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UPDATE	[Patchnote] March Patchnote	23. Feb. 2021	Views 66733

[1] Update
1. Chapter 18 Will-o'-the-Wisp in a Nest
2. Plentiful Gold Trove Nest
3. Plentiful Gold Trove Nest Commemorative First Clear Event
4. Heavenly Minos Armor
- Armor Info
- Armor Set Effects
5. Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor
- Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor Stats
6. Minos Armor (Duplicate)
7. New Minos Accessories
8. Vibrant Talisman
9. 64-bit Client Patch – Beta
[2] Balance
1. Skill Balancing
2. March Skill Balancing - PvE
3. March Skill Balancing – PvP
[3] Changes/additions
1. Rare Merchant Shop
2. Character Stat [Critical] Max Stat Mark Normalization
3. [Beginner’s Guide] [Deep Abyss of Nightmare] TIP Revisions
4. [Enhance Dragon Jade] System Message Revisions
5. [Vandar Main Quest Chapter 3] Completion Phrase Revisions
6. Revision of [Catastrophe] Red Lotus Palace Rewards
7. Vibrant Dragon Jade and Talisman of Destruction Icon Image Changes
8. Other
[4] Event
1. Everyone’s Banquet
2. March Attendance Event
3. Other
[5] Cash Shop
1. March Costume: Vernicka Costume (Rare)
- Chef 2.0 (Epic Synthesis) costume remains for March
2. Special Lagendia Pandora Box Update
- Sweet Love Vernicka W/T/D
- Sweet Love Vernicka Necklace
- Sweet Love Vernicka Weapon Exchange Coupon
3. Prime VIP Accessories & Hammer Update
4. Pandora's Growth Spirit Box
- Noble Vernicka Spirit (Growth Type)

[1] Update

1-1. Chapter 18 Will-o'-the-Wisp in a Nest

1-2. Plentiful Gold Trove Nest

■ Entry Ticket Info

- Can be used once daily after acquiring Certified Finest Stone Jade.

■ Plentiful Gold Trove Nest Rewards

- Defeat the bosses for each stage in Plentiful Gold Trove Nest to obtain the stage rewards within.

- Defeat Black Specter Jackal at the last stage of Plentiful Gold Trove Nest to obtain the final reward.

■ Treasure Shop

- The Treasure Shop can be accessed by speaking with Royal Guard Okhwan, who is located in Taeryeong Shrine, Red Lotus Palace Main Street.

■ Mission

- 4 Clear Missions and 9 Challenge Missions added in connection with the [Plentiful Gold Trove Nest]

- Achieve the special conditions and clear every mission!

■ Title Collection

- Collect all the titles that can be obtained in [Plentiful Gold Trove Nest], to complete the Title Collection and acquire titles with collected title effects.

1-3. Plentiful Gold Trove Nest Commemorative First Clear Event

- The first 8 attack teams that clear [Plentiful Gold Trove] will get the [Plentiful Gold Trove] title as an event reward.

1-4. Heavenly Minos Armor

- New armor [Heavenly Minos Armor] and [Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor] added. (Helmet/Gloves/Shoes/Earrings)

- These can be crafted by evolving [Minos Armor] using [Heavenly Minos Souls].

- Additional stats will be added when [Heavenly Minos Armor] is crafted.

- The additional stats of [Heavenly Minos Armor] can be changed using [Unstable Heavenly Aura].

- [Skill Effects] are added to Heavenly Minos Armor. (Applies to PvE)

- All skills possess the [Additional Damage] effect.

- Contained in helmets/gloves/shoes and can be stacked.

◆ Armor Info

◆ Armor Set Effects

◆ Armor Stats

- Enhancing earrings increases attack power.

◆ Additional stats added with crafting of Heavenly Minos Armor

- These are the additional stats added with the crafting of Heavenly Minos Armor or use of Unstable Aura.

