Patch Notes 2026-08-28

Veins, Thor Volcano, and Jotunn's Dominion

• You can now visit Thor Volcano - thor_v03 and thor_v04 are now Individual Loot Maps, so grab your friends and party up: everyone rolls their own drops.
  • Flying solo? thor_v05 is tailored to well-geared solo players.
• Dr. Ignar Thorne is available just outside Thor Volcano to craft Typhoon gears.
• Added Thor Volcano cards to OCA (Byorgue, Sword Guardian, Bow Guardian, Salamander, Kasa, Magmaring, Imp, Knocker).
• Jotunn's Dominion is completely custom content - built from scratch for the server, it contains 10+ new mobs, 5 new maps, 50+ new items, 16 new craftables and more!
  • 2 new challenging maps to farm and the toughest boss yet await you - our new scripted MVP: Jotunn.
  • Custom entrance quest: The Cold Beneath the Flame - a 13-step questline across Malangdo, Yuno, Thor Volcano and the Garden of Time that closes the story The Cursed Coin and The Garden of Time began.
  • Completing the questline unlocks the Time Seal, a permanent warp between the Garden of Time, the lava tube, and Jotunn's realm.
  • Sindri the Coldsmith works the frozen forge in the lava tube and crafts new pieces of gear - he can also re-roll the random options on anything from his forge.
  • There is a weekly hunt offered by the Young Dwarf at the frozen forge after completing this quest.
  • Jotunn Instance will be free until Aug 31 17:00 UTC, half price until Sept 4 00:00 UTC and is integrated into the Speed Run Records NPC.
  • An exclusive costume is awarded to those who defeat Jotunn on or before January 2nd, 00:00 UTC.

General Changes

• New and improved REC tournament map (larger, less pillars, more polish).
• Cart Termination no longer costs zeny on Battleground maps.
• Meteor Assault EDP reductions now apply in Battlegrounds as well.
• Scream/Frost Joke no longer affect team members in Battlegrounds.
• Fixed Battlegrounds @leader swapping. It should now announce to both teams and transfer properly.
• Party Queuing in BG has been disabled for now.
• Status' are no longer dispelled by warps within castles.
• Added a punching bag in the WoE / GvG testing room (accessed via PvP Rooms NPC at prontera,166,203). Defaults to Emperium (mob id 1288).
• Added custom inn to Amatsu! Enter it at amatsu,97,148.
• Added custom inn to Izlude! Enter it at izlude,119,94,.
• Added @cd all to show all of your active cooldowns at once.
• Map of the Stars duration and cooldown at level 5 are now 30 minutes.
• Map of the Stars can now be used in mal_dun02 and on scripted MVP maps.
• Gloria duration increased from 10/15/20/25/30 → 30/45/60/75/90 seconds.
• Reverberation can now be cast while performing a song or dance.
• Marionette Status is now ended when increasing stats using status points.
• Lowered the level of Brandish Spear used by mobs so that the damage is similar to pre-buff damage.
• Priest base ASPD for Knuckles is now set to the same as Monks (was unset before and defaulted to a very bad rate).
• Fixed Green Maiden being impossible to tame.
• Added Malangdo 2 cards to OCA (Sun Bleached Crab, Sea Lice, Coral Vadon, Hermit Crab, Deep Ocean Oyster, Culvert Hydra, Shining Seaweed).
• Added Master Storage Pin option to Kafras located in Inns.
• Guild Dungeon warps should now properly be free if you own any castle.
• Icarus Wings + Bowman Scarf combo is now usable by Gunslingers.
• Super Novice soul link gears (headgears, level 4 weapons) are no longer unequipped when changing maps.
• Platinum Shield description corrected to the actual 15% chance of reflecting magical attacks (not 40%).
• Ascendant Crown and Coral Wand combo now properly works.
• Fixed Spiral Pierce skill description to show the correct required level of Spear Mastery (10, not 5).
• Updated many item descriptions for formatting/consistency/typos. Please let us know if you see any issues in item descriptions, small or large.
• Macro checks should no longer run on idle players.
• Macro checks now provide 5 minutes of Life Insurance as well as 10 minutes of Agi/Bless.
• Added REC Rewards NPC to re_pub02,64,66 where winners of the tournament will be able to pick up their prize.
• 99/70 announce fix - names starting with "blue" should now announce correctly.
• Reminder: The Costume Ghost Ship Captain's Hat stops being awarded for Ghost Ship Captain kills after September 13th, 00:00 UTC.