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New & Improved Content New & Improved Content New & Improved Content New & Improved Content

Unparalleled Customization Unparalleled Customization Unparalleled Customization Unparalleled Customization
Ironman and Hardcore Ironman and Hardcore Ironman and Hardcore Ironman and Hardcore
New & Updated Powersets New & Updated Powersets New & Updated Powersets New & Updated Powersets
Pet Customization Pet Customization Pet Customization Pet Customization
Basebuilding & Apartments Basebuilding & Apartments Basebuilding & Apartments Basebuilding & Apartments
Community Supported Content Community Supported Content Community Supported Content Community Supported Content
Level Scaling Level Scaling Level Scaling Level Scaling
Unparalleled Customization Unparalleled Customization Unparalleled Customization Unparalleled Customization

Thunderspy boasts the most updated character creator out of any private server. New and updated body and face sliders allow you to make more unique character shapes than ever before, while the color palette has been expanded to any hue imaginable.

Some other notable additions include:

  • New and original heads, shoulders, gloves, legs, textures, and even a new ‘Outerwear’ slot for certain female torsos that feature totally new hoodie and shirt options.
  • ‘Invisible’ textures, allowing you to make a character with no head, arms, or without a body at all.
  • More chest and head detail slots - two detail 1, two detail 2, two chest details.
  • TWO auras, plus additional auras you can specifically for your gloves and chest.
  • New NPC parts unlocked through gameplay - Rikti and Rikti heads, Behemoth heads, that cool Council claw arm. (How?)
  • Freakshow scythe/hammer/claw arms and jagged metal shoulder pieces, even the Stunner backpack for males!

Thunderspy boasts the most updated character creator out of any private server. New and updated body and face sliders allow you to make more unique character shapes than ever before, while the color palette has been expanded to any hue imaginable.

Some other notable additions include:

  • New and original heads, shoulders, gloves, legs, textures, and even a new ‘Outerwear’ slot for certain female torsos that feature totally new hoodie and shirt options.
  • ‘Invisible’ textures, allowing you to make a character with no head, arms, or without a body at all.
  • More chest and head detail slots - two detail 1, two detail 2, two chest details.
  • TWO auras, plus additional auras you can specifically for your gloves and chest.
  • New NPC parts unlocked through gameplay - Rikti and Rikti heads, Behemoth heads, that cool Council claw arm. (How?)
  • Freakshow scythe/hammer/claw arms and jagged metal shoulder pieces, even the Stunner backpack for males!
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Thunderspy boasts the most updated character creator out of any private server. New and updated body and face sliders allow you to make more unique character shapes than ever before, while the color palette has been expanded to any hue imaginable.

Some other notable additions include:

  • New and original heads, shoulders, gloves, legs, textures, and even a new ‘Outerwear’ slot for certain female torsos that feature totally new hoodie and shirt options.
  • ‘Invisible’ textures, allowing you to make a character with no head, arms, or without a body at all.
  • More chest and head detail slots - two detail 1, two detail 2, two chest details.
  • TWO auras, plus additional auras you can specifically for your gloves and chest.
  • New NPC parts unlocked through gameplay - Rikti and Rikti heads, Behemoth heads, that cool Council claw arm. (How?)
  • Freakshow scythe/hammer/claw arms and jagged metal shoulder pieces, even the Stunner backpack for males!
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Thunderspy boasts the most updated character creator out of any private server. New and updated body and face sliders allow you to make more unique character shapes than ever before, while the color palette has been expanded to any hue imaginable.

Some other notable additions include:

  • New and original heads, shoulders, gloves, legs, textures, and even a new ‘Outerwear’ slot for certain female torsos that feature totally new hoodie and shirt options.
  • ‘Invisible’ textures, allowing you to make a character with no head, arms, or without a body at all.
  • More chest and head detail slots - two detail 1, two detail 2, two chest details.
  • TWO auras, plus additional auras you can specifically for your gloves and chest.
  • New NPC parts unlocked through gameplay - Rikti and Rikti heads, Behemoth heads, that cool Council claw arm. (How?)
  • Freakshow scythe/hammer/claw arms and jagged metal shoulder pieces, even the Stunner backpack for males!
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Ironman and Hardcore Ironman and Hardcore Ironman and Hardcore Ironman and Hardcore

Thunderspy has official support for Iornman and Hardcore modes. Ironman characters have the following restrictions.

  • Cannot trade
  • Cannot Use storage
  • Cannot Use the Auction House
  • Cannot Claim items from email
  • Cannot Team with non-Ironment

Additionally, Hardcore characters have permadeath (permanently locked upon death). They will remain on the character select screen, but will be unplayable. An obituary will be announced in chat when a high level hardcore character dies.

Some find these restrictions to feel more fulfilling or thrilling.

Before finalizing a character, players will be prompted to choose regular, ironman, or hardcore.

