Once again our yearly Advent Calendar makes its return! From today until December 24th, claim your daily freebie at our Advent Calendar! Simply head over to the calendar, click the day of the month and find the Advent Giver NPC in Lutie. Enter the code you found on the calendar and poof, you have your daily freebie!

Rewards are account-bound and can be claimed on every game account you own. Be sure to check back daily for new rewards!

If the code does not work, ensure you are logged into the same Master Account as the one your game account is on!

P.S. Monthly Patch and Melodia Festival results will be posted soon!

Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Glast Heim
  • Excludes Prison and Churchyard.
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Snack Party Costume [21237]
  • Robotic Eye Swarm Costume [21772]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Fancy Blue Hair Costume [21489]
  • Stole Of Angel Costume [20847]
• Sorry. No graphic yet! It’s a work in progress! Feel free to check the Dressing Coach in-game. The November Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last months, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Decorated Magic Coat Costume [Garment][33043]
  • Morroc Kid Servant Costume [Middle][21022]
  • Midnight Candle Costume [Middle][30093]
  • Traveler Backpack Costume [Garment][30051]
  • Violet Starlight Costume [Lower][33032]
  • Flying Katashiro Costume [Lower][21588]
  • Tris Sword Costume [Garment][33041]
  • Halloween Hair Costume [Lower][33020]
  • Halloween Candy Hair Costume [Lower][33021]
  • White Fox Hood Hair Costume [Lower][30743]
  • White Fox Hair Costume [Lower][30744]
  • Loli Ruri Moon Costume [Garment][21282]
  • Disguise Mantle Costume [Lower][21279]
  • Astrologer Hood Costume [Upper][21778]
  • White Cat On Shoulder Costume [Middle][21858]
  • Piamette Bonnet Costume [Upper][33030]
  • Blue Rose Ribbon Ornament Costume [Middle][21987]
  • Altair Hat Costume [Upper][30365]
  • Deviruchi Headphones Costume [Upper][20681]
  • Assassin Skull Mask Costume [Middle, Lower][21129]
  • Hahoe Mask Costume [Middle][33045]

Limited Edition Costume

For a duration of one week, you can now purchase these [Visual] Niflheim Night Sky Costume and [Visual] Nightmare Chain Costume at the Talon Shop for 6000 Talon Cash! These are Garment slot costumes.

Disclaimer: even though it’s sold for a limited time, it may or may not return in the future to cater towards players from different timezones. Additionally, keep in mind that these visual effects only show up when effects in-game are enabled.

General Updates

• No more cooldown on Inns.
• Added Magic Heir Costume to the Costume Swap Fairy NPC.
• Added Shackles [1]. They can be obtained through the Slotting NPC as an A Rank item costing 1 Elunium and 500,000 Zeny.

Melodia Festival

The town of Melodia is once again opening its doors and welcomes you to the annual Melodia Festival! Despite the delay, many updates have been made that we are sure will elevate the event to new levels! We hope you all enjoy~

While this post is quite concise, you will find a lot of additional details in the Year 2024 and Year 2023 posts as well, so be sure to check that out!

The festival will run for about 2.5 weeks until November 23rd!

2025 Updates

• Participation check for the final house prize (in case your house wins!) is now determined by rewards purchased rather than competition points. This way players who did not gain competition points (like last year) but still participated will be able to claim the house prize.
• Monny now always sorts you into a random house, no matter what. While previous years it was already practically impossible to cheese the sorting system, we want to take away any indication that the sorting process might be biased in any way.
  • To further limit indications that one house is doing much better than another, a lot of competition announcements have been anonymized!
• Added Melodia Broomstick item to quickly warp around event locations. You will be given one by Monny when enrolling into a house as well as by the Ferryman in Prontera in case you lost yours or want to get one on a different character. This item has a 60-second cooldown.
• Brand new Storyline Quest implemented with exciting new rewards.
  • Added a special reward for the first player who finished the quest.
• Brand new Error Quest implemented with several new rewards added.
• Labyrinth Updates
  • Now enabled from the start of the event!
  • Completed the annual minigame shuffling.
  • Now gives a small amount of House Points when finishing.
  • Added a 3-minute cooldown after a run ends prematurely.
  • Added more precautions to ensure the labyrinth resets properly when a party leaves mid-run.
  • Color Memorization / Coffin updates:
    • Fixed the timer not resetting properly between attempts.
    • Lowered amount of colors required per sequence by 1.
• Deviruchiling Quest Updates
  • Moved Deviruchiling NPCs slightly away from the quest NPC.
  • Lowered the Halloween Ticket rewards given out by Deviruchiling quest slightly.
  • Cooldown is now account-bound.
  • Added new (rare) rewards.
  • Slightly lowered the items required for cooked food and boosted the droprates of the cooked food option.
• Walk of Life Updates
  • Added a 2-minute cooldown after a round ends.
  • Slightly lowered tickets and house points given out to first place winners.
  • Added more checkpoints for consolation prizes. You can now win 2, 3 or 4 tickets if you did not win, based on how far you made it.
• Amazing Ragna Race Updates
  • Added a 2-minute cooldown after a round ends.
  • Slightly lowered tickets and house points given out to first place winners.
• Shadow Tag Updates
  • Shadow Tag Doom Troops can now only be offensively attacked by their respective House Members. You can, however, still use non-damaging skills on any Doom Troop.
• Town Games Updates
  • When joining Town Games, you now have to sign up with Belle in order to participate. You can play with one game account per round. Furthermore, the Champions will not be visible to you if you have not registered.
  • Hiding, Cloaking or Chase Walk no longer work in Melodia town.
  • Porionette game now gives 10 Halloween Tickets instead of 8.
  • Simon Says/Sequence now gives 12 Halloween Tickets instead of 8.
• Halloween Challenge Updates
  • Endure no-flinch effect no longer works in this map.
• Racas Forest Preserve Updates
  • Kavesh can now assign and reward quests outside of Racas Forest Preserve (at his location near the tracks).
  • Added idle checks when farming Racas. Auto followers will no longer get any rewards.
  • Several small updates to Racas Monsters & MVPs stats and skills.
  • Added a stronger version of Stabin Yu for the hard map.
  • Slightly lowered the Daily Ticket Cap (does not apply to the kill quest) from 100 to 75 on the easy map and 150 to 125 on the harder map.
• Introducing the Melodia Eating Contest! Riella, Sri Tael and Zeno visit from Cirque du Fluff and are readying their stomachs for some bewitching Melodia treats! Wager your Halloween Tickets at the start of Casino hour and see if you multiply your bet!
  • Introduces 6 new Achievements.
• Get ready for the latest iteration of the Melodia Tournament Instance! Not only is it harder this year, but you can also expect new tricks up familiar opponent’s sleeves and “some” game mechanic upgrades. Additionally, this instance will debut the first version of a difficulty scaling system which promises to make the instance harder and reward greater! Please check out the full patch notes on this below.
• You will now get updates on Discord on what activities are open, similar to the Status Boards around the event. They will be posted on the #server-messages channel.
• You will now get a notification if you become the Top Scorer of your house. Status Boards will now also show you who the Top Scorer of your house is. The Top Scorer of every house will also receive an exclusive Achievement and Title at the end of the event!
• Lowered Bloody Branch price from 90 to 75 Halloween Tickets.
• Added Silvervine Fruit as an item to be purchased for 12 Halloween Tickets.
• Added Wicked Collar recoloring to the Coloring Machine. Given that these are Account Bound items, they will be available in the Lutie Vending Machine.
• Monny now gives you a choice to disable/enable jumpscares after being sorted into a house as well as any time after.
• Halloweenies and Melodia Matchan now have a 4th option for custom amounts.
• Various updates to Melodia Town to reduce stuttering.
• Added proximity checks for warping NPCs and event spawns for town games and trick or treaters so that they don’t get stuck in places you cannot walk.
• Added extensive logging server-side so we will be able to show proper performance graphs after the event!
• Added two new costumes to Costume Raffle.
• Added a new costume to the Drinking Game, but limited the Trick or Treater buff to 15 minutes.
• Variety of House Points rebalancing across the board.