◆ Heavenly Minos Soul

- [Heavenly Minos Soul] has been added to [Blacksmith - Craft Item – Set Equipment] for each character and armor part.

- [Heavenly Minos Soul] can be acquired for each character and armor part using the blacksmith Craft Item feature.

※ This bead is an example. You need 1 type of bead matching the applicable job when crafting.

◆ Cube (Treasure)

- The ability to craft Cubes (Treasure) needed for crafting [Heavenly Minos Soul] has been added to [Blacksmith - Craft Item – Common Goods].

1-5. Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor

◆ Characteristics

- [Heavenly Minos Armor] can be evolved into [Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor] using [Heavenly Aura].

- Adds an additional stat of +5% attack power to [Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor].

- Additional stats can be changed using [Unstable Heavenly Aura].

- The [Heavenly Aura] set is made up of 4 items: a helmet, gloves, shoes, and an accessory.

- Additional stats are maintained when evolving [Heavenly Minos Armor] into [Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor].

- Has the same set effect as [Heavenly Minos Armor].

◆ Amplified Heavenly Minos Armor Stats

◆ Item Info (Evolver/Converter)

- The additional stats of Heavenly Minos equipment added upon crafting can be changed using Unstable Heavenly Aura.

- The changed additional stats will be the same as the additional stats randomly assigned when crafting Heavenly Minos Armor.

1-6. Minos Armor (Duplicate)

◆ Characteristics

- Untradable Minos Armor can be acquired through disassembly of Devotion/Insight/Heavenly/Amplified Heavenly Armor.

- Disassembly of enhanced equipment yields Minos Armor with the same enhancement value.

- Disassembly of Devotion/Insight yields 1 High Grade Celestone, while disassembly of Heavenly/Amplified Heavenly yields 2 High Grade Celestones.

1-7. New Minos Accessories

◆ Characteristics

- The new items Minos Earrings/Minos Earrings (Duplicate) have been added.

- They can be crafted into Heavenly Minos Accessories, and can be further crafted into Amplified Heavenly Minos Earrings using Green Heavenly Aura (Earrings).

- Heavenly/Amplified Heavenly Earrings can equip up to 2 Dragon Jades.

- Minos Earrings can only be purchased in the Minos Shop.

1-8. Vibrant Talisman

◆ Talisman Info

- A total of 9 different types of Patch Talismans have been added.

- The Unidentified Vibrant Talisman [can be crafted] by combining Deep Abyss Nightmare and Fission Maze rewards.
[Use this as an item] to acquire a Vibrant Talisman (Magic Grade).

◆ Main Item Information

◆ Disassembly Info

- [Vibrant Talisman Powder] can be acquired upon disassembly of a Vibrant Talisman.

◆ Related Item Crafting Ability Added

- Vibrant Talisman-related items were added to the Craft Item (Blacksmith) [Craft Dragon Jade/Talismans] tab to enable crafting.

- The Unidentified Vibrant Talisman [can be crafted] by combining Deep Abyss Nightmare and Fission Maze rewards.
[Use this as an item] to acquire a Vibrant Talisman (Magic Grade).

■ [Deep Abyss Nightmare] Rewards Revised

- Rewards can be obtained from 1F and up within the Labyrinth. The higher the difficulty, the higher the drop rate.

- Defeat boss monsters or champion monsters to get [Nightmare Fragments], a material needed to craft [Unidentified Vibrant Talismans].

- Defeating boss monsters or champion monsters can also yield [Eyes of Nightmare], but at a very low drop rate.

- Other rewards remain as before.

■ [Fission Maze] Rewards Revised

- [Maze Fragments], a material needed to craft [Unidentified Vibrant Talismans], can also be acquired as a weekly reward.

- Rewards can be obtained from 9F and up within the Labyrinth. The higher the difficulty, the higher the rate.

- [Hero EXP Potions] have been removed from rewards.

- Other rewards remain as before.

■ Nightmare Shop added to Priestess of Darkness Grisini

- [Maze Fragments] can be purchased and the number that can be purchased has been set to a weekly tally.

