Prelude of War Part 3

19 December 2019

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Hunting Zones

New Hunting Zones

Kastia's Labyrinth

A new solo instanced zone, Kastia's Labyrinth, has been added.

• the zone is available for characters level 100 and above;
• access is available via NPC Karinia (Town of Aden);
• Kastia's Labyrinth has 3 difficulty levels: Easy (available to characters level 100 and above), medium (available to characters level 105 and above), high (available to characters level 110 and above);
• a player can choose 1 of the 3 levels of Kastia's Labyrinth, and if they manage to complete it in 15 minutes, their character will get the reward (one Kastia’s Pack depending on the difficulty) into the inventory;
• Kastia’s Packs contain Freya's Ice Rose, Glowing Dragon's Attribute Potion (XP), Honey Dark Beer;
• Kastia's Labyrinth is considered complete if a character gets the reward.
• A player can only complete one level once, meaning that completing 2 other levels on the same day in addition to the first one is impossible;
• entrance limits are reset daily at 6.30 a.m.

Abandoned Coal Mines

A new session zone, Abandoned Coal Mines, has been added. 

• access is available via the special hunting zones interface;
• PvP is not available in the zone.

Changed Hunting Zones

Party instanced zones

The following party instanced zones have been changed: Crystal Prison (Baylor), Nightmare Kamaloka, Ashen Shadow Revolutionaries.

• now the zones are accessible via NPC Benusta (Town of Aden);
• the zone is available to 1 party consisting of 5 characters level 105 and above;
• monsters level 110 dwell in the zone;
• all party members get Benusta's Reward Box for successful walkthrough;
• the instanced zones are bound (it’s impossible to re-enter the zone before reset) on the following walkthrough stages:

Command Channel instanced zones

The following command channel instanced zones have been changed:Tauti's Cavern, Octavis' Cavern, Frintezza - Last Imperial Tomb.

• the zones are accessible via NPC Manager of Command Channel Instance Zones Bellra (Town of Aden);
• the listed zones are now available in one mode, it’s impossible to choose between the common and the epic modes, all zones are now available in epic mode only;
• the zones are available for a command channel consisting of 21-35 characters level 107 and above;
• monsters level 112 dwell in the zones;
• players have 60 minutes to complete the listed zones;
• entrance limits are reset on Saturday at 6.30 a.m;
• after successful walkthrough the characters will be teleported back to the Town of Aden.

Additional changes

• monsters don’t drop the following items anymore: Energy of Destruction, Elite Monster Reward Box, now a player can get a new item called Aether instead (up to 120 p. per day);
• the list of trophies and the amount Adena dropping from monsters in the following zones has been changed:

• Soul Crystal is a new item which needs to be exchanged to Spirit Stones for augmentation. For more info, see the Items section;
• Aether is a new item required for crafting items, exchanging and empowering;
• there’s a certain probability to get the following items from Aden Treasure Chest: Dark/Bloody Armor/Weapon Enhancement Stone, Weapon/ Armor Grade R99, Angel Accessories, Silenite, and other;
• there’s a certain probability to get the following items from Shining Aden Treasure Chest: Dark/Bloody Armor/Weapon Enhancement Stone, Weapon/ Armor Grade R110, Angel Accessories, Silenite, and other;
• monsters have been changed in the following hunting zones:

1. Phantasmal Ridge and Enchanted Valley: Monsters don’t attack first, monsters’ P. Atk. and M. Atk. has also been changed;
2. Beleth's Magic Circle, Desert Quarry, Phantasmal Ridge, Enchanted Valley: monsters don’t don't help their anymore;
3. Desert Quarry, Beleth's Magic Circle: monsters’ attack stats have been reduced;
4. Phantasmal Ridge: the amount of monsters in the hunting zone has been increased;
5. Beleth's Magic Circle, Ivory Tower Crater: the amount of monsters in the hunting zone has been increased and their location has been changed;
6. Ruins of Despair, Ruins of Agony, Windy Hill, Orc Barracks, Altar of Evil, Bloody Swampland, Blazing Swamp: the amount of monsters and their respawn time has been changed;

