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— PATCH NOTES —

What Changed

Player-facing changes to the GudzRO client and Patcher, in plain language.

Preparing for Open Beta — see the September 15 CBT Wipe & October 1 Target Open Beta Launch announcement for schedule details.

2026-09-06

Closed Beta Update — September 6

  • Patcher connectivity issue fixed. The Patcher could briefly fail to check for updates earlier today. This is resolved — if it happened to you, just relaunch the Patcher. No patches, accounts, or game data were affected.
  • Standalone Patcher re-issued. If you downloaded just the standalone Patcher (not the full client) today, please redownload it from Downloads. A brief window served an older build — it still works, but the current one is ready now.

2026-09-05

Closed Beta Update — September 5

  • Map Attack event completely redesigned. The Five Towns invasion (Prontera, Payon, Morocc, Geffen, and Alberta) now has a proper three-wave structure per town, capped by a rotating Town Guardian boss, and ends in a two-boss finale against Tito Bossing and Moonlight Flower. All-new dialogue throughout, with a 3-day rotation so the monster roster and story beats don't repeat every single day. Still triggers automatically — no change to when it happens.
  • Bomb Poring Event fixed. Joining alone no longer wins the event instantly — you now have to survive all five waves like everyone else.
  • Last Man Standing Event fixed. Registering alone no longer wins the event instantly either; the event now correctly cancels if not enough players register. Also fixed a bug where a solo registrant could get stuck on the arena map after the event cancelled.
  • Last Man Standing reward updated. The winner now receives 50 Event Points and 1 MVP Coin, matching the Bomb Poring Event's reward.

2026-09-04

Closed Beta Update — September 4

  • Founder Closed Beta is open to everyone. No invite code needed anymore — register and start playing.
  • New Alternate Job Quest guides. Full step-by-step walkthroughs for Taekwon, Ninja, Gunslinger, Star Gladiator, and Soul Linker are live on the Guides page.
  • Job Master offers alternate classes. Taekwon, Ninja, and Gunslinger can now be chosen instantly from the Job Master NPC alongside the standard first classes.
  • Bio Lab 3's random MVP fixed. The dungeon's random MVP now spawns reliably and makes the map PvP-enabled for as long as it's alive.
  • Falcon no longer gives away hidden players. Using Hide or Cloak while your Falcon is summoned now correctly hides it too, instead of leaving it visible on PvP maps.
  • Costume Enchant NPCs fixed. They were rejecting every costume; they now correctly recognize and enchant costumes you own.

2026-08-31

Closed Beta Update — August 31

  • Costume EXP & Drop bonuses. Qualifying costumes now provide +5% Base/Job EXP and +5% item drop rate per qualifying costume, up to 4 qualifying costume slots.
  • Sleipnir & Moonlight Flower Card movement speed fixed. Their speed bonus now correctly stacks with Increase AGI instead of being overridden by it.
  • New Ancient Whisper quest. A new quest offering a craftable costume reward.
  • Daily Reward variety. Daily Rewards now rotate through a variety of bundles instead of the same one every day.
  • WoE castle-conquest reward fix. Corrected an issue where castle-conquest rewards weren't always being awarded.
  • New GudzRO Patcher. The latest Patcher adds safer update checks, clearer real progress while patches download and install, and more reliable News refreshing. Download the latest GudzRO Patcher and install it into your GudzRO folder. If you already have the full client, you do not need to redownload it.

2026-08-15

RC02

  • Play is more reliable. The Patcher now asks for Windows permission only when it's actually needed to start the game, instead of sometimes doing nothing when you clicked Play. If you were previously told to launch GudzRO.exe directly instead of using Play, you shouldn't need to anymore — just use Play as normal.
  • Everyone gets this fix automatically with the current RC02 download. If you already have an older client installed, grab the standalone Patcher update from the Downloads page instead of redownloading everything.