Rappelz Epic 9.4: The Expedition - Patch Notes
New Items
- Philosopher's Scroll – These are drop-only scrolls that allow you to identify any piece of equipment.
- Shepard Boarding Pass – This ticket can be obtained via the daily quest "[Daily] Exploration of the Island of Forgotten Gods", or bought for 50,000,000 from the Black Marketer NPCs.
- Sign of Forgotten Gods – You obtain these on the island. They are required for summoning more powerful monsters and obtaining buffs on the boat.
- Booster Upgrade Stone – Can be dropped from bosses on the island. Using the enhance window, combine this with your Lv. 1 Jump Attack Booster to increase the duration, damage, knock back and reduce the cool time.
- Distorted Space's Armor Upgrade – Can be dropped from bosses in the Distorted Space dungeon. With a certain probability, have a chance to improve the Physical Defense and Magical Defense of your armor whilst adding relevant stats for your class.
- Perfect Distorted Space's Armor Upgrade – With a 100% success rate, you can improve the Physical and Magical Defense of your armor whilst adding relevant stats for your class.
- Perfect Weapon Enhancement Transfer Scroll – With a 100% success rate, you are able to transfer the enhancement of your weapon from one to another. (Your previous weapon shall be destroyed!)
- Marduka Coins – These new daily quest coins shall replace the current Deva's Coins.
- Costume Upgrade Scroll: Veteran – This scroll can be purchased with daily coins and will upgrade decoration items from Basic to Veteran.
- Costume Upgrade Scroll: Commander – This scroll will upgrade Veteran Deco to Commander Deco.
- A new area has been added – The Island of Forgotten Gods
- To board the boat that takes you there, you must have a Shepard Boarding Pass.
- You must be there on the hour - if not then you'll miss the boat!
- After 55 minutes, you are taken back to the City of Ruins. But we don't want you to be stranded there now do we...?
- The island is filled with Wild Cats, Tigers and Harpies. They haven't had much exposure to human contact, so shouldn't feel the need to defend themselves unless provoked.
- There are Blue Stones scattered across the island. Activate these to spawn more dangerous monsters ranging from level 170 – 190.
- In the middle of the island, you will find a Summoner's Hand. Activating this will spawn the middle boss, Behemoth Lv. 190.
- At the three farthest points on the island, you will find more Summoner's Hands. These shall require 10 Signs of Forgotten Gods to activate. They shall summon 1 of 6 bosses:
- Bellatrix – Wields a two-handed sword
- Helonia – Wields a two-handed mace
- Julius – Wields a Longbow
- Mark – Wields a two-handed staff
- Gladias – Wields dual-swords
- Demonic – Wields a two-handed axe
- 12 new weapons with a level requirement of 170 – To awaken them, you shall require the new Philosopher's Scroll. Both the weapons and the scrolls drop on the Island of Forgotten Gods.
- Bellatrix's Sword
- Behemoth's Spear
- Rhegium's Outlaw
- Hermes's Hammer
- Lartis's Bow
- Lycan's Crossbow
- Branium's Staff
- Gladius
- Poison Dagger
- Strooder's Blessing
- Mark's Stick
- Demonic Axe
- Upgraded versions of the Parallel World armor:
- Enhanced Mach's Armor
- Enhanced Daman's Tights
- Enhanced Nemon's Garb
- Enhanced Skadi's Coat
- Two new rings with a level requirement of 170 – Just like the new weapons, to awaken them you shall require the new Philosopher's Scroll. Both the rings and the scrolls drop on the Island of Forgotten Gods.
- Ring of Horadric
- Soul of Mortis
Dungeon Changes
- At level 150, you can enter Red Spider Circus and Underground Stages 1 and 2.
- All Underground Stage 1: The core is now level 156 with reduced stats.
- All Underground Stage 2: The core is now level 166 with reduced stats.
- All Underground Stage 3: The core has reduced stats.
- All Underground Stage 4: The core has reduced stats.
- All Underground stages: Core debuff duration changed - 2 minutes -> 20 seconds.
- The chance to receive equipment from Underground chests has been increased for stages 1 and 2.
- The drop rate of weapons from Mephisto, Lilith and Soul of Lunacy in Red Spider Circus has been increased for all stages.
- Soul of Lunacy stages 1-4 have had HP and Physical Attack lowered.
- The Labyrinth difficulty has been lowered.
- Skill damage of Crystal Pixie and Crystal Cube in the Remains of the Ancients is decreased.
- Boss HP Regen increased
- Feathers cannot be used in Remains of the Ancients
- A backpack slot has been added to the character equipment sheet.
- Backpacks that can be equipped in this slot are:
- Charming Soul Bag
- Frostbitten Bag
- Riley's Backpack
- Traveling Gear
Bags
- Bags have had a weight revision, as below.
