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SEASONAL: CHRISTMAS
Christmas Quests and Store
Santa's Granddaughter, Marie, is in Terminus for the festive period. Can you help her save Christmas?

Marie has quests to hunt Christmas Shushus, rewarding a Christmas title, and quests to recover stolen gifts that reward a selection of delicious Christmas foods.

Marie's store sells Christmas themed costumes, mounts and accessories as well as items that can be purchased with Santa's Reward, obtained by completing some of her quests.

Christmas Pets
Marie has six winter themed pets that she will exchange for Pet Summoning Pieces and Santa's Rewards. Speak to Marie and click on Item Exchange to see what's available.

There is a pet of every type, Physical Melee, Magical Melee, Physical Ranged, Magical Ranged, Assist and Tank.

All Pet Summoning Pieces can be obtained by defeating the Christmas Shushu, Christmas Shushu Boss and Christmas Dungeon Shushu and Rudolph Summoning Pieces can also be obtained by defeating Rudolph the Lost.

New Christmas Title
Complete Marie's quest to find and defeat the Christmas Shushu to get yourself a new cute title.



The Christmas Shushu
The Christmas Shushu can be found roaming the snowy areas of Arcana. He drops Christmas Fireworks to replenish your HP, MP, or both, and also usually has some Christmas event foods and pet summoning pieces too!

But beware, the much stronger Christmas Shushu Boss might also appear somewhere in Arcana at any time, laden with Christmas gifts stolen from Marie's shop. You might need to gather your friends if you hope to defeat this one!

He drops pet summoning pieces, Santa and Rudolph the Reindeer costumes, Christmas Sleigh and Thousand Year Old Reindeer mounts, Festive Squidink vanity pet and plenty of Christmas food and fireworks.

Start your Shushu hunt in the snowy areas of Shebuz Snowfield, Shrouded Valley, Altus Gorge, Hidden Cavern, Conflict Valley and Frozen Nest.

Dungeon Christmas Shushu
Adventurers might also discover the Dungeon Christmas Shushu at the end of their level 85+ dungeon runs. This guy has similar strength and abilities to the Christmas Shushu Boss and drops similar items including pet summoning pieces.

Christmas Server Buffs
Sat 21st - Tue 24th Dec: 200% EXP/SXP
Wed 25th - Wed 1st Jan: 300% EXP/SXP
Wed 25th - Thu 26th Dec: 100% Item Luck, 100% Battlefield Point Bonus, 100% Reputation, 10% Quest EXP/SXP.

New Years Eve and Day Server Buffs
Tue 31st Dec - Wed 1st Jan: 100% Item Luck, 100% Battlefield Point Bonus, 100% Reputation, 10% Quest EXP/SXP.

Seasonal Boss & Christmas Shushu Kill Buffs
Defeating a world boss, the Christmas Shushu or Shushu Boss will also buff the entire server with a random Seasonal Buff including bonuses to EXP, Money, Drops, Battlefield Points, Stats, Defense, Speed and more! These bonuses stack so you could have up to 15 buffs active at any one time.


ITEMS
Mantle Schematics
The following new schematics are now available from the Shopping Mall:

Christmas Star Mantle Schematic


Seraph's Dream Mantle Schematic


Pious Mantle Schematic


Nymph's Wing Mantle Schematic


Resplendent Mantle Schematic


Gilded Ruby Feather Mantle Schematic



Accessory Enhancements
The following new Accessory Enhancement Cards can now be purchased with Mighty Trophy and Shining Trophy from Nojacque in Terminus and Trophy Vendor bots around Arcana:

Strength Accessory Enhance (Lv 51-85)
Agility Accessory Enhance (Lv 51-85)
Stamina Accessory Enhance (Lv 51-85)
Intelligence Accessory Enhance (Lv 51-85)
Wisdom Accessory Enhance (Lv 51-85)

Strength Accessory Enhance (Lv 86-100)
Agility Accessory Enhance (Lv 86-100)
Stamina Accessory Enhance (Lv 86-100)
Intelligence Accessory Enhance (Lv 86-100)
Wisdom Accessory Enhance (Lv 86-100)

Pricing
Reduced the price of Tower Pass 2 and 3 for Magic Tower entry.

