[Patch 9/19] Researcher Carrot is Here!

Overview

This patch is awesome, not only do we get a new chapter unlocked, we are getting SC Carrot and a bunch new exclusive weapons! A new limited Huche shop is here as well.

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Patch Notes

1. City of Sorcerers Witchaven Unlocked

The City of Sorcerers Witchaven, where Sorcerers who faced persecution for the fall of the Kingdom of Perlutia found refuge is now open.

■ City of Sorcerers Witchaven Open

– Players will be able to enter this region once they clear Cidonia stage [3-10. Southeastern Outskirts of Aakhen].

■ Witchaven AP Exchange 

– Players will receive a Merchant Guild Request once they clear [4-10. Emerald Garden].

– Players will be able to use AP Exchange when they clear the Merchant Guild Request.

■ Story Journal

– A story journal for Episode 2 Chapter 4 has been added.

– Players will be able to obtain Tree of Old Memories background pack as a Chapter 4 reward.

2. Tenebria Drop Rate Up

The Phantom Queen who deals in cruel illusions! Meet Tenebria, the Fire Elemental Mage!

■ Schedule

9/19 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 9/25 (Wed) 14:59 UTC

3. Specialty Change – Researcher Carrot

The 3★ Hero Carrot can now undergo a Specialty Change!

Also, some of the 3★ Hero Carrot’s skills have been changed!

After completing the Specialty Change, Carrot will be granted a new sprite, new skills, and new animations!
Additional stat changes and skill enhancements can be made via the Skill Tree.

■ Researcher Carrot

[Specialty Change – New Skill Information] 

■ Specialty Change Quest Requirements

Enhance Carrot to level 50

■ How to Specialty Change

From the Lobby, go to the Hero menu > Specialty Change.

Once all 3 Specialty Change Quests have been cleared and the Trial Battle has been successfully completed, the Specialty Change will be complete.

After completing a Specialty Change, the Hero’s appearance and skills will change, and the Hero cannot be reverted to their previous state.

■ Skill Tree 

After a Specialty Change, the Skill Tree can be accessed via the Awakening menu.

Spend Elemental Runes to enhance the Runes in the Skill Tree and make your Hero stronger!

[Rune Enhance Results] 

The rune enhancement effects are according to the maximum enhancement standard.

– Increases Attack by 5%.

– Increases Attack by 7%.

– Increases Swing’s decrease Speed effect chance by 10%.

– Health increases by 25%.

– Increases Effectiveness of allies by 5%.

– Combat Readiness increases by 10% when using Swing.

– Increases damage dealt by Flame Spurt by 10%.

– Increases Flame Spurt’s burn effect chance by 5%.

– The chance to dispel one debuff inflicted on the caster when Flame Barrier is activated is increased by 50%.

– When the caster is attacked at max Health, decreases damage received by 25%.

■ Carrot Skill Adjustment (3★ Hero, Mage, Fire) 

– Adjustments have been made to the skill, Swing.

– A Soulburn effect has been added for the skill, Swing.

– Adjustments have been made to the skill effects for Flame Barrier and barrier strength has been increased by 50% compared to before.

– Skill enhancement adjustments have been made for the skill, Flame Barrier.

– The Soulburn effect for the skill, Blaze Explosion, has been removed.

4. Epic Pass Season 2

Epic Pass season 2 is here!

Receive a variety of rewards with the “Epic Pass” which also includes a unique Epic Pass Season 2 Frame as well as Angelica’s “Mysterious Transfer Student“ skin!

Use the designated currency to obtain a variety of rewards!

■ Schedule
9/19 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 10/16 (Wed) 18:00 UTC

■ How to Enter 

On the left side of the lobby, players can enter the Epic Pass area by tapping the icon.

■ How to Use 

As you increase your Season Rank, you can earn a variety of rewards!

1. Standard Reward: Players can receive basic rewards by increasing their Season Rank during the season.

2. Premium Reward: Reward that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to Premium Epic Pass.

3. Special Reward: Reward that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to Special Epic Pass.

[Season Rank & Season EXP]

1) Currency Value 

– Players can receive season EXP by spending the following currencies in different game modes. For every 5,800 EXP you obtain, the season rank will increase.

– A new currency, Book of Retribution has been added. 

Players can tap the icon shown below in order to view the EXP granted by using the various currencies in the game. 

2) Purchase Season Rank

Players can use 100 Skystones to increase their Season Rank by 1. 

■ Epic Pass Upgrade 

Players can upgrade to the Premium Epic Pass or Special Epic Pass by using Skystones.

