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Mabinogi held its 20th-anniversary winter showcase, 'Blockbuster'. Held at the Gwangmyeong IVEX Studio, the showcase consisted of introductions to various content to be updated this winter, award ceremonies, and special performances. 500 users selected through a lottery visited the site to enjoy Mabinogi's offline winter festival together.

The winter update news was delivered by caster Seong Seung-heon along with Mabinogi's director Min Kyung-hoon and leader Choi Dong-min. The showcase was simultaneously broadcast live on YouTube.

At this showcase, major content such as the G27 Mainstream 'Garden of Tranquility', the new region Murias, the dungeon Bree Leith, and the new Arcanas were announced. In particular, the users who visited the site responded with enthusiastic reactions to the news about the mainstream and the new Arcanas.

Meanwhile, the end of the showcase was decorated by Mabinogi Eternity. A new look of Mabinogi, which is being reborn with Unreal Engine 5, was additionally revealed, and in particular, the changed appearance of Dunbarton, which is reminiscent of Mabinogi, could be seen.

2024 Mabinogi Winter Update News
G27 Mainstream 'Garden of Tranquility', 2 new Arcanas, etc.

The core of this winter update is, of course, the G27 Mainstream 'Garden of Tranquility'. Garden of Tranquility is the sequel to the Saetbaram Mercenary Corps, which was founded around Aine, Declun, Chefra, and Milletian, who appeared in G26. The Saetbaram Mercenary Corps follows the whereabouts of the new adversary Petalk and arrives in Murias, the city of the gods, and the story of the new mainstream unfolds.

The new region Murias is a city of abandoned gods, also called Bree Leith by the residents. As it is a new region, various and attractive new NPCs such as the giant warrior Petalk, the red-haired girl Derin, and Renen also appear. You will be able to meet new stories through the three NPCs.

The new dungeon Bree Leith is also added. Bree Leith is the highest-level dungeon above Glenn Berna - Ancient Winter, and up to 8 people can enter. Three types of bosses appear, and a retry function is introduced that allows you to start again from the boss when you are wiped out. This is an element to convey the fun of dungeon攻略 to users and to alleviate the burden on play.

A new reward distribution method called dice rolling is introduced in Bree Leith. When clearing a dungeon, you can check the entire list of reward items, and each item is rolled with a dice, and the person with the highest number wins the reward.

29 new types of weapons will also be updated. 'Lyre', the top-level musical instrument that will be released in 12 years, including Healing Wind and unlimited bolts that can be obtained from Bree Leith, will be released. Murias' Holy Water and Murias' Relic, which are new dungeon rewards, will also be added. Holy water is a consumable item that can grant effects that help in battle, and relics are more powerful than Philias' and are granted one of various options related to Arcana skills.

You can also meet two new types of Arcanas through the winter update. In particular, the new Arcana Blast Lancer is an Arcana that combines the talents of Lancers and Shooters that users have been waiting for. It can inflict high damage in a short moment using magic bullets, and can cover both close and mid-range distances through the explosion of magic energy while reducing the dependence on pets.

Another new Arcana, Sacred Guard, is a tanker position and is specialized in protecting allies. By using melee weapons and shields, it can take some of the damage that allies receive, or focus the recovery targets of Saint Bard to provide more stable support.

A new content, the Open Quest System, is also introduced, in which users create and proceed with quests themselves. You can create your own quest by setting mission conditions, or proceed by clearing quests created by other users.

In addition, various convenience updates will be applied. As part of the step-by-step UI improvement, simplified mode and detailed mode are provided in the item tooltip, and item preview window expansion, item selection window improvement, and right-click menu window improvement will be carried out.

Mabinogi will proceed with the winter update in installments. First, Mainstream G27 Garden of Tranquility Part 1 and Arcana Sacred Guard will be added in December, Garden of Tranquility Part 2 and Arcana Blast Lancer, and the new dungeon Bree Leith will be updated in January, and the final chapter of Bree Leith will be updated in February.

Meanwhile, various events such as the pre-season will be held to commemorate the update. The winter pre-season will be applied on December 19, and various rewards and growth support benefits will be provided. You can choose one of level up, talent, combat, and advanced growth enhancement, and various benefits such as premium combination membership and repair costs are always supported.

As pre-season rewards, sweater costumes and mufflers that are perfect for the winter season, as well as cherry hair ties, wooden carriage whistles, and winter imp crystal balls are provided.

The 'Black Combo Card' event, which received a good response from users, has also returned with improvements. The Black Combo Card event is an event where users directly select combo card skills through missions and can upgrade their specs by increasing the skill combo multiplier. The PC room event will be segmented so that daily login rewards can be received a little faster than before, and the time to reach the final reward will also be greatly shortened.

And at the end of the showcase, a new video of 'Mabinogi Eternity', a step towards a new Mabinogi, was released. Mabinogi Eternity is a project to replace the Playone Engine with Unreal Engine 5, and is one of the attempts to realize Mabinogi's perpetual service.

In particular, this time, a before-and-after comparison video of the renewed Dunbarton was released, drawing enthusiastic responses from users. In addition, you could also check the development status, such as changes in the skill effects of Meteor Strike and Mana Shield, test cutscenes depicting Golem battles, and modeling of chicks, chickens, bears, and imps, and character facial expressions.

Webzine InvenKim Su-jin Reporter
2024-11-30