KURO BETA UPDATE - OCTOBER 12, 2025

[Kuro]

KURO BETA UPDATE - OCTOBER 12, 2025
OFFICIAL KUROMS LUNCH!!

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MAJOR FEATURES ADDED

CHAOS ZAKUM

• Brand new Chaos Zakum boss with custom map design by the one and only Rulax
  
• Accessible from widget alongside regular Zakum
  
• 1 entrance per day (counts as regular Zakum run - if 2 regular Zakum runs completed, cannot enter Chaos Zakum)
  
• 45-minute clear timer
  
• Maximum party size: 6 players
  
• 5 total party death counter
  
• Summoned with Eye of Fire like regular Zakum
  

KUROMS LUNCH BOX

• New global rare drop added to the game (Chaos Scroll tier rarity)
  
• Drops from ANY mob in the game
  
• Automatically consumes upon pickup
  
• Grants 1.3x EXP and Drop Rate for 10 minutes
  
• Time-sensitive - use it wisely!
  

MAGE FORMULA REWORK

• Complete rebalance of mage damage formula
  
• Gear scaling significantly improved
  
• Pure INT builds no longer dominate without proper equipment
  
• Equipment stats now properly contribute to damage output
  
• Better balance across all content levels
  

NEW TUTORIAL SYSTEM

• Brand new tutorial written by @Senzu
  
• Teaches essential server mechanics and features
  
• Provides medal quest progression boost
  
• Designed for both new and returning players
  
• Simplified and streamlined learning experience
  

PYRAMID PQ

• Pyramid PQ is now live and accessible
  
• Currently in testing stage
  
• Rewards being balanced based on community feedback
  
• New event: Monster Waves (Pyramid PQ inspired)
  

GUILD STORAGE SYSTEM

• New @guildstorage (or @gs) command added
  
• Share items between guild members
  
• Widget interface coming in future update
  
• Ironman players cannot withdraw or deposit items
  
• Untradeable items cannot be withdrawn or deposited
  
• Cash items cannot be stored in guild storage
  

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QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS

WEBSITE UPDATES

• Complete website design overhaul
  
• New player dashboard with achievements and statistics
  
• Character portraits added to rankings
  
• NEW Media section - upload and share screenshots/videos
  
• Player cards: https://playkuro.com/player
  
• Group pages: https://playkuro.com/group
  
• Media gallery: https://playkuro.com/media
  
• Dashboard: https://playkuro.com/dashboard
  
• Must be level 121+ to upload media
  
• Players can delete their own media
  
• Automatic screenshot/video recorder added (top of client)
  
• Media automatically uploads to playkuro.com/media
  

TRAVEL IMPROVEMENTS

• Orbis to Ereve travel time reduced to 2 minutes (both directions)
  
• Ellinia to Ereve travel time reduced to 1 minute (both directions)
  

SPAWNING ADJUSTMENTS

• Skelegon spawn rates increased by 2x in the following maps:
  
• 5th Room of Maze - Skelegon 1/2
  
• Cave of Light - Skelegon 2/T-Skelegon
  
• Pianus spawn rate changed to random time between 1-3 hours
  

CRAFTING & EXCHANGES

• VL Coin crafting added to Agent E
  
• Timeless equipment exchange added - trade 1 piece of Timeless equipment for 1 Rock of Time at Agent E
  

MARRIAGE SYSTEM

• Divorce system added - players can now get divorced for a fee
  
• Multiple marriage bugs fixed
  
• Wedding gifts no longer disappear
  

OTHER COMMANDS

• @BossDpm command added to test boss damage
  
• @daily command functionality improved
  

MERCHANT SHOP

• Can now list items for up to 9999 quantity
  

SKILL UPDATES

• Steal skill updated - now gives an extra drop to players on boss kill
  

PARTY QUESTS

• PQ rewards added to the following Party Quests:
  
• Magatia (Romeo & Juliet) PQ
  
• Herb Town (Pirate) PQ
  
• Orbis PQ
  
• Ellin Forest PQ
  
• Ludibrium PQ
  
• Kerning PQ
  
• Henesys PQ
  

GUILD CHANGES

• Number of players required to create a guild reduced to 3
  

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SET EFFECT CHANGES

TIMELESS SET EFFECTS

• 2 Set: All Stats +15, WATK +5, MATK +5, WDEF +50, MDEF +50, ACC +10, AVOID +10
  
• 3 Set: All Stats +10, WDEF +50, MDEF +50, ACC +5, AVOID +5
  
• 4 Set: WATK +12, MATK +12, WDEF +25, MDEF +25
  
• 5 Set: All Stats +25, ACC +10, AVOID +10
  
• 6 Set: Boss Damage +10%, All Stats +10, WATK +16, MATK +16, ACC +15, AVOID +15
  
• 7 Set: Speed +10, Jump +10, WATK +22, MATK +22, WDEF +25, MDEF +25
  

VON LEON SET EFFECTS

• 2 Set: All Stats +25, WATK +10, MATK +10, Speed +10, Jump +15, WDEF +60, MDEF +60
  
