Arkesia Ignited Release Notes (2024)

  • Adjusted Solo Mode content to make it easier for newer or returning players, while still teaching the key basics.

    • Nerfed various Solo Mode patterns in the Ivory Tower of Chaos, Kayangel, Valtan, Vykas, Kakul-Saydon, and Brelshaza. Akkan was nerfed in a previous update.

    • Add "Battle Resource recovery" effects to the Self-Reliant Buff.

    • Increased the effects of the "True Supporter" Buff.

    • Added new guidance words to help teach players.

  • Proving Grounds Season 5 rewards will be distributed with the update.

  • Some localized voice lines will not be available at the launch of Tier 4. We are aware of the issue and will continue to work on providing an immersive experience.

  • Trixion Training Grounds has been updated to support T4 content including Ark Passive, T4 gems, and T4 Skill Runes.

  • Add Weapon Effects Book where you can choose your weapon glow.

  • Sidereal Weapon Updates

    • Sidereal weapons can now reach Lv. 9

    • Added Infusing Elgic II

      • Added Quest "Sidereal Weapon: Birth of Power".

      • Added item "Infuse Elgic: Luminous Stone".

      • Level 9 will require materials from the Kazeros Raid Act 1.

    • Infusing Elgic II will update T3 Sidereal Weapons to T4.

  • Chaos Dungeon Updates

    • Expand Chaos Dungeon Max Rest Bonus from 100 to 200.

    • Removed Infinite Chaos dungeons and the corresponding Exchange NPC.

    • Modified Chaos Dungeon Fate Ember drop table.

      • The maximum amount of gold that can be obtained and the proportion of other reward items have been adjusted from Item Level 1540+ content.

  • Added dates which Trial Guardians will stop rewarding gold in the initial clear chest.

    • For Trial Hanumatan, the date will be October 23.

  • Expanded max Roster Lv. to 400

    • Reduced XP requirements to level up the Roster between levels 281 and 300

    • Due to the reduction in XP required, Roster that are between Roster Lv. 281 and 300 at the time of the update will be retroactively adjusted by the reduction in XP

  • Applied a Roster XP Boost to existing Roster Lv. 300 and below

    • Increased XP Earned for Roster Lv. 1 to 250 by 100%

    • Increased XP Earned for Roster Lv. 251 to 300 by 50%

  • Adjusted the amount of Roster XP earned from some content

    • Co-op Quest related to Field Bosses: 70 > 3450

    • Co-op Quest related to Chaos Gates: 0 > 3250

    • Last Co-op Quest of an Adventure Island: 70 > 2750

  • Roster XP is now only earned when collecting Guardian's Will after completing a Guardian Raid.

  • Adjusted Legion Raid "Phantom Legion Commander Brelshaza" Normal difficulty Gate 4.

    • Reduced the damage of some patterns.

    • The "Confusion" debuff is no longer applied upon entering the first "Phantom World".

    • The "Confusion" debuff is now only applied at fixed intervals upon entering the second "Phantom World".

    • Removed the stacking effect of "Nightmare Shard" when hit by red projectiles flying from outside of the combat zone during the pattern where players enter the "Phantom World" after obtaining the "Curtain of Light".

    • Increased the number of Orb of Light that appear to 2 upon defeating Brelshaza's clone during the pattern where players enter the giant black hole to defeat the clone.

    • Slightly increased the counterattack and interruptible time duration during the pattern where players enter the giant black hole to defeat Brelshaza's clones.

    • Changed so that 3 small black holes always fall after the pattern where giant and small black holes fall.

  • During "Phantom Legion Commander Brelshaza" Gate 4 of Solo Mode, Brelshaza now moves to the middle of the map to cast a certain pattern when the large black hole falls

  • During Abyssal Dungeon Kayangel "Eternal Cradle of Light" Gate 3 of Solo Mode, when fighting Lauriel, he no longer uses attacks which inflict "Rupture" debuff when the "Crystallized Light" which absorbed light disappears.

  • Changed the Covetous Legion Commander Vykas Gate 2 pattern where players destroy "Blood Tentacles" that spawn outside of the combat zone so that they are no longer wiped out when there is 1 Blood Tentacle remaining.

  • When "Red Doom Narkiel" of Kazeros Raid "Overture: Spiral of the Crimson Midnight Sun" Gate 1 uses a skill and obtains "Taunt Immunity" buff, the icon will now be visibly different from other Taunt Immunity buff icons.

