Class Mechanic Changes

Below are all changes directly to the class skills. Note that heRO also has a lot of custom gears that may interact with skills in different ways, but changes here apply to all players regardless of their gear choices.

There are a lot of recent changes in Oct that's not yet documented. You can read about it here: Oct 9 2023 Changelog

General Mechanics Change

• Regeneration speed is doubled for players (so that you will regen your HP/SP faster)

• Wedding clothing does not reduce movement speed.

Movement Speed

• Movement speed is capped at the value of 50 for both players and monsters

For reference:

• Normal player moves at speed 150
• Increase Agi lowers this value by 25
• Speed Potion lowers this value by 50
• Frenzy lowers this value by 25
• Bio3/Bio4 MVP moves at speed 100 if they are not buffed

Defense Limits

• Def is capped at 95 for players
• MDef is capped at 100 for players

Racial Resistances

• The maximum resistace to race, sub-race, size, boss and/or non-boss is 85%

Damage Reflect

• Reflecting damage triggers recalculation of stats.
• Reflect damage will work on boss monsters ONLY if damage to the player (or reflected damage) doesn't kill said player (if damage is less or equal to max HP).

WOE and Battlegrounds

• Team members in BG count as party members and guild members at the same time.
• Player sizes are all medium on WoE and BG maps
• Consumables and skill catalysts are not consumed in WoE (but you still need enough items to cast the skill)
• MVP cards and Ghostring card are banned in WoE

Forged Equipment Changes

• Damage boosted from star crumbs in forged weapons increases from 5 dmg (not atk) to 30 dmg
• 3 star crumbs boosted from 40 flat damage (25 higher than normal 3 star crumbs) to 200 dmg, which is 140 higher than 3 star crumbs under the new change
• Weapons from a ranked forger has 100 bonus damage instead of 10 bonus damage

Item Changes

There are too many custom items in heRO and we recommend that you look at our heRO database for information. However, here are some changes to pre-renewal items that are different from standard Hercules pre-renewal server.

• In general, 2h swords and 2h axes have their base damage increased to make it more attractive to forego shields in melee monster range
• Crystal Mirror sale price is lowered by 20%. All monsters that drop Crystal Mirrors, except Mavka, have their drop rate of Crystal Mirrors increased by 20%
• Golden Thief Bug card does not block status effects, but blocks status effects inflicted via magical means

Status Changes

These are 3rd class status effects which Pre-renewal players may not be familiar with.

Status	Details
Burning	Deals fixed (1000 + 3% of MaxHP) damage every 3 seconds. Damage can not be reduced. Reduce 25% MDEF Burning Status now has a minimum duration of 3 seconds instead of 10 seconds. Duration is reduced by AGI, and slightly reduced by LUK Boss monsters are immune to Burning Burning damage is not considered as damage from player (counts as Kill Steal), and as such will reduce the experience given from the monster. If the last hit on a monster is from burning damage, it will not count towards a quest kill count.
Deep Sleep	Chat is disabled 2% of maximum HP/SP is recovered each second Damage from the next attack is amplified by 1.5x Duration is reduced by Base Level and INT Deep Sleep now has a minimum duration of 3 seconds instead of 5 seconds.
Frost	Reduce movement speed by 30% Reduce attack speed by 30% Reduce Hard Def by 30% (10% on monsters) Duration is reduced by VIT and DEX Frost now has a minimum duration of 3 seconds instead of 6 seconds.
Marsh of Abyss	Remove speed boosting skill effects and items Reduce movement speed by 10 to 50% Decrease AGI, DEX and FLEE Marsh of Abyss now has a minimum duration of 3 seconds instead of 5 seconds.
Stasis	Similar to silence where it seals usage of certain skills Duration is reduced by VIT and DEX Stasis now has a minimum duration of 3 seconds instead of 5 seconds.

Autospells

This is not a custom change for heRO but this is a very common game mechanics question- Identical autospell of the same skill and the same level do not stack. Only the highest percent is applied. For example, 2 Injustice Card in the same weapon will do nothing. The 5% chance to autocast Sonic Blow will not add to form 10%. In fact, the 2nd card is completely wasted.

Item Drop from Gears

This is not a custom change for heRO but this is a very common game mechanics question- Item drop from gears do not stack. Only the highest chance applies.

Swordsman Class

In general, 2 handed swords have their base ATK increased to make it more attractive to forego shields in melee range.

Skill Changes	Details
Sword Mastery	Scaling changed from 4*skill level to 10*skill level damage when using daggers and 1h swords
Two-Handed Sword Mastery	Scaling changed from 4*skill level to 15*skill level damage when using 2h swords

Knight Class

Skill Changes	Details
Spear Mastery	Original Scaling: (4 + 1 if mounted)*skill lvl damage when using any spears New Scaling: (10 + 2 if mounted)*skill lvl damage when using 1h spears New Scaling: (15 + 3 if mounted)*skill lvl dmg when using 2h spears
Pierce	Original Scaling: 100+(10*skill lvl) damage with a (5*skill lvl) bonus to HIT New Scaling: 100+(20*skill lvl) damage with a (10*skill lvl) bonus to HIT
Brandish Spear	Adds a new (5*skill lvl) bonus to HIT No longer lowers defense during casting
Spear Stab	Adds a new (5*skill lvl) bonus to HIT
Bowling Bash	Bowling Bash's second hit is much easier and forgiving to activate compare to official behavior
Charge Attack	No longer has a damage cap based on distance

