Lineage 2 Chapter 3.5 - Valiance/Epeisodion, Patch Notes

Contents 1 Goddess of Destruction - Valiance/Epeisodion 1.1 !!!Attention 1.2 !!!Attention 1.3 !!!Attention 2 System changes 2.1 Ability system 2.2 SP 2.3 Fishing 2.4 Clan 2.5 Olympiad 2.6 Ceremony of Chaos 2.7 Siege of Another Dimension 2.8 Beauty Salon 2.9 Miscellaneous 3 Locations 3.1 Changes in existing locations 3.1.1 Hellbound 3.1.1.1 Beleth's Magic Circle 3.1.1.2 Desert Quarry 3.1.1.3 Phantasmal Ridge 3.1.1.4 Refugee Camp 3.1.2 Seed of Destruction 3.1.3 Seed of Infinity 3.1.4 Raider's Crossroads 3.1.5 Land of Chaos 3.1.6 Bloody Swampland 3.1.7 Ruins of Agony/Despair 3.1.8 Varka Silenos/Ketra Orc Outpost/Forest of the Dead 3.1.9 Kartia's Labyrinth 3.1.10 Guillotine Fortress 4 Monsters 4.1 Raid Boss rank system 4.2 Changes to existing bosses 4.2.1 Lilith 4.2.2 Anakim 4.2.3 Beleth and Darion 4.2.4 Baium 4.2.5 Lindvior 4.2.6 Antharas 4.2.7 Valakas 5 Characters 5.1 Skills 6 Items 6.1 Craft 6.2 Wondrous Cubic 6.3 Miscellaneous 7 Quests 7.1 New quests 8 Interface

Goddess of Destruction - Valiance/Epeisodion

!!!Attention

Updates on the European and Russian servers have different names. Valiance is the update name for European servers. Epeisodion is the update name for Russian and Korean servers.

!!!Attention

Since the differences between these patch notes for the Russian, Korean and European servers are a complete mess, there's a suspicion that this update contains some part of the next update from Korea, Raiders of the Lost Ark (In Search of the Lost Ark).

!!!Attention

This is a short patch note for the update, containing only a small part of the changes.

System changes

Ability system

• A new abilities system was introduced to the game, split into three branches: Knight (Guard), Warrior (Berserker) and Wizard (Wizard).
• All 4th class characters of level 99 can get ability points for SP. If the level drops below 99, the abilities system and its effects become unavailable.
• Abilities can be reset for 10 000 000 adena. Resetting abilities returns the points, but doesn't return the spent SP.
• The maximum number of points a character can have is 16.
• To unlock each row of skills, you need to invest a certain number of points in the previous one:
• First row - 1 point
• Second row - 4 points
• Third row - 8 points
• Fourth row - 12 points
• Fifth row - 16 points (not available)
• Sixth row - 20 points (not available)

SP

• Skill Points are no longer used for skill enchanting. The amount of Adena required for skill enchanting stayed the same.
• Skills that come before the 4th class skills can no longer be enchanted.
• The maximum amount of SP a character can hold was changed from 2.1 billion to 5 billion.
• SP scrolls were removed from the reward for getting the 4th class.

