The September 2005 Content Patch (patch 8) was added to Shadowbane on September 7th, 2005.
- Power mouseovers now report the amount of time remaining to recast.
- The who list received some minor UI updates.
- Upon promotion, a new message alert players to the class channels.
- Newly promoted players are now announced to their class' class channel.
- The promotion reminder HUD is now a little more user friendly.
- The group experience and gold grant radius has been reduced.
- PvP death messages have been shortened and simplified.
- The tracking HUD can now be resized.
- Stacks of resources no longer have gold value.
- Light armor sleeves purchased at the Black Market should be repairable.
- PvE Messages will no longer be announced in Nation Chat
- Fixed a server crash
- The hit point curve was significantly reduced for monsters over level 40.
- Runemasters have a new travel option, much like repledging without the guild membership change. All cities available for repledge are also open to travel.
- Irekei bankers now call themselves such.
- Adjusted the Siege and Mine Windows of Opportunity
- Mourning and Test
- Siege Windows of Opportunity: From 1 PM to 12 AM CST (18-5 GMT)
- Mine Windows of Opportunity: From 12 PM to 12 AM CST (17-5 GMT)
- Redemption
- Siege Windows of Opportunity: From 12 PM CST to 8 AM CST (18-14 GMT)
- Mine Windows of Opportunity: 11 PM CST to 8 AM CST (17-14 GMT)
- Wrath
- Siege Windows of Opportunity: From 12 PM CST to 8 PM CST (18-2 GMT)
- Mine Windows of Opportunity: From 11 AM CST to 9 PM CST (17-2 GMT)
- Vindication
- Siege Windows of Opportunity: From 2 PM CST to 10 PM CST (20-4 GMT)
- Mine Windows of Opportunity: From 1 PM CST to 11 PM CST (19-5 GMT)
- Banes may only occur during specified times of the day. Like mine windows, the defender chooses a time between two bounds (currently, the same times as mines). If the defender doesn't choose a time, the closest bound is chosen for them.
- Guild and nation leaders may set a message of the day for their members. It may be set from either an option in the Guild menu or from slash commands: "/SetNationMotD" and "/SetGuildMotD."
- Asset maintenance messages now report the specific city's name.
- Mine attack messages are now sent to the nation channel.
- Mine claim news is now broadcast around the world.
- Simple PvP death messages are now sent to the nation channel.
- New members are now announced to the guild channel.
- You must now wait an hour between changing guilds.
- Guild charters are significantly more expensive.
- The "Proficient with Bows" character creation starting rune has been removed.
- A minor weapon power is now available at level 1.
- A personal dispel stealth power, Reveal Thyself, is available to all rogues at level 2. It costs no stamina.
- Base class trainers now talk about Nightstalkers and Necromancers.=
- All fighters now receive the bow skill at level 1.
- All fighters may now take a bow starting kit in character creation.
- All rogues now receive the bow skill at level 1.
- All rogues may now take a bow starting kit in character creation.
- Rogue starting kits that provide a single sword and a single dagger have been removed.
- Last month's Crusader weapon power, Darius' Fist, is no longer a weapon power, but a regular point-blank area of effect DOT. It still requires a Liturgy weapon.
- Expansion Discipline mouseovers now say that they require an expansion.
- A new discipline, Clan Warden, is now available to Dwarven Priests.
- The Huntsman Power "Skin the Beast" is now flagged as aggressive
- The Saboteur power Infiltrate should no longer be blocked by no teleport spires.
- The Savant discipline heal, Strength of the Many, should heal about 50% more hit points.