Crusader Class

Skill Changes	Details
Spear Mastery	Original Scaling: (4 + 1 if mounted)*skill lvl damage when using any spears New Scaling: (10 + 2 if mounted)*skill lvl damage when using 1h spears New Scaling: (15 + 3 if mounted)*skill lvl dmg when using 2h spears
Demon Bane	Original Scaling: (3 + 0.04*(base level + 1)) dmg on demons and undead per skill level New Scaling: 15 * skill level dmg on demons and undead
Divine Protection	Original Scaling: Reduces damage from Undead property and Demon family monsters by (3*SkillLV)+[0.04*(BaseLV + 1)]. New Scaling: Reduces damage from Undead property and Demon family monsters by (3*SkillLV)+4.
Holy Cross	Skill scaling is doubled if using a 2 handed spear
Grand Cross	Original Scaling: 100+(40*skill lvl) damage; self-inflicted damage is (20% of current HP)+(100+(40*skill lvl))*(ATK+MATK)/2 New Scaling: 100+(50*skill lvl); self-inflicted damage is (20% of current HP)+(100+(50*skill lvl))*(ATK+MATK)/3 Always hits the target 3 times Does not lower defense during cast
Spear Quicken	Can be used by both 1h spear and 2h spear Passively increases the ASPD of 2h spear by 0.5% per skill lvl

Paladin Class

Skill Changes	Details
Sacrifice (Matyr's Reckoning)	Original Scaling: 100% + (10 * (skill level -1)) of sacrificed HP as damage New Scaling: 100% + 10% per skill level of sacrificed HP as damage Sacrifice lasts 10 attacks instead of 5 attacks
Shield Chain	Shield weight and shield refine contribution to damage are tripled. Crusader Link also affects Shield Chain to double damage and make Shield Chain unmissable.

Archer Class

Skill Changes	Details
Arrow Crafting	Please see Arrow Crafting for the expanded list of possible arrow crafts

Hunter Class

Skill Changes	Details
Beast Bane	Original Scaling: 4 dmg * skill level on brute and insect; if hunter soul linked, then add your STR as dmg New Scaling: 12 * skill level dmg on brute and insect; if hunter soul linked, then add double your STR as dmg; damage bonus capped by your base level
Blitz Beat	Original Scaling: ([DEX/10] + [INT/2] + 3*Steel Crow SkillLV + 40)*2) as damage New Scaling: ([DEX/10] + [INT] + 3*Steel Crow SkillLV + 40)*2) + [INT] as damage
Claymore Trap	Damage is multiplied for every target that the trap hits in the same hit
Land Mine	Damage is multiplied for every target that the trap hits in the same hit
Blast Mine	Damage is multiplied for every target that the trap hits in the same hit
Freezing Trap	Damage is multiplied for every target that the trap hits in the same hit

Sniper Class

Skill Changes	Details
Falken Assault	Inherits the damage changes from Blitz Beat

Bard Class

Skill Changes	Details
Musical Lesson	Original Scaling: 3 dmg * skill level when using instruments New Scaling: 10 dmg * skill level when using instruments (effect of the skill on songs do not change)
Musical Strike	Original: SP cost is 1/3/5/7/9 New Scaling: SP cost is 1/2/3/4/5
Assassin Cross of Sunset	Gunslinger weapon receives the ASPD boost from the song Only bows are unaffected by the song

Dancer Class

• Whip weapons have identical size modifiers as Musical Instruments, using size modifiers of 75/100/75 for small/medium/large targets respectively

Skill Changes	Details
Dance Lesson	Original Scaling: 3 dmg * skill level when using whips New Scaling: 10 dmg * skill level when using whips (effect of the skill on songs do not change)
Sling Arrow	Original: SP cost is 1/3/5/7/9 New Scaling: SP cost is 1/2/3/4/5
Slow Grace	Can dispel NPC_AGIUP ability
Humming	Original effect: Provide +2 HIT per skill level to all allies in the area New effect: +3 HIT per skill level to all allies in the area
Wink of Charm	Original effect: only works on demihumans, angels and demons monsters New effect: now works on any non-boss monster

Acolyte Class

Skill Changes	Details
Increase Agility	The skill no longer has a cast requirement of 15 HP
Demon Bane	Old Scaling: (3 + 0.04*(base level + 1)) dmg on demons and undead per skill level New Scaling: 15 * skill level dmg on demons and undead

Priest Class

Skill Changes	Details
Mace Mastery	Old Scaling: 3*skill level dmg when using maces New Scaling: 10*skill level dmg when using maces
Safeguard/Slow Poison	Slow Poison renamed to Safeguard with completely new effect Negates the current HP/SP regen disabling effect of any current bleed/burning/toxic/deadly poison/blood sucking/cold status and allows HP/SP regeneration during those statuses
Gloria	Duration increased from 10/15/20/25/30 seconds to 30/60/90/120/150s seconds; After-cast delay decreased from 2s to 1s
Magnus Exorcismus	Damage in-between waves only takes 2s for Magnus Exorcismus to rearm and damage the enemy again, down from 3s

