Dear Testers,

welcome to this winter's test server! It will go online within a short time and opened to all gamemasters and senators as well as to those tutors who have been with us for at least since the 1st of november.

You will be able to travel to the gigantic city of Yalahar and explore the inner core as well as the eight outer quarters, solving quests which will eventually lead you to a greater understanding of the history and civilisation of the Yalaharians. Apart from Yalahar itself, there are also outer islands who have their own stories and backgrounds - Vengoth, Mistrock and Fenrock. Looking for quests and loose ends may help you discover these areas. Many new monsters roam the unexplored lands, but checking out some of the old monsters and hunting grounds will also prove to be quite interesting due to the results of the previous hunting ground analysis. Don't forget to equip yourself with the new support and party spells which can all be bought in Edron, and test out the new party features!

It is very important that you test as much and as thoroughly as you can. Please read the following instructions on how to join the test server and the testing agenda carefully. Report all bugs you find with ctrl + z in-game. Typical bugs include:

- Graphical errors (e.g. broken graphics, blue pixels, wrong automap colors)
- Map errors (e.g. broken ground textures, broken wall parts)
- Feature errors (e.g. spell doesn't work like it is supposed to)
- Object errors (e.g. a takeable tree, walkable stone)
- NPC errors (e.g. something is bought for more money than it is sold)
- Text errors (e.g. typos, misspellings, non-suitable name for an object)
- Quest errors (e.g. dead ends in the quest line)

In cases of client crashes ("Tibia Error - Debug Assertion" ) please click "Send" in the "Error Report" dialog which appears when you start the client the next time after the crash happened. If possible please enter a comment in the appropriate field before clicking "Send" because any hint on what you did right before the crash will greatly help in fixing the reason for the crash.

Concerning the usage of this board: Please note that you can't create new threads by yourselves to avoid spam. However, we will supply a few threads which you can use to read the latest information about known and fixed bugs, give your feedback about the new features, post if you have problems with the Client and discuss with your fellow testers. We will regularily evaluate your feedback.

There are Testserver Assistants in each town who will hand out money. Simply ask them for money or gold and you will receive 100k pocket money each time.

Please refrain from playerkilling on this test server!





1. How to join the testserver

The client for this test server can only be downloaded here:

Windows Client
Linux Libc6 Client

(note: please be so kind and don't spread those URLs to people who can't enter the test server anyway)

There is no need to make a copy of your regular Tibia, there is no "network options" dialog anymore and there are no automatic patches. Actually this test server client is handled as a different application ("Tibia Testserver" vs "Tibia" ). There even is no need to worry to "destroy" your regular Tibia client: the test server client will in no way interfere with your regular Tibia client (...and in case it would do please report that as a bug!).

The Windows installation script is pretty much self-explanatory, simply download it, run it and follow the on-screen instructions. Afterwards you should have an icon called "Tibia Testserver" on your desktop. Doubleclick that and log in.

The Linux package must be unpacked by yourself using the command "tar xfz tibiatestserver840.tgz". A new folder named "TibiaTestserver" will be created which contains the client and its supporting files. Switch to that folder, run the binary "Tibia" and log in.

Since the test server client is handled as a different application you neither have the configuration file (Tibia.cfg) nor the automap files (*.map) from your regular Tibia. If you want you could manually copy those files - but be informed that the locations of those files have changed!

For more technical informations (incl. new locations of configuration file and automap files) please have a look at the appropiate thread by Akananto.




2. New Areas (and Unlockable Areas)

This update features four new islands to the east of Svargrond. I will not spoil here how exactly to reach each new area, but you will find some small clues on where you might start in the quest section of this agenda. You can also talk to many NPCs about these areas if you hope to find out more. Especially the guards can probably help you.