Thunderspy has official support for Iornman and Hardcore modes. Ironman characters have the following restrictions. * Cannot trade * Cannot Use storage * Cannot Use the Auction House * Cannot Claim items from email * Cannot Team with non-Ironment Additionally, Hardcore characters have permadeath (permanently locked upon death). They will remain on the character select screen, but will be unplayable. An obituary will be announced in chat when a high level hardcore character dies. Some find these restrictions to feel more fulfilling or thrilling. Before finalizing a character, players will be prompted to choose regular, ironman, or hardcore.
Thunderspy has official support for Iornman and Hardcore modes. Ironman characters have the following restrictions. * Cannot trade * Cannot Use storage * Cannot Use the Auction House * Cannot Claim items from email * Cannot Team with non-Ironment Additionally, Hardcore characters have permadeath (permanently locked upon death). They will remain on the character select screen, but will be unplayable. An obituary will be announced in chat when a high level hardcore character dies. Some find these restrictions to feel more fulfilling or thrilling. Before finalizing a character, players will be prompted to choose regular, ironman, or hardcore.
Thunderspy has official support for Iornman and Hardcore modes. Ironman characters have the following restrictions. * Cannot trade * Cannot Use storage * Cannot Use the Auction House * Cannot Claim items from email * Cannot Team with non-Ironment Additionally, Hardcore characters have permadeath (permanently locked upon death). They will remain on the character select screen, but will be unplayable. An obituary will be announced in chat when a high level hardcore character dies. Some find these restrictions to feel more fulfilling or thrilling. Before finalizing a character, players will be prompted to choose regular, ironman, or hardcore.
New & Updated Powersets New & Updated Powersets New & Updated Powersets New & Updated Powersets

Thunderspy features a number of unconventional and new powersets such as Hard Life (Tankers with shotguns), Spectral Melee and Aura (Stalkers with ghost minions and a focus on fear), Knights (melee Masterminds with medieval minions), Tarantula Training (A new path for widows that turns them into monstrous Tarantulas) - and more!

Additionally, there have been a number of power changes and improvements, some of the most notable being:

  • Old and neglected powersets have been brought to the forefront once more through buffs and new mechanics. Some examples are Assault Rifle, Empathy, and ALL Mastermind sets!
  • Controllers and Dominators now get their pets at level 1
  • All support sets that apply shielding (Forcefields, Thermal, etc) also give half their effect to the caster.
  • Defenders have a new inherent ability that boosts their support effects, and they can also pick certain melee sets as secondaries! This synergizes very well with the support changes.

Thunderspy features a number of unconventional and new powersets such as Hard Life (Tankers with shotguns), Spectral Melee and Aura (Stalkers with ghost minions and a focus on fear), Knights (melee Masterminds with medieval minions), Tarantula Training (A new path for widows that turns them into monstrous Tarantulas) - and more!

Additionally, there have been a number of power changes and improvements, some of the most notable being:

  • Old and neglected powersets have been brought to the forefront once more through buffs and new mechanics. Some examples are Assault Rifle, Empathy, and ALL Mastermind sets!
  • Controllers and Dominators now get their pets at level 1
  • All support sets that apply shielding (Forcefields, Thermal, etc) also give half their effect to the caster.
  • Defenders have a new inherent ability that boosts their support effects, and they can also pick certain melee sets as secondaries! This synergizes very well with the support changes.
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Thunderspy features a number of unconventional and new powersets such as Hard Life (Tankers with shotguns), Spectral Melee and Aura (Stalkers with ghost minions and a focus on fear), Knights (melee Masterminds with medieval minions), Tarantula Training (A new path for widows that turns them into monstrous Tarantulas) - and more!

Additionally, there have been a number of power changes and improvements, some of the most notable being:

  • Old and neglected powersets have been brought to the forefront once more through buffs and new mechanics. Some examples are Assault Rifle, Empathy, and ALL Mastermind sets!
  • Controllers and Dominators now get their pets at level 1
  • All support sets that apply shielding (Forcefields, Thermal, etc) also give half their effect to the caster.
  • Defenders have a new inherent ability that boosts their support effects, and they can also pick certain melee sets as secondaries! This synergizes very well with the support changes.
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Thunderspy features a number of unconventional and new powersets such as Hard Life (Tankers with shotguns), Spectral Melee and Aura (Stalkers with ghost minions and a focus on fear), Knights (melee Masterminds with medieval minions), Tarantula Training (A new path for widows that turns them into monstrous Tarantulas) - and more!

Additionally, there have been a number of power changes and improvements, some of the most notable being:

  • Old and neglected powersets have been brought to the forefront once more through buffs and new mechanics. Some examples are Assault Rifle, Empathy, and ALL Mastermind sets!
  • Controllers and Dominators now get their pets at level 1
  • All support sets that apply shielding (Forcefields, Thermal, etc) also give half their effect to the caster.
  • Defenders have a new inherent ability that boosts their support effects, and they can also pick certain melee sets as secondaries! This synergizes very well with the support changes.
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Pet Customization Pet Customization Pet Customization Pet Customization

If you can rename a pet, you can give it a custom costume. From Mastermind minions to Controller/Dominator pets, you can have your mercenaries look like monsters, your Umbral Beast like an angry shadow cloud, or your Shield Drone veteran pet like a floating skull.

If you can rename a pet, you can give it a custom costume. From Mastermind minions to Controller/Dominator pets, you can have your mercenaries look like monsters, your Umbral Beast like an angry shadow cloud, or your Shield Drone veteran pet like a floating skull.

