- Gran Skrea Offline - 17 March 2022
Hey all, Sorry for the silent treatment, we’ve kept the server up in maintenance mode while considering how to move forward with the game but honestly no real epiphany ever came. So now we’ve sadly come to the conclusion that due to lack of resources to support the game, we’re stopping sales and finally shutting down the server indefinitely starting from June 1st. I’ll give a more detailed explanation below, but the short story is that MMOs really aren’t the easiest or cheapest games to develop, which wasn’t on our minds when we started GSO as a hobby project back in 2014. Our core team is still alive and well; we’re working on a new project that you may want to check out. I’ll go more into that further below as well. What went down with GSO? While our very small team was okay for developing new content, as things progressed, it was becoming more and more clear that big back-end reworks…
- Christmas Event 2020 - 25 December 2020
Christmas event 2020 is now live! All mobs, especially Phraustie the Snowman on Ruteran, drop Christmas 2020 Crates containing a plethora of Christmas items and furniture, including a new pet, the Snowman. Merry Christmas!
- Update 140, Devblog 2 and Halloween event 2020 - 2 November 2020
Update 140 Halloween event 2020 The Halloween 2020 event is now live! For the next 4 weeks all creatures in Gran Skrea have a chance of dropping Halloween Crates, which contain various Halloween themed items, including a pet and furniture exclusive to this year's event. The chance of a crate dropping depends on the creature's level, and on top of that a certain type of creature is selected every hour to have its drop rate doubled. To know which creatures have their drop rates increased, players must interact with the Talking Pumpkin, obtainable from the crates. This years Halloween event features a spooky reaper theme with a full reaper costume, a reaper themed scythe and the "Headless Reaper" pet, only available for a short time and never again! Patch notes NPCs • New level 97 boss, the Elder Ent o Peaceful by nature, he was last seen roaming the forests of East At…
- Update 139 & 2 Year Anniversary Gift - 16 June 2020
Update 139 Npcs ⠀⠀•New lvl 75 boss Sarah, the Camp Overseer, found at the poacher camp in the south of East Athagos ⠀⠀•New lvl 60 boss Lakhar, the Lizard Captain, found at Aldrumz in the east of Bal Sardan ⠀⠀•New lvl 50 boss Lydia, the Tamer's Apprentice, found studying in the mountains in the south of East Athagos ⠀⠀•New lvl 45 boss Jötnar, the Crusher of Bones, found living in a cave near Trout ⠀⠀•New lvl 35 boss Argus, found at the argi tree in the east of Bal Sardan ⠀⠀•New lvl 30 boss Betsy, the Ghit Mother, found grazing near the crossing in the north-west of Bal Sardan ⠀⠀•Reduced the base damage dealt by bosses by 12.5% ⠀⠀•Reduced the health of normal npcs by 11.1% ⠀⠀•Improved Argi animations ⠀⠀•Supreme Sea Serpent: ⠀⠀⠀⠀•Reduced level of the Supreme Sea Serpent to 55 (from 65) ⠀⠀⠀⠀•Reduced level of Serpents to 45 (from 50) ⠀⠀⠀⠀•Reduced damage dealt by water explosions by 73% ⠀⠀⠀⠀•…
- Update 138 - 7 April 2020
Hunters Guild New NPC guild -The Hunters Guild- located in Trout in East Athagos Introductory quest "Joining the Hunters Guild" - started by talking to the doorkeeper of the guild Offers access to 2 randomly selected daily boss bounties that award "Hunters Guild tokens" upon completion Successive kills of bounty subjects also award tokens with a chance for large amounts to drop Vendors that offer a huge variety of rare materials, gear and pets in exchange for Hunters Guild tokens. Titles and Steam achievements for earning a total amount of Hunters Guild tokens: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀1 000 tokens earned: Apprentice Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀10 000 tokens earned: Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀100 000 tokens earned: Master Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀300 000 tokens earned: Champion Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀1 000 000 tokens earned: Legendary Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀3 000 000 tokens earned: Mythic Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀10 000 000 tokens earned: Primordial Hunter ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀30 000…
- Update 137 - 17 February 2020
Update 137 Npcs • Reworked Zalranaz, The Red Crab and the Storage Guard • Bosses now give double experience compared to normal npcs • Increased boss health by 50% and damage by 25% • Increased normal npc health by 50% • You now have an additional 2 seconds to get out of Nirish’s poison cloud before it applies the poison at spawn • Reduced damage dealt by Nirish’s poison cloud by 35% • Reduced droprates of exp scrolls • Nimuel Reyes is now building additional rings of the monastery for 100 iridium bars and 3 lifemotes • New level 25 boss "Bruno", the Brown Guardian (can be found on bear island in East Athagos) • Improved visual look for cow, moose, bear Quests • Upgrading tutorial quest "Commander Grant's gloves" Pets • New pet bear (can be dropped from Bruno) • New pet poacher (can be dropped from the Storage Guard) Items • Added new unique items: ⠀o⠀Zalranaz’s cleaver ⠀⠀-⠀Offers a uniq…
- Update 136 and Christmas Event - 23 December 2019
