KURO BETA UPDATE - AUGUST 23, 2025

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KURO BETA UPDATE - AUGUST 23, 2025

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NEW BOSSES & CONTENT

Von Leon Boss

• New Level 130 boss - the legendary Von Leon has arrived!
  
• Access directly from the widget
  
• Drops Noble Lion King Medals (2-3 per run, 75% for 2, 25% for 3)
  
• Exit reward: 2-3 Noble Lion King Medal
  
• Full Royal Von Leon equipment sets available
  
• Daily Boss per Community feedback
  

Toad Boss

• Added to Ninja Castle area
  
• New drop table with exclusive items
  
• Includes MW20 and various scrolls
  
• Access from Ninja Castle maps
  
• Daily Boss
  

Royal Von Leon Equipment

• Level 130 gear for all classes
  
• Weapons, helmets, capes, gloves, boots, and overalls
  
• Craftable at Agent E using Totems (now dropping in LHC at 0.5%)
  
• Requires Noble Coins, Advanced Monster Crystals, and class-specific materials
  

Pink Bean

• Changed Pink Bean to Daily boss instead of weekly
  

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SET EFFECTS SYSTEM (BETA)

IMPORTANT: Set effects are currently in beta testing. The math might be wonky - please test thoroughly and report any calculation issues!

Royal Von Leon Set

• 2 Set: Stats +20, WA +10, MA +10, Speed +10, Jump +15, WDEF +60, MDEF +60
  
• 3 Set: Stats +10, WA +10, MA +20, WDEF +60, MDEF +60, Acc +15, Avoid +15
  
• 4 Set: Boss Damage +10%, Stats +10, WA +10, MA +10, Speed +5, Jump +5, Acc +35, Avoid +35
  
• 5 Set: Stats +10, WA +10, MA +20, WDEF +50, MDEF +50
  
• 6 Set: Boss Damage +10%, Final Damage +2%, WDEF +80, MDEF +80, Acc +10, Avoid +10
  

Timeless Set

• 2 Set: Stats +10, WDEF +50, MDEF +50, Acc +10, Avoid +10
  
• 3 Set: Stats +5, WDEF +50, MDEF +50, Acc +5, Avoid +5
  
• 4 Set: WA +6, MA +12, WDEF +25, MDEF +25
  
• 5 Set: Stats +5, Acc +10, Avoid +10
  
• 6 Set: Boss Damage +10%, Stats +10, WA +8, MA +16, Acc +15, Avoid +15
  
• 7 Set: Speed +10, Jump +10, WA +6, MA +12, WDEF +25, MDEF +25
  

Golden Flower Set
Items: Bright Golden Symbol, Golden Pearl Shadow, Golden Flower Earring, Golden Flower Ring

• 2 Set: All Stats +3, WA +1, MA +1, DEF +20
  
• 4 Set: All Stats +5, WA +2, MA +2, DEF +30
  

PQ Set
Items: Rice Cake Hats, Squishy/Sticky Shoes, Glasses, Altaire Earrings, Lord Pirate Hats, Romeo/Juliet Pendants

• 2 Set: WA +1, MA +2, All Stats +4
  
• 3 Set: WA +1, MA +2, All Stats +4
  
• 4 Set: WA +1, MA +2, All Stats +4
  
• 5 Set: WA +1, MA +2, All Stats +4
  

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GACHAPON COMPLETE OVERHAUL

Gold Gacha Changes
REMOVED:

• Flamekeeper Cordon
  
• Stormcaster Gloves
  
• Various shield and glove scrolls
  

ADDED:

• Golden Maple Leaf - 2% drop rate (for Golden Flower crafting)
  
• Expert's Gloves
  
• Frontier Earrings (Rare)
  
• Last Unwelcome Guest full series (weapons and accessories)
  
• Mercury weapon series
  
• The Enlighten Marks (WA/MA face accessories)
  
• Ring STR/INT/DEX/LUK scrolls (10%, 30%)
  
• Belt STR/INT/DEX/LUK scrolls (10%, 30%)
  

Silver Gacha Changes
REMOVED:

• Flamekeeper Cordon
  
• Stormcaster Gloves
  

ADDED:

• Complete Unwelcome Guest series (1st, 2nd, 3rd - all weapons and accessories)
  
• The Enlighten Marks (STR/DEX/INT/LUK)
  
