After 12 Years of Waiting the Year of the OX is once again upon us. It is believed that the sign of the zodiac you are born under will play a role in shaping your personality and fate.

Certainly in Rune-Midgard this is believed, and those born during the Cycle of the Ox, are known for their perseverence and toughness. In celebration of their Zodiac Sign coming into vogue again. There is a Celebrant in Prontera who is eager to celebrate the Year of the Ox with you!

East of the Prontera Fountain you can find her waiting. She will be celbrating the Year of the Ox from January 20, 2009 through February 3rd 2009.

iRO First Lucky Box Event!

For the first time ever December 23rd - January 6th the Kafra Gals
will be offering a new exclusive items in the first ever "Lucky Box" event!

Inside every Lucky Box is one of the below prizes, all are winners but some are more rare than others.
The class A prizes are very rare, while the Class Ds are much more common, but all are useful!

Class A	1x	Ice Pick [1]
Class A	1x	Kafra Band
Class A	1x	Adventurer Pack Box
Class A	5x	Thick Battle Manual
Class A	1x	Carmen Miranda`s Hat
Class A	300 x	Korean Rice Cake
Class B	1x	Glaris Doll Hat Box
Class B	1x	Defolty Doll Hat Box
Class B	1x	Dress Hat
Class B	1x	Mystical Card Album
Class C	1x	Triple Poring Hat
Class C	1x	Moonlight Flower Hat
Class C	5x	Battle Manual
Class C	3x	Bloody Branch
Class D	4x	Bubble Gum
Class D	1x	MVP Hunting Box
Class D	5x	Spearman Scroll 10
Class D	5x	Fencer Scroll 10
Class D	5x	Bowman Scroll 10
Class D	1x	Mystical Amplification 50 Box

Once you purchase the Lucky Box from the Lucky Box Venders
you will be surprised at how tricky it is to open the Box due to how well wrapped the gift is.
But luckily there are certain young girls around Rune Midgard who have trained their whole lives
to open gifts from strangers. These Professional Gift Openers have no problems
solving the mystery of opening the Lucky Box, and opening them for you!

Lucky Box Vender		Lucky Box Opener

Prontera		Payon		Aldebaran		Juno

 

Thick Battle Manual = a 1 hour Battle Manual
MVP Hunter`s Box = 1 Bubble Gum, 1 Token Of Siegfried, and 3 Convex Mirrors. 
Bloody Branch = A Dead Branch that can summon Bosses
Mystical Card Album = an Old Card Album that contains mini-boss grade cards.

This year has been full of many memories and activities. We thank you all for the wild ride. Next year will be an even bigger year for us, with the 13.0 updates as well as many more Custom iRO events and updates.

In recognition of the holiday season we have pulled out all the stops on this years holiday season celebration.

We have our in-game Christmas events from Santa, such as helping Santa, stopping Antonio, bringing the Carroling Spirit to Rune-Midgard and of course Marriage under the Lutie Snowfall by Santa himself.
The Kafra gals are also throwing their ideas of a fun event into the mix as well. Kafra Points will be on Sale from December 16 2pm -> December 30.

500 Points	4.99 USD	->	3.75 USD
1050 Points	9.99 USD	->	7.50 USD
1650 Points	14.99 USD	->	11.25 USD
2300 Points	19.99 USD	->	14.99 USD
5200 Points	39.99 USD	->	29.99 USD

And at the same time offering a Subscription discount. Everyone can participate, the 15 day cooldown is ignored during the event period, so even those accounts that are already subscribed can still get a discount from December 16 2pm - December 30!

Hourly (30)	7.99 USD	->	6.99USD
1 Month	12.00 USD	->	10.00 USD
3 Month Points	32.00 USD	->	27.00 USD
6 Month	57.00 USD	->	49.00 USD

Further the Kafra gals acquired one last shipment of Limited edition Ragnarok Online OSTs that just seem perfect items for stocking stuffers. As a special prize, all those that buy an OST will not only receive a Note Headphone in-game, but also entered into a special drawing for rare in-game cards. See the RO OST page for more details!

Finally the Kafra gals are offering brand new items in the Shop as well as some excellent discounts many other items as well! This could be the perfect time to stock up! Forum post describing the Kafra Shop sales.

The GM team, not to be left out of the holiday spirit, will be offering extra service for all the Stat Reallocation requests. From December 16 - December 30, all those that want to purchase a stat reallocation can do 40 points instead of 20 points. The 90 day cooldown is reset for everyone as of December 16 2pm.

And don`t forget that we launched our partnership with Playspan.com to offer unique item packages for the efficient adventurer.

We hope this holiday season is the most enjoyable and memorable for you all, both in-game and out.

Happy Holidays!
Gravity Interactive, Inc.

On December 11, 2008 we will be having a brief maintenance begining at 5pm PST. We will implement 1.5x Drops to all servers. With this drop rate enhancement through the weekend we hope you will be able to find the new equipments you were looking for.

We will also be applying several 12.0 fixes during this brief maintenance.

Thank you,
Gravity Interactive, Inc.

We are proud to launch our newest update to Ragnarok Online: 12.0 The Destruction of Morroc on December 9, 2008. Valkyrie users will need to purchase the 12.0 Poring Key from the Kafra shop to get access to all 12.0 content prior to December 23.

This update has changed the landscape of Rune-Midgard forever, it has also brought new challenging instanced dungeons to test your parties might to survive, Battlegrounds which test your PVP prowess, and quest logging; to keep track of where you should be going.

Also with this maintenance, we are installing WoE update part 1 on all servers.

• Higher monster spawn in Guild Dungeon.
• More durable Emperiums
• Guardians and Homunculus are all Demi-Human.
• Guardians fully effected by Mi Gao and Elder Cards
• Stone Repair in WoE 2.0 castles has an 8 minute delay
• Tribals drop more often from Treasure boxes.

To implement 12.0 we are planning to extend maintenance to 2pm PST (instead of 1) WoE on Valkyrie is still scheduled for 12/9 at 4pm.

Good journey to you adventurers!
Gravity Interactive, Inc.