Patch NW.55.20160106a.1

Patch Notes: NW.55.20160106a.1

=Patch Notes=

Content and Environment

 * Protector's Enclave
 * Civilians no longer clip through the sides of staircases quite as often.
 * The VIP area of the Moonstone Mask no longer has particularly restrictive collision.
 * Stronghold
 * Completing the Throne of the Dwarven Gods skirmish now correctly completes the related Stronghold daily quest.
 * The Spore Tower description no longer includes "Untranslated" text.
 * Stronghold Siege
 * Water in Knight's Lane is now dangerous.
 * Skirmishes
 * Prophecy of Madness: Three new achievements have been added: Balors' Bane, Master of Madness, and Protector of the Prophecy.
 * Throne of the Dwarven Gods: Three new achievements have been added: Corruption Corrected, Flayer Slayer, Infiltration Foiled.
 * Dungeons and Boss Encounters
 * Demogorgon: Players may no longer be vote-kicked while the Demogorgon encounter is active.
 * Demogorgon: Two new achievements have been added: Tamer of Demogorgon and Master of Demogorgon.
 * Intro quests are no longer incorrectly offered for dungeons that are currently inaccessible.
 * Temple of the Spider: The introductory cutscene for Halbryn Dark Stalker now matches the name of the character in-game, and now properly plays before players are in attack range.
 * General
 * Blackdagger Ruins: Various quests in this zone now properly show a quest path back to Blackdagger Ruins while outside the zone.
 * Drowned Shore: The quest, Shock Troops, can now properly be completed while in a party.

Combat and Powers

 * Companions
 * 's Active Companion Bonus now grants 190 Critical Strike at quality and 300 Critical Strike at  /  quality.
 * They still also provide their existing bonus to earnings.
 * The 's Active Companion Bonus can now stack with the bonus from the.

Items and Economy

 * Artifact Weapons
 * The Howling Artifact Weapon set bonus, Heart of Air, now procs when the wielding Scourge Warlock uses.
 * The tooltip has been updated as well.
 * The Earthen Artifact Weapon set bonus, Earthen Heart, now properly stacks to 5.


 * Masterwork Professions
 * is now obtained more frequently from Explorer's Charts in Mt. Hotenow, relative to other materials.


 * General
 * Call to Arms: now drops Enchantments of ranks //, up from //.
 * Coupons now display the correct names and descriptions for what categories they affect.
 * Known issue: This fix only addresses the English version of Neverwinter.
 * Localized versions will be addressed in a later build.
 * Items in the final bag now function the same as if they are in other bags.
 * Example: Attempting to interact with a Black Ice node now properly functions if the Blace Ice Pick is in the final bag.
 * Mount Training Manuals are no longer available in the Wondrous Bazaar or at the Mount Merchant.
 * Ring of Cowardice: The effect on this ring now properly has an internal cooldown.
 * Simril refinement items now show the correct values in the tooltip.
 * The no longer includes s.
 * The now correctly states that it has a chance to drop the.

User Interface

 * Login Screen
 * The Username field no longer sometimes reverts to a long string of numbers rather than the player's username.


 * Professions
 * Time-limited profession tasks, such as the ones for the Wonders of Gond event, now sort to the top of the profession task list.


 * Rewards
 * The error message has been improved for failing to gain after hitting the weekly cap.
 * The quality reported by the reward pack UI now properly matches the highest quality item received.


 * Strongholds
 * When a structure is at the maximum level, it no longer displays blank requirements for the next level.


 * Zen Market
 * now properly has detail art.
 * The mount entry no longer incorrectly claims it provides 80% movement speed.
 * Gateway
 * There is now appropriate audio when selecting the and  companions in Sword Coast Adventures.

Graphics, Effects, and Animation

 * Animation popping between running and walking is now less frequent for the mount.

Stability and Performance

 * A crash related to Steam integration has been addressed.
 * Certain artifact weapons no longer crash the game when equipped.
 * Dungeon maps no longer rarely crash when looting during the Double Seals event.
 * Several miscellaneous rare UI-related crashes have been addressed.
 * The client no longer crashes when attempting to cancel destruction of a Stronghold structure in the brief period after the structure has been destroyed, but before the Empty Plot UI loads.
 * The client no longer rarely crashes in Stronghold coffer donation.

Localization

 * Further fixes have been made to French and German localization.
 * Localization updates have been made to the French, German, Italian, and Russian locales.