Patch Notes - October 31st, 2023

Pill Refiner Win Ling Update

1. Hero and Equipment
New Heroes and Equipment
- New Hero 'Pill Refiner Win Ling' is added.
ㄴ Pill Refiner Win Ling's voice is added. (cv. Lee Myung-hwa)
ㄴ 5 stars maximum awakening party effect: [Party] Fire type Atk +50%

- Pill Refiner Win Ling's Exclusive Weapon "Refiner's Flame" ★★★★★ is added.

Voice Addition and Improvement
- Andras's Japanese voice is added.
※ Only reflected when voice settings are selected in each language.

Error Corrections and Improvements
- Fixed the issue where Blessing of the Ocean (Chain skill) of Grand Admiral Marina was creating a shield to match the modified HP of team deathmatch (Free-For-All ).

2. Summon and Pick-up Event
Hero Pick-up Event
ㄴ Event time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance
ㄴ Pick-up Hero 1: Pill Refiner Win Ling
ㄴ Pick-up Hero 2: Beach Maid Amy
ㄴ Pick-up Hero 3: Flame Harpy Scintilla
ㄴ Pick-up Hero 4: Knight Lady Lapice

Equipment Pick-up Event
ㄴ Event time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance
ㄴ Pick-up Equipment 1: Refiner's Flame
ㄴ Pick-up Equipment 2: Parashu
ㄴ Pick-up Equipment 3: Ifrit
ㄴ Pick-up Equipment 4: Radiant
ㄴ Pick-up Equipment 5: Innocent

3. New Short Story
- New Short Story 'The Blossoming of Shen Mountain' is added
※ Opens after clearing World 5.

4. Boost Event
- A 'Boost Event' will be hosted, allowing you to earn double rewards without limitations for specific content throughout the event duration.
ㄴ In this update, the boost is applied to World Exploration.
ㄴ Event time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance

5. Live Event
- Live Event: The Blossoming of Shen Mountain
ㄴEvent time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance
ㄴReward Receivable Time: 2023-11-21 04:59:59 UTC*
ㄴEvent mission end date: 2023-11-14 04:59:59 UTC*
ㄴBonus character: <+50%> Win Ling <+20%> Flame Harpy Scintilla, Lavi, Fei/Mei, Karina, Female Knight/Male Knight
ㄴShort Story Stage x1, Event Rift Stage x6
ㄴEvent mission, Accumulative Point Reward Distribute
ㄴEvent mission details
- Accumulative Stamina Mission
- Daily Stamina Mission
- Event Rift clear mission

6. Returning Guardian Event
- Returning Guardian event, new season of 'Eva's Special Training for the Return of the Guardian' will begin
ㄴ During the Returning Guardian event, players can acquire various rewards through login, missions, and the in-game shop.

- Players are eligible to participate in the Returning Guardian event if they have not accessed the game within the last 14 days, and have cleared World 1 or higher.
- Event time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-12-26 before maintenance
ㄴ Participants can engage in the event by logging in within the designated period, and can receive event rewards for 14 days based on their connection date.
ㄴ Reward Obtainable Period: Rewards can be received for 16 days from the end of the event (14 days elapsed).

※ Even after the event period is over, each Guardian can continue participating in the event and receive rewards for the remaining duration of the event.
ㄴ [Example] For Guardians who returned from 2023-11-01 12:00, the event can be held until 2023-12-01 12:00, and compensation can be obtained by 2023-12-01 12:00.
※ Players can participate in the Returning Guardian event only once during a season.
※ Guardians who have not accessed the game for 14 days will have their progress in Eva's Special Training for the Return of the Guardian from the previous season reset, including all history such as the progress period, event points, and mission progress.

ㄴ [Example] If a new season begins five days after the completion of the previous season's event, the event progress will be reset, allowing for a continuation of 14 days.

Login
- You can obtain various attendance rewards for 7 days at the Returning Guardian event attendance.

Mission
- During the Returning Guardian event, you can complete missions to earn rewards.
- Event points can be acquired through missions in the Returning Guardian event.

Returning Guardian Event shop
- In the Shop for Returning Guardian event, you can purchase various items using the event points you have earned.

