Overview
- Patch 1.1.17.0 delivered a personalized in-note message to Ben and introduced a suite of bug fixes and resource adjustments across the game.
- The effort began on July 21 when Reddit user Contrador cautioned that Ben’s eastern shield wall base at Sietch Abbir was running out of power.
- A wave of social media posts amplified the warning and led Funcom developers to join the search by embedding the alert in official patch notes.
- On July 24 the original poster confirmed that Ben’s base power had been restored and that he and his allies would maintain ongoing monitoring.
- By July 27 Ben publicly verified that his power was stable and expressed gratitude to both developers and players for the coordinated rescue mission.