Snowball Arena
Prepare for Merry Mayhem with the Snowball Arena!
This Arena is a 3 vs 3 team style arena with much more wintery fun. Ice Bubbles and Snowmen will appear on the battlefield to present an additional challenge. Destroy Ice Bubbles to trigger various effects and beware of the Snowmen, as they may turn you into a miniature Snowman if you get too close!
Select one of the following buffs before the match begins:
Frozen Snowballs: Grants 2 stacks of Chill to enemies hit by Throw Snowball, which reduces their move speed
Whirlwind Blizzard: Increases the damage dealt by Blizzard
Expert Thrower: Reduces Mana Cost and Cooldown of Snow Bomb
The following skills will be available once inside the Arena: Dash, Throw Snowball, Blizzard, Snow Bomb, and Teleportation.
Use these skills to knock people out of the arena! Whichever team reaches 10 kills in 5 minutes wins. If neither reach 10, whichever team has the most kills wins! You can enter the Snowball Fight 3x a day, and entries are limited to those level 30 and above.
Rewards for Completing the Snowball Arena are as follows:
Victory - 3x Kyrios Badges, 3x Snowballs
Draw - 1x Kyrios Badge, 1x Snowball
Defeat - 1x Kyrios Badge, 1x Snowball
Snowballs can be turned into the Winter Festival Coins by using them, and then can be exchanged at Snowball Fight Exchanger in Marianople / Austera / Growlgate for the following rewards:
ArcheAge Rewards:
Glowing Candy Cane Weapon
Nutcracker Costume
Santa's Gift Bed*
Bound Serendipity Stone
Lucky Hiram Infusion
Manastorm Crystal
Winter Prosperity Fireworks
Heart-Shaped XP Fireworks
Promise to the Snow Thief (Part 1)
Promise to the Snow Thief (Part 2)
Frozen Snowflower Pipe
Decorative Snowflower Pipe
Cupcake Whimsy Hat
Beribboned Cupcake Whimsy Hat
Snowman Cupcake Hat
ArcheAge: Unchained Rewards:
Glowing Candy Cane Weapon
Nutcracker Costume
Santa's Gift Bed*
Winter Prosperity Fireworks
Heart-Shaped XP Fireworks
Promise to the Snow Thief (Part 1)
Promise to the Snow Thief (Part 2)
Cupcake Whimsy Hat
Beribboned Cupcake Whimsy Hat
Snowman Cupcake Hat
* The tooltip states that Santa's Gift Bed restores 150 labor, but only restores 100 labor.
Synthesis Event
It's the time of year to make sure that you get gifts for everyone, but treat yourself too! Beginning on December 19th and ending on January 15th at 2am UTC, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of reduced synthesis rates on select gear.
Please note, that you will need to have received the reduced rate buff in the hero hall to grant you the following rates:
Enjoy up to 50% synthesis rate discounts on the following:
Hiram Guardian Gear
Main Quest Gear
Noryette Accessories
Mistong Weapons and Armor
Epherium / Dephinad Cloaks
Synthesis Costumes and Undergarments
Improved Pet Accessories
Radiant Hiram Guardian Gear
Disciples Gear
Luminous Noryette Accessories
Ayanad Cloak
Red Dragon Equipment
Kraken Equipment
and more
That's not all! Enjoy up to a 20% discount on synthesis rates on the following:
Brilliant Hiram Gear
Glorious Hiram Guardian Gear
Erenor Cloaks
Beserk Red Dragon Gear
Thunderwing's Gear
Make sure to get your gear synthesis in while you can! These reduced rates won't last forever!
The Fall of Hiram City: Untold Truth (Hard Mode)
The Hiram Priests have always openly shared the story of the fall of their ancient civilization. Recent developments revealed new details of this tragic day and paint a far worse picture. Will you make the choice to take on a harder challenge in order to experience the full truth?
