Patch 7.04

The Age of Revolution patch logo.

Evolution: The Beginning Korean patch logo.

Patch 7.04, titled The Age of Revolution (or Evolution: The Beginning in Korea), is a game patch released on February 18th, 2009.

Documented changes

New hero classes

Musician

• The Musician, armed with a guitar and light armor, can play music to strike two enemies in a line.
• The Musician's Ravaging Melody skill helps players' attack by decreasing enemies' attack power, defense and health.

Maniac

• The power saw-wielding Maniac can attack enemies in a row.
• The Maniac's Storm Blast skill causes severe damage and lowers enemies' might.
• The Maniac can only be created after another hero class has reached character level 100.

New mercenary

Elementalist

• The Elementalist is a new grade B mercenary, and when upgraded becomes Pocahontas.
• The Elementalist can be recruited from [Wise Orenda] near the Eternal Ravine in North America. Players must be at least character level 100 to take on this quest chain.

Mercenary lease system

• Players can now lease up to two mercenaries for free leagues, from [Proximo] in Rome, near the Plaza fountain.
• When leasing mercenaries, can give them all skills for a set fee.

New hero skills

Sword

Chaos Edge − Damages an enemy with a blade of darkness; enemies who are affected by Brutal Will or Seth's Will take additional damage.

Axe

Warrior's Rage − Overpowers enemies in a burst of rage.

Spear

Flame Spear − Cause severe damage in a cross pattern.

Cannon

Devastation Shell − Devastates enemy formations with a deadly cannonball.

Gun

Scorching Bullets − Burns enemies with scorching bullets; enemies who are affected by Deep Insight or Smoke Bomb take additional damage.

Bow

Arrow Cascade − Strikes enemies with a volley of arrows.

Staff

Flame Blow − Burns enemies with a scorching flame.

Equipment exchange

• [Wild Cat] in Rome will exchange grade ten equipment of level 70 or higher for higher level equipment of grade seven or higher.
• A Oriharukon enhance stone is required for the exchange.

New quest chains

Jiuzhaigou Ghost Town

• A new dungeon for the main quest chain, Jiuzhaigou Ghost Town has been added for heroes of at least character level 115.
• To begin the quest chain, players must go to [Wuma] near Chang An.

Lijiang Women's Village

• This main quest chain for heroes of at least character level 108 starts with [Cheng-Lin] located southwest of Central Asia.

Sea of Clouds Tower

• This hero upgrade quest chain for heroes of at least character level 100 has been added so that players' heroes can learn a hero-only skill.
• This quest chain can be obtained through NPC Monk Dingxian.

Human Heritage I

• This side quest for heroes of at least character level 65 in the Valley of the Kings is to help the [Dispatcher Francis], located near Cairo.

Additional quest chains

• Sima Quan's Greeting quest chain has been added for heroos of at least character level 20. This quest chain must be completed to advance past character level 20.
• [Chu Lian] and [Tai Hua Gong] quest chains have been added.
• [Dispatcher Hughes] quests have been added.
• Lost Saqqaq Tribe has been added for character level 98 and higher heroes.
• The title of Terminator has been added from [Thalia].
• [Mystery Acong] has been added in front of Rome.
• Smoked Salmon (from the item mall) is used to exchange various items from [Mystery Acong]. Heroes of at least character level 70 can exchange Smoked Salmon only once.

New Dungeons

Alcatraz Prison

• Alcatraz Prison is a seven character nation dungeon located near Vancouver and is now available to anyone with the [Key of Alcatraz]. The King who controls Vancouver will receive the key in their mailbox.
• The rewards for this dungeon include the [Prison Officer's Safe], from which the rare [Officer's Shotgun] can be obtained.

Valley of Oblivion

• Valley of Oblivion is a guild dungeon in North America and can be activated with a [Cube of Amnesia], which can be purchased from [Pointry] with guild points.
• The rewards for this dungeon include the [Evil Protector's Box], from which Elementalist quest items and the rare [Storm Bringer] can be obtained.
• To enter the Eternal Ravine, players must first obtain the [Cube Shard] from the monsters in the Room of Cubes sub-dungeon in the Valley of Oblivion.

Sealed Tower of Darkness

• Sealed Tower of Darkness is an individual dungeon for heroes of at least character level 101 and must be activated with the [Sealed Black Key], obtained from [Pointry] with battle points.
• The dungeon is connected to other dungeons, so when players kill a boss, they can obtain a key for another dungeon.
• The rewards include [Nosferatu's Equipment Box].

Birthday system

• A hero's birthday can be found in My Info -> Character -> D.O.B.
• A birthday notice mail will be sent 15 days, seven days and one day before, as well as on the day of a hero's birthday.
• [Birthday Acong] near Bordeaux will give players a [Gift Box] on the day before and on the day of the hero's birthday.
• All characters including the hero and mercenaries will automatically level up to the next character level on the hero's birthday.

Player versus player

• All monetary rewards have been doubled.
• Lower division experience book rewards have been increased.
• The reward for participating in a weekly championship has been increased to [Atlantis Silver Coin]×1.
• Rewards for observers have been added.
• Turn time limit has been reduced from 30 seconds to 25 seconds.

