See the full blogpost with images: https://zenithmmo.com/blogs/news/patch-1-2-notes-legends-untold

Patch Type: Major
Patch Name: Legends Untold
Patch Number: 1.2
Release Date: 11/17/2022

Patch 1.2: Legends Untold is our biggest patch yet! We're introducing hours of early and end game content, interactive systems, storylines, quality of life improvements, bug fixes and addressing a big batch of Player Top Issues.

Patch 1.2 comes with brand new systems & content for all levels:

• Create a new character to experience a completely revamped intro storyline with a memorable cast of new characters and new early game dungeon. Highly recommend veteran players roll a new character and try this out too!
  
• Try out the new Creature Catching system. Master catching a creature and unlock them as a Pet to join you on your journey!
  
• Put your end game skills to the test and face off against the challenging boss raid, the Tome Keeper.
  
• & much more! Read on for details

Huge shoutout to the 1.2 alpha and beta testers. Thanks to you we knocked out a massive list of bugs and feedback before this patch goes live!

• Creature Catching
  • Catch and collect new creatures out in the wild. A whole new immersive way to enjoy the beautiful world of Zenith! See it in action: https://youtu.be/EpyMHXOdNL0 and watch the full tutorial: https://youtu.be/Pycp_JxKdjo
    
  • Look for Blake in the Fractured Plains to get started on your catching journey
    
  • Master catching a creature to unlock them as a Pet
    
  • Check out your collection in-game through the Menu > Life skills > Creature Catching
• Summoning Pets
  • Summon a creature as a friendly companion to join you on your quests. Pets follow you around and grant buffs. See the adorable pets: https://youtu.be/bv26z8cEHTg
    
  • Check out your pet collection in-game through the Menu > Life skills > Summoning
    
  • Any catchable in-game creature can be turned into a pet once you master catching them, including the super duper rare ones.
    
  • A few pets that can be obtained out-of-game:
    
  • Get an exclusive Essence Pup pet through our new Referral System!
    
  • Play through the Skywave Transmissions to get an SNC-Bot pet.
    
  • Pre-order Zenith on PS VR2 to get a Mecha Dingbo pet.
    
  • Note: The original Dingbo was a pre-order reward starting in 2019 as part of the Collector's Edition. We are planning to add more creatures and pets available for all over time!
• Agent Rank
  • New challenge system that helps you level up faster and earn rewards like Zen, gear, reroll materials, crafting materials, and more! See how it works here: https://youtu.be/ZF2-FadZ19Q
• Full Body Tracking support on SteamVR [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/game-feedback/posts/full-body-tracking-to-enhance-social-aspects]Player Top Issue

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• This is the first of many steps we’re taking towards making Zenith more immersive than ever before. We’re improving network sync and inverse kinematics over time. As of now you can kick chests to open them, pots, and ragdolled enemies. Look at these legs! https://youtu.be/Quyap6Gf7Oo

Board Games: Chess and Four in a Row

Handheld Streamer Camera (desktop only)

Character Titles

• As promised, Amara's Aide and Telos Technician titles will be granted to folks who helped with PTR on Minor 1.1.8 and Minor 1.1.9. You can equip them from the inventory screen. There will be more opportunities in the future to get character titles!

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• Watch the fly-through of new areas like the Zenith Academy, Outlaw Grove, and Twilight Athenaeum: https://youtu.be/naNYzYUsyuo
  
• Story Rewrites & New Zenith Academy (Level 1) - Join the new generation of heroes at the Zenith Academy. Experience an epic new introductory storyline, learning to control your essence and become the hero of Zenith you were meant to be. *We are slowly testing the experience and will be enabling it for everyone slowly over the next week
  • A new safe zone in which to learn the basic of Zenith
    
  • Brand New Cutscenes and voiced Characters
    
  • Fractured Plains and Galian Valley Story Rewrite
    
  • New Tutorial Flows and Revised Quests for Level 1-10
• Outlaw Grove (New Instanced Dungeon; Level 10)
  • Your first major mission after the Academy against the Exiled on hidden floating lands.
    
  • Players with the new storyline will unlock it through normal gameplay, players with the old storyline can unlock it via a side quest in Galian Valley
• Twilight Athenaeum (New Boss Raid; Level 40)
  • In a shadowy chamber filled with long forgotten knowledge lies the Tome Keeper, an unyielding protector of ancient knowledge, trapped and twisted by dark knowledge.
    
  • Check out the behind the scenes devblog of the Tome Keeper: https://imgur.com/gallery/7tCAkFM
• New elevated areas to explore in the Galian Valley as part of the new progression
  
• Armor Sets & Weapons:
  • Blade Master:
    • Battlemaster - Armor Set
      
    • Eternal Rest - Weapon
      
    • Empowered Falling Star - Upgraded Weapon
  • Essence Mage:
    • Tome Keeper - Armor Set
      
    • Lich's Bane - Weapon
      
    • Empowered Nova Trigger - Upgraded Weapon
  • New Cosmetic set:
    • Creature Catcher's Set

• Ability to reroll enhancements gained from the enhancement stations [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/player-top-issue-vote/posts/gear-weapons-please-rng-for-class-you-are-playing]Player Top Issue

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Character deletion can now be done in Skywave [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/player-top-issue-vote/posts/name-changes-character-deletion]Player Top Issue

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• You can also swap names between two characters. If you'd like to rename a character, create a new character (with the desired name) then swap the two names. We're planning to improve this over time

Allow joining instance Raids with parties smaller than 8 people [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/player-top-issue-vote/posts/join-instance-with-less-people-option]Player Top Issue

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Updated and tuned the Defiled Gardens to be completable with 4 players

