Welcome to September everyone! The Amazing Summer Race has now ended, but let’s not forget to celebrate the end of summer with our Starlight Soiree tomorrow, September 7th, 7am server time! We hope to see you all there! Please also enjoy our updates below~

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.