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New Mission Arc: Land of Spirits 🌸

A strange disturbance has begun to spread across the spirit realm...

Travel beyond the mortal lands and enter the mysterious Yokai Village, where ancient traditions, hidden secrets, and dangerous spirits await. Upon arrival, you’ll be guided by a mysterious Yokai woman who reveals a growing crisis threatening the balance of their world.

Not all Yokai remain peaceful anymore.

Something... or someone... is corrupting them.

In This Arc:

• Explore the mysterious Yokai Village

• Battle hostile Yokai twisted by dark influence

• Discover who is manipulating the spirits

• Defeat those responsible and restore balance

New Content:

• Max level cap increased to 70

• New Advanced Jutsu for every mastery

• New craftable weapons and cosmetics

• New daily missions

The spirits are calling. Will you restore harmony… or be consumed by the chaos?

Features

• (Devs) Add new faction-specific targeting logic to spells and allow negative damage to apply healing effects to targets

• (Devs) Added NPC breathing intensity setting

• (Devs) Added UUID requirement for player specific items

• Using Blank Scroll items now open up Fuinjutsu Crafting menu

• Rich Text support for Item Descriptions

• Guild Allies now render light blue HP bar instead of red

• Allow players to reconnect to their stale ghost left over from a PVP timer

Content

Thank you to our artist Luu for putting in a lot of hard work into these content updates!

• Added New Cash Shop Items:

  • Bounty Hunter Premium Hairstyle (By @Azuki)

  • Royal Crown

  • Royal Tiara

• Added Fairy Wings Cosmetic (200 Event Coupon Item)

• Added 3 Council-Only Robes to the Kami Room Vendor (If you are currently a Council member, ask a GM for TP)

• New Hyoketsu Prison Drops + NPC's + Map:

  • Renamed the Prison Guards and gave them distinguishable names.

  • Added 4 New Prison Drops.

  • Added the Warden as a boss + a new Prison Map.

  • They can now be unlocked in the journal!

• Added New Cosmetic Crafting Recipes:

  • Tan Barbarian Cloak Recipe (Drop)

  • Dark Barbarian Cloak Recipe (Drop)

  • Grey Barbarian Cloak Recipe (Drop)

• Red Wide Sleeve Top

• Blue Wide Sleeve Top

• Black Wide Sleeve Top

• Purple Wide Sleeve Top

• Yellow Wide Sleeve Top

• Added White Wide Sleeve Top Craftable Item to Crafting Bench

• Added a small Aviary to Takumi so Rogue Ninjas can buy their Messenger Hawks without needing to go to villages

• Added new player houses to Kenko and Takumi Villages

• Updated some food recipes to make them easier to craft

• Fishes used in recipes are now slightly more common to appear

Changes

• (GMs) Use strict matching for HWID searches

• Escort NPCs (Lost Bunny, Envoy's, Corporate Brat, Merchant & Koji Co Employee) can now pass through other players

• Updated Demon Claws Art

• Added a Cast Visual to Great Earth Prison Technique, while its being casted. (Experimental)

Bug Fixes

• (Hopefully) Fix Flicker + Tool Self-Stun Bug

• Fix proficiency level ups still being logged after hitting max proficiency

• Fix combat timer being continuously refreshed on logout

• Remove player from event roster if they log out while an event hasn't started

• Fix inverted checks for No Jutsu flag in tournament UI window

Features

• (Devs) Add fail on logout mission fail condition

• (Devs) Add transformation jutsu

• (Devs) Add a remove-shadow toggle to resources

• (Devs) Add sprite offset to NPC sprites

• (Devs) Council only item toggle

• (Devs) Add buff toggles to remove the buff (e.g. a disguise) when taking damage or on attack

• (Devs) Add override server list support for off-network servers

• (Admins) Add live property editor for global max level cap

• (Admins) Add override MongoDB URI for testing local servers

• (GMs) Add /heal command

• (GMs) Added HWID & SteamID bans

• (GMs) Add map background options

• (GMs) Search function for player HWID/IP

Balance

• Buffed Recipe bonus percentage %

• Asoki Village is now a Safe Zone instead of No Zone

• Advanced Lightning Cutter Technique (All Ranks) Stun Duration adjusted from 2s -> 1.8s

• Advanced Lightning Cutter Technique (All Ranks) Range adjusted from 12 -> 10

• Blade Piercing Technique no longer Interrupts

• Blade Piercing Technique now applies Bleeding II

• Risky Blade Technique (All Ranks) no longer applies Bleeding I

• Crescent Moon Beheading Technique (All Ranks) now Interrupts

• Crescent Moon Beheading Technique (All Ranks) no longer applies Bleeding

• Wild Slashes Technique (All Ranks) now applies Bleeding III instead of Bleeding I

• Wind Claw Technique Base Damage adjusted from 57/57 57 -> 45/45/47

• Poison Scalpel Technique can now be used with Fist Weapons

• Wind Shuriken Chakra Cost adjusted from 5 -> 13

• Combusting Vortex Technique Self Stun adjusted from 0.5s -> 0.8s

• Earth Pillar Technique Chakra Cost adjusted from 18/18/17 -> 31/30/30

• Poison Scalpel Technique Cooldown adjusted from 9s/9s/8s -> 13s/13s/12s

• Water Substitution Technique Chakra Cost adjusted from 32/32/30 -> 41/40/40 (Consistent with Speed Mirage Substitution)

• Speed Mirage Substitution and Water Substitution Cooldown adjusted from 42s -> 45s

• Speed Mirage Substitution and Water Substitution Duration adjusted from 7s -> 5s (Experimental)

• Sword Weapons Base Damage reduced by 20%

• Hands, Fist and Blunt Weapons Base Damage reduced by 30%

• Fan Weapons Base Damage Reduced by 10%

• Nitoryu Fan Base Damage Reduced by 20 After the update that made basic attack damage scale with character level, weapons started dealing a lot more damage than expected This was also done in preparation for the new level cap, since the basic attack damage will be higher at level 70

• All Fan Jutsu Scaling increased from 40% -> 50% (Consistent with all other masteries)

• Crescent Moon Beheading now applies Bleeding I

• Sukarabe no Omo STR requirement decreased to 100

• Blood Iron Fan STR requirement increased to 90

• Poison Scalpel now applies Poison I instead of III

• Blade Piercing self stun reduced to 0.3s

• Mountain Crusher self stun removed and CD increased from 20s to 24s (Experimental)

Content

New Cash Shop cosmetics

• Wolf Ears and Tail (Recolor by @𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘦 🪫)

• Fantasy Hairstyle (By @Luu)

• Fairytale Hairstyle (By @kitamura)

New Mist Village Spa

Map Layout and Tile Set Art by @Luu. In game mapping by @Fentomaru and @Kenock

New map: Cursed Lab Arena

A small new event map featuring art assets and lighting by @Luu and map design by myself.

Other Content

• Added Silk Thread to Spiderling Loot Table

• Added Silk Thread to Crazy Spider Loot Table

• Added new follow-up missions for new players once they complete the initial village exploration questline

  As part of these early missions, players will now receive a free Wooden Kunai Dagger to help them get started The goal is to better guide new players toward the early grinding areas and make the journey to Level 10 feel a bit smoother. In the future we will have a better and proper starting storyline, so consider this a "placeholder".

Changes

• ⁠(Admin) Added new log types

• (Backend) Move channeling to be a casting parameter instead of a new spell type

• (Backend) Add single shared config file reader/writer

• (Backend) Add new JSON format with better support for a variety of options data (keeps previous .ini file untouched, so older clients can still read their options without any modification)

• (Backend) Lots of backend organization for *Rec serialization types

• (Devs) Add decimal support to recipe success %

• (Devs) Add Heal jutsu type (heals instead of dealing damage, with self/allies/both targeting)

• (GMs) Improve Ban UI window

• Remember last damage received by player to reward a bounty to with a bounty killer timer

• Disable chakra charge while channeling a spell

• Apply 50% cast speed while channeling a spell

• Make NPCs phase through players

• Soap can now be used in All Spa Maps

• Added Mist Explosion Effect to Max Lvl Clam when it dies

• Blood Coast Arena (CTF) changed the central lagoon to sand dunes after lots of player feedback that there was too much water on the map.

• Kinsen Streets Arena (TDM) modified the corner areas to be proper camp-proof respawn zones.

Bug Fixes

• Stop instant-logging being applied in enemy safe zones with PVP on

• Targeting a dead player shuts off self-targeting jutsus

• Fixed resources having less than 0 z-height and no collision but still collide

• Fixed Flash flicker rubberbanding bug

• Fixed channeled spells being stuck on if another spell is used while a spell is being channeled

• Fixed players being able to charge chakra while using a channeled spell

• Fixed NPC-only/Player-only spells not working with AoE

• Fixed Projectiles not able to hit allies

• Fixed Most Summon Hitboxes

Update Teaser

Today we're spotlighting our own official channel's latest video, by Wugoni!

We're excited to show you more of what we've worked on soon.

