Author: Tristam

Treasure Casket Rewards Update

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Hello Adventurers!

As part of our latest update, some changes were made to Treasure Casket Rewards – specifically, for those rewards coming from Locked Treasure Caskets.

Below is a list of the new items by zone, and the items they replaced. Enjoy!

  • The Boyahda Tree
    • Ebullient Ring (formerly Dragonkin Earring)
    • Setanta’s Ledelsens (formerly Toolbag (Moku))
    • Kshama Ring No.2 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • Upper Delkfutts Tower
    • Raise Rod (formerly Potestas Bomblet)
  • Den Of Rancor
    • Garrulous Ring (formerly Rancorous Mantle)
  • Ranguemont Pass
    • Bushido Cape (formerly Grapevine Cape)
    • Kshama Ring No.3 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • Bostaunieux Oubliette
    • Storm Tulwar (formerly Melaco Mittens)
    • Axe Grip (formerly Fsn. Bolt Quiver)
  • Toraimarai Canal
    • Bullseye Cape (formerly Bond Cape)
    • Katana Strap (formerly Fsn. Bolt Quiver)
  • Zeruhn Mines
    • Spectral Belt (formerly Prouesse Ring)
    • Imperial Gun (formerly Antlion Quiver)
  • Korroloka Tunnel
    • Stoic Earring (formerly Brachyura Earring)
  • Kuftal Tunnel
    • Storm Fife (formerly Wizzan Grip)
    • Khanjar (formerly D.A. Bolt Quiver)
  • Sea Serpent Grotto
    • Unfettered Ring (formerly Mana Ampulla)
    • Imperial Kaman (formerly Antlion Quiver)
  • The Shrine Of Ru’Avitau
    • Insomnia Earring (formerly Terminus Earring)
    • Kshama Ring No.4 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • King Ranperre’s Tomb
    • Enlightened Chain (formerly Chocobo Torque)
    • Imperial Neza (formerly Antlion Quiver)
  • Dangruf Wadi
    • Resolute Belt (formerly Field Rope)
  • Inner Horutoto Ruins
    • Doombringer (formerly Numen Staff)
    • Imperial Pole (formerly Antlion Quiver)
  • Ordelles Caves
    • Hurling Belt (formerly Chocobo Rope)
  • Outer Horutoto Ruins
    • Fortified Chain (formerly Fisher’s Torque)
    • Imperial Bhuj (formerly Antlion Quiver)
  • The Eldieme Necropolis
    • Unyielding Ring (formerly Ossa Grip)
    • Kshama Ring No.5 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • Gusgen Mines
    • Tempered Chain (formerly Field Torque)
  • Crawlers’ Nest
    • Hale Ring (formerly Cocoon Band)
    • Kshama Ring No.6 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • Maze Of Shakhrami
    • Storm Zaghnal (formerly Fisher’s Rope)
  • Garlaige Citadel
    • Hotarumaru (formerly Metasoma Katar)
    • Kshama Ring No.8 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • Fei’Yin
    • Sayosamonji (formerly Dagda’s Shield)
    • Staff Strap (formerly Fsn. Bolt Quiver)
    • Storm Tabar (formerly Gob. Bug Broth)
  • Gustav Tunnel
    • Vision Earring (formerly Liminus Earring)
    • Kshama Ring No.9 (formerly C. Grass. Broth)
  • Labyrinth Of Onzozo
    • Papilio Kirpan (formerly Furtive Grip)

Supernova Egg Hunt Egg-Stravaganza 2021!

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Hello Supernovans, and Happy Spring!

You may have noticed that a few changes happened today; and that a new NPC has appeared in Selbina, our new home for the moment.

The little Moogle in the Sheep pen in Selbina is our Egg Vendor! It is integral to the Egg Hunt Event for this year, so below follows a small How-To for using the Moogle and finding more eggs!

Obtaining Eggs

  • Speak to the Moogle in Selbina at (I-9) in the Sheep pen, and it will give you a Perfect Lucky Egg and a set of 3 Random Lettered Eggs with a [2021] stamp on them. You may Bazaar the eggs, but DO NOT TRADE THE EGGS! Trading the eggs will remove the signature from them and render them useless!
  • Speak to the Moogle after 24 hours (Real Life time) have passed and you will receive another set of 3 random eggs.
  • Players can obtain up to four additional eggs every Vana’diel Day by performing HELM operations:
    (Note: Players may not receive their egg on the first try; keep trying, but only one egg per Vana’diel Day per operation may be obtained in this manner!)
    • Harvesting – 1 egg
    • Excavation – 1 egg
    • Logging – 1 egg
    • Mining – 1 egg

