Revenge for Elleon! Patch 95 brings with it four exciting dungeons for you to explore, powerful new jewelry, adventures for partners, and improvements to crafting. The update is set to go live on 16th June. Please note that some of the names in these patch notes are subject to change and may differ in the final release.
[h3]New Dungeons
Draakon Arena[/h3]
- Can only be entered after completing the quest “[Important] Azart Commander”
- Designed for 5-player groups from item level 456
- Entry teleportal in the heart of the Berak Fortress (visible after completing the quest)
- 5 entries per week (10 for Club members)
- Accessible from level 69 (quest and group matching from level 70)
- Can be entered via group matching
- Entry costs 200 Adventure Coins
- 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group
[h3]Loot Highlights[/h3]
- Fidelity rings and necklaces
- Arborea’s Breath
- Legendary Annihilation/Dark Light Weapons or Gear
- Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock
- Dark Shard Armor Feedstock
- Blightoath Weapon Chest
[h3]Daily Quest[/h3]
- Designed for item level 456
- Reward per dungeon completion:
4,500 Gold
75 Vanguard Initiative Credits
EP XP++
1x Dragonwing Scale
1x Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock Box
1x Dark Shard Armor Feedstock Box
[h3]Draakon Arena (Hard)[/h3]
- Can only be entered after completing the quest “[Important] Azart Commander”
- Designed for 5-player groups from item level 470
- Entry teleportal in the heart of the Berak Fortress (visible after completing the quest)
- 5 entries per week (10 for Club members)
- Accessible from level 69 (quest and group matching from level 70)
- Can be entered via group matching
- Entry costs 250 Adventure Coins
- 50%/100% more loot when 4/5 players are in the group
[h3]Loot Highlights[/h3]
- Arborea’s Breath
- Ocean Ring and Flame Necklace Talent Stones
- Legendary Annihilation/Dark Light Weapons or Gear
- Kaia’s Equipment Box
- Superior Etching Box
- Improved Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock
- Improved Dark Shard Armor Feedstock
[h3]Daily Quest[/h3]
- Designed for item level 470
- Reward per dungeon completion:
6,000 Gold
100 Vanguard Initiative Credits
EP XP++
1x Dragonwing Scale
2x Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock Box
3x Dark Shard Armor Feedstock Box
1x Pure Refined Duranium Ore
[h3]Training Dungeons[/h3]
From this patch onwards, all players can learn the mechanics of difficult dungeons in a safe environment. For this purpose, Grotto of Lost Souls (Hard) and Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard) will be accessible as new training dungeons from level 65 and level 70 respectively. New players in particular will benefit from this.
- Cannot be entered via group matching
- No Adventure Coins required
- Entry via Whurloc in Highwatch
- The damage you deal is measured and displayed by the game
- A merchant selling various buffs is located in the dungeon
Items can be used for 2 hours for 1 copper
Items and buffs have no effect outside the instance
- Various crystals are available ahead of the boss monsters, providing you with instructions for tanks or healers
[h3]Other Dungeon Changes[/h3]
Velik’s Hold & Velik’s Sanctuary Increased number of enchantment materials for Exodor scout armor
Red Refuge & RK-9 Hangar Reduced item level from 453 to 452
Goldenscale Removed Metamorphic Emblems from one rewards chest
Pit of Petrax Greatly increased HP
Adjusted various texts and mechanics
The elapsed time is now shown as soon as the battle starts
[h3]New Jewelry
Rings and Necklaces[/h3]
You can loot new accessories in the form of Fidelity rings and necklaces in the Draakon Arena:
- Crit factor Fidelity rings and necklaces increase your crit factor
- Power Fidelity rings and necklaces increase your power
- The new jewelry contains 3 random stats. The following are possible:
- Physical/magic amplification
- Physical/magic crit damage
- Physical/magic penetration
- Physical/magic resistance
- Ignore physical/magic resistance
- Max. HP/MP
- Crit factor
Unfortunately, existing jewelry cannot be enhanced to receive Fidelity jewelry.
[h3]Talent Stones[/h3]
You can transfer additional stats using Talent Stones via the existing Equipment Merging menu. The Ocean Ring and Flame Necklace Talent Stones required to do this are available as loot in the Draakon Arena (Hard).
The Talent Stones have 5 stats each, 2 of which can be transferred to your ring or necklace at random. The possible stats correspond to those of the accessory.
[h3]Fidelity Cube[/h3]
If you’ve managed to collect a number of power rings but would prefer crit factor rings or vice versa, you can combine 3 identical rings using a Fidelity ring cube for a chance to get the alternative type. The same goes for Fidelity necklaces.
Fidelity Ring Cube Place three rings in the mechanism to receive a new random Fidelity ring.
Fidelity necklace cube Place 3 necklaces in the mechanism to receive a new random Fidelity necklace.
These cubes can be purchased from Specialty Stores in the big cities.
[h3]Protective Voucher for Enchantment[/h3]
After the update, you will be able to purchase protective vouchers from Mysterio, the dimension merchant, that will help you with the enchantment of your equipment.
There are Stat and Damage Protection Vouchers. There will be an additional UI area in the Enchant menu showing how many vouchers you need and what effect they will have.
The added vouchers will be consumed during enchantment whether they are needed or not. They only work for Legendary Annihilation or Dark Light gear, and Kaia’s Gear of Wisdom and Kaia’s Nightmare Gear. The vouchers have no effect on Eternal gear.
[h3]Stat Protection Voucher[/h3]
30%, 50%, and 70% versions of the Stat Protection Voucher are available from Mysterio. If you use these vouchers during the enchantment, you will have a corresponding chance of your item not falling an enchantment level if the enchantment fails.
