This patch will be addressing some gameplay changes in Battle Royale and bug fixes and performance optimizations in Duels. Some active Battle Royale games may not reflect the new patch as the update is rolling out.

**Battle Royale v1.4.1**
- Removed the Loyalty enchant from Tridents
- Removed the Trident 2x damage buff
- Added a 3 second cooldown for Trident throws
- NEW **Poseidon's Treasure** item. A basic craft found in the Recipe Book that is an enchanted book with Loyalty I. Can be crafted once.
- Reduced the rate of diamonds, ancient debris, netherite scraps, and netherite ingots in Citadels.
- Removed nether wart from Citadel chests
- Fixed a bug where time-based leaderboard filters would not work and display "Unknown User"
- Fixed a bug where the personal entry for BR leaderboards wouldn't switch after changing filters

**Duels v1.0.1**
- Players can no longer dodge matches, if you leave a game during countdown you will lose the match
- Fixed a bug where ender pearls damage wasn't enabled
- Fixed a bug where players would take damage in Sumo
- Fixed a bug where parties of two would not get on the same teams in Casual 2v2s
- Fixed a bug where players would not receive the Play Again item in Casual 2v2s
- Fixed a bug where non-VIP players would not receive Legendary Weapons in Custom Kit Duels
- Fixed a bug where players would sometimes take damage on the last tick prior to being sent back to the lobby
- We've done a few things to optimize Duels performance. We'll continue monitoring performance 

**General**
- Fixed a bug were personal entries on the leaderboard would sometimes displaying a completely random player
- Fixed a bug where players could not hold two times at once on both the Battle Royale and Duels Lobby Parkour leaderboards

**Rule Changes**
Moving forward, we will make updates with our patch notes on rule changes. The rules webpage at https://hoplite.gg/rules is updated frequently, we encourage all of you to read over the page and refresh yourself with our server rules.
- Render distance fog customizer/removal mods in the Overworld or Nether are allowed. (this does NOT include removing fog under lava)
- All of our rules apply to Duels, and some rules are for Duels specifically. Please keep in mind of this when playing the newly available mode.

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Hoplite Patch Notes - Jan. 2nd, 2024