Fall of Hiram: Untold Truth
Talk to the priest on the left hand side to start a vote to switch to Hard Mode. This vote requires at least 15 votes in the favor.
Increases overall instance difficulty and adds more refugees to save.
Disavowed Refugees will appear. These refugees ignored Lucius' warnings and will become hostile if unassisted.
Soothe these refugees with the warmth of Hiram Stew and the supplies required above their heads to guide them to the Hiram Cave.
If left unsoothed, these refugees will become hostile to players.
These refugees count towards the "Relieved Hiram Refugees" count, making it possible to rescue up to 300 Relieved Hiram Refugees.
250-300 Relieved Hiram Refugees saved will unlock a better reward.
Wendigos will appear. These creatures will linger around stealthed like ghosts. Closer to a phenomenon than animals, they require special tactics to deal with them.
Wendigos can freeze objects, including Hiram Refugees. They are especially skilled at putting out flames from torches and braziers.
The Tamed Owlina Mount can shake off the pesky Wendigo's debuff with the skill "Floofy."
Defeating Wendigos is possible with the Owlina's skill "Wild Gaze", however it is impossible to completely remove the creatures from the area
Visibility is reduced due to the instance is set during night time.
Minimum required participants increased from 15 to 20.
New Ancestral Skills
Defense
Revitalizing Cheer - Life - Unlocks at Ancestral Level 19
Revitalizing Cheer - Wave - Unlocks at Ancestral Level 19
Archery
Double Recurve - Life - Unlocks at Ancestral Level 19
Double Recurve - Flame - Unlocks at Ancestral Level 19
Skill Balance Changes
Swiftblade:
Instinct
Instinct Skill Damage:
Increased from +40% to +50%
Reverberate
Create different combos with Blink and Twin Shadow Slash
Regardless of when one of the skills is casted, the skill copies the first Combo.
(ex. Skills 1st hit -> Copy 1st hit -> Skills 2nd hit -> Copy 2nd hit)
Blade Flurry
No longer able to be copied
Dusk Shroud
Now trips the feared targets instead of extending fear duration.
Twin Shadow Slash
Decreased the 1st combo's global cooldown to 0.5 seconds
Increased the 2nd combo's range from 5m to 10m
Witchcraft
Gale Bubble Trap
Decreased the Bubble Trap's confinement from 10.7 sec to 5.4 sec.
Enervated
Decreased the Mana burning factor from 1.75 to 1
Earthen Grip
Increased the Mana burning factor from 1.75 to 2
Occultism
Boneyard
Decreased the Boneyard's duration from 10 sec to 7 sec
Balance Changes
Battlerage
Quake Triple Slash - Damage Range adjusted
2H Weapon: No range Change
Other Weapons: 2m-4m
Shadowplay:
Increased the number of buffs that can be stolen by Leech from 1-3 to 2-3
Occultism:
New Combo for Cursed Thorn
Pain Harvest -> Summon Wraith or Wave Summon Wraith
Effects: Successful MAgical Critical Damage while using Summon Wraith/Wave Summon Wraith inflicts Cursed Seed on the Target
Sparring Arena/Gladiator Arena:
Decreased the duration -40% for Sleep, Fear, and Bubble Trap
Decreased Received Healing and Continous Health Regen -30%
[B][U]Hero Changes[U][B]
Hero Candidates can withdraw until there are 6 candidates left.
The faction Leadership Rank top 16 players are selected as Hero Candidates.
Increased the level requirement and Previous Leadership requirement for a Voter.
Level 30 -> 55
Leadership: 200 > 250
Increased the level requirement to be a Hero Candidate to 55
Leadership Earning
Changes:
Added new methods of obtaining Leadership:
Kadum - Use the Kadum Warrior Token - 5 Leadership
Leviathan - Complete "Defeat the Leviathan!" - 20 Leadership
Black Dragon - Complete "Kill the Black Dragon!" - 20 Leadership
Kraken - Complete "Defeat the Kraken!" - 10 Leadership
Heart of Ayanad Manacore -> Heart of Ayanad Manacore
Costume Design Scraps, Enchanted Skeins, and Disciple's Tears can be acquired from the Abyssal Library Bosses
Ayanad Scrolls and Passes have been discontinued.
