SEPTEMBER 8th Update Patch Notes

Contents & System

▶ PNA System Renewal & Gremory’s Science Facility

• New Dungeon Gremory’s Science Facility has been updated.

• Gremory Science Facility can be entered through Gremory’s Dimensional Gate at Planar Gate.
• Gremory Science Facility opens on every WED/THU/SAT.
• Gremory Science Facility requires ‘Doctor’s Crisis’ quest clear.
• Gremory Science Facility related achievements and titles have been added.
• New dungeons will be included to crew reputation.
• New dungeons will be included to EX channel bonus.
• Quest dungeon Gremory’s Class: Degree Course has been added.
• Operation/conquest Progress reward has been added to Gremory dungeons.
• Some dungeons will not provide PNA EXP anymore.
• Crew dungeon, Commercial/ Guro/ New Seoul/ Gangnam Circuit, Legion Commander dungeons.
• Some dungeons will newly provide PNA EXP.
• Ancient Dragon Historic Sites, Subjugation/Battle Program dungeons.
• Amount of PNA EXP from some dungeons have adjusted.
• Planar Gate, Planar Gate: Deep Layer, Dream Theater, Dream Theater (Reverse).
• Methods to obtain PNA genes have been changed.
• PNA Random Boxes are not obtainable from quest reward, NPC shop and dungeon clear reward (excluding first clear drop) anymore.
• New PNA Box has been added to Vending Machine General Support Shop tab.
• Components of some PNA Random Boxes have been changed.
• Evolution success rate of all PNA genes has been increased by 10%.
• Name of some PNA genes have been changed.
• Stats of some PNA genes has been improved.
• PNA EXP increase has been added to Lore Talisman and Extreme Fighter buff.

▶ Monster Armor Type Reorganization

• Monster armor type has been reorganized into 9 types.
• Armor type options for some gears/set options/titles have been removed or modified.
• Armor type options for chips/PNA amplifiers have been modified.
• Armor type options for some buffs have been modified.
• New armor types have been applied to existing dungeons. Dungeon UI will show according to armor type of the dungeon.

▶ PNA Mutant System

• PNA Mutant System has been updated.
• Click ‘MUTANT’ tab on the top of the PNA UI to use Mutant system.
• Each Mutant provide specialized stats for each armor types. Only one Mutant can be activated at a time.
• When Auto Apply of Mutant system is ON, the Mutant will be automatically activated according to the dungeon you enter.
• Level of Each Mutant will be increased according to PNA EXP gained by characters with PNA level 80 or higher while active and can be grown up to level 20.
• Mutant system can be used after completing the ‘Mutation Gene’ quest.
• Each mutation carries a ‘variant‘.
• Each mutation has a ‘variant‘, and with achieving certain level, the ‘variant slot’ will be opened, and you can equip the variants.
• There are several variants in the specified mutation level, and you can select and equip one of the variants in the same row.
• Each variant has a grade, and the higher the grade, the higher the variant’s stats.
• When a variant achieves a certain level, an additional ‘mutation optimization bonus’ will be applied.
• Restructure Mutation system that changes the grade of a variant has been added.
• You can increase the grade of a variant through the ‘Restructure Mutation’ button in the Mutant UI.
• A certain amount of ‘mutation material’ will be consumed when the variant level is raised, and the required amount varies for each variant type and grade.
• ‘Mutation materials’ can be obtained by synthesizing PNA enhancement materials and evolution materials and can be obtained with a certain probability when clearing the Gremory Science Facility dungeon.
• The more you repeat the synthesis of PNA enhancement materials and evolution materials, the more the required number of materials increases, and it resets at 4:00 AM UTC every day.

▶ Babel Program 40th Floor Expansion

• Max Floor of Babel Program has been expanded from 30th to 40th.
• Entrance time per character has been changed from 6 times per a week to 7 times per a month.
• Reset schedule of Babel Program has been changed from weekly to monthly.
• Monthly reset will happen on 1st of every month at 4:00 AM UTC.

