Updates

As Phantasy Star Universe's Network Mode is essentially a mass-multiplayer online RPG (MMORPG), it's not hugely surprising that from time to time it shall receive game updates and content additions.

This page is to list the state of the game's Network Mode as of specific dates, and record the history of what each update achieved. As the game grows in the number of updates (hence, the amount of content) it may become necessary to split details of each update (or each month's worth of) into separate sub-articles.

Initial State

Unlike the other sections, this one makes note of how the game was before any updates were added.

Date: From 24th of October release (arguably midnight PST) to 16th of November maintenance (from 23:00 to 04:45 on the 17th).

Flight Destinations

Unlike all updates following the game's initial state, Network Mode did not allow access to the planet Moatoob in it's initial state. It had the following planets, each with the one specified city and the following flight destinations (when leaving your "My Room"):

Planet	City	Destination
GUARDIANS Colony	Clyez City	1st Floor: Central Table
		2nd Floor: Shopping Mall A
		3rd Floor: Shopping Mall B
		4th Floor: PPT Spaceport
		5th Floor: GUARDIANS HQ
		Your Room
Parum	Holtes City	Central Square
		East District
		West District
		GRM Shop
		GUARDIANS Branch
Neudaiz	Ohtoku City	Central District
		Yohmei Shop
		GUARDIANS Branch

Types

The three "basic" types (the classic trio from Phantasy Star Online) were the only possible GUARDIAN types on the game's launch:

Hunter

Ranger

Force

Level Cap

On the game's release, GUARDIANS could reach a maximum level of 50 before they stopped gaining experience points.

Missions

The following missions were available:

Mission	Ranks	Start Area	Mission Counter	Destination
Unsafe Passage	CBA	Clyez City: 4th Floor	Linear Line Platform	Linear Line: Transfer Terminal
Fight For Food	CBA	Linear Line: Transfer Terminal	Aurorey Plaza Area	Linear Line: Aural Observatory
Mad Creatures	CBA	Holtes City: East District	Flyer Base	Raffon Meadow: Field Base
Plains Overlord	CBA	Raffon Meadow: Field Base	Lakeshore Park Area	Raffon Meadow: Lakeshore Park
Sleeping Warriors	CBA	Raffon Meadow: Field Base	Lakeshore Park Area	Raffon Meadow: Field Base
Mizuraki Defense	CBA	Ohtoku City: Central District	Flyer Base	Mizuraki Preserve: Kego Plaza
Forested Islands	CBA	Ohtoku City: Central District	Flyer Base	Shikon Archipelago
Demons Above	CBA	Mizuraki Preserve: Kego Plaza	Kugo Hot Springs Area	Mizuraki Preserve: Kugo Hot Springs
Rainbow Beast	CBA	Shikon Archipelago	Agata Islands Area	Agata Islands: Sacred Grounds
Grove of Fanatics	CBA	Shikon Archipelago	Agata Islands Area	Shikon Archipelago

Story Missions

Network Mode began with no story missions available, the most obvious reason for this being that Network Mode story missions are a direct continuation of offline Story Mode and players would want to be given a fair amount of time to complete that before starting starting the Network Mode story mission string.

Party Missions

Network Mode began with no party missions available, the most obvious reason for this being that Network Mode was still new and Party Missions are somewhat involved and require a suitable amount of experience with the game, thus players would want to be given a fair amount of time to get used to the game before starting something as involved as these.

Available

The following weapons, photon arts, etc. were accessible at the start of the game:

Weapons and Armor	1* to 3* in Clyez City, 1* to 4* manufacturer-specific in manufacturer shops. ? to ? findable in missions.
Weapon and Armor Boards	1* to ? in Clyez City, 1* to 5* manufacturer-specific in planetary synthesis shops. ? to ? findable in missions.
Weapon Types	All weapons equippable by Basic Types.
PA: Skills	The "first" (1000 meseta) skills for all 7 melee weapons equippable by Basic Types.
PA: Bullets	All Fire/Ice/Ground/Electric bullets for all 6 ranged weapons equippable by Basic Types.
PA: TECHNICs	Foie, Gifoie, Barta, Rabarta, Diga, Radiga, Zonde, Razonde, Resta, Reverser.
Room Tickets	Normal, Green Clover, Pink Clover, Kindergarten, Sports (Day), Sports (Night), Open Shop, Close Shop.
Traps	Shops: ("Normal" and G): Damage, Burn and Freeze. Mission Drops: ("Normal" and G): Poison, Confusion and Sleep.

Events

Network Mode started out "vanilla", without any Events active. This is worthy of note not only for this article to be complete, but also because the game started out while the Haloween Event was active in the JP PC/PS2 version of Phantasy Star Universe.

Other Changes

• There was a patch download required during the first connection to Phantasy Star Universe Network Mode, however as this was the "initial state", it is unknown what this actually achieved, nor is it of particular importance.

Update 001

Date: From 16th of November maintenance (from 23:00 to 04:45 on the 17th) to 7th of December maintenance (from 23:00 to 04:00 on the 8th).