Quest Selection Improvements
To better the player experience, a new quest list UI has been added.
If an NPC has more than one quest, a list will be displayed allowing you to choose a quest. The new UI will not display if there is only one quest.
New UI prioritizes quests based on progression. This only displays acceptable quests.
If all quests have the same progression, they will be displayed in the following order: Story Quest, Daily Quest, Normal Quest
After accepting a quest, you will leave the new quest UI. If there are additional quests, you can re-enter the UI by speaking with the NPC again.
Multiple behaviors for completing a quest:
If a player has a follow-up quest after completing a quest, it will allow you to accept the following quest immediately after completion before exiting the quest UI.
If there are no follow-up quests but new quests are available, it will allow you to select a new quest within the UI after completion of the quest.
If there are no new quests or follow-up quests it will exit the UI after completion.
Radiant Erenor Accessories (T2)
Radiant Erenor Accessories have arrived in this update! Erenor Rings, Erenor Necklaces and Erenor Earrings can now be awakened into Radiant Erenor Rings, Radiant Erenor Necklaces, and Radiant Erenor Earrings. Stats from the Erenor accessories are maintained after awakening.
Black Dragon Weapon Adjustments
Effects from all Wrathful (T3) Black Dragon Weapons can not be triggered immediately after inflicted. The user must wait 45 seconds regardless of the usage affect.
This change did not adjust the description, just the way the weapon effect is triggered.
Mannequins
Have you ever wanted to show off your brand new fancy Dragonslayer costumes and scream your wealth to the world? Did you manage to drop the best costume ever from Abyssal Library and you want to show it to literally everyone? Well now you can!
*The Male and Female Mannequins will be available in the Marketplace in the future for Archeage and Archeage Unchained!
Players can dress the mannequin up in a costume
No separate armor pieces can be equipped, only a one-piece costume
Details:
Both mannequins are Bind on Pickup
Mannequins are classified as "furniture" items
There is no limit to the amount of times the costume on the mannequin can be changed
Housing & Placement:
16x16 buildings and Thatched Farmhouses can house up to 2 mannequins
24x24 buildings can house up to 4 mannequins
28x28 buildings can house up to 6 mannequins
Mansions can house up to 8 mannequins
Other housing types may impose a different mannequin limit
Mannequins can only be placed on the floor
Sunglow Lunagems for Swiftblade
Prepare yourself Swiftblade adventurers!
A new set of Sunglow Lunagems has been added for the Swiftblade Skillset.
Sunglow Lunagem: Twin Shadow Slash
Increases the damage of Twin Shadow Slash by 2%
Splendid Sunglow Lunagem: Twin Shadow Slash
Increases the damage of Twin Shadow Slash by 3%
Glorious Sunglow Lunagem: Twin Shadow Slash
Increases the damage of Twin Shadow Slash by 4%
Territory Cannons
The amount of territory cannons that can be placed has been decreased and the cannons have been enhanced.
After placing the 10th cannon, the cannon distribution station goes into a "restocking" state.