Community

• Nations can now gain experience points to level up.
• Only nations above level five may use King's Judgment.
• Nations now have a nation warehouse. Storage size will depend on the nation level. The warehouse can be accessed from [Caesar].
• Guild and town quests now yield more experience and guild points. New types of quest have been added.
• Manager's scrolls can be used up to five times in a day.
• When a hero below character level 30 sends mail, they will expend 50% will. This does not apply to friend/guild/mentor/referrer mails.
• View your referrals from a new menu accessible via Community -> Referrer.
• When a friend levels up beyond character level 50, players will gain additional experience for up to an hour (previously it was ten minutes).
• Referrals will no longer give points upon referee registration; points are given one the referee reaches character level 30.

Crafting

• New medicines can now be crafted − [Alchemist's Stone], [Origin of Darkness] and [Jiuyodian].
• A new tool, [Enriched Adamantium Ingot], can now be crafted.
• Skill books for the Maniac's and Musician's magic skills can now be crafted.

Items

• Level 113 equipment, Phoenix's equipment, has been added.
• Players will now receive a message with how many boxes they can open for the remainder of the day after every ten box uses. Note that trading a book with [Goncourt] counts as a box use.
• Licenses and skill books have been deleted from the [Mercenary's Wooden Box], [Mercenary's Bronze Box] and [Mercenary's Steel Box].
• The items that guard towers and generators in guild and nation dungeons has been modified to match the mini boss items in that dungeon.
• Debuff books from guild and nation dungeons including Tower of Babel, Ghost Ship of the Caribbean, and Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huangdi have had their expiration times removed.
• The [Immortal Heart] requirement for the Dark Archer quest has been reduced.
• Scroll of confusion has had its casting time increased to 3 turns.
• Heroes must be at lest character level 20 to use [De Mere]'s equipment box roulette.
• A maximum of 50,000 elements can be obtained when dismantling equipment.
• Players can now receive [Flame Element]s instead of [Sea Element]s when dismantling Depraved equipment.
• Quest items now have a Q mark on their icon.

Monsters

• [Disguised Tlaltecuhtli]'s skill has been changed from Magic Defense to Resurrect.
• [Bewitching Succubus Queen]'s skill has been changed: Temptation seduces enemies to stop attacking.
• [Davy Jones' True Form] and [Incarnation of Davy Jones] have been changed to have their attack based on the number of monsters surrounding them.
• Yggdrasil 2F monsters' basic attack has increased.
• [Yggdrasil Seal] and [Yggdrasil Red Seal]'s critical attack has increased.
• [Sedna]'s maximum health points and magic defense have been decreased while her basic attack has increased.
• [Giustiniani]'s skill has been changed and his maximum health points have been decreased.
• Marksburg Castle's Great Sorceress' skill has been changed.

Interface

• The mercenary room has been increased from ten slots to a maximum of 20.
• The extended material bag limit has been increased to hold four rows instead of two, and the interface has been adjusted.
• [Blessing Potion]s and [Auto-Search License]s can be turned on and off by going to My Info -> Character > Effect and toggling Effect Status. However, the duration time will keep running.
• Players can now turn passive magic on or off by going to My Info > Skills > Magic.

World environment

• Vancouver has been added to North America.
• New York and Vancouver are now up for bidding.
• New battle maps have been added in the southern area of Northeast Asia and Valley of Oblivion near North America.
• Rome now has a library located near the gate, where [Shakespeare] stays.
• Plaza of the Dead, Frozen Adlivun, Terrace of Light, and Terrace of Darkness maps have been improved.
• Central Asia outdoors has been updated.

Mount Book

• The mount book is accessible through Game Info -> Mount Book.
• Mounts can now be stored in the mount book, just like the warehouse.
• There is a service fee of 100,000 gold per mount stored.
• Storing mounts will generate collection points every day.
• Players can use collection points to purchase items from [Pointry].

General changes and bug fixes

• Three new hair styles have been added: long wave, afro and rasta.
• Players can now send mail in bulk to their nation, guild, and friends for a fixed price (500,000 for nations, 100,000 for guilds, and 50,000 for friends).
• The launcher has been updated.
• Betting limits have been increased by five times.
• The number of items a player can sell in the market increases when the hero reaches character level 90, and every ten levels thereafter.
• Players can now choose to hide their weapon.
• The challenge button will no longer flash while in combat.
• My store categories are now alphabetized.
• The experience obtained window while in a party has been modified.
• Quiz room management is now implemented.
• The trading post system has been added: each town's trading post now buys and sells regional products. Prices will fluctuate based on the availability of products. Players must buy the [Trade Permission] item from the market for a fixed price before they can buy and sell regional products.

Undocumented changes

• Game engine updated to significantly improve performance, particularly during extended play.
• Melee mercenary damage in free league reduced significantly.
• Character model for [Maximus] changed to the model for new NPC [Proximo].
• New character model for [Mehmed II].

Bugs

• Nations can acquire experience but cannot gain any nation levels.
• Some players cannot craft helmets any more. Experience is retained, but the skill is unlearned and cannot be relearned.

External links

• Notes On Patch Update of Feb. 18 − Official patch documentation.
• The Age of Revolution − Official patch multimedia presentation.
• January 29, Atlantica Patch Notes − Official patch documentation (Korean).
• Evolution: The Beginning − Official patch multimedia presentation (Korean).