GD2.0 : Tauti

Castle Siege Changes

As Shilen's power grows, the resistance of adventurers rises. The forces of malice and good, death and life, dark and light, now manifest in places of social power. The nine castles of the world can now be aligned as light or dark at the discretion of the victorious castle lord. The castles of Aden and Rune have become especially powerful.

Aden and Rune Castles

The status of Aden castle and Rune castle decree whether or not certain clan-competition Campaigns can be taken on.

• If Aden or Rune castle is a Castle of Light or is Neutral, no reset Campaign can be obtained, and these castles can safely remain as a Castle of Light for two weeks until the next scheduled siege period.
• If Aden or Rune castle is a Castle of Darkness, a special Campaign can be accepted which challenges that clan's ownership of the castle. The Campaign invitation is presented only to eligible characters: characters level 40 or higher that do not own a Castle of Darkness. The campaign involves an attack upon the targeted Castle of Darkness, and the clan owning that castle must defend it. If the defense of the castle fails, the Castle of Darkness will be forcefully reset to Neutral status, thus kicking out the resident clan.

The Campaign to reset Aden castle to Neutral becomes available at 6:00 p.m. (server time) on the Sunday following that server's last castle siege, and the Rune castle campaign becomes available at 7:00 p.m. on the same day.

Sayune jump points have been added to the Rune and Aden castles.

Tax System Changes

• The territory tax for Gludio and Dion territories has changed. Talking Island Village is now a part of Gludio territory. Floran Village is now a part of Dion territory.
• Alco's sales tax rate in the Ancient City of Arcan has changed from 20% to 30%.

The Aden and Rune castles are now more influential over castle tax revenue:

• The clans owning the castles of Gludio, Dion, Giran, Oren, and Innadril can only collect tax revenue when Aden castle is a Castle of Darkness.
• The clans owning the Goddard and Schuttgart castles can only collect tax revenue when Rune castle is a Castle of Darkness.

Castle tax revenue is deposited every Monday at midnight (server time) into the castle's vault, as long as the defense campaign on the highest castle is successful and the castle lord does not change. Like all merchant NPCs, the Merchant of Mammon's sales list is also affected by the tax rate and castle status of the town he is in.

Background & NPCs

The Ceremony of Chaos is a sanctioned free-for-all style PvP battle exclusive to players in clans. It is meant to help train clans to work together and give opportunity for further practice and honing of one's own PvP combat skills. Rewards from the Ceremony of Chaos benefit both clan and individual character.

Lore Background

Gran Kain, the father of all creatures and the world, observed the progress of his daughter Shilen's evil plans. Although he felt resistance to her was futile, he saw the races of Humans, Elves, Dark Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, and Kamael continue to fight. It was slow progress, but the determination of the races moved them forward steadily.

Gran Kain was impressed by this and decided to promote their cause, despite that he rarely involved himself in the fight between light and darkness. He called upon his subordinates, the fallen angels, to call upon the heroes of the races and challenge them to a test of ability, offering to grant some of his own powers to the victor and their clan.

The orders came from a mansion but the identity of the owner is never revealed; the only representatives of note are the Mysterious Butlers Lumiere and Ains, who organize the Ceremony of Chaos. Lumiere appears to be human but this is but a disguise to hide his seraphic identity. Lumiere has the ability to create spaces in other dimensions, and upon Gran Kain's orders he created four arenas for the Ceremony of Chaos battles existing in a dimension between the material world and the world of Chaos.

Mysterious Butler NPC

The Mysterious Butler NPC can be found in every major town or village near the Olympiad Manager NPC. He provides information about the Ceremony of Chaos, the ability to watch ongoing matches, and sells items and buffs in exchange for Adena, Fame Points, and Mysterious Marks. He also sells exclusive rewards to the True Hero character.

Items sold to all characters for Mysterious Marks and Castle Siege Soldier Badges include:

• Mysterious Power — Consumable (Ceremony of Chaos only). Reduces HP, MP, and CP to 1 but gives a 30% chance of inflicting lethal strike on a targeted opponent. Reuse: 6 minutes. Non-tradable.
• Mysterious Shadow — Consumable (Ceremony of Chaos only). Become invisible but Spd. is reduced by 30%. Effect cancels upon use of skills or items. Non-tradable.
• Bratty Angma Summon Scrolls — Scrolls of varying level ranges that allow a clan member to summon an Angma in exchange for Clan Reputation Points and Fame Points. Non-tradable.
• Proofs of Alliance and Aspiration — Items needed to raise a clan to level 4 or 5 respectively. Can only be used by the clan leader. Non-tradable.
• Mysterious Ring — Summons a targeted clan member to your location. Lasts 60 days. Reuse: 1 hour. Non-tradable.
• Healing Potion of Chaos — Recovers 2,500 HP. Any leftover recovery goes to CP. Tradable.
• Mysterious Scroll — Teleports a targeted Chaotic character to another town. Reuse: 30 minutes. Non-tradable.
• Necklaces of Elemental Resistance — A- through R-Grade necklaces offering resistance to a particular element and increased MP. Tradable.
• Earrings of Debuff Resistance — A- through R-Grade earrings offering resistance to a particular debuff, and increasing MP and possibly CP. Tradable. When two of the same earrings are equipped, only one effect applies.
• Rings of Elemental Resistance — A- through R-Grade rings offering resistance to a particular element and increasing MP. Tradable. When two of the same rings are equipped, only one effect applies.
• Undershirts — R- through R95-Grade enchantable undershirts offering HP, MP, or CP boosts.
• Belts and Magic Rune Clips — R- through R95-Grade items to be used together.
• Mysterious Boxes — C- through S-Grade boxes that can yield symbols and magic rune clips at random. Tradable.
• Blessed Scrolls of Escape — Town-specific Blessed Escape scrolls.

Battle Process

Rewards

Buffs

All winners (and characters winning a draw) receive powerful buffs:

• Doubtful Herb of Power — Increases P. Atk. by 100% for 5 minutes.
• Doubtful Herb of Magic — Increases M. Atk. by 400% for 5 minutes.
• Doubtful Herb of Vitality — For 5 minutes, Vitality is replenished when XP is acquired through hunting.

Losing characters receive the Doubtful Herb of Power and Doubtful Herb of Magic buffs as well.

Match Winner Items

After a winner is announced, 1 to 5 Mysterious Boxes appear at random in the arena. Only the Match Winner can open these boxes. Contents include:

• Guaranteed: 2 to 4 Mysterious Marks.
• Possible additional reward (one of the following at random): High-level / Top-grade Stone of Life R95 or R99-Grade; Yellow / Teal / Purple Soul Crystal Fragment R95 or R99-Grade; Mysterious Belt (3-day Limited Period).

