
Game update
Chat tabs, Full Screen and shop prices
Changes
- Reckless Refiner: a try now costs 10,000 zeny plus the normal refine fee and the shop price of the ore it uses (Etherdeocon and Ethernium count as 533,000 zeny). Veil Cartographer: every MVP card costs 834 Footprints of its tier or higher, and Tier 4 cards can also be paid with 834 Tier 3 Footprints. Veil Artificer: Etel Carnium now takes 3 Etherium, 1 Carnium and 50,000 zeny; Etel Bradium 3 Etherdeocon, 1 Bradium and 50,000 zeny.
The Reckless Refiner inside Prontera now charges 10,000 zeny for each try on top of the normal refine fee and the shop price of the ore the refine uses; Etherdeocon and Ethernium count as 533,000 zeny. At the Veil Cartographer every MVP card costs 834 Footprints of its tier or higher, and a Tier 4 card can also be paid with 834 Tier 3 Footprints. At the Veil Artificer in Einbroch (240, 197), Etel Carnium takes 3 Etherium, 1 Carnium and 50,000 zeny, and Etel Bradium 3 Etherdeocon, 1 Bradium and 50,000 zeny.

The Veil Cartographer's card menu - Chat box: three tabs now, Chat, Market and Battle. Trade posts from #market have their own tab. Your old tabs are reset once.
The chat box now has three tabs: Chat, Market and Battle. Trade posts from the #market channel show in their own Market tab instead of between chat lines. Your old tabs are reset once.

The chat box with its three tabs - Map links in the speech bubble over a character's head now show just the place name.
When a chat line holds a map link, the speech bubble over the character's head now shows just the place name instead of the raw link text.
![Character named Liora with a speech bubble over the head: "Liora : Meet me at [Prontera]".](/art/updates/2026-10-16a/map-link-bubble.webp)
A map link in a chat bubble - Crimson Marker description: two typos fixed.
The Crimson Marker skill description had two typos. Both are fixed.

Crimson Marker skill description - Ground skills now show on the ground: the four Elemental Insignias draw their circle, Wall of Thorn its cloud, King's Grace its golden aura and Nyang Grass its grass.
These ground skills now draw their effect where they are cast: the four Elemental Insignias their circle, Wall of Thorn its cloud, King's Grace its golden aura and Nyang Grass its grass.

Wall of Thorn's cloud on the ground - Skill descriptions: 37 skills now show what the skill really does, for example Magma Eruption, Oratio and Illusion-Shock.
37 skill descriptions now say what the skill really does, for example Magma Eruption, Oratio and Illusion-Shock. Open a skill's description from the Skill window to read it.

Magma Eruption skill description - Holding the left mouse button on a monster now keeps attacking it until you let go (with auto attack off, a short click still attacks once).
Hold the left mouse button on a monster and your character keeps attacking it until you let go. With auto attack off, a short click still attacks once.

Attacking a Damage Meter training dummy - The World Map now has its own shortcut: Alt+N. You can move any shortcut in Esc > Hotkey (handy if your graphics overlay takes Alt+Z).
The World Map now opens with Alt+N. You can move any shortcut in Esc > Hotkey, which helps if your graphics overlay already takes Alt+Z.

World Map on Alt+N in the shortcut list - Web client: the Esc menu has a new Full Screen button (press it again to leave). In Chrome, pick "Allow on every visit" when Chrome asks to override keys, and Ctrl+W then stays in the game instead of closing the tab.
The Esc menu of the web client has a new Full Screen button; press it again to leave full screen. In Chrome, pick "Allow on every visit" when Chrome asks to let the game override keys, and Ctrl+W then stays in the game instead of closing the tab.

The Esc menu with its Full Screen button - Phones: the game now switches to full screen on your first tap (it took two taps before).
On phones the game now switches to full screen on your first tap. Before, it took two taps.

The login screen at phone size - Mail: fixed an error when you used Claim All before opening any mail.
Claim All in the Mail window now works even when you have not opened any mail yet. Before, it showed an error.

The Mail window with Claim All - NPC shops: armor, accessories, shadow gear and pet armor go into the cart one at a time with no quantity prompt (before, adding a piece twice showed 2 in the cart, but the shop sold only one).
In NPC shops, armor, accessories, shadow gear and pet armor now go into the cart one piece at a time, without a quantity prompt. Before, adding the same piece twice showed 2 in the cart, but the shop sold only one. To buy two, buy one, then buy again.

A Hood and a Cotton Shirt in the shop cart - The rates card under the minimap now shows above your buff icons, so its numbers are no longer hidden.
The rates card under the minimap now shows above your buff icons, so its numbers are no longer hidden behind them.

The rates card under the minimap - In Chrome and Edge, coming back to the game tab no longer plays every sound from the time you were away at once.
In Chrome and Edge, the sounds from the time the game tab was in the background no longer all play at once when you come back to it.

