Update: May 4, 2020 @ 1:00

[Collaboration]

Welcome to May 4 maintenance patch,

Big patch update. Please read thoroughly.
Join our 5v5 PVP event if you're interested to get more War Badges!

PLAYER VS PLAYER [PVP] & NORMAL MAPS
Includes changes to skill mechanics affecting characters in a PVP environment. Changes in this section applies to GVG and normal maps as well unless stated otherwise.

Kaizel​

Disabled in Krieger von Midgard and Team Deathmatch Battlegrounds modes.​

Tarot Card of Fate​

Soul Linkers now have an innate immunity to 'High Priest Card'. [This fix was applied in emergency maintenance occurred few days ago.]​

GUILD VS GUILD [GVG]
Includes changes to skill mechanics affecting characters in a GVG environment like War of Emperium.

War of Emperium​

• Added second open castle to Saturday and Sunday First Editions (Schedule will be properly updated later in the week).
• Increased alliance cap capacity to 30 members (previously 26).
• Fixed rotation/scheduling issues.
• Improved castle treasure drop rates.

BATTLEGROUNDS
Includes changes to mechanics within Battlegrounds environment.

• Players are now dispelled upon entering a Battlegrounds match.
• War Badge reward amounts adjusted for all modes to better reward modes with a generally longer duration.
• Minimum players required for all modes is now 6 (previously 4 for some modes).
• If Happy Hour period ends while a game is active, that game will still receive Happy Hour rates.
• Increased maximum players per team for Flavius (30 to 40), Team Deathmatch (30 to 40), Conquest (30 to 50).

QUESTS & INSTANCES
Includes changes affecting official Ragnarok Online and BlackoutRO-exclusive quests and instances.

All Instances​

Fixed issue where @storage and @gstorage weren't being disabled.​

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The Sign Quest. ​

Fixed an issue when displaying effects during the dancing part aren't displayed.​

NON-PLAYABLE CHARACTERS [NPC]
Includes changes to script codes to official Ragnarok Online and BlackoutRO-exclusive NPCs.

NEW NPC ALERT!!!​

Added a new NPC which exchanges MvP cards for rare items.​

Location undisclosed. The only clue we'll give you is "ask for directions."​

Beginner Zone: Updated area to help leveling at higher levels.​

Donation Credit Store: Added 1 new item.​

Event Credit Store: Added 1 new item, reduced price of Ring of Disguise.​

Mini-Game Credit Store: Added 1 new item.​

War of Emperium Credit Store: Added 1 new item.​

Wolf Boy: Added 2 new items to Hunter's Token Store.​

ITEMS
Includes changes to script codes to official Ragnarok Online and BlackoutRO-exclusive items (consumables, equipments, etc.)

Costume Headgears. ​

Fixed issue where costumized headgear couldn't be equipped due to gender restrictions.​

Beginner Starter Equipment. ​

Improved its bonuses.​

Retribution Wings. ​

For Alchemist class, reduction bonus changed to 7% bracket (previously 15%).​

OTHER

• Updated new character welcoming text.
• For 2006-2016 players, we updated your untouched character levels from Base Lv 1 / Job Lv 1 to Base Lv 500 / Job Lv 1. As you can see, you may notice this update was applied few days ago. We want to put this statement as a public announcement.
• Increased Base Experience Rate to 26000x (previously 10001x).

 

[Collaboration]

Today, we are announcing couple of notices for this update:

1. This maintenance update also includes updates to our Gepard Shield.
2. If you have edited GRFs in your BlackoutRO, you may experience errors after this maintenance.
3. If you experience such errors, we may recommend to reinstall the game using full installer.
4. We are reiterating that BlackoutRO staff is not responsible to resolve any issues related to your GRF editing tweaks.

 

[Yassuo]

Today, we are announcing couple of notices for this update:

1. This maintenance update also includes updates to our Gepard Shield.
2. If you have edited GRFs in your BlackoutRO, you may experience errors after this maintenance.
3. If you experience such errors, we may recommend to reinstall the game using full installer.
4. We are reiterating that BlackoutRO staff is not responsible to resolve any issues related to your GRF editing tweaks.

mean that? is all custom grf map is be getting the error? and need to back old Ragnarok default grf map?
if yes I like this patch no need to use custom grf.