SEPTEMBER 8th Update Patch Notes

SEPTEMBER 8th Update Patch Notes
Contents & System
▶ PNA System Renewal & Gremory’s Science Facility
- New Dungeon Gremory’s Science Facility has been updated.Dungeon NameLevel
RequirementRecommended TCPGear Lv.Entrance RestrictionEntrance DayGremory’s Science Facility8815M160Once per character per dayWED/THU/SATGremory’s Science Facility: Mild886M150Once per character per dayWED/THU/SAT- Gremory Science Facility can be entered through Gremory’s Dimensional Gate at Planar Gate.
- Gremory Science Facility opens on every WED/THU/SAT.
- Gremory Science Facility requires ‘Doctor’s Crisis’ quest clear.
- Gremory Science Facility related achievements and titles have been added.
- New dungeons will be included to crew reputation.
- New dungeons will be included to EX channel bonus.
- Quest dungeon Gremory’s Class: Degree Course has been added.
- Operation/conquest Progress reward has been added to Gremory dungeons.
- Some dungeons will not provide PNA EXP anymore.
- Crew dungeon, Commercial/ Guro/ New Seoul/ Gangnam Circuit, Legion Commander dungeons.
- Some dungeons will newly provide PNA EXP.
- Ancient Dragon Historic Sites, Subjugation/Battle Program dungeons.
- Amount of PNA EXP from some dungeons have adjusted.
- Planar Gate, Planar Gate: Deep Layer, Dream Theater, Dream Theater (Reverse).
- Methods to obtain PNA genes have been changed.
- PNA Random Boxes are not obtainable from quest reward, NPC shop and dungeon clear reward (excluding first clear drop) anymore.
- New PNA Box has been added to Vending Machine General Support Shop tab.
- Components of some PNA Random Boxes have been changed.
- Evolution success rate of all PNA genes has been increased by 10%.
- Name of some PNA genes have been changed.
- Stats of some PNA genes has been improved.
- PNA EXP increase has been added to Lore Talisman and Extreme Fighter buff.
▶ Monster Armor Type Reorganization
- Monster armor type has been reorganized into 9 types.
- Armor type options for some gears/set options/titles have been removed or modified.
- Armor type options for chips/PNA amplifiers have been modified.
- Armor type options for some buffs have been modified.
- New armor types have been applied to existing dungeons. Dungeon UI will show according to armor type of the dungeon.
▶ PNA Mutant System
- PNA Mutant System has been updated.
- Click ‘MUTANT’ tab on the top of the PNA UI to use Mutant system.
- Each Mutant provide specialized stats for each armor types. Only one Mutant can be activated at a time.
- When Auto Apply of Mutant system is ON, the Mutant will be automatically activated according to the dungeon you enter.
- Level of Each Mutant will be increased according to PNA EXP gained by characters with PNA level 80 or higher while active and can be grown up to level 20.
- Mutant system can be used after completing the ‘Mutation Gene’ quest.
- Each mutation carries a ‘variant‘.
- Each mutation has a ‘variant‘, and with achieving certain level, the ‘variant slot’ will be opened, and you can equip the variants.
- There are several variants in the specified mutation level, and you can select and equip one of the variants in the same row.
- Each variant has a grade, and the higher the grade, the higher the variant’s stats.
- When a variant achieves a certain level, an additional ‘mutation optimization bonus’ will be applied.
- Restructure Mutation system that changes the grade of a variant has been added.
- You can increase the grade of a variant through the ‘Restructure Mutation’ button in the Mutant UI.
- A certain amount of ‘mutation material’ will be consumed when the variant level is raised, and the required amount varies for each variant type and grade.
- ‘Mutation materials’ can be obtained by synthesizing PNA enhancement materials and evolution materials and can be obtained with a certain probability when clearing the Gremory Science Facility dungeon.
- The more you repeat the synthesis of PNA enhancement materials and evolution materials, the more the required number of materials increases, and it resets at 4:00 AM UTC every day.
▶ Babel Program 40th Floor Expansion
- Max Floor of Babel Program has been expanded from 30th to 40th.
- Entrance time per character has been changed from 6 times per a week to 7 times per a month.
- Reset schedule of Babel Program has been changed from weekly to monthly.
- Monthly reset will happen on 1st of every month at 4:00 AM UTC.
- Some character’s skills have been adjusted. Please check the details in the provided link.
- Common Passive Skill
Transcendental Power (Passive Skill)
1) All armor type damage increase option will be removed.
