Dark Legacy is finally here, changing the world of Drakensang all the way down from Grimford, to Andrakasch, to the deepest veins of the World Heart and even into the darkest corners of the Parallel Worlds. It has been a blast and honor for the team to work on such a massive update with all your support, feedback and criticism around us.
This expansion is the biggest update in the history of DSO and without your loyalty we would not have been able to create this legacy. You have been with us for 10 years and we will be here with you for hitting the next big milestone!
It will be a huge expansion with lots of new and revamped features. Besides providing fresh and exciting content and continuing the Saga, one of the main visions of the expansion is the balancing between classes. This means not only the Skills and Talents system is going to be adjusted but also the Equipment and its Crafting must be adapted to the changes.
Removal and refunds
Glyphs of Power are not used for leveling up items anymore. Items with higher levels need to be gained by monster loot. Therefore, all invested Glyphs of Power that were used to increase the item level were removed and refunded. Glyphs of Power are used for crafting.
Due to the rework of Gems, Runes and Jewels all socketed Gems, Runes and Jewels were removed and placed to the players’ inventory. If the inventory is full it moves to the overflow inventory. Furthermore, the invested Andermant for every additionally bought socket were refunded.
Obsolete Unique items (marked with the tooltip below) were melted and the Glyphs of Power value was refunded.
Useful information
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DARK LEGACY IN BRIEF
1) There are new quest types (daily, weekly, monthly) that aim to reward your activity with valuable and useful items.
2) New shield system for bosses (and maybe special monsters) that makes boss fights on hard modes challenging again. The rewarded loot is worth the time you have to invest to defeat a difficult boss.
3) Dark Legacy has a level increase containing new quests, new maps, new monsters and two new world bosses! One of them is not Sargon!
4) The equipment tiers are removed and the item level define the power!
5) There are be new skills, new talents and new ways of upgrading those to improve your class the way it works best with your very own play style. You can focus on class-specific abilities (e.g. the elements for Spellweaver, defense/taunting for Dragonknight, etc.) and you can decide which skills you want to boost and combine with talents!
6) A new crafting method called Enchantment Transfer Crafting was introduced and allows you to transfer one of your preferred enchantments (or all of them) from any equipment item to another! Instead of endlessly farming different crafting cores and collecting tons of Gold, you can craft your items with Glyphs of Power!
7) The last three and toughest difficulties are called Infernal - Merciless - Bloodshed and replace the current Infernal 1-7 difficulty setup! It is more convenient which difficulty you should and can play, what you can expect from it and how you get rewarded!
8) Quests can be solved in any difficulty!
9) The Character Sheet window is adjusted and tells you more details about your stats, e.g. movement speed!
10) More available sockets for Gems (up to 10 depending on item level) and the possibility to add any Gem to any Equipment item! Jewels and Runes are added to a complete new type of item (up to 10 slots per item)!
11) 18 new unique maps with different variations and additional mini-dungeons! There are Labyrinths to explore and secrets to reveal! Wilderness and dungeon maps contain an improved scaling system that makes solo and group play more challenging and fun! Wilderness maps also have a new "matchmaking mechanic" based on various factors!
12) You can drop basic cloaks from monsters and Dragonknights are able to obtain offensive shields! They are called Battle Shields!
13) The new max level cap in Dark Legacy is Level 100!
For more detailed guide through the Dark Legacy Content Expansion, check out Media:Dark_Legacy_Guide_2020_(1).pdf