Shinobi Story

October 25, 2022

-- From the Hidden Leaf Council --

For those who wish to run for the office of Hokage, the Leaf Village Council would like the following answered so we can best decide who we shall support. If you would like to speak with the council members about your campaign please reach out to any of us. The deadline for this is November 2nd at 12 am server time. After this time the council will not accept any other possible candidates for Hokage.

Character Information
Name:
Birthplace:
Age:

Please answer each of the following questions with a maximum of three sentences.

Do you have any criminal record? Please note we do have the Police chief on Council, we can check:
If you could put one law into place what would it be?:
What kind of position do you hold in the hidden leaf village? (Example: Shinobi, Clan Leader, Local ramen shop owner):
For what reason do you want to run for the office of Hokage? :
If you are elected, what is your first priority or action as Hokage?:
Imagine that you do get Hokage, how do you envision the future of the hidden leaf village under your rule?:
How would you respond to threats of war from outside of the Land Of Fire?:
Describe your ideal roleplay event should you be elected as Hokage.:

May 8, 2022

Ninja,

Shinobi Story will be hosting the first Chuunin Exams event which will take place on the 16th of July at 12pm CST / 1pm EST / 6pm GMT / 7pm GMT+1

This is our first large-scale event which will act as a cheap/fun way for players to be promoted from Genin to Chuunin! The event will last for approximately 3 hours, will contain roleplay opportunities, we will have attendance giveaways on the livestream, and will be a fun way to spend some time on a saturday!

The Hokage formally invites all Genin from any village to participate in the Chuunin Exams which will start at the Ninja Academy. Guards will be given the day-off so that all visitors may attend and spectate the exams.

You must be at least level 15 and a Genin to enter the exams!

It will contain 3 stages:

1) The initial stage will be held at the Ninja Academy where proctors will count attendants and take the Entry Fee of 5 RYO.

No recommendations or dailies are required to participate in this exam.

2) After the orientation, participants will be escorted to the Forest of Death where they will be debriefed on the instructions for that stage of the event. The Forest of Death will be sealed off from the outside until the conclusion of the event.

If there are more than 10 participants remaining after the Forest of Death, there will be an elimination round in the Forest of Death Arena.

3) The final round will be hosted in the Leaf Village Arena, inviting all spectators to cheer on your student(s) or friends!

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For a guaranteed spot at the exams, please write your character's name below!

December 21, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 32

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This is supposed to be a small update since the team is on holiday! - JK, we made a full patch by accident

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Gameplay & Content

Promotion to Chuunin has been added! Speak to Asami Uchiha and Lord Hokage to be promoted without taking the exam! (Lv. 25 Req.)

If you wish to take the Chuunin Exams, it will be held on January 22nd, 2022. Additional information will be provided soon!

Boss: The God of the Mountains - Onikuma, has been disrupted from his slumber for far too long, and now fury engulfs the Onikuma Cave. He is still a cuddly boi. But now, the cuddly boi will easily bite a ninja's head off. Significant HP increase, attacks hit a punch but the interval is heavily increased. New AoE move, beware its reach. Two new loot drops - bear claws hand item and a bear cup pet! Loot rates increased.

Boss: Some strange blue haired man has been spotted stealing from royal families of Notchi City, and then hiding in the bamboo forest. Whoever has entered there to capture him hasn’t returned. What is going on? Who is that guy?

Boss: A giant Snow Hawk has made her nest on the high slopes of the mountain near Nagomi Town. Such a beautiful being, one would easily risk their life to get closer and give a better look. But beware of her eggs; there is nothing more dangerous than a wild mother with children.

Additional Missions have been added

A Huge amount of additional fish have been added! Different fish can be caught from different water bodies!

Elder Homura at the Leaf Mission Center now offers Stat Boosts in exchange for Mission Completion Scrolls

2 PvP Vendors have made a home for themselves at the Bounty Station

- One sells a range of Cosmetic Equipment for Honor & Arena points, as well as 2 Best-in-slot swords

- The other sells Ninja Cards and Stat boosts for Honor and Arena Points

The Bounty Station has had a 3D model upgrade! (see below)

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More creatures have been added at higher levels

A few additional quests have been scattered around the Land of Fire

The World Boss, Onikuma, now drops an exclusive pet and an exclusive bear claw weapon!

The World Boss, Yuki-onna, now drops and exclusive pet

Players can now form Arena Teams & participate in the Ninja World League to see who is the best in team PvP! (see below)

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Worldbuilding & Map Design

A New road has been added leading to the Land of Rivers mountain passage

All water bodies have been named

More locations have been given names

New: Tiller's Town has been opened! Find it in the gentle farmlands

Additional grass and doodads have been added to the Land of Fire

The town as the foot of the mountains has been renamed to Inuzuka Town

"Sanctuary" zones are now known as "Peace Zones"

"Contested" zones are now known as "PvP Enabled Zones"

The 2nd Stage for the Chuunin Exams has been added in-game (see below)

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The Northern Rogue Hideout now has an elaborate Sound Village controlled base of operations which players can explore (cool RP area) (see below)

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The Kamui Dimension was added in-game (see below)

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https://i.gyazo.com/6228a3239985200f36b6e88524a1756e.mp4

Bug Fixes

The server no longer crashes on loop. This was isolated to the transmog system, which had a bug

The Addon "Spy" has been disabled with various server-side scripts to prevent naughty players from being naughty.

Trash should now appear as trash

Fixed a bug where Tiered Kunai were unusable for Hyuuga, as they were not categorized as "Fist Weapons" correctly

Fixed a bug where Warspears were not categorized as "Polearms" correctly

Snakeskin should now have an icon

Two swords should now have models & proper icons

Safe zoning should be fixed. We have reduced the borders of all towns to only the immediate areas

Reverse Teleport Scroll's cooldown is now properly working as intended

Tiered weapons now have sell prices

S, A, B, C, D Rank Slips now stack at 1000 instead of 100

The Sparring quest's minimum level has been set to 15 to prevent abuse

A portal has been added in the pitch black zone to rescue those who teleported there without first setting a home at a tavernkeeper

Additional small crashes have been fixed

Respawn rates of bosses have been adjusted in accordance of level.

Ujiro Himazawa and the Chunin + Genin will no longer attack Konoha players at the outpost.

Moths can no longer be the subject of Sharingan: Mental Domination

The Side Quest code has been re-written:

- More security when scanning nearby creatures (this is what caused the crash deadlocks)

- Added memory caching instead of constant DB queries, this should improve performance quite a bit (though you'd probably not realistically notice it)

- Removed a possible race event (which could also cause the crashes) in quest generation

The Side Quest will ONLY generate side quests for creature -20/+5 levels under/above you. Meaning max level players can no longer farm lv 1 creature for their side quests, etc.

Miscellaneous

The Uchiha Mastery Quest to kill Shiro Uchiha has been moved to the border between Land of Fire and Land of Rivers to make it easier for new players

Character Rename Papers have been added in the Shop - Check it out here!

Character Recustomization has been added to the Shop - Check it out here!

