Winter Will Come Again!

Holiday Isle and the 2024 Christmas Event are gone! To anyone that bought a key, don't worry, you'll be able to go to HI again next year without having to purchase another one!

Love and Luck Battle Pass

Battle passes that follow the seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter are great but unfortunately, we've run out of seasons! Introducing the "Love and Luck" Battle Pass! Enjoy some Valentine's Day and St. Patrick Day themed cosmetics along with overhauled rewards now including Amethysts, Ice Plates and new Faction consumables to level up your Glacier Union rank!

Level Requirements to enter zones have been introduced!

16 - Cave of Some Return 18 - Swamp Grotto 30 - Cave of Despair 36 - Forgotten Wasteland 40 - Forgotten Underground/Under Underground 48 - Mirky Woods 62 - Crablantis

Skill Balancing

- Self Motivated 5 level requirement has changed from 60 to 56. - Self Motivated 5 intellect requirement has changed from 300 to 280. Self Motivated 5 requirements to use were too high for players entering MW and wanted players to be able to enjoy it while exploring the new zone. - That's the Stuff 4 level requirement changed from 60 to 62. - That's the Stuff 4 now gives -4% crit. - That's the Stuff 4 buff timer has been changed from 10 minutes to 8 minutes. That's the Stuff 4 gives an average of 125 HP per second. In comparison to TTS3 which only gave 20 HP per second. This is a super high jump and needs to be balanced. Instead of the traditional nerf to the HP values we're going to try adding negative 4% crit. This way the skill still does what it's supposed to do but at a small cost.

Reminder!

Check out the Top 500 Player Leaderboard in Mirabella Cove and the new Boss Kill Achievements!

Patch Notes

- All MW mobs, not bosses, have had their HP nerfed. - Gold rates have been updated to match the HP changes. - Reduced the amount of Alien and Cyborg Crabs kills in FU Quests. - New SSC's have been delivered. Thank you for your support and love seeing your creations in game! - Balanced Self Motivated 5. - Balanced That's the Stuff 4. - Removed Nice List Scraps from MW mobs. - Removed 2024 Christmas Event NPCs. - Removed Holiday Isle Shop and Sign. - Changed the function of the Holiday Isle Teleport to TP you to MC. (don't leave if you're finishing crafts) - Added Love and Luck Battle Pass - Brought back Spring 2024 Battle Pass. * Fixed the bug where non-combat skills were getting cancelled after a kill. * Kills from party members now increment quest kill counters and unlock kill achievements. (You don't need to be the killer) * Added kill achievement server code. (We now have a lot more achievements.)

[ 2025-01-30 02:25:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

* Upgraded our MySQL database. * Upgraded Ubuntu on our game servers. * Upgraded game servers from c7g.large to c7g.xlarge. 4 virtual cpus hurray! * Fixed a bug where you would get kicked right on login. * Steam version now clears Electron's Chromium cache on app start. * Fixed the bug where you could see level up animations in zones above or below you. * Casting is now cancelled when the mob you're attacking dies. * Fixed the bug where lots of skill duplicates would appear when learning a new skill. * Rewrote the Skillbook. Skills are now put into categories and sub categories sorted by rank and sorted by the level of the first skill in the series. * Sent 1099-NEC forms to the two USA people I paid in 2024. Musician is in another country so I don't need to deal with that! * Fixed the bug where you could invite/join parties while fighting. * Added a referral code for each account. You can see your referral code in the Settings window. (More details coming in the future) * Verified domain ownership with bluesky and now our handle is @fantasyonline2.com which is cool. https://bsky.app/profile/fantasyonline2.com * Added a data endpoint to pull the last 5 bluesky posts for the upcoming welcome window. * If casting is cancelled, the black animation over the skill being cast is now cancelled as well. * Added https://fantasyonline2.com/api/public/character/leaderboard endpoint * Added caching to the Guild Leaderboard endpoint. * Fixed a bug with faction achievement unlocking. * Added a Top 500 Players leaderboard to MC. It updates every 10 minutes from https://fantasyonline2.com/api/public/character/leaderboard. The sorting is by level then achievements. (We'll add more leaderboards in the future.)

