Greetings, Rune Hunters.

Our next update will take place on May. 11 (Thu).

Please see below for more details.

※ The following updates may change or be postponed when the update takes place.

※ These are the improvements and changes that will come into place with the update.

◆ Improvements and Other Changes

■ Tooltips

- The tooltip for the Deadly Poison Skewer Skill Rune will change.

- The tooltip for the Deadly Poison Claw Skill Rune will change.

- The tooltip for the Flamethrower Skill Rune will change.

■ Stats

- The stat names below will change.

- Detailed descriptions will be added to Link Rune tooltips, and you can check them by selecting the relevant stat in the game.

ㄴ When Status Effects occur, the DMG that determines the effect and duration is amplified,

     so higher effect and duration values are applied.

■ Void Rift – New Season

- The previous season of Void Rift will end, and a new season will begin!

  Your Void Rift progress, Rank Points, and reward history is reset every season.

  The boss monsters of each area will also change once the Void Rift is reset.

  You will not be able to receive the previous season’s rewards once the season ends,

  so please be sure to collect all rewards before maintenance takes place.

- Each Void Rift season will take place for 2 weeks.

■ Descent Raids

- The ‘Magroth’ Descent Raid will end.

- The ‘Trischema’ Descent Raid will start.

- The ‘Vilam’ Descent Raid will start on May. 18 (Thu).

- Descent Raids take place for 2 weeks, and are followed by a 1-week reward period.

■ Inventory

- Charms will be separated from gear in the Inventory tab.

■ Auction House

- Sealed Runes will be moved from the ‘Others’ category to the ‘Rune’ category in the Auction House.

■ Paid Shop

- UI will be improved so users can scroll when there are 5 or more grantable items from the items for sale at the Paid Shop.

- The purchase limit per purchase of Memory Runes and God’s Resonance Stones has been lifted.

■ Rankings

- Rankings exclusive to Seasons will be marked differently to normal rankings.

■ Map Exploration Rate

- The method for claiming rewards for map exploration rates will change from claiming for each stage → claiming all in one go.

ㄴ The ‘Receive Reward‘ button will change to a ‘Receive All’ button,

     and when the ‘Receive All’ button is selected, all exploration rate rewards that have not yet been received will be claimed.

■ DMG

- A differentiating DMG font feature will be added so that Maximized DMG can be seen more easily.

■ Alchemy

- The ‘Trigger Rune Change Essence’ section in the Alchemy Combining/Essence menu

  will be changed to ‘[Exclusive] Trigger Rune Change Essence’.

- Each World's Memory Tier/Grade section in the Alchemy Combining menu will be improved

  so that multiple can be crafted at the same time.

- A section where you can combine [Exclusive] Traum’s Crystal Pieces with Traum's Crystal Pieces

  will be added to the Alchemy Combining/Other menu. 

- After the update, you will get [Exclusive] items when combining Trigger Rune Change Essences.

- After the update, you will be able to use [Exclusive] Rune Link Essences as material

   when combining Trigger Rune Change Essences.

- Costs for combining Trigger Rune Change Essences will change.

  ㄴ Before: Rune Link Essence x500, Philosopher's Stone x5

       After: Rune Link Essence x100

- After the update, items obtained in the previous Season will be available to transfer

  in gear transfer in the Alchemy Transfer menu. 

  However, they cannot be transferred with items acquired from new Seasons.

■ Chaos Dungeons 

- When playing Chaos Dungeons, ‘Rune Hunter's Resolve’,

  which allows you to obtain additional Statue EXP, will be applied.

※ 'Rune Hunter’s Resolve’ applies different values for different periods.

■ Other

- Emphasized sound effects for when Crystal Orbs and Chaos Crystals are dropped will be removed.

※ The following is information on the new products that will be added with the update.

◆ Zodiac Pass – Season 2

The Zodiac Pass product will be updated.

✔ Passes can be used and purchased from ’Event’ in the upper right corner.

■ Zodiac Pass Use Period

- After the May. 11 (Thu) maintenance – Until before the May. 25 (Thu) maintenance

■ What is the Zodiac Pass?

- Purchasing a Zodiac Pass applies the following benefits during the Pass period:

  Alchemy Slot + 1, Formula Slot +1, Alchemy Brewing Acceleration +50%, Zodiac Free Reset

- By clearing Zodiac Pass ‘missions’, you can collect EXP and raise your Pass Level.

  You can then obtain the various rewards corresponding to each level.

- Pass Rewards are available for up to Level 20, and you can only obtain rewards for each level once.

- Zodiac Passes are applied according to mode within each account,

  and once purchased, its effects are also applied separately according to mode.

  Zodiac Pass missions, rewards, and levels are shared within each mode.

  E.g.) Playing in Standard Mode will not be affected by your Pass in Season Mode.

■ Zodiac Pass Rewards

- Normal Rewards: Can be obtained when your Zodiac Pass level increases.