True Hero

The character who obtains the most Mysterious Marks that month is declared True Hero when the monthly cycle ends, announced server-wide. Spending Mysterious Marks before the month is over does not affect the count. If the highest count is tied, no True Hero winner is declared. You can check your count with the /ceremonyofchaos command. The True Hero can obtain exclusive buffs and items from the Mysterious Butler NPC:

• Ruler's Authority Belt R-Grade — Increases Max HP/MP/CP by 500, weight penalty maximum by 12,000, HP recovery rate by 10.12, MP recovery rate by 3.89, P. Atk./M. Atk./P. Def./M. Def. by 6%, reflected damage resistance by 5, inventory slots by 36, and resistance to all attributes by 10. Can be exchanged.
• Mysterious Belt (3-Day Limited) — Increases Max HP/MP/CP by 500, HP recovery rate by 7.1, MP recovery rate by 2.74, PvP damage by 5%, reflected damage resistance by 5, and decreases PvP damage received by 6%. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or sold.
• 5,000 Clan Reputation Points
• 5,000 Fame Points (individual)

Best Clan

The clan of the True Hero receives a special buff from the Mysterious Butler NPC: Ruler's Blessing — Sleep, Bleed, Shock, Poison and Hold attack bonus increases by 30% for 30 minutes.

Ruler's Consideration

The character that accumulates the most PKs in the match but does not win receives this prize. When opened it may give one or more Improved Stones of Life R95- or R99-Grade, or possibly Soul Crystal Fragments. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or sold.

Consolation Prize

Even the losers win something! If you are defeated during the match, you receive 2 Mysterious Marks as a participation reward once the match ends. Be sure to stay until the match ends — if you leave prematurely you will not receive the reward.

Clan Skills

The amount of boost in M. Atk. and M. Def. in the Clan Advent skill has changed from 2% to 1%. When upgrading this skill, the effect increase applies to all levels.

When a clan owns a Fortress, the clan leader can learn the following passive clan skills from the Support Unit Captain NPC. The clan leader can learn these skills specifically for certain ranks of clan members; the price is charged each time a new ranking is taught the skills.

Skill Name	Description	Requirements for Learning
Fire Squad	Increases corresponding troops’ P. Atk. by 17.3.	12,000 Fame Points 8 Blood Oaths
Water Squad	Increases corresponding troops’ P. Def. by 27.3.	10,400 Fame Points 8 Blood Oaths
Wind Squad	Increases corresponding troops’ Accuracy by 2.	12,000 Fame Points 8 Blood Oaths
Earth Squad	Increases corresponding troops’ M. Def. by 17.	12,000 Fame Points 8 Blood Oaths
Holy Squad	Increases corresponding troops’ heal power by 20.	10,400 Fame Points 8 Blood Oaths
Dark Squad	Increases corresponding troops’ M. Atk. by 7.17.	12,000 Fame Points 8 Blood Oaths

Clan Insignia

The Clan Insignia is now known as the Clan Mark. The image size and file type has changed from a 64x64 256-color BMP file to a 256x256 24-bit or 32-bit TGA file. A Clan Insignia can be changed no more often than once every 15 minutes. A Clan Insignia is the square image that appears on a Clan Shield, Clan Flag, or Clan Tombstone.

All Clan Insignias must be registered in the new size and file type; all previously registered Clan Insignias of the old type will be removed from the game when the Goddess of Destruction: Tauti update launches on June 13, 2012.

Clan Flag

A Clan Flag can be erected during siege battles or raids to represent the clan and to strategically boost the clan’s morale, battles, and activities by way of useful buffs.

The skill to summon a Clan Flag can be learned by purchasing the Spellbook – Clan Flag item for 1,000 Clan Reputation Points from the resident Clan Merchant NPC. The skill is listed in the Clan Skills section and can only be used by a clan member of Marquis rank or higher. Every time a Clan Flag is summoned, 100 Clan Reputation Points are consumed. A Clan Flag remains summoned for 30 minutes, with a 30 minute skill reuse delay, but the buff effect lasts 10 minutes only.

The Clan Flag applies a buff that increases damage inflicted and decreases damage received by nearby clan members. A Clan Flag also creates an icon over enemy clan members’ heads, which serves to give visual indication of the Clan Flag’s range of effect for strategic purposes. If multiple Clan Flags are summoned, the effect of only one applies.

A Clan Flag cannot be summoned in the following locations: Olympiad arenas, Ceremony of Chaos arenas, Airship, Boat.

Clan Pets

Clan pets have been added to the game to provide a new way for clans to obtain Clan Reputation Points, now that the Territory War system has been removed.

A clan pet can be purchased from the Mysterious Butler NPC with 8 Mysterious Marks which are obtained from the Ceremony of Chaos competitions. There are two kinds of clan pets: the nurture type, and the combat type.

Nurture-type Clan Pet

A nurture-type clan pet summoning scroll summons a Raccoon, White Cat, or Desert Fox clan pet at random. Although name and appearance differs, the effect of each of the three pets is the same.

Once the clan pet summoning item is obtained, the pet can be summoned like a regular pet: it will be the constant companion of the summoner character, it will fight for them with basic combat skills, it can be given a personalized name, and it has a pet inventory.

Once the pet has been summoned for a total of 72 hours (does not have to be continuous) the pet disappears and 100 Clan Reputation Points are awarded, and there is also a possibility of a Mysterious Pouch being given as an additional reward. A Mysterious Pouch has a chance of yielding an attribute crystal.

The clan pet is suited for a clan level 5 or higher. If a clan pet is summoned and the clan reverts to level 4 or below, or the summoning clan member withdraws from the clan, only the Mysterious Pouch is awarded.

Combat-type Clan Pet

A Bratty Angma Summoning Scroll can be purchased by a clan member from the Mysterious Butler for 12 Mysterious Marks or 12 Castle Siege Soldier Badges. This clan pet summoning scroll does not summon a companion pet, but rather a creature that you must defeat in order to redeem a reward.

If you defeat the Angma within 30 seconds of summoning it, you are awarded 100 Fame Points, your clan is awarded 30 Clan Reputation Points, and there is also a possibility of receiving a Mysterious Pouch as an additional reward. It is difficult to defeat the Angma within 30 seconds alone, however; clan members are encouraged to take on the creature as a group.

There are four different kinds of Bratty Angma Summoning Scroll, pertaining to level ranges between 76 and 99. The summoning scroll is tradable.

Bug Fixes

• When Clan Reputation is above 0, clan skills are now reset correctly.
• Ornaments in auctionable Clan Halls no longer appear as black sprites in Rune Township.

Recommended Level	Zone Type
95–97	Party Hunting Area

Previously known as the Execution Grounds, the Guillotine Fortress has evolved into an outdoor party hunting area for characters level 95 to 97. The rain of Shilen's blood on the land caused much damage in the nearby town of Dion. While rebuilding, it was foolishly decided to dump all the trash on the Execution Grounds, which were already bathed in plague and blood rain. The added evils infected the buried souls and forced them to rise again and haunt the area. Ominous high walls line the area, fortifying it from outsiders, and containing the evil within.

