Server Changelog

[GM-Ciar]

• Minor Potion & Ingredient Drop Rate Changes
  
• Blue Flower now drops Nerium at 6% up from 3%
  
• Red Flower now drops Scoporia at 6% up from 3%
  
• Yellow Flower now drops Seratum at 6% up from 3%
  
• Little Ghost now drops Scoporia at 4.5% up from 1.5%
  
• Menblatt now drops Scoporia at 12% up from 9%
  
• Angra Mantis now drops Seratum at 6% up from 2.25%
  
• Petal now drops Seratum at 12% up from 9%
  
• Fulbuk now drops Seratum at 9% up from 3%
  
• Nepenthes now drops Nerium at 4.5% up from 1.5%
  
• Helltoad now drops Nerium at 9% up from 3%
  
• Nightbloom now drops Nerium at 13.5%
  
• Eye of Surtur now drops Small Life Potion at 18% up from 12%
  
• Eimyrja now drops Big Magic Defense Potion at 18%
  
• Muspelite Tree now drops Big Defense Potion at 100% up from 21%
  
• Infernal Hydra now drops Big Defense Potion at 12%
  
• Svigalae now drops Big Magic Defense Potion at 12%
  
• Surtur's MVP drop of Elunium Box has been changed to Small Life Potion Box 10.
  
  Other Changes
  
• Helltoad now drops Rough Elunium at 9% up from 3%
  
• Due to a minor issue of two different Dullahan Eggs existing, the official one will be used, with item ID 9049. Anyone owning the old version can "consume" the item to instantly receive the correct Dullahan Egg.
  

[GM-Ciar]

• Octopus Cave Updates
  
  Instance Changes
  
• Ketser is now the Instance Creation NPC, instead of an Aster. Trivia Time: Ketser first appeared in the 2019 Halloween Quest, helping Roma & Jule investigate the nighttime attacks by checking out the octopus cave.
  
• The instance now has a 1 hour cooldown.
  
• Flaws in the official script have been fixed. These allowed repeating the instance before the cooldown was over.
  
• Instance broadcast dialogues and monster names have been changed slightly to follow their actual database names. Example: Octopus is now called Small Octopus.
  
• Information regarding requirements, instance cooldown, etc is now more clear.
  
  
  Monster Stat & Skill Changes
  The instance has been made significantly less difficult to finish with lower level chars.
  
  Small Octopus
  
• Lowered HP slightly
  
• Drops Shabby Coin Bag instead of Dried Squid Box
  
• Uses Blind Attack at a higher level
  
• Added Waterball Lv 2 with a cast time of 2s, cooldown of 5s, cancellable and used at any mode (this is similar to Swordfish with higher int, but swordfish uses lv 3 waterball)
  
  Octopus Leg
  
• HP was lowered from 100k to 40k, and its exp was changed to keep its exp ratio
  
• Int lowered from 110 (stronger than Logi's int) to 78 (slightly stronger than Uzhas)
  
• Waterball increased level from 1 to 2 to compensate for the int loss
  
• Removed Pulse Strike, and Splash Attack. As compensation, Meteor Assault cannot be interrupted.
  
• Now drops poor coin bag
  
  Wild Rider
  
• Now spawns at the Octopus Cave, taking Deepsea Marse's location
  
• Def lowered slightly, and sight range lowered to 12
  
• Slightly lowered agi/dex required to dodge/hit it
  
• Uses Brandish Spear Lv 1 instead of Bash Lv 2
  
  Giant Octopus
  
• Lowered HP from 850,000 to 425,000 so it's easier to kill than normal mode Malangdo culvert. Exp was lowered as well to keep the ratio.
  
• No longer uses Earthquake regularly (only for rude attack)
  
• No longer uses Frost Nova to freeze only melee
  
• Pulse Strike cooldown decreased from 30s to 15s, at 50% or lower HP
  
• Lowered cooldown of Blind Attack, Frost Diver and Heaven's Drive.
  
• Increased drp rate of Poor Coin Bag increased from 15% to 60% drop
  
• Tentacle drop changed to Shabby Coin Bag 100% drop
  
  Malangdo Island Quests
  
  Malangdo Island now has a plethora of quests! These are recommended for newer players, as they reward E-Grade Coins as well as exp. Please note that links to iRO Wiki are currently meant to be used for general quest steps. Dialogue, requirements, and rewards are different on heRO, and wiki guides will be added to the heRO Wiki in the near future. Below is a list of all available Malangdo Quests.
  
  
  
• Malangdo Island Quest - Learn about the island's inhabitants, as well as the mysterious Star Candy!
  
• Meo Berry Quest - Dig up berries from Malangdo's soil once a day!
  
• Crack Repair Quest - Fill up holes in Malangdo's soil daily, but be careful not to fall in!
  
