patch https://atlas-servers.io/blog/292/patch-v5386-pegasus-patch/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/292/patch-v5386-pegasus-patch/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 02:32 CET
Last week, we unveiled our roadmap for the coming year in a short video briefly detailing our goals and what's in store for Atlas. Today, we are sailing forward with new content and some much needed maintenance as we look to prepare for our exit of early access later this year. Included in this patch is a new ship, UI improvements, a map adjustment, new content, and of course, major fixes to improve the gameplay experience.

Need to transport your menagerie to a new location? Look no further than our latest vessel to join the fleet, the Pegasus. The Pegasus allows for Pathfinders to move their tames from island to island with ease. Carrying up to 30 tames, this ship can be constructed at the advanced shipyard and is a valuable addition to any crew.

In response to player feedback, we've made a few UI adjustments to clarify the journey out on the open sea. We've added indicators on modular ships to help players identify the condition of each section as well as if there are any leaks. We've also reworked the overworld map, eliminating dropdowns and making navigating the map a little easier.

We're also bringing in the new Industrial path for Wonders. With the new path, players will have new nodes to discover, new resources, new structures for harvesting, and even new weaponry for to craft - with even more content to come in future patches.

Lastly, we are continuing to make improvements based on the wonderful feedback from our community. This patch we are making significant changes for not only the PC players, but are starting to address XBox-specific issues as well. We are not done yet, and are grateful for your patience and cooperation as we continue to improve the game.

As always, we appreciate your support and ‘til next time, may your skies be clear, waters calm, and sails full in whichever way you roam.

Servers will be going down on 3/10 at around 7:00 PM Pacific Time.

Released Patch Notes

v538.6

New Content:

New Modular Ship

The Pegasus
This is a new modular ship focused on transporting players’ tames.

It is a 5 length ship built in the Advanced Shipyard once players have found blueprints for it. Blueprints can be found in shipwrecks.

Unlocked in the Advanced Shipwright Skill

It comes with 6 tame railings that can store 5 tames each (30 Total).

Resources for a base version:

Wood - 2500
Thatch - 2000
Fibers - 2000
Metal - 20

New Modular Ship UI
We’ve added a popularly voted on request to the game in the form of additional UI for captains to know where leaks and damage is on their modular ships.
There are 3 stages for durability:

Green - Durability is good
Yellow - Durability is moderate
Red - Durability is poor

If the portion of the ship is flashing, it means this area has a leak.
We will look to make this UI element colorblind friendly in the future.

Map Menu UI Visual Revamp
The Atlas tab map UI has been revamped visually for an easier navigation of the regions. Instead of having dropdown tabs of the regions on the left, all regions available will be shown on one Overworld map. Players will be able to click and see all regions available on the overworld map. To get to the Overworld map click on the icon of the globe in the top left of your map screen.

The region the player is currently in on the Overworld map is highlighted in green.

Open Water Servers
There is a new way to traverse through the atlas’ regions besides portals. There are now intermediate open water servers that connect regions to one another. There are no islands to be found here, just open seas and the treasure and dangers that come along with it.

They are known as open waters and there are four of them within the world. They are connected through all sides of the Central Waters region. Depending on which cardinal direction the player goes through determines which region they travel to.

Northern Sea - North Pole, Eastern Waters, Central Waters, Western Waters
Eastern Sea - North Pole, Eastern Waters, Africa, Central Waters
Southern Sea - Central Waters, Africa, Antarctica, South America
Western Sea - North Pole, Central Waters, South America, Western Waters

Industrial Wonder Content

The industrial path of Wonders is slowly making its way into the Atlas. Transient and Static nodes for this path can be found and harvested exclusively within the Uncharted Sea region.

Industrial Wonder: Power Nodes

Transient Node - Geothermal Vents
This transient node is similar to the Army of the Damned ones in that they have a time limit of one week before they deplete, despawn, and respawn at a different location, but they spawn more inland.

Players will need to craft the new Ore Miner structure in order to harvest the resource of these nodes.
These transient nodes produce a new resource type of coal: Brimstone

Static Nodes
There are two variants of Industrial static nodes - Lava vents and Sulfur pits. There is no need to create a harvesting structure for either as Pathfinders who’ve traveled here have built them already, but they seem to have perished.