- Premium Rewards: Can be obtained when you purchase the Premium Pass and your Zodiac Pass level increases.

 Details on rewards for each level can be found within the game.

■ Premium Rewards

- If you purchase the Premium Zodiac Pass, you can receive Premium Rewards

  in addition to Normal Rewards when your Pass Level increases.

- With Premium Rewards, you can obtain higher value rewards

  such as [Exclusive] Skill Rune Legendary Upgrade Essences.

- Purchased Premium Rewards will only be applied during the current season,

  so please make sure to claim them before the Pass period expires.

■ To Note

※ The outlined period and details above may be subject to change.

※ With the Zodiac Pass, progress levels, points, and rewards will be changed and reset once the season ends.

※ If you have activated level rewards, please claim them before the end of the season.

※ Premium Rewards can only be claimed if you purchase the Premium Pass.

※ These products may be resold in a same or similar format in the future.

※ These are the Character, Rune, Monster, and other balance changes that will be made.

■ Drops

- The drop chance of higher-grade Earth Elements dropping for higher monster levels will be increased.

- Among Rare Essences, the appearance chances for Rare Upgrade Essences, Rare Imbue Essences,

  Rare Expansion Essences, Charm Rare Upgrade Essences, Charm Rare Change Essences,

  Skill Rune Rare Upgrade Essences, and Link Rune Rare Upgrade Essences will be increased.

- When Charms are dropped, the chance of Rare Charms being dropped

  and the Rare Charm change chance due to the rarity of discovered items will be significantly increased.

- Chaos Event: The drop chance of items in Chaotic Realms will be increased.

- Chaos Event: With the Serpens Statue, the drop chance of Charm Essences from the statue

  and from the monsters summoned by the statue will be significantly increased.

- Chaos Event: With the Serpens Statue, the Elite monsters summoned by the statue

  will drop large amounts of Darkness Energy after the update.

- The amount of Normal Rune Essences dropped by Elite monsters will be increased.

- The amount of Essences dropped in Chaos Dungeons will be increased.

■ Charms

- The chance of Rare Charms appearing when synthesizing Magic Charms will be increased from 3% to 30%.

- The chance of high-tier Charms appearing when synthesizing Charms will be increased.

※ The standards for changing Tier will be based on the highest tier among registered Charms, and cannot exceed Tier 8.

■ Monsters

- The difficulty of certain skills of Four-legged Bartus will be decreased.

- The Freeze duration of Treasure Chests has increased slightly.

※ These are the bug fixes that will take place with the update.

■ Storage

- Restoration for the issue where items disappeared from Storage have been completed.

ㄴ Restored items have been sent to your in-game mail, so please check your mailbox.

ㄴ As mail have a storage period, please make sure to claim your items within the period.

    If you do not claim the items within the period,

    please note that we may not be able to offer you additional assistance on the matter, such as sending the items again.



■ Options

- The issue where the ‘+% DMG for 3 s upon using a potion’ option for the Unique item, ‘Golden Band of Opportunity’,

  does not work when using Mana/Enhance Potions, will be fixed.

■ Compendium

- The issue where users’ Chaos Compendium progress is reset will be fixed.

ㄴ Restored items have been sent to your in-game mail, so please check your mailbox.

ㄴ As mail have a storage period, please make sure to claim your items within the period.

    If you do not claim the items within the period,

    please note that we may not be able to offer you additional assistance on the matter, such as sending the items again.

- The issue where the Item Compendium Collection Effect is not applied when selecting a character will be fixed.

■ Quests

- The issue where users cannot complete the sub quest ‘Searching for Traces’ in certain circumstances will be fixed.

　→ If you experience this issue, please complete the quest by talking to NPC ‘Robu’ in Symmesbicul.

- The issue where quest tier values are not displayed for some quests that have Chaos Dungeon tier conditions will be fixed.

- The issue where directions for navigating the quest is not displayed

  during Act 11 ‘Investigate Special Hatchery Room’ will be fixed.

■ Titles

- The issue where Standard character Titles change to being unowned

  when Titles are obtained with a Season character will be fixed.

- The issue where Titles related to Achievements in Within the Storm will be fixed.

■ Tooltips

- Changes will be made so that the phrase, ‘Decrease stage every 1 s upon canceling’,

  is displayed in the Fire Torrent [Source] Awakening tooltip.

■ Runestones 

- The issue where use of Trading Keys when previewing Chest contents and when actually obtaining them

  are displayed differently will be fixed.

- You will be able to obtain Runestones that can be registered at the Auction House through drops after the update.

■ Rune Growth

- The issue where the Rune Growth quick menu is displayed

  even when the quick menu notification has been turned off will be fixed.

■ Skill Runes

- The issue where the ‘Time of the Hunt’ Zodiac resets the cooldown time

   for the ‘Agile Movement’ and ‘Marksman’ Skill Runes will be fixed.

