May 12, 2025 (JST) Version Update

[Tyratunn]

• The following additions and changes have been made to Besieged.
  
  • The new Morale Gauge has been added to help in Al Zahbi's defense.
    
    
    
    • What is the Morale Gauge?

      The Morale Gauge is a visual representation of the morale for the Five Serpent Generals and other allied NPCs. It increases or decreases based on their performance, as well as that of other players.

      Note: The starting value for the gauge is based on the current Al Zahbi defense value and the number of prisoners.

      • Drive back the beastman hordes and boost the morale of the Five Serpent Generals!
        
        
        The easiest way to increase the Morale Gauge (the morale of the Five Serpent Generals) is to defeat as many of the beastmen that are attacking Al Zahbi as possible. The Five Serpent Generals' morale will rise based on your performance, and once the Morale Gauge exceeds half full, they will provide special support to those adventurers they know they can depend on!
      • Five Serpent Generals' support effects & conditions

        You can receive these support effects (*1) when near the corresponding Five Serpent General.

        Character name	Support effect	Prerequisite
        Skyserpent General Rughadjeen	Reduces damage taken Regen Defense Increases resistance to all status ailments	Ode to the Serpents
        Galeserpent General Najelith	Ranged Attack Ranged Accuracy Evasion Boosts Critical Hit	When the Bow Breaks
        Stoneserpent General Zazarg	Attack Accuracy Boosts Weapon Skill Damage Boosts Physical Damage Limit	Fist of the People
        Waterserpent General Mihli Aliapoh	Regen Magic Evasion Magic Defense Reduces "weakened" status duration (*) * This support effect only occurs if it is granted before being knocked out.	Soothing Waters
        Flameserpent General Gadalar	Magic Attack Magic Accuracy Refresh Magic Critical Hit	Embers of His Past

        
        *1 You will receive all of the support effects from the Five Serpent Generals that are participating in Besieged.
        
        *1 The support effects received will depend on your progression status in the prerequisite quests.

        For example, if you have completed the Ode to the Serpents, When the Bow Breaks, and Fist of the People quests...

        *1 The effects are given both to players and pets (excluding Luopans).
        
        • A special icon is displayed when receiving support effects from the Five Serpent Generals.
          
          

          Icon	Effect name	Description
          	Serpent's Guile	Status when receiving support due to your bond with the Five Serpent Generals.

        
        
        • The higher the Five Serpent Generals' morale, the more powerful their support effects are!
          
          

          The effects get stronger as the gauge increases, and once it is full, you will also receive the following special bonus effects.
          

          * Once the Morale Gauge is full, it will begin to deplete after a certain period of time has elapsed.
          * The strength of these special bonus effects changes depending on the battle situation.

          Target	Bonus effect
          Five Serpent Generals	Boosts specified weapon skill damage Gives Regain/Regen Gives Regain/Regen
          Player and pet（※2）	Gives Regain
          Allied NPC	Gives Regain/Regen

          *2 The effects are given both to players and pets (excluding Luopans).

  • The Five Serpent Generals and allied NPCs have trained in order to exceed their usual limits, and can become even stronger depending on how many consecutive defenses have occurred. Their weapon skills become more powerful, and they have also learned certain abilities.
    
    
  • The amount of experience points earned for completing Besieged has been increased.
    
    
  • The behavior of the invading monsters has been adjusted.
    
    
  • Level 11 beastmen have been added.

    As such, the Besieged-related monsters that appear in the following areas are now even more powerful.

    Mamook / Halvung / Arrapago Reef

    * The strength of each monster changes based on their level and your number of consecutive defenses.
    * The attacking monsters will feature a content level of 109.

    

• Ambuscade has undergone the following additions and adjustments.
  • The foes have been swapped out.

    * As such, the corresponding Records of Eminence objectives have changed.

    

• The number of times you need to activate a weapon skill in order to learn it has been reduced for the following quests.

  The Walls of Your Mind / Cloak and Dagger / Old Wounds / Inheritance / Axe the Competition /
  The Weight of Your Limits / Souls in Shadow / Methods Create Madness / Bugi Soden / The Potential Within /
  Orastery Woes / Blood and Glory / From Saplings Grow / Shoot First, Ask Questions Later /
  Unlocking a Myth / Rune Fencing the Night Away / Geomancerrific

• The number of times you need to activate a weapon skill in order to unlock the latent ability of the following weapons has been reduced.

  Destroyers / Heart Snatcher / Dissector / Subduer / Retributor /
  Rampager / Gravedigger / Gondo-Shizunori / Senjuinrikio / Michishiba /
  Morgenstern / Thyrsusstab / Expunger / Coffinmaker