Land of Sand and Frost

• A new Elyos territory, Eltnen, is added.
• A new Asmodian territory, Morheim, is added.
  • Completing the Verteron/Altgard hero quests spawns a teleport portal in the territory that travels to the new regions.
  • The teleport portal can be used once level, item-level, and Combat Power requirements are met.
  • The new Eltnen/Morheim territories roll out in stages, split across Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.

• A new class, the Brawler, and its exclusive weapon the gauntlet (권갑), are added.

• Characters can now grow to a maximum of Level 50.
• From Level 45, each level-up rewards an Superior Stigma Shard (Bound).

• New stats are added: Frontal Damage Boost, Frontal Damage Tolerance, Frontal Attack Power, Frontal Defense, Frontal Critical, and Frontal Critical Resistance.
• Frontal stats also apply through Soul Engraving, Pet Understanding, and Mana/Spirit Stones.
• The maximum caps on some stats have been removed, covering:
  • Justice [Nezekan], Freedom [Vaizel], Illusion [Kaisinel], Life [Yustiel], Time [Siel], Destruction [Zikel], Death [Triniel], Wisdom [Lumiel], Destiny [Marchutan], Space [Israphel].
  • Power, Agility, Knowledge, Health, Accuracy, Will.
  • Attack increase, Defense increase, Accuracy increase, Evasion increase, Critical increase, Critical Resistance increase, Block increase.
  • All Damage Boost entries and all Damage Tolerance entries.
  • With the caps on Boost/Tolerance stats removed, the maximum damage reduction from Damage Tolerance is capped at 80%.
• New maximum caps are set on some stats:
  • Movement Speed: max 150%.
  • Cooldown: max 60% reduction.
  • MP Consumed: max 60% reduction.
• The Critical stat's max-chance tooltip is corrected from 50% to 80%.

• Stigma skills' max level is expanded from 20 to 25.
  • From Level 20, Superior Stigma Shard (Bound) are consumed to raise a skill's level.
• Superior Stigma Shard (Bound) are earned 1 per level-up from character Level 45.
• You also earn 1 Superior Stigma Shard (Bound) when a Stigma skill reaches Level 20; resetting that skill reclaims the shard.

• Stigma reset cost is now free.

• Party and Force sizes change to a maximum of 5 and 20 members.

• Layer IV opens with a new boss.
• [Nightmare – Exchange Shop – Statue] adds the boss's new ornament.
• Nightmares with no unlock requirement can now be challenged straight through Stage 10 even without clearing the prior stages.
• When unlocked by meeting the unlock condition, you can likewise challenge straight through Stage 10.
  • In that case, clearing a higher stage also grants the first-clear rewards of the stages below it.

• A 'Doom' difficulty is added to Awakening Battles.
• New Awakening Battles are added: 'Chamber of the Dead' and 'Forgotten Repository.'

• Reward-count and final-boss-kill-count limits are removed for Expedition and Transcendence.
• Leaving an Expedition or Transcendence after clearing but without collecting the reward now still counts against your allowance. At 0 remaining you cannot enter; it resets weekly.
  • The allowance is shared across characters on the same server.
• Rewards from normal and elite monsters inside Expedition/Transcendence are removed.
• Expedition/Transcendence 'Challenge Tickets' and 'Recharge Tickets' held in your inventory or warehouse are removed.
• You can now ride pets inside dungeons; riding is disabled during boss fights and in special-play areas.
• With party size changed to 5, Expedition/Transcendence admit 5 players and Sanctuary admits 10.
  • Some boss patterns are slightly adjusted to match the new party sizes.
• Odyle dropped after Expedition Conquest (Normal/Hard) boss kills is rebalanced to a 5-player basis, for a total of 15.
• The dungeon list order in Expedition (Conquest) and Transcendence changes to show the most recently added first.

• Citadel of the Fallen Daeva — Exploration and Conquest (Normal/Hard) open.

