Freya News and Features

Freya & New Areas

 

Freya

Freya is a new raid boss for Lineage II. According to lore, Freya used to be a kind princess named Felicia. Her political enemies betrayed her, and in an attempt to kill her, she was transformed into Ice Queen Freya instead. Her loyal servant, Sirra, was transformed into Ice Fairy Sirra. Freya disappeared for years, during which time Ice Fairy Sirra ruled over the Frozen Labyrinth. Now that Freya has returned to power, Sirra is no longer a raid boss in Lineage II.

 

Zone Type	Raid Instance
Recommended Level	82-85
Number of Players	9-27
Entrance NPC	Jinia
Difficulty Modes	Normal or Extreme
Instance Reset Time	6:30 a.m. UTC+2:00 (Every Wednesday and Saturday)

Possible rewards for successfully completing a Freya raid:

 

Freya Raid Difficulty Level	Normal Mode	Extreme Mode
Possible Rewards	Necklace of Freya	Bottle of Freya’s Soul Blessed Necklace of Freya
Reward Stats	Necklace M. Def.: 125 Weight: 150 + 10 Water resistance +20% Bleed resistance +15% Paralysis resistance +15% Shock resistance +15% Sleep resistance +10% Mental attack resistance -5% Magic skill reuse delay 4% Reflected damage upon short-range attack +50 Max MP +0.23 MP Regen	Bring the Bottle of Freya’s Soul and a (normal mode) Necklace of Freya to Rafferty. In exchange, he gives you a Blessed Necklace of Freya. Necklace M.Def.: 132 Weight: 150 + 15 Water resistance +25% Bleed resistance +20% Paralysis resistance +20% Shock resistance +20% Sleep resistance +10% Mental attack resistance -5% Magic skill reuse delay 4% Reflected damage upon short-range attack +50 Max MP +0.46 MP Regen +15.6 Caster heal capacity +2 MEN +1 CON -1 STR -5% MP consumption when casting magic

Seed of Annihilation

 

The Seed of Annihilation is an enormous parasitic creature that absorbs bioenergy through its roots. Istina, the mother creator, is a conscious entity that inhabits the Seed. She has a symbiotic relationship with the land. She uses the energy that she siphons from the earth to create the creatures that inhabit her host. Reach this challenging and awe-inspiring area by flight or by airship from the Keucereus Alliance Base, located far to the south of the Gracia continent.

Zone Type	Party Hunting Area
Recommended Level	85

The Seed of Annihilation is split into three areas: Bistakon, Reptilikon, and Kokracon. Players can hunt in these areas at all times, regardless of the Seed’s status. Each area has its own raid boss. They appear are set times or can be triggered by continuous hunting in their area.

• Bistakon: Taklacan
• Reptilikon: Torumba
• Cokrakon: Dopagen

Entering each of these areas also bestows a buff that lets players inflict additional damage on the local monsters, depending on their class type.

• The buffs are Efficacy of Strength (benefits melee classes), Efficacy of Agility (benefits archer classes), and Efficacy of Wisdom (benefits mage classes).
• These buffs randomly are rearranged among the three areas at 1 p.m. CST every Monday. Thus, if Bistakon bestows the Efficacy of Strength buff one week, it will bestow a different buff the following week, and Efficacy of Strength will instead be available in one of the other two areas.

Sealed Vesper materials can be obtained in the Seed of Annihilation. The new Maguen Pet can only be obtained inside the Seed of Annihilation. Speak to NPC Nemo for more information. Nemo is in front of the airship dock controller, just outside of the Seed. Maguen Plasma Buffs:

• Speak to NPC Nemo to receive the Maguen Plasma Collection device. When a monster is killed in the Seed of Annihilation, a Wild Maguen has a chance of appearing.
• The Wild Maguen will display one of three different particle effects above its head. The color of each effect corresponds to the three different kinds of plasmas that can be collected and applied to a character as a buff using the Maguen Plasma Collection device. There are a large variety of plasma buffs.
• The Wild Maguen will interact with only one randomly chosen party member. That character has 10 seconds to use the Maguen Plasma Collection device on the Wild Maguen. When the device is used, the character receives a plasma buff. Plasma buffs can be heightened in intensity, reaching up to level 3 of the buff, by collecting more plasma from more Wild Maguens. If a character gets to level 3 of a plasma buff, that individual buff has a chance to bestow a beneficial partywide buff.
• Maguen Plasma Collection devices have a chance to overload on use and remove all the Maguen Plasma Buffs that have been collected so far.
• While collecting Maguen plasmas, a Maguen Pet summoning item may drop randomly.

 

Sel Mahum Training Grounds

 

 

Zone Type	Solo Hunting Area
Recommended Level	83-84

The once empty area south of Oren is now populated with ranks upon ranks of Sel Mahum soldiers that are constantly training for battle. After losing territory battles with their cousins, the Oel Mahum, the Sel Mahum are planning to claim the Plains of the Lizardmen. Many Sel Mahum soldiers operate on a daily schedule of eating, training, and resting. Their behavior follows their schedule. The Sel Mahum are trained to defend as a group. If one of them is attacked, all other Sel Mahums nearby come to the defense.

 

 

Labyrinth of the Abyss

 

Zone Type	Instanced Zone
Recommended Level	80-85

Enter this level 83 instanced zone by speaking to Captain Mathias in Rune. The zone is reset at 6:30 a.m. UTC+2:00 every day.