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If you can rename a pet, you can give it a custom costume. From Mastermind minions to Controller/Dominator pets, you can have your mercenaries look like monsters, your Umbral Beast like an angry shadow cloud, or your Shield Drone veteran pet like a floating skull.

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If you can rename a pet, you can give it a custom costume. From Mastermind minions to Controller/Dominator pets, you can have your mercenaries look like monsters, your Umbral Beast like an angry shadow cloud, or your Shield Drone veteran pet like a floating skull.

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Basebuilding & Apartments Basebuilding & Apartments Basebuilding & Apartments Basebuilding & Apartments

Each character has its own personal base, called Apartments. Like bases, they can be given a code and accessed freely by anyone who has it. No more making a whole supergroup for one character’s base!

The base builder also has an enormous selection of objects, which can be used in combination with different placement methods to create incredibly unique bases.

Each character has its own personal base, called Apartments. Like bases, they can be given a code and accessed freely by anyone who has it. No more making a whole supergroup for one character’s base!

The base builder also has an enormous selection of objects, which can be used in combination with different placement methods to create incredibly unique bases.

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Each character has its own personal base, called Apartments. Like bases, they can be given a code and accessed freely by anyone who has it. No more making a whole supergroup for one character’s base!

The base builder also has an enormous selection of objects, which can be used in combination with different placement methods to create incredibly unique bases.

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Each character has its own personal base, called Apartments. Like bases, they can be given a code and accessed freely by anyone who has it. No more making a whole supergroup for one character’s base!

The base builder also has an enormous selection of objects, which can be used in combination with different placement methods to create incredibly unique bases.

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Community Supported Content Community Supported Content Community Supported Content Community Supported Content

Are you a modeler? Want to make new costume pieces, body textures, or even help code new powers and mechanics? Thunderspy is built around its tight-knit community, and that extends to development. If you want to contribute to the game, you’ll be welcomed with an encouraging and helpful environment.

Are you a modeler? Want to make new costume pieces, body textures, or even help code new powers and mechanics? Thunderspy is built around its tight-knit community, and that extends to development. If you want to contribute to the game, you’ll be welcomed with an encouraging and helpful environment.

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Are you a modeler? Want to make new costume pieces, body textures, or even help code new powers and mechanics? Thunderspy is built around its tight-knit community, and that extends to development. If you want to contribute to the game, you’ll be welcomed with an encouraging and helpful environment.

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Are you a modeler? Want to make new costume pieces, body textures, or even help code new powers and mechanics? Thunderspy is built around its tight-knit community, and that extends to development. If you want to contribute to the game, you’ll be welcomed with an encouraging and helpful environment.

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Level Scaling Level Scaling Level Scaling Level Scaling

Contacts have been modified to scale up to all levels, and all enemy groups now scale up to max level. There’s always something to do–even if you just want to fight level 50 hellions!

Contacts have been modified to scale up to all levels, and all enemy groups now scale up to max level. There’s always something to do–even if you just want to fight level 50 hellions!

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Contacts have been modified to scale up to all levels, and all enemy groups now scale up to max level. There’s always something to do–even if you just want to fight level 50 hellions!

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Contacts have been modified to scale up to all levels, and all enemy groups now scale up to max level. There’s always something to do–even if you just want to fight level 50 hellions!

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  1. Download and install the Sweet Tea launcher.
  2. The Sweet Tea launcher should be available in your Start Menu.

  3. If Thunderspy (/coxg/) server is not listed,

    1. Go to the launcher’s options menu
    2. Add the link to this manifest: https://thunderspy.net/manifest/live.xml
  4. If Sweet Tea doesn’t work, try Sunrise Launcher.
  1. Download and install the Sweet Tea launcher.
  2. The Sweet Tea launcher should be available in your Start Menu.

  3. If Thunderspy (/coxg/) server is not listed,

    1. Go to the launcher’s options menu
    2. Add the link to this manifest: https://thunderspy.net/manifest/live.xml
  4. If Sweet Tea doesn’t work, try Sunrise Launcher.
  1. Download and install the Sweet Tea launcher.
  2. The Sweet Tea launcher should be available in your Start Menu.

  3. If Thunderspy (/coxg/) server is not listed,

    1. Go to the launcher’s options menu
    2. Add the link to this manifest: https://thunderspy.net/manifest/live.xml
  4. If Sweet Tea doesn’t work, try Sunrise Launcher.
  1. Download and install the Sweet Tea launcher.
  2. The Sweet Tea launcher should be available in your Start Menu.

  3. If Thunderspy (/coxg/) server is not listed,

    1. Go to the launcher’s options menu
    2. Add the link to this manifest: https://thunderspy.net/manifest/live.xml
  4. If Sweet Tea doesn’t work, try Sunrise Launcher.

For further information on gameplay and other changes, check out our guides! For further information on gameplay and other changes, check out our guides! For further information on gameplay and other changes, check out our guides! For further information on gameplay and other changes, check out our guides!

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Thunderspy is a City of Heroes private server that is constantly updated with new content and features. Among many new features are original and re-balanced powersets, fully customizable pets, customizable player apartments, full color slider support, extended body scale sliders, and much more.

