"Prestige Update"
This is the third experimental development version that will introduce prestige system that resets your previous progress for bonuses.
The Rebirth is a game's only prestige mechanics that resets your previous progress back to the start, but you will get a variety of buffs at once. You can perform the Rebirth to award some buffs.
Rebirths can be performed under the required story chapter with some hard-coded specific requirements. You can perform the first Rebirth after defeating the Great Boss of Earth, the first planned boss that is used in place of the Unit 66, then entering the cutscene for the new journeys and realms, featuring friendly arcs and harpies talking about Gale at Hidden Village first; and to reach the Iedas nation at the westernmost city (West Iedas City).
First Rebirth: At story chapters 5-6 (becoming accessible after defeating the Great Boss of Earth)
Second Rebirth: At story chapters 7-8 (after completing the story chapter 6)
Third Rebirth and Beyond: At story chapters 9-12 (after completing the story chapter 8)
Fourth Rebirths and beyond: After defeating the final boss
Added a pre-expansion help for newer players who are not sure of the strategy on completing the early parts of the expansion in Phoenotopia:
[TBA]
Adjusted the loots of boxes, crates, and enemies. The destroyed crates drop 7 rai (2 bronze coins and 1 silver coin worth 5 rai in the Lost Journey expansion) in place of 5 rai (2 bronze coins and 1 silver coin worth 3 rai in the original Flash version). Enemies' loots can be found in the document.
Reassigned the "completion" point calculation per item, for pre-expansion items as follows:
42 moonstones (1 completion point per moonstone, at a total of 42 points)
Reaching a maximum of 210 HP by:
25 heart rubies (1 completion point per heart ruby, at a total of 25 points)
Drinking all 10 chocolate protein shakes (1 completion point per drink, at a total of 10 points)
Total: 35 points for reaching 210 HP
Obtaining the first three armors:
Leather vest (2 point)
Chainmail armor (4 points)
Ancient armor (8 points)
Total: 14 points
Obtain the first three weapons:
Wooden bat (1 point)
Iron hammer (3 points)
Morning star (8 points)
Total: 12 points
Obtain the lamp (3 points)
Obtain the lifesaver (3 points)
Obtain the rocket boots (4 points)
Obtain the nebula armlet (15 points)
Obtain the blood ring (80 points)
Obtain the lucky belt (8 points)
Obtain the ki spear technique scroll (6 points)
Obtain the first four tools:
Slingshot (2 points)
Bombs (3 points)
Javelin (5 points)
Artifact (8 points)
Total: 18 points
Free completion points from the first 27 achievements: 180 points
Total pre-expansion completion points required to defeat the Great Boss of Earth: 420 points
Reduced the costs of certain essential items required to defeat the Great Boss of Earth
Iron Hammer:
Atai: 96 R (unchanged)
Daea: 72 R (unchanged)
Morning Star: 210 R → 160 R
Leather Vest:
Atai: 100 R (unchanged)
Daea: 75 R (unchanged)
Chainmail Armor: 180 R (unchanged)
Lamp:
Atai: 90 R (unchanged)
Misty Gorge: 75 R (unchanged)
Daea: 60 R (unchanged)
Lifesaver (formerly Floatation Donut): 40 R → Free
Life Ring (formerly Blood Ring): 666 R → 420 R
The low health alert now triggers if your HP is less than 20 or 10% of your maximum HP (rounded down, for instance, if your maximum HP is 288, then the alert will trigger when your HP is less than 28, not 29), and the Life Ring now regenerates your HP at the alert point.
Gill now talks about the completion points required to access the World's Former End, which is a crucial location to defeat the Great Boss of Earth to approach the journey expansion. It is now much harder to access than completing the Unit 0066 chase sequence in the original Flash version, since the players have to obtain all the first 27 achievements to reach the required 420 completion points. For instance, if all of the first 27 achievements but "Never Knew What Hit Him" (#7, 15 points) and "A Connoisseur of Fluffy Pillows" (#26, 5 points) have been obtained, you would still have 400 completion points at that period, which is 20 points behind the required number, after which, you are still stuck at this point and won't be able to access the World's Former End as the real pathway to defeat the Great Boss of Earth.
Changed the location name "Ancient's Crater" to "Ancient Crater".
Updated the location system with a numeric ID as follows:
Panselo Region
Panselo [#1]
Duri Forest [#2]
Sunflower Road [#3]
Atai Bridge (East) [#4]
Atai Region
Atai Bridge (West) [#4]
Atai City [#5]
Adar's House [#6]
Bandits' Lair [#7]
Misty Gorge (South) [#8]
Daea Region
Misty Gorge (North) [#9]
Crossroads [#10]
Daea [#11]
Fran's Lab [#12]
Thomas' Lab [#13]
Farmer's Block [#14]
Prince Tower [#15]
Great Walls [#16]
Forbidden Lands
Dread Lands [#17]
Mul Caverns [#18]
Ancient Crater [#19]
Forgotten Forest [#20]
Hidden Village [#21]
World's Former End [#22]