  • In Legion Raid "Phantom Legion Commander Brelshaza" [Hard] Gate 4, during the pattern where meteors appear from 4 directions, changed so that the grabbed status is immediately removed when Brelshaza's shield is destroyed while a character is grabbed.

  • During Abyssal Dungeon Ivory Tower of Chaos "Trampled Garden" Gate 3, changed so that "Lazaram, the Trailblazer" does not use a counter skill during the pattern where the Chaos Guardian has to be defeated at "Origin of Lazaram"

  • During Legion Raid "Demon Beast Commander Valtan" Gate 2, when "Demon Beast Commander Valtan" charges into a pillar and is staggered, an indicator has been added to indicate that his Weak Point is vulnerable.

  • Changed individual and party contributions for defeating Field Bosses to be distributed based on when the Field Boss was defeated.

  • Improved the UI design of the target information for the following targets:

    • Normal

    • Elite

    • Named

    • Challenge

    • Boss Monster

    • Legion Commander

    • Hostile Character

  • Added a brief damage reduction buff when "Slow Turtle's Staff Captain" appears on the Isle of Yearning.

  • Adjusted "Setino's Secret Bag" drop rate.

  • Unified wording for Transcendence and Elixir effects that describe the same effect.

  • Added tiers to gear set bonuses.

  • Expanded coverage of the Guardian Raid "Battle Items Support" function

    • Caliligos

    • Hanumatan

  • Removed purchase limit cooldowns for the 5 dishes sold by the bartender NPCs in "Peyto" and "Cradle of the Sea Fermata".

  • Added new potion "Secret Healing Potion" to the Potion Shop.

  • Increased drop rate of the 4 Adventure Secret Maps that are obtained from Shipwrecks.

  • Added "Sidereal Energy (Bound)" that can be exchanged with "Dark Fire" to the Legion Raid Exchange NPC sell list.

  • Added a pop-up window to the Exchange confirmation window when an Exchange involves a large portion of a player's currency.

  • Changed Legendary Rapport Items in the "Yorn Rapport Chest" to appear according to the same criteria as Rapport Chests from other continents.

  • Added the following 2 Crew Applications to the exchangeable items list of the secretive Island of Mist Crew Broker NPC:

    • Crew Application: Eungwang

    • Crew Application: Fermenion

  • Changed the name and tooltip description for Honing Special Materials items to better describe what they're used for.

  • Renamed the following items to more intuitively identify their purpose:

    • Mysterious Stone > Infuse Elgic: Mysterious Stone

    • Fused Leapstone > Special Honing: Fused Leapstone

    • Advanced Leapstone > Special Honing: Advanced Leapstone

    • Concentrated Leapstone > Special Honing: Concentrated Leapstone

  • Changed the Gear Chest provided when using the Voldis Powerpass.

  • Consolidated the two Sailing Coins "Gienah/Procyon's Coin" into "High Seas Coin".

    • Existing "Gienah/Procyon's Coins" will be replaced with "High Seas Coins" and sent to the Universal Storage at a 1:1 ratio.

    • Replaced "Gienah/Procyon's Coins" with "High Seas Coins" in existing rewards and chests.

    • Changed the name and tooltip of some Coin Selection Chests

  • Changed "Providence Stone" to no longer be obtainable. Remaining Providence Stones will be deleted in January, 2025.

  • Replaced the Providence Stones included in chests with Silver at a 1:6 ratio.

  • Added the ability to purchase the following items from Exchange Rapport NPCs with Silver:

    • Rapport Chests for each continent

    • Initial Sentiment Skin Chest

    • Lofty Sentiment Skin Chest

    • Royal Ball Mask Skin Chest

  • Unified dismantle rules so that item dismantling does not result in excessive variation in the dismantle results.

  • Changed the following Legion Raid-related Prelude and Epilogue quests to Roster Quests:

    • Valtan, Vykas, Kakul-Saydon, Brelshaza, Akkan

    • If a character has completed the relevant quest in the Roster, labeled the relevant quest as completed in that Roster (quests in progress by other characters will be abandoned).

    • If no character in the Roster has completed the relevant quest and multiple characters are working on it, preserve the quest progress of the character with the most progress and removed the progress of the other characters.

  • Added the following Legion Commander cards as rewards for completing the Legion Raid Epilogue quest

    • Broken and Covetous Flower, Vykas: Vykas Card x1

    • Smiling Demon: Kakul-Saydon Card x1

    • The Phantom's Tale: Brelshaza Card x1

    • Breath of Doom: Akkan Card x1

  • Rosters that have already completed the relevant quest will receive the card items that were added as rewards through the Universal Storage.

