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PATCH NOTES 06/02/2026

----- ITEMS -----

New Stars have appeared in the sky:

- Magic Lift: Adds 9/13/17/21/25 Weight Capacity per base INT point. Reduces Max SP by 40/35/30/25/20%.

- Magic Arrows: When equipped by Hunters, Bards, Dancers and Rogues: Disables arrow consumption. Doubles SP costs. Basic attacks cost 10 SP. Not having enough SP disables basic attacking.

- Magic Bullets: When equipped by Gunslingers: Disables bullet consumption. Doubles SP costs. Basic attacks cost 10 SP. Not having enough SP disables basic attacking.

- Magic Ninja Tools: When equipped by Ninjas: Disables kunai and shuriken consumption. Doubles SP costs.

- Magic Cannon Balls: When equipped by Alchemists and Blacksmiths: Disables Cannon Ball consumption. Doubles SP costs.

Added new enchants for the following Rare Lower Headgears (Rechenier in Prontera Forge):

Gambler's Seal Aces (Not actual Gambler Seal but the Aces to combo with it): STAT +10, STAT +10, [Arcana].

Lord of Royals: STAT +10, STAT +10, [Flash, Power, Celestial, Divine Power, Rigid Body, Hundred Lucks].

----- NPCS -----

Added the NPC [Susan Gray] for Soutane enchantments, updated for modern enchant UI and perfect enchanting.

----- SKILLS -----

Biolo:

Fixed the new tier (500+) for Special Pharmacy's Mutagenics.

Now it properly works for all Mutagenics (including Philosopher Stones and Yggdrasil Berry Extracts).

Homunculus now has perfect accuracy for hitting attacks.

Meister:

ABR Mastery:

Now properly increases ABR stats. ABRs shouldn't be oneshotted anymore.

----- SYSTEMS -----

We're migrating our Global Drops to a more robust form.

This will improve the server's stability and help process it without errors.

Meanwhile, we also added mapdrops to @whodrops and @mobinfo commands:

@mobinfo will show any specific drops a given monster may have (aside from global drops).

@whodrops will now show global drops and other map-specific drops.

----- BUGFIXES -----

Episode 21 quest [Finally, A Real Mission!] has been fixed and in case of death during the story instance, you may repeat it.

Episode 21 daily quest [Safe Escape Route 1] and [Safe Escape Route 2] can now be safely acquired and completed.

GHC not properly registering monster kills has been (hopefully) fixed in this patch and should no longer happen. If it does, please notify the staff.

Illusion Labyrinth quests can now be safely acquired and completed.

Opening a Stall for vending no longer should fail for mysterious reasons (as much).

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 06/02/2026 17:00 UTC

##### PATCH NOTES 05/26/2026 #####

----- ITEMS -----

The stars in the sky are changing:

Miracle -> Stellar Momentum: Doubles the amount of stacks gained while in Fusion of Sun, Moon and Stars.

----- NPCS -----

Changed the order from Kafra Services.

Not instead of "Save, Use Storage, ..." it's "Use Storage, Save, ...".

----- SKILLS -----

Biolo:

Added a new threshold for the mutagen/extract/philosopher stone creation formula that gives a 60% chance to create Tier 5 chemicals and a 40% chance to create Tier 4 chemicals.

Sky Emperor:

Sky Emperor rework is here! We worked together with our Class Advisors to make sure it's satisfying and interesting to play as a Sky Emperor!

Fusion of Sun, Moon and Star:

No longer needs Soul Link;

No longer adds Defense Ignore;

Now automatically applies Miracle buff upon casting;

Now drains only 1% of HP per attack;

NEW MECHANIC: Using Sun, Moon and Star skills will add one stack of Sun, Moon or Star. Each can be stacked up to 10 (for a total of 30 stacks) and increases all damage dealt by 15% (up to +450% at 30 stacks);

Sun stacks increase your POW by 5 and P.ATK by 10 each (up to 50 POW and 100 P.ATK);

Moon stacks decrease all damage taken by 7,5% per stack (up to 75% reduction);

Star stacks increase P.ATK by 5 and critical damage by 10% (up to 50 P.ATK and 100% Critical Damage);

Stacks last for 9 seconds if not refreshed or increased, and will rapidly decay to 0.

