Ravenshade Keep, Bounties & Graphics Options

Ravenshade Keep

Explore a gothic vampire keep in southwestern Ashen and a six-chamber crypt beneath it.
Hunt Vampire Thralls, Ravenshade Vampires and Blood Acolytes across 43 monster positions. Vampires can drain health with their bite.
Start Maelin's multi-stage quest at level 25: investigate the ledger, defeat the keep's inhabitants, uncover the names in its archive and break the seal.
Complete the quest for 12,000 XP, 1,500 gold and the permanent Night Hunter unlock.
Night Hunter grants 20% movement speed outdoors on the main floor at night, outside protection zones and combat/PvP lock. It does not stack with stronger speed bonuses.
New rare equipment includes a two-handed greatsword, shield, ranger boots, mage cowl and wand. Vampires can drop the 22-slot Dawnward Satchel. New trophies can be sold to the Ashen trader.

Complete up to five bounties per UTC day; three offers remain available at a time.
New XP rewards use your level when claiming, with the target's intended level cap. Short, Normal and Demanding rewards are 11%, 22% and 25%.
Accepted legacy contracts retain their existing progress and rewards.
Earn one bounty point per completed contract. Spend two to choose from up to three replacements for an unaccepted offer.
Alderhaven-specific monsters are excluded from new offers and rerolls through level 40.
Skill training progresses faster at higher ranks. Existing skill levels and percentage progress are preserved.
Gaining a level while alive fully restores HP and mana.

Improved the Western Heights Waystone setting and added two crossings in the eastern region.
The Quest Log can be resized smaller.
Updated map, item, monster and NPC editor content.

OpenGL (Compatibility) is now available alongside Vulkan and DirectX 12 in the launcher and game graphics settings. Restart the game after changing graphics API.
OpenGL is an alternative to try for graphics-driver crashes; an AMD-specific fix has not been confirmed, and some effects may look different.
Improved diagnostic reports for graphics freezes.
Added a red on-screen three-minute warning for future planned server restarts. The installation of this update requires a manual announcement because the previous client does not yet support the warning.

Existing characters, inventories and quest progress are retained. No manual character-level grants are repeated by this update.