5 new Ninja Trails have been added to the shop that leave behind a fun trail while traveling

Various typos have been fixed

Additional music zones have been added

Blue Ninja Shoes have been added to the starting clothes vendor

The Gold Koban cosmetic vendor has been converted into a Ryo cosmetic vendor

A Tavernkeeper has been added to the Forest of Death Rogue Hideout

The Trading window has been graphically updated to be more ninja-esq

A NPC was added in front of the Leaf Village Arena which will teleport you to the spectator area

A NPC was added at the Forest of Death Tower to take you "inside" into the Arena

A NPC was added at the Forest of Death Arena to take you "outside" into the Forest of Death

Have your parents never told you not to wander around alone in the forests? Giant Snakes will sniff you out and devour you!

Jutsu & Balance

Uchiha Technique: Murder of Crows has been buffed

The Entire Swordsmasnship mastery has been visually improved & buffed

Lightning Style: Static Cutter has been slightly nerfed

The Entire Wind mastery has been buffed

Medical Palm Technique has been buffed

Medical: Poison Hazy Mist has been buffed

Medical: Poison Senbon has been buffed

Paper Bomb has been buffed

Food Pill has been nerfed

Eight trigrams: Sixty Four Palms has been nerfed

Water Style: Deepsea Rupture has been buffed

Water Style: Twin Waves Jutsu has been buffed

Lightning Style: Lightning Strike Jutsu has been buffed

Genjutsu abilities have been slightly buffed

Several Hyuuga CC abilities now have longer cooldowns to compensate for their power

New: Genjutsu: Demonic Flute Chains has been added for the end of the Genjutsu Mastery

Earth Style: Earth Pillar Explosion has been rebalanced

Various World Bosses have been retuned to offer a more enjoyable and prolonged fight

More custom 3D models and buildings have been added

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Please run your launchers to play the update!

November 29, 2021

The purpose of this guide is to help new and returning players familiarize themselves with available content, help them pick masteries, get their bearings in regards to locations as well as general gameplay advice for leveling and stat acquisition. What this guide isn't is a full-spoiler walkthrough that will tell you where to find items that are hidden around the map, quests that are worth doing, or a guide on specific boss mechanics: you will still need to learn these things yourself through exploration and trial & error.

Mastery synergies

Generally speaking, you'll probably want to play masteries that share the same scaling type. To see the scaling type of a mastery, mouseover its abilities ingame.

Here are a few examples of good mastery synergies + their playstyle:

Medical poison path (left) / Lightning or Earth / x: Lightning will be heavier on damage where Earth will be heavier on CC and survivability. The third mastery is to your personal preference. Sarutobi & Taijutsu provide hefty melee buffs that will affect Lightning and Poison's damage, making it a strong set of picks. All poison and lighting builds (like lightning/uchiha/swords or poison/earth/hyuuga) have an assassin playstyle.

Senju / Earth or Heal / Fire or Water: The first two are a great tanking combination. Senju and Earth are both heavy on tanking and CC while medic middle path would provide you some survivability, whereas fire is pure DPS with no CC.

Uchiha / Water / Fire: Heavy hitting caster. Either Uchiha path works for this. Water brings the CC and fire brings the damage while Uchiha provides some utility to mitigate cast times.

Water / Swordsmanship / x: Water being a hybrid means that it works well enough with swordsmanship, which is entirely AP focused. It provides some cc which makes swordsmanship work.

Lightning / Swordsmanship / x: Assassin. The final lightning passive synergizes almost entirely with swordsmanship. Either swordsmanship path works, so it's somewhat to your preference, but the middle path provides more damage where the left provides more survivability.

Gen / Left Uchiha / Medic: A DoT heavy CC bot with either survivability (heal) or extra utility (poison).

Sarutobi / tai or ken / x: Sarutobi provides very stellar melee buffs, along with some support options. Paired with a mastery like genjutsu or earth, it could be a strong warrior.

Senju/Earth/Mid Swordsmanship: There's a build video for this combination here. It is solid for tanking and PVP.

General-oriented builds are also viable. If you go that route, you may benefit from Weapon Technique Specialist. You could

If you play a hybrid-specced build such as water/light/senju you will also benefit from Technique Specialist, which increases your ninjutsu power by 20% of your attack power.

Important NPCs & Locations

^ Buildings with this green banner outside are inns where you can set your Return Scroll to. ^

'Jin' is the generic name of all General Store NPCs. If you're in a town and need to buy cup ramen, just /tar Jin, right click the nameplate, select 'Squad Target Icon' and put an icon on the NPC to help you orient yourself to find the store more easily.

Rested spots (which let you gather a 2x EXP boost until the amount depletes): any major settlement.

Acquiring gear

Presently, most gear is cosmetic. The only items that you can get that have non-cosmetic use in any way are Ninja Scrolls, Ninja Tools, Shinobi Vests, Headgear, Necklaces and Weapons. On the left hand side, I've highlighted the scrolls and tools: they occupy the ring and trinket slots in the traditional WoW interface, and the weapons are at the bottom.

Ninja Scrolls come from a boss named 'Masked Man' found on the Konoha mountain, as well as the A rank bosses Kama and Raido.

Ninja Tools are frequent rewards from sidequests but can also be bought from vendors found in Konoha, Rogue Base or Port Hachou.

Weapons are divided into 3 tiers: T1, T2, T3, and they all have different stat effects depending on their name. Do sidequests for new weapons.

Vests are acquired by ranking up to chuunin, through crafting or obtained from cosmetic crates.

Headgear (mostly under the form of village headbands) are a frequent mob drop from creatures such as Moths, Bees and Robers, as well as a Kama & Raido boss drop, but there are also some better headpieces obtainable through the cosmetic crate.

Necklaces provide attack or spell power, and are dropped by Kama and Raido.

Shoulder items come from battleground reward crates or cosmetic crates.

If you're looking for more cosmetic options beyond the basic shinobi clothes, there's a vendor in Yokohama that has a number of different kimono in stock. Other cosmetics are available from bosses, others from the cosmetic crates that cost 135 koban, while some (such as the Akatsuki cloak I'm wearing in the screenshot) come from the donation store.

What weapon should I pick?

What weapon you should pick depends on a few factors: your main mastery, your secondary mastery, how many abilities you have unlocked in said masteries. To know what your masteries use, scroll to the top of the guide or ctrl+f your mastery.

For example, if you're playing lightning/kenjutsu, a good weapon to use is 'of the Rooster', because lightning benefits from attack and casting speed. PVPers frequently like 'of the Ox' as a defensive weapon option. Otherwise, weapon choice depends heavily on playstyle, personal preference, scaling type and mastery picks.

As a part of the weapon pick, you should also consider whether you want to single wield, dual wield, or use a two-handed weapon. Each has their own perks.

Single-wielding: 35% faster cast speed. Amazing for heavy caster masteries.

Dual wielding: 25% extra attack speed. Great early on in the game when you're autoattacking a lot, or playing melee masteries. Some lightning players play dual 'of the Rooster' weapons because the haste benefits autoattacks and cast speed as well and 2 weapons are needed to get the most out of static cutter.