 

Revamped Hunting Grounds

 

Plains of the Lizardmen

 

Zone Type	Solo Hunting Area
Recommended Level	83-84

This area is now geared toward high-level players, and hunting here is optimal for archer classes.

According to lore, the blood of the dragon Antharas has seeped into the ground of this area and transformed the local Lizardman population. The Tanta Lizardmen, as they are now called, are addicted to the toxic fumes emitted from strange glowing pillars.

Characters in this zone experience the toxicity as a debuff: the Curse of the Plains. This debuff lowers a character’s HP, but increases its bow/crossbow abilities.

Herbs dropped in this region do not land on the ground as items. Instead, the herb buff effects are applied automatically after your character kills a creature.

Certain lesser creatures in this area can help or hinder characters:

• The Rainbow Frog contains an enzyme that counteracts the Curse of the Plains.
• The Energy Plant restores 70% of your character’s health.
• When you kill a Smash Fungus, all nearby monsters rush to the spot where it died and are dazed for a few seconds. Once the daze wears off, these monsters attack the characters that killed the Smash Fungus.
• The Sticky Mushroom recovers 90% of a character’s HP but causes immobility for 5 seconds.

The area boss Tanta Seer Ugoros can be defeated by a character player. The battle with him involves both his attacker and Ugoros using certain herbs to heal or hinder each other. This boss is involved in two new quests.

 

Beast Farm

Zone Type	Solo Hunting Area
Recommended Level	83-84

This area was originally for level 63+ characters, but it has been adjusted to suit high-level characters, and a number of new quests have been added in the area.

Crystal Spice and Golden Spice icons and prices in this area have changed. The range of the spice effects has increased. Monsters can now be farmed for either experience or for Adena/items depending on the type of feed used on them. Characters can now purchase spice packs that contain up to 50 spices and a chance to obtain special feed. Special feed allows a character a chance to tame a monster with only one application.

Grendels have been added to the list of monsters in this area that can be fed until they become temporary pets. Multiple tamed pets can now be used by a single character. To control tamed pets on the Beast Farm, the character must have a Bull Whip, which can be obtained for free from NPC Tunatun. Once a character has equipped the Bull Whip in a bracelet slot, it has access to four pet commands: Release, Release All, Follow, and Use Ability. Tamed beasts on the Beast Farm no longer heal or recharge.

 

Pavel Ruins

 

Zone Type	Solo or Party Hunting Area
Recommended Level	70-72

Pavel Ruins is the location of a large and ancient research center that Dwarf and Dark Elf Exploration Teams have been studying for a long time. The mad scientist, Dr. Chaos, has arrived in the Pavel Ruins and become obsessed by his creature creations, the Golem Corps. Dr. Chaos also created the Golem Corps of Horrors with the help a young Dwarf girl named Dorothy.

The Strip Mines area is appropriate for solo characters. In the Strip Mines, after a monster’s death, it is likely that additional monsters will appear near the dead monster.

Dr. Chaos’ Research Center is a group encounter.

 

Monastery of Silence

 

Zone Type	Solo or Party Hunting Area
Recommended Level	83-84

In this zone where peace and silence are prized, adventurers that are not armed with weapons may pass through without hostility from the monks. After a prolonged period of prayer and meditation, the priests of Einhasad who follow St. Solina have foreseen the end of the world. These priests pray to the gods to prevent this destruction. As if in answer to their prayers, a new angel has appeared in the top level of the Monastery. Rumor also says that a treasure is hidden between the Room of Secrets and Savior Solina herself. Adventurers that covet the Holy Grail might be lucky enough to find it here.

A new mini-game has been added to this zone that involves lighting nine torches in the correct order inside the Room of Secrets.

The raid fight with Master Anays has become more difficult.

Steel Citadel

Zone Type	Party Hunting Area
Recommended Level	83-85

Characters now have the option to move between floors inside the Tower of Infinitum by speaking to teleporter NPCs. Characters now require Seal Breaker stones to access the floors where Demon Prince or Ranku are located.

Frintezza

Zone Type	Raid Instance
Recommended Level	80-85
Number of Players	9-27
Instance Reset Time	6:30 a.m. UTC+2:00 Every Wednesday and Saturday

The raid boss Scarlet van Halisha is now level 85.

Zaken-Daydream

Zone Type	Raid Instance
Recommended Level	78-85
Number of Players	9-27
Instance Reset Time	6:30 a.m. UTC+2:00 Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday

The Raid Boss Zaken (Daydream) is now level 83.

Antharas and Valakas Changes

Zone Type	Raid Zone
Recommended Level	85

Both dragons are now significantly stronger and live longer, making them the most difficult kills in the game. Up to 200 characters can simultaneously challenge Antharas.

Quests

New quests and new kinds of quests have been added to Lineage II.

