Update 9.5 Log
The developers' own notes, copied word for word from the official GPO Discord and the Google Doc they linked.
UPDATE 9.5:
NEW ISLANDS
- ANNIVERSARY ISLAND 2023 [FIRST SEA ONLY]
- Spawns 1 gift for every player in the server (12 gifts max) every 30 mins
- Located East of town of beginnings
- Queue up for raid
NEW BOSSES:
- SUPREME GIFTBOX, ROCKY
- Drops 3 presents for every player in the raid
- Presents can contain the following:
- New anniversary hats/outfits
- Anniversary weapons + prestige
- Race rerolls
- SP Reset Essence
- Dark Roots
NEW WEAPONS
- [BATTLE PASS] Iceborn Katana

- [SANTA/ROBUX] Iceborn Blade

- [ANNIVERSARY DUNGEON] Firework Rocket Launcher + Prestige
- [ANNIVERSARY DUNGEON] Firework Daggers + Prestige
- Both prestige weapons are alot easier to get than previous years but they are still very rare
- Regular versions can be bought in the robux shop as always


NEW SANTA EVENT
- SANTA SAILS THE SEAS WITH HIS REINDEERS, FOLLOW AND DISTRACT HIM FOR PRESENTS
- Presents can contain the following:
- Iceborn Blade
- Iceborn Rapier
- Iceborn Daggers
- New outfits/hats
- SP Reset Essence
- Race Reroll
- Dark Root
NEW BR MAP + BATTLE PASS

- Battlepass includes race rerolls and the Stark Gun from the previous battle pass along with outfits and the usual stuff
- I decided to include the Stark Gun since the halloween battlepass didn't last as long as the other battlepasses
- You can now also buy individual tiers
BALANCE CHANGES:
- Dullahan
- Dullahan Grab no longer guard breaks and now has less stun
- Vampire
- Vampire Chains have more endlag, shouldnt extend anymore
- Vampire bite cooldown increased
- Dragon Claw
- Dragonclaw rush no longer guard breaks
- Black Pitchfork
- Pitchfork R has less stun and more knockback
- Hollow Greatsword
- E no longer guard breaks and knocks back further on second hit
- Kikoku
- Kikoku E endlag increased
- Kage
- Kage box endlag increased and less stun
- Kage burrow endlag increased and less stun
- Mera
- Mera burn damage reduced slightly
- Added evasive bar, you can fill it up by dealing damage or taking damage based off % max hp, you get a free evasive every spawn
- Fixed m1 clashing and m1s missing
OTHER CHANGES
- Dullahan removed from rolling if you don't have the Dullahan title
- Increased trade slots
- Fruit Chests in impel shop are 30% off for the next week and 15% off on weekends forever
- 30% and 15% dont stack
- Revamped vanity system
- Revamped elo gain/loss
- You can now see item buffs in inventory (some items you cant but majority you can)

What the developers posted next
Fixes, tweaks and codes from the 18 changelog posts in the three days after these notes.
opening game soon
as usuall we will fix bugs thru out the week@everyone merry christmas
roblox.com/games/1730877806/CHRISTMAS-Grand-P…first bug fix
fixed leaving fishman island
this is the santa eventfollow him and attack
he drops presentsrestarting first sea servers soon
restarted
the 12 gift thing should be fixed
wasnt adapting to total players in serverlatest version is v9.55
vanity is a bit buggy
fixed gift hunter title
nerfed frost flash on iceborn katana
dmg wisefixing santa disappearing
fixed map bugs in br
published br fix
v9.57+
still fixing santa
fixing spawn pointspublished fix
if ur farming santa in a private server
and he went invisible
just remake the private server
or rejoinwill be restarting servers later
ase will be half off for a week too
shortened 5th m1 endlag
fixed m1s missing if u geppo
v9.61+fixed blocking and m1
it should feel ike how it was back then
not published
fixed ani dungeon breaking during gift matching
increased ani queue size from 8 players max to 20( m1 trading should be back )
newst version is v9.62