“Dances, Red Skill Warnings & Class-Tagged Pioh Eggs”

Ether Online — Patch Notes

New: Dances

Fifteen dances are now in the Cash Shop under Actions > Dance, 60 Cash Points each.

• Kitty Shuffle — /dance1

• Kitty Groove — /dance2

• Kitty Jive — /dance3

• Fanfare Dance — /dance4

• Melody Dance — /dance5

• Spirit Dance — /dance6

• Blazing Dance — /dance7

• Joy Dance — /dance8

• Ballet Shuffle — /dance9 (new)

• Blossom Groove — /dance10 (new)

• Starlight Jive — /dance11 (new)

• Bouquet Dance — /dance12 (new)

• Goldfish Waltz — /dance13 (new)

• Spirit Bloom — /dance14 (new)

• Scuba Dance — /dance15 (new — the trending scuba dance)

Details

• Each dance is a one-time purchase — once learned, that character keeps it forever

• Every dance uses the same steps on male and female characters

• Press Preview in the Cash Shop to watch a dance on your character before buying

• Using a Dance Scroll opens a Learn Dance window where you can preview it again before learning

• Nearby players see you dance, including players who walk up while you’re dancing

• Preview only plays for you — nobody else sees it

New: Dance Together

Right-click another player who is dancing and choose Dance Together.

• Your character joins their dance and stays in step with them

• Everyone nearby sees you dancing in sync

• Several players can follow the same dancer

• If the dancer switches dances, everyone following switches too

• You need to have learned that dance yourself

Emoticons List: Dance Tab

The Emoticons list now has a Dance tab showing every dance.

• Learned dances are bright — double-click one to dance

• Unlearned dances are dimmed — double-click one to preview it

• Type /dances to open the Dance tab directly

Hotbar: Dances and Actions

• Drag any emote (Normal, Facial, Action) or any learned dance from the Emoticons list onto a hotbar slot

• Works on every skill bar page and on the 1-6 bar

• Press the hotbar key or click the slot to perform it — same as typing the command

• Hover a slot to see its name, its command, and whether you’ve learned it

Mount Update

14 more Pioh are now rideable (press F7 with the Pioh out):

• Revived Specter

• Whirling Specter

• Bygrid Pooi

• Alfheim Pai

• Precise Cogwheel Click

• Ice Propol

• Long-Tongue Froggel

• Vivace Bizard

• Hungry Nepenthes

• Marsh Moss Altar Guardian

• Marsh-Moss Gnoll Sage

• Helian Senior Technician

• Rai of Passion

• Long-Armed Riru

If a mount or rider looks off — too high, too low, or off-center — report which Pioh and we’ll fix it.

New: Red Skill Warnings

Monster area skills now show a red marker on the ground before they hit. It fills from the monster toward the edge, and the skill lands when it reaches the edge.

• Shows on circles, cones and lines

• Applies to every monster area skill, not just Harlem’s

• Get out of the red before it fills up

Pioh Eggs & Pets Now Show Their Class

Some Pioh share a name but give skills for different classes (e.g. two “Lesser Spotted Gnoll Egg” items — one Soul Summoner, one Knight). To stop mix-ups and auction scams:

• Egg names now end with the class — e.g. Lesser Spotted Gnoll Egg [Knight]

• Egg tooltips say who can use the upgrade skills — e.g. “Upgrade skills: Knight only.”

• Hatched Pioh show the class too — e.g. Lesser Spotted Gnoll [Knight]

• Wild monsters keep their normal names

Check the [Class] tag before buying an egg or Pioh from the auction or another player.

New Item: Portable Chest (30 days)

• Holds 64 items, just like the original Portable Chest

• The 30 days start when you put it in a bag slot, not when you buy it

• When time runs out, the chest locks — your items stay inside, but you can’t add more

Profile Privacy

New Privacy section in System Options > Misc.

• Show my Soul Card set — OFF blocks “View Soul Card information” on you

• Show my character details — OFF hides your stats, equipment and Pioh

• Anyone who tries gets a message that you keep it private

• Both are ON by default, so nothing changes until you turn them off

• Saved per character on the server — stays the same on any PC or after a reinstall

GMs can still view all profiles.

Character Frame Lock

• New padlock button just right of your HP bar

• Click to lock (closed) or unlock (open) the frame

• While locked, dragging does nothing and you’ll get a reminder to unlock

• Saved per character with the frame’s position; starts unlocked

Enhancement Fixes

• Adding protection stones to a sealed item no longer freezes the window — it now explains why

• Protection stones only work on bound items. Equip the item once to bind it, or enhance without stones. Note: bound items can’t be traded

• “Not enough Gold / enhancement stones / protection stones” messages now say what’s missing instead of showing an empty box

Fixes & Stability

Party & Dungeon

• Disconnect and log back in — you now keep your party seat

• Removed from a party while disconnected — you’re now sent out of the dungeon instead of being left inside without a party

Login Server

• Fixed a crash that disconnected everyone at once

• Fixed login queues appearing when the server wasn’t full

• Improved stability and memory use during long uptimes

Canada Server

• Now rides out short network interruptions instead of shutting down (today’s shutdown was a brief network drop to Singapore — nothing was lost)

• Login and channel select no longer slow down for Singapore players while Canada is offline

Still stuck in a dungeon without your party, or lost Canada channels/disconnected? Report the time (and dungeon name) so we can check our logs.

This is a client and server update — fully close the game and relaunch through the launcher to get the latest version.