Today's Update

Today's update is fixes important bugs & improves graphical fidelity.

Content

• Added Cooking Pot to Basic Furniture shop (Art by @Fentomaru)

  Added new cooking recipes to Chef NPC.

• Charms have been disabled

  We are replacing Charms with Food Buffs. If you already had Charms in your inventory, you can now sell them for the same amount of Ryo that you paid for them.

• Added New Cosmetic Crafting Recipes + Drops (Go Find them!)

  Art Credits: (@𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘦 🪫 @Luu )

  • Maroon Twinfall Scarf

  • Yellow Twinfall Scarf

  • Red Twinfall Scarf

  • White Twinfall Scarf

  • Black Twinfall Scarf

  • Horned Samurai Helmet

  • Green Adventure Cloak

• New Leaf Village Sewers

  Map Layout and Map Art by @Luu and mapping in game by @Fentomaru We’ve completely redesigned the Old Sewer Map from the ground up. The old layout made combat feel like a tedious chase. The New Sewer Map brings improvements:

  • Size: Now matches the layout size of similar level tier mob zones in other villages, making farming faster, smoother, and more fun.

  • Layout: No more endless running, you can get straight to fighting.

  • The Leaf Village 2nd Route is now shorter, opening up quicker travel and fresh tactical / raid opportunities.

• Made Unique fish slightly more common to appear (they used to be as rare as Legendary)

• New Cursed Lab + Edge of Fire Maps (Outside of Lab)

  Map Layout and Tile Set Art by @Luu. In game mapping by @Fentomaru and @Kenock We updated the Edge of Fire map and expanded it, adding a lot more life, a few secrets, and a new main entrance to the Cursed Lab! The cursed lab has also been reworked fully! (Can still be set as spawn!) Making it feel more vibrant, and added a spar zone inside for Rogue Ninja to enjoy.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed storage shops not opening

• Fixed target types and channeled spells not working with AOE spells

We've prepared a very comprehensive update with tons of fixes as well as summarized the last month of updates in this patch note!

Feature

• AFK Label System Upgrade The AFK Label System can now be used to show statuses like "Guarding", "Spying" etc.

• Added Reach Level Mission Objective

• Added revival reject button to player respawn countdown button

• Added election countdown

• (Devs) Add option to change default map background to another texture file

• (Devs) Add multiplicative lights to allow fully dimmed out areas

• (Devs) Add NPC disguise jutsu type

• (Devs) Add 'Fail on logout' mission failure condition

• (Devs) Add self-knockback for player jutsu

• (Devs) Add channeled Jutsu type

• (Devs) Added 'Target Type' flag to spells to select what type of entity can be targeted

• (Admin) Add global loot table to ServerLiveProperties for Events

• (Admin) Add permission editor to Edit Offline player

• (Admin) Add SteamID banning

• (Admin) Auto Chunin Exam improvements

Content

• Hawks can now drop eggs Rice Plant can now be gathered

  Only added it to a few maps for now, will add more soon

• Added Royalty Collection! (Mabe by Fentomaru)

  Royal Prince Hairstyle Monkey Pal Regal Shoulderguard Palace Pillar You can buy the items separated or the whole pack as a bundle including 4x Palace Pillars!

• Kiryukan Pipe (Blood Pipe) now adds 2 Strength and 1 Fortitude

• Blood Iron Fan lifesteal increased from 10% to 20% (Experimental)

• Blood Katana lifesteal increased from 8% to 10% (Experimental)

• New Mist Village Scroll Shop (Art by Luhan and Mapping by Fentomaru)

• Added Cloudwalker Premium Hairstyle to Cash shop (Credit: Remy Lebeau)

• Added Poison Mist Dress to Asoki Clothing Shop

• Added 2 New Cosmetic Crafting Recipes + 1 New Crafting Material (Go Find Them!)

  • Purple Bandit Pants

  • Dark Veiled Sakkat

• New repeatable Missions Expansion With the 20-level arc and 30-level arc having already received their repeatable mission sets, it's now time for the next two major story arcs to join them.

  • Added 3 new repeatable missions to Rizo available after finishing Bandit Questline (44lvl+)

  • Added 3 new repeatable missions to LoI NPCs available after finishing Land Of Iron Questline (57lvl+)

• New Bandit Arc Boss Map! No more Classroom Vibes! (Art By Luhan & Mapping by Fentomaru)

• Added Food and Drink Posters to event shop (By Fentomaru)

• Added two new cooking recipes (More to come soon)

  One of them has been added as a drop to a certain Boss...

• Deepclaw Hollow

  • Added new cave to bears map (Thanks Fentomaru & Luu)

  • Added new mob - Black Bear

  • Added new one time mission in cave (47lvl+)

• Added 3 New Emotes

  • /mount

  • /salute

  • /wink

• New Sand Village Weapon Shop (Art by qrious_xt3n and Fentomaru)

• New Sand Village Furniture Shop (Art by qrious_xt3n and Mapping by Fentomaru)

• New Sand Village Spa (Art by Fuze and Mapping by Fentomaru)

• Added Bamboo as a gatherable resource (no use for them yet)

• Added New Cosmetic Crafting Recipes + Drop (Go Find them!):

  • Purple Adventure Cloak

  • White Adventure Cloak

  • Black Adventure Cloak

  • Red Adventure Cloak

  • Tan Adventure Cloak

  • Blue Adventure Cloak

  Original Art by Remy Lebeau Recolours by Luu

• Wooden Bow Addition A new ranged option has arrived - the Wooden Bow is now obtainable, opening up a brand new playstyle for those who prefer to keep their distance. To go along with it, Wooden Arrows have been added as a craftable and purchasable tool, available in the shop and through the crafting system. This addition was developed in collaboration with Luu

  • New weapon Wooden Bow is now obtainable

  • New "tool" Wooden Arrow is now obtainable (shop & crafting)

• Added Sand Ragged Cape to Cash shop (By Luu)

• Added Red Ceremonial Neko Mask to Event Coupon Shop

• Added Empty Plant Vases to Leaf Flower Shop (Art by Luu)

  They grow into the actual plant after a certain amount of time.

Changes

• Fish prices have been significantly reduced

  The main reason fish had high sell values was due to the lack of uses for them. But we’re starting to introduce cooking recipes that use fish, and this system will continue to expand over time. Some of these recipes will also provide food buffs in the future, functioning similarly to how charms work now and possibly replacing them eventually.

• Increased stacking limit for Ore Bars

• Added Concealment to Black Masked Top & White Masked Top

• Battle Pills Stack Size increased from 3->200 (to match other Pills)

• Taijutsu Weapons Changes

  Taijutsu weapons have been significantly overperforming, offering attack speeds that made them the dominant choice across nearly all builds. This patch aims to bring them back in line to restore balance between weapon options and core fist to fist Taijutsu playstyle.

  Wooden Knuckle Blades attack speed decreased from 0.7s to 0.8s

  Metal Knuckle Blades attack speed decreased from 0.6s to 0.7s

  Blood Knuckle Blades attack speed decreased from 0.6s to 0.7s

  Metal Tonfa attack speed decreased from 0.9s to 1s

  Wooden Tonfa attack speed decreased from 0.9s to 1s

  Blood Tonfa attack speed decreased from 0.9s to 1.1s

  Reduced AGI attack speed scaling of all taijutsu weapons by 5.

• Hunter's Call (Romaji) Achievement kill requirements reduced from 100/500/1000 to 100/300/600

• Rebalanced and slightly tweaked the recipes Mats for Adventure Cloaks

  Some Cloaks were way easier to craft than others. I tried to balance it, as some players complained to me, it was to easy to craft some, compared to others.

• Changed Black Adventure Cloak Rarity from Unique -> Legendary

  this does not change the drop rate, its just a visual tag

• Rebalanced objectives requirements and XP reward of 40lvl and 50lvl Arc repeatable missions

• Fallen Stones Gorge is now a War Zone Map (Experimental)

• Keldo & Leno no longer attack on sight (Experimental)

• Removed Regen from Samurai Energy Drink - Added Back Run Cast to all Drinks

• Improved support for Linux/OSX

• Added Duel Logs to Notifications and /duel command to Chat

• Improve Ryo pickup/drop logging

• Added Will Of Fire revive cooldown

  Will of Fire can now only happen once per encounter

• Added item highlight for correct equipment slot when dragging, and double-clicking for Mannequins

• Made NPCs respect Jutsu cooldowns

• Added exile cooldown

• (Devs) Remove level cap from jutsu and item editors requirements

• (Devs) Implemented seperate buff stats for each stat field in the spell buff system

• (Admin) Add storage shop logs to event logs

• (Admin) Add house actions to player logs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue "Bubble clone doing zero damage if casted "point blank"

• Fixed issue "Hidden Name can be revealed"

• Fixed Start Regen (rested) toggle not applying to players in jutsu

• Fixed tamed npc's remaining visible on the map until the map is reloaded

• Fixed projectile knockback only passing conditional when knockback is above 0

• Change SpellBuffRec to just check StatVitals to determine if stat is actually active

• Fixed some funky stuff where Stats enum starts its index at 1 instead of 0

• Fixed self-spell casts not working when a downed player is selected

• Hopefully fixed second part of Kuwabara Mobster Questline in Kinsen

We're in the midst of training our new full-time programmer, Kai, to work on Nin Online! so expect feature updates to take a little longer than usual. However, once he's gotten the hang of it, things should move faster than ever.

