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KURO BETA UPDATE - JANUARY 21, 2026 - Kuro - 01-21-2026
KURO BETA UPDATE - JANUARY 21, 2026
? SERVER STATUS UPDATE
Today the server experienced our first ever DDoS attack. Honestly, I wasn't prepared - who would want to DDoS a server still in beta? Someone attempted to extort money in exchange for stopping the attacks. Instead of paying, I kept them talking while I migrated everything behind new infrastructure with multiple protection layers. The server is now more resilient than before. Thank you for your patience.
? NEW LAUNCHER
Brand new launcher redesign!
- See all your characters and their inventories before logging in
- Auto login feature
- Automatic patching - no more manual downloads
⚔️ MAJOR FEATURES
Beginner
- Nimble Feet - Now a passive skill (speed and jump boost always active once learned)
Warrior
- Rage - Now stacks with item buffs
Mage
- Meditation - Now stacks with item buffs
Spearman
- Thrust - Now a true passive skill, gives +30 speed at max level
World Map Overhaul
- Hovering over any area now displays: mobs, their levels, NPCs, player count on that map, and mob count
Monster Ring
- Now shows current stats on hover
? WIDGET UPDATES
- New Config options added
- Option to disable the quest Lightbulb above your head
- VSL button - Added option to set opacity for skills and chairs
- Widget now correctly hides on the login screen
- Fixed widget disappearing when pressing ESC
- Fixed widget not working on 125% scaled screens
- Guild Storage - Fixed withdraw/deposit functionality
- EPM Window - Fixed returning an error
✨ QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS
Commands
- @wd - Now shows additional resources (shops that sell the item, quests that give the item, and item type)
- @fm - Fixed functionality
Systems
- VIP Rock - Can now teleport to Ereve
- Character Select - Improved to be smoother
- Character Change button - Now goes to character select faster
- Chat - Increased character limit for messages, whispers, party chat, and pet chat
- Special Megaphone - No longer crashes clients
- Kimu Tutorial - Now displays commands to complete the tutorial
⚖️ BALANCE CHANGES
The following mobs now give updated EXP (thanks @Raboniel):
- Papulatus Clock - ~3,034,400
- Papulatus - ~2,022,933
- Aufheben - ~3,500,559
- Scarga (Green) - ~658,560 / ~1,317,120 / ~2,414,720
- Scarga (Red) - ~658,560 / ~1,317,120 / ~2,414,720
- Solomon - ~1,052,700
- Rex - ~1,315,875
- Hugin - ~1,754,500
- Munin - ~2,631,750
- Ariel - ~5,263,500
- Pink Bean - ~52,635,000
- Empress Cygnus - ~471,830,385
- Mihile (Knight 1) - ~94,366,077
- Oz (Knight 2) - ~94,366,077
- Irena (Knight 3) - ~94,366,077
- Eckhart (Knight 4) - ~94,366,077
- Hawkeye (Knight 5) - ~94,366,077
? BUG FIXES
Server
- Fixed a major deadlock that was causing server instability
- Fixed disconnections during initial startup
Warrior Skills
- Dark Knight - Rush fixed
Mage Skills
- Big Bang - Fixed overlapping with magic attack potions
- Towering Inferno - Fixed visual glitches
- Ifrit - Fixed visual glitches
- Spark - Fixed MATK buff icon crash
Thief Skills
- Flash Jump - Fixed for Hermit bugging out after using Night Walker's Flash Jump
Cygnus Knight Skills
- Dawn Warrior - Soul Rush fixed (now pushes mobs)
- Thunder Breaker - Annihilate skill leaving phantom mobs fixed
- Thunder Breaker Transformation - Fixed attacks from 4th job not working
- 4th Job Skills - Fixed missing skills after advancement (Echo)
- Song of Heaven - Fixed visual glitches
- Song of Heaven - Fixed hitting mobs vertically
Bosses
- Chaos Zakum - Fixed second body not spawning after first phase
- Zakum - Fixed first body not spawning
UI
- Set Effect Overlay - Fixed displaying on random items
- Set Effect Tooltip - Fixed overlaying the original tooltip
- Monster Ring - Fixed stats not showing while in inventory
- Inventory Tooltip - Fixed showing up in tabs other than equip inventory
- World Map - Fixed hover effect persisting after closing
- World Map - Fixed crashing on close
Items
- Boss Accessories - Fixed being fully locked after equipped, now SOKable (fix by @Raboniel)
- Arrow purchasing - Fixed
Systems
- Flappy Bird - Fixed not giving points
- Damage - Now shows accurate numbers (summon damage and DoT/Poison damage are now properly accounted for)
- Buff stacking and attack damage potions issue fixed
- Buff stacking with pots fixed correctly
- Toggle EXP not working in Christmas/Halloween event fixed
- Ironman - Ore redistribute fixed when leaving Ironman challenge
Pets
- Dragon Pet - Fixed crash when swimming in Aqua
NPCs
- Asia (Year 2053) - Fixed showing random Pot shop instead of correct dialogue
Cygnus Tutorial
- Tutorial EXP Rebalanced - Players now naturally reach level 10 by completing the tutorial
- Quiz no longer forces reset on wrong answers
- Removed annoying "OK" popup on character creation
- Fixed Guide popup during leveling
- Updated text on creation to say up to max level 200 instead of 120
- Click Guide - Fixed for Cygnus characters
Other
- Temple of Time - Fixed double quest issue
- Launcher - Attempted fix for players failing to launch on first attempt
? WEBSITE
- Various playkuro.com fixes
- The /media page got a makeover - check it out: https://playkuro.com/media
UPDATE NOTES
Please download the new launcher from https://playkuro.com/download and patch before logging in.
Happy Mapling! ~ Kuro