Territory Siege Cannon
Costs 100 labor to summon
Can only be summoned by faction heroes
Details:
Level 50
Health 125,000
Melee/Magic/Ranged Damage reduced by 95%
Cannot be healed by player abilities and does not regenerate
Deals 11160 - 12360 siege damage to enemies within 25m every 1.5 seconds
Only attacks hostile targets
Does not attack monsters but can be attacked by hostile monsters
Territory Flame Cannon
Costs 200 labor and a Smoldering Log Bundle to summon
Can only be summoned by faction heroes
Details:
Level 50
Health 175,000
Melee/Magic/Ranged Damage reduced by 95%
Cannot be healed by player abilities and does not regenerate
Deals 7000 - 9000 siege damage to enemies within 13m every 0.5 seconds
Only attacks hostile targets
Does not attack monsters but can be attacked by hostile monsters
Territory Frost Cannon
Costs 200 labor and an Auroria Mineral Water Pack to summon
Can only be summoned by faction heroes
Details:
Level 50
Health 100,000
Melee/Magic/Ranged Damage reduced by 95%
Cannot be healed by player abilities and does not regenerate
Deals 9360 - 10360 siege damage to enemies within 35m every 3 seconds
Decreases the target's move speed from 15% up to 90%
Only attacks hostile targets
Does not attack monsters but can be attacked by hostile monsters
Golden Plains Battle Supplies
Supplies have been added to the Golden Plains Battle event!
These supplies spawn randomly around the map but in a set order of Heartening Flare > Fire Bomb > Flare.
An instance wide message is available when each supply has spawned. Any use of the flare marks a location on the map.
Supplies
Heartening Flare
(Enhances nearby allies)
Increases the defence and magic defence of allies by 30% for 2 minutes
Fire Bomb
(Deals great damage to enemies)
Deals damage that decreases a targets current health by 50%
Does not work on NPCs and relics
Flare
(Calls for a bombard of the enemy relic and cannons)
Allows Nuia and Haranya alliances to acquire the "Bombard Requested Point" when standing in a specific area when having the flare
Reveals the shooter's location when used
Fires after a 10 second preparation
Crime Point Changes
Crime point gain has been adjusted to take into account both the victim's level and the attacker's level, including Ancestral levels up to Ancestral 13.
The base crime points have been reduced to 20 and is adjusted based on the previously mentioned levels
Killing players of a vastly lower level than the attacker can grant up to 100 crime points
The Mistsong Banquet instance arrives, bringing with it some tasty tainted turmoil. Six participants total can enter the arena and fight against the waves of monsters that Lethy, the popular Courtesan of Aria, throws at you!
There are 20 rounds in total and through each of them, you and your teammates must protect the Guardian Statue and stop it from being destroyed!
Players cannot use normal skills in this instance but temporary skills are available
Special cannons are provided to help aid the cause, and will be upgradable with special Scales found as the instance progresses
There are no set times when the instance is available, so players can play when they feel like!
There are 2 entries and one entry-reset allowed per day
A daily quest is available from the Crimson Watch Officer inside the instance
Players can use cannons to help aid their fight, to do so they must collect "Dimensional Shard" scattered around the instance. Each cannon requires 10 Shards to be summoned or to change.
When interacting with an orb next to a summoned cannon, players can use 10 Dimensional Shards to upgrade it into Rank 2 cannon and so on. When an orb glows red, a final upgrade is available.
There are 2 basic cannons available:
Automatic Cannon
Deals basic Ranged Damage to a single target within 20m
Magic Cannon
Deals basic Magic Damage to a single target within 20m
There are 3 Rank 2 cannons available to upgrade from the basic of their respective types:
Flame Cannon (From magic cannon)
Shoots flames in a 30degree fan aoe, deals AOE Magic Damage within 15m
Frost Cannon (From magic cannon)
Deals magic damage to a single target within 20m, decreases move speed and inflicts Frozen
Rapid Cannon (From Automatic cannon)
Deals rapid ranged damage to a target within 20m
Shock Shell (From Automatic Cannon)
Deals AOE damage around a target within 15m. Also cancels the "Dimensional Barrier" buff. Has a chance to stun.
There are 2 Rank 3 cannons available to upgrade from the Rank 2 of their respective types:
Laser Cannon
Deals Magic Damage to a single target within 25m.
Thunder Cannon
Deals ranged damage to a target within 25m and can cancel Dimensional Barrier buff. Also deals AOE and has a chance to stun.
5 basic skills are available, and each receive a damage bonus, depending on the weapon that is equipped at the time.
