I can't believe it. Has it really been this long... Year after year always rewinding where we've gone...

Oh hey, Jellybeans! Didn't see you there.  It's summer again, and that means playing Volleyball, collecting Summer Suits, and saving your Summer Festival Coins! We're still working on fixing up the place as time allows. This month boasts a fix for potential Leviathan overpopulation as well as actually fixing the Auro Board quest reset issue for real real* this time. And don't worry, beans. When we say "One More Summer" we mean one just like many others. Hopefully, in the future we will be able to bring you some new content to cure the summertime blues!

 Sunshine and Rainbows 

 Ranked Volleyball
A couple years ago we made some gameplay improvements and a new scoring system. You may notice that the ball moves quicker and farther than classic volleyball. Both teams start with 250 points and various actions in the game will transfer some of your points to the opposite team, and vice versa. When a team runs out of points, they have lost and the game is over.

Always try your best because now your wins and losses are tracked using an Elo-like system. Everyone starts out at 1000 and the number will go up or down depending on your performance. Besides starting a match and learning more about the game, you can check your "rank" with the fabulous-looking Info Guy (cmd_fild07 256, 107). We hope everyone hits the court frequently and enjoys the competition. No prizes yet, but any feedback is appreciated!

 Summer Suits

Aloha Shirts and Swimming Shorts will drop from various monsters. Bring these parts to Tailor Jessica near the volleyball court in Beacon Island in exchange for Event Costume Boxes (#1 or #2). These boxes contain two different styles of a full-body summer suit costume. You may end up with more than you will use, but hang onto these boxes because they can be exchanged for Summer Festival Coins at the Carnival in August!

 Summer Festival Coins

For now, this currency is only obtainable by attending GM-hosted live events, exchanging 1 Jellybean for 10 coins, or getting one from a Jellyblob at a very low chance. They will be easier to obtain in August, but now's your chance to get a head start and save some Zeny later!

 Summer Gacha

It's back to tempt you out of your hard earned Auro this summer! We removed a few of the costumes that have already saturated the market and added a few items that are extremely rare. If your luck is OVER 9000 you might manage to snag a top headgear costume that has only been available during special events! If costumes aren't your thing, there is a small chance of getting one of several high end equipment items. But Does It Have Kahos??? you ask. Technically no, but I think you will like your options!

 New Costume

Since we try to keep our featured costumes on a 3-year rotation cycle to keep repeats from popping up too often, we had run out of rainbow colored costumes to feature this month, so I costume-ified the Rainbow Scarf. You may find it in the Jellyblob and Summer Gacha as well as the Auro Shop. Enjoy! 

Next maintenance is on July 6th @ 4 PM CDT (Server Time)

Summer events end on September 7th

* There might be some edge cases where the fix won't work on pre-existing states. But it shouldn't be an issue going forward. If you find the fix not working for you, please contact staff, we'll have to manually remove the quest variables from your account and characters.

We hope you all enjoyed the 10th Anniversary party we threw in Kathis's honor last month! After that whirlwind of live events, boxes, and special surprises, expect this month to be a bit more chill. We'll be focusing more on working through the long list of bugs... and summer is not too far away. One thing we fixed this month was the auro board quest reset NPC (Marsha). If you have any auro quests lingering in your quest log after a previous reset, give it another try and those quests should be properly cleared.

Other than that, we decided to keep Kathis's Dedication Statue around indefinitely! The statue may be moving to a new location soon, but for now it is still located in Prontera (185, 215). Leaving a message has been disabled, but the buff is still available. Speaking of messages, read on to see the thank you notes that players left at the statue over the past couple of weeks!

Next maintenance is on June 1st @ 4 PM (Server Time)!

Overflowing with Gratitude

We received so many messages for Kathis that we couldn't include them all, but below is listed a large sample of unique notes.

You rock, Jellybeans! 

