Andrew Gower

Babble has a lot to say about miner bounties, unless you remember to ask him for the short version. In his defense, there is a lot to say, but perhaps not quite as much as he would like. Miner bounties are unlocked by reaching milestone 1 Miner, and then talking to Babble in Goblin Well. You can collect miner bounties from the miner bounty boards, which are located throughout the Mine of Mantuban. All these miner bounty boards carry the same bounties. There are three kinds of miner bounties: Mine only - Mine ore to order. Break stone as stated. As simple as a bounty can get. Blaze mining - Weaken a rich ore seam or stone by setting a fire next to it, and then rapidly cooling the ore seam or stone at the right moment using a bucket of water. - Once weakened, the rich ore seam or stone can be mined, giving extra items as a reward. Rubblebug hunt - Rubblebugs like to hide in their favorite ore or stone. To catch one, first you must mine the correct ore or stone until the rubblebug pops out. Then you chase it down and hit it with your pickaxe.

I am very sorry the chat keeps breaking. Its back online now. It worked fine for over a year and then we had 4 failures in rapid succession. 1) The hosting company switched off the box to upgrade their aircon, we couldnt just migrate to a different box because they ALL seemed to be unavailable at once. 2) Hardware failure, the gpu just died. 3) Didnt want a repeat of 1&2 so decided to migrate to a new hosting company. Unfortunately we failed to update a config file with the new address, which meant a few days later when we rebooted a DIFFERENT box it failed. This one was our error. 4) When we moved to new host we also moved to the latest version of linux distro. Unfortunately it turns out the latest version has an auto update feature which ran in the middle of the night and HALF updated the box leaving it broken. That ‘feature’ is now disabled. So as you can see 4 completely different failure reasons, incredibly frustrating and I can only apologise.

Blacksmiths can now forge upgrades for the standard potion station. The first upgrade you install will add an action boost button to the standard potion station. Just like profession equipment, activating this action boost will give you double rewards (i.e. double XP, double knowledge and 2 potions). Subsequent upgrades will reduce the cooldown of the action boost. Apothecary upgrades are forged from iron at the goblin forge. There is one upgrade available in each milestone of Blacksmith, starting at milestone 1. You can find more information in the Blacksmith recipe book and in the Blacksmith profession interface.

Grrrayam the kobold would like your help finding his pet metaliths. He last saw them hurtling into the deepest part of the Mine of Mantuban during an ill-advised game of minecart racing. All you need to do is track them down (pun intended). If only things were ever that simple... To start Fractured Reality, you will first need to complete the Mantuban's Legacy quest, and then speak with Grrrayam in the Truck Cave. The lead developers for the Fractured Reality quest were Paul and Ian.

Alchemists can now brew tree enchantment potions at the potent potion station. These potions allow you to enchant trees of your choice in Hopeforest. There are 10 different potions, each corresponding to a different species of tree. Only a single tree of each species can be enchanted at a time. You can change which tree is enchanted by making another potion and using it on a different tree. Once a tree has been enchanted, it will stay enchanted until you choose to enchant a different tree. The reagents for tree enchantment potions are rare drops from various Hopeport and Hopeforest combat foes. You can find all the information on the new potions, including what their reagents are and which species of tree they enchant, in the Alchemist profession interface.

Bonewright bounties have landed with a resounding thump. Or is that just the Bonetron 8000? The goblins in the Mine of Mantuban are in a quandary. They cannot agree which weapon will be most appropriate for their newest creation. Is one-handed or two-handed better? Should the Bonetron 8000 be equipped with a ranged or melee weapon? Muddle is of the firm opinion that it only needs a shield, as everyone knows that defense is the best form of offense. Clearly the only way to decide who is right is through exhaustive testing, and so the goblins are offering bounties for you to bring them the Guardian weapon they think is the best for the Bonetron 8000. Bonewright bounties are unlocked by reaching milestone 2 Bonewright. You can pick up Bonewright bounties from the bounty board in the Leech Pools.

Pickaxe resonators can now be found growing on the brambles in Hopeforest. To be able to chop out a resonator, you will need the appropriate woodcutter level for the bramble it is attached to. Resonators are attached to your pickaxe, and each resonator corresponds to one kind of ore or rock. There is no resonator for deathstone, as deathstone is not mined with a pickaxe. Mining with a resonator gives you a 5% chance of finding a geode. There are four kinds of geode, one for each of the Mine of Mantuban professions - Blacksmith, Bonewright, Miner and Stonemason. Breaking open a geode will give XP in the corresponding profession. It is random which geode you will find, and there is also a small chance of finding a sparkly geode which gives more XP when broken open.

