Revision as of 10:11, 25 December 2025

Christmas Quest 2025

Prontera has a new look with some new Christmas trees and special decorations!

For this year's Christmas Quest, meet with Santa, who asks you to share the spirit of giving by helping out the people of Lutia. Talk to Santa in Lutie outside his house, and you will be given 2 quests in the quest log to defeat 5 of each "Gift Box" monsters. These monsters are spawned whenever you help the people of Lutia by completing Lutia's reputation quests. For every 5 reputation points gained, 1 out of 4 Gift Box monsters will be spawned. Help the people of Lutia enough to defeat 5 of each of the 4 gift boxes, then return to Santa to pick up your choice of rewards! This year, you will have the option of "Azure Diadem" (mid headgear), "Costume Azure Diadem" (mid headgear), or "Costume Night Sky of Lutia" which can come in any of the 4 costume slots for your customization! This quest is endlessly repeatable on your character, so you can talk to Santa again to start the quest on the same character immediately.

The Gift Box monster also has a very rare weapon costume, the Candy Cane weapon costume (mace type costume) and a unique card for footwear slot that gives 4% bonus exp for all non-boss monsters but take 20% more damage from any non-boss monsters. What else is better for the spirit of giving than leeching?

Note: Candy Cane Weapon Costume will be obtainable via 'something else' alongside other means in the future (soonTM)... hope you are lucky.

Happy 8th Anniversary for Lutia

It has been 8 years since GM-Ciar and GM-Abathur created Lutia, first as an event access region before it is fully released to be the first of the two major custom region in heRO. As a memorial to its release, a new "Lutia Wings" costume (garment slot) has been added as a gift from Santa for players with maximum Lutia reputation point. This reward is retroactive, so any players who already have the Costume Aura Quartz with 2000 Lutia reputation points can pick up this new costume as well. heRO has come a long way since Lutia was first added!

War of Emperium Changes

As mentioned in Discord, a recent client-side crash has led us to take drastic measures for War of Emperium. From now on, the following will be enforced for all GvG maps:

• Guild members will share the same palette out of a much more limited set of palettes
• Guild members will share the same hairstyle out of a much more limited set of hairstyles
• Guild members will share the same hair color out of a much more limited set of hair color
• All costumes are disabled

A new guild customizer NPC is now available near center area of Prontera to the east alongside the Roguelite Entrance NPC. Guild leaders can set these parameters accordingly for their guild. Non-guilded members will use all default settings.

Assassin: Venom Splasher

Last WoE has revealed a few Venom Splasher related bugs which have been fixed. Some of it has balance

Venom Splasher goes through a couple of bugfixes, which have significant mechanical effects for the skill:

• Venom Splasher is de-armed if the caster is killed, or if the caster leaves the map. You can no longer arm the bomb and leave the map for unavoidable AoE damage. This applies even outside of GvG- same for monsters.
• Venom Splasher is always treated as "Demihuman" and "Physical ranged attack" instead of "Null" for the purpose of GvG damage reductions.
• Venom Splasher will no longer bypass racial defense gears (it will no longer has "Null" racial classification)

High Wizard: Gravitational Field

Until further notice, Gravitational Field has been banned in town and GvG maps due to its ability to crash the client in conjunction with Bragi. It's still usable in PvM but use it at your own discretion as there's risk of client crash from this skill. We will see how to address an issue with this skill in future updates.

WoE Bugfixes

• Skreio MVP card has been properly banned
• Pereca's Pretzels has been properly banned
• Ganbantein will properly uses no gemstones (if you have sufficient gemstones to cast it normally)
• Fire Pillar will properly uses no gemstones (if you have sufficient gemstones to cast it normally)
• Demihuman resistance and damages should apply properly to all skills and gears again

Other Balance Changes

Alongside in this release is a promised series of buffs for more class restrictive items and class sets. Some of the builds have changed so that they are not as aligned to the tier 2 build that they are supposed to support, so they can use some buffs. We want to give players more incentive to use class-restrictive gears. These gears should be more powerful than generic gears as a trade-off to refine or card class-specific gears.

Item Changes

• Gift Box card added to Old Card Album and Damp Card Album

Ur's Manteau

• Removed: it reduces all Physical Damage taken by 4 per refine.
• New: ATK + 1 per refine
  

Swapping out effect to be a more offensive one to fit the nature of Frenzy better.

Black Wing Brooch

(complete revamp) INT + 2, Perfect Dodge + 2. For every 8 base LUK, ASPD + 1%

The original effect reduces SP cost but the set is for auto-blitz so the sp reduction is useless and unfitting.

Black Wing Boots

• Removed: MaxSP +5%
• New: ASPD + 1%

Again to fit the theme of autocasting blitz beat better.

