Sinead in the Tara Rath Royal Castle has been tasked with handling the selection and book-keeping of the Royal Institution including:
Applying to the Royal Institution
The Selection Criteria
The official list of Royal Alchemists and Artisans
Viewing your Royal Points (when applying/selected)
Providing Royal Missions
The Royal Institution only selects the best Milletians for these positions and the availability of spots is highly limited. In addition to Royal Alchemists, 3 new positions have been added with the following requirements for application:
Royal Blacksmith - Dan 3 Blacksmithing
Royal Tailor - Dan 3 Tailoring
Royal Enchanter Rank 1 Enchanting
Each type of Royal Artisan only allows for 80 spots with the Royal Alchemists having increased their selection pool to 150 across the server of Erinn.
You can only hold one type of Royal Artisan or Royal Alchemist position.
When applying for a different position in the Royal Institution, you must withdraw any active applications.
The Royal Alchemist program has updated their application criteria to ensure the best Alchemists are picked with the following changes:
All Alchemy-related Skills Rank 1 (or Dan 3 where applicable)
Spirit Cylinder Awakening is excluded.
Selection of all positions in the Royal Institution will be determined with Royal Points through the following criteria:
Journal Score + Activity Points
In cases of a tie in the above criteria, a Milletian’s Cumulative Level will be taken into account, as well as when they applied for the position.
Journal Entries have been updated to reflect the new selection process:
The following Journal Achievements are not included:
Guild War Achievements
True Brilliance
A Good Day to Dye
Who Could Ask Fomor
Center of the Maelstrom
Down But Not Out
Becoming a Guardian Guild
Becoming a Guardian Guild: Finals
Guardians of Tir Chonaill
Guardians of Dunbarton
Transformation Achievements
Champion
Infra Black
Lord
Sage
The Kingdom’s Finest
This Journal Achievement has been renamed from “Elite Alchemist”.
Fashionable Diva
When applying for a position with the Royal Institution, you’ll be provided with a Royal Notebook.
The Royal Notebook will allow you to:
View your current Royal Points for the application process
See who is currently a Royal Alchemist or Artisan
Receive Royal Missions
The Activity Point system has been revamped.
The minimum 60 point threshold previously required for Royal Alchemists has been removed.
Activity Points are now earned through Royal Missions via various difficulties: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.
After you’ve applied for a Royal Alchemist or Artisan, you can begin taking on Royal Missions to increase your Royal Point score.
Acquiring Royal Missions (from Sinead or your Royal Notebook) will be logged in your quest log under the new “Royal Institution” tab.
Over 65 Royal Missions were added that can be received.
These quests can range from using a specified skill to delivering an item with a specific enchant depending on the difficulty of the mission.
To ensure a candidate of the Royal Institution is well-rounded in their proficiency, point caps have been placed on all levels of missions. Any points earned above the cap are ignored.
Beginner - maximum of 600 points
Intermediate - maximum of 300 points
Advanced - maximum of 150 points
Withdrawing your application from a Royal Institute position will forfeit any Activity Points you’ve acquired for the week so far.
You will also be awarded Activity Points for being logged into Erinn.
You will receive 2 points every 5 minutes you are online, for a daily total of 120 points.
There is a weekly point cap of 450 points for being logged in.
Additionally, those who partake in the Royal Banquet on Samhain will receive 5 points per minute during the banquet. You are still beholden to the daily cap.
The selection of Royal Alchemists and Artisans are appointed every Lughnasadh (Thursday) at 7:00 AM Server Time.
The application deadline ends 10 minutes prior.
With the change of Royal Alchemists being moved from Samhain (Saturday) to Lughnasadh (Thursday), all Royal Alchemist applications from October 5th to before maintenance on October 10th will be nullified.
An exclusive Stardust Form has been added for Royal Alchemists and Artisans.
Exclusive 1st Titles have been added for Royal Artisans:
the Royal Blacksmith
Blacksmithing Success Rate +3%
Blacksmithing Quality +1
the Royal Tailor
Tailoring Success Rate +3%
Tailoring Quality +1
the Royal Enchanter
Enchant Success Rate +10%
Enchant Burn Success Rate +3%
Maximum Success Rate Cap increased.
