Dungeon Difficulty Integration and Growth Improvements

 

Normal Dungeon Changes

• The Hero mode will be removed from the Level 110 Normal dungeons.
• Monsters will be updated for King or harder mode in Level 110 Normal dungeons.
• The attack patterns of monsters on King or harder mode in Level 110 Normal dungeons will be updated.
• The dungeon information after the difficulty integration is shown below.
  - Dungeon Entry Level: 110
  - Daily Entry Limit: None
  - Per-room Fatigue Cost: 1
  - Party Mode: Available
  - Entry Materials: None

 

Before

Category	Normal					Hero
Difficulty	Normal	Expert	Master	King	Slayer	Normal	Expert	Master	King	Slayer
Entry Fame	4,176	8,602	13,195	21,675	23,259	25,837	29,369	30,946	32,523	33,989

 

New

Category	Normal
Difficulty	Normal	-	Expert	-	Master	-	King	-	-	Slayer
Entry Fame	4,176	-	13,195	-	23,259	-	29,369	-	-	33,989

 

Normal Dungeon Reward Changes

• With the removal of Hero mode and its integration into Normal mode, the obtainable main option levels will be updated to reflect the adjusted dungeon difficulty.
•  This update to the obtainable main drop option levels will also be applied to the option levels available through Epic Selection Boxes, Pots, and other Consumables.
  - Items purchased prior to the Tuesday, November 21, maintenance can't be sold to the Refund Shop after the update.
  - Existing items, except for those with monthly purchase limits, will be labeled as (Old) and will not change their obtainable main option levels.
• With the removal of Hero mode and its integration into Normal mode, the rewards will be updated to reflect the adjusted dungeon difficulty.
• The Clear/Drop Gold amounts for Normal dungeons will be adjusted.

 

Drops

Obtainable Item	Obtainable Difficulty					Trade Type
		Normal	Expert	Master	King		Slayer
Lv. 105 Unique Equipment	O					Untradable
Lv. 105 Epic Equipment (Fixed Option Epic)	O	O	O	O	O	Untradable
Lv. 105 Epic Equipment (Custom Option Epic)				O	O	Untradable
Frost Crystal Shard	O					Untradable
Sparkling Frost Crystal Shard	O					Account-bound
Ominous Crystal	O	O	O	O	O	Untradable
Resonating Ominous Crystal	O	O	O	O	O	Account-bound
Ryan Core	O	O	O	O	O	Untradable
Harmonious Crystal				O	O	Untradable
Golden Beryl	O	O	O	O	O	Account-bound
Monster Card	O	O	O	O	O	Tradable once (Account-bound afterward)

 

 

Gabriel's Secret Shop

Product	Obtainable Difficulty					Trade Type
		Normal	Expert	Master	King		Slayer
Lv. 105 Fixed Option Epic Pot	O	O	O	O	O	Untradable
Lv. 105 Fixed Option Epic Pot				O	O	Account-bound
Lv. 105 Sacrosanct Area Legendary Pot				O	O	Tradable
Dark Fragmented Abyss Unique Pot				O	O	Tradable
Resonating Ominous Crystal	O	O	O	O	O	Account-bound
Golden Beryl	O	O	O	O	O	Account-bound
Condensed Ryan Core	O	O	O	O	O	Account-bound
Radiant Harmonious Crystal				O	O	Account-bound
Essence of the Rift		O	O	O	O	Tradable
Vestige of Hope		O	O	O	O	Tradable
Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Normal) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Expert) Ticket		O	O	O		Account-bound
Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Master) Ticket					O	Account-bound
Noblesse Code (Normal) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Noblesse Code (Expert) Ticket		O	O	O		Account-bound
Noblesse Code (Master) Ticket					O	Account-bound
Meister's Laboratory (Normal) Ticket		O	O	O		Account-bound
Meister's Laboratory (Expert) Ticket				O		Account-bound
Meister's Laboratory (Master) Ticket					O	Account-bound
Noblesse Code: Dusk (Normal) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Noblesse Code: Dusk (Expert) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Noblesse Code: Dusk (Master) Ticket				O	O	Account-bound

 