- Reduced the amount of Alien and Cyborg crabs you need to kill in FU quests. - New SSC Delivered- All MW mobs, not bosses, have had their HP nerfed. - Gold rates have been updated to match the HP changes. - reduced hp of Evil Snow Fans - reduced level of Evil Snow Fans Lots of polls being held on https://www.patreon.com/c/FantasyOnline2 as well.

[ 2025-01-27 02:28:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Added a quest for The Future Fixed some quest bugs and dialogue Fixed item descriptions Added description of skill to skill books Updated Ice Vein health (200->150) Buffed Ice Crystal Fragments drop rate from Ice Veins Added Ice Crystal Chunk as rare drop from Ice Veins Changed Gold Veins in CoD to FW versions (can know kill them for Gold Mining Daily) Lowered Pharaoh Relics from level 45 to 40 Lowered crafting time for Undead Rings Reduced required Fire Ring amount on Blazing Bling quest Updated certain items to no longer be consumable, helping fix a quest bug Sent out missing Gem Notes to players that bought multiple Updated old quests that talked about being a daily quest. Added [Event] to quests that you complete during an event Moved Dusty, "the Guard" (pickaxe quest) to CC Added sign in CoSR about mining Added sign next to Tailor Tina Updated Craft Times and Gem Cost for Crafting All shops in main zone shops now follow standard (scrolls, potions, gold items, gem items) Added Iron Molds to shop in CoSR Added Silver Molds to shop SG Removed XP and Faction Potions from SG shop Added "Deliver" before all delivery quests Updated some NPC's missing before quest dialogue Balanced Crab Relics Fixed SG shop item Added Memorial in MW for World's First Solo Future Kill - Congrats Defincarna999!!! Added Memorial in FN for World's First Solo Evil McFreezeGuy Kill - Congrats Arc!!! Updated the shape of Cat Memorial in MC Minor text fixes Added Dream Reaper Box to Gemster Added Head of the Herd to Gemster Added Cat Hat to Gemster Astronaut Box has been brought back to the Gemster! Added "What's Included?" to boxes so players know what to expect from opening an Outfit Box. Every iron and silver vein now has the same opportunity to give sapphire, onyx and amethyst. * Setup JDK Mission Control and started using Java Flight Recorder to find bottlenecks. * Found some bottlenecks and fixed them! * Fixed the bug where items were stacking in Steam inventories. * Added DDOS protection. * Scaled back DDOS protection as it was too harsh. lol * Optimized several areas where data is converted between JSON <-> Objects. * Optimized tick iteration of mob spawns. * Turned off DDOS protection as it was giving a lot of false positives. I'll find some other better software to deal with it. * Optimized the server rate limiters. * Fixed a bug where transfering quest items between a bank tab and bags wouldn't inc/dec the quest counter. * Fixed the bug where sometimes randomly a kill wouldn't count towards a quest. * More optimizations across many parts of the server code. * Fixed the Steam Inventory stacked item not transfering to mail properly bug. * Added a check for buffs being full when trying to cast. * While logging in to the Steam version, the game now checks if in-game achievements need syncing to Steam and then syncs. (Some people were having an issue where random achievements weren't unlocking on Steam) * Upgraded to version 34 of Electron. Made a build and released it to Steam. * FO2 has been reviewed by Steam's Steam Deck compatibility team and we are now marked as Playable! Things to work on to become Steam Deck verified.

[ 2025-01-18 04:35:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957110/Fantasy_Online_2/ We are NEW & TRENDING in the MMORPG and Massively Multiplayer categories!

It's been a pretty smooth launch outside of one DDOS! You know you want another account! Get FO2 on Steam today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957110/Fantasy_Online_2/ Mirror: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fantasy-online-2-119539926

[ 2025-01-08 03:31:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Frozen North and Rebirth

The freezing land of Frozen North has blown its way into FO2! Along with a new zone comes lots of new loot to discover, mobs and bosses to slay, secrets, and quests!Enjoythe notes below for sneak at other features coming in this patch. - Dino

Rebirth

What is Rebirth? Rebirth is a new leveling mechanic that can be done in Frozen North once you've hit level 60. Find Frozen Death in the main town and get ready to experience the game all over again. Complete quests, level up and play the game from the beginning but this time with additional rewards! Every 4 levels you'll get a bonus stat point and the ability to level past 60! Other rewards for Rebirthing are currently in production.