2h wielding: 10% extra damage. Situationally good because of its stat budget. As an ice player, I alternate between 2h of the Snake and single wielding depending on whether or not I'm 1v1ing or playing with a dedicated support.

Stats & what they do

Strength: Directly linked to Attack Power (AP). 1 str = 2 AP. Increases damage of melee abilities and certain jutsu.

Lethality/agility: Increases crit chance and armor.

Stamina: Increases total health.

Intellect/Ninjutsu Skill: Increases total chakra + spell crit.

Jutsu Power: Increases spell damage and healing.

Spirit: Also known as chakra gathering. Increases chakra regeneration.

Attack Speed: Also known as melee speed. It's the speed of your weapon swings.

Crit Chance: Chance to land critical attacks.

Armor: Reduces physical damage taken.

Haste: Increases attack speed, cast speed as well. It also increases the amount of heal over time and damage over time ticks that happen over a duration of time.

Dodge: Chance to dodge attacks (a conditional damage reduction, stacking dodge means you have a higher chance to not take dmg = lower damage taken overall but it isn't a permanent reduction of damage taken).

Resilience/Toughness: Reduces chance to be critically hit + the damage of critical strikes, provides a flat damage reduction to all damage taken.

Defense Rating: So far doesn't seem to be increased with anything.

Leveling & improving skills

An example of a leveling path is as follows:

Leveling paths vary wildly based on whether you're leveling solo or not + whether or not you are chunin/jonin. I highly recommend doing whatever quests you find while exploring the world too — some of them have scaling EXP rewards!

Keep in mind that grinding lower level mobs does NOT provide any exp decreases or disadvantages. You can grind grey mobs to levelcap.

1-10 in/around Konoha. Stick with rats, ferrets, snakes and young black bears.
10-20 outside of Konoha+surrounds of Yokohama, kill robbers, crickets, criminal ninja, bees & moths, rebel thugs, and bears.
20-30, you can stick with weaker mobs or start moving onto creatures like giant moths, road ambushers, scorpions.
30-40, scorpions, hawks, boars, bats, are all options.
40-60, is entirely up to you. You can stick with high efficiency farming of lower leveling mobs, or graduate to: crocs, ravens, adders, FOD, Land of Waves and monkeys. The South Eastern peninsula of LOF is very good for leveling overall.

Quest path:

Post-tutorial: Return to the academy and speak with Genin Maou to start his questline.
20+: Return to Konoha and speak with the Police Officer across the hokage building.
30+: Outside of Kikujo on the Southern road, speak to Old Man Aoi who offers a questline.

To focus on increasing skillpoints, however, there are 3 primary methods:

Spam sidequests in areas that have mobs which are convenient for your level.
Grind snakes/bees (low dif), hawks/Dead Scar/crocs/monkeys (Mid-high difficulty) or Land of Waves/Dead Scar (Mid-high difficulty & PVP).
Take advantage of boss runs. Boosts are a frequent drop from all the bosses. This isn't really grindable due to respawn times, but it's a nice change of pace.

Tips & Tricks

Eat food to recover HP between fights. You can acquire basic food like rice and cup ramen from the Jin NPC. Food with buffs such as mushrooms (+1400 max HP and +900 chakra) and onions (+900 max HP and +1400 chakra) are available from the 'Traveling Merchant' NPC that wanders between Konoha and Yokohama.
Buy food pills from the Konoha hospital: these allow you to heal for 200-350 over 1 minute30s.
Kill robbers to get 6 slot bags that you can later upgrade with 35 koban to 12 slot bags.

Map

On bossing

There are a few primary bosses that are frequently killed by the playerbase. As a baseline, all bosses drop Gold Koban and Boosts. Some more rare world bosses not listed also randomly spawn — have fun finding them all!

Bee Boss: D-rank boss. Located just South-West of Yokohama. It drops Gold Koban frequently.

Yureigani/Ninja crab: C rank boss. Located South of Notchi on the beach near Oxes.

Onikuma/Bear Boss: C-rank boss. When you're leaving Yokohama to head towards Konoha, take the 2nd left (the path is marked by a skeleton against a tree). Daily boss.

Kazuo/Vagabond: B-rank boss. Located to the North of Kisaragi in the Mountains. If you're at the castle, you've gone too far. Drops lots of rare cosmetics & a cool sword.

Masked Man: B-rank boss. Located on the Mountain overlooking Konoha. Drops Ninja Scrolls, lots of Ninja Tools as well as some rare cosmetics. Typically lvl 25+ recruitment.

Raido/Lightning Boss: A-rank boss. Located in the bamboo forest near Inuzuka town

Onni/Bird Boss: A-rank boss. Located pretty much directly up the mountain from Raido.

Ao: A-rank boss. Located on the far South-Eastern peninsula on the beach, directly East of Tsuki's Rest.

Heikegani/Samurai Crab: A-rank boss. Located next to Port Hachou on the beach.

Kingusaizu/Tiger: A-rank boss. Located in Land of Waves.

Dagahara: A-rank boss, located in Forest of Death.

The usual loot rule is to need on everything that you want/need.

PVP

War Mode is a world-wide PVP mode which can be enabled or disabled by speaking to Captain Kanjiku in Konoha, Tanzaku or Land of Waves.

The Land of Iron battleground can be queued for by speaking with Lieutenant Shinji Hiraki from level 20 and beyond. They award a large amount of honor and a small amount of experience.

Click the spoiler tag for a guide on how to play it. WoW veterans familiar with Arathi Basin, you'll feel right at home!

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A breakdown about Land of Iron battleground for the uninitiated

The map works! If you don't know where to go or what to do, press M to see where your teammates and the bases are. For those that aren't familiar with how to play them, the basics are as follows:

You can play blue (mist) or red (leaf)
You want to reach 1600 points before the enemy team does

The goal: Having and defending as many bases as possible to reach 1600 points. The first team to reach it, wins the match. How many points you get depends on how many bases you have capped. 5 capped (captured) means you get 30 points per second. 1 base capped nets you 1 point per second.

There are also 3 different types of PVP buffs in the battleground:

Green leaf: A heal and chakra restoration over time over 10 seconds.
Red face: Increases all damage caused by 30% and all damage taken by 10% for 10 seconds.
Boost boots: Increases run and swim speed by 100% for 10 seconds.

Arenas are also available, in 2v2, 3v3 and 5v5 formats. They operate based off the old WoW system and require members to sign a charter in order to create a team. Simply create a team, and queue up!

Professions

All professions; cooking, fishing, blacksmithing and tailoring can all be learned on the same character.

To learn cooking, complete the quest for Taro, the Ramen shop cook, available at Ichiraku Ramen right next to the Academy in Konoha.

To learn blacksmithing, speak with the Master Blacksmith in Konoha or Tanzaku.

To learn tailoring, speak with Asanda Kochinoue in Konoha or Tanzaku.

To learn fishing, buy a fishing book from the Jin general store vendor.

F.A.Q

What should I do after the intro questline?

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Shinobi Story is a sandbox game, meaning that there's no firm direction that you need to follow. You're free to explore, level up, hunt down bosses, PVP other players freely.