Quest Name	Quest Type	Start Level	Start NPC/Zone	Description
Request of Ice Merchant Acquisition of Divine Sword Meeting Sirra Reunion with Sirra Story of Those Left	Freya Quest Line One-Time Quests	82	Rafferty/Ice Merchant Cabin	Five-part quest line to explore the Ice Queen’s Castle and to learn the story of Ice Queen Freya.
To the Seed of Annihilation	Delivery Quest	84	Kbarldire/Kucereus Outpost	Kbarldire needs an adventurer to deliver his Attack Order to a NPC at the Seed of Annihilation.
Finding the Lost Soldiers	Daily Quest	84	Officer Jakan/Seed of Annihilation Airship Dock	Officer Jakan is looking for the missing soldiers who were staying at the airship dock.
Not Strong Enough Alone	Daily Quest	84	Officer Clemis/Seed of Annihilation Airship Dock	Officer Clemis is looking for adventurers that will clean out monsters from the Seed of Annihilation.
Completely Lost	Escort Quest	84	Wounded Soldier/Seed of Annihilation	You find a wounded soldier inside the Seed of Annihilation. He asks you to help him find a way out.
Oath	Daily Quest	82	Strongbox of Promise/Monastery of Silence	Recover an ancient book from the Monastery of Silence and deliver it to Director Sophia.
Secret Mission	Delivery Quest	82	Priest Dominic/Rune Township	Priest Dominic needs an adventurer to deliver a letter to Priest Greymore inside the Monastery of Silence.
Fade to Black	Raid Quest	82	Priest Greymore/Monastery of Silence	Priest Greymore needs adventurers to defeat Master Anays.
The One Who Ends Silence	Repeatable Quest	82	Priest Greymore/Monastery of Silence	Priest Greymore is looking for adventurers to defeat the monks in the Monastery of Silence.
Lost and Found	Escort Quest	82	Gumiel/Monastery of Silence	Young Gumiel has lost his way while hunting in the Monastery of Silence. Help him get back outside!
Perfect Form	Daily Quest	82	Keleia/Beast Farm	Help Keleia of the Beast Farm get rare meat that will cure her friend’s illness.
Home Security	One-Time Quest	82	Tunatun/Beast Farm	Farm Manager Tunatun is having a problem with monsters attacking his beasts.
Target of Opportunity	Repeatable Quest	82	Jerian/Steel Citadel	Jerian says he will teleport adventurers directly to the doors of Demon Prince and Ranku, for a price.
Conqueror of Land Dragon	One-Time Quest	83	Theodric/Dragon Valley	Those who defeat the all-powerful Antharas will receive a new hair accessory.
Destructor of Fire Dragon	One-Time Quest	83	Klein/Forge of the Gods	Those who defeat the fire-breathing Valakas will receive a new hair accessory.
Poisoned Plains of Lizardmen	One-Time Quest	82	Captain Mouen/Town of Oren	Captain Mouen dispatched investigators to the Plains of the Lizardmen, but they have not returned.
Watch What You Eat	One-Time Quest	82	Investigator Sally/Plains of the Lizardmen	Test the effects of the strange plants that grow in the Plains of the Lizardmen.
Figuring It Out	Repeatable Quest	82	Investigator Laki/Plains of the Lizardmen	Investigator Laki wants to teach you the secret of overcoming the poison in the region.
Take Your Best Shot	Repeatable Quest	82	Chief Investigator Johny/Plains of the Lizardmen	Chief Investigator Johny asks you to face Seer Ugoros of the Tanta Lizardmen.
Handle With Care	Repeatable Quest	82	Merchant Ankumi/Plains of the Lizardmen	Merchant Ankumi wants a lizard scale from Seer Ugoros. You can get a lizard scale several different ways, but you will receive a different reward depending on how you get her the scale.
It Smells Delicious	One-Time Quest	82	Guard Stan/Town of Oren	Guard Stan wants you to find out what is making that delicious smell coming from the south.
Rumble in the Base	Daily Quest	82	Guard Stan/Town of Oren	Guard Stan wants you to hunt the Sel Mahum Cooks at the Training Grounds.
No More Soup For You	One-Time Quest	82	Guard Stan/Town of Oren	Guard Stan wants you to steal the porridge from the Sel Mahum in the Training Grounds.
No Secrets	One-Time Quest	82	Guards Pinaps/Town of Oren	Guard Pinaps wants you to learn more about the Sel Mahum in the Training Grounds.
Threat Removal	Repeatable Quest	82	Guard Pinaps/Town of Oren	Guard Pinaps wants you to dispatch some Sel Mahums in the Training Grounds.
I Must Be A Genius	Daily Quest	82	Collect Gutenhagen/Pavel Ruins	Collector Gutenhagen wants you to learn more about the Golem Corps of Horrors.

 

Changes to Existing Quests

Quest Name	Quest Type	Start Level	Start NPC/Zone	Description
Influx of Machines	Repeatable Quest	70	Collector Gutenhagen/Pavel Ruins	Collector Gutenhagen wants you dispatch some of the creatures in the Pavel Ruins.
Delicious Top Choice Meat	Repeatable Quest	82	Tunatun/Beast Farm	Tunatun wants you to hunt certain beasts for their meat so that he can make a profit.

 

Other Changes to Quests

• The number of active quests that a character can have simultaneously has expanded from 25 to 40.
• New Quest Icons Over NPCs: The icon that indicates an available quest over an NPC’s head has changed from an exclamation mark to a scroll.
  • A red scroll indicates epic/transfer/special quests
  • A blue scroll indicates one-time/daily/repeatable/other quests.
    