2) Physical/Psi Power will increase by +10 per skill level. (Skill Lv.10 – Physical/Psi Power +100)
3) Physical/Psi Crit Damage Bonus will increase by +2% per skill level (Skill Lv.10 – Physical/Psi Crit Damage Bonus +20%)
4)Attack Speed will increase by +0.5% per skill level. (Skill Lv.10 – Attack Speed +5%)
2) Physical/Psi Power will increase by +10 per skill level. (Skill Lv.10 – Physical/Psi Power +100)
3) Physical/Psi Crit Damage Bonus will increase by +2% per skill level (Skill Lv.10 – Physical/Psi Crit Damage Bonus +20%)
4)Attack Speed will increase by +0.5% per skill level. (Skill Lv.10 – Attack Speed +5%)
▶ UNION Watch Renewal
- UNION Watch became account content.
- If the highest-level character in the account is level 20 or higher, the UNION Watch UI is displayed at the top of the character status window.
- UNION Watch missions are determined according to the level of the highest-level character in the account.
- UNION Watch and Contribution system have been integrated so that the Contribution UI is no longer displayed.
- UNION Watch Missions has been categorized.
- You can select the mission category in the upper left corner of the UNION Watch UI, and missions and rewards are shared by all characters in the account.
- Daily Mission: This is a mission that can be progressed daily, and the mission and rewards are reset at 4:00 AM UTC every day.
- Weekly Mission: This is a mission that can be progressed on a weekly basis, and the mission and rewards are reset every Saturday at 4:00 AM UTC.
- Dungeon Mission: This is the same mission as the mission provided in Contribution system, and the mission and rewards are reset every day at 4:00 AM UTC.
- UNION Watch Reward has been renewed.
- UNION Watch clear achievement has been changed.
- Previously: Achievements can be progressed when all UNION Watch missions cleared.
- Changed: You can proceed with the achievements when you acquire UNION Watch bonus rewards from daily/weekly
- Exchange items have been updated to UNION Watch tab in Vending Machine.
- Lucky Phase Token is now movable to account storage.
▶ Teamwork Buff Renewal
- Teamwork Buff System has been renewed.
- Click the Teamwork Buff button in the character information list at the bottom to display the UI.
- You can place the character created in your account in the team buff slot.
- Your team’s points increase as much as the level of the placed character.
- If team of the slot and the placed character matches, additional points will be obtained.
- Only characters with higher promotion than regular agent/crew or resolver can be placed in the team buff slot.
- Stats are determined according to the points acquired from each team, and the currently applied stats can be checked in the Stats window.
- After placing the character in the team buff slot, click the ‘Apply’ button to complete the placement, and the added stats will be reflected in the Total Combat Power.
▶ Name Tag System
- New decoration – Name tag has been updated.
- Name tag system is for decorating your character’s name displayed on the top of your character model.
- Name tag system is applied per character, not per account.
- Name tag can be set in Skin Pack–Illust–Name Tag menu.
- Name tags cannot be individually selected for each category – Hub, Dungeon and UNION Arena. The selected name Tag will be displayed in everywhere.
- You cannot use the same name tag ticket while holding the permanent name tag.
▶ Enhancement System Changes
- Enhancement Success Rate has been greatly increased.
- Duration Time of Enhancement Buff Voucher has been extended from 24h to 30days.
- Enhancement Buff now allows enhancing +13 or above gears only.
▶ Investigation Group Convenience Improvement
- Some improvements have been made for the convenience of the investigation group.
- Crew Channel of the created investigation group is displayed on the Find Investigation Group page.
- If crew channel of the selected investigation group and your character are different, you can jump to the corresponding crew channel
- Characters in other crew channels now can be invited to the investigation group.
- The invitee can directly jump to the crew channel of the investigation group.
- If the character invited to the investigation group is not in hub, has joined another squad, or has not cleared the required mission, invitation failure pop-up will be displayed.
- If the character invited to the investigation group is displaying another UI, the invitation failure message will not be displayed.
▶ Transcendence Stone Convenience Improvement
- Some transcendence stone extract crafting has been added.
- Transcendence Stone Extracts of the Ocean King / Locust Hell/ Old Castle have been added
- The names of transcendence stones/extracts in the Matter Mixer and the order of the crafting list have been changed.
- The names of transcendence stones/extracts have been changed to make it easier to understand the corresponding transcendence level and gear type of the item.
▶ Chip System UI Improvement
- If there is insufficient credit for chip crafting, the credit will be displayed in red.
- UI will clearly show how many chips you are crafting and the crafting count.
- When overclock EXP decreased with the chip transfer, an alert will be displayed.
- +0 gears cannot be registered to Chip Transfer UI with an alert.
▶ Locust Hell Farming Difficulty Mitigation
- Notice: This will be applied during the Centum City update. We ask for your understanding.
▶ Trigger System Improvement
- You can access the trigger pop-up through the Mission Map for all dungeons.
