Cabal Expansion Part IV : Memorial Sword – Patch Notes

[Nguyen Tri Trung]

Cabal Expansion Part IV : Memorial Sword

Released Date : Jul 13th 2011
Last Korean updated : Aug 17th 2011
Post last modified : Aug 17th 2011

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Jul 13th 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

• Fixed bug, sometimes Cash Inventory doesn’t work correctly
• Fixed bug, in some situations, can not complete quests in a row
• Debuff icons on monsters displays with abnormal size
• Quests in dungeons sometimes stuck or failed
• In some situations, “Title” tab displays abnormally
• Fixed “War Clouds” dungeon quests error
• Fixed bug, WEXP exchange sometimes caused error

■ Changes

1. Tooltip redesign

• Changed the design of skills, items, now with left align, small icons and information parts are separated

2. Some quests reward changes

• Below are the introduction quests for fields and mission dungeons

3. Change the display content of Title tab

• When click in an acquired title, the information displays easier to understand.
  
  • Original: Title, Title bonus, Title description
  • Change: Title, Title bonus, Requirement for acquired title
  
  

4. Change bonus effect when wearing a full set

• Change the bonus effect gained when wearing a full set of same grade items

5. Blended Runes are more effective

• Original: Only one Blended Rune can be active and triggered at once
• Change: All Blended Rune do not need to active, all of them are automatic active and can be triggered at once

6. Allow combining items

• Allow combining items
  
  • Potion, Return Stone, Warp Stone : Max 50
  • Cash items : Max 999
  
  
• Change the way of merging items
  
  • If the amount of total items greater than allowed limit, two items will switch the place
    
    • Example : 48 HP Potion Lv3 and 3 HP Potion Lv3
    • If the amount of total items smaller than allowed limit, two items will merge together
      
      • Example : 43 HP Potion Lv3 and 4 HP Potion Lv3
      • Switching items between inventory or warehouse pages applies the same rule above
      
      
    
    
  
  

7. Mailing system improvement

• Add a button to delete all mails: Delete entire the mail (included the attached item and Alz inside)

• Email confirmation window improvement: When sending mail, the recipient’s level, battle style and character name will be displayed in the confirmation window

8. Change items sold by NPCs

• All the potions, return stones in 7, 20 and 30 stack will be deleted
• NPC will sell all the items with maximum limit without Honor grade limit (Honor grade removed)

9. Receive Alz from Auction Hall message changes

10. Confirmation window when selling an item the confirmation changes

11. Added “Back” button in the character selection window

• Added “Back” button in character selection window, by clicking will bring back to server selection window

12. Remove unused button in Pet Training System

13. Bonus EXP will be displayed with the base one

14. Some skills and monster sound changed

15. Change the name of some monsters for quest dungeon

• Some monsters in quests dungeon have been changed the names

16. Added some information in the skill tooltip

• Buff/Debuff duration, additional effect
• Skill leveling condition

■ Additions

1. Granting option for Bikes

• Change the Bike related items

• Delete an existing bike kit items
  
  • Bike Upgrade Kit, Perfect Bike Upgrade Kit will be deleted
  
  

2. Bike extracting and Bike Option Scrolls

• Bike Option Scrolls can be obtained by extracting Bikes and Boards
  
  • Bike Option Scroll (Medium) : Astral Bike – Blue, Astral Board
  • Bike Option Scroll (High): Astral Bike – RW3, Astral Bike – Blue, Astral Board
  
  
• Obtainable items from extracting
  
  • Bike Option Scrolls: Chance to obtain (not 100% chance)
  • Material Core (Bike): 1 – 20 (100% chance)
  • Material Core (Bike) are sold in NPC for 5,000,000 Alz
  
  
• Santa’s Christmas Sleigh and Unique Board (ex: Board of Phantom Pera) can not be extracted

3. Bike with slot, how to get?

• Bikes can be dropped randomly with 0 – 2 slots
• NPC Core Alchemist in Fort Ruina sells Formula Cards to craft Bike Slot Conversion Kit
  
  • Those Formula Cares does not drop in the game, can be obtained only from NPC
  • Bike with high upgrade grade has the more success rate in conversion
  • The Formula Card will be used and the Bike will keep the stats, only new slot is added
  • Required Basic Craft Level 8 or above to use those Formula Cards
  