That being said, I recommend that your first major goal be to achieve the chunin rank. For that, head to the hokage building, go to the 2nd floor, and take all of the blue questmark quests offered by NPCs.

How do I get another mastery token?

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Mastery tokens are rewards for obtaining rank thresholds. They are available at genin, chunin, and jonin, meaning you'll have a total of 3 masteries per character.

How do I get A-B-C-D rank slips?

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A/B/C/D rank slips are awarded from completing dailies, sidequests, and from the A/B/C/D rank boxes drop from bosses.

What are bones used for?

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There are several daily buffs scattered around the world. As a baseline, they all last 2 hours increase your max HP by 2000. The Will of Fire buff is the most useful for new players, consisting of a 15% increase to EXP earned.

How do I become a chunin?

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To become a chunin you need level 25 and 10 ryo for the chunin application form (sold by an NPC on the first floor of the hokage building).

There are two ways of becoming chunin: participating in the chunin exams which are hosted by staff, or progressing through dailies. The chunin recommendation slip can be purchased from the Elder NPC next to the daily npcs for 75 C rank slips and 125 D rank slips. Once you have the application form and the recommendation slip, you'll need 35 koban to complete the quests given by the hokage and his assistant.

How do I become a jonin?

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Patch 34 will be releasing the much anticipated jonin update. To prepare yourself for jonin, this is what we know of the requirements so far:

- 250 ryo for the application slip

- 250 C rank slips, 175 B rank slips, 100 A rank slips.

How do I make ryo?

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Killing mobs awards a small amount of money, but the mobs also drop items which can be sold to NPCs or players. If you obtain a bunch of bear meat, that's especially valuable to other players. Once you've gotten 15ryo to spend on the fishing skill and pole, fishing is a valuable source of money.

How do I get back to a place I return to often or set a hearthstone?

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In every major settlement, there's a building with a green banner outside. Once you've located the building, speak with the innkeeper to set a homepoint. Once you've done so, you'll get a sort of Scroll of Recall. Once you use it, you'll teleport back to your homepoint.

How do I heal myself?

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Unless your mastery is medical ninjutsu, most masteries have no way to self sustain (which is to say, they have no self healing) and depend on food. You can buy food from the Traveling Merchant, Jin, buy food pills from the hospital or ask a medical nin to give you their special food pills.

How do I use tools?

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Under your character window, the last two slots on the right hand sight are for equipping tools. You'll want to click and drag tools into one of those two slots, or right click them and confirm that you want to bind them to your character. From there, keep your character window open, click the tool and drag it onto your bar at the bottom of your screen. From there, you'll be able to quickly and easily use your tools. For instance, my Weak Poison tool is set to ALT-5, so when I use the ALT-5 keybind it immediately uses the Weak Poison.

How do I find addons?

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SS runs off a WoW 3.3.5 base. Any addons compatible with the 3.3.5 version of WoW are likely to work. You can browse relevant addons here:

https://wotlkdb.com/addons/

https://legacy-wow.com/wotlk-addons/

How do I install addons?

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After downloading an addon that you like, you'll want to use 'extract all' or 'extract files' into the game's Interface/Addons folder. From there, restart your game.

Once you're back in, it's likely that the addon you downloaded had a command that you need to use to customize it, or it will put an icon on your minimap. Read the page of the addon that you downloaded to know how to set it up properly.

How do I get gold koban?

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Do sidequests, bosses and dailies. Koban are also a relatively frequent drop from high level mobs.

What are the glowing spots on the ground? What's an Unsealing Scroll?

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The golden spots on the ground are the game's treasure hunting. You can open up the golden spots using an unsealing scroll. Beware of having other players around you when you use it though: it has a long cast time.

How do I get help from other players?

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Typically, you can just ask in the #questions channel on the SS discord. Otherwise, there's an in-game channel that you can join by typing '/join global' without the '.

How do I join in-game chat channels?

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Do


/join (channelnamehere)

'Global' is the most often used chat channel. Be sure to join that one. Other channels may be created for you and your friends to use by simply joining a channel. Such as using '/join leafies' to create a Leaf-oriented chat channel. Be sure to only share such secret channels with trustworthy friends, though, lest someone you don't want in the channel infiltrate it!

How do I bug report and/or get GM assistance?

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Create a thread on the forums: https://shinobistory.com/forums/27-bug-reports/. If your bug has made you stuck, use the #open-a-ticket channel on discord.

Can I play as a non-Konoha village?

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Currently, no, you can only play as Konoha or as a rogue. There are plans to flesh out the entire map, however the other locations aren't available yet (which means you can't join the other villages either). To go rogue, you need to kill 15 other loyal Leaf players.

How can I support the project?

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If you intend to buy lots of cosmetics from the shop at some point, I recommend getting 'Premium Ninja' from the Store first (https://shinobistory.com/forums/store/product/6-premium-ninja/), because it provides a permanent discount and gives you access to monthly giveaways & dev leaks. From there, I recommend that you get the inventory expansion and buy whatever cosmetics that you want.

You can also support the project through the discord subscription feature.

Credits & contributions

While I compiled the guide myself, it's only with assistance and contribution from other members of the community that it was possible to do so. If you have any suggestions or any information that you'd like to add, you can reply to this post or give me a heads up on discord. When the new patch drops on December 2nd, it'll be especially important (especially for the new masteries) to update the guide.

If you want to use any part of this guide to create a youtube video or something else, feel free.

November 7, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 31

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Gameplay & Content

A NEW system has been added: Transmogrification! You can now transform your weapons & armor into other appearances!

200 New Weapons have been added! These weapons are themed after the 12 Chinese Zodiacs and include the Toad, the Slug, and the Snake! These weapons have stats on them & will help you define your own unique playstyle better! You can Transmogrify them all to have the appearance of your choice while maintaining the bonuses they give!

D-Rank Missions have been added to the Mission Center inside the new Hokage Building (2nd floor of Hokage Building)

A Few C-Rank Missions have been added to the Mission Center inside the new Hokage Building (2nd floor of Hokage Building)

A couple B-Rank Missions have been added to the Mission Center inside the new Hokage Building (2nd floor of Hokage Building)

A Metric Fuckton of jutsu have been added! Including additional passives!

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The Fire Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Water Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Wind Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Lightning Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Earth Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Uchiha Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Hyuuga Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Swordsmanship Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Genjutsu Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

The Medical Ninjutsu Style Mastery questline has been fully completed- unlocking all but endgame jutsu - This means you can now fully unlock the mastery

(All masteries have been nearly fully added besides Sarutobi)

All Mastery Affinities/Chakra Natures now grant an additional effect ranging from 10% Chakra, etc.

Various existing masteries have been slightly rebalanced including a Buff to Fire Mastery, and a nerf to Lightning Mastery

Ninja Tool: Food Pill has been added to the nurse at the Leaf Hospital

The Celebration of Snowfall Holiday daily quests & Vendors have been added, which can be found in both The Leaf Village & Tanzaku Town

A NEW system has been added: Mysterious Unknown Seals! (Read Below for more info)

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Upon discovering this golden glow anywhere in the world (especially hard to reach places!), you are able to use a [Unsealing Scroll] to discover treasures including ultra rare cosmetics, Gold Koban, and other riches!