- The issue where the trigger skill does not activate

  when linking the ‘Flames of Death’ Skill Rune as the target skill will be fixed.

- The issue where the ‘Piercing’ Link Rune does not link to ‘Whirlwind Slash [Source]’ will be fixed.

■ Link Runes

- The issue where the Hit Rate bonus of the Precision Link Rune does not work properly on Awakening conditions

  when linking the ‘Precision [Origin]’ Link Rune to a Summon Skill will be fixed.

- The issue where the ‘Chain Impact’ Link Rune does not link to some skills that are capable of being Chained will be fixed.

- The issue where the ‘Preemptive Strike’ Link Rune’s buff does not work properly will be fixed.

  ㄴ This will be fixed at a later date.  (May. 12 14:30 (UTC+9) Added) (May. 12 21:38 (UTC+9) Edit Completed)

- The issue where stats sometimes decrease during battle will be fixed. (May. 11 15:55 (UTC+9) Added)

■ Items  

- The issue where the contents of the [Exclusive] Rune Link Essence Bundle

  and [Exclusive] Rune Color Essence Bundle is displayed incorrectly will be fixed.

- The issue where the following undistributed items are displayed on the Black Market will be fixed.

■ Zodiacs

- The issue where incorrect text is displayed for some Zodiac Stone options will be fixed.

- The issue where materials seem to be consumed when resetting Zodiacs before clearing Episode 2 will be fixed.

- A confusing phrase that appears in the Zodiac Pass mission description will be corrected.

ㄴ Season Mission: ‘Complete Raid Dungeon x n’ → ‘Clear Descent Raid x n’

■ Paid Shop

- The issue where the icon for the Combined Beauty Package is different to the actual product that is sent will be fixed.

■ Rankings

- The issue where Challenge EXP is refreshed even though the character has died will be fixed.

■ Charms

- The issue where when obtaining Charms, only Affixes that match the Charm tier can be imbued will be fixed.

■ Pets

- The issue where Pets cannot automatically obtain some items will be fixed.

■ Costumes

- The issue where Costumes purchased before the Season

  have not displayed properly since the Apr. 27 (Thu) update will be fixed.

 ㄴ Users will be refunded for costumes that have been purchased more than once with Rubies during the maintenance.

■ Guild

- The issue where requests to join Season Guilds cannot be declined will be fixed.

- The issue where Guild Master info and Guild Master Season info in Guild info is different will be fixed. (05/16 19:30 (UTC+9) Added)

- The issue where Guild buffs sometimes cannot be activated will be fixed. (May. 15 18:42 (UTC+9) Added)

■ Drops

- The issue where Unique Relics do not drop with the ‘Anchorage of the Golden Ring’ Greater Chaos Card will be fixed.

- The issue where Greater Chaos Cards are not dropped properly will be fixed.

■ Constellation of Time

- The issue where Seal of Engraving can be obtained from Constellation of Time Reward Chests will be fixed.  

　ㄴ Obtained Seals of Engraving will be retrieved

        and replaced with [Exclusive] Rune Engraving Stone Selection Chests instead.

    ㄴ Season Mode : We will notify you of when this will take place with a notice when maintenance takes place at a later date. (May. 11 15:13 (UTC+9) Added)

- The issue where Mystery Stones created in Constellation of Time stages

  are created in areas where movement is not possible will be fixed.

■ Altar of Blessing

- The issue where icons and effects disappear when activating Realm Rifts will be fixed.

■ Chaos Dungeons

- Changes will be made so that Glachi Chieftain Vir is moved to the middle

   when casting Pillar summoning patterns in Nemera Float Tier 8.

■ Spire of Barrier

- The issue where Waypoints in Town are sometimes not displayed

  when returning to Town after exiting Spire of Barrier will be fixed.

■ Sound

- The issue where ambient sounds play while on mute in Act 11 Town will be fixed. (May. 11 12:03 (UTC+9) Added)

■ Achievements

- The issue where Achievement rewards cannot be obtained

  even though the ‘Towards the Future’ quest has been cleared will be fixed. (May. 11 12:03 (UTC+9) Added)

■ Other

- The issue where actions such as movement and using skills are sometimes not possible

  after completing quests or replaying a sequence in certain environments will be fixed.

- The issue where mode information is not displayed properly when accessing the mailbox in certain ways will be fixed.

- The issue where certain refund messages appear when language is set to Korean

   but the country code is not for Korea will be fixed.

- The issue where the Casting sound for the Judgment of Light Skill Rune does not play will be fixed.

- The issue where in some environments,

  all content is locked and users cannot move after the Apr. 27 (Thu) update will be fixed.

- The issue where users cannot check received mail in their mailbox will be fixed. (May. 11 12:03 (UTC+9) Added)

We hope that these update details will help you avoid any inconvenience as you play the game.

Thank you.