INSCRIBING THE PERFECT LUCKY EGG

  • Lettered Eggs may be transferred into Stamped Letters on the Perfect Lucky Egg by trading the Perfect Lucky Egg and a lettered egg to the Moogle; this will stamp the letter on the Perfect Lucky Egg.
    • Trading multiple letters does not work, each letter must be traded by itself – the Perfect Lucky Egg in slot 1, lettered egg in slot 2.
    • Trading letters in this way allows players to obtain a Perfect Lucky Egg with a word inscribed on it.
    • If you screw up or want to start a new egg, the only method is to drop the Perfect Lucky Egg. There is no way to erase letters off a Perfect Lucky Egg once it’s begun.
Trading the Perfect Lucky Egg and the letters I, C, and E in succession will sign the egg “ICE”. What will happen when this is traded back to the Moogle?

REWARDS

Spelling different words or combinations of letters out will yield various rewards from the Moogle!

For some hints for standard items, check out the FFXI Wiki Guide for Egg-Stravaganzas of years gone by!

Notes:

  • The National Eggs are not obtained by spelling out Region Names. Think less about the Regions and more about…who those eggs belong to!
    • WINDU – Flower Egg (first trade), Hatchling Egg (second trade)
    • BASTO – Lamp Egg (first trade), Clockwork Egg (second trade)
    • SANDO – Wing Egg (first trade), Melodious Egg (second trade)
    • JEUNO – Jeweled Egg
  • To obtain the item for your HEAD, you need to spell your entire CHARACTER NAME.
  • To obtain an extra-special item, spell out either SUPERNOVA, HYPNOSHEEP, or SHEEPLOVE.
  • Do not trade eggs or place them in bags as this risks stripping the [2021] signature off of them and will render them unusable for the event!

March/April 2021 Update Notes

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Hello, Supernovans!


We’ve got a slew of neat things for you as we move right on into Spring, and early summer is just around the corner!

No Client Update will be required for this update.


8th Anniversary and April Fools’ Events


This coming week, we have some fun events lined up for the 8th Anniversary of the Supernova server and April Fools’ Day. An egg-themed special holiday event, a Mob of the Moment mob family with increased experience/merit yield, and maybe even a prank for April Fools; the event list as planned can be found here.

Quality of Life/Supernova Specific

  • The Supernova Home Area has shifted to Selbina!
  • In the spirit of April Fools’, everyone’s races have been shifted!
  • Alyss’s Cooking Tonberry has caught wind that Adventurers can now garden within their Mog Houses and as such, has decided to terminate his contract with kitron suppliers. This means that kitrons will no longer be available at the Chocobo Circuit but fear not! We hear that yields on kitrons obtained from gardening are bountiful, and that the Auction Houses have taken up the surplus of those yields in a big way.
  • Rewards from the Lottery NPC in the Chocobo Circuit have changed! With the advent of Treasure Caskets appearing all over Vana’diel, items that are obtained from caskets will not be available at the Lottery NPC any longer. There are, however, many new and wonderful things to obtain, including some items that haven’t been obtainable for some time!
  • Rewards from brown and gold Treasure Caskets that appear randomly on mob kills have been redone as well, removing any items that are not usable by level 75 characters. There are a LOT of items out there to get, including many formerly unobtainable items – find them all!
  • Most all weapon and armor synthesis recipes have been restored. There are still some furnishing items that are not craftable at this time.

SpellS and AbilitIES

  • Gravity and Bind have been retooled and are less broken than they were.
  • The Job Ability Contradance now displays its proper animation.

Mob Related

  • Wamouracampa have been fixed so that the Blue Mage spell Cannonball can now be learned.
  • Gargouille family has been fixed so the Blue Mage spell Triumphant Roar can be learned.
    • Gargouille mobs will also fly now.
  • Jailer of Hope has been fixed and will dive at appropriate times.

Item-Related

  • Weapons with an Additional Effect of HP Drain now work.
    • Affected weapons:
      • Bloody Blade/Carnage Blade
      • Bloody Lance/Carnage Lance
      • Bloody Sword/Carnage Sword
      • Bloody Rapier/Carnage Rapier
      • Blood sword
  • Hofud has now been coded with its additional effect of HP or MP Drain.
  • Grauberg Lettuce is now obtainable from Wandering Saplings in Grauberg (S).

Supernova’s 8th Anniversary and Spring Spectacular

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Upcoming Server Events!


Hello Adventurers! April Fools’ Day is upon us, as is the 8th anniversary of the Supernova Server! We have some events planned for the weekend of April Fools’ so be sure to grab some friends and come by and see what’s happening!

April Fool’s Day

Thursday, April 1 @ ALL DAY – OPEN

What kinds of shenanigans will the Developer Team pull on us this year? Log in on Thursday to find out!

