General Changes

• Fixed an issue that could cause the server to crash unexpectedly over time.
• Fixed an issue that could cause monsters to become unresponsive.
• Event participation responses now automatically overwrite existing participation responses on other accounts, similar to how event registrations were updated previously.
• Duct Level 275-300 is now restricted to players between levels 275-299.
• Item tooltips now display the type of item lock currently applied to the item.
• The Fantastic Gem Merchant now only accepts gems with the same lock state and returns a Fantastic Gem with that same lock state.
  • For example, if you have 4 Character Locked Supreme Sephiroth Gems and 1 Tradable Supreme Sephiroth Gem, they cannot be combined together. You must trade either 5 Character Locked gems or 5 Tradable gems.
  • Trading 5 character locked Supreme Gems will result in a character locked Fantastic Gem.
• Each time a gem fails to add a stat, that item's chance of failing future attempts is reduced by 5%, down to a minimum failure chance of 10%. Once a stat is successfully added, the failure reduction resets.
• Events that support late participation now also allow late registration.
• Fixed a rare issue with the Coliseum Event that could cause all game servers to lock up.
• Required monster kills inside Instances now appear as icons on the minimap. Hovering over an icon will display the boss's name.

The Infestation Activity

Based on early player feedback, we've changed the originally announced Infestation Event into the Infestation Activity! The Infestation Activity is a new 30-minute solo challenge for level 300 characters. During the current season, this activity is available exclusively to Season Characters. It will be opened to all character types at the end of the season.

Speak with Dionysius (a new NPC in East Ladianes' Purified Lands) to enter the Infested Mines and begin your daily attempt (attempts reset at midnight UTC time). Fight through three increasingly dangerous floors, defeating every boss to unlock the way forward. Once you reach the final floor, additional swarms arrive every two minutes. During the final five minutes, the attacks intensify to once per minute, with later waves introducing empowered monsters and bosses.

Your score is based on the enemies you defeat:

• Normal monster: 0.15 points
• Empowered monster: 1 point
• Boss: 5 points
• Player death: -10 points

The activity is completed once all required monsters, including enemies from active swarms, have been defeated. If time expires, you will still receive rewards based on your final score. You can quit early by speaking with Dionysius at the beginning of any floor, but doing so halves your score. Every whole point remaining in your final score awards one Infestation Badge, whether you complete the activity, run out of time, or leave early.

The Infestation Shop

Infestation Badges can be spent in Dionysius's Infestation Shop, where you can purchase Crimson Earrings, Crimsine Gems, Arcane Shards, Ladian's Grace, and Supreme Gems! All items purchased from the infestation shop are locked to the players account. In a future update, this season, we will be introducing a way to transfer account locked items to other characters on your account (of course season account locked items can only be transferred to season characters).

• Crimson Earrings: A new level 14 earring that can have up to 3 stats upgraded to level 600! These earrings cannot be upgraded by Aquamarine Gems.
• Crimsine Gem: A new gem that can be used to upgrade Crimson Earrings by 5-10 levels at a time, with no cooldown!
• Arcane Shards: Combine 500 Arcane Shards to create one Arcane Gem.
• Arcane Gem: A gem that can be applied to a Desau or Hosan Charm to increase its stat by one grade, up to Grade 3. The upgrade has a 100% success rate.
  • Be certain before using one: applying an Arcane Gem permanently locks the upgraded Charm to your account.