• Third Class Transfer Quest-Duelist: The quest asks for “Top-Grade Meat” which can now be acquired directly through NPC Tunatun, instead of through an additional quest from NPC Tunatun.
• As the Plains of the Lizardmen area has been revamped, quest monsters that were in this area previously have now been moved. To locate them, use the tracking function on your map. The quests with relocated quest monsters are Certified Berserker, Contract Execution, Trial of Duty, Trial of the Scholar, Testimony of Life, Testimony of Fate, Test of the Duelist, Test of the Champion, Test of Sagittarius, Test of Witchcraft, Test of the Summoner, Test of the War Spirit, Hunting Leto Lizardmen, Song of the Hunter, and Little Wing.
• The quest “How to Oppose Evil” now accepts items from the new Seed of Annihilation, as well as the other Seeds, in exchange for merchandise.
• The level requirement for the quests “Resurrection of an Old Manager,” “The Last Pavel’s Relic,” and “Pavel the Giant” has been raised to level 70, as the Pavel Ruins zone was revamped.
• The level requirement for the quests “Go to the Pastureland!,” “Bring Up With Love,” and “Delicious Top Choice Meat” has been raised to 82, as the Beast Farm has been revamped.
• In the quests “Magical Power of Fire-Part 1″ and “Magical Power of Water-Part 1,” the required item’s name has changed to “Mark of Ketra’s Alliance-Level 1.”
• Items for the quest “Quest for Fishing Shot” can no longer be acquired in Pavel Ruins, as that area was revamped.
• The rewards list for the quest “For a Good Cause” has expanded to include Dynasty jewel recipes, the Dynasty sigil recipe, and Moirai jewels and robe set recipes and materials.
• The “Enhance Your Weapon” quest that allows a character to level up a Soul Crystal has been updated. Now, more monsters level different stages of a Soul Crystal.
• The character quest inventory has expanded to hold 100 items and no longer conflicts with a character’s regular inventory capacity.

 

PvP Changes

 

Castle Siege Changes

• Certain castle NPCs are now higher level:
  • Upper Level Castles: Aden and Rune (now level 80).
  • General Level Castles: Gludio, Dion, Giran, Innadril, Oren, Goddard, Schuttgart (now level 78).
• Siege servitor changes:
  • Siege servitor castle gate and wall attack power has been increased by 2.5 times.
  • The cast duration for siege servitor summon skills has been decreased from 300 seconds to 180 seconds.
  • Siege servitor summon and maintenance cost has been decreased:
    • Siege Golem: Summon with 180 C-grade crystals (used to be 300). Maintain with 40 C-grade gemstones (used to be 70).
    • Wild Hog Cannon: Summon with 70 B-grade crystals (used to be 120). Maintain with 20 B-grade gemstones (used to be 30).
    • Swoop Cannon: Summon with 27 A-grade crystals (used to be 46). Maintain with 13 B-grade gemstones (used to be 21).
• Castle prison times have been altered so that no one will be able to access the dungeon starting 2 hours before a siege.
• Castle gates and walls have roughly three times.
• S-grade shirts and bracelets have been added to the Court Magician’s sale list.

 

Territory War Changes

• When death occurs on the Territory War battlefield, resurrection is now possible using a Scroll of Resurrection or a resurrection skill. Conditional resurrection rules are the same as in Castle Siege situations.
• Mercenary transformation abilities have changed:
  • The skill level for all mercenary transformations has expanded to level 85 so that they scale to the character level cap.
  • All mercenary transformations now come with attribute defenses and new skills.
    • Ordinary Mercenary: 20 bonus to all attributes; new skills are Dash, Might, Stun Attack.
    • Knight Mercenary: 50 bonus to all attributes; new skills are Dash, Stun Attack.
    • Archer Mercenary: 50 bonus to all attributes; new skills are Snipe, Stun Shot.
    • Wizard Mercenary: 50 bonus to all attributes; new skills are Aqua Swirl, Wind Strike, Acumen.
    • Kamael Captain: 50 bonus to all attributes; new skill is Shoulder Charge.
    • Knight Captain: 80 bonus to all attributes; new skills are Aggression, Hate Aura, Stun Attack.
    • Commander: 80 bonus to all attributes; new skills are Ice Bolt, Acumen, Sleep.
  • When a territory ward is moved into a Peace Zone, the ward is now returned to the location where it was acquired by its present holder.

 

Fortress Siege Changes

• Fortress Siege NPCs are now level 76.
• About twice as many Knight’s Epaulette now drop than before.
• Fortress Gates now have roughly three times their previous HP.

 

Castle/Fortress Instance Zone Changes

• All of the NPCs in these zones now drop S-grade materials instead of A-grade:
  • Fortress Instance Zone
  • Castle Instance Zone
  • Castle Prison
  • Fortress Monster Dungeon
• The boss monsters in each of these Instance Zones now have a chance of dropping Knight’s Epaulette.

 

Olympiad

• The number of Olympiad Stadiums around Aden has increased from 22 to 88.

 

NPC Changes

The raid boss Ice Fairy Sirra is not longer present in the game. She has returned to her nonmagical form and is involved in the Freya lore and quest line.