Enrolling into a House

The Halloween festival at Melodia has been and will always be a competition among the houses of Melodia Academy. As such, participating in the competition requires you to be assigned into one of the four noble houses.  The competitive activities offered by Melodia pits all four houses against each other through a huge variety of mini games, designed to test your skills, proficiency and perhaps luck as well. Be certain to try out all of them to experience everything Melodia has to offer you, and also earn points for your house and tickets for yourself.

House Windsor Led by Remy

House Guile Led by Faa

House Sorin Led by Sola

House Emure Led by Sydo

Begin the enrollment process by speaking to Monny (The Grand Monemus) in Melodia Academy.

• You can find Monny in the left wing of the academy building, which is where you are first teleported by the Ferryman.

This year, Monny is fully responsible for sorting you into a fitting house, and will pick for you based on what it believes your capabilities can offer.

• Note that your house assignment will apply to all characters within your master account. We highly recommend consolidating your individual participation to one character – so you can maximize your earned points and prizes more effectively!

The Ferryman will then offer to send you to the town of Melodia, the academy or the Melodia manor at your request! You will receive an achievement and a title upon joining a house! To equip the title once you earn the achievement for joining your house, do the following:

• If your status menu (aka icons) is not already open, do so by clicking the tiny down arrow right under the Status UI.
• Go to the bottom left and select the Achievement Challenges Trophy Icon.
• While in the Achievements UI, select the Adventure tab.
• Navigate to the Achievement you just earned, go to the bottom right, and click the Collect button.
• If not already opened, access your Equipment Window by pressing [ALT + Q], and make your way to the right most tab at the top, “Title”.
• You’ll see the name of the house you just got sorted to here (Windsor, Guile, Sorin, Emure). Equip it by double clicking it, and that’s that!

House Competition

House Points will determine which of the four houses will emerge as victorious this year. House points can be earned by anyone for their team through participating in the Halloween mini games. The Melodia Academy registrar will be keeping a record of the scores hidden until the end of the Halloween festival, when the winning house and runner-up house will be announced!

A special prize will also go to all adventurers who are affiliated with the winning houses! You are expected to have participated at least somewhat in the event in order to claim your house prize. This is based on purchases made through Halloween Tickets.

The house that places first will win one of these at its member’s own choice:

• Blessing of Angels Costume
• Big Magic Book Costume
• Adventurer Pope Egg
• Big Lollipop Costume
• Bloody Murderer Knife Costume
• Atroce Egg
• Time Holder Egg (NEW)
  • INT + 2, AGI + 2
  • Increases Physical Damage to DemiHuman monsters by 2%.
  • Decreases Physical Damage from DemiHuman monsters by 1%.
  • Increases duration of Blessing and Increase Agility cast on you by 20 seconds.
• Giant Mad Bunny Costume (NEW)

The house that places second will win one of the following:

• Blessing of Angels Costume
• Garling Egg
• Papare Egg
• Wooden Fairy Egg
• Adventurer Pope Egg

Furthermore, the Top Scorers of each house will receive a special achievement and title!

Player Competitions

Special Honorary Degrees will be awarded to the thirteen (13) most intrepid adventurers who have helped to settle this year’s tie. Individual prizes will be handed out to winners of various mini games who have demonstrated that their skills are on par with the best-in-class students of each house! Those individuals with the most points at the end of the entire Halloween festival will be announced and receive a special, exclusive prize!

• Note that top-performance is master account driven – so to compete in this area, so you no longer have to specifically participate with a particular character.
• Overall, thirteen (13) players will win for top performance in each of the following categories:
  • The top-three (3) Minigame winners by accumulated points.
    • Performance will be based on the number of points accumulated for all minigames. Points accumulated through Blackjack will NOT count toward this individual performance total.
  • The top-three (3) Racas Forest Monster Hunters by accumulated points:
    • Performance is based on the number of monsters killed in The Racas Forest Preserve and Forbidden Section. Points only accumulate during Happy Hour.
  • The top-three (3) overall players.
    • This includes but is not limited to town games, minigames, Racas Forest kills and many more activities! Let the best players win~
  • The single fastest party of four (4) in the Labyrinth when this mini game is made available.
    • Be on the lookout for the Labyrinth mini game during the Haunted Festival. You’ll be able to form parties of four (4) players for this mini game.
• In recognition of outstanding efforts, each of this year’s thirteen Degree recipients, as well as the new competition winners, will receive:
  • A unique, account-bound Wooden Fairy II Egg.
  • Your choice of MVP Card!
    • Cards eligible for this prize are those currently available from the Talon Shop.
    • Maya Purple is furthermore excluded from this list.

Instance Patch Notes

• Added new rewards to Treasure Chest.
• Added a new side cutscene somewhere outside of the instance when completing the instance at least once.
  • No, it doesn’t give you any additional rewards.
• Removed Practice Rounds.
• Rewards for clearing the instance fastest and first have been removed.
• Enemy HP no longer scales with party size.
• Lives are now restored between rounds again, and lives/returns are now increased and restored to 50 and 10 respectively by Zarevok again.
• Added a new scaling difficulty scaling system that goes all the way to 25. Starting at Level 0 (base instance). Every time you clear the instance, you will unlock a higher level difficulty. Each level adds MaxHP + 25% and ATK/MATK + 15% to your opponents.New rewards inside Zarevok’s Treasure Chest will start to appear and will exponentially improve with higher difficulty.
  • Improved Zarevok Treasure Chest rewards include but aren’t limited to Level 10 Stat Foods, Raw Gems, and higher MvP Card Rates.
  • You will not earn a higher level difficulty if your max level difficulty is lower or higher than the difficulty level the instance was created with (example: your max is 2, but the instance was created with a party leader that opened it with level 3).
• The leaderboard now sorts by difficulty first and then by time.
• Significant AI and Monster Behavior Updates to all opponents. For discovery reasons and to keep the element of surprise there, we will only reveal information about behaviors already known from previous years and critical information.
• Instance Ruleset Changes
  • Updated Instance Element Table to the following. Furthermore, elements that now provide an elemental advantage (such as Fire against Earth) now get doubled if the damage is magic (30% -> 60%, 15% -> 30%). This buff does not apply for Bolt Skills;

• MvP HP Bars are now visible during the Instance Ruleset.
• DEF Piercing Skills such as Spiral Pierce, Acid Terror, and Piercing Shot are now allowed to ignore DEF but only at a 50% Rate instead of 100%.
• Critical Attacks now ignore only 50% of DEF instead of 100%.
• Enchant Deadly Poison now boosts Sonic Blow by only 25% in the Instance Ruleset. Furthermore, its general ATK% Scaling is changed to 20 x Skill Level% (200% Max at level 5).
• Spellbreaker’s Cooldown now only applies on success.
• Spellbreaker Success now scales against bosses in the following way: 20 x Used Skill Level%.
• Only the following skills have Cooldown Restrictions now at the following amounts: Dispel (10 Seconds), Land Protector (10 Seconds), Tarot Card (10 Seconds), Spellbreaker (6 – Used Level Minutes).
• Gospel DEF/ATK Penalties have been reduced from 100% to 25%, but they now also affect MATK and MDEF respectively.

