Romance, Titles & Battlefield Update
Four new NPCs arrive in Athens and Sparta: a Title Expert, a Fortune Teller, Cupid and Cupid's Shadow. Capture the Flag deliveries are worth ten times as much, world bosses and faction guards give up the chase sooner, quest routes now lead where the quests are handed in, and the launcher gains frame-rate, v-sync and anti-aliasing settings — with the 800 × 600 window finally showing the whole game.
New NPCs
All four stand in both Athens and Sparta, in the same spot in each city.
- Obtain a Leveling Title — ten tiers per class, from level 40 to level 160New
- Obtain an Attribute Title — two tiers each for HP, ATK, MATK, DEF, MDEF, Hit, Dodge and AbsorbNew
- Every title you qualify for is granted at onceNew
- Buffs are not counted — only your own statsNote
| Leveling titles | Judged on | First tier | Tenth tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior | ATK | Lv40, 250 | Lv160, 5,400 |
| Champion | ATK | Lv40, 300 | Lv160, 5,800 |
| Priest | MATK | Lv40, 180 | Lv160, 4,500 |
| Mage | MATK | Lv40, 220 | Lv160, 5,100 |
How appraisal works
Each leveling tier asks for a level (40, 60, 80, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160) and an attack value for your class. Attribute titles have no level requirement: reach 20,000 / 32,000 HP, 3,600 / 4,500 ATK, 2,800 / 3,500 MATK, 2,000 / 2,600 DEF, 1,300 / 1,800 MDEF, 500 / 650 Hit, 500 / 650 Dodge or 900 / 1,300 Absorb. If nothing is ready yet, the Title Expert tells you what the next title needs. Titles are for display and give no stats.
- Lucky Day: +5% monster EXP and +5% Talent EXP for 24 hoursNew
- Free Lucky Day draw once every 7 days, or 230 Gold any timeNew
- Change your zodiac sign — free once every 30 days, or 230 Gold any timeNew
- The Lucky Day icon lights up on your zodiac panel while it is activeNew
Lucky Day
Every draw succeeds. The 24 hours are real time and keep counting while you are offline, and you cannot draw again until the current Lucky Day has run out. The 7-day and 30-day waits count from your last free use, not from a fixed daily reset.
- Get engaged: the groom applies and pays 9,999 Silver when the bride acceptsNew
- Hold the wedding: both partners each bring a Whelk NecklaceNew
- Engaged and Newly Wed titles show your partner's nameNew
- Engagements and weddings are announced to the whole serverNew
Getting engaged and married
Form a party of just the two of you, both online. The man applies at Cupid; the woman then opens the same option at Cupid and agrees or declines within 2 minutes. For the wedding, the groom takes his vows first and the bride has 2 minutes to answer. Each partner's Whelk Necklace is used up; the wedding costs no Silver or Gold.
- End an engagement or divorce, by agreement or by forceNew
- By agreement: free — party up, one asks, the other confirms within 2 minutesNew
- By force: 200 Reputation, or 100,000 Silver if you do not have the ReputationNew
- Divorce is only possible after 7 days of marriageNote
Forced breakups
A forced breakup needs no party. It is free if your partner has been offline for 15 days or more. Either way, both of you return to single and the Engaged or Newly Wed title is removed; a partner who is online is told straight away.
Battlefield
Flags now decide Capture the Flag, and bosses and guards can be walked away from sooner.
| Capture the Flag delivery | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|
| First flag | 500 | 5,000 |
| Second flag | 1,000 | 10,000 |
| Third flag | 1,500 | 15,000 |
Who gets the points
The points go to the player who delivers the flag and to their faction, the moment it is pinned down. Picking a flag up scores nothing, and a dropped flag respawns without scoring. Snowman and PvP kill points are unchanged.
| Chase range before resetting | Before | Now |
|---|---|---|
| World bosses | 80 | 55 |
| Faction guards | 45 | 35 |
| Elite and boss faction guards | 70 – 80 | 60 – 70 |
Reading the numbers
Ranges are in world units from the monster's spawn point, once it has been hit — about 24 units fit across the screen. A world boss now gives up after roughly two screens instead of three or four. One rule is unchanged: a monster never resets while it is still being hit in the last 10 seconds, so you cannot shake it off by kiting.
