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Itori is off duty now, he stands near the gates waiting for your danger dango, but isn't the actual guard. Sand Village Arts Theatre is open to be used now. Guards in Leaf Village each have unique looks now.

Dear Patrons, I've decided to discontinue my Patreon as it's no longer necessary for my well-being! I'd like to thank everyone for the overwhelming support over one of the toughest periods of my life. Aside from donating, I've received so many sweet messages and words of encouragement from you all, it's more than I could've asked for. The amount of money raised was helpful when it came to paying my initial rent and deposit while I moved into my new place and although I wouldn't have died without it, It has gotten me some warm meals when I might not have been to eat. I've definitely felt the help on a personal level. Thank you for that. On another note, I will start making the Ninja Spotlight videos soon, and although I know it's a little bit late, I do still intend to honor them! Regards, Rory

Artic Wolves are now called Snow Wolves. Wild Slashes Technique range has been increased to 3/3/3 up from 2/2/2 and pierces enemies when maxed out. Fans have 100% knock back up from 60%. Fixed Warp Issue with "Desert Valley" map. Fixed Mapping Issue that allowed you to enter water area in "Near the Valley" map. Water Needle can no longer be cast while moving because that's how it was intended.

Trying to motivate Sand Village to werk for it ;p

Ranks Hokage Hokage is a title bestowed on the village's leader. The Hokage is generally regarded as the strongest shinobi in the village. The Leaf Village picks it's leaders from elected candidates during elections. Retirement: If a ninja is a Chunin before becoming Hokage, and serves as an active Hokage for atleast 6 months. He will be promoted to Jonin upon retirement. Chunin & Jonin Path Chunin and Jonin path is the traditional ranking system in all villages. Chunin As a Chunin, you have reached a level of maturity and ability that primarily consists of leadership skills and tactical prowess and as such, are qualified to guide other ninja and lead missions. In a war, a Chunin would be a team leader. Requirement: Passing a Chunin Exam Jonin Generally highly experienced and highly skilled shinobi who serve as military captains. In a war, the Jonin would be a commander, commanding teams as battalions. If enough villagers and the respective Kage deem the shinobi to be fitting to the rank, they will be promoted. Requirement: Send a team of Genin into a Chunin Exam, Complete numerous RP Missions with players with mostly good reviews. Specialized Jonin Path A Specialized Jonin, sometimes called an S-Jonin is a ranking granted to Ninja whom display "Jonin level abilities" in one area of the Ninja Arts (eg. Sensory, Medical Ninjutsu) but are not balanced in terms of skills, and hence would be unlikely to climb the normal Chunin and Jonin paths. Specialized Jonin are normally tasked to lead missions that require a higher-than-usual level in a specific ability. Eg. Leading a team of Medical Ninja on a rescue mission. In a war, a Specialized Jonin will normally either lead a team tasked with his specialization, or fight as a Genin-level ninja. A Specialized Jonin is comparable to a real world military specialist. A completely different path from the Officer rankings, and still under officers (in this case, Chunin and Jonin) in ranking. Requirement: Display extraordinary abilities in one area of the Ninja Arts, participate in a Chunin Exam. Genin Genin are the lowest level of ninja and also the ones that display the most difference in power. When they become genin, ninja start to do their bit for their village's economy – being sent on missions that the village gets paid for. Requirement: Pass the Genin Test in the Academy Academy Student Academy students are trained and prepared for life as a shinobi. They are not an actual part of the shinobi force, as they are still in the process of mastering the very basics of the ninja lifestyle. However, they can be conscripted as part of the war potential in times of emergency. Titles Council Member Council Members are the leader's figures of the Leaf Village along with the Hokage, under the Leaf democratic system, they hold power above the Hokage if needed. The Council's duty consists of keeping the village in order and bring power balance within a magnanimous government. Requirement: Close companions of the current Hokage, and runner ups for elections. ANBU Leader The one in charge of the Anbu organization along with the Hokage and Council, a skilled strategist in charge of defending the village from the shadows.