Updated and tuned Pillar of the Architect to be completable with 4 players

Updated and tuned Infernal Core to be completable with 4 players

Updated and tuned Forsaken Reliquary Instance Dungeon to allow for 2 players

Updated and tuned Seething Depths Instance Dungeon to allow for 2 player

Updated and tuned Vault of The Ancients Instance Dungeon to allow for 2 players

Added mob kill objectives to dungeons and Raids

Added cross-shard guild voice chat

Guild menu improvements like adding a scrollbar and showing which shard members are on [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/player-top-issue-vote/posts/guild-menu]Player Top Issue

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Mini map is now accessible by tapping on your left wrist

Switched daily and weekly quests [Player Top Issue, multiple sources]

Allowed dailies to be completed more than once [Player Top Issue, multiple sources]

Daily roulettes can now be completed 3 times a day

Better ways to make Zen [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/player-top-issue-vote/posts/zen-better-way-to-make-it]Player Top Issue

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• Sell your captured creatures to a store, and you'll be rolling in the dough in no time!
  
• Complete Agent Rank challenges
  
• Dungeons and Raids have increased Zen rewards

Marks now have a weekly limit instead of a daily limit so you can play your way

VFX Updates. We are planning to update more VFX over time, below is what's in so far:

Essence Mage:

Chilling Loop, Boulderdrop, Galeforce, Glacial Orb

DPS: Searing Shot, Planar Traveler, Lightning Strike, Blazing Barrier, Pillar of Earth, Magma Orb

Support: Aether Spark, Erupting Spring, Massive Icicle, Aether Tunnel, Divine Shift, Hydrosplat

Tank: Spirit Burn Chains, Culling Beam, Inevitable Demise, Crimson Death, Binding Rift, Reaping Orb, Antimatter Shell

Blade Master:

Fast Footwork

Support: Divine Blade, Protector's Vow

Graphics fidelity updates for PS VR2 and PC VR such as:

• Updated Grass Systems
  
• Updated Clouds to be more realistic
  
• Added technology to further improve texture and model quality in the future

We added some tunable caps for stackable AP buffs -- we understand that this is a core part of the strategy so we tried to keep it pretty high, to reward high skillcap players, but not so high that everything in the game becomes trivial. We are testing this, and would love to get feedback from our player base about what feels like the right amount to stack.

Made legendary weapon modifiers for tank weapons more relevant to role (will only roll on newly created legendary weapons)

Legendary weapons can be synthesized to a new tier, while retaining the modifiers, enhancement levels, and infusion levels it had before

Heavily reworked and refreshed sword throwing physics to be closer to real world physics, allowing things like putting spin on your throw, etc. [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/game-feedback/posts/weapon-throw-is-inconsistent]Player Top Issue

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You can now start gliding while standing in an updraft without needing to jump

Sensitive Gliding is now the default gliding mode when a character is created

Quest beacons/locations no longer show or trigger for untracked quests

Updated wording on the tooltip for the EM Tank ultimate slot to clarify that it is activated by doing the reverse motion to EM DPS ultimate

Swapping godstones now resets the cooldown

Stores now have scrolling windows so you can more easily sell your goods and gear

Aether Spark was listed as "40% AP" damage, however a bug caused it to do 0% damage. In this patch we have fixed the bug and adjusted it to do 3% AP damage, so while the UI says the damage has been reduced (40% to 3%), the actual damage value has increased (0% to 3%).

Added ability to open chests by touching them with your hand

Added icon to HUD to show other players which role you are (DPS, Tank, Support)

Update the "instances" icon in the main menu and HUD

(Edit 11/18) Items can be dragged across inventory pages now

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• Performance, memory, server and stability improvements
  
• Voice chat bugs [[url=https://feedback.zenithmmo.com/boards/player-top-issue-vote/posts/audio-glitching-with-instances]Player Top Issue

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• Fixed voice chat sometimes becoming permanently muted
  
• Fixed voice chat disconnecting when user logs in after being logged out for inactivity
  
• Improvements to voice chat getting disconnected and improved info in the status panel.

Fixed many Godstone abilities so they work as described [Player Top Issue, multiple sources]

Fixed Drift not popping up occasionally

Fixed an issue that could cause instance interactions to not work correctly

Fixed EM orb accidental conjure when interacting with NPCs and Info Panels

Fixed Celestial Stairs and Throne waypoints position being offset

Fixed SteamVR bindings for WMR controllers

Fixed the Rosemary Sour Carrot Noodles recipe missing text

Fixed issue where map became inverted when zooming in too far

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• Some items given via quest may not stack with the same item acquired through other means due to an incorrectly assigned level of -1 "L-1"
  
• Tier 2 (Empowered Nova Trigger & Empowered Falling Star) Artifact weapons currently look the same as their Tier 1 counterparts.
  
• Tier 2 Empowered Nova Trigger has same Primary Stat as Tier 1. This will be fixed in the next update.
  
• Icons are not consistent in size and behavior when moving items around in your inventory
  
• A couple of pieces of VO/dialogue may be cut short by a word or two
  
• If you are not in a guild, the guild menu may show a placeholder member list in addition to the create guild button.
  
• The Sprinter modifier will be rerollable on new gear, but older gear (from before the patch) it is temporarily unable to be rerolled. This will be fixed in the next update.
  
• After unlocking the Fast Travel point for Fractured Plains, you may need to relog in order for the Fast Travel point to show up on your World Map.
  
• The Gemcrusher Pet is not currently pettable. This will be fixed in the next update.
  