- You can use Trigger menu without going back to hubs after clearing dungeons.
- ‘Trigger Preset’ feature has been added.
▶ TCP Calculation Changes
- Defense Penetration options are reflected to the Total Combat Power calculation.
- Defense Penetration options have been added to some gear set options.
- Fierce Dimensional Beast / Verita Trinket Set / Despair of the Unknown Closer.
▶ IF Dungeon Changes
- IF dungeons now share their entrance restriction.
- IF dungeon entrance restriction has been loosened.
- IF dungeon entrance restrictions have been decreased to 50%.
- EXP/ PNA EXP/ Credits from IF dungeons have been increased to 200%.
- Amount of drop items from monsters in IF dungeons has been increased to 200%.
- Number of clear rewards of IF dungeons has been increased to 200%.
Events
▶ Gremory Science Facility Event
- Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance to October 20, 2021 maintenance
- Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance to September 23, 2021 maintenance
- Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance to November 3, 2021 maintenance
- Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance until next renewal
- New Player Target: Players who creates Closers account after September 8, 2021, 8:00 AM UTC.
- Returned Player Target: Players who have not logged in Closers for over 30 days.
- For the players who hold the existing new/returned events, there will be no reset or reward change.
- Eunha Black Hands Event
- Summer Festival Part.2
- Closers Weekend
Sales
[UNION STORE]
▶ Icon Ruby/Sapphire Costume Packages
- Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to year-around
- Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to September 23, 2021
- Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to October 6, 2021
- Summer Festival Packages
- Closers Weekend Packages
- Steam Punk Costume Premium Packages
- Accumulative Charge Promotion
▶ White Cat Club (+Eunha)
- For all female characters
- Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to October 6, 2021
- Multiple Chance applied for the whole period!
- Seha to Wolfgang
- Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to October 6, 2021
- Multiple Chance applied for the whole period!
- Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to December 1, 2021
- Urban Fighter
- Midsummer Melody
- Dark Transmitter
Etc.
▶ The number of daily entry times for Gremory Dungeon ‘Mindworks’ and ‘Bodyworks’ dungeon has been changed
- Entrance time of ‘Mindworks’, ‘Bodyworks’ dungeons have been integrated and changed to twice per a day per character.
- After clearing ‘Mindworks’ and ‘Bodyworks’ dungeons, you can directly go to the next dungeon, without going back to hubs.
▶ Crafting cost for Glutton Locked Gears in Fantasy World: Dream Theater (Reverse) has been decreased.
▶ Transcendence Level of Purification gears have been reduced.
▶ Purification Trinket 6 Set Box item crafting has been added to Purification Ops Matter Mixer. (Once per character)
▶ Text size in game will be automatically changed based on the resolution setting.
▶ New custom parts and name tag for Gold Hero Plate exchange have been added.
▶ The amount of contribution points from some dungeons has been changed.
▶ Contribution Point crafting list has been removed from Matter Mixers and moved to Vending Machine.
▶ Specification for unidentified items has been changed.
- When selling unidentified items, full price will be applied.
▶ Unidentified items now can be salvaged and can be included in total salvaging.
▶ Buff option for crew ‘Gaming Zone’ buff has been changed to ‘Damage Dealt Increase 5%’.
▶ Locust Hell gears/Transcended Gears/Elite grade or higher Trigger gears will not be included in total salvage target.
▶ Enhancement bonus for all amplifier gears has been increased.
▶ Transcendence Accelerant Lv.1 ~ Lv.5 items has been integrated into Transcendence Accelerant (ALL)
▶ ‘Damage Dealt Increase’ stat in UNION Arena will be applied up to 20% at maximum.
▶ Overload difficulty of Plop in Audience: Ocean King Asmodeus dungeon has been eased.
▶ Crafting recipe of ‘T1 Colored Chip’ has been added.
▶ Bug Lump exchange list has been added to Vending Machines.
▶ Requirements for some story dungeons have been removed.
▶ Difficulty of Operation Hermes Story dungeons in Busan area have been decreased.
▶ UNION Camp max level has been expanded to 19.
▶ Obtainable points from using Finishing Move skills in the investigation group play has been changed.
▶ When completing investigation group play, 1st/2nd/3rd ranks according to the obtained points will be displayed.
▶ Cooldown for Phase/Luck Stabilizer items have been changed to 999 seconds.
▶ Server Down Issue Compensation
- Compensation for the server down last August 23rd
- Distribution Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance – September 22, 2021 maintenance
Aug 23rd Server Down Compensation
Elite Status (1-Day)
Maid Service Voucher (3-Day)
Gardening Voucher (3-Day)
Maid Service Voucher (3-Day)
Gardening Voucher (3-Day)