Back Items and Elite Bosses

With this update we're introducing some pretty tough bosses with great rewards,the first back armor items!!! Get out there and slay these bosses as quickly as you can to be immortalized in FO2 history!

Amethyst Gemstones

New gemstone who dis? Stamina needs some love and to do that why don't we give it its own gemstone? Introducing Amethysts, Mega Amethysts and Uber Amethysts!

Glacier Union

A new faction is here too! The Glacier Union is the organization being run by McFreezeGuy and his goons. Defeat mobs and bosses to level up your faction and unlock the ability to use high level gear and purchase the medallion, crest and faction outfit!

Dusty "The Guard" and Gem Dailies

With daily gem quests moving to mining dailies let's make obtaining a pickaxe more fun! Head on over to Dusty "The Guard" in Mirabella Cove to lend a helping hand! Gem Dailies are now in CoSR, SG, FW, FU/FUU and FN.

Patch Notes

- Added FN, Mobs, Drops, Skills, Quests, Shops, Crafting, Bank and Collector - Rebirth NPC with help sign for new players- Glacier Union Faction and shop - Updated MW and FN Maps and collision - Added Elite Bosses - McFreezeGuy and The Future - Added 2 Back Items - Amethyst Gem, Mega and Uber. Added to veins in CoSR, SG and CoD - Updated all Stamina related crafts to use Amethysts - Added Amethyst to Gem Stone Crafter - New Quest to obtain a pickaxe - Updated HI mobs to level 47 - Updated Quest level requirements to make for a smoother grind - New Daily quests for xp at the Bounty Board - New Daily Gem quests for mining iron, silver, gold, unobtainium and ice.
Zutroy is so cold. He should use his banking fortune to put in a hot spring.

Level cap is now Rebirth 65

* Fixed a bug with frozen death. * Updated Market median query to be more accurate. * Hacked a fix for a bug that came in BabylonJS 7.35.6 and now we're updated to the latest. * Made many fixes due to changes in BabylonJS SpriteManager code. * Fixed flicker when changing visible equipment. * Setup development tools for iOS and Android using https://capacitorjs.com/ * Loot window now closes if the mob corpse rots. * Fixed a bug where bags could get out of sync while looting. * All devices with window size smaller than 1024x768 are now being detected as mobile devices. Under this size is when the current UI starts to overlap. * Chat is now hidden on mobile. * Game will now continue to send move messages even if your cursor is over unwalkable terrain. This means you can now get closer to things. * Improved click selection code by seprating it from the cursor code. * If your screen appears to be a mobile phone I now turn off a bunch of the UI and hide the cursor. (Work in progress for the mobile UI) * Mobile phones now load the game and not a blank screen. * Lockpick and Pickaxe now sell back to the shop for 1/2 which is 5 Gems. * There were a handful of items (other than T1 masks) that could be sold back to the shop for Gems and those are no longer sellable to shops. * Fixed a massive memory leak that happens on startup. Should use way less memory now. * Added a worker queue for loading collision data. It was crashing mobile browsers when there were more workers than cpu cores. * Fixed a bug where when you are moving and the cursor was over someone else you'd bounce back and forth. * Fixed a cursor jump flicker. * Disabled mobile browser touch and hold selection as it screws with gameplay. * I now free the memory from the loaded map file after converting it into map layers in the game client. * Greatly reduced the amount of memory the collision maps are using. (672MB > 21MB) * Added a keep-alive message to keep browsers from throttling our web socket worker. * Setup my iphone for development with Xcode. * Ran the game on my phone in the capacitorjs app wrapper for the first time. Runs smooth. * Got safe area insets working across all devices. See iPhone screenshots. * Moved roman numerals to UI spritesheet and the game is now using that. * Moved achievement background to the spritesheet as well so now it doesn't pop in when the achievement is shown. * Rebirth icon added to player info. * Market sell tab now has all bitmap fonts and shows price with commas. * Casting particle area width now scales with your scale. * Decreased the width of the market sell tab price text input. * Fixed an old bug having to do with looting stackable items. * Fixed another old bug having to do with bags opening/closing. * Fixed a bug having to do with looting and where the loot ends up.

