Grind Hero: MMORPG news & patch notes

⚔️ 8 New Classes Have Arrived in Grind Hero!

The biggest update ever released for Grind Hero is here! Get ready to explore new combat styles, brand-new abilities, and completely different strategies with 8 new class evolutions. Each one has its own identity, strengths, and unique mechanics.

🗡️ Rogue

The master of stealth and precision. Take advantage of positioning to deal devastating backstab damage, vanish into the shadows, and eliminate your enemies before they even notice your presence.

☠️ Necromancer

Command a powerful army of the undead. Strengthen your summons, drain your enemies' life force, and turn every battle into a relentless war of attrition.

🛡️ Paladin

The ultimate frontline defender. Combine exceptional durability with holy powers to protect your allies while standing firm against any foe.

🔥 Berserker

The greater the danger, the greater your power. Sacrifice your own safety to unleash devastating attacks and reach one of the highest damage potentials in the game.

✨ Archmage

Master the arcane arts with devastating spells. Dominate the battlefield through overwhelming magical power and overcome even the greatest challenges.

🏹 Ranger

A master of ranged combat and wilderness survival. Fight alongside loyal animal companions, control the battlefield, and eliminate threats before they can get close.

✨ Saint

The ultimate evolution of the healer. Heal, protect, and empower your allies while cleansing harmful effects and keeping your team alive through the toughest encounters.

🌑 Fallen

The dark counterpart of the Saint. Spread powerful curses, weaken your enemies, and turn healing into suffering, making every battle a psychological and strategic struggle.

Which Path Will You Choose?

Try the new class evolutions, discover exciting new ability combinations, and find the class that best fits your playstyle. Whether you prefer protecting allies, commanding undead, mastering arcane magic, or striking from the shadows, a brand-new adventure awaits you in Grind Hero!

• New Sigil to speed up skill training
• New Sigil to level up item levels faster
• New Sigil to improve potion healing
• New Sigil to increase critical hit chance
• New Sigil to increase critical damage

• Improved hunting rewards
• 'Magic' attribute now evolves with any 'magical' ability
• Adjustment to character boost pricing in gems
• Adjustment to attribute training formula (before 2 hits = 1 XP, now 1 hit = 1 XP)

• Clear tooltip/info window of the slot when no item is equipped
• Adjusted translation of the pet name "elemental_mage"
• Fixed bug where you can talk to an NPC and the quest does not complete (very common with the Rukora captain)

• Relics System (weapons for pets)
• Ability to activate personal boosts using both gold coins and gems

• Ability to cancel teleport spell
• Added a class upgrade slot in the spells window so players know there is more content at level 20+
• Adjustments to PET damage formula to make them deal more damage

• When trying to create a guild with an existing name, gems were consumed and the guild was not created
• Fixed scroll bar in settings menu on mobile, which was not showing all options
• Chest north of Drakonia was inaccessible due to collisions
• Frozen Boots item icon and name were incorrectly showing as Gaia Boots

🔥 DRAKONIA IS HERE! 🔥

After 3 months of intense work, full dedication, and many challenges, we are proud to officially announce the release of the new expansion: Drakonia.

This update was carefully crafted to introduce a brand-new region filled with mysteries, powerful enemies, new challenges, and content that expands the game even further.

🌍 What to expect in Drakonia:

• A new region to explore

• New monsters and challenges

• Fresh content and expanded progression

• More ways to adventure

We know many of you have been waiting for this update, and we want to give a special thanks to our community. Your patience and support made this possible.

Now it’s time to explore, grow stronger, and face everything Drakonia has to offer.