• General Mechanics
  • Mobs are now capable of executing defined scripts when they use their normal skills.
  • Conditional skill entries such as those that only trigger after a certain skill was used on them now ignore can act delays, which allows mobs to more fluently combo/utilize their skills without as much dead time in between.
  • Around target skill entries can now be assigned AoEs as high as 25×25 as opposed to just up to 9×9 from before.
  • Added a damage reduction over time mechanic. When present, damage gets resisted over time according to -(MaxHP – HP) / (MaxHP / 75)%. It can be applied in many varieties including Short Range Physical, Long Range Physical, Magical, MISC, or All Damage.
  • New Target Type “Auto Attack”. Skills with this target type will now auto-cast the assigned skill as if they were using Sage’s Autospell.
  • New Mode “Sniper”. Mobs with this mode assume level 10 Vulture’s Eye and level 10 Snake Eyes when using skills that support them. This has no effect on normal attacks.
  • New Mode “Pursuit”. Mobs with this mode will attempt to chase players for a while after initiating a cast time before going still similar to Sage’s Free Cast.
  • New Mode “MvP Resist”. Applies the previously mentioned damage resist over time mechanic for all damage.
  • New Skill Condition “Out of Attack Range”. Triggers when this monster is attacked outside of both its attacking range and casting range regardless of current state and sight range.
• Professor RK-9
  • Adjusted DEF and MDEF.
  • Adjusted ASPD.
  • Now resists Short Range Physical damage over time.
  • RK9’s Gear Shift mechanic can no longer be Dispelled.
  • During Gear Shift’s effect, Fixed Damage and Damage applied after the Element Immunity check no longer slips through the cracks and is now properly ignored (such as Soul Breaker’s MATK portion of damage).
  • RK9 Laser’s rotation is now faster than before.
• The Doom Troops
  • All: Adjusted Movement Speed, DEF, and MDEF.
  • Windsor: Adjusted Min and Max ATK.
  • Guile: Adjusted INT.
  • Now resists Magic and MISC damage over time.
  • Back Stab mechanic renamed to Infiltrator. Infiltrator now inflicts 50% MaxHP base damage, increasing by another 1% for every target Hard DEF, and inflicts a 3×3 splash AoE around where the target is chosen.
  • Extreme Potion Pitch now heals more often and has a more consistent rate of healing that improves with other troops dead.
• Nightriff
  • Attack Range increased.
  • Adjusted DEF and MDEF.
  • Adjusted Min and Max ATK.
  • The Equivalent Exchange Field effect changed completely. Walk Speed is still fixed, however, all Holy Magic now ignores MDEF and short range attacks are no longer resisted, but long range damage now gets resisted over time.
  • The teleporting Dark Grand Cross mechanic has been replaced with a new skill.
• Arthur the Berserker
  • Adjusted DEF and MDEF.
  • Adjusted Min and Max ATK.
  • Stance Change slightly updated.
    • Champion’s Stance: Immunity to Long and MISC Damage, resists Short Range Attacks over time.
    • Spellblade Stance: Immunity to Magic Damage, resists Long Range Attacks over time.
  • Judgement Day Magnus Exorcismus units now get removed any time he uses another Signature Attack such as Excalibur Smite to make it easier to see what’s going on without too much overlap.
• Zarevok
  • Attack Range increased.
  • Adjusted DEF and MDEF.
  • Adjusted Min and Max ATK.
  • Adjusted VIT.
  • Adjusted ASPD.
  • Now resists All Damage over time.
  • Reduced Tempest MDEF / Magic Resist% Ignore from 40% to 33%.
  • Zarevok’s Element Shift Mechanic will boost his elemental damage by 25% if the used skill matches the current rotated element.
  • Zarevok’s Element Shift Mechanic now results in elements that aren’t favorable against his current element being reduced by 25%.
  • Now has Holy, Shadow, and Ghost Element states in addition to Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth.
  • All Signature Attacks are now slightly faster on average and do a lot more damage or instant kill.
  • All currently known Signature Attacks now have a random certain number of times they can be used in a row except for Titanic Plate which always gets used 3 times in a row.
  • Flamethrower now causes Zarevok to teleport to certain fixed locations in the map prior to using the skill.
  • Chain Reaction now has 2 units when 2 or more players are present in the arena rather than 1.
  • Titanic Plate can now be used in the center in addition to the left and right sides.
  • Inferno Barricade now gets temporarily disabled during the usage of a Signature Attack. It will then be re-enabled following a cast time shortly after the Signature Attack ends.

We’ve rolled out a variety of updates across the board, but the spotlight this month definitely goes to the Ninja class, which has received major revamps and refinements. Read on for all the details!

Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Thanatos Tower F1~11
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Guardian of Abyss Costume [30546]
  • Ragdoll Cat Costume [30374]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Stellar Gratia Costume [30658]
  • Twin Edge Costume [30528]
• The October Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last months, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Blue Magpie Wings Costume [Garment] [30853]
  • Herald Of God Costume [Garment] [33013]
  • Gallant Cape Black Costume [Lower] [33016]
  • Feather Hair Blonde Costume [Lower] [33004]
  • Feather Hair Two-tone Costume [Lower] [33005]
  • Evil Scythe Costume [Garment] [21419]
  • Paw Backpack Costume [Garment] [30613]
  • Medium Wave Hair Costume [Lower] [33007]
  • Medium Wave Hair Blonde Costume [Lower] [33008]
  • Twin Cannon Costume [Lower] [21226]
  • Bloody Bandage Costume [Middle] [21873]
  • Scavenge Hat Costume [Upper] [21700]
  • Gear Monocle Costume [Middle] [33006]
  • Sinister Horn Costume [Middle] [21548]
  • Chestnut Helmet Costume [All] [33012]
  • Smart Under Rim Glasses Costume [Middle] [20884]
  • Catalina Von Brad 60 II Costume [Upper] [20651]
  • Casual Drooping Pope Costume [Upper] [20707]
  • Orchid Hairband Costume [Upper] [21802]
  • Cute Penguin Costume [Upper] [20782]

Limited Edition Costume

For a duration of 1 week, you can now purchase this [Visual] Aura Wing Costume at the Talon Shop for 6000 Talon Cash! This is a Garment slot costume. You can of course preview it at the Dressing Coach NPC.

Disclaimer: even though it’s sold for a limited time, it may or may not return in the future to cater towards players from different timezones. Additionally, keep in mind that these visual effects only show up when effects in-game are enabled.