Features

• (WIP) Mannequin System

  A new type of furniture that displays equipment like a player character!

• Anti-cheat Feature Improvements We've further improved how checking for bots works.

• AFK Label System reworked into PlayerStatus Label System Can now be used to display other statuses (eg. Guarding, Scouting etc.)

• Improved Native Linux Support for both Server & Client We're going to look into maintaining a native linux build soon!

• Audit System from Auto Chunin Exam event

• Added Linux HWID support

Changes

• Reduced the required amount of casts required to level up Sensory Technique Now it takes the same amount as Substitution, Flicker, and other general utility jutsus.

• Fixed Monkey Summoning Technique requiring more casts to level up than other summons.

Bug Fixes

• Tons of improvements to Auto Chunin Exam

• Fixed Ban Thresholds using previous points and giving punishments more severely than it should

• Fixed Summons not being despawned properly during Tournament matches

• Temporarily prevent players from joining Events while on Escort mission

• Fixed issue with Trash Bags spawning on top of buildings

• Sand and Mist introductory missions now will also provide Food Rations, just like Leaf missions do

New Videos on our Official Channel

Another episode of Patch Notes, this time for February, with our host as always - Wugoni

This is a first, but we posted a chill music video you can work/study to when you're not playing Nin

Today's Update

We're welcoming a new programmer (Kai) onto the team! He's still learning to work on Nin Online, but hopefully his full-time attention on the programming requirements will speed up development even further in the near future.

There's always ever increasing requirements when running a live service operation like Nin Online. I've been spending a lot of time improving our pipeline for content delivery so that things can continue to operate smoothly and faster than ever as the years go on while making sure that important bugs are fixed and pain points are addressed with existing gameplay before adding more features. I've been working on making the workflow for artists to push asset updates and programmers to push code updates faster and automated.

Features

• New Anti-Botting Mechanics You don't need to know what they are! Most players will never ever need to interface with this system

• Added more auto-moderation to Hawk/Global Messages Uses language models to detect harmful language before allowing it to be sent. Attempting to even send them can result in warnings on your account. Please only use Hawk messages with appropriate content.

• (Devs) Item Explosion Jutsu Mechanic We added a new mechanic to be used in the future for exploding Map Items (eg. Dropping Ryo or Explosive Tags around the map as an item and then blowing them up)

• (Devs) Added developer permission to bypass level limit This is to test new in-game content before raising level limit for everyonee

Content

• Added Desert Bandit Mask to Sand Accessory Shop (as Sand Exclusive Item)

Changes

• Anti-Zerg feature now only counts unrested players

• Changed Stone Axe requirement to level 16 and Fishing Rods to 20

• Earlier prevention of casting buffs on player with differing PvP Mode Previously, this would wait until the player finished the cast time to inform them it would not work. Now it stops you the moment you try casting it.

• Added a confirmation prompt when Linking Hitspark ID to Steam Account Warns users that the linking is permanent, as players are not supposed to have login access to any accounts they do not own, and hence have no reason to not link it to their Steam account.

• (Backend) Removed hardcoded Battle Injuries not being removed after death Unnecessary because a new feature was added a long time ago to handle this

• (Backend) Lots of code cleanup

Balance

• Attack speed of 2 tile staves changed from 2.0s to 2.5s

• Reduced base damage on Adamantine Staff from 36 to 34

• Reduced base damage on Reinforced Bo Staff from 27 to 26

• Increased Int requirement on Reinforced Bo Staff from 45 to 60

• Blood Pipe was meant to be an end-game item, but it became too powerful due to the use of triple bubbles. With upcoming content and changes in mind, Blood Pipe has been adjusted to ensure players can compete without being overwhelmed.

  • Blood Pipe strength requirement reduced from 130 to 115

  • Blood Pipe attack speed increased from 3.8s to 3s

  • Blood Pipe no longer places 3 bubbles

  • Blood Pipe now applies Bleeding level 3 instead of level 1

  • Blood Pipe lifesteal increased from 10% to 20% (Experimental)

  • Blood Pipe snare reduced from 2s to 1.8s

  • Blood Pipe level requirement reduced from 60 to 57

  • (Fix) Blood Pipe now properly scales using Agility Attack Speed system

Bug Fixes

• (Hopefully) Fixed a bug where certain buffs would end abruptly or unexpectedly on both players and NPCs

• Hardened possibility of accidental buff cancels due to misclicks

• Properly clear summons when Tournament Match starts

• Fix to stale dynamic NPC references issue

• Fix to eliminate the map warp stuck errors completely

• Fixed a bug where maps would no longer spawn projectiles

• Fixed a bug where casting jutsu or using items could cancel abruptly

• Fixed the bug where typing in the chatbox your "Open Fullscreen Minimap" Keybind would cause chat mode to be exited

• (Backend) Fixed a character saving error from the server I've been trying to fix for awhile now

• (Backend) Fix array index out of bounds crash caused by Player Warping between maps

This update comes with a highly requested Quality of Life addition - Input Buffering for Movement and Turning. We're also still focused on art and content development for the coming updates so stay tuned!

Features

• Movement & Turning Input Buffering Inputs to move diagonally while walking/running in one direction will now feel responsive as inputs are buffered while it cannot be processed. The same with turn keys. This will be helpful for advanced play.

Cash Shop

Added Red Forsaken Exile Robe (Recolor by Luhan)

Added Owl Pal (Art by Luhan)

Added Red Cursed Sakkat (Recolor by Luhan)

Content

• Most high level bosses now have a considerable chance to drop a 50 Random Tools Pack

• Added White Slug skin drop to Crystal Slugs

• Added White Slugskin Scarf to Crafting Table

• Added Wall Posters to Event Shop (by Fentomaru)

Changes

• Added more graphics for new content updates

• Added a limit/cooldown on Steam Payment API triggering This will hopefully reduce the instances of people getting rate limited by Steam's API

Bug Fixes

• (Devs) Fixed an issue with Mission Objective Checks in the Event Editor

• (Hopefully) Fixed an issue where village maps were becoming inaccessible (hanging the client of everyone on it)

• Fixed PvP Toggle Keybind opening PvP toggle warning in the main menu

Today's update mostly contains graphics updates we need for future expansions and bug fixes.

Features

• Added an indicator for when you're being forced into PvP Mode by the Map Zone

Content

• Reworked Mist Village Barber Shop (Art by Luhan)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Gift Gold Ninja allowing players to see concealed player's name

• Fixed character creation allowing empty username but causing client to get stuck

• Fixed summon damage not working when dueling against an allied guild or guild member

• Fixed workbenches not working with "Craft Multiple" button

• Fixed a client hanging bug that was caused by some map switches

We've been spending time creating and adding assets for the next chapter of the game. In the meanwhile, we've added some highly requested features and fixes.

Features

• Anti-Zerg Mechanic (Work In Progress) This feature requires manual fine tuning, but we've started attempting to balance this - the right way. Large village-sized zerging now will trigger an invisible Anti-Zerg Mechanic that affects your Damage and Healing output. Some notes on how this works

  • It does not affect damage dealt to NPCs (even summons at the moment, though this will change)

  • It does not affect max stats in any way and does not interfere with Jutsu usage

  • It triggers on all players from villages in the map except the "weakest"

  • It uses the ratio of the total level of all the ninja of your village on the map vs the disadvantaged village to calculate a debuff

  • Debuff is limited to 30%

  • Even if a village has more players than you, but they are weaker (eg. They are filled with low level players) they may not be considered at a disadvantage

  • Missing Ninja are set to be considered a village for now

  We've built the system to be very flexible and with settings changeable live. So we'll monitor how this does and adjust it instantly until we find a good balance.

• Control Profiles now sync between devices automatically via Steam Cloud

• Added Negative Stat Feature to Equipment

Content

• New Mist Aviary (by Fentomaru)

• New Hokami Office Interior (by Kvaset)

• New Leaf Administration Building Interior (by Luhan)

• New Leaf Village Flower Shop (Art by Luhan)

• Added new art for Grand Puppet Summoning (Animations by Luhan)

• Added Samurai Vests (by Galodar)

• Added Black Sailor Hat (by Luhan/Kvaset)

Balance

• Hisui Fans attack speed reverted back to 2.1s from 2.4s

• Hisui Fans strength requirement changed from 70 to 60

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a potential dupe exploit

• Fixed placement bug with Sitcky Venom Technique when casted while facing up

• Fixed low level players not being attackable in events

• Fixed mailbox index out-of-range crash

• Fixed Cash Shop top up button not working properly when window was scrolled

• Noticeboard and Leaderboard no longer open when an admin saves server settings

• Fixed Artwork for the following (Thank you Luhan!)