Idol Combo (Dancer)

Idol Combo pieces: all autocast activation rates are increased from 2.5% to 5%

Idol Combo effect revamp:

• When physically attacking, there is a 5% chance to automatically cast Heal on the user.
• When physically attacking, there is a 5% chance to automatically cast Increase Agility on the user.
• Level of Heal and Increase Agility cast this way is equal to the user's mastery of Dancing Lesson (minimum level 1).
• Acid Terror, Throw Shuriken, Piercing Shot, Grimtooth, and Throw Arrow also casts Provocation, which reduces enemy VIT DEF to 0 (does not work on Bosses).
• Gypsy combo bonus: When physically attacking, there is a 10% chance to automatically cast Level 2 Wide Confuse.
• Gypsy combo bonus: ASPD + 20%

A lot of bonuses are moved from gypsy bonus down to be applicable to dancer as a buff. For Gypsy, a major ASPD bonus is applied to be on par with Assassin's Sapha set.

Ironforge Boots

Effect revamp:

• Max HP + 300
• Max SP + 30
• If the user is attacking or is attacked while under the effects of Weapon Perfection, inflict 5% more damage with critical attacks and increase the damage of Critical Slash by 10%.

Ironforge Pauldron

Effect revamp:

• LUK + 4
• For each Refine Rate of this equipment, CRIT + 1, inflict 1% more damage with critical attacks and increase the damage of Critical Slash by 2%.

Soul of the Ironforge

Effect revamp:

• STR + 2
• CRIT + 5

Ironforge Suit

Effect revamp:

• LUK + 4
• STR + 2
• If the user is attacking or is attacked while under the effects of Over Thrust, gain CRIT + 5 and add a 10% chance to automatically cast Critical Slash when attacking.

Ironforge Combo

• Each time an enemy is killed, gain zeny equal to the monster's level. This effect does not stack with other similar effects.
• Each attack has a 2% chance to grant CRIT + 20 and increase the damage of Critical Slash by 20% for 10 seconds.
• Whitesmith: CRIT + 5
• Whitesmith: Inflict 15% more damage with critical attacks
• Whitesmith: Increase the damage of Critical Slash by 100%
• Whitesmith: Enables the use of Level 5 Gloria.

Note: Ironforge was made before Mammonite can crit and the buffs to all the Blacksmith skills, it can use a revamp and we can switch to newer techs. Reminder that Critical Slash is the monster guarantee crit attack skill.

Robe of Judgement

• MDEF + 5.
• When physically attacking, there is a (1 => 5)% chance to automatically cast Level 1 Heal on the user. If the user has mastered the skill at a higher level, cast it at that level instead.

Judgement Combo

• For every level of Signum Crusis mastered, pierce the defense of Demon and Undead Race enemies by (5 => 10)%.
• For every level of Divine Protection mastered, increase the resistance to attacks from Demon and Undead Race enemies by (1 => 2)%.
• High Priest: For every level of Signum Crusis mastered, add a 1% chance of causing Coma effect on Demon and Undead Race enemies when physically attacking.
• High Priest: For every level of Divine Protection mastered, reduces damage from Neutral Property attacks by 2%.

Def ignore and piercing turns out to be no big deal; so the full def pierce (thus def ignore) effect is now downgraded to be fully available to Priest, and dedicated High Priest gets coma + a “refund” on a free Raydric card due to the garment having no slot.

Qigong Muffler

• AGI + 2
• For every level of Dodge mastered, FLEE + 1 and CRIT + 1

Qigong was made before combo skills have crit potential, so CRIT has been added for minor support.

Qigong Seal

• STR + 2, (HIT => CRIT) + 5

Qigong was made before combo skills have crit potential, so CRIT has been added for minor support.

Nab Combo

• DEX + 2
• INT + 3
• Increase the damage of long range attacks by 5%.
• If a Bow or 1h Hand Crossbow is equipped, enables the use of Preserve.
• Stalker: For every level of Double Strafe mastered, gain MATK + 1% and increase the damage of long range attacks by 1%.
• Stalker: For every refinement of the equipped weapon, pierce the DEF and MDEF of enemies by 1%. If the weapon is a Bow or Hand Crossbow, this bonus is doubled.

Because not having Preserve as a magic rogue is miserable, Preserve is added to the set so you can play magic rogue immediately as a major quality of life. The original bonus for Rogue combo is moved to be Stalker-only instead. Pierce effect is made stronger instead of the ATK + 20 because we’ve been a bit too cautious on how much piercing contributes.

Cloak of Counter

• Enables use of Level 3 Auto Counter.
• INT + 2, STR + 2

Ring of Counter

• INT + 2, STR + 2
• For every point of mastery in a Spirit/Soul Link skill, gain 34 SP.

Counter Combo

• MATK + 15%
• Restores (3 => 4)% of Max SP each time an enemy is killed by a physical attack.
• Level 99: CRIT + 10
• Level 99: Increase damage with critical attacks by 12%.