Flight Destinations

Access to the planet Moatoob was added in this update, adding three new flight destinations to the game on leaving "My Room":

Planet	City	Destination
Moatoob	Dagora City	Central District
		TENORA WORKS Shop
		GUARDIANS Branch

Missions

New missions were added to all three planets.

Mission	Ranks	Start Location	Mission Counter	Destination
The Mad Beasts	CBA	Raffon Meadow: Lakeshore Park	Underwater Plant Area	Underwater Plant: Temporary Base
Lab Recovery	CBA	Underwater Plant: Temporary Base	Raffon Meadow Area	Raffon Meadow: Lakeshore Park
Endrum Remnants	CBA	Underwater Plant: Temporary Base	Old Mellvore City Area	Lake Denes
The Holy Ground	CBA	Agata Islands: Sacred Grounds	Agata RELICS Site Area	Agata Islands: Sacred Grounds
System Defense	CBA	Dagora City: Central District	Flyer Base	West Kugu Desert: Field Base
Valley of Carnage	CBA	Dagora City: Central District	Flyer Base	Galenigare Canyon: Basin
Mine Defense	CBA	Galenigare Canyon: Basin	Galenigare Tunnel Area	Galenigare Tunnels: Underground Lake
Desert Terror	CBA	West Kugu Desert: Field Base	Galenigare Tunnel Area	Galenigare Tunnels: Underground Lake

Other Changes

• Players have discovered that the Partner Machinery GH-450 now has issues switching weapons. Allegedly despite the switching animation and noise, the weapon remains the same and as such the PM now no longer heals, among other things.

• As of this update there have been numerous complaints about the PC version of the game experiencing mysterious periods of slowdown, mostly during Parum and Neudaiz missions. Some players have noted that this also occurred in the first JP update, though the immediate update after that fixed the issue. It is believed to be related to texture changes somehow.

• Prior to this patch, it has been reported that Hunters on the Xbox 360 version had incorrect stat calculations, making them level-for-level better off than their PC/PS2 counterparts and disproportionately more effective than Xbox 360 Rangers and Forces. This has been addressed in this patch, causing a large amount of unwarranted complaint from Xbox 360 Hunters.

Update 002

Date: From 7th of December maintenance (from 23:00 to 04:00 on the 8th) to 14th of December maintenance (from 23:00 to 04:00 on the 15th).

Types

Seven "expert" types were added in this update, a selection of three hybrid types, three specialist types, and one "experimental" type.

Fighgunner	Guntecher	Wartecher
Fortefighter	Fortegunner	Fortetecher
Protranser

Level Cap

This update raised the maximum level cap of GUARDIANS to level 60 before they stopped gaining experience points.

Missions

No all-new missions were added, but two missions were given S-Rank difficulty.

Mission	Ranks	Start Area	Mission Counter	Destination
Unsafe Passage	S	Clyez City: 4th Floor	Linear Line Platform	Linear Line: Transfer Terminal
Fight For Food	S	Linear Line: Transfer Terminal	Aurorey Plaza Area	Linear Line: Aural Observatory

Story Missions

The first of a new series of story missions (obstensibly named "Episode 2" as it is set after the offline Story Mode) was introduced with this update.

This mission is titled "The Mask", is initiated from Clyez City 5th Floor: GUARDIANS HQ, and is freely repeatable.

Available

The following were added to become accessible:

Weapons and Armor	4* to ? in Clyez City, 5* to 7* manufacturer-specific in manufacturer shops. ? to ? findable in missions.
Weapon and Armor Boards	? to ? in Clyez City, 6* to 8* manufacturer-specific in planetary synthesis shops. ? to ? findable in missions.
Weapon Types	All weapons equippable by Expert Types.
PA: Skills	The "first" (1000 meseta) skills for all 4 melee weapons equippable by Expert Types. The "second" (12000 meseta) skills for ? melee weapons.
PA: Bullets	All Fire/Ice/Ground/Electric bullets for all 4 ranged weapons equippable by Expert Types.
PA: TECHNICs	Gifoie, Gibarta, Gidiga, Gizonde.
Room Tickets	Blue Clover, Orange Clover, Cave Black, Cave Red, Metal Blue, Metal Grey, Metal Wine, PM Device ZERO.
Traps	Shops: ("Normal" and G): Poison, Confusion, Sleep, Virus, Shock and Silence.
Miscellaneous	Goggles, PA Fragment

Events

This update introduced the Christmas Event to the game, which lasted until the mini-update ("Update 004a") on Boxing Day.

Other Changes

• This update was carried out entirely server-side, thus PC users did not receive a patch download for this update.

• As there was no patch download, previous client-side issues (most notably the texture/slowdown issue from Update 001) have yet to be resolved.

Update 003

Date: From 14th of December maintenance (from 23:00 to 04:00 on the 15th) to 21st of December maintenance (from 23:00 to 03:00 on the 22nd).