Many PvP area NPCs are now higher level:

PvP Area	Previous NPC level	Current NPC level
Aden Castle	74	80
Rune Castle	74	80
Pailaka-Rune Castle Instance	80	82
Pailaka-Rune Fortress Instance	71	79
Gludio Castle Dion Castle Giran Castle Innadril Castle Oren Castle Goddard Castle Schuttgart Castle	69	78
Fortress Siege Instances (other than Rune)	66	76
Fortress Monster Prison	69	75
Fortress of the Dead	69	76
Devastated Castle	69	76
Wild Beast Reserve	60	73
Bandit Stronghold	60	73
Fortress of Resistance	48	70

 

Class & Skill Changes

 

Class Changes

Maximum CP has increased for the following classes:

Class	Increase
Sorcerer	20%
Spellsinger
Spellhowler
Bishop	29%
Elven Elder	80%
Shillien Elder
Overlord	13%

 

Skill Changes

New skills:

• Knight Class: Combat Aura and Patience
• Maestro: Create Item – Level 10 (Acquired from item: Forgotten Scroll – Create Item Level 10)

Changes to skills:

• Aggression: Skill power has been increased by approximately 35%.
• Magic Resistance: Magic Defense power has been increased by approximately 20%.
• The Blessing of Eva and the Touch of Life skills can no longer be used on monsters.

 

Pet, Servitor, and Cubic Changes

Servitor Changes

• The experience cost for most of the servitors associated with Warlocks, Elemental Summoners, Phantom Summoners, and Necromancers has been removed. Mew the Cat, Mirage the Unicorn, Silhouette and Corrupted Man servitors maintain their current experience consumption (90%).
• Servitors now require Spirit Ore (rather than Crystals) in order to be summoned and maintained.
• The cost for summon and maintenance themhas been decreased.
• Any and all buffs applied to a summoner character are automatically applied to the servitor pet also.

 

Pet Changes

• Maguen & Elite Maguen:
  • Maguens and Elite Maguen pets can be acquired in the new hunting area, Seed of Annihilation.
  • Maguen pets have a special ability that can move the owner to the Seed of Annihilation.
  • While a normal Maguen can only teleport its master, an Elite Maguen can move its master and the entire party its master is in to the Seed of Annihilation.
• The order in which wolf food is automatically consumed by a Great Wolf has been changed to the following: Great Wolf Food, then Enriched Pet Food for Wolves, then Food for Wolves. The best food is always consumed first.
• Crystal Spice and Golden Spice no longer have any effect on a baby beast.
• Any and all buffs applied to a summoner character are automatically applied to the servitor pet also.

 

Cubic Changes

• Cubics now require Spirit Ore rather than Crystals in order to summon.
• The cost of summon cubics has been decreased.
• Cubic healing powers have increased by 16%.

 

Items

 

New Weapons & Armor

Thirty-two new weapons:

Weapon Type	S84 High Grade	S84 Highest Grade
One-Handed Sword	Periel Sword	Eternal Core Sword
One-Handed Magic Sword	Veniplant Sword	Archangel Sword
Two-Handed Sword	Feather Eye Blade	Lava Saw
One-Handed Blunt	Vigwik Axe	Eversor Mace
One-Handed Magic Blunt	Rising Star	Sacredium
Two-Handed Blunt	Devilish Maul	Contristo Hammer
Two-Handed Magic Blunt	Blackvisage	Cyclic Cane
Dagger	Skull Edge	Mamba Edge
Spear	Doubletop Spear	Demitelum
Bow Skull	Carnium Bow	Recurve Thorne Bow
Fist	Octo Claw	Jade Claw
Rapier	Gemtail Rapier	Heavenstare Rapier
Ancient Sword	Finale Blade	Pyseal Blade
Crossbow	Dominion Crossbow	Thorne Crossbow
Dualsword	Periel Dualsword	Eternal Core Dualsword
Dual Dagger	Skull Edge Dual Dagger	Mamba Edge Dual Dagger

There are three new armor sets: Moirai, Vorpal, and Elegia. Each comes with its own version of Robe set, Light set, and Heavy set, as well as a set of jewelry.

S80 High Grade	S84 High Grade	S84 Highest Grade
Moirai	Vorpal	Elegia

• Moirai and Vesper Armor can be crafted.
• Augmentation and PvP upgrades are available for most of these new items.
• Vesper armor can be upgraded to Vesper Noble armor by exchanging Vesper Noble Enhance Stones to Maestro Ishuma.

 

Attributes System Change

A maximum of three different attributes can now be added to each piece of armor.

• Of the six attributes available, there are three sets of opposing attributes: Water-Fire, Wind-Earth, and Divinity-Darkness. When choosing your three attributes, you cannot select opposing attributes. For example, a single piece of armor cannot have both Fire and Water attributes.
• Attribute Master Yin in Aden and Attribute Master Yang in Rune can remove attributes from weapons and armor for a fee.

Attribute values have changed.

• Attack attribute bonus has been decreased.
• Defense attribute resistance has changed (when the defense attribute amount is higher than the attack attribute). For example, if an attacker’s attribute value is 50, and the defense attribute value on a target is 100, the damage amount will be the same if the defense value was 50.

 

Soul Crystal Changes

New Soul Crystal stages 17 (level 85) and 18 (level 86) have been added to the game in order to give special abilities to the newest weapons.

The list of monster souls that can be stored in the quest “Enhance Your Weapon” has been updated and expanded. Soul Crystals can now be leveled by new monsters. Any monsters not in this list, but who have previously leveled Soul Crystals will continue to do so.

