# The Magic and Paths update

*v0.7 · October 2026*

Wake the elements. Choose your calling. Temper your steel in Firstfolk light.

- **[Spells and Ether](#spells-and-ether):** Rimeshard, Cinderbolt, Stonewake, Squall. Cast from a Dawnspar Focus.
- **[The spell book](#the-spell-book):** Three spells ready at a time. No swapping in the heat of a fight.
- **[The Firstfolk Lens Lectern](#the-firstfolk-lens-lectern):** Enhance weapons, tools, armour and spells. A fixed price; it never fails.
- **[Callings](#callings):** Warden, Wayfarer, Arcanist or Shade: a starting kit and an outfit.
- **[Invite in Friends, Leave world](#invite-friends-and-leave-world):** Both in the pause menu. Inviting needs no account.

**Also new:**

- Two spell trails are earned: Chainbreaker for beating all four Keepers, Scribe’s Ink for the first sixteen Torn Pages.
- A Keeper beaten teaches its element’s spell to everyone at the fight.
- Enhanced gear shows gold pips and its level in its name: Keen II Iron Sword.
- Each calling’s outfit waits in Looks, under Shop › Callings.
- Settings has a HUD tab: coordinates, the compass, damage numbers, danger hints and right-click tips.
- Every key cap shows the key set in Settings › Controls.
- Back to Game returns to the game in one press.

## Patches

### Version 0.7.5

- **Respawn with Enter:** Enter respawns.
- **Menus open sooner:** The title menu is ready sooner, even on a slow connection.

- Smoother online play when many players are on.
- Long sessions stay smooth.

### Version 0.7.4

- **A new night sky:** The stars as they really shine, the Milky Way, the Keepers among them.
- **A key for every pause button:** Enter, J, O, F and L, shown on each button.
- **[Email sign-in asks your age](https://riventale.world/privacy/#children-and-parents):** 13 or older, or with a parent’s permission.

- New commands: /weather, /time, /tp, /effect, /clear and /seed in single player; /msg and /me for everyone.
- Going online is quicker, and single player starts sooner on slow connections.
- Smoother play in rain, snow and busy places; no stutter when a player leaves an online world.
- A boss can no longer hit you as it changes form.
- The spell trails and the Veteran outfits are in the shop.
- A look that costs less than the smallest payment goes in your cart.
- The Supporter Pack comes with the first 30 days of the Supporter Pass.
- The privacy page has a section for parents.
- The Journal keeps the notes of every version.
- Fewer stalls and crashes, and security fixes.

### Version 0.7.3

- **The Lectern names every material:** The cost says what to bring, and how many more.

- Screens over the game always free the mouse.
- First steps closes from the pause menu.

### Version 0.7.2

- **A cleaner name prompt:** Type your name, or roll one with the die.

### Version 0.7.1

- **[Invite to this world](https://riventale.world/guides/playing-with-friends/#inviting-friends):** In Friends: a link and a QR code. No account needed.

- Every window closes with its ✕.
- Looks asks before throwing away changes.

## Spells and Ether

The Crystal’s light, hardened in the deepest stone, wakes one element at a time in a **Dawnspar Focus**. Hold it and right click to cast; `C` turns it to the next ready spell. On a touch screen the **Cast** button takes the Draw button’s place: tap to cast at the middle of the screen, or hold, slide to aim and lift.

- **Dawnspar Focus:** Dawnspar over a Gold Ingot over a Haft (1 Dawnspar, 1 Gold Ingot, 1 Haft)

| Spell | Ether | Cooldown | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Rimeshard** (Water) | 4 | 0.8 s | A shard of ice, straight and fast: 5 to a creature, and Chill |
| **Cinderbolt** (Fire) | 6 | 1.2 s | A ball of fire that bursts where it lands: 6 and Burning, half to those within 2 blocks |
| **Stonewake** (Earth) | 8 | 4 s | A ridge of stone along the ground: 6 and Rooted to every creature on it |
| **Squall** (Wind) | 10 | 8 s | A whirlwind walking 10 blocks: it catches each target, then flings it |

**Ether** pays for every cast: 20 of it, a slim bar of ten segments over the hotbar. It comes back by itself, 1.5 a second, from a second after your last cast. A cast you can’t afford flashes the bar and spends nothing.