Sell Prices
Increased the amount of gold that Armor, Pet Armor, Weapons and Accessories sell for:

Common quality items are around the same as before, getting slightly higher at higher levels.
Uncommon quality items are slightly higher than before, more so at higher levels.
Rare quality items are upto x5 the previous sell price.
Unique quality items are upto x10 or more of the previous sell price.
Epic quality items are upto x15 or more of the previous sell price.

Example: Level 75 Epic Greatsword, Glacial Blade of the Hero
Previously sold for 7,896 gold and now sells for 112,847 gold.

Level 100 Epic Medal, Rhinestone's Corrupt Trinket
Previously sold for 28,000 and now sells for 196,000.


PETS
Pets that are set to Auto Attack (attack when you do) will now attack your target when you use an offensive skill, not just when you use your auto attack.


INTERFACE
Inventory Tidy
You can now sort/tidy your inventory bags. Clicking the new Tidy button on the main inventory window will put your items in order and restack any scattered items into one stack. This is especially useful for when you finally get around to moving all those Scrub's Tears and Daily Reward items from your giftbox!



Ordering is based on the item category and goes something like the following:

Premium items like Teleporters, Megaphone, Remote Convenience
Mounts
Currencies like Moolah, Scrub's Tears, Trophies, Medals etc
Premium potions and consumables, dungeon resets etc
Teleport scrolls
Potions
Foods
Shrinks
Monster Transformations
Weapons
Armor
Accessories
Enhancement cards and related cards like boosters.
Equip Cards
Wearing Cards
Mount Runes
Tarot Cards
Pet consumables
Pet summon scrolls and DNA
Pet armor
Materials (jewels, ores, assistant skill materials etc.)
Recipes
Boxes/Chests
Titles
Quest start items

I doubt everyone can be satisfied with any particular ordering but if you feel anything with this ordering can be improved, let me know


Item Stack Split
You can now split stacks of items by selecting a stack of items in your inventory and pressing the new Split button on the main inventory window. You will be asked how many items you want to move from the currently selected stack of items and they will be moved to the first available empty slot.

Note: You can already split stacked items by holding down the SHIFT key and dragging a stack of items to an empty slot.


DROPS
Some good news for crafters - the chance of monsters dropping Assistant Skill recipe materials on level 75+ maps has been increased (Sandfall Desert, Abysmal Shore, Pandan Cove, Pandahama Island, Sandstorm Desert, Tainted Fen, Grand Wildwoods, Port Plunder etc.).

Added transformation cards (Choppa, Fox, Scout etc.) to the droplist of Veteran monsters in Sandfall Desert.

Rare/Unique/Epic quality pet IV Armor can now drop from monsters in Grand Wildwoods and Port Plunder.

The amount of trash (Common/Uncommon quality weapons, armor and accessories) that drop from monsters on normal maps and some dungeons have been reduced and Rare/Unique quality items increased.

Corrected some level 55-58ish monsters dropping HP/MP Potion IV way too often.

Corrected some monsters dropping the incorrect level armor, weapons, accessories and HP/MP potions.

Level 73-83 Veteran monsters will now drop Coins/Boxes/Enhancement Cards/Trophies etc. not level 85 armor/weapons/accessories. Level 84+ Veteran monster drops remain unchanged.

Normal map monsters (excluding world bosses) will no longer drop titles (Symbol of blah blah) when you (and everyone else in the party, if any) have already learned the title.

Increased HP/MP Potion drops from monsters in Sandfall Desert/Pandan Cove/Abysmal Shore/Pandahama Island/Sandstorm Desert.

Increased the chance of Fairy's Powder/Piece/Marble from certain types of monsters in Grand Wildwoods and Port Plunder.

Added level 80 Common/Uncommon weapons and armor to monsters of similar levels as they were previously dropping lower or higher level stuff.

Updated dungeon drop locations of Card Master VII equip card recipes.



QUESTS
Added a selection of Uncommon quality armor, weapons and accessories as rewards to level 10-85 quests.

Added gold reward to a few high level repeatable quests that had none.