All in the Sky:

Now deals increased damage based on how many total stacks from Fusion you have:

5 stacks: x2 damage;

12 stacks: x4 damage;

18 stacks: x8 damage;

22 stacks: x15 damage.

All damaging, non-AP-consuming Sky Emperor skills have been changed to recover 4 AP per cast.

----- SYSTEMS -----

Channeling System

The following skills have been added to the Channeling System:

Meteor Storm Buster;

Shield Chain Rush;

Spiral Pierce Max;

Rhythmical Wave;

Frenzy Shot;

Chain Shot Reaction;

Deft Stab;

Dragon Breath;

Dragon Breath (Water);

Lightning Land;

Venom Swamp;

Terra Drive;

Conflagration.

----- BUGFIXES -----

We are aware of a bug with Episode 21 quest instance Silent Sanctuary that may prevent progress. We are investigating the issue.

We are also aware of an issue with GHC that may be preventing progress.

Hopefully both will be fixed by next week.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 05/26/2026 17:00 UTC #####

##### PATCH NOTES 05/19/2026 #####

I am back guys! Sorry for my absence!

----- ITEMS -----

A new star aspect has appeared in the sky!

Biogenetic Conversion - Converts all your skill damage bonuses to Homunculus damage bonus with a 30/60/90/120/150% efficiency.

----- SKILLS -----

Third and final step of Biolo's rework is here!

Biolo:

Resurrect Homunculus: is now named Shape Life.

Levels 1 through 5 now change your homunculus' form to one of the Homunculus S.

Call Homunculus: is now named Rapid Evolution.

After a short delay, transforms your Homunculus into a powered-up version of itself. Lasts for 15 seconds.

All Homunculus and Homunculus skills have been buffed to deal from 150x to 250x damage.

Homunculus' skill availability has been changed to include skills from non-S Homunculus.

Upon using Shape Life, your Homunculus will take on a new form, keeping their level but adapting their attributes and abilities to take on the new form.

Amount of skill points acquired per Homunculus level have been increased greatly as now you have to level up all 5 Homunculus S abilities.

Homunculus cannot run away from lack of Intimacy anymore.

We will keep an eye on how Homunculus performs after this patch. I am confident we're still not there yet with it, but it will be adjusted as we see fit.

Next week: Sky Emperor!

----- BUGFIXES -----

Episode 21 questline has been fixed and can now be safely progressed through again.

Airship Crash instance no longer requires you to talk to the NPC to "reset" its cooldown.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 05/19/2026 17:00 UTC #####

##### PATCH NOTES 05/12/2026 #####

----- SYSTEMS -----

Star Credits Update

Hello! Due to some recent issues, we are modifying how your Star Credits are redeemed.

From now on, you must collect your credits in-game through a specific NPC.

The AstRO Treasurer is now responsible for this task. After your payment is confirmed on the web panel, simply visit him to receive your credits.

NPC: AstRO Treasurer Location: Prontera (147, 160)

This change ensures your credits are delivered safely and correctly. Thank you for your support!

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AstRO Referral Reward System

It's dangerous to go alone! Bring your friends to adventure with you and grab some rewards on the way.

How to start: Get your Referral Code on your account page and send it to your friends.

They must use it when registering their accounts.

Once they hit Lvl 230 with any char, talk to the Stellar Envoy in Prontera (145, 230) and get your reward (1500 SC).

If they activate VIP Status for the first time on their account, you will also receive 30 VIP days to enjoy the game together. Talk to the Stellar Envoy to activate your VIP after they do so.

P.S.: If you try to refer yourself, it won't work.

Rewards are for bringing in actual new players to the community.

P.S².: More rewards coming soon.

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Site Stalls Explorer

You can once again use our site to see who is vending, what they are selling, and where their stall is located. Log in to your account and navigate to Server > Vendings to check it out!

##### PATCH NOTES 05/05/2026 #####

----- INSTANCES -----

Thanatos Raid:

Reduced Thanatos' FLEE to 550 fixed at all difficulties.

Increased Thanatos' HP from 5B to 7B.

----- ITEMS -----

Muscle Fool now activates when dealing damage instead of taking damage.

----- SKILLS -----

Second step of Biolo's rework has arrived! Time to play mad scientist and inject your subjects friends with different chemicals for various effects!

