

Subject :Episode V : Mercenaries
The new CABAL Online contents – Episode V : Mercenaries - have been updated On December 9th,
the earliest among all CABAL services – including Korean.
Episode V continues to add exciting new contents for players of all levels to enjoy, including NPC mercenaries, a mailing system and a complete overhaul to the dungeons and drop rate systems.
Continue reading for a full list of the more significant new features of this update.

Mercenary System
The Mercenaries are NPCs which help you clear dungeons. They aid you in various ways, by attacking monsters that are attacking the player, or by giving buffs to the party or player. In order to summon them you need to have a Mercenary card registered on the Mercenary slot. Basic Mercenary cards can be earned from quests and rarer ones are dropped from dungeons, so it would be a good challenge to try collecting them all.

[You are no longer alone]

[Try to add every Mercenary to your collection]
Each Mercenary is recognized as a party member, so the users cannot excess the maximum party members 7 including Mercenaries.
EX) The maximum Mercenary summon number of a 4 party member dungeon play is 3.
There are four grades to each Mercenary: Normal, Rare, Epic and Unique
Each Mercenary offers various type of assistance.
| Assist Type | Description | Limitation |
| Trigger Attack | A Mercenary may start attacking under the following conditions: Trigger 1: Attacks the monster which the player is attacking. Trigger 2: Attacks the monster which is attacking the user. | Does not attack chests/boxes/gates/traps and etc. |
| Party Buff – Passive | Buff applied to every party members | Effect lasts for summon period |
| Party Buff – Active | Buff applied to all party members for certain period via buff skill which is on the special tab of the skill UI. | - |
| Single Buff – Passive | Buff applied only to the character who summoned the Mercenary | Effect lasts for summon period |
| Single Buff - Trigger | Buff only applied to the character who summoned the Mercenary under certain conditions. EX) Heal HP 500 when the user’s HP gets lower than 50%. | - |

Reformed Dungeon Drops
By popular demand, item drops from the following dungeons have been completely reformed:
Illusion Castle Underworld, Illusion Castle Radiant Hall, Altar of Sienna B1F, Altar of Sienna B2F, and Forbidden Island.

[This is what you can get
from the reformed drops]

Dungeon Difficulty Adjustment
Difficulty levels of the following party play dungeons have been modified: Illusion Castle Underworld, Illusion Castle Radiant Hall, Altar of Sienna B1F, Altar of Sienna B2F, and Forbidden Island. The modification will surely enable players to run the dungeons with more speed and excitement. For some skilled users, they might even be able to clear the dungeons in solo.

Mission War Contribution Officers

[Olivia]

[Kyle]
In addition to EXP, Skill EXP, or Honor EXP that you were able to receive in exchange of WEXPs, you can now receive Armor/Essence Rune Cubes from the newly added Contribution Officers. The new NPCs, Contribution Officer Olivia (Capella) and Contribution Officer Kyle (Procyon), are on the Mission War Lobby and you can exchange the following items from them:
| Item Name | Required WExp |
| Shineguard Cube (WA) | 1,000 |
| Mystic Cube (BL) | 1,000 |
| Terragrace Cube (FA) | 1,000 |
| Mystic Cube (WI) | 1,000 |
| Shineguard Cube (FS) | 1,000 |
| Terragrace Cube (FB) | 1,000 |
| SIGMetal Cube (WA) | 2,500 |
| SIGMetal Cube (BL) | 2,500 |
| SIGMetal Cube (FA) | 2,500 |
| SIGMetal Cube (WI) | 2,500 |
| SIGMetal Cube (FS) | 2,500 |
| SIGMetal Cube (FB) | 2,500 |
| Essence Rune Cube | 200 |
All of items from cubes are character binding except those from Essence Rune Cubes.
4 types of armor is given from the Cube at 25% chance each
You can get up to 2 slotted 8% amp. equipments from the cubes.