DUNGEON
Time Lost Cavern dungeon has been removed from the game. The three bosses, Anargul, Blight, and Saraswati (which are needed for the level 75 quest [CQ] Final Challenge, can now be found in Nightfall Shelter and Abysmal Shore.

A brand new dungeon (or 5) will come early in the new year

Sneaky peaky...




MONSTERS
Reduced the respawn timer of most monsters on Abysmal Shore, Pandan Cove, Pandahama Island, Sandstorm Desert, Tainted Fen, Grand Wildwoods and Port Plunder. Things were looking a bit sparse after reducing the monster count of these maps in previous updates.

Reduced the Max HP and/or damage output of most monsters in Nightfall Shelter, Ursadine Highlands, Abysmal Shore, Pandan Cove, Pandahama Island, Sandstorm Desert, Tainted Fen, and Grand Wildwoods to improve the leveling experience for new players - some of it was still a bit too difficult. I still feel Grand Wildwoods can be a little tough but it's much better than before.


MONSTER TRANSFORMATIONS
Corrected several transformations that had skills granting Damage Absorb. While the Damage Absorb was working correctly, it was not always updating the Hero window's Absorb numbers.

New Cards
Added the following new Monster Transformation cards:

Abysmal Shore
Kung Fu Leemur Transformation
Pelicanesis Transformation
Angry Bear Transformation
Tusker Transformation
Barrel Squid Transformation
Octocan Transformation
Coral Starfish Transformation
Mung Fish Transformation

Pandan Cove
Sawtooth Barrel Squid Transformation
Silver Piranha Transformation
Desert Fox Transformation
Silver Scorpion Transformation
Buzzed Starfish Transformation
Twin-Tailed Leemur Transformation
Palm Tusker Transformation
Zombie Pirate Transformation

Pandahama Island
Crusty Crab Transformation
Great Horned Owl Transformation
Seashell Mochi Transformation
Coastal Mandragora Transformation
Lumber Tusker Transformation
Poison Octocan Transformation
Licka Mung Fish Transformation
Fishy Wolf Transformation

Sandstorm Desert
Bigeyed Sand Snake Transformation
Sunflower Seed Transformation
Desert Scorpid Transformation
Birdhead Boneycroc Transformation
Bomber Croc Transformation
Goblin Engineer Transformation
Goblin Gunslinger Transformation
Cacti Transformation

Tainted Fen
Fen Treesh Transformation
Fen Worm Worm Transformation
Monstrosity Sapling Transformation
Eye Batty Bruiser Transformation
Eye Batty Transformation
Necromancer Transformation
Slime Fiend Transformation
Frost Fiend Transformation
Mud Fiend Transformation
Fire Fiend Transformation

Grand Wildwoods
Common Bloombug Transformation
Mossy Bloombug Transformation
Golden Bloombug Transformation
Purple Bloombug Transformation
Greater Bloombug Transformation
Willow Wilds Owl Transformation
Golden Wilds Owl Transformation
Azure Wilds Owl Transformation
Tawny Wilds Owl Transformation
Ashen Wilds Owl Transformation
Greenback Deathcap Transformation
Blueback Deathcap Transformation
Greenbelly Deathcap Transformation
Firebelly Deathcap Transformation
Poison Deathcap Transformation
Toxic Deathcap Transformation
Brownback Deathcap Transformation
Leaf Sprite Transformation
Magic Wood Sprite Transformation
Blossom Sprite Transformation
Dark Leaf Sprite Transformation
Wood Sprite Transformation
High Wood Sprite Transformation
High Blossom Sprite Transformation
High Leaf Sprite Transformation
High Magic Leaf Sprite Transformation
Autumn Sprite Transformation
Spring Sprite Transformation
Summer Sprite Transformation
Winter Sprite Transformation
Theurgist Transformation
Soothsayer Transformation
Scrapper Transformation
Warlock Transformation
Bruiser Transformation
Witchdoctor Transformation
Spring Treant Transformation
Summer Treant Transformation
Autumn Treant Transformation
Winter Treant Transformation

