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A running history of what's changed on MaeloRO, condensed from the official Discord announcements. Newest first.

September 2, 2026
  • A new Homunculus AI is available for testing. It replaces the stock behaviour with proper tactics: it picks and casts attack skills, keeps its buffs up on its own, chases and disengages on its own judgement, and can be tuned per player through its configuration file.
  • Switch it on and off in game with /hoai. The command toggles between the default AI and the new one, so you can compare them on the same homunculus without logging out.
  • You must clear your browser's site data before it will load — a normal refresh, even Ctrl+F5, is not enough. The client keeps AI scripts in its own storage and reads them from there before it ever asks the server, so the old files survive a hard refresh.
  • If your homunculus casts nothing, check its skills first. A homunculus earns 1 skill point every 3 levels, and those points have to be spent by hand in the homunculus skill window. No AI can cast a skill that was never learned — this is the most common cause by far, and it is not a bug.
  • This is still in testing. If it misbehaves, please report it in #bugs-suggestions with your homunculus type and whether it is evolved or S — those change which skills exist, and without them a report cannot be reproduced.
August 31, 2026
  • The Emperium is now called “Emperium of Morocc.”
  • Two banners now stand on the battlefield, one on each side of the Emperium. They fly the emblem of the guild that currently holds Morocc and carry its name, so you can see who rules the moment you arrive.
  • You can now proclaim your victory from the battlefield itself. The holding guild could already pay at the Izlude flag to announce it server-wide; the two new banners offer the same thing, at the same price. The cooldown is shared between all three, so switching between them will not get you an extra announcement.
August 30, 2026
  • MVP Vouchers are live. Every MVP now drops them for whoever lands the killing blow — 5 as a base, plus 1 more for every 25 levels of the MVP, capped at 60 per account per day. Spend them at the MVP Voucher Trader in the Turbo Track waiting room. Until now that NPC traded for a currency that did not exist anywhere on the server, so nobody could buy from it.
  • Kaho crafting fixed. Patry in Eclage was refusing materials you actually had in your bag. She asked for an internal item that could not be obtained, while the one you can buy shows the exact same name on screen — there was no way to tell from the outside.
  • The Hunting Board no longer eats your reward. Turning in a hunt with a full inventory used to destroy the TCG Cards and close the quest anyway. It now checks for space first and keeps your hunt complete until you have room.
  • Battle for Morocc got three changes: the guild that loses the site is now told the moment it happens, so anyone online can rally; the guild holding it can pay 10,000z at the Izlude flag to proclaim it server-wide; and breaking your own Emperium no longer counts as a conquest — it returns at full health, so damage can no longer be banked to deny the site to a rival.
  • Guild permissions fixed. Guild masters could not tick the invite permission on any position — the checkbox reverted before OK could be pressed, and expel and the emblem editor were missing too. Every guild was affected, not only the ones that reported it.
  • Alternative appearances no longer show pink patches. Characters using the Job Appearance NPC with a custom clothes colour had areas render in bright magenta.
Latest
  • Cash Shop Mirror — preview Cash Shop items before buying.
  • Training Dummy added to test damage and builds.
  • New Shopping Area for easier buying/selling.
  • Bubble Gum now purchasable with Activity Tokens.
  • Premium Storage — 600 extra storage slots.
  • Gym Pass and Skill Copyist added.
August 17, 2026
  • Illusion Enchanter (Prontera 90, 115) now warns you first. This NPC does not preserve bonus lines (random options) or enchant grade, and it clears card slots 2 and 3. That was always the case but it never told you — it now shows a warning before you confirm. Read it carefully.
  • Job Master: Super Novice → Expanded Super Novice fixed. The change was gated behind a rebirth requirement, but a Super Novice can never rebirth, so the option was unreachable and did nothing. Third classes keep their rebirth requirement.
  • Old Glast Heim (Hard) now states its requirement immediately instead of burying it two dialogue pages deep. You must finish the original Old Glast Heim story — the quest Time Conqueror — before Hard mode opens.
  • Last Fallen Warrior: teleporting is now disabled on the event map. Players could Fly Wing onto a cell monsters couldn't reach and outlast everyone. Entry to the event is unaffected.
  • Activity Tokens and vending. Keeping a shop open no longer costs you your token — if you are online with a vending shop or a buying store up, you earn tokens normally. @autotrade still earns no tokens, by design: the token rewards being present, and @autotrade logs you out. Nothing is lost while a shop is up, since the hourly timer does not reset.
  • Thanatos / Devil Tower saying you already ran it? You are not locked out — the expedition was never closed. Talk to Shep and choose "Cancel my reservation" to clear the flag and enter again. This happens if you log out, disconnect, or leave without reporting back to him.
August 5, 2026
  • Rebuilt the client's skill animation system — 301 previously silent skills now animate (overall coverage went from 45% → 75%).
  • Fully animated: Dragon Knight, Imperial Guard, Shadow Cross, Night Watch, Soul Ascetic, Spirit Handler, Hyper Novice.