Now that Spirit Blade is available, the set gives both str and int, with matk given to boost Spirit Blade. Link changes make it so the SP bonus is now excessive so that’s no longer needed. Utilize the mass SP pool and regain SP quickly so that Kaahi still has fuel after Spirit Blade drains it all. The matk% boost should tempt soul linker to stray away from typical 99 str, and want to balance out int and str differently for more interesting stat build.

Ebony Armor

• Maximum HP + 5%.
• Removed the 6/8/10 refine rate and devotion bonus
• New: For every Refine Rate of this equipment, Maximum HP + 1% and VIT + 1.

The change is just to simplify the effect and give a bit more HP boost.

Life Link

• New additional effect: When damaged by Physical or Magical attacks, restore (refine rate)% of the user's missing HP. This effect can only trigger once every 5 seconds.

This makes it more standout as a healing-based effect intended as a self-sustaining armour option for front-line Swordsman classes.

Stoneplate

• Bonus DEF for VIT 99 is 4 instead
• Bonus soft DEF for VIT 99 is 300 instead of 250

Generic boost for the effort involved in using this armour.

Green Operation Coat

Total revamp:

• STR + 2, HIT + 10
• Max SP + 150
• Add a 25% resistance to Bleeding status.
• Acid Terror has a 100% chance to cause Bleeding status.
• For each refine rate of this equipment, increase the damage of Acid Terror by 5%.

Acid terror based armor: if you are using either alchemist card combo to autocast it via plants, or just using acid terror in general, then this should be your go-to choice.

Desecrated Robe

• INT + (5 => 6), MATK + (5 => 6)%, MDEF + (5 => 6)

General improvement to compete with Black Dragon Robe offensively

Improved Tights

• MDEF + (2 => 3). Perfect Dodge + 3
• New: DEX + 3

6 dex potential with enchantment should be give reasons for Sniper to consider reaching new dex breakpoints.

Spirit Harmonics

• INT + 2 => INT + 3
• For each refine of this equipment, Max HP + 50 and increase the damage of Holy and Shadow magic by (2% => 3%).

General improvement to compete with Black Dragon Robe offensively

Exorcism Bible

Revamp:

• STR + 1
• HP, SP Recovery + 3%
• For every Refine Rate of this equipment, increase Physical Damage inflicted on Shadow Property, Undead Property, Demon Race enemies, and Undead Race enemy by 2% but reduce Max SP by 25.
• No longer combos with Holy Stick

We’ll revamp Holy Stick another day.

Sacred Mission

• INT + (2 => 3), VIT + 3, MDEF + 3
• Indestructible (except in upgrade attempts).
• New effect: When physically attacking, there is a 3% chance to automatically cast Level 1 Heal on the user. If the user has mastered the skill at Level 10, it will cast Level 10 Heal.

New options for Grand Cross to ditch Purple Bat Doll to heal, so that more offensive headgear can be considered.

Enchanted Boots

• Increases Maximum HP by (6 => 8) per Base Level.
• Increases Maximum SP by 2 per Job Level.

General improvement for extended options again to compete with Dragon combos.

Dance Shoes

• New additional effect: ATK + 10

For AV oriented path to at least partially break dragon set if you want complete raw damage.

Kasut Penyihir

• New: DEX + 1

Dex in a new slot is power creep, but it’s to compete with Dragon’s Rage. Now from a pure-dex perspective, you don’t miss out on dex for breaking dragon combo. You don’t use orbs due to orlean’s glove, and 25 power armor+garment+cards you are competing with dex + 3 enchanted armor with 1 dex from this.

Medical Boots

• Maximum HP + (5 => 10)%

Giving HP a tanky option for footwear out of a lot of valid options.

Angelic Ring

• INT + 2, DEX + 1
• MDEF + 2
• When using Heal, Potion Pitcher, Sanctuary , there is a 5% chance to increase the effectiveness of healing skills by 20% for (3 => 10) seconds.

For the power to be more visible if you are on backrow healing duties to spam on pally/tank. 3 seconds are not enough.

Exorcising Ring

Revamp:

• Allows Crusader on top of Acolyte, Priest, Monk
• Has a slot
• For every level of Demon Bane Mastery, increase Physical Damage inflicted on Shadow Property, Undead Property, Demon Race enemies, and Undead Race enemy by 2% but reduce Maximum SP by 25.

Intended as a 2nd accessory to go with Ring of Angel Whisper.

Telekinetic Orb

• MDEF + 1, INT + 1
• Increase damage with Ghost spells by 25%.

Not sure what the caution was in the original item, given that the Salamander card exists for a much better spell. At least make the boost for all ghost spells now.