General Updates

• Inns Updates:
  • All Inns now offer Level 10 Blessing and Increase Agility buffs for using them. The buffs will have a duration of 10 minutes.
  • It costs 10,000 Zeny to get one of the buffs and 15,000 Zeny to get both.
  • Unified all Inns into one function so they will all interact the same way.
• Battlegrounds Updates:
  • Initial Battlegrounds queue messages now specifically mention how many players have queued up, instead of just showing how many more are required to start a match.
  • Added minimaps to Rush and Conquest castles.
  • In Conquest, there are now objective viewpoints in your minimap. It will show you where the Guardian Stones are, the next Barricade to destroy and the Emperium. This way players who join an existing match will know what their objective is right away.
  • Updated the way the warp flags work in Conquest. When you select a destination, it now shows its location in the minimap so that you can see where you are warping to before you actually go there. Also improved the NPC interaction so that you can go back to the main menu if you want to. This also comes with a major code revamp, so please let us know if anything in Conquest goes wrong.
  • Fixed Tasty Pink Ration and Tasty White Ration not working in BG. Also lowered their purchase price from 50 to 25 coins.
  • No, we haven’t forgotten about the other updates regarding daily quests, etc. More coming.
• Updated Guild Recruitment Board to send a mail to the Guild Leader when their listing expired. Also added an additional board to Prontera.
• Updated the Plagiarism NPC with new skills:
  • Cold Bolt [7500z]
  • Crimson Fire Blossom [10000z]
  • Fire Bolt [7500z]
  • Flying Side Kick [15000z]
  • Grand Cross [15000z]
  • Jupitel Thunder [7500z]
  • Lightning Bolt [5000z]
  • Lightning Crash [10000z]
  • Lightning Spear of Ice [10000z]
  • North Wind [10000z]
  • Reverse Tatami [10000z]
• Also updated Plagiarism NPC with a Last Used option and made some preparations to have it work in BG matches for a future update.
• Lowered Lude spawn delay on nif_fild02 from 6 ~ 8 minutes to 30 ~ 45 seconds. Also increased their spawn amounts from 10 to 15.
• Service for You and Apple of Idun now have a 1-second cooldown to address some spam concerns.
• You can no longer have any Purified Essences in your inventory when doing a Rollback or Cross-Transcending.

Ninja Updates

As previously announced, we are looking into solutions to fix and balance classes. Where we previously avoided making skill changes to “balance out” a class, this approach is gradually shifting. While we still want to preserve the Pre-Renewal feeling, there are edge cases where adjustments are necessary. Ninja will be the first class to receive this treatment, with Gunslinger following shortly after. These updates will serve as a reference point for how we may approach future class reworks.

One of Ninja’s long-standing problems is that a number of their physical skills are ineffective by design (Mist Slash being a clear example), and overall, they are cumbersome to use compared to their magic skills. Mist Slash, for instance, is weaker than simply using Thief’s Hiding. Shadow Slash requires a high level of commitment (and spread of stats) relative to other skills. Throw Huuma Shuriken, intended as a ranged AoE option, carries steep stat requirements while offering limited payoff. The Huuma weapon type itself also holds the class back, being one of the slowest and least effective weapon types in the game, without offering meaningful advantages over dagger and shield setups. To compensate, we have resorted to adjustments through cards, custom weapons, and SQI bonuses in the past. For this update, we are instead focusing on addressing the underlying issues of Ninja’s short-range physical skills (with the exception of Throw Huuma Shuriken).

At a later stage, we will continue improving Ninja by revisiting their remaining physical ranged skills and other underperforming abilities. This will be considered part one of the Ninja update, as we also want to ensure timely delivery of other important content and updates.

Full Ninja Patch Notes

_{No tl;dr, deal with it.}

IMPORTANT: due to the skill (level) revamps, every Ninja will receive a skill reset upon login, once. You can also no longer load builds saved in the Build Saver NPC, however you can still view them.

General

• Added titles to Ninja and Gunslinger Gear/Ammo Crafting NPCs to make it easier to tell who does what.
• Added missing profile image for Craftsman Kaibara.
• Fixed [Throw Huuma Shuriken] and [Fireball] producing a ton of redundant animations while mobbing which can result in lag.
• Shinobi Spawns in Amatsu Dungeon 3 are now instant.
• Tengu Spawns in Amatsu Dungeon 3 are now instant.
• The Paper Spawns in Amatsu Dungeon 3 are now instant.
• Incantation Samurai no longer drops Huuma Blaze Shuriken [0] ([2] after changes). Instead, it now drops Mikatsuki [2] at a 5% chance.
  • Note: New Weapon, see Spreadsheet.
• Karakasa no longer drops Murasame [1]. Instead, it now drops Weeder Knife [0] at a 0.03% chance.
• Miyabi Doll no longer drops Hakujin [0] ([1] after changes). Instead, it now drops Star Dust Blade [1] at the same rate as the Hakujin.
• Wanderer no longer drops Lady Lutie’s Pancake. Instead, it now drops Hakujin [0] ([1] after changes) at a 0.15% chance.
• Shinobi now drops Murasame [0] ([2] after changes) at a 0.03% chance.
• Reduced Assaulter’s Huuma Wing Shuriken [0] ([2] after changes) Drop Rate from 0.15% to 0.03%.
• Reduced Shinobi’s Shinobi Sash [0] Drop Rate from 3% to 0.09%.
• Reduced Shinobi’s Murasame [1] ([3] after changes) Drop Rate from 0.15% to 0.03%.
• Reduced Wanderer’s Hakujin [1] ([2] after changes) Drop Rate from 0.15% to 0.03%.
• Reduced Fire Imp’s Huuma Blaze Shuriken [0] ([2] after changes) Drop Rate from 0.09% to 0.06%.
• Added Mikatsuki [3] to Slotter NPC at A Rank costing 5 Oridecon, 10 Steel, and 800,000 Zeny.
• Increased Shinobi Sash Sell Price from 10,000 to 50,000.
• Increased Shinobi Sash Buy Price from 20,000 to 100,000.
• Shinobi Sash [1] rank in Slotter NPC changed. It is now an A Rank item which now costs 1 Elunium and 500,000 Zeny.

