Dear friends,
Today’s news is not the most cheerful, but it is very important, so we want to be fully honest and transparent with you.

Yesterday, both we and many of you noticed lag during peak hours. The reason is extremely high simultaneous activity on Mini, High level content, and the server as a whole.

Key numbers:

• Over 400 unique players in a short period of time

• Peak system load reached up to 50 messages per second

For an older version of Piratia Online, this is an extremely serious load, especially during simultaneous PvP activity.

🔧 What is the problem

Unfortunately, the current scripting infrastructure of the game is not designed for such high load.
The only correct and long-term solution is a complete rewrite of the scripting system, using modern approaches.

This means:

• the process will take time

• all server changes and adjustments will be temporarily frozen

• core game mechanics will require deep reworking

During this period, we will not be able to add new features or make balance changes, in order to maintain server stability.

🧪 What’s next

In the near future, we will:

• announce testing of the new scripting system

• first, changes will affect dungeons

• updates will impact damage calculation, server responsiveness, and overall PvP behavior

This work is also required for a future transition to a mobile version of the game.

📢 What we are doing right now

We decided not to postpone planned changes and are introducing them ahead of schedule.

Planned updates:

1. Boot Transmutation Stone (Autumn Forest)
   Drop chance increased by 50%.
   The change will be applied after a server restart (announcement coming separately).

2. Dragon Purgatory
   Available every Sunday.
   HP amount increased by 2x.

3. Mini Chaos
   Due to high Mini activity, Silver Chaos is added to Snow War:
   — Wednesday, 21:00
   — Saturday, 21:00
   A detailed guide will be published later.

4. Indigo Balance
   Added:

   • kill/death counter

   • team score display

   • test rewards for player kills

   The Indigo Contracts system works automatically and allows players to receive x2 Indigo Crystals.

   Class requirements:

   • Warrior — 15 kills

   • Sharpshooter — 15 kills

   • Champion — 10 kills

   • Sea Conqueror — 10 kills

   • Sorceress — 5 kills

   • Cleric — 5 kills

🔥 Bonus Rates

From January 23, 18:00
to January 25, 23:59

Active bonus rates:

• Experience — x7

• Fairy — x10

❤️ Thank you, players

Thank you to everyone who plays, tests, and pushes the server to its limits.
Your activity is the best problem a project can have.

We continue to move forward and improve the server.

❗ Important:
Please update your client if you haven’t already,
or install the manual patch:
https://ascaron.online/download/manual/patch_20260122_164221.zip

📝 Registration and download:
https://ascaron.online/?act=register#step=1