※ The number of purchases for Stamina products increases by 1 for every additional day out of the 14-day period, up to a maximum of 28 days.
※ Event points may persist even after purchasing all products, and the remaining amount of event points can vary depending on the duration of non-connection days.
※ Event points will not carry over to the next season.

7. Log-in Event
- New Guardian Attendance Event
ㄴ Event time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-12-26 before maintenance
ㄴ Target: For players who make an account and access Guardian Tales for the first time after maintenance.
ㄴ You can still check attendance reward for 30 days after the event ends.
ㄴ Reward

Day 1: Gem 1000
Day 2: EXP 100000
Day 3: Gold 100000
Day 4: Awakening Dungeon Box 10
Day 5: Dream Evolution Stone 40
Day 6: Legendary Exclusive Equipment Box
Day 7: Summon Controller 10
Day 8: Hero Crystal 40
Day 9: EXP 200000
Day 10: Gold 200000
Day 11: Legendary Awakening Stone 10
Day 12: Dream Evolution Stone 80
Day 13: Strengthening Hammer Lv.40
Day 14: Epic Exclusive Equipment Box
Day 15: Gem 2000
Day 16: EXP 300000
Day 17: Gold 300000
Day 18: Awakening Dungeon Box 20
Day 19: Dream Evolution Stone 80
Day 20: Legendary Limit Breaking Hammer
Day 21: Summon Controller 20
Day 22: Hero Crystal 60
Day 23: EXP 400000
Day 24: Gold 400000
Day 25: Legendary Awakening Stone 20
Day 26: Dream Evolution Stone 120
Day 27: Strengthening Hammer Lv.50
Day 28: Epic Limit Breaking Hammer

- Returning Guardian Attendance Event
ㄴ Event time: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-12-26 before maintenance
ㄴ Target: Guardians with no log-in history in the last 14 days.
ㄴ You can still check the attendance reward for 10 days after the event ends.
ㄴ Reward

Day 1: Stamina 200
Day 2: EXP 600000
Day 3: Gold 600000
Day 4: Hero Crystal 30
Day 5: EXP 600000
Day 6: Awakening Dungeon Box 15
Day 7: Summon Controller 10

※ Attendance events for New / Returning Guardians will be updated every certain period of time.

8. Conquest
Guild Conquest
- A new season of Guild Conquest has begun.
- The existing guild conquest method is improved.
ㄴ It will explore the field's bases, find and occupy the hidden main bases.
- Season time: 2023-11-02 00:00:00 ~ 2023-11-08 15:59:59 UTC*

■ Change in the Progress duration of Conquest
- The round-based concept of Conquest will be eliminated, and it will be conducted over a period of one week.
- Preparation for Conquest is reduced from 30 minutes to 15 minutes.


■ Exploration elements added
- All bases need to be explored before they become vulnerable to attacks.
The Control Tower, Command Headquarters, and large buttons are displayed in the field without the need to proceed with the exploration.
ㄴ The location of Camp, Missile Launcher, and Supply Truck is randomly placed for each guild.
- bases that can be explored are indicated by a magnifier icon above them.
- The number of Conquest participation is consumed once during the exploration.
- The exploration results reveal what kind of base it is.
- You can check the status of each step of the main base search by clicking the magnifier button on the right side of the 'Number of Explored Main bases' user interface.

■ Simplifying base types
- The base that appears in Conquest field will be simplified as follows
- Starting from this season, the base is classified into the main base, which provides a useful effect during conquest, and basic general bases.

■ Types of general bases
- Node - The main base and Target for Conquest where the enemy’s final boss appears.
- Command Headquarters - The Conquests’ main goal where the enemy force’s boss appears.
- Control Tower - A base that differentiates areas and Stages. Conquering it will also unlock the next Step.
- Camp - Conquering it will reduce the corresponding Step’s Control Tower defenses.
- Missile Launcher - The skills of a boss monster at the Command Headquarters will be weakened when conquered.
- Supply Truck - You can get a large amount of Conquest Points when conquered.
- Large Button - A powerful hidden boss will appear when all existing Large Buttons on the field are conquered.