• Sometimes the Treasure Hunter and Exploration pet perks don't work
  
• Voice Overs for NPCs may occasionally stop playing
  
• Referral rewards not appearing in-game for some users. Progress data is saved, we're actively working on a fix. (Edit 11/18) This has been fixed

• Fixed "Details" not opening for an unlocked pet
  
• Fixed the fast travel point not unlocking for Fractured Plains
  
• Fixed users to getting locked out from progressing when abandoning the Day 2 quest
  
• Fixed pet XP to sample XP curves correctly
  
• Fixed water textures from overlapping and making Agent Rank menus hard to use
  
• Fixed negative XP showing on Agent Rank
  
• Updated video for Mika video communications
  
• Made putting an item up to your stomach to put in your inventory be more reliable and easy to use
  
• Fixed a bug where Sprinters couldn't be rerolled
  
• Made Essence Mage blaster projectile trajectory more consistent
  
• Reduced the chances of Voice Overs and video communications not playing the new early game experience
  
• Made Pet Perks apply effects more reliably
  
• Fixed the Exploration Perk from not speeding up stamina regen
  
• Fixed menu from getting stuck on the complete screen during the new early game experience
  
• Fixed wooden posts not appearing in Turtletop and Ramshackle
  
• Fixed name plates not showing sometimes for other players
  
• Updated the game credits
  
• Added music to a Rasken cutscene
  
• Fixed a Rasken cutscene despawning too early
  
• Fixed roulettes to show x/4 players as the required amount instead of x/8

• Improved server stability and reduced crashes
  
• Fixed quests occasionally not triggering the next objective
  
• Fixed items from different sources not stacking
  
• Fixed fireseeds not activating bushes during Sapping the Forest - Neowear Rush event
  
• Fixed crafting materials occasionally disappearing from inventory during synthesis
  
• Increased stack size for Neowear synthesis materials from 20 to 50
  
• Fixed inability to synthesize T2 weapons if they were equipped

V1.1 Fixes
- Sync Demon occurrences are now correctly added to your PVP Rank.
- Packet sizes were too large in some games, resulting in them not arriving from the server. This would seemingly pause Matches at the end of a Round.
- Player Statuses throughout the round are now properly formatted.
- Summon Achievements were not being recorded. This has been fixed :)

Sync Demon Hunting
- I have encountered significant Sync improvements during internal testing...
- The Particles of Ability FX no longer determine how long they take to be fully deactivated and returned to their pools with a Coroutine. I had thought this was fine, but it could be yet another source of desync.
- A floating point calculation was found in the AI code that averaged Team health, which could have resulted in primarily support classes picking different outcomes when the result was very close to the threshold. This sparked a search for more potential floating point math in the AI code, but no other instances were found directly.
- Several changes were made to ensure the life cycle of all FX are addressed exactly the same, no longer relying on any Coroutines in their destruction code.
- Additional changes were added to the Character Animator that may have helped Sync as well.
- Despite the progress described in the above statements, I will remain ever vigilant in my hunt for the Sync Demon.

Hi everyone,

It’s been a while since the last update, so let’s jump right in.

Taking a Break and Quick Prototypes

During the summer, it became increasingly clear that we were both feeling pretty burned out creatively from working on the game full time for around 8 years now. We kept pushing on with it the best we could, but soon realized that we needed to step away for a little while to recharge.

Around this time, a few developer friends suggested that the outlandish world of Monsters & Monocles would be a perfect fit for a timed horde survival game. We really liked the idea, and decided to spend a couple of weeks making a quick prototype using many of the same assets. Pretty early on we could see that it had promise, so we decided to spend a little more time during the summer expanding the concept to see if we could turn it into an actual game.

Monsters ‘til Midnight

By the end of summer, the game had really started to come together, and also began to take on an identity of its own as a legitimate Monsters & Monocles spinoff. Since it shares so much of its DNA, but with its own thematic twist of trying to survive against the march of time itself as the clock strikes midnight, (literal indestructible marching clocks of death in this case), Monsters ‘til Midnight felt like a perfect fit.



The Monsters 'til Midnight coming soon page can be found here.

Where does Monsters & Monocles Fit Into This?

Although the coming soon page for Monsters ‘til Midnight is now live on Steam, we still have some work left to do in order to wrap it up, so we have a Q1 2023 release date penciled in.

We still have every intention to return to Monsters & Monocles, and we’re hoping that some time away will help offer fresh perspective and a sense of renewed energy needed to get it across the finish line.

As always, I truly appreciate all of the kind words of encouragement, and the many large buckets of ongoing patience that you've all given us.


Thank you for reading, and please stay safe and take care.

Craig

New Features and Improvements

• Added Journey gamemode, a series of random scenarios and free builds with objectives; the player keeps their technology and some of their best humans, animals, and items between games
  
• Added a How-To section for learning the game
  
• Added the option to enable random economic hardship events such as disease, crops dying, and random fires in Free Build and Scenario modes
  
• Added an option to give random economic objectives in Free Build
  
• A Scenario game can have up to 3 AI of any type and difficulty settings
  
• Added a difficulty option for the Scenario AI to use a reduced start, making them take longer to build up
  
• Humans operating a construct defend themselves when attacked in melee
  
• Armorer buildings gain a chimney after copper forging is researched and emit smoke when making metal items
  
• Various AI improvements
  
• Various optimizations

Corrections and Fixes

• Pathfinding failed for certain wall geometries
  
• Units could become stuck next to a building when following a unit far away
  
• The camera could not zoom out as far as intended on larger maps
  
• Fixed the behavior of scorpions and catapults mounted on a tower when that tower was burned or disassembled
  
• Siege machines did not always auto attack enemy humans when they should
  
• Selecting a resource also selected any enemy units gathering from it
  
• Wild animals did not attack humans operating constructs
  
• A human ordered to gather could become stuck trying to get the right tool in rare cases
  
