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  1 - Falacot Temple
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  2 - Fort on Haunted Hill
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  3 - Messy Separation
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  4 - My Giant
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  5 - My Lawn Needed That
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  6 - They Can Perch Too

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Patch Details

Patch Date: 14th August, 2012
Patch Size: 8,598k (Client: 4,640k)
Hotfix:  ???k (??th Month)

Town Crier Rumors

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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.

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New Quests

• Hoshino Fortress Infiltration
• Hoshino Kei Trial Quest

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.
  • Atlan Weapons
  • Isparian Weapons
  • Shimmering Weapons
  • Shadowfire Weapons
• 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.
• 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 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, ""

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."

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New NPCs

• Darviss - 78.1N, 42.2W
• 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.

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New Locations

• Nanjou Shou-jen Academy - 78.1N, 42.2W
• Tent at 80.7N 43.0W with quest NPCs for Hoshino's Fortress

Updated Locations

• Serac Vault - Has Undead Captains

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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
	File:Broken Key Icon.png	Broken 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

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New Titles

• Vanquisher of the Titan
• Derethian Newbie
• Novice Wanderer
• Notable Citizen
• Adept Adventurer
• Intrepid Explorer
• Supreme Soldier
• Epic Warrior
• Paragon of New Aluvia
• An Auberean Legend
• Heretic
• Captain

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New Creatures

Golem

• Iron Golem Samurai
  

Ghost

• Spectral Archer
  
• Spectral Bloodmage
  
• Spectral Bushi
  
• Spectral Claw Adept
  
• Spectral Claw Master
  
• Spectral Emerald Assassin
  
• Spectral Emerald Blade
  
• Spectral Emerald Claw
  
• Spectral Emerald Gatekeeper
  
• Spectral Minion
  
• Spectral Nanjou Shou-jen
  
• Spectral Nanjou Master
  
• Spectral Ruby Assassin
  
• Spectral Ruby Gatekeeper
  
• Spectral Ruby Nanjou Shou-jen
  
• Spectral Samurai
  
• Spectral Sapphire Assassin
  
• Spectral Sapphire Blade
  
• Spectral Sapphire Claw
  
• Spectral Sapphire Gatekeeper
  
• Spectral Voidmage
  

• 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
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  Spectral Samurai

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Known Issues

• Water lanscape textures currently have issues and Turbine are working on a fix Link.

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