Happy June, everyone!

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