Preparation for the New Year Update & Major Technical Patch

Dear friends!
We are actively preparing for the New Year event, and today we are introducing a series of important game changes along with a major technical patch that affects many gameplay and system aspects.

This update includes:

boosted rates,
the launch of the Arcana system,
balance adjustments on Dragon Island,
dungeon improvements,
client optimizations and bug fixes.

Below is the full list of changes.

⭐ Boosted Rates

From December 12, 18:00 to December 14, 23:59, boosted rates will be active in the game:

✨ Experience — x6
🧚 Fairy — x5

A perfect time to level up and prepare for upcoming content.

🔮 Arcana System — Initial Launch

We have begun the gradual introduction of the Arcana system.

Players have already started receiving weapon sets from the gacha, marking the official start of this feature.

🏆 The first Arcana in the project was obtained by player UberBuber — congratulations on this historic achievement!

How Arcana visuals work:

To change skill visual effects, you must collect the full weapon set from a specific gacha pool.
Once completed, your skills will have unique visual effects.

Arcana variants for the Warrior class:

🟣 Purple
🟢 Green
🔴 Red

⚙️ Gameplay Changes

Balance & Items

Added MP regeneration to all boots and gloves for magic classes levels 50–75 (items outside the tier system).
Reduced the price of level 15–35 items from the Flying Chest to 5 gold.
Adjusted the number of crabs in Fisherman Alexander’s quest.
In Ancient City (mini-FC):
- increased drop chance of personal Purifying Gems;
- added chests with cracked shards and regular gems to monster drops.
Werewolves in the Sacred Forest:
- respawn time reduced to 90 seconds (was 120);
- additional monsters added.
SNW now opens on additional days.
Full schedule available on the Wiki:
👉 https://ascaron.online/?act=wiki&title=Description_and_schedule_of_mazes
- Tuesday — 22:00
- Thursday — 22:00
Number of channels on the Archipelagos reduced to 3.
FC no longer opens at 23:00.
DW now additionally opens at 23:00.
Added a safe zone at the spawn point near the Ice Dragon.
100% Purifying Gem added to DW and FC chests.
Sandbags updated:

added monster lifetime info;
corrected leveling info — now up to level 75;
monster HP reduced by 3–5 times.

“Corpse of the Moaning Warrior” now stacks up to 999.
Reduced reputation cost of Acceleration Potions; moved to Shop Tier 1.
Ghost Dragon HP reduced by 50%.
Dragonid respawn time increased to 36 hours.
Dragonids now dispel effects every 10 seconds instead of every second.
Increased overall HP of Dragonids.
Fishing:

legendary fish — 4% (was 2%);
common fish — 66% (was 68%);
medium fish — unchanged (30%).

Dark Swamp boss now uses disabling abilities less frequently.
Ghost Strike and Magic Source deal x1.5 damage to Dragon Island monsters.
Champion skill “Champion’s Roar” now deals at least 4500 damage to all Dragon Island monsters.
Reworked lizard and leopard respawns in the Sacred Forest.
Blueprints:

EXP from level 1–2 blueprints doubled;
crafted item output increased by 30–60%.

Increased drop rates in Sacred Forest, Autumn Forest, and Archipelagos:

Pakkul blueprint drop chance increased by 10–25%.

🛠 Fixes

Removed excessive monsters at baby dragon spawns.
Daily quests after Langi now unlock after meeting the Secretary.
Added an NPC in the DS lobby to enter your personal dungeon instance.
Fixed outdated item descriptions and zone names.
Fixed client crashes related to captcha.
Fixed chat and system chat scrolling.
Fixed incorrect token rewards in DS.
Fixed monster kill count tracking in DS.
Multiple window entry into DS is no longer possible.
Fixed a client crash after teleportation.

🔧 Other & Optimization

Improved captcha performance.
Client no longer prioritizes the first CPU core on launch.
Restricted stall placement near NPCs.
When receiving an “Invalid game version” error, the client now returns to channel selection instead of closing.

✨ Conclusion

We have set ambitious goals for the project, and very soon you will see many exciting changes.

We are actively preparing the New Year update — it will be balanced, economy-friendly, and packed with enjoyable content.

Thank you for your activity, feedback, and support.
Many exciting things are ahead! 🎄