Emergency Mission

Obtainable Item	Obtainable Difficulty					Trade Type
		Normal	Expert	Master	King		Slayer
Lv. 105 Epic Equipment (Fixed Option Epic)		O	O	O	O	Untradable
Lv. 105 Epic Equipment (Custom Option Epic)				O	O	Untradable
Ominous Crystal	O					Untradable
Resonating Ominous Crystal	O					Account-bound
Golden Beryl		O	O	O		Account-bound
Flawless Golden Beryl				O	O	Tradable
Condensed Ryan Core		O	O	O	O	Account-bound
Radiant Harmonious Crystal				O	O	Account-bound
Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Normal) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Expert) Ticket		O	O	O		Account-bound
Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Master) Ticket					O	Account-bound
Noblesse Code (Normal) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Noblesse Code (Expert) Ticket		O	O	O		Account-bound
Noblesse Code (Master) Ticket					O	Account-bound
Meister's Laboratory (Normal) Ticket				O		Account-bound
Meister's Laboratory (Expert) Ticket				O		Account-bound
Meister's Laboratory (Master) Ticket					O	Account-bound
Noblesse Code: Dusk (Normal) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Noblesse Code: Dusk (Expert) Ticket		O	O			Account-bound
Noblesse Code: Dusk (Master) Ticket				O	O	Account-bound

 

 

Other Normal Dungeon Changes

• Hero dungeons will no longer appear as recommended dungeons in the Equipment Guide.
• The Hero Dungeon Clear conditions will no longer appear in Weekly Missions.
• Monster Collection: The Monster Piece drop rate will be slightly increased in Normal dungeons.
• The Hero Mode section in the Training Center and Look for Party windows will be removed.
• The following changes will be made to the Explorer Club achievements.
  - The achievements that require clearing a dungeon on Hero mode will become unavailable.
  - If you've already completed these achievements and earned points, those points will be retained.
  - New achievements will be added that require clearing a Normal dungeon in a party of 2 or more people on each difficulty.
  - The requirements for the following achievements will be changed.

Achievement (Before)	Achievement (After)	Note
Clear Hero King without Spending Items	Clear King without Spending Items	Target Dungeons Lemidios's Sanctum Northpiece Destroyed Castle of the Dead (Normal) Eternal Flame Lab
Clear Hero King for the First Time	Clear King for the First Time
Clear Hero King in 60 sec. (Solo)	Clear King in 60 sec. (Solo)
Clear Hero King in 60 sec. (Party)	Clear King in 60 sec. (Party)
Clear Hero King without Using Skills	Clear King without Using Skills
Clear Hero Slayer without Spending Items	Clear Slayer without Spending Items
Clear Hero Slayer for the First Time	Clear Slayer for the First Time (Solo)
Clear Hero Slayer in 60 sec. (Solo)	Clear Slayer in 60 sec. (Solo)
Clear Hero Slayer in 60 sec. (Party)	Clear Slayer in 60 sec. (Solo)
Clear Hero Slayer without Using Skills	Clear Slayer without Using Skills

• Previously completed achievements will retain their status.
• If you try them for the first time, then the new requirements will be applied.
• The Difficulty Unlock system will be carried over to match your existing Clear history.
• The Area Weakness system, which applies to Hero or harder, will be removed.
• The Party Area buffs for parties of 2 or more Dealers will be adjusted to match the integration of Normal Dungeon difficulties.

 

 

Economy-related Changes

Advanced Dungeon Reward Changes

• Some of the Clear rewards for the Advanced Dungeons will be changed.

Target Dungeon	Before	After
Noblesse Code	Northpiece Sculpture x1–100	Golden Beryl x25–2,500
Noblesse Code: Dusk	Northpiece Sculpture x2–200	Golden Beryl x50–5,000
Destroyed Castle of the Dead The Meister's Laboratory	Carbon-14 Crystalloid x1–100	Golden Beryl x50–5,000

 

Tales of Bravery Shop Changes

• The number of Weekly exchanges per account will be changed as follows.

Before	After
Account-based Weekly Token Exchange Count: 90 Account-based Weekly Gold Exchange Count: 90	Account-based Weekly Token Exchange Count: 120 Account-based Weekly Gold Exchange Count: 60

 

Tales of Bravery Token Shop Changes

• The purchase limit for some items in the Tales of Bravery Token Shops will be expanded.

Target Shop	Change
Conqueror's Token - Ispins, the Usurped Lands Token Shop	Custom Epic Equipment Pot 1 time per account/week → 2 times per account/week
Conqueror's Token - The Machine Revolution Token Shop	Warped Dimension Cube [Account-Bound] 10 times per account/month → 15 times per account/month Custom Epic Equipment Pot 1 time per account/week → 2 times per account/week
Conqueror's Token - Archmage's Hall of Dimensions Token Shop	Custom Epic Equipment Selection Box 2 times per account/month → 3 times per account/month Custom Epic Equipment Pot 1 time per account/week → 2 times per account/week

 

Seria's Greeting Growth Costs Discount

When Seria's Greeting effect is active, a feature will be added where an option growth cost discount effect is applied.

