Minor Update: Pursuit of Mastery 8.4

Released: Sep 16, 2026

The Pursuit of Mastery quest chapters, the Orc race and an official server in the multiplayer menu.

Gameplay Changes#

Added the official Soulrend server to the multiplayer menu (thanks Craft Down Under).
New quest chapters and chapter group: Pursuit of Mastery, with Path of the Samurai, Demonic Implements, Path of the Colossus, Way of the Dancing Blades, Path of the Slayer, Assassin’s Armoury and many more. Improved Dagger, Katana and Dancing Blade progression.
New Race: Orc, replacing the Ogre origin.
Revamped most exterior nodes in the Mage skill tree, and refined all skill trees with new background, node and border textures (thanks LaTabla).
Improved advanced mob combat AI and added correct stun and impact on hit for many mobs and bosses.
A new affix codex in the reforging table interface.
Replaced lifesteal on the Bloodlord gem with healing received, and current HP damage on the Infernal Overlord gem with base damage.
Removed the Gorgon Head and Mehrune’s Razor (unbalanced), and several redundant enchantments.
Fixed legendary weapon transformations not changing texture, the Emberblade texture and model, Valarian mobs lacking Epic Fight animations, incorrect class bonus values, and Blade Dancer, Warrior, Ogre and Moon Elf descriptions.
Fixed skill tree textures not updating occasionally, and many skill point bugs and loopholes.

Refreshed all dragon type textures (thanks LaTabla), and retextured the Cataclysm and Aquamirae mods for Excalibur (thanks Ruseki). Effect widget cleanup.
Skill tree data was moved into a datapack (“moved to datapack - final”).
Fixed many possible server crashes.
Updated mods, Spanish translations and Forge (47.4.15).

Added: Souls Like Bosses Reforged, Apothic Extensions

Removed: Mowzie’s Cataclysm (unnecessary)