Full rundown
The weekly maintenance ran from Oct 13, 23:30 PDT, which is Oct 14 from 08:30 CEST, for 4 hours. The patch notes are on the "Updates" board of the official site, as usual. After the maintenance, server transfers opened and two events started: Halloween and Conquerors of the Abyss. Every past maintenance is listed in server status and maintenance.
Odyle Energy: 20 a week instead of 4
Odyle Energy is what you pay to open the reward cube at the end of a dungeon (Odyle Energy guide). One "Odyle Energy (Bound)" item gives 40 energy. You buy it from the Wind Breeze Merchants (Menu → Shop → Wind Breeze Merchants → Special), the shop for Special Quai Membership holders.
For the server transfer period, NCSOFT changed the limit:
| Until Oct 14 | From Oct 14, during transfers | |
|---|---|---|
| weekly limit per character | 4 | 20 |
| weekly limit per server | 16 | none |
Before, four characters on one server used up the whole cap of 16. Now each character can buy up to 20, which is up to 800 energy a week. The change only covers the transfer period, which lasts until the Oct 28 maintenance. NCSOFT didn't say what happens after that. Most likely the old limit of 4 per character and 16 per server comes back.
Two other items from the same tab moved to Substance Morph (Special → Wind Breeze Merchants) for the transfer period: Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon and Soul Crystal. NCSOFT says you get the same quantities there.
Halloween: Trick or Treat (until Nov 4)
The event runs from the Oct 14 maintenance until the Nov 4 maintenance (Nov 3 PST). Its currency is the Halloween Pumpkin Coin (Event). The coins are removed from your inventory when the event ends, so spend them before Nov 4.
1. "Trick or Treat" attendance (Menu → Attendance). You get coins every day you log in: 35 a day, and 100 on days 7 and 14. That's 620 coins over 14 days. Attendance resets daily at 00:00 PDT / 09:00 CEST.
2. Event missions (Season Mission → Event). Each one can be completed once per week per server:
| Mission | What to do | Coins |
|---|---|---|
| Abyss | hunt 10 monsters in the Abyss | 25 |
| Transcendence | clear a Transcendence dungeon | 25 |
| Expedition | clear Expedition Conquest | 25 |
| Ascension Trial | clear the Ascension Trial | 25 |
| Nightmare | clear Nightmare (any stage) | 25 |
| Log in | log in 3 times | 30 |
| Obtain Gear | get 1 piece of Unique gear | 20 |
| Use a Scroll | use 5 scrolls | 20 |
| Dimensional Invasion | take part in an invasion | 20 |
| Shugo Festival | take part in the Shugo Festival | 20 |
That's up to 235 coins a week from missions.
3. Coin shop. A new Coin Merchant NPC stands in towns. Elyos find it in Verteron (Dawn Legion Base and Zumion Village), Asmodians in Altgard (Safe Haven and Nornir Assembly).
| Item | Price (coins) | Limit | From level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Halloween Chest | 250 | 1 per server | 10 |
| Odyle Energy (Bound) | 10 | 4 per week per server | 45 |
| Lower Abyss Rift Stone (Bound) | 30 | 2 per week per server | 45 |
| Skin Chest (10 times) (Bound) | 15 | 5 per week per server | 10 |
| Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) | 2 | 10 per week per server | 10 |
| Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound) | 3 | 7 per week per server | 10 |
| Nightmare Dungeon Challenge Ticket (Bound) | 7 | 3 per week per server | 10 |
| Shugo Festival Reward Key (Bound) | 7 | 3 per week per server | 10 |
| Life Crystal (Bound) | 2 | 20 per character | 10 |
| Halloween Candy (Bound) | 2 | 10 per character | 10 |
| Halloween Cookie (Bound) | 2 | 10 per character | 10 |
| Superior Power Shard (Bound) | 1 | no limit | 10 |
The Special Halloween Chest gives you both the Spooky Scary Skeleton breastplate skin and 10,000 Pet Soul Crystals (pet soul crystals; what they're for is in the pet guide). It's the most important purchase. You can collect 250 coins in the first week from attendance and missions. The weekly Odyle Energy is also worth taking (4 × 40 energy for 40 coins).
