Update:Dunes

31 July 2026 • Game update

Server Update v5.3 — The Dunes are open: heat-damage desert realms, Giant Scorpions, King Scorpia, Smithing (copper/iron/silver), armor at Kaziir, Hard Scrolls, level cap 40, and 10,000 item stacks.

Source: Official X post

The Dunes are live in Server Update v5.3. Two connected desert maps — The Dunes East and The Dunes West — sit south of The Shores. Heat kills you slowly; King Scorpia kills you fast. The patch also ships a full Smithing forge loop, wearable armor, a new Hard Scroll tier, a level cap of 40, and 10,000 stack sizes.

Official: Server Update v5.3 — The Dunes: Smithing, Armor & King Scorpia (31 July 2026).

Highlights

Update	Details
The Dunes East / The Dunes West	Two linked 40×40 desert maps from the south edge of The Shores. Entry at Total Level 30.
Heat damage	30s grace on arrival, then 1 HP every 10 seconds — bypasses shield. Safe camps do not stop it.
Desert healing	Regular food / Health Potions fail. Cacti heal 20 HP (Iron Axe+, Woodcutting 20). Health Potion+ heals 50 HP over 5s.
Desert Robes	Top + bottom together = full heat immunity. Each piece 1 in 5,000 from Giant Scorpions.
Open PvP	Wilderness rules outside camps; 5-minute tombstones; respawn at The Shores. No trading / wagers / duels.
Smithing	Unlock at Total Level 20. Smelt & forge copper / iron / silver. Skill cap raised to 40 (all skills).
Kaziir the Armoursmith	Iron & silver armor (4 slots) in Dunes East — adds to the shield pool.
King Scorpia	World boss in Dunes West — 1,500 HP, 30 min respawn; Hard Scroll & King Scorpia Mount.
Bigger stacks	All stacks hold 10,000 (was 999); UI abbreviates large numbers (e.g. 10.3K).

The Dunes

Reached from the south edge of The Pond and the south edge of The Shores. Two connected maps: East and West. No Level requirements.

Heat and survival

Rule	Details
Heat damage	30-second grace on arrival, then 1 HP / 10 seconds while in the realm. Bypasses shield entirely. Leaving and re-entering resets grace.
Food / potions	Regular Health Potions, cooked chicken, and cooked fish do nothing. Shield and Strength potions still work.
Cacti	Instant 20 HP heal, no cooldown, Dunes-only. Cut with Iron Axe or better at Woodcutting 20.
Health Potion+	50 HP over 5 seconds — the only brewed heal heat allows. Crafted by Nadeen the Sandcook in Dunes West: 50 cacti + 1 Health Potion + 5 brute horn.
Desert Robes	Wear top and bottom together for full heat immunity. Half a set does nothing. Each piece 1 in 5,000 from Giant Scorpions (independent rolls).

Combat rules

Rule	Details
Open PvP	Outside fenced camps — wilderness-style full loot (except mounts, cosmetics, pets).
Tombstones	Last 5 minutes.
Respawn	Back at The Shores.
Safe camps	Two fenced pens per realm — no scorpions / PvP, but heat still applies. Thin farming: 2 cacti + 2 silver nodes per pen.
No trading	Profile card only — no trades, wagers, or duels (same as Wilderness).

Giant Scorpions

Stat	Value
HP	200
Damage	40
Aggro range	3 tiles
Respawn	20 seconds
Count	9 in East, 6 in West
Combat XP	50 per kill × sword tier

Drop	Chance
Desert Robe Top	1 in 5,000
Desert Robe Bottom	1 in 5,000
Medium Scroll	1 in 500 — currently the fastest Medium Scroll farm

Smithing

Unlocks at Total Level 20. Global skill level cap is now 40 (was 30).

Smelting

No Smithing level required. Each smelt yields 10 ingots:

Ingot	Cost
Copper Ingot ×10	100 stone + 50 coal
Iron Ingot ×10	60 iron ore + 60 coal
Silver Ingot ×10	40 silver ore + 80 coal

Ore gates: iron at Mining 5, silver at Mining 20.

Forging

Forge at Grimjaw in Frostmere, or Harun the Forgewright in the stepped tower in Dunes West (same recipes). No base tool is consumed — every tier is craftable from scratch. Roughly 30 seconds between smiths. Forged tools have 7,000 uses. Higher tiers gather the same amount per swing but swing faster: copper +5%, iron +10%, silver +15% vs starter. Only the matching tool type counts for the job.

Item	Smithing	Cost
Copper Axe	0	20 copper ingot + 400 wood
Copper Sword	3	25 copper ingot + 600 wood
Copper Pickaxe	7	28 copper ingot + 850 wood
Iron Axe	10	40 iron ingot + 1,000 wood
Iron Sword	13	55 iron ingot + 1,300 wood
Iron Pickaxe	17	60 iron ingot + 1,600 wood
Silver Axe	20	80 silver ingot + 2,000 wood
Silver Sword	23	90 silver ingot + 2,500 wood
Silver Pickaxe	27	100 silver ingot + 3,000 wood

Smithing XP: 100 / 220 / 450 per copper / iron / silver smelt; 400 / 750 / 1,100 for forging a copper / iron / silver tool.

Sword damage

Sword	Damage
Starter	20
Copper	23
Iron	26
Silver	30

A Strength Potion adds a flat +10 (silver + Strength = 40).