Monk Class

Skill Changes	Details
Iron Hands	Old Scaling: 3*skill level dmg when using knuckles New Scaling: 10*skill level dmg when using knuckles
Spirits Recovery	Old Scaling: 4 HP and 2 SP per SkillLV + scaling based on max hp/sp for bonus regen New Scaling: 20 HP and 3 SP per SkillLV + scaling based on max hp/sp for bonus regen
Spirit Spheres (from Summon Spirit Sphere)	Old Scaling: each sphere provides 3 damage New Scaling: each sphere provides 5 damage
Triple Attack	Old Scaling: Activation rate is 30% at level 1, but activate rate drops by 1% as you level up the skill for more damage New Scaling: Activation rate is always 25% at all levels New effect: skill can crit
Chain Combo	Old Scaling: SP cost is 11/12/13/14/15 New Scaling: SP cost is 10 at all levels New effect: skill can crit; skill deals splash damage under the effect of Monk Link
Combo Finish	Old Scaling: SP cost is 11/12/13/14/15 New Scaling: SP cost is 10 at all levels New effect: skill can crit

Champion Class

Skill Changes	Details
Tiger Knuckle Fist	Old Scaling: SP cost is (2+2*SkillLV) New Scaling: SP cost is 2+SkillLV New effect: skill can crit; skill deals splash damage under the effect of Monk Link
Chain Crush Combo	Old Scaling: SP cost is (2+2*SkillLV) New Scaling: SP cost is 2+SkillLV New effect: skill can crit; skill deals splash damage under the effect of Monk Link

Thief Class

Skill Changes	Details
Steal	It is now possible to steal items in a monster's item slot 8, 9 and 10 (which is usually the card slot), which is utilized in heRO but not by official monsters. Steal order is randomized: the order of the items listed in the database do not matter Formula changed such that the difference of your dex vs the enemy's dex is doubled; dex is now more important to the success of Steal
Double Attack	Double Attack can trigger Critical Hits
Envenom	Damage increased by 25% poison chance changed from (10+4*SkillLV)% to SkillLV*SkillLV % (such that max level envenom is base 100% poison)

Assassin Class

Dual wielding's ASPD penalty is lessened from 0.7*(BTBA1+BTBA2) to 0.6*(BTBA1+BTBA2), where BTBA1 is the BTBA (Base Time Between Attacks) of your first weapon and BTBA2 is the BTBA (Base Time Between Attacks) of your 2nd weapon

Skill Changes	Details
Katar Mastery	Original Scaling: 3*skill lvl damage when using katars New Scaling: 15*skill lvl damage when using katars
Left Hand Mastery	Original Scaling: Damage on the left-hand weapon while dual wielding is (30+10*SkillLV)% of left hand weapon New Scaling: Damage on the left-hand weapon while dual wielding is (75+5*SkillLV)% of left hand weapon Passively increases overall damage of dual wielding by 2.5% per skill lvl, to a max of 12.5%
Right Hand Mastery	Original Scaling: Damage on the right-hand weapon while dual wielding is (30+10*SkillLV)% of right hand weapon New Scaling: Damage on the right-hand weapon while dual wielding is (75+5*SkillLV)% of right hand weapon Passively increases overall damage of dual wielding by 2.5% per skill lvl, to a max of 12.5%
Enchant Poison	Original Effect: lasts (15+15*skill lvl)s, has a (2.5 + 0.5*skill lvl) chance to poison (max 7.5% chance to poison) New Effect: lasts (90*skill lvl)s, has a (2 + skill lvl) chance to poison (max 12% chance to poison)
Venom Dust	No longer requires Red Gemstone Inflicts Deadly Poison instead of Poison
Sonic Blow	Has the effect of the old Sonic Acceleration built in to the skill
Critical Mastery (Sonic Acceleration)	Reworked for new effect: increase the damage of critical attacks by 10%
Poison React	old number of counters: 1/1/2/2/3/3/4/4/5/6 new number of counters: 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20 old duration: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 sec new duration: 30s per level (5 min at max level) old counter chance: always 50% new counter chance: 45 + 5% per level damage scaling: 30% bonus dmg per level => 40% bonus dmg per level
Venom Splasher	Old damage formula: 400 + 50 * skill level + 20 * level of poison react New damage formula: 400 + 70 * skill level + (30 * skill level if using a dagger in any hand). With at least one dagger equipped, max damage is 1400% instead of 1100% In other word: the poison react bonus is always present, with an additional damage bonus for using daggers Affected by Enchant Deadly Poison's attack bonus (currently, it gets no benefit from EDP) Explosion timer: always 3s Re-arm cooldown: always 3s No HP requirement on target: Venom Splasher can be used on any target

Assassin Cross Class

Skill Changes	Details
Soul Breaker	Original Scaling: physical damage portion is ATK * Skill lvl. Misc (int) damage portion is (Skill lvl * player's INT) * 5 + 500-1000. New Scaling: physical damage portion is ATK * (Skill lvl + 1). Misc (int) damage portion is (Skill lvl * player's INT) * 10 + 1000-1500.
Create Deadly Poison	Skill is always successful, regardless of your stats
Meteor Assault	Has no cast time and no after-cast delay, similar to grimtooth Can be used during Hiding (but not Cloaking) Is now affected by Enchant Deadly Poison's attack bonus Is now affected by damage % cards (from both weapons if dual wielding) SP Cost: changed to always be 14 per skill level (down from max of 28) Range increased from 5x5 to 7x7 Has bonus damage of (10% + 10% per skill level) if using a dagger in either hand (max of 550% instead of 440%)