Finnian: Kathis, you are amazing for hosting events twice a week so reliably! 
Sp1rit: Congrats on 10yrs thanks for the server 
Shaye: Thanksforyourservicemind.
Murk U Sucka!!: You da man Boss Man. Thank You for everything you do!
WhiteDeathSmith: Cheers to 10 years, and many more. Thanks for everything. 
Exalted: thx for everything boss man
Onslaught~~: Long Live Kathis! Thank you! 
Rodrigo Roa Duterte: Thank you Kathis! Health is Wealth!
~: angry birdie :~ : Thank you MASTER! 
Y i p p e e: I Love JellyRO 
-Alphy-: Thanks for keeping the server running! 
JELI PERISA: Thanks you sir.
Avarie: Happy Anniversary!
Mellamar: Thank you for keeping us alive Kathis!
Pinkamena Dianne Pie: Thank you for being our admin.
Rainhard: thanks for everything kathis what u have done to this server xD
Moka Akashiya Ceres: Love This Server 4 ever Thanks Kathis for GM us cheers arigao 
Blacksmith Tenchi: Thanks for keeping the legacy alive, lil bro! 
->BooMSticK<-: U DA BEST KATHIS!
Renpa: Thank you for everything!
[]Onslaught[]: Thank ou Kathis! 
Arrow Infinity -->: Thank you Kathis! 
Onslaught `d Lightspawn: Greatest Owner! Thank you! 
Onslaught~~: Thank you Kathis the Great!
Hairy Potah: Thank you GM Kathis! 
7 Avaritia 7: Thank you Kathis! 
Killinmesoftly: Thanks for hardwork . Hope we will run Oklonir soon.
h3al4life: Thank you Kathis!
NeoCardSinCross: Kathis thanks still live this server thanks u god bless 
-TwinBlade-: thanks kathis for everything u did to this server
Vanryth: thanks kathis for everything u did to this server xD 
Rainhard: hi kathis.. ure the best gm evers xD
*Kitty~chan*: Thanks for your dedication and never giving up on all of us! C: 
Crazy Dementedly Insane: Wonderful RO years Kathis! Thank you!
Caster~: Thank you GM! 
Baby LJ: Cheers! Thank you GM Kathis! 
kids can tell: Thank you King!
Kaeri: I have often wondered how this server would live to see 20 years, 
Kaeri: but apparently you are part of the equation because here we are! :D 
Anima~: Blessings upon you for carrying on the legacy of our beloved home!
Mandingo Strike: Thank you Kathis!

Jellybeans, this is going to be a month to remember! We are celebrating Kathis's 10th Staff Anniversary, and there will be some GM-hosted Endless Tower/Cellar runs, a special box of Kathis-inspired goodies, and perhaps a wholesome surprise a bit later. Of course we have still been busy with fixing bugs and making improvements. You will find that elemental Barrier Charms actually give you some elemental resistance now, and an NPC involved with getting you access to Scaraba Dungeon has been informed that the max level here is actually just 99. Also we hope you will check out the new channels we added to our Discord server.

   Thank You, Kathis!    

Congratulations to our amazing server owner who works in mysterious ways, and knows how to put on a good show. He was hired as a Developer 10 years ago, and server ownership was bestowed upon him just a little more than 2 years later. He is one of the most innovative coders and creative thinkers I have ever had the pleasure of working with. All of us on the staff have the utmost confidence that Kathis will keep JellyRO running long into the future. But to truly understand the significance of the milestone Kathis has reached, you have to look into the past. JellyRO is celebrating it's 10th year since its grand reopening. If you look back at our whole 20+ year history through 7 different owners (and 5 different names), you will see the anomaly that is an 8-year server owner.

A good leader doesn't try to do everything alone, even if they technically can. They delegate tasks that are well suited to others and/or teach those who show potential. Kathis has developed a great team of people who continue to improve their skills through training and practice, and are encouraged to explore new ways to apply their talents. 