  • Players no longer need to complete the Opportunity Isle "The World of Fishing" quest to go to the area where Competitive Quests are taking place.

  • Updated instructions for some Guide Quests.

  • Adjusted some of the instructions for the "Guide" quests that take players to each continent.

  • Added the "Continent Prerequisite Quest" category to the Quest Journal Guide tab.

  • Changed "Progression Available" to "Recommended Quest" in the Quest Journal Guide tab filter.

  • Changed the Quest Journal Guide tab so that information on quests that don't meet the start conditions are displayed in the same layout as the Search tab.

  • Added "Quest Dialogues" to the Chat tab settings.

  • Renamed Transcendence-related guide quests to be more intuitive.

  • Renamed the Transcendence Guide Quest in Elgacia to reflect the changes made

  • Changed the completion text for a successful Pleccia Daily Una's Task "Jam with Me" to recognize that players must disable the interaction with the "Practice Drum" before players can talk to the NPC.

  • Shortened the Daily Una's Task in Hypnos Island.

    • Changed so that monsters appear on all monster spawn areas with the Arena battle start narration.

    • Reduced the number of battles in the Arena from 4 to 2.

  • Information for reward tiers based on Achieved Item Lv. has been added to the weekly Roster Missions help section within Una's Tasks UI.

  • Removed the Guild Request tab in the Una's Tasks UI as Weekly Guild Tasks have changed to Guild Missions and placed in the Guild UI.

  • Renamed Weekly Una's Tasks for Chaos Dungeons.

  • The Chaos Dungeon-related Weekly Una's Task shortcut now behaves differently depending on whether or not the "Kurzan Front" is open.

  • Added the Show Abbreviated Damage Font option in Settings.

  • Improved mouse cursor design and visibility.

  • Added the ability to show mouse cursor outline.

  • Added two new options to "Cursor" in the Settings > Accessibility category, and renamed the existing Mouse Cursor Size options.

  • Changed the options in the Settings > Accessibility category to be stored from Server to Client, such as Mouse Cursor and Cursor Size.

  • Changed the key used to toggle between PvP/PvE specific tooltips in Skill, Skill Tree, and Engraving tooltips from Alt to Ctrl.

  • The event mission character change button no longer works when the character selection period ends.

  • Remove the deprecated Trade Skill Notification tab from the Notifications UI.

  • Improved overall graphical representation of materials in the game.

  • Improved the appearance graphics of some key NPCs.

  • Added display of the Basic Stat "Atk. Power" in the Character Profile Window to show the Atk. Power Bonus from Tier 4 gems applied to it.

  • Added new stat information to the Character Profile Window (Evolution-Type Damage, Brand Power).

  • Added an icon in the Character Profile Window to indicate whether an Ark Passive is active or not.

  • Changed the location of some function buttons connected to the Character Profile Window to the bottom left of the Character Profile Window.

  • Improved the ability to view information and edit Engravings/Gems/Cards in regions where they are not applied.

  • Improved the ability to rename Card Presets from the Character Profile Window.

  • Changed so that when changing Card Presets in the Character Profile Window, a separate effect is not displayed.

  • Changed the instructions of the Advanced Class Preview and Tester on the class selection screen when players first create a character.

  • Made it easier to identify a character's characteristics via tag icons (removed the hexagon).

  • Improved some actions that are restricted when Find Party is active.

  • Added the "Allow entries to other dungeons while waiting" option in the Party Finder Settings.

    • Chaos Dungeon, Kurzan Front

    • Guardian Raid

    • Adventure Island

    • Chaos Gate

    • Tower, Ebony Cube

  • Added an icon to see which Adventurers are participating in other content while in a Party Search.

  • Improved the Find Party feature to retain information from the last selection, such as search terms and filters, when used within the same area.

  • Changed Find Party Lobby Posts to only invite with the invite button in the Lobby Post.

  • The following items have been added and removed from Party Finder:

    • Newly added categories

      • Guardian Raid > Purification Level 2 > Argeos

      • Kurzan Front > Abidos 1 Operation, Abidos 2 Operation

      • Ebony Cube > Ebony Cube 1st Unlock

    • Removed categories:

      • Secret Map

  • Adjusted NPC locations across the board to make it easier to access NPCs with functions in cities.

