VulcanVerse Update: The Forge Opens, Wryon Finds His Voice, and Tartarus Levels Up
This update is a big one. The Equipment Upgrade System is live at the Forge in Vulcan City, Wryon the wandering troll can now talk back with AI-powered replies, and Tartarus gets a sweeping refresh with new UI, systems, and a mountain of fixes and polish.
The Forge in Vulcan City — Upgrade, Evolve, Dominate
The new Equipment Upgrade System lets you shape your build through meaningful progression.
Where to start
- Find the Forge in Vulcan City and open the Equipment Upgrade interface.
- Only crafted gear can be upgraded (e.g., forge Shattered Equipment into full items). Starter/default weapons can’t be upgraded.
Core stats (apply only while the item is equipped)
- Attack Damage – boosts basic and combo attacks.
- Martial Skill Damage – flat bonus on your Martial Skill.
- Flat HP (Shields) – adds effective HP based on your current %HP (equip/unequip to gain/lose the bonus).
Essence & Resource Burning
- Burn spare items to create Essence, the currency used for upgrades. Higher item rarity yields more.
- Essence has capacity limit; if your burn would exceed the cap, the extra items won’t be consumed.
Level Up (1 → 16)
- Each level increases base stats; milestones at 4, 8, 12, 16 grant bigger boosts and power up any unlocked substats.
- Higher levels have lower success chances. Failures never drop your level (they only consume Essence).
- Quick Upgrade can auto-roll to a chosen milestone (4/8/12/16) and shows a summary of Essence spent and your final level.
Star Evolution (1★ → 5★)
- Hitting Level 16 unlocks Star Evolution. Evolving resets the item to Level 1 but keeps all stat gains from the previous 16 levels.
- Cost = sacrifice N items of the current star level (1→2★ needs 1 duplicate; 2→3★ needs 2, etc.).
- Each new star unlocks one substat, up to four at 5★.
Substats & Rarity
- Weapons: substats grant Martial Skill Damage.
- Shields: substats grant Flat HP.
Pro tip: You’ll also find Forgebinding Compound at food vendors. It’s a reagent used during star upgrades.
Wryon Speaks (Finally)
The cult hero of VulcanVerse, Wryon the Wandering One, now responds with AI-driven dialogue. Type a message, hit Enter, and brace yourself for nonsense, half-truths, and the occasional flash of strange wisdom. Where? When? …Exactly.
Tartarus + Avatar Panel New UI, Systems & Quality-of-Life
Avatar Panel & Tutorial Options
- Avatar Panel rework: the Avatar Equipment UI has moved from the Tartarus NPC into your Avatar Panel, now with a 3D preview and a cleaner layout.
- Tutorial settings (Hide Tooltips, Restart Tutorial) are now in Gameplay Settings via the ESC menu.
Vendors & New Reagent
- Vendor system expanded to support wider items for sale.
- Forgebinding Compound added to food vendors (used for equipment star upgrades).
Combat/UI Touches in Tartarus
- Action Bar redesign and polish.
- Vitals Panel updated; Heroism bar now appears in Tartarus.
- Equipment Upgrade UI: added upgrade VFX and a handy breakdown readout.
- ACS (archery) updates: bow aiming/feedback improved; tension display and visuals refined.
Bug-Fix Round-Up (Highlights)
We’ve tackled a large batch of issues across gear progression, UI, and the Tartarus playspace:
Warrior Upgrades & Equipment
- Fixed cases where repaired weapons (e.g., Fulmen Axes, Shattered Aether Sword, Broken Moro, Shattered Iron Scutum, Broken Connor) failed to appear in Warrior Upgrades.
- Fixed weapons not disappearing from inventory after repair.
- Fixed resource transfer in the Equipment Upgrade UI.
UI/UX & Controls
- Resolved left-mouse not working on action bar slots 1–9.
- Restored sounds for interaction buttons and key UI actions (quest journal, avatar window, side panel toggle).
- Fixed tooltip visibility when Hide Tooltips is off.
- Addressed overlaps and missing buttons (Quest Log, Achievements), icon swapping issues, and version/UI overlap problems.
- Fixed prompts wrongly asking to delete items when moving them in inventory.
- Fixed issue preventing viewing other players’ Vulcanite stats under Elixir of Insight.
Tartarus World Fixes
- A major pass on missing/extra collisions, holes, and out-of-bounds exploits across many zones and coordinates.
- Clean-up of floating assets (rocks, trees, braziers), texture flickering, and mob pathing/bridge behaviors.
- Adjusted geyser visuals/collisions and chest spawn edge cases.
(There are many more minor fixes under the hood to keep fights, movement, and UI feeling solid.)
Play It Now
Head to Vulcan City and step into the Forge to start leveling and evolving your gear. Then dive back into Tartarus to feel the smoother traversal, sharper UI, and tighter combat. And if you spot Wryon on your travels… say hello. Just don’t expect a straight answer.