Okay so actually there was a test server patch earlier this week but I completely ignored it because it was entirely just events and now that patch has come to the official servers. TL;DR: Lunar New Year events! Here’s the Maple Update Info Centre video for this patch. Game Related You will no longer be able to be hit by monsters while in cutscenes for the Esfera story. You can now use the Rune of Darkness while an Elite Boss is active. The Elite Monsters will not be summoned but you will receive the experience buff. Blaster’s secondary weapon has been added to the Evolving System Coin Shop. The following errors have been fixed. Fixed an error where Mu Lung Dojo best records were sometimes reset. Fixed an error where characters who were inflicted with status effects in Hard Hilla could die after leaving the party. Fixed an error where characters could disappear at the bottom of certain Esfera maps. Fixed an error where you could not use Big Headward and Plastic Roy in the Esfera quick move. Fixed an error where in Reboot World, equipment disassembling was based off the highest levelled profession instead of the Alchemy level. Fixed an error where Kaiser and Angelic Buster could not enter hidden maps and complete story quests. Fixed an error where the Afterimage effect would disappear or would not be seen by other users after switching maps. Fixed an error where the character’s hair would not appear when sitting in the Dangling Nest Chair. Fixed an error where the ‘out of level range monsters’ penalty message didn’t appear in some maps. Skill Related The following errors have been fixed. Fixed an error where using True Sniping in Hard Will would cause the screen to appear weirdly. Fixed an error where Flame Wizard’s Blazing Extinction did not put the character into combat when hitting enemies. Fixed an error where the Aran’s Swing Research’s afterimage activated damage reflect. Fixed an error where skill transparency did not apply to Evan’s Dragon Master skill in Urus. Fixed an error where Angelic Buster’s Spotlight’s skill transparency was affected by the ‘other characters’ skill transparency’ option. Fixed an error where the client would exit after changing maps after using Angelic Buster’s Spotlight. Fixed an error where Assists were not activating when Tagging with Zero with cooldown reduction. Fixed an error where Illium’s Divine Shield applied to % HP attacks. Fixed an error where the client would exit if Ark used Memory of Root in the air after using certain skills. Cash Shop The Mint and Cherry Snow Packages will be on sale from February 1 to February 18. The Gold Apple has been updated with new rewards. They include: Scarlet accessories Ponyroid Android Ear Sensor Clip Corgi Cushion Chair Twin Stroller Chair (sit with your Android!) Fly! Bouncing Rabbit Riding Curled Up Blanket Riding Magnificent Souls Wisp’s Wonder Berries will be on sale from February 8 to March 7. If you’re unfamiliar with them, you get a random special pet from them when you use them, sort of like Royal Style Coupons. The Wonder Black pets for this time are the Pastel Deer pets! You can also get the Egg pets, Baby Kemdi, or Mastema! The item can also give 10 Organic Wonder Cookies (food for the Wonder pets) or the Enriched Premium Water of Life (gives 270 days of magic to a pet). While the Wonder Berries are on sale, you can also purchase the Deer Flower pet equipment for the Pastel Deer pets. The 2018 Golden Dog Lunar New Year Chance sale will take place from February 8 to February 21. The Grand Red Cube Pack, Grand Black Cube Pack, and Grand Additional Cube Pack are all on sale, with 30 Cubes each along with Grand Enhancement Boxes and special Potential Scrolls! The Wisp’s Wonder Berry Ten Package is 10% off. The NEW Hanbok Set as well as the Golden Dog Sparkling Box are on sale. The box can give you one of six random items, including 3 hats, 2 capes, and a weapon. Finally, the Mix Dye Coupon will be available to buy during this event. Events Ark Coin Shop Season 2 (Lunar New Year) The Ark Coin Shop has been updated with new items for Lunar New Year! It will be open until March 4. Accessories Jewel Craft Ring (10 coins) [unlimited] Mystery Jewel Box (10 coins) [limit of 10 per day] Special Random Kemdi Mask Box (80 coins) [unlimited] Gold Kemdi Mask Holiday Kemdi Mask Desert Kemdi Mask Polar Kemdi Mask Treasure Ship Kemdi Mask Detective Kemdi Mask Lots of Money Chair Voucher (1,000 coins) [limit of 1] This is My Year! Chair (1,000 coins) [limit of 1] Heartwarming Rice Cake Soup Chair (600 coins) [limit of 1] Honey Cookie Riding Voucher (500 coins) [limit of 1] Lucky Strainer Riding Voucher (400 coins) [limit of 1] 2018 