Thread: [patch1.20] Patch 1.20 Notes

* The feature originally intended for patch 1.20 that enables purchases to be made directly from the item search interface was released on December 19, 2011. It is now possible to make purchases from market entrances and Grand Company headquarters. With the release of patch 1.20a, we plan to make direct purchases possible from anywhere within market dens, rows, and wards.

Event

• [dev1001][dev1002] The following sidequest has been added:
  
  

  Quest	NPC	Location
  A Feast of Fools	Louisoix	Gridania (6,2)

• [dev1003] New Grand Company quests have been added.
  
  

  Quest	NPC	Location
  Alive	Guincum	Limsa Lominsa, Maelstrom Command (1,1)
  The Weakest Link	Guincum	Limsa Lominsa, Maelstrom Command (1,1)
  Two Vans are Better than One	Fulke	Gridania, Adders' Nest (1,1)
  You Don't Have the Rite	Fulke	Gridania, Adders' Nest (1,1)
  Like Father, Like Son	Aubrey	Ul'dah, Hall of Flames (1,1)
  Gore a Lizard, Hurry	Aubrey	Ul'dah, Hall of Flames (1,1)

• [dev1220] New Grand Company ranks have been unlocked.
  
  Players will be able to rise to the ranks listed below. Your company seal cap will increase according to seniority.
  
  

  Commission	Maelstrom		Order of the Twin Adder		Immortal Flames		Seal Cap
  	Rank	Insignia	Rank	Insignia	Rank	Insignia
  Enlistee	Storm Private Second Class		Serpent Private Second Class		Flame Private Second Class		15,000
  	Storm Private First Class		Serpent Private First Class		Flame Private First Class		20,000
  	Storm Corporal		Serpent Corporal		Flame Corporal		25,000
  Petty Officer	Storm Sergeant Third Class		Serpent Sergeant Third Class		Flame Sergeant Third Class		30,000

  ≪Promotions≫
  Promotions are earned by submitting an amount in seals to your Grand Company as a token of your contribution. Players wishing to apply for a promotion may do so by speaking with one of the NPCs below.
  
  

  Grand Company	NPC	Location
  Maelstrom	Guincum	Limsa Lominsa, Maelstrom Command (1,1)
  Order of the Twin Adder	Fulke	Gridania, Adders' Nest (1,1)
  Immortal Flames	Aubrey	Ul'dah, Hall of Flames (1,1)

  The amount of company seals required for each promotion is as follows:
  • Private Third Class → Private Second Class (1,000 seals)
  • Private Second Class → Private First Class (1,500 seals)
  • Private First Class → Corporal (2,000 seals)
  • Corporal → Sergeant Third Class (2,500 seals)
  Please note that the promotion from Corporal to Sergeant Third Class also requires the completion of the following Grand Company quests.
  
  

  Grand Company	Quest
  Maelstrom	The Weakest Link
  Order of the Twin Adder	You Don’t Have the Rite
  Immortal Flames	Gore a Lizard, Hurry

• [dev1217] The following changes have been made to Grand Company leves.
  • Level 30 and 40 levequests will be added for those of petty officer commission or above.
    * These levequests may be offered to those who fulfill the above rank requirement.
    
    
  • The amount of seals issued upon leve completion has been adjusted.
    
    

    Level	Base Reward	Maximum Reward
    30	40	70
    40	90	120

  • The difficulty of levequests, particularly those requiring the player to escort NPCs, has been adjusted.
• [dev1211] A new primal battle has been added that pits adventurers against Good King Moggle Mog XII.

  Players who have completed the proper introductory quest will be granted access to an instanced area known as Thornmarch, where they can engage in an epic battle with the moogle king and his minions. Triumphant adventurers will be rewarded with rich spoils.

  
  
  

  	Thornmarch
  Class & Level Requirements	Disciples of War & Magic, Level 45 or above
  Required Party Size	8 Members
  Time Limit	30 minutes
  Wait Until Retry (Success)	15 minutes
  Wait Until Retry (Failure)	5 minutes
  Quest Name	A Feast of Fools
  Quest Requirements	Complete “It Kills with Fire”

  * "A Feast of Fools" is a repeatable quest.
  * Until the reward is accepted, players may freely reattempt the battle for "A Feast of Fools" without having the quest reissued.
  
  ≪Treasure Chest Eligibility≫

  Only players who possess the five keystone quest items (bloom, bud, bough, leaf, and trunk) will be eligible for the contents of the treasure chest that appears upon defeating the malevolent moogles. These items, however, are not a prerequisite for participating in the battle.

