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Hey there! In today's update we have prepared a real feast for the senses.

Here's the most beautiful Giran ever!

New look for Giran

The key town of the world of Lineage II has a new, unique look!

Now it's a town full of details, vivid shadows and high-quality models, with a faithfully recreated Notre-Dame Cathedral!

There are beautiful stained glass windows everywhere, with sunlight shining through them. The cathedral is so similar to the real thing that you can feel like you're in Paris.

In the southern part, the walls have been replaced by a trading house, like the cloth halls on the Krakow market.

Unlike the official new version of Giran, we have taken care of more trees and green areas, which build our original character of the town like Krakow's Planty

The lush park is another charming spot in the new Giran. Here you will find the iconic tree from the login screen and a moment of peace while you wait for your party to finally gather.

In addition to the visual changes, the new Giran also offers new possibilities. In the green areas you will find numerous benches on which you can sit your character. The dream of every role-play player!

Not enough? The real fun begins at dusk!

Gradually, the lanterns in the market square and other streets are lit up, preparing the town to fall asleep.

In the green areas in the tall grasses, fireflies begin their dance.

Deserted streets decorated with lanterns light create a unique magical atmosphere.

And all of this is topped with atmospheric music (different during the day and night) from towns added after HighFive. You will rediscover how wonderful the sound setting of this game is!

Lush vegetation

Imagine a world with such lush vegetation that you are able to hide your character from the eyes of other players. Dense bushes, grasses and thickets, from which an aggressive opponent suddenly flies out, whom you did not notice before.

Such situations can now happen to you on our server because we have significantly increased the range of visibility of details on maps, i.e. small plants, grasses, bushes, flowers, stones, etc. The world will be filled with flora to the brim of visibility.

See you in the game!

Changelog

News
— A new, unique look for Giran! Now a town full of details, vivid shadows and high-quality models, with a faithfully recreated Notre-Dame Cathedral! Illuminated at night by dynamically lit lanterns and fireplaces. The most beautiful capital of Lineage 2 ever is now on Sanctuary!
— Added minimaps for: Antharas’ Lair (Upper Level), Cruma Tower, The Giant’s Cave, Devil’s Isle, Garden of Eva, Necropolis of Devotion, The Patriot’s Necropolis, Catacomb of the Apostate, Catacomb of the Witch, The Disciple’s Necropolis, Forge of the Gods (Upper and Lower Level), Imperial Tomb and The Pagan Temple
— Added seven new music tracks for Giran (different during the day and night) from towns added to Lineage 2 after HighFive. Be sure to listen and remind yourself how amazing music this game has!
— Added benches in Giran to sit on
— Added new NPCs in Giran

Changes
— Greatly increased visibility range of map details (small flora, grass, bushes, flowers, stones etc)
— Changed model for Gatekeepers in Giran, Oren, Hunters, Aden and Ivory Tower
— Changed buff and trade zones in Giran

Bug fixes
— Fixed trap behavior
— Improved hourly event security
— Minor quest text fixes

News
— Added Window Frame option in the Video tab of the game options, which allows you to disable the game window frame

Changes
— Increased visibility range of ships five times
— Improved security and readability of messages (Security Info)
— Improved Starter to work with main and test servers simultaneously
— Removed Forum button from Starter

Bug fixes
— Fixed Judicator debuff animations
— Fixed sow (Manor) in Cruma Tower
— Improved behavior of ships queued to port

News
— Added Beyond the Horizon - multi-part, story-driven event for characters from level 55
— Added Campfire Tale and Smooth Criminal - daily events that can be completed during the night of the game (requires Pendant of Falling Trust from the story event)
— Added Smugglers Life - weekly event (requires Pendant of Falling Trust from the story event)
— Added dynamic size NPC chat windows for improved readability and convenience
— Enabled My Teleport (available from the action window)
— Added additional spaces in towns (Talking Island, Elven Village, Dark Elven Village, Floran, Hunters Village, Heine, Oren), which were originally intended to serve as Clan Halls
— Added the ability to buy a daily portion of Ancient Adena not only from Mammon between 20:00 and 00:00, but also from the Ferryman in your starting village throughout the day (requires one Pendant of Falling Trust)
— Added the ability to check the current location of Ferrymen on maps at some Warehouse Keepers
— Added Space Spheres, which allow you to increase the capacity of your clan warehouse - available from Campfire Tale (by two or more players in party)
— Added crews on all ships in the game
— Added the ability to check the current location of ships on maps at ticket sellers
— Added crows in some towns