Fishing

• Fishing has undergone serious changes and is now not just a form of entertainment, but a more or less full-fledged system with relevant rewards.
• Old fishing rods, bait and soulshots are no longer usable. New ones (the rod can be exchanged) can be bought from any fisherman in any town. Fishermen's goods are subject to the tax of the clan that owns the town's castle.
• Characters above level 40 will get Exp and SP for fishing.
• All old fishing items will get the "damaged" status. They can be exchanged with 'Aden Reconstruction Society Leader' in Town of Giran or Talking Island Village.
• Fishing soulshots can now be set to auto-use, just like ordinary ones.
• Monsters can no longer be caught while fishing.
• Fishing in one place for a long time will gradually lower your chances of catching fish.
• New kinds of fish were added. You can get items as before by double-clicking a fish, but now there's a chance to get nothing at all when opening a fish. As before, these items can be exchanged for useful things with NPC fishermen.
• While fishing there's a small chance that NPC Goldeen appears for 5 minutes, and a small chance to get Hero's Fishing Rod from it.
• A special fishing instance, Fantasy Fishing, was added on Fantasy Isle. In this instance the chance to catch fish is higher, the wait for a bite is shorter, the damage of fishing skills is higher, plus other fun effects, but you can only get there with a pass item from Goldeen (it can also be bought in the shop for real money).
• The competition system was also reworked:
  • The system starts on the first day of each month at 12 at night and runs until 12 at night on day 15 of the month.
  • Rewards are handed out from day 16 at 12 at night until the end of the month.
  • The top 5 winners will get an agathion in the form of the zodiac sign of the corresponding month.
• The existing fishing skills will be removed; compensation in adena will be sent to the player's warehouse. New fishing skills can be learned from any NPC fisherman.
• Skills that expand the character's inventory are now bought for Elcyum Powder.
• Mark of Fishing can be exchanged with 'Aden Reconstruction Society Leader' for treasure chests.
• New Fish Stew items can be made from caught fish to raise one of the stats (STR, DEX, CON, WIT, INT, MEN) by 3 for 30 minutes.

Clan

• The amount of reputation points gained for academy members leveling up was changed.
• Characters who have joined an academy can now get a circlet in Town of Gludio from Gludio Academy NPC.
• The circlet gives a passive skill that increases XP gain by 10% and reduces XP loss on death by 50%. Available to characters of levels 1-84.
• The adena limit for clan hall auction bids was raised from 20 billion to 99 billion.
• If the weekly fee isn't paid, the clan hall is put up for auction that very second.
• The range of items that can be bought in clan halls was expanded.
• The clan cloak can now be bought from Mulia in Rune Township and Ilia in Town of Aden.
• 10 new clan halls were added:
  • Gludio: Emerald Hall
  • Gludio: Crystal Hall
  • Gludio: Sapphire Hall
  • Gludio: Aquamarine Hall
  • Dion: Blue Barracks
  • Dion: Brown Barracks
  • Dion: Yellow Barracks
  • Dion: White Barracks
  • Floran: Black Barracks
  • Floran: Green Barracks

Olympiad

• Olympiad participation time was changed to Friday and Saturday from 20:00 to 00:00.
• The maximum number of matches per week was changed from 50 to 30.
• The minimum number of matches per month was changed from 15 to 10.
• Match types were changed as follows:
  • BEFORE: week 1-3 non-class battles / week 4(5) class battles.
  • AFTER: week 1 class battles / week 2-4(5) non-class battles.
• The notification about entering a battle was changed. The character's position in the queue is now shown.
• Now a chat will be available for the character before the match starts. During battles, private messages (whisper) will be available.
• Olympiad points for ranks are now awarded as follows:
  • Hero: 200 / 70
  • Top 1%: 200 / 60
  • Top 10%: 200 / 50
  • Top 25%: 200 / 45
  • Top 50%: 200 / 40
  • Less than 50%: 200 / 30
  • 10 battles and more than 1 win: 0 / 10
• The list and prices of items that can be bought from the manager were changed.
• The number of coins for taking part in battles was changed as follows:
  • BEFORE: a win in non-class battles - 40 coins, a win in class battles - 50 coins.
  • AFTER: a win in non-class and class battles - 100 coins, a loss - 50 coins.

Ceremony of Chaos

• The Ceremony of Chaos now runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays instead of daily.
• Each participant now gets their own unique number while taking part.
• The range of items that can be bought for Mysterious Mark was expanded.

Siege of Another Dimension

• The cycle of Dimensional Sieges was changed from weekly to every two weeks.
• Rewards for holding the same castle for a long time were changed.
• The conditions for taking part in Dimensional Sieges were changed as follows:
  • BEFORE: Owners of the Rune or Aden castles.
  • AFTER: Owners of any castle.

Beauty Salon

• 3 new hairstyles were added.
• The beauty salon now keeps a purchase history.
• When trying to buy a hairstyle or face you already have, a special icon will be shown.
• Adena will be charged only for the first purchase of a new hairstyle or face.
• An already purchased hairstyle or face can be activated without paying again.

