News & Updates

What’s New in SOE

Major player-facing announcements live here; detailed hotfixes and release notes are published through the live Patch Notes feed.

Live changelog

Patch Notes Stay Current Automatically

SOE now keeps the detailed player changelog on the live Patch Notes page. That page reads the published game-server patch-note feed instead of relying on hand-written website news for every hotfix.

Open Live Patch Notes →

OCT062026

Boss Timers & Tracking

Defeated bosses are permanently added to Party Records → Boss Timers. Track one boss to earn extra cooldown reduction from level-relevant normal PvE while all timers continue to tick in real time offline.

OCT062026

Pet Gear Locker & Guide Refresh

Pet Equipment/Relics can now be compared across the whole collection, including equipped holders and rolled effects. The website Pets page now documents Pet System V2 instead of the old 144-species Beast Command snapshot.

OCT062026

Player Help Catches Up

In-game Help and the public Guide now cover the current combat, inventory, quest, party, chat/Discord, trade, bank, Auction/Mail, pet, housing, travel, Boss Timer, mobile and reporting systems.

OCT052026

Step301

Character colour handling and the current release baseline were hardened before the Step302 systems/documentation work.