📢 Update Notes - 01/09/26

📅 Update 1/09

📜 Resources

🧩 Quests

❄️ New quest "Echoes of Ice"

Activated with: Ghoul Skull (drop).

Objectives: 50 Glacius, 35 Arctic Suids, 15 Arctic Eyewarden.

Reward: 124,000 exp.

Submit to: NPC Zaldivar (map 354, Eleusis).

🌙 New quest "The Moon Shard"

Activated with: Stained Note (drop).

Objectives: 65 Red Dragons, 40 Black Dragons, 25 Gold Dragons.

Reward: 168,000 exp.

Submit to: NPC Bertram (map 151, Arghal).

🏛️ New quest "Purification of the Sanctuary"

Activated with: Ancient Book (drop).

Objectives: 100 Medusas, 35 Scarlet Witches, 10 Stone Golems.

Reward: 235,000 exp.

Turn in to: NPC Sheila (map 171, Abandoned City).

🔄 The NPC Makrom from the starting quests has been moved to Forgat, near the spawn point.

📖 The description of the quest "Need for a Leader" has been clarified (requires 25 Leadership points, intended for future clan founders).

👾 NPCs

Ice Ghoul: +0.2% chance to drop a Ghoul Skull.

Red Dragon: +0.25% chance to drop a Stained Note.

Medusa: +0.3% chance to drop an Ancient Book.

⚖️ Level Adjustments

Morvanna: 28 → 30

Mermaid: 28 → 32

Leviathan: 28 → 32

Shark: 28 → 32

Ogre: 28 → 30

Chasdo: 28 → 30

Ghost Galleon: 28 → 32

Zeraphon: 28 → 32

Small Leviathan: 28 → 32

Ursidae: 28 → 30

Gigantor: 28 → 32

Wind Pixie: 28 → 30

Typhon: 28 → 30

Ignarok: 28 → 30

Kingion: 28 → 30

Earth Pixie: 28 → 30

Fire Pixie: 28 → 30

Dire Wolf: 28 → 30

Scorvex: 28 → 30

Minotaur: 28 → 30

Umbrax: 28 → 30

Young Minotaur: 28 → 30

Barbarian Minotaur: 28 → 30

Warrior Minotaur: 28 → 30

Amanita: 28 → 30

Bisporus: 28 → 30

Saffron Milk Cap: 28 → 30

Comatus: 28 → 30

Cryptococcus: 28 → 32

Velociraptor: 28 → 32

Elven Ent: 28 → 32

📍 The NPC Laican has been moved from map 366 (Cave of Desolation - Non-Magical) to map 578 (Mines of Doom), so that magic characters under level 25 can complete the new quest "The Fragment of the Four."

🗺️ Maps

🔼 Minimum level to enter the Anthill dungeon: 23 → 24.

👻 Hide/invisibility has been enabled on Forgat maps, including Frog Cave.

🎁 Items

🧑‍🎓 Newbie Equipment

Retains up to and including level 19, even upon death.

Available in Forgat for 0 gold.

✨ Spells

🪨 Petrify (NPC) enabled for Wizards, Bards, Clerics, and Druids.

Magic skill requirement: 50 → 45.

Usable from level 18 with natural skills.

🖥️ Server

🤖 NPCs and Behavior

New NPC chase between maps.

Fixes for invalid chase routes.

Chase settings for safe maps.

Correct respawn on the original map. Author: Morgolock

🆕 New Characters and Newbie Items

Item retention upon graduation.

Protection of newbie items in the bank. Author: Morgolock

💬 Messages and Communication

New message channel system.

Color standardization.

Refactoring of numeric IDs → constants.

Channel included in protocol. Author: Centtorios

🗺️ Fishing and Maps

Fixed the fishing percentage calculation. Author: Morgolock

⏱️ Stability and Timers

Fixed timers against overflow.

Validated with a full suite of VB6 tests (284/284).

📜 Logging and Auditing

Logging the quest lifecycle (completed/abandoned). Authors: Centtorios and Morgolock

🔧 Other Adjustments

New automated tests for NPCs, Remort, spells, and house doors.