Following community feedback, we have implemented several configuration adjustments to enhance the game experience:

Protection & Safety:

• protectionLevel: Increased from 7 to 100. This means players will now remain in protection zone until level 100.
• cleanProtectionZones: Changed from false to true. Protection zones will now be cleared of any items upon server save.

Prey System:

• preyFreeThirdSlot: Changed from false to true. Players will now have a third free prey slot available.
• preyRerollPricePerLevel: Increased from 200 to 400. The cost to reroll a prey bonus will now be 400 gold per character level.

Task Hunting System:

• taskHuntingFreeThirdSlot: Changed from false to true. Players engaged in task hunting will now benefit from a third free prey slot.
• taskHuntingRerollPricePerLevel: Increased from 200 to 400. The cost to reroll a task hunting prey bonus will now be 400 gold per character level.

Forging System:

• forgeCoreCost: Reduced from 50 to 25. The cost of forge cores has been halved.
• forgeBonusSuccessRate: Increased from 15% to 50%. The base success rate for forging bonus stats has been significantly increased.
• forgeFusionDustCost: Reduced from 100 to 70. The cost of fusion dust in the forging process has been reduced.

New Character Items:

• Starting items for new characters have been adjusted from 2 Crystal Coins (2CC) to 5 Crystal Coins (5CC).

Hazard System:

• hazardCriticalChance: Reduced from 750 to 200. The chance for hazards to critically hit has been substantially decreased.
• hazardCriticalMultiplier: Reduced from 25 to 10. The damage multiplier for hazard critical hits has been reduced.
• hazardDamageMultiplier: Reduced from 200 to 100. The base damage multiplier for hazards has been halved.
• hazardPodsTimeToSpawn: Increased from 4000 to 8000 milliseconds. The time it takes for hazard pods to spawn has been doubled.

These changes are now live. We appreciate your input and hope these adjustments contribute to a more enjoyable and balanced gaming experience.