  

4. Bike Options in Slots

5. Bike Epic Crafting

• Bike Epic is a Specified Crafting, it’s not One-Time Formula Card based or Basic Crafting
• Formula Card can be dropped from the Boss in new area of Lakeside
• 100% chance to succeed when trying to craft with sub-epic 1-3 (Bikes are still tradable)
• Other stats of bikes are maintained
• Material for Crafting Blue Bike
  
  • Astral Bike – Blue (2 slots / 3 slots) +7 or higher
  • Material Core (Bike) : 20
  • Upgrade core (Medium) : 20
  • Upgrade Core (Piece) : 50
  
  
• Material for Crafting RW3 Bike
  
  • Astral Bike – RW3 (2 slots / 3 slots) +7 or higher
  • Material Core (Bike) : 20
  • Upgrade Core (High) : 20
  • Upgrade Core (Piece) : 50
  
  
• Epic Bike Options

6. Mission field: “Saints’ Island”

• New area is opened in the middle of Lakeside
• New area can be accessed by using the Statue near the entrance of Illusion Castle
  
  • Mission field allows only characters with Nation
  
  

7. “Saints’ Excalibur Force” Weapon

• Acquisition
  
  • “Saints’ Excalibur Force” Weapon can be dropped from “Baikalitan” boss in Mission Field “Saints’ Island”
  • The nation gives more damage on “Baikalitan” boss can be obtained the “Saints’ Excalibur Force” Weapon
  • After the item dropped, there is 30 second of waiting time
  
  
• “Baikalitan” boss
  
  • In all server, every Sunday at 20:00 for 30 minutes (this is Korean schedule), people can encounter with this boss
  • The boss will summon monsters around the field
  • If killed them, character can obtained cores
  • There is a gauge to display the percentage of damage on the boss when enter the mission field
  
  

• “Saints’ Excalibur Force” Weapon
  
  • This weapon can be used with special Buff
  • This weapon can be used in Battle Mode 2
  • This weapon can be owned for 7 days
  
  

- Skill Info -

500 HP
50 Defense
Resist Crit. Rate 10%
Resist Crit. DMG 20%
Resist Skill Amp. 5%

Area 8 (up to 30 near by targets)
Consumed MP 500
Consumed SP 5000

Duration 1800.0 sec
Cooltime 300.0 sec
Casttime 1.7 sec

• Notification
  
  • When the boss appear, there will be a broadcast on all channels
  • “Saints’ Excalibur Force” Weapon owner and Guild name will be displayed
  
  

8. Introducing quest for “Saints’ Excalibur Force”

• Quest Name: Saints’ Excalibur Force
  
  • Required Level: Lv. 110 or higher (BSLv. 11 or higher)
  • Start NPC: Core Alchemist Yerte – Port Lux
  
  

9. “Saints’ Excalibur Force” special Buff when owning “Saints’ Excalibur Force” Weapon

10. Add a new quest

• Quest Name: Another way to unseal
  
  • Required Level: Lv. 85 or higher (BSLv. 9 or higher)
  • Start NPC: Core Alchemist Keller – Bloody Ice
  
  
• Details: Collect 5 x “Power sealed core”
  
  • Quest items will drop to 100% from Mergaheph
  
  
• Reward: “The sealed core of Mergaheph”
• Other
  
  • Quest items and Reward are Character-Binding
  
  

11. Formula Card to craft Mergaheph Ring added

• Material : “The sealed core of Mergaheph”
• Formula Card is One-Time Formula Card
  
  • Sales NPC: Core Alchemist Keller – Bloody Ice
  • Sale Price: [slash]99,000,000 Alz[/slash] 0 Alz (Check the patch notes Jul 20th 2011 below for details)
  
  

12. DP expiring time displayed

• DP expiring time will be displayed in Character window
• Format: 24-hour (00:00)

13. Cash Item are sold in NPC in separated Tab

• In-game cash item available for purchase
• After buying, cash items will be move in to Cash Inventory
• After buying cash items, Cash will be decreased like buying from Web Cash Shop
• Add a button to move to the Cash Charge page