Awakened adventurers can reach the Guillotine Fortress by using Sayune jumping from the towns of Dion or Giran and using the north, east, and west open entrances to the area. Sayune jump points and drop-off locations exist within Guillotine Fortress as well, bringing adventurers to the various terraces, features, and even the raid boss location.

Monsters in the Guillotine Fortress protect themselves with a graphically-visible Chaos Shield aura, which boosts their physical and magical defense. The skill can be canceled by dropping the monster's HP below a certain level, or by weakening it with the Armor Destruction skill of a Tyrr Warrior in a party. The weakened Chaos Shield also makes the monster more vulnerable to half-kill attacks. If a half-kill attack is successful, or a certain amount of damage is inflicted on the weakened monster, Chaos Shield is canceled and the monster is stunned.

Beware: when a monster is half dead and has no Chaos Shield, it will attack more aggressively or desperately try to get its shield skill back up.

While hunting in a party in Guillotine Fortress, the Proof of Survival item drops at a low rate. This is a non-tradable time-limited item that lasts 10 minutes. Its existence in your inventory increases the chance of spawning an event monster with each regular monster defeated. The odds of spawning increase according to the amount of Proofs of Survival in one's possession. The event monster sometimes drops rewards such as Adena or crafting ingredients, and may spawn subordinates or even return from death!

Certain unique monsters spawn only at night: Alluring Irene, Pafuron, and Krutati.

The Guillotine Fortress is home to multiple raid monsters that can be defeated by a single party:

• Crook the Mad — Spawns roughly once per day and fights melee by summoning subordinates and using knock-down skills.
• Warden Overseer Houpon — Spawns roughly once per day and fights at range with arrows, magic, poison, and escape.

The Watchmen of the Eye of Infinity, called Isaads, guard the western entrance. They are passive but will attack you if provoked, so proceed with caution. The same goes for Fortress Scout Gazem, near the northern entrance.

Guillotine of Death Raid Boss

In his human life he was the head executioner during the Peasant Riots but he had no qualms about killing the innocent. Eventually, he was killed for his actions and buried here, where he haunted the grounds for what seemed an eternity. Recently, the blood rain drove him mad with the power of Shilen and he now wanders aimlessly, butchering all who cross him until his goddess is resurrected in the material world.

The former raid boss from the Execution Grounds era has returned empowered. The battle to defeat him occurs in three stages:

• Stage 1 — Execution Grounds Watchman: Appears at night. When his HP is reduced to 1, he transforms into Stage 2.
• Stage 2 — Guillotine of Death: A powerful human warrior with a skull head. He fights with a spear and dark magic, and summons a subordinate as his HP declines. When reduced to 1 HP, he transforms into Stage 3.
• Stage 3 — Guillotine of Death on horseback: Summons multiple subordinates and fights with a spear and dark magic. Upon defeating him, adventurers can loot his rewards.

Hunting Zone Changes

• The number of Kartia’s Guards in the altar room of Kartia’s Labyrinth has been decreased.
• The HP of the boss in solo-type Kartia’s Labyrinth has been increased.
• The interior of the Cruma Tower is now a viewable region on the map.
• The critical rate of monsters’ magic skills has been drastically decreased.
• The Prison Gate Key acquired during the raid boss fights with Balok or Baylor in the Crystal Caverns is now directly inserted into the character’s inventory and expires after one hour.
• The normal version of the Octavis raid fight is now 2 hours.
• The Merchant of Mammon now changes location every 30 minutes instead of every 4 hours.
• Zelaka, the boss monster of Kartia’s Labyrinth level 85 instance, will no longer use the Zelaka’s Warcry skill when its HP drops below 10%.
• We changed the Istina boss battle in the Seed of Annihilation as follows:
  • Characters can now die from Acid Eruption.
  • Now you can only undo the Yoke Status used by Sealing Energy the NPC by using the Energy Control Device.
• Only characters over lv85 can now enter the Seed of Annihilation through Klemis the NPC at the pier.
• We changed the minimum number of party members for alliance-type instance dungeon to 14 for normal, and 21 for extreme mode. The instance dungeons with the changes are as follows:
  • Normal mode
    • Seed of Annihilation
    • Last Imperial Tomb
    • Ice Queen’s Castle
    • Balok boss battle
    • Istina’s Habitat
    • Octavis boss battle
  • Extreme mode
    • Ice Queen’s Castle
    • Istina’s Habitat
    • Octavis boss battle
• The monsters in the following hunting grounds now have higher HP and give more XP when killed:
  • Altar of Evil
  • Bloody Swampland
  • Fairy Settlement
  • Forbidden Gateway
• When equipment with bestowed attributes is equipped, the attribute value given to monsters is lower than before to provide smoother hunting.
• The Seed of Annihilation: Battle in the Nursery instanced dungeon now lasts 25 minutes instead of 30 minutes. Also, after the instance battle times out, you can speak to the NPC to acquire XP equivalent to the amount of residue collected.
• The reward for the Balthus Knights - Antharas Expedition Campaign has increased: in addition to an Expedition Volunteer Reward Chest, you also get an Expedition Volunteer’s Crystal Pouch.

Bug Fixes

• We fixed the issue in which the dead body of a servitor summoned in an instance dungeon would not disappear.
• We fixed the issue in which the Vampire Queen of the Tower of Insolence didn’t respond correctly to attacks.
• We fixed the issue in which you turn into a Cursed Transformed Object when subject to the Orbis’ Curse skill while in the Blood Sword Akamanah transformation state.
• We fixed the issue in which a raid boss’ magic would be sealed through a knight class’ Justice Punishment skill.
• The phenomenon of Balok not using any skills when it is attacked with servitors has been corrected.
• The problem of the NPC Hermuncus incorrectly stating in its dialogue window that the Seed of Annihilation is a level 88 hunting ground has been corrected.
• The problem of the raid boss Baylor in the Crystal Caverns occasionally moving inside the Secret Gate has been corrected.
• The problem of the number of remaining sacrifices in the UI not being displayed correctly upon entering the Altar of Shilen instant dungeon has been corrected.
• The region where character moving is not permitted within the Bloody Swampland topography has been corrected.
• We fixed the issue in which Istina, in abnormal form, would attack characters sometimes in the bonus phase.
• We fixed the issue in which the Balok, the raid boss of the Crystal Caverns, would not respond properly when attacked with a servitor.
• The problem of lower XP being acquired than before when hunting monsters in some hunting grounds that are below level 85 has been corrected.

Kartia’s Labyrinth

• We fixed the issue in which the stage wouldn’t change even if all monsters were killed in the altar room.
• We fixed the issue in which the boss monster’s petrified state would come undone before the seventh stage.
• We fixed the issue in which buffs would not work on ally NPCs in the solo-type instance.
• The problem of the Dimensional Poison Zone skill effect not being cancelled even after hunting the Kartia Dimensional Watcher on the 1st floor has been fixed.
• The problem of the door to the boss room not opening in the level 95 version of the instance Kartia’s Labyrinth even when the Kartia Dimensional Watcher arrives at the entrance has been corrected.
• We fixed the issue in which sometimes, in the lv95 solo-type Kartia’s Labyrinth tunnel chamber, the Kartia’s Dimensional Watchman would move closer to the boss chamber entrance when reduced in HP and would not disappear.
• We fixed the issue in which an ally NPC could be attacked by a servitor in the solo-type Kartia’s Labyrinth.

