The Companion Update
Other post about this update with more info: Rebuild Test Server - First major update arrives on August 17th
Server downtime: KST 14:00-16:00 (Finished)
[New Content Added]
- Companion leveling/enhancement system has been added.
> You can increase your level by using your ride or pets as material.
(The maximum possible level between the material and the main companion differs depending on the grade.)
> Up to 5 companions can be registered for each enhancement.
> You can gain more experience when you try to strengthen with auxiliary items such as growth elixirs. Up to 3 elixirs can be registered at the time of reinforcement.
< Let's level up quickly! >
- Revamped companion upgrade(regrade) system has been added.
> You can try to upgrade your pets/mounts/servants grade when you feel like your companion has reached its maximum.
However, the number of upgrades/regrades are limited, so keep that in mind.
> Companions of the same grade can be registered as upgrade materials.
If you use the same grade as the upgrade target, the chances will increase.
> You can also use auxiliary items here to increase chances, just like leveling companions, the limitation is up to 3 auxiliary items per attempt.
> In case of a successful upgrade, the companion can acquire new skills and will be changed to a higher grade.
> Even if you fail to upgrade, your companions or upgrades will remain unchanged and your chance for a successful upgrade at the next try will increase. (Just like failstacks on Black Desert Online)
- In case of a failed upgrade, the companions used as upgrade materials will be destroyed.
- If you fail to upgrade to legendary, you will not get failstacks.
< Try to upgrade only the highest level companions >
- Miscellaneous Companion systems that has been added
> You can increase the available upgrade count on mounts. (Just like breeding reset items on Black Desert Online)
(However, there is a limit to the number of times you use stimulant items.)
> You can now restore the fatigue of companions.
> Mounts require dry food to recover fatigue.
> Pets can recover their fatigue through canned food.
< Keep in mind the number of times you can try to upgrade is limited >
- Companion Skill Change system has been added
> You can change the skills acquired by your companions using the skill change scrolls.
- Companion Trading and Sealing system has been added
> In order to seal pets and mounts, you will need sealing containers/boxes.
> It will store the pet/mount's grade, level and skills.
> You can only seal companions that you have in your own companion storage. You can't seal companions right away when taming them.
> Sealed companions can be traded with other players or through the auction house.
(However, trading/selling the sealed companions is not possible yet, there will be an update later on that will enable this.)
> The prices of the stored companions are fixed and shown on the sealed pet/mount.
You can not change the prices on companions, it is calculated according to pet level, grade and skills.
<If you have taken good care of your companion it might worth a lot, seal it and sell it >
- Training level has been added
> Each time you try to tame companions, you acquire trainer experience and
if taming is successful, more trainer experience will be gained.
> Training levels are ranked as following: Trainee > Beginner > Skilled > Professional > Master
> The higher level your training is, the more benefits you get such as:
- Increase the chances of special taming
- Decrease difficulty on companions to be tamed
- Increase the number of possible upgrades on companions and have more companion storage space. (You start off with 40 and can get up to 200 slots)
<You can get a lot of benefits if you raise your training levels >
- Companion costumes have been added
> You can now disguise your summoned mount/pet with a different companion's appearance.
> You can equip costumes on your character profile, one slot for each type of companion: Ground mount, Flying mount and Pet.
- Companion drops have been added
> Instance dungeons have been changed, you can no longer tame companions in there.
> Instead of taming, you can acquire the companions as lootable items with variable chances to drop.
- Before you tame a monster, you will see an icon that tells you in advance what type of companion you will get.
> When targeting a monster, you can check its type on the left of the monster's health bar at the top.
- Advanced Anima fragments crafting have been added
> If the attempt to shape Anima fails, you will acquire anima fragments.
> Players with Enchanting profession can craft companions using 10 pieces of anima fragments.
