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Full Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis update
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What changed
- Server
- Gameplay
- Balance
- UI and audio
- Maps
- Store
Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis changes
Server maintenance planned date and time From 2/3/2026 (Tue) 3:00 PM (PST) to 2/4/2026 (Wed) 12:00 AM (PST)
[February Update Info]
System updates
Players
Increased Potency for Special Equipment when the player’s Battle Power is 4,800 or greater.
- Changed specifications for the PotentialSpirit Wealth Unit so that if Special Equipment is equipped while max PP is increased, the max PP increase amount prior to equipping it is restored when the Special Equipment is removed.
Made the following changes to the Food Stand:
The number of items required to maximize the Region-Match Effect has been increased to 5.
Item Effect values are now higher when selecting three or more items.
The maximum number of identical items that can be selected has been changed to 5.
The color of the text in the Boost Effect and Items to Use windows now changes when you have reached the maximum number selectable.
You will now be returned to the My Recipes screen after registering or deleting a recipe.
Recipes that include 6 or more of the same item can no longer be selected in My Recipes. *Please remove any unselectable recipes from your list.
Enemies
An HP gauge will now be displayed for all High Enemies.
Quests and Fields
- In Leciel ExplorationLeciel Combat Analysis Zone Survey, Active Skill Cooldown Reduction has been removed from the obtainable Ability Buffs.
In the Mining Rig Defense Trial, the effects shown upon completion of the Trial have been changed, and sound effects have been added.
Jump Panel specifications have been updated to display an icon on the map showing its direction.
Interface
Enemy drops for certain quests have been added to Auto Sell Drop Items.
In Check Augment/Preset Skill Market Prices for weapons and armor, you can now search for EX Augment series.
In Check Augment/Preset Skill Market Prices for weapons and armor, the maximum number of selectable Augments has been increased from 4 to 5.
The confirmation windows have been updated for Add New Form for Mags and adding new music under Music Settings.
Added a feature to register favorite Stamps.
Rarity of 14-star or Greater has been added to Rarity Settings for Item Drop Animations: Weapons/Armor.
A notification message will now be displayed when keyword gift rewards are available to be picked up.
Custom 1 to 3 have been added to Expression Settings in the Lookbook for PSO2 Blocks.
Character Creation
Filter settings for Character Creation and the Salon will now be saved until you exit the game.
A search function for Motion Changes has been added to the Salon.
Creative Space
The following features have been added for the ARKS Decoy Build Part:
The ability to choose whether to reflect your character model or not
The ability to change face tracking
The ability to change the expressions of decoys
The ability to display a preview of the balloon when the message, balloon, or Manga Expression Settings are changed
Items
Some items from the Super Phantasy Festival '25 SP Scratch lineup have been added to the Special Scratch.
Added new items to the Card Scratch Ticket lineup.
Added the following Exchange Shops to the Item Trader:
Fortscha Armor Enhancement (Augment Transfer)
Enhance to Legend 3 Weapons (Augment Transfer)
Removed the following Exchange Shops from the Item Trader.
Equipment Upgrade III (Augment Transfer)
Equipment Upgrade (Augment Transfer)
Added the following items to the product list in the Exchange Shop: ARKS Record Badge Exchange:
* Zenit Tremo Almati CV
* Zenit Fredo Almati CV
* Zenit Rosa Almati CV
* Xover Cambiar Re-X Almati
CA: Fire 2U - Tia
CA: Ice 2U - Pati
Added new items to the Product List of the Exchange Shop under Purchase Build Parts.
Changed the specifications of Item Recycle so that the following items are now available for exchange as Target Count Bonus Items:
MTN: Glide - Cushion EX
MTN: Dash - Cushion EX
MTN: Glide - Beauty EX
MTN: Idle - Beauty EX
MTN: Glide - Block EX
MTN: Idle - Block EX
MTN: Glide - Minecart EX
MTN: Dash - Minecart EX
The item detail descriptions for the following items have been changed:
Improve Cube
Fortasvance
Other specification changes
Ranked Battle Matchmaking in Line Strike now uses All-Ship Matchmaking. Please note that the rating used for matchmaking will be the current rating from the Ship you belong to, and any increases or decreases will also apply to the rating on your home Ship. *With this change, Ranked Battles will always be open to All-Ship Matchmaking. Same Ship-only matchmaking will no longer be available.
Two starter packs of 15 Line Strike cards were added to the AC Shop. Cards included in starter packs can also be won from Card Scratch Tickets. *Please note that the cards included in the starter pack are not automatically registered to your deck, so you will need to register them by using the cards obtained after purchasing the set.