• the issue causing a greater amount of monsters to appear in a certain part of Tanor Canyon has been fixed;
• Dimensional Treasure Chest doesn’t appear in hunting zones anymore.
• the amount of MP to be replenished while hunting monsters, has been changed in the following zones: Altar of Evil, Bloody Swampland, Blazing Swamp, Desert Quarry, Beleth's Magic Circle, Phantasmal Ridge, Enchanted Valley, Silent Valley, Ivory Tower Crater, Tanor Canyon, Alligator Island, The Forest of Mirrors, Field of Silence, Isle of Prayer, Breka's Stronghold, Sel Mahum Training Grounds, Plains of the Lizardmen, Fields of Massacre, Wasteland, Dragon Valley, Fafurion Temple, Storm Isle, Primeval Isle, Golden Altar of the Isle of Souls, Giant's Cave, Atelia Fortress, Superion Fortress, Shadow of the Mother Tree, Sea of Spores, Field of Whispers;
• access to the following hunting zones: Emerald Square, Steam Corridor, Coral Garden, Coral Garden Hall is not available, it’s impossible to walk through them anymore;
• the rewards for instance hunting zones have been changed.

Raid Bosses

• now, as a reward for defeating the following raid bosses: Lilith, Anakim, Baium, Orfen, Lord Ishka it’s impossible to get a Legendary Dye Pack Lv. 4 - 10 p, however it's possible to get the new items: Navari’s Mask, Angel's Ring;
• the following items don’t drop from open field bosses anymore: Crafting Pack: Armor Grade R99 (Heavy/Light /Robe);
• now for defeating raid bosses in the open field there’s a certain chance to get armor and weapon Grade R99;
• the following raid bosses have been removed from the game:

1. Pagan Temple: Andreas Van Halter;
2. Raider's Crossroads: Nerva Chief Turakan;
3. Gainak: Tebot, Tegaffe, Thesakar, Theor.  

Quests

Changed Quests

• having completed the "Path of Destiny - Overcome", "Winds of Fate: Choices" quests a character will get a Vitality Maintaining Rune (7-day);
• the title and the contents of the chest to be obtained when opening the reward box for complete Awakening (3rd Liberation):

name Graduation Gift → Aden Warrior Box

contents:

• All the existing chests will be affected by the change.
• main quest rewards: Where Fates Intersect,  Reawakened Fate, Noble Material, have been changed as follows:

• now as a reward for the Exalted, One Who Faces the Limit quest characters receive Exalted armor and weapon corresponding to their classes (see the table below);
• Exalted armor and weapon cannot be enchanted/crystallized/assigned an attribute/empowered with a soul crystal/augmented/their appearance cannot be changed;

• armor chests contain the corresponding armor sets;
• the reward for the 1st quest (P.) contains the following:

1. R-grade Soulshot — 100,000 p.,
2. Exalted Seed Bracelet — 1 p.,
3. Exalted STR Dye — 3 p.;

• the reward for the 1st quest (M.) contains the following:

1. Blessed R-grade Spiritshot — 100,000 p.,
2. Exalted Seed Bracelet — 1 p.,
3. Exalted STR Dye — 3 p. ;

— effects of Exalted items:

— now as a reward for the Exalted, One Who Overcomes the Limit characters will receive the following items:

• Exalted Weapon Upgrade Stone is used to upgrade Exalted weapon;
• upgraded Exalted weapon can be enchanted with 1 special Soul Crystal. Cannot be enchanted/crystallized/ assigned an attribute/ augmented/ their appearance cannot be changed;
• if a character has already completed the Exalted, One Who Faces the Limit and Exalted, One Who Overcomes the Limit, they can get their reward from Lionel Hunter in Heine;
• Lionel Hunter also exchanges Exalted weapon and armor to that of a different type;
• monsters from the special hunting zone Abandoned Coal Mines have been added to the goals of such quests as Exalted, One Who Faces the Limit, Exalted, One Who Overcomes the Limit, Exalted, One Who Shatters the Limit;
• the following items have been added to the rewards for the Where Fates Intersect quest: Recipe: Recipe: Soulshot (R-grade), Recipe: Blessed Spiritshot (R-grade) (100%).