  • Near-complete: Arch Mage/Inquisitor (94%), Cardinal/Sky Emperor (93%), Troubadour-Trouvere (87%), Abyss Chaser (86%), Windhawk (83%).
  • 246 skills still lack animation (mostly 1st/2nd job — Kagerou/Oboro, Soul Reaper, Mechanic, Sorcerer most affected); 42 ground-target indicators still pending.
August 2, 2026
  • New Discord Server Booster reward: boosting the MaeloRO Discord server grants an automatic 2x Base EXP + 2x Job EXP buff for as long as your boost stays active.
  • Activate it by linking your Discord account from User Options → Link Discord. One Discord account per game account; once linked, it's locked to that account for 30 days.
August 1, 2026
  • Old Wise Woman (Card Remover) now offers a safe removal option — no risk to card or gear, costs 2x the standard price.
  • New Illusion Trader NPC added.
July 31, 2026 Beta — next restart
  • Tomb of Remorse — new instance with unique bosses, exclusive quests, and rare drops (Sakray Card).
  • Biosphere Abyss Depth — elemental research instance (Fire/Water/Earth/Wind/Poison/Soul/Death/Holy) with repeatable missions and EXP rewards.
  • Old Glast Heim — Hard Mode — tougher version with an exclusive merchant and better loot.
  • Thanatos Tower — multi-floor instance with a dedicated barter shop and quests.
  • Episode CH1 content — including Dark Whisper and Zero Cell Extension.
July 30, 2026
  • Beaker added to the Alchemist Item Dealer.
  • New HD Material Trader: 10 Bradium + 50,000 Zeny → 1 HD Bradium, and 10 Carnium + 50,000 Zeny → 1 HD Carnium.
  • Reset Girl now offers Trait Stat Reset.
July 29, 2026
  • Last day of the compensation 2x EXP event — from now on, 2x EXP applies automatically on weekends only again.
  • New job: Soul Reaper, available via the Job Changer NPC.
July 26, 2026
  • Fixed Mystery Pet Egg Boxes not granting pet eggs.
July 25, 2026
  • Following a significant attack on the server, migrated the server infrastructure from Windows to Linux for better security and stability — a change that was already planned and got moved up.
  • Compensation event: a special NPC in Prontera granted a 2x EXP buff, Monday through Wednesday.
  • Announced the upcoming Unholy Path Dungeon (Izlude) — unique bosses dropping exclusive custom status items.
  • Community reminder: please ignore advertising/spam from other server communities, and don't advertise MaeloRO elsewhere either — mutual respect between RO communities.
July 19, 2026
  • Forum redesigned to match the main site's look, and registration simplified.
July 10, 2026
  • Hosting issue fully resolved — server back online and operating normally after several hours of maintenance.
July 9, 2026
  • Unscheduled maintenance due to a hosting provider interruption — all server data safe, estimated a few hours downtime.
July 4, 2026
  • New custom Dark Portal boss: Choco Master (Level 255, high HP/DEF, custom skills including Asura Strike) — first of a planned series of high-tier bosses.
  • Party Share Level range increased from 15 to 30.
  • Guild Storage capacity increased.
  • Chat channels reorganized: #global renamed to #main with auto-join; #trade and #map also auto-join now.
  • Dark Portal Event final-blow player now also gets a Vanilla Costume Box + Mystery Pet Egg Box.
June 28, 2026
  • Hunting Boards: you can now abandon an active hunt and pick a new one the same day (confirmation prompt added; abandoning loses all progress).
  • Fixed Safe Armor/Weapon Refine Ticket +11 (TCG reward) — was capped at +10, now correctly refines to +11.
  • Warp Portal skill can no longer be used inside major cities.
June 25, 2026
  • Fixed Hyper Novice progression: Expanded Super Novice job level cap raised from 70 to 120, and the Job Master now correctly allows the change to Hyper Novice at Base 200 / Job 120.
June 16, 2026
  • New: PVP Coliseum — free-for-all PvP arena (guild_vs3), accessed via an NPC in Prontera. Level 70+, no entry fee.
  • Earn Activity Tokens per kill (2x for the Most Wanted target), max 10/day. Kill streaks announced server-wide, plus a permanent kill ranking.
  • Anti-farming: needs 3+ players present, 5-minute cooldown on repeat kills, no reward vs. targets 30+ levels lower.
June 14, 2026
  • Added automatic in-game announcements before scheduled server restarts.
  • Fixed the Fabre Punch Event reward system.
June 7–8, 2026
  • Hunting Board overhaul: more level-matched monsters, each completable up to 3x, dynamic menu, and reward scaling (1–5 TCG Cards by difficulty).
  • Fabre Event announcements now show the event map and rewards in advance.
  • Added Hunting Boards for Level 200+ players.
June 4, 2026
  • Enabled @autotrade. Official trading hub set to Morocc (@go 1) to keep the community's shops centralized.
May 31, 2026
  • New job: Hyper Novice is now available.
  • Final day of the Costume Box event. After it ends, Costume Boxes move to the Cash Shop (cosmetic only, no gameplay advantage).
  • Previewed the upcoming Prontera Boss Raid Event — Costume Boxes as a drop, new raid maps, custom monster versions, enhanced boss mechanics, and rewards that require teamwork.
