v0.9.711
«Path of the Hall» — 100 levels instead of the old pass
The Battle Pass is now the «Path of the Hall»: 100 levels in five chapters, a new season look, living portraits. Your level is kept. Also: a new Achievement Hall with glory milestones and secrets, an Auction House with «My Auctions» and price changes, and fights continue after a reload.
• The Battle Pass is now the «Path of the Hall»: 100 levels in five chapters — the Foothills, the River Crossing, the Pine Pass, the Cloud Steps and the Gates of the Hall. Beyond level 100 — «Beyond the Path»: a chest for every 2,500 points, with no end.
• Your level is kept: everyone stays at the level they had, and old pass points count. Unclaimed rewards of the old 50 levels wait in the «Beta rewards» window on the Path screen — until the new world.
• Anything you already received in the old pass (the same item, look, card or mount) is not given a second time: the tile shows «received», and titles and level extras arrive as usual.
• A new screen with no scrolling: the reward showcase on the left, the chapter golden road on the right in pages; the premium row on top, the free row below. Hover on PC is a tap on the phone.
• Honestly: gear and battle cards are only on the free row and unlock only with levels earned in play. The premium row holds looks, heirloom items, living stickers, chat adornments and a mount.
• New season looks: avatars, card backs, battle boards, frames, the living board «Gates of the Hall at Dawn» at level 100, the «Dawn Gryphon» mount (flights three times faster), the «Waymark» name seal and living portraits at levels 25, 50 and 100.
• The Path heirloom items are made for the class of the hero who claims them: with the starter ring — all 17 slots without repeats, all by level 46.
• «Tailwind»: fall behind the Path pace — once a week a boost of half the points you earned that week. «Double Points» — Path quests ×2 this weekend, October 24 and 25.
• A new Achievement Hall: «Overview» and eight halls on ribbons — Combat, Depths, World, Crafts, Tiltyard, Fellowship, Feats and the Underhall. The default is the «Trophy wall», and in the «About achievements» window you can switch to the «Chronicle» or the «Book of deeds»; your choice is remembered on this device.
• Glory milestones: 500, 1,500, 3,000, 5,000, 7,500 and 10,000 achievement points each bring a title, from «Chronicler» to «Legend of the Hall of Glory». Points you earned before count too: the milestones open as soon as you look at your achievements.
• «The Underhall» — eight secret combat achievements: a riddle instead of a condition, and uncover all eight to become the «Keeper of Secrets». Every achievement shows its rarity — how many heroes have it — and secret ones also show who uncovered them first.
• The Auction House in a new look: sections on the left, goods with the usual price over 7 days in the middle, an item card on the right — all lots by price, yours marked «yours», a weekly price line, how many you have, and buying.
• «My Auctions»: every lot shows whether you are the cheapest — «You are the cheapest», «Beaten» with the lowest price of other sellers, or «Only you sell this». Change the price of a listed lot without taking it down — «✎ Price», the deposit is kept. «Match» sets the price 1 copper per piece below the lowest price of other sellers, never below the Merchant; «Cancel all» takes down all your lots in one press. Thanks to Heich for the idea!
• When listing, you see where your lot will stand: «Your lot will be #1 by price of 8». Sold a lot — the mail banner says «Sold!» and how much you received, with a coin chime (turn it off in Settings).
• A reload in the middle of a fight no longer ends it: world fights (and auto-battle), the arena, battlegrounds, training at the dummy and group runs continue from the same move, and a result you did not get to see appears right away. The VK Play app reloads the game by itself about every 15 minutes — it is not a crash; to play without these reloads, use the browser at vkplay.ru, same login and same hero.
• The emote button in battle has moved: the cloud now sits left of «☰», under «End turn», and no longer covers your portrait or cards. It only appears where someone can see your emote — duels, the arena, battlegrounds and runs with living players. To hide it completely: Settings → Battle → «Emote button in battle».
• More than 14 cards in hand: the fan tightens so every card fits between «⇅» and the deck, with the outer cards tilted less. Up to 14 cards nothing changes.
• The loot roll window, dungeon «Loot» and the run summary now show weapons with the same numbers as the item that lands in your bag: some weapons used to show double or half. The items you received were always correct, and residents now choose «Need / Pass» by the real numbers. Thanks to Heich for spotting it!
• «Deed of the Month»: every event now counts toward all open stages at once, and rewards are claimed in order. A heroic after normal on the same day now counts for both the «Deed» and «Heroic of the Week». This month progress has been recounted fairly: nothing went down and nothing counted twice.
• Trials at levels 59–60 can be completed again: there are no regular level 60 enemies in the world, so «Trial of the Day», «Blitz» and «The Ragamuffin» count foes from level 58, and «Bane of Elders» from level 59. Below 59 nothing changes, and the trial conditions say so directly.
• Consumable slots in battle: used items make room — a thrown bomb or a used «once per fight» item moves to the end and the next pouch item takes its slot; of the «one per fight» items only the best one is placed on its own. Pinned 📌 items stay put, and you can press and hold a grey slot too. Clearer labels: «Gadget», «Item ability», «Cooldown N turns».
• Hero inspection: «First Aid» and other professions are now labelled as in the professions window instead of an internal word.
• Desert zones: the sand strip now fades in and out without a seam.
• With the new world the Path starts over. Reload the game to see the new screen.