  • White Blind Fold

  • Black Blind Fold

  • Wolf Mask

  • Muteki Coat

Dear Ninja,

Lunar New Year Event: Zodiac Ring Hunt

We're having a little Lunar New Year Event this year! It's the year of the Horse! To celebrate the festive occasion, we're adding 12 New Zodiac-inspired Rings into the game that can be obtained through the event!

Event Duration

February 17 - 24

How to Participate?

Hunt Enraged Mobs to find Sealed Zodiac Ring packets that each contain one of 12 Zodiac Rings. These rings are based on the Japanese Zodiac and each add but also reduces other stats.

The artwork for the rings were designed by our Artist, Fentomaru!

The balance and stats of the rings are susceptible to changes. They currently can be used by Level 15+ Ninja for the duration of the event (stats might be changed after)

Lunar New Years Special

There's also a Special Cash Shop Pack for the duration of the event!

Special

+1000 Bonus NC (Total 2990 NC)

+1 Scroll of Stat Reset

+1 Sealed Zodiac Ring

Requirements

Level 15+

One-Use Per Character

Happy Lunar New Year!

-Hitspark Team

Today's update mainly includes small tweaks to existing systems and improvements to playability when Keyboard-only mode (this is important for eventual Gamepad support). We also reworked one of the most iconic maps in the Leaf Village!

Behind the scenes, there is also a lot of work being done on the new content expansions.

Features

• Bingo Book Bounty Location Players who reach a set threshold for Ryo now have their locations tracked and visible on everyone's Bingo Books. This is because if you are infamous, you are being watched - always! The threshold is currently 500.

• Added Keyboard Navigation for Tutorial/Hint windows The hope is to slowly make playing the game without any mouse inputs possible. From then on, Gamepad integration will be simple.

• Added Tab Key to change tabs in windows

• (Admins) Added Minimum/Maximum Level for Top Up Plans This will be used in the near future for level up special top up plans to celebrate reaching each milestone for characters.

Content

• New Leaf Village Hotsprings

  Glow up by Luhan!

  This is one of the most iconic maps for Nin Online for me. It was one of the first maps I ever designed for the game and I always envisioned it to be a nice spot to chill out with your friends in. Now it actually is! You can read the 2013 development log where it was first shown off here!

Balance

• Shirokata Damage reduced from 47 to 39

  Shirokata Strength requirement reduced from 85 to 75

  Shirokata now grants +2 Chakra

  Shirokata was in a weird place. The idea of the sword was to be used on hybrid builds but its stat requirement was too high for them, limiting its overall viability

• Iron Scythe Base Damage increased from 39 to 47

  Iron Scythe Strength requirement increased from 75 to 85

  Replaces Shirokata as decent mid tier weapon option for High Strength builds.

Changes

• Added Textured Background and added different colored borders for different villages to Player Info Menu Prev. Right-click Menu

  This texture will be customizable in the future!

• Improved Day/Night Overlays Night darkness is slightly toned up and god rays now use the color of the sky and don't muddy graphics behind it.

• Improved Styling of Bingo Book/Bounty UI Lots of small tweaks and styling improvements to Bingo Book UI

• Avatar Maker now closes with Escape Key

• (GMs) Better responsiveness for Warning/Report Log actions

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Notifications could refuse to render when multiple are displayed

• Fixed a bug where Notifications could cause issues with other UIs

• Fixed artwork of Mist Headbands (by Genshin)

• Fixed styling error with Achievements Window

• Fixed crashing issues with Hint window and Game Guide and restored Game Guide's videos

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Today's Update

Today's update is mostly making sure the game runs stably and some graphical improvements. These are lesser changes while our focus remains the next chapter of the game!

Features

• Lighting Occlusion for Day/Night Rendering

  This leads to better clarity when light objects light up the night time in the ninja world! Previously, lights were somewhat dull because they were rendered over the Day/Night mask. But what pixel data there was left is limited due to the Day/Night overlay covering the pixel art below it.

  Lighting Occlusion for the Day/Night rendering means the Day/Night Overlay never covers the pixel art, and Lighting actually lights up that area vibrantly without pixel data loss.

• (Artists) Added an import graphic button for testing new art assets

Balance

• Instant Cast Unloading while someone is stun locked Combo Balance Update

  All Jutsu that do not have Cast Times and Self Stun (aka. End Cast) now by default have a 0.3s Global Cooldown applied to all Jutsu. This change is targeted at overpowered combos caused by overlapping masteries. This cooldown window allows us to limit the amount of Jutsu you can proc within the span of a split second.

  While each mastery has a small amount of instant cast jutsu as is, the problem comes when picking two masteries with a higher amount of instant cast jutsu for the purpose of this overpowered strategy that has dominated the meta for too long.

  These overlapping masteries are problematic because they make certain mastery combinations much more powerful than others, which in turn reduces player choice as you are forced into the meta.

  This further has to be fixed because as we add more jutsu into the mix with future updates, these combos will become increasingly difficult to balance without restrictions.

• Hisui Fans (Experimental)

  The Hisui Fans proved overpowered as an early-game fan weapon and required adjustments to align with their intended strength.

  Hisui Fans range reduced from 4 to 3 tiles

  Hisui Fans attack speed changed from 2.1s to 2.4s

• Silk Moth Insect Web snare reduced from 2.5s to 1s

• Shuriken, Kunai & Senbons now have a 0.3s Global Cooldown as well

Content

• Leaf Village Weapon Shop Redesigned Kagane's business has boomed and he's decided to move his store indoors! Tileset Designed by Luhan

• New Land of River Bounty House Tileset Designed by Luhan

• Added 5 New Items to War Event Shop Art designed by Fentomaru

  • Battlefield Memorial Furniture

  • Leaf/Sand/Mist/Rogue War Paint

Changes

• Shrank the size of South Eastern Sea, South Eastern Sea II, South Eastern Sea III, South Eastern Sea IV by about 20%

• Replaced LibVLC usage with FFMPEG LibVLC was using D3D9 which was causing Steam Overlay to crash the client on login sometimes. Nin Online now logs in without crashes 100% of the time (finally after months of trying to fix it)

• Fixed a lag spike first login on each client launch

• Improved game startup time

• Real-time Shadows now continue to render when players are sitting down

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Jutsu Queue being sluggish with higher pings. This was a bug since v5.12.3e that made it harder to land a instant cast after a flicker.

• Fixed a bug where NPCs attacked on Z-Heights would have their attacked animations play on the ground below them

• Fixed crashes caused by threading decoder in new video player

• Fixed a bug where logging out with store window open could bug out your inventory

Creator Spotlight

Today we're spotlighting our own official channel's latest video, animated by Wugoni and voiced by our players ChaousBringer and Bronn!

This is a Nin Online "What if" video where we try to recreate Naruto in Nin Online!

Today's Update

Today's update is fixes important bugs, improves graphical fidelity, tweaks existing mechanics and introduces a very important but missing combat mechanic.

Features

• (Devs) Added Global Cooldown Setting

  We’ve implemented a new Global Cooldown setting that allows us to apply cooldowns to all Jutsu after casting one jutsu. The mechanic is similar to the existing End Cast / Self-Stun mechanic. However, unlike Self-Stun, this cooldown only prevents the immediate casting of another Jutsu. Players will still be able to move, perform melee attacks, charge chakra, and take other actions during this brief window.

  This change is intended to gradually shift the meta away from instant Flicker + multi-Jutsu burst combinations. While these combos can feel powerful and satisfying to execute, they are extremely difficult to balance - particularly when certain masteries are combined. Individually, most masteries have a limited number of instant-cast Jutsu, but when mixed together, they can create burst chains that are nearly impossible to balance effectively.

  Our goal with this adjustment is to create a healthier, more sustainable combat environment while preserving the fluidity and responsiveness that makes combat engaging.

• Added Gold Ninja Gifting Button on Player Info Cards

  You can now gift Gold Ninja membership to other players! The total amount of gifted memberships is tracked on your account and is displayed in the Statistics page of your journal.

Content

• Redesigned Interior of Leaf Hair Salon (By Luhan and Fentomaru) Another amazing interior redesign spearheaded by Luhan and with posters by Fentomaru! Before & After

• Added Punk Premium Hairstyle by Fuze

• Added Summer Sunglasses by Kvaset

Changes

• Added a Loading Progress Spinner during Texture Warmup on Login

• Concealed Players will now still be shown on Bingo Book

• Improved the Lighting on Jutsu Animations fade out time

• (Admin/GMs) Added Kill and Bounty Logs to Player Logs

Bug Fixes

• Fixed slight delay with Jutsu Queue on higher ping since last update

• Fixed Hair Dye sometimes giving the wrong color

• Fixed Items that are being dropped having outlines that are in the wrong position

This update comes with low level performance improvements, engine improvements and bug fixes. We're also keeping up with the World Improvement project. Today's map improvements were done by our artists - Luhan and Genshin!

Content

• New Map - Leaf Village Bar - Now Open!

