April 29 Update
Rate events!
From April, 28 17:00 to May, 2 10:00 (server time is UTC+3) the following rates are increased in the game:
Drop rates x2
Resources x2
Exp rates x3 for all players from 1 to 80 level
On a permanent basis every Friday 17:00 and until Monday 10:00 the following rates will be turned on:
Drop rates x2
Other rates will be adjusted from week to week.
Mentoring system
We are relaunching a mutually beneficial mentoring program for both new and old players. You can read the details in the guide: Mentoring system
Mazes
Lv65 unseal weapons upgrade system
Now it's possible to upgrade your lv65 unseal weapons with using of 
Weapon Upgrade Stone at NPC Diviner - Hocus Pokus in Spring Town (3262, 2500). You can redeem Upgrade Stone from Diviner - Hocus Pokus for 3 particles.
Lv65 Weapon Upgrade Stone (Particle 1) - can be obtained from chests of DW-1 and DW-2 with 0.3% drop rate.
Lv65 Weapon Upgrade Stone (Particle 2) - can be obtained from Lv55 Wandering Soul with 1% drop rate.
Lv65 Weapon Upgrade Stone (Particle 3) - can be obtained from Lv65 Snowman Warlord with 1% drop rate.
After upgrading weapon, forged gems will remain but Effectiveness will be lost and reset to 0%!
You can check stats of upgraded weapons in the database:
(Upgrade) Judgment of Enigma
(Upgrade) Blade of Enigma
(Upgrade) Rifle of Enigma
(Upgrade) Staff of Enigma
(Upgrade) Staff of the Sphinx
(Upgrade) Kris of the Sphinx
(Upgrade) Bow of Enigma
Other changes of DW
Lv0 Chest of Demonic World 1: HP increased up to 400 000, Defense increased up to 50
Lv0 Chest of Demonic World 2: HP increased up to 450 000, Defense increased up to 150
Lv55 Wandering Soul: HP increased up to 2 500 000, Defense increased up to 400, PR increased up to 55
Lv65 Snowman Warlord: HP increased up to 2 000 000, Defense increased up to 300, PR increased up to 50
Black Dragon
The black dragon no longer uses a skill that permanently lowers the character's attack without the possibility of recovery.
Chaos Argent
1) Portals leading to Chaos Argent no longer open at 14:00 on weekdays and 22:00 on weekends. Now you can only get into CA at 20:00 on weekdays and at 17:00 on weekends.
2) The bounty for players who survived Chaos Argent has been increased to 5 000 000 gold.
3) HP of Lv0 Novice Chaos Chest was increased up to 100 000.
Abaddon
1) 
Angelic Dice was added to drop list of Abaddon 5-8 bosses with 15% drop rate.
2) Added system announcements for killing Abaddon 5-8 bosses.
3) Now when one player kills another player in the Abaddon 5-8, it is reported in the system chat to the whole world, similar to CA and DB lair pk announcements.
Dark Swamp
1) Drop rate of all broken gems from regular mobs of DS was decreased from 0.01% to 0.008%
2) Drop rate of all broken gems from 3 mini bosses of DS was decreased from 1% to 0.75%
Fishing
Drop rate of 
Moon Tail Eel in FC and Phoenix Prawn in DS was increased twice.
Snow War
Portal opening
Weekdays at 19:00 server time
Weekends at 10:00 server time
How to get there?
The portal leading to the Snow War can be found in Shaitan City (797, 3644)
Portal opens for level 56-80 players
Entrance is valid for the first 30 minutes, while the map itself is available for 55 minutes
Location Information
If you have already been in Chaos Argent, then the mechanics of this location will not confuse you, but, on the contrary, will only please you.
Players can make a party inside. The same skill mechanics apply on the map as in Chaos Argent.
Snow War Map
The map contains the scenery of the four main cities of the Game World.
After the start of the Snow War, every 5 minutes, monsters appear on the entire map.
What valuable can you get and what monsters can you meet?
Chests
Lv0 Novice Chaos Chest
Lv0 Standard Chaos Chest
Lv0 Expert Chaos Chest
Weak Monsters:
Lv50 Lance Hunter
Lv41 Ami Cleric
Lv51 Phyllis Explorer
Lv51 Carsise Swordsman
Medium (NG) Monsters:
Lv51 Phyllis Explorer
Lv50 Lance Hunter
Lv70 Lance Voyager
Strong (BD) Monsters:
Lv75 Black Dragon Lance
Lv75 Black Dragon Carsise
Lv75 Black Dragon Phyllis
Lv75 Black Dragon Ami
Bosses and mini bosses:|
The appearance of bosses on location depends on the number of players after a wave of strong monsters.