See you in-game! 🐉

NEW FEATURES

• ✅ Hit/Damage Block Chance system

• ✅ Starter Pack

QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL)

• ✅ Improve item descriptions in NPC shops (missing information)

• ✅ Add XP/hour stat to the XP bar

• ✅ Make food stacks unlimited, just like arrows and potions

GLOBAL CHANGES

• ✅ Adjust monsters so progression feels more linear and gradual

• ✅ Reduce the cooldown of all potions from 5s to 1s

• ✅ Some items now require a minimum level to use (especially shields that now have % block chance)

CLASS CHANGES (WARRIOR)

• ✅ Add shield defense to sword defense (with a reduction to sword defense to keep balance)

• ✅ Rework the defense formula so the Warrior can block/mitigate hits better, benefiting more from shield and weapon defense

• ✅ Add block chance system to shields (similar to dodge, but does not consume stamina)

CLASS CHANGES (HEALER)

• ✅ ULTRA powerful heals

• ✅ Max HP buff skill: effect equivalent to using small health potions every second for 60 seconds

• ✅ Max Mana buff skill: effect equivalent to using small mana potions every second for 60 seconds

• ✅ Mana shield now consumes 1x incoming damage (was 1.5x)

• ✅ Increase the damage-over-time of Flame of Judgment from 15% to 35%, and extend duration from 5s to 7s

• ✅ Add spellbook defense to staff defense (with a reduction to staff defense to keep balance)

CLASS CHANGES (MAGE)

• ✅ Mana shield now consumes 1x incoming damage (was 1.5x)

• ✅ Add spellbook defense to staff defense (with a reduction to staff defense to keep balance)

• ✅ Increase Mage damage by ~12% directly in the damage formula

• ✅ Reduce Fire Pillar cooldown from 30s to 15s

• ✅ Reduce Falling Stars cooldown from 20s to 8s

BUG FIXES

• ✅ Extra defense from shields and spellbooks scaling with item level was not being added to total stats

• ✅ Majestic Staff had no minimum level requirement (correct is level 70)

The Market Has Arrived + QoL Improvements + Fixes (and goodbye, Christmas Tokens… for now!)

New Market System (Trading Post)

Changes & Improvements

• Trade quantity locked: you can no longer change the item quantity during a trade. Less confusion, fewer “oops” moments, and a safer trading experience for everyone.

• Rain toggle option: want that dramatic RPG atmosphere while you farm like a legend? Or prefer a clean screen for focus and PvP? You can now enable/disable the rain effect whenever you want.

Fixes

• Fixed a visual bug with the item price shown in the buyback confirmation message. Small detail, big difference when you’re double-checking your coins.

Christmas Event Note (Tokens & Vendenna)

• event tokens will no longer drop, and

• the NPC Vendenna will no longer be available.

🇺🇸 NEWS

• ✔️ New player tracking system to locate the position of other players (similar to Tibia’s exiva).

• ✔️ New Guild chat.

• ✔️ Transfer Guild leadership.

• ✔️ Change Guild name.

• ✔️ New setting to show/hide pet names.

• ✔️ Map zoom in/out enabled.

• ✔️ Private messages now have more visibility, so players don’t miss them.

• ✔️ Mage receives a new AoE spell with a slow effect.

• ✔️ Healer receives a new AoE spell.

• ✔️ Two new skins added.

• ✔️ Added item buyback system, allowing players to recover items accidentally sold to NPCs.

🛠️ CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS

• ❌ Item details and description on the trade window (already in the game)

• ✔️ Improved skill display to show equipment bonuses, e.g.: Distance (30 +2)

• ✔️ Expansion and addition of new hunting areas (for existing monsters).

• ✔️ Protection against deleting important items (pets, gems, etc.).

• ✔️ Halloween skin exchange for tokens has ended.

• ✔️ Christmas skin exchange for tokens has been added.

🐞 FIXES

• ✔️ Crash after killing Poisonous Velkoras.

• ✔️ Keymapping menu appearing on mobile (should be PC only).

• ✔️ Missing vibration option on mobile.

• ✔️ Click-to-move not stopping when moving with keyboard.

• ✔️ Movement bug fixed on iPhones that caused players to get stuck.

📌 LEGEND

• ✔️ Completed

• 👨‍💻 In Progress

• 🎯 Planned

• ❌ Canceled

• 💡 Idea from #suggestions