Brighter Shores Easter 2026 Event Dorothy has been left in charge of the new Rabbit Cafe on Old Street East in Hopeport. After waking up from a well-deserved afternoon nap, she discovered all the rabbits have gone missing! Dorothy will be eternally grateful, and maybe even give you a little reward, if you help her recover them before her boss comes back. The Easter 2026 event will be removed with the game update on 5th May 2026, after which you will not be able to recover any rabbits or claim any rewards. As with previous seasonal events, we will never make these Easter 2026 rewards available again, so now is your only chance to get them. Steve was the lead developer for the Easter 2026 Event.

The rock eaters have arrived in the Mine of Mantuban as part of Stonemason Bounties. These hungry blobs want you to serve up a delicious meal consisting of a freshly crafted weapon or shield. You will find that rock eaters are not as fussy as kobolds, and they will be satisfied with any weapon or shield of their favorite flavor (or damage kind as us humans might call it). Stonemason bounties are unlocked by reaching milestone 3 Stonemason and you can pick up stonemason bounties from the bounty board in the Stonemasonry Room. There are two kinds of stonemason bounties: Craft only Craft and deliver to a rock eater

@Infinity_Chief yes one of the key feedback points we got was there wasnt enough incentive/reward for levelling up so some of the newer content is higher level.

@AndrewCGower Is it correct that it unlocks at Milestone lvl 2? it takes quite some time to get to m2. i was hoping for it to unlock at m1

Brighter Shores - Filtration Station, Kobold Arena and Blacksmith bounties are now live! There are three kinds of blacksmith bounties: Craft only - Craft the weapons listed in the bounty for extra rewards. Craft and deliver weapons to the Kobold Arena - The kobolds in the Kobold Arena are hungry for battle, but they need the shiniest metal weapons you can make to really show off their skills. Filtration Station - Spongle has been placed in charge of the new filtration station, a machine designed to clean the corruption from the river. However, getting the water to the right place can sometimes be more work than one goblin can handle, and Spongle wants your help.

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It's time to go undercover in Brighter Shores. Try our new 6⭐️ Crenopolis quest - The Imposter. You can start the quest by talking to Inspector Fairhogg in the Guard's Archive.

Brighter Shores Quality of Life Improvements Today! This update was meant to be launched next week, but some cheeky Christmas elves pressed the wrong buttons and it accidentally went live a week early. Consider it an early Christmas present from us! - The character select interface now shows what passive your character was doing when you logged out, and how long before it lapses and needs restarting. - The passive activity footer now shows how long before your current passive activity lapses and needs restarting. - When repeatedly fighting the same foe, your character will automatically choose the weapon you chose the first time you defeated the foe. - When repeatedly crafting the same weapon, the weapon crafting interface will open with the level you chose when you previously crafted the weapon. - After opening a bank from a storage rift, you can now press the back button to go back to the bank selection screen. - The storage rift in Ray Bay has been moved slightly, so you can access it equally easily from Pirate Hideout and Ray Bay. - You can now withdraw monument pieces from a storage rift. - You can now drink potions while doing potent potions and while using the smelter, the B.R.E.W.S. vat and the T.E.A. machine. - Viewing a recipe from the professions interface now shows only the relevant recipe, and does not interrupt your current action. - You can now choose the level of the epic weapon you get when infusing (up to the average level of the input weapons). - Completed quests are now sorted to the bottom of the quests interface. - The tooltip on side quests now displays the precise level requirements. - The game window will be restored to the same position and fullscreen state it was in when you closed the game.

Brighter Shores Christmas 2025 Event Adothria continues to suffer from unusual weather, with snowfall occurring in the town of Hopeport, but nowhere else. Zondrin, a dwarf from Stonemaw Hill, has come to Hopeport to check out this strange occurrence. This enterprising individual is reported to have a great idea for something that can be built with all the snow that is falling... You can start the Christmas 2025 event by speaking to Zondrin in the Town Square in Hopeport.

Todays Brighter Shores Update! You have been lucky enough to be invited to join the goblin maintenance crew. Report for duty to Thimble in the Maintenance Room immediately! For those of you who have forgotten where the Maintenance Room is, it can be found off Strange Junction. The Maintenance Crew is a 4 ⭐️ side quest in the Mine of Mantuban, and the lead developer for the quest was Steve.