• Rune respawn times in general has been reduced.


• An on-screen notification will be shown when a Rune spawns in the current map that you’re in.


• Rune buff durations have been increased from 2 to 3 minutes.


• To obtain a rune buff, simply walk up to an available rune and use the NPC Chat key (default: N) to trigger a short key sequence and liberate it.

• Rare Treasure Box items have been added.


• Users who hit the Elite Boss at least once will receive a Rare Treasure Box, and users who deal the most damage may receive more as additional reward(s), up to a maximum of 3.


• Rare Treasure Boxes can only be obtained if you are within 30 levels below and 40 levels above the Elite Boss.


• Rare Treasure Boxes are no longer obtainable from the Bonus Stage.


• 20 9 Rare Treasure Boxes can be opened at most per day per account. (edit: information updated as of 11th Jan 2016)


• ‘Draining’ and ‘Commander’ Elite Bosses and Monsters have had effects added in their names to show their skills in advance.


• ‘Draining’ and ‘Commander’ Elite Boss skills have been combined to prevent redundancy.


• ‘Reflecting’ Elite Monsters have had an effect added that can be seen when the skill is activated immediately.


• The number of skills an Elite Boss can have has been decreased from 3 to 2.

• Party Quests’ daily tries have been reduced from 10 to 5.


• Increased EXP Gain for the following Party Quests:
  
  • Romeo and Juliet
    
  • Lord Pirate
    
  • Escape

Reward Items update

The requirements for the following Party Quest rewards have been adjusted:

Dimensional Crack

• Receive the Cracked Glasses when completing the party quest 5 times

Tangyoon’s Cooking Class

• Chef’s Outfit now costs only 2 Chef Certifications, the Chef’s Hat now costs only 3 Chef Certifications

Romeo and Juliet

• Romeo’s Pendant now costs only 2 Zenumist Marbles, and Juliet’s Pendant now costs only 2 Alcadno Marbles

Lord Pirate

• Common Lord Pirate’s Hat now costs only 30 hat pieces


• Regular Lord Pirate’s Hat now costs only 60 hat pieces


• Greedy Lord Pirate’s Hat now costs only 90 hat pieces

Escape

• Each Von Leon’s Belt now costs only 5 Guard’s Keys

Kenta in Danger

• Kenta’s New Goggles now costs only 10 Pianus Scales


• Pet Equipment Scrolls now cost only 5 Pianus Scales each

Resurrection of the Hoblin King

• All Rex’s Earrings now cost 5 Hoblin Warrior’s Marks


• Rex’s Hyena now costs 60 Hoblin Warrior’s Marks

Nett’s Pyramid

• All 3 Immortal Pharaoh items now cost 40 Nett’s Emeralds each


• Party quests are now started on their specific waiting maps, like before. Entrance paths to some party quests are added in regular hunting maps for convenience.

• The new party quest can be accessed through the Party Quest Map via the Dimensional Mirror. You must accept the quest “[Chryse] Please Find my Xerxes” to start the quest.


• The party quest can be done by players within the levels 75 to 120, in a party of 1 to 4 players.


• Can be done 5 times per day, 20 minutes per entry.


• A Word of Caution: Your character’s skills may prove ineffective for a majority of this party quest, pay attention to the environment and the available tools to clear each stage.


• Defeat Xerxes and proceed to a bonus stage in which you have 30 seconds to collect as many Core Shards as you can.


• The Core Shards can be used to exchange for a couple of eye accessories: Michael’s New Glasses (80 shards) and Michaella’s New Glasses (150 shards).

• Prequests have been removed


• Mob difficulty level increased


• More obstacles like falling icicles have been added, together with the mob difficulty adjustment, for more interactive gameplay. BE careful though, if Shammos gets hit by falling icicles, he’ll take a lot of damage, reducing your final bonus EXP rewards if he is not healed!


• Now requires a minimum of 2 players

• Can be done with a minimum of 2 players.


• Bonus EXP will be given when Kenta’s health is maintained at a certain threshold.


• New missions are added, which, when completed, will help reduce the time needed to escort Kenta.

• Added a single-player Practice Mode, to help familiarize yourself with the Return of the Legends avatars. This mode is accessible through NPC Kwaming in the Star Arena.


• The minimap now specifies all three areas’ recommended level.


• Holodragon now spawns at a separate location on the map: the beast now spawns at a platform above the three hunting zones. Portals leading directly to Holodragon has been added to each team’s base.


• Holodragon’s difficulty has been decreased. Take the big beast down faster than before, bring glory to your team, and more gold for yourself!

• Piercing Arrow (Basic) – Pierces through 2 targets, the 2nd target receiving halved damage, chance to inflict a Mark, that increases all damage taken from Athena by 10%


• Wind Spirit (Level 3) – Increases ATT and Movement Spd, reduces Damage Taken


• Stabbing Shot (Level 5) – Implants flaming arrows into the ground causing damage to any enemy that steps on it, dashes backwards


• Ice Arrow (Level 7) – unleashes 5 arrows fanning outwards, reducing movement speed on enemies that are hit


• Crossfire (Level 8) – enters crosshair mode, unleashes a continuous volley of arrows at the crosshair while resisting abnormal statuses


• Recovery – recovers a part of your HP, can be improved by purchasing skill passive

• Clawing (Basic) – attacks up to 3 enemies in front


• Round and Round (Level 3) – hits enemies with a mid range skill up to 3 enemies in front, triggers chance to drop a Hologram Liver


• Fox Ridge (Level 5) – Teleports around and deals damage, up to 5 enemies


• Fox Spirits: Type-2 (Level 7) – summons 3 guardian spirits that sacrifices itself to nullify damage and debuffs, each sacrifice will recover a small amount of HP


• Spirit Frenzy: Ninetailed Magic (maxed at Level 8) – using the collected Hologram Livers, summons 3 fire fox spirits to spiral around and damage up to 3 enemies


• Recovery – recovers a part of your HP, can be improved by purchasing skill passive

• The ability to toggle untriggered/unsummoned Soul Weapon effects has been added.


• An ON/OFF button has been added to the Soul Weapon UI.


• When the button is ON, the effect will be visible to you and other users but if it is OFF, it will disappear.

• Both modes of Pink Bean (Normal and Chaos) now have a death count of 5 deaths per person. EXP is not lost upon death.

Item Pickup UI

• A new UI window appears at the top of the screen whenever you pick up new items that contain potential.

Added Level Up Effect

• Whenever you level up, the huge star that appears and burst will now trigger an area wide explosion that kills normal monsters within the vicinity.

Startup Loading Screen

• To accommodate the long load during your first game client startup, a loading screen is now available so that players can track the progress of the game startup.