Armor — Kaziir the Armoursmith

Kaziir the Armoursmith works from a tower in Dunes East. Four slots (head, body, legs, feet) in iron and silver. Armor raises your shield pool rather than cutting damage.

Tier	Shield / piece	Wear requirement
Iron	+5	Combat 15
Silver	+10	Combat 25

• Durability: 1,000 per piece. Every worn piece loses 1 durability per hit taken.
• Repairs: 60% of forge ingot cost, scaled to missing durability (minimum 1 ingot). Grimjaw and Harun the Forgewright both repair tools and armor.
• You can forge armor above your wear level and sell it.

Piece	Smithing	Cost
Iron Helmet	14	2 iron ingot + 12 molten rock + 2 brute horn
Iron Boots	16	1 iron ingot + 10 molten rock + 2 brute horn
Iron Legguards	18	40 iron ingot + 40 molten rock + 5 brute horn
Iron Body Armor	20	25 iron ingot + 25 molten rock + 2 brute horn
Silver Helmet	24	50 iron ingot + 50 molten rock + 10 brute horn
Silver Boots	26	50 iron ingot + 50 molten rock + 10 brute horn
Silver Legguards	28	80 silver ingot + 60 molten rock + 15 brute horn
Silver Body Armor	30	40 silver ingot + 20 molten rock + 10 brute horn

Shield pool

Shield is no longer five discrete charges. It uses the same units as HP:

Value	Details
Base 100	No armor — matches the old five-charge feel for unarmored play.
Max 140	Full silver armor set.
Absorption	Shield takes damage before HP. Does not regenerate on its own.
Shield Potions	Restore 10/s for 5s (50 total) — fixed amount, no longer scales with armor.

King Scorpia

World boss in western Dunes. 1,500 HP, respawns every 30 minutes.

Behavior	Details
Bite / riposte	25 damage bite; riposte hits for 10.
Chase	~2× normal speed; walks through scenery.
Hit-stun	Recovers twice as fast as ordinary scorpions.
The Throw	1 in 5 bites (own or riposte) hurls you 6 tiles, bouncing off walls, scenery, realm edges, and safe camps.

Loot goes to the top 3 damage dealers still alive when he falls. Ranking by damage (not last hit). Each player rolls independently.

Drop	Chance
18–30 Gold	1 in 200
Hard Scroll	1 in 100
King Scorpia Mount	1 in 500 — one per player; only source (no longer from ordinary scorpions)

Riding King Scorpia

While mounted, ordinary scorpions ignore you completely. Attacking one breaks cover — they hunt you for 30 seconds; further attacks refresh the timer. Stop swinging, wait it out, and the pack ignores you again.

Hard Scrolls

Third scroll tier — only from King Scorpia. All five material deliveries are mandatory:

• 4,000–5,000 wood
• 3,000–4,000 stone
• 2,500–3,500 coal
• 20–50 brute horn
• 100–200 molten rock

Plus 3–5 bonus tasks. Redeem at Maelor the Scrollbinder for 30–50 Gold, plus five independent 1-in-500 cosmetic rolls: Flaming Helmet, Gold Cane, Emerald Cane, Ruby Cane, Sapphire Cane. Rolls are separate (you can win several or none). Cosmetics stack and are tradeable.

Scrolls stay soulbound, capped at 5 held at once, and are destroyed on death.

Cosmetic Weaving — Zahir the Dyeweaver

Zahir the Dyeweaver trades from an outdoor stall in Dunes West. Weaves rainbow cosmetics from complete colour sets (~25 seconds each, no Smithing level):

Result	Materials
Rainbow Cape	One each of violet, blue, green, red, yellow, orange, and white capes
Rainbow Party Hat	One each of blue, green, purple, red, white, and yellow party hats

Materials come from cosmetics bag or inventory.

Bigger stacks

• Every stack holds 10,000 (was 999) — resources, gold, cosmetics, furniture, everything.
• Large numbers abbreviate in the UI (10,273 → 10.3K). Hover for the exact figure; marketplace price/quantity fields always show the full number.

Coming soon

Two Dunes NPCs are placed with work visible but not ready yet:

• Sahriel the Bowbinder — stringing a unique bow. "Something without a name is stirring beyond the sands; when it shows itself, this bow will be ready for you."
• Qadim the Relicweaver — drawing relics from the sand. "The relics are restless yet. Come back when the sand has settled."

Fixes & quality of life

• Server alerts only dismiss via X or OK (clicking off the modal no longer closes them).
• King Scorpia mount icon updates correctly (no stale cached image).

How to try it

1. Get to the Dunes — Total Level 30, then south from The Shores. Heat starts after 30s; bring Health Potion+ or cut cacti (Iron Axe+, Woodcutting 20).
2. Start Smithing — Total Level 20; smelt at any furnace; forge at the Frostmere anvil or Harun in Dunes West.
3. Armor up — find Kaziir the Armoursmith in Dunes East. Bring ingots, molten rock (Emberstone fishing), and brute horn (Magma Brutes).
4. Fight the king — western Dunes, 30-minute respawn. Bring friends: 1,500 HP; only the top 3 living damage dealers get loot rolls.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
The Shores	Entry point and respawn.
Smithing	Full forge / smelt skill page.
Scroll	Beginner / Medium / Hard scroll system.
Maelor the Scrollbinder	Redeems completed scrolls.
Emberstone	Molten rock and brute horn for armor.
Wilderness	Similar open-PvP / no-trade rules.
Official patch notes	Full v5.3 announcement.