Dungeon Related Functions
We have been gathering suggestions from users and we have managed to apply the most frequently suggested ones on this update. Now the players will be able to enjoy the new dungeon related functions:





Dual Pet Equip System
Now equipping two pets at the same time is possible! Using the ‘Pet Slot Extender’ enables you to use the additional pet slot. When 2 pets are equipped, both of the pets appear in game and gain Pet EXP, but only the pet on the basic slot affects the character.
[Now you can have 2 pets to follow you]

New Unique Ring
Another unique ring that is definitely worth challenging has been added. If you bring the “Ring of Evil Spirit 2” dropped from Leth Tyrant (the final boss monster of FT2) to the core alchemist Sullivan in Desert Scream, she will give you the “Ring of the Tyrant” in exchange. The new ring’s options surely surpass every other existing rings’ in the game.
[Anyone would definitely want to show off this ring]

Equipment View Function
[Put the mouse cursor over the equipment to see its details.]
Have you ever been curious about what your guild member’s equipments are? Now you can view other character’s equipped items using the ‘view equipment’ function. This function is shown when you right click on a character name in the buddies, guild, or chatting tab.
In case that you don’t want others to see your gears, you can disable the function in the options menu, by un-checking “Allow View Equipment.”

Mailing System Improvement
Now you are able to send mails to other characters. You can even attach alz or items to the mails Small fee is charged when attachments are sent.


New Essence Runes
| Lv. | Consumed AP | Consumed core/quantity | Effect |
| 1 | 352 | - | 1% |
| 2 | 410 | Upgrade Core(Highest) 8ea | 2% |
| 3 | 497 | Upgrade Core(Highest) 14ea | 3% |
| Lv. | Consumed AP | Consumed core/quantity | Effect |
| 1 | 246 | - | 1% |
| 2 | 248 | Upgrade Core(Highest) 4ea | 2% |
| 3 | 251 | Upgrade Core(Highest) 5ea | 3% |
| 4 | 255 | Upgrade Core(Highest) 6ea | 4% |
| 5 | 260 | Upgrade Core(Highest) 7ea | 5% |

Details of Additional Soul Quest
| Monster | Required Qty. | Monster location | AP Reward |
| Ogre Corps Pawanuku | 40 | Illusion Castle Radiant Hall | 5.0 |

Details of Additional Honor Quests
| Start Item | Monster | Required Qty. | Monster location | Reward |
| Plate of Honor (Lv 2) |
2nd Gryphon Corps Kendril | 25 | Illusion CastleRadiant Hall | 72,000 |
| Plate of Honor (Lv 4) |
Graydant | 45 | Forgotten Temple B2F | 72,000 |

Honor Quests Made Easier
Decreased the required quantity and increased the drop rate of honor plates for certain honor quests.
| Previous | Current | ||||||
| Monster | Required quantity | Location | Reward | Monster | Required quantity | Location | Reward |
| Orc | 70 | Lake in Dusk | 4,000 | Orc | 50 | Lake in Dusk | 4,000 |
| Invader Mechape | 50 | Ruina Station | 4,000 | Invader Mechape | 40 | Ruina Station | 4,000 |
| Umpra | 70 | Altar of Siena B1F | 43,000 | Umpra | 50 | Altar of Siena B1F | 43,000 |
| Cannibal Mushid | 70 | Altar of Siena B2F | 64,000 | Cannibal Mushid | 50 | Altar of Siena B2F | 64,000 |

Increased Essence Rune Slot No.
You don’t need to worry about which essence rune you should take off to equip the newly added runes. We have increased the number of Essence Rune Slots by 2.

AP Cap Increase
Now you can accumulate more APs than before. (500 -> 700)
[ Increased AP cap and Essence Slot ]

Character Buff Saving Function
The buff effects will not be erased upon character log out. This applies to buff potions also.

New Option to Disable Basic Attack during Auto Attack
[ Now you can say goodbye to those unwanted deaths caused by basic attacks ]

Miscellaneous
Now you can move to other channels without going to the server select screen.

Users are now able to use movement skills (Dash/Blink) in Towns, Warp Centers, and Safety Areas.
Function of using Core Enhancers in large quantity added.
- Designate the quantity use by right clicking on Core Enhancers.

Changed Skill UI to be able to be re-ordered by drag-dropping skill icons.

For more information, please feel free to check out the patch notes HERE.