- Small Yak Skin Bag: 2,000 -> 3,000
- Rogue's Bag: 3,000 -> 4,000
- Adventurer's Bag: 4,000 -> 5,000
- Explorer's Bag: 5,000 -> 6,000
- Magical Bag: 6,000 -> 7,000
- Small Quilted Bag: 7,000 -> 8,000
- Large Quilted Bag: 8,000 -> 9,000
- Big Yak Skin Bag: 10,000 -> 11,000
- A new bag has been added: Yak Skin Bag
- Combinations added:
- Small Yak Skin Bag -> Rogue's Bag
- Large Quilted Bag -> Yak Skin Bag
- Holy Aura
- Radius changed from 10 -> 12
- Lasting damage increased per skill level from 0% -> 1%
- The below changes are all for +1 skill cards, multiply the change by the appropriate + of the card to find the result. All skills mentioned below also have a 3% cooldown and cast time reduction.
- Minor Shining Weapon
- Dark Might
- Speed of the Wind
- Movement speed increased: 1 -> 2
- Rock Energy
- Physical Defense increased: 5 -> 13
- Force of Sacred Fire
- Physical Attack increased: 5 -> 13
- Shining Weapon
- Holy Additional Damage increased: 4 -> 9
- Grim Attrition
- Amplification rate: 0% -> 15%
- Intuition
- Intelligence increased: 3 -> 7.5
- Angel's Force
- All stats increased: 1 -> 2
- Protector's Force
- All stats increased: 1 -> 2
- Soul Harmony
- Strength, Intelligence increased: 0% -> 2%
- Howl at the Moon
- Luck increased: 2 -> 5
- Divine Purpose
- Physical and Magical Accuracy increased: 0.154 -> 0.77
- Asuran Haste
- Attack and Cast Speed increased: 0.053 -> 0.265
- Gaian Strength
- Critical Rate and Power increased: 0.021 -> 0.105
- Blessing of Vitality
- Vitality increased 1 -> 2.5
- Physical Defense increased: 5 -> 12.5
- Blessing of Intelligence
- Intelligence increased 1 -> 2.5
- Magical Attack increased: 5 -> 12.5
- Blessing of Wisdom
- Wisdom increased 1 -> 2.5
- Magical Defense increased: 5 -> 12.5
- Blessing of Strength
- Strength increased 1 -> 2.5
- Physical Attack increased: 5 -> 12.5
- Wind Weapon
- Attack and Cast Speed increased: 0% -> 0.5%
- Shining Armor
- Damage reduction increased: 0.2% -> 0.5%
- Harmony of Life
- Strength and Intelligence increased: 0% -> 1%
- HP and MP increased: 0% -> 3%
- Skill cards no longer show in the whole tab, only in the skill card tab.
- Skill card combination-fail outcomes changed as below:
| Fail | Fail with S-Pro Card | ||||||||
| Enhancement | Before | After | Before | After | |||||
| Target | Material | Target | Material | Target | Material | Target | Material | Target | Material |
| +1 | +1 | delete | delete | delete | delete | +1 | delete | +1 | delete |
| +2 | +2 | delete | delete | +1 | delete | +2 | delete | +2 | +1 |
| +3 | +3 | delete | delete | +2 | delete | +3 | delete | +3 | +2 |
| +4 | +4 | +1 | delete | +3 | delete | +4 | delete | +4 | +3 |
| +5 | +5 | +2 | delete | +4 | delete | +5 | delete | +5 | +4 |
| +6 | +6 | +3 | delete | +5 | delete | +6 | delete | +6 | +5 |
| +7 | +7 | +4 | delete | +6 | delete | +7 | delete | +7 | +6 |
| +8 | +8 | +5 | delete | +7 | delete | +8 | delete | +8 | +7 |
| +9 | +9 | +6 | delete | +8 | delete | +9 | delete | +9 | +8 |
- Skill card box: Master will now give 1 out of 16 possible boxes, narrowing the classes down further.
- New Quests
- Luciad Society's Request – Meet Ruth from the Luciad Society at the City of Ruins.
- [Daily] Exploration of the Island of Forgotten Gods – Get the Shepard Boarding Pass from Ruth.
- Quest level limits and experience have been adjusted.
- 7-Day Rest Tent can now be purchased from Merchant Lukin in the Hidden Village.
- Double Marduka Coins for each daily quest completed if you have a Hidden Village pass.
- 100 AP will be given for the following quests if you have a Hidden Village pass:
- [Daily]The Blight Ogre
- [Daily]Exploration of the Shattered Labyrinth
- [Daily]Reporting to Kudun
- [Daily]The Corrupted Secret
- [Daily]Drillbot Located!
- Summoning scrolls can now be used in the Hidden Village.