Miscellaneous

• The debuff for low reputation was changed as follows:
  • Before: Zaken Energy Drain lv. 7 - P. Def./M. Def. -95%.
  • After: Zaken Energy Drain lv. 7 - no debuff.
• The rate of Vitality consumption when hunting monsters was slightly increased.
• The recommendation points shop will be removed from the game and will no longer be available.
• The campaign system was completely removed from the game. Players' remaining Mark of the King and Mark of Lords can be exchanged for treasure chests with Aden Reconstruction Society Leader.
• The Clan Requests system was removed from the game.
• Now a Mentor can get more Mentee's Mark if the Mentee is in the academy of the same clan.
• Free teleports for characters below level 40 are now highlighted in gatekeeper dialogs.
• The dual sword attack animation of male Kamael characters was changed.

Locations

Changes in existing locations

Hellbound

• The location was changed for characters of level 99 and above.
• All old quest and monster items were removed.
• Steel Citadel, Battered Lands, Anomic Foundry and Steel Citadel Outpost () are no longer reachable through the island's teleport system. You can get there through the Sayune jump system.
• All characters below level 99 will be teleported to Heine when trying to reach the island.

Beleth's Magic Circle

• Beleth's Magic Circle is a location for solo hunting, also suitable for small groups.
• When killing monsters there's a chance the rings change color, and depending on the color — green, yellow, red — the monsters change:
  • Green - ordinary monsters.
  • Yellow - the statuses in monster names change, and killing each one has a chance to spawn NPC, which puts debuffs or buffs on players.
  • Red - monsters become stronger but give more EXP and SP.

Desert Quarry

• Desert Quarry is meant for groups of 2-5 people.
• In this location monsters can evolve up to 4 times, getting stronger.
• When hunting with a full party in the location (7 people), the monster Immortal Tanya may appear and use a skill that kills the whole party almost 100% of the time.
• The chance of a monster evolving to stage 3 is 100%, but the chance of evolving to stage 4 is extremely low (you get the joke). Monster evolutions differ depending on which finishing blow was dealt — physical or magical.

Phantasmal Ridge

• Phantasmal Ridge Party location.
• While moving through the location, characters will get Desert Thirst effects. Skill levels 1, 2 and 3 give a positive effect; level 4 and higher give negative effects.
• If one of the party members has level 4 of Desert Thirst, there's a chance Mirage Viper will appear, and the more people in the party have level 4, the higher the chance. The monster appears for 30 seconds, and if the characters manage to kill it, Desert Thirst will be lowered to level 3 and the characters get the buff Thirst Quench; if not, it will be raised to level 5.

Refugee Camp

• After moving to the island from Town of Heine, the player ends up in Refugee Camp.
• From Refugee Camp, using Sayune, you can move to all the changed locations of Hellbound.
• The main NPC are also located in Refugee Camp.

Seed of Destruction

• Remade into a location for levels 93-97.
• The cycle system was removed, and the location is now simply an instance.
• Monsters Dragon Steed () are now levels 93-97.
• All Raid Bosses in the location are now level 96.
• The maximum number of people entering in a command channel is 35.

Seed of Infinity

• Remade into a location for levels 95-99.
• The cycle system was removed, and the location is now simply an instance.
• Hall of Suffering (), Hall of Erosion () and Heart of Immortality () were merged into one zone.
• Raid Bosses Ekimus (lv. 60), Yehan Klanikus (lv. 70, 82) and Yehan Klodekus (lv. 70, 82) are now level 99.
• The maximum number of people entering in a command channel is 35.

Raider's Crossroads

• The amount of SP for killing monsters has been increased.
• Some monsters were given resistance to the pulling skills of Feoh Wizards.
• Monsters' resistance to normal attacks was reduced.

Land of Chaos

• The amount of Exp and SP for killing monsters was increased.
• The terrain was slightly changed for more comfortable leveling.
• The stats of all monsters were slightly lowered.
• Monsters were given resistance to spear attacks.
• When Blue Horn or Red Horn monsters are killed, the monsters in the location change too.