Ranks Kazekage The Kazekage is the Sand village's leader. The Kazekage is generally regarded as the strongest shinobi in the village, responsible for keeping Suna on an even footing with the other villages despite its small size. The Sand Village, being a monarchy of sorts, picks it's leaders from the adopted children (aka. Sand Siblings) of the previous Kazekage, upon the end of his life or service as Kazekage. Retirement: If a ninja is a Chunin before becoming Kazekage, and serves as an active Kazekage for atleast 6 months. He will be promoted to Jonin upon retirement. Chunin & Jonin Path Chunin and Jonin path is the traditional ranking system in all villages. Chunin As a Chunin, you have reached a level of maturity and ability that primarily consists of leadership skills and tactical prowess and as such, are qualified to guide other ninja and lead missions. In a war, a Chunin would be a team leader. Requirement: Passing a Chunin Exam Jonin Generally highly experienced and highly skilled shinobi who serve as military captains. In a war, the Jonin would be a commander, commanding teams as battalions. If enough villagers and the respective Kage deem the shinobi to be fitting to the rank, they will be promoted. Requirement: Send a team of Genin into a Chunin Exam, Complete numerous RP Missions with players with mostly good reviews Specialized Jonin Path A Specialized Jonin, sometimes called an S-Jonin is a ranking granted to Ninja whom display "Jonin level abilities" in one area of the Ninja Arts (eg. Sensory, Medical Ninjutsu) but are not balanced in terms of skills, and hence would be unlikely to climb the normal Chunin and Jonin paths. Specialized Jonin are normally tasked to lead missions that require a higher-than-usual level in a specific ability. Eg. Leading a team of Medical Ninja on a rescue mission. In a war, a Specialized Jonin will normally either lead a team tasked with his specialization, or fight as a Genin-level ninja. A Specialized Jonin is comparable to a real world military specialist. A completely different path from the Officer rankings, and still under officers (in this case, Chunin and Jonin) in ranking. Requirement: Display extraordinary abilities in one area of the Ninja Arts, participate in a Chunin Exam. Genin Genin are the lowest level of ninja and also the ones that display the most difference in power. When they become genin, ninja start to do their bit for their village's economy – being sent on missions that the village gets paid for. Requirement: Pass the Genin Test in the Academy Academy Student Academy students are trained and prepared for life as a shinobi. They are not an actual part of the shinobi force, as they are still in the process of mastering the very basics of the ninja lifestyle. However, they can be conscripted as part of the war potential in times of emergency. Titles Council Members Council Members of the Sand Village advise the Kazekage and take his place in events where he is unavailable as leaders. Requirement: Sand Siblings who did not become Kazekage, and/or close companions of the current Kazekage. Sand Siblings The Kazekage is responsible for adopting children and raising them as potential leaders for the village. The Sand Siblings are chosen by each new Kazekage, and the remaining Sand Siblings usually become Council Members for the duration of their sibling kazekage's reign. Requirement: Must never have been a sand sibling, kazekage or council member before. Assassins Leader More information coming soon..

Dear Ninja, As many of you may have noticed, we recently updated all the hair colors in-game to a more vibrant palette. We realize a lot of you may no longer like you hair color as much and have decided to make Hair Dyes available for free just for this week. They will disappear when you relogin, but you may claim it again when you need it within Hair Colors week. You can claim them from the Barber NPC in Takumi Village from 26th July till 2nd August! Regards, Rory

All maps are 1080p ready!

Dear Ninja, Today the Sand Village held an independent Chunin Exams! Thank you all of those who turned up to participate. Out of the 10 teams that participated, the promotions that have been decided on are: @nut @bowieeee @MrChubb @Pervy Sage Congratulations on your promotions! Do note that as this is a Sand village Chunin Exam and not a joint Chunin Exam, your rank should only be kept within the village. You may not change villages, however, you may become missing ninja. Regards, Rory

Patch Notes 1/7/2017 Added Sand Village Chunin Exam Hall. Fixed description for Great Earth Prison Technique.

You can't stretch the boxes like that, the quality is hindered. Thanks for the submissions still Love it. I'll see how this looks in-game x) Very nice! All good ideas and decent art skills. If nobody submits better ones, I'll work from this. I feel like anger can be expressed in a multitude of ways. The surrender flag is cool, but it would be better if it waved, which is hard to do. Good idea, a sigh emoticon. The idea is there!