• The icon scale slider in options did not reflect the real value
  
• Equipped horse armor was not shown in the Unit -> Carried tab
  
• A human pulling a small cart used the wrong animation
  
• The Load UI rename box was misaligned

Balance

• Breeding cows at a farm can create oxen
  
• Humans with the wrong tool or weapon for a resource gather faster than just using their hands
  
• Fire spreads along wooden walls for a random distance

UI/UX

• Improved the Scenario setup UI
  
• The message scroll can expand to show many previous messages
  
• Increased the maximum map size
  
• Setting a wall section to disassemble or burn always shows its health bar
  
• Added distinct sound cues for a few importantn messages
  
• Added several main menu UI and background sounds

The Ignition: Cygnus Knights Redux update is here, and Tera Burning Plus has been upgraded to Hyper Burning, with Burning World to make it even easier to now reach Lv. 250! Make a new character to race up to Lv. 250, gain new rewards with the Burning World Step Up Event, and keep advancing your characters through Burning World before heading to another world in February's Burning World Leap!

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• AEDT (UTC +11): Wednesday, November 16, 2022 (End of Maintenance) - Wednesday, February 8, 2023 10:59 AM

Please avoid altering your computer time when participating in this event. Any changes to your computer time clock can cause issues when creating or deleting Burning characters for this event.

Create a brand-new character during the event period and select it to have the special "Burning" effect. This event is open to characters in all worlds, as well as Burning World, except for Zero characters.

After your character reaches Lv. 10, every time that character levels up it will gain an additional two levels all the way up to Lv. 250! You also have the option to designate one of your existing Lv. 200-248 characters as 'Hyper Burning' instead, allowing them to gain that benefit!


In addition to all this, you'll also earn amazing rewards along the way, including Root Abyss and Fafnir gear! When you reach Lv. 200 on your ‘Burning’ character, don’t stop there but keep on training! You will receive additional rewards on your ‘Hyper Burning’ character at Lv. 200, Lv. 210, and every 5 levels after Lv. 210, up to Lv. 250!



Event Details:

• Reach level 250 fast on a new or existing character with the Hyper Burning event!
• Requirements: Either:
  • A newly created character made during the event period (Zero characters cannot participate in this manner.)
  • A Lv. 200 - 248 character (Zero characters must be both within that range and have completed Story Quest Act 2)
• After creating a new character, you will be given an option to give it a ‘Hyper Burning’ effect.
• You cannot go back to give it a ‘Burning’ effect after refusing to do so during character creation.
• You can only 'Hyper Burn' 1 character per account during the event.
  • Note: Our Beast Tamer Creation Event is coming up in our v.238 update! If you would like to give a 'Hyper Burning' effect on a new Beast Tamer character, we recommend waiting for our v.238 update.
• After your ‘Hyper Burning’ character reaches Lv. 10, they will start to earn two additional levels each time your character gains a level up to Lv. 250.
• You will receive special Hyper Burning Rewards when your ‘Burning’ character meets the listed level milestones.
• Alternatively, you may elect to set one of your existing Lv. 200 - 248 characters as 'Hyper Burning', by selecting it on character select screen and clicking on 'Set as Hyper Burning'.
  • Doing so will prevent you from designating a newly-created character as 'Hyper Burning'.
  • You will still be able to create 'Mega Burning' characters on Burning World.
• There’s more rewards waiting for you past Lv. 200! Once your ‘Burning’ character reaches Lv. 200 (or you designate an existing character as Burning), you can obtain Bonus Rewards up until Lv. 250.

Rewards:

• Lv. 1: Mysterious Cryptic Chest: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Open to receive:
  
  • Snail Pet: 30-day duration.
• Lv. 30: Lv. 30 Equipment Box: Untradeable, box expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC. Can be opened at Lv. 30. Open to receive a weapon and armor set suitable for your class.
• Lv. 100: Legendary Cryptic Chest: Untradeable, box expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC. Can be opened at Lv. 100. Open to receive:
  
  • Frozen Hat: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +23, MaxHP/MaxMP +270, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +293. Upgrades available: 10.
  • Frozen Cape: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +7, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +7, Defense +180, Speed +9, Jump +5. Upgrades available: 7.
  • Frozen Suit: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +27, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +315. Upgrades available: 10.
  • Frozen Weapon Box: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Open to receive:
    
    • Frozen Weapon: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. Stats will vary based upon your job.
  • Frozen Secondary Weapon Box: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Open to receive:
    
    • Frozen Secondary Weapon: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. Stats will vary based upon your job.
• Lv. 150: Root Abyss Set Box (Time-Restricted): Untradeable, box expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC. Can be opened at Lv. 150. Open to receive:
  
  • Root Abyss Hat: Untradeable, 90-day duration. 15-Star Enhanced, 3 Epic Potential lines. Transfer Hammer and Scissors cannot be applied.
  • Root Abyss Top: Untradeable, 90-day duration. 15-Star Enhanced, 3 Epic Potential lines. Transfer Hammer and Scissors cannot be applied.
  • Root Abyss Bottom: Untradeable, 90-day duration. 15-Star Enhanced, 3 Epic Potential lines. Transfer Hammer and Scissors cannot be applied.
  • Fafnir Weapon Box (Time-Restricted): Untradeable, box expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC.
    • Weapon Details: Untradeable, 90-day duration. 15-Star Enhanced, 3 Epic Potential lines. Has an Epic Potential, granting Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +6%, Critical Rate +4%, and Damage +3%. Transfer Hammer and Scissors cannot be applied.
• Lv. 200: Eternal Flame Title Coupon: Title. Untradeable, coupon expires on February 7 at 11:59 AM UTC, stat duration lasts for 60 days. Can be used at Lv. 200 after completing your 5th Job Advancement and the "A Greater Power, Arcane Power" quest. Grants durational stats STR/DEX/INT/LUK +15, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +15, Boss Damage +10%, Ignore Defense +10%, MaxHP/MaxMP +750, 10% Bonus EXP, Arcane Power +50.