Fortuna

• We fixed the issue in which the transparent state of the Enraged Master Kinen, who occasionally spawns in the fourth stage of the Fortuna instance dungeon, would not come undone.
• We also fixed the error in which the Enraged Master Kinen does not appear sometimes after the death of its double.
• The problem of screen playing not being ended even after entering inside the instance dungeon when entering Fortuna has been fixed.

Hellbound

• We fixed the issue in which the pathway to the Stone Coffin room wouldn’t open even if you killed Beleth, the Hellbound Raid boss.
• We fixed the issue in which the Teleport Cube would sometimes not disappear after time has elapsed after killing Epidos in Hellbound’s Steel Citadel.
• We fixed the issue in which we could use an abnormal method of going through the Core Naia battle area entrance.

Interface Changes

• The number of remaining Vitality items that you can use per week now displays when mousing over your character’s Vitality in the Character Selection screen.
• When registering a new Macro, a new icon selection display window and more icon options are provided.
• NPC and character on-screen dialogue boxes, and private shop and private workshop signs can now be turned off from view through the Game tab of the Options window of the System Menu. Their visual style and font size has also changed for easier reading.
• NPC dialogue can also be filtered out of the chat window, through the Chat Options function of the chat window.
• On NCsoft West servers, the in-game support petition client is disabled until further notice. To contact the support team, please use the website support form: https://discord.gg/l2valar

Vitality Changes

• Fewer Vitality points are now consumed when hunting solo or in a 2- to 6-character party.
• On NCsoft West servers, the weekly Vitality item limit usable per game account has increased from 7 items to 20 items.

New Emotes

Two new emotes have been added to the game: Provoke, and Propose. Animations differ per character race and gender.

Bug Fixes

• The Quest Zone or Campaign window no longer disappears from the interface when a cutscene plays. The Quest Zone icon now properly appears in the dialogue window as well.
• In the One Who Seeks the Power of the Seal quest of the Seven Signs quest series, the cutscene afterimage no longer remains if the cutscene is forcefully skipped.
• The problem of non-existent NPC at the entrance of Talking Island Village appearing on the radar has been fixed.
• The problem of the displayed UI window automatically closing when using the /instantzone command has been corrected.
• After deleting and adding a subclass, the problem of the Eva’s Saint class being displayed as Eva’s Templar has been corrected.

Mentoring System

• The problem of the mentoring guide not having a creature detail feature in its target window setup has been corrected.
• The problem of searching for a character name exceeding 12 English characters in the Mentee search window not being normally carried out is fixed.
• When a mentor dies, the mentee can no longer use the Summon Mentor skill.

Tauti Items

A Tauti weapon can be crafted from a Tauti's Fragment, which is obtained after defeating Tauti in extreme mode raid battle, as well as other ingredients including 17,952 Crystals R-Grade and 1,496 Gemstones R-Grade. Take the ingredients to Maestro Ishuma at the Gludio Airship Field.

Tauti items also include boss jewels:

• Tauti Bracelet — Obtained by completing the quest involving defeating Tauti in a normal raid battle. Activates 5 talisman slots when equipped and increases MP by 216. Tradable.
• Refined Tauti Bracelet — Obtained by exchanging the Tauti Bracelet along with a Bottle of Tauti's Soul (from the extreme mode raid battle). Activates 5 talisman slots when equipped. Increases MP by 216, and STR and INT by 1. Cannot be exchanged, dropped, or sold.

Seed Talismans

Seed Talismans are permanent items that can be acquired by anyone, but there are six different scales of quality and the best are the rarest. The base talisman is acquired by purchasing it from the Seed Talisman Manager NPC in exchange for Energy of Destruction and Giant's Energy. This NPC can be found in the towns of Aden and Rune, and at the Keucereus Alliance Base.

The talisman can be enchanted level-by-level to higher quality. The first five talismans are all non-tradable, but the sixth and best talisman can be exchanged if sealed through crafting. The effects from multiple talismans do not stack — only the highest-level equipped talisman's effects apply. The higher you try to enchant, the lower the odds of success, and it is even possible that your talisman could lose an enchantment level. Consider using an Elycum to increase success rate and prevent loss of enhancement level on failure.

Talisman Name	Level	Stats	Requirements
Talisman of Infinity	1 (base)	Max HP/MP/CP +100; Accuracy & M. Accuracy +1; Evasion & M. Evasion +1; Atk. Spd. & Casting Spd. +10; Vampiric Rage +2%.	25 Energy of Destruction 40 Giant's Energy
Talisman of Destruction	2	Max HP/MP/CP +100; Accuracy & M. Accuracy +2; Evasion & M. Evasion +2; Atk. Spd. & Casting Spd. +10; Vampiric Rage +2%; P. Critical Rate +30; M. Critical Rate +10.	25 Energy of Destruction 30 Giant's Energy
Talisman of Annihilation	3	Max HP/MP/CP +300; Accuracy & M. Accuracy +2; Evasion & M. Evasion +2; Atk. Spd. & Casting Spd. +20; Vampiric Rage +3%; P. Critical Rate +30; M. Critical Rate +10; P. Atk. +103; M. Atk. +156.	25 Energy of Destruction 30 Giant's Energy
Talisman of Hellfire	4	Max HP/MP/CP +400; Atk. Spd. & Casting Spd. +30; Vampiric Rage +3%; P. Critical Rate +30; M. Critical Rate +10; P. Atk. +103; M. Atk. +156; Physical Skill Atk. +1%; Reflect Damage Resistance +10; P. Def. & M. Def. +20.	25 Energy of Destruction 30 Giant's Energy
Talisman of Desire	5	Max HP/MP/CP +500; Atk. Spd. & Casting Spd. +40; Vampiric Rage +3%; P. Critical Rate +30; M. Critical Rate +10; P. Atk. +203; M. Atk. +256; Physical Skill Atk. +2%; Reflect Damage Resistance +20; P. Def. & M. Def. +40; MP Consumption -1%.	25 Energy of Destruction 30 Giant's Energy
Talisman of Longing	6 (best)	Max HP/MP/CP +600; Atk. Spd. & Casting Spd. +50; Vampiric Rage +3%; P. Critical Rate +30; M. Critical Rate +10; P. Atk. +303; M. Atk. +356; Physical Skill Atk. +4%; Reflect Damage Resistance +30; P. Def. & M. Def. +60; STR/INT/CON/MEN/DEX/WIT +2; MP Consumption -3%. Can be exchanged if sealed through crafting.	35 Energy of Destruction 70 Giant's Energy

Amaranthine Upgrades

R99-Grade Amaranthine weapons can now be upgraded and strengthened with PvP or PvE options and color effects:

• Dark Amaranthine (PvP) — Increases the weapon's PvP physical, magic, and skill damage, and bestows a chance of not increasing PK count upon killing another player outside of sanctioned PvP combat situations. The weapon takes on a dark blue color tone.
• Bloody Amaranthine (PvE) — Increases the weapon's PvE physical, magic, and skill damage, and allows buffs to be maintained upon death at the hand of a NPC or monster. The weapon takes on a bloody red color tone.