▶ Character Skill Balance Update

• Some character’s skills have been adjusted. Please check the details in the provided link.
• Common Passive Skill

▶ UNION Watch Renewal

• UNION Watch became account content.
• If the highest-level character in the account is level 20 or higher, the UNION Watch UI is displayed at the top of the character status window.
• UNION Watch missions are determined according to the level of the highest-level character in the account.
• UNION Watch and Contribution system have been integrated so that the Contribution UI is no longer displayed.
• UNION Watch Missions has been categorized.
• You can select the mission category in the upper left corner of the UNION Watch UI, and missions and rewards are shared by all characters in the account.
• Daily Mission: This is a mission that can be progressed daily, and the mission and rewards are reset at 4:00 AM UTC every day.
• Weekly Mission: This is a mission that can be progressed on a weekly basis, and the mission and rewards are reset every Saturday at 4:00 AM UTC.
• Dungeon Mission: This is the same mission as the mission provided in Contribution system, and the mission and rewards are reset every day at 4:00 AM UTC.
• UNION Watch Reward has been renewed.
• UNION Watch clear achievement has been changed.
• Previously: Achievements can be progressed when all UNION Watch missions cleared.
• Changed: You can proceed with the achievements when you acquire UNION Watch bonus rewards from daily/weekly
• Exchange items have been updated to UNION Watch tab in Vending Machine.
• Lucky Phase Token is now movable to account storage.

▶ Teamwork Buff Renewal

• Teamwork Buff System has been renewed.
• Click the Teamwork Buff button in the character information list at the bottom to display the UI.
• You can place the character created in your account in the team buff slot.
• Your team’s points increase as much as the level of the placed character.
• If team of the slot and the placed character matches, additional points will be obtained.
• Only characters with higher promotion than regular agent/crew or resolver can be placed in the team buff slot.
• Stats are determined according to the points acquired from each team, and the currently applied stats can be checked in the Stats window.
• After placing the character in the team buff slot, click the ‘Apply’ button to complete the placement, and the added stats will be reflected in the Total Combat Power.

▶ Name Tag System

• New decoration – Name tag has been updated.
• Name tag system is for decorating your character’s name displayed on the top of your character model.
• Name tag system is applied per character, not per account.
• Name tag can be set in Skin Pack–Illust–Name Tag menu.
• Name tags cannot be individually selected for each category – Hub, Dungeon and UNION Arena. The selected name Tag will be displayed in everywhere.
• You cannot use the same name tag ticket while holding the permanent name tag.

▶ Enhancement System Changes

• Enhancement Success Rate has been greatly increased.
• Duration Time of Enhancement Buff Voucher has been extended from 24h to 30days.
• Enhancement Buff now allows enhancing +13 or above gears only.

▶ Investigation Group Convenience Improvement

• Some improvements have been made for the convenience of the investigation group.
• Crew Channel of the created investigation group is displayed on the Find Investigation Group page.
• If crew channel of the selected investigation group and your character are different, you can jump to the corresponding crew channel.
• Characters in other crew channels now can be invited to the investigation group.
• The invitee can directly jump to the crew channel of the investigation group.
• If the character invited to the investigation group is not in hub, has joined another squad, or has not cleared the required mission, invitation failure pop-up will be displayed.
• If the character invited to the investigation group is displaying another UI, the invitation failure message will not be displayed.

▶ Transcendence Stone Convenience Improvement 

• Some transcendence stone extract crafting has been added. 
• Transcendence Stone Extracts of the Ocean King / Locust Hell/ Old Castle have been added.
• The names of transcendence stones/extracts in the Matter Mixer and the order of the crafting list have been changed.
• The names of transcendence stones/extracts have been changed to make it easier to understand the corresponding transcendence level and gear type of the item.

▶ Chip System UI Improvement 

• If there is insufficient credit for chip crafting, the credit will be displayed in red.
• UI will clearly show how many chips you are crafting and the crafting count.
• When overclock EXP decreased with the chip transfer, an alert will be displayed.
• +0 gears cannot be registered to Chip Transfer UI with an alert.

▶ Locust Hell Farming Difficulty Mitigation

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    •  Notice: This will be applied during the Centum City update. We ask for your understanding. 

▶ Trigger System Improvement 

• You can access the trigger pop-up through the Mission Map for all dungeons.
• You can use Trigger menu without going back to hubs after clearing dungeons.
• ‘Trigger Preset’ feature has been added.

▶ TCP Calculation Changes 

• Defense Penetration options are reflected to the Total Combat Power calculation.
• Defense Penetration options have been added to some gear set options.
• Fierce Dimensional Beast / Verita Trinket Set / Despair of the Unknown Closer.