Port Plunder
Green Chameleon Transformation
Yellow Chameleon Transformation
Brown Chameleon Transformation
Kamui Transformation
Green Pacaw Transformation
Purple Pacaw Transformation
Brown Pacaw Transformation
Blue Pacaw Transformation
Violet Ju-Ju Transformation
Chartreuse Ju-Ju Transformation
Amaranth Ju-Ju Transformation
Ecru Ju-Ju Transformation
Teal Ju-Ju Transformation
King Ju-Ju Transformation
Common Octopus Transformation
Tiger Octopus Transformation
Lusca Transformation
Red King Crab Transformation
Yellow King Crab Transformation
Purple King Crab Transformation
Blue King Crab Transformation
Green King Crab Transformation
Karkinos Transformation
Karkinas Transformation
Indigo Ringtail Transformation
Honey Ringtail Transformation
Periwinkle Ringtail Transformation
Olive Ringtail Transformation
Dusky Ringtail Transformation
Choco Ringtail Transformation
Sea Piranha Transformation
Pirate Transformation
Cutthroat Deckhand Transformation
Wood Fairy Transformation
Wild Wood Fairy Transformation
Wicked Wood Fairy Transformation

Von Stein's Mansion Dungeon
The following transformation cards drop from all modes.
Servant Transformation
Hauntling Transformation
Hellion Hound Transformation
Mansion Spearman Transformation

Boss transformations drop from Insane mode.
Cookie Transformation
Baron Von Stein Transformation
Siouxsie Le Rouge Transformation
Gigabit Transformation

Wonderland Dungeon
The following transformation cards drop from all modes.
Red Roses Transformation
Unpainted Roses Transformation
Half Painted Roses Transformation
Ace Guard Transformation

Boss transformations drop from Insane mode.
Knight of Diamonds Transformation
Knight of Hearts Transformation
Knight of Clubs Transformation
Queen of Hearts Transformation

Dead Man's Peak Dungeon
Burrower Transformation
Imp Transformation
Mauler Transformation
Bonecrusher Transformation
Farseer Transformation
Warbringer Transformation
Barbarian Transformation

Lolth Transformation
Neothelid Transformation
Warchief Krorosh Transformation
Subjugator Mamenoch Transformation
Avatar of Archane Transformation

Catacombs Dungeon
Catacomb Warder Transformation
Catacomb Sentinel Transformation
Skelly Archer Transformation
Skelly Rogue Transformation
Skelly Fighter Transformation
Cerberus Transformation
Toxic Slime Transformation
Gargantuan Champion Transformation
Gargantuan Guard Transformation

Mumrah the Hunter Transformation
Skerris Transformation
Blightlord Naelak Transformation
General Manu Transformation

World Bosses
The Excavater Transformation
Monoxia Transformation

Fire Pit
Rakdos Transformation
Pyre Lord Azjolor Transformation


The following existing cards now drop from all dungeon modes, not just Insane mode:

Paniye Circus Trouple Dungeon
Circus elite monster transformation cards now also drop from the Normal and Hard mode dungeons.
Delicate Doll Transformation
Sturdy Doll Transformation
Circus Lion Transformation
Brown Circus Bear Transformation
Circus Lizard Transformation
Acrobat Jackie Transformation
Flame Sorcerer Fuego Transformation

Laioha Dungeon
Laioha elite monster transformation cards now also drop from the Normal and Hard mode dungeons.
Caveman Crura Transformation
Tyrano Upvil Transformation
Vacation Frosty Brown Bear Transformation
Water Gun Topo Transformation
Prince Stella Transformation
Priest Pelica Transformation
Choco Mochi Transformation
Candy Mochi Transformation
Cookie Mochi Transformation

Decomus Dungeon
Decomus elite monster transformation cards now also drop from the Normal and Hard mode dungeons.
Knight of the Royal Family Transformation
Head of Archers Transformation
Head of Spearman Transformation
Chief Priest Kubera Transformation
Blue Knight Transformation
Red Knight Transformation
Machinery Technician Transformation
Tank Transformation

Wood Garden Dungeon
Wood Garden elite monster transformation cards now also drop from the Normal and Hard mode dungeons.
Wood Tribe Spearman Transformation
Lustrous Leopard Transformation
Wood Tribe Chaser Transformation
Shadow Leopard Transformation
Wood Tribe Archer Transformation
Wood Tribe Fighter Transformation
Garden Scorpion Transformation
Man-Eating Plant Transformation
Symbiotic Scorpion Transformation