Rogue Class

Not a direct change to Plagiarism, but heRO also has a NPC that can let Rogues copy skills for Plagiarism without the help of any players at the cost of a small fee. You can read about it here

Skill Changes	Details
Steal Coin	Dex and Luk's influence on success rate are doubled
Back Stab	Original Scaling: 300 + 40 * skill level, halved for bows (max 700) New Scaling: 300 + 70 * skill level, halved for bows (max 1000) Has a (5 + 2*SkillLV)% to stun
Raid	Original chance to inflict status: 10+3*SkillLV New chance to inflict status: 10+5*SkillLV Range increased from 3x3 to 5x5
Graffiti	Graffiti cannot be used on or near Land Protector to dispel Land Protector

Merchant Class

For details regarding the Merchant/Blacksmith class changes, please see the detailed forum thread: [1]

• Cart Decorator is available to change the appearance of your cart. This has no mechanical benefit.
• In general, 2 handed axes have their base ATK increased to make it more attractive to forego shields in melee range.

Skill Changes	Details
Cart Revolution	The damage of Cart Revolution no longer depends on the weight of your cart: the damage always assume as if your cart is full
Identify	SP Cost: 10 => 1
Mammonite	SP Cost: 5 => 2 Mammonite can deal Critical damage
Pushcart	Speed penalty is less severe at earlier levels

Blacksmith Class

Crafter's Guild to reduce the need of a party in order to brew, forge or cook on your own

For details regarding the Merchant/Blacksmith class changes, please see the detailed forum thread: [2]

Skill Changes	Details
Maximize Power	Maximize Power is not removed upon death
Weapon Perfection	Change the duration from 10s/20s/30s/40s/50s to 30s/60s/90s/120s/150s
Repair Weapon	All repairs uses Steel, regardless of the Weapon Level of the broken weapon
Overthrust	Will not break your weapons, regardless of weapon type Change the duration from 20s/40s/60s/80s/100s to 30s/60s/90s/120s/150s
Unfair Trick	New effect: reduces the cost of Mammonite (and Throw Zeny) by 10% per level New effect: reduces the cost of Cart Termination and Maximum Overthrust by 10% per level beyond the first level of this skill Unfair Trick cannot lower these skills beyond a cost of 1 zeny, regardless of level
Greed	SP Cost: 10 => 1
Ore Discovery	Iron Ore replaced by Iron; Iron's original chance is split to steel, rough elunium, rough oridecon, and the 4 lower tier elemental stones

Whitesmith Class

Skill Changes	Details
Cart Termination	SP Cost: 15 => 5 The damage of Cart Termination no longer depends on the weight of your cart: the damage always assume as if your cart is full
Maximum Overthrust	SP Cost: 15 => 5 Will not break your weapons, regardless of weapon type

Alchemist Class

Crafter's Guild to reduce the need of a party in order to brew, forge or cook on your own

Skill Changes	Details
Potion Pitcher	If you don't have regular red/orange/yellow/white/blue potions but you have their corresponding Light version of the Potion, Potion Pitcher will still work by pitching Light version of the Potion instead. The game will prioritize pitching "fat" potions before Light Potions. Light Potions do not affect the healing values of the skill at all.
Axe Mastery	Old Effect: 3 * skill lvl dmg when using any axes New Effect: 10 * skill lvl dmg when using 1h axes and 15 * skill lvl dmg when using 2h axes
Demonstration	Now uses "Small Flammable Flask" as catalyst, which can be bought from NPC stores for 200z. Skill ratio improved: 100 + 20 per skill level => 100 + 40 per skill level
Acid Terror	Now uses "Small Acidic Flask" as catalyst, which can be bought from NPC stores for 100z. Skill ratio improved: 100 + 40 per skill level => 100 + 60 per skill level Armor break ratio: 3:7:10:12:13 => 4:7:10:13:16%
Summon Marine Sphere	For every 15 points of max HP you possess, add 1 HP to your Marine Sphere for every level of Summon Marine Sphere mastered. (At max level of marine sphere, the sphere inherit a third of your max HP.) When hit by the skill Cart Revolution, Marine Sphere will also attempt to detonate immediately When hit by the skill hit by Fire Bolt, Marine Spheres will detonate instantly, with no cast time. When hit by the skill Magnum Break or Demonstration, they will cast snap/body relocation to any cell within a 9x9 area, and detonate 2 seconds after.
Bio Cannibalize	For every 5 points of STR you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) STR to your plants. For every 5 points of AGI you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) AGI to your plants. For every 5 points of INT you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) INT to your plants. For every 5 points of VIT you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) VIT to your plants. For every 5 points of LUK you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) LUK to your plants. For every 15 points of HIT you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) DEX to your plants. For every 5 points of ATK you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) atk to your plants. For every 10 points of max HP you possess, add (skill level of Summon Flora) max HP to your plants. (At max level of plants, the plants inherit roughly half of your max HP)
Unfair Trick	New effect: reduces the cost of Mammonite (and Throw Zeny) by 10% per level New effect: reduces the cost of Cart Termination and Maximum Overthrust by 10% per level beyond the first level of this skill Unfair Trick cannot lower these skills beyond a cost of 1 zeny, regardless of level
Twilight Alchemy 2	No longer requires particular party member in the party for the skill to work
Twilight Alchemy 3	No longer requires particular party member in the party for the skill to work Creates 50 alcohol instead of 100 alcohol. Its item requirement is modified to check for 50 alcohol instead of 100 as well.

