World events: five occasions that sweep the whole server at once, at least one every 15 minutes
The Storm of Riches — rain, lightning and thunder; luck x1.5 and mentions x1.5
The River's Surge — currents, swell and foam; big nuggets x1.5
The Dance of the Fireflies — night only, on the Shore and in the Bamboo Grove; luck x1.8
Mystic Mist — a violet fog over the whole island, and it reaches inside the cave; XP x1.5
The Breath of the Cherry Trees — petals falling over the Bamboo Grove; mentions x2
New dig zone: the Sandbank, resistance 2, between the Riverbank and the Shore, with 21 shared minerals
A villager who hints at what lies underground
An event badge on your card, with its countdown
Three new building packs for the island: temple, village and dungeon
Events run on the clock: draws at :00, :15, :30 and :45, and one that starts at 16:00 ends at 16:10 for everyone
Quest rewards are now worth 2.5 times the materials you hand in, everywhere
Auto mode picks the nearest zone that actually works, and no longer changes its mind on the way
Rain now has its own ambience, and thunder rolls in from a real distance
Rivers and still water carry the current, the swell and the foam of an event
Quest dialogue showed "He asks for" with nothing under it, on the nine quests that ask for a deed rather than an ore
Artefact value was frozen at forging, so a better quality no longer read as better
The forge swallowed clicks: two presses out of five were dropped, and clicks died on scenery
River ribbons folded over themselves in bends and stretched their texture into chevrons
The bounty list collapsed on itself, and the objective showed the quest title instead of the goal
Twelve surface lanterns burned in broad daylight
The zone council