Removed Quests

— the following quests have been removed from the game: 

Additional changes

• now quest scrolls for secondary quests are not displayed over NPCs heads for characters below level 105 (previously not displayed for characters below level 100);
• upon getting level 105 the scrolls of secondary  quests will display again;
• previously a character who had achieved level 103 would get a notification they could start the “Savior's Path” quest series by accepting the first quest: “Savior's Path - Discovery”, now the notification doesn’t appear, and the quest can be obtained from NPC Verdure Elder Elikia in Blackbird Campsite.

Clan Missions

New missions

— a new mission has been added to the “Hunting” tab:

— a new mission has been added to the “Event” tab:

Craft System

Craft system has been changed. 

• New recipes are available via NPC Recipe Merchant:

• old recipes will be deleted (25.12.2019);
• materials used to create items after the update will no longer be used to create items and will be deleted after some time;
• new materials to create items can be looted from monsters;
• due to craft system changes, materials - needed to improve Dragon Claw (World Raid Boss’ weapon) - and their quantity have been changed:

Fishing

• the following items can no longer be purchased: Bait, R99 Bait, R102 Bait, R105 Bait, R108 Bait; the listed items will be deleted (25.12.2019);
• a new Bait has been added -  Santiago’s Bait, which may be used starting from level 99;
• with the new Bait the following items can be obtained: Ugly Fish, Nimble Fish, Powerful Fish, Santiago’s Star Energy Pack;
• at opening Santiago’s Star Energy Pack the following items can be obtained: Stardust, Zodiac Cube Fragment;
• the item Royal Fish Soup name is changed to Royal Santiago’s Soup; its characteristics have been improved;
• materials needed to get the Royal Santiago’s Soup have been changed to: Ugly Fish 23 pcs., Nimble Fish 23 pcs., (previously was: Magic Spices 1 pcs., Nimble Fish 6 pcs., Ugly Fish 23 pcs.);
• the following types of fish dishes are no longer obtainable: Fried Fish, Steamed Fish, Grilled Fish, Braised Fish;
• a new item has been added: Santiago’s Sea Wind Scroll; exchange fish to obtain it; the scroll has effects: Vitality Consumption +30%, XP/SP bonus +30%;
• the item Universal Seasoning is no longer available via NPC Chef; exchange Universal Seasoning to Nimble Fish through NPC Santiago (Heine) (the date will be annoucned later), the remaining Universal Seasoning will be deleted;
• Sturdy Fishing Rod is now available via NPC Fishing Guildsman in every town;
• the item Fishing Rod Pack (30-day) - that contains 30 days Normal Fishing Rod - can no longer be purchased;
• the item Magic Spices - which could be obtained through The Fisherman's Other Hobby quest - is changed to Santiago's Reel Fragment; exchange Magic Spices to Nimble Fish through NPC Santiago (Heine) until (the date will be annoucned later); the remaining Magic Spices will be deleted;
• the item Bait - which could be obtained through Let's Go Fishing quest - is changed to Santiago’s Bait.

Mentoring system

Mentoring System has been changed in the following way:

• Requirements for mentors and mentees have been changed:

• Under the new terms, a set of buffs (4 Melodies, 3 Sonats and Harmony), which a mentee gets when their mentor is online, and the Mentee's Appreciation buff, which a mentor gets when their mentee is online, are available before graduation — a mentee is 105 lvl;
• Under the new terms of the mentoring mechanic, if a mentor’s main class is below 105 level at the moment of the update release, all contracts with their mentees will be automatically annulled. The mentor doesn’t get any penalties in this case;
• Characters are 104 lvl or below (main class), who have completed the mentoring programme before the moment of the update release, can become a mentee again;
• Once a mentee achieves a certain level, their mentor gets Mentee's Marks:

• Now the mentoring programme finishes when a mentee is 105 lvl. The mentee gets the Graduation Box by mail, which contains the following items:

• The Expert’s Mask item can be enchanted using the Scroll: Enchant Mask, which can be purchased for Mentee’s Marks through the Mentor Guide.
• The Antharas' Earring item can be enchanted using the Scroll: Enchant Antharas’ Earring. The scroll can be purchased if a character enters a clan and completes clan mentoring programme quests (required level: 85+).
• Now all new characters get Mentoring Guidebook after the character creation;
• The list of items which can be obtained for Mentee’s Marks has been changed. These items can be exchanged through the Mentor Guide:

Factions

• Factions system will temporarily stop operating with the update, all related quests will be deleted,
• Faction Points will not be obtainable;
• some Factions-related functions and Factions interface will be temporarily unavailable;
• trust level of all Factions for all characters will stay the same;
• Faction system is planned to be improved.