General Homunculi Changes

• Homunculus can now critically hit
• Greatly reduce the RNG variation with an auto-reroll system on level up: for each stat that got no gains at all (+0), the game will automatically re-roll the odds to see if you can get a +1 to the stat. While it's possible that you still get a +0 in the end, at least you get a 2nd chance. Note that the reroll does not permit you to get a +2 or a +3 in a stat. This happens automatically whenever you level up. You will see the notification of the system kicking in within your chatbox.
• All Homunculus have their level up stat adjusted. In general, all homunculi is getting a stat buff in EVERY category. You will see the standard deviation to have greatly narrowed (aka: less likely to be screwed by RNG), while retaining the potential high ceiling in almost all cases.
• Homunculus has a hard cap of 95 hard def and 95 hard mdef

Lif Homunculus

• is now classified as Plant race instead of Demi-Human race

Skill Changes	Details
Emergency Escape	Aftercast delay changed to 5 seconds per level (Level 5 - 25 Second Delay)
Mental Change	Aftercast delay reduced to 25 seconds at all levels Lowers Lif's flee by 20 (which still results in a net gain of 30 Flee for a typical heRO Lif compare to vanilla pre-re server's Lif)

Amistr Homunculus

Skill Changes	Details
Bulwark	SP cost decreased to be 20 at all levels. Change the duration from 40s/35s/30s/25s/20s to 60s at all levels.
Adamantium Skin	Instead of 2% hp, 5% hp regen and 4 hard def per level, it's boosted to 3% hp, 10% hp regen and 6 hard def per level. (50% boost in effectiveness)
Bloodlust	Atk boost: 130%/140%/150% => 140%/170%/200% Leech chance: 3%/6%/9% => 100% all levels (constantly activate) Leech amount: 20 all levels => 10+10 per level (20%/30%/40%) Cooldown reduced to 0: skill can be re-casted at any time in case the buff is dispelled for any reason (such as death)

Filir Homunculus

Skill Changes	Details
Fleet Move	Cooldown changed to 55+5*Skill Lv seconds
Overclock	Cooldown changed to 55+5*Skill Lv seconds

Mage Class

Skill Changes	Details
Fireball	Old Scaling: (70+10*SkillLV)% MATK per hit (max 170%) New Scaling: 100 + 20 * SkillLV% MATK (max 300%)
Thunderstorm	Old Scaling: 80% of MATK per level New Scaling: 100% of MATK per level

Wizard Class

Skill Changes	Details
Sight Trasher	Old Scaling: (100+20*SkillLV)% MATK (300% at lv 10) New Scaling: (100+30*SkillLV)% MATK (400% at lv 10) New effect: radius increased by 1 cell, and after cast delay changed from 2s to 1s
Frost Nova	Old effect: (100+skill_lv*10)* 2 / 3 - 100 MATK on hit; cast time is 6s, and every 2 level after the first level reduce cast time by 0.5s (4s at lv 10) New effect: (100+skill_lv*10) - 100 MATK on hit; cast time drastically lowers per level down to 1.5s at lv 10
Fire Pillar	New effect: damage is multiplied by the number of targets hit

High Wizard Class

Skill Changes	Details
Amplify Magic Power	The cast time of Amplify Magic Power is affected by status effects, such as Suffragium (but still not affected by Dex)
Napalm Vulcan	Damage is no longer split by number of targets hit
Gravitational Field	New effect: ASPD debuff from this skill is doubled

Sage Class

Skill Changes	Details
Advanced Book	Old Effect: 3 * skill lvl dmg when using book weapons New Effect: 10 * skill lvl dmg when using book weapons
Free Cast	The penalty for moving while casting is decreased at starting level. At max level, the speed is very slightly increased compare to original speed.
Auto Spell	Change for Auto Spell is extensive. Automatically cast a magic spell while performing a normal attack. Spells cast through Autospell cost 1/2 of the spell's SP cost. The caster is required to learn the selected spell of Autospell and the max level of the casted spell is limited to to SkillLV of Auto Spell (see below.) The spell can be cast at 2 levels lower (50% chance) and 1 level lower (35% chance) than the maximum castable level. Bolt spells in the description refer to Cold, Fire and Lightning Bolt. Below are the list of possible highest level spells casted for each level of Autospell Level 1: lv 3 napalm beat Level 2: lv 1 bolt Level 3: lv 2 bolt Level 4: lv 3 bolt Level 5: lv 4 bolt Level 6: lv 5 bolt, lv 1 soul strike Level 7: lv 6 bolt, lv 2 soul strike Level 8: lv 7 bolt, lv 3 soul strike, lv 1 fire ball Level 9: lv 8 bolt, lv 4 soul strike, lv 2 fire ball Level 10: lv 9 bolt, lv 5 soul strike, lv 3 fire ball, lv 1 frost diver Sage Link continues to change Auto Spell to 100% chance to cast the maximum level of spells casted.
Abracadabra	Vending, Arrow Crafting, Pharmacy, or Flag Graffiti will not be used as a possible skill out of Abracadabra

