Featured Changes

The Matrix Online Story Continues in Episode 3.3!
The 3.3 Storyline missions and cinematic are now available in game.

Winter Holiday: December 20, 2005 through January 17, 2006
It's time to celebrate the first ever Winter Holiday Celebration in The Matrix Online! During this period, snow will be falling in the Mega City and Snowman and Holiday Helper Vendors will be around to help you get into the holiday spirit.

• Four types of Snowman Vendors can be found in each District with different types of Snowballs for sale. (Icy, Slushy, Powdery, and Rocky.)
• Holiday Helper Vendors, outside Mega City clubs, will trade Holiday and Party hats to players for one of each type of Snowball.
• Equip a Red or Green Holiday Hat to put your RSI in the "Festive" state. Players in the "Festive" state can throw and be targeted by Snowballs.
• Snowballs can be "thrown" by activating them from the Action panel or the hotbar. Hitting another player with a Snowball reduces the stability of the equipped Holiday Hat.
• When Holiday Hats lose all stability, they disappear. Players can stage snowball fights where "last hat standing" wins.
• Black, Silver, and Gold Party Hats can be worn and activated to create flying confetti and party sound effects.
• Special gifts for all good little redpills: 100,000 $i. The effect: Priceless.

Critical Mission Completion Tokens
Beginning with Episode 3.3, players will receive a Completion Token whenever they finish their Organization's Critical Missions released during an Episode.

Changes and Improvements

• Collector tokens dropped by gangs now have gang and neighborhood information listed in their detail text.
• Escort NPC in "Incubation" mission is now higher-level so it may survive to full gestation.
• Escort NPC in "The Prelude" mission is now higher-level to keep it from becoming an epilogue.
• Escort NPC in "Saving Blue" mission is now higher-level to keep players from seeing red.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue causing an increased number of client crashes.
• Doctor Ability Repair RSI 3.0 now displays the correct graphic effect. (Was showing Repair RSI 5.0 effect.)
• Another issue resulting in missing Crew and Faction information has been fixed.
• Incorrect capitalization of "Exiles" in Atlas has been fixed.
• Operator now tells players the bluepill's correct undercover name in Amber mission "A Safe Place".
• Grammatical errors and typos in several mission dialogues have been fixed.
• Downtown mission areas with incorrect layouts have been fixed to allow players to enter them.
• Merovingian mission "Stay Focused" can no longer be taken by players without the correct minimum Reputation level (49).
• Fixed issue that caused players to occasionally be teleported to inappropriate areas of the Mega City when jacking in at the Uriah Industrial NE hardline under crowded conditions.
• Fixed an issue with some mission NPCs that caused them to spawn at incorrect levels for players participating in the missions.
• The Machines have fixed an error in the Matrix that showed the sky instead of a stairwell on a building in the Slums. Nothing to see here. Move along, citizen.