Lava Vents produce a new metal: Orichalcum.
Sulfur Pits produce a new type of coal: Pure Sulfur

Both of these resources are needed to craft new Industrial structures and gear now and in the future.
Lava static nodes allow players to build the Industrial Smithy.
Sulfur pit static nodes will get new crafting recipes in the future!

New Craftables

Ore Miner - harvests the resources of the industrial transient node only.
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy skill.
- Crafted in the smithy
- Resources
  - Wood - 125
  - Thatch - 400
  - Fibers - 320
  - Metal - 360
  - Hide - 100
  - Stone - 1200
Industrial Smithy - The structure allows players to build Industrial Wonder specific content.
- Unlocked in the Metallurgy Skill.
- Crafted in the Lava Static nodes
- Resources
  - Orichalcum - 100
  - Pure Sulfur - 60
  - Wood - 50
  - Brimstone - 50
Industrial Rifle - A rifle variant unique to this path that deals bleed additional damage
- Unlocked in the Secrets of Rifle skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
- Resources
  - Ingot - 65
  - Orichalcum - 85
  - Pure Sulfur - 32
  - Flint - 30
  - Oil - 20
Industrialized Hydra Pistol - A pistol variant unique to this path that deals additional bleed damage
- Unlocked in the Revolvers skill.
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
- Resources
  - Ingot - 35
  - Orichalcum - 45
  - Pure Sulfur - 20
  - Flint - 24
  - Oil - 12
Sulfurous Minni - A new ammo type that is fired out of the industrial rifle and pistol.
- Unlocked in the Secrets of Rifle skill
- Crafted in the Industrial Smithy
- Resources
  - Orichalcum - 2
  - Gunpowder - 2
  - Pure Sulfur - 3
  - Brimstone - 1

Freeport
Tortuga Freeport islands has been updated with new visuals.

New Holiday Content
St. Patties Day Holiday

Pot of Gold has been added to the holiday vendor in freeports.
Green Ale has been added to the holiday vendor in freeports.

New Skill
Pirates Resilience

Pirates Resilience will be a passive buff gained when any pathfinder achieves the ‘Veteran Explorer’ quest. This buff will cause all incoming torpor damage to be reduced by 50%.

Bug Fixes

Fixed instances where Vendor NPCs’ purchasable item highlights worked incorrectly
Fixed instances where the monumental studies structure was missing collision
Fixed instances where the market trade system is not locating the correct trade connections
Fixed instances of Circular Slice not functioning with a shield equipped
Fixed instances where available spawn servers would not reflect the player’s current server
Fixed instances where the weight stat on the Turtle Ship would revert to the default value after logging off
Fixed instances where claim points were inaccurate
Fixed instances where Sea Fort towers and walls could be demolished
Fixed instances where sail snap points would change when a ship was released
Fixed instances where a duplicate sub was created when the dingy dock was full
Fixed instances where small sails could be placed very close to each other
Fixed instances where holiday structures could be placed in freeports
Fixed instances where the unnatural fog was not functioning
Fixed instances of misspelled text on Burial Mound Framework
Fixed instances where ship auto-pilot does not function properly
Fixed instances where Ships of the Damned followed the player across grids
Fixed instances where there was an overlapping gun port on the Turtle Ship
Fixed instances where the default sail on a Cog spawned at incorrect location
Fixed instances where the Sextant minimap would crash the client in Blackwood
Fixed instances where modular ships could have more sails then intended
Fixed instances where modular ships could exceed their intended max speed
Fixed instances where UI text would overlap
Fixed instances where PVE claim tower decay would affect surrounding structures even if it wasn’t fully built
Fixed instances of islands having visual inconsistencies
Fixed instances where discovery zones of power stones were in Rookie cove grids
Fixed instances of multiple forms of torpor resistance to be in-line with the description
Fixed instances of The Great Temple structures having incorrect health values
Fixed instances of UI errors
Fixed instances of incorrect creature spawns

