PSO2 JP: Maintenance and Patch (3/16/2016)

[tabs class="yourcustomclass"]
[tab title="Maintenance" active="active"]

The [PS Festa 2016! Support Item Selection] AC Scratch will arrive after maintenance.

March 16th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 3/16/2016 @ 10:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 3/15/2016 @ 9:55 PM ~ 4:30 AM EDT

March 16th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 04.00.00
  • Client: ver. 4.0101.1
  • Patch Size: 26 MB (PC) / 29 MB (Vita)

 

Watanabe Loser Sticker
ワタナベルーサーver. (Watanabe Loser ver.)

PointOn Bonus Gift

  • Players can receive a special Watanabe Loser sticker if they trade in 2000 PointON Pons for Arks Cash. The PointOn campaign is only available to Japanese domestic residents.

 

Dell Themed Bonus Gifts

  • Customers who purchase an Inspiron 15 7000 series from Dell Japan receive an Arkuma Suit AW costume.
  • Customers who purchase select Alienware products from Dell Japan receive an *Alien Tact weapon camo.

[toggles class="yourcustomclass"]
[toggle title="Useful Links"]

Web Panel Event

PSO2es Guide

AC Scratch

Item Code Offers

Item Listings

[/toggle]
[/toggles]

[/tab]
[tab title="Boost Week + Rewards"]

Boost Week

Happy Boost Week everyone! The following boosts will apply between March 16th ~ March 23rd's maintenance.

Boost Week
+150% EXP Boost For All Quests

+150% Rare Drop  Boost For All Quests

+150% Meseta Boost For All Quests
+150% Rare Enemy Spawn for All Quests
2x Earned FUN
Login Stamp +1 Bonus
20% OFF Discount at Recycle Shop
+10% Item Grinding Boost (Weapons/Units)
+10% Ability Affixing Boost

+100% Rare Drop Rate For:

Mining Base Defense: Demise
Progeny of the Apocalypse
Ultimate Quest: Naberius
Ultimate Quest: Lillipa

※The Recycle Shop discount does not apply to items that need [1] item for exchange.
※[Excube] or [Recycle Badge] exchanges do not qualify for the discount.
※The [Craft Shop] does not qualify for the discount.

 

Web Panel Rewards

The following rewards are available for pickup until April 6th's maintenance. Only those who've cleared a quest for the Web Panel rewards qualify for the items listed below.

Phantasy Star Festa 2016: Web Panel Rewards (1)

  • 1000 FUN Ticket (x1)
  • Casino Coin Pass (x3)
  • Evo Device / Draco (x1)
  • +100% Tribooster (x1)
  • Free Salon Pass (x1)
  • Color Change Pass (x1)
  • *Sakura Kagura (Tact Weapon Camo) (x1)

Phantasy Star Festa 2016: Web Panel Rewards (2)

  • Lambda Grinder (x50)
  • Photon Booster (x3)
  • 100% Grind Success (x3)
  • +40% Ability Affixer Success (x1)
  • Quna Stage (Room Item) (x1)
  • Mascot Necklace (Accessory) (x1)

 

[/tab]
[/tabs]

 

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

[tabs]
[tab title="Eastern Daylight Time" active="active"]

▲▲ Eastern Daylight Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

[/tab]

[tab title="Japanese Standard Time"]

▲▲ Japanese Standard Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

[/tab]

[/tabs]

Eastern / Central / Mountain / Arizona / Pacific

Hawaii / São Paulo / London / Berlin / Moscow

Bangkok / Philippines / Sydney / Japan

Please Note:

  • The Emergency Quest schedule will update automatically during maintenance. Please wait until after maintenance has ended to see the current schedule.
  • Please resync the calendar periodically to receive the latest updates, as the schedule may change at Sega's discretion.
  • This calendar is unable to show Emergency Quests that occur at random.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear in this calendar with only their start times.
  • Boost Events that occur for several hours will use the "period" suffix in their titles. Please check the Google Calendar itself to view the event duration.

 

PSO2 The Animation Quiz!

PSO2 Animation Quiz

Players can receive presents for each question they answer correctly in the PSO2 The Animation Quiz! Questions will be announced both in-game and on Twitter each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.

Quiz Guidelines

  • Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.
  • Players will receive a +100% Tribooster for each question they answer correctly.
  • Questions will be announced each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.

Let’s say, for example, the answer to the question was [ARKS].

Acceptable Answers
アークス Answering in Full-Width Katakana
Unacceptable Answers
あーくす Answering in Hiragana
アークス Answering in Half-Width Katakana
Arks Answering in English
ア -クス Answering with spaces, symbols, or punctuation marks
breaking up the response.