Biolo:

Players may now purchase the book "Mutagenics 101" in Alchemists' Guild in Aldebaran.

This book contains recipes for the new items included in this update.

Yggdrasil Berry Extract: Heals you or your targets by a large amount based on your INT/LUK and healing modifier effects.

Magic Resisting Mutagen: Reduces all magic damage taken.

Ranged Resisting Mutagen: Reduces all ranged damage taken.

Melee Resisting Mutagen: Reduces all melee damage taken.

Reflective Scales Mutagen: Reflects a portion of all damage taken.

Magic Amplify Mutagen: Increases all magic damage dealt.

Ranged Amplify Mutagen: Increases all ranged damage dealt.

Melee Amplify Mutagen: Increases all melee damage dealt.

Critical Amplify Mutagen: Increases critical damage dealt.

Philosopher Stone: Massively increases damage dealt for a short amount of time.

Crafting these new items can yield 5 different Grades of chemical, from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest). Your chances of getting higher grade chemicals is increased by your Base Level, Job Level, LUK and INT attributes.

Each subject can only be affected by one offensive and one defensive mutagen at a time.

These new items are meant to be used on Homunculi subjects. They are NOT meant for Norman/Doram subjects.

Special Pharmacy: Can now craft 10 new items contained in "Mutagenics 101" book.

Potion Pitcher: Renamed into "Chemical Injection"; Now has 15 skill levels, each injecting your targets with new chemicals.

Chemical Protection (Helm): Now increases DEF and MDEF by 5.

Chemical Protection (Armor): Now increases DEF and MDEF by 5.

Chemical Protection (Shield): Now increases DEF and MDEF by 5.

Chemical Protection (Weapon): Now increases ATK and MATK by 5%.

Next week: Homunculus Biolo!

To be honest, I am not confident I can rework the entirety of Homunculi in a week. It is possible that the maintenance of 05/12/2026 does not happen and I might take 2 weeks to finish this. Thank you for your patience.

----- SYSTEMS -----

Presence Event:

Added a 1-minute tolerance so if you guys get disconnected/crashed you may log back in without losing your 10-hour streak.

This 1-minute tolerance also allows for character switching without losing your 10-hour streak.

Pet System:

Reinforced the safeguard for pet so they should not run away in any circumstances.

Reputation System:

Added the option to enchant Speed of Light, Muscle Fool and Lucky Day for Reputation Accessories' third enchant.

----- BUGFIXES -----

Darkness Bible now tames Dark Priest correctly.

Engraved Icy Storm Rune Suit now requires Deep Cold Runes to craft.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 05/05/2026 17:00 UTC #####

##### PATCH NOTES 04/28/2026 #####

----- INSTANCES -----

Training Grounds:

Added the ability to summon Thanatos (Raid Version) and Begelgeuse with Star configurations.

Thanatos' Raid:

Changed the big telegraph that required you to go into melee range. Now it has a "mid-range" safe area.

Reduced the minimum player numbers to 4.

----- SKILLS -----

Our initial Biolo rework has started! This week we are tackling the Biolo as melee DPS!

New mechanic: Chemical reactions! Throw some acid and dust to transmutate your enemies' attributes to yourself! Then make it explode to see pretty fireworks!

Biolo:

Mystery Powder: Now reacts to enemies affected by Acidified Zones to different effects.

Acidified Zone (Fire) Reaction: Hyper-Thermal Oxidation: Reduces enemies ATK by 25% while increasing your own ATK by 25%.

Acidified Zone (Water) Reaction: Supercritical Hydrolysis: Reduces enemies MATK by 25% while increasing your own MATK by 25%.

Acidified Zone (Earth) Reaction: Lithic Vitrification: Reduces enemies DEF by 25% while increasing your own DEF by 25%.

Acidified Zone (Wind) Reaction: Volatile Sublimation: Reduces enemies MDEF by 25% while increasing your own MDEF by 25%.

These effects can affect bosses and do not stack together. Activating a different reaction will overwrite the previous one (for both you and the enemy).

Dust Explosion: Now detonates reactions on enemies for a big boom! Casting Dust Explosion on a target that caused a chemical reaction will deal 15000% melee elemental damage based on the Acidified Zone used in a 15x15 area around the target. This damage scales with POW trait.

Explosive Powder: Can detonate reactions like Dust Explosion.