Misc

Settlement Claim Flag UI has been edited to be more clear
Respawn menu UI has been edited to be more consistent
Crocodile’s floating position has been raised
Portal Art has been changed
Valentines’ Day and Lunar New Year items have been removed from the Holiday Vendor
Shield Bash and Sword Attack no longer share a cooldown
Large Stone Wall health has been increased to 100,000
Large Stone Foundation has been increased to 120,000
Meat has been added to the list of resources players can add to the crew silo
Stage progression required resources for the Great Temple has been modified to only use blocks / bundles instead of large quantities of base resources
Progression Table is now limited to owning company
Progression Table can no longer be destroyed
Colors for the quality of items has been shifted to be more readable
Modular ships sinking time has been slowed by 50%
Mortar and Harrier ships can now only fire if they are going under 5 knots
Modular ship speeds have been adjusted to be more inline with the legacy ships
Industrial Sea Fort buff tower has had its descriptive name changed from Industrial Generator to Industrial Tower
LODs have been adjusted, updated, or created for several assets

Xbox Specific

Fixed instances of memory leaks
Fixed instances of textures loading and unload incorrectly
Fixed instances where level of detail was not being changed correctly
This is a work in progress. Additional fixes and optimization coming in future patches.

Known Issues

Xbox Series S still has some crashes when loading large numbers of structures
Industrial Hydra and Industrial Rifle are not affected by the ‘Lucky Loader’ Feat
Portal art for returning to Rookie Cove still shows the “Atlantean Ring”
Portal art does not fade into the sky correctly
Offloading tames faces them all in the same direction
Lava vent node will not damage players that walk into the lava
Pegasus has incorrect icon

Final Note

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information

Ship Building
- We introduced the modular ship system and several role-specific ships for players to customize their fleet
PvP
- We’ve added the Wonders system to create new endgame content and fun interactions for the player base
Travel
- Tradewinds and portals were brought in to make the difficult voyages on the sea a little easier
PVE
- We’ve included new structures and tames to provide more content outside of battle
  - Seahorses and dolphins are now tameable
  - New buildings (such as the quarry and advanced shipyards) to help pathfinders complete the fleet of their dreams
Map
- We reworked the map to create more themed regions for players to explore
  - Rookie Cove
  - Central Waters
  - Various real world inspired locations
    - Such as the Mediterranean, Arctic, and South American regions

In the video we acknowledge areas of improvement and preview what’s to come

Ships
- Creating a building experience similar to the legacy ships
- Increasing the diversity and ability of ships
- Upcoming “ship in a bottle” system
PVP balancing,
- Structures for building harbor defenses
- Structures that prevent others from building in your territory
Tame adjustments
- New ship for tame hauling
- Tame houses geared towards completing tame bloodlines
- More water tames
New interactions and mechanics
- Visiting NPC vendors
- Laying temporary Tradewinds
Increased our communication with the community via our official Discord
Expanding the world with new additional islands, regions, and adversaries
… and so much more! This isn’t a complete or final list, but only a preview of the direction we are taking!

Please take some time to check out the video and let us know what you think. Until next time, as always, happy sailing!

]]> Patch v537.5 - Lunar New Year Maintenance Patch https://atlas-servers.io/blog/290/patch-v5375-lunar-new-year-maintenance-patch/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/290/patch-v5375-lunar-new-year-maintenance-patch/ Thu, 03 Feb 2022 01:52 CET

As we continue to sail forward into 2022, we are doubling down our efforts to not only provide new, exciting experiences for the Atlas community but also, reevaluating and refining the current game to improve the gameplay experience.

In this patch, we’re adding new regions, each with their own secrets, for players to explore and discover. We’re also getting festive with a few new cosmetics to help you and your crew celebrate the upcoming. Celebrate the year of the tiger or cuddle up with a bear-y good friend as you travel the world of Atlas.

Finally, we’ve invested a lot of time into addressing the gameplay issues voiced by you, the community. This update is the continuation of that initiative, bringing tons of much needed bug fixes to shore. In addition, we are unveiling our new public issue tracker where pathfinders can track the progress of bugs that have been brought to our attention via Discord or other forums. We hope that this transparency reiterates our commitment to putting the voices of our players at the forefront of our decisions regarding the future of Atlas. The link can be found here[trello.com].

While not complete, we are grateful for all the feedback we’ve received from the community and ask for your continued assistance in making Atlas the best it can be. As always, we appreciate your support and ‘til next time, may your skies be clear, waters calm, and sails full in whichever way you roam.

Servers will be going down tonight, 2/2 at around 7:00 PM Pacific Time.