In Line Strike, added to the description of the Overload skill that if the PP reduction effect exceeds the PP to be recovered on the next turn, the PP reduction effect is carried over to the next turn.
Added cards originally released on 11/5/2025 to NPC Victoria's Line Strike Card Recycle.
Adjusted the Graphics parameter settings under Options so that some effects for Dash Booster objects will not be displayed when Particle Quality is set to 2.
Bug fixes
Bugs to be fixed in NGS
Fixed a bug in Alter Realm Exploration: Interception Sectors which caused the boss enemy High Crocodylis to sometimes become immobile on certain terrain
Fixed a bug with the enemy Zelvin which caused some of its attacks to linger after hitting a Mining Rig
Fixed a bug which caused the effect of the Ranger Class Skill: Blight Rounds to not be retained on certain enemies when they switch parts
Addressed a bug which caused the Teleporter to sometimes not warp the player when activated in Leciel Exploration: Leciel Combat Analysis Zone Survey
Fixed a bug with certain quests which caused disconnections under certain conditions
Fixed a bug with certain quests which caused the Results and "Press and hold to return" prompt to not be displayed after Quest Completion under certain conditions
Fixed a bug with Alter Realm Exploration: Interception Sectors: Altered Investigation: Central Desert Area and Alter Realm Exploration: Combat Sectors: Altered Battle Line: West Desert Area which caused Restasigne and Reversasigne to not appear when using All-Ship Matchmaking
Fixed a bug with Creative Space (during All-Ship Matchmaking) which prevented failure messages from appearing when attempting to Send Kudos from the GP Tree
Fixed a bug with Creative Space (during All-Ship Matchmaking) which caused the Return to ARKS Base button to not function after pressing and holding the open menu button
Fixed a bug with Creative Spaces (during All-Ship Matchmaking) which prevented Creative Spaces on the player's Ship from being added to Favorites
Fixed a bug with the Adras EX Style skill Adras Perfection where the effect did not activate in certain rare cases
Fixed a bug with the Skill Tree which caused the New icon to not appear according to priority
Fixed a bug with the Lookbook's Register Looks function which caused some Emote previews to not play correctly
Fixed a bug with Titles which caused the New icon to sometimes not disappear
Fixed a bug with the Title Task: High Ams Suppressor II which caused the incorrect Title to be awarded when completing the Task
Fixed a bug with Armor which caused the values displayed in the Stats window to not accurately reflect their actual values
Fixed a bug with Swords and Rods which caused their graphics to not display properly under certain conditions
Fixed a bug with the Lookbook which caused some Previews to not display properly under certain conditions
Fixed a bug with the Task List which caused the cursor's initial position to be in the wrong location under certain conditions
Fixed a bug with the Your C-Spaces list which caused the Creative Space the player is currently in to be grayed out
Fixed a bug with the Item List which sometimes prevented Item icons from displaying
Fixed an error in the English text for the item Q-Trigger/Ruine D Hunal Battle
Bugs to be fixed in NGS and PSO2
Fixed a bug with the hairstyle Bathrobe Drip Hair where some graphics were not displayed correctly under certain conditions
Addressed a bug which prevented Cardigan Student [Ba] basewear and its color variations from displaying properly under certain conditions
Fixed a bug which prevented N-Mesh Shirt Fit T1 [Ba] basewear and its color variations from displaying properly under certain conditions
Bugs to be fixed in PSO2
Fixed a bug with the Lookbook in PSO2 Blocks which caused the name of some Expressions to not display properly
Things to be addressed during maintenance
Due to this maintenance, the expiration of Premium Sets, Extended Storage 1-7, Material Storage, Personal Shop usage, Mission Pass Storage, PSO2 Personal Quarters usage, Max Orders Received Limit Expansion, and Bonus Keys will be extended by the duration of this maintenance hours. *The expiration for the above items expiring during this maintenance will be extended by the duration of this maintenance hours from the original expiration.
Server maintenance schedule
2/3/2026 (Tue) 3:00 PM (PST) to 2/4/2026 (Wed) 12:00 AM (PST) 2/17/2026 (Tue) 6:00 PM (PST) to 2/18/2026 (Wed) 12:00 AM (PST) 3/3/2026 (Tue) 6:00 PM (PST) to 3/4/2026 (Wed) 12:00 AM (PST)
Thank you for playing PSO2 NEW GENESIS ver.2.
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