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3 - Messy Separation
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Patch Details

Patch Date: 14th August, 2012
Patch Size: 8,598K (Client: 4,640K)
Hotfix: 8am-11am Est. Wednesday 15th August, 2012 - Refer to Known Issues for this update for more detail

Patch Size 562k (Client 4,640KB)

Town Crier Rumors

Free Rumors:

Town Crier tells you, "I swear I just saw a Lugian run by wearing a bright purple set of Nanjou Shou-jen clothes..."

Town Crier tells you, "Maybe I need to go lie down for a bit."

Town Crier tells you, "I've heard rumors of some sort of undead assassin testing people. I wonder what that's all about?"

Town Crier tells you, "News! Hoshino Kei has raised an army of spectral undead in the north of Osteth!"

Pyreal Rumors:

Town Crier tells you, "Hoshino Kei has raised a large fortress to the Northwest of Osteth, near the Beach Fort. Travellers in the area are advised to use caution."

Town Crier tells you, "Reports are coming in about a strange spectral undead in the town beneath Hoshino Kei's fortress that is testing adventurers instead of trying to kill them."

Town Crier tells you, "A contingent of soldiers has been stationed outside the newly raised fortress in northwest Osteth, and is seeking help with a number of tasks."

Ulgrim Rumors

Free Rumors:

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Those new stipends? Yeah I've heard of them. Guess people don't have to do real work to earn anything these days."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I meant to say, what a nice thing Monroe is doing."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Apparently Isin Dule really wants those shadows out of Tou-Tou"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "His forces are handing out bounties for killing them off."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I'd be careful if you head up to the Northwest coast. Some strange things are going on there."

Stout Rumors:

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Insert Rumor here"

New UI and Game Changes

The weather effects have returned to Asheron’s Call! and players will be able to toggle these on and off just as before.
Luminance can now be shared in fellowships! It's controlled under the same UI option as Xp, but the share range is drastically shorter.
New Kill Task quests have been added in Tou-Tou.
The pickup timer for Radiant Mana Infusion's was lowered to 2 weeks.
Bhravarn ibn Salizim should now give xp to Heavy Weapons skill for Princely/Royal Runed Bastones.
The Royal Runed Bastone’s maximum damage was adjusted to fit the Heavy Weapons scale.
Rare armors' +10 DR reduction buffs changed to +5 DR reduction and +5 DR.
The Core Plating Integrator & Core Plating Deintegrator's now both work again on Ancient Armored Vestments & other odd shirts.
The wands from many of the undead creatures have been removed to fix a issue that would cause some of them to go into a passive combat state.
The Focusing Stone & Darker Heart orb are now retainable/de-retainable by leather & sandstone.
Society NPCs are now able to wield weapons again.

New Quests

Live Events

Updated Quests

Exploration Society Letters - The Exploration Society Letters quest was updated.
The way in which some quest weapon are created has been updated. In order to get these new versions, players will need to run the quests for these specific weapons again.
Weeping Weapons - The way in which Weeping Weapons are created has been updated.
Lady Aerfalle Quest - The uber version of the quest now has an Enhanced Black Fire Atlan Stone in the rewards chest at the end. Also the Behemoth of Tenkarrdun now drops multiple Boulders to make a Black Fire Atlan Stone, which is now used to upgrade existing Atlans rather than create a new weapon.
Olthoi Chasm Quest - An exit portal has been added at the end of the Olthoi Chasm dungeon.
Halt Dericost Ritual Quest - The Halt Dericost Ritual quest now only requires players to run the Dericost Ritual Investigation quest once to repeat.
Castle of Lord Mhoire Quest - Each Mhoire Castle tower (NW, SW, SE) now has their respective gargoyle generate a portal back to the Northeast tower.
Oubliette Quest - An update was made to the way the Oubliette Quest resets to address possible ways to get stuck with extra long reset timers.
Sealing Away the Book of Eibhil - The Sealing Away the Book of Eibhil quest was fixed so that players who are missing the Book of Eibhil Page can get a new one.
Slave Master Quest - The Neftet Sand Temple quests' reset timer, as well as its rewards, have been doubled.
Gear Knight Arrival - The Gear Knight Arrival quest has had 12,000 Luminance added.
Apostate Grand Director Quest - The Apostate Grand Director Quest has had Luminance added.
Death's Allure - The Death's Allure quest has had its reward structure updated.
Radiant Mana Infusion Quest - The pickup timer for Radiant Mana Infusion's was lowered to 2 weeks.
Aerbax's Citadel - The Aerbax's Citadel quest was updated and should now cycle through the armor rewards correctly.
Mhoire Lieutenant (Geraine's Hosts) - The Mhoire Lieutenant's timer was adjusted and he now persists in the world longer and is not as stingy at giving out titles.
Ritual of the Blight - Adjustments were made to address the slow spawn generation of the Ritual of the Blight Moarsman dungeons.
Monthly Explorer Society Quests
WARNING: These quests are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the NPCs in Kara, speak to them after finishing to get your bonus. Also your timer for the bonuses depend on when you completed last month's set of quests, speak to each NPC to find out if your timer hasn't expired yet. More details here.