※ Players can also upgrade to the Special Epic Pass after purchasing the Premium Epic Pass using 900 Skystone.

■ Reward

[Angelica Skin – Mysterious Transfer Student]

The illustration and cut scenes will change when this skin is equipped on the 4★ Hero, Angelica.

5. Hall of Trials New Boss Added – Nilgal

A new Boss, Nilgal, will be added in Hall of Trials for the Pre-Season.

As well as a new boss, new sets of exclusive equipment will also be added at the Hall of Trials exchange.

■ How to Enter

After clearing [6-1] Northern Wind Corner in Ritania, go to the Lobby and tap [Battle]> [Hall of Trials].

■ How to Play

– The Hall of Trials is weekly content and players can enter using Book of Retribution.

– You can battle with bosses that appear following the weekly schedule.

[Reset]

It will reset every Monday at the server reset time.

[Book of Retribution]

– Book of Retribution is a ticket required to enter the Hall of Trials.

– 3 Book of Retribution will be distributed every week on Monday at the server reset time.

– Players will be able to purchase Book of Retribution from the shop using Skystone.

✓ Cost: 120 Skystone

✓ Limit: Five times a week

■ New Boss Nilgal

– A new boss Nilgal will be activated.

– Nilgal’s advantages and disadvantages will be changed as stated below: 

* Nilgal’s advantages and disadvantages from September 23rd

* Nilgal’s advantages and disadvantages from October 7th

 [Battle] 

– The number of points and rank will increase according to the amount of damage dealt to the Boss.

– The Hall of Trials consists of 3 battle phases and 2 weakened phases.

– You can obtain additional points when you defeat the Boss.

– The effects of Berserk and weakened states will be applied as it did with Kayron.

*Berserk

– The Boss will be in a state of Berserk when their Berserk Gauge is full.

– When the Boss is in a state of Berserk, their stats will greatly increase and they will become even more powerful.

*Weaken

– When the boss’s Health reaches 0, they will become paralyzed and receive increased damage.

– If the Boss’s gauge fills up when they are weakened, they will be released of their paralyzed state and become even stronger.

– Once the Boss is out of a weakened state, all effects applied to the boss will be dispelled and their Health and Combat Readiness Gauges will be restored to 100%.

■ New exclusive equipment added

– Exclusive equipment for Guider Aither, Yufine, and Armin is added.

– Players can obtain exclusive equipment from the Hall of Trials exchange using Wisdom’s Gaze.

– Exclusive equipment Stats and skill effects will be randomly applied when this equipment is purchased.

[Guider Aither]

[Yufine]

[Armin]

 [Cost]

■ Hall of Trials Text Improvements

The Boss monster’s advantages/disadvantages descriptions in the Hall of Trials are improved. There are no functional changes, but just the words are edited for better understanding.

6. Reingar’s Chaotic Full Moon Festival – Chaotic Afterparty Begins

The Full Moon Festival kicks off all across Ritania, and Reingar’s Moon Coin Hunt begins. Yuna jumps headfirst into the fray…

Check out the last story of Reingar’s Chaotic Full Moon Festival!
The “Chaotic Afterparty” has begun!

■ Schedule

9/19 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 9/25 (Wed) 18:00 UTC

■ How to Enter

After reaching Account Rank 9, go to the Lobby and tap [Battle] > [Side Story].

■ How to Play 

‘Reingar’s Chaotic Full Moon Festival is a special 3-week long Side Story.

Players can access the third week story, Chaotic Afterparty, by preceding to the area on the map or by using the zoom out function on the world map. In order to proceed to Chapter 3, Chaotic Afterparty, players are required to complete [13. Infinity Clock Tower] in Chapter 2, Boisterous Festival.

[Enhanced Heroes] 

The following Heroes will receive benefits when used in ‘Reingar’s Chaotic Full Moon Festival.’

■ Chapter 3 – Chaotic Afterparty

Clear stages in ‘Chaotic Afterparty‘ and collect the event currency, Henchman Insignia.

Exchange Henchman Insignia you collect for great prizes at the Exchange, and collect even more rewards from Quests, Reputation, and Region Rewards!

[Event Currency]

[Stage Difficulty]

– Chapter 3. Chaotic Afterparty – Stage [20. The Street of Darkness] is comprised of various difficulty levels that players can select.

– Players may select a higher difficulty after successfully clearing the one before it.

– Higher difficulty stages require more Energy to enter but provide a greater amount of event currency.

– At Normal difficulty and above, players have the chance to obtain the Epic Catalyst, Demon Blood Gem.

[Special Stage]

Players have the opportunity to attempt the MolaGora Challenge once again in [C3. King of Herbs] in Chapter 3.