Bloody Swampland

• New monster spawn points were added in flatter and hilly areas.
• Monster behavior was changed to prevent gathering huge trains for AoE farming.

Ruins of Agony/Despair

• Monster respawn time was reduced.

Varka Silenos/Ketra Orc Outpost/Forest of the Dead

• The duration of debuffs applied by monsters was reduced.
• The terrain of the locations was changed and monster respawn time was reduced.

Kartia's Labyrinth

• The amount of SP rewarded for completing the solo Kartia instance was reduced.
• The P.Atk./M.Atk. of Zellaka at level 85 of solo Kartia was lowered. The frequency of the fear skill was reduced.

Guillotine Fortress

• The list of items obtainable from monsters with spoil was changed.
• The animation of the skill Weakened Chaos Shield was removed for all monsters in the location.
• The number of monsters in the location was increased.
• The knockback effect on monsters at the moment Chaos Shield is destroyed was removed.
• The respawn time of the monster Mandragora (lv. 98) was reduced.

Monsters

Raid Boss rank system

• The Raid Boss ranking system was changed. All previously earned Raid Boss points will be reset.
• Now killing a Raid Boss gives at least 1 rank point.
• Aria () in Hunters Village can exchange raid points for items.
• New Raid Bosses were added in the following territories:
  • Altar of Evil () (Oren Territory)
    • Bloody Earth Dragon Gagia
    • Demon Fardune
    • Demon Harsia
    • Demon Bedukel
    • Bloody Witch Rumilla
    • Shilen's Priest Sasia
  • Gludio Castle Town () (Gludio Territory)
    • Monster Minotaur
    • Monster Sarga
    • Monster Hogliff
    • Monster Artarot
    • Monster Centaur
    • Monster Laum
  • Orc Barracks (Gludio Territory)
    • Amden Orc Turahot
    • Amden Orc Turation
    • Amden Orc Turamathia
    • Amden Orc Turabait
    • Nerva Orc Nermion
    • Nerva Orc Nergatt
  • Fairy Settlement (Magmeld Territory)
    • Ekidna's Statue Ixignon
    • Ekidna's Statue Pantasaus
    • Ekidna's Statue Kathargon
    • Ekidna's Statue Kimesis
    • Ekidna's Statue Abelsnif
    • Ekidna's Statue Tarstan
  • Elven Village (Oren Territory)
    • Harp's Clone
    • Isadora's Avatar
    • Maliss' Avatar
    • Embryo Garron
    • Embryo Nigel
    • Embryo Dabos
  • Garden of Beasts (Goddard Territory)
    • Enhanced Mahum Supercium
    • Tiverga
    • Tycepton
    • Timarga
    • Typheron
    • Enhanced Mahum Radium
  • Fields of Silence (Innadril Territory)
    • Evil Magikus
    • Kerfaus
    • Milinaus
    • Sarkaus
    • Shimeus
    • Evil Kinigos
  • Gorgon Flower Garden/Breka's Stronghold (Giran Territory)
    • Zetahl
    • Tabris
    • Stelos
    • Ravolas
    • Stelo Soma
    • Dephracor
  • Cruma Tower (Dion Territory)
    • Garamor's Herald Gariott
    • Varvacion
    • Varmoni
    • Varvinos
    • Varmonia
    • Varkaron
  • Orc Village (Schuttgart Territory)
    • Megaloprepis
    • Antharas' Herald Komabor
    • Skellrus' Herald Iskios
    • Valakas' Herald Potigia
    • Lindvior's Herald Numa
    • Fafurion's Herald Aquarion
  • Valley of Saints (Rune Territory)
    • Fallen Angel Tiera
    • Corrupted Goblier
    • Corrupted Cherkia
    • Corrupted Harthemon
    • Corrupted Sarboth
    • Fallen Angel Eloule
  • Seal of Shilen ()/The Cemetery (Aden Territory)
    • Dark Messenger Afjak
    • Dusk Knight Feilnor
    • Chaos Wizard Amormio
    • Insolence Knight Lahav
    • Death Priest Borhunt
    • Destruction Knight Zeruel
  • Isle of Souls (Aden Territory)
    • Vengeful Eligos
    • Vengeful Agarez
    • Vengeful Lerazia
    • Vengeful Oretross
    • Vengeful Edaire
    • Vengeful Agonia

