Big news, adventurers! Faceworm’s Nest has finally arrived, bringing a fresh challenge packed with rebalanced monsters and epic loot. Dive in Unrestricted or even Vanilla, take on deadly Faceworms, and hunt for the highly sought-after Giant Snake Skin with powerful enchants!

Full details below~

Monthly Updates

• Our new TamTam’s Odyssey region is: Geffen Fields & Dungeon.
• GMC Box Rotation:
  • Walking Cat And Dog Costume [30085]
  • Pigtail Red Riding Hood Costume [21223]
• Wave Challenge Box Rotation:
  • Long Fairy Hair Blonde Costume [21153]
  • Stole Of Angel Costume [20847]
• The March Monthly Box has arrived and is full of brand new goodies as well as some classics. Like last month, we have grouped certain similar costumes together in one box rather than spreading them out over several months. The contents are as follows:
  • Stellar Gratia Costume [Garment] [30658]
  • Twin Edge Costume [Garment] [30528]
  • Gallant Cape Costume [Lower] [21694]
  • Long Ribbon Twin Ponytails Costume [Upper] [30771]
  • Long Twin Ponytails Costume [Upper] [30772]
  • Judgment Scales Costume [Lower] [30782]
  • Scientific Mind Costume [Lower] [30779]
  • Walking Black Cat Costume [Middle] [20770]
  • Walking White Cat Costume [Middle] [20974]
  • Walking Fluffy Cat Costume [Middle] [21031]
  • Walking American Shorthair Costume [Middle] [21054]
  • Walking Orange Tabby Cat Costume [Middle] [21035]
  • Walking Leopard Cat Costume [Middle] [21058]
  • Eye of Horus Costume [Lower] [30783]
  • Maid Frills Costume [Lower] [30773]
  • Rigel Blinking Eyes Costume [Middle] [30786]
  • Blinking Sakura Princess Costume [Middle] [21545]
  • Thanatos Dolor Mask Costume [Middle] [30790]
  • Drooping Po Costume [Upper] [30755]
  • Sunglasses Bear Cap Costume [Upper] [21373]
  • Alchemist Mask Costume [Low/Mid] [20988]
  • Hoplite Helmet Costume [Upper] [20665]
  • Magic Helm Costume [Upper] [21265]
  • Stripe Hat Costume [Upper] [20999]

General Updates

• Fixed two Biolabs Lv3 and several Biolabs Lv1/2 mobs having auras when they should not.
• Fixed item description of the Miracle bonus for Eversong Greaves.
• Fixed bug with autocasting Pierce & Joint Beat under Frenzy SQI bonus only lasting 15 seconds.
• Added Sara’s Memories instance to Instance Girl cooldowns list.

Faceworm’s Nest Instance

After quite a long development process, we have finally released the Faceworm’s Nest Instance. The instance is part of the Heroes’ Trails saga and takes place after the Sara’s Memory instance.

While this is an official instance, we have made a large variety of balance changes and QoL updates. Read below for all the details!

As with any new feature, things might change if deemed necessary. Things might get a little better, things might get a little worse, or they might not change at all. Thanks for your understanding!

Quick Overview

You can start the instance by talking to the Magic Scholar in the Dimensional Gap. Just like with Sara’s Memories you can find a similar Leaderboard with the top performing parties (or solo players?!).

To enter the instance, you need to be at least Level 80. Every week, you can do 7 runs, just like with Sara’s Memories. As usual, you can choose to play Unrestricted (up to 5 party members) or Vanilla (up to 8 party members). When choosing to do the latter, droprates are increased by 25% and Bragi will be unadjusted.

While the instance plays more or less like it does officially, the internals have been seriously overhauled. All mob stats and skills have been rebalanced for a mid to end-game Pre-Renewal environment. While it may not be the most difficult instance out there, it is definitely not easy, so be prepared!

The same thing goes for monster drops and rewards. While officially, completion time plays a big part in this instance, this is not the case in our version. Furthermore, many drops have been overhauled and in particular all the important drops such as Weapons, Cards and the much sought-after Giant Snake Skin (+enchants) have been made from scratch.

Monster HP values as well as special (NPC) skills have been modified to be more difficult for bigger parties, so teamwork is of great importance!

We will leave the rest of the instance for you to figure out, but please read on to learn more about the newly-added weapons, cards and garment enchants.

Sidequests

• Timeless Item Quests can be completed for additional EXP. Find several NPCs in  Payon:
  • The Owner of the Old Ring – Recover a lost ring to honor an old love.
  • The Memory of the Old Photo Album – Help Sergio rediscover his lost past.
  • Dol-Seoi’s Sorrow – Bring closure to a former servant’s regret.
  • Keaton’s Bracelet – Aid a restless spirit in reclaiming a lost keepsake.

Giant Snake Skin

The main attraction of this instance will be the Giant Snake Skin. This item in particular has a combo with the Temporal Boots that will bring the two of them to the next level! It comes in both a non-slotted and slotted version. The final Reward Chest will only contain the slotted version, whereas the Reward Chest when killing Dark Faceworms may contain one or the other. They may even contain a certain (over)refine level if you’re very lucky!

