Changelog #18 - Fixes & Updates

The Bracket Stage is approaching! While all of our qualifying players have been scrimming, we have been hard at work implementing many changes to the gameplay that we are excited to announce!

General

• Added “No End Flash!” and "Fabric API" to the allowed mod list
• Released the official Gridlock Twitch Extension, allowing viewers to see information on objectives in an active game!

Build

• Removed the Dried Ghast next to Desert ruined Portal exit in the Nether
• Patched various biome issues
• Buried Treasures have been moved to the following locations:
  • -471 55 -247
  • 121 58 137

The Map Preview server has been updated, and you can find the download below.

Map Download

Objectives

• Quests
  • Any Quest Objective that is not marked as opening 1st or 2nd, will now only ever open 3rd/4th/5th
  • Many quest objectives have moved to either opening 1st/2nd, or not, check the Objective List for the full list
• The following objectives have been updated:
  • 283 - Layer Up! (Removed Pufferfish, Axolotl and Tropical Fish from allowed mobs)
  • 284 - Tropical Destination (Removes Snow Golem from allowed mobs)
  • 302 - Copper Heist (Now requires 5 vaults)
• The following objectives have received fixes:
  • 96 - That's One Way to Do It (Fixed incorrect progress number)
• The following objectives have been removed:
  • 298 - Battle Cry
• The following objectives have had their categories changed:
  • 135 - Craft² (Simple → Complex)
  • 184 - Ice-ception (Quest → Complex)
  • 211 - Birthday Cake (Quest → Complex)
  • 269 - Fabulous and Fashionable (Quest → Complex)
  • 295 - Red Thumb (Quest → Complex)
  • 306 - Torpedo (Quest → Complex)
• The following objectives have been added:
  • 309 - Oh Shiny (Trade with a Piglin)
  • 310 - Nether Neighbours (One teammate must be in a Bastion, while the other player is in a Nether Fortress)
  • 311 - The Lone Strider (Ride a Strider in the Overworld)
  • 312 - Nether Nullifier (Kill 6 unique Nether Mobs)
  • 313 - Gold Rush (Loot 4 Bastion chests)
  • 314 - Hot Hands (Craft a Magma Block)
  • 315 - Withering Heights (Summon the Wither)
  • 316 - Arsonist (Craft and break Flint and Steal in 20s while in the Nether)
  • 317 - A Cold Day in Hell (Receive Freezing damage in the Nether)
  • 318 - Hog on a Jog (Transport a Hoglin to a Warped Forest)

Full Objective List

Game Changes

• Extraction will no longer replenish saturation
• Crafted Fireworks can no longer be used when dropping in after death
• In the event of the final available objective making the game end in a tie, the mercy rule will take this into account and end the game earlier for whichever team would win the tiebreaker

Vanilla Gameplay Changes

• “Attribute Swapping” has been enabled
• Shulkers will now always drop a Shulker Shell
• Ghasts will now always drop a Ghast Tear
• Creepers will now always drop Gunpowder
• Spiders/Cave Spiders will now always drop String + Spider Eye

General Fixes

• Player Data now properly gets cleared after every game

Website Updates

• Added Pickems to the website alongisde the official Bracket matchups - playgridlock.gg/bracket
• Added country flags to player profiles