Royal Association of Artisans Update

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Royal Association of Artisans

The Royal Association of Artisans has been added.
- Sinead in the Tara Rath Royal Castle has been tasked with handling the selection and book-keeping of the Royal Institution including:
  - Applying to the Royal Institution
  - The Selection Criteria
  - The official list of Royal Alchemists and Artisans
  - Viewing your Royal Points (when applying/selected)
  - Providing Royal Missions
The Royal Institution only selects the best Milletians for these positions and the availability of spots is highly limited. In addition to Royal Alchemists, 3 new positions have been added with the following requirements for application:
- Royal Blacksmith - Dan 3 Blacksmithing
- Royal Tailor - Dan 3 Tailoring
- Royal Enchanter Rank 1 Enchanting
Each type of Royal Artisan only allows for 80 spots with the Royal Alchemists having increased their selection pool to 150 across the server of Erinn.
You can only hold one type of Royal Artisan or Royal Alchemist position.
- When applying for a different position in the Royal Institution, you must withdraw any active applications.
The Royal Alchemist program has updated their application criteria to ensure the best Alchemists are picked with the following changes:
- All Alchemy-related Skills Rank 1 (or Dan 3 where applicable)
  - Spirit Cylinder Awakening is excluded.
Selection of all positions in the Royal Institution will be determined with Royal Points through the following criteria:
- Journal Score + Activity Points
  - In cases of a tie in the above criteria, a Milletian’s Cumulative Level will be taken into account, as well as when they applied for the position.
Journal Entries have been updated to reflect the new selection process:
- The following Journal Achievements are not included:
  - Guild War Achievements
    - True Brilliance
    - A Good Day to Dye
    - Who Could Ask Fomor
    - Center of the Maelstrom
    - Down But Not Out
    - Becoming a Guardian Guild
    - Becoming a Guardian Guild: Finals
    - Guardians of Tir Chonaill
    - Guardians of Dunbarton
  - Transformation Achievements
    - Champion
    - Infra Black
    - Lord
    - Sage
  - The Kingdom’s Finest
    - This Journal Achievement has been renamed from “Elite Alchemist”.
  - Fashionable Diva
When applying for a position with the Royal Institution, you’ll be provided with a Royal Notebook.
- The Royal Notebook will allow you to:
  - View your current Royal Points for the application process
  - See who is currently a Royal Alchemist or Artisan
  - Receive Royal Missions
The Activity Point system has been revamped.
- The minimum 60 point threshold previously required for Royal Alchemists has been removed.
- Activity Points are now earned through Royal Missions via various difficulties: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced.
- After you’ve applied for a Royal Alchemist or Artisan, you can begin taking on Royal Missions to increase your Royal Point score.
  - Acquiring Royal Missions (from Sinead or your Royal Notebook) will be logged in your quest log under the new “Royal Institution” tab.
  - Over 65 Royal Missions were added that can be received.
    - These quests can range from using a specified skill to delivering an item with a specific enchant depending on the difficulty of the mission.
- To ensure a candidate of the Royal Institution is well-rounded in their proficiency, point caps have been placed on all levels of missions. Any points earned above the cap are ignored.
  - Beginner - maximum of 600 points
  - Intermediate - maximum of 300 points
  - Advanced - maximum of 150 points
- Withdrawing your application from a Royal Institute position will forfeit any Activity Points you’ve acquired for the week so far.
- You will also be awarded Activity Points for being logged into Erinn.
  - You will receive 2 points every 5 minutes you are online, for a daily total of 120 points.
  - There is a weekly point cap of 450 points for being logged in.
  - Additionally, those who partake in the Royal Banquet on Samhain will receive 5 points per minute during the banquet. You are still beholden to the daily cap.
The selection of Royal Alchemists and Artisans are appointed every Lughnasadh (Thursday) at 7:00 AM Server Time.