Soul Crystal	Monsters That Now Level This Soul Crystal
Stage 11	Demon Prince, Ranku, Tully, Gwindorr, Last Titan Utenus, Hekaton Prime, Epidos, Cannibalistic Stakato Chief, Giant Marpanak, Gorgolos, Aenkinel, Hannibal, Typhoon, Awakened Ancient Sentry, Awakened Ancient Severer, Awakened Ancient Soul Extractor, Awakened Ancient Soul Devourer, Awakened Ancient Fighter, Awakened Ancient Executor, Awakened Ancient Prophet, Yehan Klodekus, Yehan Klanikus, Andreas Van Halter, Sailren, Gordon, Anais, Lilith, Anakim, Ketra’s Hero Hekaton, Ketra’s Commander Tayr, Ketra’s Chief Brakki, Soul of Fire Nastron, Varka’s Hero Shadith, Varka’s Commander Mos, Varka’s Chief Horus, Soul of Water Ashutar, Ember, Uruka, Longhorn Golkonda, Cherub Galaxia, Fire of Wrath Shuriel, Last Lesser Giant Glaki, Daimon the White-Eyed, Hestia, Guardian Deity of the Hot Springs, Ocean Flame Ashakiel, Flamestone Giant, Gigantic Golem Baium, Kernon, Storm Winged Naga, Last Lesser Giant Olkuth, Palatanos of Horrific Power, Bloody Empress Decarbia, Death Lord Ipos, Death Lord Shax, Antharas Priest Cloe, Krokian Padisha Sobekk, Icicle Prince Bumbalump, Death Lord Hallate, Plague Golem, Water Dragon Seer Sheshark, Vanor Chief Kandra, Doom Blade Tanatos, Eilhalder von Hellmann, Immortal Savior Mardil, Shilen’s Messenger Cabrio, Korim, Roaring Skylancer, Fafurion’s Herald Lokness, Palibati Queen Themis, Beast Lord Behemoth, Anakim’s Nemesis Zakaron, Flame of Splendor Barakiel, Meanas Anor, Bloody Priest Rudelto, Spirit of Andras, the Betrayer, Anakazel, Kernon’s Faithful Servant Kelone, Demon’s Agent Falston, Rahha, Fierce Tiger King Angel, Gargoyle Lord Tiphon, Enmity Ghost Ramdal, Shilen’s Priest Hisilrome, Roaring Lord Kastor, Fairy Queen Timiniel, Zaken, The 3rd Underwater Guardian, Ghost of the Well Lidia, Guardian of the Statue of Giant Karum, Ancient Weird Drake, Taik High Prefect Arak, Lord Ishka, Core, Orfen, and Queen Ant.
Stage 12	Demon Prince, Ranku, Tully, Gwindorr, Last Titan Utenus, Hekaton Prime, Epidos, Cannibalistic Stakato Chief, Giant Marpanak, Gorgolos, Aenkinel, Hannibal, Typhoon, Awakened Ancient Sentry, Awakened Ancient Severer, Awakened Ancient Soul Extractor, Awakened Ancient Soul Devourer, Awakened Ancient Fighter, Awakened Ancient Executor, Awakened Ancient Prophet, Yehan Klodekus, Yehan Klanikus, Andreas Van Halter, Sailren, Gordon, Anais, Lilith, Anakim, Ketra’s Hero Hekaton, Ketra’s Commander Tayr, Ketra’s Chief Brakki, Soul of Fire Nastron, Varka’s Hero Shadith, Varka’s Commander Mos, Varka’s Chief Horus, Soul of Water Ashutar, Ember, Uruka, Longhorn Golkonda, Cherub Galaxia, Fire of Wrath Shuriel, Last Lesser Giant Glaki, Daimon the White-Eyed, Hestia, Guardian Deity of the Hot Springs, Ocean Flame Ashakiel, Flamestone Giant, Gigantic Golem Baium, Kernon, Storm Winged Naga, Last Lesser Giant Olkuth, Palatanos of Horrific Power, Bloody Empress Decarbia, Death Lord Ipos, Death Lord Shax, Antharas Priest Cloe, Krokian Padisha Sobekk, Icicle Prince Bumbalump, Death Lord Hallate, Plague Golem, Water Dragon Seer Sheshark, Vanor Chief Kandra, Doom Blade Tanatos, Eilhalder von Hellmann, Immortal Savior Mardil, Shilen’s Messenger Cabrio, Korim, Roaring Skylancer, Fafurion’s Herald Lokness, Palibati Queen Themis, Beast Lord Behemoth, Anakim’s Nemesis Zakaron, Flame of Splendor Barakiel, Meanas Anor, Bloody Priest Rudelto, Spirit of Andras, the Betrayer, Anakazel, Kernon’s Faithful Servant Kelone, Demon’s Agent Falston, Rahha, Fierce Tiger King Angel, Gargoyle Lord Tiphon, Enmity Ghost Ramdal, Shilen’s Priest Hisilrome, Roaring Lord Kastor, Fairy Queen Timiniel, Zaken, The 3rd Underwater Guardian, Ghost of the Well Lidia, Guardian of the Statue of Giant Karum, Ancient Weird Drake, Taik High Prefect Arak, Lord Ishka, Core, and Orfen.
Stage 13	Demon Prince, Ranku, Tully, Gwindorr, Last Titan Utenus, Hekaton Prime, Epidos, Cannibalistic Stakato Chief, Giant Marpanak, Gorgolos, Aenkinel, Hannibal, Typhoon, Awakened Ancient Sentry, Awakened Ancient Severer, Awakened Ancient Soul Extractor, Awakened Ancient Soul Devourer, Awakened Ancient Fighter, Awakened Ancient Executor, Awakened Ancient Prophet, Yehan Klodekus, Yehan Klanikus, Andreas Van Halter, Sailren, Gordon, Anais, Lilith, Anakim, Ketra’s Hero Hekaton, Ketra’s Commander Tayr, Ketra’s Chief Brakki, Soul of Fire Nastron, Varka’s Hero Shadith, Varka’s Commander Mos, Varka’s Chief Horus, Soul of Water Ashutar, Ember, Uruka, Longhorn Golkonda, Cherub Galaxia, Fire of Wrath Shuriel, Last Lesser Giant Glaki, Daimon the White-Eyed, Hestia, Guardian Deity of the Hot Springs, Ocean Flame Ashakiel, Flamestone Giant, Gigantic Golem Baium, Kernon, Storm Winged Naga, Last Lesser Giant Olkuth, Palatanos of Horrific Power, Bloody Empress Decarbia, Death Lord Ipos, Death Lord Shax, Zaken, Core, Orfen, Valakas, Antharas, Scarlet van Halisha, Freya, Baylor, Takrakan, Dopagen, Ice Knight Captain, Darion, Queen Shyeed, Water Spirit Lian, Anais, Darnel, Kechi, Tears, Beleth, Ekimus, and Anakazel.
Stage 14	Demon Prince, Ranku, Tully, Gwindorr, Last Titan Utenus, Hekaton Prime, Epidos, Cannibalistic Stakato Chief, Giant Marpanak, Gorgolos, Aenkinel, Hannibal, Typhoon, Awakened Ancient Sentry, Awakened Ancient Severer, Awakened Ancient Soul Extractor, Awakened Ancient Soul Devourer, Awakened Ancient Fighter, Awakened Ancient Executor, Awakened Ancient Prophet, Yehan Klodekus, Yehan Klanikus, Andreas Van Halter, Sailren, Gordon, Anais, Lilith, Anakim, Ketra’s Hero Hekaton, Ketra’s Commander Tayr, Ketra’s Chief Brakki, Soul of Fire Nastron, Varka’s Hero Shadith, Varka’s Commander Mos, Varka’s Chief Horus, Soul of Water Ashutar, Ember, Uruka, Zaken, Valakas, Antharas, Scarlet van Halisha, Freya, Baylor, Takrakan, Dopagen, Ice Knight Captain, Darion, Queen Shyeed, Water Spirit Lian, Anais, Darnel, Kechi, Tears, Beleth, Ekimus, and Anakazel.
Stage 15	Valakas, Antharas, Scarlet van Halisha, Freya, Baylor, Takrakan, Dopagen, Ice Knight Captain, Darion, Queen Shyeed, Water Spirit Lian, Aenkinel, Anais, Darnel, Kechi, Tears, Beleth, Zaken, Demon Prince, Ranku, Tully, Gwindorr, Last Titan Utenus, Hekaton Prime, Ekimus, Tiat, Epidos, Giant Marpanak, and Gorgolos.
Stage 16	Valakas, Antharas, Scarlet van Halisha, Freya, Baylor, Takrakan, Dopagen, Darion, Queen Shyeed, Darnel, Kechi, Tears, Beleth, Zaken, Ekimus, and Tiat.
Stage 17	Valakas, Antharas, Scarlet van Halisha, Freya, Baylor, Beleth, Zaken, Ekimus, and Tiat.
Stage 18	Valakas, Antharas, and Freya.