• Malangdo Ship Cleaning - Every day you can help find awful treats cats hate eating!
  
• Chef Nyas Quest - Once a day, you can help the angry chef by gathering Lvl 1 Foods in exchange for exp!
  
• Cat Gang Quest - Assist a gang with stomach problems once a day!
  
• Play with cat kids - Keep three cat kids entertained!
  
• Noisy Machine Game - Help the pretend detectives deactivate a "dangerous" machine once a day!
  
• Compass Game - Run around Malangdo and do some math!
  
• And, last but not least, you can now exchange Malangdo Cans for Cat Hand credits, in addition to the usual Cat Hand Quests in new world. Apparently, Fluffy Gyaruk himself will reward you with a very special Cat Costume for reaching 100 credits!
  
  Other Changes
  
  
• Costume Cat Lace Hairband is now available at Malangdo's Costume Shop. Please note that it has an incorrect description currently, and like all costumes, does not grant any stats.
  
• Costume Moon Cat Hat is now available at Malangdo's Costume Shop.
  
• Costume Malangdo Hat now costs E-Grade Coins instead of D-Grade Coins.
  
• The Dewata Palm Oil daily quest is now available! Obtain Exp and Zeny by shaking up trees!
  
• Manuk town now has its official flavor NPCs.
  
• Splendide town now has its official flavor NPCs.
  
• Hit Enchants and several others can now be disenchanted by the Malangdo Enchanter.
  
• To prevent bypassing the party requirement of existing instances (Sealed Shrine, Octopus Cave, Malangdo Culvert), in addition to the usual requirement of a 2+ member party, these 2+ members must also be near the instance creation NPC for the instance to be reserved.
  
• The Valentine's Day Quest has been removed.
  
• Loverings and Love Balloons no longer spawn in towns.
  

[GM-Ciar]

• PVM Skill Mechanics Update Part 3
  
  Nearly all of these updates below have little to no impact on gameplay currently, as most monsters don't use these skills in the levels listed below. These changes simply allow for the possibility of greater PVM variety in future releases.
  
  Attribute Change
  Higher levels of the skills reduce its duration. Lv 1 of these skills remains the same as official so as not to alter mobs behavior (all mobs currently use Lv 1 with the exception of Pale Vulpine).
  
  This includes the skills Water/Earth/Fire/Wind/Poison/Ghost/Dark/Holy/Random Attribute Changes.
  
  
• Lvl 2 - 20 minute duration
  
• Lvl 3 - 15 minute duration
  
• Lvl 4 - 10 minute duration
  
• Lvl 5 - 5 minute duration
  
• Lvl 6 - 1 minute duration
  
• Lvl 7 - 30 second duration
  
• Lvl 8 - 15 second duration
  
• Lvl 9 - 10 second duration
  
• Lvl 10 - 5 second duration
  
  Magical Attack / Demon Shock Attack
  
• Lv 1 - 15 second duration (Original Effect)
  
• Lv 2 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 5 second duration
  
  Barrier and Keeping
  
  
• Lv 1 - 60 second duration (Original Effect)
  
• Lv 2 - 50 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 40 second duration
  
• Lv 4 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 5 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 6 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 7 - 8 second duration
  
• Lv 8 - 5 second duration
  
• Lv 9 - 3 second duration
  
• Lv 10 - 1 second duration
  
  NPC Defender
  
  
• Lv 1 - 60 second duration (Original Effect)
  
• Lv 2 - 50 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 40 second duration
  
• Lv 4 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 5 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 6 - 15 second duration
  
• Lv 7 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 8 - 8 second duration
  
• Lv 9 - 5 second duration
  
• Lv 10 - 3 second duration
  
  Hallucination
  
  
• Lv 1 - 30 second duration (Original Effect)
  
• Lv 2 - 25 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 4 - 15 second duration
  
• Lv 5 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 6 - 8 second duration
  
• Lv 7 - 5 second duration
  
• Lv 8 - 3 second duration
  
  Invisibility
  
  
• Lv 1 - 30 second duration (Original Effect)
  
• Lv 2 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 15 second duration
  
• Lv 4 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 5 - 5 second duration
  
  Divest Skills
  Player-unusable Levels (Lv 6+) have reduced duration. At Lv 10, the status only lasts 1 seconds, in order to serve as a simple gear removal. These include Strip Weapon/Shield/Helm/Armor, Full Strip, and Strip Accessory, which also had its Lv 1~5 durations changed to match the other divest skills.
  
  
• Lv 6 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 7 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 8 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 9 - 5 second duration
  
• Lv 10 - 1 second duration
  
  Demonstration
  Player-unusable Levels (Lv 6+) have reduced duration. Levels past 11 have increased range, up until Lv 15. Damage increase per level remains the same as this part is more hardcoded.
  
