The next updates to Wizard101 is one of the biggest. We can expect:

• A new world of Viking Bears, Ravens and Wolves known as Grizzleheim,
• Bazaar place for buying and selling items
• Crafting system lets players create their own equipment
• Grouping that allows players to team up with friends
• Chat Channels and Open Chat

Grizzleheim

Grizzleheim is an airy, outdoor landscape of snowy mountains, glacial ridges and towering trees that is home to three new Wizard101 tribes – Bears, Wolves and Ravens. All players over level 5, both Paying Players and Free to Play, will first encounter the Viking Bears of Grizzleheim in Olde Town. To get started on your new adventure, be sure to visit Baldur Goldpaws in Olde Town, you can’t miss him, or his Viking Ship!

Grizzleheim will offer new quests, new locations to explore, new opponents and new Viking-themed decorative housing items interspersed throughout the mid and higher levels of the game.

Bazaar

This new Bazaar gives players access to items found by other players, in all the worlds of the Spiral. Players can sell their extra items to a new shopkeeper named Elik Silverfist. If there are  lots of the item you are selling to shopkeeper then the price is less. All prices are based on current stock of items.

Crafting System

This Crafting system introduces hundreds of new items into the game new hats, jewelry, robes, wands and other equipment. his new equipment includes items that span bonuses for multiple schools. They will exist in all combinations, but are meant to enhances spells from your primary school, and any other school’s spells that you have learned. You can also craft furniture, and you might be interested to know that there is a Recipe for a Carousel!

In order to craft items, you’ll need to find Recipes and Reagents. Recipes are instructions for crafting items. Reagents are the ingredients used in the recipes, and include items such as stones, vials, wood and Treasure Cards. Many of the new reagents can be collected in adventure areas, purchased at the Bazaar, found as rewards for dueling creatures, and purchased at the Reagent shopkeepers.

Free to Play Players can collect any number of different recipes and can craft many fabulous pieces. Paying players can access higher tiered recipes and reagents in advanced worlds. Players cannot fail to craft an item, as long as you have all the reagents required for the recipe, you will successfully create the item, just make sure you have room in your Backpack! Your journey begins in Olde Town, with Eudora TangleTree. She has a quest for you that gets you started in the world of Crafting.

Ok – So what do I do?
First you must complete the first crafting quest given to you by Eudora TangleTree, which rewards you with a Crafting Station and a Crafting Slot. You can also buy Crafting Stations from furniture shopkeepers. You must place your Crafting Station in your Dorm room or Castle to be able to use it.

Second you must purchase a recipe from a Recipe Vendor. They’re located on each of the worlds of the Spiral.

Third, you must gather the reagents used in the recipe. Reagents are ingredients. Some reagents can be harvested throughout all the worlds of the Spiral. Others can be purchased from Reagent Vendors. Some creatures will drop reagents when they are defeated.

Fourth, you must have an empty Crafting Slot. A Crafting Slot allows you to concentrate on making an item. Once you use it, you must wait for the timer to refresh before you can make another item.

Lastly, when you have your recipe and reagents, go to your Crafting Station and use it. Select the recipe you want to make, and i fyou have the required ingredients, press “Create” and make the item. The item you created will appear in your backpack, so make sure there’s room!

Can I Improve my Crafting?
There are three tiers of advancement for Crafters. Each tier grants players a new badge and a new series of recipes become available to them. There are Recipe Vendors spread across all the worlds of the Spiral. Some items are only available through Crafting.

Can I make my own Treasure Cards?
From now on, only some Treasure Cards will be sold in the Libraries. Instead of buying Treasure Cards, players will be able to Craft Treasure Cards that correspond to their primary school.

Details

Stun Lock
1. When a player is hit with a Stun spell in combat they will still be stunned, but now a new Stun Shield will appear around them. The next time that player is attacked with any spell that stuns, the stun will be blocked and the shield will be used up.
2. This applies to creatures as well! The shield will be raised for them too.

Housing Items
1. Dogfish Statue is now functioning properly as a Wall Hanging item.
2. Pilloried Skeleton can now be placed anywhere in a players home that it will fit into.
3. Wall Chains & Looped Wall Chains can now be placed on a players wall.
4. Boiler Door is now easier to place.
5. Players can now pick up the Iron Tea Pot from where it has been placed
6. The Red Dragon Bust can now be placed on a wall in a house.

Other Details
1. The maximum amount of gold a character can have has been raised to 150 000.
2. Satyr Pets now come with Satyr Cards instead of Unicorn.
3. Players defeated in a duel will be marked “Defeated” in their 2d Combat Panel
4. Beguile will not cause loss of rank when used on the last turn of a Player vs Player match.
5. Voiceovers have been added to the Tutorial Tips and the Help Menu
6. Beware young Wizards, the population of creatures has increased in Kishibe Village!
7. Tri-Blade, Tri-Trap and other Triple affect spells have been sped up to appear faster
8. Sgt Skullsplitter is no longer helping young Wizards and has stopped casting Deathblade on players.
9. The population of Nirini Bosses has increased to help Wizards complete “Give ‘Em Another Round” quest.
10. Speed Boots of the Comet have had their textures fixed and all Speed Boots can now be dyed.
11. Dragonspyre Academy map has been updated to correct the location of the Crystal Grove.
12. Players will regain their health while they are in their Dorm Rooms.

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