 

Other Changes to Items

New Life Stones have been added for use by characters that are level 85.

• Regular/Mid-Grade/High-Grade/Top-Grade Life Stone
• Accessory-type Life Stone

The weight of Spirit Ore has been reduced to 0.

Inventory and quest inventory has changed so that a character’s maximum item capacity for each inventory is separate. Now, characters can carry 100 quest Items without affecting or being affected by their regular inventory’s item capacity.

During the augmentation process, the amount of required gemstones is displayed in the Augment window.

When using multiple magic accessories with the same territory name, only one of these items’ attribute bonuses will apply. They cannot be stacked.

D-grade and C-grade Soulshots and Blessed Spiritshots can now be purchased from NPCs in certain towns. All of these shots are sold individually and not in bundles, unlike no-grade shot sales.

Town	NPC
Dion	Lara
Oren	Sara
Gludio	Rolento
	Sarien
	Harmony
Gludin	Poesia
Giran	Helvetia
Heine	Payel
Rune	Weber
Schuttgart	Pele
Hunters Village	Hally
Cursed Village	Violet
Varka Village	Diyabu
Keetra Village	Atan
Floran Village	Pano
Dragon Valley	Galman
	Kitzka
Dark Forest	Tyra
Goddard	Liesel

 

New Emotes

New social emotes allow two characters to participate in a dual emote. Characters can now exchange bows, high-five each other, and perform a synchronized couples dance.