  • Removed and merged merchant NPCs in cities

    • Removed NPCs

      • Food Merchant NPC

      • Exchange Chaos Dungeon Shard NPC

      • Luxury Goods NPC

      • Sylmael Bloodstone Exchange NPC

    • Merged NPC

      • Trade Skill Tool and Cooking Ingredient Merchant NPC > Merged to General NPC

      • Processor NPC > Changed to Alchemist NPC

  • Moved 96 achievements that cannot be achieved to the "Cannot Achieve" category.

  • Adjusted the values for 119 achievements that were requiring excessive target numbers.

  • Added 3 new Trophies

    • Reached Combat Lv. 70

    • Reached Item Lv. 1,700

    • Reached Roster Lv. 400

  • Removed Tier 1 from Market and Auction House Filter > All Tiers.

  • Expanded Item Lv. settings in the Market and Auction House to go up to 1800.

  • Improved the listing UI for Market items to show remaining quantity by price.

  • Changed Item Lv. search and Item Lv. sorting in the Auction House to search and sort items by Restricted Trading Item Level.

  • Added Tier 4 option to Auction House's "Advanced Options".

  • Optimized how each sort option sorts items in the Auction House.

  • Added a new entry "Ark Passive Points" to the Codex under the "Character Growth" category.

  • Added Refine information for Tier 4 Accessories to the Codex.

  • Improved the Codex to show Transcendence information for each piece of gear.

  • Expanded Item Lv. settings in the Codex to go up to 1800.

  • Removed Tier 1 from Codex Filter > Item Tier.

  • Added exclusive background music to play when using the Lost Ark Shop and Currency Exchange.

  • Changed the card packs sold by the Stronghold "Cookie Exchange Merchant" and "Seal Merchant: Special" NPCs:

    • Legendary ~ Uncommon Card Pack > Legendary ~ Uncommon Card Pack IV

    • Legendary ~ Rare Card Pack > Legendary ~ Rare Card Pack IV

  • Adjusted the available quantities of some items sold by the Stronghold Seal Merchant.

    • Crew Application and Stronghold Crew Application: Purchasable per Roster once.

    • Phoenix Plume: Purchasable 30 times daily per Roster

  • Changed the quest prerequisite of the Stronghold Lab Lv.2 Research to "Basics of the Stronghold's Economy"

  • Of the items sold by the "Exchange Rapport" NPCs in each continent, the quantity of purchasable Rapport Chest adjusted - Roster can purchase max 10 times per week.

  • Expanded the number of buffs applicable to the following Field Bosses to 80:

    • Sevek Atun

    • Drakus

    • Israfel

  • Added so that the following items could be crafted by Alchemist NPCs of Voldis "Kalinar", South Kurzan "Elnead".

    • Novice Trade Skill Tools

    • Ship Parts Material

  • Changed the rank of the Engraving Recipe Pouch sold by the Azure Wind Island Exchange NPC "Rika" from Rare > Epic.

  • Added New Feast and BBQs.

  • Added 3 new Chef's Kitchen Menu Researches for the new feast and BBQs.

  • When crafting "Trade Skill Tool Restoration Kit" in the Stronghold Crafting Workshop Tool Crafting Part (Bound) can now be used as a crafting material.

  • Adjusted crafting cost of Oreha Fusion Material using fishing materials to match the crafting cost of other materials.

  • When registering to Market and Auction House, added a warning pop-up when trying to register at a price much lower than the recent average price.

  • If there is no set effect in the Mass Preset, added a tooltip about effects not being set to show when hovering the mouse cursor above the preset.

  • Added the ability to select Tier 4 Accessory's Refine effect's values in the Auction House "Advanced Search Options" screen's "Other Advanced Options".

  • When searching the Auction House through the Tier 4 Accessory item's Context Menu, the item's imbued Refine effect's exact value is automatically input.

  • Changed so that the "Suspicious Map" sold by the North Kurzan Wandering Merchant can be sold at its purchase price.

  • When entering the Gear Transfer UI without possessing a Material Gear and nothing shows in the material gear area, added a text informing you do not own any material gear for better visibility.

  • Changed so that the item "Trade Skill Tool Pouch" cannot be used during content progress.

  • Changed requirement of Spida Island's Achievement "World's Largest Egg" to "Mine Spida Island's largest egg once"

  • When using Sidereal "Kadan" skill during Legion Raid "Darkness Legion Commander Thaemine" [Hard] Gate 4, changed so that characters imprisoned are not damaged by the skill.