▶ IF Dungeon Changes

• IF dungeons now share their entrance restriction.
• IF dungeon entrance restriction has been loosened.
• F dungeon entrance restrictions have been decreased to 50%.
• EXP/ PNA EXP/ Credits from IF dungeons have been increased to 200%.
• Amount of drop items from monsters in IF dungeons has been increased to 200%.
• Number of clear rewards of IF dungeons has been increased to 200%.

Events

▶ Gremory Science Facility Event

• Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance to October 20, 2021 maintenance

▶ Babel Program 40th Floor Expansion Event

• Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance to September 23, 2021 maintenance

▶ Farming Fever Event

• Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance  to November 3, 2021 maintenance

▶ New/Returned Player Event Renewal

• Event Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance until next renewal
• New Player Target: Players who creates Closers account after September 8, 2021, 8:00 AM UTC.
• Returned Player Target: Players who have not logged in Closers for over 30 days.
• For the players who hold the existing new/returned events, there will be no reset or reward change.

The events below will be removed after the maintenance:

• Eunha Black Hands Event
• Summer Festival Part.2
• Closers Weekend

Sales

[UNION STORE]

▶ Icon Ruby/Sapphire Costume Packages

• Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to year-around

▶ Enhancement UP Packages

• Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to September 23, 2021

▶ Gremory Packages

• Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to October 6, 2021

The sales below will be removed after the maintenance:

• Summer Festival Packages
• Closers Weekend Packages
• Steam Punk Costume Premium Packages
• Accumulative Charge Promotion

[WASHING MACHINE/TRANSMITTER]

▶ White Cat Club (+Eunha)

• For all female characters
• Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to October 6, 2021
• Multiple Chance applied for the whole period!

▶ Icon Washing Machine

• Seha to Wolfgang
• Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to October 6, 2021
• Multiple Chance applied for the whole period!

▶ Lorelei Pet Transmitter

• Sales Period: September 8, 2021 to December 1, 2021

The sales below will be removed after the maintenance:

• Urban Fighter
• Midsummer Melody
• Dark Transmitter

Etc.

▶ The number of daily entry times for Gremory Dungeon ‘Mindworks’ and ‘Bodyworks’ dungeon has been changed

• Entrance time of ‘Mindworks’, ‘Bodyworks’ dungeons have been integrated and changed to twice per a day per character.
• After clearing ‘Mindworks’ and ‘Bodyworks’ dungeons, you can directly go to the next dungeon, without going back to hubs.

▶ Crafting cost for Glutton Locked Gears in Fantasy World: Dream Theater (Reverse) has been decreased.

▶ Transcendence Level of Purification gears have been reduced.

▶ Purification Trinket 6 Set Box item crafting has been added to Purification Ops Matter Mixer. (Once per character)

▶ Text size in game will be automatically changed based on the resolution setting.

▶ New custom parts and name tag for Gold Hero Plate exchange have been added.

▶ The amount of contribution points from some dungeons has been changed.

▶ Contribution Point crafting list has been removed from Matter Mixers and moved to Vending Machine.

▶ Specification for unidentified items has been changed.

• When selling unidentified items, full price will be applied.

▶ Unidentified items now can be salvaged and can be included in total salvaging.

▶ Buff option for crew ‘Gaming Zone’ buff has been changed to ‘Damage Dealt Increase 5%’.

▶ Locust Hell gears/Transcended Gears/Elite grade or higher Trigger gears will not be included in total salvage target.

▶ Enhancement bonus for all amplifier gears has been increased.

▶ Transcendence Accelerant Lv.1 ~ Lv.5 items has been integrated into Transcendence Accelerant (ALL)

▶ ‘Damage Dealt Increase’ stat in UNION Arena will be applied up to 20% at maximum.

▶ Overload difficulty of Plop in Audience: Ocean King Asmodeus dungeon has been eased.

▶ Crafting recipe of ‘T1 Colored Chip’ has been added.

▶ Bug Lump exchange list has been added to Vending Machines.

▶ Requirements for some story dungeons have been removed.

▶ Difficulty of Operation Hermes Story dungeons in Busan area have been decreased.

▶ UNION Camp max level has been expanded to 19.

▶ Obtainable points from using Finishing Move skills in the investigation group play has been changed.

▶ When completing investigation group play, 1st/2nd/3rd ranks according to the obtained points will be displayed.

▶ Cooldown for Phase/Luck Stabilizer items have been changed to 999 seconds.

▶ Server Down Issue Compensation

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    • Compensation for the server down last August 23rd
    • Distribution Period: September 8, 2021 maintenance – September 22, 2021 maintenance