October 14 Patch Notes
A public record of K9UO's current training and world updates. A successful server deployment is distinct from a completed in-game acceptance test. Features awaiting player verification are identified clearly.
Updated October 14, 2026 • K9UO Private Beta
Server changes deployed
Faster Haven training
Permanent Training Beetles provide additional, rate-limited skill progress on valid practice attempts. Regular skill checks still apply.
- Provocation: bonus opportunity every 10 seconds.
- Peacemaking, Discordance, Animal Taming: every 12 seconds.
- Maximum bonus: 0.1 per interval, below the character's skill cap.
- Skill lock must be Up; no bonus on ordinary wilderness targets.
Individual stat training to 150
The active skill-gain configuration was corrected from 125 to 150 for Strength, Dexterity and Intelligence.
The total stat pool and special scroll progression are distinct mechanics. Any future expansion of stat ceilings through scrolls will be documented after live testing.
Shard / IRC bridge
The K9UO game-to-IRC bridge was updated and deployed on October 14. Atlas reported a successful join to #K9UO, and Amy's IRC roster confirmed the bridge remains connected. Full player-to-web and web-to-player message tests are still required before marking this integration fully accepted.
Haven and world systems
Compact training pens
Two protected Training Beetles and the harmless Resistance Training Imp are restored at Haven. The final startup pass places the forensic training corpse west of the pens.
Healing/Veterinary and capped-player exclusion for the imp remain beta-testing focus areas.
Haven fishing pond
Special pond-limited fishing training and deep-water encounters are present in the shard's code, including Sea Serpents and higher-tier aquatic encounters.
Reward drops, net use, and nearby guard behavior should be tested from land.
Item storage and starter systems
The active shard includes Adventure Satchel, Resource Bag, Lore Book and storage/auto-routing code. The team is verifying carry weight, crafting access, automatic sorting and persistence.
Pioneer appearance items
Account-bound pioneer rewards and admin-authorized equipment are applied during eligible account login. Appearance and persistence require a client-side verification after the next login.
Help us test the release
October 14: Inventory and equipment fixes
Compact books and colors
Lore Book and Power Scroll Ledger use smaller item graphics without changing their underlying container types or saved contents. Resource Bag remains forest green; Token Bag and Token Ledger now have a distinct brass-gold hue. Necronomicon Ex-Mortis is warm orange-brown leather.
Starter robe and Charger of the Fallen
The Starter Robe is now blessed and freely movable to player storage or house decoration, with one-time delivery protection against duplicates. Existing Chargers of the Fallen are normalized to Blessed.
One-handed training tools
Shepherd's Crook: one-handed, blessed in the starter loadout, Self Repair 10, plus 10% Herding skill-gain chance while held. Fishing Pole: one-handed, blessed in the starter loadout, plus 10% Fishing skill-gain chance while held; it already has no durability loss.
Backpack interior and casino steamboat
Lightening the backpack's leather interior requires an Orion client gump-art update. The Golden Paw Casino preview has Slots, Dice and High Card, but the three-deck Western steamboat near Buccaneer's Den and the full gambling/banking systems are not complete.
October 15 — K9UO Skill Caps & Power Scrolls
DEPLOYED / IN-GAME QA PENDING — Character skill progression and complete Power Scroll coverage.
- Customize: choose up to four starting skills, each granted at 50.0. Every unchosen skill starts at 0.0. Selected starting skills also receive their starter tools.
- All 58 supported skills can progress naturally to GM (100.0).
- No combined skill point limit. Raising one skill never requires reducing another skill.
- Individual skill ceilings are 100.0 by default, and may be raised to 105, 110, 115, or 120 using a matching Power Scroll.
- Power Scrolls may be used before reaching GM. A 120 scroll works without eating 105, 110, or 115 first.
- A weaker scroll cannot overwrite or reduce a higher unlocked maximum.
- The random Power Scroll pool includes Fishing, Forensics, Herding, and every other supported skill.
- Game Masters can audit or generate one complete tier test collection using K9PSAudit, K9PS105, K9PS110, K9PS115, and K9PS120. These testing commands are not public giveaways.
- Existing characters retain their earned skill values and previously unlocked scroll caps.
The gameplay release compiled and restarted successfully. Actual in-game consumption of every scroll combination is still being verified. Separately, the client-side Orion Bard Trainer V2 repairs a lute-targeting timeout and must be loaded into the player's Orion Assistant.