Proposed Answers

PSO2 The Animation Quiz Cheat Sheet
Answer Deadline
イツキ 1/12 @ 23:59 JST
リナ 1/19 @ 23:59 JST
ユタカ 1/26 @ 23:59 JST
コウタ 2/2 @ 23:59 JST
アイカ 2/9 @ 23:59 JST
シルバ 2/23 @ 23:59 JST
ミカ 3/1 @ 23:59 JST
キッド 3/8 @ 23:59 JST
カスラ 3/15 @ 23:59 JST
マサヤ 3/22 @ 23:59 JST

The next question will be announced on Saturdays around 11:00 AM JST.

Prize Distribution Date

  • During upcoming maintenances after the answering period has ended.

 

AC Shop Bargains

AC Shop Bargains March

March 16th ~ March 23rd (Maintenance)

Certain AC Shop Items will be available at a discounted rate when purchased through the bundles listed below.

Item Package Contents Price
半額スクラッチ券
Half-priced AC Scratch
AC Scratch Ticket (x1)
100 AC
スクラッチ+拡張倉庫セット
Scratch + Extra Storage Set
AC Scratch Ticket (x12)
Extra Storage 1 – 30 Days (x1)
Extra Storage 2 – 30 Days (x1)
2,900 AC
便利アイテムセット3
Useful Item Set 3
+150% EXP Booster (x10)
Scape Doll (x5)
Sub-Palette Expansion Ticket (x1)
30 Day CO Cap Expansion Ticket (x1)
AC Scratch Ticket (x5)
4,500 AC

※Each item package is limited one per account. 

 

AC Shop Bargains List March

※These item packages will be listed in yellow at the AC Shop!

 

 

Spend AC, Get Items #20 (Extended)

Spend AC Get Items 20

Players who spend set amounts of AC during the campaign period will receive several prizes in March.

Campaign Period

  • February 10th ~ March 23rd (Maintenance)

Campaign Qualifications

(1) Spend 100+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • +50% Rare Drop Booster (x2)

(2) Spend 2,000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • Synthesizer (x50)
  • Grind Risk Reducer +2 (x5)
  • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)

(3) Spend 5,000+ AC during the campaign period to receive:

  • Egg Rappy Suit
  • Grind Success +30% 

※AC / iAC spent in PSO2es prior to linking does not qualify for this campaign. However, any AC or iAC spent after linking will qualify for the campaign.

Ways You Can Spend AC

  • Playing Arks Scratch on PSO2 or PSO2es
  • Buying Arks Scratch Ticket Bundles
  • Buying Items in the AC Shop
  • Using a Scape Doll to revive
  • Using AC Content at the Beauty Salon
  • Spending AC to add a Skill Tree
  • Spending AC to reset a Skill Tree
  • Spending AC to buy a character
  • Transferring to another ship

Using [Arks Scratch Tickets] to play the AC Scratch does not fulfill the campaign requirements of spending AC.

Prize Distribution Date

  • Early April

 

PSO2 JP: Extended Maintenance and Patch (3/9/2016)

[tabs class="yourcustomclass"]
[tab title="Maintenance" active="active"]

PSO2 Gluttony and Rings

Reel in some fun with the fishing and mining system in March 9th's update! Don't forget to check out Franca's Café, filled with NPCs both new and old.

March 9th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

March 9th Patch

  • Launcher: Version 04.00.00
  • Client: ver. 4.0101.0
  • Patch Size: 1.6 GB (PC) / 852 MB (Vita)

PS Festa 2016! Support Item Selection AC Scratch

To commemorate the Phantasy Star Festa 2016, an additional AC Scratch will be released on March 16th!

  • Various grinding, crafting, and Mag device items will be included.

[toggles class="yourcustomclass"]
[toggle title="Useful Links"]

Web Panel Event

PSO2es Guide

AC Scratch

Item Code Offers

Item Listings

[/toggle]
[/toggles]

[/tab]
[tab title="Patch Notes"]

Patch Notes

New Pets

  • Added Marron and Melon.
  • Increase the Pet Cap from 10 to 15.

New Photon Arts

  • Added photon arts to the new pets.

White Day Lobby

  • Available until March 23rd's Maintenance.

Field Update

  • Seven Eleven will appear on the Tokyo Field for a limited time.
  • Available until June 8th's Maintenance.