  
• Lv 6 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 7 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 8 - 15 second duration
  
• Lv 9 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 10 - 5 second duration
  
• Lv 11 - 10 second duration, 3x3 Area
  
• Lv 12 - 10 second duration, 5x5 Area
  
• Lv 13 - 10 second duration, 7x7 Area
  
• Lv 14 - 10 second duration, 9x9 Area
  
• Lv 15 - 10 second duration, 11x11 Area
  
  Auto Guard and Reflect Shield
  Player-unusable Levels (Lv 11+) have reduced duration.
  
  
• Lv 11 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 12 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 13 - 15 second duration
  
• Lv 14 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 15 - 5 second duration
  
  Crusader Defender / Defending Aura
  Player-unusable Levels (Lv 6+) have reduced duration.
  
  
• Lv 6 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 7 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 8 - 15 second duration
  
• Lv 9 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 10 - 5 second duration
  
  Berserk
  Player-unusable Levels (Lv 2+) have reduced duration.
  
  
• Lv 2 - 30 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 20 second duration
  
• Lv 4 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 5 - 5 second duration
  
  Enchant Deadly Poison
  Player-unusable Levels (Lv 2+) have reduced duration.
  
  
• Lv 2 - 10 second duration
  
• Lv 3 - 5 second duration
  

[GM-Ciar]

• Wizardry Staff and Soul Staff are now properly considered 2H staves. Somehow these were considered 1H despite taking up both weapon and shield slots.
  

[GM-Ciar]

• Quest Changes
  
• The Peco Breeding Quest now has a fee of 10,000 instead of its original 100,000.
  
• The Frozen Diadem Quest now rewards a fixed 5 Million Base and Job Exp regardless of level.
  
• Guild Quest rewards have been changed or their order has been rearranged so that the harder locations reward the nicer items:
  - Magma Dungeon F2 rewards 1 Treasure Box instead of endow scrolls
  - Turtle Dungeon F3 rewards 5 of each endow scrolls, plus 5 cursed waters and 5 holy waters (Magma Dungeon's original reward), instead of Yggdrasil Berry Box and Speed Potion Box.
  - Clock Tower F4 rewards Speed Potion Box and 2 Battleground Keys instead of instead of 1 gold.
  - Odin Temple F3 rewards Yggdrasil Berry Box and 1 gold instead of treasure box.
  - Abyss Lake Cave F3 rewards 10 Hugel Prize Medals in addition to the poring card it originally rewarded.
  - Rachel Sanctuary F5 rewards 1 Reset Coupon instead of 2 Bloody Branches
  - Thanatos Tower F12 rewards 3 Old Green Boxes in addition to the original Damp Card Album reward.
  - Nyddhoggur's Nest F2 3 Light Blue Potion Boxes instead and 10 Light White Potion Boxes instead of Hat Voucher
  - Thor Volcano rewards 10 Assumptio Scrolls and 2 Bloody Branches instead of Light White and Light Blue Potions.
  - Bio Lab F3 rewards 1 Hat Voucher and 1 OCA instead of its original assumptio scroll and Ghostring Scroll.
  
  If you encounter any bugs with these quests, please report them via the support ticket system.
  

[GM-Ciar]

• Hat of Fortune's effect has been fixed and now increases critical attack rate as intended.

[GM-Ciar]

• Loli Ruri pets now eat Pumpkin instead of Apple Juice as intended.

[GM-Ciar]

• Seraphim Wings now have their proper look instead of an Eremes Scarf.

[GM-Ayu]

This is a special post in the fact that there is no actual gameplay change, but we consider the ingame description to be broken enough that we have to issue this post.

The Red Minstrel Hat should read exactly like RMS for effect:
INT + 1, MaxSP + 80, MDEF + 3.
If refine level is +6 or higher, every refine after +5 increase MDEF +1 and MaxSP +10.

Ingame description is missing parts of this sentence, making the implication as if the hat stops giving bonus SP above +6 refine.


We will fix this description in the future patch. We recognize that players may have put cards into the hat prematurely and may have not carded it yet until higher refine if they know about the hat's full effect. Therefore, we will offer a decard option for Red Minstrel Hat that is on a refine of exactly 6 until June 1st.

No de-card option is offered for Red Minstrel Hats at any other refines.

[GM-Ciar]

• Minor Mystic Tower Changes
  
• Santa Girl is now the same Santa Girl from Bloody Branches (the one that spawns the 4 Lutian Reputation Reward Pets)
  
• "Water Wonderland" spawns Deepsea Vadon instead of the low-HP version of Icering.
  
• "Winter Wonderland" spawns proper Lutian Icerings instead of their Low-HP version.
  
  Monster Changes
  
• Santa Snowring no longer spawn anywhere, and will never spawn again.
  
• Draugr no longer spawn anywhere, and will never spawn again.