• [dev1214] The inferno totem item has been added to the rewards for “Bowl of Embers (Hard),” a set amount of which can be exchanged for an Ifrit Weapon of your choice.
  
  
  
  
  Upon obtainment, inferno totems will first be placed in your loot list rather than the inventory. This allows you to relinquish the item to another player, even though it is untradeable.
  
  * The inferno totem will appear only for players who possess the inferno lamp key item.
  
  Once you have obtained a sufficient amount of inferno totems, you may exchange them for an Ifrit Weapon of your choice by speaking to the NPC Rowena, in the Ul’dah Merchant Strip (5,4).
  
  
  
  
  The kupo nut charm item will be obtainable from the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle, and works in the same manner as the totem.
  
  
• [dev1223][dev1224] Supply and provisioning missions have been changed as follows:
  • The range of deliverable items has been expanded.
  • The reward has been increased by 50%.
  • The delivery of HQ items will earn you a 50% reward premium.
    * No distinction is made between +1, +2, and +3 items.
  • It is now possible to make deliveries via the inventory interface.
  • Stackable items can be delivered in bulk.
    * Non-stackable items, however, can only be delivered one by one.
    
    
    
• [dev1231] The quests listed below have undergone changes.
  • Completion of the following quests will now earn you additional rewards:

    Trading Tongueflaps / Hearing Confession / Letting Out Orion's Belt / Best Flower Ever / In the Name of Science / Spores on the Brain / Quid Pro Quo / Scrubbing the Soul / Winds of Change / Risky Business / Stone Deaf / Food for Thought / Seashells by the Seashore / The House Always Wins / All Bark and No Bite / Bloody Baptism / Filling the Quiver / A Wailing Welcome / The Big Payback / Dendrological Duties / The Mouths of Babes / An Ear for Quality / She Walks in Beauty / The Silent Partners / Hoodwinked / Sleep, Cousin of Death / Showdown / A Piece of History / Gridanian Roots / To Fight a Fishback

  • The following quests will now yield EXP instead of guild marks upon completion.

    The House Always Wins / All Bark and No Bite / Bloody Baptism / Filling the Quiver / A Wailing Welcome / The Big Payback / Dendrological Duties / The Mouths of Babes / An Ear for Quality / She Walks in Beauty / The Silent Partners / Hoodwinked / Sleep, Cousin of Death / Showdown / A Piece of History /Gridanian Roots / To Fight a Fishback / Two-man Crew / Captain's Orders / Mystery of the Gastronome Gone Home / Something in the Soup / Song of the Sirens / The Sound of Silence / The Beast of the Barrel / Polishing the Mast / Culture Shock / Necessary Evils / The Foreboding Forest / There Can Be Only One / Good Knight, Sweet Dreams / The Call of Nature / Designer Imposters / Head of the Class / Hide and Seek Shenanigans / Spanning the Spectrum / The Grass is Always Greener / A Moogle Bouquet / Unalienable Rights / Thrill of the Fight / Here There Be Pirates / Two Sides to Every Chip / Revelry in Rivalry / Law and the Order / F'lhaminn's Flower / Struck Through the Heart / The Boy and the Dragon Gay / Dream On, Dream Away / Dance the Night Away / A Fruitful Murder / Little Saboteurs / Runaway Little Girl
    * Added on 12/19/2011 at 3:15 (PST) / 11:15 (GMT)

  • The following quests will now yield different rewards upon completion:

    The Tug of the Whorl / Seeing the Seers / A Call to Arms / Of Archons and Muses / Cutthroat Prices / A Slippery Stone / What a Pirate Wants / Call of Booty / Secrets Unearthed / Sour Grapes / A Bitter Oil to Swallow / Moonstruck / The Unheard Horizon

  • In accordance with class changes, Rage of Halone is now learned by reaching a certain level rather than by completion of the “Thrill of the Fight” quest.
    
    
  • The synthesis recipes for quest items have been changed.
    
