Patchnote EN (EU SERVER 33.08) – Release

New Indignation Gear

• New “Indignation” gear.
  
• Granted to all players upon reaching level 65.
  
• Can also be purchased from a Vanguard merchant.
  
• Upgrading uses a new enhancement system requiring Solidified feedstock at each stage, as well as the following per enhancement tier:
  
  • +0 to +5: Crystallized alkahest
  • +6 to +9: Processed alkahest crystal
  • +10 to +12: Special enchantment runes for each level
• Solidified feedstock can be obtained from almost any in-game activity:
  
  • Running dungeons
  • Battling in PvP arenas
  • Hunting BAMs in Alliance territories
• Crystallized alkahest come from chests purchasable from a Vanguard merchant or an Alliance reputation merchant.
  
• Refined Alkahest Crystals can be crafted by reprocessing Alkahest Crystals.
  
  • Relevant recipes can be purchased from merchants who sell weapon and armor crafting designs.
• When reprocessing, there’s a small chance to obtain a Rare Alkahest Crystal, needed to craft enchantment runes.
  
  • Rare Alkahest Crystals can also be obtained from Shadow Sanguinary.
  • In the near future, they will have a chance to drop from victories in Fraywind Canyon and from hunting invisible bosses in Alliance territories.
• Enchantment runes can be obtained through fusion:
  
  • Corresponding designs can be acquired from Kaia and Velik after reaching the required reputation level with them.

New Arborean PvP Jewelry

• Arborean jewelry can be acquired from Bellicarium and Alliance reputation merchants.
• Unique parts of Legendary Arborean jewelry and the Legendary Arborean Belt are also available.
• Designs to craft these can be obtained from Kaia after achieving the necessary reputation level with the “Bounty Hunters” faction.
• Creating the Legendary Arborean Amulet and Belt also requires new special items, obtainable only with a minimum required rating in Corsairs’ Stronghold and Fraywind Canyon arenas.

New PvP Brooch

• Exclusive Noctenium Brooch
• The fusion recipe can be purchased from the Alliance Quartermaster in each hall.
• Unique Ability:
  • Removes all negative effects.
  • Applies a shield absorbing up to 30,000 damage.
  • Grants immunity to knockdown and stagger while the shield is active.
• Cooldown: 120 seconds.
• Can only be used within Alliance territories.

New Seeker’s PvE Jewelry

• Seeker’s jewelry can be obtained in exchange for Cosmoshards (Cosmic Fragments), which are found in the following dungeons:
  • Bathysmal Rise
  • Ravenous Gorge
• To craft unique parts of Legendary Seeker’s Jewelry, you’ll need special recipes:
  • Purchase these from Velik after reaching the required reputation with the “Treasure Hunters” faction.

Path to Perfection

• New reputation branches:
  
  • Treasure Hunters – PvE
  • Bounty Hunters – PvP
• Meet the goddesses Velik and Kaia in High Watch.
  
• Complete daily quests and increase your reputation with:
  
  • “Treasure Hunters” (Velik)
  • “Bounty Hunters” (Kaia)
• Gain access to various gear enhancement items and unique weapon skins and mount.
• To unlock daily quests, you must first reach level 65 and speak with Myako (located in Highwatch near Kaia and Velika).
• Obtain and complete daily quests to increase your reputation with the “Treasure Seekers” (Velika) and “Bounty Hunters” (Kaia). As your reputation grows, you’ll gain access to spellbind, various gear enhancement materials, as well as unique weapon skins and a special mount.

Challengers’ League

• The group that ranks first at the end of the season will be rewarded with the unique “Smolder” mount (temporary, lasting for one season).
• Additionally, individual rankings have been introduced for the Alliance Treasure Vault and the Ghillieglade.
• To participate in the rankings, activate the special monument upon entry. Doing so removes the “Blessing of Shakan” and “Titanic Wrath” buffs. In return, you will receive a buff that increases your dungeon loot drop rate by 100%.

PvE
Available Level 65 Dungeons:

Item Level 189

• Ravenous Gorge:
  
  • For 3 players
  • Unlimited entries
  • 60-minute cooldown (30 minutes for VIPs)
• Bathysmal Rise:
  
  • For 7 players
  • 2 entries per day for everyone

Item Level 196

• Shattered Fleet

Item Level 200

• Vault of Kaprima

Item Level 203

• Kalivan’s Dreadnaught
• Demokron Factory:
  • For 8 players
  • 1 entry per day for everyone

Item Level 205

• Shadow Sanguinary
  
• Ghillieglade:
  
  • For 1 player
  • Requires “Velik’s Opportunity” item for teleportation
  • Can be purchased from the Vanguard merchant or obtained daily from the VIP panel
• You can check all current loot information in the Dungeon Matching window. 