Next week: Support Biolo!

----- SYSTEMS -----

New Attendance Event:

With 20 new prizes to collect!

Presence Event:

Receiving rewards while doing nothing!?

Yes!

After the next patch, every online player will be receiving one Server Token for Activity Rewards (or S.T.A.R. for short!) every 30 minutes!

These tokens do not go into your inventory and may be checked by talking to the new NPC S.T.A.R. Rewards Shop in Zodiac Palace!

These tokens can be traded for useful things like Blacksmith Blessings and Mighty Soul Essences.

We will be adding more items to this system soon.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 04/28/2026 17:00 UTC #####

##### PATCH NOTES 04/21/2026 #####

----- INSTANCES -----

Thanatos Raid:

Increased damage received by Thanatos.

Reduced Thanatos' damage by around 15% for both physical attacks and magic.

Reduced adds' damage by half.

Added new feature: If Thanatos sense he's being underestimated, he now enters a Berserk state, killing everyone.

----- ITEMS -----

New Stars have appeared in the sky:

- Event Horizon (Sturdy Stars) - Increase SP costs by 6/12/18/24/30%;

- Power Divert Matrix v.1.0 (Meister) - Increases damage received from all elements by 25%, Increases ABR damage by 10/20/30/40/50%.

- Power Divert Matrix v.2.0 (Meister) - Decreases ABR damage by 50%, Decreases damage received from all elements while in Mado Gear by 5/10/15/20/25%.

- Mirrored (Shadow Chaser) - Increases copied spells' damage by 11/22/33/44/55%.

Adamantine Jewel enchant now gives 15-150 MDEF and 4-40 MRES.

----- SKILLS -----

Our Meister rework is here! We spent a few bottles of WD-40, tightened a few screws, sharpened some axes and the results are pretty good overall!

Meister:

ABR - Battle Warrior: Now mimics your Triple Laser, Spark Blaster and Energy Cannonade at 20% efficiency in damage.

ABR - Dual Cannon: Now mimics your Triple Laser, Spark Blaster and Energy Cannonade at 40% efficiency in damage.

ABR - Mother Net: Now casts Infrared Scan at 10s cooldown and Analyze at your target at 5s cooldown.

ABR - Infinity: Now increases all ABR damage by 50%. (Dual Cannon becomes 60% and Battle Warrior becomes 30%)

All ABRs are now able to walk along with their Meisters.

Mighty Smash: Now increases Axe Tornado AoE to 13x13 for 30 seconds.

Rush Strike: Now increases Powerful Swing AoE to 13x13 for 10 seconds.

Rush Quake: New effect: Upon killing any enemy with it, refund its AP cost and refresh its cooldown to 1 second.

Axe Tornado: Deals 200% increased damage, reduced by 50% for each ABR active.

Powerful Swing: Deals 100% increased damage, reduced by 25% for each ABR active.

Self Destruction: Now scales with half of Max HP and full SP.

Troubadour/Trouvere:

Rose Blossom: Now automatically detonates the seed and reapplies the debuff upon using the skill again on the same target.

----- SYSTEMS -----

New NPC: Build Manager!

This new NPC will help you guys save and load your builds so you won't have to redistribute your attributes and skills every time.

This [Build Manager] NPC also saves and loads your equipment builds, scanning your inventory and storage for equipment and letting you know if he can't find something!

...But wait, there's more!

The [Build Manager] also saves your Starbot settings AND active Rune Pages for your specific builds.

He even have an option to send all your equipped items to the Storage for easy character swapping!

----- BUGFIXES -----

Thanos Greasword-AD now correctly autocasts Wind Cutter at a 9% chance.

Fixed description for Mighty Smash Star Aspect.

Fixed the warp in Thanatos Tower Instance not allowing party members through.

Traveler Ring now properly gives Unlimit buff at a low rate when casting Severe Rainstorm.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 04/21/2026 17:00 UTC #####

##### PATCH NOTES 04/14/2026 #####

----- INSTANCES -----

Thanatos Tower:

Adjusted Thanatos' statistics for his non-raid version.

Final Battle:

Removed Corrupted Tan's healing ability.

----- ITEMS -----

New Stars have appeared in the sky:

- Shadow Dance (Kagerou/Oboro).