Crafting Related

• Default Weapon Quests for reference: https://irowiki.org/classic/Ninja_Weapon_Quests
• All Ninja Weapon Quests (except Custom Huumas)
  • Now grants 1 random option stat upon crafting any Ninja Weapon. The stat can be any of the following: STR + 1, VIT + 1, INT + 1, DEX + 1, HIT + 5, ASPD + 3%, CRIT + 3, HP + 75, or SP + 20. This feature does not apply for the custom Huuma quests, only the official crafting quests!
• Ashura [3] Quest
  • Now Crafts an Ashura [2] instead of an Ashura [3].
  • Can now upgrade an Ashura [2] into an Ashura [3] at the cost of 100,000 Zeny and 1 Oridecon. Refine and Cards will be carried over!
  • Increased Zeny Cost from 32,000 to 50,000.
• Hakujin [0] Quest ([1] after changes)
  • Can now upgrade a Hakujin [1] into an Hakujin [2] at the cost of 100,000 Zeny and 1 Oridecon. Refine and Cards will be carried over!
  • Reduced Zeny Cost from 120,000 to 50,000.
  • Reduced Level 3 Heal Requirement from 10 to 3.
• Jitte [0] Quest ([2] after changes)
  • Can now upgrade a Jitte [2] into an Jitte [3] at the cost of 100,000 Zeny and 1 Oridecon. Refine and Cards will be carried over!
  • Increased Zeny Cost from 20,000 to 50,000.
  • Removed Old Hilt Requirement.
  • Lowered Steel Requirement from 30 to 25.
  • Now requires 50 Broken Sword.
  • Now requires 100 Burning Hair.
• Murasame [1] Quest ([2] after changes)
  • Can now upgrade a Murasame [2] into an Murasame [3] at the cost of 100,000 Zeny and 1 Oridecon. Refine and Cards will be carried over!
  • Increased Zeny Cost from 48,000 to 50,000.
  • Now requires 5 Cracked Diamond.
  • Now requires 100 Cyfar.
• Huuma Giant Wheel Shuriken [3] Quest
  • Can now upgrade a Huuma Giant Wheel Shuriken [3] into a Huuma Giant Wheel Shuriken [4] at the cost of 100,000 Zeny and 1 Oridecon. Refine and Cards will be carried over!
  • Increased Zeny Cost from 40,000 to 50,000.
  • Lowered Steel Requirement from 30 to 25.
  • Increased Oridecon Requirement from 2 to 10.
  • Now requires 5 Cracked Diamond.
• Huuma Giant Wheel Shuriken [4] Quest
  • Can no longer be crafted. Must now be upgraded from the [3] version for 1 Oridecon and 100,000 Zeny, or farmed from Tengu.
• Huuma Wing Shuriken [0] Quest ([2] after changes)
  • Increased Zeny Cost from 90,000 Zeny to 200,000 Zeny.
  • Increased Harpy Feather Requirement from 20 to 100.
  • Now requires 100 Wing of Dragonfly.
• Huuma Blaze Shuriken [0] Quest ([2] after changes)
  • Increased Zeny Cost from 78,000 Zeny to 200,000 Zeny.
  • No longer requires 50 Flame Stones.
  • Now requires 5 Oridecon.
• Improved Arm Guard [1] Quest
  • No longer has a fail chance when crafting it.
• Special Ninja Suit [1] Quest
  • Reduced Zeny Cost from 5,000,000 to 2,500,000.
  • Reduced Tattered Clothes Requirement from 200 to 100.
  • Fox Arm Guard combo bonus now depends on the Arm Guard refine level rather than the armor.
• Ninja Scale Armor [1] Quest
  • Reduced Zeny Cost from 5,000,000 to 2,500,000.
  • Reduced Shining Scale Requirement from 200 to 100.
  • Fox Arm Guard combo bonus now depends on the Arm Guard refine level rather than the armor.
• Tenebris Latitantes [1] Quest
  • Reduced Zeny Cost from 5,000,000 to 2,500,000.
  • Crescent Arm Guard combo bonus now depends on the Arm Guard refine level rather than the armor.
• Huuma Fierce Inferno [3] Quest
  • Now requires 50 Used Iron Plate.
  • No longer requires 50 Solid Iron Piece.
  • No longer requires Huuma Blaze Shuriken.
• Huuma Fluttering Snow [3] Quest
  • Now requires 50 Used Iron Plate.
  • No longer requires 50 Solid Iron Piece.
  • No longer requires Murasame [1].
• Huuma Thunderstorm [3] Quest
  • Now requires 50 Used Iron Plate.
  • No longer requires 50 Solid Iron Piece.
  • No longer requires Huuma Wing Shuriken.
• Huuma Swirling Petal [3] Quest
  • Now requires Huuma Giant Wheel Shuriken [3] instead of Huuma Calm Mind [2].
  • Now requires 50 Used Iron Plate.
  • No longer requires 50 Solid Iron Piece.
  • No longer requires 75 Elegant Flower.

Huuma Weapons

• The base ASPD mod is now the same as Dagger.

Throw Huuma Shuriken

• Increased AoE from 3×3 to 5×5.
• Damage is no longer split between targets.
• Aftercast Delay is now a Cooldown that is influenced by Aftercast Delay modifiers.
  • Note: This means that you can use other skills right away after using it, and anything existing that will reduce this skill’s delay (such as Bragi) still work to make it faster.

Shadow Jump

• Now requires Level 1 [Mist Slash] instead of Level 1 [Flip Tatami].
• Reduced levels from 5 to 1.
• Reduced SP Cost from 10 to 5.
• Now has its 9 Cell Range immediately at level 1.
• No longer influences [Shadow Slash] range.
• Now checks for Hidden State instead of Hiding Status.
  • Note: This allows the skill to be used out of Hiding and Cloaking as a result.
• Aftercast Delay is now a Cooldown that is influenced by Aftercast Delay modifiers.
  • Note: This means that you can use other skills right away after using it, and anything existing that will reduce this skill’s delay (such as Bragi) still work to make it faster.

Cicada Skin Shedding

• Now requires Level 1 [Shadow Jump] instead of Level 5.

Mist Slash

• Now requires Level 1 [Flip Tatami] instead of Level 1 [Shadow Jump].
• Reduced levels from 10 to 5.
• Reduced SP Cost from 10 + 2 x Skill Level to 5 SP at all levels.
• Increased Skill Mod from 100 + 10 x Skill Level% to 100 + 40 x Skill Level%.
  • Note: Max damage is now 300% instead of 200%.
• Removed Aftercast Delay.
• Can no longer miss its target.
• Is no longer level selectable.
• Can now be used from long distances from up to 9 Cells away. Furthermore, the user will now be teleported next to the target it was used on before processing damage and hiding.
  • Note: This makes Mist Slash mirror Shadow Slash’s behavior.

Shadow Slash

• Reduced SP Cost from 14 + 2 x Skill Level to 5 SP at all levels.
• Increased Skill Mod from 100 + 100 x Skill Level% to 140 x Skill Level%.
  • Note: Max damage is now 700% instead of 500%.
• Is no longer level selectable.
• When this skill inflicts a Critical Hit, damage now displays as 2 hits instead of 1.
  • Purely for aesthetic purposes and to make it easier to tell when you inflict a critical hit with the skill. It doesn’t add additional damage other than producing more hit frames on the target.
• Now checks for Hidden State instead of Hiding Status.
  • Note: This allows the skill to be used out of Hiding and Cloaking as a result.
• Now starts with 9 Cells Range out of the box and no longer scales with Shadow Jump.

Related Item Updates

SQI

• Base
  • Removed ASPD + 13% as a result of Huuma Changes.
• Bonus 5 (Enables use of level 1 [Hiding]. 50% more damage and add a 20% chance to inflict Sleep status with [Mist Slash])
  • Reduced [Mist Slash] damage from 50% to 25%.
• Bonus 6 (50% more damage with [Throw Humma Shuriken], [Throw Shuriken], and [Throw Kunai]. [Throw Huuma Shuriken] no longer splits damage. Convert [Throw Huuma Shuriken] delay into a cooldown)
  • No longer removes Throw Huuma split damage (as of Throw Huuma skill changes).
  • No longer converts Throw Huuma Delay into a Cooldown (as of Throw Huuma skill changes).

Other Items / Cards

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Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Aldebaran Clock Tower
  • Includes 4th floor dungeon.
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Giant Cat Bag Costume [21022]
  • Brown Giant Cat Bag Costume [21524]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Royal Cloak Costume [21773]
  • Hopping Twin Pigtail Costume [21782]
• The September Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last months, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Luxurious Battle Cloak I Costume [Garment] [30392]
  • Luxurious Battle Cloak II Costume [Garment] [30393]
  • Imperial Guardian Costume [Lower] [30993]
  • Stargazer Aura Costume [Lower] [21909]
  • Einherial Mantle Costume [Lower] [21924]
  • Candle In Cage Costume [Lower] [30269]
  • Detective Magnifier Costume [Garment] [33002]
  • Cat Ear Black Hair Costume [Lower] [30998]
  • Cat Ear White Hair Costume [Lower] [30395]
  • Miriam Hair Costume [Lower] [30977]
  • Picnic Basket Costume [Lower] [21222]
  • Volume Low Twin Costume [Lower] [20918]
  • Volume Low Twin Red Costume [Lower] [33009]
  • Volume Low Twin White Costume [Lower] [33010]
  • Heine Tablet I Costume [Lower] [30880]
  • Heine Tablet II Costume [Lower] [30881]
  • Heine Tablet III Costume [Lower] [30882]
  • Open Air Headset Red Costume [Lower] [30994]
  • Open Air Headset Costume [Lower] [20809]
  • Nyar Ears Grey Costume [Upper] [30984]
  • Nyar Ears White Costume [Upper] [30985]
  • Pink Blinking Thin Eyes Costume [Middle] [21985]
  • Hi-tech Headset Costume [Middle] [21555]
  • Cat Footprints Costume [Lower] [21856]
  • Choker Costume [Lower] [20990]
  • Diamond Card In Mouth Costume [Lower] [30275]
  • Frill Collar Costume [Lower] [21369]
  • Holy Marcher Hat Costume [Upper] [30268]
  • Checkered Bandana Costume [Upper] [20710]

Limited Edition Costume

For a duration of 1 week, you can now purchase this [Visual] Auspicious Clouds Costume at the Talon Shop for 5500 Talon Cash! This is a Garment slot costume. You can of course preview it at the Dressing Coach NPC.