Level Up Quest

  • Border-Piercing Blade 境界を切り裂く銀の鋼刃
  • N: 8 / H: 20 / VH: 40 / SH: 55 / XH: 70
  • Available until March 23rd's Maintenance

Limited-time EQ

  • A Boisterous White Day 2016 ホワイトデーは大わらわ2016
  • N: 1 / H: 20 / VH: 40 / SH: 50 / XH: 70
  • Available until April 6th's Maintenance

New Bingo Card

  • White Day 2016 Bingo
  • Available until April 6th's Maintenance

New Area

  • Added Franca's Cafe to the Lobby.

Client Orders

  • Added new Client Orders and Client Order NPCs.

 

Partial New Item Listing

Both items available until April 6th.

Story Board Update

  • Added New Events to the Story Board
  • Change the Story Board node inscription from [Letter-Number] to [Number-Letter], while changing the titles of some event nodes.
  • Those who have progressed through the story should speak to Xiera to obtain the new Story Board.

Skills

  • Pet Switch Strike and Pet Switch Shoot's effects will continue when restarting a quest.

Partner

  • You can now choose Layered Costumes for Support Partners

Gathering System

  • Added the new Gather System. This update allows you to collect materials from the field by [Harvesting] or [Fishing] from the field.
  • You can use the materials you've collected and head to the Shops in Franca's Cafe to create Skill Rings or Meals.
  • We will have a mini-guide that will update over time after maintenance.

Quest

  • They will no longer record your Solo Time Attack ranking if you have two or more party members between the time you accepted the quest, to the time you start the quest. This change also applies even if you start the quest from that point with a single player. (In other words, if you are trying to do Solo Time Attack rankings, make sure nobody joins your party.)
  • Gathering Enabled Quests
    • Forest Exploration
    • Ruins Exploration
    • Coast Exploration
    • Tokyo Exploration

Campship

  • Added the [Gathering Terminal] to the Campship.
  • This terminal becomes available by clearing Sofia's 2nd and 3rd Gathering Client Orders.

Quick Menu

  • Added an option to transfer to Franca's Cafe.

AC Shop

  • Added the following items to the AC Shop
    • 【極み】ピッケル(7個) (Master Pickaxe) x7
    • 【極み】釣り竿(7個) (Master Fishing Rod) x7
  • The above two entries cost 950 AC each.

Item Lab

  • Skill Rings can now be grinded at the Item Lab.

Pet Goods Shop

  • Added items to the Pet Goods Shop.

Badge & Memory Shop

  • Added Posters to the Ragol Memory Shop.
  • Added [Badge Exchange Shop 4]. You can trade in [2016 Weapons Badge Gold and Silver] at this shop.

Limited-time FUN Shop

  • You can now obtain 7-11 related products at the Seven Eleven Oracle Store at the Arks Lobby.
  • This shop is available until June 8th's Maintenance.

Recycle Shop

  • You can now set the number of items you wish to trade in at the Recycle Shop.

My Room Shop

  • Updated the My Room Shop lineup.

Other Changes

  • Adjusted the display location of the [Simple Status] menu in the PC version.
  • Added four new Premium Drinks
  • Added Franca's Cafe as a transfer destination in Team Room, My Room, Casino, and Gate Area.
  • Adjusted the water surface graphics in Skyscape, Miniroom, and Scenery Passes: City, Ruins, and Yamato.
  • Relaxed the limitations on how high the player can reach in the following fields: City, Ruins.
  • The Time Attack Quest section in the Arks Road will use [勇往邁進の力試し・IV] as the goal for Klotho's Client Order.
  • The Pyroxene Exchange shop will remove the word "weapon" from its menu list for [God Stone Exchange] [Pyroxene Exchange] and [Scarstone Exchange].
  • You can now enter up to 99 lines when writing mail.
  • Pet names will no longer display when the overhead display is set to [none], as well as during a Live event in the Arks Lobby.
  • Added [Other Events] to the menu listing of the Event Chronicle.
  • The [Coast] and [Facility] fields in the Event Chronicle will have the sunlight set to noon.
  • Extended the [Festa Donuts 2016] expiration date to April 20th @ 11:00 JST.

Klotho's Client Order Changes

  • Changed the names, clear conditions, meseta, and EXP values of Klotho's Client Orders:
    • Let's See How Strong You Are I, III, V
    • A Carefree Quiz I, IV
    • Extreme Training Test I, II
    • A Trial of Body And Soul I
    • A Test of Strength I
  • Trial of A New Rank will have its Meseta and EXP Buffed.
  • The following Client Orders will be removed:
    • Let's See How Strong You Are II, IV, VI
    • Let's See How Serious You Are I, II, III
    • A Carefree Quiz II, III, V, VI
    • Extreme Training Test III

 

 

[/tab]
[tab title="Bingo"]

White Day 2016 Bingo

White Day 2016 Bingo

[toggles class="yourcustomclass"]
[toggle title="Front Side"]