[ Lumena Shop Changes ]
- Items removed:
> Restorer x100
- Added New Items to the shop:
> Companion related items have been added to the Lumena Shop
Items related to customizing companions
- Royal Alchemist Costume (Flying mount)
- Ducky(?) Costume (Ground mount)
- Sunflower Costume (Pet)
Items related to leveling up companions added
- Low Growth Elixir
- Intermediate Growth Elixir
- Advanced Growth Elixir
Items related to grading companions added
- High Potential Blessing Powder
- Rare Potential Blessing Powder
- Heroic Potential Blessing Powder
Auxilary items related to upgrading/grading companions added
- Small Upgrade Stone
- Intermediate Upgrade Stone
- Advanced Upgrade Stone
Items related to changing skills on companions added
- Rare Grade Skill Change Scroll
- Heroic Grade Skill Change Scroll
- Legendary Grade Skill Change Scroll
Items related to sealing companions added
- High-grade Sealing Box
- Rare Grade Sealing Box (Mount)
- Heroic Grade Sealing Box (Mount)
- Legendary Grade Sealing Box (Mount)
- Advanced Sealing Box (Pet)
- Rare Grade Sealing Box (Pet)
- Heroic Grade Sealing Box (Pet)
- Legendary Grade Sealing Box (Pet)
- Newly added items will be sold for 1 lumena for smooth testing.
[ Bug fixes ]
- Fixed an issue with the companion window where the companion was shown outside of the window.
- Some issues regarding Enchant profession were fixed.
- Fixed an issue where the 'Cancel Changes' button did not work in the Skill Information window.
- Fixed an issue that the 'Save' button was active even when there were no changes in the Skill Information window.
- Fixed an issue where the skill in the 9th slot couldn't be used.
- Fixed an issue where the registered skill was not changed when dragging and dropping another skill in the slot.
- Fixed an issue where players could register the same skills onto more slots.
- Fixed an issue where skill points remaining after clicking the Change button after acquiring new skills from the Skill Information window were not reduced normally.
- Fixed an issue that did not show the skill description when hovering over the skill in the usable slots on Skill Information window.
- Fixed an issue where there was no notification of the changes being lost when closing the window with K or ESC keys.
Source: link
Other post about this update with more info: Rebuild Test Server - First major update arrives on August 17th
Server downtime: KST 14:00-16:00 (Finished)
[New Content Added]
- Companion leveling/enhancement system has been added.
> You can increase your level by using your ride or pets as material.
(The maximum possible level between the material and the main companion differs depending on the grade.)
> Up to 5 companions can be registered for each enhancement.
> You can gain more experience when you try to strengthen with auxiliary items such as growth elixirs. Up to 3 elixirs can be registered at the time of reinforcement.
< Let's level up quickly! >
- Revamped companion upgrade(regrade) system has been added.
> You can try to upgrade your pets/mounts/servants grade when you feel like your companion has reached its maximum.
However, the number of upgrades/regrades are limited, so keep that in mind.
> Companions of the same grade can be registered as upgrade materials.
If you use the same grade as the upgrade target, the chances will increase.
> You can also use auxiliary items here to increase chances, just like leveling companions, the limitation is up to 3 auxiliary items per attempt.
> In case of a successful upgrade, the companion can acquire new skills and will be changed to a higher grade.
> Even if you fail to upgrade, your companions or upgrades will remain unchanged and your chance for a successful upgrade at the next try will increase. (Just like failstacks on Black Desert Online)
- In case of a failed upgrade, the companions used as upgrade materials will be destroyed.
- If you fail to upgrade to legendary, you will not get failstacks.
< Try to upgrade only the highest level companions >
- Miscellaneous Companion systems that has been added
> You can increase the available upgrade count on mounts. (Just like breeding reset items on Black Desert Online)
(However, there is a limit to the number of times you use stimulant items.)
> You can now restore the fatigue of companions.
> Mounts require dry food to recover fatigue.
> Pets can recover their fatigue through canned food.
< Keep in mind the number of times you can try to upgrade is limited >
- Companion Skill Change system has been added
> You can change the skills acquired by your companions using the skill change scrolls.
- Companion Trading and Sealing system has been added
> In order to seal pets and mounts, you will need sealing containers/boxes.