Released Patch Notes

v537.5

New Content:

New Regions have been added.
Eastern Waters
Located to the East of Central Waters, and are full of claimable islands. Portals to enter the Eastern Waters are located J2 and I1.

Western Waters
Located to the West of Central Waters, and are full of claimable islands. Portals to enter the Western Waters are located in G1 and F4.

Uncharted Sea
A new sea has been discovered, what mysteries will be uncovered while exploring these waters? There is a storm brewing on the horizon which might make it difficult to live in this region at some point in the future. This region is lawless. Portals to enter the Uncharted Sea are located in E11 and I11.

Workstation
The Workstation is a new crafting facility that allows players to change 10,000 of a resource into a block or bundle of that resource. You can also turn a block or bundle back into a stack of 10,000 resources.
Resources included:

Flint
Stone
- Coquina
- Granite
- Limestone
- Marble
- Sandstone
- Slate
Woods
- Cedar
- Cursed Wood
- Fir
- Ironwood
- Oak
- Pine
- Poplar

New Holiday Items have been added. These items are available from NPC vendors in freeports.
Lunar New Year

Stone Tiger Statue
Jade Tiger Statue
Gold Tiger Statue
Paper Lantern

Valentine’s Day

Black Giant Teddy Bear
Pink Giant Teddy Bear
Red Giant Teddy Bear

Bug Fixes:

Fixed instances where roof tiles would snap to floating points above ceiling structures
Fixed instances where the transient tracker did not point at the correct location and updated the item description
Fixed instances where Cursed Armor would not appear correctly on some female characters
Fixed instances where General Tile Module were no longer useable
Fixed instances where Army of the Damned Smithy would delete items
Fixed instances where items were loss when demolishing a container structure
Fixed instances of client crash when crew members are created while game language is set to Turkish
Fixed instances where mounted NPC crew were not taking damage
Fixed instances where grave digger stopped collecting
Fixed instances where submarine causes a crash
Fixed instances where Army of the Damned would not wake up after being knocked out
Fixed instances where island selector was not working in freeports
Fixed instances where items were being deleted from the Ritual Pedestal after a server restart
Fixed instances where placing a Ritual Pedestal would cause a crash in singleplayer
Fixed instances where Ritual Pedestals would crash the server
Fixed instances where placing a Ritual Pedestal would decay the structures around it
Fixed instances where killing an unconscious crew would result in them standing up
Fixed instances where player was being warped out of the B6 powerstone cave
Fixed instances of a duplicate Army of the Damned Smithy in the Altar of the Damned craftables
Fixed instances where items were being deleted from the Altar of the Damned after a server restart
Fixed instances where items were being deleted from the Cursed Temple after a server restart
Fixed instances where firing at some angles caused crew members to dismount cannons on the turtle ship
Fixed instances where item caches from demolished structures only contained 1 max player stack
Fixed instances of bottles not containing treasure maps in polar regions
Fixed instances where the incorrect message was displayed when attempting to claim an island that exceeded the available claim points
Fixed instances where the monument studies structure had no collision
Fixed instances where islands in G10 and C10 would have incorrect biomes
Fixed instances where transient nodes could spawn on an island that does not allow building
Fixed instances where the description of the frameworks for the Cursed Totem and Burial Mound did not accurately show construction time
Fixed instances of data deletion while grid traveling in PVE
Fixed instances of the market system behaving incorrectly
Fixed instances where warehouses would duplicate resources on server restart
Fixed instances where cursed temples could be built on ships
Fixed instances where the Monumental Studies Modular Room did not allow players to craft anything
Fixed instances where cursed armor was not showing up on female character models
Fixed instances where junk sails would stop functioning after gridding

Misc:

Potatoes and Limes can now be stored in the crew silo
Loom inventory max items increased from 60 to 150
Spider base and scaling stats have been increased
Displayed name length is set to 13 characters
The player is able to replace existing sails without having to demolish them first on legacy ships
Level up text last for 30 seconds before fading
Lowered the number of wild creature spawns by 25%
Resources required to progress through the stages of the Great Temple have been adjusted
Underwater Black rocks can now be built on
The effectiveness of sails on multiple modular ships have been adjusted
Weight sails are now more effective on the turtle and tramp freighter ships
Loot from the kraken has been slightly adjusted to drop higher quality items and BPs
Mech Monkey now has slightly higher drop rate
The names of wood resources have been changed to their original names
The cog now starts with one medium handling sail and 2 sail points

Known Issues:

Puckle mounted NPC crew take no damage.