- [Sap of Life] can be purchased.

1-9. 64-bit Client Patch – Beta

▶Developer's Comment

◆ Why we developed a 64-bit client?

- Having been in service for 10 years, Dragon Nest has developed a lot of content and processed a lot of data accordingly.

Increasingly memory-intensive clients were inevitably forced to face the limitations of available memory due to existing 32-bit constraints.

As a result, users experienced frequent client dumps while playing the game, which caused inevitable inconvenience.

In order to address this issue, we optimized the memory management for Dragon Nest clients,

but eventually, due to the limitations of usable memory in 32-bit clients,

we decided to start R&D and development for creating and providing service through a 64-bit client because we thought it would be better for Dragon Nest users in the days to come.

◆ What was the most memorable event during development? Or the most difficult issue?

- There was a problem with intermittent black screens and client dumps while moving to a stage after dungeon play.

It required a lot of time and effort because it took a long while to specify the problem since it was difficult to reproduce and,

even having defined the problem, it did not immediately occur even after using the problematic skill.

- There was a sound issue (I remember because it was something I never considered beforehand). There was a discrepancy with some of the sound data being read at 32/64-bit, so not all of the sounds were played back after the initial 64-bit transition. However, we got reports that the file was more pleasant to play without these sounds.

In the end, we further analyzed the sound logic and completed the optimization process.

◆ Expected benefits of the 64-bit client

- The elimination of the frequent dump phenomenon that occurred while playing is expected to reduce a lot of stress, which was the reason we developed the new client in the first place

(80% to 90% of the dumps were due to a lack of memory).

- 64-bit clients will display some performance increases as they have greater capacity to handle more things at once compared to traditional 32-bit clients.

※ The current version is the beta version, and we will collect and correct errors that occur during the beta service period.

◆ Players can choose to play using either the 32-bit or 64-bit client on the Dragon Nest launcher

Run launcher on a 64-bit PC

Run launcher on a 32-bit PC

- On a 64-bit OS, players can choose between the 32-bit and 64-bit client.

- On a 32-bit OS, the 64-bit client cannot be selected and only the 32-bit client is available.

◆ How to check whether the 32-bit/64-bit client is running

The top left corner of the client displays Dragon Nest / Dragon Nest x64.

You can view that display to see which client is currently running.

[2] Balance
2-1. Skill Balancing

2-2. March Skill Balancing - PvE

2-3. March Skill Balancing – PvP

[3] Changes/additions

3-1. Rare Merchant Shop

The Rare Merchant who sells rare and diverse items has been set to appear.

- The Rare Merchant appears when you satisfy certain conditions.

- Hidden merchants can be found through the icon on the bottom right of the game screen.

- The Rare Merchant disappears when you move to another area or close the window without purchasing items, so it's best to buy any items you need when the Rare Merchant appears.

- After disappearing, the Rare Merchant will reappear once you meet the conditions again.

- If you purchase an item through the Rare Merchant and run out of [Remaining number of purchases], it will not appear again even if the conditions are met.

- The conditions and items sold by the Rare Merchant can change at any time.

[Black Smith Shop]

- Appears upon successfully enhancing an item

[Great Merchant Pero Shop]

- Appears upon killing a certain monster

[Argenta Shop]

- Appears upon killing a certain monster

[Shylock's Shop]

- Appears upon speaking with a certain NPC

[Wandering Bluff Merchant Gope's Shop]

- Appears upon reaching a certain Affinity with a certain NPC

[Cautions]

Among the item list that can be purchased at this Hidden Shop, 'Guild Honor Coins' is included.
When using the hidden shop, under the following cases are advised to pay attention to the purchase/use.

Case #1.

When a character who does not belong to the guild purchases the guild Honor Coin' through the Hidden Shop, it is possible to purchase it normally, but the item will disappear when re-login.
→ In this case, we do not compensate for any reason through any operational ways.

