EP 13.2 · Encounter / The Unknown

Thai Availability bound Research only

Dates and Episode evidence

Main date: By 2009-09-30 — latest availability bound
Qualification: contemporary availability bound exact launch unknown
Episode / era: 13.2 — Contemporary Thai label

Status: research record; both guides are drafts for a future local release.

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Full patch record and local plan

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Status: research chapter; both guides are drafts for a future local release.

Field	Evidence / plan
Historical track	Thai
Episode / era	13.2
Main date evidence	By 2009-09-30 — latest availability bound
Date qualification	contemporary availability bound exact launch unknown
Local target date	Unscheduled
Local release group	th-encounter

Episode evidence: contemporary thai label. Number identified in contemporary Thai evidence; date and completeness remain separately qualified. thai_unknown_guide

Historical schedules, archive capture dates and local rollout dates are distinct. Chapter order is a reference order where exact Thai dates remain unknown.

Historical patch notes

• Thai report describes Manuk/Splendide, Nidhogg-related content, pet bonuses, interface changes and armor enchanting. Enchant costs 400,000 zeny, can destroy armor, and can add a stat bonus of 1–3. Evidence: contemporary feature report. thai_unknown_guide
• September 30, 2009 reporting explicitly says Thai RO has received 13.2. This tightens the availability bound; the rest of that article concerns Korean Renewal and must not be imported into this Thai pre-Renewal stage. Evidence: contemporary thai availability observation. thai_132_observed_sept2009

Player guide

Thai 13.2 expands the New World and includes reported pet bonuses and armor enchanting.

What to explore in this stage

• Continue the qualified Manuk/Splendide quest paths.
• Review pet bonuses and the item-specific armor-enchant rules before using them.

Before the local update

• The reported enchant process can destroy armor; the exact local eligibility, cost and outcomes must be published with the release.

These activities describe the intended stage. Exact local requirements and availability must be confirmed in the released build before this draft becomes a player announcement.

Developer guide

Implementation work

• Recover the Thai 13.2 map, quest and Nidhogg-related bundle.
• Version pet bonuses and enchant eligibility, cost, stat pool and destructive outcomes.
• Keep the pre-Renewal formulas and client boundary explicit.

Character and world migration

• Review pet state, enchanted equipment and quest flags; preserve original items in a migration checkpoint.

Acceptance checks

• Pet bonuses activate under the qualified conditions.
• Enchant success/failure and stat outcomes use the sourced rules.
• No Renewal or third-job behavior is enabled through the client or server profile.

Affected areas: world, quests, pets, items, combat.

Use the mechanics history for candidate rules and developer reference for pinned comparison files. The release checklist defines the future evidence, migration and runtime gates.

Unresolved before qualification

• Verify thai content ceiling.
• Pre renewal world snapshot.
• Exact thai launch date.

Sources and official records

Original operator documents, republications, reporting and foreign comparisons are labelled separately. A source listed here is not proof that every rule in it applies to this stage.

Source details and limitations

• Thai Episode 13.2 gameplay feature report — contemporary reporting; news or feature report. thai_unknown_guide Document date: 2009-11-02. Access: recorded in existing research no new fetch. Launch day remains unknown; separate contemporary evidence establishes Thai 13.2 availability by September 30, 2009. The November 2 guide supplies content descriptions, not the launch date.
• iRO Episode 13.2 update description — foreign operator original; patch description or patch note. iro_unknown Access: recorded in existing research no new fetch. Not Thai release date.
• September 2009 report mentioning Thai Episode 13.2 availability — contemporary reporting; news or feature report. thai_132_observed_sept2009 Document date: 2009-09-30. Access: web tool full text read; direct HTML download returned403.

Record: th-encounter in timeline.json. Guides: handbook-guides.json. Local plan: release-plan.json.

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