Updated the first enchant for Good and Evil crowns:

Adamantine -> Adamantine Jewel;

Acute -> Acute Jewel;

Tenacity -> Tenacity Jewel;

Master Archer -> Master Archer Jewel;

Magic Essence -> Magic Essence Jewel;

Affection -> Affection Jewel.

(Players who already enchanted their crowns will have their crowns updated to the new corresponding enchant by tuesday)

----- MONSTERS -----

Reflect Shield no longer does anything.

Monsters will still cast it, but it doesn't reflect damage anymore.

----- SKILLS -----

Shiranui/Shinkiro:

Red Flame Cannon:

- Now applies Burning to the enemy, ignoring immunities. (Bosses have a cap of 25k damage to burn ticks)

- Deals 30% increased damage vs Cursed enemies.

Cold Blooded Cannon:

- Now applies Curse to the enemy at a 30% chance, ignoring immunities.

- Deals 30% increased damage vs Burning enemies.

Golden Dragon Cannon:

- Now applies Bleeding to the enemy, ignoring immunities.

- Deals 30% increased damage vs Agility-Decreased enemies.

Thundering Cannon:

- Now applies Decrease Agility to the enemy at a 30% chance, ignoring immunities.

- Deals 30% increased damage vs Bleeding enemies.

Shadow Dragon - Nightmare:

- Now deals 50% extra damage for every debuff applied by the other cannons, amounting to a 250% damage increase with all of them.

Shadow Dance:

- Can now crit.

- Deals 10% increased damage for every Mirage clone active.

All Shinkiro/Shiranui skills have been updated with the most recent damage formulas from iRO.

Arch Mage:

Energy Conversion:

Old effect: Converts 22/19/16/13/10 AP into 40/120/240/400/600 SP.

New effect: Gives a buff that doubles all SP consumption, but adds 20% of the SP costs of your skills into their damage. This extra damage increases as your SP cost increases.

Lasts 2 minutes, costs 50 AP.

Hyper Novice:

Jack Frost Nova: Removed the "double hit" effect from the Ice Orb.

Increased the damage of the single hit by 10%. Updated the formulas to show the damage accordingly.

We are watching if Hyper Novice still overperforms with this nerf. It is still very strong, though.

Cardinal:

Divinus Flos: Can now crit and channeled.

Dragon Knight:

Dragonic Breath: Can now be channeled.

----- SYSTEMS -----

Updated the HP and SP formulas for:

Summoner;

Soul Reaper;

Star Emperor;

Spirit Handler;

Soul Ascetic;

Sky Emperor.

Updated SP formula for all jobs:

INT now increases SP 5 times as much as before.

Training Dummies now receive 100% of the damage, so players can see exactly the damage they're dealing.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 04/14/2026 17:00 UTC #####

##### PATCH NOTES 04/07/2026 #####

----- INSTANCES -----

Increased HP and damage for Thanatos in the Raid mode.

Thanatos wasn't much of a threat aside from his mechanics. So we're boosting his power a bunch.

Added a "reset" to the pillar mechanics to Thanatos Raid. It should help with the bugged entitied (like the skill telegraphs and summoned adds).

----- SKILLS -----

We are preparing a Shiranui/Shinkiro update along with our Class Advisors. Stay tuned!

----- SYSTEMS -----

Increased Max HP cap to... a lot!

It's really 2 Billion. But I personally don't think it's achievable. So you may now do your HP-based builds without that annoying ceiling.

Increased all statistic limitations. You most probably won't feel this one, but this gives us more balancing opportunities for attributes.

We will tackle SP growth for jobs next week.

Added new commands: alootvalue and nolootid!

Alootvalue will loot anything above the value you specify!

For example, if you do @alootvalue 100000, you will not loot anything below that value threshold.

Nolootid will exclude things from your autoloot. If you really don't want to loot something, just add it to your nolootid list!

Both nolootid and alootid lists have been increased to 50!

All autoloot settings will now be saved for your characters so you won't have to type them all over again!

----- BUGFIXES -----

Removed the requirement for Enchant Tickets from Good and Evil enchants.

----- CLASS ADVISOR -----

Help us understand your job better in order to make better balance changes, apply for Class Advisor in the link: https://discord.com/channels/1358475974311805081/1484874589480947743

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##### Everything above will be applied AFTER the maintenance by 04/07/2026 17:00 UTC #####