Updates/2019

Gazebo DvZ is updated regularly with gameplay changes, new features, bug fixes and quality of life improvements. This page lists significant additions and changes which affect gameplay or user experience, but generally does not list bug fixes, small tweaks, or behind-the-scenes changes which aren't noticeable in-game. You can also read about updates in the announcements channel on our community Discord server. Note that changes listed on this page may have been superseded by subsequent updates.

December 2019

2019-12-07

• Winter Event (temporary)
  • Added Presents
• New Quest: Special Delivery
• New stats season (Season 3)

November 2019

2019-11-23

• Added Compass
• Dwarves who die during build phase now have an option to respawn before plague

2019-11-19

• Improved tooltips non-hero and non-title dwarf items to help new or returning players understand the game

2019-11-09

• New Quest: Finders Keepers
• Simplified Wiggly Wrenches
  • Instantly restore missing armor
  • Base usefulness is halved if an armor piece is missing
  • Using a wrench while all armor is present will function normally
  • Letting the mana bar cast to max will fully repair even if a piece is missing
• Venomburners, Blaze Cannons and Death's Servant now display some stats to you when you die
• Fixed fire skeletons being able to shotgun dwarves to deal large amounts of damage

October 2019

2019-10-19

• Reinstated Lord's doubled scavenger, as base scavenger chance is now 30%
• Mortar will now overwrite rate blocks if it turns the target block blue
• Creepers will no longer turn podzol into gravel
• Explosions (fireballs, explosive arrows) will no longer destroy non-degradable blocks, bringing them more in line with creeper explosions
• Two new items have been added to the Dwarven Strongbox
• The horn sound will play when the countdown begins to alert players who were tabbed out
• A sound now plays when the shrine shield has been destroyed early

2019-10-12

• First shrines are now shielded throughout the first night (increased duration from 60s)
• Adjusted scavenger rates and removed per-player starting gold
• Death's Servant changes:
  • Doom portals must now be placed further from the shrine
  • Added new indicators to show valid locations for portal placement (particles, enchanted item)
  • Travelling through a doom portal now cancels creeper fuses, and places creeper explosions on a cooldown
  • Death's Servants now regenerate mana based on proximity to dwarves, rather than damage dealt
  • Death's Servants now have extra particle effects while they have an active doom portal open, to help identify the correct enderman
  • Doom portals now give mob spawn protection
• Slabs can no longer be placed near doom portals or monster spawn
• Reverted previous changes to hero spawning requirements

September 2019

2019-09-28

• New Quest: Creeper Keeper

2019-09-07

• Bruce is no longer able to proc Death's Servants
• Fixed a bug which allowed Roamin to proc Death's Servants and Iron Golems

August 2019

2019-08-31

• New Quest: The Art of PROC
• New stats season (Season 2)
• New hero: Lady Lorelei
• New stats (player monsters killed and total rampage time)

2019-08-10

• Added a new lobby NPC (Gazebob) with miscellaneous useful features
• Added the ability to see player-profiles in-game via Gazebob, including other players' stats, achievements, unlocked titles and completed quests
• Rats are now able to pick up dropped gold to prevent dwarves from depositing it into the shrine
• Improved Rebirth to avoid players becoming glitched inside blocks
• Fixed a bug where Doom Portals could make you lose your Doom Portal Orb if you died and respawned too quickly

2019-08-03

• Added Quests
• New Quest: Demon Slayer

July 2019

2019-07-27

• New hero: Guard Captain Alfon
• Added assassins plague event

2019-07-13

• Gold changes:
  • If you are carrying a significant amount of gold in your inventory, creeper explosions will force you to drop some of it
  • Destruction creepers with the Broodmother upgrade unlocked will cause you to drop more gold
  • Gold mined during build phase is now automatically deposited into the shrine
  • Gold mined after build phase can now only be deposited into the *active* shrine
• Added monster upgrade refunds for skeleton and creeper, to allow you to choose a different upgrade path
• Death's Servants now receive a mana boost for killing dwarves
• Improved the end-game stats card, so it should show more relevant stats
• End-game stats card now shows a summary of achievements earned in the game
• Zombie, skeleton and creeper eggs in the monster menu now become shiny once the final upgrade is unlocked
• Death's Servant egg in the monster menu now becomes shiny if you have enough mana to unlock it
• Rats and broodmothers no longer need to be stood inside the shrine region in order to steal gold, and now use the same distance requirements as dwarves depositing

2019-07-06

• Added tutorial mode
• Added four new achievements

June 2019

2019-06-20

• All monsters will receive a Doom Portal Orb on their hotbar when a Doom Portal opens, even if they're alive
• Monsters are now invulnerable for 3 seconds when using a Doom Portal (up from 1)
• Made Death's Servants more durable
• Blaze Cannons regenerate more fuel when buffing monsters in small games
• Monster spawn protection nausea now prevents dwarves from rolling powerful rampages
• Roamin's Holy Purifier now has a fuel counter
• Torches and vines can now be placed and broken in protected areas
• Tweaked Super Creepers slightly to avoid them double/triple launching dwarves
• Fixed an issue with the way shrine damage and shrine regen stats display
• Requirements for Rapid Fire and Mana Guru achievements changed
• Several achievements upgraded to rare

2019-06-22

• New hero: Lance
• New title: Guardsman (and Sentinel)
• New shrine kills statistic
• Renamed Ancient title to Cultist (and Necromancer)
• Reduced player requirements for some heroes to spawn
• Added a sound cue for zombies rebirthing

2019-06-15

• New stats season (Season 1)
• Titles are now based on seasonal stats, and requirements have been increased
• Added server XP system
• Added referral system
• Added weekend kills stats
• Added weekend map vote
• Added Lance's Quest
• Added Explore the Map feature before countdown begins
• Added new achievements
• Infiltrator skeleton rework:
  • Thunder Attuned ability moved to final vines upgrade (Infiltrator V)
  • New final upgrade: Potent Formula (gives weakness)
• Special monster waves are now announced above your hotbar
• Dwarves are no longer considered isolated while standing on the shrine
• Death messages now identify which type of skeleton or creeper killed a dwarf
• Creeper explosion particles now differ depending on upgrade path
• Monster mana should now display properly on respawn

2019-06-01

• Introduced seasons system
• Added new stats NPCs to lobby

April 2019

2019-04-27

• Added Achievements system
• Added statistics system
• Using Rebirth or travelling through a Doom Portal now automatically resets your held item to your weapon
• Right-clicking seppuku now teleports you back to monster spawn without killing you
• Final upgrades for Zombie and Blasting Creeper renamed to Furious and Rapid Ignition respectively

2019-04-06

• Added game guide in the lobby
• Skeletons now wear cloaks to distinguish between different upgrade paths
• Blaze Cannons now have limited Flare Scepter fuel, recharged passively by buffing other monsters
• Blaze Cannon buffs now weaken over time
• Added new particle effects to show when Blaze Cannons are buffing monsters
• Buffed Venomburners' lifesteal ability
• Buffed Spiderling block destruction
• Extended game start countdown to 90s
• Improved death messages

March 2019

2019-03-31

• April Event (temporary)

2019-03-15

• New hero: Priestess Arianna
• The shrine name is now colored while shielded
• Miscellaneous quality of life improvements

Other

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