Quests
Your quest tracker now leads you to the NPC that actually takes the hand-in.
- Silence at Delphi (Lv151 – 159) routes to the [Warrior]Servant in OlympiaFixed
- The level 159 step's text now says to report to OlympiaFixed
- Oracle Harvest Larissa no longer appears in your quest listRemoved
- The Athens Anniversary hand-in quests route to the right mapFixed
Why the tracker was wrong
The last update moved Silence at Delphi to Olympia and retired Oracle Harvest Larissa, but your game still carried the old quest list, so auto-walk took you to the Delphi Physician, who can no longer take the hand-in. The game's quest list now matches the server exactly.
Client & Launcher
New display settings, a working 800 × 600 window, and every window placed for your resolution.
- Frame rate: 30, 60, 75, 100, 120, 144, 200 or Unlimited — the game never goes above your choiceNew
- V-Sync: Auto, On or OffNew
- Anti-aliasing: FXAA on Lite and Ultra, 2x / 4x / 8x MSAA on BasicNew
- Depth buffer: 16-bit or 24-bit on BasicNew
- 100 fps now really runs at 100, and 144 at 143Improved
Anti-aliasing
Lite and Ultra use FXAA, a light shader pass that smooths edges while leaving the HUD and text sharp. Hardware MSAA cannot run alongside the shader effects, so it is offered on Basic only. If your graphics card cannot do the MSAA level you pick, the game starts without it rather than failing to open.
- 800 × 600 now shows the whole game world, not just a corner of itFixed
- Every window and dialog is placed for your resolution, not only the HUDFixed
Fixes
Two crashes, the Zodiac level requirement, and a handful of NPC dialogue problems.
- Entering the Quiz event map or Cross-Server Dueling no longer closes the gameFixed
- Obtaining a Peridot, Tourmaline, Morganite, Onyx or Palladium Ware, or a Peridot Shard, no longer closes the gameFixed
- Stars 32 – 40 now show their real level requirement, 152 up to 160, instead of 151Fixed
- Zodiac training shows the stars each level really needs, up to its cap of 50Fixed
Why the Zodiac said 151
From star 21 on, each star needs one more character level than the last: 141 for star 21, up to 160 for star 40. The server has always checked that, but the Zodiac window still showed the old flat 151 for every star from 32 on, so it looked as if you could upgrade when you could not. Nothing about the costs or the stars you already own has changed.
- Wedding Priest: the Silver red-packet form shows its own instructions againFixed
- Cupid: the bride is asked about the engagement, not the wedding vowsFixed
- Cupid: a groom short of the 9,999 Silver fee is told he lacks Silver, not GoldFixed
- Title Expert, Cupid's Shadow and Wedding Priest no longer open an empty window on an errorFixed
The Ware names
The five Wares and the Peridot Shard had coloured names, and a coloured item name broke the "Obtained" message the game shows when the item reaches your bag. Their names are now shown in the normal colour; their descriptions keep their colours.
Patch Contents
What updates automatically, and the one download you need to do by hand.
- Quest list, quest text and the level 159 Silence at Delphi stepClient
- NPC menus and text for the four new NPCs and the Wedding PriestClient
- Title names and descriptions, item names, system messagesClient
- Quiz and Cross-Server Dueling maps and their minimapsClient
- Window layouts for every resolutionClient
- Zodiac level requirements and training star requirementsClient
- Shader mod (d3d9.dll) and its settings file (gwfx.ini)Client
- After the patch, open your game folder and double-click "Update Launcher.bat"Action
- It waits for you to close the launcher, installs the new one, keeps your settings and restarts itNote
- Needed for the new Game Settings and for 800 × 600Note
- Title Expert, Fortune Teller, Cupid and Cupid's ShadowServer
- Capture the Flag points and world boss / guard chase rangesServer
- Quest routes and the Athens Anniversary hand-in mapServer