Changes
— Links on NPC chat windows replaced with readable graphical buttons
— Improved the performance of movies and added restoration of some windows and buff/debuff views after the movie
— Improved the performance of ships
— Changed textures to newer ones for some NPCs (High Priests, Priests, Grand Magisters, Hardin)
— Disabled automatic start of the Enhance Your Weapon quest
— Activated the Realistic Water effect around castles (excluding Oren Castle)

Bug fixes
— Fixed Agathion summoning
— Fixed olympiad auto-save behavior when another PC character is spectating the arena
— Fixed numerous map bugs related to water and Improved Shader behavior
— Fixed trap behavior and detection
— Fixed Improved Shader effects (Out Focusing, Realistic Water, and Shadow) being restored after exiting Lower Detail mode (alt + P)
— Fixed Maliss and Isadora disappearing after a failed raid on Antharas/Valakas
— Fixed Baylor's raid movie
— Fixes for Bird in Cage, Method to Raise The Undead quests
— Fixed Ferryman and Packed Buffalo sizes
— Fixed sun and moon sizes at sunrise and sunset
— Fixed doves appearance
— Fixed Spike skill description
— Fixed teleports from Dion

News
— Greatly increased range of view of terrain and objects - in case of performance problems, you can limit it in the options - Terrain Range (Average = old Very Wide, Narrow = old Average)
— Hide stores function (available under .cfg) also added hiding buffstores that do not have any buff selected - to improve Giran loading

Changes
— Greatly increased player and NPC viewing range - if you have performance issues, you can limit it in the options - PC/NPC Range
— Changed default video settings for the new Very Wide Terrain Range, and enabled Improved Shader Effect, Realistic Water and Shadow Effect by default
— Slightly withdrawn fog blending terrain into the sky - for a better visual range effect

Bug fixes
— Fixed Sel Mahum family mob race
— Dawn and Dusk sky horizon color correction
— Fixed issues with Improved Shader Effect

News
— Party Gathering system (.party, .clanparty etc.) merged and expanded with the capabilities of the official Party Matching system (access via the action and the /partymatching command and the icon next to the game chat)
— Added the .myparty command that creates links visible only to characters with the same IP (e.g. household members and boxes), so as not to clutter the chat when creating a private party
— Added the .cc, .clancc, .allycc, .mycc commands intended for building parties connected in the Command Channel
— Added new types of birds and flocks of flying birds sometimes visible in the sky in all towns
— Added a message about entering Antharas/Valakas for all party members and the command channel
— Added messages with a countdown to the appearance of the boss (Antharas, Valakas, Scarlet van Halisha, Nightmare Zaken, Beleth)
— Added a message after the end of the raid with information about the duration of the fight (Antharas and Valakas)

Changes
— Commands from the .party family expanded with two new optional parameters allowing to set the minimum and maximum character level for those applying to join the party (a command with these parameters additionally creates a room in Party Matching)
— Adding to the party and command channel in Party Matching rooms does not require the consent of the added character (presence in the room is enough)
— The Waiting List in Party Matching now includes all characters on the server who do not have a party and are not in a room
— Changed granting of Agathion skills from Dawn's Bracelet, to activate them you need to place the appropriate blue talismans in the bracelet at Priest Wood in Aden
— Blocked the ability to set the buffstore outside the peace zone (castles and conquered clan halls)
— Reduced frequency of messages from Preacher of Doom and Orator of Revelations in towns
— The Windows MSN button next to the game chat has been replaced with the Council button (function is identical to the .council command)
— Added grade for shot packs to make searching easier in Market

Bug fixes
— Fixed display of completed character instances in Party Matching (Party Room and Waiting List)
— Fixed clearing skills from Wards when starting Territory War for clans without Wards (related to Clan Council event)
— Fixed purchasing buffs and counting selected buffs in buffstore when buff vendor has multiple classes with saved buffs
— Fixed caravan routes
— Fixed display of Harvester and Nosferatu skill triggers (Critical Pierce, Vitalize Crush, Scarlet Fury)
— Disabled global announcements about the start of the Olympiad
— Fixed searching in Market when current search page was larger than maximum page in next search
— Fixed Dusk Priest dialogue options during signup week (teleports to catacombs and necropolis should not be available then)