• These actions are initiated when one character targets another character and clicks on the social emote desired. The target character can then choose to accept or reject the action.
• Slash commands can also be used to initiate the actions: /two-personbow, /hi-five, /coupledance.
• When the distance between two characters is too far or too close, or there is an obstacle between them, the social emotes won’t be performed.
• When one character is in the process of performing some actions, such as PvP, a siege, the Olympiad, making a private store, using a workshop (manufacturing), or riding a pet, or if one character is in a transformation form, the social emote cannot be performed.
• The Game System > Options menu now has a Reject Couple Actions option. When checked, all couple emote requests are automatically declined.

 

Recommendation System

The new recommendation system gives characters an additional XP rate bonus. It’s a system based on recommendations, which are like points. Trade your recommendation points with others to increase each other’s recommendation level and boost character XP rate!

Summary

• The more recommendations a character has, the bigger its XP bonus is. The maximum is a 50% XP bonus for 1 hour.
• Extend the XP bonus time or acquire more recommendations by visiting a Priest of Blessing NPC in any town.

 

How to Earn Recommendations

• A character receives 20 recommendations automatically upon the first login of the day.
• Receive an additional 10 recommendations to give out after 2 hours of being logged in, and 1 more recommendation to give out every hour after that.

 

How to Use Recommendations

• You cannot recommend your own character.
• You can recommend the same character continuously without restarting or relogging the game.
• You will receive an XP bonus from the recommendations your character earns from other players (max 50%). The maximum recommendations a character can receive is 255.

 

Bonus XP Time

• The bonus XP duration is 1 hour from the moment you log in.
• When the duration expires, the XP boost effect ends, regardless of how many recommendations your character has.

 

Daily Initialization

• Every day at 6:30 a.m. Central Time (CT):
  • The number of recommendations a character can give out is reset to 0.
  • The XP bonus time is reset to 1 hour.
    • This does not remove the Nevit’s Sandglass effect.
  • Each character loses 20 of its own recommendations.

Example 1: Character A can give out 40 recommendations and also has 40 recommendations himself. He also has a XP bonus time of 0. After 6:30 a.m. CT, Character A has 0 recommendations to give out, 20 remaining recommendations in effect for his character, and 1 hour of XP bonus time remaining.

Example 2: Character B can give out 1 recommendation and has 21 recommendations herself, and a XP bonus time of 40 minutes. After 6:30 a.m. CT, Character B has 0 recommendations to give out, 1 remaining recommendation for in effect for her character, and 1 hour of XP bonus time remaining.

Priest of Blessing

• A Priest of Blessing has been placed in each town. The Priest of Blessing sells two useful items: Nevit’s Voice and Nevit’s Sandglass.
• Every item can only be purchased once every 20 hours and is not tradable. This timer of 20 hours is shared between all characters on the same account.

 

Nevit’s Voice

• Cost: 100,000 Adena.
• Stats: Raises a character’s recommendation level by 10.

 

Nevit’s Sandglass

• This item grants additional XP bonus time. If, say, your character already has 30 minutes left on the daily recommendation XP bonus, which counts down as long as you are logged in, you can purchase this item to pause (“maintain”) that countdown. During this time, your character gains XP at the level the bonus was paused at.
• Cost: Depends on the character’s XP level.
• Stats: Maintains XP bonus time for 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 minutes. (This number is decided randomly when the item is purchased.)
• The item’s effect is a buff that shows up in the new Recommendation System UI window as “Maintain.”
• Once the additional time runs out, the original XP bonus timer begins counting down once again.
• This item has no cooldown time. However, you cannot use a second Sandglass if you already have the Nevit’s Sandglass buff in effect.
  

  Character Level Range	Nevit’s Sandglass Price
  Level 1-19	4,000 Adena
  Level 20-39	30,000 Adena
  Level 40-51	110,000 Adena
  Level 52-60	310,000 Adena
  Level 61-75	970,000 Adena
  Level 76-79	2,160,000 Adena
  Level 80-85	5,000,000 Adena

• The chart above explains the boundaries between different level ranges. This is important when wanting to repurchase a Nevit’s Sandglass after your character levels up.
• The repurchase delay is set at 20 hours, and this time is shared between all characters on the same account. However, if you level up in a way that goes from one level range to another level range (according to the chart above), the timer is 0. (See below for an example.)
• You can only use the Sandglass that matches your character’s level. If you purchase a Nevit’s Sandglass when your character is level 79 (for example) and you have not used the Sandglass yet when your character levels up to 80, you cannot use the Sandglass that was purchased prior to leveling up.
• If your character dies or changes its subclass, the Nevit’s Sandglass buff disappears.
• If your character teleports to an Olympiad arena or into an instance zone, Nevit’s Sandglass buff disappears.
• The Nevit’s Sandglass buff cannot be stolen with Steal Divinity.
• The recommendation system XP bonus stacks with Vitality bonuses.

Repurchasing Example 1: Character A is level 63 and buys a Nevit’s Sandglass. In less than 20 hours, he achieves level 64. Character A must wait until the rest of the 20 hours counts down before you can purchase another Nevit’s Sandglass.

Repurchasing Example 2: Character B is level 75 and buys a Nevit’s Sandglass. In less than 20 hours, she achieves level 76. Because level 76 is in a different level range than the last Nevit’s Sandglass she purchased, Character B can purchase a new Nevit’s Sandglass right away that is tailored to her new level range.

*Source lineage2.com