Despite the rapid improvements, the Thunderspy server maintains a small, friendly community where everyone knows everyone.

Thunderspy is a City of Heroes private server that is constantly updated with new content and features. Among many new features are original and re-balanced powersets, fully customizable pets, customizable player apartments, full color slider support, extended body scale sliders, and much more.

Despite the rapid improvements, the Thunderspy server maintains a small, friendly community where everyone knows everyone.

Thunderspy is a City of Heroes private server that is constantly updated with new content and features. Among many new features are original and re-balanced powersets, fully customizable pets, customizable player apartments, full color slider support, extended body scale sliders, and much more.

Despite the rapid improvements, the Thunderspy server maintains a small, friendly community where everyone knows everyone.

Thunderspy is a City of Heroes private server that is constantly updated with new content and features. Among many new features are original and re-balanced powersets, fully customizable pets, customizable player apartments, full color slider support, extended body scale sliders, and much more.

Despite the rapid improvements, the Thunderspy server maintains a small, friendly community where everyone knows everyone.

Server expenses are $176 (USD) monthly. Help keep us online through Patreon

Server expenses are $176 (USD) monthly. Help keep us online through Patreon

Server expenses are $176 (USD) monthly. Help keep us online through Patreon

Server expenses are $176 (USD) monthly. Help keep us online through Patreon

Latest Patch Notes Latest Patch Notes Latest Patch Notes Latest Patch Notes

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26th June 2026

Knockback Overhaul

Ragdolling mooks is a unique feature in City of Heroes and one of the best ways to feel super powerful. For too long, players have avoided knockback because it interrupts melee players’ DPS and spreads enemies out of AoE patches. This update attempts to make knockback more desirable and fun.

Enemies slammed into walls now take smashing damage and have a chance to become disoriented when they’re knocked back. Impact damage is separated into tiers based on distance knocked back before colliding with a wall. The impact effect is a power that’s called as if it was used by the character that knocked the target back. That means the player gets XP credit and the impact damage is based on the character’s ranged damage table. Fall damage is also a power that works similarly to wall impacts.

Every character begins with two impact tiers for nearby and distant collisions. A new enhancement set called Subaluwa has a bonus that can further upgrade this mechanic up to 3 times by:

  • Unlocking additional impact tiers for longer-distance lanches
  • Lowering the minimum distance required for each tier

New Enhancement Set: Subaluwa

This new universal damage enhancement set is focused on the new knockback impact system. With its knockback proc, it can add knockback to any attack- including knockback aura toggles. Its first tier set bonus is currently the only way to unlock additional tiers of knockback impact damage. Finally, it’s the first IO set feature an endurance drain resistance bonus.

Enhancements
  1. Accuracy/Damage
  2. Endurance/Recharge
  3. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  4. Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  5. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  6. Chance for Knockback
Set Bonuses
  1. Unlock additional knockack impact tiers
  2. +8% Knockback effectiveness
  3. +4.2% Endurance Drain Resistance
  4. +3% Damage
  5. +2.5% Energy & Negative Energy Defense and +1.25% Ranged Defense

New Physics Engine

Particle physics have been ported from the old PhysX to the Jolt physics engine. The benefits include:

  • Improving physics performance
  • Fixing numerous physics-related crashes
  • Fixing behavior at high frame rates
  • Freeing us from dependence of Nvidia’s ancient PhysX runtime

Unrestricting Supergroup Base Editor

Who likes restrictions? Anyone? Since we’ve decided not to recover the base raiding mechanic that was disabled by the live devs, we see no reason to restrict the supergroup base editor. Room placement and clipping restrictions have been removed, ceilings can now be removed, and base upkeep tax is now free.

We’ve also added storage to apartments. Since apartments are shared with all characters on one account, the storage can be used to share items as well. No more emailing items to yourself. We also added self-explanatory apt_music and apt_reset_portal commands.

Aggro

Enemies beyond aggro cap will now attack targets in range without persuing them. This means ranged enemies will take pot shots if you stand within range of them.

Other New Stuff

  • Added Borderless Fullscreen mode
  • Power Tray now displays actual keybind text instead of numbered sprites
  • Sharpen Claws no longer affects Judgement

Tweaks

  • Enhancement Catalysts (1 Alignment Merit + 1.5M Influence)
  • Alignment Merits can now be converted directly for 5M Influence
  • PvP IO cost reduced from 35/30 Alignment Merits to 25
  • x10 Enhancement Converters now cost only 1 Alignment Merit

Primalist

General
  • Pack Frenzy now grants a full Primal Energy bar instead of consuming one
  • Rejuvenate grants 3 Primal Energy (up from 1)
  • Inexhaustible now grants Slow and Endurance Drain Resistance
Prowler Form
  • Bleed chance increased to 100% (from 85%)
  • Missing Nature’s Boon bleed effects added
  • Bleed duration increased to 4.1s (from 3.1s)
Darkness Control
  • Spirit Host now accepts appropriate Pet Damage/Fear sets
  • Haunt now accepts ToHit and Accurate ToHit Debuff sets

Radiation Melee

  • Irradiated Ground now accepts:

    • Archetype Origin enhancements (Brute/Tanker)
    • Accurate Defense Debuff sets
    • Defense Debuff sets