You will need between 3 and 161 vouchers, depending on the item and enchantment level.
[h3]Damage Protection Voucher[/h3]
30%, 50%, and 70% versions of the Damage Protection Voucher are available from Mysterio. If you use these vouchers during the enchantment, you will have a corresponding chance of your item not becoming damaged if the enchantment fails.
You will need between 4 and 12 vouchers, depending on the item and enchantment level.
[h3]Trading with Mysterio[/h3]
There is a set probability of dimension merchant Mysterio appearing at the end of the following dungeons:
- Corrupted Skynest (Normal, Hard)
- Draakon Arena (Normal, Hard)
- Forbidden Arena
- Bahaar’s Sanctum
- Akalath Quarantine
- Gossamer Vault (Hard)
- Antaroth’s Abyss (Hard)
- Grotto of Lost Souls (Hard)
You’ll have to be quick though, as Mysterio disappears soon after he appears: you’ll have just 2 minutes to trade with him!
Mysterio also stocks a design that alchemy artisans can use to create a Damage Protection Voucher (30%). This requires 1x Dark Shard Weapon Feedstock and 2x Dark Shard Armor Feedstock.
[h3]New PvP Zone: The Core[/h3]
Patch 95 introduces a new PvP zone where players must fight it out amongst themselves for their foes and their ‘????’ reputation.
· Buy the Teleport Scroll: The Core from Christoph on Exodor to enter this zone.
· Christoph also sells Exodor Core Essence which is required to be able to survive for 20 minutes in the zone (without this protection you will instantly die).
You can hunt down monsters in this zone for reputation, or bring down other players for rewards. Once enough enemies have been defeated, a special boss appears.
Among others, you can lay claim to the following items:
· Core Ring Talent Stone and Core Necklace Talent Stones which allow you to add new PvP options to the new rings and necklaces.
· Exodor cubes which allow you to transform existing belts/brooches/masks into random new items.
· Materials for enchanting PvP gear.
[h3]Partner Adventures[/h3]
Open your Companion list from the menu or via the new button next to the radar, and send your partner on their very own adventure!
Move the mouse over the different adventure objectives for information about the required partner level and the potential rewards. Each adventure lasts between 8 and 12 hours, and you can dispatch a maximum of 3 partners at any one time – so choose your objective wisely.
You’ll find Adventure Completion Tickets in dungeons, which will bring a journey to an immediate end.
The status of your partner’s adventure is shown next to the radar. This will tell you if a partner is on the road or if an adventure has been completed. This information is also available on the character selection screen.
Once an adventure has been completed, click on the corresponding message to collect your partner’s loot. After that, you’ll be able to send your partner on their travels again. The potential rewards range from partner XP and skill advancement XP, right through to enchanting materials and even halidoms and relics.
[h3]
Gathering & Crafting
New Gathering Tool[/h3]
With the Almighty Gathering Tools, you’ll be able to gather all kinds of materials – 2 seconds faster than before!
You can craft an Almighty Gathering Tool I yourself. To do so you’ll need a design from a refining merchant in one of the 4 big cities.
Using Tool Refinement Stones, which you can gather or craft yourself, you can improve your tool from level I to level V. Alternatively, you can combine existing high-level tools into a higher-level Almighty tool. You’ll need 3 different tools of the same rarity for this.
When gathering with your new tool, you’ll have the chance of a critical gathering success, giving you significantly more materials at once. Please keep in mind that partners cannot make critical gathering successes, even if you possess the new tool.
[h3]New Collection Targets[/h3]
Two new materials that can now be gathered have been added to Exodor and some existing dungeons:
Pure Duranium Ore Yields Duranium Shards when gathered
Pure Duranium Crystal Yields Duranium Arunic Crystals when gathered
[h3]Crafting[/h3]
New designs can be used to process Duranium Shards and Duranium Arunic Crystals into Duranium Equipment Vouchers. This involves several steps and the use of designs, and requires refining and processing.
As a result, you will receive Duranium Equipment Vouchers, or – if you have a critical success – Shiny Duranium Equipment Vouchers, which you can exchange for additional stats on your gear.
Duranium Equipment Vouchers can contain the following stats:
- Power
- Endurance
- Max. HP
- Crit factor
- Crit resist factor
- Crit power
Shiny Duranium Equipment Vouchers can contain the following stats:
- Power
- Endurance
- Crit factor
- Crit resist factor
[h3]New Skill Books[/h3]
As of patch 95, you can pay a little Gold to a merchant and increase your gathering level or trading skill directly to the maximum. However, you must have reached level 65 to do so. You’ll find the new books here:
- The Specialty Store sells books that increase your gathering level to 300.
- The refining merchant sells an almanac that increases your refining to 800.
- The processing merchant sells an almanac that increases your processing to 800.
- The alchemy merchant sells an almanac that increases your alchemy to 800.
- The etching merchant sells an almanac that increases your etching to 800.
- The fishing gear merchant sells an almanac that increases your cooking to 800.
[h3]Class Balancing[/h3]
Berserker Greatly increased the scaling of the damage increase
5% damage increase from Kaia’s Gear is now always active irrespective of your HP during the attack
Sorcerer Greatly increased the scaling of the damage increase
Mystic
- Reduced the points for participation in Arborea Guardian Missions by half.
[h3]Item Changes[/h3]
- Adjusted the descriptions of some crates containing Exodor equipment so that the potential contents are now better highlighted
- Adjusted the contents of crates for returning level 70 players
- Added crate for Exodor scout equipment to Vanguard Initiative merchants