* King of Herbs Description

– XXL MolaGora appears in King of Herbs.

– This stage can only be cleared once during the event period.

– After defeating XXL MolaGora, players will obtain Molagora as a reward.

[Locked Stage] 

– Locked Stages will require the player to clear a certain Reputation before they may proceed to the next stage.

– Players may view their progress by viewing the number on the main map or by viewing the window that displays prior to starting a battle.

– [S3. Farewell Hill] in Chapter 3, Chaotic Afterparty, is a stage with a Hidden Story that players can enjoy.

✓ S3. Farewell Hill: Clear the Reputation, You Really Know How to Press My Buttons!

[Daily Limited Stage] 

Chapter 3 [D3. Valley of the Autumn Star] is a stage which has a restriction on the number of entries allowed per day.

Players can receive an increased amount of event currency here and can only enter 5 times per day.
This restriction is reset at your daily server reset time.

[Stage Mission]

– In Chapter 3, Stages 14 to 20, there are 3 missions per stage that can be cleared, which, upon completion, will provide players with Skystone as a reward.

[Chapter 3 – Region Rewards]

7. Huche’s Pop-Up Shop Open

Players will be able to access Huche’s Pop-Up Shop!

Find rare items at Huche’s Pop-Up Shop!

■ Schedule

9/19 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 9/25 (Wed) 18:00 UTC

*Huche will disappear once the period is over.

■ Location

– Players can access the Pop-Up Shop by tapping on Huche in the lobby.

■ Details

– This Pop-Up Shop is only available for the period that Huche is visiting.

– The item list in the Pop-Up Shop will not change during this period. However, there is a purchase limit.

– The item list in the Pop-Up Shop may change when Huche visits next time.

■ Shop List

– The following items will be sold in this shop between 9/19 ~ 9/26.

8. Alchemist’s Steeple – Craft Exclusive Equipment

Players can now craft exclusive equipment in Alchemist’s Steeple.
Craft a new exclusive equipment with the exclusive equipment you have already!

■ Improve Building

– Exclusive equipment can be crafted when the Alchemist’s Steeple Laboratory Building is at Level 3.

■ Craft Exclusive Equipment

– Exclusive Equipment can be crafted once per day.

– Players need at least 3 exclusive equipment and 300,000 Gold to craft exclusive equipment.

(The amount of Gold required can be differ depending on the level of Alchemy Academy.)

– There is no limit on the exclusive equipment used for the ingredients.

– Higher Quality Grade will increase the chance of resulting Exclusive Equipment with higher stat.

– With ‘Epic’ quality grades, the player will be able to craft an exclusive equipment with maximum stat possible, as well as skill enhancement effects of player’s choice.

(* The number of ingredients needed to increase the quality grade to Epic differs depending on the level of Ingredient Storage.)

9. Other & Improvements

■ Heroes

– All players will be able to purchase Yuna in Reingar’s Chaotic Full Moon Festival’s Exchange. (Players who already purchased Yuna from the Exchange cannot re-purchase.)
– An issue where, Fallen Cecilia’s Strong Instinct skill tooltip for skill enhancement not showing when skill has not been awakened, has been fixed.

– The tooltip for Basar’s skill, Hurricane has been improved. There are no functional changes.

– The tooltip for Lidica’s skill, Thornbush has been improved. There are no functional changes.

■ Equipment

– Equipment inventory size will increase to 450. The expansion cost is the same as before.

– Rose’s exclusive equipment, Valkyrie Wing’s tooltip has been improved. There are no functional changes.

■ Battle

– The rules for barriers casted in battles are improved.

■ Monster

– Seven new 2★ monsters who appear in Witchaven have been added to the Friendship Summon and Secret Shop.

■ Story and Achievement

– Typos in Episode 2 Chapter 3 Mining City Aakhen have been fixed.

– In Reputation, NPCs and descriptions about Hall of Trials achievements in Conclave category were adjusted to fit the category it belongs.

■ UI & Other Changes

– A Replay function is added in Abyss. Entering already cleared Abyss floor does not need Abyss entry tickets, and no rewards will be given.

– Pressing Event Buff icon in the Lobby shows the Account Buff pop-up.

– The Game Guide that appears after losing a battle is added to the menu when the battle is paused, so that players can find more about the battles.

– A lock icon is added to Great Achievement menu in Guild.

– An issue where certain words not being available in Team names has been fixed.

– A comma is added to the amount of Gold displayed when the opponent list is refreshed in the Arena.

– Fixed an error in the Hall of Fame in Arena on Season 1 period and player’s guild information.