Others

Changes

• character creation interface is improved so that the race and class information is available;
• character selection interface is changed so the characters are displayed better;
• in-game interface - character status window, hotkey panel, system notifications, auto-use window, additional info window - is changed so that the gameplay is more tentative and user-friendly;
• a “pull” function was added for the most frequently used interface elements. Now different parts of the interface adjust their location on the screen automatically when their borders come in contact;
• experience bar is changed to display information about current experience boost. A total number of experience boost is now displayed (in percentage). Separate effects from the Saiha’s Grace, positive and passive effects are displayed on mouseover;
• shortcut panel now has ‘extra quick access on/off’  button; it enables/disables the additional fifth panel, located on the right side of the screen;
• PA store is now accessible by clicking on the button in the lower right part of the screen or through the menu (General Menu -> PA points); the PA store’s button also displays the current number of PA points a character has;
• auto-hunt is now activated by pressing Alt + Z (default settings);
• aiming speed when changing targets while using auto-hunt is improved;
• item’s loot range is increased;
• the information, which is displayed as a standard system message, has been divided into two parts: “Standart System Message” and “Receiving item”. Displaying of information can be set in the settings: General Menu => Options => Chat Channel => “Standart System Message” / “Receiving item”.
• items and skills tips are now easily understandable;
• the amount of arrows/bolts given to Yul Archer after the 2nd Class Transfer is changed to 100 000 pcs. (previously was 20 000 pcs.);
• Dual Class is now available at Lv. 105; talk to NPC Dual Class Master Joachim (Aden) or NPC Dual Class Master Raina (Talking Island Village) after reaching lv. 105;
• new NPCs have been added to Aden and Giran Einhasad Temples; for particular fee they give characters a random luck effect +1 ~ + 3;
• Fairy Agathion Charm gives additional skill: P./M. Atk. +3%;
• in case of death characters lv. 105 and lower lose their XP but do not delevel;
• important NPCs with which players interact most often are now located in the center of Aden, Giran, Heine:

• additional exchangeable items have been added to the Dimensional Merchant: Dragon Skin Shirt is now available for purchase for Adena and Noble Circlet Upgrade Stone is now available for Blessed Circlet Enchant Scroll;
• Mammon NPCs have been changed as follows:

*All Mammon NPCs do not move between Aden, Giran and Rune, but reside there constantly; Blacksmith of Mammon, Merchant of Mammon and Black Marketeer of Mammon are located at their usual spots in Aden and Giran, but in Rune they are now located near a building not far from the southern entrance to the city;

*Priest of Mammon doesn’t appear any longer;
*items that could previously been purchased via Black Marketeer of Mammon are now available via erchant of Mammon;

*Blacksmith of Mammon now work with items R99-grade and higher;

• Shadai no longer exchange Jewelry Box to Gemstones Lv.3;
• NPC Symbol Maker title has been changed to Dye Merchant;
• NPC Mysterious Dye Merchant has been deleted from the game; dyes that were available for purchase may now be obtained via NPC Dye Merchant;
• potion auto-use is changed: there is no need to drag the potion into the slot, just left-click on the desired potion in the automatic potions list - which is made up of auto-used potions in the character’s inventory - and then right-click click on it in the auto-used potions panel;
• supplies/skills/actions auto-use are saved until manual turn off of the function;
• NPC Tarti location has been changed; the title Growth Helper has been added;
• after leaving a session zone a special window displaying the amount of gained XP, Adena and items appear.

Fixed issues

• an issue when after ticking the "Mute All Sounds" in the audio settings menu and restarting the game the sound still played, has been fixed;
• an issue when item tips for PA-related items with a timer contained information about the mana left;
• an issue when a character that was attacked by a Kunda monster with Leg Strike skill repeated the repulsion movement has been fixed;
• an issue when entering the Crystal Prison the terrain was incorrectly displayed on the radar has been fixed;
• an issue when while consuming Spiritshots the potion auto-use window closed has been fixed;
• typos in skill tips, items and NPC strings has been fixed;
• an issue when some notifications overlapped the upper right corner of the screen, has been fixed;
• an issue due to which information about deleted raid boss Ant Queen was displayed on the map has been fixed.

