Update Summary
This update introduces improvements to the fishing experience, balances rare item acquisition, and expands the leaderboard system with new competitive categories.
Fishing Improvements
- Refined fish catch visuals: caught fish now briefly appear outside the water before automatically moving to the player’s backpack upon successful pickup.
- This behavior only applies within a short catch window, ensuring normal pickups remain unchanged.
Artifact Balance Adjustments
- Base artifact drop chance has been reduced to 0.01% (configurable).
- The Artifact Seeker bonus has been significantly adjusted, decreasing from 0.03 to 0.002 per level to better balance progression.
Leaderboard Expansion
- Added new period-based leaderboards:
- Top Epic Caught
- Top Legendary Caught
- Event Wins (period-based and total tracking)
- Introduced quest completion leaderboards:
- Easy Quests (Lime Candle)
- Mid Quests (Orange Candle)
- Hard Quests (Red Candle)
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Leaderboard UI Updates
- Updated layout for improved clarity.
- Removed redundant event cards to streamline the interface.
- Applied themed visuals for Epic and Legendary categories, including enhanced styling for Legendary entries.
System Improvements
- Added quest completion logging to support accurate tracking for period-based quest leaderboards.
Plugin Update – Quest & Improvements
This update brings major improvements to fairness, progression, and overall gameplay experience.
Changes & Fixes
- Artifacts no longer generate hidden fish length or affect fish-length logs and leaderboards
Anti Auto-Fishing System
- Added detection system with configurable toggle and thresholds
- Includes automatic punishment system for suspicious behavior
Event System Improvements
- Added event wins tracking (event_wins)
- Integrated event rewards into the reward flow
- Added “Most Event Wins” category to the leaderboard GUI
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Quest System
- Introduced full quest system via /ea quest
- Up to 3 quests per day
- Only 1 active quest at a time
- Multi-objective fishing quests
- Rewards granted upon completion
- Daily reset timer included
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Quest Configuration
- Added editable quest config: quests/default.yml
- Difficulty tiers: Easy, Mid, Hard
- Shows possible quest objectives before selection
- Reset timer displayed on fishing rod panel when no active quest
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