October 12, 2026 Mabinogi Connect Summary and Some Opinions

October Update Preview

Thursday, October 15th

Party Equipment Visibility Option

Added an option to make equipment visible when creating a party. Selecting this makes it an Equipment Public Party.

Added a confirmation step to notify players that it is an Equipment Public Party when joining.

The equipment visibility setting will be maintained even if the party leader changes.

We are not considering additional public options, as they could raise the barrier to entry for combat contents.

Combo Card Revamp

This update focuses on allowing players to craft combo cards even when a Black Combo Card event is not active.

Improved Normal Combo Cards to allow opening up to 6 slots (if not fully opened, slots can be unlocked).

Combo Card Tiers: Normal Combo Card -> Gold Combo Card -> Black Combo Card.

Tier upgrades are possible, and skills and multipliers are retained upon upgrading.

The probability of rolling high-value multipliers (Limit Break stats) on Normal and Gold Combo Cards has been increased.

Black Combo Cards have been improved to guarantee maximum values equally for all nodes. This also applies retroactively when adjusting existing Black Combo Cards.

If you have reached Dan 3 on all eligible skills for a Talent, you can now register non-Dan skills of that Talent onto Black Combo Cards.

Added a recommended combo card skill feature based on Arcana.

Combo card expiration times will now be applied per character.

(Previously, durations varied per card. If you have existing combo cards, the longest remaining time will be applied. Revival coupons can be converted into extension coupons.)

Quality of Life Improvements

Lenen's Miir Skill Effect Improvement

Improved issues where borders were unclear or colors overlapped, making it difficult to see.

We will also look into ways to improve visibility for the 2nd Boss, Brontanas.

Scroll of Memory Crafting Added for Murias's Holy Water Effect

You can craft a Scroll of Memory via Handicraft using 5 Bri Leith's Waterfalls.

Elixir of Reality Purchase Limit Removed

Dungeon Explorer's Seal Shop Expiration Time Improved

Expiration time for shop items will increase from 24 hours to a weekly basis.

Pulsation of Purification Excluded from Simplify Skill Effects

Since Pulsation of Purification provides crucial combat information, it will no longer be hidden when the Simplify Skill Effects option is enabled.

Item Usability Improvements

Duskbound New Set Options

Added Relentless Assault Activation Rate Increase and Defy Death Activation Rate Increase to the upgrade paths.

Duskbound Healing Efficiency Set Effect Buff

The Duskbound Healing Efficiency Increase has been buffed from 20% to 50%.

Control Bar Erg Effect Changes

Revised stats that lost their meaning with the release of Melodic Puppeteer.

Marionette Defense/Protection Increase -> Marionette Control Radius Increase

Auto Defense Rate Increase -> Act 2: Threshold Waker Damage Multiplier Increase

Act 2 is a primary skill that also affects Downbeat Accent damage, so this should provide a meaningful offensive boost.

Increasing the control radius is intended to solidify Melodic Puppeteer's role as a ranged DPS.

Skill Usability Improvements

Way of the Gun Maintained on Weapon Swap

The Bonus Damage effect will be strictly limited to when Dual Guns are equipped.

Sacred Guard Rage Impact Duration Increase

Elemental Knights have cooldown reset effects, but Sacred Guard has downtime gaps.

Added an effect that increases the duration of Rage Impact to the Link unlock.

If used alongside a Rage Impact Cooldown Reduction Echo Stone, you will be able to use Rage Impact much more smoothly.

Server Lag Optimization

There will be noticeable improvements this Thursday. The core logic for acquiring, using, and sorting items caused heavy server loads and took a lot of time to optimize.

Extra Equipment Slot Swap: 9% improvement

Target Search (Item Use, etc.): 90% improvement

Item Sorting: 86% improvement

Gather Items: 70% improvement

We made bold optimizations for smoother gameplay and are currently testing thoroughly.

Client rendering optimization is also in progress. Framerates (FPS) could increase by up to 10%.

Some crash-to-desktop (CTD) scenarios have also been fixed.

October Test Server Updates

Tlachtga Hard Difficulty Added to Test Server

Scheduled to be applied to the Test Server on October 29th.

It will provide a familiar yet slightly different experience for Milletians who have mastered Normal difficulty.

There are exclusive rewards that can only be obtained in Tlachtga Hard Difficulty.

Tlachtga's Remnant Stone: Used to craft Tlachtga's Coins. Can be stacked and used alongside Bri Leith's Coins.

New Upper-Tier Robe Added: Requires the Robe of Destruction as a finishing material. It features Piercing Lv. 3, Bonus Damage, and Dissonance Effect Enhancement. The Robe of Destruction used as a material will not be returned.

We will gather player feedback from the Test Server to polish the content before the live release.

We are also monitoring the supply of Duskbound equipment to determine an appropriate Live server release schedule.

Witch Hat Atelier Collaboration

Coming this Thursday update (Oct 15th)

NPC Appearances

Available as Outfits and Beauty Coupons.

Main Collaboration Event Rewards

Character Miniatures

You can add your desired stats to the miniatures.

They can be upgraded using currency obtained from event quests.

'Qifrey's Rescue' Chair

A chair where your character is held by Qifrey. Can be obtained by completing the 1st-week quest.

It can look funny if used by a Giant (especially with 19-year-old height-boosting shoes, etc...)