Update 43.1 Release Notes

News and Notes:

• We have reinstated the original Deed Log while we work to correct a crashing issue.
• Doors in Thorin's Hall that were previously inaccessible now function again.
• Several key particle effects, including overhead eyes and line warnings, will now render even if your 'Dynamic Particle Rendering' setting is set to 'None.'
• Fixed animation issues for Elf female Lore-master sheathing.
• Reduced stiffness for Elf and High Elf male run animation.
• Fixed issues affecting female Elf, High Elf, and Race of Man instrument animations.
• Some of the decoration in the "Temple of Utug-bûr" raid has been adjusted to reduce visual artifacts and other unintended issues.
• Items
• Will-breaker was incorrectly set to legendary quality and has been updated to incomparable quality.
• Removed a 'DNT' from the Utug-bûr moonstone jewelry 2-set bonus tooltip.
• Corrected some minor issues with Utug-bûr chest soft locks. Soft locks now have a chance to drop signets from the first boss in each wing.
• Temple Hero's Spoils reward is now correctly bound to account rather than unbound.
• Most default frontal attacks made by monsters now have a 120 degree arc rather than a 180 degree arc.
• Classes
• Champion: Fury of Blades' (dual wield) second hit damage was erroneously reduced by 5% in a recent patch. This fix corrects that error and the intended +5% change is now added to the pre-patch value.
• Lore-master: the new skill to summon a Savannah Pride-keeper should now work correctly.
• Mariner: the skills Riposte, Step Back, Feint, and Dodge now generate more aft-ward pips.
• Minstrel: Legend of the Hammerhand bubbles once again heal allies correctly upon expiration. This is no longer a %-based heal.
• High Elf female: Lowered the hairline on hairstyles 2, 3, 4 and 7.
• The Well of Forgetting: Ordâkhai Sorcerers in the Well of Forgetting no longer attempt to use a shadow skill for which they do not have appropriate animations.
• Temple of Utug-bûr
• Temple of Utug-bûr Tier 2 will open at Noon Eastern on March 20th, and Tier 3 will open at Noon Eastern on March 27th. The Leading the Charge Deed for "Temple of Utug-bûr" is available to earn until 3:00 AM Eastern (-4 GMT) on May 21st, 2025.
• Dhórgruth
• Kulkorth will now use his key abilities more reliably.
• Reworked reset during Maluchon encounter to make sure that it cleans up correctly if the group wipes during Breaking Bonds Channel
• Thûr Hin
• Fixed an issue preventing full reset on a raid wipe between Khablag being defeated and wounded Legolas climbing onto the altar.
• Fixed an issue preventing Utûgi from entering the battle in the Kormoltur fight after a reset.
• Rumók the Blood-spiller will now heal to full when respawning.
• Inner Sanctum
• Azagath's Poison Spike skill no longer incorrectly applies to the person who is the source of its spread.
• Added visual effects to the festering poison effect to better explain that poison swelling within you is about to explode outward to allies.
• Consume to Emptiness should now more efficiently and correctly consume blisters in all tiers.
• There was a rare chance for Azagath to become stuck in drama in the first stage of his fight. This has been addressed.
• There was an odd case where the reset for the final boss was breaking in an unexpected way. While this did not block the wing from being completed it did make things awkward. The reset now correctly sets the fight to the correct status post the defeat of the Aladi Sagush and Thahar.
• There was an issue where the display for Summon Aspects was not appearing correctly on Azagath in the first stage of his fight. This has been addressed.
• Legolas, despite being an amazing and masterful archer, cannot wield two bows.
• Updated tooltips for Azagath's Shade's effects which unlock bonus skill attacks from Azagath Sea-shadow.
• Updated the tooltip on the final tier of the Shred Hope effect to call out that movement is disabled.
• Fixed a typo in a skill used by the Alad Thahar.
• The skill effect Bound by Shadow from the Alad Sagush now correctly applies up to a 10% chance for your skills to consume Morale on use.
• The skill effect Shred Hope from Gârash, the Emptiness now correctly applies up to a 100% chance for your skills to consume Morale on use.
• FRENCH: The translation for "Chest of a Thardúth Lord" has been updated to "Coffre d'un seigneur Tharduth".
• GERMAN: Updated translation of the "Abandon" button on Common housing to Verlassen instead of Abrechen.