Roblox Islands Weapon Balance update log & patch notes

The new Roblox Islands update brings a variety of new content including mobs, quests, changes, and bug fixes to the game.
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Roblox Islands has released the new weapon balance update on September 24th, 2022! In this patch, you will find a wide-variety of changes and bug fixes have been added to the experience. These will hopefully help clear up any issues you may have had and allow you to find some new stuff to do in the game.

You can find the official patch notes below for the update, which were released on the official Islands Discord.

🗡️ Weapon Balancing 🗡️

  • Balanced out every weapon type and distributed them evenly across all weapons
  • Weaker enemies will generally have 1-2 types of either physical/magical resistances or weaknesses
  • Bosses can have up to 3 types of either physical/magical resistances or weaknesses

🧙‍♂️ Magic Changes 🧙‍♂️

  • Magic damage increase per level is now a flat rate like melee and archery, instead of percentage-based

🎯 Target Stand and Blocks 🎯

  • Added a new target stand which can be crafted and used for archery training
  • Added 2 new crafting blocks: wood target block and iron target block

🏹 Archery Changes 🏹

  • Added the ability to switch between arrows on equipped bows
  • Arrows now show a trail when shot from bows
  • Entity hit sound with arrows play regardless of how close to the target you are
  • Added arrows:
    • Iron Arrow
    • Steel Arrow
  • Added new bows to weapon stand

🐛 Misc Changes 🐛

  • Fixed island profiles not loading on start
  • Changed damage indicators when damaging enemies
    • Damage numbers show up in 3 colors:
    • Resistance → Blue
    • Weakness → Yellow
    • Neutral → Red
  • More consistent hit register with Static Scepter
  • Decreased damage per tick with Static Scepter: 8 → 5
  • Rework combat catalogue to matching current UI theme
  • Stone Short Arrow recipe changed from
    • 4 → 2 Stone (1 per arrow)
    • 1 → 4 Oak Wood (2 per arrow)
  • Stone Long Arrow recipe changed from
    • 3 → 6 Oak Wood (3 per arrow)
    • 6 → 2 Stone (1 per arrow)
  • Removed void hounds from Desert Island and fixed void rift teleportation

📈 Crop Market News 📰
🍉 Watermelon prices have risen! (80 → 85)
🥬 Spinach prices have dropped! (18 → 14)

🧑‍🌾 Farmer Cletus was recently heard whispering about pineapple prices…

Be sure to head over to the Roblox Islands page to try out this new update! You can check out more information on a variety of different experience in the Roblox section of our website

Shaun Savage

Shaun Savage

Shaun Savage is the founder and editor-in-chief of Try Hard Guides. He has been covering and writing about video games for over 9 years. He is a 2013 graduate of the Academy of Art University with an A.A. in Web Design and New Media. In his off-time, he enjoys playing video games, watching bad movies, and spending time with his family.

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