GENERAL
* Increased the amount of experience a level 50 character receives for Planar Attunement when completing Instant Adventures.
* There is now a Porticulum in Quarrystone Basin in Stonefield!
* Justicar: Mien of Aggression: No longer reduces healing gained from items.
* Justicar: Mien of Leadership: General dungeon mobs who can mana drain will no longer mana drain Justicars with Mien of Leadership active.
* Corrected the zone meta-Achievements so they remember how to count properly.
* Fixed the calculation of the maximum possible Achievement score.
* Crafting: Characters can now train to the next crafting rank from within 5 points of their current skill level cap.
* Windstone and Stalactite-type Essences can now be equipped together.

EMBER ISLE

Fixed a timer issue with the zone events Ithkus’ Rise and In Golden’s Grasp so the events won’t time out or fail prematurely.
Zone Event: Fires of Rebirth: Scerrion should more reliably transform during this event.
A New Threat: Moved the location of one of the Sourcewater Basins away from Fort Zarnost.
An Unexpected Revelation: Fixed a case where the Pyrkari Altar could become unusable.
Clear a Path: Objective text now refers to the correct object name.
Lurking in the Mist: Moved one of the summoning circles out from beneath a tricksy rock.
Dissection, Look Again, Mindtwister: Increased the respawn rate for these quests’ targets.
The Miasmic Tide: Reduced the damage dealt by Diseased Keepers to the Miasmic Conches.
Target Practice buffs won’t stick around forever anymore.
Several general cases of quest objects and mobs with slow respawns have been addressed.
Players completing the twisted artifact collection for Ember Isle now receive a title for their efforts!
All mobs brought to Telara through the new Ember Isle Raid Rifts should now properly despawn when the Rift is closed.
Corrected the new water reflections on Ember Isle so they no longer show objects that shouldn’t be reflected.
Fixed an issue causing the Fell Fields lava to disappear on low video settings.

CADUCEUS RISE

Fixed the Caduceus respawn bug in all versions of this dungeon and he should be available again after this update!
Upper Caduceus Rise [Expert]: Killing Cinderstorm will properly award credit toward the achievement Expert: Caduceus Rise.

ASCEND-A-FRIEND UPDATES

The Ascend-a-Friend window will no longer open with an empty URL display.
Check marks now display properly in the Ascend-a-Friend window.

GENERAL

Hammerknell: Bloodplague Crawlers no longer grant experience.
Greenscale’s Blight: With twice the heart – and twice the corruption – of your average dragon, Lord Greenscale now drops two of the Life or Death Saga quest items when slain.
Scarlet Gorge: Zone Event: Fires of Suffering: Fixed an aggro issue with General Argonis which allowed him to die prematurely and break the event.
PvP: Fixed a bug that caused certain proccing abilities to not work properly in PvP if they were originally activated on a character that was not PvP flagged.
Warfronts: Fixed a bug where balanced matches were sometimes not triggering a map when they should have been.
Creatures that can be Mined or Foraged no longer drop resources 100% of the time.
Enigmatic Deepstones now stack with other Essences, and are no longer Bind-to-Account.
Some weapon models weren’t appearing properly in combat – fixed the displays on these!
Invalid ‘default stage’ Rifts will no longer appear randomly in zones.
Server stability enhancements.

GENERAL
* You can once again enter Runic Descent!
* Added a variety of fix cases for the Chronicles of Attunement where players could get into a stuck situation in the event.
* Swift Murdantix Spawn mounts are once again epic mount speed.
* The Swift Murdantix Spawn named item will no longer drop in the Hammerknell Chronicle. A renamed version, the Ancient Murdantix Spawn, will drop instead.
* Corrected World Event merchants and Rare Planar Goods merchants still requiring Crystal Sourcestone to purchase items. These should now all use Inscribed Sourcestone.
* Special in-game mail sent from the Trion system or NPCs will no longer be auto-deleted when using the Take All button. Auction mails will still be deleted when taking all attachments.

UI/SETTINGS
* Fixed the chat message for posts on the guild wall that would break from certain characters. In other words, <3 all up over the place!
* Fixed some text fields (most notoriously, inventory search) holding keyboard focus longer than intended.
* If you try to purchase an item but don't have the items necessary to buy it, the error message will now tell you what you're missing.

CLIENT
* Several client crash case fixes, including when combining chat windows and one involving artifact collections.