Taekwon Class

Unarmed BTBA (Base Time Between Attacks) lowered from 400 to 350 (aka, attacks faster than any other class on unarmed)
Base activation rate of using a kick within a stance increased from 15% to 25%

Taekwon Ranking changes: see TaeKwon

Skill Changes	Details
Run	New effect: on a BG map, Run immediately grants the strength bonus instead of initiating the Run movement
Whirlwind Kick	Old effect: (160+20*SkillLV)% ATK New effect: (160+35*SkillLV)% (total 405%). Bonus scaling if unarmed: 15 * skill level (so 510% for unarmed at max level)
Axe Kick	Old effect: (160+20*SkillLV)% ATK New effect: (160+35*SkillLV)% (total 405%). Bonus scaling if unarmed: 15 * skill level (so 510% for unarmed at max level)
Roundhouse Kick	Old effect: (190+30*SkillLV)% ATK New effect: (190+50*SkillLV)% (total 540%). Bonus scaling if unarmed: 20 * skill level (so 680% for unarmed at max level)
Counter Kick	Old effect: (190+30*SkillLV)% ATK New effect: (190+55*SkillLV)% (total 540%). Bonus scaling if unarmed: 20 * skill level (so 680% for unarmed at max level)

Star Gladiator Class

• The Reset Master's house has a NPC that allows you to reset your Star Gladiator target for 300k

Skill Changes	Details
Comfort of the Sun	When activated on the proper day, it gives all effects of the original Comfort of the Moon and the original Comfort of the Stars as well
Comfort of the Moon	When activated on the proper day, it gives all effects of the original Comfort of the Sun and the original Comfort of the Stars as well
Comfort of the Stars	When activated on the proper day, it gives all effects of the original Comfort of the Sun and the original Comfort of the Moon as well. Furthermore, the effects of DEX and LUK are doubled.
Hatred of the Sun, Moon and Stars	There are no more HP limits, only size limits for mob targets to give players more options
Blessing of the Sun	New effect: this skill also provides 200 max HP per level as a passive effect, regardless of the day
Blessing of the Moon	New effect: this skill also provides 1% elemental resistance to all elements per level (except neutral), regardless of the day
Blessing of the Stars	New effect: this skill also provides 1% resistance to Neutral per level, regardless of the day
Knowledge of the Sun, Moon and Stars	New effect: when you activate this skill, provide 4 ATK per level (max 40 ATK)
Demon of the Sun, Moon and Stars	You can use this skill regardless of job level, as long as you learned the skill
Union of the Sun, Moon and Stars	You do not need to spend a skill point on this skill. As long as you have the Star Gladiator Link, this skill will be available. You lose 1% instead of 2% of your HP against monsters per hit
Miracle of the Sun, Moon and Stars	Fixed a bug in default Hercules emulator where this skill may cause you to lose damage if you did not max out Hatred of the Stars

Soul Linker Class

Dagger BTBA (Base Time Between Attacks) lowered from 575 to 500 (attacks as fast as thief using dagger)

Skill Changes	Details
Soul Links (all)	Soul Link status now persist after logging out
Super Novice Link	Casting Super Novice Link always resets the death count for a Super Novice on every casting
Kaina	New effect: Kaina cannot lower sp cost of skills to be lower than 1, regardless of the level of Kaina learnt. This is a safety measure and is not noticeable by normal means.

Ninja Class

• Kunais can be purchased from NPC Shop directly
• Master Ninja Hanzo at Amatsu (near the boat where the Save NPCs are) can package Ninja ammos and Ninja stones into boxes, similar to how quivers work for Archers

For details regarding the Ninja class changes, please see the detailed forum thread: [3]