The Audio Settings window - Right-click on your homunculus: the menu now offers Stand By while it is assisting and Assist while it is passive (it always offered Assist).
Right-click your homunculus to switch its mode: the menu now offers Stand By while it is assisting and Assist while it is passive. Before, it always offered Assist.

The homunculus menu while it assists - Founder's Welcome Charm: link your Discord account on arionword.com before the launch on 1 February 2027, and your first login after launch puts this accessory in your bag for 30 days. Worn, it gives +25% EXP and +25% drop chance on top of Premium; it has no stats. One charm per game account and one per Discord account, and the Discord account must be at least 30 days old on the day you link it.
Link your Discord account on your account page at arionword.com before the launch on 1 February 2027. Your first login after the launch puts the Founder's Welcome Charm in your bag for 30 days: worn, it gives +25% EXP and +25% drop chance on top of Premium, and it has no stats. One charm per game account and one per Discord account, and the Discord account must be at least 30 days old on the day you link it.
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The Founder's Welcome Charm - Malangdo: the Lagoon Warden has a new daily task. Kill 50 Red Eruma and 30 Siorava for 1 Silvervine Fruit, once a day and up to 4 fruit a week per character (the week starts on Monday, server time CET/CEST). Spend the fruit at the Special Vending Machine CX-82 in Malangdo on the Octopus Hunting Stick, Seagod's Protection and other Malangdo goods.
The Lagoon Warden in Malangdo (139, 115) has a new daily task: kill 50 Red Eruma and 30 Siorava for 1 Silvervine Fruit, once a day and up to 4 fruit a week per character. The week starts on Monday, server time (CET/CEST). Spend the fruit at the Special Vending Machine CX-82 in Malangdo (218, 165) on the Octopus Hunting Stick, Seagod's Protection and other Malangdo goods.

The Lagoon Warden's daily task - Malangdo: the Cat Gamers' Flag Game opens again 4 hours after your last game, like the other three games (it stayed closed after the first game).
The Cat Gamers' Flag Game in Malangdo now opens 4 hours after your last game, like the other three games. Before, it stayed closed after your first game.

The Cat Gamers Director in Malangdo - Izlude Academy: taking the stairs to the 2nd floor no longer gets stuck on the loading screen, and the classrooms and the Principal's Office up there can be reached.
The stairs to the 2nd floor of the Izlude Academy no longer leave you stuck on the loading screen. The classrooms and the Principal's Office up there can now be reached.

A classroom on the Academy's 2nd floor - The Warper's PvP entry now offers a free-for-all arena or a duel area (use @duel there); the old Fight Square lobby NPCs are gone; a PvP Guide by each arrival spot sends you back to your save point.
The Warper's PvP entry now offers two places: a free-for-all arena, and a duel area where you use @duel. The old Fight Square lobby NPCs are gone. A PvP Guide stands by each arrival spot and sends you back to your save point.

The Warper's PvP choices - The Poring Invasion is paused for now; the Treasure Hunt and the Veil Rift share the three event slots.
The Poring Invasion is paused for now. The Treasure Hunt and the Veil Rift share the three event slots.
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The Events page: Poring Invasion paused - Shadow Caches now come only from the 12-player instances. The Hunting Hall's 5th mark and the Veil Chronicle no longer give one.
Shadow Caches now come only from the 12-player instances. The Hunting Hall's 5th mark and the Veil Chronicle no longer give one.

The Shadow Cache description - The Novice Vending Machines in the towns show their full name again instead of 'Vending Machine for Nov'.
The Novice Vending Machines in Izlude, Payon and the Prontera church now show their full name, Novice Vending Machine, instead of the cut-off 'Vending Machine for Nov'.

A Novice Vending Machine - Eden Group: the mission boards for Lv11-99 have two new menu choices. Take all available quests starts every mission you can take right now, and Hand in all finished quests pays every finished one at once (at Manager Spike, Sponiac, Dashia and the Lv41-99 boards). Missions, level limits and rewards stay the official ones.
The Eden Group mission boards for Lv11-99 have two new menu choices. Take all available quests starts every mission you can take right now, and Hand in all finished quests pays every finished one at once, at Manager Spike, Sponiac, Dashia and the Lv41-99 boards. Missions, level limits and rewards stay the official ones.

Eden Group: 14 missions taken at once - Eden Group: Gelkah, Mingmin, Melody-Jack, Aigu and Ragi (the Lv100-140 missions) now offer the same Take all available quests and Hand in all finished quests choices. Missions, level limits and rewards stay the official ones.
Gelkah, Mingmin, Melody-Jack, Aigu and Ragi at Eden Group HQ, who give the Lv100-140 missions, now offer the same Take all available quests and Hand in all finished quests choices. Missions, level limits and rewards stay the official ones.

