We have gotten only minor updates in the previous weeks but that's all due to the team working hard on getting the expansion to the Avalanche blockchain live!
With the latest announcement by DFK everything seems to be gearing up to a release somewhere at the end of February or the beginning of March.
It has now been confirmed that Heroes can take a 'perilous journey' to Crystalvale. If you're interested be aware... Low-level heroes have only a 35% chance to make it. If this doesn't scare you away then high rewards should await you.
What does rewards are is still unclear though...
There will be a AMA on the topic this Wednesday!
Full announcement details:
Hey @everyone, this last week has been amazing, with DFK Day at EthDenver, announcements for Perilous Journey and Combat, collaboration with Bored Ape Yacht Club (with other NFT projects soon to follow!), the ability to set your profile picture to your own Hero NFTs, new team members, and more.
I’ve got a few more announcements for you here:
Crystalvale and Perilous Journey
Crystalvale is getting very close now. Soon players will be able to sign their Heroes up at the docks to go on the Perilous Journey.
Our very own Hubert Cumberdale will be doing an AMA on Wednesday to give more details and answer any questions anyone may have, as well as announce the various dates for the journey, including when sign up will open and close, and when the brave Heroes who undertake the Journey may be collected.
Patch Day
There are many behind the scenes efforts being undertaken to get the API, Bridges, Maps, NPCs, Smart Contracts, and Servers ready for the Crystalvale expansion.
As the launch date marches closer and our developers become even busier making sure everything is ready, we will be moving this week’s patches to the following Wednesday, along with some critical features that will be launching to support Perilous Journey.
This is to allow extra time for regression testing with our new QA Specialist who started last week.
Note that we are still actively working on improvements such as Gardening Queueing, Stamina Refactor, Hero Summon Overloading with Tears, and other quality of life things.
Audits
We are partnering with Paladin Blockchain Security to provide in-depth audits of our Crystalvale smart contracts, as well as ongoing audits of new features being released across all of our realms. Stay tuned for more details to come.
Voting
As part of our ongoing effort to become more decentralized, we are pushing for more community governance across many different aspects of the DEX and Game.
To that end, we’re working on a new voting portal, which will include functionality to vote using Heroes and Lands, alongside xJEWELs. We would like the community to decide what weighting should be given for Heroes and Lands, and as such are holding votes in the new portal to test it out.
Go check it out and participate in the current Ranked Choice vote for Hero voting power.*