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Game Update

Patch Notes: August 9, 2026

Patch notes for August 9, 2026: much better gemstone drop rates, an extra Ancient Power Crystal from Otherworld bosses, and Wizard changes.

General Changes and Fixes

  • Increased droprate of level 80 gemstones to 1/200 (was 1/1000)
  • Increased droprate of the Flawless Shining Gemstone to 1/1250 (was 1/5000)
    • Only 2 flawless gemstones have ever been dropped in the server, so we are buffing the drop rate
  • Added one Ancient Power Crystal as a 100% extra drop to every Otherworld Boss
    • Ancient Power Crystals can be used to drop one to five Power of the Ancients
  • Eidolon Energy Crystals have been re-added to boss drop tables for equipment dungeons
    • Their drop rate is the level of the dungeon divided by 10, so for example running Alabastren Temple which has a required level of 30, each boss has a 3% chance to drop EEC
    • Their drop rate is affected by drop boosts and can be influenced by extra drop chances from charms like any other normal drop
  • Eidolon Bounty chests have been adjusted as follows
    • LP coupons are now 50 (were 200)
    • Increased stack size to 999 (was 100)
    • Decreased amount of potential rewards to 4 (was 6)
  • Added Daily Achievements
    • Now when you run a dungeon within 10 levels of your character you gain a Party Instance Chest
      • For example, a level 85 character can get these chests from Twilight Forest, Twin Snakes Temple and Ancient Rock Tomb
    • These chests can drop anywhere from 100 to 1000 LP
    • You get 1 chest per clear up to 2 chests per day
    • Daily achievements now reset at daily reset instead of staying locked forever after being completed once
  • The eidolon summon hotkey no longer gets permanently stuck after a failed summon or an instance change, so you no longer need to relog to fix it (Experimental)
  • Added the Adventurer Medal panel, showing your earned badges, their tiers and your total badge score
  • Tiered achievement chains such as gathering, fishing, forging, furniture and badges can now be completed
  • Completing a tiered achievement now credits the entire chain in one pass instead of requiring a relog between tiers
  • Achievements now announce themselves when applicable, either in guild chat or as a server-wide on-screen message, depending on the achievement
  • Title and panel unlock items are no longer consumed when you already own it
  • Achievements restricted to certain weekdays now respect their actual day list
  • Achievements completed at or below their recommended level now mail you their bonus reward
  • Profession rank rewards are now actually granted, including the accuracy and movement speed bonuses, the profession EXP rates, the orange fish hook rate and the extra cooking ingredient score
  • Profession shops now charge the rank discount shown on the price tag, rather than quoting the discount and charging full price
  • Recipes for higher item ids, such as the newer class potions, can now be learned
  • Learning a recipe from a stack now consumes a single recipe instead of the entire stack
  • Golden Dragon Points now have a proper text display when earned
  • Block feature will now properly block players
    • If a user is blocked you will not be able to receive messages from them or send messages to them
  • Added Unique Muramasa to the collection
  • Added missing entries for Flaming and Iridescent Plum Bow costumes to the collection
  • Over 40 skill tooltips, buffs, debuffs, and weapon spec tooltips have been updated or fixed to match their values

Class Changes

Wizard

Developers' Note: This is to make fire and ice wizard comparable. Wizard's current implementation is uninspired, and I plan on taking a deeper dive on the class at a later date to make it more interactive. Skill Changes

  • Meteor Shot
    • Animation has been changed to its original animation
  • Meteor Shot (right path)
    • Cooldown is now 3.4 seconds (was 10 seconds)
    • Cooldown reduction only applies at level 60 mastery

Addendum

General Changes and Fixes

  • The tooltips for all of these skills, envoy paths, buffs, debuffs and weapon spec descriptions are now accurate
    • Thousandfold Slash debuff
    • Iai Strike
    • Fierce Dragon Slash debuff
    • Quick Dragon Flash
    • Brisk Steps
    • Soul Blade
    • Wailing Blade
    • Swallow Reversal debuff
    • Divine Pistol Teachings
    • Shadow Pool
    • Devouring Beast
    • Shadow Warrior: Dancer
    • Ninjutsu: Power Rage
    • Bloody Thorns buff
    • Purple Lightning buff
    • Deadly Marsh
    • Tyrant's Fury
    • All-out Bombardment
    • Resonating Touch
    • Otherworldly Energy
    • "III - The Empress"
    • "XV - The Devil"
    • Star Release: Spirit
    • Star Release: Destruction
    • Nebula Tears
    • Orbiting Vortex
    • Titan Collapse
    • Meteor Shot
    • Frost Zone
    • Destructive Flash
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