Another week has quietly slipped by in Westeros, the sprawling stage of Game of Thrones: Kingsroad. This time around, the developers have rolled out various updates, including a brand-new Altar of Memories. Meanwhile, over in North America, some rather intriguing news that had been kept under wraps has finally seen the light of day. Let us dive right in and take a look, shall we?

As mentioned previously, September 16 marked the grand entrance of a fresh boss, the Basilisk of Greywater, into the Altar of Memories. In the broader lore, this creature boasts venom so potent that it never fails to feature in tales of royal assassinations. Within the game, the beast relies on a vicious blood poison that continuously stacks and ramps up the damage taken by players, making the encounter deeply threatening.

Yet, a rather peculiar issue has cropped up: the Basilisk sometimes kicks the bucket before even getting a chance to show off its intricate attack patterns. And it is not just the Basilisk, either—other Altar of Memories bosses like unicorns and griffins are occasionally biting the dust prematurely. When that happens, all the strategic joy of the encounter vanishes, turning a proper boss fight into a mindless daily chore of whacking a glorified training dummy.

Players are understandably expressing disappointment over this underwhelming difficulty. Many argue that it is a terrible shame to waste all the intricate boss patterns the designers bothered to build. Furthermore, critics point out that these compressed combat durations disproportionately inflate the efficiency of specific classes. Voices in the community are calling for stat adjustments or even the introduction of a hard mode for the Altar of Memories to restore the thrill of tactical combat.

On September 14, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad dropped some major announcements tailored for North American players. The core of the update involves opening fresh servers and ensuring that the cutting-edge content previously exclusive to Asian servers can finally be enjoyed in the North American environment. Up until now, the North American servers had the Casterly Rock storyline—set after the events of Stormlands—completely locked away, while missing crucial features such as weapon-swapping mechanics, major cinematic cutscenes, the exchange market, and various quality-of-life upgrades, leaving local players quite miffed.

The legacy servers will maintain their current state without receiving any separate new content updates. Consequently, North American players now face a crossroads: migrate their nests to the fresh servers to experience the latest content, or stubbornly stick it out on the existing servers. Detailed insights regarding this pivotal fork in the road can be found on the official North American forums.

Buried within this recent North American server announcement was a tidbit that domestic players will surely welcome as well. The developers spilled the beans on the next region slated for an update: the Westerlands stronghold known as Golden Tooth.

Golden Tooth serves as the ancestral seat of House Lefford, sworn loyalists to House Lannister. Nestled just northeast of Casterly Rock, this location acts as a formidable fortress guarding the Westerlands. Because any invading force marching into the Westerlands must punch through this exact castle, the area is defined by its brutally thick defenses.

That being said, during the War of the Five Kings, Robb Stark opted for a rather different approach. Instead of beating heads against this impenetrable fortress, the young commander bypassed it entirely. Guided by the direwolf Grey Wind, Robb Stark utilized a hidden detour to pull off a crushing victory at the Battle of Oxcross, subsequently sweeping across the entirety of the Westerlands. Players can actually hunt down lore collectibles related to this very campaign right inside the game.

As a quick reminder, the previous Casterly Rock region dropped alongside the conclusion of Regular Season 1. That alone makes September 30—the anticipated wrap-up date for Regular Season 2—worth keeping an eye on.