To upgrade an Amaranthine weapon, visit the Blacksmith of Mammon with the following crafting requirements:

• Regular Amaranthine weapon
• Amaranthine Enhancement Stone — PvP or PvE (depending on desired upgrade)
• 360 Energy of Destruction
• 180 Giant's Energy
• 3,198 Gemstones R-Grade
• 38×378 Crystals R-Grade

Amaranthine Enhancement Stone — PvE can be acquired through the Tauti boss battle. Amaranthine Enhancement Stone — PvP can be acquired through the Castle Siege campaign, Retrieve the Stolen Taxes.

Energy of Destruction and Giant's Energy

Characters level 85 and higher can acquire Energy of Destruction through hunting in certain zones and completing certain daily quests. You can acquire Energy of Destruction faster when hunting in a party in these zones: Bloody Swampland, Harnak Underground Ruins, Seed of Annihilation, Seed of Annihilation: Battle in the Nursery, Fairy Settlement, Orbis Temple, Garden of Genesis, Seal of Shilen, Seed of Hellfire, Guillotine Fortress, and the Altar of Evil Spirits.

Giant's Energy can be purchased from a Clan Hall NPC or acquired as an Olympiad quest reward.

Treasure Chests

Treasure Chests that previously appeared in random hunting areas have all changed to Dimensional Treasure Chests. The new kind of chest gives better rewards that scale according to the level of the hunting ground the chest is found in. Dimensional Treasure Chests don't just open and give you rewards — instead they take you to another dimension where you can participate in a mini-event to earn the rewards.

If you find a Dimensional Treasure Chest, interact with it to summon a Dimensional Door. Note that you can only use a Dimensional Door made from a chest within your character's appropriate level range. Go through the Dimensional Door to enter a single-player instanced dungeon.

Inside the area are the devil Verdof and many explosive barrels and walking treasure chests. Killing the barrels and treasure chests yields a plethora of herbs to heal and buff you. Interact with Verdof to begin a mini-game — you must accept his challenge or else you will be kicked out of the dungeon (but you can re-enter through the Dimensional Door if it is still open). He summons three Treasure Chests of which you must choose only one. Choose a chest and destroy it to claim the rewards inside!

The Dimensional Door remains open and a character can remain in the special dungeon for no more than 3 minutes. After this time the door closes and you are returned to your previous hunting area. Once you have completed the mini-game, you cannot get another mini-game instance until the 3-minute expiration timer has ended and until you find another Dimensional Treasure Chest of your level range.

Crafting Changes

• The required amount of ingredient items needed to craft an R-Grade Unidentified item has increased.
• Standard and Blessed items above level 95 can now be crafted with new recipes that require Weapon Piece, Armor Piece, and Accessory Gem items respectively, as well as other ingredients.
• R-Grade and higher Dualswords and Dual Daggers now require fewer crafting ingredients.
• Weapons' Special Abilities can now be upgraded with fewer R-Grade Gemstones.
• The icon border color has been changed to easily differentiate between basic weapon items and attribute ore fragment items.

Bug Fixes

• The problem of the same accessory appearing more than once on the Aden Reconstruction Society Member's hair accessory exchange list has been corrected. Enchanted hair accessories now maintain their existing enchantment when being upgraded further through this NPC.
• P. Atk. now displays correctly on the Specter Thrower Damage Up + Focus item description.
• The Blacksmith of Mammon can now use an Unbind Scroll on a Bound Apocalypse Avenger – Haste with no issues.
• Orichalcum Arrows now cost more Adena than their lower-grade Mithril Arrow counterpart.
• The number of R-Grade crystals consumed when crafting Elixir of CP (R-Grade) now displays correctly.
• The following R-Grade robe-type armor set effects now display the correct magic critical rate stat boost: Twilight Robe Set, Seraph Robe Set, and Eternal Robe Set.
• The effects of CP Potions no longer delay when used.
• The Seraph heavy-type armor set now applies the Reduced Critical Damage Received effect correctly.
• Monsters in the level 80 Rim Kamaloka instance dungeons now drop event items as intended.
• We fixed the issue in which the enchant stats would not be maintained when creating a belt out of the Low-level Magic Rune Clip - R-Grade earned through a quest.
• Dark Legion's Edge – Thunder is now listed in the correct Auction House category (two-handed swords).
• D-Grade through S-Grade Soulshot recipes are now listed in the correct category of Supplies instead of Miscellaneous.
• The issue of P. Def. not increasing when a head accessory is enchanted is fixed.
• Bound Seraph Shoes can now only be unbound using a R95-Grade Unbind Scroll as originally designed.

Attribute Changes

• If your defense attribute is higher than your attack attribute, the amount of damage you receive is decreased. Damage that raises attack attribute value can be increased.
• When non-attribute skills are used, the attack attribute bonus shown on the character information screen is applied. When a skill attribute and an item attribute are the same and are both applied, their effect values are combined.
• The monster attribute value has been changed according to the attribute bonus change. Attribute values of previous level 95 monsters have been decreased. The XP and SP acquired from monsters now depend on the transformed attribute value.
• R-Grade or higher Life Stones can now be imbued with a new augment option that uses B-Grade gemstones.

The following top-level item skills have been added to existing augment options:

• Charm, Peace, Guidance, Agility, Iron Body, Winter, Aggression Up, Aggression Down, Aggression, Hold, Mana Gain, Slow, Bleed, Shield, Empower, Spell Clarity, Might, Magic Barrier, Poison

Territory War Removal

The Territory War system has been removed from the game. As of June 13, 2012, Territory Wars no longer occur and it is no longer possible to obtain Territory Badges of any kind. Most of the items sold by a Territory Manager are now obtainable from the Mysterious Butler through the Ceremony of Chaos system.

Existing Territory Badges will remain in the game and can be used in the following manner:

• The Aden Reconstruction NPC will exchange Territory Badges for Hero’s Treasure Boxes.
• The News Informer NPC will be in-game for one month after the update launches, until July 11, to exchange Territory Badges for all previous Territory War items and territory-specific items.

The News Informer also serves to help characters complete any unfinished Territory War-related quests before his departure on July 11, 2012.

The ability to obtain Noblesse status by exchanging 100 Territory War badges, or through the old Noblesse quest is no longer available even through the News Informer. There is, however, a new quest that awards Noblesse status.