GENERAL
* The Guild Bank no longer eats split item stacks and should be re-enabled after this update.
* Waves of Madness Phase 5 quest items no longer clutter up players’ inventory after the quests have been auto-completed.
* Fixed the Waves of Madness event items on the World Event merchant appearing locked from purchase.
* Hammerknell: Fixed a potential crash issue during the Murdantix encounter.
* An issue with Burning Powerstones has been resolved and these should be re-enabled after this update.
* PvP: Marks of Retribution can now be purchased from all merchants that sell rank set gear in Meridian and Sanctum.
* Cleaned up some edge cases where several Water Saga quests could become stuck and keep players from progressing.

GUILD BANKS
* Guild Banks are being enabled on select shards for verification prior to being fully opened for all shards. Visit the new Guild Bank NPCs in Sanctum and Meridian once they are enabled on your shard.
* The first Guild Bank tab can be purchased for 30 Platinum with no additional restrictions.
* Up to 4 additional tabs can also be purchased to expand your guild’s bank.
* Guild Banks can also be used to store Platinum, which members of the guild can use to Soul Mend (up to a daily limit) if they have permission to do so.
* A new guild perk, Tithe, generates additional cash drops from NPCs that goes directly into the Guild Bank’s cash reserves, up to a daily cap.
* Add and Withdraw permissions for items and currency can be managed for each tab and each guild rank via the Guild interface.
* Coin Locked characters cannot add or remove items or currency from a Guild Bank.
* Authenticator restrictions for Guild Bank management are not included in this release, and will be added in a future update.
* Note: Soulbound or Account-bound items cannot be placed in the Guild Bank.

LOOKING FOR GROUP
* The LFG tool will be re-enabled after verifying we’ve fixed a crash issue that could occur while forming groups with this update.
* Non-leader members of a party are now informed if the leader removes the group from some (but not all) LFG queues.

GENERAL
* Iron Pine Peaks: Plaques of the Mountaineer are now properly granted from daily quests.
* Potential fix for the random trees appearing in the world where they shouldn’t be.
* The lesser essence Whirling Charge has regained its identity as a Rogue-statted item.
* Returned the Fang of Gaurath items to their previous state.
* Fixed raid frames showing red bars for raid members out of range or teleporting.

COMBAT
* Justicar: Rebuke should now actually work.
* Fixed a bug causing Break Free to fail to work while under some confuse and fear effects.

CRAFTING
* Fixed a rare crash issue with using specific recipes with augments.
* Corrected Heroic Healing Tonic recipe being replaced with the Brew of the Abyssal Apprentice. If you previously had Heroic Healing Tonic in your recipe list, it should reappear again as normal.

RIFT Update 1.2.1 Hotfix #1 – 05/28/11

LOOKING FOR GROUP
* Tier 1 and Tier 2 Expert Dungeons should now more accurately assess if you meet the requirements for a certain role based on your unbuffed stats listed in your character sheet.
*Random Looking For Group Daily Quests will now grant XP upon completion of the dungeon, enjoy!

SOULS
*Riftblade: Fiery Burst, Earth Burst, and Storm Burst now properly enhance the warriors next attack
*Inquisitor: Sanction Heretic: Ranks 1-9 now properly apply the DoT portion. Truly, seriously.
*Bladedancer: Combat Expertise now increases your hit rating by 5/10/15/20/25. This still works out to be the same percentage bonus as previously and now contributes towards stat requirements for looking for group checks.
*Champion: Cruel Efficiency now increases your hit rating by 5/10/15/20/25. This still works out to be the same percentage bonus as previously and now contributes towards stat requirements for looking for group checks.
*Paladin: Graceful Under Pressure now increases your hit rating by 15/30/45. This still works out to be the same percentage bonus as previously and now contributes towards stat requirements for looking for group checks.

ITEMS
*Necrotic Semblance: This greater planar essence will now properly proc even if you have removed the illusion.
*Guise of Death, Illusion: Ethian Monk, Illusion: Mathosian Vanguard, and Inmate’s Guise no longer work in Warfronts.
* The illusions from Necrotic Rage and Necrotic Semblance will no longer change your characters appearance when in a Warfront.

CRAFTING
* Fixed an issue where harvestable mining and foraging resources were not despawning after being harvested. No, you weren’t crazy!

UI/SETTINGS
*Your stats will now only appear green in your character sheet when modified by a temporary buff or effect.