Gelkah at Eden Group HQ - Hunting Hall: from Lv146 the contracts ask for more kills the higher your level: 30 at Lv146-179, 40 at Lv180-214, 50 at Lv215-239, 60 at Lv240+ (missions 23 / 30 / 38 / 45). The EXP reward grows to match, so EXP per kill stays the same. Hunting Coin pay stays the same. Contracts you already took still finish at their old kill count.
From Lv146, Hunting Hall contracts ask for more kills the higher your level: 30 at Lv146-179, 40 at Lv180-214, 50 at Lv215-239 and 60 at Lv240+. The EXP reward grows with the kill count, so the EXP per kill stays the same, and the Hunting Coin pay does not change. Contracts you took before the update still finish at their old kill count.

A Hunting Hall contract for Lv146-179 - Boosting Ring (starter box): new effects. Max HP +5 per base level; in the left accessory slot it gives 50 SP for each monster you defeat, in the right one it recovers SP every 5 seconds. Works up to base level 99 and again after a rebirth. One worn at a time, bound to the character, sells for 1 zeny.
The Boosting Ring from the starter box has new effects: Max HP +5 per base level. In the left accessory slot it gives 50 SP for each monster you defeat; in the right one it recovers SP every 5 seconds. It works up to base level 99 and again after a rebirth. You can wear one at a time, it is bound to the character and it sells for 1 zeny.
![Item description of "Boosting Ring [1]": "A ring handed to new adventurers. Max HP +5 per base level. Left slot: +50 SP for each monster defeated. Right slot: recovers 3 SP per 10 base levels every 5 seconds (minimum 6). Only one Boosting Ring can be worn at a time. Works up to base level 99, and again after a rebirth."](/art/updates/2026-10-16a/boosting-ring.webp)
The Boosting Ring's new effects - Job Changer: changing to a 2nd job now costs 100,000 zeny was 50,000. 1st jobs stay free and 3rd jobs stay 1,285,000 zeny.
Changing to a 2nd job at the Job Changer inside Prontera now costs 100,000 zeny (it was 50,000). 1st jobs stay free, 3rd jobs stay 1,285,000 zeny, and the job quests themselves stay free.

The Job Changer inside Prontera - Beta Hall Job Changer: the job list has one Third jobs entry instead of two. Transcendent and 4th job characters get the transcendent third job from it, everyone else the normal one.
The Beta Hall Job Changer (Prontera 247, 68) now lists one Third jobs entry instead of two. Transcendent and 4th job characters get the transcendent third job from it, everyone else the normal one.

The Beta Hall Job Changer's job list - Reset Girl: resetting skills or stats now costs 5,000,000 zeny each, or 9,000,000 zeny for both. Premium resets stay free.
The Reset Girl now charges 5,000,000 zeny to reset skills, 5,000,000 zeny to reset stats, or 9,000,000 zeny for both. With Premium every reset stays free.

The Reset Girl's prices - Card removal in Malangdo now costs 10,000,000 zeny for weapons and 5,000,000 zeny for armor.
Taking cards out of gear in Malangdo now costs 10,000,000 zeny for a weapon and 5,000,000 zeny for armor. Richard handles weapons and Jeremy armor.

Richard, who takes cards out of weapons - Fly Wings no longer have a 1-second delay between uses.
Fly Wings no longer have a 1-second delay between uses, so you can use them one after another.

The Fly Wing - Teleport Lv1 now sends you to a random spot on the same map at once, like a Fly Wing, without the Random / Cancel menu.
Teleport Lv1 now sends you to a random spot on the same map at once, like a Fly Wing. The Random or Cancel menu no longer opens.
![Skill description window of "Teleport": "[Lv 1]: Random Spot, SP Consumption: 10", "[Lv 2]: Save Point, SP Consumption: 9".](/art/updates/2026-10-16a/teleport-description.webp)
Teleport skill description - Arion Coins can no longer be dropped on the ground. Trading them works as before.
Arion Coins can no longer be dropped on the ground. Trading them to other players works as before.

The Arion Coin - Izlude Arena: the Party Mode - 5 Member Parties room now holds 5 players (it let up to 10 wait).
The Party Mode - 5 Member Parties room of the Izlude Arena, run by Ponox, now holds 5 players; before, it let up to 10 wait. The match starts when 5 players are in.

Ponox's room: 1/6 counts Ponox too - Quest Guide (@guide, or the Quest Guide in Prontera at 125, 263): 253 more quests and dailies now have step-by-step guides, 342 in all, for example the Eclage, El Dicastes and Prontera Prison dailies and the Hugel quests.
The Quest Guide (@guide, or the Quest Guide in Prontera at 125, 263) now has step-by-step guides for 253 more quests and dailies, 342 in all, for example the Eclage, El Dicastes and Prontera Prison dailies and the Hugel quests. Pick a category, then a chain, and the guide shows the next step and the way there.

The Quest Guide's categories - Refiners now open the full Refine window: pick the item and see the materials, the success chance and the cost before you refine.
Refiners now open the full Refine window. Pick the item to see the materials, the success chance and the cost before you refine.

The Refine window