New Year’s Greetings The 2018 New Year’s Greetings event will run from February 8 to February 27. You can talk to Cassandra to choose one of the 12 zodiac animals. The one that you choose will be shown as a small icon to the left of your character’s name for the rest of the event. You can right click on other characters and greet them, or accept greetings from other players. Each time this happens, both players will receive 100 Ark Points. You can give/receive greetings 5 times per day respectively. If you are able to greet every animal 3 times each, you’ll get 100 Ark Coins and the Zodiac Damage Skin! Kemdi’s Lunar New Year Playground Kemdi’s Lunar New Year Playground will be open from February 8 to February 27. You can talk to Kemdi to enter the playground and have a choice between three games: Kite Riding, Psychic Yut, and Maple One Card. For each game, you’ll gain Ark Points at the end based on your ranking or win/loss result. You can play them only until you reach the daily 20,000 Ark Points cap. Kite Riding 1st place: 1,500 Ark Points 2nd place: 1,200 Ark Points 3rd place: 900 Ark Points 4th place: 600 Ark Points 5th place: 300 Ark Points Psychic Yut Win: 1,800 Ark Points Loss: 800 Ark Points Tie: 400 Ark Points Maple One Card 1st place: 2,000 Ark Points 2nd place: 1,500 Ark Points 3rd place: 1,000 Ark Points 4th place: 500 Ark Points You can also choose to go to the Sunrise Mountain Pass, where you can earn 3 Ark Points every 10 seconds. Rock Paper Scissors with Kemdi The Rock Paper Scissors with Kemdi event will run from February 8 to February 27. Every day from 10:15 AM to 11:45 PM, every XX:15 and XX:45, you’ll receive an invitation to play rock, paper, scissors with Kemdi. Each time you win a round, you’ll move up a floor, but if you lose a round, you’ll move down. There are a total of 9 rounds, and you’ll play 3 times in a row. Based on the floor you end up on, you’ll receive Ark Points. 100 Ark Points 200 Ark Points 300 Ark Points 500 Ark Points 800 Ark Points 1,500 Ark Points Golden Puppy Lucky Bag The Golden Puppy Lucky Bag event will run from February 8 to February 27. After accepting the quest, you’ll receive the Golden Puppy Lucky Bag skill, which you can turn on or off by right clicking. It will be available until February 28. When the skill is on, a giant bag will appear over your character’s head. As you kill monsters around your level, it will grow bigger and bigger. When its completely filled, you can use the skill to summon a cute puppy that attacks nearby enemies and receive 300 Ark Points. If the skill kills a monster, you’ll receive an additional 20 Ark Points per monster killed (maximum of 200 points per use). Daily Lunar New Year Gift The Daily Lunar New Year Gift event will run from February 13 to February 19. It’s a good old-fashioned attendance check! Kill 200 monsters around your level to participate each day. The event runs for 7 days and the Xth day you participate, you’ll receive X Daily Lunar Year Gifts (e.g. you’ll get 3 of them on the 3rd day). Each gift can be opened to receive: 2x Experience Coupon (15 minutes) Power Up Buff (15 minutes) 10 Ark Coins Golden Puppy New Year Gift From February 13 to February 19, you can log in to receive a special year of the dog gift! Golden Monkey Beanie Voucher Ink New Year Chair 100 Ark Coins Choco-Filled Valentine Gift On February 14, you can log in to receive a chocolate filled Valentine’s Day gift! The gift contains the following items: Chocolate Damage Skin Chocolate Filled Cape Voucher (30 days) Chocolate Filled Nametag Ring Voucher (30 days) Chocolate Filled Chat Bubble Ring Voucher (30 days) 50 Ark Coins 2018 New Year Sugar Time The 2018 New Year Sugar Time event will run for only one day, February 10, from 12 PM to 12 AM. Characters level 33 or higher (or Zeroes who have completed Chapter 2) can access the Ark Sugar Time UI using the event icon. During this event, the amount of time that you are logged in will be recorded in the Ark Sugar Time UI. When you stay logged in for a total of 30/60/90/120 minutes, you can click the button on the UI to receive the following rewards: 30 Minutes 10 Ark Coins 60 Minutes 10 Ark Coins 2x Experience Coupon (15 minutes) 90 Minutes 10 Ark Coins 120 Minutes Ark Sugar Box (gives 500 Mileage and a chance to win 5,000/10,000/100,000/500,000/1,000,000 Maple Points) Ark Sugar Coin Box (gives 10 Ark Coins the first time you open the box, then 5 additional coins per box opened) 2x Experience Coupon (15 minutes) Once you have received all of the rewards above, your cumulative time will be reset and you can collect them starting from the beginning again. You can receive the rewards up to 5 