[ 2025-01-06 22:38:45 CET ] [ Original post ]

First of all let's look at the Alpha Phase 2 Roadmap and see how we did! https://www.patreon.com/posts/alpha-phase-3-107296590

• Found Music Composer who made 9 Tracks
• Fixed all the Bitmap font issues
• Finished Party System
• Finished Cave of Despair
• Finished Forgotten Wasteland
• Finished Steam Microtransactions
• Finished Summer Event
• Finished initial Guild work
• Finished Tier 2
• Finished Achievements
• Finished Steam Community Market integration
• Finished revamping the Collector
• Finished Forgotten Underground
• Finished Mirky Woods
• Finished Crafting Window rewrite
• Added more Battle Passes
• Finished Forgotten Under Underground
• Finished Tons of Optimizations
• Finished Steam Electron version
• Finished Rebirth code
• Finished Tier 3 (and it wasn't even on the list!)

The two biggest things we didn't get to are visual effects and sound effects. Hopefully we can find some talented people for these jobs in the new year! While I did rewrite chat to have infinite scrolling, I didn't add tabs or any other features yet so that will be what I start with in January. As for Gem items, just assume there will be a wide variety of them sprinkled throughout this phase as I'm not going to put anything specific on the roadmap this time. Oh and we didn't get to Crablantis yet as instead we got two whole seasonal zones in the form of Haunted Forest and Holiday Isle! Alpha Phase 3 was very busy. Let's see how Beta 1 will look. Also, just assume bug fixes and optimization to be happening all the time.

January

• Finish Frozen North
• Rebirth
• Steam Early Access Release https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957110/Fantasy_Online_2/
• Start Crablantis
• Start Chat features
• Start Friends/Ignore
• Finish Market filtering and sorting
• Start search for visual effect and sound effect artists
• Start Morphs
• Start pathfinding for movement
• Start designing UI for touch screens
• Start work on mobile version with https://capacitorjs.com/

February

• Continue Crablantis
• Start Temple of Lost Souls
• Start in-game zoomable map
• Continue Chat features
• Finish Friends/Ignore
• Continue effect artist search
• Continue Morphs
• Continue pathfinding for movement
• Start fight line customization
• Continue designing UI for touch screens
• Continue work on mobile version

March

• Finish Crablantis
• Continue Temple of Lost Souls
• Finish in-game zoomable map
• Finish Chat features
• Start instanced dungeon work
• Add aggressive mobs
• Hopefully we've found visual and sound effect people by now
• Add Ascension
• Start Pets
• Finish Morphs
• Start T4
• Investigate a Spring Event
• Finish pathfinding for movement
• Finish designing UI for touch screens
• Continue work on mobile version

April

• Finish Temple of Lost Souls
• Start Dark Marsh
• Start visual and sound effect work
• Continue instanced dungeon work
• Add implants tab and slots
• Continue Pets
• Finish T4
• Finish fight line customization
• Start Skillbook rewrite
• Start touch screen UI work
• Continue work on mobile version

May

• Continue Dark Marsh
• Start New Crab City
• Continue visual and sound effect work
• Finish initial instanced dungeon work
• Release first instanced dungeon
• Finish Pets
• Start Broker
• Finish Skillbook rewrite
• Continue touch screen UI work
• Investigate controller support
• Continue work on mobile version

June

• Finish Dark Marsh
• Continue New Crab City
• Finish visual and sound effect work
• Start looking at mounts/vehicles
• Continue Broker
• Continue touch screen UI work
• Continue investigating controller support
• Continue work on mobile version

Remember, this is just a rough overview of what you can expect during Beta 1. Things will be added and removed as time rolls on. Have Fun, Keep Gaming, and see you next year!

