Season 28, Part 1 Patch Notes: Hydroflow

Development Update

Realmers,

Season 28 begins with Hydroflow. introducing new reskinned T6 abilities, a new engraving, updated Celestial Quests, and a fresh Crucible modifier, rotating dungeon events, new rewards, cosmetics, fixes and more.


Season 28 – Hydroflow

After Emberbloom, comes Hydroflow. In S28 we are introducing a new set of reskinned T6 Abilities & an engraving that can be applied to them

They will be available in all dungeon events run in this first part of the season, and in the BattlePass.


Battle Pass

Complete the BattlePass to receive a chance to get Sea Jelly Wizard Skin and a Spitting Octopus Summoner Skin.

Obtain event tokens and a new engraving via the Battle Pass.

Sea Jelly Wizard

Spitting Octopus Summoner Skin

The Celestial Quests are welcoming a new exclusive pet skin, meet the Hydro Djinn!

Note: Hydro Djinn Pet Stone skin is currently not visible in the Wardrobe; it will become available after an upcoming fix release.

Take a look at all available quests:

QuestsRequirementsRewards
Celestial Exchange ICelestial Stone x10Celestial Stone x5Celestial Stone x5
Celestial Exchange IICelestial Stone x20Celestial Stone x10 Celestial Stone x10
Exquisite Celestial Garments ICelestial Stone x100Digitalis Fox Archer SkinPrimula Greyhound Kensei SkinForsythia Chihuahua Sorcerer SkinBluebell Borzoi Warrior SkinIwana Bozu Priest SkinMasterless Brute Samurai Skin
Exquisite Celestial Garments IICelestial Stone x55Forest Druid Mystic Skin Cosmic Jester Trickster SkinSea Druid Wizard SkinEmber Golem Samourai Skin
Celestial Garments ICelestial Stone x40Abyssal Guardian Knight Skin
Seabed Enchanter Mystic Skin
Celestial Garments IICelestial Stone x40Deep Sea Companion Pet Stone
Hermit Crab Pet Stone
Hydro Djiin Pet StoneAndroid Companion Pet Stone
Celestial Garments III  Celestial Stone x40Queen Of Hearts Sorcerer SkinCave Girl Mystic SkinCave Guy Assassin SkinDemon Girl Samourai Skin
The Forgotten Celestial QuestCelestial Stone x40Swiftblade Rogue SkinMarksman Archer SkinAspirant Wizard SkinStalwart Paladin SkinPlague Summoner SkinBone Blade Ninja SkinSpectral Mystic Skin

A previous quest will be available during this season, The Forgotten Celestial Quest is back for the entire season.

Celestial quests are proposed by the Tinkerer in the Daily Login Room from the Nexus. They required Celestial Stones obtained through the BattlePass Exalt progression.


Missions

Rewards will include:

  • New Reskin Ability Tokens
  • New Engraving
  • New Titles: System Siphon, Flux Engineer, The Regulator
  • Themed Cosmetic (New Emotes + Themed Old Skins)
  • BXP

Crucible

The Hydroflow Crucible introduces a modifier that enhances magical capabilities while reducing physical combat effectiveness.

Buffs & Utility

  • Speed: +12
  • Wisdom: +12
  • Max MP: +20%

Passive Ability: Energized on Hit

  • Gain Energized when struck by an enemy.
  • Duration: 3 seconds
  • Cooldown: 10 seconds

Stat Penalties

  • Attack: −5
  • Dexterity: −5
  • Vitality: −25%

Bonuses

  • Battle Pass XP: +15%
  • Loot Drop Chance: +10%
  • Experience Gain: +10%

Realm Event

Extra Dust will drop from Encounters & Beacon Guards.


Dungeon and Modifier Events

Chest Event in Adept dungeons: Get a chance at reskinned T6 Ability Tokens, which can be turned into a selection chest.

Chest Event in Expert dungeons: Chance to get Hydroshock Engraving.

Chest Events will also have the chance to drop old summer themed character skins & aquatic pet skins.

  • Character: Ducky Knight, Lil Beach Rogue, Baywatch Samurai, Surf Guru Kensei, Beach Assassin, Snorkeler Knight, Beach Party Necromancer
  • Pet: Octopus, Enchanted Sea Turtle, Ivory Narwhal, Snail of the Juggernaut, Walrus, Twilight Angle

Water Bubbles will spawn at a chance after killing minions in most event dungeons. In Cnidarian Reef, Lair of Draconis & The Void multiple water bubbles will spawn after defeating the boss. The bubbles will drop the New Cloths, New Emotes & Mystery Stat Pots.

Water Bubbles will spawn at a chance after killing minions in most event dungeons. In Secluded Thicket, Cnidarian Reef & Lair of Draconis multiple water bubbles will spawn after defeating the boss. The bubbles have placeholder loot at the moment, on release the drops would include New Cloth, New Emotes & Mystery Stat Pots.

Additional Rewards in Event Chest:

Change to get Old Emotes & Undersea Phantom Wizard Set in Adept Dungeons

Chance to get Old Emotes & UTs in Expert Dungeons

Emotes:

  • Surprised Thessal Emote
  • Grumpy Fish Emote
  • Sly Squid Emote
  • Adorable Slurp Emote

UTs:

  • Sunken Ring
  • Ghost Ship’s Bell
  • Rusted Mechanism

Undersea Phantom Wizard Set:

  • Cursed Harpoon
  • Depth Charge
  • Phosphorescent Rags
  • Diving Weights
  • Mini Skin

Dungeons Rotation:

  • April 14th – April 21st: Davy Jones’ Locker & Cultist Hideout
  • April 21st – April 28th: Lair of Draconis & Spectral Penitentiary
  • April 24th – April 27th: The Void
  • April 28th – May 5th: Cnidarian Reef & The Nest

Shiny Items

Base UT ItemSource Dungeon/Area
Berserker’s BreastplateAbyss of Demons
Captain’s RingDavy Jones’ Locker
Crystal WandMysterious Crystal
Shield of OgmurThe realm
Swarmlord SigilThe Nest
Kyuuketsuki HitogoroshiManor of the Immortals

Misc

  • Relentless Springs biome is removed.
  • The Broken Egg Shell tokens are not available anymore.
  • All April Fool’s reskins are removed.
  • The Mission description text is now clearly visible on the Active Mission information UI.
  • A few items were missed in the last unsoulbound pass, we have done an additional pass to unsoulbind these items too. These are: Coral Venom Trap, Crystal Mace, Snowblind Wand, Acidic Slasher, Frimarra, Ring of the Northern Light, Tome of Frigid Protection, Chocolate Armor, Eggsponential scepter, Vitamine Buster, Snow Branch, Bottled Lemonade, Coral Soda

Bug Fixes and Changes

  • Fixed an issue where the chat window accepted code as input, causing large colored text to appear on screen.
  • Fixed an issue where the Tier 0 Sigil of the Chicken dropped in a purple bag instead of a brown bag.
  • Fixed an issue where the “Fully Equipped” Steam achievement was granted after equipping a single ST item instead of requiring a full ST set.
  • Fixed an issue where eggs spawned by Biff the Buffed Bunny would move toward another Biff if present, and were not removed upon Biff’s death.
  • Fixed an issue where mission description text in the Active Mission UI was difficult to read due to overlap with the progression bar.
  • Fixed an issue where Veteran encounters in Bee Nest and Bloodroot Heart did not grant purple dust.
  • Fixed an issue where treasure rooms were not revealed on the minimap in Third Dimension dungeons with the Found Treasure modifier.
  • Fixed an issue where Alien encounters were not spawning in the Realm.