  • Changed the components of "Special Support Pack" from "Engraving Effect Supplies Chest x1" to "Epic Combat Engraving Recipe Selection Pouch x20".

  • That the number of tries for the Trade Skill Minigame is not deducted if the created Relic Trace or Carving disappears during the minigame.

  • The number of active skill uses is not deducted when foraging finishes during trade skill active use and reward is not obtained.

  • Changed so that at Platinum Field "Old Yudian Canal" Fishing provides "Fishing Essence" > "Crystallized Fishing Bauble".

  • "Crystallized Fishing Bauble" can be exchanged for other fishing materials from "Trade Skill Material Exchange" NPCs at Cities.

  • Changed so your own character's connection notification doesn't show on your own chat when starting the game.

  • Changed the notification text of Gold-Earning Character designation UI as follows:

    • Designate a character to earn Gold from Dungeons and Raids.

  • When trying to use the item "Cursed Doll" outside Shadowmoon Market or a City, the appropriate system message shows.

  • Of the uncompleted Roster Achievements, those which are impossible to complete will not show on Achievement UI Others > Cannot Achieve.

  • Achievement "Productive Blast" no longer possible to complete has been moved to "Other - Cannot Achieve" category.

  • Added "T4 Covetous Upgrade Material Chest" which can provide Tier 4 Honing Materials to Kazeros Raid Exchange shop.

  • Changed name of "Covetous Upgrade Material Chest" sold at "Kazeros Raid Exchange" shop to "T3 Covetous Upgrade Material Chest."

  • Changed so the honing and accessory chests sold at "Kazeros Raid Exchange" shop can now be filtered by "View Items at my Item Lv."

  • If the chest contains items which will be "bound when obtained" there will be a notification pop-up informing this.

  • Shortened Card Awakening method.

  • Changed so Card Enhancement and Card Awakening can be done together.

  • Changed so if you have enough cards for higher awakening, you can now perform 2 or more awakenings at once

  • As the card awakening method has been shortened, changed so that "Can be Awakened " and " Increased" name tags no longer show for cards stored in Card Catalog.

  • As the card awakening method has been shortened, removed "Only cards being enhanced" filter in the Card Catalog filter list.

  • Added a red dot to show in the following menus when not checked in for guild.

    • Game Menu [ESC] > Community > Guild

    • Game Lower Right > Community > Guild

  • Added 8 new Skin Chests for Jam Cookie Exchange Merchant NPC "Totocookie".

  • When crafting Trade Skill Tools in the Crafting Workshop "Trade Skill Tool" tab, added so that the Great Success Rate is now applied.

  • Made improvements so that after crafting a Structure in the Crafting Workshop, it can be used immediately.

  • Improved so that Structures cannot be crafted more than the possession limit.

  • When checking the Crafting Workshop's "View Craftables" option, items which have reached the possession limit and cannot be crafted have been hidden.

  • Changed the Stronghold simplified HUD menu design.

  • Added "Display Ark Passive Buff" option to Settings > Gameplay > Combat Related Settings > Display Buff Icons

  • Added information on the remaining Refine/Transmute counts in the Elixir's item tooltip.

  • Changed the Adventure Island Expected Reward displayed on Procyon's Compass to show based on the Roster's highest item level character.

  • When hovering the mouse cursor above the Ability Stone Upgrade Stone UI's Choose Upgrade Target area, the compare stats of Ability Stone will no longer show.

  • Added collapse/spread button to the event notification UI shown on the server selection screen.

  • Changed so that the following weekly quests at Rowen "Regarbank Great Plains" cannot be accepted at Wednesday 2 AM-6 AM.

    • [Weekly] Operation : Battlefield Discipline

    • [Weekly] Operation : Battlefield Fervor

    • [Weekly] Synote Mine Bloodstone

    • [Weekly] Operation : Command and Control

    • [Weekly] Operation : Morale Boost

    • [Weekly] Throbbing Bloodstone Sample

  • Changed so that Finish Now and Una Instant Complete Ticket cannot be used via the quest mini info complete button at Training Room and Trixion Training Grounds.

  • Adjusted the weight of "Supporter" when selecting the MVP in the following Tier 4 activities:

    • Epic Raid "Behemoth, the Storm Commander"

    • Kazeros Raid "Overture: Spiral of the Crimson Midnight Sun" [Hard]

    • Purify Level 2 Guardian Raid "Argeos"

  • "Changed so that characters which haven't advanced class cannot receive Knowledge Transfer.