Crown of Saints

• VIT + 2
• Increase damage with Grand Cross and Holy Cross by (5 => 10)%.
• Reduces damage from Shadow Property attacks by (10 => 15)%.

Note: now that PBD is settled, this item needs to be lot more offensive to have a chance.

Peekassistant

The GM Assistant is given a new look! Give Peeka a visit if you need help with options or picking up your monthly rewards. Nyaa~~

New Costumes

The medalion shops have new updates!

• Costume Alpaca Hood added to the Hugel Medal Trader
• Brasilis has a new costume shop at brasilis 245, 263 selling the Costume Toucan, Costume Jaguar, Costume Kwati, Costume Tropical Fruit Hat, and Costume Carnival Circlet hats for 50 prize medals each
• Morroc has a new costume shop at Morroc 283, 173 selling the Costume Cactus, Costume Coiledup Snake and Costume Picky Egg Shell for 50 prize medals each
• Jawaii has a new costume shop at Jawaii 174, 164 selling some old Valentine's Day costume of Love Love Balloon, Fluffy Heart Earmuffs and Love Cheeks for 100 prize medals, discounted to 50 every February
• Niflheim Halloween costume shop has a new costume for Crew, the black hat that belongs to Loli Ruri! This costume is also at 100 prize medals, discounted to 50 every October
• Lutie Christmas costume shop at Lutie 172, 131 has 4 new costumes: the Knit Cap of Water, Let it Snow, Snownow Hat and Amistr Beret for 100 prize medals, discounted to 50 every December. For this year alone, the bonus discount will be extended to all of January as well.

Quality of Life Changes

• A new warning has been added if your build exceeds the internal limit of 15 autocasts available. If you see this error and you are trying to amass as many autocasts as possible, you are actually exceeding the limit and should change out to prioritize the 15 autocasts that you want to activate the most and focus on that.

Note: Wing-type equipment causes the autocast warning to spam when it doesn't actually reach the 15-autocast limit. We are aware of the issue thanks to player report. We'll look at fixing this after Christmas break. For now we ask players to be patient about the spammage regarding ToH Wings.

Note 2: The player's original request is to increase the limit from 15 to 20. We have implemented it in testing, but 20 autocasts were enough to crash the test server. Our player-tester team rejected the fix due to client instability at the last minute. Sorry, but we thank you for the suggestion!

• By popular demand: Twilight Alchemy 3 no longer makes alcohol and its casting requirements are changed accordingly. You only need the materials for 50 acid bottles and 50 flammable flasks for Twilight Alchemy 3.

• GM-Aventurine has "enhanced" the 20th Anniversary Costume Wings further... take it as you will.

Bugfixes

• JoeJoe the resetter should be far less likely to forget about your Platinum Skills
• Fixed an issue with Old Red Box not giving Selendang and Taqiyah hat properly
• Fixed issues with 6 costumes having issues from Heroic Costume Box (only obtainable from event rewards)
• Fixed issue with sprites for 2 of the Lutia fugitives (one of them have a stand-in costume of a scary tree for now; don't worry about it)
• There's a lot of weight-related headgear that should be addressed. We may not have got all of them since they were discovered by our TD team last minute (but most of them are not groundbreaking; mostly weight differences of 40 or less)
• Fixed an issue where the client asks for a "password" when it's asking for the account email for verification
• Fixed more file grammatical errors or misalignment of item name in the client vs item name known in the database
• Fixed reported issue with Santa giving more items on specific reputation points
• Fixed issue with Azure Diadem not giving HP/SP appropriately if you secretly grind more reputation points than the game expected you to
• Fixed issue with Magic Quartet not boosting Thunderstorm once the quartet is complete
• Attempted to fix Magic Quartet and Zeny's Duet to potentially be really annoying to other players (their activation state music notes is now only visible to the wearer and not everyone else)

Known Issue/Bugs

• Certain equipment is spamming warning of 15 autocast limit inappropriately
• DBSearcher does not show MVP Drops
• DBSearcher does not recognize some monsters that spawn in Scaraba's Nest or the fields to the east of it
• Platinum skills may randomly be loss upon skill reset. If this happens, please contact a GM.
• Ring of Friendship may still get exp via quests
• Gravitational Field is temp banned in town and GvG due to potential to crash player client
• Buwaya Cave's treasure box weakness may spawn multiple weakness points if multiple people from the party talks to the NPC inside the box at the same time
• Buwaya Cave randomly sends players to the box instead of sending them to the box only on re-entry of the instance
• Buwaya Cave also randomly allows players to enter normally on re-entry instead of always being sent to the box
• Faeheim Smuggler quest may not always trigger the smuggler spawn to continue the quest. If this happens, contact a GM.
• Elemental resist potion status icon seems inconsistent
• Male hairstyle #82 does not work
• New hairstyle does not work with all hair colors

Old Server Changelog

For list of old change logs, please click on this link