[ 2024-12-29 13:53:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

THE CRAFTENING Hey again everyone! Dino here with another huge content update! We all know you're super excited about Rebirth and Frozen North! Don't worry, that's coming soon! Before we can get to Rebirth and FN why don't we give you all a little more power? With today's patch we're introducing a lot and I really do mean A LOT of crafting. So much crafting I have dubbed this update The Craftening! Let's dive into what you can find with the newest patch. EMERALD CRAFTING Time to start those crafts for obtaining your Tier 3 gear! Head to Forgotten Under Underground and find Sigurd and the Emerald Crafter. They'll help you craft those emeralds into high tier emeralds and Starforged gear.
TIER 3 ARMOR Tier 3 armor has also made its way to the Forgotten Under Underground. Get those tier 2 sets ready for an upgrade and harness the power of the ancients. Wait, are those shoulder items?! Yes, they are! You can find the new Ancient Shoulder Blueprint being sold by the shopkeep in FUU.
TIER 3 WEAPONS What is a cool new armor set without a new weapon to destroy things with? To craft these beauties you'll need to head to Mirky Woods. The weaponsmith will be hanging around the elf camp ready to upgrade those tier weapons to their next level!
CELESTIAL GEM CRAFTING You may have noticed that your Tier 3 armor has a new edition! Tier 3 comes with brand new tier shoulder items. However, they require mega and uber celestials?!? Not to worry, head to Mirky Woods and make your way to the Badger camp to find a wise old Badger. He has the knowhow to merge the unknown power of your celestial gems into higher rarities.
TIER 2 BOOKS AND RINGS If the armor, weapons and gem crafting wasn't enough then I have one more trick up my sleeve. Tier 2 Books and Rings has also come to Forgotten Under Underground. These crafters are a little farther down into the cave but will be ready to upgrade those Tier 1 Books and Rings into something stronger and hopefully take your build to the next level!
EVENT REMINDERS Holiday Isle and the Christmas 2024 Event leave January 29th! Your Holiday Isle Teleport skill will just teleport you to Mirabella Cove until the event returns. You will not need to buy the Key for Gems again! MORE?!?! Of course there's mo... wait.. that's actually it! I got a little carried away with this update but of course wouldn't have been able to do it without some help. Shout out to Moriarty for his hard work remaking some classics with the tier armor and Dark for his help keeping me on track lol. In the next big patch coming from me we'll open the gates to Frozen North and the ability to REBIRTH! See you all next time. -Dino Patch Notes - Tier 3 Armor and NPCs added - Tier 3 Weapons and NPCs added - Tier 2 Books and NPC added - Tier 2 Rings and NPC added - Emerald Crafting and NPC added - Starforged Emerald gear and NPC added - Celestial Gem crafting and NPC added - Renamed Stamina armor set to follow Bastion naming convention - Renamed Dark Knight armor set to Crimson Knight - Rebirth NPC added - Fixed SSC names missing [SSC] * Upgraded to SmartFoxServer 2X v2.20.1 https://www.smartfoxserver.com/download/releaseNotes/SFS2X_2.19.txt This is the part that helps us: [NEW] Updated Tomcat http server with release 9.0.87, with several bug and security fixes, and performance improvements. https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/changelog.html * Cleaned up some of the shop code. * In the shop when you click the buy button, the space in your inventory is now preset with the item. It then waits for the server to confirm. This makes buying look faster and it gets rid of fast clicking bugs. * Removed flicker from shop window when clicking the buy button. * Fixed the bug when you're looting really fast and one or more of the items never show up in your bags. * Fixed Market recently sold for as it wasn't updating properly. * Fixed some flickering in the Collector. * Fixed the shop sells for tooltip text to says Gems when it should be Gems. * Added formatting to the tooltip sell to shop price. * Fixed right click in bank tab #2. * Removed SSC Rights from sale on Steam item store. SSC Rights will be main site exclusive to purchase. * Filtered out transfer prices from Market recently sold for. * Tweaked median market price calc. * Gotta Go now works with tools again. * Added rebirth text and thingy. * Added rebirth server code. * The rebirth message is sent across all servers. * Stat point bonus has been turned on for rebirth. * You cannot level past 60 until you are reborn. Once reborn, the level cap has been raised to 65. * Fixed bug that allowed you to walk while dead. * "Few Visual Effects & No Sound Effects" Steam Post https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2957110/view/519700531080331412 * "What's included with Early Access?" Steam Post https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2957110/view/534335977732178744 * Both surgeons and the barber now have mouse over highlighting and simplified dialog. * Added bags are full notification for when you try to complete a quest but your bags are full so you can't get the reward! * Fixed a bug where you could see xp above people's heads who were in another zone. * Music now auto plays on Steam. Electron can turn off the chrome auto-play policy! * Loading the actual game code is now faster on Steam. * Delivered new executables to Steam. * Turned on Steam version window menu to allow for copy paste. * Fixed a bug on Steam where you get a black screen after you click Play and the game client code has just been updated. * Restricted movement to left mouse button only. * Spent a bunch of time trying to fix mouse right clicks in the Steam version only to find out it's a bug in Electron ahhhh https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/44887 * Fix Steam right click by installing ElectronJS 33.3.0 and made another steam release. * Fixed Settings tooltip. Settings doesn't have a shortcut key. * Added Music Volume to Settings window.