  • Previewed a future dungeon system in development, with bosses dropping custom cards, custom equipment, and new progression rewards.
May 29–30, 2026
  • Cash Shop made available.
  • 3rd Job classes can now change jobs correctly without needing the Izlude NPC (kept available as a fallback).
  • Solo Pack: Lord Kaho's Horn replaced with an equal-stat item, to preserve the value of getting the Horn through its original quest.
  • Several random restarts throughout the day to roll out fixes and small updates.
May 28, 2026
  • Limited-time Costume Box event launched — a Prontera NPC gave away 1 random Costume Box per hour, 1 character per account, new accounts excluded (anti-abuse). Ran through May 31.
May 23, 2026
  • 4th Jobs restored — fixed the issue where 3rd Jobs weren't being detected properly. Some 4th job skill visuals may still be incomplete.
  • More clothing and hair color options added to the Stylist.
May 20, 2026
  • Fixed the Poring kill event.
  • New ASPD/Cast testing to bring it closer to pre-renewal behavior.
May 17, 2026
  • Added an emoji box and a chat translator.
May 10, 2026
  • A hosting issue from the previous day was fully resolved — site and server back to normal.
May 2, 2026
  • Reaffirmed MaeloRO's no pay-to-win policy (server running since 2024, built on rAthena + ROBrowserLegacy).
  • Donation/Cash Shop policy set: cosmetic items only (costumes), no stats and no gameplay advantage — e.g. equipping a costume changes an item's appearance without altering its original function.
  • Donations accepted via cryptocurrency only, no other payment methods planned.
April 15–20, 2026
  • New Kafra NPC added in Prontera.
  • Website login system getting gradual improvements — password recovery by email is now available without opening a support ticket.
  • Added an Unstuck All Characters option to the site (User Options menu after logging in) to free characters stuck on a map — limited to once every 24 hours per account.
April 12, 2026
  • Client-side fix for a black-screen issue affecting some regions.
March 28, 2026
  • WoE fixed and working again.
March 23, 2026
  • Server-side update released for Renewal: fixed several character skills, updated the emulator to the latest version, added new items, and fixed multiple dungeons.
  • Smaller weekly updates followed to catch anything the update broke.
March 20–22, 2026
  • Announced a Sunday server-side update for Renewal, with the server going offline around 11pm NY time to deploy it.
February 1, 2026
  • MaeloRO Classic officially launched. Renewal remains the main server with regular updates and custom content; Classic is a Pre-Renewal server "frozen in time," receiving only bug fixes and minor adjustments.
January 2026
  • Known issue: past Level 228, the EXP percentage display can look wrong — EXP gain and leveling still work normally, it's a visual bug only.
  • Known issue: characters currently can't level past Level 255 — already being tracked.
  • New client update deployed; Lucky Roulette was temporarily bugged and disabled.
  • Added a Poring Ring Warper NPC in Payon.
December 21, 2025
  • New client build deployed with browser performance fixes (clear your cache; try incognito if you still see issues).
October–November 2025
  • Security hardened after attempted attacks on the server.
  • Halloween and Christmas seasonal items/costumes added gradually.
  • Server has been online continuously for over a year — the team's priority is stability over speed of updates.
October 2, 2025
  • Website security reinforced. Note: updates to the play client are not applied to Play Mobile to avoid PC-only bugs — always use the mobile client on a phone.
September 2025
  • Launched a full item & monster database at maeloro.com/info/.
  • Launched the MaeloRO Forum at maeloro.com/forum/.
  • PK Zone set to level 120.
  • Chat translation added; many quests translated with community help.
  • WoE updated, confirmed weekends 9–11pm NY time; automatic weekend 2x EXP added.
August 23, 2025
  • 3rd-job skills required visiting the 3rdjob-supreme NPC in Izlude to fully unlock (otherwise capped at 2nd-job skills).
  • Weight Cleaner updated — no more full inventory wipes, you choose what to delete.
August 14–18, 2025
  • Job Master overhaul: Rebirth now required for 3rd Job, new Ninja/Gunslinger/TaeKwon class paths added, starter weapon on job change.
  • Play Mobile moved to the same fast server as Play, with items aligned between both clients.
  • New hairstyles and a new quest added.
August 10–12, 2025
  • Maps updated to current Ragnarok Renewal textures; Bank feature fixed.
  • Server client upgraded for faster loading.
  • Added a Mobile Version button as a fallback for a black-map bug on some phones.
  • Enabled player commands: @go, @autoloot, @whodrops, @alootid, @whereis.
August 3–6, 2025
  • 3rd and 4th jobs added via the Job Master (level 150 required for 3rd job).
  • Original Prontera music restored.
July 29–31, 2025
  • Fixed many "unknown" items from vending machines (Ice Pick Trader) — wings, hats, and auras now display correctly.
  • New NPC to reach the shopping area; adjusted some shop prices; fixed several NPCs that were freezing players.
  • 3rd/4th jobs briefly disabled while fixing related NPCs; a server outage was resolved.