• 3 Set: All Stats +15, WATK +20, MATK +20, WDEF +60, MDEF +60, ACC +15, AVOID +15
  
• 4 Set: Boss Damage +10%, All Stats +15, WATK +10, MATK +10, Speed +5, Jump +5, ACC +35, AVOID +35
  
• 5 Set: All Stats +20, WATK +20, MATK +20, WDEF +50, MDEF +50
  
• 6 Set: Boss Damage +10%, Final Damage +2%, WDEF +80, MDEF +80, ACC +10, AVOID +10
  

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BUG FIXES

CRITICAL FIXES

• Players disconnecting randomly while AFK - Fixed
  
• Random lag spikes - Fixed
  
• HP/MP 30k bug - Fixed
  
• Micro rollbacks on channel change - Fixed
  
• Buffs not disappearing on channel change - Fixed
  
• Channel change not saving items in inventory - Fixed
  
• SP disappearing - Fixed
  
• Horntail lag fix (multiple attempts, should be resolved)
  
• Boss runs not resetting at 00:00 server time - Fixed
  
• Bosses not resetting properly - Fixed
  

QUEST FIXES

• Protect the Watch Hog quest - Fixed
  
• Operating Smart Pets quest - Fixed
  
• Heena at tutorial could soft lock players on the map - Fixed
  
• Sam crafting no longer repeatable more than once - Fixed
  

BOSS & MOB FIXES

• Toad finishing after the first body - Fixed
  
• Nifty Toad spawning twice - Fixed
  
• Pink Bean mass seduce updated to better rate and will not seduce all players at once
  
• Anne crashing player when clicked on - Fixed
  
• Mob Info error message - Fixed (now works correctly)
  

PQ & MAP FIXES

• Various Pyramid PQ bugs - Fixed (ongoing)
  
• CWKPQ entrance - Fixed
  
• Henesys PQ - Fixed
  
• FM randomly sending players to Henesys - Fixed
  

EQUIPMENT & ITEM FIXES

• Aran snow charge overwriting Paladin's charge - Fixed
  
• Timeless Prelude now provides MATK instead of WATK (thank you @Raboniel)
  
• Set Effect not giving WATK - Fixed
  
• Pinnacle set not giving set effects - Fixed
  
• Pinnacle gun set effect - Fixed
  
• Royal set effect - Fixed
  
• Mark of Naricain slots - Removed
  
• Some items that had wrong slot count - Fixed
  
• Shield for MATK can now be Vega'd correctly (fix by @Raboniel)
  

CRAFTING FIXES

• Agent E dismantle Timeless Shield - Fixed
  
• Agent E crafting for VL weapons (wrong IDs for mage and archer) - Fixed
  
• Moon rock crafting now uses correct Moon Rock
  

SCROLL FIXES

• Scroll for Gun for Attack 50% - Fixed
  
• Dark scroll for Overall Armor for DEX - Fixed (thank you @Ceomin)
  

WIDGET FIXES

• NX shop showing error in widget - Fixed (Note: Add to cart not working, use direct buy button)
  
• Custom mouse cursor re-added to widget
  
• Map names in online players tab - Fixed
  
• Widget chat positioning - Fixed
  
• Notifications position in widget - Fixed
  
• Flappy Bird cannot be dragged out of game - Fixed
  
• Various other widget positioning and mouse issues - Fixed
  
• Widget DPI issues (especially Windows 11) - Fixed
  

MARRIAGE FIXES

• Various marriage issues - Fixed
  
• Wedding gifts disappearing - Fixed
  

OTHER FIXES

• Storage now properly saves - items won't get lost
  
• Cash shop - can now take out items as necessary
  
• Broken chair removed from KIN
  
• Sound loop from Big Bang - Removed
  
• Skill hover tooltip - Fixed
  
• Stat effects updated correctly
  
• F9 hotkey for media upload - Removed
  
• Uploading media from in-game - Fixed
  
• Random daily login reward popup - Removed
  

EXPEDITION FIXES

• Von Leon changed to 1 hour long expedition
  

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OTHER UPDATES

TUTORIAL ADJUSTMENTS

• Perfect Pitch gain amount in tutorial reduced to 2-7 (random amount)
  
• Perfect Pitch from tutorial is now untradeable
  

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TEMPORARY CHANGES

TEMPORARILY DISABLED

• Custom NX Widget - Temporarily disabled
  
• Minecraft mode - Temporarily disabled
  
• Pokemon mode - Temporarily disabled
  

Note: These features are being recreated properly from the ground up. The code is there, the heart is there, but the execution wasn't where it needed to be. I'd rather take the time to do them right and bring them back properly than leave them half-baked. Do it right or don't do it at all - they'll be back when they're ready.

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UPDATE NOTES

This update requires downloading new files. Please run the Kuro Launcher to automatically update, or download the files manually from our Discord.

Thank you for your continued support and feedback. Every bug report, every suggestion helps make KuroMS better. Special thanks to @rulax for the incredible Chaos Zakum map design, @Senzu for writing the new tutorial, @Raboniel for bug catches, and @Ceomin for scroll fixes.

The code is there, the heart is there - now the execution matches.

Happy Mapling!
~ Kuro