Patch Notes 29/6/2017 Added Exterior of Leaf Village Military Police Force. Updated Exploding Spiked Ball description. Fix more crashes. Fixed Account Manager letting manually exiled ninja back into the village.

Mini Design Contest Just extending the offer to any players who want to give a go at making emoticons for the game. Anything added will be rewarded with $10 Ninja Credit! Template Example It doesn't have to be limited to 4 frames Be creative.

Patch Notes 29/6/2017 To go along with the major PvP-focused change of Targeted Jutsu going on cooldown when missed, all targeted Jutsu cooldown times has been significantly shortened. Widened Passages to Takumi Village Added Notice Boards in both village where you can access the Village MOTD and Kage's Orders any time. Missing Ninja now respawn randomly at either the Land of Fire Bounty Station Morgue or the Hospital in Takumi village.

Patch Notes 18/6/2017 Improved Dynamics between Surveillance Missions and Guard Duty Missions. If there are currently spies on the map you are guarding, your timer will decrease instead of increase. To ensure you can complete the mission, make sure there are no spies on your map. If there are spies on the map it will display "Guarding Interrupted". Once you are finished guarding, it will now display "Guard Duty Complete". Added Sand Village Arts Theatre. Redesigned Sand Village Aviary exterior with visual cues of an aviary.

Guys.. Specialized Jonin rank is not a higher rank than Chunin. It's a rank outside of the regular promotions, similar to council members title. Saku still needs to participate in Chunins to get the regular line of command promotions. Specialized Jonin rank is given to people who have Jonin-level abilities in ONE area of the ninja arts. I wrote this in the op. Jonin promotions will be announced soon, when Sand Village has suitable jonins as well.

Dear Ninja, The 3rd Chunin Exam aka. First Joint Chunin Exams ended this Saturday 10th June. It was met with great turn out as usual with 20 teams participating. Despite a bumpy start, this was definitely one of the most fun events the game has seen! Instead of our traditional livestream, I took it upon myself to use the Exam stream to host a developer commentary and Q&A which a lot of people seemed to like, maybe more in the future?! This time round the exams were the same format as the first Chunin Exam both as a practice for myself in hosting a well-rehearsed event a second time around, and also because I felt the new players should have an opportunity to get this classic experience now that we just launched into open beta! The exams saw very high level plays in the Preliminary and Finals, some of which were unprecedented, with moments of shock and just people spamming "Amazing" "wow". I would like to personally praise the ninja @soulapparition for performing amazing plays in the preliminaries stage. Good job to all the contestants! With every Chunin exams comes a handful of promotions. For the first time ever, I was not the one deciding on these promotions, the Kages of each village were the ones watching the entire events and with certain guidelines for grading and compulsory points for PvP achievement, they decided on the following ninja! Leaf Village @Deathmall @Tsubaki Senju @KiwiiKat @Riley Haruno @kur @Wilkor @Godric Senju @Ifrit Special Promotion: @Saku Promoted to Specialized Jonin for outstanding survival abilities and medical abilities in 3 Chunin Exams. Specialized Jonin rank is awarded to Ninja who show specialized traits useful to the village. While it is an honor, it is not part of the regular Chunin/Jonin path and hence at times Specialized Jonins will not be treated as a Chunin or Jonin will (eg. They may not be the first choice for commanders in War Events). Specialized Jonins can continue to join Chunin Exams to gain a Chunin/Jonin Rank on top of their Specialized Jonin rank. Sand Village @Brae @Rainyer @Arashi Himitsu @Kaguya Light @Dareem As you can tell, the Sand village has less promotions. This is because there was not as many of them who made it into the preliminaries and finals. As such, the Sand village Kazekage will be hosting a Village-level exam to determine more suitable Chunin promotions! More details on this event will be announced soon! Congratulations to the promoted Ninja! You may upgrade your title in-game by talking to Gumi to claim a special Chunin Rank usable item. Regards, Rory