• The discount effect persists during the duration of Seria's Greeting, and a 50% discount on option growth costs is applied.
• This effect is applied by character and is activated for characters with 40,000 or less Fame. 
  • If a character's Fame exceeds or has exceeded 40,000 at least once, the applied discount effect on that character will be removed.

 

Growth Sections Equipment Fame Improved

• Level 1–100 equipment will have their Adventurer Fame rescaled to match their actual performance.
• Cash items excluded
• Because of this Adventurer Fame adjustment, all equipment auctions in the Action Hall will be treated as failures.

 

Auto-repeat Basic Attacks Improved

• A calibration system will be applied to the Auto-repeat Basic Attacks feature.
• Auto-repeat Basic Attacks will be removed from the Hotkey Settings.
• You can select Auto-repeat Basic Attacks in System → Auto-repeat Basic Attacks.
• This improvement is not applied to the Arena.

 

 

Report feature

• Report feature will be added.

 

Other Changes

• In the Abello - Upgrade Card UI, you can now scroll through information to see all of the card options being upgraded.
  
• Because of this Upgrade Card UI improvement, the Combine Cards UI will be resized.
• The Tales of Bravery - The Archmage's Hall of Dimensions item can no longer be sold in the regular NPC shops.
• DFO Mission: With the reclassification of the content category, the Weekly Mission classification for Storm's Wrath (Weekly) will be changed to the Special Dungeon category.
• DFO Mission: A new Weekly mission ([Special Dungeon][Clear the Codename Gaebolg Dungeon]) will be added.
• The following changes will be made to the Equipment Guide.
  - The wording will be improved for characters who don't have the Recommended Content tab enabled.
  - The Special Dungeon tab will now recommend dungeons based on your current character's Fame when opened.
• The Level 105 Epic shoes, Cybernetic Speed Boots, will now also include Creature Artifacts in its Option 1 description.
• The maximum size limit for the external Chat window will be removed.
• Mailbox: The Send - Fee Information tooltip area will be adjusted.
• Source information will be added to the tooltip for Golden Beryl and [Untradable] Golden Beryl.
• Auction Hall: A confirmation window will be displayed when you attempt to buy equipment that binds to your account or becomes untradable upon purchase.
• The visibility of the following The Archmage's Hall of Dimensions dungeons will be improved: Realm 4 (Pandemonium) and Realm 6 (Hell). 
• Items with lengthy names will be displayed as abbreviated when engraved or inherited.
• The Machine Revolution: Bakal Raid: The animation positions of the Empyrean Allied Forces and Empyrean Commander titles will be adjusted.
• The Sword Master's Soul Render will no longer display monster silhouettes.
• Radiant Harmonious Crystal's rarity will be changed to Rare.
• Inventory: Option levels on equipped items will be expressed as total growth option levels instead of every 40 levels after level 240.
• DFOpedia: Combination Equipment tags will be added to Transfer Options, depending on the transfer option.
• DFOpedia: Skill Atk. as per Total Growth Option Levels will be added to Game Terminology.
• DFOpedia: Information about the Inherent option will be added to the Game Terminology > Growth/Transfer Option section.
• The DFOpedia Guide quests will be added.
• The DFOpedia Guide quests will be added to Seria's Welcome.
• Character Selection Window: Character information will now be displayed above the Aura Avatar effect when you hover over a character.
• In some UIs, the item icon will display the item quantity even if it's just 1.
• The Inventory Expansion pop-up UI button will be resized.
• The Bag icon in the Safe and Title Book windows will be updated.
• The Close Party Chat Tab button, which appears in the Chat window > Party tab when you leave a party, will be repositioned to the left.
• If you open pop-up windows sequentially and then press Esc, they will now close in the order they were opened instead of being closed at once.
  - Look for Party
  - Join Party
  - Option Growth/Transfer/Level Transfer
  - Equipment Fusion System
• Monster-related program codes will be improved.
• Chaos: Demon Soldiers hit by Resonance will no longer display their HP gauge.
• Empress Skardi's illustration and sprite will be updated.
• Fixed some minor issues.