Items

New items

Expert’s Mask

— Expert’s Mask has been added to the game; it can be obtained from a Graduation Box (a present for completing the training) or can be purchased via Mentor Guide in every town for 10,000 Mentee's Mark;
— Expert’s Mask may be enhanced up to +5 with the help of Scroll: Enchant Expert’s Mask (safe enchantment is unavailable), that may be purchased via Mentor Guide in every town for 10,000 Mentee's Mark;

Atlas’ Earring

— Atlas’ Earring has been added to the game; it can be obtained from a Graduation Box (a present for completing the training) or can be purchased via Mentor Guide in every town for 100,000 Mentee's Mark;
— Atlas’ Earring may be enhanced up to +12 with the help of Scroll: Enchant Atlas’ Earring (100% enchant chance), that may be obtained through the Pledge Mission: Mentee training;

Navari’s Mask

— Navari’s Mask has been added to the game;  it can be obtained from killing raid bosses: Orfen, Baium, Lilith, Anakim, Lord Ishka, Octavis, Tauti, Scarlet van Halisha;
— Navari’s Mask may be enhanced up to +10 with the help of Scroll: Enchant Mask (safe enchantment up to +3) that can be obtained via Elikia at Blackbird Campsite;

Angel's Ring

— Angel’s Ring has been added to the game;  it can be obtained from killing raid bosses: Orfen, Baium, Lilith, Anakim, Lord Ishka, Octavis, Tauti, Scarlet van Halisha;
— Angel’s Ring may be enhanced up to +10 with the help of Scroll: Enchant Angel Accessory (safe enchantment is unavailable):

Changed items

Seed Talismans

— the Seed Talismans’ enchantment method and necessary items have been changed:

— Talisman - Infinity is now longer available for purchase via NPC Seed Talisman Manager; Talisman - Destruction may now be purchased with Adena;

— items needed to improve talismans are now also available via NPC Seed Talisman Manager: 

Epic Jewelry Enchantment

— epic jewelry may now be enhanced via NPC Denign; augment additional characteristics with a new item Silenite;
— a special item - Accessory Solvent - is now available for purchase via NPC Denign for 5,000,000 Adena (excluding castle taxes), with which accessories are dissolved and Silenite is obtained;
— Giant's Energy (20pcs.) and Silenite (30 pcs.) are needed for epic jewelry enchantment; the following jewelry can be enchanted: 

— it is possible to change the type of improvement even if a piece of jewelry is already processed using the Giant's Energy and Silenite;
— there is a chance that after Fallen Angel's Ring improvement an effect of Charisma +1, +2 or +3 will be obtained; Giant's Energy (20 pcs.) and Silenite (10 pcs.) are needed for the exchange; 
— the enchantment can be removed from the Fallen Angel's Ring for Adena;

La Vie En Rose's Brooch

— Enhanced La Vie En Rose's Brooch and Top-grade La Vie En Rose's Brooch have been added to the game:

— Both Brooches may be enchanted with Blessed Scroll: Enchant Brooch or augmented with Brooch Spirit Stone;
— A Brooch, R-grade Gemstone 10pcs., a Brooch Spirit Stone are needed for the augmentation; augmentation removal costs 130,000 Adena;

Enhanced La Vie En Rose's Brooch
— May be enchanted up to +5, safe enchantment is unavailable; 

Top-grade La Vie En Rose's Brooch
— May be enchanted up to +10, safe enchantment is unavailable;

— NPC Head Blacksmithу exchange La Vie En Rose's Brooch Lv. 5 to Enhanced La Vie En Rose's Brooch, and +5 Enhanced La Vie En Rose's Brooch to Top-grade La Vie En Rose's Brooch;
— the following items are needed for the exchange:

Further changes

— All R-grade and higher Armor now has unified postscripts:
* armor that was not enchanted has postscripts: heavy/light/robe; 
* enchanted armor has postscripts: 

— The price and materials needed to enchant R-grade items and higher have been changed;
— NPC Blacksmith can now add set effects to the R-, R95- and R99-grade Armor, and enchant R110-grade items;
— NPC Blacksmith can now exchange new items Soul Crystals - that may be obtained through Sweep - with Spirit Stones:

— NPC Head Blacksmith can now enchant armor and weapon, with a certain chance make a weapon blessed or unbid, buy Unbind Scrolls and Scrolls of Blessing:

— Scrolls of Blessing now cost 0 Adena when selling them at a store; 
— Sealed, chaotic items, recipes and materials are no longer available for use; these items now have postscripts like “Old and not very useful equipment” or “Corroded”; these items may be sold to a store; 

— It is no longer available to exchange items with the help of Dynastic Essence, Vesper Noble Enhancement Stone, Mammon's Varnish Enhancer; all these items may be sold to a store;
— Due to the changes, items Scroll: Enchant Shadow Weapon, Shadow Ingot Fragment, Enhanced Shadow Ingot are available for purchase via NPC Neti (Gludio) for Adena;

— Names of the following items have been changed:

— NPC Galladucci (Giran) no longer sells sealed items;
— Attribute Stones are no longer obtainable through quests or from monsters;
— Attribute Stones, Attribute Crystals and Attribute Jewels may be purchased via NPCs Attribute Master Yang (Rune) and Attribute Master Yin (Aden);

— Attribute Stone costs 650,000 Adena;
— Items: Fortune Pocket - Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 and Damaged Spellbook are no longer available for use; they may be sold to a store; all unsold items will be deleted from the game (дата);
— Wrong info in the description of Valakas' Necklace and Antharas' Earring items enchantment methods has been fixed;
— Valakas' Necklace descriptions tips no longer contain information about Blessed Valakas' Necklace; 

— All Appearance Stones are no longer obtainable or usable; they will be deleted with the update; 
— Chests with appearance changing items have been deleted;
— An issue when using Assassin Suit Appearance Stone to modify clothes, the icon of a prototype-item was not displayed;
— An issue when using Assassin Suit Appearance Stone to modify clothes, wrong icon displayed in the tips;

Skills

New skills

— Self-buff skills have been added for all classes: 

• A new skill has been added for the Iss Dominator class:

• A new common skill has been added for the Iss Enchanter class:

Changed Skills

All skills of Iss Enchanter have been changed the following way:
 

• Names and effects have been changed for the following skills:

• Names have been changed for the following skills:

• A skill has been replaced for the following classes:

            
— Debuff is applied when using the following skills:

• The skills, which cannot be used at the same time, are shown in tooltips for the following skills of Iss Enchanter:

• the following skills have been removed:

Skill effects have been updated for the Sayha's Seer class. 

— Using requirements have been changed for the following skills:

• Debuff is applied when using the following skills:

Race skills have been changed the following way:

• Races mentioned below previously got skills only at 85 lvl, after Awakening (3rd Class Transfer). Now characters of these races automatically get skill Lv.1 at 1st character level and the Skill Lv.2 after Awakening (3rd Class Transfer).

• With the addition new buff skills for all classes, the following skills have beene removed and replaced with new skills: Power of Saha Blessing of Saha Clarity of Saha Critical of Saha Force of Saha Speed of Saha Resistance of Saha;
• From now SP isn't required for learning skills which are available at 85 lvl after Awakening;
• From now Tyrr Maestro can get the “Create Item Lv. 15” skill at 105 level (instead of 106 level);
• From now the Vitality of the Exalted skill increases Vitality Bonus, not EXP bonus: Vitality of the Exalted Lv. 1: Vitality Bonus +30%.; Vitality of the Exalted Lv. 2: Vitality Bonus +100%;
• Fixed incorrect display of the icon of theIgnore Divinity skill enchanting;
• The list of auto-buff skills  has been expanded: Recovery Melody, Radiant Heal, Panic Heal skill has the auto-target (If a target is friendly than buffs and healing skills apply to the friendly character, if a target is an unfriendly character or a monster than buffs and healing skills auto apply to yourself; such skills are marked with <The character is targeted automatically> phrase);
• Fixed an issue when the skills, which have the property <The character is targeted automatically> against enemies, wasn’t avaliable;
• Fixed the wrong description of the Grim Reaper Possession skills;
• Fixed an issue when the auto-buff skills are endless used in certain cases;
• Fixed an issue when the Freezing Flame skill (Lv. 3-9) belonged to the Magic Skill;
• Fixed the Mind's Eye skill description (all classes of Yul Archer).