New with the patch and more.....

Date: 2009-07-29



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New Patch Server


Having trouble patching? You can now choose between two separate patch servers! At the Perfect World International launch window:

Select [Upd.Sets.]
Select from the drop down menu for Patch 1 or Patch 2,
Select confirm,
Restart the client.

If you are having trouble with one of the servers, try the other.
If you are still having trouble auto-patching, remember that Manual Patches will also be available for download shortly after weekly maintenance has ended (If a new patch is required to play). Manual Patches can be found here: http://pwi.perfectworld.com/download

Jolly Old Jones:

Jolly Old Jones is back in that Jolly mood again! Players will have a chance to exchange coins or Guardian Angels to Jolly Old Jones for one of two things:

Small Spring Pack

Has a chance to contain lots of useful items such as Oracle Quest books, Beautiful Shards, HP/MP restoration items, low level Molds, a Training Esoterica, or Scarlet Fruit!

Huge Rainbow Egg

Has a chance to contain potions, weapon charms, Average Shards, or the elegant Scarlet Ninetails!

Jolly Old Jones can be found in starting areas of each of the 3 races:
Battlemark Village (369, 462)
Inn of the Eagle (421, 835)
The Northern Pass (257, 689)

Warsong City Dungeon / Bounty Hunter

Final preparations are being made for the Battle of Warsong City, and the daily Bounty Hunter quests. More information will soon be released!*

*This means that the Warsong City Dungeon and Bounty Hunter Daily quest is currently unavailable.

Dominance Blessing:

Players will now receive a blessing item to help them in all Perfect World INSTANCED Dungeons. Simply enter the dungeon and accept the quest that appears. This item provides the player with +10 Attack Level and +10 Defense Level. This Blessing lasts for 4 hours and is only usable inside the dungeon. Make sure you have enough room in your inventory to receive it!

Cube of Fate - Chest of Coins:

After completing the Cube of Fate, players will receive an additional reward called the Chest of Coins that contains 1,000,000 coins. You will receive 1 Chest of Coins if selecting the Reward Pack, or 3 if selecting the Mysterious Cog. However, because of the sturdiness of these chests,you will need a Perfect Iron Hammer to open them. Perfect Iron Hammers can be found in the Perfect World Boutique.

New Genie Skill

Balance - Blademaster only. If own DEF is higher than Elemental Resistance (average value of the five RESISes), adds a shield to yourself, which absorbs Magical Damage. If own Elemental Resistance is higher than DEF, adds a shield absorbing Physical damage. The amount it absorbs is depend on the value of DEF or RESIS. The shield will disappears after the time's up or reached the maximum absorbing amount. When the shield is on, immune to Stun.

In addition, the following Genie skills have been modified:

Explosion - Now it is a single target skill. The damage it inflicts is increased. Casting this skill will cost all your energy and deals a certain amount of damage to the target. No matter how much energy's been cost, the damage will always be the same. You can even cast this skill when your energy is 1, without loss of damage it inflicts.

Gale - The additional effect now is to slow the fly speed of nearby targets.

Virulent Poison - Absorbs target's Chi and inflicts damage.

Smoldering Burst - Inflicts fire damage to target. The amount of damage is modified by thetarget's FR and WT Resistance. The higher its FR RESIS is, the less the damage is. The higher its WT RESIS is, the more the damage is.

Rainbow Blessing and Faith - The "+Cristrike Rate" effect and "Immune to +Damage" effect will appear 100%. The rest remains to be randomly.

Electro Dance - Adds a slight chance Stun effect.

Poisonous Swarm - Choose 1 from 3 kinds of poison, which respectively damages HP, Mana and Chi. Slows enemy.

True Emptiness - Cost all energy, inflicts a "fixed amount" + "consumed energy x2" damage.

Wind Prison - Available for Wizard and Blademaster

Spark - The cooldown time increased to 40 seconds. Range modified to 20 meters.

Shattered Gear


Shattered Gear is a new system being introduced to Perfect World.

New Features:

Implemented a new security feature. If you have a Safe Code password set up for your bank, the system will prompt you to enter the password the first time you log in and change your equipment or fashion wardrobe.

The quick skill bar has been expanded to accommodate more skills. Skills can now be allocated to the numerical keys 1-9 (previously 1-6).

Expanded the number of tabs it can extend to from 3 to 5.

When a squad member has entered combat, a red rectangle will appear around their name in the squad list.