Olympiad Changes

• The Olympiad Manager NPC’s sales list has been updated as follows:
  • Removed: S- through R95-Grade weapons and armor.
  • Added: R99-Grade weapons and armor, and Giant’s Codexes.
• Olympiad Manager sales prices have changed.
• The Hero’s Cloak and Cloak of Honor now increase M. Def., all stats, and resistance to all attributes, in addition to increasing HP and CP.
• The Warrior’s Temporary Healing Potion no longer recovers a certain amount of Max CON; it now recovers up to 5,000 HP, and any leftover recovery points go to CP.

Bug Fixes

• After conquering the barracks of a Fortress, the problem of the conquer status not appearing correctly on the mini-map has been corrected.
• Mentor and Mentee-exchanged enchant skills are now cancelled properly upon entering an Olympiad match.

New Quests

Guillotine Fortress

Seed of Hellfire

Orbis Temple

Noblesse

Ceremony of Chaos

Clan Quests

These quests can only be taken on while the Retrieve the Stolen Taxes campaign quest is ongoing.

Castle of Darkness

These quests can only be taken on by a clan that owns a Castle of Light and when the Retrieve the Stolen Taxes campaign quest is ongoing.

Seed Talisman

Changes to Quests

The following quests and quest-related systems have changed.

• Help the Sister! - The monsters to be hunted have changed.
• Temple Champion - 1 - The monsters to be hunted have changed.
• Adept of Taste - The process of acquiring Mandragoras has changed.
• Little Wing - Some of the monsters to be hunted have changed.
• How to Oppose Evil - Special products and reward items have been added to the Seed of Hellfire region.
• Fate’s Whisper - The following quest monsters can now be defeated without the help of a party.
  • Messenger Cabrio
  • Longhorn Golkonda
  • Death Lord Hallate
  • Kernon
• If you undertake the Supplier of Reagents quest while the Mimir’s Elixir quest is also active in your quest log, the chance of acquiring the following item ingredients is now higher.
  • Moonstone Shard
  • Quicksilver
  • Volcanic Ash
• The rewards of the following quests have been changed.
  • Olympiad Starter
  • Olympiad Undefeated
  • Not Strong Enough Alone
  • Completely Lost
  • Nightmare of Dwarves
  • Monstrosity in the Underground Mine, Teredor
  • Precious Research Material
  • Preserved Ancient Heroes
  • Be Lost in the Mysterious Scent
  • Suspicious Gardener
  • Breaking through the Emerald Square
  • Challenge, Steam Corridor
  • In the Coral Garden
  • Break through the Sailren

The goal value of the Purify the Dwarf’s Soul campaign has decreased.

When undertaking the following repeatable quests, the chance of acquiring quest items has changed to differ according to the difference in level between the quest monster and the character.

• The One Who Ends Silence
• Threat Removal
• Gather the Flames
• Matras’ Suspicious Request
• Figuring It Out
• Rise and Fall of the Elroki Tribe
• Attack Sailren

The level requirements for the following quests in the Seed of Annihilation have increased to level 85:

• To the Seed of Annihilation
• Finding the Lost Soldiers
• Not Strong Enough Alone
• Completely Lost

Removed Quests

With the removal of the Territory Wars system, the following quests have been removed. While the News Informer NPC is in town for one month after the game update launches, these quests can be turned in to him for completion if unfinished.

• Path to Becoming an Elite Mercenary
• Path to Becoming an Exalted Mercenary
• Steps for Honor
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Gludio
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Dion
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Giran
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Heine
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Oren
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Aden
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Schuttgart
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Goddard
• Path to Becoming a Lord - Rune
• For the Sake of the Territory - Gludio
• For the Sake of the Territory - Dion
• For the Sake of the Territory - Giran
• For the Sake of the Territory - Heine
• For the Sake of the Territory - Oren
• For the Sake of the Territory - Aden
• For the Sake of the Territory - Goddard
• For the Sake of the Territory - Rune
• For the Sake of the Territory - Schuttgart
• Protect the Territory Catapult
• Protect the Supplies Safe
• Protect the Military Association Leader
• Protect the Economic Association Leader
• Protect the Religious Association Leader
• Pierce through a Shield
• Make Spears Dull
• Weaken the Magic
• Deny Blessings
• Destroy Key Targets
• Possessor of a Precious Soul - 1
• Possessor of a Precious Soul - 2
• Possessor of a Precious Soul - 3
• Possessor of a Precious Soul - 4

Bug Fixes

• Target of Opportunity: The problem of not being able to complete the quest through the Temporal Moving Device has been corrected.
• Whereabouts of the Archaeologist: The quest availability icon now appears above the NPC’s head when the character is eligible for it.
• Proof of Fate for Phantom Summoner: When advancing to a Phantom Summoner class through the Proof of Fate quest, the problem of the wrong dialogue appearing for NPC Tobias has been corrected.
• Eliminate the Threat: The quest description now correctly indicates Agent Giorgio as the NPC for quest completion. Also, defeating the quest monster now only counts towards one party member’s increased number of kills stat.
• Start of Another Fate: The quest reward description now displays the correct amount of XP.
• Quest for Fishing Shot: The Scarlet Stakato Work in the Forge of the Gods now drops the quest item as designed.
• Fade to Black: Marks of Splendor now drop from Anays even if a party member does not have the quest.
• Breaking through the Emerald Square: The quest now progresses correctly when defeating the quest monster with a servitor/pet.
• Supplier of Reagents: The reward exchange window now opens correctly.
• The Threat Continues: The quest giver is now correctly displayed in the World Info tab of the Map.
• We Are Friends: Fairy cocoons attacked with a servitor or pet now update the quest correctly.

Quest Zones

The Seed of Hellfire is a Quest Zone. The event begins when a party of characters level 97 or higher enters the 2nd floor of the Seed of Hellfire zone. The event ends if the party leaves this area, or if the character make-up of the party changes. The Quest Zone event must be completed within 60 minutes from the start time notification appearing on the interface when entering the appropriate area.

The Quest Zone event asks you to destroy certain machines in the area, and their respective engineers that may appear when destroying the machine. Quest Zone contribution points vary depending on the machine and the engineer.

• Smelting Furnace: 1 point.
• Cooling Device: 2 points.
• Weapon Molding Device: 3 points.
• Armor Molding Device: 3 points.
• Adac the Engineer: 4 points.
• Borok the Engineer: 3 points.
• Koja the Engineer: 2 points.

If you achieve the goal within 60 minutes, you can receive a reward according to your contribution level:

Zofan’s Supply Box: Yields 6 types of attributes ores and 6 types of attribute crystals.

The character with the most contribution points gets an additional reward:

Engineer Zofan’s Supply Box: Blessed Scroll: Enchanted Weapon (R-Grade), Blessed Scroll: Enchanted Armor (R-Grade), Scroll: Enchant Weapon (R-Grade), Scroll: Enchant Armor (R-Grade), 6 types of attribute ores, 6 types of attribute crystals.

Campaigns

Two Campaigns have been added to the game in relation to the Castle Siege changes.