Additional Rewards:

Additional rewards for reaching Lv. 200 to Lv. 250 can be obtained once per account. These rewards cannot be obtained again if you delete the existing 'Burning' character that claimed these rewards and create a new 'Burning' character.

• Lv. 200: Reach Lv. 200 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Nodestone (x50): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Lv. 5 Arcane Symbol: Vanishing Journey: Untradeable, Permanent.
• Lv. 210: Reach Lv. 210 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  
  • Eternal Flame Ring Coupon: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Contains a permanent Eternal Flame Ring, which grants STR/DEX/INT/LUK +40, MaxHP/MaxMP  +4,000, and Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +25.
  • Lv. 5 Arcane Symbol: Chu Chu Island: Untradeable, Permanent.
• Lv. 215: Reach Lv. 215 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Nodestone (x50): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Lv. 220: Reach Lv. 220 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Lv. 5 Arcane Symbol: Lachelein: Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Select one of the following rewards:
    
    • AbsoLab Weapon Box: Untradeable, must be opened prior to 11:59 PM UTC on February 7, 2023. Contains a permanent 17-star Unique Astrolab Weapon for your character's job.
    • Dominator Pendant Box: Untradeable, must be opened prior to 11:59 PM UTC on February 7, 2023. Contains a permanent 15-star Unique Dominator Pendant.
• Lv. 225: Reach Lv. 225 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Nodestone (x50): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Lv. 5 Arcane Symbol: Arcana: Untradeable, Permanent.
• Lv. 230: Reach Lv. 230 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Nodestone (x50): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Lv. 5 Arcane Symbol: Morass: Untradeable, Permanent.
  • Hyper Burning Outfit Set Coupon: Untradeable, coupon lasts 7 days until consumed. Contains:
    • Hyper Burning Hat: Hat Outfit, untradeable, permanent. Grants the following stats for 30 days: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +10, MaxHP/MaxMP +500.
    • Hyper Burning Robe: Overall Outfit, untradeable, permanent. Grants the following stats for 30 days: STR/DEX/INT/LUK +10, MaxHP/MaxMP +500.
    • Hyper Burning Weapon: Weapon Outfit, untradeable, permanent. Grants the following stats for 30 days: Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +10.
• Lv. 235: Reach Lv. 235 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Experience Nodestone (x1): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
  • Lv. 5 Arcane Symbol: Esfera: Untradeable, Permanent.
• Lv. 240: Reach Lv. 240 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Experience Nodestone (x2): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Lv. 245: Reach Lv. 245 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Experience Nodestone (x2): Untradeable, 7-day duration.
• Lv. 250: Reach Lv. 250 on your Hyper Burning character to receive the following rewards:
  • Infinite Flame Title Coupon: Title. Untradeable, coupon lasts for 7 days until consumed, stat duration lasts for 30 days. Grants durational stats STR/DEX/INT/LUK +30, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +30, Boss Damage +20%, Ignore Defense +20%, MaxHP/MaxMP +1500, 20% Bonus EXP, Arcane Power +50.

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Burning World is a special world with special rules that will exist only for the duration of the Burning World event, filled with boosts to make it easier than ever to level up fast. While on Burning World, all characters will gain the special Burning skill, which grants the following bonuses:

• 1.5x EXP
• Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +50
• Damage against Normal Monsters +30%
• Damage against Bosses +30%
• Critical Rate +30%
• Critical Damage +30%
• Knockback Resistance +100%
• STR/DEX/INT/LUK +50
• MaxHP/MaxMP +2500

You will also be able to create three Mega Burning characters, who operate in the same manner as in previous Mega Burning events: After reaching Lv. 10, every time that character levels up, they will also gain two bonus levels, all the way up to Lv. 150. Combined with the Burning EXP bonus and boosted damage, you'll be able to power your way through those levels faster than ever before!



Additionally, even after your Mega Burning characters have been created, you'll be able to create another three characters to level up and leap, which will still benefit from the Burning skill! Please note that, the default number of Character Slots on Burning World is six, and Character Slot Expansion Coupons cannot be used in Burning World. Additionally, Zero characters cannot be selected as a "Burning" character on character creation, but can be selected as your Hyper Burning character upon reaching Lv. 200 and completing Story Act Quest 2.

As Burning World is a temporary world to be removed at the end of the World Leap stage, some MapleStory features will be unavailable there:

• The Meso Market will not be available.
• Link Skills cannot be transferred between characters on Burning World (the Burning skill will have to be enough!).
• Maple Legion will be unavailable; the UI will be unavailable and you will be unable to progress on it past talking to Legion NPCs.
• Monster Collection will be unavailable, monsters will not be added to the collection and the UI will not open.
• Maple Tour will not be available.
• Clover Guild will not be available.
• The following quests connected to the above features cannot be completed:
  • Teaching Link Skill
  • Teaching Zero's Link Skill
  • [Legion] Whip the Whelps
  • [Legion] Defeat the Golden Wyvern
  • [Legion] We Are Legion
  • Talk to Dame Appropriation
  • [Legion] Legion Introduction
  • [Monster Collection] Monster Collector
• The following Cash Shop items cannot be purchased on Burning World:
  • Character Slot Coupon
  • Add 4 Slots (Storage)
  • Add 8 Slots (Storage)
  • House Wedding Ticket
  • Commitment of Love Ticket
  • Custom Title Package
  • Promise Ring
  • Cupid Ring
  • Cloud Promise Ring
  • Venus Fireworks
  • Crossed Hearts
  • Illumination Couples Ring
  • Friendship Ring: Clover
  • Friendship Ring: Flower Petal
  • Friendship Ring: Star
  • Snow Dome Friendship Ring