Supernova Anniversary Egg-Stravaganza

Beginning: Thursday, April 1 2021
Ending: ???

Join us to celebrate our 8th anniversary (bring a friend!) Participate in this event and earn a special reward! Keep an eye on the event board for other group events.

Egg-stra Special Mob of the Moment

Beginning April 3

We think you’re egg-stra special, so get out the jobs you have procrastinated leveling or prestiging and enjoy some enhanced EXP gains with this Egg-stra Special MotM event!


Find us on the Supernova Discord Server in the #event-board channel!

Update Notes – March 14, 2021

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Happy Spring, Supernovans! There’s a small feature update for March, including some fixes for some very high priority issues we’ve experienced recently.

***A client update is not required for this update***

Mission/QUEST-Related

Dynamis-Jeuno

Fixed ??? on Mega Boss death.

Zantetsuken Quest

Fixed unreachable Zan points in Dynamis areas.

Mob-Related

  • Fixed aggressive mobs detecting players through and walking through walls (Zdei, Tauri, etc).
  • Euvhi will now take 2x damage when their petals are open, matching retail behavior.
  • Euvhi will also automatically close their petals upon receiving critical damage.

Item-related

  • Shuriken pouches are now usable items.
  • Items obtained from gardening will now dupe to the Auction House at 1:8
  • Egg Sandwich/+1 now have scripts and apply their proper effects.

Job-related

Summoner

Remaining Blood Pact: Rage abilities have been rebalanced.

Samurai

Third Eye no longer stacks with Utsusemi or Blink.

Dragoon

Strafe has been updated to align with retail properties.

  • No longer a Merit ability, but a natural Job Trait.
  • Strafe Effect now increases MACC on Wyvern Breaths.

DISCORD

Supernova Bot got a little extended functionality today in the form of new commands. Anyone on the Supernova Discord can use these commands, simply by issuing them in the text bar.

  • !website – displays a link to the Supernova Website, our compendium of information on the web.
  • !news – links to the SN Blog on the site – home of patch notes!
  • !rules – links to the server rules page. Find someone who has a question? Link ’em here.

Update Notes: February 02, 2021

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Welcome to the February Update!

***A CLIENT UPDATE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS UPDATE***

Mob-related

  • Pandemonium Warden
    • Discoid will be Radial instead of Conal AOE

Area-related

  • Pso’Xja
    • Fixed a bug with certain doors that made them untargetable
  • Attohwa Chasm
    • Miasmas in that were permanently stuck “up” have been temporarily disabled, rendering them permanently “down”
  • Limbus – NW Apollyon
    • Fixed a bug that would prevent floor progression

JOB-RELATED

  • Summoner
    • Certain Summoner Blood Pacts have been balanced to where they should be.
      • Affected Blood Pacts:
        • Chaotic Strike (Ramuh)
        • Eclipse Bite (Fenrir)
        • Predator Claws (Garuda)
        • Rush (Shiva)

Item and quest-related

  • Egg Sandwich/Egg Sandwich +1 are now usable
  • The Ranger Artifact Quest “Unbridled Passion” will now properly give 99 ice arrows as a reward
  • Many armor items that were previously not craftable are now craftable
    • Items that have been restored:
      • JOB ABILITY ITEMS
        Angon
        Throwing Tomahawk
      • CHAINMAIL SET
        Iron Greaves
        Chainmail
      • EISENBRUST SET
        Eisendiechlings
        Eisenschaller
        Eisenschuhs
        Eisenhentzes
        Eisenbrust
      • HARA-ATE SET
        Haidate
        Sune-Ate
        Kote
      • BASTOKAN SCALE MAIL SET
        Bastokan Leggings
        Bastokan Visor
        Bastokan Scale Mail
      • ALUMINE HAUBERT SET ITEMS
        Alumine Brayettes
        Alumine Salade
        Alumine Haubert
      • SILK ROBE SET
        Silk Cuffs
        Silk Slops
        Silk Cuffs
      • SILKEN ROBE SET
        Silken Hat
        Silken Slops
        Silken Cuffs
      • JARIDAH PETI SET
        Jaridah Nails
        Jaridah Bazubands
        Jaridah Salvars
      • PLASTRON SET
        Black Cuisses
        Black Sallet
        Plastron
      • BARONE CORAZZA SET
        Barone Manopolas
        Barone Corazza
      • HACHIMAN DOMARU SET
        Hachiman Jinpachi
        Hachiman Kote
        Hachiman Sune-Ate
        Hachiman Domaru
      • HYDRA MAIL SET
        Hydra Cuisses
        Hydra Greaves
        Hydra Mask
        Hydra Mail
      • GAVIAL MAIL SET
        Gavial Cuisses
        Gavial Mail
      • CURSED ITEMS
        Cursed Helm
        Cursed Sabatons
        Cursed Gauntlets
        Cursed Breastplate
        Cursed Handschuhs
        Cursed Schaller
        Cursed Trews
      • SINGLE ARMOR ITEMS
        Bronze Harness
        Yasha Jinpachi
        Holy Breastplate
        Adaman Sabatons
        Dragon Harness
        Unicorn Harness
        Kyudogi
        Clown’s Subligar
        Igqira Manillas
        Wyvern Helm
        Vendor’s Slops
        Arhat’s Jinpachi