Changes to Skills

The Grand Light Armor Mastery skill for Othell Rogues and Yul Archers now has an additional effect that increases Spd. and P. Skill Critical Rate. These values may increase or decrease according to the character’s DEX value.

Sigel Knight

• Shield Charge: The rate for applying debuffs increases.
• Shield Impact: The skill now targets a single target, and its debuff duration has increased to 5 seconds.
• Shield Wave: Now affects targets all around the character instead of only to the front of the character.
• Gust Blade: Now affects targets all around the character instead of only to the front of the character.
• Chain Galaxy: The debuff duration has increased to 5 seconds.

Tyrr Warrior

• Last Attack: The skill’s reuse time has decreased from 30 seconds to 15 seconds.

Othell Rogue

• Shadow Hide: Spd. is no longer decreased.
• Final Ultimate Evasion: Now boosts M. Def. and M. Evasion. Also, Skill Evasion has increased.
• Angel of Death: Skill Evasion has increased.
• Reverse: No longer includes Instant Kill effect. Also, skill reuse time has decreased.
• Shadow Chase: Skill reuse time has decreased.
• Grand Light Armor Mastery: Increased Evasion.
• Heart Breaker: Now includes Evasion.
• Chain Blow: Can now be used without having to be in a Bleeding state.
• Maximum Critical: Increased the Vital Point attack rate.
• Assassin’s Reflex: No longer includes a Vitality Point attack rate boost.
• Poison Zone: Increased success rate. When poisoned, added P. Def. and M. Def. effects.
• Scorpion Poison - Block Magic: Now includes a Reduced Spd. effect.
• Soulshot bonus damage is increased.
• The mirror image created by using the Clone Attack skill will now automatically disappear when the battle is finished.

Feoh Wizard

• Ultimate Body to Mind: Skill reuse time has decreased to 15 seconds.

Iss Enchanter

• Crippling Attack: Increased debuff duration from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Shadow Blade: Increased debuff duration from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Mass Crippling Attack: Increased debuff duration from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Mass Shadow Blade: Skill reuse time decreased from 15 seconds to 10 seconds. Also, increased debuff duration from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Angel’s Resurrection: Increased skill effect from 20% to 40%. Also, skill can now be upgraded further at character levels 90 and 95.

Aeore Healer

• Fairy of Life: Skill reuse time decreased.
• Unison of Light: Servitor now has long-range physical attack instead of melee physical attacks. Also, its strength in PvE battles has increased to make for easier hunting.
• Light Armor Mastery Lv 3: Skill is no longer provided upon Awakening. This skill has been deleted from characters that had it previously.

Miscellaneous

• When a servitor uses its skill, the skill’s reuse time is now displayed.
• A servitor’s skill can now be registered and used as a macro.
• The M. Atk. boost for the stage 3 Party Solidarity effect is further increased.
• The weight of P. Atk. when calculating the damage for all physical skills has been increased. The higher the character’s P. Atk. the higher the skill damage that is applied than before.
• Just Punishment: Success rate has increased. Also, the skill’s effect does not apply on raid boss monsters.
• Blazing Skin and Freezing Skin: Can now be used on party members as well as yourself.
• Sense of Royalty: Now activates when the summoner’s injuries are greater than before.
• Reaper Power: Attribute numbers of equipped items now affect this skill.
• A character can no longer change between main class and a Subclass or Dual Class while in a 1:1 duel or party duel.
• In order to resolve the problem of each class’s chain skills being used repeatedly by being registered as macros, the chain skill information for each class that is registered in the user’s macros has been deleted.

Skill Enchanting

When a skill’s enchanting options are changed, the enchanting level no longer decreases.

New enchanting options have been added to the skills that are acquired after awakening.

• Attack: Additional damage applied
• Wind Walk: Speed increase
• Entangle: Speed decrease
• Might: P. Atk. increase
• Shield: P. Def. increase
• Empower: M. Atk. increase
• Magic Barrier: M. Def. increase
• Shield Defense: Shield defense increase
• Weakness: P. Atk. decrease
• Hex: P. Def. decrease
• Mind: M. Def. decrease
• Chance Shock: Stun success rate increase
• Chance Knock Down: Knock down success rate increase
• Chance Paralyze: Paralysis success rate increase
• Chance Bleed: Bleed success rate increase
• Chance Poison: Poison success rate increase
• Chance Hold: Hold success rate increase
• Chance Fear: Fear success rate increase
• Chance Sleep: Sleep success rate increase
• Chance Exile: Dismiss success rate increase
• Break Shock: Resistance to stun decrease
• Break Knock Down: Resistance to knock down decrease
• Break Paralyze: Resistance to paralysis decrease
• Break Bleed: Resistance to bleed decrease
• Break Poison: Resistance to poison decrease
• Break Hold: Resistance to hold decrease
• Break Fear: Resistance to fear decrease
• Break Sleep: Resistance to sleep decrease
• Distance: Effect range increase

A skill can no longer be enchanted while the skill’s reuse time is still counting down.

The amount of Lesser Giant’s Essence and SP acquired from enchanting a class skill to stage 3 has decreased to 30% of the previous reward amount.

Bug Fixes

• Reflect Damage and Vampiric Rage now apply correctly to Hurricane Storm and Eruption.
• Dance of Shadows can now be enchanted with no issues.
• Maestros can now learn the Create Item Lv 10 skill through the Learn Skill interface with no issues.
• SP is now consumed normally when a Chaotic character enchants a skill.
• The Summon Soulshots skill now appears usable as normal on the user interface.
• The enchanted versions of the Rebirth skills now apply to the caster correctly. Also, the skill now consumes HP appropriately.
• When a Melody or Saha buff is applied to a character, it is no longer repeatedly cast on the pet.
• Transformed servitors now follow their master correctly.
• A character can now move properly after using the Light of Equilibrium skill.
• Angelic Resurrection can no longer be used in situations where resurrection is impossible.
• While under the effects of the Shadow Fake Death skill, the character’s posture now looks normal and the character can be targeted properly.
• The act of Soul consumption and the Soul Harmony skill description now match.
• The skill description of Party Resurrection Lv. 3 no longer says it affects dead alliance members.
• Wynn Summoners’ Summon Soulshot skill now summons Beast Soulshots and Blessed Beast Spiritshots.
• When the Clan Advent skill is increased, its effect immediately applies to a character’s servitor with no issues.
• After Shadow Fake Death, resurrected characters are no longer displayed as lying face down.
• Hydro Blast is no longer delayed.
• Debuff skills no longer apply when using Invincible skills.
• The visual effect of the Mass Bullseye skill is no longer centered around the caster.
• Hide now cancels properly when attacking after using the Dragon Bomber’s Assimilation skill.
• Enchanting effects now apply properly when Summon Lumi is enchanted with a power-type upgrade.
• Enchanting effects are now properly reflected when Servitor Balance Life is enchanted and used.
• Charm is no longer deleted upon character death.
• Enchanted Wynn Summoner skills now display their updated duration times correctly in the skill description after being enchanted.
• Skills can now be enchanted after their reuse time is up with no issues.
• The Reset skill can now be used in a peace zone with no issues.
• The problem of debuff applied to master being transferred to servitor is fixed.
• The occasional issue of reuse time being displayed in a servitor’s unused skill icon is fixed.
• The Clone Attack skill no longer attacks party members.
• Chain skills can no longer be used abnormally following Knock Back or Aerial Yoke skills.
• The duration time of the Baguette and Vesper transformations from the Herb of Doubt now displays correctly.