A LOT of new character hairs have been added at the Barbershops! Get Your Hair Token Now!

(Passive) Sword - Double Slashing Strikes - Added a passive Gives you a 10% chance after blocking or being hit by any damaging attack that the next 4 weapon swings within 8 seconds will generate an additional attack. In addition, while active, increases your weapon hit chance by 5%.

(Passive) Fire - Superheated Chakra - Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu has a 25% chance to grant you Flaming Chakra for 15 seconds. Flaming Chakra reduce the cast time of your next Fire Style: Flame Dart Jutsu by 100%.

(Passive) Lightning - Gathering Storms - Simple Strike and Swordsmanship Slash now grants a stack of Lightning's Catastrophe. Lightning's Catastrophe reduce the cast time of Lightning Strike by 34%. This effect stacks up to 3 times and lasts for 10 seconds.

[2-Handed Wielding Bonus] Grants ~~8% Bonus damage~~ → 10% Bonus Damage

[1-Handed Wielding Bonus] Grants ~~15% Bonus Jutsu Casting Speed~~ → 20% Bonus Jutsu Casting Speed

A lot of jutsu have been created for the near-future!

120 new Side Quest Rewards have been added! This is how to get Tier 1 Weapons!

A dueling daily quest has been added which can be found near the arena. The arena is still Free-For-All flagged

Treasure Chests have been added throughout the map giving some cute loot!

The Serpent Dagahra now has basic abilities in its' toolkit

"Snake Takeover!" Quest Added

Seppun Questchain added (guy that looks like kakashi)

A Gold Koban Cosmetic Vendor has been added to the Leaf Village and Tanzaku Town

Many wonder which came first - the chicken or the egg? Now be warned of what comes after. Kill enough chickens and anger the spirits; you will then inevitably find out.

4 New Epic Swords have been added into the the World:

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Shusui, the Black Blade
Shusui is one of few very rare swords crafted by the finest smiths in the Land of Iron. Due to its appearance as a black blade, it is said to be cursed with the blood of its victims.

Sandai Kitetsu, the Oni Slayer
This legendary blade was famously known centuries ago, known for its ability to cut through the demons of the world. Be it human.. or something else.

Wado Ichimonji, the Blade of Harmony
As a heirloom passed down through generation to generation, this blade has a rich history within the royal family of the Land of Rice Paddies, a treasure to its people. Often used by those seeking the path of enlightenment, this blade earned its nickname as the Blade of Harmony.

Yubashiri, the Blade of Dissonance
Forged in the same fires that shaped Wado Ichimonji, Yubashiri was meant to be a blade complimenting its brother, but fate had other plans. Coming out as a Black Blade, the legend of the two swords became known as opposing forces. Two blades that decided their own paths.

Worldbuilding & Map Design

Onikuma, the God of the Mountain now has a den in the side of the Western Mountain range. Follow the path on the way to Yokohama

The entire Land of Fire has been through a snowstorm! The arctic winds from the Land of Snow have blown into the Land!

THE HOKAGE BUILDING NOW HAS AN INTERIOR! Finally construction has ended! Inside, you can find the Innkeeper & Code Redeemer at the lobby, a Ninjutsu Library, The Daily Mission Center, the Hokage's Office, and a larger rooftop viewing area!

The Yokohama Valley has been upgraded a tiny bit: creating a more scenic atmosphere

All towns besides the Leaf Village have been made into sanctuaries. These are small safe havens

All towns have become sanctuaries to help Roleplayers & to establish safe spots for players

Two Ramen Shops have been added in The Leaf Village which offer a premium, fresh bowl of pork ramen!

Flower shops have been added in the Leaf Village

A bunch of snow clumps have been added to the map to help with the Celebration of Snowfall holiday event!

Transmogrifiers have been added to the Leaf Village, Tanzaku Town, and Notchi City - Identified by purple banners & Scrolls (See Below)

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A 2nd's Rat burrow has appeared in the Leaf Academy Park to help new players

A pet shop has been added to the Hidden Leaf Village and Tanzaku Town! You can buy a Pet Shop Token HERE!

Tanzaku Town has been improved slightly , now it is finally looking like a real town

A Rogue outpost has been added near Notchi City

A Konoha Outpost has been added near Yokohama Town with quests for Leaf Faction

A Enclave has been added for Rogues near the Uchiha Stone & Kama

A Water Wheel has been added as a Point of Contention which will act as a control point for map dominance

The Leaf Village Arena is now a free-for-all PvP enabled area

The malicious rogues have formed a forbidding outpost North-East of Konoha! These marauders pillage the resources of the Hidden Leaf and leave chaos behind. The Recently formed Konoha outpost struggles to fend off this danger, but yet hope stll glimmers. What will be your part in this?

There has been a surge of rogue patrols raiding merchants on the main roads. Desperate, traders have attempted to sneak their way between the trees in the forests. But oh, how futile this has been. Their crates now remain scattered throughout the Land of Fire. Most nearly fully looted, but some may hide some rather intriguing possesion.

Dagahara, the demon snake of the darkest of forests, has slithered out of the shadows. Long ago, her family was slaughtered by ninja for the most exquisite sushi. Over the years, she became the biggest of all snakes, a colossal beast in the darkest pits of the Forest of Death, her hatred fueling her poison. And now, the tables have turned.

Traveling Smuggler (Merchant) has hit the road. What does he bring?

Bug Fixes

SPAMMING THE BINGO BOOK NOW NO LONGER CRASHES THE SERVER

> The Bingo Book now only displays people with an Bounty Level

> The Bingo Book now no longer displays duplicate accounts. Fuck you "Gimmie".

I think we finally fixed missing sidequests ??

Typing .sidequest Will now make the sidequest window reappear if you /reload 'd

A few missing 3D models found in caves have been located and fixed - now adding fog to most caves!

The "Register" and "Forums" buttons on the login screen now properly work!

The weird Druid text: "Also increases your attack power in bear, cat, moonkin form..." has finally been located & removed!

All custom model weapons have been appropriately converted to Cosmetic Appearance items for transmog!

The sharpening stones found at the general shop now should properly sharpen all weapons... yes... I said all weapons.

The duplicate "global" channel has been modified to "Region"

Yokohama Town guards have been fortified with new gear and weapons to now become a real threat to rogues

The giant stone lion statues have been mostly fixed. Players should no longer be able to run into them and get stuck

More creatures have been added to the Sidequest blacklist thanks to your help! If you find creatures that shouldn't be Sidequests post here

Additional Aggressive Bandits & normal Bandits have been added around Kisaragi Town

Bloated Mud Snapper now properly can drop a [Waterlogged Chest] which fishers can fish up as previously intended!

One, Two, Three Tomoe Sharingan as well as Byakugan now last 30 minutes up from 2 and infinite respectively

Paperbomb has had its' texture fixed, where previously it displayed green only

Missing textures have been fixed for some Lightning Jutsu

The respawn formula on the ground in the Leaf Hospital has been fixed

SPECULAR MAPS HAVE FINALLY BEEN ADDED - NO MORE GREEN GROUND FOR NOOBS!