Willpower

  • Rise to the Challenge now accepts Taunt enhancement sets (Brute/Scrapper/Tanker)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed damage formula interactions so Offensive Adaptation, Hybrid Doublehit, and Sharpen Claws no longer incorrectly treat damage auras as click AoEs
  • Fixed crash when calculating pet power customization costs
  • Fixed two AccountServer issues that could cause outgoing email to stop functioning

  • Fixed multiple client and MapServer memory leaks

    • Titan Weapon-related leak
    • ID cache leak
    • Character destruction cleanup leak
  • Shared map token access is now non-blocking, preventing zone stalls during writes

  • Fixed stack limits not functioning correctly for:

    • Achilles’ Heel
    • Absolute Amazement
    • Annihilation
    • Basilisk’s Gaze
    • Dark Watcher’s Despair
    • Dominion of Arachnos
    • Fury of the Gladiator
    • Induced Coma
    • Pacing of the Turtle
    • Winter’s Bite
  • Shield Wall proc is no longer affected by damage buffs
  • Corrected outdated tooltip referencing the old 20-hour cooldown in Alignment Merit Vendor
  • Circle of Thorns Red Crystals now apply Avoid to enemies instead of allies, preventing allied ghosts and other Circle of Thorns units from fleeing unexpectedly

Darkness Control

  • Umbra Beast now accepts Immobilize enhancement sets
  • Terrifying Roar now accepts Immobilize enhancements

Radiant Blast

  • Fixed bonus damage against Undead/Demons/Ghosts affecting allies

Atomic Mastery

  • Devastating Blow no longer accepts Taunt enhancements
  • Neutron Bomb now correctly accepts Universal Damage enhancements

Willpower

  • Removed incorrect Repel Resistance reference from Indomitable Will

Primalist

  • Standardized “Primal Form” capitalization
  • Wild Roar description now lists the correct form requirement

Optimizations

  • Replaced DirectSound with OpenAL
  • Port window initialization and event handling to SDL3

Knockback Overhaul

Ragdolling mooks is a unique feature in City of Heroes and one of the best ways to feel super powerful. For too long, players have avoided knockback because it interrupts melee players’ DPS and spreads enemies out of AoE patches. This update attempts to make knockback more desirable and fun.

Enemies slammed into walls now take smashing damage and have a chance to become disoriented when they’re knocked back. Impact damage is separated into tiers based on distance knocked back before colliding with a wall. The impact effect is a power that’s called as if it was used by the character that knocked the target back. That means the player gets XP credit and the impact damage is based on the character’s ranged damage table. Fall damage is also a power that works similarly to wall impacts.

Every character begins with two impact tiers for nearby and distant collisions. A new enhancement set called Subaluwa has a bonus that can further upgrade this mechanic up to 3 times by:

  • Unlocking additional impact tiers for longer-distance lanches
  • Lowering the minimum distance required for each tier

New Enhancement Set: Subaluwa

This new universal damage enhancement set is focused on the new knockback impact system. With its knockback proc, it can add knockback to any attack- including knockback aura toggles. Its first tier set bonus is currently the only way to unlock additional tiers of knockback impact damage. Finally, it’s the first IO set feature an endurance drain resistance bonus.

Enhancements
  1. Accuracy/Damage
  2. Endurance/Recharge
  3. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  4. Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  5. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  6. Chance for Knockback
Set Bonuses
  1. Unlock additional knockack impact tiers
  2. +8% Knockback effectiveness
  3. +4.2% Endurance Drain Resistance
  4. +3% Damage
  5. +2.5% Energy & Negative Energy Defense and +1.25% Ranged Defense

New Physics Engine

Particle physics have been ported from the old PhysX to the Jolt physics engine. The benefits include:

  • Improving physics performance
  • Fixing numerous physics-related crashes
  • Fixing behavior at high frame rates
  • Freeing us from dependence of Nvidia’s ancient PhysX runtime

Unrestricting Supergroup Base Editor

Who likes restrictions? Anyone? Since we’ve decided not to recover the base raiding mechanic that was disabled by the live devs, we see no reason to restrict the supergroup base editor. Room placement and clipping restrictions have been removed, ceilings can now be removed, and base upkeep tax is now free.

We’ve also added storage to apartments. Since apartments are shared with all characters on one account, the storage can be used to share items as well. No more emailing items to yourself. We also added self-explanatory apt_music and apt_reset_portal commands.

Aggro

Enemies beyond aggro cap will now attack targets in range without persuing them. This means ranged enemies will take pot shots if you stand within range of them.