Seed of Hellfire

Recommended Level	Zone Type
97–99	Party Hunting Area, Quest Zone

Shilen, the Goddess of Destruction, is expanding her influence in the Gracia continent by empowering the Seeds that dot the eroded landscape. At her command, Tauti led his followers—the Zahaks, Kundas, and Zofans—to this place. Now, the fourth Seed in Gracia has been discovered and the most courageous adventurers are dared to challenge its dangers. Although Tauti is carrying out Shilen's command, he does not hide the fact that he is also seeking to increase his own power.

The Seed of Hellfire is a place of machines and industry. It can be reached by taking an Airship from Keucereus Alliance Base. The Seed comprises four floors. As one ascends through the zone the aesthetics and the quality of the machines improve, but there is evidence that civil war is brewing between the peons and the soldiers.

1st Floor – Sewers

The first floor is home to the Zofans, the industrial worker minions of Tauti. They live in the waste and garbage dumped by the upper floors of the Seed of Hellfire. The floor consists of three rooms with a river of sewage running through the central room. The entrance is at the southern end of this floor. Some quest NPCs such as Fergason and Sizrak, and a transportation assistant NPC are stationed here. Quest NPC Aku is at the southern end of the floor. The next floor up can be reached via a ramp from the side rooms, or through the drain mount of the central room.

2nd Floor – Factory District

The second floor is thick with fire, smoke and machines as the Zofans and Kundas work hard to make weapons for Tauti's military force. High walls divide the area into three rooms, similar to the first floor. This floor of the Seed of Hellfire is also a Quest Zone, meaning a zone event with special rewards will trigger when you enter this floor as a party of players.

The first and second floors are the only ones accessible without special requirements. The third and fourth floors of the Seed of Hellfire are reserved for the Tauti raids.

3rd Floor – Training Grounds

The third floor is home to Tauti's military force, where they rest, train, and worship Tauti. Kundas train in the front area and, up a staircase further down, Zahaks worship Tauti in a temple at the back, which is also where access to the fourth floor can be found. The Kunda area is littered with weapon and armor depositories, which raise the physical attack and physical defense powers of nearby Kundas respectively.

4th Floor – Tauti's Temple

The top floor of the Seed of Hellfire is dedicated to Tauti. In the center of this polygon-shaped room the Tauti Axe floats in the air. It is here that the bravest adventurers can prepare for and challenge Tauti to a raid battle.

The first and second floors are open to hunting by player parties. Monsters re-spawn, so battle here can go on as long as one has the will to fight.

The zone's progress flow involves two stages. Upon killing 200 monsters in Stage 1, players enter Stage 2, where a Transportation Assistant NPC on the first floor will transport players to the third floor. After being in Stage 2 for 24 hours, the zone instance reverts to Stage 1 status.

Tauti Raid

	Normal Mode	Epic Mode
Raid Type	Instanced Dungeon
Recommended Level	97–99
Number of Players	14–35	21–35
Instance Reset Time	6:30 a.m. (server time) every Wednesday
Entrance NPC	Sizrak (Seed of Hellfire)	Aku (Seed of Hellfire)
Related Quests	Day of Liberation; An Audience with Tauti

The Seed of Hellfire is ruled by Tauti. He is part-golem and part-weapon in the shape of an enormous axe. The axe is one of the weapons of Bremmnon, making Tauti brother to Demonic Sword Zariche. Tauti and his minions empower themselves through mechanical innovations.

Normal Raid Method

The normal Tauti raid fight can be initiated by speaking to NPC Sizrak at the northern end of the Sewers level of the Seed of Hellfire. To enter the battle a command channel of 14 to 35 players must all have the Mark of the Resistance item—acquired from a local daily quest—in their inventory.

The Tauti raid fight is instanced and lasts one hour. It takes place on the Training Grounds level of the Seed, and on the fourth floor where players face Tauti himself.

Upon entering the raid on the Training Grounds, players will witness a cutscene depicting a civil war battle between Zofans and Kundas. Although Zofans have greater numbers, the Kundas are much more powerful. Adventurers must join the side of the Zofans, and in return the Zofans help the adventurers' progress to the next stage.

In the temple on the Training Grounds floor, the Kunda lords and the Zahak commander wait in the shadows to attack adventurers when they try to reach the entrance to Tauti's personal floor. When the Zahak commander is defeated he drops the Key of Darkness item (goes to command channel leader), which is required to enter Tauti's Temple upstairs.

When entering Tauti's Temple, adventurers find themselves in an antechamber to prepare for the raid. If even one person leaves the antechamber and enters the large raid room, the raid room doors close within one minute. The normal Tauti battle takes place over five phases:

• Phases 1–3: Tauti gradually begins to use more impressive combat skills.
• Phase 4: When Tauti has lost over half his health, he summons a Zahak commander to boost his own powers.
• Phase 5: The Tauti golem has been defeated and only the axe remains, but it still has impressive skills. When the axe is defeated (and if the ally Zofan downstairs are still alive), the raid is successfully completed.

Epic Raid Method

The epic Tauti raid fight can be initiated by speaking to NPC Aku at the southern end of the Sewers level. To enter the battle a command channel of 21 to 35 players must all have the Aku's Mark item in their inventory, obtained while doing quests for Aku himself.

The Tauti epic raid fight is instanced and lasts 30 minutes. It begins on the Training Grounds level and ends at the death of Tauti on the fourth floor.

Upon entering the raid on the Training Grounds, the Kundas will be in two formations lining a path through the military area to the ramp to the Zahak temple. Characters must stay on the path created by the Kundas to pass without fighting. If characters leave the path, battle breaks out and it is not possible to proceed until the Kundas are all defeated.

In the temple, the Kunda commander and Zahak await those who would challenge Tauti. There are two ways to obtain the Key of Darkness:

• Less aggressive approach: Enter the Zahak area without being in combat, allowing the Zahak commander to simply give the key to the command channel leader character.
• Aggressive approach: Defeat the Zahak commander and his surrounding minions, allowing the Key of Darkness to drop. A successful Tauti raid using the aggressive approach will yield better rewards.

The command channel leader must have this item and then interact with the Teleport Device to access the fourth floor. The epic battle also takes place over five phases:

• Phases 1–3: Tauti gradually uses more impressive combat skills and summons subordinates at an increasing rate.
• Phase 4: When Tauti has lost over half his health, he summons groups of Zahaks to boost his own powers.
• Phase 5: The Tauti golem has been defeated and only the axe remains. When the axe is defeated, the raid is successfully completed.