Temple of Atlantis Dungeon
Temple of Atlantis elite monster transformation cards have been reduced to level 75 and now also drop from the Normal and Hard mode dungeons.
Grey Sea Wolf Transformation
Red Sea Wolf Transformation
Bewildered Golem Transformation
Hungry Owl Transformation
Bubble Eye Fish Transformation
Puffer Fish Transformation
Leech Transformation
Nieless Transformation
Nielium Transformation

Other
Golden Temple Dungeon
Corrected some minor issues with the Mumu and Typhoonus transformation skills.

Circus Dungeon
The level 32ish boss cards for Pome, Whippa, Roszak and Payaso that drop from Hard/Insane modes are now level 75.

The following cards will be released at a later date:
Nereus Transformation
Enraged Sakun Transformation
Sraclone Transformation
Enraged Tundro Transformation
Mysterion Transformation
Ulric Transformation
Livid Transformation
Namazu Transformation
Cruel Cletus Transformation
Frigid Queen Glaceon Transformation
Cringer Transformation
Okeanos Transformation


AUTO PILOT
Improved the automatic looting when using an Auto Pilot. Your character will now automatically loot all items without the loot window being displayed - which fixes the issue of it getting stuck sometimes.

Increased the looting range when using an Auto Pilot to fix the issue of ranged classes with lots of additional +Range not always looting their boxes.

The Auto Pilot now keeps track of how many monsters have been defeated and displays the count in the chat window after each kill.

Players using Auto Pilot now have a visual effect to show they are auto fighting.

Discarding an Auto Pilot item now stops your character from auto fighting and closes the Auto Pilot window.


NSDB
nsDB has been updated with all recently added items and the drop and sell price changes mentioned above.

Updated vendor / exchange store stocked items - some were out of date or not showing as being available from a vendor.

Updated box contents - some were out of date.

Corrected the item level displayed in the Dropped By list of items dropped by a monster - it was previously showing the monsters level, not the item item level.


BUGS
Totems/Circles
Fixed a bug relating to monster totem/circle type skills that do damage over time, like the acidic puddles of Namazu, sometimes causing the game client to crash.

Sound
I have made some changes to the game client to hopefully fix an issue with the game sound system crashing the game client if your computer uses certain RealTek sound chips with certain RealTek drivers. If your client has ever crashed before it's even opened it's window, or sometimes just randomly during gameplay, it's likely it was caused by this issue. It usually happens when certain other applications are open at the same time (Games, Discord, Spotify, Chrome playing Youtube videos, etc. etc.). Around 90% of the crash reports I receive are caused by this issue. I did try to add an error message informing you to update your sound drivers but I don't think it even gets the opportunity to show the message before the crash unfortunately.

Turning off your sound effects and music does not help the issue. The actual crash happens when the game tries to initialize the sound system and doesn't care if you have your sounds turned down to zero.

Removing the RealTek bundled software (the crappy control panel that you can see in your taskbar area) solves the problem, or completely removing the RealTek drivers and letting Windows install it's own drivers also solves it.


Known Issues
I am aware of the following issues that are causing client crashes so if you fall fowl to one of these PLEASE send the crash report when requested to. The more I receive, the easier it will be to find the cause and fix it.

Teleport: Client crashes when using a Teleporter or Teleport Scroll to move map.
This one is actually caused by something else that was done before using the Teleport but I haven't been able to track it down yet. It could be something to do with the auction house or some other UI window that was previously opened.

Wood Garden: I see a lot of crashes from players in this dungeon and it's nearly always from players still using a 32bit version of Windows (usually Windows XP), and usually with low RAM (2GB). While the game will happily run with 2GB Ram, you need to be mindful to close other memory hog applications like browsers, other games, or even multiple Iris clients etc. otherwise the game will give you a pretty miserable experience. If this sounds like your issue, it will help to occassionally completely close Iris and open it again. I don't think I will be able to do anything to fix this issue - I can't keep trying to support such out of date and unsupported operating systems.