Missions

No all-new missions were added, but five missions were given S-Rank difficulty.

Mission	Ranks	Start Area	Mission Counter	Destination
Mad Creatures	S	Holtes City: East District	Flyer Base	Raffon Meadow: Field Base
Mizuraki Defense	S	Ohtoku City: Central District	Flyer Base	Mizuraki Preserve: Kego Plaza
Demons Above	S	Mizuraki Preserve: Kego Plaza	Kugo Hot Springs Area	Mizuraki Preserve: Kugo Hot Springs
Valley of Carnage	S	Dagora City: Central District	Flyer Base	Galenigare Canyon: Basin
Mine Defense	S	Galenigare Canyon: Basin	Galenigare Tunnel Area	Galenigare Tunnels: Underground Lake

Other Changes

• This update was carried out entirely server-side, thus PC users did not receive a patch download for this update.

• As there was no patch download, previous client-side issues (most notably the texture/slowdown issue from Update 001) have yet to be resolved.

Update 004

Date: From 21st of December maintenance to 26th of December ("rescheduled Boxing Day") maintenance.

Missions

No all-new missions were added, but 3 missions were given S-Rank difficulty.

Mission	Ranks	Start Area	Mission Counter	Destination
Plains Overlord	S	Raffon Meadow: Field Base	Lakeshore Park Area	Raffon Meadow: Lakeshore Park
Sleeping Warriors	S	Raffon Meadow: Field Base	Lakeshore Park Area	Raffon Meadow: Field Base
Lab Recovery	S	Underwater Plant: Temporary Base	Raffon Meadow Area	Raffon Meadow: Lakeshore Park

Story Missions

The second of a new series of story missions (obstensibly named "Episode 2" as it is set after the offline Story Mode) was introduced with this update.

This mission is titled "Desert's End", is initiated from Clyez City 5th Floor: GUARDIANS HQ, and is freely repeatable.

Other Changes

• This update was carried out entirely server-side, thus PC users did not receive a patch download for this update.

• As there was no patch download, previous client-side issues (most notably the texture/slowdown issue from Update 001) have yet to be resolved.

Update 004a?

Date: From 26th of December ("rescheduled Boxing Day") maintenance to 11th of January maintenance (from 23:00 to 02:00 on the 12th).

Events

This update concluded the Christmas Event introduced in Update 002, sooner than many players expected.

This update also introduced the New Year's Event to the game, which lasted until Update 005 on the 11th of January.

Other Changes

• A Photon Charger was added next to the Universe Transporter next to the Flyer Base in Ohtoku City, presumably because the recent addition of Mizuraki Defense S had caused a notable amount of player activity in the area seeking a PP refill.

• This update was carried out entirely server-side, thus PC users did not receive a patch download for this update.

• As there was no patch download, previous client-side issues (most notably the texture/slowdown issue from Update 001) have yet to be resolved.

• This is not generally considered a "full update" as Events are not particularly tangible.

Update 005

Date: From 11th of January maintenance (from 23:00 to 02:00 on the 12th) to Present.

Level Cap

This update raised the maximum level cap of GUARDIANS to level 70 before they stopped gaining experience points.

Missions

Mission	Ranks	Start Area	Mission Counter	Destination
System Defense	S	Dagora City: Central District	Flyer Base	West Kugu Desert: Field Base
Grove of Fanatics	S	Shikon Archipelago	Agata Islands Area	Shikon Archipelago
Desert Terror	S	West Kugu Desert: Field Base	Galenigare Tunnel Area	Galenigare Tunnels: Underground Lake

Story Missions

The third of the series of story missions (still "Episode 2") was introduced with this update.

This mission is titled "HIVE Purge", is initiated from Clyez City 5th Floor: GUARDIANS HQ, and is freely repeatable.

Party Missions

The first "party mission" has been added to the game. It is titled "Bruce's Dungeon" and is accessible at the Moatoob GUARDIANS HQ. The mission requires a party of 2-5 players.

Available

Weapons and Armor	Up to 8* manufacturer-specific in manufacturer shops.
Weapon and Armor Boards	Up to 9* manufacturer-specific in planetary synthesis shops. Degahna Cannon, 10* Axe boards reported.
PA: Skills	All second tier skills have been added.
PA: Bullets	All Light/Dark bullets added for all ranged weapons.
PA: TECHNICs	Damfoie, Shifta, Jellen, Dambarta, Deband, Zalure, Zodial, Zoldeel, Damdiga, Retier, Ramegid, Damegid
Room Tickets	?

Events

This update concluded the New Year's Event introduced in the mini-update "Update 004a".

This update also introduced the Winter Event to the game, which is still running.

Other Changes

• The issues with the Partner Machinery "GH-450" introduced with Update 001 have been resolved at last.

• The texture/slowdown issues introduced with Update 001 have finally been fixed.

• The Graphics -> Custom menu in the PC Phantasy Star Universe Options menu has been updated. There is now an option to enable or disable MIPMAPping.