Our staff roster has only become stronger and more stable the longer that Kathis has been captain of the ship. Just in the past few years we celebrated a record number of milestone staff anniversaries. I think most of the staff will say they stay because they love JellyRO and being a part of the crew that shapes its future, but I think they also look at their leader and put their faith in his years of devotion to the server. We know he's not going anywhere. 

We believe in Kathis, and if you do too, we encourage you to show him your appreciation this month, whether that's in words or actions.

Also we hope you enjoy the freshly stocked Staff Anniversary Box in the Auro Shop for 250 auro! Stay tuned for a new addition to the game that was made in honor Kathis, which will be added in the next week or so. And watch the calendar for some special events to be added soon!

Event ends on May 4, 2026 @ 6 PM (Server Time)

 New Discord Channels 

We know the forums don't get the traffic they used to so we're trying to adapt and give players more options. Here's a quick guide to the channels and forums recently added to our Discord server.

marketplace: A forum-style channel to buy, sell, and trade your JellyRO items.

lfg: Otherwise known as "Looking For Group". A forum to recruit players or find a group to join for various party-oriented game activities.

what-are-you-listening-to: A text chat channel to share songs you enjoy and chat about music.

It's also worth mentioning that now we have 3 public voice chat channels that allow voice activation, while 2 still require push-to-talk. This has been requested many times so we decided to let players choose which kind of voice chat is best for their group.

We hope you all enjoyed the Lunar New Year event with Zhurong, the amazing equipment-refining horse! Before he left to continue his quest to fortify those who fight against evil, he wished us luck in our battles ahead. With so many more upgraded armors and weapons, the odds are sure to be in our favor. Share your upgrading triumphs with us in the comments below. Any +10’s out there?

As we move on from the Lunar festivities, it’s time to get down to business and fix stuff. This month we have a fix for the Imperial Guard item so it can actually be used by mortals (specifically, Crusaders and Paladins). You can try to obtain this shield from Rake Scaraba Eggs in the Scaraba dungeon (dic_dun02). We plan to have more updates next month that may include improvements to minigames, other item fixes, getting missing images in place on the database searches and forums, and... this already sounds like a lot. Also, if you’ve noticed the main website throwing errors and generally being slow, you’re not alone. We’ll work on making it more consistently functional for everyone.

One more thing! A quick shout out to those celebrating one my favorite holidays, St. Patrick’s Day, later this month (March 17th)! While there’s no event, you can be festive with green headgear and/or dyes! If you’re lacking a green hat, the C. St Patrick’s Hat is in the item shop this month. Or if green isn’t your thing, perhaps the C. Pink Clover would be the perfect accent to your outfit.

Until next time, have fun and thanks for keeping Jelly jiggling!

Next maintenance is on April 6th @ 8 PM (Server Time)!

It's finally February, Jellybeans! To show our love and appreciation for our players, we enabled autoloot to ease the grind of preparing for the return of a special limited time event. The Lunar New Year refiner NPC was a big hit last year so we will bring it back with a fresh coat of paint. I know we said we would not be focusing on events this year, but it was a quick and easy update. It's the least we could do since we spent most of last month combing through so many bugs and ideas, and it is difficult to prioritize when there is so much work to be done and so much of it is important. A big thank you to all the players who reported bugs and made thoughtful suggestions. With all of you, we have many more eyes to spot where improvements could be made. Hopefully, we will have some fixes to share with you next month.

Refined in Fire

Zhurong, a fiery stallion with magical smithing abilities, is coming to Yuno (/navi yuno 157/167) on February 16th! Legend has it that he taught the ancient dwarves a thing or two. As a special treat while we celebrate Lunar New Year, he will refine your equipment with no risk of destroying the item or any cards and enchantments it contains. If the refinement fails, only the upgrade levels from refining will be lost, leaving the item effectively at +0. But you can try again as many times as your resources allow! Good luck!

