Groundwork: how your equipment is stored

5.3.55 · August 5, 2026

 - Behind the scenes: work continues on storing player equipment
   in the database alongside the existing rent files.  Nothing about
   your gear changes: the rent files are still what the game loads
   from, and every item was checked to make sure both copies agree.
 - Bugfix: several problems in that second copy were found and
   fixed, including one that emptied it whenever you rented.  Your
   actual equipment was never affected.
 - Note: if you have not played in a very long time, some of your
   items may show odd creation dates.  Old rent files never recorded
   them, so the game invented one each time you logged in.  That will
   settle once the new storage takes over.