- Color coordination in the menu added.
- If you have a Hidden Village pass, you can now teleport there via normal teleporters. You are not restricted to the Hidden Village teleporters.
- Dead Spirit's Altar added to the Horizon teleporter NPC.
- Red Spider Circus added to Dungeon Teleporters.
- Dungeon owner guild can now be checked from Dungeon Teleporters.
- Oforia and Ice Dragon pets have had their beast skills replaced with the correct dragon skills. This will be applied to existing pets and newly tamed pets.
- If the speed of your pet is lower than the character's speed, the character's speed shall be applied to the pet.
- If you use your pet as a mount and its movement speed is lower than the character, then your movement speed will not be changed.
- You can no longer obtain +1 for Monarch's Spiritual Awakening in the creature artifacts. Any existing artifacts with this skill shall be replaced with Master Devotion.
- Level requirements of the below gear have been lowered:
- Temple of the Ancients: 150 -> 140
- Temple of Lost Souls: 155 -> 145
- Temple of the Exile: 160 -> 150
- Underground: 160 -> 155
- Rank 2 to rank 6 Amalgam and Invar have been removed from the Blacksmith.
- Items will not break until +12 enhancement for rank 6 or below.
- Boreas armor combination materials have been removed from the drop table.
- You can no longer acquire Master's Magic Stones from dismantling gear.
- Character Name Change can no longer be dropped.
- The merchant NPCs have been revised and some items removed.
- An extra column has been added to the buff and debuff bar.
- Soul stone durability for basic attacks and skills reduced.
- Max durability of weapons has been increased as below:
| Enhancement | Before | After |
| 1 | 100% | 100% |
| 2 | 110% | 110% |
| 3 | 120% | 120% |
| 4 | 130% | 130% |
| 5 | 140% | 140% |
| 6 | 150% | 150% |
| 7 | 160% | 160% |
| 8 | 170% | 170% |
| 9 | 180% | 180% |
| 10 | 190% | 190% |
| 11 | 200% | 200% |
| 12 | 210% | 220% |
| 13 | 220% | 240% |
| 14 | 230% | 260% |
| 15 | 240% | 280% |
| 16 | 250% | 300% |
| 17 | 260% | 320% |
| 18 | 270% | 340% |
| 19 | 280% | 360% |
| 20 | 290% | 400% |
| 21 | 300% | 500% |
| 22 | 350% | 600% |
| 23 | 400% | 700% |
| 24 | 450% | 800% |
| 25 | 500% | 900% |
- The booster can be upgraded to a max level of 5. Each level will increase the stun duration, damage, knock-back and reduce the cool time.
- Regeneration rate of stamina is increased.
- The amount of stamina consumed on killing monsters is reduced.
- 70% less is required for the Island of Forgotten Gods.
- No Fall Damage mounts: Lion of God, Holy Unicorn, Infernal Soul and Lydian King have had their speed changed from 280 -> 400.
- Arena roaming bosses now have a 3 minute respawn time.
- Potions have been revamped as below:
| Wind Potion - Move Speed Increase | Before | After |
| Wind Potion | 10 | 15 |
| Wind Potion Deluxe | 15 | 25 |
| Wind Potion Superior | 20 | 35 |
| Enhanced Wind Potion | 27 | 47 |
| Battle Arena: Quick Potion | 32 | 57 |
| Spell Potion - Casting Speed Increase | Before | After |
| Spell Potion | 5% | 7% |
| Spell Potion Deluxe | 7% | 11% |
| Spell Potion Superior | 9% | 15% |
| Enhanced Spell Potion | 14% | 22% |
| Battle Arena: Spell Potion | 16% | 26% |
| Quick Potion - Attack Speed Increase | Before | After |
| Quick Potion | 5% | 7% |
| Quick Potion Deluxe | 7% | 11% |
| Quick Potion Superior | 9% | 15% |
| Enhanced Quick Potion | 12% | 20% |
| Battle Arena: Quick Potion | 14% | 24% |
Known Issues
Sadly, with the update we have encountered some issues. Some have been logged at the time of PTS, others today during our internal testing. Rest assured we are trying to get each and every one of them resolved but we cannot provide a time frame yet.
- If you try and switch character, the client will crash.
- The new architecture of Rondo contains graphics inconsistency (Building, NPCs misplaced etc).
- After completing a run in the Distorted Dungeon though the Hidden Village teleporter, you will be warped back to the wrong instance of Hidden Village causing NPC's to disappear.
- Rank 2 to rank 6 Amalgam and Invar no longer work. We are looking into possible solutions to reimburse players who have some left over from Epic 9.3.
- New weapons do not have an NPC sale price.
- The Golden Week Event is only giving 1 box per day.
Your Rappelz Team
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