The following changes are being released this evening:

Items:

• Hybrid Ore added to mining veins
• Hybrid Ingots added with the ability to smelt Hybrid Ore
• Hybrid Granite added to mining veins
• Gargoyle Statue added
• Gryphon Statue added
• Ritual Table added
• Prospectors tool updated to support Hybrid Ore

Mobiles:

• Hybrid Elemental added (developers note: loot drop is really, really good)
• Hybrid Champion added but will not be enabled with this patch
• Battle Wyrm updated with the appropriate corpse name
• Skeletal Steed gets a boost, new Skeletal Steeds will have stronger Strength and Dexterity, as well as upgraded hit points.

Mining:

• Ore piles will now only be 0x19B9, no more randomized piles and combining ore to smelt.
• Hybrid Ore is now obtainable, it will require 100 skill to mine and will be rare.
• Hybrid Granite is now obtainable, it will require 100 skill to mine and will be rare.
• You can no longer mine while hidden.
• Ore veins are now randomized instead of static, meaning you can get any ore, from any vein on chance.

Masonry:

• Support for Hybrid Granite
• Ability to make new statues
• Ability to make the Ritual Table

Blacksmithing:

• Support for Hybrid ingots across the board
• Hybrid Ore will require 105.1+ skill to smelt

Planting:

• Bowls will now require 20 fertile dirt
• Fertile dirt will now have a 50% chance for bonus growth instead of 10%

Rift System:

• Rift Gates will now only allow you to resurrect every two minutes instead of every time you use them.

Veteran Rewards:

• Mining carts can only be used every 7 days now.

Player Updates:

• New speech filter has been put in place, certain words when said will trigger the criminal flag on a player and the words will be blocked. You can expect the “usual suspects” of words to trigger this and it can and will be updated on the fly in game.

As always, thanks for your support, we will be pushing this to production at 19:45 EST.