■ Effect of the control tower defenses has changed
- When conquering a base Camp, the Step's Defense is reduced, and you can enter the Control Tower once all base Camps are conquered.
ㄴ The Control tower boss no longer strengthens or weakens depending on the level of defenses.
- The defenses of the first and second levels are fixed at 2, and there are also two camps each.

■ Main base Location Scan
- For each Step, once a certain number of bases have been conquered, the Main base location scan will be conducted.
- When the location of a Main base is scanned, the locations of Main bases that exist in the corresponding Step will be marked.
- If all Main bases of the ongoing Step have been found, the Main base location scan will be disabled.

■ Conquest Progress Buff
- Party Atk Buff will be applied depending on the number of bases the Guild has conquered.
- For every conquered base, Conquest Progress Buff increases by 1%.
- Conquest Progress Buff is cumulatively applied regardless of the steps in progress.

■ Other convenience improvements
- A list of the special skills of the Command Headquarters boss is displayed in the Stage Entry UI.
ㄴ If the special skills of the boss have been weakened through the Missile Launcher base conquest effect, the weakened skill will be displayed on the UI.
- Retry function is added in conquest practice mode.

9. Meteor Excavation
- New season of Meteor Excavation has started.
- Season time: 2023-11-09 00:00:00 ~ 2023-11-15 15:59:59 UTC*

10. CO-OP Mode
Co-op mode change
- CO-OP mode has been changed, the new season of CO-OP mode has started.
- Season time : 2023-11-06 16:00:00 ~ 2023-11-12 15:59:59 UTC*

11. Farm
BBQ Party Improvements
- Improved to allow BBQ parties to be held multiple times.

Halloween
- Farm theme
ㄴ To celebrate the Halloween festival, a Halloween theme is applied to the Farm.
ㄴ The Halloween theme is applied for two weeks after the update.
ㄴ Period : 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance

Blueprint shop
ㄴ Resale blueprints of Halloween objects.
ㄴ Period : 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance
※ Purchasing is not possible if the blueprint was previously acquired.

12. Boss Rush
Added new Trial
Trial / Explanation / Score Bonuses
Shock Bomb / Knock back every 8 seconds with 10.0% damage of max HP to the party rear position / 10%
Protection Drone / Receives damage of 10.0% of maximum HP every few seconds after leaving the created safety zone. (Applies to the party leader only) / 15%

Changed effect of the two existing trials
Trial / Before change / After change
Special Armor / Immunity to Def and Element resistance reduction effects from the enemy boss. / The enemy boss becomes immune to Def and Element resistance reduction effects, and the boss' HP reduces to 85%.
Intrusion / Enhanced Mad Panda MK-3 Additional Appears, All bosses' atk decreased by 50% and HP decreased by 70%. / Enhanced Goblin Chief Additional Appears, All bosses' atk decreased by 50% and HP decreased by 70%.

Excluded two existing Trials
Trial / Explanation / Score Bonuses
Notice / Enemy Atk increases in proportion to stacked Ailments / 10%
Internal Injury / Shield creation and HP recovery disabled for allies / 25%

※ The above changes will take effect from 'Season 31'.

13. Kama-ZONE
Noir theme Improvements
ㄴ One type of selection result for 'A square item with a few round decorations' is added among the event options to make it secretly confusing.

New season
The new season of Kama-zone has started.
ㄴ Season period: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-28 before maintenance
ㄴ Artifacts and special events with a noir theme will return.

14. Season Achievement
- After maintenance on October 31st (Tue), 21 additional missions of the season achievements will be opened.

15. New Collection
- A new equipment collection 'The Secret was You All Along.' is added.

16. Shop - Costume
Hero costume
ㄴ Patissier Win Ling
ㄴ Noble Vampire Pymon
ㄴ Red Vampire Plitvice
ㄴ Gloomy Jiangshi Lahn
ㄴ Ghost White Beast
ㄴ Tinman Craig
ㄴ Wrathful Ghost Bianca
ㄴ Burning Mummy Vishuvac
ㄴ Werewolf Girgas
ㄴ Creature Marvin
ㄴ Future Singer Rey
ㄴ Pledge of Victory Future Princess
ㄴ Fighter Pymon
ㄴ Blue Wing Scintilla
ㄴ Lynn MK-Agile
ㄴ Plitvice MK-Athena
ㄴ Beth MK-Satan
ㄴ Oghma MK-White
ㄴ Chinese Female Warrior Mei
ㄴ Chinese Female Swordsman Mei
ㄴ Godlike Fei
ㄴ Wandering Chinese Swordsman
ㄴ Royal Musketeer Captain Lapice
ㄴ Beach Cheerleader Amy