Expanded the number of Buff and De-buff icons that can be seen on the squad list. Included a toggle on/off feature for the icons.


Your wardrobe is now carried with you. If you have already activated you wardrobe, open the inventory screen (b) and select the Fashion bag on the right hand side. This will bring up your wardrobe slots.*


*Note: You will still need to move your clothes from your wardrobe into your inventory before being able to equip them.


Additionally in this wardrobe window, players can click on the Fashion Change button on the upper right corner to access the Fashion Change feature. This area allows you to set your favorite fashion sets to cycle on a timer.*

*Note: This feature requires the fashion items you wish to auto cycle to be stored in your wardrobe.


New Set Dye system.
Speak to the seamstress in any city and she will now have the ability to dye all clothing of a set (you own combination) at once.

This process will cost the total amount of pigments required for the set x2. The Set Dye system uses Random Pigments only.

You can now view the amount of socket stones required for each level of weapon or armor. Speak to a PW Boutique Agent, select the Slot Equipment option, and click on the yellow button next to the green exit button. This will bring up a table with socket requirement information.

The auction house now features a My Favorites option to help keep track of your favorite auctions. Select an auction you would like to keep track of, and click the Add to Favorites button on the upper right. You can then click on the My Favorites button at the bottom of the window to view all of your favorite auctions.

The gear list for genies has greatly expanded. Speak to any Watcher of the Earth and select Genie Summon and Gear to check out the new equipment! You can also obtain Wraith Badges to turn in to the Commander-in-chief for reputation points! *

*Note: Items obtained from the Warsong City event are needed for trade in. Warsong City Dungeon is currently unavailable but will be open soon!

Fixes/Changes

-Hot Color Packs no longer contain Random Pigments. Players will always receive 1 specific colored pigment.

-Fixed an issue where Barbarians in Tiger Form performing the Ancestral Rage skill would become stuck in a running/rolling animation.

-Fixed an issue where Venomancer were unable to change into Fox Form while unarmed.

- All Cube of Fate Lottery rooms (51 - 59) require a certain amount of coins to proceed, or to receive the initial quest. Text for the Lottery NPCs have been re-localized to reflect this cost.

- Twilight Temple Act II: Symphony of Fate - Removed the bridge that leads to the Astralwalker. A new NPC will now teleport players across to the platform.

-Fixed an issue with the Chat Smileys had overlapping animations and were named incorrectly.

-Mrs. Zoologist is now correctly named in the Coordinates Assistant.

-Re-localized All Territory War Intro text



Title: Charm Packs


Date: 2009-07-29




The demand for this sale was so great that we had to bring it back! Having a great summer? We hope so, but if not you should grab a couple of these charm packs and start decimating monsters!

Not convinced yet? Alright let's keep going!

Trying to grind an alternate character up before your summer comes to a close? These charms will automatically restore your health and spirit as you play, reducing your downtime to almost nothing! Trying to heal your party through a treacherous dungeon? Grab one of these and your spirit will replenish itself!

To top it off, each Charm Pack comes with one free Big Rainbow Egg! Inside you can find anything from buff charms to the rare and illustrious Goldmane Lion Mount!

The following Charm Packs will be avaliable starting July 29th at 1:00am PST and ending on August 12th during maintenance!

Gold Guardian Pack: Contains 5 Gold Guardian Charms which restores 600,000 HP each, plus one Big Rainbow Egg!

Gold Spirit Pack: Contains 5 Gold Spirit Charms which restores 900,000 MP each, plus one Big Rainbow Egg!

Be sure to replenish your supply of Charms while these Packs are available. We hope to see you riding around on your new Goldmane Mount soon!

To access the in-game Cash Shop to view and/or purchase these items, use the keyboard command 'Alt-O'



Title: Dragon Orb Sale


Date: 2009-07-29




For the next two weeks, we will be offering 1 Star Dragon Orbs for a special sale price! These Orbs will give you a 100% success rate on 0 to 1 refining! In addition you can combine these to make higher level Dragon Orbs!

That's not all, for the first time ever we present 6 Star Dragon Orbs in the boutique!

From 1:00am PST on July 29th until Maintenance on August 12th, these items will be in our boutique, plenty of time to decide if you want to beef up your gear. Who are we kidding? Of course you do!

Not sure what the refining process is? Refining is basically a way to upgrade your weapons and armor. Check out our Refining Guide for more information on Dragon Orbs and the refining process.

To access the in-game Cash Shop to view and/or purchase these items, use the keyboard command 'Alt-O.