With the New Year always comes lots of new stuff! Although Atlantica Online's latest content update may have occurred more in the middle of the month than later, content updates are always cool! With their January update, the team has made some pretty significant changes to their PvP balancing and Colosseum League. In particular, they have increased the HP of main characters and mercenaries, and they've also increased the chances for a double-hit attack to land. Spear Main users may also be overjoyed to learn that their attack power has been increased, and for many Sword Mercenary users, most of their abilities' damage has also been increased.

In addition to these PvP balance changes, the team has also decided that players can have up to two Lady Knight and Cannoneer mercenaries. As well, they have decided to unify Mana Stones in Atlantica Online, and now there will only be three stones, the Repair Stones, the Enchant Stones and the Enhance Stones, as opposed to having specific stones for Armor, Accessories and Weapons.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg! You can check out the full patch notes below, and you can also download out the game at the Atlantica Online website!

• Competition
  
  • Some Division level limitations have been modified:
    • Lv. 101 - Lv. 109 can advance up to Div. 4.
    • Lv. 95 - Lv. 100 can advance up to Div. 6.
    • All Division level limit changes can be viewed in the in-game Help.
  • Competition Rankings have been changed in the following ways:
    • Free League Records and Rankings will be changed into League Records and Rankings.
    • League Ranking will be a combination of both Free League and Colosseum League rankings.
    • Division will now be set based on your win/loss streak in both Free League and Colosseum League.
  
  
  
• Colosseum League
  
  • Colosseum League information has been added to the in-game Help under the Leagues section.
  • Atlantis Coin Rewards have been added.
  • Fame Points, Battle Points, and Guild Points will now be awarded the same as Free League.
  • Experience Books will be given for participation. More books will be awarded for winning than losing.
  • Health Points of main characters and mercenaries have been increased.
  • The chances for a double-hit attack have been increased.
  • The chances for a single and triple-hit attack have been decreased.
  • Attack Power of Spear Main Characters has been increased.
  • The damage dealt by the following magic skills has been increased:
    • Flame Sword, Hex of Darkness, Vortex, Deadly Strike, Deadly Shot, Light Slash, Divine Slash, Blood Vengeance, Dream
  • The effects of the following magic skills have been decreased:
    • Seal Instrument, Seal Power Saw, Broken Arrow, Freezing Axe, Ice Ridge Axe
  • The Health Point recovery amount of the following magic skills has been decreased:
    • Blessing of Life, Noble Sacrifice, Mana Shield, Protect, Shield of Protection, Awakening, Healing, Speed Cast
  • The damage dealt by the following magic skills has been decreased:
    • Flame Spear, Scorching Bullets, Arrow Cascade, Multi Arrow, Wild Shot, Evanescent Scud, Flame Blow, Chainsaw Blade, Break Down, Meteor Strike, Mana Burn, Freezing Atmosphere, Blazing Earth, Power Saw Raid, Beast Summon
  • The issue that caused the Colosseum League notification window title to be Free League has been fixed.
  
  
  
• Mercenaries
  
  • The maximum number of Lady Knight mercenaries allowed in a formation has been increased to 2.
  • The maximum number of Cannoneer mercenaries allowed in a formation has been increased to 2.
  
  
  
• Magic
  
  • Sundered Power Saw magic skill has been added for the Prophet.
    • Sundered Power Saw reduces the Attack Power of Power Saw users.
  • Tribal Signet magic skill has been added for the Princess.
    • Tribal Signet seals Instrument type mercenaries to reduce their Attack Power.
  • The effect of Prophet’s magic has been changed to target all in a formation rather than a single target only.
  • The graphical effect of Druid’s combo magic, Enraged Beast’s Soul, has been changed.
  • The affects of Druid’s combo magic, Enraged Beast’s Soul, have been improved.
  • The [Mercenary] - [Magic] section of the in-game help has been revised.
  
  
  
• Monsters
  
  • The difficulty of monsters encountered in the field and all non-shadow dungeons from Forest of Spirits to Mohenjodaro has been decreased in the following ways:
    • Attack Power of all monsters in these areas has been decreased.
    • Monsters will no longer join in battle in these areas.
    • Monsters will no longer initiate battles with players who are Auto-Moving through these areas.
    • Health Points of all bosses in these areas have been decreased.
    • Monsters, such as Worker Ants, Wasp Larva, Wasps, and Boars, which used to be in parties with other monsters, are now no longer in parties.
    • Ants in Nest of Insects are no longer immune to Cannons.
  • A monster group made up of Crab Warriors has been added to the Sea Palace.
  • The rate which monsters join battles in the [Shadow of Eight Trigrams] dungeon has been reduced.
  • The formations of the following monsters have been changed:
    • Betrayer Jack, Resurrected Legendary Viking, Transformed Old Fox, Ruth, Chris, Terrence, Viking Fugitive, Immortal Earth Dragon
  • The level and difficulty of the following monsters have been increased:
    • Betrayer Jack, Resurrected Legendary Viking, Ruth, Chris, Terrence, Shelf Cleaner Imp.
  • Flying monsters that spawn at fixed rates have been added to the following areas:
    • Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia India, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Bran Castle, Cretan Labyrinth, Valley of the Kings, Sunken Machine Shrine, Shogun Castle of Death, Lost Volcano Valley, Yggdrasil, Frozen Adlivun, Dallas Lawless District
  