• [Every 3 Refine Levels]
• MDEF + 1
• [+Temporal Boots]
• MaxHP + 15%
• MaxSP + 10%
• Defense : 0
• Weight : 40
• Required Level : 80
• Applicable Job : Every Job

Enchant 1 possibilities:

• STR + 1
• AGI + 1
• VIT + 1
• INT + 1
• LUK + 1
• ASPD + 1%
• HIT + 4

Enchant 2 possibilities:

• STR + 1
• AGI + 1 or 2
• VIT + 1 or 2
• INT + 1
• LUK + 1 or 2
• ASPD + 1 or 2%
• HIT + 4

Enchant 3 possibilities:

• Semi Special STR
  • [Whitesmith]
  • Total ATK + 1%
  • [Other Classes]
  • Short Range ATK + 1%
• Semi Special AGI
  • FLEE + 4
• Semi Special VIT
  • MaxHP + 300
• Semi Special INT
  • MaxSP + 30
  • Min MATK + 20
• Semi Special DEX
  • DEX + 1
• Semi Special LUK
  • CRIT + 3

Once you find a Giant Snake Skin with all 3 enchants, you may upgrade the Semi Special enchant into a full Special Enchant. You can do this by talking to the Magic Craftsman near the instance entrance. It will require some powerful ingredients, but once done you can upgrade the enchants into the following:

• Special STR
  • [Whitesmith]
  • Total ATK + 1%
  • [Other Classes]
  • Short Range ATK + 1%
  • [Every 2 refines +4 and up]
  • HIT + 4
  • [Whitesmith]
  • Total ATK + 1%
  • [Other Classes]
  • Short Range ATK + 1%
• Special AGI
  • FLEE + 4
  • [Every 2 refines +4 and up]
  • FLEE + 3, ASPD + 1%
• Special VIT
  • MaxHP + 300
  • [Every 2 refines +4 and up]
  • MaxHP + 1%
  • Reduces Neutral property damage by 1%
• Special INT
  • MaxSP + 30
  • Min MATK + 20
  • [Every 2 refines +4 and up]
  • MaxSP + 1%
  • Min MATK + 10
• Special DEX
  • DEX + 1
  • [Every 2 refines +4 and up]
  • Increases damage with Ranged Attacks by 1%.
• Special LUK
  • CRIT + 3
  • [Every 2 refines +4 and up]
  • Increases Crit ATK/Skills Damage by 1%

Other New Items

Faceworm Leg

• Drops from: Faceworm, Dark Faceworm
• Class: Dagger
• ATK: 70, Weight: 50
• Slots: 4
• Property: Neutral
• Applicable Jobs: Novice Class, Swordman Class, Mage Class, Archer Class, Merchant Class, Thief Class, Soul Linker, Ninja
• Effects:
  • ASPD + 2%
  • [Every Refine Level]
  • HIT + 2
  • [+Faceworm Queen Leg]
  • Ignore 50% Defense of Insect race monsters
  • 10% more damage with [Soul Breaker].

Faceworm Queen’s Leg

• Drops from: Faceworm Queen
• Class: Dagger
• ATK: 135, Weight: 50
• Slots: 3
• Property: Neutral
• Applicable Jobs: Trans Swordman Class, Trans Mage Class, Trans Archer Class, Trans Merchant Class, Trans Thief Class
• Effects:
  • MATK + 15% INT +2
  • [Every Refine Level]
  • Increase Physical and Magical damage against Insect race monsters by 3%
  • [Every 2 Refine Levels]
  • INT + 1, ATK + 5
  • [+Giant Snake Skin]
  • Has a 1.5% chance of auto casting Illusion of Faceworm Queen (transform into a Faceworm Queen monster) for 7 seconds when dealing physical attacks or skills, including magic.
  • While transformed, ignore 50% Defense and 30% MDEF of Insect race monsters

Faceworm Egg Shell

• Drops from: Faceworm Egg
• Class: Upper Headgear
• Weight: 50
• Effects:
  • HIT + 20
  • Increase Physical and Magical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 10%.
  • [Every Refine +5~10]
  • Increase Physical and Magical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 2%.

Giant Snake Breath

• Drops from: Faceworm Queen
• Class: Lower Headgear
• Weight: 10
• Effects:
  • Increases the damage of Fire property magical attacks by 2%.
  • [+ Kasa Card]
  • Triple the chance to auto-cast its respective spells.
  • [+ Gopinich Card or Mutant Dragonoid Card]
  • Double the chance to auto-cast their respective spells.

Cards

Apart from the Faceworm Queen Card, none of these items are available in the Talon Shop. That said, the Faceworm Egg Card can also be dropped from the final reward chest.

Faceworm Card

• Compounds on: Accessory
• AGI + 2, ASPD + 3%.
• [+ Dark Faceworm Card]
• INT + 3, ASPD + 2%.
• 5% Less Aftercast Delay

Faceworm Queen Card

• Compounds on: Accessory
• MATK% & INT + (JobLvl / 14).
• Min MATK + (JobLvl / 2).
• [+ Faceworm Egg Card or Faceworm Dark Card]
• Min MATK + 25.
• Increase Physical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 10%.
• Increase Magical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 25%.

Dark Faceworm Card

• Compounds on: Accessory
• INT + 3, ASPD + 3%.
• [+ Faceworm Card]
• INT + 3, ASPD + 2%.
• 5% Less Aftercast Delay
• [+ Faceworm Queen Card]
• Min MATK + 25.
• Increase Physical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 10%.
• Increase Magical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 25%.

Faceworm Egg Card (note: also drops on final Reward Chest)

• Compounds on: Accessory
• MATK + 3%, INT + 2
• [Every 10 Job Levels]
• Min MATK + 5.
• [+ Faceworm Larva Card]
• Increases magical damage against Insect race monsters by 20%.
• [+ Faceworm Queen Card]
• Min MATK + 25.
• Increase Physical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 10%.
• Increase Magical damage against Faceworm Nest monsters by 25%.

Faceworm Larva Card

• Compounds on: Accessory
• Increases magical damage against Poison property monsters by 10%.
• [+ Faceworm Egg Card]
• Increases magical damage against Insect race monsters by 20%.