The new areas are:
- Yalahar - the ancient city which has grown larger than the island it was built on
- Vengoth - the haunted area with a black history
- Mistrock - the rocky island which is always covered in fog
- Fenrock - once a fiery island, now snowcapped, but with a secret

Once you have reached an area, preferably try to explore it completely - meaning there shouldn't be any black spots left on your map. While you are in Yalahar, please check the following things:
- Use every single depot box once
- Use the new mailboxes and check whether the mail arrives at its proper destination (especially mail sent to Yalahar!)
- Make Yalahar your home city (which is NOT possible from the Island of Destiny), die to see if you start in Yalahar again
- Enter the new houses, use doors, beds, ladders and stairs and see if they work correctly
- Are all lightsources (those can can be turned on and off) reachable?
- Can you get close enough to all signs to read them?
- Are there names on all house doors?



3. New NPCs

Please have a conversation with the following NPCs. Depending on their function, check if e.g. buying/selling single and multiple items or exchanging money works as it should. If an NPC is questrelated and doesn't have any other function, you can wait until solving that specific part of the quest before talking to him.

Yalahar centre and quarters
- Armenius (tavern, quest)
- Azerus (quest)
- Captain Cookie (explorer captain)
- Chuckles (magic store)
- Dorbin (furniture store)
- Edna (guide)
- Ethan (paladin trainer)
- Gree Dee (equipment trade)
- Iriana (quest)
- Jimmy (quest)
- Julius (quest)
- Karith (captain, quest)
- Lisander (quest)
- Lorietta (priest)
- Maris (quest)
- Oiriz (gem store)
- Ortheus (quest)
- Palimuth (quest)
- Pugwah (tavern)
- Redward (post office)
- Serafin (food trader)
- Soilance (food trader)
- Tamara (druid trainer)
- Tamoril (sorcerer trainer)
- Tarak (ferryman)
- Timothy (explorer society)
- Vincent (distance weapons)
- Zarak (knight trainer)
- Znozel (banker)

Vengoth
- Garzon (quest)
- Paja (quest)

Mistrock and Fenrock
- whoever you might find there

Other
- Eliza (party spell teacher, Edron)
- Florentine (trader, Carlin)
- Wyrdin (quest, Edron)



4. New Monsters

Please find and kill the following new monsters - actually you should stumble over all of them automatically while exploring the new areas. Check if they are too strong for the area where you have found them. Are all corpses displayed correctly in all decay states? Are the corpses (not) movable or (not) takeable according to their size and weight? Does anything seem strange about their loot?

- Vampire Bride
- Mutated Rat
- Worker Golem
- Undead Gladiator
- Mutated Bat
- Werewolf
- Haunted Treeling
- Zombie
- Tar Blob
- Acid Blob
- Mercury Blob
- Mutated Tiger
- Gozzler
- Mutated Tiger
- Nightstalker
- Nightmare Scion
- Hellspawn
- Mutated Human
- Damaged Worker Golem
- Crazed Beggar
- Gang Member
- Gladiator
- Mad Scientist
- War Golem

There are also new raids and boss monsters which will not be spoiled here. Some of them you might encounter during your quests, others maybe per coincidence.



5. New Outfits

We have implemented a new outfit in the Yalaharian style including two addons. Both addons change the look of the Yalaharian outfit drastically and are limited to one per character, which means you can earn only one of the two addons. It is rumoured that everybody gets the addon he or she deserves and which fits his or her attitude best. Find out for yourself who you really are.

In addition, the gamemaster outfit has been adjusted to fit the other outfits for tool characters. Of couse, this outfit cannot be chosen by normal characters.


6. New Quests

a) Area Quests

As previously mentioned, you need to proceed in some quests to be able to see all of the new areas. Here are a few hints on where you might start looking for quests:

- The Way to Yalahar: Look for news around the depot in Thais.
- Reaching Vengoth: Look for an interesting note in the depot in Yalahar.
- Reaching Fenrock and Mistrock: Ask the guards between the quarters of Yalahar. Maybe one of them knows someone who might take you there.

b) Outfit and Addon Quests

- Solve the main quest line, and you will automatically stumble across the new Yalaharian outfit.
- Your specific addon for this outfit can be earned by trading an item which you will also find if you explore and solve everything thoroughly.

c) Other

- There are a few quests which you will stumble upon either in the city quarters or on the outer islands. Just talk to everyone you meet on your journey.