  
  
• Quests
  
  • In order for main characters to level up to 80 and above, they must now complete NPC Scheherazade’s Desperado in Steppe quest.
    • If the quest is not completed, the main character will not be able to level up to 80 and their mercenaries will not be able to level up to 85.
  • Chef Al’s Request quest has been added to the Festival Region in Southern Europe, north of Madrid.
    • You must help him cook great food for the festival.
    • You must be level 95 or above to begin the quest.
  • NPC Edeline Teach and her colleague, Navigator Henry, have been added along with Bahamas Pirate Village. They need your help finding the treasure hidden in Bahamas Private Village.
    • Edeline Teach’s quests are reset daily only if all of her quests have been completed.
    • Navigator Henry’s Completed quests are reset daily.
    • You must be level 102 or above to begin the quest.
  • VIP Title Quest has been added.
    • You can receive the quest from NPC Thalia.
  • 3 Secret Vials of Stability are now given a reward for Ming-Jing’s [Secrets of Women] quest.
  • Auto-Move locations of Heiying’s quests in Jiuzhaigou Ghost Town have been fixed.
  • New quest has been inserted into Boorchu’s quest line, requiring you to use Medici’s Platinum Box.
  
  
  
• Unification of Mana Stones (Repair, Enchant, Enhance)
  
  • [Weapon Repair Stones], [Armor Repair Stones], and [Accessory Repair Stones] have been unified into [Repair Stones].
  • [Weapon Enchant Stones], [Armor Enchant Stones], and [Accessory Enchant Stones] have been unified into [Enchant Stones].
  • [Weapon Enhance Stones], [Armor Enhance Stones], and [Accessory Enhance Stones] have been unified into [Enhance Stones].
  • Weapon, Armor, and Accessory Enchant and Enhance Stones and Boxes will be converted into the new appropriate unified stone of the same level at a 1:1 with the exception of the conversions listed below.
    • 1 Accessory Enchance Stone [IV] will be converted into 20 Enchance Stone [IV].
    • 1 Accessory Enchant Stone [I] will be converted into 50 Enchant Stone [I].
    • 1 Accessory Enchant Stone [IV] will be converted into 50 Enchant Stone [IV].
    • 1 Accessory Enchant Stone [V] will be converted into 2 Enchant Stone [V].
  • All stones in the inventory, extra inventory, Merc. Room mercenary’s inventory, Mail, Market, Warehouse, and Jackpot Acquisition window will be converted.
  • Any stones which are currently be crafted will be converted to the suitable unified mana stone of the appropriate level.
  • Monsters will now drop the new stones.
    • The drop rate which the stones are dropped has been modified from the original stones to take into account the combination of the 3 previous into 1 new one.
  • Quests which rewarded the old stones have been updated with new rewards.
  • The old mana stones that could be looted from fallen enemies during competitions have been updated.
  • The drops of mana stones level [IV] and above have been changed to Vulcan’s Hammers.
  
  
  
• Fishing
  
  • Shining Bait can now be crafted with Atlas Ore.
    • 1 x Atlas Ore crafts 3 Shining Bait.
    • Shining Bait requires Fishing Crafting skill level 1 or above to craft.
    • Shining Bait requires Fishing Action level of 80 or above to use.
    • Shining Bait gives a chance to catch [Sunken Treasure].
      • Various scrolls, level [V] mana stones, experience books, and Books of Mastery can be acquired from [Sunken Treasure].
    • There is a chance to fail at catching something when using Shining Bait, depending on the Fishing Rod used.
  • A fishing cast timer has been added to the top of the screen while fishing.
  • Fishing can now be started by right-clicking on a fishing pole.
  • A ‘Stop Fishing’ button will now appear when fishing to easily stop fishing.
  
  
  