• Ring scrolls (60%, 70%, 100%)
  
• Belt scrolls (60%, 70%, 100%)
  
• Expert's Gloves (Rare)
  

Drop Rate Changes:

• Doubled gacha ticket drops globally (still progressive rates)
  
• Cloth fragments progressive rates: +0.05% per area (ToT, Ninja Castle, LHC, Future)
  

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WIDGET 2.0 - MAJOR UPDATE

New Features

• Online Players System
  
• View all online players in real-time
  
• Filter by level, character name, or job
  
• Send party requests directly from widget
  
• Teleport to any player for 3,000,000 meso (VIP rock restrictions apply)
  

Display Improvements

• Vertical Mode - New toggle for right-side display
  
• Improved text wrapping for all window sizes
  
• Chat position now saves and restores on restart
  
• Proper boundary checking to prevent off-screen positioning
  

Design Help Wanted: If you have ideas for improving the widget layout, please share them with us!

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CRAFTING SYSTEM EXPANSION

Von Leon Gear Crafting
Weapons:

• 10 Metal Plates (class-specific)
  
• 25 Advanced Monster Crystal 3
  
• 500 Totems
  
• 10 Royal Lion King Medals
  

Equipment (non-overall):

• 25 Magic Powder (class-specific)
  
• 10 Advanced Monster Crystal 3
  
• 100 Totems
  
• 5 Noble Coins
  

Overall:

• 25 Magic Powder (class-specific)
  
• 20 Advanced Monster Crystal 3
  
• 200 Totems
  
• 5 Noble Coins
  

Golden Flower Set
Recipe for each piece:

• 5 Star Rock
  
• 15 Gold Plate
  
• 20 Advanced Monster Crystal 3
  
• 1 Golden Maple Leaf
  
• 100 Zombie's Lost Gold Tooth
  

Union Immortal Pharaoh Belt

• 1 Immortal Pharaoh Belt
  
• 1 Emperor Toad Wallet
  
• 75,000,000 meso
  

Other Additions

• Star Rock and Moon Rock crafting at Agent E
  
• 1 Billion Coin exchange (1,000,000,000 meso → 1B coin, 500k conversion fee)
  

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BUG FIXES & IMPROVEMENTS (AUGUST 10-23)

Major Fixes

• Corsair Battleship HP now properly resets on remount
  
• Dailies/Weeklies completely rewritten - proper midnight resets
  
• KIN NPC redesigned with fresh look
  
• Expedition damage tracking restored
  
• Chat++ general color modification fixed
  
• Gachapon now properly displays received items
  
• Mob info display and filtering fixed
  
• Online player map locations fixed
  

Game Features

• Minecraft world persistence - blocks now save properly
  
• Pokemon battle system improvements - proper fainting/switching
  
• Added @hidedamage command to hide other players' damage
  
• Added @toggleexp to persist during logins
  
• Chat/player filtering options added
  
• Ore bulk crafting at Agent E
  
• Teleport to players from widget
  
• 2x Drop reward now comes in a box (3-day validity)
  

Item & System Fixes

• Fixed Helmet STR 10% crash
  
• Added Staff 50% and Wand 50% to PP shop
  
• Fixed storage not saving items sometimes
  
• Poison damage capped at 10k
  
• Pet AggroPot re-enabled via widget
  
• Autoloot disabled automatically during expeditions
  
• Market website shows slots and vicious hammers
  
• Fixed Eurek the Alchemist quest for Arans
  
• Fixed reward event display issues
  

Quality of Life

• Removed unnecessary chat spacing
  
• Updated @help command organization
  
• Item megaphones show slot/hammer info
  
• Removed all DEF/MP scrolls from quest rewards
  
• Simulators now go into ore storage
  
• Fixed Viridian Gym exit doors
  
• Pokemon Center teleport with money penalty
  

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DOWNLOAD & UPDATES

Download the latest launcher: https://playkuro.com/download
And run the Launcher for automatic updates!

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Thank you for your patience during these two weeks of continuous improvements. This update brings massive content additions and we need YOUR help testing set effects and balance. Please report any issues through @gm command or on Discord.

Special thanks to @Senzu, @Raboniel/Shaa, @Pyna @Hero, and @leeji for their hard work on this update!

Happy Mapling!
~ Kuro