Upon creating a Mega Burning character in Burning World (rewards can be received up to 3 times per world):

• Flameborn Medal: Untradeable, does not expire. Grants STR/DEX/INT/LUK +5, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, MaxHP/MaxMP +250.
• Pearl Maple Armor Box: Untradeable, box expires after 7 days. Open to receive:
  • Pearl Maple Hat: Can be traded once within the same account. Req. Lv: 30. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +6, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +100. Upgrades available: 7. Part of the Maple White Set.
  • Pearl Maple Suit: Can be traded once within the same account. Req. Lv: 30. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +7, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +155. Upgrades available: 10. Part of the Maple White Set.
  • Pearl Maple Cape: Can be traded once within the same account. Req. Lv: 30. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +2, MaxHP/MaxMP +50, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +40. Upgrades available: 5. Part of the Maple White Set.
  • Pearl Maple Gum: Can be traded once within the same account. Req. Lv: 30. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +5, Defense +10. Upgrades available: 5. Part of the Maple White Set.
  • Pearl Maple Pendant: Can be traded once within the same account. Req. Lv: 30. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +8, Defense +100. Upgrades available: 5. Part of the Maple White Set.
  • Pearl Maple Buckle: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 30. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +3, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +20. Upgrades available: 3. Part of the Maple White Set.
• Slot Expansion: Equip, Use, Set-Up and Etc inventories expanded to 56 slots. Granted via a quest available on logging in with a Burning character.
• Hyper Teleport Rock: Untradeable. 30-day duration. Can be used repeatedly until it expires.
• Power Elixir (x1000): Untradeable, permanent duration.
• Spell Trace (x1500): Can be traded, permanent duration.

Additional Mega Burning Rewards:

• Lv. 10: Mysterious Cryptic Chest: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Open to receive:
  
  • Snail Pet: 30-day duration.
• Lv. 30: Lv. 30 Equipment Box: Untradeable, box expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC. Can be opened at Lv. 30. Open to receive a weapon and armor set suitable for your class.
• Lv. 100: Legendary Cryptic Chest: Untradeable, box expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC. Can be opened at Lv. 100. Open to receive:
  
  • Frozen Hat: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +23, MaxHP/MaxMP +270, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +293. Upgrades available: 10.
  • Frozen Cape: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +7, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +7, Defense +180, Speed +9, Jump +5. Upgrades available: 7.
  • Frozen Suit: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. STR/DEX/INT/LUK +27, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +1, Defense +315. Upgrades available: 10.
  • Frozen Weapon Box: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Open to receive:
    
    • Frozen Weapon: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. Stats will vary based upon your job.
  • Frozen Secondary Weapon Box: Untradeable, 7-day duration. Open to receive:
    
    • Frozen Secondary Weapon: Untradeable. Req. Lv: 100. Stats will vary based upon your job.
• Lv. 130: Keep On Burning Title Coupon: Title. Untradeable, coupon expires on February 7 at 11:59 PM UTC, stat duration lasts for 14 days. Can be used at Lv. 130. Grants durational stats STR/DEX/INT/LUK +10, Weapon ATT/Magic ATT +10, Boss Damage +10%, Ignore Defense +10%, MaxHP/MaxMP +400.

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• Wednesday, November 16, 2022 (End of Maintenance) - Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (Start of Maintenance)

Event Details:

• The Burning World Step Up event is here to enhance your leveling experience in Burning World even further!
• Requirements: Lv. 33 and above characters created in Burning World. (Zero characters must have completed up to Chapter 2).
• Complete missions available to your Burning World character’s level and step-up while receiving special rewards!
• Accept the "Participate in the Burning World Step Up Event!" quest within the star event notifier on the left side of the screen.
• Once you click the Burning World Step Up icon within the star event on the left side of your screen, you will have access to the Step Up UI.
• When you reach the specified level milestone, remember to click ‘Mission Start!’ button to start the mission.
• When you complete the mission, click ‘Mission Complete!’ button to receive the reward and move on to the next mission.
• Burning World Step Up event can be completed by any characters in Burning World, regardless of having the ‘Burning’ effect or not.
• Burning World Step Up event progress is shared with all your characters in Burning World.
  
  • There are certain missions that Zero characters cannot complete. However, you are able to complete the mission on a different character and claim the reward on the Zero character.
• Burning World Step Up event rewards can be obtained once per world.

Missions and Rewards:
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• Wednesday, February 8, 2023 (End of Maintenance) - Thursday, February 23, 2023 (Start of Maintenance)

As the saying goes, the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and the Burning World will burn very brightly indeed. However, while this new world will be consumed at the end of it all, a new life awaits your characters in the other worlds of MapleStory!

Lv. 150+ characters in Burning World will be allowed to leap to another world of your choosing during the World Leap period, taking their equipped items, inventory, and mesos with them to join their new communities. When this period begins, all Burning World characters will be moved to the Burning Leap Zone map, where they will be able to speak to the NPC Mover to complete their exodus.