• Citadel of the Fallen Daeva Hard difficulty costs 60 Odyle Energy; rewards are raised to match the added energy, and the guaranteed-reward count is adjusted.
• Kinah earned in some dungeons becomes Bound.
  • Kinah from Conquest Normal 'Fire Temple' and 'Ferocious Horn Den' becomes Bound Kinah.
  • 50% of the Kinah from Conquest Normal 'Dying Dramata's Nest' and 'Cradle of Nihility' becomes Bound Kinah.
  • Kinah from Conquest Hard 'Krao Cave', 'Draupnir', 'Urugugu Canyon', and 'Vakron Sky Island' becomes Bound Kinah.
  • 50% of the Kinah from Conquest Hard 'Fire Temple' and 'Ferocious Horn Den' becomes Bound Kinah.

• Abyssal Horn Den Stages 1–4 open.

• 50% of the Kinah from 'Submerged Life Temple' becomes Bound Kinah.

• Challenge-count limits are removed for 'Abyssal Forge: Ludra' and the Corroded Decontamination Facility.
  • The challenge-count condition is removed; the reward-count condition becomes the final-boss kill count.
• Every Sanctuary's final-boss kill count is adjusted from 2 to 1, and rewards are doubled.
  • Sanctuary Odyle Energy cost changes from 40 to 80.
  • With the final-boss kill count set to 1, the kill count needed for a guaranteed reward is halved.
  • Your accumulated guaranteed-reward count is halved.
  • Odd accumulated reward counts are rounded up.
  • Because the final-boss kill count is now 1, the target clear counts for Sanctuary-clear achievements will be reduced on July 8.
• For 'Abyssal Forge: Ludra' and the Corroded Decontamination Facility, mid-boss kill rewards are removed; all rewards now come from the Odyle Energy that appears on the final boss kill.
• Every Sanctuary's time limit changes to 2 hours.
• A design is added to convert 4 'Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound)' from 'Abyssal Forge: Ludra' plus 50,000,000 Kinah into an 'Abyssal Reforge: Weapon Selection Box (Bound)'.

• Events that used to run in the field phase now all play out on separate, dedicated maps.
• The existing event rules are kept.
• The NPC-dialogue entry step is skipped — you now enter straight into the map.
• On leaving after the event, you return to your last position before entering.
• Because no travel is needed to enter, entering an event no longer consumes a Return Scroll.
• The minimum contribution for rewards in the 'Protect the Shugo Merchant' event is adjusted to 1,500 points.
• The number of monster-cube openings by Shugo Festa rank is increased.
  • Across all events including Protect the Shugo Merchant, even the lowest ranks can now open at least 2 cubes (non-subscriber) / 4 cubes (subscriber).
  • In Protect the Shugo Merchant, the top ranks (1st–2nd) can open 3 cubes (non-subscriber) / 6 cubes (subscriber).

• A new Shugo Festa, 'Shugo's Dilemma', is added.
  • It is a game where you score points by gathering exactly the number of players shown on randomly generated platforms.
  • 'Shugo's Dilemma' offers a new reward, 'Shugo's Dilemma (Trace: Artwork) (Bound).'

• A new equipment slot, the Pendant, is added.
• Rare and Legendary pendants and pendant enhancement materials can be earned from Eltnen/Morheim quests.
• Unique-grade and higher pendants can be enhanced using Kinah, Breakthrough Stones, and Balaur's Essence / Radiant Balaur's Essence.

• Horn/Hide/Scale draconic materials from Expeditions and Sanctuaries are consolidated into Balaur's Essence and Radiant Balaur's Essence.
• You can convert the draconic materials you need from Balaur's Essence (Bound) / Radiant Balaur's Essence (Bound), and convert crafted, processed draconic materials back into Balaur's Essence (Bound) / Radiant Balaur's Essence (Bound).

• New Arcana slots are added: Key, Hourglass, Dice, and Lantern.
• This Transcendence lets you obtain the Key and Hourglass Arcana; the Dice and Lantern Arcana will be added in a future update.
• Arcana included in the 'Prelude of Punishment', 'Guarded Soul', and 'Indomitable Tenacity' sets are added.
• These Arcana can be crafted with 500,000 Kinah and 'Pure Crystal (Bound)' to lock one option.