White Day 2016 Bingo Rewards
Lines Reward
1 獲得経験値+75%
+75% EXP Booster (x2)
2 FUN1000獲得チケット
1,000 FUN Ticket
3 能力追加成功率+10%
Ability Affixer Success +10% (x3)
4 WDリリーパストラップ
WD Lillipa Strap
5 トライブースト+50%
+50% Tribooster (x2)
8 幻創石カガセオ
Phantasmal Kagaseo Stone (x5)
Complete トライブースト+100%
+100% Tribooster

 

White Day 2016 Bingo
A
A-1 Play Black Nyack
A-2 Defeat a [Strahda]
Level 1+
A-3 Use a Drink
A-4 Defeat a [Krabahda]
Level 1+
A-5 Defeat [Caterdra'nsa]
Level 1+
B
B-1 Defeat a [Dahgash]
Level 1+
B-2 Clear Sophia's client order:
「ギャザリングをしてみましょー」
Let's Go Gathering
B-3 Speak to Ida
Cuisine Shop Attendant
B-4 Defeat a [Pitta Wadda]
Level 1+
B-5 Defeat a [Gu Wonda]
Level 1+
C
C-1 Synthesize an Egg
C-2 Draw a FUN Scratch
C-4 Feed an item to a Mag
C-5 Place a Candy
D
D-1 Defeat a [Windira]
Level 1+
D-2 Defeat a [Doluahda]
Level 1+
D-3 Speak to Yerkes
Franca's Café
D-4 Defeat a [Dirandal]
Level 1+
D-5 Defeat a [Cyclonehda]
Level 1+
E
E-1 Speak to Xiera
The Bridge
E-2 Defeat a [Set Sadinian]
Level 1+
E-3 Destroy a Green Container
E-4 Defeat a [Nordiransa]
Level 1+
E-5 Play Mesetan Shooter

[/toggle]
[toggle title="Reverse Side"]

White Day 2016 Bingo [Reverse] Rewards
Lines Reward
1 強化成功率+10%
Grind Success +10% (x2)
2 強化リスク軽減(+1)
Grind Risk Reducer +1 (x2)
3 幻創石カガセオ
Phantasmal Kagaseo Stone (x15)
4 *フェンヴォルフ
Fenwolf
5 ハーフドール
Half Doll
8 能力追加成功率+30%
Ability Affixer Success +30%
Complete トライブースト+100%
+100% Tribooster (x2)

 

White Day 2016 Bingo [Reverse]
A
A-1 Defeat [Dragon Ex]
Level 21+
A-2 Defeat [Blu Ringahda]
Level 41+
A-3 Defeat [Type-15 Tank]
Level 1+
A-4 Clear [A Boisterous White Day 2016] Emergency Quest
Super Hard+
A-5 Defeat [Train Ghidoran]
Level 21+
B
B-1 Defeat [Snow Banther]
Level 41+
B-2 Clear Franca's client order:
「クォーツ・ドラゴンの鱗の調達」
Supplying Quartz Dragon Scales
B-3 Defeat an [Orota Biketta]
Level 1+
B-4 Defeat a [Sol Dirandal]
Level 21+
B-5 Clear Hans' client order:
「そびえ立つ黒き巨体」
A Towering Dark Figure
C
C-1 Defeat a [Dagan]
Level 1+
C-2 Speak to Pietro
Summoner Class Trainer
C-4 Compress a Candy
C-5 Defeat [Zeshrayda]
Level 1+
D
D-1 Clear Hans' client order:
「闇に煌く死神の鎌」
Gleaming Sickle of Death
D-2 Defeat [Dark Ragne]
Level 21+
D-3 Defeat a [Bikuda Rabitta]
Level 1+
D-4 Defeat [Quartz Dragon]
Level 21+
D-5 Clear Revelle's client order:
「ブラッディ・スカフォード・Ⅰ」
Bloody Scaffolds I
E
E-1 Defeat [Goronzoran]
Level 21+
E-2 Clear Hans' client order:
「浮遊大陸の新たな試練」
A New Continental Trial
E-3 Destroy a Red Container
E-4 Defeat a [Gul Solda]
Level 41+
E-5 Defeat [Wolgahda]
Level 21+

[/toggle]
[/toggles]

[/tab]
[/tabs]

 

Emergency Quest Schedule

[tabs]
[tab title="Eastern Daylight Time" active="active"]

▲▲ Eastern Daylight Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

[/tab]

[tab title="Japanese Standard Time"]

▲▲ Japanese Standard Time ▲▲
Please [Refresh] the calendar after maintenance has ended!