Changes to existing bosses

Lilith

• Required raid level 85-89.
• The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98.
• You can get to the boss by teleporting to Catacomb of Dark Omens from Dark Elven Village.
• Raid Boss respawn time: Tuesday (21:00) and Saturday (16:00).

Anakim

• Required raid level 90-94.
• The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98.
• You can get to the boss by teleporting to Disciples Necropolis from Town of Aden.
• Raid Boss respawn time: Thursday (21:00) and Saturday (14:00).

Beleth and Darion

• When Beleth/Darion spawns, an earthquake will shake the whole Hellbound.
• Raid conditions were changed as follows:
  • The respawn of Beleth and Darion is now 7 days.
  • The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98.
  • The wormhole for entering the instance is located in Refugee Camp.
  • Characters far away from the wormhole won't get into the instance.

Baium

• The raid was changed for characters strictly of levels 76 to 84.
• Characters above level 84 will get the raid debuff.
• The boss's health was increased. The boss's level is set to 78.
• The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98.
• You can re-enter the instance after 1 hour if the boss was awakened.
• If the raid succeeds, the command channel will be moved to the first floor of the ToI after the dialog with Teleportation Cubic.
• If the raid fails, the command channel can re-enter after 1 hour.
• You no longer need to dye rags to enter (you always dreamed of that, didn't you?)
• During the raid you can't switch to a dual class or subclass, or summon other characters with skills.

Lindvior

• The boss's health was reduced by 1/3. The raid difficulty was lowered.
• The stats of Lyn Draco monsters were lowered.
• In case of a disconnect during the raid, the character can return to the instance within 20 minutes via Altar of Sacrifice.
• When logging out during the raid, the character will be moved to Rune Township.
• Required raid level 95-99.
• The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98. The maximum is 200.
• Only one command channel can enter.
• The raid boss's drop was changed.

Antharas

• Required raid level 95-99.
• The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98. The maximum is 200.
• A maximum of 2 command channels can enter.
• The raid boss's drop was changed.
• If the boss's health drops below 25% and it isn't defeated within 10 minutes, the boss goes berserk.
• The monster Dragon Bomber (lv. 60) will no longer appear during the final stage of the raid.

Valakas

• Required raid level 95-99.
• The minimum number of characters to enter the raid is 98. The maximum is 200.
• A maximum of 2 command channels can enter.
• The raid boss's drop was changed.
• If the boss's health drops below 25% and it isn't defeated within 10 minutes, the boss goes berserk.
• Now during the raid you can target the monster Lavasaurus Alpha (lv. 44).

Characters

Skills

• Many existing old 2th and 3th class skills were changed. Some of them got new levels and will keep being learned even with the 4th class, almost up to level 99. Some were removed or replaced with other skills, but for the most part they were all strengthened or got new, additional effects.
• Some 4th class skills were removed and moved to the 3th class skills, keeping their enchant level.
• Now using the skill Agathion Collection to gather energy in the seeds will remove invisibility effects (Hide, etc.).
• The skill Blessed Body can now no longer be used on hostile targets.
• The following classes got new skills:
  • Tyrr Duelist
    • Faceoff
  • Tyrr Dreadnought
    • Thunder Spear
  • Tyrr Grand Khavatari
    • Wolf's Cry
  • Sigel Hell Knight
    • Death Touch
  • Sigel Eva's Templar
    • Templar's Will
    • Summon Guardian Cubic
  • Sigel Shillien Templar
    • Mass Lightning Strike
  • Othell Adventurer
    • Critical Adventures
  • Othell Wind Rider
    • Critical Chances
    • Critical Expansions
  • Othell Ghost Hunter
    • Critical Prowess
  • Feoh Mystic Muse
    • Aqua Crash
  • Feoh Soultaker
    • Sacrificial Soul
  • Iss Sword Muse
    • Prevailing Song
    • Daring Song
    • Refreshing Song
    • Song of Protection
  • Iss Spectral Dancer
    • Prevailing Dance
    • Daring Dance
    • Refreshing Dance
    • Battle Rhapsody Dance
  • Wynn Arcana Lord
    • Arcane Rage
    • Arcane Link
  • Wynn Elemental Master
    • Elemental Rage
    • Elemental Link
  • Wynn Spectral Master
    • Spectral Rage
    • Spectral Link