• Three tradable, exchange-listable Medal Boxes are added to the Abyss.
  • Medal Boxes can be obtained with a chance from Chapter 1 Abyss boss Merit Boxes or from the newly added 'Battelscar Abyss Command: Middle (Bound)'.
• A 'Battelscar Abyss Command: Middle (Bound)' that can be carried out in Chaotic Middle Reshanta is added.
• The 'Battelscar Abyss Command: Middle (Bound)' is completed by killing enemy-faction players and rewards various Bound medals and tradable Medal Boxes.
• With the server rematch, Artifact captures and the Abyss corridor are reset.
• For server matching info, see the CM Base.

• 'Abyss Reshanta Upper Layer' is added.
• Only characters set to item level 4,300 or below, or Combat Power 400K or below, may enter.
• If you exceed the entry conditions while in the Upper Layer, you are immediately forced out and, as a penalty, 1 hour is deducted from your base Upper-Layer usage time.
• The Upper Layer admits up to 300 players per faction (600 total) and, unlike the Lower or Middle Layer, is an Abyss with no Artifacts.

• Abyss boss-kill and Artifact-siege reward payout changes from overall-contribution ranking to per-class ranking, so more players receive rewards than before.
• The medal amounts for Abyss boss and Artifact-siege contribution rewards are partly increased.

• Medal rewards from Season Missions are increased and some missions are added.

• The 'Abyss Points' and 'Enhance Stone' amounts from completing Supply Requests are increased.
• A 'Soul Crystal (Bound)' reward is added to the 'Season: Crafting' and 'Season: Boss' tab rewards.

• New draconic crafted gear.
  • 'Azure Dragon King / Doom Dragon King' armor crafting designs are added.
  • 'Azure Dragon King / Doom Dragon King' armor is craftable using 'Radiant Sky Dragon King / Horned Dragon King' armor as transfer material.
  • The crafting material 'Runaway Aura of Terror: Armor (Bound)' can be obtained by converting 'Lava Heart' armor or the Gear Change Tickets from the new Expedition's guaranteed rewards.
• New Abyss gear.
  • 'Guardian/Archon Praetorian Captain' armor is added to the Abyss shop.
  • A design to transfer-craft 'Guardian/Archon Legatus' armor into 'Guardian/Archon Praetorian Captain' armor is added.
• Heroic-grade Noble Belt, Revelation Amulet, and Fierce Battle Amulet are added.
  • A design to convert a Unique-grade +10 Amulet/Belt into a Heroic-grade Amulet/Belt is added.
  • You can buy an 'Fierce Battle Amulet Enhance Scroll (Bound)' from [Abyss – Abyss Shop] to enhance a Heroic-grade Amulet.

• Transfer-count limits are removed; transfers now succeed at a 100% rate.
  • With transfer chance now 100%, materials previously spent on failed transfers will be reimbursed in stages from July 8, based on play logs.
• The advanced-transfer count limit is removed, and the maximum Kinah cost per transfer is fixed at 50,000,000.

• A design to transfer-craft Unique-grade draconic gear into Heroic-grade draconic gear is added.
  • A design to transfer-craft 'Radiant Mystic Dragon King / Crimson Dragon King' gear into 'Sky Dragon King / Horned Dragon King' gear is added.
• A design to transfer-craft Unique-grade Abyss gear into Heroic-grade Abyss gear is added.
  • A design to transfer-craft 'Guardian/Archon Centurion' gear into 'Guardian/Archon Legatus' gear is added.
• [Crafting – Transfer Crafting – Jewelcraft] the recipe to transfer-craft 'Faded Shadow Bracelet' using 'Ludra's Bracelet' as transfer material has been removed. (Added 7/1 10:15)
  • However, converting 'Faded Shadow Bracelet' via [Substance Morph – Gear] and then using the transfer system yields the same result with the same materials.
  • With same-grade transfer changed to 100% chance and unlimited count, [Crafting – Transfer Crafting] the recipe to transfer-craft the 'Lava Heart Weapon' using the 'Eroded Ruler's Weapon' and 'Lava Heart Weapon' as materials has been removed.

• The conversion-level requirement for the 'Stigma Shard (Bound)' Substance Morph design (using 'Unstable Stigma Shard (Bound)' as material) is set to 45.