Update Notes: January 8, 2021

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Happy New Year, Supernovans!

With an assuredly strange year behind us, we look forward to a new one with high hopes.

Here’s some patch notes for the first update of 2021.

***A CLIENT UPDATE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS UPDATE***

BUGFIXES

  • A bug causing Mission 5-2 The Shadow Lord to be capped at 50 has been resolved; it is now uncapped for level 75.
  • A bug allowing for players to achieve synthesis skills over 100 has been resolved; all player synthesis skills higher than 100 have been reset to 100 accordingly.
  • A bug causing summoner avatars to behave in unexpected ways has been fixed.

LIMBUS

  • NW Apollyon – Malfunctioning Teleporters have now been repaired.
  • SW Apollyon – a bug causing chests to duplicate has now been fixed.

DYNAMIS

  • Dynamis – Jeuno – A bug causing mobs to not spawn properly from statues has been remedied.

MOB-RELATED

Update Notes – December 23, 2020

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It’s a Starlight Miracle!

Hello, Adventurers! We at Supernova hope you are all having a wonderful Starlight, and a Happy Holiday season!

Here are some notes about today’s update.

** Players do not need to update their clients for today’s update**

Supernova Specific Changes

  • Sneak and Invisible duration for Silent Oils and Prism Powders have been increased.
  • Automaton Oils can now be synthesized.
    • 28 Alchemy
      Water Crystal
      • Olive Oil
      • Plasma Oil
      • Polyflan Paper
    • NQ: 6x Automaton Oil
    • HQ1: 6x Automaton Oil +1
    • HQ2: 6x Automaton Oil +2
    • HQ3: 12x Automaton Oil +2

BugFixes

  • Southwest Apollyon fixes:
    • Elemental Immunity based on day corrected
  • Battlefield Selection screens no longer display battlefields players shouldn’t be able to legitimately enter.
  • Snoll Tzar Battlefield level restriction (level 60) restored.
  • Chlevnik no longer spams Chainspell in the Horns of War battlefield.
  • Dynamis-Beaucedine Time Extension statues corrected.
  • “Beat Around the Bushin” NPC Degenhard fixed, now allows proper progression on Black Belt quest.
  • Dragonflies in Meriphataud Mountains (S) are no longer aggressive to players.
  • Corrected an error in an FSTR check for Summoner Avatars (Physical Blood Pacts should do 0 damage far less often)

Job Abilities

  • Chocobo Jig II now applies an Area Effect on parties
  • Elemental Siphon should now operate as expected.

December 2020 Update Notes

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Merry Starlight!

Winter is here, and with it comes days of merrymaking and friendship. Come join Supernova for the Starlight Celebration as part of the December Update!

*A CLIENT UPDATE IS REQUIRED FOR THIS UPDATE*

NOTE: supernova-dats.zip has been updated. Link is in the sidebar. You can download that new zip file and overwrite as you would in the client install/update procedures.

The Updated Client Version is 30201006_1. You can check your client version ingame by typing “/ver” or by checking in the POL Viewer under “Check Files\Final Fantasy XI”.

GENERAL/FFXI CLIENT-RELATED

  • Supernova has now been migrated to the Topaz codebase. With that has come numerous changes in the past month, far too many to mention in fact. Supernova Staff wants to thank all the players for bearing with the changes and for reporting bugs in Discord, and we encourage all players to continue to report bugs through the #ffxisupport channel.
  • Tells not being received should be fixed

SUPERNOVA CUSTOM

bugfixes

  • Dynamis-Xarcabard and Dynamis-Buburimu cleanups
  • Dynamis statue oneshot logic fixed
    • Statues will now spawn mobs appropriately regardless if they are killed in one shot or not.
  • Limbus fixes
  • Blue Magic Types have been cleaned up

Player Titles

  • Proto-Omega now grants players titles properly

items

  • Synthesis Recipes: Behemoth Steak and Mushroom Saute recipes have been restored
  • Avatar-specific items now grant latents properly