> It will store the pet/mount's grade, level and skills.
> You can only seal companions that you have in your own companion storage. You can't seal companions right away when taming them.
> Sealed companions can be traded with other players or through the auction house.
(However, trading/selling the sealed companions is not possible yet, there will be an update later on that will enable this.)
> The prices of the stored companions are fixed and shown on the sealed pet/mount.
You can not change the prices on companions, it is calculated according to pet level, grade and skills.
<If you have taken good care of your companion it might worth a lot, seal it and sell it >
- Training level has been added
> Each time you try to tame companions, you acquire trainer experience and
if taming is successful, more trainer experience will be gained.
> Training levels are ranked as following: Trainee > Beginner > Skilled > Professional > Master
> The higher level your training is, the more benefits you get such as:
- Increase the chances of special taming
- Decrease difficulty on companions to be tamed
- Increase the number of possible upgrades on companions and have more companion storage space. (You start off with 40 and can get up to 200 slots)
<You can get a lot of benefits if you raise your training levels >
- Companion costumes have been added
> You can now disguise your summoned mount/pet with a different companion's appearance.
> You can equip costumes on your character profile, one slot for each type of companion: Ground mount, Flying mount and Pet.
- Companion drops have been added
> Instance dungeons have been changed, you can no longer tame companions in there.
> Instead of taming, you can acquire the companions as lootable items with variable chances to drop.
- Before you tame a monster, you will see an icon that tells you in advance what type of companion you will get.
> When targeting a monster, you can check its type on the left of the monster's health bar at the top.
- Advanced Anima fragments crafting have been added
> If the attempt to shape Anima fails, you will acquire anima fragments.
> Players with Enchanting profession can craft companions using 10 pieces of anima fragments.
[ Lumena Shop Changes ]
- Items removed:
> Restorer x100
- Added New Items to the shop:
> Companion related items have been added to the Lumena Shop
Items related to customizing companions
- Royal Alchemist Costume (Flying mount)
- Ducky(?) Costume (Ground mount)
- Sunflower Costume (Pet)
Items related to leveling up companions added
- Low Growth Elixir
- Intermediate Growth Elixir
- Advanced Growth Elixir
Items related to grading companions added
- High Potential Blessing Powder
- Rare Potential Blessing Powder
- Heroic Potential Blessing Powder
Auxilary items related to upgrading/grading companions added
- Small Upgrade Stone
- Intermediate Upgrade Stone
- Advanced Upgrade Stone
Items related to changing skills on companions added
- Rare Grade Skill Change Scroll
- Heroic Grade Skill Change Scroll
- Legendary Grade Skill Change Scroll
Items related to sealing companions added
- High-grade Sealing Box
- Rare Grade Sealing Box (Mount)
- Heroic Grade Sealing Box (Mount)
- Legendary Grade Sealing Box (Mount)
- Advanced Sealing Box (Pet)
- Rare Grade Sealing Box (Pet)
- Heroic Grade Sealing Box (Pet)
- Legendary Grade Sealing Box (Pet)
- Newly added items will be sold for 1 lumena for smooth testing.
[ Bug fixes ]
- Fixed an issue with the companion window where the companion was shown outside of the window.
- Some issues regarding Enchant profession were fixed.
- Fixed an issue where the 'Cancel Changes' button did not work in the Skill Information window.
- Fixed an issue that the 'Save' button was active even when there were no changes in the Skill Information window.
- Fixed an issue where the skill in the 9th slot couldn't be used.
- Fixed an issue where the registered skill was not changed when dragging and dropping another skill in the slot.
- Fixed an issue where players could register the same skills onto more slots.
- Fixed an issue where skill points remaining after clicking the Change button after acquiring new skills from the Skill Information window were not reduced normally.
- Fixed an issue that did not show the skill description when hovering over the skill in the usable slots on Skill Information window.
- Fixed an issue where there was no notification of the changes being lost when closing the window with K or ESC keys.
Source: link
