Community Archive
2017 - (04/04/2017) The April Version Update Has Landed!
Ambuscade has been updated, including a new battle against a cadre of beasts and items to reforge certain pieces of equipment from regular to +1 and from +1 to +2 versions!
There is also a new alter ego, Ark Angel MR; Craftsmanship gains displays, and quality of life features added to guild points NPCs.
Read on for details.
Event-related
- Records of Eminence has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
- New objectives have been added.
- Help text for certain objectives now clarifies that monsters found in Abyssea areas does not count toward completion.
- A new alter ego has been added.
Battle-related
- Ambuscade has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
- The foes found in Normal and Intense Ambuscades have been changed.
- Abdhaljs Metal has been added to the game.
- Trading Abdhaljs metal to Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura (G-9) together with a piece of equipment will augment that equipment.
- The following pieces of equipment are eligible, and they can be upgrade from normal quality to +1, and from +1 to +2.
- Equipment requiring five vials of Abdhaljs Metal
- Sulevia / Hizamaru / Inyanga / Meghanada / Jhakri
- Equipment requiring ten vials of Abdhaljs metal
- Sulevia +1 / Hizamaru +1 / Inyanga +1 / Meghanada +1 / Jhakri +1
- Ambuscade Rickets: Ring has been added in the game.
- These tickets can be exchanged with Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura (G-9) for one of the following items.
- Sulevai Ring / Meghanada Ring / Hizamaru Ring / Inyanga Ring / Jhakri Ring
- These tickets can be exchanged with Gorpa-Masorpa in Mhaura (G-9) for one of the following items.
- Some items available in exchange for badges of gallantry have been changed.
- Some items available in exchanged for hallmarks have been changed.
- Some items available for total hallmarks have been changed.
- The amount of merit points required for purchasing the key items necessary for entering high-tier mission battlefields has been decreased.
Key Item Merit Points
(Pre-adjustment)→ Merit Points
(Post-adjustment)Feared One Phantom Gem 15 → 10 Feared One Phantom Gem 15 → 10 Moonlit Path Phantom Gem 15 → 10 Waking Dreams Phantom Gem 15 → 10 Waking the Beast Phantom Gem 15 → 10
System-related
- When crafting with an escutcheon equipped, craftmanship gains and current craftsmanship will be displayed in the log window.
- * Current craftsmanship will only be displayed in full percentage points. Any values of less than a full percentage point will be rounded down.
- Guild point NPCs have undergone the following additions and adjustments.
- Item help text will be displayed for the item the cursor is aligned with.
- Numbers of items to be exchanged may now be manually entered.
- After exchanging, the dialogue box will now return to the item select menu.
- When canceling a menu selection, the dialogue box will now return to the previous menu.
Resolved Issues
- Various issues with incorrect help and dialogue text.
- The issue in Omen wherein using an ethereal ingress and being the target of a magical effect *while the screen was black would occasionally cause the screen to remain black.
- The issue in Omen wherein using an ethereal ingress would not allow the player to properly move to the next area under certain conditions.
- The issue with the Escutcheon questline wherein trading an Ecu to Mewk Chorosap and canceling would cause the cutscene to be skipped.
- The issue with the Escutcheon questline wherein upon receipt the quest would not explain that your skill would not decline while on the quest.
Known Issues
- Various issues with incorrect help and dialogue text.
Source entry: 2017 - (04/04/2017) The April Version Update Has Landed!. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.