Disclaimer: even though it’s sold for a limited time, it may or may not return in the future to cater towards players from different timezones. Additionally, keep in mind that these visual effects only show up when effects in-game are enabled.

General Updates

Battle of the Nine & Valkyrie Bazaar

Adventurers, the wait is over! As part of our ongoing Battle of the Nine content updates, we’re proud to unveil the brand-new Valkyrie Gears. Powerful new equipment crafted for only the bravest of heroes. Step into the battlefield and harness the might of the Valkyries themselves as you fight for glory! Please speak to Valencia Solveig to check out the newest additions!

But that’s not all..

The Valkyrie Bazaar is open and stocked with treasures worthy of champions. Keep your eyes peeled, because soon we’ll also be releasing a fresh wave of visual costumes to let you battle in style.

More updates are on the horizon as the saga of BotN wraps up!

(Note: All Valkyrie gear remains restricted from Vanilla mode)

Furthermore, Layla has woken up from her deep slumber and is offering a fresh set of goodies!

New Valkyrie Gear

For full descriptions, please refer to Valencia Solveig in-game!

• Geiravor’s Will [4] – One-handed Axe – A mighty axe that amplifies Cart Revolution and Cart Termination, deadly against Valkyrie Geiravor.
• Brynhildr’s Stand [1] – Shield – The reverse Valkyrja’s Shield; MDEF +5 and 20% elemental resistances against Wind, Earth, Holy and Poison, with special combo bonuses when paired with other Valkyrie gear.
• Herja’s Fury [1] – Armor – All Stats +1, Angel resistance, and increased power against Herja.
• Kara’s Blessing [1] – Armor – Indestructible and infused with Kara’s spirit. Enhances stats, grants resistance and damage against Kara.
• Hildr’s Veil [1] – Garment – Indestructible, with Angel resistance and bonus power against Hildr.
• Reginleif’s Brand [1] – Garment – Cape infused with Reginleif’s mark. Indestructible, granting bonuses against Reginleif and Prima.
• Prima’s Vanity [1] – Footgear – Sparkling heels of Prima, the battle’s melody. Indestructible, boosting power against Prima and Reginleif.
• Sigrun’s Journey [1] – Footgear – Rune-etched boots of Sigrun, indestructible and potent against Sigrun and Olrun.

Valkyrie’s Tears (Accessories)

Each Valkyrie’s crystallized tear can be enchanted to unleash greater power. Each Tear can be enchanted twice with one enchant increasing your damage against specific Valkyries and the other giving other bonuses such as ASPD, Elemental MATK, ACD Reduction, CRIT, etc. Consult Valencia Solveig in-game for more details!

• Prima’s Tear [1] – DEX +3, Long-range ATK +2%.
• Reginleif’s Tear [1] – INT +3, MATK +2%.
• Herja’s Tear [1] – STR +3, ATK +2% (affects +ATK skills!).
• Hildr’s Tear [1] – VIT +3, Max HP +750.
• Olrun’s Tear [1] – LUK +3, CRIT +5.
• Sigrun’s Tear [1] – AGI +3, FLEE +10.

PvP Updates

• Further balanced out initial queue when starting a new BG match:
  • Before: players added to a list based on their class, then sorted by class. We then alternate through the list, distributing the players based on their class one by one. This always ensured that classes are evenly distributed. The downside was that if the same players joined, with the same classes, the teams would often be the same, as the classes were sorted the same way.
  • After: players added to “sub groups” based on their class. Within those sub groups, the characters are shuffled. Then the sub groups themselves are also shuffled within the main list. This ensures that we can still alternate and distribute evenly among the teams, but now teams should be more different between rounds.
• Updated the “Destroy both Guardian Stones in Conquest in one match [Team]” mission. This mission now includes an option for the defending party. If you can defend at least one guardian stone, you will complete this quest. More changes to quests are on their way.
• Fixed the “You have completed 5 BG Rounds! Go to Hallbjorn to claim your rewards.” quest message to include a bit about having to complete your main Daily Quest first in order to claim the rewards.
• Ground Units (i.e. traps) are now cleared when teams return to base after a flag capture in CTF.
• In Stone Control, when you steal a stone and your team is behind a lot, you will now get extra walking speed. The further your team is behind, the faster you get. Also did a thorough cleanup of some of this mode’s script, so please let us know if anything feels off.
• WoE Castle Rotation:
  • Viblainn (schg_cas03) → Horn (arug_cas03)
  • Hohenschwangau (aldeg_cas02) → Holy Shadow (payg_cas03)
  • Repherion (gefg_cas01) → Skoegul (prtg_cas04)
  • Himinn (schg_cas01) → Iset (mocg_cas01)
  • Mardol (arug_cas01) → Andlangr (schg_cas02)
  • Iset (mocg_cas01) → Cyr (arug_cas02)

Pet Preview NPC

• New Feature: Pet Preview NPC
  • A new NPC, Bentham, has been added to provide a Pet Preview function. Players can now view how any pet will appear in-game before obtaining it.
    • Speak to Bentham and enter a pet’s name or ID.
    • If multiple pets match, a selection menu will appear.
    • Bentham will transform into the chosen pet for 10 seconds.
  • This feature makes it easier to preview pets and decide which companions you’d like to pursue.
  • Find Bentham in the Dressing Coach room.

Homunculus Storage

• New Feature: Homunculus Storage
  • Alchemists now have access to a dedicated Homunculus Storage service through Kafra!
    • Store, withdraw, or delete your homunculi at any time.
    • Each character can keep up to 30 unique homunculi safely stored. First storage slot is free. After that, you can purchase more storage slots for zeny. The amount of slots you have purchased is game account-bound.
    • View detailed stats (level, HP, SP, and attributes) before making choices.
    • Prevents accidental storage if your homunculus is dead, resting, or inactive.
    • Only available to Alchemist classes with the required Basic Skills.
  • This system makes it easier than ever to manage your creations and experiment with different homunculi without losing progress.