    • If the North Vern Knowledge Transfer has already been progressed without advancing class, the Knowledge Transfer will be canceled and reverted to before Knowledge Transfer.

  • Changing the Stronghold name for the first time does not cost gold anymore.

    • If Stronghold was obtained automatically via Powerpass before the update and changed name, the gold used to change the name is given to Universal Storage.

  • Changed so title obtain items cannot be destroyed.

  • Rare Engraving Recipes can no longer be dismantled.

  • Changed so Rare Engraving Recipe cannot be registered to the market.

  • Changed so the "Token of Protection" entrance item to contents no longer available can now be destroyed.

  • Added 9 soundtracks related to North Kurzan.

  • Novice Adventurer buff extended to Item Level 1580.

  • Expanded Procyon's Protection to Thaemine Normal.

  • Epic Raid Exchange and Kazeros Raid Exchange have had T4 honing material chests added to them.

  • Added character creation and prologue improvements, with additional guidance words in these early stages to better clarify the player experience.

  • Improved engraving tooltips so that PVP-only options can be checked.

  • Adjusted the color of numeric text within engraving tooltips to improve visibility.

  • In the Shadowhunter Awakening Skill 'Gate of Eruption' tooltip, commas (,) were added to separate groups of thousands to maintain consistency with other numeric displays.

  • Fixed an issue where the 'What Matters' achievement count was not increasing when discovering the 'Gienah Statue' adventure item, and retroactively applied the fix.

  • Fixed an issue where stat increase potions were not automatically granted as rapport rank achievement rewards after completing the 'Arkesia Tour' mission under certain conditions. Stats have been granted retroactively.

  • Changed the Remote Island in the stronghold so that structures cannot be placed under tree structures.

  • Added guidance about using Royal Crystals when selling crystals at the currency exchange, and updated the description.

  • When achieving a certain rank from the excavation mini game in the 'Battlebound Plains' of West Luterra, you can now obtain additional rewards.

  • Increased the maximum value for individual stats that can be set during character creation at the Trixion Training Grounds from 1850 to 1900.

  • In the Darkness Legion Commander Thaemine's 2nd gate, during the 'First Days, the Encroaching Dark Clouds' dungeon quest, changed the objective stage update timing so that monsters in the 'Repel the Darkness Legion Demons' stage can only be killed during that stage.

  • During the 'Powerpass Selection' screen in the Powerpass process, pressing ESC takes you back to the previous 'Powerpass Type Selection' screen.

  • When searching for Inferno difficulty Legion Raid groups in the Party Finder, Inferno difficulty groups will only be displayed when you filter 'Inferno' difficulty and 'All Gates'.

  • When searching for an area name on the world map, if there is an area with an exact name match, its location will now be displayed.

  • Added maximum possible increase values for each combat stat to the combat stats tooltip in the character info window. "Each combat stat can be increased up to 2214."

  • Mitigated an issue where characters could be hit by frontal attacks when using Glaivier's 'Thrust of Destruction' skill from behind an enemy.

  • Slightly increased the duration of the powerful energy buff gained from destroying large elemental orbs during the pattern of absorbing 3 elemental orbs in the 2nd gate of Kayangel 'Eternal Cradle of Light' abyss dungeon.

  • Added Epic Raid section to the Arkesia of Memory tab.

    • Added 9 related cutscenes to the 'Behemoth, the Storm Commander' section under Epic Raids.

  • Moved the probability guidance text in some chest item tooltips to be displayed below the contents list.

  • Added acquisition source guidance for some card and stronghold crew application items.

  • Voldis normal quest 'Abandoned Homunculus' and the daily Una's Task 'Birth of a Ghost Story' quest item 'Small Toy' can only be used in the quest area.

  • When using Glavier's 'Evolving Technique' skill tree on the 'Red Dragon' skill, even if you cancel this skill during the pre-charge motion, entering the charge state and re-starting the skill will maintain the charge state.

  • In the Phantom Legion Commander Brelshaza's Gate 4 on normal difficulty, if Brelshaza banishes a character to outer space, she will not use certain patterns.

  • In order to fix an issue where monsters were not attacking characters in certain spots in Chaos Dungeons, characters will no longer be able to enter certain spots under the roof.

  • When obtaining card items while characters are using emotes/poses, the cards will now auto-register.

  • Changed certain locations in the Great Rainforest area of Voldis so characters cannot get stuck.

  • Slightly reduced the collision range of 5 structures (Garden Wall (S), Garden Wall (M), Garden Wall (L), Garden Wall (XL), Garden Gate) in order to fix an issue where structures from the Maze Theme could cause movement restrictions when rotated.