Other New Stuff

  • Added Borderless Fullscreen mode
  • Power Tray now displays actual keybind text instead of numbered sprites
  • Sharpen Claws no longer affects Judgement

Tweaks

  • Enhancement Catalysts (1 Alignment Merit + 1.5M Influence)
  • Alignment Merits can now be converted directly for 5M Influence
  • PvP IO cost reduced from 35/30 Alignment Merits to 25
  • x10 Enhancement Converters now cost only 1 Alignment Merit

Primalist

General
  • Pack Frenzy now grants a full Primal Energy bar instead of consuming one
  • Rejuvenate grants 3 Primal Energy (up from 1)
  • Inexhaustible now grants Slow and Endurance Drain Resistance
Prowler Form
  • Bleed chance increased to 100% (from 85%)
  • Missing Nature’s Boon bleed effects added
  • Bleed duration increased to 4.1s (from 3.1s)
Darkness Control
  • Spirit Host now accepts appropriate Pet Damage/Fear sets
  • Haunt now accepts ToHit and Accurate ToHit Debuff sets

Radiation Melee

  • Irradiated Ground now accepts:

    • Archetype Origin enhancements (Brute/Tanker)
    • Accurate Defense Debuff sets
    • Defense Debuff sets

Willpower

  • Rise to the Challenge now accepts Taunt enhancement sets (Brute/Scrapper/Tanker)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed damage formula interactions so Offensive Adaptation, Hybrid Doublehit, and Sharpen Claws no longer incorrectly treat damage auras as click AoEs
  • Fixed crash when calculating pet power customization costs
  • Fixed two AccountServer issues that could cause outgoing email to stop functioning

  • Fixed multiple client and MapServer memory leaks

    • Titan Weapon-related leak
    • ID cache leak
    • Character destruction cleanup leak
  • Shared map token access is now non-blocking, preventing zone stalls during writes

  • Fixed stack limits not functioning correctly for:

    • Achilles’ Heel
    • Absolute Amazement
    • Annihilation
    • Basilisk’s Gaze
    • Dark Watcher’s Despair
    • Dominion of Arachnos
    • Fury of the Gladiator
    • Induced Coma
    • Pacing of the Turtle
    • Winter’s Bite
  • Shield Wall proc is no longer affected by damage buffs
  • Corrected outdated tooltip referencing the old 20-hour cooldown in Alignment Merit Vendor
  • Circle of Thorns Red Crystals now apply Avoid to enemies instead of allies, preventing allied ghosts and other Circle of Thorns units from fleeing unexpectedly

Darkness Control

  • Umbra Beast now accepts Immobilize enhancement sets
  • Terrifying Roar now accepts Immobilize enhancements

Radiant Blast

  • Fixed bonus damage against Undead/Demons/Ghosts affecting allies

Atomic Mastery

  • Devastating Blow no longer accepts Taunt enhancements
  • Neutron Bomb now correctly accepts Universal Damage enhancements

Willpower

  • Removed incorrect Repel Resistance reference from Indomitable Will

Primalist

  • Standardized “Primal Form” capitalization
  • Wild Roar description now lists the correct form requirement

Optimizations

  • Replaced DirectSound with OpenAL
  • Port window initialization and event handling to SDL3
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Knockback Overhaul

Ragdolling mooks is a unique feature in City of Heroes and one of the best ways to feel super powerful. For too long, players have avoided knockback because it interrupts melee players’ DPS and spreads enemies out of AoE patches. This update attempts to make knockback more desirable and fun.

Enemies slammed into walls now take smashing damage and have a chance to become disoriented when they’re knocked back. Impact damage is separated into tiers based on distance knocked back before colliding with a wall. The impact effect is a power that’s called as if it was used by the character that knocked the target back. That means the player gets XP credit and the impact damage is based on the character’s ranged damage table. Fall damage is also a power that works similarly to wall impacts.

Every character begins with two impact tiers for nearby and distant collisions. A new enhancement set called Subaluwa has a bonus that can further upgrade this mechanic up to 3 times by:

  • Unlocking additional impact tiers for longer-distance lanches
  • Lowering the minimum distance required for each tier

New Enhancement Set: Subaluwa

This new universal damage enhancement set is focused on the new knockback impact system. With its knockback proc, it can add knockback to any attack- including knockback aura toggles. Its first tier set bonus is currently the only way to unlock additional tiers of knockback impact damage. Finally, it’s the first IO set feature an endurance drain resistance bonus.

Enhancements
  1. Accuracy/Damage
  2. Endurance/Recharge
  3. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  4. Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  5. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  6. Chance for Knockback
Set Bonuses
  1. Unlock additional knockack impact tiers
  2. +8% Knockback effectiveness
  3. +4.2% Endurance Drain Resistance
  4. +3% Damage
  5. +2.5% Energy & Negative Energy Defense and +1.25% Ranged Defense

New Physics Engine

Particle physics have been ported from the old PhysX to the Jolt physics engine. The benefits include:

  • Improving physics performance
  • Fixing numerous physics-related crashes
  • Fixing behavior at high frame rates
  • Freeing us from dependence of Nvidia’s ancient PhysX runtime

Unrestricting Supergroup Base Editor

Who likes restrictions? Anyone? Since we’ve decided not to recover the base raiding mechanic that was disabled by the live devs, we see no reason to restrict the supergroup base editor. Room placement and clipping restrictions have been removed, ceilings can now be removed, and base upkeep tax is now free.

We’ve also added storage to apartments. Since apartments are shared with all characters on one account, the storage can be used to share items as well. No more emailing items to yourself. We also added self-explanatory apt_music and apt_reset_portal commands.

Aggro

Enemies beyond aggro cap will now attack targets in range without persuing them. This means ranged enemies will take pot shots if you stand within range of them.