General Updates

• Temporary measure against the Ground Drift skill:
  • In instances, this skill’s damage output is now reduced by 50%.
  • This is a temporary measure while we work on a more permanent solution to fix this skill’s broken power scaling. Drastic? Yes. However everyone has seen how out of control this skill has become. We thank you for your understanding in this matter.
  • A thorough rework of the Gunslinger class and its skills is in the works. We anticipate being able to share plans with you in the near future.
• In Ancient Tower and Mystic Tower, Maximum Overthrust and Cart Termination now have their zeny cost reduced by 50% (done after any other zeny-reduction calculations). This adjustment was made because these are long instances, and using zeny-heavy skills frequently was becoming quite costly. Similarly, Enchant Deadly Poison, now lasts twice as long.
• With the two above updates in mind, we have reset the leaderboards of most relevant instances.
• Rogue classes now keep their Arrow equipped when switching maps, even when they currently have a Dagger equipped.
• Lowered Temporal Boots equipment level from 99 to 80 to match the Giant Snake Skins.
• Replaced Red Chile by Soft Feather for SQI bonus quests due to it being obtainable through a quest. Also removed it as well as Shrimp from Summer Race item list and Grandma Boxter. [hotfixed a while ago]
• Added titles to OGH Crafting/Enchanting NPCs to better indicate what they offer.
• Dressing Coach now shows ItemID in the menu when searching for an item name. It now also shows a clickable link to the costume you have just selected.
• Vending shops are now automatically closed when being warped to a different map.
• Unified and Corrected One-Handed and Two-Handed weapon descriptions
  • Corrected Yule Mace being classified as an Axe.
  • All unidentified names for Sword, Spear, Axe, and Rod/Staff are now simplified to Sword, Axe, Spear, or Staff regardless of One or Two Handed.
  • All Swords now correctly have identified names of either One-Handed Sword or Two-Handed Sword.
  • All Spears now correctly have identified names of either One-Handed Spear or Two-Handed Spear.
  • All Axes now correctly have identified names of either One-Handed Axe or Two-Handed Axe.
  • All Rods/Staves now correctly have identified names of either One-Handed Staff or Two-Handed Staff.
  • Added Huuma Shuriken consistencies.
• Summer Race updates (mostly for next year, but they were added now):
  • You can now only dig for treasures in the Summer Event with one character per round. This is to prevent players from parking multiple characters across the map to quickly rush to a digging spot when announced. [hotfixed a while ago]
  • Expanded the no-vending zone in Port Malaya to prevent vendors from blocking warps.
  • Added two new costumes to Pro Summertime Boxes:
    • Red Sunbed Costume
    • Purple Sunbed Costume
• New costume position changer items:
  • Red Sunbed
  • Purple Sunbed
  • Divine Sparkle
  • Summer Sunglasses
  • Candle in Cage
  • Cat Footprints
• Fixed Drooping Po Costume taking too many slots.

We still owed you a monthly patch and it is here right now! A few of the things in here took us a little more time to complete, but this should all be good now.

Enjoy everyone!

Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Morroc Pyramids
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Morroc Kid Servant Costume [21022]
  • Loose Knitted Hair Costume [21524]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Walking Black Tiger Costume [21996]
  • Long Dreaming Rose Hair Costume [21986]
• The August Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last months, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Rifle On Back Costume [Garment][30321]
  • Immortal Monarch Spear Costume [Garment][30991]
  • Vacation Pope Hair Costume [Lower][30979]
  • Hot Spring Costume [Lower][30845]
  • Coat On Back Costume [Garment][21693]
  • Adventure Cat Backpack Costume [Garment][21759]
  • Galapago Aquarium Costume [Garment][30602]
  • Snug Nyar Hair Costume [Lower][30987]
  • Waggy Nyar Hair Costume [Lower][30988]
  • Divine Sparkle Costume [Lower][30982]
  • Blinking White Cat Eyes Costume [Middle][30989]
  • Blinking Yellow Cat Eyes Costume [Middle][30990]
  • Summer Sunglasses Costume [Middle][30978]
  • Divine Veil Costume [Upper][30983]
  • Midgard Diadem Costume [Upper][30848]
  • Adventurer Hat Costume [Upper][30310]
  • Fox Bamboo Hat Costume [Upper][30075]
  • Salt Hat Costume [Upper][30981]
  • Monochrome Gothic Bonnet Costume [Upper][20772]
  • Rose Gothic Bonnet Costume [Upper][21498]
  • Wanderer’s Sakkat Costume [Upper][21301]
  • Crown Costume [Upper][20504]

Limited Edition Costume

For a duration of 1 week, you can now purchase these [Visual] Divine Sky Invitation Costume, [Visual] Aurora On Clouds Costume and [Visual] Cloudy Skies Costume at the Talon Shop for 7000, 5250 and 5250 Talon Cash respectively! These are Garment slot costumes. You can of course preview them at the Dressing Coach NPC.

Disclaimer: even though it’s sold for a limited time, it may or may not return in the future to cater towards players from different timezones. Additionally, keep in mind that these visual effects only show up when effects in-game are enabled.

General Updates

• Summer Race updates:
  • Added one new costume to the basic boxes. This one was missed during implementation.
  • Conjuress NPC now has pages in the headgear selection menu. This fixes a costume (White Sunglasses Cap Costume) being cut off.
  • Fixed Waving Hair Bun Costume sprite not working.
  • Fixed a few typos like the race NPC still mentioning Fast Five.
  • William Bonner has moved to a new map due to a new NPC being added to his existing one.
• Battlegrounds updates:
  • When players join an existing Battlegrounds match, their class will be taken into account and will less likely be added in the team that already has more of their class than the other team. This includes quite a cleanup of existing BG-related code, so please let us know if something broke.
  • There is now a scaling penalty for late joiners. Players who join on the initial queue still get their 30% bonus and if you join a match within 30 seconds of it starting, you still get the normal amount. However, if you join after that, the amount of coins you earn will scale down based on how long the match lasts. If you join a match right before it ends, your winnings will be negligible.
• Fixed Giant Octopus not having the MVP flag.
• Fixed not being able to delete your Homunculus.

One of the most popular events of the year is finally making its return – The Amazing Summer Race! Read below for more information about the event and what has changed about it this year around.

Also – our regular Monthly Updates will happen in a couple of days.

Amazing Summer Race

The Amazing Summer Race is now live and will last until September 6th. Once again you can race every couple of hours and gather Kordt, Sograt, Darmian, Kokomo and Bonus Badges! Exchange the badges for a Basic Summertime Box or risk them all to gain Advanced Badges and eventually a Pro Summertime Box. Come visit Port Malaya and talk to the Amazing Race Officer for all the information you desire. You can also find a plethora of information on our dedicated Summer Race Wiki page.

• TamTam’s Tikibar returns on August 1st until August 30th. Find this year’s tikibar right here. To claim your daily freebie, simply talk to SeiSei in Comodo and enter the code found on the tikibar.
• 4 new weekly Treasure Maps can be found by combining pieces found through Treasure Hunting. The first one to create a weekly map and find the treasure it leads to gets a valuable prize! Treasure Map pieces will start dropping starting August 1st and will end on August 28th.
• Added new region NPCs as well as new NPC finding quests, monster killing quests and item collection quests. We have also retired a couple of older region NPCs.
• Added 2025 versions of the Summertime Boxes. This year’s boxes have been seriously overhauled and feature over 100 new costumes and pets!
• Added a ton of new costumes to the Conjuress recoloring quest, including some cheaper ones.
• The Starlight Soiree is scheduled to make its return after the Summer Race ends! Prep your dance moves and playlists and see you then!

We hope you all enjoy the Summer festivities! Read on below for more general updates.

General Updates

• Properly fixed Homunculi not running away when you lose all intimacy.
• When you lose all Homunculus intimacy, your Homunculus is now put in Rest mode.
• Pets no longer lose intimacy when you die while using Life Insurance.
• Updated Elysian Garden entrance to now ask if you want to enter or not, rather than consuming your item right away.