Skill Changes	Details
Mist Slash	Skill ratio: 100 + 10 per skill level => 100 + 20 per skill level + INT stat Eg: if Ninja has 30 Int, then a level 3 Mist Slash will deal (100 + 20 * 3 + 30)% ATK which is 220% SP Cost: 8 + 2 per skill level => 10 at all skill level This skill still deals 100% physical damage, regardless of the INT aspect
Shadow Slash	Skill ratio: 100 per skill level => 120 per skill level + 3 * int Eg: if Ninja has 30 Int, then a level 3 Shadow Slash will deal (120 * 3 + 30 * 3)% ATK which is 450% SP Cost: 12 + 2 per skill level => 9 + skill level This skill still deals 100% physical damage, regardless of the INT aspect
Throw Mastery	Old effect: 3*skill level of bonus damage New effect: 15*skill level dmg of bonus damage Instead of working exclusively with Throw Shuriken, the passive bonus will also apply to Throw Kunai, Throw Fuuma Shuriken and Throw Zeny.
Throw Shuriken	Skill ratio: 4 ATK per skill level => 4 ATK per skill level + 8% per skill level i.e. At level 10, now it has a base 180% ATK with 40 bonus ATK instead of 100% ATK with 40 bonus ATK.
Throw Huuma Shuriken	Skill ratio: 50 + 150 per skill level => 50 + 150 per skill level + 3 * int Eg: if Ninja has 30 Int, then a level 3 Throw Huuma Shuriken will deal (50 + 150 * 3 + 30 * 3)% ATK which is 590% Cast Time: 3 seconds => 1 second Damage is no longer divided among all targets This skill still deals 100% physical damage, regardless of the INT aspect
Mirror Image	SP Cost changed Old: 30:32:34:36:38:40:42:44:46:48 New: 30:32:34:36:38:40:42:35:28:21
Ninja Aura/Soul	HP Cost: removed SP Cost: 10 + 10 per level => 15 + 5 per level
Wind Blade	Skill ratio: 100% per bolt => (75+str)% per bolt Number of bolts: 1/2/2/3/3/4/4/5/5/6 => 2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11 Eg: if Ninja has 30 Str, then a level 3 Wind Blade spell will deal (75 + 30)% MATK per bolt which is 105% MATK, dealing 4 bolts in total Change in Damage Per Level (assuming 0 strength) 100/200/200/300/300/400/400/500/500/600 => 150/225/300/375/450/525/600/675/750/825 This skill still deals 100% magical damage, regardless of the STR aspect
Lightning Crash	Skill ratio: 160 + 40 per skill level => 160 + 40 per skill level + 3 * str Eg: if Ninja has 30 Str, then a level 3 Lightning Crash spell will deal (160 + 40 * 3 + 30 * 3)% MATK which is 370% This skill still deals 100% magical damage, regardless of the STR aspect
North Wind	Skill ratio: 100 + 100 per skill level => 100 + 100 per skill level + str * 2 Eg: if Ninja has 30 Str, then a level 3 North Wind spell will deal (100 + 100 * 3 + 30 * 2)% MATK which is 460% This skill still deals 100% magical damage, regardless of the STR aspect
Crimson Fire Petals	Skill ratio: 90 per level => 90 + (half of STR) Eg: if Ninja has 30 Str, then a level 3 Crimson Fire Petals spell will deal (90+ 30 * 0.5)% MATK which is 105% each bolt This skill still deals 100% magical damage, regardless of the STR aspect
Falling Ice Meteor	Skill ratio: 100 + 50 per skill level => 50 + 150 per skill level + 3 * STR Eg: if Ninja has 30 Str, then a level 3 Falling Ice Meteor spell will deal (50 + 150 * 3 + 3 * 30)% MATK which is 590% This skill still deals 100% magical damage, regardless of the STR aspect
Skill Clarification: Final Strike	There is no change to this skill. However, iRO classic wiki erroneously claim that damage is reduced to bosses. That is not true in heRO or any private servers that utilize the Hercules engine. Furthermore, the damage formula is "(STR*40) + (HP/10 + 35)*skill level".
Unfair Trick	New effect: reduces the cost of Ninja's Throw Zeny by 10% per level Unfair Trick cannot lower these skills beyond a cost of 1 zeny, regardless of level Note that Ninja cannot naturally learn Unfair Trick skill by leveling.

Gunslinger Class

• The bard skill "Assassin Cross of Sunset" can boost the ASPD of all gunslinger weapons
• Revolver base ASPD improved: 700 => 650
• Gatling Gun base ASPD improved: 700 => 550
• Elemental Bullets are available for purchase from NPC shops
• Spheres can be purchased directly with zeny from NPC shops
• Ammo Magazine Shop in Alberta, Einbroch (near Save NPC), Izlude and Gunslinger Guild can package Gunslinger ammo and spheres into boxes, similar to how quivers work for Archers

Skill Changes	Details
Flip the Coin	The success rate to get Heads on this skill increased from 30/40/50/60/70% to 35/50/65/80/95% Coins provide 5 damage per coin instead of 3 damage per coin
Bull's Eye	SP Cost: 30 => 15
Chain Action	Can be used when you have Gatling Guns equipped as well Chain Action can deal Critical damage
Madness Canceller	SP Cost: 30 => 20 Cast time reduced from 3s to 0s Aftercast delay reduced from 4s to 1s Stay duration decreased from 15 to 10 second BATK boost increased from 100 to 120 ASPD boost increased from 20% to 25% You can cast the skill again to end the stance prematurely
Gunslinger's Panic	SP Cost: 15 => 5 Duration decreased from 30s to 10s Cast time reduced from 3s to 0s You can cast the skill again to end the stance prematurely
Increase Accuracy	SP Cost: 30 => 20 Duration increased from 1 min to 2 min 30s
Single Action	ASPD boost changed from 1/1/2/2/3/3/4/4/5/5 to 1/2/2/3/3/4/4/5/5/6
Tracking	Cast time can be reduced by Poem of Bragi
Piercing Shot	Revolver damage: increased from 120/140/160/180/200% to 130/160/190/220/250% Rifle damage: increased from 180/210/240/270/300% to 200/250/300/350/400% Piercing Shot can deal Critical damage
Rapid Shower	Can be used when you have Gatling Gun equipped SP Cost: 22/24/26/28/30/32/34/36/38/40 => 15/17/19/21/23/25/27/29/31/33
Desperado	SP Cost: 32/34/36/38/40/42/44/46/48/50 => 22/24/26/28/30/32/34/36/38/40 Base success rate of Desperado connecting a hit is increased from 30% to 35%
Gatling Fever	ASPD boost changed from 2/4/6/8/10/12/14/16/18/20% to 2.5/5/7.5/10/12.5/15/17.5/20/22.5/25% Flee penalty changed from 5/10/15/20/25/30/35/40/45/50 to 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30 ATK boost changed from 30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120 to 35/50/65/80/95/110/135/150/165/180
Spread Attack	Damage changed from 100/120/140/160/180/200/220/240/260/280% to 230/260/290/320/350/380/410/440/470/500%
Ground Drift	SP Cost: 4/8/12/16/20/24/28/32/36/40 => 3/6/9/12/15/18/21/24/27/30 Damage changed from a flat 100% of base ATK + a flat 50/100/150/200/250/300/350/400/450/500 damage to a 140/180/220/260/300/340/380/420/460/500% of base ATK + a flat 100/200/300/400/500/600/700/800/900/1000 damage Each level adds a 10% to cause the Burning status to affected target, up to a maximum of 100% base change to cause the Burning status

