🌟 Dear friends!

This weekend turned out to be truly intense — and we are excited to share some great news with you!
The project is growing faster than we ever imagined, and it’s all thanks to YOU, our active and incredibly supportive community.

🔥 1. Online is breaking records — the city is expanding!

Due to rapid growth in online activity and the lack of space in the city, we have begun expanding Argent.
The number of players increases every day: there isn’t enough space not only on farming spots but across the entire game world!

➡️ By next weekend, we expect 1500+ players online simultaneously.
This is incredible — and it’s only the beginning!

⚡ 2. Major infrastructure overhaul — preparing the server for new heights

The high online numbers have motivated us to take large-scale action. We are rebuilding our sub-server network to increase maximum capacity:

From 2000 → up to 4000 simultaneous players!

Yes, these numbers sound unreal… but with the growth rate you’ve set, they may well become reality by New Year.
We are doing everything to make Ascaron Online a truly global project and strengthening marketing in key regions.

🐲 3. Surprise — new party dungeon “Dark Swamp”

We are finishing work on new content that began last week.
Very soon, a completely new party dungeon for 2–5 players — Dark Swamp — will open.

We are actively expanding our PvE direction. Despite high PvP activity, we see that a huge number of players prefer PvE — and we want to give you a fresh, unique experience.

This dungeon includes mechanics we have never seen in any previous versions of the game.
We are sure you will enjoy it!

⚔️ 4. Chaos & SNW openings — this Friday!

We analyzed global prime times and adjusted dungeon opening schedules to test different time zones.

📅 Schedule

• Nov 21 — 22:00 → Chaos
• Nov 22 — 17:00 → Chaos
• Nov 22 — 01:00 → SNW
• Nov 23 — 14:00 → Chaos
• Nov 23 — 22:00 → SNW

After these dates, Chaos and SNW will not open during the week — only again next Friday.
We need to gather feedback, evaluate server load, and identify real prime-time windows.

We will also speak with guild leaders, analyze PvP peak times, and intensify advertising in the Philippines — currently the least active region.
We aim to find the most convenient timing possible, even if it is impossible to please everyone perfectly.

🎁 Dungeon Competition Rewards Reminder!

📅 Event period

Nov 21 — 22:00 → Nov 23 — 22:00

🏆 Victory conditions

The guild with the highest number of full dungeon victories wins
(only one survivor remains at the end).

🎯 Prizes

🥇 1st place — $500 or 65,000 crystals
🥈 2nd place — 15,000 crystals
🥉 3rd place — 5,000 crystals

🔧 Scheduled maintenance today at 21:00

After the maintenance, the following changes will be applied:

⚙️ Gameplay Changes

• World boss respawn time (Icy Dragon, Wicked Terra Elder): 6 hours
• World bosses (Icy Dragon, Wicked Terra Elder) cleanse negative effects every 10 seconds
• Ghost Black Dragon cleanses negative effects every 7 seconds
• World bosses and Ghost Dragon have been strengthened
• Lizard Warrior — removed an extra level 75 scroll (admin mistake fixed)
• Infant Icy Dragon — increased drop chance of level 75 equipment scroll by 0.05%
• Decreased transmutation stone drop rate from Ghost Dragon
• Datura flowers, Elf Fruit, and all fish now stack up to 999
• Story quest monsters weakened (Deathsoul, Deathsoul Soul, Captain Black Scar, Behemoth, Crab King)
• Shortened skill descriptions and corrected outdated text
• PvE Lightning & Ray damage formulas updated:

If Constitution > Spirit:
→ (CON * 0.5) + (SPR * 0.25)
If Spirit > Constitution:
→ (CON * 0.15) + (SPR * 1)

The difference is minimal: around +70 attack for top PvE characters.
These changes improve PvE progression and do not affect PvP balance.

🛠 Fixes

• Additional improvements to daily quest texts
• Fixed typos in Wardrobe
• Fixed issue where refinement did not increase weapon attack

✨ New Features

• The fairy will now refuse to eat a fruit if it increases the wrong stat
• If a fairy has multiple stats upgraded, fruits will not work — administrator assistance required
• Over 30 fairies were fixed for players this week
• The “Fairy Body” skill will now automatically consume rations from slot 3 to restore 100 stamina
• Full drop information from Icy Dragon, Wicked Terra Elder, and Ghost Black Dragon will now appear in global chat

📌 Other

• Dungeon relog penalty reduced to 30 seconds
• Updated resurrection form after death

📦 Download the manual patch