• General increase in drops for many monsters (adena and items/potions).
• Increased food drops on many lower level creatures (deer, rabbit, boar).
• Added Rastian in Talking Island. He provides a mage quest.
• Reduced Glove drop on crawling claw.
• Orc Archers drop more arrows.
• Fairy Queen stronger.
• Skull of Skeleton (quest item) drops more frequently.
• Increase MP regen in Talking Island. Less than Singing Island, but greater than mainland/other Aden areas.
• Changed castle taxes on some NPCs to pay to the Orc Fortress.
• Fixed stacking bug with "weaker healing potion" stacking with "lesser healing potions".

[Melantus] This mage quest mentioned is Staff of Mana. It's different slightly then the one you've seen before. Go do the quest and find out for yourselves more about it. :)

[amer] Rastian's Mage Quest is for "Elindare's Staff". I bumped into LineagePRO in the Talking Island dungeon and he showed me two of the three items required.

Later, I ran into him again, and he was done. He had "Elindare's Staff" which was 2/2, +3 to hit, weight 55, Mage only. It looks just like SOM and presumbly acted just like SOM too. The item is non-transferrable and LineagePRO says it cannot be enchanted with Scroll of Enchant Weapon.

According to Captsturm, The bosses are on timers, the Minion of Elindare (a weak Dark Elf), which drops the Silver Serpent Scale is in Northern Talking Island. The Serpent of Elindare (a weak Ramia), which drops the Elindare's Orb, is in SE Talking Island. Finally, Baell Zaer (a Ratman with call lightning) is in Talking Island Dungeon and drops the Crooked Staff.