Final Note

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information

To start 2022 right, as promised, we're doing a little house cleaning. We're addressing many of the issues that you, the community, have been asking for in our latest patch. We have a host of bug fixes and optimizations listed below that we hope will fix the lingering problems from previous iterations, so we can start fresh moving into the new year.

Along with these changes, we're fully implementing our first wonder, the Great Temple. This structure is the pinnacle of glory for all pathfinders. Companies will have to plot, scheme, and pool all of their resources to be the first and only masters of this great Wonder. Not only will they go down in history as the first Pirate legends to complete a Wonder but they will also gain benefits that will persist into the next season.

Finally, we also have a new transport ship, the Tramp Freighter. This cost-effective hauler will help ease the load of transporting cargo in the early stages of your pirate journey. Check out the details of all our changes below.

While not complete, we are grateful for all the feedback we’ve received from the community and ask for your continued assistance in making Atlas the best it can be. As always, we appreciate your support and ‘til next time, may your skies be clear, waters calm, and sails full in whichever way you roam.

Servers will be going down tonight, 1/12 at around 7:00 PM Pacific Time.

Note: We are in the final stages of development for our public facing issue tracker to better address the community’s concerns in balance with ongoing development efforts, with hopes to have it in up by the end of the month. Please join us on the Official ATLAS Discord here[discord.gg] for all the latest happenings!

Released Patch Notes

v536.03

New Content:

The Great Temple

The Great Temple Monument has been fully released. Players have visited the structure on the wonder islands in H9, I9, J9, K9 in Africa, and it is now claimable/buildable. To build the Great Temple players will need to build the Monuments Studies Modular room at the Damned Smithy and place it into a Cursed Temple. At the Monuments Studies Modular room players can craft the Great Temple Exterior.

Once the exterior has been crafted, bring it to the foundation locations on one of the four wonder islands. These are lawless claim, so be careful, your temple can be stolen.

Once placed, the Great Temple have 6 stages of progression, which are viewable at the Progression Table located in the entryway of the Temple. To progress from stage to stage you will need a large amount of resources and at least one week of real life time.

The first company to reach stage 6 completes The Great Pyramid Wonder, which gives a permanent buff to all company members of +20 Fortitude. This buff is persistent and will carry over to next season!

Stage resource requirements:
Stage 2

Strongwood: 50,000
Limestone:100,000
Flint: 10,000
Mythos: 2000

Stage 3

Strongwood: 150,000
Marble: 175,000
Flint: 15,000
Mythos: 3000

Stage 4

Strongwood: 200,000
Sandstone: 300,000
Flint: 50,000
Mythos: 5000

Stage 5

Strongwood: 100,000
Slate: 500,000
Flint: 100,000
Mythos: 2

Stage 6

Build and place Sarcophagus in the main courtyard.

Sarcophagus
New bed that is restricted to the Great Temple. This bed completes the Great Temple and allows for instant respawn and bed transfers.
Cost:

Wood: 25
Thatch: 125
Fibers: 30
Hide: 40

Tramp Freighter

The Tramp Freighter is a low cost vessel great for early game transport. It is a 2 length ship and comes attached with multiple cargo racks attached to both sides. It would suit any pathfinder for transport reasons.
Cost:

Wood: 1000
Thatch: 800
Fiber: 800
Metal: 100
Max Level: 60
Sail Points: 5
Module Points: 12
Attached Sails: one large and one medium handling sail

Bug Fixes:

Fixed instances where activated fire visual effects were floating above the lumberyard
Fixed instances where activated fire visual effects were floating above the quarry
Fixed instances where the schooner and raft could disappear from a small shipyard after server restart
Fixed instances where transient nodes would not change position after a week
Fixed instances where quest markers were in the wrong grid
Fixed instances where the interaction with the irrigation system and a grill would cause unintended effects
Fixed instances where players were able to damage other players on some freeport islands in PVE
Fixed instances when trying to replace a sail would not correctly subtract the amount of sail points to be reduced from the old sail
Fixed instances where waves could allow or disallow sail placement
Fixed instances of weight not being correctly calculated when placing items in dinghy hangar railings
Fixed instances where using a portal to the kraken’s lair caused the player to spawn facing the incorrect direction
Fixed instances where some grids have freeport island selection when respawning
Fixed instances of holes in the ocean
Fixed instances of game crashes where players would be stuck unable to reconnect
Fixed instances where some modular rooms could be placed on pillars
Fixed instances where the tutorial volume is not controlled by the options
Fixed instances where the storage box could only be crafted at the smithy
Fixed instances where using the transient tracker and activating the map the compass would cause the compass to be invisible
Fixed instances of placing structures on pillars and allowing them to float
Fixed instances of pathfinders losing proper movement after teleporting while crouching
Fixed instances where structures would be placed on freeport islands
Fixed instances of the Broadsider spawning too far back in shipyards.
Fixed instances where players could replace sails disregarding collision
Fixed instances of Quest markers being in incorrect locations
Fixed instances where Dyes would not be highlighted when able to craft
Fixed instances where the Damned Smithy could be built on ships
Fixed instances where the Songstone could be built on ships
Fixed instances where Monument studies room had the incorrect model
Fixed instances where Altars of the Damned were spawning iridium ingots
Fixed instances where Damned Smithy’s were not placeable near the C11 Altar of the Damned
Fixed instances where NPC’s that are attached to cannons, puckles, and sails would not take damage
Fixed instances where Unnatural Fog ritual would crash the server
Fixed instances where blueprint ships would not be created with 100% durability
Fixed instances where treasure maps found in Tortuga would lead players outside of Tortuga
Fixed instances where multiple taxation banks can be spawned at sea forts
Fixed instances where multiple small sails could be placed at the front of the Turtle Ship
Fixed instances where AotD ships would ignore some modular ships
Fixed instances where structure placer would incorrectly display available snap points
Fixed instances where island claim points are reset to 0 after a server restart
Fixed instances where blueprinted ship modules would not start at 100% durability

Misc:

Maximum stack size for most food/drink recipes in the grill and cooking pot increased from 5 to 30
Grenades can now be stored in the munitions Storage
UI changes made for the chatbox when creating a pathfinder
Added Tiny Shipyard back into the Basics of Sailing skill, and allowed it to be crafted in the player inventory
Increased maximum durability found on shipyards
Vegetables and herbs can now be stored in the silo
Cows and lions have increased mating ranges
Reduced effectiveness of small and medium sails on some modular ships
Reduced max sail points available on Broadsider BPs
Dragon's Tongue Delight is now categorized as a drink
Cursed grog can now be stored in the keg
Mace Stun duration has been reduced
Additional changes coming in a future patch
Mace Stun ability cooldowns has been increased
Additional changes coming in a future patch
Shield bash stun ability cooldown have been increased
Additional changes coming in a future patch
Shipyards will now give demolish rewards excluding gold

Known Issues:

Xbox memory leak causing crashes when loading large amounts of textures
Sarcophagus icon shows the icon for a simple bed
Sarcophagus crafting resources are incorrect
The Known Issues pertaining to the previous releases has been omitted from this list. We are creating a public facing issue tracker to follow them.

Final Note

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information

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Plus ye can band with us Pirates on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/playatlasgame]]> Patch v535.8 - A New Season and Expanding the ATLAS World! https://atlas-servers.io/blog/286/patch-v5358-a-new-season-and-expanding-the-atlas-world/ https://atlas-servers.io/blog/286/patch-v5358-a-new-season-and-expanding-the-atlas-world/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:47 CET
Ahoy Pathfinders!

New land masses be appearin' on the horizon! The harsh climate and lack of water sources will make this area challenging to live on, but shapes of a mysterious building can be made out through thick fog covering part of the island. Monumental achievements await pathfinders seeking to call this Wonderous island home. With these changes comes a new map, a wipe and a new season for ATLAS!

We’re taking the first step into building upon the vast world and wide seas of ATLAS. With this update, we are merging the NA and EU PVP servers into one large global server that we will continue to expand on as we work with the community to shape the ATLAS world. A big thank you to our passionate Pathfinders who helped steer our sails towards this grand new direction. We look forward to continuing to work with the community to enrich the world with more lands to explore and seas to discover!

Servers will be going down to deploy the update tomorrow night, 12/15 at around 7:00 PM Pacific Time.