• Characters in Burning World must be at least Lv. 150 in order to World Leap, whether they were Mega Burning characters or not.
  • Zero characters must be both Lv. 150+ and having completed Story Quest Act 2.
  • It will not be possible to leave the Burning Leap Zone map during this period, making it impossible to gain any more EXP. Make sure you're Lv. 150 before the February 8 maintenance!
• You do not need an empty character slot on the destination world for your new character (you will be granted a free Character Slot if you are at your unlocked limit on that world), however if you have reached the maximum character limit on that world, you will need to delete a character in order to make room for them.
• Characters can be transferred to Aurora, Bera, Elysium, Luna, and Scania worlds only.
• Characters in Guilds will not be able to World Leap until they have either left or disbanded their Guild.
• Your character's equipped items, inventory, and mesos will be transferred with your character, but items within your Storage, Cash Shop Inventory, mail, and auction house will not be. Make sure you clear everything out before taking the big leap!
• You may send your Burning World characters all to the same world, or to different worlds.
• Medals obtained from regularly-resetting rankings will not be transferred, and your rankings in those pieces of content will also not be transferred.
• Ignition Coin Shop and Flare Coin Shop item quantity limits will follow the limit of the world that the character leaps to.
• Ignition Coins will be transferred with the World Leap, but Flare Coins will not be transferred so remember to use all your Flare Coins before the start of the World Leap period!
• Remember to claim all the Ignition Flame Festival rewards through the Flame Festival UI before leaping if you participated in the event on Burning World.

The Early Access version of Fatal Blade has now been released.
Thank you for your gameplay and feedback!

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Hello everyone!

Thank you for your patience with us while we waited for translations to be completed for this update. This is the first of what I assume to be many updates to Township.

This update focuses on UI & Balance. We want to get Township to a point where we are okay with the power it provides, as well as what it looks like before we begin exploring concerns around other mechanics.

If you had concerns around the general mechanics of Township, then this update won't resolve that unfortunately. We are already hard at work on Township Update #2 which focuses on the general mechanics. It might take a bit of time until release as we will be doing a lot of play testing to see how it all feels.

Now, let's get into the patch notes.

For those who use Mods, please be aware that some may break when an update like this is released. While we do our best to not have this happen, some times it cannot be avoided.

If you are having issues loading into the update, try with Mods disabled.

We have updated the Township UI as a start of our process to provide you with more clarity and information when navigating the Skill.

• Biome selection for Town & Build menus are now vertically aligned on the left, and are populated with Biome icons.
  
• Town menu has 3 Tabs - Biomes, Town Information & Show All. These menus provide extra information regarding your Town.
  
• Build menu now has a Town resource selector to easily locate specific buildings you may be looking for. Selecting a resource will highlight what Biomes it can be located in, as well as the buildings themselves for easy navigation.
  
• Hovering over a building in the Build menu will display an icon next to Biomes where that building can also be constructed.
  
• Hovering over a Building in the Town menu will highlight Biomes where it is constructed, as well as display how many are contained inside.
  
• Town information panel displays basic information about your Town.
  
• Dead Storage now has its own UI element a the top will all other resources and information.
  
• The tooltip within Population now displays how much Skill XP you gain per tick.

You can now cap resources to a specified percent value of your maximum storage. This can be done in the Manage Storage menu (Used to be called Yeet Resources).

When a resource reaches its cap, it will adjust the colour of the resource amount.

Setting a cap on a resource that is already above the existing cap will automatically Yeet the excess on the next Tick.

It is now possible to change your Worship without restarting your Town.

Changing your Worship will cause major distress and riots within your Town. Due to this:

• All of your existing Worship buildings will be destroyed.
  
• 50% of your population will die.

The Trader in its current state was beyond broken. The amount of GP that could be earned by Trading various resources was excessive, and it devalued GP entirely.

These changes are designed to allow the Trader to continue providing extra resources for the main game, while also being limited in how much they can actually provide.

The Trader is no longer the richest person in the game, carrying billions of GP worth of items as they stop at your Town.

• There is now a maximum GP Value Limit that can be traded during any visit. This limit is defined by the amount of Trading Posts you have constructed in your Town.
  
• Each Trading Post will increase this limit by 500K per building, up to a maximum of 100M per visit.
  
• Every time the Trader arrives in your Town, it will increase the GP Limit. There is no maximum threshold for the limit.

The GP Limit only affects trading resources from Township to your Bank. It does not affect trading items into your Town for resources.

If you wish to Trade a resource out of Township, there is now an added requirement of locating 10,000 of the item first before you can trade for it.

The Trader is not meant to be a bypass for the main game by locating one of any item and then Trading it thereafter.

The UI of the Trader will display items that can and cannot be traded, as well as the remaining quantity required to begin trading it.

The existing implementation of Tax Rate provided GP to the Player without really needing to "earn" it (Other than increasing population).

These changes will bring Tax Rate in line with how they would actually be implemented into a Town, but also provides you with control over what the Tax Rate should be:

• The Base Tax rate when starting a Town is now 0%
  
• The Town Hall has been reworked:
  
• Each Town Hall now provides +0.5% Tax Rate and -0.5% Happiness.
  
• No longer provides Building Cost reduction.
  
• Tax Rate is capped at 80%.

We have adjusted the amount of workers provided for upgraded buildings to help minimise the amount of available workers in the late stages of the Skill.

• The 3rd and 4th upgrades of any building now has increased worker counts.
  
• These buildings now have the same resource per worker generation amount as the 2nd upgrade.

The new Worker counts will allow you to assign Citizens to these buildings to return to the original resource generation values. When all Worker slots are filled, it works out to be a tiny buff in resource generation (Roughly 2-5%).

This will not affect early game Township as the resource generation and worker counts have remained the same.

• Added x25 Build option.
  
• Default Trader option is now "Take resources from Township".
  
• Dead Storage now decays 1% every 1 hour of Ticks (Used to be 20% every 24 hours).
  