The 3rd Chunin Exams has ended! Conclusions Unlike the first 2 chunin exams, this time the promotions will heavily be based on the choices made by the Kage of each village. As such, promotions will require some time to verify (Rules, Regulations, Abuses etc.) and approve (through Game Masters and myself). Some brief updates from a quick meeting with the Hokage and Kazekage. - Sand village will promote up to 5 Chunin immediately - Leaf village will promote 8 Chunin immediately - Sand village will be holding a second mini-exam to find more potential Chunin in the coming week. - Potential Jonin and Specialized Jonin Promotions for the Leaf Village are incoming. - The fate of the peace between both villages seems intact, but uncertain. I'd like to thank everyone who has participated today. It was definitely the hardest and longest Chunin Exam to host yet. This time round, my goal was to get more Chunin to populate both villages so that we can start promoting past Chunin Rank, and also to maintain a healthy population of ranked ninja. In a way, Chunin, Jonin and Specialized Jonin are all part of the team, when we run events like today, you will see our Chunin like @Konahri, @Zintosso and @Indra back to help run the event at a last minute notice. This is because once you promote, you have a certain increased responsibility to the village, in terms of RP! Good job to all our returning Chunins, returning participants and to the two Kage @Shirou and @Miki who did well and took a lot of initiatives today. RP in Nin Online has never been this rich, and I hope as we go on, players will continue to take initiatives to build on it the way our prominent players have been doing. I see a good direction for where RP is headed in the coming years, and it's all good signs. There is both drama and interesting positive relationships between players, organizations and villages. Check back here tomorrow to see a final update on promotions and the Sand village mini-exam!

Dear Ninja, As part of an initiative for us to focus more of the active staff onto in-game moderation, we've decided to start delegating the role of forum moderator to a non-staff role filled by dedicated members who want to help us out! This means that forum moderator is now a role for active community members, rather than lesser staff member. It will not be a very time consuming role, and we will not monitor your daily contributions. If you have time on your hands and would like to help out, we are looking for you! Send an application or a PM my way. Regards, Rory

Patch Notes 8/6/2017 Added semi-automated systems for Chunin Exam 3. Increased range of Phoenix Fireball Technique from 10 to 10/11/12/12/13/14. Increased range of Dragon Fire Technique from 9/10/11 to 10/11/12. Fixed range of Great Fireball Technique from 10/15/10 to 10/15/15. Reverted unknown change for speed of Vacuum Palm Technique. Reverted unknown change for speed of Colliding Wave Technique. Reduced stun duration of Palm Bottom Technique from 1/2/2 to 1/1/1 to reduce stun locking potential. Changed Palm Bottom Technique damage from 20/25/25 to 20/24/28.

Patch Notes 3/6/2017 Added warning on Account Manager to clearly state trade-able cash items disappear if you reset your character or drop them. Added warning on Ceramic War Armor to state that once claimed, it is treated as a normal item and will disappear on reset. Increased all Folding Fan melee attack speed by 50%.

I thought this would be clear, I've edited the item to give a warning and the character reset NPC is clearer on this now. Tradeable cosmetic items are treated as normal items once claimed from Gumi! That means if you reset your character, they will disappear!

Patch Notes 2/6/2017 Fixed Wild Slashes bug causing it to hit 100 tiles.

As a little side message for those who have been here all this time. Thanks for the continuous support and thank you for making the game possible I know there are a lot of issues still prevailing and a lot left to be desired at this point in our development, but since you've been here for all this time, I think you'll be able to trust me when I say I won't stop working to make the game better! It's only a matter of time. I love all of you, the recent month have been a tough one for me, but the private messages you guys have been sending me to cheer me on has made all the difference. Thanks, looking forward to seeing you all at the Chunin Exams.

Dear Ninja, This month is Nin Online's 4th Anniversary month, which means 4 years ago, I began development on the game you are experiencing live now. We have come so far since then, and still have a lot more planned. This month, we will run the 1st Joint Chunin Exam as well as launch ANBU, Sand Assassins and the Akatsuki, which we are very excited for. To celebrate our 4th Anniversary, we are going to be selling a limited time only cosmetic item - Ceramic War Armor! While it may look like the Red War Armor, it features improved animations and some small golden embroidery. The Ceramic War Armor will be on sale from 1st June - 30th June. As with any future time-exclusive cosmetics, after it's sale period, it will not be available for purchase anymore, but will be tradeable in-game so that it may be passed on. We hope that you continue playing Nin Online, and look forward to more updates soon! Regards, Rory