Custom Idle Poses have been added for the Royal Artisans when holding certain items:
Royal Blacksmith - Blacksmith Hammer
Royal Tailor - Tailoring Kit
Royal Enchanter - Magic Powder
The following bonuses are always applied to the Royal Artisans and Alchemists when using Production or Enchantment skills:
Party Bonus (increase in Success Rate and Completion %)
Samhain - Synthesis and Fragmentation Success Rate Increased
Royal Blacksmith
Alban Eiler - Blacksmith Success Rate and Quality Increased
Royal Tailor
Alban Eiler - Tailoring Success Rate and Quality Increased
Royal Enchanter
Lughnasadh - Enchant Success Rate Increased
Weather Bonuses (Thunder and Lightning)
Royal Alchemist
Synthesis and Fragmentation Success Rate Increased
Royal Blacksmith
Increase in Success Rate, Completion %, and Quality.
Royal Tailor
Increase in Success Rate, Completion %, and Quality
Royal Alchemist and Artisans have unique speech bubble icons.
Party Recruitment Signs by Royal Artisans have been updated and will display a special party recruitment window when recruitment is active.
Signatures on Crafted Items by a Royal Blacksmith and Tailor have been updated.
Items will be listed as “Royal Blacksmith [Name]’s work” or “Royal Tailor [Name]’s work”
The Signature text color will be displayed in orange.
The Entrust System has been updated to include Blacksmithing and Tailoring for Royal Blacksmith and Tailors.
Entrust requests can be made in parties where a Royal Blacksmith or Tailor is the party leader.
Crafting Bonuses are based on the requested Royal Blacksmith or Tailor in the party.
The Requester must provide the required materials and Blacksmith Manual / Sewing Pattern. The Crafter must provide their own crafting tool (Blacksmith Hammer / Tailoring Kit).
Items refunded through the Grandmaster Tailoring’s Unique effect will be refunded to the requester.
When requesting an entrust to an Enchanter, names of Royal Enchanters will be shown at the top of the list in blue.
Fantasy Life Changes
Part-Time Jobs Success
The "Attempts" column has been removed from the Part-Time Job History of your Character Menu.
Due to the removal of the Attempts column, the qualification requirements needed for a chance to receive the Master of Part-Time Jobs quest has been changed from 100 Successes to 200 Successes of the same Part-Time Job.
Pointing to the Inventory
A Search Bar has been added to the Point Inventory.
When searching your inventory through the Magnifying Glass icon, searches will now include items located in your Point Inventory.
Seeing Stars in the Collection Journal
The Collection Journal will now display star ratings for all items in the Fishing, Cooking, and Taming Journals, even for entries you have yet to acquire.
VIP Forget-Me-Not
For those with VIP Service, the Log-Off Notice Window will now remind you if you have VIP Advanced Items to collect. You wouldn't want to let those Dungeon Passes to go to waste after all!
Accessories Be Gone! (But still stay!)
Accessories can now be visibly turned on or off, allowing you to only see the Puppets, Balloons, and other delightful accessories you have equipped at your own leisure.
Toggling the "Eye" icon on the Accessory Slot will activate or deactivate the accessory item from being visible.
Curious to know what else was added or which bugs have been fixed? Be sure to check out the full Patch Notes! (Available after the update is live)
Join Community Managers Arciellia and Elebon as they go over the details of the upcoming Royal Association of Artisans Update, and more! Join us on our Twitch.tv channel, Tuesday, October 8th at 2:00 PM PDT (5:00 PM EDT). As always, there will be giveaways throughout the stream.
Maintenance has concluded as of 3:20 PM PDT and the servers are available once more. We thank you for your patience. Mabinogi will have an unscheduled maintenance on October 3rd. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 2:30 PM PDT and last approximately 1.5 hours.
Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.
-Time-
Thursday, October 3rd
Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 11:30 PM - 1:00 AM (October 4th)
Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 7:30 AM (October 4th) - 9:00 AM (October 4th)
To address the following:
Fixed an issue where cash shop items were not appearing in a player's cash shop inventory, related to the known issue.
Note: The Name Change submission site will be unavailable after 2:30 PM PDT, and will be available after the maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Maintenance has concluded as of 10:00 AM PDT and the servers are available once more.
Known Issue: We're aware that the Web Shop is refusing to accept your purchases at this current time. The purchases can go through for a complete transaction, but you may also need to wait to try again at a later time if you are encountering the issue. A support ticket is not needed for this issue. Thank you for your understanding. Mabinogi will have a scheduled maintenance on October 3rd. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 7:00 AM PDT and last approximately 3 hours.
Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.
-Time-
Thursday, October 3rd
Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 12:00 AM - 3:00 AM (Oct. 4th)
To address the following:
Weekly server upkeep.
Note: The Name Change submission site will be unavailable after 7:00 AM PDT time, and will be available after the maintenance.
Maintenance has concluded as of 11:47 PM PDT and the servers are available once more. We thank you for your patience. Mabinogi will have an unscheduled maintenance on September 27th. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 10:30 PM PDT and last approximately 3 hours.
Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.
-Time-
Friday, September 27thPacific (PDT, UTC -7): 10:30 PM - 1:30 AM (September 28th) Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 1:30 AM - 4:30 AM (September 28th) Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM (September 28th) Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM (September 28th)
To address the following:
An issue where various channels experienced monster spawn lag and unintended behavior.
Note: The Name Change submission site will be unavailable after 10:30 PM PDT time, and will be available after the maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Maintenance has concluded as of 9:35 AM PDT and the servers are available once more. We thank you for your patience. Mabinogi will have a scheduled maintenance on September 26th. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 5:00 AM PDT and last approximately 5 hours.
Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.
-Time-
Thursday, September 26th
Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 10:00 AM Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 10:00 PM - 3:00 AM (Sept. 27th)
Row... row... row your boat gently down the stream as fast as you can! This highly requested event is back for another go! Grab up to 7 of your friends and race against the clock while defeating Hobgoblins; earning stars and prizes along the way. How fast can you make it to the finish line?
Event Details
Event Dates:Thursday, September 26th, After Maintenance - Thursday, October 17th, Before Maintenance
Head to the northern-most dock in Courcle, just west of the La Terra Highlands Mana Tunnel.
Fill up a party and speak to the Native Dockmaster to request a Raft, creating a Dragon Boat during the event.
Man the oars! The more party members on the oars, the faster it will go!
Be on your guard: Hobgoblins are on the prowl, and will board your Dragon Boat to attack your party and slow you down.
Complete the race in under 8 minutes to claim a Dragon Boat Race Prize!
The top 10 parties per channel who complete their time the fastest will have their names and time displayed on the event banner.
Dragon Boat Race Prizes
Each Dragon Boat Race Prize contains one of the following items, awarded randomly:
Join Community Managers Arciellia and Elebon for a challenging game of Umbrella Races! Join us on our Twitch.tv channel, Friday, September 27th at 5:00 PM PDT (8:00 PM EDT). As always, there will be giveaways throughout the stream.
Interested in joining us in-game? Meet us in Karu Forest on Channel 5 to spectate the races! 🌂
Maintenance has concluded as of 10:31 AM PDT and the game is available once more. We thank you for your patience. Mabinogi will have a scheduled maintenance on September 19th. During this time, the game will be unavailable. Maintenance is expected to begin at 5:00 AM PDT and last approximately 6 hours.
Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.
-Time-
Thursday, September 19th
Pacific (PDT, UTC -7): 5:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (EDT, UTC -4): 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Paris (CEST, UTC +2): 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sydney (AEST, UTC +10): 10:00 PM - 4:00 AM (Sept. 20th)
In our recent September patch, we addressed another major exploit. This exploit involved players performing specific steps to bypass weekly limits for Crom Bás, allowing one to gain significantly more rewards per week than their fellow players.
While the issue has been corrected, our investigation into sanctions is still underway due to the nature of this issue. Investigations can involve several steps which can have variable lengths to address and verify for accuracy. For these reasons, we've taken additional time to verify the necessary punitive actions.
At this time, immediate sanctions will be placed on the accounts found clearly abusing this exploit.
138 accounts will be facing immediate suspensions of varying lengths ranging between 30 ~ 90 days.
Accounts that have had leniency placed upon them for prior offenses were subject to stronger punitive action.
If you have any questions regarding your account or the status of a suspension or ban, please submit a ticket to Player Support.
As a reminder, use of and discussion of exploits are against Mabinogi's Terms of Service. It is our policy to not publicly discuss exploits or investigations in progress. We do not agree with players using exploits, implicitly or otherwise. A lack of statement is not permission granted, and we ask that if players discover and confirm cheats, bugs, or issues of illicit nature, please submit a ticket to our Player Support to report the issue for review.
Thank you for your understanding as we move towards our goal of making Mabinogi a fun and fair experience for all.