NEXT: New Beast - Patch Notes - November 17

Check out all of the details of this month's Patch Notes, featuring the NEXT: New Beast Update!
The following Events, Sales, and Promotions are running:
- Crom Bás Fever Time: Thursday, December 9th, After Maintenance - Until Further Notice
- Irusan's Check-In Attendance Season 2: Thursday, September 1st, After Maintenance - Thursday, November 24th, Before Maintenance
- An Impish Impasse Event: Thursday, November 3rd, After Maintenance - Thursday, November 24th, Before Maintenance
- Classic Maid Box: Thursday, November 3rd, After Maintenance - Thursday, December 1st, Before Maintenance
- Erinn Beauty Box: Thursday, November 17th, After Maintenance - Thursday, December 15th, Before Maintenance
- NEXT Update Celebration Events: Thursday, November 17th, After Maintenance - Thursday, January 19th, Before Maintenance
- Welcome Milletian Packages: Permanent
- NEXT: New Beast Update: Permanent
- The NEXT: New Beast Update is here. See the dedicated microsite and the update post for more information!
- Skill Training Improvements have been added. Reduced training requirements make it easy to reach higher ranked skills, including the removal of CP Training.
- Changes have been added for Renown and Crusader training.
- Dan Advancement tests can be completed up to twice a day.
- Grandmaster now only require 10 Talent Seals to achieve a Grandmaster Talent.
- Changes to Blaanid’s Brave Boost have been added, easing the progression of questing and leveling for new Milletians.
- New rewards, including pets, Blaanid’s Blessing buff, and more!
- The Memory Book has been reset, so any character can start Blaanid's Brave Boost from the beginning again.
- Additional quest changes and the addition of the Receivable Quest Board have been added.
- Modifications to the Beginner Benefits have been added, and characters under level 10,000 will now receive Beginner Benefits.
- And more!
- Party Boards have been removed from Uladh and Iria towns. The Party Board can still be accessed through the Party Menu (P) -> Party Board option.
- Fixed an issue causing the Book of the Sacred Chalice to be named incorrectly.
- Fixed an issue where characters could not progress in the G8 questline.
- During the G1 questline, a certain song is now properly synced with the cutscene.
- Fixed text and spacing discrepancies in Chapter 7 Storyline UI display.
- Fluttering Demon Headband and Fluttering Devil Headband display properly.
- There is an issue where you cannot Friend Summon using Fynn Pets. It will show the error, "Unavailable because the owner has opened a Personal Shop".
- During the Kraken Rex boss fight, Kraken Rex will use an attack that will cause players to lose protection, semi-permanently, until they change channels or relog.
- There is an issue where the Today Visitor Count does not reset to 0. When a visiting character visits the Homestead, the Today and Total Count accumulates normally.
- The available upgrades in the Item Upgrade may overlap in the UI if the window is increased.
- Homestead Anvils and Furnaces have settings to allow visitors to use them, but do not actually restrict the use of the items.
- There is a slight graphical error where part of the hose is missing when a William or Butler Partner uses the Water Hose gesture.
- Some Partner gestures that have them holding a weapon will appear as though the weapon is disconnected and floating.
- There are Partner gestures that do not activate when a Partner has something equipped in their left hand.
- There is an issue after using the Thunder skill, the character can't charge Thunder again until after the Thunder bolt hits/damages enemies.
- If you try to change your style to an appearance already saved in a Beauty Slot, it will say it failed.
- There is a minor visual issue with the Beauty Slot text if you scroll up and down after expanding the Beauty Slot.
- The outline color when clicking on an empty Beauty Slot is incorrect.
- There is text cut-off in the Buy Item UI when buying the Royal Society Appreciation Box from Melwyn.
- The inventory image for the Mace of Mercy is incorrect.
- Feeding a Pet Instructor Stick to a Level 100 Spirit weapon will cause the character to freeze.
- If you had a unicode heart on your wedding ring, the heart appears as a question mark.
- The Shaggy Perm hairstyle can be saved in a Beauty Slot.
- Cobweb Mummy enemies do not appear in the Alby Advanced Dungeon.
- Guilds are not appearing in the Guild List.
- When you first open the Master Plan Inventory, it will incorrectly show as locked. Closing and reopening the inventory will fix the issue.
- There is a minor graphical issue with the Special Shining Stage Concert Costume (M) when the character equipped with the outfit is running.
- Scathach's hands do not match her skin color.
- The Tail Chasers mini-game in Festia is currently inaccessible.
- Guild stones can be placed very close to each other.
- Some players have encountered an issue when using Fynn Sync for Corgi pets.
- A further uncommon issue can occur where placing items into the pet's inventory will disappear.
- Minimizing the game client for an extended period of time while at an active Field Raid may cause the window to stop responding.
- A rare issue has been reported where raids do not spawn correctly on certain channels.
- A textural error in Port Ceann has been reported.
- During the Memoir Quest "Nele's Music Basics", some objectives are displayed incorrectly.