• Added 11 New Wandering NPCs in Sand Village

• Added 9 New Wandering NPCs in Mist Village

• Added 11 New Wandering NPCs in Leaf Village

  If you're wondering why I'm adding so many wandering NPCs. There is going to be future missions where you are to challenge these NPCs to duels.

Changes

• New Leaf Scribe Shop (Before & After)

• New Leaf Clothing Shop (Before & After)

• New Leaf Village Tool Shop (Before & After)

• Added a new mission to the War event with the objective being to destroy raid points in Warzones close to each village.

  There are two raid points in each warzone and they have a 5 minute respawn timer.

  Added a 24 hour cooldown to Blood Thirst mission and increased rewards

  (Hopefully this makes the event better for everyone but the alt abusers)

• Added "War Lord" NPC to Kinsen Quarters

• Added Warning Acknowledgement window on Login Screen if you log into a banned account

• Added new graphics compression for Nin Online's texture files Improving load times and reducing stutter when loading lots of textures at once. Eg. when a large amount of players enter a map at once

• Added Minimap Quality Settings

• Removed poof of smoke effect when buying items from a player ninton store

• Outlines of Invisible/Hidden Traps stay visible for Owner of those traps throughout the map

• PvP State of Traps and Projectiles are now tracked from the moment the traps/projectiles are casted

• Added more alt prevention features when it comes to fair kills and bounty

• Arresting a player now counts to claim bounty you would've gotten from letting them faint

Bug Fixes

• Fixed minimap sometimes having incomplete layer data

• Fixed players sometimes missing Hairs/Equipment/Eyes visually

• Fixed a bug where Guild Experiences could exceed Int32 limits and cause the guilds level to be corrupted

• Fixed a bug with Legacy Targeting causing client to crash when target was faints

• Fixed bug with walking along edges of map

• Fixed a bug where player's sprite would stop rendering once they leave the map edge

• Reverted LibVLC changes temporarily

• Fix a bug where players who were reported as botting but verified to be falsely flagged could still end up banned down the line for "suspicious activity"

Half a year on, Nin Online is still one of the Top 100 MMORPG on Steam by player count - competing and beating hundreds of other games with budgets of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars. If you navigate this list, you'll find nothing like Nin Online, it is an outlier. Nin Online is built with sacrifice, passion, blood, sweat and tears instead of dollars. It tries to be as ethical as possible with monetization against all odds.

If you like the game, please consider leaving a Steam review to help more people find the game and and supporting development by getting our one-time payment & vanity features Gold Ninja membership. Help us fulfill Hitspark's mission to show the larger industry that people want ethical monetization.

TLDR: Please leave a Steam review, doesn't matter positive or negative, the review activity/count helps! Gold Ninja and Cash Shop purchases supports our development!

Today's Update

The main feature today is one that the mass majority of Nin Online players will never need to interact with - Warnings. Other additions are bug fixes and adding new graphics for future content expansions. Just for transparency, we're already done with the art creation side of the first expansion of Level 60+ content that we plan on releasing. Hence, the artists are now working on the game world enhancements project. As for programming, we're focused on making sure the community is a safe and fun place by empowering the Game Masters to handle reports faster and making sure players know that they are warned and why so they can correct their behavior before it escalates into a ban.

Features

• Added Warning Acknowledgement requirement when logging in for the first time with new warnings

  How the Moderation/Infraction System Works

  Just as a reminder, we've used the same moderation system for years now, where GMs/Moderators do NOT choose your punishment or warning points.

• Moderators simply get reports

• Point out to the system what the infraction was (eg. Toxicity, Slurs etc.)

• The system gives the accounts a fixed point value for that infraction

• The system assigns warnings and punishments automatically based on the amount of points on the account.

  This needs to be clarified, because players constantly get confused as to why someone broke Rule X and got Punishment X. But they broke Rule X and got Punishment Y. Punishments are given to you automatically by the system, based on your past infractions in an increasing scale. So the person you're annoyed at for doing the same thing as you, may just not yet be on his way to the end of the punishment scale. Now this will make it clearer and tell you exactly how far you are away from collecting your next "fun reward".

  The recent updates has made it incredibly easy for us to look into reports and I know it’s not the norm for people to expect that these reports will all be handled by GMs because of the sheer amount that comes in.

  But because it is now so easy to look into, the chances are that if you are avoiding swear filters and being generally toxic, you will be banned very quickly now.

  So I plead to you, please don’t test the system. We want you to be able to play Nin Online. But we also cannot tolerate bad behavior.

Content

• Added new animated NPCs in Leaf Aviary (by Luhan)

• New Leaf Furniture shop design (by Luhan) The new one is on the right

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the game hanging when leap indicator crossed map boundaries

• Fixed the game hanging when player left the map when leaping

Today's update is mainly housekeeping, making sure the game is in a polished state! We are also on day 2 of updates to existing maps with new art and NPCs to make the world feel more alive and explorable. We want entering each map to give you excitement about what you might find in there.

Lastly, we're working on improved moderation tools to make reporting players much more efficient in dealing with toxicity, inappropriate language/behavior, harassment and cheating!

Changes

• Leaf Village Aviary Interior Upgrade

  Good job to Luhan!

• Improved Login Visual Effects Smoothness

  Smoothened the login fade and zoom in effect by warming up texture loading before fading/zooming

• Adjusted Target Camera Lock On position to be the center of the target players

• (Backend) Reports are now stored with TimeStamps They were previously saved as a datetime string, this made it hard to sort by date/time.

• (GMs) Added dismissal of reports

• (GMs) Removed HTML Tags from legacy reports

• (Admin) Blocked reporting Master account (UUID 1)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Daily Login UI (Regression from last update)

• Fixed Animated Event shadows

• Lots of fixes to leaking immediate mode UI styling

• Fixed a crash that occured when opening some UI

• Fixed click targeting being wonky since recent update with mouse options

• Fixed NPC Dialogues closing abruptly in Leaf Village

• (Backend) Fixed a server crash to do with recent Flicker fix

This is mainly an update for our moderation tools as well as announcing our project to make Nin Online's world more beautiful one map at a time.

Features

• (GMs) Reworked Report System Moderation Reports now display the last 30 in the Warnings Panel and loading a player now displays their reports as well.

Changes

• Leaf Village Medicine Shop Interior Upgrade We've begun a month long (maybe longer) project to upgrade the game's more mundane maps and make exploring the world of Nin Online more interesting - visiting a new map should give you a feeling of wanderlust. This first map includes unique tiles for the map, unique NPCs with special animations and lighting. Luhan worked on this one!

• (GMs) Reworked layout of Warnings Panel

Bug Fixes

• Optimized Map Loading for Map Edges This change should improve map switching times a lot for players with higher ping. The client used to send a packet to the server to request a map change. This is all processed within the server now, so it cuts half of a round-trip time.

• Fixed Player Naming conflicts due to Steam + Legacy Hitspark IDs

• Fixed position of Item outlines

• Added Female Paperdoll to Jakuma (fixing space between hips and sword)

• (Hopefully) Fixed the NPC flicker delay bug

• (GMs) Fixed right of screen flickering with GM Panel open

Creator Spotlight

Steph Tsukino has been posting very cute Shorts about Nin Online! We hope you check out their work!

Steph Tsukino's YouTube Channel

Recently, we've been adding a lot of polishing to existing features and quality-of-life features that players have been asking for. This update brings one of the top requested features by players who love the crafting mechanic in the game, as well as improvements to graphics and animations!

Features

• Craft Multiple Items You can now press the "Craft Multiple" Button next to the "Craft" button, it will allow you to craft the selected recipe a set amount of times.

• Added Fade-in Animation when Resources (Trees, Ores, Bushes) Replenish

• Improved Item Drop Animation

  Items dropped by players or NPCs onto the map now fly in an arc shape and spin while being dropped, their Rarity Glow fade-in and follow the item as it is being picked up, instead of how it previously popped in and out while being dropped and picked up animation is being played.

• Added options for disabling untargeting with Left-click and Right-click Separately, for ultimate customization

• (Devs) New NPC Graphics Format We added support for a new kind of NPC Graphic format that can be used to create smoother Dialogue NPCs that are more optimized and can have more animations!

Balance

• Significantly reduced HP of Chimamire, Kuraken, Dark Monkey King, Gamakura and LOI Bosses.

  Now that we have new and improved NPC pathfinding, there's no need for such big HP pools.