If the number of players at this time is less than or equal to 10, one of the unique bosses will appear in the center of the map!
Chances of the appearance of one of the bosses, after the final wave of monsters:
70% - Lv75 Apocalypse Deer
25% - Lv85 Doomsday Chicken
5% - Lv160 Abyss Lord - Hardin
Players will only have 15 minutes to kill the boss.
If at the end of the strong monsters wave, the number of players is more than 10, then instead of the boss, many strong monsters will appear in the center, and 4 mini-bosses will appear on the map, from which you can get similar items, but with a much lower drop rate:
Lv75 Risen Santa
Players have 5 minutes to find and kill Santas.
If the number of players is still more than 10, then 4 more mini-bosses will spawn. If not, then a random unique boss will spawn in the center, but players will only have 10 minutes to kill boss.
On the 10th wave, everything is the same, but if the boss is summoned, players will only have 5 minutes to kill the boss.
Quest in the Snow War - Delivery of contraband!
At Thundorian part of Snow War (40, 42), a Smuggler is waiting for you, who asks you to deliver smuggling to the other end of the map. Quest can be taken only on weekdays from 19:15 to 19:30. You must complete quest before closing of the map at 19:55! Quest is available at a time (until successful completion) for only one character. If the character who accepted quest dies or leaves the map, then quest becomes available again for any player at the NPC in Thundoria.
As soon as the player accepts the quest, it is written in the system chat that the player "N" accepted the quest from the Smuggler. Thus, all players are notified about the start of smuggling. If any other player talks to the NPC Smuggler then in the system chat, he will see current coordinates of player who took quest.
Player who takes quest gets a special effects: slow running, inability to use skills, +10.000 HP and +250 defense, also the player is not affected by acceleration potions and Tempest Boost buff!
The cargo must be delivered to Shaitan part of Snow War (269, 258). After the successful completion of the quest, the player receives 2.500.000 gold (gold will be added after teleportation) and 
Refining Catalyst Shard
Shards exchange
Added two new items that can be obtained in the Snow War:
Composition Catalyst Shard
Refining Catalyst Shard
You can exchange 4x shards for 1x catalyst of the same type. To do this, go to the Blacksmith in Shaitan City and select "Exchange" in dialog.
Other changes
1) Lots
Price of 
Fortune Lot was decreased from 7.5k back to 5k gold.
2) Rebirth skills
Mechanics of all active Rebirth skills have been rolled back to the original. Now you can deal damage and kill monsters again with Rebirth skills. But AFK farm is still banned. If you abuse "holding the skill button" for many hours when you are not near the computer, then your character is at risk of being sent to jail by the GM, from where you can only get out after buying Jailbreak for 100 IMPs.
3) Cooldown of Flash bombs was increased:
Flash Bomb Lv1: from 10sec to 20sec
Flash Bomb Lv2: from 20sec to 30sec
Flash Bomb Lv3: from 30sec to 40sec
Flash Bomb Lv4: from 40sec to 50sec
Flash Bomb Lv5: from 50sec to 60sec
4) Gem vouchers 
Now, when you double-click on a gem, the gem turns into a voucher. Vouchers are stackable, so they take up less space in the bank, and they are convenient to store.
5) Life skills
New books were added for redemption from NPC Fairy Merchant in Icicle Castle (1370, 590):
1) 
Lv7 Crafting Guide for 300x 
Elven Signet
2) Lv8 Manufacturing Guide for 30x 
Elven Royal Signet
3) Lv8 Cooking Guide for 30x Elven Royal Signet
6) Daily quests changes
1) 
Acceleration Potion x2 can be redeemed for 3x 
Daily Quest Icon
2) 
Captain Commerce Statue can be redeemed for 20x Daily Quest Icon|
3) 
Novice medals can be redeemed for 2x Daily Quest Icon
4) 
Standard medals can be redeemed for 5x Daily Quest Icon
5) 
Expert medals can be redeemed for 7x Daily Quest Icon
7) Item Mall
Pass to Naval Base x5 were added to IM for 50 IMPs
Pass to Skeletar Isle? x5 were added to IM for 50 IMPs
8) Analyze catalysts
Now you can buy 
Plant Catalyst and 
Fur Catalyst for 50k gold from NPC Assistant - Blue in Icicle Castle (1340,561).
9) Reputation exchange
For a more convenient exchange of reputation points between players, a new item has been added to the reputation Item Mall: 
Book 1.000 reputation
10) Shield forging
Now 
Broken Gem of Colossus can be correctly forged into shields, in accordance with the description of the gem.
Have a nice game on Tales of Pirates classic server! ;)
joke fairy skills available in IM (Fairy -> Fairy joke skills)