PvP

• At the launch of the game world, the following arenas will be available:
  
  • Kumasylum (available from level 30)
  • Corsairs’ Stronghold 15v15 (available from level 30)
  • Champion’s Skyring 3v3 (solo queue)
• The opening of Fraywind Canyon will be announced separately in the news (it will be open during the OBT).
  
• Arena-related achievements have been updated:
  
  • Unique titles and mounts have been added as rewards
  • Various useful items are also included
• The Bellicarium and Killing Spree stores have been fully updated:
  
  • Added various useful items
  • Basic PvP jewelry
  • Materials required for gear enchanting and crafting legendary accessories

Alliance System

• For achieving the command rank of “Adjunct Commander” and above, you now receive coins that can be exchanged for enchantment and jewelry resources. Rewards depend solely on your rank in the alliance, independent of war outcomes.
  
• Players receive their rewards by mail when ranks are assigned (Wednesdays).
  
• The rewards for hunting BAMs have been updated:
  
  • Now you can obtain unique essences of three types from BAM kills, differing by alliance territory.
  • These essences are needed to craft top-tier PvP jewelry.
  • The respawn time of invisible BAMs is set to 1 hour.
• The quest “People Demand a Demonstration” now completes after defeating the final boss of one of the following dungeons:
  
  • Sabex Armory
  • Macellarius Catacombs
  • Ravenous Gorge
• The amount of Noctenium obtained from using the Affinity Catalyst has been increased from 25 to 100.
  
• The Alliance Quartermaster now sells a standard “magical infuser”:
  
  • Allows you to convert 25 common-quality membranes into an exceptional membrane.
• The Quartermaster also offers a liquid condenser:
  
  • Transforms an exceptional membrane into a special metal needed to craft the Noctenium Brooch.
  • Condenser cooldown: 12 hours.
• The Assaultt Commander’s Aura has been changed:
  
  • Now applies a buff to you and your allies every 30 seconds.
  • The buff lasts 12 seconds.
• Now, when you join any Alliance, you receive all three Alliance passive bonuses.
• The chance of obtaining Noctenium Ore, Infected Seeds, and Arunic Noctenium Energy during gathering in Alliance territories has been increased to 100%.

Leveling Changes

• Leveling speed has been greatly increased:
  • All players receive a buff that grants +200% XP from monster kills up to level 65.
  • The XP from all Vanguard Requests at levels 13–60 is increased by a factor of 10, and the total number of daily quests with full rewards has been significantly raised.
  • At the start, all players receive a special chest that can be opened as they level up.
    • It provides XP Marks that boost the character’s level at 20, 30, 40, 45, 50, and 60, as well as various useful items.
  • In level 20–58 dungeons, a party-wide buff increases XP gain depending on the group size (the more players, the greater the increase).
  • Reduced the number of parts required to obtain avatar weapons.

Crafting

• You can now advance two crafting professions to Artisan level.
• A recipe has been added for weapon- and armorsmiths to craft Refined Alkahest Crystals.

Vanguard

• The cost of class glyph tokens has been reduced from 300 to 50.
• The cost of level-up scrolls and relic (avatar) weapon chests has been significantly reduced.
• The Vanguard shop assortment has been expanded:
  • Added the new Indignation gear and the Storm Barrier Belt.
• The cost of Niveots for weapons and armor has been reduced from 400 to 100.
• Added the Guardian’s Fury Niveot, which increases critical strike power for attacks from the front.
• The cost of vyrsks for accessories has been reduced from 600 to 150.
• Added a chest with Alkahest Crystals.
• Added Velik’s Opportunity.

Other Changes

• The Eclipse Potion has been changed to a Provocation Potion:
  
  • Increases aggro by 20/40/60/80/100%.
• The cooldown of the Bravery Potion has been reduced from 60 to 20 minutes.
  
• The cooldown of Ranger’s Nostrum and Nostrum of Energy has been reduced from 150 to 30 seconds.
  
• Rejuvenation, Health, and Courage Potions now each have their own separate 60-second cooldowns.
  
• Freeholds Flame Salad, Bleak Wings, and the Traditional Bleakfields BBQ have been combined into one item:
  
  • Melsa’s Triple Feast(with similar buffs).
• The number of days required to log in and receive the maximum Vanguard buff has been reduced from 7 to 6.
  
• The cost of the Innerwear Box has been reduced from 80 to 60 Goldfinger Tokens.
  
• Common-quality innerwear has been removed from the Innerwear Crate. It now only contains uncommon and rare quality innerwear.
  
• An additional bag expansion is now available from the Bag Master.
  
• The standard speed for most mounts (except for particularly rare ones) is now 320.
  
• The VIP mount speed is 310.
  
• The Razormane (standard mount available to all characters at creation) speed is 280.
• The required level to equip Idoneal gear has been lowered to 63. This gear can now be obtained by completing the Vanguard storyline mission “Gather Allies” in Northern Arun.
• A new achievement, “Uproot the Evil,” has been added. To earn it, you must complete Durion’s Shelter 66 times and Berne’s Laboratory 20 times.