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— Added caravans traveling between towns
— Added ships sailing between ports (Talking Island, Gludin, Giran, Rune, Heine)
— Added stopping mana consumption when wearing talismans when the character is wearing charged Dawn's Bracelet (does not require summoned agathion)

Changes
— Changes to the Clan Council event: the Council's pet - Tree of Life can only be awarded if the player already has another pet; Tree of Life is now awarded like other pets to the player, rather than to healers in the clan; a player with a Tree of Life pet can summon its better version, Tree of Sephiroth, when another player in the clan also has a Tree of Life
— Changed method of obtaining Agathions for Dawn's Bracelet (bracelets no longer change automatically, they must be exchanged at Priest Wood in Aden and only then charged on the appropriate RB)
— Unified Agathion skill set from Dawn's Bracelet
— Removed some saboteurs who blocked clan gates in low-level locations
— Removed weapon skin effects from being overwritten by agumentations
— Allowing Dwarves and Orcs to use Dualblunt skins on Dualsword and Dualdagger weapons
— Disabled global announcements about the start of the Olympiad
— Reduction of the range of ship messages
— Changed the block experience behavior so that it can be set for each subclass separately

Hi! The May long weekend is approaching and the biggest update on our server since Horizon 2!

See what we have prepared for you:

New Raid Bosses

Etis van Etina, leader of the ancient cult Embryo, has made good on his threats and launched an attack on the continent!

The seal priestesses he sent - Maliss and Isadora - gather new followers among the children and servants of the goddess of destruction. Will they be able to take control of the legendary dragons and demons?

Dabos and Nigel - Embryo's enforcers have been ordered to exterminate anyone who may threaten their sinister plans. From now on, RB will hunt you! Beware, the world of Lineage 2 has never been more dangerous!

New weapons and unique Agathions

Queen Freya was defeated and lost her crown along with her head. Who will sit on the ice throne now? Acquire the ice queen's staff and become the new most powerful water mage on the continent!

Create an even more unique character with the new Agathions you can grab for Dawn's Bracelet!

Event and new quests

Embryo's actions cannot remain unanswered. The Clan Council launches an investigation to track down and destroy enemy agents!

By supporting our community, earn Council recognition and access to elite pets that will help you investigate and gain territorial bonuses!

Unforgettable atmosphere

Have fun role-playing in the most realistic marketplace the world of Lineage 2 has ever seen - now with even more live NPCs, or light a campfire away from the bustle of the town!

Improved gameplay comfort

You'll love the new buff trading system from your first purchase! Mark the buffs you need and buy with one click - the seller will remember your choices.

No more chaos at the olympiad! You will know your opponent in a duel from the first second, your shots will not be deactivated every fight, and improved security will not allow parallel fights!

Now you can say goodbye to tiring game elements and fully enjoy the fun!

See you in the game!

News
— Added Clan Council event, during which you can gain temporary access to council pets: Lumi (maximum one summoned per clan), Thunder Hawk (one for the entire server at a time), Owl Monk (one for the entire server at a time) or Tree of Life (without restrictions). Prizes related to Rule II (see regulations) can be checked with the .council command
— New quests added: Danger Hides In The Shadow for all territories, which enable activation and sharing of skills from wards. A council pet is required to complete the quest
— New RaidBoss added - Ekidna's Statue Pantasaus on Parnassus
— Added new RaidBoss - Steregos in the instance (entrance at every Olympiad Manager)
— Added Embryo enforcers - Dabos and Nigel, who hunt high-level players
— Added seal apostles - Maliss and Isadora, who can appear during the fight against: Baium, Scarlet van Halisha, Antharas and Valakas
— New weapons added: Drake Maul, Freya's Staff, Maliss Stormer and Steregos' Dagger available from Drake Lord, Freya (Hard Mode), Maliss, Steregos
— Added weapon skins: Drake Maul, Freya's Staff, Maliss Stormer
— New agathions added: Anakim's Spheres, Aenkinel Spirit Sword*, Apocalypse Spirit Sword*, Isadora's Servant*, Maliss' Servant*, Zaken Spirit Sword, Embryo Blades, Spirits Shields*, Steregos' Knives, Bluebird, Hell Shields, Robin, One Eyed Bat Drove, which can be used to temporarily charge Dawn's Bracelet by killing: Anakim, Lilith, Aenkinel, Lost Captain, Isadora, Maliss, Zaken, Dabos, Nigel, Epidos, Steregos, Ekidna's Statue Pantasaus, Darion, Einhalder von Hellmann and Bloody Empress Decarbia. New agathions can randomly extend the effects of some blue talismans (does not apply to the olympiad).
— *requires catching Zaken Spirit Sword, Embryo Blades, Hell Shields first
— Added birds to the market in Giran
— Added items: Campfire Flint and Twig of Treant can be purchased in every Grocery Shop - they allow you to light a campfire that increases the HP and MP regeneration of characters sitting nearby
— Added saboteurs blocking some clan gates
— For characters in clans, a message has been added about increasing the level of a player without a clan - for better visibility and integration of new players