    

    Item	Before			After
    	Material			Material
    Naldiq Gramophone Case	Bronze Ingot Bronze Nugget	1 2	→	Bronze Ingot	2
    Naldiq Trembler	Bronze Nugget	3	→	Bronze Ingot	3
    Naldiq Coil	Bronze Nugget	2	→	Iron Ingot	2
    Naldiq Horn	Iron Ingot Iron Nugget	2 1	→	Iron Ingot	3
    Vymelli Gramophone Case	Copper Plate Copper Rivets	2 1	→	Bronze Plate Bronze Rivets	1 1
    Vymelli Trembler	Copper Square	3	→	Bronze Plate	2
    Vymelli Coil	Bronze Wire	2	→	Iron Ingot	2
    Repaired Wailer Armor	Damaged Wailer Armor Buffalo Leather Strap Buffalo Leather Spetch	1 1 1	→	Damaged Wailer Armor Aldgoat Leather	1 1
    Fen-Yll Signature Shoes	Wolf Leather Wolf Leather Strap Brass Buckle	1 1 1	→	Toad Leather Brass Ingot	1 1
    Vintage Fen-Yll Boots	Damaged Fen-Yll Boots Buffalo Leather Marmot Fur	1 1 1	→	Damaged Fen-Yll Boots Boar Leather	1 1
    Brass Earplug Mold	Admiral Alloy Brass Nugget	1 2	→	Sound-proofing Rubber Bronze Ingot	1 2
    Brass Earplug Casing	Sound-proofing Rubber Brass Square	1 2	→	Admiral Alloy Brass Square	1 1
    Red Riding Hood	Ripped Riding Hood Mesa-red Cotton Cloth Cotton Yarn	1 1 1	→	Ripped Riding Hood Undyed Cotton Cloth All-purpose Red Dye Cotton Yarn	1 1 1 1
    Luxurious Gloves	Thanalan Spider Silk Raven-black Velveteen Cotton Yarn	1 1 1	→	Thanalan Spider Silk Undyed Velveteen Cotton Yarn	1 1 1

• [dev1218] The following changes have been made to guildleves:
  • Based on a review of guildleve difficulty, the following attributes of monsters appearing in groups have been adjusted:

    Attack Power / Delay / Defense

  • In order to maximize EXP gain, players may now elect to undertake levequests at ten levels above that recommended as opposed to the previous +9.
  • There is now a greater likelihood that gear will appear among the rewards for lower level guildleves.
  • The amount of EXP awarded by faction leves has been greatly increased.
  • Guild marks are no longer awarded for completing guildleves.
  • The recommended level for the “Hanging by a Thread” local levequest requiring you to deliver linen yarn has been lowered from 35 to 30.
• [dev1219] The following changes have been made to behest:
  • The following attributes of monsters appearing in parties have been adjusted:

    Attack Power / Delay / Defense

  • In order to maximize EXP gain, players may now elect to undertake behests at ten levels above that recommended as opposed to the previous +9.
• [dev1226] Players who possess a chocobo whistle can now travel instantaneously from the chocobo stables to outside the city on chocoback by speaking with one of the stablemaster NPCs below.
  * This service is available in all city-states regardless of your Grand Company allegiance.
  • Isleen: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (7,5)
  • Fruhdhem: Gridania (6,5)
  • Rururaji: Ul’dah Merchant Strip (6,3)
• [dev1225] Rental chocobos are now available at the ferry docks in western Thanalan.
  
  
  
  
  
• [dev1215] The following additions and changes have been made to caravan security missions.
  • The time limit is reduced from 20 to 15 minutes.
  • Start location and route have been adjusted.
  • The mission may be abandoned by speaking to the issuing NPC.
  • Players have the option to teleport back to the issuing NPC upon fulfilling mission objectives.
  • The names of enemies have been changed.
  • The number and level of enemies have been adjusted.
• [dev1215] Missions have been added for higher level adventurers.
  
  

  Company	Aetheryte	NPC
  Maelstrom	Camp Skull Valley	Larille
  Order of the Twin Adder	Treespeak	Brenaile
  Flames	Camp Drybone	Hanette

  ≪Details≫
  
  

  Class and Level Recommendation	Disciples of War & Magic, Level 45–50
  Recommended Participants	4–8
  Frequency	Once every 15 minutes
  Participant Cap	Up to 8
  Prerequisites	Official enlistment in a Grand Company. * Players cannot escort the caravans of other Grand Companies.

  * Basic rules are the same as for low-level caravan escorts.
  
  ≪Reward≫
  Rewards are calculated by the number of cargo packs remaining when the caravan reaches its final destination. Players may be given the chance to undertake more challenging caravan security missions that award 50% to 100% more company seals.
  
  

  Cargo Packs Delivered	0–2	3-5	6-8	9	Failure
  Low Level	15	25	35	50	8 Gysahl Greens
  High Level	50	75	100	150	12 Gysahl Greens

• [dev1000] The following revisions have been made to the opening tutorials:
  • The weaponskill used in the tutorial has been changed.
  • The explanation on active and passive modes has been removed from the Disciple of Magic tutorial.
  • The tutorial pertaining to the hiring of retainers has been revised.