times per Maple ID. Your cumulative time will be shared between all characters on your Maple ID and will continue to add up until you reach the maximum 120 minutes. Once you have reached the maximum number of rewards (5), you will no longer accumulate logged in time. Special Sugar Time The Special Sugar Time event will run for only one day, February 24, from 12 PM to 12 AM. Characters level 33 or higher (or Zeroes who have completed Chapter 2) can access the Ark Sugar Time UI using the event icon. During this event, the amount of time that you are logged in will be recorded in the Ark Sugar Time UI. When you stay logged in for a total of 30/60/90/120 minutes, you can click the button on the UI to receive the following rewards: 30 Minutes 10 Ark Coins 60 Minutes Special Pet Box (1st time) Special Beauty Box (2nd time) Special Item Box (3rd time) Special Money Box (4th time) Special Combined Box (5th time) 10 Ark Coins 2x Experience Coupon (15 minutes) 90 Minutes 10 Ark Coins 120 Minutes Special Sugar Box (gives 500 Mileage and a chance to win 5,000/10,000/100,000/500,000/1,000,000 Maple Points) Special Sugar Coin Box (gives 10 Ark Coins the first time you open the box, then 5 additional coins per box opened) 2x Experience Coupon (15 minutes) Once you have received all of the rewards above, your cumulative time will be reset and you can collect them starting from the beginning again. You can receive the rewards up to 5 times per Maple ID. Your cumulative time will be shared between all characters on your Maple ID and will continue to add up until you reach the maximum 120 minutes. Once you have reached the maximum number of rewards (5), you will no longer accumulate logged in time. You will get 4 different boxes, each of which has one guaranteed prize and a bunch of other prizes you might get if you’re lucky. The boxes are all account tradeable so you can open them on different characters. The first is the Special Pet Box, which gives the Golden Shiba Pet Voucher and the Golden Shiba Pet Equipment. Golden Shiba comes with auto-buff, item and meso loot, and range increase. It will last for 90 days and can be revived with the Water of Life. If you’re lucky, you might also receive: 3 Premium Waters of Life Scuba Ducky Pet Voucher Skunk Pet Voucher Desert Fox Pet Voucher Pirate Parrot Pet Voucher Raccoon Pet Voucher Shark in a Fish Tank Pet Voucher 3 Angel Pets Full Package 3 Luti Pets Full Package 3 Root Abyss Pets Full Package 3 Miracle Lucid Pets Full Package The second box is the Special Beauty Box. It gives 1 Trendy Royal Face Coupon Voucher and 1 March Royal Hair Coupon Voucher. If you’re lucky, you might also receive: VIP Hair Colour Voupon Voucher + Skin Care Coupon Voucher Sporty Wave Hair Coupon (F) Lucid Hair Coupon (M) Lucid Hair Coupon (F) Schoolboy Hair Coupon (M) Morning School Hair Coupon (F) Dragon Master Hair Coupon (M) Misty Rose Hair Coupon (F) White Mage Hair Coupon (M) Lady Blair Hair Coupon (F) Master Label Hair Coupon (Selective) The third box is the Special Item Box. You’ll receive 100 Ark Coins. If you’re lucky, you might also receive: Special Selective Chair Box 100 Core Gemstones Ancient Guardian Chair 100% Unique Potential Scroll Sun Chair Lucidroid Legendary Dominator Pendant Voucher Flame Bird Riding (Permanent) Voucher Magnificent Lucid’s Soul 100% 20 Star Force Enhancement Scroll (Level 160) Legendary Absolabs Equipment Full Package The fourth is the Special Money Box. It gives 500 Mileage. If you’re lucky, you might also receive: 3 Gaga Coins (300m mesos) 5 Gaga Coins (500m mesos) 5 Inkwell Coins (1b mesos) 25 Inkwell Coins (5b mesos) 50 Inkwell Coins (10b mesos) 3,000 Maple Points Voucher 30,000 Maple Points Voucher 50,000 Maple Points Voucher 100,000 Maple Points Voucher 500,000 Maple Points Voucher 1,000,000 Maple Points Voucher The final box is the Special Combination Box. It gives 100 Ark Coins and a chance to receive any of the additional prizes from the previous 4 boxes. Sunday Maple The Sunday Maple event will take place on February 11, 18, and 25. On February 11, the following benefits will take place: Receive 2 3x Experience Coupons (15 minutes) (once per world) +100% experience buff from Runes Experience from Combo Kill orbs increased by 300% 2x Ark Points acquisition rate and 2x daily limit On February 18, the following benefits will take place: When enhancing items at 10 stars or lower, a successful enhancement will increase your item by 2 stars 2x Ark Points acquisition rate and 2x daily limit On February 25, the following benefits will take place: 30% discount on the Ark Coin Shop 2x Ark Points acquisition rate and 2x daily limit Source: Orange Mushroom's Blog