Changes

• Optimized settings menu to save options without hanging the client each change

• Renamed Manda Trophy to Hebimaru Trophy

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Mouse Settings reverting if you don't close the window before changing maps

• Fixed an issue where player's usernames could be taken before their inactivity period ended by mistake, causing characters with the same username

• Fixed Capture Points being colored red for Sand and Mist missing ninja when captured by Missing Ninja

• Fixed Name Changer UI sometimes allowing players to bypass verifying name availability to send a rename request packet

• Fixed Authority/Clan/Hokuto Sphere UI showing the wrong time when next leader will be picked

• Fixed Furniture not being placeable (Regression from last update)

• Fixed Leap Indicator showing when fishing

• Fixed Village Icon showing as Leaf Village for Concealed Ninja

• Fixed logging out in a Forced PvP Zone making the PvP Mode permanently On if you relogin and leave the Forced PvP Zone

• Fixed 5th Item Reward in Missions not working

• Fixed Mission Type in layout of Mission Log being broken (since recent update)

• Fixed a bugged tile in fence of Level 20 Arc Bridge Map

• Fixed Avulsed Tooth showing Paperdoll Preview when hovered in shops

• Added Missing Balance changed to Antibodies Activation

• Handled Steam News loading failure gracefully as it is inconsequential but reported errors

• Fixed a forum account lookup crash

• (Hopefully) Fixed NPCs going invisible

• (Hopefully) Fixed a longstanding bug where sometimes you'd crash right as you login before the game fully loaded

• (Admins) Fixed GM Tools not showing up for your own Info panel

Recently, we've been asked a lot to add more customization to mouse controls. So we've added a ton of customizable settings for mouse controls, as well as added the functionality for Keybinds to use Mouse Buttons! We think that these comprehensive settings will help you play Nin Online the way you want to. They also work with the recent release of Control Profiles.

Mouse Controls

• Keybinds can now use Mouse Buttons

• Added Setting to Enable/Disable Running/Walking based on Mouse Distance

• Added Setting to move Right-click Menus to Double-click

• Added Hover Hints for Right-click/Double-click menus They fade in after 1s to not get in the way usually, but also help new players discover controls

• Added Setting to change Mouse Button used to Target

• Added Setting to change Mouse Button used to Rotate/Change Direction

• Added Setting to change Mouse Button used to Interact/Attack

• Added Setting to change Mouse Button used to Block/Guard

• (Devs) Added shortcut in right-click menu for NPCs, Events and Furniture to open in their respective editors

Features

• (Devs) Added shortcut in right-click menu for NPCs, Events and Furniture to open in their respective editors

Changes

• Improved picking up items on the floor You can now click on yourself to pick up items under you and click on items next to you to pick them up.

• Added more localization coverage to all language options

• Removed (Translation Missing) error message

• Made Settings/Options Window Wider

• Improved \ Button on UI Windows They no longer close the UI if you release your mouse button on the \ accidentally. You have to start and release the mouse button while on the button. This would happen most frequently on UI Windows like the Cash Shop which had a scrollbar aligned vertically with the \ button.

• (Translators) Added automatic retry attempts to Auto-translate feature

Bug Fixes

• Map Names in Minimap are now translated properly

• Refactored Guild Name UI alignment and padding in Ninja Card

• (Translators) Fixed Instanced Maps like houses names being added to translatable keys

This update focuses on a series of quality-of-life improvements to Nin Online’s user interface, expanding customization options while refining overall usability and presentation. While gameplay and content updates remain a major priority this year, it’s equally important that the systems players interact with daily feel intuitive, polished, and professionally crafted. The UI is something you’ll engage with constantly throughout your journey in the ninja world, and we believe it deserves the same level of care and iteration as core gameplay features.

As a fun bit of behind-the-scenes insight: In 2021, we moved all of Nin Online’s UI to be built using Dear ImGui, a powerful library commonly used by both AAA studios and indie developers for engine, debugging, and backend tools. In Nin Online, we take it a step further and use it as the foundation for all in-game interfaces, allowing us to iterate quickly and deliver highly responsive, flexible UI systems.

User Interface

• Redesigned all Window Titles

  Compare the Title Box area of the windows!

  The old window titles were very default Dear ImGui titles, but I've gone back to work on restyling it. There are some limitations, but we work around them and make them pretty!

• Redesigned Player Info Menu (Right-click Menu)

  The new design has your village symbol and rotating/breathing character animations

• Improved Support for Non-Default Themes Text readability has been improved across the interface, and all buttons now consistently conform to the selected theme’s color palette.

  To expand on the fun fact mentioned earlier: the previously available Dark, Light, and Retro themes were originally based on default styles provided by the Dear ImGui library. These were initially intended as placeholders while more complete themes were in development. However, the Dark theme quickly became a community favorite, which led us to refine it further and elevate it to a fully supported, officially polished theme.

• New Themes

  Added 10 New Themes to the Interface Menu

• Exclusive to Dark Theme - Login Screen darkens to match

  This is a dark mode login screen for the players who have been using the dark theme all along. The

• Chatbox Transparency Setting now only keeps the part of the Chatbox where text is rendered readable when it's not active

Localization

The localization system before was all done through Google Sheets and was a very tedious process. This is why translations were often incomplete.

As of this update, Localization/Locales system has been fully remade to be completely handled in-game through our real-time editors. It can be done by any player with a "Translator" role! We'll be asking for your help to translate the game to your native language in the coming days.

• As of now, we have auto-translated versions of a few languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese

  • Spanish

  • French

  • German

  • Korean

  • Polish

• Japanese & Chinese auto-translated versions are on the way

• Players simply need to improve and fix the auto-translations

• Even if a player doesn't know the language but notice a missing translation, they can add the translation in with a single button press that will auto-translate it into all languages.

• While auto-translations are not 100% accurate and often misses the mark on nuance, it is a "better than nothing" state until we can have actual translators fix it!

Features

• (Admins) Added a feature for admins to deprecate Map caches of all players This was a much needed feature because old caches were not clearing when we updated our map data format, causing corrupted maps to load when players already had them cached.

• (Devs) Added /sethp command for debugging purposes

• (Devs) Added Hitbox Debugging Features and improvements to Hitbox Settings Editor

Balance

• Mountain Crusher range increased from 2 to 3 tiles

  Mountain Crusher 0.5s self stun added back

  Mountain Crusher interrupt removed

  Mountain Crusher knockback reduced from 4 to 3 tiles

  Treat Wounds cast time increased from 1.0s to 1.2s

  Blade Piercing now interrupts

  Blade Piercing no longer applies Bleeding III

  Crescent Moon Beheading no longer interrupts

  Crescent Moon Beheading now applies Bleeding III instead of II

  Fixed Crescent Moon Beheading damage scaling

  Risky Blade now applies Bleeding I

  (This gives STR WM access to an instant interrupt with lower cooldown, while making Risky Blade more useful and turning Beheading into a more damage focused Jutsu)

Content

• Added Saber Premium Hairstyle (Art by Fuze)

• Shark Tooth Rings (Art by Luhan)

  Added First Crit Rings in the game

Changes

• Added Animations to Store furniture! (Thank you Fentomaru)

• Blessing UI now only stops movement when typing instead of as long as window was active

• Fireflies now render above the Night Time Darkness Overlay, making them more vibrant

• Added outline/nicer styling to Minimap

• Fixed Cash Shop item preview sometimes previewing items you didn't intend to when you release mouse after moving cursor

• If names are too long, display of the name in the Pink PM box is now shortened to fit

• Projectiles and melee attacks on NPCs with large hitboxes now play animations on the part of the large body you hit

• (GMs) Characters in Spectator Camera mode for Steam Broadcast no longer invisibly mess with capture points

Bug Fixes

• Fixed typing in Messenger Hawk UI causing player to still move around/cast jutsu

• Fixed NPCs flickering sometimes being delayed

• Fixed a server crash caused by NPC Platforming

• Fixed a bug which could cause NPCs to turn invisible after Body Flicker Technique

• Fixed UI bugs caused by clicking button tabs

• Fixed Food Items not being consumed when used since last update

• Fixes to Large NPC Hitboxes

• Fixed Wind Claw and Wind Mask Technique Interrupt Target Casting

• Fixed an overlapping frame on Stylish Kunai Pants (Thank you Fentomaru)

• (Devs) Fixed a crash in Map Editor

• (Backend) Gracefully handle backup web server listing ping

Official YouTube Channel Spotlight

I've been told that not a lot of players know we have an official YouTube channel! So remember to like and subscribe ːsteamhappyː hit that bell icon for notifications.

Update v5.11.8

Today's update has a bunch of features and fixes but I want to talk about a major breakthrough in development. For years now, we've been struggling to find the cause, but we've been experiencing a loss in performance in our server logic processing. Even though things were smooth for most people, we noticed a drastic drop in performance for awhile now - longer than most of you even started playing.

Major Server Peformance Issue Fixed

This is an explanation of the timeline of events in this long-term search for the problem...

This is an explanation of the timeline of events in this years long search for the problem. The issue eventually stemmed from how we were handling NPCs, NPC pathfinding, Summons etc. Which is why we had to go back and improve these systems.

There's a lot more that goes into the system level work than meets the eye!

While throughout this entire ordeal, people only really noticed a drastic performance drop in the initial wave of performance issues, the fact that it was all the way down to even lower than that for Steam launch meant that most people grew accustomed to the performance degradation, as it happened over time after. Hopefully the sudden positive impact in server performance now is noticeable like it was when it was suddenly impacted negatively in 2023.

Features

• Added Interface section to Settings

  There's now a section dedicated to Interface settings, as we've added much more customization options recently.