• Items
  
  • Repair NPC [Reginn] has been added to the Bazaar in Rome.
    • You can have your equipment repaired by paying a fee of Atlas Ore to Reginn.
    • You can repair one item at a time or many items at once.
  • Coin Exchange NPC [Nikola] has been added to the Bazaar in Rome.
    • Nikola will provide more valuable Atlantis Coins in exchange for less valuable ones.
      • 1 Atlantis Copper Coin: 11 Atlantis Coin Shards
      • 1 Atlantis Silver Coin: 11 Atlantis Copper Coins
      • 1 Atlantis Gold Coin: 11 Atlantis Silver Coins
      • 1 Atlantis Platinum Coin: 11 Atlantis Gold Coins
    • You can also exchange Atlantis Coins for Druid recruitment items with Nikola.
      • Shining Gold Sickle: 500 Atlantis Gold Coins
      • Giant Bull's Horn: 500 Atlantis Gold Coins
      • Heavenly Crystal: 10 Atlantis Gold Coins
  • Book of Mastery, a new craft workload book, has been added.
    • Book of Mastery completes 5,000,000 workload units.
    • Book of Mastery can be obtained from Barter Shops and from [Sunken Treasure] box.
      • Sunken Treasure can be obtained by fishing with Shining Bait.
  • Medici’s Platinum Box can now be purchased from NPC Medici for 10,000,000 gold.
    • Medici’s Platinum Box contains better items than Medici’s Gold Box.
  • The ranks of players who have received the special titles from Medici can now be viewed from Medici’s interface window.
  • The purchase rankings for the current month at Medici will now display the top 100 instead of only the top 10.
  • A confirmation message box will now be shown when selling items at a town’s Hospital.
  • The confirmation when throwing items away has been updated.
  • The chance to obtain [Shining Gold Sickle] from Giant Bear Tribal Reward box has been greatly increased.
  • The chance to obtain [Giant Bull’s Horn] from Giant Bear Tribal Reward box has been greatly increased.
  • An issue which caused a congratulatory message box saying you had received x20 experience from analysis when you had only received x10 has been fixed.
  • The box exchange fee for exchanging equipment boxes with NPC Gambler De Mere has been increased.
  • Some Individual Dungeon monsters’ drop rates have been changed.
  • Some monsters drop items have been changed.
    • Shining Tomb : Trade Permission -> Jackpot License [V](1 day)
    • Mad Scientist Austin : Added Historia Seal
  • Phoenix’s Hat model display issue on Female Staff Main Characters has been fixed.
  • Dragon God’s Light Armor model display issue on Female characters while Auto-Crafting has been fixed.
  • The yellow hammer icon will now be displayed on the character portraits when an equipped item’s durability is 10 or below and red when it’s 0.
  • Equipped items will now be highlighted in yellow if the durability is 10 or below, and red if the durability is 0.
  • Cute Bunny Costume and Cute Bunny Hate can now be stored in the Clothes Book.
  
  
  
• Miscellaneous
  
  • The Mercenary Information Book has been improved.
    • Maximum number of magic skill icons displayed has been increased to 10 from 5.
    • Main Characters have been added to the book.
  • Additional experience will now be granted when receiving shared Monster Origin Info.
  • Bunny Costume has now been added to the Clothing book.
  • The tooltips for all equipment items have been improved.
    • Font has been enlarged.
    • Information is now clearly separated.
    • Information is now color-coded.
  • The on-screen notifications have been improved.
    • Added darkened shadow to make them easier to read.
    • Font size of the most recent notification will be larger.
  • The required number of killed monsters for rewards of [Coyote’s Valley] squad dungeon has decreased.
    • 700+ : Giant Bear Tribal Reward x 9
    • 1000+ : Giant Bear Tribal Reward x 12
    • 1400+ : Giant Bear Tribal Reward x 18
    • 2000+ : Giant Bear Tribal Reward x 27
  • An issue that prevented the use of items when certain popup windows were open has been fixed.
  • An issue that caused items purchased from the Trading Post to not count towards the purchase limit has been fixed.
  • The problem that caused some game functions to stop working upon on opening/closing the fishing window has been fixed.
  • The maximum zoom-in distance of the camera has been increased.
    • While zoomed in the maximum amount, characters in view will become transparent.
  • The layout of the Bazaar in Rome has been changed and some NPC locations have been modified.
  • The issue that caused the newest record to be recorded into the Hall of Fame for completing Coyote’s Valley regardless of monsters killed has been fixed to now record only the best run.
  • The display of experience gained from giving a gift to a beginner has been changed to show the total experience gained for your entire party.
  • The chat window and font size will now change accordingly when changing resolutions.
  • The right-click character name in chat window function has been improved:
    • The mini-menu background has been darkened.
    • Share Info function has been added.
    • Whisper function has been added.
    • Block function has been removed.
  • Players’ Might can now be viewed from their details window.
  • The minimum remaining balance when withdrawing gold from the Guild Fund has been changed to 300,000 gold.
  • The amount of gold obtained from battles has been slightly decreased.
  • A notification will be displayed when withdrawing gold from the Guild Fund alerting to the chance that if the fund is too low then the guild may dissolve.
  • The ‘Advertise’ option from ‘Select messages to display’ chat setting window has been removed.
  • Some time-related notifications’ locations have been changed.
    • Time Limit Quest’s Timer, Auto-Move duration, PK, King’s Judgment, Secret Vial of Protection, and Protection status.
  • Cheering fans have been added to the Colosseum battle map.
  • Game performance has been improved by loading/displaying only character’s within the camera’s view in highly populated areas.
  • New residents were added and some older ones modified.
    • Merchant, Porter, Chinese Peddler, Arabian Merchant
  • Added graphical effect when learning Action skills.
  • Voice files have been added for the Punisher, Druid, and Hwarang mercenaries.