[Patchnotes] Content Update 2.5: Corrupted Abyss

We’re excited to announce our largest update so far: The Corrupted Abyss, our very first in-house developed content update! This release brings a completely reworked experience of Droes Cave of Abyss.

Corrupted Abyss

A strange sigil has appeared in Rainbow Highlands, prompting Lord Briant to send one of his trusted researchers, Professor Auvryn, to investigate the mysterious phenomenon.

During their experiments, Auvryn attempted to expose the sigil to a Magic Crystal, and in that moment, a dark flame erupted, opening a portal to another world.

Fearing what unknown magic they may have unleashed, Lord Briant and Auvryn quickly began securing the area and studying the strange new gateway.

Now, they need your help to uncover the truth behind The Corrupted Abyss.

Awaiting you are:

• 14 New Boss Monsters
• 26 New Quests
• 48 New Armor Pieces
• 24 New Weapons
• 8 New Accessories
• ... and much more to explore!

Level Rework

Alongside the Corrupted Abyss expansion, the level cap has been increased from 105 to 120.
We’ve also revisited all earlier levels, adjusting experience gains and progression to create a smoother levelling curve. Your relative progress within your current level remains unchanged. We've also done the following changes to the system:

• Characters will now receive 1 Skill Point and 3 Status Points for each level gained beyond level 100. For existing characters, these points will be rewarded retrospectively.
• Experience gain has been adjusted:
  • You now only receive experience from monsters within ±9 levels of your character (previously ±14).
  • Monsters that are more than 5 levels lower than your character will now grant reduced experience:
    • -5%, -10%, -15%, and -20% respectively
  • Sea content remains unchanged and will still grant 100% EXP from all monsters within a ±14 level range.

Because of these changes, all skill and status trees have been reset. You’ll need to relearn your skills at your Master NPC in town.

Skill Expansion

With the increase in skill points, we’ve raised the maximum level of several skills to give players more options for spending their points.
Some skills have also been adjusted for better balance. A larger balance update is planned for the future.

You can find a list of all changed skills below:

Saint

Light Transition +2
Healing Hands +2
Instant Recovery +1
Recovery +1
Master Recovery +1
Blessing of Life +2
Aurora of Life +2
Breathing of the Earth +2
Spiritual Power +2, cooldown to 30s on all levels
Soul Revival: Rebalanced to 5 levels, with each level increasing by 20% up to 100% at max
Blessing of Nature +2
Flow of Darkness +2
Thorn Trunk +1
Mist of Darkness +2
Darkness Wave +3, increased damage by 20% for each level
Sudden Darkness +2
Touch of Death +1
Depravity of Soul +2

Noble

Fireball +1
Ice Shield +2
Ice Bomb +2
Ice Thorn +2
Lightning Shock +2
Heavy Lightning +2
Firepole +1
Wrath of Earth +1
Warp: Rebalanced to 5 levels
Teleport: Rebalanced to 5 levels
Sword of Spirit +2
Phantom Grief +1
Phantom Pain +2
Vampiric Touch +1
Shade of Fear: Rebalanced to 5 levels
Lure of Incabus: Rebalanced to 10s (previous 12s) on max level.
Mind Up +3
Insight of Magic +3
Magic Boost +3
Magic Power +2
Recharge +2
Mental Concentration +1

Explorer

Quick Shot +2
Rifle Mastery +2
Poison Bullet +2
Sniping +2
Pierce Shot +3
Burst Shot +2, stun now starts at 2s (Stuns cannot be shorter than 2s)
Shooting Nova +2
Frame Splash +2
Dual Gun Mastery +2
Gunkata +2
Moving Shot +2
Assault Vermillion +2
Gas Bomb +2, duration capped at 21s, overall damage over time increased
Explosion +2
Mine Trap +1
Eagle Eye +2
Hit Chain +2
Raise Agility +1