Other New Stuff

  • Added Borderless Fullscreen mode
  • Power Tray now displays actual keybind text instead of numbered sprites
  • Sharpen Claws no longer affects Judgement

Tweaks

  • Enhancement Catalysts (1 Alignment Merit + 1.5M Influence)
  • Alignment Merits can now be converted directly for 5M Influence
  • PvP IO cost reduced from 35/30 Alignment Merits to 25
  • x10 Enhancement Converters now cost only 1 Alignment Merit

Primalist

General
  • Pack Frenzy now grants a full Primal Energy bar instead of consuming one
  • Rejuvenate grants 3 Primal Energy (up from 1)
  • Inexhaustible now grants Slow and Endurance Drain Resistance
Prowler Form
  • Bleed chance increased to 100% (from 85%)
  • Missing Nature’s Boon bleed effects added
  • Bleed duration increased to 4.1s (from 3.1s)
Darkness Control
  • Spirit Host now accepts appropriate Pet Damage/Fear sets
  • Haunt now accepts ToHit and Accurate ToHit Debuff sets

Radiation Melee

  • Irradiated Ground now accepts:

    • Archetype Origin enhancements (Brute/Tanker)
    • Accurate Defense Debuff sets
    • Defense Debuff sets

Willpower

  • Rise to the Challenge now accepts Taunt enhancement sets (Brute/Scrapper/Tanker)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed damage formula interactions so Offensive Adaptation, Hybrid Doublehit, and Sharpen Claws no longer incorrectly treat damage auras as click AoEs
  • Fixed crash when calculating pet power customization costs
  • Fixed two AccountServer issues that could cause outgoing email to stop functioning

  • Fixed multiple client and MapServer memory leaks

    • Titan Weapon-related leak
    • ID cache leak
    • Character destruction cleanup leak
  • Shared map token access is now non-blocking, preventing zone stalls during writes

  • Fixed stack limits not functioning correctly for:

    • Achilles’ Heel
    • Absolute Amazement
    • Annihilation
    • Basilisk’s Gaze
    • Dark Watcher’s Despair
    • Dominion of Arachnos
    • Fury of the Gladiator
    • Induced Coma
    • Pacing of the Turtle
    • Winter’s Bite
  • Shield Wall proc is no longer affected by damage buffs
  • Corrected outdated tooltip referencing the old 20-hour cooldown in Alignment Merit Vendor
  • Circle of Thorns Red Crystals now apply Avoid to enemies instead of allies, preventing allied ghosts and other Circle of Thorns units from fleeing unexpectedly

Darkness Control

  • Umbra Beast now accepts Immobilize enhancement sets
  • Terrifying Roar now accepts Immobilize enhancements

Radiant Blast

  • Fixed bonus damage against Undead/Demons/Ghosts affecting allies

Atomic Mastery

  • Devastating Blow no longer accepts Taunt enhancements
  • Neutron Bomb now correctly accepts Universal Damage enhancements

Willpower

  • Removed incorrect Repel Resistance reference from Indomitable Will

Primalist

  • Standardized “Primal Form” capitalization
  • Wild Roar description now lists the correct form requirement

Optimizations

  • Replaced DirectSound with OpenAL
  • Port window initialization and event handling to SDL3
Help us translate!

Knockback Overhaul

Ragdolling mooks is a unique feature in City of Heroes and one of the best ways to feel super powerful. For too long, players have avoided knockback because it interrupts melee players’ DPS and spreads enemies out of AoE patches. This update attempts to make knockback more desirable and fun.

Enemies slammed into walls now take smashing damage and have a chance to become disoriented when they’re knocked back. Impact damage is separated into tiers based on distance knocked back before colliding with a wall. The impact effect is a power that’s called as if it was used by the character that knocked the target back. That means the player gets XP credit and the impact damage is based on the character’s ranged damage table. Fall damage is also a power that works similarly to wall impacts.

Every character begins with two impact tiers for nearby and distant collisions. A new enhancement set called Subaluwa has a bonus that can further upgrade this mechanic up to 3 times by:

  • Unlocking additional impact tiers for longer-distance lanches
  • Lowering the minimum distance required for each tier

New Enhancement Set: Subaluwa

This new universal damage enhancement set is focused on the new knockback impact system. With its knockback proc, it can add knockback to any attack- including knockback aura toggles. Its first tier set bonus is currently the only way to unlock additional tiers of knockback impact damage. Finally, it’s the first IO set feature an endurance drain resistance bonus.

Enhancements
  1. Accuracy/Damage
  2. Endurance/Recharge
  3. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  4. Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  5. Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  6. Chance for Knockback
Set Bonuses
  1. Unlock additional knockack impact tiers
  2. +8% Knockback effectiveness
  3. +4.2% Endurance Drain Resistance
  4. +3% Damage
  5. +2.5% Energy & Negative Energy Defense and +1.25% Ranged Defense

New Physics Engine

Particle physics have been ported from the old PhysX to the Jolt physics engine. The benefits include:

  • Improving physics performance
  • Fixing numerous physics-related crashes
  • Fixing behavior at high frame rates
  • Freeing us from dependence of Nvidia’s ancient PhysX runtime

Unrestricting Supergroup Base Editor

Who likes restrictions? Anyone? Since we’ve decided not to recover the base raiding mechanic that was disabled by the live devs, we see no reason to restrict the supergroup base editor. Room placement and clipping restrictions have been removed, ceilings can now be removed, and base upkeep tax is now free.