Learn a spell with the Focus in hand and a piece of the rarest ore in the stone, the one below the wanestone: each piece wakes one spell. A Keeper beaten teaches its element’s spell to everyone at the fight, and a character that beat Keepers before this update knows their spells when it returns. The Journal’s new **Spells** tab lists all four. Every number is in the [magic guide](https://riventale.world/guides/magic/).

## The spell book

You know up to four spells, and three are ready at a time. `B` opens the spell book (on a phone, the **Spells** button in the bag, or hold the Cast button still): pick a spell, then a ready slot. For 5 seconds after you take damage the book won’t change.

Each spell has three levels, raised at the Lectern. Level II costs 1 less Ether and cools down 10% faster; level III adds 1 damage and makes its effect last 25% longer, against creatures only.

## Spell trails

A trail recolours the core and the trail of all your spells; the rim keeps the element’s colour. Two are earned: **Chainbreaker**, gold links, for beating all four Keepers, and **Scribe’s Ink**, a black core with gold letters, for finding the first sixteen Torn Pages. Choose one in Looks, under Body › Spell trail.

## The Firstfolk Lens Lectern

A chalkstone pedestal banded in gold, its violet lens floating above it. Right click it, pick a weapon, a tool, a piece of armour or a spell, and pay the price shown: it always works, and nothing is lost.

| Track | For | I · II · III |
|---|---|---|
| Keen | Swords, daggers, axes, bows, crossbows | +1 · +2 · +3 damage to creatures (at most +1 to players) |
| Deft | Pickaxes, shovels, hoes, fishing rods | 10% · 20% · 30% faster |
| Bulwark | Every piece of armour | 3% · 6% · 9% less damage a piece, at most 25% for the set (5% against players) |

Level I costs 4 Gold Ingots and 2 Dawnspar; level II, 3 Wanestone and 2 Dawnspar. An enhanced item shows gold pips and its level in its name, Keen II Iron Sword, and keeps it when dropped, stored or given away. The recipe and the level III price are in the [crafting guide](https://riventale.world/guides/crafting/#the-firstfolk-lens-lectern).

## Callings

A new character chooses its calling on its first steps into a world; a character from before this update is asked once. A calling gives a first kit and a free outfit, nothing more: every calling can learn spells, draw a bow and use any blade.

| Calling | First kit | Outfit |
|---|---|---|
| Warden | Stone Sword, Wooden Helmet, Wooden Chestplate, 4 Bread | Warden Tabard |
| Wayfarer | Recurve Bow, 16 Arrows, 4 Bread | Wayfarer Cloak |
| Arcanist | A Dawnspar Focus, Rimeshard or Cinderbolt, 4 Bread | Arcanist Robe |
| Shade | Stone Dagger, 3 Cookies, 4 Bread | Shade Wrap |

The kit comes once per character. Change your calling any time in the Journal’s **Calling** tab: the new outfit joins your Looks, the old one stays, and there is no second kit. More in [How to play](https://riventale.world/guides/how-to-play/#choose-your-calling).

## Invite in Friends, Leave world

The pause menu’s **Friends** starts with **Invite to this world** (since v0.7.1; no account needed): a link to share and a QR code, and up to eight friends join your world from their browsers. **Leave world** goes back to the title menu, with the time of the last save under it. How it works is in [playing together](https://riventale.world/guides/playing-with-friends/#inviting-friends).

Settings has a new **HUD** tab: coordinates, the compass, damage numbers, danger hints and right-click tips. Every key cap on screen shows the key set in Settings › Controls. Back to Game returns to the game in one press. On the title menu, the Kinholds button reads “Single Player, or with up to 8 friends”, and Looks “Customize your character”.

Earlier versions: [all updates](https://riventale.world/updates/).

Play now: https://riventale.world/play/