  • Chat Channel Management from in settings

  • Adding and Removing Chat Channels (New Feature!)

  • Chatbox Transparency Setting (New Feature!)

• Added Interface Settings Button next to Emoticons Button

• Maps now support up to 100 NPCs at once We've increased how many fixed NPC slots a map can have from 50 to 100. This isn't including dynamic NPCs which theoretically means all maps can currently have infinite NPCs. But those are for summons and escorts - this is for wandering NPCs and Mobs that are always there.

• Team Tournaments (2v2, 3v3) Team Colors

  Players now are colored Red/Blue, similar to CTF and TDM teams, when they are in a tournament match.

• Hidden Projectiles

  We can now make projectiles completely invisible outside of Sensory Range and slowly fade in as it enters a player's sensory range. This system can and will be used in the future for Genjutsu and more - but for now, it's for Hidden Explosive Tag Technique.

• (Devs) Improved Item Cooldowns Previously, some item types had a fixed 3 second cooldown, while others had none. We can now give any item variable cooldowns. Existing item cooldowns remain at 3 seconds. This was added so we can prevent Battle Pills spamming and Milk spamming and make stronger Ninja Tools.

• (Devs) Large NPC Hitboxes Improvements

  We can now make NPCs that have larger hitboxes where players cannot enter their body. We also have a fancy editor with a preview for it. The easier it is for us to make content, the faster you'll get it!

• Added Modifier Key Keybind for Hotkey Bar Page Fast Switching

• Added Furniture Shop Preview for Furniture

• Added Zoom In Animation on login

Optimizations

• Optimized NPC Logic Significantly This will allow us to add way more NPCs. Nin Online's server already supported an absurd amount of NPCs logic processing before, but we've made it even more optimal so we can confidently add more.

• Optimized sending Booleans over network

Content

• New Beard item available in Cash Shop (Art by Kvaset)

• New Premium Hairstyles - Salamander Premium Hairstyle & Executioner Premium Hairstyles - Added to Cash Shop (Art by Kvaset!)

• Added new female ninja clothing to Village Clothing Shops and Tailor

• Added 33 Wandering NPCs that are based on Players who are recently playing on both Hawk and Toad

  Depending on your name, I might not have been able to use it. In most cases, I used Katakana modified names of yours. But this is my way to let players live on in the world long after they've played. If you dress stylishly, the chance of you getting an NPC is higher!

Balance

• Hidden Explosive Tag Technique is now invisible outside of Sensory Range

• Seismic Dash Technique knockback added back

• Whirlwind Kick Technique no longer interrupts

• Whirlwind Kick Technique knockback removed

• Water Slash Technique interrupt added

• Vacuum Palm Technique is now instant cast

• Vacuum Palm Technique projectiles no longer pierce

• Vacuum Palm Technique cooldown increased from 10/10/9 to 13/13/12

• Mountain Crusher Technique is now a 1s run cast

• Mountain Crusher Technique self stun removed

• Palm Bottom Technique now Interrupts

• Changed Late-Game Escort Missions objectives

  Now you only need to escort them to Village Entrances (Guard Duty maps).

  Villages only, Takumi stays the same.

Leaping Changes

• Leap arc preview is now followed more accurately

  It now goes in an arc shape instead of to the max distance and then falling

  Old

  New

• Reworked Leap to aim to ground of target tile and not mid-air if the tile you will land on is lower than you

• Removed Leaping while falling

  Leap indicator is hidden while mid-air and releasing it does nothing.

Changes

• Improved NPC Hopping onto Platform Animation to be more smooth They now hop onto platforms without jitter

• Improved Hair Colors to be more accurate to the Color chosen in the Hair Dye menu Everyone sent new, single-use, hair dyes to fix their hair colors if needed!

• Jutsu Cooldowns now reset before Tournament Matches start

• Prevent Multiple Logins from the same Steam account

• Emoticons now scale to the Zoom level They would appear too tiny when you are zoomed in, making it hard to make out.

• Single-use Hair Dye no longer consumes until you pick a hair color

• Improved consistency of palettes of some equipment (Thanks Luhan)

  • Black Hooded & Unhooded Robes

  • Standard Kunoichi Blouse

• Player Character Sprites like on Blessing HUD, Shop Preview, Login Screen Accounts now rotate individually

• Allowed for Jumping off from Chairs and Beds

• (Devs) Saving Maps no longer respawns/resets NPCs on map unless the NPC was changed Less interruptions from us when we need to fix things on the map you're on.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a consistency issue with Chatbox Chat Channel and Chat Message Input styling

• Clamped Login Zoom effect to edges of map

• Removed Exiling Limits section to RP Panel

• (GMs) Improved Layout of GM Tools section of Player Right-Click Menu

Today's update includes features and changes related to future balance changes as well as fixes little bugs. Today's update also adds a new Jutsu evolution!

Features

• All Jutsu can now have Critical Hits Previously, only projectiles could have critical hits. This is also an important balance change for the future Critical Hit Rate and Damage bonus items/passives.

• Combat Messages now have a (Critical Hit!) indicator next to them in the chatbox

• Decoupled Jutsu Casting Interruption from Knockbacks

  Going forward, not all knockbacks will cancel casting. We will indicator if they do.

Content

• Added new Jutsu Evolution for Shockwave Slash Technique

  This is an upgraded version of Shockwave Slash Technique that allows it to be more useful at later levels and PvP while not giving a substantial boost to early game leveling and usefulness for Weapon Masters.

Balance

• Agility to Critical Hit Rate reduced Agility still provides a large amount of critical rate, but items will soon make up for a small loss in it. Agility has a lot of benefits as is and needed to be rebalanced because we introduced more usefulness to it since it was originally designed.

• Vacuum Palm Projectile Speed increased

• Mountain Crusher self stun reduced from 1s to 0.5s

• Removed Silencing from Mountain Crusher Technique

• Blade Piercing Technique Self Stun reduced from 1s to 0.5s

• Antibodies Activation Technique 2s Self Stun removed

• Antibodies Activation Technique Cast Time increased from 1 to 2 seconds

Changes

• Attacking a player's summon or escorted NPC now introduces PvP Timer so that player is map locked

• Summons now have the name of the player owner beside them

• Damage Over Times no longer Life steal / Chakra steal

• (Devs) Added Applied Buffs to Jutsu References in Jutsu Editor

• Added Animations to Kitchen Stove, Fuze's Large Candle, Chateau Grandfather Clock (Thank you Fentomaru!)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Projectile Critical Hits showing visuals of crits wrongly

• 0 Life Steal / Chakra Steal no longer shows up as Action Messages

• Fixed Dueling giving PvP Kill MIssions objective progress

• Fixed positioning of Christmas Fireplace

• Fixed transforming into Koji Co. Employee allowing you to turn invisible when blocking and attacking

• Fixed floating lilypads in Takumi Village

• Fixed Server Lagging if developers save a map since v5.11.7

• Fixed trees going missing in Hawk server if maps are reloaded live from Toad server

This update comes with a highly requested feature from our veteran players - Control Profiles! This allows you to set up different control schemes per character or playstyle.

Features

• Controller Profiles

  This allows players to easily create different control schematics for different characters and playstyles. It also comes with useful settings like setting the default profile that all future characters will use by default, duplicating existing controls and the ability to add unlimited profiles.

• Chatbox Text Size Accessibility Setting Added This only increases the size of chatbox messages for people with reading difficulties. I still recommend generally increasing the size of the whole UI, but more options!

Balance Note

We want to take a moment to talk openly about balance because we know it’s one of the most important (and most emotional) parts of Nin Online.

First: balance has improved over time, and many long-term players have pointed this out themselves. That matters to us, and it tells us we’re moving in the right direction.

That said, we also see a recurring concern: certain metas are lasting too long, and some playstyles feel overly dominant for extended periods. This is valid feedback, and it’s something we’re actively factoring into our balance approach going forward.

Our goal is not perfect balance - that’s unrealistic in a game with this many systems, builds, and combat dynamics. Instead, our goal is healthy meta rotation.

Going forward, balance changes will be approached more deliberately and more predictably. Rather than chasing individual complaints or swinging numbers too hard, we’re focusing on:

This update has a lot of new features for us to expand content with, as well as some house keeping bug fixes and improvements.

Features

• (Devs) Event System can now Spawn and Despawn NPCs This can be used to create dungeons where NPCs spawn for example and you have to defeat them.

• (Devs) More Steam Achievement Features

  • Missions and Jutsu can now unlock Steam Achievements

  • Mission completion based on Mission Ranks now recorded

• Added Critical Rate and Critical Damage Bonus Stats (Not an actual item, just an example) We're making Critical Hits a more prominent feature as you can tell! Something that's worth investing into if you like playing that way. We'll introduce rings with critical bonuses soon!

• (Devs) Added Furniture Growing/Planting Mechanic "Furniture" Can now turn into another furniture item after X seconds. This can be used in many creative ways. One example is planting a "seed" furniture and having it grow into a plant later.