Case #2.

When a character belonging to the guild purchases 'Guild Hornor Coins' through the Hidden Shop, it is possible to purchase them normally, but when leaving the guild, the purchased coins disappear automatically.
→ In this case, we do not compensate for any reason through any operational ways.

3-2. Character Stat [Critical] Max Stat Mark Normalization

- [Max Critical Limit] stat revised to display normally as [90%].

3-3. [Beginner’s Guide] [Deep Abyss of Nightmare] TIP Revisions

- Revised the [Beginner’s Guide] [Deep Abyss of Nightmare] TIP content.

3-4. [Enhance Dragon Jade] System Message Revisions

- Revised the system message displayed in the [Enhance Dragon Jade] menu.

3-5. [Vandar Main Quest Chapter 3] Completion Phrase Revisions

- The mission complete text displayed upon completing [Vandar]’s Chapter 3 Main Quest has been changed.

- Because a common story thread begins after Chapter 3, separate missions are no longer displayed.

3-6. Revision of [Catastrophe] Red Lotus Palace Rewards

- The rewards for clearing [Catastrophe] Red Lotus Palace have been improved.

* Increased the amount of Catastrophe Dryobalanops and Gold Lotus Crowns rewarded.

3-7. Vibrant Dragon Jade and Talisman of Destruction Icon Image Changes

- Vibrant Dragon Jade and Talisman of Destruction icons were changed to more easily distinguish the characteristics of each item.

- Detailed icon and item information are introduced in the [Enhancement Dragon Jade] and [Talisman] categories of the Item Guide.

3-8. Other

■ World Weekly Tasks Added

- Plentiful Gold Trove Nest World Weekly Task have been added.

■ The obtained location info and descriptions of Magic Grade/Rare Grade Battle Enhancement Talismans have been removed from the Item Guide.

■ Magic Grade Hero's Enhancement Talisman/Epic Grade Enhancement Talisman of Destruction descriptions have been changed in the Item Guide.

[4] Event

4-1. Everyone’s Banquet

Entry Info

- Entry level : LV 93 or higher

- Entry capacity: 1-2 people

- Weekly clear limit: 7 times

- Revive disabled

※ An Everyone’s Banquet Entry Ticket is required.

Entrance Ticket

- Obtained Location: Can be purchased at the [Dimension Rabbit]-[Everyone’s Banquet Shop] in the Temple Knight Training Ground

- Only 1 can be purchased per character daily. Entry tickets have a 1-day usage period.

Guide Quest

- Remote Quest > [LV 93] Everyone's Banquet

※ Press the shortcut key ‘U’ to open the Quest window, then click the ‘Remote Quest’ tab to receive.

Stage Process

- Challenge to the highest floor to get better rewards.

Stage Rules

- Clearing normal stages restores player HP and MP

- Clearing boss stages revives dead players

- The stage ends if all players are annihilated.

Reward Acquisition Conditions

- First Treasure Chest: Clear Boss Stage (4F)

- Second Treasure Chest: Clear Boss Stage (7F)

- Third Treasure Chest: Clear Boss Stage (11F)

- Final Treasure Chest: Clear Boss Stage (12F)

Stage Components

- Entering a normal stage type brings you randomly to one of two random stages.

- The stage clear count increases after clearing 3F.

Reward Info

Shop Info

- Everyone’s Banquet Shop can be accessed through the [Temple Knight Training Ground – Dimension Rabbit].

- There you can purchase [Ancient Element Enhancement Talismans] that increase All Attribute ATK.

- They initially come with a 0.5% All Attribute ATK stat value that can be developed to a maximum of 7.0%.

- Such development can be carried out using [Unstable Dimension Converters], [Dimension Converters], and [Higher Dimension Converters].

- Converters are consumed after a single use.

- The type of Converter that can be used depends on the current stat value of an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman]. Development proceeds as shown in the table below.

