⚠️ **Draedic Vestiges Clarification** ⚠️
A few people have asked where their Vestiges went, so quick explanation:
**Draedic Vestiges** are rare mythic relics that *choose* a player, call to them, and grow stronger through use. Only one of each exists globally.
A bug previously prevented the intended inactivity cleanup from working correctly. That has now been fixed.
**How Vestiges work:**
• If a Vestige is not actively used for **48 hours**, it will withdraw and return to the world to seek a new bearer
• **Storing a Vestige in a container does NOT protect it** — if anything, that's basically abandoning it 😄
• Vestiges are meant to be used, carried, fought with, and kept active
If yours disappeared after sitting unused, that’s expected behavior now that the system is functioning correctly.
These are living relics, not bank storage collectibles. 👁️
Small clarification on botting/lag:
There is currently no official “one bot only” rule on Draeda.
We are looking into reports of morning lag, but we do not want to blame one thing without actually confirming it. Lag can come from a lot of different things: location/ping, network load, server load, large item piles, creatures/pathing, database work, specific actions being repeated, or other issues.
Client-side bot mods do not run on the server. The server only receives normal player actions from that character. However, certain behavior can still create load, such as multiple characters digging/mining nonstop in one area and leaving large piles behind.
So for now: please be reasonable, avoid excessive unattended behavior that creates mess/load, and report issues to staff with names, time, location, and what you observed.
We’ll investigate properly before making any rule changes.
@everyone
Draeda will be going down tonight at 10:00 PM Eastern for maintenance.
This shutdown will be a little longer than normal, since the dev team has some backend work to take care of while the server is offline.
Thanks for bearing with us while we get things cleaned up. We’ll get the server back online as soon as everything is finished.
@everyone Tonights restart will be a bit extended, as we are migrating the old database to our new system. Entire process shouldn't take long, but I want to not feel rushed, because then mistakes are made. So please be patient. Downtime is still starting at 10pm EST.
@everyone Sorry to keep bombarding you with the EVERYONE call today, but I'm really excited for you to see our new web page! It's completely redone and is gorgeous! We have many new features, including a server feed that shows real time data, including a leaderboard. https://draeda.org
Hey @everyone just addressing what happened earlier so it doesn’t keep spiraling.
The exchange that happened today should not have played out publicly the way it did. I’ve already addressed it privately, and going forward I expect both staff and players to keep disagreements out of public channels and handle things respectfully.
If there is an issue with a player, or with staff, bring it to me privately and let me handle it. I want Draeda to be a place people enjoy being, not a place where arguments turn into public drama.
Let’s move on and forward from it.
@everyone Server updates and maintenance have finished! Draeda is back online.
# ⚠️ Service Downtime Notice
Sorry @everyone , but **tomorrow morning (EST)** the server will be going offline for a **service change**.
We do not have a specific time yet, but the ISP quoted an outage window of **3–4 hours**. That said, that estimate feels a bit generous, so it may end up being shorter.
Thanks for your patience while this gets taken care of.
@everyone Sorry for the crashes over the last couple of days. The main issue appears to be database connection problems with the Crafter mod again. On top of that, WyvernMods QoL’s Mine to Cart module has also contributed to the instability.
To explain it simply: this does not mean the database itself is broken. Sometimes a mod tries to connect at the exact moment the database is temporarily unavailable, still busy, locked, or not fully ready. A well-made mod should handle that by retrying or failing gracefully. Crafter does not seem to do that. If it cannot connect when it wants to, it tends to just give up instead of recovering properly, which can lead to bigger problems.
So the issue is not always “the server” or “the database” in general, it is often the way a specific mod handles a temporary connection failure. Unfortunately, Crafter has been one of the biggest offenders when this happens.
We’re keeping an eye on it and doing what we can to reduce these issues. Thanks for bearing with us while we wrestle with this.
Crafters Mod and Draedic Vestiges have been temporarily disabled.
17d ago