UPDATE

A new patch was released early on February 16th. You will need to patch before you login for the event.

Event starts on February 16th at 10 AM and ends on March 2nd at 4 PM (CST)

(Check forum calendar or Discord to see event schedule in your local time.)

Next maintenance is on March 2, 2026

Happy New Year, Jellybeans! We hope you enjoyed the Christmas event, as well as all the other events we shared with you over the past year. This month we mark the 10th Anniversary since we became JellyRO! Our server has a long history of different owners and names, and now we have managed to spend nearly half of it without changing our name again. But seriously, it is remarkable that we are still here and have more or less remained stable, if nothing else. This year in April we will also be celebrating Kathis' 10th Staff Anniversary! 2026 is shaping up to be a big year for us, but the way we celebrate may look a bit different than you would expect. Read on to learn more!

Permanent Development

If you have been here a while, you probably have a pretty good idea what to expect from each season since we tend to stick to the tried and true event mini games that received good feedback in past years. The truth is we would love to bring you fresh and exciting events on a regular basis, but competition from other games is making us reconsider the ways that we invest our time.

Our focus this year will be on fixing bugs and making improvements to the game. That means we we are not planning any major seasonal events this year. If we find ourselves with spare time, we will try to throw in a bit of festivity, but that is not where you will find new content. We would rather add content that can be enjoyed whenever you want to play, than plan big events that may be entertaining, but temporary. It will take a lot of hard work, probably more than we've been putting in recently, but we have a good feeling that it will be worth it.

In the meantime, we will need your help to find and report (or bump, if previously reported) any bugs and issues that need our attention. We prefer if you tell us about the bugs you find on the forum's Bug Tracker so we can try to keep things organized. If you haven't found any bugs, the best way to go about it is just keep playing normally... or perhaps a bit abnormally (try doing something different). Now is a good time to use that stash of goodies you have earned from past events!

Next maintenance is on February 2, 2026!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to every Bean celebrating this month! We're keeping things pretty lowkey, but a special gift will hopefully make up for it. Santa Claus told us that so many good Jellybeans have been wishing for autoloot to return, so how could we say no? Enjoy it while it lasts until the end of the event. We still want to figure out a long-term solution for balance before we would make autoloot a permanent thing, but if there was ever a time of year for wishes to come true, it's now, so don't give up hope! Keep reading for info about what this year's Christmas event has to offer.

Krampus is Coming to Town!

Krampus is an event that occurs in Lutie every hour. An evil Baphomet-like monster known as Krampus will be wandering about and dragging a bag through town. Occasionally his bag will rip and drop Christmas Presents, but sometimes he will want some personal space and will blow up everyone who is near him. After about 8 minutes he will flee the town with whatever he managed to keep in his bag, but he will return soon enough for more.

Hole-y Socks!

Being in Lutie, the Christmas town of Midgard, has its own stress and troubles. Mierna (/navi xmas_in 91/91) is certain someone has stolen all of her Red Stockings. She will give you a Christmas present for every pair of stockings (2) you bring. It shouldn’t be too hard to locate the culprit. Antonio can be found in the fields of Prontera, Geffen, and Payon. 

Event Reward Shop

Hidden in the IsFörsvar fields is a small town called Farvir. In the tavern is a little Mystcase named Gifu (/navi far_in01 15/26) that is collecting Christmas Presents for redistribution. You may ask Gifu about the event to get more tips on where else to obtain presents including ice fishing and weekly GM events. Bring loads of presents and Gifu will exchange them for wonderful rewards, including two powerful cards that have never been seen before on JellyRO! The Special Xmas Box has returned to the reward shop, and it can also be purchased in the Auro Shop, as is tradition.

Put a Bow On It

Did you know that you can gift wrap almost any item? To do so you just need to get your hands on both Wrapping Paper and Wrapping Lace. Clicking on one of them will open a shop menu. (This isn't a real shop, just how the client renders it.)  Place a single item in the window and click sell. It will return to your inventory in a beautifully wrapped box. This feature is active year around, but this is a good time for a reminder!

