Updates
A new client, Florian and The Sunken Shrine
When
- Live 19 October 2026, 00:00 (GMT+8). Server down from 18 October 21:00 (GMT+8) for about three hours.
- No wipe. Accounts, characters and items carry over.
Before the update
- Install the new game once, into a new folder. Keep the old folder until the switch is done.
- Download: Download the new client
- Until 19 October 00:00 the new game cannot log in. After the switch the old game cannot log in.
New client
- New installer. Default folder C:\Games\AshenRO.
- New launcher with single sign-on: log in once, the game opens signed in.
- Auto pairing: the first sign-in on a computer pairs it. No more PAIR button.
- NPC menus fit without scrolling.
- Monster info shown on names (element and race).
- New quest window: NPC face, one-click walk, rewards listed.
- Server Settings menu under the Cash Shop, saved per character.
- Party mini window.
- Emotes working again, bigger set.
Florian, the new VIP town
- Reached through the VIP Lounge. VIP and Premium.
- Guild Storage.
- Event Board.
- Ashen Coin Shop.
The Sunken Shrine
- RO's first party dungeon with boss mechanics. Party of 4, level 99/70 transcendent. Easy, Normal, Hard, Hell. Guide: Sunken Shrine guide.
- One run per account per day, two for Premium VIP.
Server systems
- Class balancing pass. Full list: Class Balancing.
- Hunting Board reworked: 20 hunts per level range, daily and weekly hunts, new rewards.
- Auto Battle improved: melee chase, resting fix, wall pathing, longer sight.
- Manuals simplified to four: Battle Manual 50%, Battle Manual 200%, Job Manual 50%, Bubble Gum, each character-bound or account-bound. Old variants retired.
- Vending and buying-store price limits. Getting around them is punished like any other abuse of a game mechanic.
- Login retries once on a brief hiccup.