- The application deadline ends 10 minutes prior.
- With the change of Royal Alchemists being moved from Samhain (Saturday) to Lughnasadh (Thursday), all Royal Alchemist applications from October 5th to before maintenance on October 10th will be nullified.
An exclusive Stardust Form has been added for Royal Alchemists and Artisans.
Exclusive 1st Titles have been added for Royal Artisans:
- the Royal Blacksmith
  - Blacksmithing Success Rate +3%
  - Blacksmithing Quality +1
- the Royal Tailor
  - Tailoring Success Rate +3%
  - Tailoring Quality +1
- the Royal Enchanter
  - Enchant Success Rate +10%
  - Enchant Burn Success Rate +3%
  - Maximum Success Rate Cap increased.
Custom Idle Poses have been added for the Royal Artisans when holding certain items:
- Royal Blacksmith - Blacksmith Hammer
- Royal Tailor - Tailoring Kit
- Royal Enchanter - Magic Powder
The following bonuses are always applied to the Royal Artisans and Alchemists when using Production or Enchantment skills:
- Party Bonus (increase in Success Rate and Completion %)
  - Royal Blacksmith
  - Royal Tailor
- Weekday Bonuses (Alban Eiler, Lughnasadh, Samhain)
  - Royal Alchemists
    - Samhain - Synthesis and Fragmentation Success Rate Increased
  - Royal Blacksmith
    - Alban Eiler - Blacksmith Success Rate and Quality Increased
  - Royal Tailor
    - Alban Eiler - Tailoring Success Rate and Quality Increased
  - Royal Enchanter
    - Lughnasadh - Enchant Success Rate Increased
- Weather Bonuses (Thunder and Lightning)
  - Royal Alchemist
    - Synthesis and Fragmentation Success Rate Increased
  - Royal Blacksmith
    - Increase in Success Rate, Completion %, and Quality.
  - Royal Tailor
    - Increase in Success Rate, Completion %, and Quality
Royal Alchemist and Artisans have unique speech bubble icons.
Party Recruitment Signs by Royal Artisans have been updated and will display a special party recruitment window when recruitment is active.
Signatures on Crafted Items by a Royal Blacksmith and Tailor have been updated.
- Items will be listed as “Royal Blacksmith [Name]’s work” or “Royal Tailor [Name]’s work”
- The Signature text color will be displayed in orange.
The Entrust System has been updated to include Blacksmithing and Tailoring for Royal Blacksmith and Tailors.
- Entrust requests can be made in parties where a Royal Blacksmith or Tailor is the party leader.
- Crafting Bonuses are based on the requested Royal Blacksmith or Tailor in the party.
- The Requester must provide the required materials and Blacksmith Manual / Sewing Pattern. The Crafter must provide their own crafting tool (Blacksmith Hammer / Tailoring Kit).
- Items refunded through the Grandmaster Tailoring’s Unique effect will be refunded to the requester.
- When requesting an entrust to an Enchanter, names of Royal Enchanters will be shown at the top of the list in blue.

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Fantasy Life Changes

[h3]Part-Time Jobs Success[/h3]

The "Attempts" column has been removed from the Part-Time Job History of your Character Menu.
Due to the removal of the Attempts column, the qualification requirements needed for a chance to receive the Master of Part-Time Jobs quest has been changed from 100 Successes to 200 Successes of the same Part-Time Job.

[h3]Pointing to the Inventory[/h3]

A Search Bar has been added to the Point Inventory.
When searching your inventory through the Magnifying Glass icon, searches will now include items located in your Point Inventory.

[h3]Seeing Stars in the Collection Journal[/h3]

The Collection Journal will now display star ratings for all items in the Fishing, Cooking, and Taming Journals, even for entries you have yet to acquire.

[h3]VIP Forget-Me-Not[/h3]
For those with VIP Service, the Log-Off Notice Window will now remind you if you have VIP Advanced Items to collect. You wouldn't want to let those Dungeon Passes to go to waste after all!

[h3]Accessories Be Gone! (But still stay!)[/h3]

Accessories can now be visibly turned on or off, allowing you to only see the Puppets, Balloons, and other delightful accessories you have equipped at your own leisure.
- Toggling the "Eye" icon on the Accessory Slot will activate or deactivate the accessory item from being visible.