Update 136 and Christmas Event :santa: Christmas event 2019 :santa: •⠀The snowmen are building a giant effigy of their false god on Ruteran. You need to stop them before they take over the world on Christmas! •⠀All creatures in Gran Skrea have a chance of dropping Christmas Crates filled with Christmas themed items and a new Reindeer pet, exclusive to the 2019 Christmas event •⠀3 new exclusive Christmas Event 2019 name banners and backgrounds for our Patrons, unlocked automatically on login: Grades •⠀Items now have grades that apply a multiplier to all stats on the item ⠀⠀ o⠀Damaged: 85% ⠀⠀ o⠀Normal: 100% ⠀⠀ o⠀Unusual: 115% ⠀⠀ o⠀Rare: 130% ⠀⠀ o⠀Unique: 145% ⠀⠀ o⠀Epic: 160% ⠀⠀ o⠀Legendary: 175% ⠀⠀ o⠀Mythic: 190% ⠀ •⠀You now receive a boost to your damage output based on the grade of the weapon you are using ⠀⠀ o⠀Damaged: -7.5% ⠀⠀ o⠀Normal: +0% ⠀⠀ o⠀Unusual: +7.5% ⠀⠀ o⠀Rare: +15% ⠀⠀ o⠀Uni…
- Halloween Event, Sale and Return of the Leaderboards - 28 October 2019
Halloween Event and Sale Halloween 2019 event is now live! For the next 2 weeks all creatures in Gran Skrea have a chance of dropping Halloween Crates, which contain various Halloween themed items, including a pet and furniture exclusive to this year's event. The chance of a crate dropping depends on the creature's level, and on top of that a certain type of creature is selected every hour to have its drop rate doubled. To know which creatures have their drop rates increased, players must interact with the Talking Pumpkin, obtainable from the crates. Gran Skrea Online also participates in the Steam 2019 Halloween sale with a generous 50% discount! Return of the Leaderboards After being down for some time due to a few technical mishaps, the official GSO leaderboards are back up at https://granskreaonline.com/leaderboards.php. The leaderboard currently features lists for top players and g…
- Update 135 - New Quests & Goldon World Boss - 19 September 2019
Update 135 16 September 2019 New • New world boss “Aellope” • New high level questline revolving around the restoration of the mantle of St. Jakob - Started by talking to Nimuel Reyes in the Yorkhill Monastery library • New Quest “No True Huntsman”- Started by talking to Vranye near Trout • New Quest “A Cook Book” – Started by talking to a guard in the Yorkhill Monastery Honor and Darkness • Added darkness points that are gained from killing people with high honor and consuming potions of despair. • Darkness is displayed next to honor in the PvP menu • Everyone starts out with 100% darkness by default • Darkness can be raised up to 200% • Added titles for having high levels of darkness ⠀⠀⠀o 110%+ Darkness: Initiate ⠀⠀⠀o 120%+ Darkness: Disciple ⠀⠀⠀o 150%+ Darkness: Warlock ⠀⠀⠀o 150%+ Darkness, 55+ Light Armor, 55+ Archery, 55+ Swordsmanship: Berserk ⠀⠀⠀o 170%+ Darkness: Magus ⠀⠀⠀o 200%…
- Update 134 - 15 August 2019
Update 134 15 August 2019 https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31552439%2F41546f80dc949f63f1f0bfe6e290e1c4509a2fd0.jpg New - New zone 'Poacher Dungeon' in East Athagos. Introducing new dungeon mechanics, mobs, resources and a new high level boss whose drops include a new high level mage armor set and a new torch - Killing another player now drops their skull as a trophy - Option to hide online status (friend list) in Gameplay Options menu - Option to hide location (guild member list) in Gameplay Options menu - You can now change your character's appearance by talking to Suspicious Surgeon in his building behind the Yorkhill bank - It is now possible to purchase additional bank space by talking to a banker Changes - Newbie PvP protection is now permanently lost if the player commits a murder - Criminals can no longer be protected by the newbie PvP protection -…
- 1 Year Anniversary & Summer Sale - 27 June 2019
One full year of Gran Skrea It has now been roughly 1 year since GSO was released in Early Access here on Steam, and we are still very much alive and kicking. Unexpected technical problems aside, we are very happy with the progress we have made and to see the community that has formed around the game, and looking back we are quite proud of what we have achieved as developers. We have prepared a small gift for everyone to celebrate this anniversary. Simply log in the game to receive your very own birthday cake and a party blower and host your own unforgettable anniversary party like this one particular partygoer is already doing: https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31552439%2Fdab4eed4cd390bc2436bf1687adcbec0fe18a42a.png Serving suggestion Summer Sale It is summer time on Steam and for players that obviously means discounts! Gran Skrea Online is also participa…
- Progress update & Sneak peeks for update 134 - 14 June 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31552439%2F44ead87d4785f0c164d2368885ec6c2669619f48.png Progress update 134 Hello everyone, Here's a quick progress update and sneak peeks on what we are currently working on for the next update #134. The update focuses on some new content in East Athagos and the village of Trout, getting closer to wrap up things in Athagos and move development focus fully to other areas of the game. The main point of interest is a new mid-high level dungeon in Southern Athagos. It is the largest dungeon in GSO so far and it will introduce: • A new high level boss • Several new smaller mobs • New dungeon and boss mechanics • New gatherable resources • More house plots There will be at least 2 small quests related to the dungeon, and a repeatable minigame whose rewards include a new 5 piece high level mage armor set, a new high level torch…