Equipment costume
ㄴ Donut Fist
ㄴ Pumpkin Two-handed Sword
ㄴ Pumpkin Head Glove
ㄴ Hand Wraps
ㄴ One-handed Leek Sword
ㄴ Mecha Lightning Rapier
ㄴ Mecha Fire Blade
ㄴ Shooting Star Bow
ㄴ Tempered Glass Shield

17. Shop - Package
1. Limited-time package
- Sale period: 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance

1) Halloween Package #1 (1 time per account)
- Paid Gem x2700, Summon Controller x10, Dream Evolution Stone x200, Hero Crystal x700

2) Halloween Package #2 (1 time per account)
Day 1: Paid Gem x2000
Day 2: Summon Controller x10
Day 3: Option Change Stone x10
Day 4: Option Lock Stone x20
Day 5: Legendary Awakening Stone x10
Day 6: Summon Controller x10
Day 7: Paid Gem x2000

3) Premium Summon Package (1 time per account)
- Summon Controller x100, Epic Limit Breaking Hammer x1
- Paid gems (every day for 10 days) x1000

4) Limited Time Summon Package (4 times per account)
- Paid Gem x2700, Summon Controller x35

5) Limited Time Stamina Package (5 times per account)
- Stamina x1000

6) World Exploration Support Package (3000 gems) (1 time per account)
- Princess' Edict x20, Crafting Accelerator x20

2. Hero Growth Package
1) Unique Hero Growth Package (Pill Refiner Win Ling) (2 times per account)
- Evolution Stone x400, Legendary Awakening Stone x20, Hero Crystal x100, Option Change Stone x10, Option Lock Stone x20

3. Returning Guardian Package
- Sale period : 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-12-26 before maintenance

1) Returning Guardian's Jumping Package (1 time per account)
- Choose 1 Unique Hero or Exclusive Weapon, Awakening Dungeon Box x10, Summon Controller x60

2) Returning Guardian's Premium Package (1 time per account)
- Stamina x500, Summon Controller x40, Awakening Dungeon Box x30, Gold x1,200,000, Exp x2,400,000, Hero Crystal x60

3) Returning Guardian's Support Package (Free) (1 time per account)
Day 1: Summon Controller x10
Day 2: Exp x400,000
Day 3: Gold x200,000
Day 4: Awakening Dungeon Box x5
Day 5: Hero Crystal x10
Day 6: Exp x400,000
Day 7: Gold x200,000
Day 8: Awakening Dungeon Box x5
Day 9: Hero Crystal x10
Day 10: Exp x400,000
Day 11: Gold x200,000
Day 12: Awakening Dungeon Box x5
Day 13: Hero Crystal x10
Day 14: Summon Controller x10"

18. Other Error Corrections and Improvements
- In World 7, an issue was fixed where a panda from the Mad Panda Trio was depicted holding a glass of Sparkling Barley Tea upside down in Devils' Brewery.
- An issue was resolved where the knight's spine was awkwardly exposed during certain steps of the evil-catching minigame in Stage 1 of After World Inc.

- The sales deadline for Jumping Packages #1, #2, and Returning Guardian's Jumping Package has been extended.
└ [Before] Available for 7 days after initial exposure.
└ [After] Available for 14 days after initial exposure.
- The retry notice in Guild Raid Practice Mode has been updated.
└ [Before] Do you want to restart from the start point?
└ [After] Would you like to restart the stage currently in progress?
- An issue has been fixed where some interactions with the monster Icicle did not work at Monster Ranch.

19. Heavenhold
Theme
- To celebrate the Halloween festival, the Halloween theme is applied to Heavenhold.
ㄴ The Halloween theme is applied for two weeks after the update.
ㄴ Period : 2023-10-31 after maintenance ~ 2023-11-14 before maintenance.

Official Patch Notes can be found here but you may want to use Google Chrome to translate it from Korean to your native language.