Super Novice Class

• You can now class change to a Super Novice at base level 15 instead of 45
• Soul Link always resets your death count
• Cart Decorator is available to change the appearance of your cart. This has no mechanical benefit.
• You can use either version of the Super Novice Chant
• Crafter's Guild reduces the need of a party in order to brew, forge or cook on your own
  

Monster Exclusive Skills

Skill Changes	Details
Agi UP (NPC_AGIUP)	No longer doubles Flee of the user Movement speed increases by 100 (with a cap to movement speed 50) The duration of Agi Up is reduced from 6 seconds per level to 3 seconds per level
Attribute Change	If a monster uses level 1 version of a skill that changes its element, it will take on level 1 of that element instead of being random. There is no change to level 2 to 4 version of these skills as they already change to the corresponding elemental level.
Hell Power	The duration of Hell Power is changed to be 1 minute per level of Hell Power used, instead of a fixed 5 minute duration
Dignity of Hell	The duration of Hell's Dignity is changed to be 1 minute per level of Hell Power used, instead of a fixed 5 minute duration The range of Hell's Dignity has been modified to be 11x11 at level 1, and increase in radius by 2 cells per level up to a maximum of area of 27x27 (similar to most other monster skills such as Earthquake or Hell's Judgment)
Dark Cross	Inherits all changes from Holy Cross
Grand Cross of Darkness	Inherits all changes from Grand Cross
3rd Class Skills	All 3rd class skills (which are only used by monsters, and are currently not available to players, even via custom items or cards) deal 50% damage per level, with all extra variables for damage calculation removed. Exceptions to this are listed below. Duple Light: both its physical and magic portion now scale by 10% per level, starting at 100% Jack Frost: if target is affected by Frosty Misty, then damage is doubled Comet: The 4 damage zone changes by 200/150/100/50% (200 being ground zero) per skill level damage instead of the original scaling Chain Lightning: Base matk follows "standard" heRO formula of 50% per level. Chain Lightning Chain bonus damage is adjusted to [50 × (Max Chain count ? Chains)]% (which is halved from the original formula). If the chaining target of Chain Lightning is above 9, the chain bonus damage is capped as if the chain is at 9 Earth Grave: all extra variables for damage calculation, except for Cursed Soil effect, are removed Diamond Dust: all extra variables for damage calculation, except for Cooler effect, are removed Poison Buster: all extra variables for damage calculation, except for Cursed Soil effect, are removed Psychic Wave: all extra variables for damage calculation, except for Cursed Soil/Heater/Cooler/Blast Mine effect, are removed Varetyr Spear: all extra variables for damage calculation, except for Blast Mine effect, are removed Cloud Kill: all extra variables for damage calculation, except for Cursed Soil effect, are removed Eraser Cutter: all extra variables for damage calculation are removed Sonic Wave: base damage follows heRO 3rd class standard, but range formula is kept in tact Ignition Break: scaling based on damage zone is now 150/100/50, no longer affected by base level. Elemental fire bonus is kept Storm Blast: still scales depending on int, but the constant factor is now 50 instead of 100 (effectively half damage compare to official formula) Phantom Thrust: no longer has level based scaling Arms Cannon: 75% per level for medium, 100% per level for small, 50% per level for large. Skill also no longer has base level scaling Axe Tornado: wind damage bonus and distance penalty is kept Earth Shaker: damage against invisible or hiding enemies are doubled Tiger Cannon: no change to the formula except that it has no base level scaling Knuckle Arrow: kept all interactions, except that it's 50% per level on both portion of base damage and collision damage Ride In Lightning: wind weapon will double damage Cross Strike: additional damage is kept Assimilate Power: range extended from 5x5 to 15x15

heRO Custom Skills

Currently, most custom skills are only utilized by monsters and are unavailable to players via any way, including custom gears or cards.

• Wide Burning
• Wide Frost
• Wide Poison
• Wide Lex Aeterna
• Wide Deadly Poison
• Wide Web