Killing the Traveling merchant to reset his inventory is no longer a great idea. He has a longer respawn rate.

Onikuma, the God of the Mountains, now drops the intended loot.

The aggressive cat in Konoha is now aggressive.

The Last Will questchain (aka Orphan questchain) from Kisaragi Town is now complete!

Miscellaneous

The Dueling Banner has been updated to be more shinobi-ish

Cosmetic: Reverse Grip Kunai is no longer obtainable from bandit mobs

Most Jutsu have Pretty Colors now in their description to indicate which damage type they do & to give them a little more flare

A few in-game books have been added! Stay tuned

A Leaf Village Librarian now distributes book in the 1st floor of the Hokage Building - Books have been found! [Wārudoītā], [Eien no mibōjin], [Tale of the Monkey], [Tales of Foxboi] series.

EXP Boosts now have a warning on them in regards to using them while you move

ALL CREATURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITH HD CREATURES

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Due to excessive slaughter for their protein-rich meat, most bears have migrated South towards Yokohama. They have adapted and are now a bit stronger, and smarter.

Lamposts have been recolored

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Please run your launchers to play the update!

On behalf of the whole Shinobi Story Team, have a wonderful holiday season!

October 22, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 30

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- Direct Download Mirror Link -

This is not a major content patch. More of a hotfix + small patch

Gameplay & Content

The Bad Manners Banner now should appear in-game properly

Water Style: Deepsea Rupture now has a better visual to reflect the depth-charge water explosion feeling

Hyuuga's Byakugan has been redesigned to now offer 80 Strength, up from 70, and gives the user the ability to apply [Chakra Meridian Damage], which slows enemies' casting speed by 1% stacking up to 100 times. Now grants 5% Dodge.

Lightning Style: Lightning Strike Jutsu base casting time has been reduced to 1.8 seconds from 2.0 seconds

Swordsmanship Technique: Dance of the Flocking Birds' damage has been increased by 19%.

Swordsmanship Technique: Tendon Slash's cooldown has been reduced to 9 seconds from 60, and it's damage has been increased by 200%. It's slow has been reduced to 3 seconds from 10 seconds.

Lightning Style: Static Cutter Technique's damage has been reduced by 15%

Water Style: Flooding Water Technique's chakra cost has been reduced by 30%

Water Style: Deepsea Rupture's casting time has been reduced to 0.5 up from 1.5 seconds.

Ninja Tool: Weak Poison's damage has been significantly increased to make it competitive.

Ninja Tool: Tar Trap has had its' slow reduced by a little to make it on-par with the other tools

Ninja Tool: Smoke Bomb has been added to the Ninja Tool shops

Chakra Jump's cooldown has been reduced by 1 second to make it smoother to use

Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu has had it's mana cost increased, as it was grossly low and it's cooldown increased (oversight)

A fishing trainer has been added in the Leaf Village - now you should be able to train up to level 375!

Several baits have been added to the fishing master to help you on your fishing adventure!

Jin, the famous General Shop owner has acquired a rare cookbook! You can now pick up cooking & cook very basic foods for now for improved buffs! More to come soon!

More creature spawns have been added in the map

A new BEAR world boss has been added!

A bunch of jutsu have been reworked & made in preparation for all masteries to get a 2nd round of abilities soon.

Bug Fixes

Recalled Jonin Guards from the village gates and replaced them with well-trained Village Gate Guards. They will no longer attack villagers who defend themselves from rogue ninja, as intended. ANBU will also exclusively target rogue ninja for assasination

More creatures we added to the side quest blacklist

All Shop items from the Cash Shop have been made bind on account, meaning you can now mail them to alts

Nishimito Kazuo has been slightly rebalanced.

Nishimoto Kazou's drop table has bee slightly modified- he now drops some exclusive content.

1-Handed Weapons Do the same DPS roughly as 2-Handed weapons. It may seem like they do less, but they do not.

A bug has been fixed in which players could access the talent panel and pick druid talent x)

The multiple-use EXP item bug was fixed, now there is additionally a short cooldown on-use of the items

The lag in Konoha, specifically near the academy has been located & fixed!

Healing now works on our map, where previously you were only able to heal yourself

Dueling now works!! Rejoice!

Dice rolling now has an animation! ^_^

More creatures have had their Experience given increased

Halloween Dailies have been set to require a minimum level of 3 to complete! :,)

World Bosses

Changes Related to Nishimoto Kazuo (The Perilous Vagabond)
- Sometimes he would stun jump at players while spinning - this was not an intended function and it is just unfair. Now this is fixed, or at least such occurrence would be rare.
- SpawnID: 153789, new respawn cooldown 5min/300sec ---> 30min/1800sec
- Drop Chances Nearly doubled + higher GK drops.
- He now has a rare chance of dropping Criminal's Robes [Black], and a bit more rare chance of dropping Criminal's Robes [Black, shirtless].
- His health, armor and damage modifiers are heavily increased.
- Experienced modifier heavily increased
- Wound Dressing item (44693) is removed from the shops. It is now a war trophy sometimes dropped from beating Nishimoto Kazuo (The Perilous Vagabond). It is now also soulbound.
- Removed the Black Robes drop from the Masked man as it will be Vagabond exclusive drop. To fill in the drop for the Masked Man, the Jutsu Power 3 chance is increased by 5%
- Is now classified as a rank 3 (Boss)

Changes Related to Mysterious Masked Man
- Mysterious Masked Man now successfully displays the visual change for his second phase. He is also beack, but this time without any typos.
- SpawnID: 153545, new respawn cooldown 5min/300sec ---> 45min/2700sec
- Level 20 ---> Level 25
- HealthModifier 87.5 ---> 110
- ArmorModifier 15 ---> 30
- Experience Modifier 60 ---> 65
- Higher drop rates + more Koban 1-4 ---> 2-4

Changes Related to Frenzied Killer Queen Bee
- After sensing vulnerability, some bees from the colony have gathered on a watch closer to the Queen
- SpawnID: 152136, new respawn cooldown 5min/300sec ---> 15min/900sec
- HealthModifier 33 ---> 50
- ArmorModifier 13 ---> 25
- Experience Modifier 10.267 ---> 15
- Higher drop rates

Changes Related to Kama Uchiha " The Devil Eye "
- Can no longer be safe-spotted. She occasionally jumps to the furthest enemy in the combat area.
- SpawnID: 153883, new respawn cooldown 5min/300sec ---> 45min/2700sec
- HealthModifier 101 ---> 170
- ArmorModifier 5 ---> 20
- DamageModifier 7 ---> 20
- Experience Modifier was bugged, colossal increase 1 ---> 70

Please run your launchers to play the update!

P.S. Happy Halloween!

October 4, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 29

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Worldbuilding & Map Design

Our Halloween event, The Bloodmoon Festival has begun!

The Sky in the Ninja World has gone bloody, indicating when the borders between the spirit world and the material world are most weak
You have a chance to get the [Halloween Pumpkin Helmet], which is a permanent Pumpkin Head cosmetic!
Bones will be used as a currency in this event!

