Hi Tibians,

welcome to the test server of the summer update 2025!

This thread is dedicated to the new hunting grounds introduced with the quest Bloody Tusks: Norcferatu Fortress and Norcferatu Dungeons.
There, you will encounter the following creatures:

• Norcferatu Heartless
  
• Varg
  
• Norcferatu Nightweaver
  
• Dworc Shadowstalker
  
• Gloom Maw
  
• Orclops Bloodbreaker

While the Norcferatu Heartless, Norcferatu Nightweaver and Varg dominate the fortress, the underground dungeons are primarily inhabited by the Dworc Shadowstalker, Gloom Maw and Orclops Bloodbreaker.
However, these creatures are not strictly confined to a single hunting ground so you may encounter any of them in either of the two areas.

These hunting grounds are designed primarily for team players but can also be tackled by solo players.

In terms of difficulty, they fall somewhere between the Bulltaur Lair and Ingol.

If you want to make us aware of a balancing issue, please use the following template:

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We are looking forward to your feedback and wish you happy hunting!

Ilyndor

Official replies:

01.07. Balancing adjustments
04.07. Increased monster experience and speed

Dear Tibians,

thank you for your feedback. At the moment, we are still collecting and evaluating your suggestions.

Any changes will be announced here in this thread, so please stay tuned.

Happy hunting,
Ilyndor

Dear Tibians,

Thank you for your feedback on the Norcferatu Fortress and Norcferatu Dungeons.

We have implemented the following changes:

Dworc Shadowstalker

• Decreased the frequency and duration of its invisibility spell

Norcferatu Dungeons

• Increased monster density in certain areas of the two upper layers.

These changes are expected to go live tomorrow morning. Please try them out and let us know what you think!

Happy hunting,
Ilyndor

Dear Tibians,

thank you for your ongoing feedback.

Based on your feedback and our data, we are currently looking into the following adjustments:

• increasing the speed of hunting ground monsters to allow them to traverse the area more quickly
  
• increasing the experience of some monsters

Kind regards,
Ilyndor

Dear Tibians,

as announced yesterday, we have made the following adjustments to the new hunting grounds and their monsters:

norcferatu heartless

• Increased XP: 4,450 -> 4,900
  
• Increased Speed: 115 -> 135

varg

• Increased XP: 4,100 -> 4,700
  
• Increased Speed: 130 -> 150

norcferatu nightweaver

• Increased XP: 4,900 -> 5,300
  
• Increased Speed: 115 -> 135

dworc shadowstalker

• Increased XP: 7,150 -> 7,600
  
• Increased Speed: 130 -> 155

orclops bloodbreaker

• Increased XP: 7,800 -> 8,700
  
• Increased Speed: 90 -> 120

gloom maw

• Increased XP: 6,900 -> 7,500
  
• Increased Speed: 150 -> 175

We have also further increased the monster density in several areas in the Norcferatu Dungeons. There are no plans for map changes.

These adjustments should already be live, please try them out and let us know what you think.

Best regards,
Ilyndor

Dear Tibians,

Before closing this thread, I would like to thank you once again for all your feedback on the new hunting grounds introduced in this update.

Of course, we will monitor these hunting grounds after launch and make further adjustments if needed.

Best regards, and until next time,
Ilyndor