• (Backend) Added Maps Database to MongoDB Previously, maps were saved on local servers for each server (Toad, Hawk, Slug, Snake). Now they can propagate maps from the main server if need be. This makes running more servers slightly easier. This also means we have emergency backups for maps data now too.

Content

• Added 8 New Steam Achievements

  More to come in the future!

• Added new Legendary Fished Item - Sailor Hat (Art by Luhan)

Changes

• New Main Menu Music The new main menu music is a remastered version of our first main menu song by our musician, Afilion, all the way back in 2013. I hope the nostalgia kicks in for our old players!

• Corporations are now renamed to Organizations Organizations was always the original name of this system. Players who played before 2018 know this! The reason we had to name it Corporations was to differentiate an older system that was deprecated. But it's been long enough now and there will be no confusion between these systems!

• Added some animations to existing furniture

  • Improved Adarya's Candlelight Graphics with Animations (Animation by Fentomaru)

  • Added Glow & Improved Christmas Fireplace Graphics with Animations (Animation by xt3n)

  • Improved Angelik Date's Cauldron Graphics with Animations (Animation by Luhan)

• Tweaked Jumping animations further to improve game feel There's a lot of edge cases to consider to make it feel good in various circumstances. Falling, Jumping and Falling, Jumping and Falling while running etc. It's a bit of an experiment to get it all right in all the cases.

  This is slightly slowed down so you can see the animations better!

• (Devs) Improved Layout of Event Editor Commands Page Here's a cool inside look at the tools we use to develop content for Nin Online!

• Improved layout of Game Guide Made the right side white for more visual separation

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Balloons animation changing its color in one direction

• Fixed Great Messenger Hawks not being able to send Global Messages

• Fixed Global Messages from Great Messenger Hawks not appearing to other players

• Fixed Health Retention between Escort Missions

• Fixed NPC Projectiles getting destroyed visually on the client but not actually on the server when they collided with Trees

• Fixed a crash on logout caused by having a mission tracked

• Fixed NPCs sometimes turning invisible when flickering

• Fixed errors on Asoki Port village map that caused certain tiles to be unwalkable

• Fixed Broken House in Mist Housing District North

Creator Spotlight

This is a really fun one! Our resident creator, Wugoni, made a video to advertise Nin Online. It's creative, fun and to the point. Have a watch!

Today's Update

Today's housekeeping update fixes a ton of small inconveniences and visual flaws as well as polishes existing features further.

Features

• Characters now have Squish and Squash animations when jumping, falling and landing

  This is just animation 101! This gives the character more life and makes movements feel more real. It especially helps with jumping on the spot not looking like the character just got momentum to jump out of nowhere.

• Critical Hits now show damage in a different color and shake

  They are the same color as the critical animation! Critical damage done to you have a different look as well.

• HUD Buttons (& More Menu) are now exposed to localization For a long time now (since 2013 actually) the buttons have had the text built into the graphic. This meant that we could not translate them for each language. It was a tedious job to get it moved, so it's taken awhile.

Content

• Added Rat Mask to loot table of Mutant Rats

Changes

• (Backend) Optimized Pathfinding Algorithms

• Improved Furniture Rotation animation to spin clockwise when rotating them

• Added Reject button to shared mission prompts

• Improved loading of first map to warm up textures in login screen

• Improved Running animation to show all frames more accurately to how it was originally designed Up until now, it's been using the walk animation frame stepping on the run animation, but the run animation was designed to be used differently. This caused running to look a lot like floating.

• Legs of running characters no longer flail around when moving while falling

• World Map now centers on default map when current map doesn't exist in any world map

• Redesigned Settings Menu to have tabs on the side

• (GMs) Moving furniture with Warp Target now uses same new animation

• Rats, Blood Puppets, Cursed Host and Evil Spirits and Snakes now use a smarter pathfinding algorithm

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Mission Sharing (Regression from last update)

• Fixed NPC shadows on elevated tiles

• Fixed players on your map falling from the sky when you login

• Fixed a visual glitch where Logout Warning Prompt appearing for a single frame when you return to main menu, in the main menu

• (GMs) Fixed game hanging indefinitely when warping with Escort mission

• (Admin) Fixed layout of equipment list in Player Editor

• (Hopefully) Fixed another login crash

What we're going through right now is a polishing phase for the new features and reworking some existing older features to make sure they are the quality expected by today's standards. This includes improving simple animations, fixing bugs and making sure things work the way they should.

Nin Online is participating in a Steam Festival in February so we're getting things ready for new players!

Features

• New Pathfinding Modes

  Added a ton of new pathfinding behaviors for NPCs that allow for us to make more variations of NPC behavior. This update includes reworking the whole pathfinding system to work like an API that takes in different algorithms and swap them on the fly. Included a new Adaptive Pathfinding mode for NPCs that uses a mix of different pathfinding modes depending on the situation. Also improved the movement of escort NPCs with this.

• Reworked Share Mission Feature

  Players in Teams will now have a "Accept with Team" button in the Mission Offer prompt. If they press this button, their team mates will receive the prompt as well.

• Added animations for placing furniture down and moving them

Balance

• Increased Snare Duration on Crystal Pipe to match Seathorn Pipe

• Reduced STR requirement on Kikyukan Pipe to 130

• Adamantine Staff attack speed reduced by 0.3s to compensate for the extended range

• Reinforced Bo Staff attack speed reduced by 0.3s to compensate for the extended range

• Increased Event Coupon cost of World Blessing from 10 EC to 15 EC With the availability of events increasing almost double the amount of what it was when the pricing of World Blessings was introduced, it's become too cheap for it.

  Increased Event Coupon cost of Scroll of Stat Reset from 30 EC to 35 EC

• Temporarily disabled Recipes giving Proficiency XP

Content

• Added 5 Daily Escort Missions for each village

• Added 11 new emotes made by Luhan & Fuze

• Added Housing exterior furniture slots to all houses in the game!

• Added Recipes sold by Carpenter to make Reusable Animal Familiar Stores that can be placed in village squares for 24 hours (The amazing store art by Galo)

• Added new hairstyle - Assassin Premium Hairstyle (Art by Fentomaru)

• Added Red, Beige and Blue variations of Doctor Coat for Medical Ninjas (Art by Luhan)

Changes

• Kinsen and Asoki Village are now No Zones and will serve as Neutral Market areas with slots for player to place their Store Carts

• Added Store slots to Villages where players can leave their Store Carts there for 24h

• Improved NPC platforming and animations

  NPCs now work with pass through platforms and only hop when needed

• Escort NPCs now show the Player Owner's Name

• Escorts now start at the map entrance you came in from on login

• Prevented alt killing for missions

Bug Fixes

• Removed Global Option from Premium Hawk as it was bugged and not useful anymore

• Fixed Wolf and Coyote outlines

• Improved some hairstyle graphics

• Fixed Team/Party Sharing Missions working when players are not all at the Mission Assignment Desk

• Fixed Directions of Furniture Placement Previews for animated Furniture

• Fixed an important server crash to do with loading player data

• Fixed Blood Puppet and Old Blood Puppet Outlines

• Fixed Wooden Cabinet Outlines

• Fixed not being able to put cash registers in your house

A planned server maintenance was completed at 10:15AM EST on 18 January 2026 where the following updates were pushed.

• Cash Register Shops are no longer allowed in public squares This will be reserved exclusively for Time Limited Stores that return the shop and all contents to the player daily. This ensures everyone has fair access to shops and inactive players do not clutter the shared spaces.

• Fixed error message when trying to move furniture in own house

If you're enjoying Nin Online, please do leave a Steam review letting me know. It means a lot to read them.

This patch includes some minor balance tweaks to combat mechanics introduced in 2025, namely Dashes and Blocking as well as important bug fixes and graphical improvements.

Features

• Added Right-click Player Chatbox Message -> Ignore Player Added a convenient way to turn off the noise from players you don't want to interact with.

• Wind Effect on Foliage (GIF below is exaggerated to showcase it)

  Trees now sway with the wind, which gets more intense during rain, storms and sand storms.

• Trees now shake when attacked

• Players can now turn themselves in by talking to the Prison Guard at the Hyoketsu Prison Entrance

Balance

• Decreased Stamina Usage of Dashs by 30%

• Increased minimum Block/Guard Stamina usage from 15% to 25% of Max Stamina

Changes

• Improved Burn Hairstyle (Thanks Luhan)

• Updated Swear List

• Added more logging to housing system and player shops

• (GMs) If you enter a TDM/CTF Map mid-way through the event, you now get the visual interface

• Reduced intensity of Film Grain post-processing effect

• You can now stand on the broken chunks of flooring in Abandoned Lair Entrance

Bug Fixes

• Equipment lights now stop rendering when transformed into Furniture

• Lots of bug fixes to do with tile/map furniture permissions

• Fixed Leap Range Indicator not displaying when you initiate it while running

• Fixed Summons not being attackable by Melee

• Fixed furniture being moved to the same spot (while being rotated) not working

• Fixed more graphical issues with furniture outlines