Like mentioned earlier, we will have our regular Monthly Maintenance in a few days from now. The Amazing Summer Race will furthermore end around September 6th.

The past months have been packed with development work for the upcoming Battle of the Nine events (five years in the making), but with most of that now wrapped up, we’re diving back into other exciting projects _(finally).

In the meantime, enjoy this month’s maintenance, including a few small tweaks and fixes.

Happy Gaming everyone!

Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Yuno Field (excludes any maps with Sleepers) and Kiel Robot Factory.
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Black School Bag Costume [21491]
  • Red School Bag Costume [21492]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Pigtail Red Riding Hood Costume [21223]
  • Picnic Basket Costume [21222]
• The July Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last months, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Ragdoll Cat Brown Costume [Lower] [30858]
  • Mermaid Wig Costume [Lower] [21220]
  • Mermaid Wig Peach Costume [Lower] [21931]
  • Celestial Pen Costume [Garment] [30871]
  • Rainbow Sigrun’s Wings Costume [Middle] [23001]
  • Long Black Blue Hair Costume [Lower] [30784]
  • Cyan Abyss Aura Costume [Lower] [21668]
  • Capybara Costume [Lower] [30814]
  • Stellar Milkyway Hair Costume [Lower] [30877]
  • Milkyway Hair Costume [Lower] [30878]
  • Cosmic Blinking Eyes Costume [Middle] [30872]
  • Frozen Blinking Eyes Costume [Middle] [30218]
  • Mini Toothless Costume [Lower] [30876]
  • Toothless Head Costume [All] [30874]
  • Majestic Helmet Black Costume [Upper] [30846]
  • Angeling Helmet Costume [Upper] [30110]
  • Glasses Without Lens Costume [Middle] [20702]
  • Sleeping Red Sheep Costume [Lower] [30047]
  • Devil’s Horns Costume [Upper] [30863]
  • Close Helmet Costume [Upper] [30883]
  • Zherlthsh Mask Costume [Upper] [20690]
  • Lazy Smokie Costume [Upper] [20666]

General Updates

• Added a short (0.5s) cooldown to using the !refresh command, in order to rule out any potential future exploitation of the command. This does not affect any skills or gameplay. It only affects the re-use delay of the command itself.
• Fixed autobonus3 not accepting the same bonus script with different skill triggers. This should fix an item like Angelic Ring not triggering the heal bonus when using Sanctuary.
• Fixed the STR >= 90 Hira Shurikat bonus applying to Dragon Fire Formation and Ice Pillar instead of the intended Ice Spear, Crimson Petal, and North Wind skills.
• Fixed Faceworm Queen Card working in Vanilla mode.
• Fixed an issue in Reward Guru where you could buy more than one Rename Token for a character by accident.
• Several statuses such as FCP and EDP are now dispelled when you leave a BG map.
• Majestic Helmet Costume is no longer Upper + Middle. It is now only Upper.
• New Costume Swap Fairy items:
  • Zherlthsh Mask Costume [U]

Please let us know if anything feels off, but all in all you should not notice any difference.

We are aware that there are still some issues going on with the website. Those are isolated issues that are being worked on.

Thank you for your patience and Happy Gaming!

This will happen tomorrow, June 20th, server time unknown at this point. Same goes for downtime.

As per our host:

Impact: We will be physically moving servers between datacenters. There will not be an outage for the entire time range, see MAINTENANCE WINDOW below.

After years of being unable to grow further in our Los Angeles deployment due to Coresite's inability to provide us with additional space, in addition to Coresite's continuous price increases with no improvement in the service offering, we've made the decision to entirely lift and shift our Los Angeles deployment to a different datacenter partner.

Please be informed that we did not take this decision lightly; it's a large number of racks that a sizable team is going to be spending 24/7 over the course of three days moving, but without being able to move into a new footprint with a partner that can and wants to grow with us, we've been left with no choice.

What does this mean for you?

It means that the game server will go down temporarily some time tomorrow, June 20th, at a currently unknown time. The downtime itself is also unknown at this moment. Most likely the downtime will be several hours or part of the day.

Once the physical machine is back online, we will have to restart a lot of services to get things back in working order, which will add additional downtime.

We apologize for the short notice, as we also have received a short notice ourselves. Thank you for your understanding.

Summer is just around the corner, and while the days are heating up, so is the world of Talon Tales! This month’s maintenance brings the usual round of monthly updates and a handful of updates and tweaks. But most importantly, much of our work this cycle has been focused on laying the groundwork for the highly anticipated Battle of the Nine events. So, be sure to look forward to that, including the long-awaited gears belonging to these instances.

This work is currently eating up a significant portion of development time, but as we near completion on this, we will shift gears back to normal development.

Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Rachel & Ice Dungeon
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Morroc Kid Servant Costume [21022]
  • Poring Basket Costume [21740]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Crystal Scythe Costume [30390]
  • Stargazer Aura Costume [21909]
• The June Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last months, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Labrys Costume [Garment] [30288]
  • Forest Friends Costume [Lower] [30857]
  • Midgard Insignia Costume [Lower] [30862]
  • Adventurer Map Costume [Lower] [30650]
  • Eis Spinne Costume [Lower] [30131]
  • Purple Abyss Aura Costume [Lower] [21667]
  • Wonderful Long Ribbon Hair Costume [Lower] [30860]
  • Wonderful Long Hair Costume [Lower] [30861]
  • Fluffy Lovely Fox Costume [Middle] [21905]
  • Walking Fox Costume [Middle] [21142]
  • Walking Snow Fox Costume [Middle] [21157]
  • Forest Blinking Eyes Costume [Middle] [30841]
  • Specter’s Crest Costume [Upper] [30851]
  • White Bird Rose Costume [Upper] [20937]
  • Lovely Fox Ears Costume [Upper] [20655]
  • Black Pajamas Hat Costume [Upper] [30847]
  • Red Adventure Cap Costume [Upper] [30849]
  • Hunting Cap Of Gust Costume [Upper] [20264]
  • Golden Angel Wing Ears Costume [Middle] [30827]
  • Sharpshooter Hat Costume [Upper] [30852]
  • Puppy Headband Brown Costume [Upper] [30856]

General Updates

• Significant server core updates to prepare for future updates and events. This should not be noticeable, but please let us know if something feels off.
• Fixed Nibelungen Brandish Spear bonus resulting in Auto Guard dispelling when swapping shields.
• Homunculi no longer get deleted when they are starving. They do still lose intimacy as usual.
• Merged rAthena update that makes Poison React work properly:
  • Poison React can now counter normal poison attacks (e.g. Poison Knife, Rusty Arrow, Enchant Poison)
    • Poison armor will no longer trigger this counter, but it still triggers on poison-element monsters
  • When Poison React counters an attack, that attack is now blocked
  • The counter of Poison React is now a damage buff that increases the damage of the next normal attack
    • It will attempt to trigger a counterattack (makes you move closer if not in range)
    • Adds 30% to skill ratio of the next normal attack per level learned, regardless of level used (for players)
    • The buff also adds a 50% poison chance to the next normal attack (60s base duration)
  • Number of Envenom 5 Autocasts is now 1:1:1:2:2:3:3:4:4:5
    • Level 1 technically has 0, but it activates at least once before the status change ends
  • Envenom 5 Autocasts can now also be triggered by weapon skills
  • Duration of Poison React is now capped to 60 seconds
• New Costume Swap Fairy entries:
  • Forest Friends
  • Fluffy Lovely Fox