"New Soundtrack, PK Protection, Block List & QoL Overhaul"
Ether Online — Patch Notes
Territorial War Schedule Change
Territorial War has moved to Saturday, 9:00 PM (GMT+8).
New Music Update
The world has a new soundtrack. Nearly every zone, town and dungeon now plays its own original track instead of sharing a handful of loops.
Over 60 brand-new music tracks are now in the game, covering 95 maps. Places that used to share the same background music now each have a theme of their own.
Towns & Hubs
Asgard, Retta, Herbat Village, Elder's Retreat, Pascal's Camp, Marietta's House, Hope Village, Venushia Village, Venushia Alleyway, Clocktower Plaza & Clocktower Lobby, Echo Resort, Coastal Alley
Tellus Forest
Forest Farm, End of the Forest, Tellus Forest, Tellus Grassland, Mysterious Forest, Bear's Shelter, River Stream, Abandoned Farm, Cherry Tree Hill, Cherry Blossom Forest, Endangered Cherry Tree Forest, Thin Ice Meadow, Thin Ice Hill, Aerun Hill, Aerun Plateau, Valley of the Elemental, Fountain of Pavola, Pavola Valley
Menas Basin
Menas Desert, Parched Menas River, Dry Grassland, Rocky Hill, Rocky Wasteland, Wasteland of Heat, Rubble Canyon, Swamp of Silence, Serene Outskirts, Desert Road
Vanushia Bay
Venushia Plains, Collapsed Riverbed, Eerie Forest of Illusion, Palm Tree Farm, Pavola Hills, Hedgehog Den, Labyrinth Garden
Manarion Jungle
Manarion Jungle, Manarion Jungle Underground, Manarion Underground Vein, Jungle of Wandering
Dungeons & Instances
Black Dragon's Sanctuary, Teranox-line dungeons, Ancient Ruins, Forgotten Ruins, Underground Altar, Rock Mine, Murai Hideout, Aquales's Nest, Slumber Cave, Cave of the Dead, Forest of Illusion, Forest of Burning Illusion, Forest of Heavy Welcome, Hidden Path & Tessis's Laboratory, Plundered Shelter, Cactus Hell, Clocktower B1 Laboratory, Clocktower 2F Hall of Education
PvP
Channel Lobby, waiting room, and the duel arenas (Tellus Grassland, Hill of Flames, Ruins of Struggle, Mepra's Hideout) all play new music.
Still to Come
A few maps still play their old music — Frozen Farm, Clay Oasis, Thorny Forest of Illusion, Jungle Tribe Hideout, Teranox's Nest, Venushia Trading Post, Sanctuary of the Stars, the Dimensional Altar and several Clocktower floors. Those are coming in a follow-up.
The Territorial War battlegrounds and the Game Arena keep their existing battle themes.
Let us know what you think of the new tracks!
New Player PK Protection
Characters at level 20 and below are now fully protected from player killing in the open world.
Forced PK zones — level 1-20 characters can no longer be attacked there
Random PK Event — level 1-20 characters stay safe while the event is running
SHIFT Force PK — can no longer be used on a level 1-20 character
It works both ways — while protected, you cannot attack other players or use Force PK
Your pet follows the same rule as you
Protection ends automatically when you reach level 21
Duels, the Ranked Arena, the Game Arena and the Territorial War are not affected. You choose to join those.
Block List
You can now block other players.
Player menu: right-click a player and choose Block (Unblock to undo)
By name: Messenger > new Blocked tab > add button > type the player's name
The Blocked tab lists everyone you've blocked; click a name to unblock
Chat commands: /block <name>, /unblock <name>, /blocklist
When you block a player:
Their normal, channel, PvP and megaphone chat is hidden for you
Their whispers and 1:1 messages don't reach you
Their party, trade, duel, guild and friend requests are refused
You appear offline to them
They are not told they were blocked
Party and guild chat are not hidden. You can block up to 100 players per character. You can block a friend at any time, and anyone else while they are online. Mail from blocked players still arrives for now.
Auto-Attack Now Continues After Skills
Using a skill no longer stops your auto-attack.
Double-click a monster to auto-attack, then use skills as normal — you go back to basic attacks after each skill until the monster dies
Casting a skill while another is still charging no longer stops auto-attack
While auto-attack is on, your skills go to your auto-attack target, even if your mouse is over something else
To switch monsters, just click the new one, same as before
Costume HP Bonus Now Stacks
Each costume piece now adds its own HP bonus instead of sharing one.
Every costume gives Max HP +450, and it now adds up for each costume slot you wear
A full 9-piece costume look gives +4,050 Max HP
Fixed: taking off one costume no longer removes the HP bonus from the ones you're still wearing
Costume Set bonuses are unchanged and still apply on top
World Chat Cooldown
To stop world chat being flooded, the megaphone now has a cooldown.
One world message every 30 seconds per player
Shouting during the cooldown does not use up your megaphone — you'll see how many seconds are left
Applies to megaphone items and the free Wayfarer's Seal shout alike
Relogging does not reset the cooldown
New Option: Hide EXP Messages in Chat
Stop "Gained N experience." messages from filling up your chat.
Where: System Options > Display & Other Settings > "Show EXP gains in chat"
ON — EXP messages show as before (default)
OFF — hides EXP messages from monster kills and quest rewards
Other chat messages (gold, system notices, player chat) are not affected
Saved per character
Guild Fix
Leaving a guild now fully removes your access to it.
Guild chat — after leaving or being kicked, you can no longer send messages to your old guild's chat
Guild tag — your old guild's name is removed from your character as soon as you leave
How to Update
Relaunch through the launcher to get the latest client (New Music, PK Protection, Block List, Auto-Attack, Costume HP, EXP Messages option). Server-side changes (Costume HP, World Chat Cooldown, Guild Fix) take effect after the next server restart.