14. Add New Title

• New titles are added.
• Killed named boss in new field is required to acquire the title

15. Add the mute button on the jukebox

• The mute button on the jukebox is available.
• The mute button on the jukebox syncs with the Mute check box in the Options window

16. Community-related features are added in the character menu

• The character selection menu: Write Mail, Guild Invite
• Chat character menu: Guild Invite

17. Added message in the center of screen to notice that dungeon is cleared and prompt for additional

18. Pet level and experience of the pet in the extended slot are displayed

19. Added Material Core (Bike) in Auction Hall

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Jul 20th 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

1. Potions registered in Quickslot display abnormally, bug is fixed
2. In certain situation, Soul Ability Window can not be closed, bug is fixed
3. Could not accept many quests in a row, bug is fixed
4. Some items, which player doesn’t reach the limit of wearing, do not display in red background, bug is fixed
5. Pet training window was displayed abnormally number of Force Cores, bug is fixed
6. Tooltip of “Cube of Enchant” displayed incorrectly, bug is fixed
7. Tooltip of Saints Excalibur Force Buff and Battle Mode displayed with incorrect amount of SP, bug is fixed
8. Purify Epaulet in Forgotten Temple B1Fdisplayed wrong information in tooltip, bug is fixed
9. In certain situation,the Check button of mail system caused Client terminated, bug is fixed

■ Changes

1. Changes related to Excalibur Force Weapon

• Raised slightly defense of Baikalitan
• Added safe zone for Mission field in Lakeside
• Pet is now invisible in Mission field Lakeside

2. Cash Items related changes

• Change the name of Cash Item tab in NPC

- Items -> General
- Cash Item -> Cash

• Cash items H / N icon added

- N: New items
- H: Popular items (Hot)

3. Skill, Skill Book tooltip modified

• Skill Book orders: Skill Book displays the conditions
• Skill Book: Requirement and battle style are displayed

4. Some items sold in the store changes

• Price of items which are selling by NPC changes (not the selling to NPC price)

5. Sound of some skills are changed

■ Additions

1. Add a button on the minimap

• Help on the minimap allow to go to character information, inventory, quests window
• Options – Display tab “Shortcut button on the minimap display” option

■ Mission War

1. Tooltip displayed for HP amount in Mission War sometimes incorrectly, bug is fixed

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Jul 27th 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

1. Fixed the bug that caused disappearing of mouse when editing guild information
2. Quest “Those who wander in the darkness” is now fixed, can be finished
3. In some situations, starting location in Illusion Castle is abnormal, bug is fixed
4. Remote Shop Card caused DC in some situations, bug is fixed
5. In some situations, Force Archer’s Astral Bow caused error when summoning
6. Bike Option Scroll in Auction Hall caused error when searching, bug is fixed
7. Saint’s Island sometime caused error when entering
8. Fixed bug of changing channel / server messages
9. “Sage’s Tower” quest is now fixed the ending scroll bug

■ Changes

1. Adding buddy changes
   
   • Confirmation window will be show with Name, Level and Battle Style of requester
   • A buddy who is receiving a request of adding buddy can not be requested to add as buddy
   
   
2. Some changes added to guild system

■ Additions

1. Fixed bug that caused client could not handle file manipulating

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Aug 03rd 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

1. Under specified cases, changing channel caused jukebox error, bug is fixed
2. Quest for Saints’ Calibur Force Weapon can not be accepted, bug is fixed
3. Gauge represent for HP of Boss in new Mission Field displays abnormally, bug is fixed
4. Bonus from Astral Bow of Force Archer doesn’t include when using Saints’ Calibur Force Weapon, bug is fixed
5. Fixed some bugged scenario and dungeon quests
6. Average price of a Auction Hall sometimes displays abnormally, bug is fixed
7. Back / Forward button in Auction Hall works more correctly without reset searching conditions
8. Forgotten Ruin field doesn’t drop “Force Core (Low)” formula card, bug is fixed

■ Changes

1. Change Potion crafting

• Buff potion (Low) : Disc (Lv1) x 3 + General Material x 3
• Buff potion (Medium) : Disc (Lv2) x 3 + Buff potion (Low) x 5 + General Material x 2
• Buff potion (High) : Disc (Lv3) x 3 + Buff potion (Medium) x 5 + General Material x 2

