Dauntless Brings Back Exotic Gear, Adds New Island Variant And Armor Set

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Exotic gear are back in Dauntless after they were unceremoniously removed from the monster-slaying MMORPG late last year. With the latest update, Exotic gear can now be acquired by finding hidden lore nodes scattered across the Hunting Grounds. Once found, these lore nodes unlock a quest to craft a specific Exotic weapon or armor.

The new Timeweave armor set can also be unlocked through a lore node found in the recently-released Paradox Breaks island. The new armor set grants Catalyst, Overpower, and Predator perks to players who manage to craft them.

On the subject of islands, Phoenix Labs has made several changes to the Hunting Grounds islands, including the addition of a level 10-13 variant of Paradox Breaks called Conundrum Rocks, which features Valomyr as the guaranteed Behemoth.

Several guaranteed Behemoth encounters have also been shuffled to different Hunting Grounds. Flameborn Quillshot is now the guaranteed Behemoth for Brightwood, Rezakiri for Razorcliffe Isle, and Flameborn Rezakiri for Paradox Breaks. Moonreaver Shrike has also been removed from Razorcliffe Isle.

The latest update also drastically nerfs the Energized meter gain when using the Ardent Cyclone skill for swords and introduces several balance changes to existing Exotic gear and certain Behemoth attacks. You can browse through the full patch notes on the Dauntless official site.