The map, alongside various towns/cities/zones have been improved to make the map slightly better with each patch!

The area in front of Tanzaku Town has been re-designed to be cooler

The Leaf Arena has been re-designed to better reflect the battlefield

Barbershops have been added to Notchi City, Tanzaku Town, and Yokohama Town!

A Bank branch has been added to Tanzaku Town

The Forest of Death Rogue Hideout has received organization Banks

Signs have been added around and inside the Leaf Village to help newer players

The Leaf Village Academy Park has been added, and filled with tutorial npcs to fight

The Hokage Rock has been redesigned to look better

We have added 3 new named towns/villages:

Nagomi Town (Continue on the path north of Notchi City)
Tatari Village (At the foot of the great eastern mountain; near the Fire Monk Temple
Kikujo Village (The patchway north of the Leaf Village)

All Barbers now sell all current Character Hair for Character Hair Tokens which can be purchased from our Cash Shop. This is an easier and less clunky way to deliver more ways to customize your character!

A pack of wolves now roams near the Leaf Village forest

Port Hachou has received some more love in terms of decorations.

The Forest of Death now has dark purple haze, making it more.. eerie

The First Hokage's face has been etched into stone on Hokage Rock!

A piece of land that was untextured and weird near Notchi City (On the river delta) has been fixed

Gameplay & Content

Additional security forces have been deployed to the Leaf Village Gates, and the First Training Grounds to better protect Genin and Academy Students.

An ANBU Unit has been dispatched to defend the main Hokage Street from Rogue Ninja. They will kill on sight.

Leaf Village Diplomats have been dispatched to Notchi City, Kisaragi Town, Port Hachou, Tatari Village, Tanzaku Town, and at the Leaf flag down the road in front of the village gates. Criminal elements are able to complete a daily to get some reputation with the village back. This will require several completions to be admitted back.

[Sidequest Reroll Dice] have been added to all General Stores in the game!

A new boss fight has been added to the Hokage Rock - The Mysterious Masked Man who drops exclusive loot and cosmetics! Which group can take him down!?

15 new custom model 3D Ninja Cloaks have been added in-game! Rogue, Bounty Hunter, Doctor, and Sage are just a few of them! Super excited to show more!

A Dangerous Vagabond has been spotted in the mountain range near Yokohama Town. approach with caution.

The Water Style Ninjutsu questline has been added up to level 10. You can begin the quest at the Academy Library.

The Way of the Blade questline has been added up to level 10. You can begin the quest at the Academy Library.

Additional rewards have been added to fishing, including [Small Waterlogged Casket]

A Ninja Tool Shopkeeper has been added in front of the Hokage Building which sells new Ninja Tools!

Ninja Tool: Shuriken (~~Max Stack 10~~ Max Stack 5)
Ninja Tool: Weak Weapon Poison (Max stack 3)
Ninja Tool: Paper Bomb (Max Stack 5)
Ninja Tool: Tar Trap (Max Stack 5)

A Nurse has been added in the Leaf Hospital who also sells Medical Ninjutsu tools, as well as Antidotes

Ninja Tool: Weak Antidote (Max Stack 3)

Tavernkeepers have been placed in The Leaf Village (in front of the Hokage building), Tanzaku Town, Notchi City, Port Hachou, Kisaragi Port, Tatari Village, Nagomi Town, and Kikujo Village. These Tavernkeepers will now provide players with a [Reverse Teleportation Scroll] for free to take them back to the Tavern on a 2 hour cooldown.

A Bunch of NPCs have been added throughout the world

Hachou Man Questline has been added

Jashinism Questline has been added

The moths that inhabited the Forest of Death have migrated to Yokohama Town due to excessive slaughter.

107 new icons have been added to the game + a bunch of new materials & loot!

Misc.

All hair color options have been redesigned to be cooler! All hair colors have been set to the new ones! Enjoy!

We have given everyone the ability to see their stats with the addon "AllStats" to be given by Default"

Various small UI changes we've made to better improve the player experience

The Starting Gear Merchant now sells Hand and footwraps for free

Bug Fixes

We have cracked down on safespotting. All creatures will now continue to puruse you even if you try to abuse mechanics to not get hit

Pumpkins are now orange... as originally intended

[Yellow Flash Kunai] now has an on-use effect to flex on others.... literally! Also, it's damage has been increased to be more competitive.

Icons are fixed now... I swear!

World Quests now don't assign a bunch of NPCs which were annoying or unkillable.

Notchi City Guards & Royal Honorguard no longer give experience points

Academy Park has been turned into a sanctuary

The First Training Ground has been turned into a sanctuary

The First Training Ground now shows up as a zone as intended

Notchi City Royal Guards now march in-sync

The compass now has an "N" at the top to indicate north. When the red arrow is pointing up, that is north!

A sh*t ton of Side Quest mobs have been blacklisted - thank you so much for your patience & helping find them!

Fixed shadow issues on one tree that causes shadow spasms on the ground

Most creatures should now have proper loot as intended!

Most 2-Handed weapons have received a buff. If you find one that hasn't been updated yet, please make a bug post on the forums!

The player EXP bar should now properly show up as intended!

The Hidden Leaf Village soundtrack should now no longer be... cursed...

The Uchiha War Fan has been buffed to be similar to other 2-handed weapons

Pretty sure the bingo book is showing the proper icons now, as previously intended.

Please run your launchers to play the update!

P.S. Happy Halloween!

October 4, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 28 (Hotfix)

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Gameplay & Content

55 new sidequest rewards have been added

Bug Fixes

Questlog bug where players would not be able to see the current quest they are on has been fixed

Icons have been added for cooked meats

Stamina exp boosts now stack as intended

Toughness exp boosts now stack as intended

Mastery Book Icons for Lightning & Hyuuga has been fixed

Bingo Book now Works as intended & previous entries have been restored

Stat points have been restored & are now safe to use again

Human Male hairline has been fixed

Human Male eyes have been slightly upgraded

Ninja Shoes 3d Model has been fixed

Warring Clans Shoulderpads now have an icon as intended

Many NPC abilities now have proper icons as intended

the Boxes for: Kiba Blades, Greatsword, and Helmetsplitter have icons now as intended

Character Hairs have Icons as intended.

Miscellaneous

Halloween candy has been added... to be discovered

Additional NPC Dialogue has been added to a few quests to better understand what to do next

Honor Guard now march in the inner plaza of the Feudal Lord in Notchi city

Please run your launchers to play the update!

September 10, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 18

To read the old patch notes, please click below:

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Worldbuilding & Map Design

More furniture added to some buildings; more stoves added

Additional decorations have been placed in the Leaf

Port Hachou's interiors have been enhanced

Work has begun on Tanzaku Town's content to be added

More has been added to Notchi City

Many wandering NPCs have been added throughout the map

More furniture has been added into the academy to make the vendors more noticeable

A new region has been added next to Yokohama Town: a meadow of wildflowers where giant bees have migrated to

Additional RP areas have been added to Notchi City

Roadsigns have been added to help players navigate the world a bit better.