The Wrapping Paper and Wrapping Lace can be found by slaying Christmas Orcs and Christmas Goblins in the IsFörsvar Cave.

•  1 item type per sell window.
•  No account bound items.
•  You can wrap items in stacks.
•  You can wrap refined items.
•  You CANNOT wrap things that have cards or special data. 
•  You CANNOT wrap anything that is broken.
•  You CANNOT wrap anything that is not identified. 
•  You CANNOT wrap other wrapped presents.

This gift can be traded and mailed to your friends. They cannot be vended however, and you shouldn't be trading them with the intent of deception and/or making a profit. Santa is watching. 

Event ends on January 5, 2026 at 4 PM CST (UTC -06:00)

Spooky season may be over, but pumpkin season is still in full swing! We decided to keep the pumpkin spice flowing so you can keep making Powerful Pumpkin Pies in November. We hope you enjoyed the Halloween event and autoloot. Thank you so much for all your feedback. You have given us plenty to discuss... from the other buffs on the Greed bags to the Greed skill itself. It will take some time to come to a decision on a solution. Autoloot will be turned off for now, but it may return again soon, at least temporarily. 

The Pies Persist!

Casper the travelling cook will stay with us another month and serve his trademarked Powerful Pumpkin Pies! As such, the Edible Pumpkin and Raw Dough drops will still be obtainable from monsters, but Casper won't be giving out any more Pumpkin Festival Certificates this month. Even though last year's pies have not yet expired, don't expect the pies to last forever. Enjoy the pumpkin spicy goodness until the next Halloween event. With +1 all stats and +1% Atk and MAtk, they're too sweet to be forgotten in your storage.

Holy Moly!

We thought it would be nice to reward the top Holy Water donor for going above and beyond. Keither gave 54,500 Holy Waters to keep Prontera's streets zombie-free! He has been rewarded with a Special Item Ticket.

Next maintenance on December 1, 2025 @ 4 PM Server Time!

Monthly Updates

Additional Notes

• Some mask ingredients for all Trick or Treat towns except Niflheim had their required amounts decreased.
• Mobs that drop Trick or Treat mask ingredients have increased spawns on some maps where they normally appear.
• Auro Shop and Jellybean exchanger have been updated.
• Jellyblob was updated to reflect change in Auro Shop costumes.
• Reduced fame points by 10% for all characters on accounts inactive for 90 days.

Don't forget to patch!
How are we doing? Give us feedback!
If something isn't working correctly, please submit a bug report.

The summer festivities have come to an end, and visions of all things pumpkin spice dance in our heads. The leaves may not have yet begun to fall, but Autumn is coming. For September, we like to pause from the event hype, but before you know it, the JellyRO Holiday Season will be right around the corner starting with Halloween in October! Until then we wanted to at least have a little update for you. There are so many things we're working on and even more that we should be working on, but we decided that the Bloody Branch Rooms needed some love. Read on for more details!

Next Maintenance is on October 6th!

Branching Out

We added a few features to the Bloody Branch Rooms that will enhance your monster-battling experience! Don't need a whole 3 hours for burning through your Dead Branch supply to amuse your low level party? Guildmates brought more BBs than you anticipated? Everything was going great in your solo room until Beelz showed up? We got you, Jellybeans!

• Rooms can now be rented for any amount of time up to 180 minutes (3 hours) and cost 280 Zeny per minute.
• If you realize that you need more time, you can ask the Room Assistant to add more time for 300 Zeny per minute.
• The Room Assistant can also remove monsters from the room if they become too much of a problem.

More features and options for the BB Rooms may be added in the future based on feedback so please let us know what you think!

The Very Best

This year's Fishing Master high score of 304 belongs to WhiteDeathSmith!

They will receive a Special Item Ticket for their valiant effort to reel the Big One.