  • When the Machinist's 'Evolutionary Legacy' engraving is applied, the 'Evolutionary Legacy' buff will apply at the same timing as sync skill's hit as described in the tooltip.

  • Mitigated an issue where monsters were spawning excessively stacked in certain narrow areas of Elgacia combat maps in Chaos Dungeons.

  • When using a gamepad and mouse/keyboard together, gamepad mode will deactivate immediately when clicking the mouse or inputting keyboard keys.

  • ‘Sea Friends' structure item can now be destroyed or sold.

  • Slightly adjusted the spawn locations of preys and gatherables in certain locations in the 'Vesper, the Cursed Land' area of South Kurzan.

  • Added a 'Switch Gamepad Mode' option to settings.

  • Added 'Cursor Aim on the Edge' option to settings.

  • Transcendence grade values applied to all gear are not displayed in gear tooltips when the gear is not equipped.

  • Novice trade skill XP potions sold by exchange NPCs on the following islands are used immediately upon purchase: Giant Mushroom Island, Liebeheim, Meteora, Mercia, Golden Wave Island.

  • In the Trixion Training Grounds, you cannot change or edit gear/engravings/gems/card presets in the character info window if character stats are not applied.

  • Fixed an issue where characters could not unequip transformation toys after being hit by a boss monster, and also added super armor when transforming into transformation toys that are fixed to the transformation location.

  • Changed the following structure items so they cannot be sold or destroyed: Precious Memories Frame, Distinguished Royal Frame, Special Moments Frame, Distinguished Royal Picture Frame.

  • When using Sorceress' 'Arcane Rupture' to enter 'Magick Enhancement' or 'Arcane Torrent' state, you cannot deactivate those states by inputting the specialty skill for at least 0.5 seconds regardless of skill cooldown.

  • Removed NPCs placed in awkward locations in the military district of North Vern's 'Vern Castle' area.

  • Changed the location of objects placed at a certain point in 'Fang River' area of Rowen so characters do not get stuck there.

  • Adventurer's Tome for continents is now unlocked on a roster basis.

  • Continued optimization work for situations requiring high graphics performance in-game.

  • Expanded the rewards that can be obtained from completing Una's Tasks.

  • Expanded the range of honing materials and support materials that can be obtained from completing Una's Tasks to item level 1640.

  • If a roster has an item level 1640+ character, increased the amount of Una's Tokens earned per point when completing requests.

  • Increased the amount of silver and gold earned from adventure islands if a roster has an item level 1640+ character.

  • Added the ability for rosters with an item level 1640+ character to obtain new card packs from adventure islands.

  • Expanded Primal Island ranking rewards to include Tier 4 items.

  • Added an auto-dismantle function to Tier 4 items.

  • Removed item levels from amulets, and only applied trade restriction item levels

  • Added the tier 4 ancient 'Hero's Seraphic Amulet' amulet.

  • Added 1 new combat level achievement.

  • Adjusted the amount of combat experience earned from some content due to the combat level expansion.

  • Divided Chaos Dungeons and Una's Tasks into segments, and increased combat experience earned in each segment.

  • Tripled the amount of combat experience earned from Guardian Raids.

  • Changed the combat level cap of experience potions obtained from the following sources from 59 to 69:

    • Guild Bloodstone Shop, Wandering Merchant Ships, Proving Grounds Exchange (Courage Coins), Dispatch Station.

  • Made text adjustments to quests that provide guidance on skill tree levels due to the skill tree level-related changes.

  • Made adjustments to the skill tree-related training content in the Training Area due to the skill tree level-related changes.

  • Added 2 new combat stats - Evolution-Type Damage and Brand Power.

  • Changed pet combat stat increase effects from percentages to fixed values:

    • +2% Combat Stats > +40 Combat Stats.

    • +4% Combat Stats > +70 Combat Stats.

    • +6% Combat Stats > +100 Combat Stats.

    • +8% Combat Stats > +130 Combat Stats.

    • +10% Combat Stats > +160 Combat Stats.

  • Changed NPC name tags related to Transcendence:

    • Gear Transcendence > Transcendence

    • Craft Gear Transcendence Material > Craft Transcendence Material

  • Doubled the fixed damage of the 'Successor's Strength' effect on pants transcendence effects.

  • Added new cards and equipped set bonuses:

    • 40 new cards

    • 10 new equippable sets

    • 19 new book sets

    • Added 'Bonus vs. Archdemons' effect to book effects.

