The «Attach» button in chats has been moved back into the three-dot menu. That’s where it used to be before.

Goodbye — I’ll miss you 😢

Telegram Beta for Android v12.3.1 (6407)
@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

A new emoji has been added to the Telegram Beta for Android v12.3.1 (6407). It’s used somewhere in the interface and is called "large_forge.png". It strongly looks like it’s meant for the «Gift Crafting» feature — but we’ll see 👀

@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

🔨 Small change to crafted gifts on the test server. Gift models now have new labels:

— Legendary
— Epic
— Rare

This means they’ll no longer have rarity percentages — only an exclusivity tier.

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@telelakel

🔨 I’ve gained access to «Gift Crafting» on the test server, and here’s what I’ve learned about how it works:

— The crafting can result you with nothing. This happens most often when using 2 gifts, while using 3 or 4 has more chance to get new gift after crafting, but there’s still a chance you could lose all 4.
— Crafting on the test server is currently free, though this could still change.
— The first gift you select for crafting determines the ID of the crafted gift. For example, if the gift IDs are 100, 5926, 1536, and 8888, the crafted gift will get ID 100 (for example, Cake-100).
— Colors are rolled randomly, but if you use 4 gifts with the same color (for example, Black), the crafted gift will end up with that same color (in this case, also Black)
— Transferring, selling, and making offers for these gifts is disabled. This is likely temporary, as the server-side functionality isn’t fully ready yet.
— You can’t craft gifts that have already been crafted before, as they have a server-side flag that blocks this action.
— Gifts that were previously on the blockchain likely won’t be usable for crafting.
— The total quantity of gifts will decrease. For example, if it’s 1234/2000, after crafting 4 gifts it will become 1231/1997.

That’s all for now.

All of this information is preliminary — we’re waiting for beta updates with the actual feature. Crafting access isn’t available in any beta builds yet, this was obtained through other methods, so don’t try to look for it. Which collections will be available for crafting in the stable release is still unknown — it could be any collection. In my opinion, crafting is the best thing that could happen to gifts. Their total supply goes down, prices go up, and they become more unique — thanks to the second model pack.

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@telelakel

🔨 Gift Crafting.

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Telegram Beta for iOS v.12.3.3 (32167)
@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

🔨 You can also craft using just one gift, but the chances are low (first video), and you may lose it entirely (second video).

Each gift model has its own success chance. Better combinations improve the crafting result, specifically the model tier.

You can also buy a gift and immediately use it for crafting (third video).

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Telegram Beta for iOS v.12.3.3 (32167)
@telelakel | #new_tgbeta

Hey, don’t assume that Cakes will also be craftable on the production server — completely different gifts will be used there (you’ll find out which ones later) 🤓

Cakes were chosen on the test server simply because their supply there is large.

@telelakel

🔨 Gift Crafting 2.

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Telegram Beta for Android v.12.4.0
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