[ 2024-12-23 03:06:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Above is a table showing the differences between the main site https://fantasyonline2.com/ version and the Steam version. We are planning to have a paid service to transfer accounts between Main Site <---> Steam at the end of 2025. Check out the latest at https://www.patreon.com/c/FantasyOnline2

[ 2024-12-21 02:26:54 CET ] [ Original post ]

While we currently have beautiful visuals and amazing music, we don't have many visual effects yet. In 2025 we plan to enhance combat, menus, and other actions with extra pixely visual effects that will have sound effects attached to them. Until then, enjoy the authentic Fantasy Online experience as the original had no sound effects and very few visual effects as well! Check out the trailer to see what the game is like! [previewyoutube=-j8Hn4dVNnk;full][/previewyoutube] Hope to see you all on Noob Island on release day!

[ 2024-12-20 05:43:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello! Soon, Fantasy Online 2 will be releasing into Early Access on Steam. I thought I might as well put together all list of everything available day 1, so here we go! 14 Zones are in the game at this point. One is an admin zone, and two are seasonal so, you'll have access to 11 zones at launch. Zones include many many different things, here's a short rundown.
A wide variety of mobs.
Hundreds of quests.
Hundreds of shops.
Lots of skills.
Character customization, a bestiary, vanity outfits, and factions with notoriety.
The Collector stores one of most items.
Lots of achievements.
Guilds with guild chat and guild items.
Hundreds of items to craft.
Player Market where you can buy and sell between players. Steam Inventory integration so you can transfer items to and from the game. Steam Community Market is enabled for most items. All Steam characters start with 100 Gems which is our virtual currency. Gems can be used to purchase vanity outfit items, more bank space, and a few other things. There is more of course, but this just gives a nice overview of the main meat of the game! I will be cross posting Patreon public posts here as well once we launch into EA. https://www.patreon.com/c/FantasyOnline2 (Holiday Isle just launched!)
Hope to see you soon in Mirabella Cove! Have Fun & Keep Gaming!

[ 2024-12-10 03:10:07 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello there!

Fantasy Online 2 will be entering Early Access on January 8th, 2025!

[previewyoutube=-j8Hn4dVNnk;full][/previewyoutube] We've been working extra hard over the past ~2 years and now we're getting ready to move from Alpha 3 to Beta 1. If you'd like to see all our progress since February 2023, then be sure to check out our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/FantasyOnline2 We plan to have all content from level 1-60, along with rebirth, available for launch on January 8th. Don't forget to wishlist Fantasy Online 2 as well! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2957110/Fantasy_Online_2/ We can't wait to see all you noobs roaming the 14 launch zones in just about 2 months! Have fun, keep gaming, and see you in-game soon!

[ 2024-11-01 01:00:29 CET ] [ Original post ]