Shoot Arrow
A basic arrow attack, deals damage to enemies from a distance
Melee Attack
A basic melee attack, deals damage to enemies close
Flamebolt
Deals magic damage and has a chance to stun
Icebolt
Freezes enemies
Magic Injection
Enhances the damage of available cannons for a short duration
Monsters may gain buffs throughout the instance such as:
Dimensional Barrier - Immunity to most damage
Freezing Immunity - Immunity against Freezing affects
Dash - Faster
Ranged Damage Reduction - Reduces damage taken from Ranged attacks
Magic Damage Reduction - Reduces damage taken from Magic attacks
Flooding - Monsters fill the entirety of one path
Mobbing - More monsters appear on each path
Bosses - Stronger and harder to kill monsters
Reward Crate for Mistsong Banquet
Six new reward crates have been added as rewards for completing various rounds of the Mistsong Banquet
Mistsong Banquet Reward Crate Rank 1
A reward for participation in the Mistsong Banquet
Untradable
Unidentified Abyssal Enhancer x 1
Mistsong Banquet Reward Crate Rank 2
A reward for clearing round 5 in the Mistsong Banquet.
Untradable
Unidentified Abyssal Enhancer x 2
Mistsong Banquet Reward Crate Rank 3
A reward for clearing round 9 in the Mistsong Banquet
Untradable
Unidentified Abyssal Enhancer x 3
Mistsong Banquet Reward Crate Rank 4
A reward for clearing round 13 in the Mistsong Banquet
Untradable
Unidentified Abyssal Enhancer x 4
Abyssal Crystal x 1
Mistsong Banquet Reward Crate Rank 5
A reward for clearing round 17 in the Mistsong Banquet
Untradable
Unidentified Abyssal Enhancer x 6
Abyssal Crystal x 2
Possible Drop
Sunglow Lunagem x 1
Mistsong Banquet Reward Crate Rank 6
A reward for clearing round 20 in the Mistsong Banquet.
Untradable
Unidentified Abyssal Enhancer x 8
Abyssal Crystal x 4
Sunglow Lunagem x 1
Flawless Hiram's Chosen Ring
A new ring can be acquired and upgraded through a new series of questlines.
The questline is started from the ""Glowing Ore"" quest item which drops from the Millenium Mammoth
Hiram's Chosen Ring
Increases Stamina by 15
Reduces received damage by 1.5%
Obtained from as a chance drop from Millenium Mammoth
Reforged Hiram's Chosen Ring
Increases Stamina by 25
Reduces received damage by 2%
Augmented Hiram's Chosen Ring
Increases Stamina by 40
Reduces received damage by 2.5%
Increases Resilience by 600
Increases Toughness by 420
Awakening
The Flawless Hiram's Chosen Ring (Temporary version) can be awakened into a Flawless Hiram's Chosen Ring (Permanent version)
Awakening requires the item Pure Holy Water
Awakening is 100% chance of success
Pure Holy Water
Pure Holy Water is acquired through the Hiram's Chosen Ring questline
Spend 300 labor and 1 Pure Holy Water to awaken the ring
Ring Effects
The "Flawless Hiram's Chosen Ring" grants synthesis stats as opposed to use effects.
The Awakening method is added to Proven Warrior Necklace recipes
Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 1) to the Gold Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 5)
Displays the awakening scroll that is required to perform awakening. Each tier of necklace requires a different scroll and the scrolls can be crafted.
The crafting recipes can be found under Folio - Consumables - Equipment Improvements - Awakening Materials.
Awakening a Proven Warrior Necklace never fails.
Each awakening costs 50 Labor.
Platinum Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 6) to the Archeum Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 14)
Displays the awakening scroll that is required to perform awakening. Each tier of necklace requires a different scroll and the scrolls can be crafted.
The crafting recipes can be found under Folio - Consumables - Equipment Improvements - Awakening Materials.
Displays the two-way options; can choose either an Evernight necklace or a Daeier necklance.