Ansar El-Kerdany: (Monthly) - The Caliginous Bethel
Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, "Greetings Adventurer! We believe that Aurten Rhell of Bluespire could use some assistance."

Ansar El-Kerdany tells you, "Investigate the strange occurances in the plateau nearby and return any evidence you find to Aurten."

Esmond Fielding: (Bi-Weekly) - Disturbance in the Ley Lines
Esmond Fielding tells you, "Greetings Adventurer! The Explorer Society has decided it would help direct attention to citizens in need of help."

Esmond Fielding tells you, "This month we have heard rumors that both the Radiant Blood and the Celestial Hand are after Rytheran's Mnemosyne."

Esmond Fielding tells you, "Help whichever you want, for we do not pick sides. Do this and I shall reward you."

Niccolo De Luca: (Weekly) - Frozen Fury
Niccolo De Luca tells you, "Greetings Adventurer! The Explorer Society has decided it would help direct attention to citizens in need of help."

Niccolo De Luca tells you, "This month we have decided that Mage Syltyn Rillon could use help in obtaining a Virindi Signet."

Niccolo De Luca tells you, "Enter the Virindi Complex in the north and battle your way through. Once this is completed, I shall reward you."

Monthly Game Hunter
WARNING: These Kill Tasks are standalone quests, the xp bonuses are strictly handled by the Rand, Game Hunter in Holtburg, speak to Rand after finishing each Kill Task to get your bonus.

Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "As a game hunter I've tagged a variety of creatures to test your skills. Kill these creatures to test your skills and prove your abilities and I'll make it worth your while."

Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Great Skeletons as the moderate difficulty prey."

Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Cursed and Relic Bones as the medium difficulty prey"

Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Tormenters and Archfiends as the high difficulty prey."

Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Dark Isle Ruschk as one of the most difficult prey."

Rand, Game Hunter tells you, "This month I've tagged Naughty and Wicked Skeletons as the other prey of highest difficulty."

New NPCs

Darviss - 78.1N, 42.2W
NPCs at the 80.7N 43.0W - Royal Tent:
- Aun Kirtal - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Corporal Irashi - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Griffon - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Hanamoto Aki'ko - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Lieutenant Aurin - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Lieutenant Takamaki - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Lord Eorlinde - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Mareeno Donn - 80.7N, 43.0W
- Sergeant Trebuus - 80.7N, 43.0W
New weekly general Stipend NPCs in Arwic at 33.6N, 56.8E.
- Marid
- Monroe
New weekly Society Master Stipend NPCs were added in their respective strongholds.
- Master Rhan - Radiant Blood
- Master Mhoire - Eldrytch Web

Updated NPCs

Bhravarn ibn Salizim from the Runed Weapons quests.
Mhoire Lieutenant from the Geraine's Hosts quest.

Retired NPCs

New Locations

Nanjou Shou-jen Academy - 78.1N, 42.2W
Hoshindo Tower - 79.2N, 40.3W
80.7N 43.0W - Royal Tent - Quest NPCs for several kill tasks and Hoshino's Fortress.

Updated Locations

Serac Vault - Has Undead Captains

New Items

Atlan/Isparian Weapon Glyphs

Finesse Weapons Glyph Heavy Weapons Glyph Light Weapons Glyph Magic Glyph Missile Weapons Glyph Two Handed Weapons Glyph

Isparian Weapon Ingots

Perfect Isparian Missile Weapons Ingot

Isparian Weapons

Isparian Crossbow

Stipends

Stipend

Marid the Stipend Vendor

Boxed Augmentation Gem Attribute Reset Certificate Skill Reset Certificate Mastery Reset Certificate Item Spells Certificate Life Spells Certificate Creature Spells Certificate Combat Spells Certificate Luminance Certificate Experience Certificate Box of Ten Promissory Notes

Society Stipends

Society Gem of Lesser Luminance

Other

Broken Key (Lower) Broken Key (Middle) Broken Key (Upper) Broken Lever Main Gate Key Emerald Door Key Sapphire Door Key Ruby Door Key

Updated Items

The Core Plating Integrator and Core Plating Deintegrator now both work on Ancient Armored Vestments & other misc. shirts again.

Runed Weapons

Royal Runed Bastone

Casters

Focusing Stone Darker Heart

Retired Items

New Titles

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New Creatures

Golem

Ghost

Note: Some creatures appeared in the 2012/08 Lord Bloodhaunt live event the previous month, although were not permanent.

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Iron Golem Samurai
Spectral Samurai
Royal Tent

Known Issues

Scheduled Server Downtime: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) August 15th, 2012 Link

The Asheron's Call Game Servers will be brought down on Wednesday, August 15th from 8:00am - 11:00am Eastern (-5 GMT) for a hotfix. Thanks for your patience, and we'll see you back in the game soon!
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Water lanscape textures currently have issues and Turbine are working on a fix Link.

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