• Citizens who die at the age of 100 will decay instantly.
  
• Citizens who are over the age of 70 provide 2x more GP than under 70's.
  
• Worship now has a 5% Checkpoint. We have moved some of the positive modifiers that are unlocked at the very beginning to this checkpoint.
  
• Ragnar Worship - Removed +25% Tax Rate bonus from the "Always Active". The one at the 100% checkpoint still exists.
  
• The Trader now trades raw Dragonhide instead of the final product for Clothing.
  
• Increased the Town Hall build costs by 4x
  
• Increased the Trading Post build cost to 7,500 Stone, 5,000 Bars, 5,000 Planks.
  
• Buffed Libraries to provide +1% Education per building, up from 0.25%.
  
• Capped "Decreased Township Food Usage" modifier to -80%.
  
• Town & Build Biome selections are no longer independent. Selecting a Biome in one menu will update the other one as well.

We have a new method of communicating Announcements to players in game. The changelog in game has a new look, and allows me to provide easy updates to everyone across all platforms.

There is also a development roadmap you can view at the top. Stay in the loop with what we're currently working on!

• Sailor's Top "Decreased Fishing Special Chance" is now -8%, changed from -3%.

• Increased chance to locate Stardust from Variel constellation has been buffed to +0.25% per upgrade, up from 0.05%.
  
• Increased chance to locate Golden Stardust from Variel constellation has been buffed to +0.5% per upgrade, up from 0.05%.
  
• Increased Bank Space from Rosaniya constellation has been buffed to +10 per upgrade, up from 1.
  
• Superior Cape of Completion now sells for 100M, down from 250M.
  
• Superior Skillcapes now sells for 10M, down from 250M
  
• Allure Amulet now has a 5% chance to apply Sleep, down from 10%.
  
• Minotaur + Siren Synergy now has a 5% chance to apply Sleep, down from 15%.
  
• Centaur + Siren Synergy now has a 5% chance to apply Sleep, down from 10%.

• Build X in Township now builds the maximum available buildings if your quantity is higher than the available space.
  
• Fixed Maps in Township that did not have a total of 2,048 slots to build on (Maps 2, 4 & 8)
  
• Fixed incorrect Citizens chance to die calculation that made Citizens immune until 100 years of age.
  
• Fixed Township Starter Guide displaying multiple steps due to general Task completion.
  
• Fixed Bane Worship negative happiness modifier providing an increase when it reaches -100%.
  
• Fixed Potions generating a positive amount in Township due to a double negative.
  
• Task menu in Township now remembers your last selection, instead of always
  
• Increased Resource Production modifier not longer affects GP gained from Township.
  
• Fixed Ring of Spirit Power not consuming Spirit Runes when the special attack activates.
  
• Ace can now be Pet again.
  
• The Mining Gloves now only works on Ore nodes as per its description.
  
• Mastery Tokens now correctly drop from Farming.
  
• Fixed various translations.

• Throne of the Herald: Trap Potions now have the correct modifiers and charges, instead of all 4 tiers having the Tier 4 modifiers. These are:
  
• T1: +20% GP from Agility, +2% Agility Skill XP & Mastery XP - 5 charges
  
• T2: +30% GP from Agility, +3% Agility Skill XP & Mastery XP - 10 charges
  
• T3: +40% GP from Agility, +4% Agility Skill XP & Mastery XP - 15 charges
  
• T4: +50% GP from Agility, +5% Agility Skill XP & Mastery XP - 20 charges
  
• Fox + Dragon synergy now correctly applies its bonus to the total damage dealt by the burn, instead of applying it for each proc.
  
• Fixed incorrect cost for final Allotment Farming Plot.
  
• Fixed Elderwood Poison Special Attack not increasing the Enemy's Attack Interval.
  
• Lava Lake and Forsaken Tundra now correctly have the requirement of beating Ancient Sanctuary dungeon to access.
  
• Goliath Werewolf now correctly applies Rage to itself, rather than the Player.
  
• Lightning Robes now correctly affect Slicing Maelstrom Archaic Spell.
  
• Siren Tablet can now use Raw Magma Fish as a recipe.
  
• Feather Storm special attack on Arctair is now correctly 30%, instead of 100%.
  
• Portable Rations now consume a charge in Thieving.

• Added lifecycle hook "onInterfaceAvailable" which is executed after the in-game HTML is loaded from the server but before it's initialized for interactivity
  
• Added ability to patch class getters + setters
  
• Added ability to specify which sidebar category a skill is displayed under (previously hardcoded to Combat/Non-Combat)

Critting enemies while they are fully slowed will freeze them for 3 seconds!

Mind control now can be applied to multiple enemies and works like all the other statuses!

Lots of target spell interactions were added so it can be used to reverse enemy projectiles!
A target spells spell adds its effects, mods, and damage to the effected spell!
Effected spells are deflected and will target enemies and friendlies!

Infest, Gravity Blast, and Magnetic were given visual effects!
Things that come from spells like Explosions, gas, lightning chains, infest areas, gravity pulses, impacts, and cast flashes are much more optimized and responsive!

Difficulty of early insane levels were changed to be easier!

You can now save your current nekonomicon or loadout to a save slot to try other builds!
Be sure to mind wipe any pre-update builds before you use the save system!

...and some other bug fixes and balance changes!

Thanks everyone!

• Enjoy the holiday season in the Castle Adiart with new Gobble Series items!
  
• Minor bug fixes

• New Items:
  
  
  • Thanksgiving Turkey Armor
    
    
    
    
  • Gobble-gobble avatar
    
    
    
    
  • Thanksgiving Color set
    
    

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