• Ship improvements: A number of naval warfare improvements are included in today's patch, such as a reduction in speed for damaged ships so they are unable to flee as easily, an overall reduction of ship HP, relaxed requirements on the production of ships, and more.
• Crafting: The pace at which players will skill up in crafting has been increased when producing higher tier weapons.
• Visual Updates: A number of visual improvements have been made to the game world.
• Weapons: New elemental bows and one handed clubs have been added to the game.
• Magic: A balance pass has been made on magic abilities and schools. Some things have been improved such as an increase in skill up rates for the different schools, and a reduction in ingredient costs for various spells. While other aspects have been toned down, such as more strict requirements on AoE spells and backstabbing.

The full Darkfall patch notes are available here.