Items

Craft

• Now you can craft Scroll of Blessing of grades R-R99, but only Tyrr Maestro can use the crafting recipe. Crafting requires crafting skill levels 12, 13 and 14 respectively. Although the scrolls can now be crafted, the chance of making the item blessed is only 5%.
• The double craft chance now applies only to weapons, armor and jewelry.

Wondrous Cubic

• The cost of exchanging pieces from Wondrous Cubic for enchant scrolls was changed.
• Using the cubic can now give Wondrous Fragment. They can be exchanged for tattoo dyes with any warehouse keeper (Warehouse).

Miscellaneous

• Enchanting R-grade armor now shows additional visual effects:
  • Enchanting armor to +6 or +7 shows a light silver glow effect.
  • Enchanting armor to +8 shows a light golden glow effect.
• Drops and spoils of all monsters of levels 1-99 were changed.
• Monsters no longer drop recipes below S80.
• Recipes and all corresponding ingredients can be bought from Recipe Merchant in every town.
• Drops were reduced in all locations where players level from 1 to 85.
• Weapons that can be bought for Steel Door Coin are now sold with a preset SA that can't be changed but can be enchanted.
• The number of Olympiad coins needed to buy Vesper Noble Stone was reduced from 2000 to 200.
• The amount of Vesper Noble Stone needed to upgrade armor was reduced.
• The sound effect when a whole item drops from a monster was changed.
• Crafting B-grade dual swords no longer requires Stone of Purity.
• Now, if the party has a character 11 levels below the monster being killed, the monster won't drop items even if the low-level character is very far away.
• The visual and sound effects of R-grade soulshots were changed.

Quests

New quests

• New quests were added in the following locations:
  • Hellbound ():
    • Elikia's Letter
    • Operation: Rescue
    • Kefensis' Hallucination Single
    • To the Desert Quarry
    • A Sick Ambition
    • Retrieving the Fragment of Chaos
  • Seed of Destruction/Seed of Infinity:
    • The Road to Destruction
    • The Road to Infinity
    • Slay Dark Lord Tiat
    • Slay Dark Lord Ekimus
    • Utilize the Darkness - Seed of Destruction
    • Utilize the Darkness - Seed of Infinity
    • Utilize the Darkness - Seed of Annihilation
    • Utilize the Darkness - Seed of Hellfire
  • Other:
    • Tapping the Power Within
    • Bottle of Istina's Soul
    • Bottle of Octavis' Soul
    • Bottle of Tauti's Soul
• 29 quests were removed.
• The level requirements for the quest Stopping the Wind Dragon were lowered from level 99 to 95.

Interface

• Categories you can switch between were added to the inventory. The inventory window was visually enlarged.
• A system was added for command channels to split adena equally among all parties of the command channel.
• Many new settings were added for the chat. Now you can, for example, change the font size or set the chat's transparency.
• The XP bar can now switch between XP and SP. SP, which will be shown as a percentage of the maximum available to the character.
• Now, after enchanting an item, you can simply press Continue (Continue) to try to enchant the item again.
• The interface for adding attributes to weapons was changed. Now you can specify how many attribute crystals will be used and start the automatic process. It stops if all attribute stones have been used or the maximum value has been reached.
• An icon was added to the trade interface showing your relationship (what clan they're in, whether they're on your friends list, etc.) with the character you're trading with. This system is meant to help players avoid situations where items are handed over, for example, to a character whose name is very similar to the name of the intended recipient.