From Nineholds
Updates from the playtest, and the tools that bring you there.
Development playtest
On the Development server: every trade follows the professions overview, Rites never cost you a stake you did not spend, discovery gives in-world signs, and other players' spells show far more of themselves.
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On the Development server: a guided Restore Skyrim for Steam's 1.7 update, clearer setup checks, resumable downloads, rejoining after a drop, a visible restart countdown, and one-click support reports.
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Now on both servers: steadier arrivals, shared spell audio, physical journals and protected scribing, staff magic controls, trophy displays, and targeted repairs for storage, poisons, carrying jobs and Warrior stamina.
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For Development testing: steadier onboarding, shared spell sounds, Philosopher journals and protected scribing, magical profession controls, trophy displays, tavern tables, and repairs for storage, poisons, carrying jobs and profession stamina.
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Now on both servers: magic that lands and that others can see, steady magicka and held spells, hands-on crafting with real art, a new mining minigame, Hunter skinning, a map you discover, tavern game boards, disguises, and fixes for tempered gear, faction property and dungeon waves.
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On the Development server: Flames and other held spells keep flowing, magicka no longer refills on its own, mining no longer cancels when you aim, a clearer ore vein, and four character slots for staff.
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On the Development server: magic that lands and that others can see, smoother crafting scenes with real art, a new mining minigame, skinning for Hunters, a map you discover as you travel, and fixes for tempered gear, faction property and dungeon waves.
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On the Development server: magicka that no longer refills while you cast, game boards and spectating in taverns, masked disguises, dungeons that reset and spawn properly, a calmer sky, drawn crafting scenes and a faster launcher.
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Now on both servers: dungeons that stir as you explore, reworked Lost Holds, a crafting station for every trade, enchanting from Novice, steadier joins and Simple Jobs, hunters' rights to their kills, locks that hold, and gear you can see on others.
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Crafting menus show the item you are making, each station has its own brief gesture, alchemy brews what it can support, and the launcher asks before it repairs your setup.
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Launcher 0.102 adds a step-by-step recovery guide: conflicting files are shown before they are set aside, missing mods are explained, and a Skyrim folder you choose is remembered.
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Every kind of crafting station gets its own menu, recipe journals remember what you learn, salt can be gathered, holdings are unlimited, and Simple Jobs start with a single press.
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Closed Alpha begins. Factions gain leaders and stewards, buildings can be rented by the day, Lost Holds become guided sieges, Simple Jobs arrive, and a server fix makes the world run smoothly.
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The last pre-alpha update: magic rebuilt around charge and release, staves that use their own charge, grounded drakes that walk and fight back, and a new combat balance.
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Mining and woodcutting keep going until the node is spent, magic can be discovered through Rites in the world, and weather and the time of day are shared by everyone.
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Each of the ten races gained its own abilities, emotes can loop, creature forms got an orbiting camera, and profession work became clearer and more responsive.
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Thirteen professions, new maps of the land, food to cook and eat, dice and two tavern games arrived, and both servers came onto one version.
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A private in-character journal, books that players write and others can read, and wood-framed notice boards, ravens and post boxes.
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Far more spells work in multiplayer: buffs on friends, slowing frost, wards and absorbs, with expansion spells in the Magic menu.
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Letters can be sent and answered from local post boxes, storage can be given a capacity, placed containers keep their contents, and carrying another player became sturdier.
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Loading into Nineholds, choosing a character in the Red Wave cabin, and the launcher's home screen were all refined.
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The ESC menu became a character dashboard with a Professions journal, controls became adjustable, crafting moved to Skyrim's own menus, and 131 expansion spells arrived.
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Lost Holds arrived as staff-built sieges, staff gained a managed role hierarchy, the world builders were redesigned, and Nineholds took on its Stone and Frost look.
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Eating and drinking play their animations, the professions page shows true pay, and Mage and Curate became vocations taught by staff.
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Drakes learned to hunt, speech appears above the speaker and carries over realistic distances, and slain enemies can be searched for their loot.
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Character selection moved into the world, a welcome tour and a voyage aboard the Red Wave greet new characters, and profession stations opened with labour minigames.
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The Development playtest gains the Raven Post, player notice boards, and further encounter improvements.
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Development release 0.69 adds carrying and searching downed characters, restraints, cheaper letters, and launcher 0.69.0.
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Development release 0.61 adds visible spell travel and a timed search of fallen characters, ready for playtest feedback.
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Launcher 0.55.0 is available for both servers, with a clearer dashboard and server selection beside Play.
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