  • Added awakening level sum effects at 12/18/24/30 card awakening level total in the following equipped sets:

    • Lostwind Cliff

    • You Have a Plan

    • Grand Master Trial

    • Luterra's Ordeal

    • Light of Salvation

    • Deep Dive

    • Verdantier Plan

    • Spear Master

    • Kazeros's Legion Commanders

    • Desert of Sky

  • Added awakening level sum effects at 12/18/30 card awakening level total to the following equipped sets:

    • Guardian's Mayhem

    • Guardian's Threat

    • Guardian's Punishment

    • Guardian's Roar

    • A Sun That Rose in the South

    • Fate of the Lazeniths

    • Farewell, Weapon

    • The Hundred-Demon Parade

    • Revenge Is Mine

    • A Voice Calls

    • Romanticist

    • Master of Necromancy

    • We'll Meet Again

    • Triarchy

    • Three Umar Families

    • Scene Stealer

    • Oreha's Well

    • The Weight of Destiny

    • Death Approaches

    • Nature's Elementals

    • What Remains After War

    • Cherish Your Books

    • Forest of Giants

    • Trixion

    • Platina's People

    • Field Boss II

    • Pirate Generation

    • Chaos Guardians I

  • Added 15 new card pack items:

    • Leap Legendary Card Selection Pack II

    • Relentless Legendary Card Pack I

    • Relentless Legendary Card Pack II

    • Spirit Legendary Card Pack I

    • Spirit Legendary Card Pack II

    • Wishful Legendary Card Pack

    • Legendary Card Pack IV

    • Any Card Pack IV

    • Legendary - Uncommon Card Pack IV

    • Legendary - Rare Card Pack IV

    • Legendary - Epic Card Pack IV

    • Normal Card Pack II

    • Uncommon Card Pack II

    • Rare Card Pack II

    • Epic Card Pack II

  • You can obtain the new card packs from the following content:

    • Adventure Islands: Legendary ~ Uncommon Card Pack IV (Rosters with item level 1640+ characters only)

    • Tier 4 Endgame Content 'View Extra Reward': Any Card Pack IV

    • Chaos Gates in 1640+ item level segment: Any Card Pack IV.

  • Consolidated the 'Adventure/Victory/Raid Seals' into the 'Adventure Seals'.

    • Existing 'Victory/Raid Seals' have been replaced with 'Adventure Seals' at a 1:1 ratio in the universal storage.

    • Removed 3 seal exchange items due to the seal consolidation.

    • Existing items listed below have been replaced with 'Adventure Seals' at a 1:12 ratio in the universal storage:

      • Beast Hearts

      • Bandits’ Treasure

      • Unidentified Relic

    • Changed the seal item rewards for normal missions at the Dispatch Station to 'Adventure Seals' due to the consolidation.

    • Removed the 3 seal exchange items as SS rank rewards for normal missions at the Dispatch Station due to the consolidation.

    • Unified seal items included in existing boxes to 'Adventure Seals' due to the consolidation.

    • Replaced seal item rewards from existing content with 'Adventure Seals' due to the consolidation.

  • Changed the time required for normal missions from 4/8/12/24 hours to 2~12/24 hours.

  • Added 2 new 'Seal Exchange' Merchant NPCs:

    • Seal Merchant: Navigation NPC 'Odelia'.

    • Seal Merchant: Special NPC 'Johanna'.

  • Removed Trade Merchants

    • Changed the following 4 items previously sold by Trade Merchants to be obtained through other means:

      • Akam Wood Block: Purchased from stronghold life skill exchange NPC 'Wholesaler Mr. Shin'.

      • Crafting Recipes: Helpful Gift Chest: Purchased from stronghold life skill exchange NPC 'Wholesaler Mr. Shin'.

      • Masterpiece #2: Purchased from North Vern wandering merchant NPC 'Peter'.

      • Sail Glyph: Rascality: Purchased through the New Vernese Scout Ship.

    • Removed some research and research conditions related to the removal of Trade Merchants:

      • Removed Research: 'Merchant Contract: Trade Permit'.

      • Research with removed conditions:

        • Merchant Promotion I: Runa Pass Ministry

        • Merchant Promotion I: Loghill Brothers

        • Merchant Promotion I: Golden Tiger Merchants

        • Canceled and refunded any in-progress research that has been removed from this update.

        • Trade Merchant Contract quest has been modified to reflect new system changes.

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