2. Fury Potion change the way to craft
3. Buff Potions changes

• Buff Duration raises up
  
  • Special buff potions : 20 seconds -> 30 seconds
  • Other buff potions : 3 minutes -> 5 minutes
  
  
• Buff Value raises up

4. Added “Show item tooltips” in Options > Display tab
5. Premium benefits that are currently applied will be displayed in Premium icon
6. Icon of empty slots in the item tooltip changes

■ Additions

1. Add button to active “Caps Lock” in Login screen (where to enter game ID and password)

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Aug 04th 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

1. Auction Hall charge the fee for sold items sometimes abnormally, bug is fixed
2. Fixed bug while Force Shielder casting Astral Weapon caused errors
3. Extract Potion STR/DEX/INT do not give the free stat points back, bug is fixed
4. Newly acquired skills which are marked with "NEW" after changing the slot position display in abnormal position
5. In confirmation window when buying DP cubes, the DP amount will be spent does not show up, bug is fixed
6. Premium benefits in some special cases do not update the total benefits

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Aug 10th 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

1. Sometimes system displays abnormally or incorrectly owner's name of Saints' Excalibur Force Weapon
2. Premium Bonus in Party sometimes does not apply
3. Under specified cases, while entering the dungeon, the client can be terminated

■ Changes

1. Change Quest Reward
   
   • Some quests which reward Skill books will be changed
     
     • Old : Skill book
     • Change : Alz
     
     
   • Alz reward of some general quests are slightly decreased
   
   
2. Buttons to + / - for skills in skill window change
3. Tooltip of some buff potions change

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Aug 17th 2011 Patch notes
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■ Modifications

1. Animations of some skill of Force Shielder are displayed incorrectly, bug is fixed
2. Force Shielder weapon status in warp room error, bug is fixed
3. Bike Epic Manufacturing Formula Card can not register in Auction Hall, bug is fixed
4. Pet information in some situations are displayed incorrectly, bug is fixed
5. Some Epaulet Gift Box which are designed for specificated classes caused bug when register in Auction Hall, bug is fixed
6. Accessories updated with new tooltip design

■ Changes

1. Damage Amplicator Buff changes
   
   • Damage Amplicator Buff changes
     
     • Old: Low / Medium / High / Highest
     • Change: Level 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
   • Damage Amplicator Buff outputs randomly 50/100/150/200 in manufacturing progress
   • Old Damage Ampilcator Buff will be changed into Level 3 - 6
   • For details view below tables

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Post update history
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1.00 : Aug 04th 2011 :

• Post the Jul 13th 2011 Patch notes of Cabal Expansion Part IV : Memorial Sword

1.01 : Aug 04th 2011 :

• Change the tables into images, easier to view
• Edit some typos, images
• Add Jul 20th 2011 Patch notes

1.02 : Aug 05th 2011 :

• Add Jul 27th 2011 Patch notes
• Edit some typos
• Add trailer clip

1.03 : Aug 05th 2011 :

• Add Aug 03rd 2011 Patch notes
• Edit information about formula card for crafting Mergaheph's Ring in Jul 13th 2011 Patch notes

1.04 : Aug 06th 2011 :

• Add and change some images

1.05 : Aug 07th 2011 :

• Add Aug 04th 2011 Patch notes

1.06 : Aug 08th 2011 :

• Add Saints' Excalibur Force Weapon Buff image and stats

1.07 : Aug 09th 2011 :

• Add new image for item tooltip (check in Jul 13th 2011 Patch notes)
• Edit some typos

1.08 : Aug 10th 2011 :

• Add Aug 10th 2011 Patch notes
• Add wallpaper links

1.09 : Aug 13th 2011 :

• Add images for EXP Bonus display and New buttons on Minimap UI

1.10 : Aug 16th 2011 :

• Add more information for Saints' Excalibur Force Weapon's Buff (duration, targets, cooltime, cast time)

1.11 : Aug 17th 2011 :

• Add Aug 17th 2011 Patch notes

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Above are information I have collected and translated into English. If you want to read a better translation (aka the official notes) : wait for Official Patch notes