A traveling merchant has been added- see if you can get a selfie with him!

The Hidden Leaf has started putting out Halloween decorations... sp00ky season is in effect

The Hidden Leaf Sewers are now pass-through-able for Rogue ninja to... infiltrate the village or escape through.

Gameplay & Content

Additional side quests around the world have been added

The Large Snakes in front of the Leaf Village have had their hitpoints drastically reduced, making it easier to kill them

The Intro Questline has been slightly tweaked to be a little more clear in their direction

All spawns in the Land of Fire have been rebalanced with additional stat modifiers & general quality of life rebalancing!

We have added 2 new bosses: a giant queen bee located in the grassy wildflower zone just added right next to Yokohama Town, and the new boss The Perilous Vagabond!

The Hyuuga Clan Mastery Questchain has been added! - You can start this questchain at lv. 2 at the Academy Library

The Lightning Style Mastery Questchain has been added! - You can start this questchain at lv. 2 at the Academy Library

Systems

The Bingo Book has been given a slight design upgrade & the icons should now properly display for everyone!

A new Sidequest System has been created; allowing you to now auto generate sidequests anywhere in the map

Bug Fixes

EXP Rates have been heavily increased, following a major bug discovery (Exp rates were never intended to be that punishing)

You should now be able to equip 2h Swords as intended (including the academy) ( If you have trouble, please try dragging and dropping into your character window. )

All 7 Legendary Swords have been fixed; they are now usable

A bug has been fixed with the map that caused some players to crash in Port Hachou

A bug has been fixed with the map which caused some players to crash on the way to Yokohama town

Mushrooms, Edamame, and a few other herb spawners have been fixed.

The green light in Notchi City has been fixed

Several spells previously missing textures have been located & fixed

A Bug has been fixed which caused players to be stuck in the frame of the Leaf Hospital

Jonin Guards now appropriately ward off Rogue Ninja by killing them. They still respawn at the hospital & can escape Konoha by jumping on rooftops from the hospital & using substitution well.

Bullies no longer get instantly brutally murdered by Jonin

Rogues can now be held accountable in the bingo book, causing them to lose bounty points on death as intended

Players will not longer get bounty points for suiciding. Pls don't kill urself ty.

Most weapons do not have durability, although some will still retain it for reasons that will soon make themselves clear

"Squeak Squaker". quest has been reworked to be less meme-y

"A Peasant in Need" has been fixed to now show up

"Loving the Unloved" can now be completed since hares were now added; roaming the map

A bug has been fixed which causes players to be stuck in certain enterable buildings in the Leaf Village

The Notchi City Tour Guidr should now properly be in front of his map outside of the city.

Jutsu Balancing

Ninja Tool: Shuriken's damage has been increased by 550%.

Sharingan: One, Two, and Three Tomoe now provide a baseline Strength buff as well as their attack speed

Lightning Style: Static Cutter Technique has had it's damage reduced by a factor of 3

Byakugan's attack power buff has been removed, and instead it now offer baseline strength bonus

Swordsmanship Technique: Dance of the Flocking Birds's damage has been reduced by 215%.

Swordsmanship Technique: First Moments of Sunrise has has it's damage reduced by 700%

Swordsmanship Slash's damage has been increased by 200%

Miscellaneous

The Cash Shop is now live! You can find it here. Thank you so much for your support, we are very humbled & thankful for playing Shinobi Story! ❤

The gift for the delay is Ninja Adventure Pack! It will be free for redemption from the cash shop for 7 days after this post! Claim it & enjoy before it goes back to being for sale!

Additional sound effects have been added to make you feel more like a shinobi

A new classroom has been built in the academy for Roleplayers to host classes!

Double EXP Weekends have been made live! Earn 2x the experience when playing on the weekend, any weekend!

Guards now defend Notchi City

Minor sounds & sound effects have been changed around

Please run your launchers to play the update!

September 7, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 17 ( hotfix)

To read the old patch notes, please click below:

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Worldbuilding & Map Design

Minor furniture added to some buildings

Gameplay & Content

Stoves have been added throughout the map to get ready for cooking skill

Fish now have cash value

Cup Ramen has now been added for better health regen

Systems

Bug Fixes

Fixed EXP not showing

Fixed Academy Door stuck

Bingo Book Icons should now display proper faction

Bingo Book now has Woosh

Salmon nigiri has been given a cash value. All existing salmon nigiri has been removed from inventories, as this was a bug.

Please run your launchers!

September 5, 2021

Shinobi Story Alpha: Version 16

To read the old patch notes, please click below:

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Worldbuilding & Map Design

We were not intending to add additional map features this update, but we couldn't help ourselves but to make the world even more built-out. I love surprise updates.

The Hidden Leaf Village now has scaffolding and construction workers everywhere, I wonder what this could mean.

Kisaragi Port Town's area was redesigned, adding intended aesthetic for the zone.

A new settlement has been build north-west of the Leaf Village. Maybe it has a quest.

A new wing has been added at the Fire Temple for group meditation sessions.

The Forest of Death is now Death-y.

A bunch of new creatures and characters have been added throughout the Land of Fire.

Music has been added to most zones! Turn your volume on!

Gameplay & Content

The Fire Mastery questline has been added up to level 10 content. (See Academy librarian at lv 2)

The Uchiha Bloodline Mastery questline has been added up to level 10 content. (See Academy librarian at lv 2)

Added new questlines and missions.

New robes, clothes, and kimonos have been added.

You are now able to exchange your Mastery Token for a Bloodline Registration Scroll. This action cannot be undone once you exchange, so choose wisely.

A new loading screen has been created to celebrate the launch of the alpha!

Bankers have been added in the Leaf and Notchi City.

Water Walking Jutsu has been made available

2 New World Bosses were added with different difficulties: Shiro Uchiha (Lv. 7) , and Kama Uchiha "The Devil Eye" (Lv. 40). Both bosses have mechanics. Those dang Uchiha.

Systems

There is now a code redemption NPC located in front of the Hokage Office which will redeem store codes for in-game items.

Our faction selection system is now fully operations.

Our Bingo Book and Rogue system is now working. If you kill enough members of your own village, you will automatically be exiled & branded a rogue ninja. More updated on this to come later.

Bug Fixes

NPCS no longer fall through the ground when anything happens to them.

The launcher should work mostly as intended. If you experience a bug, please post on our support section here.

The Compass will now list which town/zone you are in.

The online players (/who list) is now working as intended.

The Mission Log now displays the quests you are on!

The Achievements frame now works as intended

Weapons should now work with [Simple Strike] & [Swordsmanship Slash]. If you find a weapon that does not work with the ability, please make a bug report.

Creatures and quests should now award EXP as originally intended.

We are still looking into password resets.

Everyone should now learn Dual Wield automatically as intended.

Fall damage is temporarily at 0 until next patch.

Shuriken Ninja Tool should now properly equip to your character as intended.

The gambler NPC reward has been significantly reduced following huge jackpots.

ALL PLAYER ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN WIPED.

THERE WILL NOT BE ANYMORE TOTAL WIPES.

Please run your launchers!

August 21, 2021