HESS Information for Duskruin August 2025

DUSKRUIN NEWS: GM Tivvy announced that the HESS, and its Annex, will open around August 15. She gave us new services and their cost, said Major Enchant (+5, up to 15x) is returning, but will not be there in February, and listed the allowed spells for the SK (Self Knowledge) Enhance Tattoo and SM (Self Mana) Item Creation services. She will post the MK (Martial Knowledge) list when it gets out. Details:

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[Duskruin] – Some HESS Information
on 06 Aug 2025 11:11PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #event-announcements channel

[Duskruin] – Some HESS Information

HESS and the Annex will not be open when the event opens. We’re aiming for an 8/15 opening.

New services this run:
Transmute Greater Fyrswn’ava – 250,000 BS
Script Add: Spore Weapon – 50,000 BS
Script Add: Nightshroud Cloak – 50,000 BS

Note: All script add services add the script at the base tier with no additional unlocks.

Major Enchant (+5 enchant, up to 15x) will be returning for this run. It will not be available at the February 2026 run.

For the August 2025 run, these are the allowed spells for the SK Enhance Tattoo and SM Item Creation services:

Tier 2:
Empathic Focus (1109)

Tier 3:
Heroism (215)

Tier 4:
Elemental Defense III (414)
Strength (509)
Dauntless (1606)
Mystic Focus (1711)

Tier 5:
Relieve Burden (314)

Tier 6:
Spirit Warding II (107)
Spirit Strike (117)
Benediction (307)
Prayer (313)
Elemental Bias (508)
Floating Disk (511)
Resist Elements (602)
Camouflage (608)
Mindward (1208)
Martial Prowess (1705)

Tier 7:
Spirit Fog (106)
Locate Person (116)
Lock Pick Enhancement (403)
Disarm Enhancement (404)
Nature’s Bounty (604)
Foresight (1204)
Shroud of Deception (1212)
Rejuvenation (1607)
Arcane Decoy (1701)
Death Cloud (1713)

Tier 8:
Spirit Warding 1 (101)
Manna (203)
Unpresence (204)
Glamour (1205)
Neutralize Curse (1716)

*NOTE: This post will be updated once the allowed MK list is available.

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