The next patch is expected to be more focused on bug fixing and optimization as we design and flesh out our next steps for expanding the ATLAS map. We are also working on creating a public facing issue tracker to better address the community’s concerns in balance with ongoing development efforts. Please join us on the Official ATLAS Discord here[discord.gg] for all the latest happenings!

Released Patch Notes

V535.8

New Content:

Island locations: H9, I9, J9, K9
High heat ravages the island, be prepared with plenty of water
Some creatures have higher base levels
Lawless claim

Tortuga
Tortuga is a new freeport located outside of Rookie Cove that anyone can visit at any time from the portals located in Central waters. Buy and shop for seeds, crewmembers and other basics that you need for your adventures.

Tramp Freighter
This new ship is a small and sturdy cargo hauler. It can carry more than other ships of its size and still retain respectable speed. It can not currently be built, but blueprints can be located in flotsam and shipwrecks. Building the Tramp Freighter will be released in the next patch.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed instances of incorrectly picking up insect meat with tames
Fixed instances of the schooner and raft from disappearing from the small shipyard
Fixed instances of oxygen not working correctly underwater
Fixed instances of turning on ships in unintended ways
Fixed instances of sails being up upon gridding (PvE)
Fixed instances of treasure maps taking you to inaccessible grids
Fixed instances of shoulder tames not working correctly after bed travel
Fixed instances of incorrect durability on a medkit
Fixed instances of the Medkit affecting character models unintentionally
Fixed instances of spoil times not working correctly
Fixed instances where resources were generating incorrectly in damned altars
Fixed Instances where submarines were being stored incorrectly
Fixed instances where there was unintended underwater visibility range on ships
Fixed an issue with the zipline sending player in unintended directions
Modular ship sailing behavior adjusted across the board
Fixed instances of incorrect resource amounts when replacing modules
Fixed instances where damned smithy icon was incorrect
Fixed instances of ships being lost when attempting to border in Central Maw
Fixed instances of blueprint modular ships losing sails
Fixed instances of items in players' hotbars disappearing after bed travel
Fixed instances of players losing control while repairing modular ships and bordering simultaneously
Fixed instances of markers not being able to be placed correctly
Fixed trade path between I1 and E5
Fixed issues with tax rates changing when owning players are changing servers
Fixed an issue where the songstone was not placeable
Fixed an issue where restoring defaults on options would reset multiple menus
Fixed an issue where a player would be taxed by their own seafort
Fixed an issue where structures built from the damned smithy had incorrect damage calculations

Misc:

Gold cost from building base versions of ships has been removed
The scaffolding for the Broadsider in the Shipyard is now correct
The scaffolding for the Cog in the Basic and Advanced shipyard is now correct
The locations of Transient nodes now correctly change weekly
The cooldowns for the Repair Fiend and Rally the Troops UI will now display correctly
Ships of the Damned will now return to their original location upon losing their target
Treasure Maps no longer have a spoil time
Emergency Ladder on Cog, Carrack, Harrier, Kraken is working as intended
Smithy inventory max items increased from 150 to 300
Gold has been added as a base cost to the shipyards
Changes made to the skills search bar to be more consistent
Cosmetic polish to skills for clarity and uniformity
Loot tables for blueprints in maps have been adjusted to be more in line with other drop sources
The cooking pot grill and preserving bag can now only store items needed for its use
Updated multiple item descriptions and names for spelling errors
Certain Damned Altars will no longer be floating in mid-air
Fixed instances in which resetting options to default would affect all option instead of the set a player was currently looking at

Xbox only:

Overworld map has been taken out of single player due to visibility issues
Fixed issues where large islands would crash xbox players

Known Issues:

Scale of the map for wonder islands are inaccurate
Discovery Zones for wonder islands are inaccurate
Crude Tool is removed from player's craftables after a character respec
Island selection in a4-d4 is not working as intended
There is inaccurate. outdated text in the server select menu (Until 10/28:...)
Quest marker for the lower left Africa Golden Age Ruin is incorrect (G9)+
Destroying shipyards will give no resources
Tax rates are not being set correctly

*The Known Issues pertaining to the previous releases has been omitted from this list. We are creating a public facing issue tracker to follow them.

Final Note

Happy Sailing,
- ATLAS Crew

For the latest dispatch on #playATLAS keep yer one good eye trained on this here information