Expedition and Transcendence balance
- Normal Expedition and Transcendence Stage 1 boss attack is reduced by 15%.
- Hard Expedition and Transcendence Stages 2 to 4: boss attack and Damage Boost are each reduced by 10%.
- Transcendence Stages 1 and 2 boss HP is reduced by 6.5%, so fewer fights end in a Frenzy.
Hard mode: Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island
- Entry needs item level 2700. The boss Frenzy timer is 4 minutes and each player has 3 revives.
- Rewards: a chance at Philosopher's Stone: Revelation (Bound), which can also be picked as a guaranteed reward, a guaranteed Ariel Fragment from the matching dungeon, a chance at an Expedition Hero Artwork, and more Kina than Normal.
- Substance Morph: 100 Ariel Fragments become 1 Daevanion Crystal: Ariel (Bound), up to 30 times per character. 1 Ariel Fragment becomes 5 Enhance Stones, with no limit.
- All Unique crafting materials (Wrathful Mind, Wrathful Will, Wrathful Ego) can be earned here in Hard mode, and new achievements reward Unique Skins.
Classes
- Base HP at level 45 rises. Gladiator and Templar: 4,702 to 6,202. Assassin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spiritmaster, Chanter and Cleric: 4,702 to 5,702. NC says this, together with the lower boss attack, helps melee classes survive close-range boss fights.
- Assassin, Heightened Sixth Sense: the HP effect increases to 1,000 / 2,000 / 4,000 at skill level 5 / 10 / 20.
- Assassin, Illusive Clone: base cooldown drops from 90 to 60 seconds.
Gear progression
- Crafted Gear Amplify caps rise: True Dragon and Star Dragon (and Splendent versions) from level 1 to 3, White Dragon and Dark Dragon (and Splendent versions) from 3 to 5.
- Transfer now works from Tier 3 Expedition gear to Tier 2 Crafted gear, and from Tier 2 Expedition gear to Tier 1 Crafted gear.
Dungeons, shop and missions
- Odylium Repository is a new Daily Dungeon that pays Soul Crystals (Bound) by clear points. Its entries are shared with Daeva Bio-Research Base.
- With the transfer period over, the Wind Breeze Merchants special items move into Substance Morph, the 20-per-character Odyle Energy (Bound) offer is replaced by weekly offers, and Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare (Bound) is sold at 30,000 Kina, 14 per server per week.
- Weekly Season Missions: Land Grabs and Watcher Kaira now reward Lower Abyss Rift Stone, and Abyss Points are removed from Land Grabs.
Other changes
- Gathering is capped at 1,000 times per server per day (resets 00:00 PDT / 08:00 CET) and needs level 45 instead of 10.
- Character deletion wait goes from 1 to 7 days, and the idle return to lobby drops from 3 hours to 30 minutes.
- Hidden Cubes spawn more often, Abyss entry limits rise, and the Lower Abyss Dimensional Core gets more HP plus a Dissipation of Power debuff after a 10 minute Artifact Battle.
- The Server Transfer shop tab is removed. NC will announce item retrieval and restoration after the transfer period ends, and will grant EU entry passes that failed to reset on Oct 25.
- Event: the 28-day Atreia's Call attendance runs from after this maintenance until before the Dec 2 (CET) maintenance.
What this changes for your build
Pick your class on the builds page or browse all 8 classes. The reset timer shows when weekly limits refill.
Official article
This page is our summary, written in our own words. The full list, with every number and the item tables, is in NC's article: Patch Notes | Oct. 27 (PDT) / Oct. 28 (CET).
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FAQ
Which classes changed in the Oct 28 patch?
Every class gets more level 45 base HP. Only Assassin has skill changes: Heightened Sixth Sense gives more HP and Illusive Clone's cooldown is 60 seconds instead of 90.
What do I need to enter Hard Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island?
Item level 2700. Hard mode has a 4 minute boss Frenzy timer and 3 revives per player.
What is the new gathering limit?
NC added a limit of 1,000 gathers per server per day, reset at 00:00 PDT (08:00 CET), and raised the minimum gathering level from 10 to 45. NC says the limit may be adjusted.