Awakening an Amethyst Evernight Necklace (Rank 7) with a Jade Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 8) will display the options players can choose between a Jade Evernight Necklace (Rank 8) and a Jade Daeier Necklace (Rank 8).
Awakening a Proven Warrior Necklace never fails.
Each awakening costs 50 Labor.
Proven Warrior Workbench Updated Recipes
Removed the exising Proven Warrior Workbench recipes and added new recipes with the awakening method.
Removed Crafting Recipe List
Proven Warrior Necklace Rank 1
Brass Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 2)
Bronze Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 3)
Silver Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 4)
Gold Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 5)
Platinum Proven Warrior Necklace (Rank 6)
Amethyst Evernight Necklace (Rank 7)
Jade Evernight Necklace (Rank 8)
Diamond Evernight Necklace (Rank 9)
Archeum Evernight Necklace (Rank 10)
Archeum Evernight Necklace (Rank 11)
Archeum Evernight Necklace (Rank 12)
Archeum Evernight Necklace (Rank 13)
Archeum Evernight Necklace (Rank 14)
Amethyst Daeier Necklace (Rank 7)
Jade Daeier Necklace (Rank 8)
Diamond Daeier Necklace (Rank 9)
Archeum Daeier Necklace (Rank 10)
Archeum Daeier Necklace (Rank 11)
Archeum Daeier Necklace (Rank 12)
Archeum Daeier Necklace (Rank 13)
Archeum Daeier Necklace (Rank 14)
Added Awakening Recipe List
Brass Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 2)
Bronze Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 3)
Silver Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 4)
Gold Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 5)
Platinum Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 6)
Amethyst Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 7)
Jade Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 8)
Diamond Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 9)
Archeum Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 10)
Archeum Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 11)
Archeum Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 12)
Archeum Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 13)
Archeum Proven Warrior Scroll (Rank 14)
Combat Scrolls have been removed from the Arena Shop and can be exchanged for 3 Kyrios Badges.
Combat Scroll: Toughness
Combat Scroll: Attack
Combat Scroll: Resilience
Combat Scroll: Focus
Stillwater/Naval Arena
The Naval Arena has been temporarily disabled and will return in a future update
Pirates
Pirates are currently unable to leave their Pirate life and non pirates are unable to join the Pirate side. This is due to the upcoming Exile system.
Infusions
New infusions have been added that drop from Glenn, Meina and Jola the Cursed.
Leaders Infusion: Grants 1000 xp for World Boss Equipment
Instances
Players with Rebirth Trauma can now queue and enter instances.
Known Issues
The Hunters Guile and Pain Harvest combo currently does not work. It should increase Hunter's Guile effect duration but currently does not.
Mistsong Banquet instance still shows Korean text for certain skills and monsters
Players ineligible for jury duty will still receive jury invites. When clicking "confirm" it will not do anything, however.
Update:
*The Male and Female Mannequins will be available in the Marketplace in the future for Archeage and Archeage Unchained!
The exile system is a new system that allows players to join the other factions
Once a player has exiled, they cannot exile to a different faction for 2 months.
The item used to exile a player can be used when the target faction is available to accept exiles
Players from a dominant faction can go to a weaker faction. This also applies when returning to your native faction.
If the faction activity gap is larger between the dominant and the weaker, more exile slots are available to be used
Faction Activity can be affected by many factors such as PVP, PVE, Territory Ownership, Gearscore and general activity.
Requirements to exile
To ensure there is not a huge language barrier, players who wish to exile must have a minimum of 5000 proficiency of the target faction language
Players wishing to exile must have completed the main story quest "A secret in Sun's End"
Players wishing to leave must have 100 previous leadership and a minimum of 8000 gearscore
Faction heroes do not qualify to exile, as they must fulfil their duty to their faction
Players must be a part of the dominant faction and plan to move to a weaker faction
Players must not have an exile cooldown
Any quests that are unavailable as a new faction member are automatically abandoned.
There are 6 NPCs in total who give the quests related to changing factions, one for each route
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