[/tab]

[/tabs]

Eastern / Central / Mountain / Arizona / Pacific

Hawaii / São Paulo / London / Berlin / Moscow

Bangkok / Philippines / Sydney / Japan

Please Note:

  • The Emergency Quest schedule will update automatically during maintenance. Please wait until after maintenance has ended to see the current schedule.
  • Please resync the calendar periodically to receive the latest updates, as the schedule may change at Sega's discretion.
  • This calendar is unable to show Emergency Quests that occur at random.
  • Boost Events that occur for 24 hours will appear in this calendar with only their start times.
  • Boost Events that occur for several hours will use the "period" suffix in their titles. Please check the Google Calendar itself to view the event duration.

 

PSO2 The Animation Quiz!

PSO2 Animation Quiz

Players can receive presents for each question they answer correctly in the PSO2 The Animation Quiz! Questions will be announced both in-game and on Twitter each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.

Quiz Guidelines

  • Players must say the answer to the question through the in-game chat.
  • Players will receive a +100% Tribooster for each question they answer correctly.
  • Questions will be announced each Saturday around 11:00 AM JST.

Let’s say, for example, the answer to the question was [ARKS].

Acceptable Answers
アークス Answering in Full-Width Katakana
Unacceptable Answers
あーくす Answering in Hiragana
アークス Answering in Half-Width Katakana
Arks Answering in English
ア -クス Answering with spaces, symbols, or punctuation marks
breaking up the response.

Proposed Answers

PSO2 The Animation Quiz Cheat Sheet
Answer Deadline
イツキ 1/12 @ 23:59 JST
リナ 1/19 @ 23:59 JST
ユタカ 1/26 @ 23:59 JST
コウタ 2/2 @ 23:59 JST
アイカ 2/9 @ 23:59 JST
シルバ 2/23 @ 23:59 JST
ミカ 3/1 @ 23:59 JST
キッド 3/8 @ 23:59 JST
カスラ 3/15 @ 23:59 JST

The next question will be announced on Saturdays around 11:00 AM JST.

Prize Distribution Date

  • During upcoming maintenances after the answering period has ended.

 

White Day Campaign 2016

White Day Campaign 2016

White Day arrives in PSO2 with new campaigns and boost events!

Boost Event Period

  • March 11th ~ 15th @ 23:59 JST
  • +50% EXP / Rare Drop / Rare Enemy Rate for the
    [A Boisterous White Day 2016] Emergency Quest.

A Boisterous White Day Rewards

  • March 9th ~ 15th @ 23:59 JST
  • Players who clear [A Boisterous White Day 2016] 1 or more times during the campaign period will receive the following items:
    • +100% Tribooster
    • Mug Cup ♂
    • White Gift
    • 15,000 EXP Ticket (x3)
  • These rewards will be distributed in late March at the Visiphone.

Keyword Event

Guess the keywords listed below and enter them into PSO2's chat to receive special rewards!

  • Event Period: March 9th ~ 16th (Maintenance)
Start Date Keyword Reward
March 9th ○○○○○
(ホワイトデー)
+250% Rare Drop Booster
March 10th ○○○○
(キーワード)
Fancy Tea Set
March 11th ○○○○○○
(トライブースト)
+100% Tribooster
March 12th ○○○○
(プレゼント)
Casino Coin Pass (x5)
March 13th ○○○○○○○○○○
(ホワイトデーは大わらわ)
Old Parfait
March 14th ○○○○
(キャンペーン)
+100% Tribooster (x2)

※Thanks Yuki, Synth, にこSmile, and Fuzz Fuzz for providing answers!
※Keywords must be entered entirely in full-width characters.
※Entering a keyword prior to its start date will not count towards the campaign.

※A keyword might have full-width katakana, hiragana, and kanji mixed in the same word.
※Prizes will be distributed to the Visiphone immediately after saying the correct keyword.
※Please check the Visiphone even if the notification icon doesn't pop up.

 

 

PSO2 JP: Emergency Maintenance (3/10/2016)

[notification type="alert-success" close="false" class="centeredtxt"]Emergency Maintenance has ended and the servers are back online.[/notification]

PSO2 is currently undergoing Emergency Maintenance to address the frequent [630] disconnection errors experienced by players following the March 9th update.

March 10th Maintenance

PSO2es Maintenance

  • 3/10/2016 @ 11:55 ~ 17:30 JST
  • 3/9/2016 @ 9:55 PM ~ 3:30 AM EST

Sega apologizes for the inconvenience and is considering some form of compensation. Additionally, the [Mining Base Defense] EQ @ 13:00 JST will be rescheduled. More news on that to come, so stay tuned.