Example 1) Converting an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 4.20%] using an [Unstable Dimension Converter] develops it into an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 4.50%]
Example 2) Converting an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 4.50%] using an [Unstable Dimension Converter] develops it into an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 5.00%]
Example 3) Converting an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 6.30%] using a [Dimension Converter] develops it into an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 6.40%]

Example 4) Converting an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 6.90%] using a [Higher Dimension Converter] develops it into an [Ancient Element Enhancement Talisman – 7.00%]

4-2. March Attendance Event

- Players will get one 'Goddess Coin' as an attendance reward with each daily login from March maintenance until the next update.

- You can exchange 30 Goddess Coins for a ‘Deep Twilight Box (Class-exclusive Armor)’ through ‘Priestess of Darkness Canele’, located in ‘Sunset Watchtower’.

- You can exchange 10 Goddess Coins for a 'Goddess Heraldry' in the 'Skill Heraldry Shop' > 'Goddess Heraldry' tab.

4-3. Other

■ Season 7 of the Board Game has come to an end.

- Roulette Tickets (Season 7) can be sold at the NPC Shop.

- Board Game Coins (Season 7) can be exchanged at the Event Shop (Storyteller Kathy) before the April update maintenance begins.

■ Catch the Keep Your Eyes on Crazy Duck has come to an end.

- Stolen Chocolate can be exchanged at the Event Shop (Storyteller Kathy) before the April update maintenance begins.

[5] Cash Shop
5-1. March Costume: Vernicka Costume (Rare)

- The package price is sold at a discount of 6,900 Cash.

■ Package composition

: 5 types of armors (Helmet, Upper Body, Lower Body, Gloves, Shoes) + Hero Title

[Blue]

[Red]

5-2. Special Lagendia Pandora Box Update

> Sweet Love Vernicka W/T/D

> Sweet Love Vernicka Necklace

> Sweet Love Vernicka Weapon Exchange Coupon

*How to get the Vernicka's Main / Secondary Weapon?

1. Get a [Sweet Love Vernicka Weapon Exchange Coupon] from the Special Lagendia box.

2. Go to NPC Merchant Pania and Click [Special Store] > [Hero Weapon].

3. Right-click the item you'd like to exchange.

[Vernicka Transformation]

If all 6 parts of Wing + Tail + Decal + Necklace + Main Weapon + Secondary weapon are equipped,

a costume transformation popup appears and you can transform into Vernicka.

*Only towns can be transformed.

5-3. Prime VIP Accessories & Hammer Update

(It is the same as the March Event Details.)

Prime Hammers updated to VIP Accessory Box!

[Event Period]

After March update on March 9, Tuesday, 2021 ~ until the April Update (GMT+8)

[What to do with the box?]

1) VIP Accessory Box will be available at Cash Shop after the March Update Patch on March 9, Tuesday 2021!

2) Each time a VIP accessory box is opened, one of six components of [Composed VIP Accessory Box Item List] below is provided.

3) When gauge point is full 100%, you will receive a VIP Accessory Exchange Coupon that is exchangeable as one of Argenta/Geraint Accessories or Hammers.

[How to make a Prime Accessory?]

ONLY USABLE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE GOLD / SILVER DRAGON ACCESSORIES.

1. Purchase a Prime Hammer with a VIP Accessory Exchange Coupon you have already earned from [VIP Accessory Box] item.

2. To make a Gold/Silver Dragon accessory to a Prime accessory, right-click a VIP Accessory Exchange Coupon.

3. If you wish to change your Gold / Silver Dragon accessory to an updated Prime accessory, click [Change].

[Status - Prime Dragon Accessory]

- Prime Dragon Accessory can be evolved by using a Prime Hammer to Gold / Silver Accessory. (Set effect will be applied)

5-4. Pandora's Growth Spirit Box

You'll be able to have a wonderful Vernicka Spirit by having Pandora's Growth Spirit Box open!

> Noble Vernicka Spirit (Growth Type)