En Masse Entertainment have just launched the latest game update to coincide with the Halloween costumes released and now available through the in-game Valkyon Outfitters service. But costumes are not the only new inclusions in the game, with a Halloween event, a new achievement system and strongboxes that adjust to your level among other features.
The full patch notes for the game are available below for your convenience:
Halloween Event: October 17–November 5
- Dungeon Instances
- Added Banquet of Blood, which contains daily quests for levels 58–60, to the Festival of the Sun.
- Harvest Festival Hall reopens this year allowing five entries per day for levels 10 and up.
- Halloween Candy
- You can get Halloween candy by completing Titiana’s Halloween quests and from performing well in the Harvest Festival Hall. Redeem it with Ellonia, the Halloween guide, for a Boneshaker mount, our new Boo pet, and more.
- If you have completed the Halloween guide quest from last year, you will not be able to get it again.
- Candy can only be redeemed during the event while Ellonia is around.
- You can get Halloween candy by completing Titiana’s Halloween quests and from performing well in the Harvest Festival Hall. Redeem it with Ellonia, the Halloween guide, for a Boneshaker mount, our new Boo pet, and more.
- Halloween Achievements
- Added 2013 Halloween achievements.
- Cannon Control: Get 5,000 points in the Harvest Festival Hall.
- Reward: Loose Cannon title, Halloween Treat Basket x5, Halloween Trick Box x5, Emerald x1
- Seasonal Squash: Kill Gourdo 10 times in the Harvest Festival Hall.
- Reward: Pumpkin Smasher title
- Cannon Control: Get 5,000 points in the Harvest Festival Hall.
- 2012 Halloween achievements are no longer achievable.
- Added 2013 Halloween achievements.
Achievement System
- Added 182 new achievements.
- New achievement rewards include pets, mounts, and stat boost effects.
- Some achievements have changed categories.
- Total achievement points have been recalculated.
- You can achieve 100 percent completion without completing the “Special” category.
- Added drop-down filters for achievements: achieved, not achieved, title, and reward type.
- Changed view detail button to +/- to make it easier to see.
- Achievement reward icon now displays the type of reward.
- Added progress bars to each category tab in the left column of Achievement UI.
- New monsters and objects have been added around the world for the new achievements.
- Nine walls of wordcraft, boards you can leave messages on, for climbing achievements
- Six puzzling monuments
- Nine named monsters for rare-monster-hunting achievements
Class Changes
- Attack speed now affects skill-charging speed. Nine class skills are affected by this change.
- Berseker: Cyclone, Thunder Strike, Vampiric Blow, Lethal Strike
- Archer: Radiant Arrow, Penetrating Arrow
- Priest: Mana Charge
- Sorcerer: Arcane Pulse, Mana Siphon
Strongboxes Refinements
- Locked strongboxes and pocket popo strongboxes no longer drop in the world.
- You can still open existing strongboxes, and they work as normal.
- These boxes still contain jackpots specified during jackpot weekends.
- You can still win Rainbow, the unicorn mount, from the locked strongbox.
- Six new strongboxes have been added and drop according to the level ranges of the monsters. They yield items appropriate for their level ranges.
- Locked krysteel strongboxes (for levels 1–22)
- Locked linsteel strongboxes (for levels 23–34)
- Locked norsteel strongboxes (for levels 35–47)
- These strongboxes can produce:
- XP boosts
- Gold hunter boosts
- Emerald/sapphire/ruby
- Goddess’ blessing
- Canephora potion
- Battle panacea
- Divine infusion
- Rejuvenation potion
- Crystals appropriate for level range
- These strongboxes can produce:
- Locked shadsteel strongboxes (levels 48–57) contain the items above, but also can produce:
- Extensive alkahest
- Spellbinds
- Master enigmatic scrolls
- Crystalbind and complete crystalbind
- Monsters level 58–60 may drop a locked extensive strongbox or a locked spellbound strongbox.
- Both strongboxes can produce:
- Master enigmatic scroll
- Semi-enigmatic scroll
- Crystalbind and complete crystalbind
- Canephora potion
- Battle panacea
- Divine infusion
- Rejuvenation potion
- Level 58–60 crystals
- Locked extensive strongbox can also produce varying amounts of extensive alkahest, with a permanent jackpot possibility of 200 extensive alkahests.
- Locked spellbound strongbox can also produce varying amounts of spellbinds, with a permanent jackpot possibility of 500 spellbinds.
- Both strongboxes can produce:
- Rainbow mount and pocket popos are not in any of the new strongboxes.
UI
- Applied UI optimizations.
- Removed Connection Rate column in Guilds on Server list.
- Refined trade broker item preview to automatically dismount characters that are mounted.
- Maps now display the recommended levels for each area.
Miscellaneous Changes
- Players can now mount on the pegasus platform and automatically dismount when taking a pegasus flight.
- Champions’ Skyring (Solo)
- If someone drops, the system will now automatically replace the missing member.
- Elite gift box now has a chance to yield one of four 2013 1-day Halloween accessories.
- Alien Mask
- Franken Mask
- Knife Hat
- Bat Wings
- Broadcasts for successfully enchanting to T14 +12 return.
[Source: Official Website]