This time there are many different means to solve the questlines. Make sure that you do not always make the same choice as your friend does. Try out other ways and options! There's quite some hidden and sometimes fun stuff which you can only discover by being keen to experiment.



7. Items, Loot, Hunting Grounds

There are many new fun items to discover, so I won't write a comprehensive list. Find some of the new furniture and decoration items (some can be purchased, most can't), equip yourself with the new Yalaharian armour set if you can discover it and think of a way to put the rusty armour pieces you'll sometimes see to a good use.

As previously mentioned, please check out some of the old hunting grounds, especially the Pits of Inferno if you're one of those strong enough to hunt down there. If you solved the Pits of Inferno quest, look around in that havocked area to maybe find a shortcut past the annoying riddle part. Check out the monsters there and in the Edron demon forge - all of them have been pimped with much better experience, sometimes slightly different stats and better loot. Many elementals have also been improved, e.g. energy elementals got a corpse and loot now, earth elementals don't hit that hard anymore and have also improved loot, some just give more experience now. Sea Serpents and Serpent Spawns have also been revised and made better for you, just like many other monsters. However, a few monsters are also stronger now, e.g. the Bog Raider, who had a lousy attack - so beware if you meet them, they should fight for the experience they give now, however nothing was changed about their money.

One thing you will probably notice later on - very strong bosses have better loot now, especially those which appear only twice a year. So next time such a raid is announced on your server, be sure to take part in the fight, there are great chances that something very nice will pop out. Well, maybe you'll already have the chance on the test server - we'll see!

Talking about loot, there is a huge list of items (esp. semi-rares) which are now sellable to Rashid or to some other NPCs (e.g. Lailene). Check out their wares lists and if you have any of this stuff, please try selling it to them.

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8. New Party Features and Party Buffs

a) Please test the following new party features:

Party-Chat channel
- Name in Client: "Party"; is locked automatically when the party is disbanded
- Upon joining a party, the player is also informed in green that there is a party chat

Loot message:
- White message in party chat stating "loot of monster: list of items and amounts"
- Appears only on owned containers (monsters with a body that can be opened) of the owner of the container is the respective party

Shared Experience Bonus of 5%
- The bonus is rounded down to the nearest full experience point (players will only profit from this with monsters that yield at least 20 experience points)

b) You can buy all of the new party spells from Eliza in the Edron academy. Here's an overview for you:

- Train Party, Knight, Level 32: utito mas sio
- Protect Party, Paladin, Level 32: utamo mas sio
- Heal Party, Druid, Level 32: utura mas sio
- Enchant Party, Sorcerer, Level 32: utori mas sio

Their basic features are:
- Count as support spells (means you can't cast any other support spell at the same time)
- Can only be casted when in a party and if a party member is in your casting range
- Affect an area around the caster like the old mass healing spell, including the caster
- Manacost adapts to the amount of party members that are affected.



9. New Spells and Spell Adjustments

a) Old Spell adjusted:
- Wild Growth can only be casted on a rune now. That rune works basically like a magic wall and can only be used by druids.

b) You can buy all of the new spells from the spell trainers in Edron. Here's an overview:

- Charge, Knight, Level 25: utani hora hur
- Protector, Knight, Level 55: utamo hora
- Blood Rage, Knight, Level 60: utito hora
As a knight, you can only know Protector OR Blood Rage, but once you bought both, swap between them for a price of 500 gold.

- Holy Missile Rune, Paladin, 27: adori san
- Swift Foot, Paladin, Level 55: utamo hora san
- Sharpshooter, Paladin, Level 60: utito hora san
As a paladin, you can only know Swift Foot OR Sharpshooter, but once you bought both, swap between them for a price of 500 gold.

You can also buy the Wild Growth rune and the Holy Missile rune from Alexander in Edron, but can only use them if you have the according vocation.


Thanks for your help, and have fun!
Chayenne