Changes
— Improved security in olympiad so that you cannot join another character before the previous one has finished fighting
— Added automatic join for the next olympiad fight after the end of the previous one, a .stop command to interrupt the autojoin, and a limit of 5 manual join to limit the match-fixing of fights
— A message with information about the duel participants was added at the beginning of the olympiad fight
— The difficulty of achieving hero status in the olympiad has been increased for participants who have achieved this feat in previous olympiad cycles. The player must earn a minimum of 70 points if he had the hero status in the previous cycle, a minimum of 140 points if he had this status in the previous two cycles in a row, 210 points if he had three statuses in a row, etc.
— Shot deactivation at the olympiad disabled
— Skill Adjustments: Block Rush (increased duration), Chain Heal (increased mana consumption in Cost path), Push/Repulse (immobilization for the duration of the trigger), Major Restoration/Major Group Restoration (increased healing effectiveness), Threshing (decreased effectiveness), Nosferatu (increased effectiveness in PvP) and Blood Pact (reduced effectiveness of the path)
— Changed the way buffs are purchased from players, along with remembering recently purchased ones
— Remembering and automatically setting the last buffstore when logging out of the character in the buffzone
— Buffstore activity time limit to 14 days
— Buffstore and privatestore optimization - capes, hero and nevit effects will be invisible, which will speed up Giran loading
— Unifying the operation of the .offline command and exiting the game via restart and exit, so that each of these methods preserves buffstore and privatestore
— Removed message about killing RB
— Changed where the Trade Zone clan gate moves to at night
— An open door during the Treasure Hunt event on the Rune Castle map
— Withdrawal of compulsory walking in cities except Giran
— Changed the color of NPC dialogues from white to gray to make them stand out from what players say
— Increased chance of Black Large Dragon Bone

Bug fixes
— Improved animation of summons and pets
— Improved spoil information in the debuff bar
— Fixed invasion headquarters to not interrupt auto attack at close range
— Improved quest counting and maximum quest limit
— Security fixes

Changes
— Removed some walking zones (e.g. Delusion Chamber, Gracia)
— Mount walking speed increased
— Automatic purchase announcements now also apply to shops from Gludin

Bug fixes
— Fixed visibility of rods in peace zone

Changes
— Enabled dancing with double daggers
— Added epic weapon debuff icons and descriptions to be visible in enemy status bar
— Added time limit for the Last Hero event
— Added hiding weapons and shields in the peace zone (provided the character is not in combat mode)
— Added blocking running and galloping in the peace zone. We are increasing the difficulty of travel logistics as per previous policy
— Added alternate dressing of earrings and rings. Now you don't need to unequip them in advance to replace both and it's easier to build a equip change macro
— Added memorization of occupied slots by equipped equipment. After removing, e.g. a weapon, it should go to the slot in the backpack, where it was before, unless the slot is occupied by something else
— The pool of live NPCs has been increased by all sellers, teachers, warehousemen and blacksmiths who received animations and texts to speak
— Clan recruitment via Community Board changed so that when adding a new character to a clan, it will first go to the Academy if all conditions are met
— Shout channel changed to global. Please use this for conversations instead of Trade
— Added automatic announcements on the Trade channel. Every 15 minutes, one random shop from Giran will post its offer on the channel. Applies only to purchases set in the last 14 days. Does not apply to sales offers - these are in CB on the Market tab