We’ve also added storage to apartments. Since apartments are shared with all characters on one account, the storage can be used to share items as well. No more emailing items to yourself. We also added self-explanatory apt_music and apt_reset_portal commands.

Aggro

Enemies beyond aggro cap will now attack targets in range without persuing them. This means ranged enemies will take pot shots if you stand within range of them.

Other New Stuff

  • Added Borderless Fullscreen mode
  • Power Tray now displays actual keybind text instead of numbered sprites
  • Sharpen Claws no longer affects Judgement

Tweaks

  • Enhancement Catalysts (1 Alignment Merit + 1.5M Influence)
  • Alignment Merits can now be converted directly for 5M Influence
  • PvP IO cost reduced from 35/30 Alignment Merits to 25
  • x10 Enhancement Converters now cost only 1 Alignment Merit

Primalist

General
  • Pack Frenzy now grants a full Primal Energy bar instead of consuming one
  • Rejuvenate grants 3 Primal Energy (up from 1)
  • Inexhaustible now grants Slow and Endurance Drain Resistance
Prowler Form
  • Bleed chance increased to 100% (from 85%)
  • Missing Nature’s Boon bleed effects added
  • Bleed duration increased to 4.1s (from 3.1s)
Darkness Control
  • Spirit Host now accepts appropriate Pet Damage/Fear sets
  • Haunt now accepts ToHit and Accurate ToHit Debuff sets

Radiation Melee

  • Irradiated Ground now accepts:

    • Archetype Origin enhancements (Brute/Tanker)
    • Accurate Defense Debuff sets
    • Defense Debuff sets

Willpower

  • Rise to the Challenge now accepts Taunt enhancement sets (Brute/Scrapper/Tanker)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed damage formula interactions so Offensive Adaptation, Hybrid Doublehit, and Sharpen Claws no longer incorrectly treat damage auras as click AoEs
  • Fixed crash when calculating pet power customization costs
  • Fixed two AccountServer issues that could cause outgoing email to stop functioning

  • Fixed multiple client and MapServer memory leaks

    • Titan Weapon-related leak
    • ID cache leak
    • Character destruction cleanup leak
  • Shared map token access is now non-blocking, preventing zone stalls during writes

  • Fixed stack limits not functioning correctly for:

    • Achilles’ Heel
    • Absolute Amazement
    • Annihilation
    • Basilisk’s Gaze
    • Dark Watcher’s Despair
    • Dominion of Arachnos
    • Fury of the Gladiator
    • Induced Coma
    • Pacing of the Turtle
    • Winter’s Bite
  • Shield Wall proc is no longer affected by damage buffs
  • Corrected outdated tooltip referencing the old 20-hour cooldown in Alignment Merit Vendor
  • Circle of Thorns Red Crystals now apply Avoid to enemies instead of allies, preventing allied ghosts and other Circle of Thorns units from fleeing unexpectedly

Darkness Control

  • Umbra Beast now accepts Immobilize enhancement sets
  • Terrifying Roar now accepts Immobilize enhancements

Radiant Blast

  • Fixed bonus damage against Undead/Demons/Ghosts affecting allies

Atomic Mastery

  • Devastating Blow no longer accepts Taunt enhancements
  • Neutron Bomb now correctly accepts Universal Damage enhancements

Willpower

  • Removed incorrect Repel Resistance reference from Indomitable Will

Primalist

  • Standardized “Primal Form” capitalization
  • Wild Roar description now lists the correct form requirement

Optimizations

  • Replaced DirectSound with OpenAL
  • Port window initialization and event handling to SDL3
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  1. If a player is bothering you, block that player and report to a GM or mod.
  2. Do not try to circumvent another player’s attempt to block you.
  3. The in-game word filter is enabled by default. Leave it on if you do not wish to see profanity.
  4. Do not try to circumvent the in-game word filter by purposefully misspelling words or through any other means.
  5. Do not spam or be disruptive. You may be temporarily muted for it.

If you would like to speak to an admin, you can message a GM or mod in our Discord for a fast and discrete response.
  1. If a player is bothering you, block that player and report to a GM or mod.
  2. Do not try to circumvent another player’s attempt to block you.
  3. The in-game word filter is enabled by default. Leave it on if you do not wish to see profanity.
  4. Do not try to circumvent the in-game word filter by purposefully misspelling words or through any other means.
  5. Do not spam or be disruptive. You may be temporarily muted for it.

If you would like to speak to an admin, you can message a GM or mod in our Discord for a fast and discrete response.
  1. If a player is bothering you, block that player and report to a GM or mod.
  2. Do not try to circumvent another player’s attempt to block you.
  3. The in-game word filter is enabled by default. Leave it on if you do not wish to see profanity.
  4. Do not try to circumvent the in-game word filter by purposefully misspelling words or through any other means.
  5. Do not spam or be disruptive. You may be temporarily muted for it.

If you would like to speak to an admin, you can message a GM or mod in our Discord for a fast and discrete response.

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