Mercenary

Cross Edge +2
Shield Bash +2
Absolute Defense +1
Sword Mastery +1
Smash Quake +2
Storm Edge +2
Sacrifice of Blood +2
Breaker +2
Upper Slash +2
Gale Smash +2
Berserker +2
Lightning Recall +2, reduced MP cost across all levels
Deathblow Training +2
Two Hand Sword Mastery +1
Tornado Slash +2
Blood Fury +2
Stone Skin +2
Composure +3
Provocation +1
Aggression +1
Impact Energy +1
Berserk +1
Heart of Steel +2
Deep Slash, No new levels, rebalanced to have a slow of 10/20/30/40/50/60% for 8s

Balance Changes

• The upgrade system has been improved to make early upgrading more rewarding:
  • Success rates from +1 to +6 have been significantly increased
  • Upgrade levels +7 to +15 remain unchanged
  • Items now reset less often at lower upgrade levels
  • Items can only start breaking from +4 to +5 and onward
• Essence Help Items (previously named EX10/SO10/RE10 etc.) have been changed:
  • The help items now have proper names
  • Their effect on the extend / unlock chance have been drastically increased
  • The AP price of the old EX/SO 50 and 100 have been lowered
  • Descriptions have been improved to clarify the effect the items have
• Added two new player buffs, starting at level 0-20, players receive +50% EXP and +30% Movement Speed. Going from 21 to 40, they receive +25% EXP and +20% Movement Speed
• Downscaled the amount of raw Gelt monsters starting at Laboratory drop. Also lowered the sell value for most equipment pieces starting at the same level
• Increased stack sizes of baits to 500, quest items to 100, consumables to 100 and most other items to 50
• Added new Altars of Memory to Avery Floor 2 and 3
• Marks Upgraded Lanoir Weapons no longer have a time limit applied to them
• Changed Melee Max Attack of Rapiers to Magic. The values were lowered to be more in line with other bonuses
• Defence Stones I/II/III will now give +100/200/300 flat defence instead of 10%/20%/30%. Their level were changed to require 20/40/60 respectively
• Changed attack speed of weapons from Realm of Ruins to be in line with all other weapons

Translations

With today’s patch, we’ve implemented the current stage of our translation work.
Our main focus right now is on quest texts. All quests are being translated into proper English first, followed by other supported languages. You might also spot some other smaller text changes here and there.
This process takes time, but we’re making steady progress. You may still notice some lines remaining in English, these will be translated in a later update.
After quests we will focus on the other parts of the game like UI, skill descriptions, tutorials and in-game help menu.

Bugfixes

• Fixed navigation issues with WASD / mouse for certain areas
• Fixed multiple instances of HP / MP regeneration not working correctly. The calculation itself remains unchanged
• Fixed the upgrade animation from rapiers using the dagger ones
• Fixed an issue that caused sea skills to not have any cast time
• Fixed Tulach Map names and loading screen images
• Fixed multiple instances of weapons from the Realm of Ruins Map having their fire animation backwards
• All land skill descriptions now use their internal values to display descriptions. This means that many descriptions should now show their correct value. In some cases (e.g. Noble Teleport), the description was always wrong and now shows a corrected value that is much higher. However, the effect itself did not change. Only skills that are listed above were actually changed
• Fixed incorrect order of Alchemy NPC shops
• Charles now sells Antidote
• Fixed an issue that prevented the status points of character classes to not show when creating a new character
• Fixed ship crew employment cost not being calculated client-side and showing as 0
• Fixed an issue that caused Bewildered Vampire Master in Tower to not attack players
• Fixed incorrect names of Roxbury NPCs
• Fixed swapped Min and Max Range Attack bonus on Rapid Fire, Kiss of Fire and Sleipnir GP95
• Fixed Total Attack Stat from "Negi Robe [Red]" and "Blackdragon Coat" not working. Those actually increased ship damage
• Fixed many textures issues that should improve in more stable performance and rendering
• Fixed an issue with tab targeting nearby monsters crashing the game
• Fixed various client and server performance issues
• Fixed various client crashes

We’re looking forward to your feedback. The list above may seem short, but over the past few months we’ve made many internal improvements, upgraded tools, refined workflows and much more. These changes help us work faster and deliver higher-quality updates.
While these behind-the-scenes changes are often the least visible to players, they are just as important for supporting ongoing development. However, because so many systems were improved or reworked internally, this update may also cause some unexpected issues. If you encounter anything unusual, please let us know so we can address it quickly.