- Update 133 - 22 May 2019
Update 133 22 May 2019 New - Quest "A Rat's Tail", started by talking to Valeria in the governor's manor in Yorkhill - Quest "Sightseeing", started by talking to Nora in the Salty Wound inn in Grimwall - Quest "Rum-Run," started by talking to the Salty Wound inn keeper in Grimwall - Boat type Old Raft Changes - Changes to the cooldown between switching primary/secondary weapons. If weapons are changed when an attack is active, you can change weapons again when the previous attack has ended. If no attack is active, the cooldown is 0.5 seconds - Greatsword ability Slashing now consists of 3 separate attacks - Reduced Elemental Grimoire ability Portal cooldown to 5 seconds (from 60) - Reduced damage taken from drowning to 10% (from 50%) - Removed unnecessary loading screen when teleporting to another location within the same zone Bugfixes - Torch light is no longer disabled in first person…
- Devblog and update 132 - 8 May 2019
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- Update 131 - 10 March 2019
March 10 2019 New - In-game mailbox system to send and receive announcements and messages from other players - "Expert" title for reaching level 60 in a skill - Bank items can now be sorted by name, amount, price and weight - Menu button to access the leaderboards - Pressing the up arrow key while chatting will write the last messages - Added two bankers to the PvP arena - Option to turn off lootbag particles (yellow sparkles) - Achievements UI to view all the locked and unlocked achievements - 13 new exploration achievements - Unlocking achievements will now reward players with experience scrolls Changes - The Red Crab now drops shared loot and has a visible kill count - Stun immunity buff now has a visible timer - Reduced stun immunity to 4 seconds (from 6) Bugfixes - Spider venom (From Nirish and Venoumous bow) is now correctly affected by poison resistance - Debuffs like long poison…
- PvP tournament in 20 minutes! - 10 March 2019
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- PvP tournament! - 5 March 2019
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F31552439%2F342dd9db611b0e4dedb9ceb882125cad37d7dade.png Welcome to the first ever official Gran Skrea Online 1 vs 1 PvP tournament! No restrictions - bring your best gear and tactics. The winner will take home a unique trophy to showcase in their house. The tournament starts on Sunday, March 10th, at 8:00 pm UTC/GMT at the PvP arena (Arena teleports can be bought from any general store vendor) and all matches will be played one after another. If a player is not available at the arena when their match is about to start they will immediately lose the match. The tournament will be single or double elimination depending on the number of participants. Sign-up here using your character name: https://challonge.com/tournaments/signup/BM1bzKgpL7 (Requires a Challonge account, recommended to instantly sign-up and see match times in…
- Update 130 - 14 February 2019
Update 130 14 February 2019 New - You can now track the progress of players and guilds for every skill using the Leaderboards on the website at https://granskreaonline.com/leaderboards - New game area 'Yorkhill sewers' with new mobs, 3 house plots and a new lv. 90 boss whose drops include a new ring, amulet, a follower pet and crafting materials for a new bow and a quiver - New account system - House type 'Sewer Cage' - Farming quest 'Growing Pains' - Added a 2 second cooldown after switching to secondary weapon - Healing abilities Healing bird (Lv. 30), Transfusion (Lv. 38) and Healing plant (Lv. 45) - Bank item count is now visible in the bank interface - Option to change how long damage numbers are visible on screen - Option to adjust strength of the red overlay when suffering damage - Pressing Escape now deactivates chat text bar - Archery ability Explosive arrow now increases the d…
- Update 129.2 - 4 January 2019
Update 129.2 4 January 2019 New - Broadsword ice attack now stuns the target for 2 seconds - Broadsword fire attack and bow fire arrow ability now deal 100% extra fire damage over 5 seconds - Broadsword electric attack and bow electric arrow now deal 50% extra damage to nearby enemies Bugfixes - Run animations not playing if using other movement keys than WASD - Camera zoom not included in customizable keybinds - Placing tax collectors sometimes not working
- Update 129.1 - 4 January 2019
Update 129.1 4 January 2019 New - Added an insurance bonus variable which affects insurance costs of unique items. Every time you lose an insured item the bonus will decrease and slowly regenerate over time Changes - Insurance costs of unique items no longer increase based on the total number of insured items - Removing an item insurance will now refund 80% of the original insurance price Bugfixes - Guards arresting banished criminals in orange/red zones - Mob positions sometimes out of sync after respawning - Snowball and poison arrow abilities consuming required items if target is too far away to attack - Top hats have been removed from Brarrus and Snow Wolf drop tables - Insurance icon not updating when picking up an insured item from the ground