Bug fixes
— Fixed of weapon skins condition so that skins cannot be used without a sufficient number of RBs slaughtered. It stopped working from H2
— Fixed the race of some mobs in Dragon Valley
— Fixed missing consolation prize in Last Hero event
— Fixed Acrobatics and Boost Breath skills so they don't disappear after character restart
— Improved security when signing up for the team Olympiad
— Fixed of the lack of hero skills on subclasses during transformation
— Fixed of skill toggle deactivation when transitioning to new transformations (e.g. Harvester)

Changes
— Fixed teleport from RB zones (Baium, Antharas, Valakas etc.) to the town after restarting/disconecting (the teleporting after 10 minutes of being offline)
— Improved buffstore (stand up after entering the game, and .offline command)

Bug fixes
— AI fixes
— Security fixes

Changes
— Advanced AI added for NPCs in Giran!
— Added WH (Taurin), Grocery (Golem Trader) and Subclass changer (Jurek) by day on Giran market
— Free teleports added to Giran and Gludin GK and Guide in every city
— All buffstores moved to Giran
— Added function of remembering the second password
— Possible fight in any sub-class in sub-class Olympics
— Disabled message asking to sign up for hourly events
— Enables the use of PM and ALL chats from level 2, as well as TRADE and SHOUT from level 6

Bug fixes
— Blocked use of hero weapons at hourly events
— Fixed skill replacement: Heroic Berserker and Heroic Valor
— Security fixes

Bug fixes
— Fixed Cubick swapping
— Fixed receiving quest items from Beast Devourer in the Home Security quest

Changes
— Sub-class Olympiad on Monday - Wednesday moved from 18-20 to 20-22
— Group Olympiad on Thursday moved and extended from 18-20 to 20-23
— Friday Olympiad shortened from 18-24 to 21-24
— Teleport to arena waiting time reduced from 120 seconds to 30 seconds
— New rewards added for subclass and group qualifiers:
2 Vitality Maintaining Potion
5000 Olympiad Token

Bug fixes
— Fixed epic jewelry changes to keep the enchant
— Fixed dynasty skins
— Fixed Rush Impact skill
— Fixed the duration of Chant of Protection

Changes
— The original event shop inventory has been restored

Bug fixes
— Fixed the problem with disappearing wards during TW
— Fixed Pavel The Giants quest
— Fixed shadow interrupting when standing up
— Added possibility to exchange Festival Coin at a cat in Giran

Bug fixes
— Fixed Dynasty Weapon Box content so that it does not contain Icarus weapons
— Fixed the RB counter for skins, so that it also counts when the experience is blocked
— Fixed class classification in TW quests
— Fixed TW quests to make them not repeatable and counted for the whole party
— Removed Last Lesser Giant Olkuth minion

Bug fixes
— Fixed skins applied to Full Body Armor
— Fixed visual problems with Rush skill animation
— Fixed bug with Root on Korean Style event
— Fixed missing quest name The Zero Hour
— Support for Life Cubic target selection to heal Pets and Summons as well

Bug fixes
— Repair HP and MP multipliers for mobs
— Additional Vote Rewards: Randomly receive a temporary rune on EXP, SP or Weight
— Repair Forgotten Crewman to be minions
— Repair of the minions on Kama 43
— Removal of unnecessary dialogue options in Dusk and Dawn Guide in Oracle
— Decrease the attack power of trees on the Strider quest
— Repair Root on Summons on Korean Style
— Corrected Wonderous Cubic reset issue

Changes
— Enabling the modification of the message file

Bug fixes
— Corrected name of skill Escape: 5 minutes to Escape
— Adding WC to classes that can use the buffstore
— Decreasing the minimum level for using Bot Report from 40 to 20
— Disable free buffs from the buffstore for members of the same clan
— Repair team events
— Disable healing when buffing on hourly events
— Repair of disappearing skills
— Vote reward system (temporary reward - Nevit's Voice)
— Repair Root at the Korean Style event
— Repair quest Contract Completion
— Security fixes

Bug fixes
— Fixed an issue with the Item Broker auction reward disappearing when the character was not logged
— Fixed learning of Weight Increase skills
— Adding missing mobs in catacombs and necropolises <50
— Improved the drop chance and duration of Cursed Weapons
— Improve dialogue with the Newbie Guide before level 6
— Security fixes

Changes
— Buffstore zone in Dion added for duration of the Event (to the right of the Priest of Dawn)
— Adaptation of the store where the Festival Coin can be exchanged to the restrictions related to the Event