The snacks last 5 minutes: Halloween Candy gives +25 Attack, +250 Defense and +300 Max Stamina, and Halloween Cookie gives +500 Max HP, +250 Max MP and +300 Max Stamina. Both also raise natural Stamina regen by 40%.
4. Candies in towns. Event candies are placed around towns. You open them with a key, and you make the key in Substance Morph from 60 Candy Key Fragments (Event). Fragments drop for clearing Expedition and Transcendence dungeons. Each key colour can be made once per week per server.
| Candy | What it gives |
|---|---|
| Red Candy | Growth Pet Chest ×20, Battle Enhance Scroll ×10 |
| Yellow Candy | 10,000 Abyss Points, Life Crystal ×10 |
| Blue Candy | Odyle Energy ×4, Resurrection Spiritstone ×10 |
Every candy also gives 5 Halloween Candy and 5 Halloween Cookies. A single fragment can also be turned into 10 Superior Power Shards.
Conquerors of the Abyss (until Oct 28)
Until the Oct 28 maintenance, the Wind Breeze Merchants (Shop → Wind Breeze Merchants → Special) sell the Lower Abyss Rift Stone (7 Days) (Bound) for 50,000 Kina. The limit is 7 per week per character, from level 45. One stone adds 1 hour of time in the Lower Abyss, the lower part of the PvP zone. The stone is deleted 7 days after you get it, so don't stockpile it.
Other Abyss changes:
- The maximum stored Abyss entry time is now 7 hours.
- Two weekly season missions now also give Abyss Entry Stones: Season Missions → Abyss → Weekly → Spend 1 Hour in the Abyss and Defeat the Boss Guardian Lord Nahma Once.
- Less stuttering in large battles in the Abyss.
- Base stats on the Battlefield were adjusted so fights don't drag on.
Class changes
Sorcerer (Sorcerer guide):
- Fire Wall and Cold Storm didn't apply bonus damage when the target stood higher or lower than you. Fixed.
- Your Embers (from Fire Wall) and Frostbite (from Cold Storm) were removed when another player applied a stronger version to the target. Fixed: other players' effects no longer wipe yours.
- Bittercold Wind didn't reduce frost skill cooldowns properly when there was a height difference. Fixed.
Spiritmaster (Spiritmaster guide): the spirit from Summon: Ancient Spirit at skill level 15 or below didn't use its skills properly. Fixed.
Our guides for these classes don't need changes. These are bug fixes; the skill bar and stigmas stay the same.
Other fixes
- New setting: invert Y-axis.
- Under "Show My Nameplate" you can now show or hide your HP bar.
- New Market restriction: listing gathering materials depends on the character's gameplay history. This targets bots that gather and sell materials.
- Fixed: wrong graphics settings on PCs with two graphics cards, crashes at some refresh rates on 4K monitors, longer loading with FSR on, and your position resetting after reconnecting during the Shugo Festival.
- Graphics settings are no longer saved to Steam Cloud. Check them in game after the update, especially if you play on two PCs (best settings).
New cosmetics in the shop (until Nov 25)
Halloween brings new paid cosmetics. Skins only change your look, so you don't need them. They're on sale until the Nov 25 maintenance. Prices are from the Purple store and can differ in other stores.
- Armor sets Monarch of Blood, Midnight Witch and Midnight Slasher: $29.99 each.
- Halloween Night weapon skins for each of the 8 classes: $11.99 each.
- Pets Pumpkin Carriage and Little Ghost: $19.99 each (once per server).
- Spider Wings: $19.99 (once per character).
- Helms and face decor (Jack-O'-Lantern, Dracula Fangs, Death Mask and more): 300 Quna each.
This Halloween's free skin is Spooky Scary Skeleton from the event coin chest.