• Cooperative Arena participation changes to 5-vs-5.
• Battleground participation changes to 10-vs-10.
• A new Battleground type, 'Sandstorm Temple', is added. (The existing 'Cradle of Odyle Shards' ends.)
• Inside the Battleground, everyone's stats are applied equally.
  • Also, learned Mastery skills are forced to Level 20 and Stigma skills to Level 25. (You cannot learn new skills inside the Battleground.)
• Battleground win/participation Abyss Point and medal rewards are increased, and a 'Fragment: Azphel's Trace (Bound)' item is added to the victory reward.

• New Monoliths are added in Eltnen and Morheim.
• Find the scattered Traces of the Empyrean Lords in Eltnen and Morheim and resonate them at a Monolith to raise its level for rewards.
• A design to convert a Unique-grade '+10 Revelation Amulet' into a Heroic-grade 'Revelation Amulet' is added.
  • You can enhance a Heroic-grade Amulet with the 'Revelation Amulet Enhance Scroll (Bound)' earned from Monolith level-up rewards.

• New field bosses are added in Eltnen/Morheim.
• New boss artwork and dedicated gear are added.
• On a field-boss kill, rewards are additionally granted to everyone who contributed.
  • A reward box that can grant a 'Sync Stone Fragment (Unique) (Bound)' and gear is granted.
  • You can obtain the boss's 'Artwork Scrap.'
  • Each boss's artwork can be converted using 'Artwork Scrap' as material.

• Hidden Cube rewards are reworked.
  • You can newly obtain new cosmetics, new wings, 'Mid/High Mana Stones', 'Mid/High Spirit Stones', 'Radiant Gathering Material Selection Bundle (Bound)', and 'Lucky Kinah Box (Bound).'
  • The drop rate and reward counts of 'Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound)', 'Soul Codex (Bound)', 'Soul Codex: Reset (Bound)', 'Mana Potion (Bound)', 'Life Crystal', divine stones, and scrolls are increased.

• A 'Splendent Skin Chest (10 times) (Bound)' is added to the Black Cloud Trading Company lineup.
  • The 'Splendent Skin Chest (10 times) (Bound)' has a higher chance of Unique appearances than the existing 'Skin Chest (10 times) (Bound).'
• Prices across the whole lineup are lowered.

• The effects of titles and Pantheon ornaments earned as Season 2 ranking rewards are removed.
  • Already-earned titles and Pantheon ornaments are kept — only their effects are removed.

• A Membership Event Pass is added.
• You earn a Membership Event Pass each time you subscribe to Kwairing Express Membership or extend your subscription.
• If a Membership Event Pass is already active, additional passes are stored on standby.
• A standby pass activates automatically when the in-progress pass completes or expires.
• The pass count, progress, and reward-claim history are managed per server.
• If you held Kwairing Express Membership before the July 1 update, a Membership Event Pass is granted based on your remaining subscription time as of the July 1 maintenance start.
  • The number granted is calculated as [remaining subscription days ÷ 28].
  • Any fractional result is rounded up.

• A Gauntlet tab is added to the weapon category of the sell list.
• For the Brawler class, the Gauntlet is recommended in Main > Recommended Gear > Weapon slot.

• Special-grade appearances change to server-wide sharing across your characters.
  • After consolidating the appearances your same-server characters own, exchange tickets are granted to your inventory (cube) for duplicates.
  • Grant example:

• Even if one character owns several of the same appearance, it counts as owning 1 for ticket purposes.
• Exchange tickets are granted at differing rates based on the duplicates owned.

• Each exchange ticket can be used at [In-game Menu] → [Wardrobe] → [Wardrobe Shop], or [In-game Menu] → [Shop] → [Event] → [click appearance product] → [Wardrobe Shop].
• Achievement counts rise to match the number of shared appearances.
• 'Cozy Rabbit Costume (Appearance: Set)', '(Appearance: Cuirass)', and '(Appearance: Boots)' will be granted separately as exchange tickets on July 15.
• Appearances not yet claimed from your storage will be converted to exchange tickets in bulk on July 15.
• Styling feature expansion.
  • Styled Special appearances are also shared with your other characters on the server.
• Head ornaments are added.
  • Head ornaments are equipped from the Equip > Ornament tab.
• The Brawler class's weapon, the Gauntlet, is added to the weapon tab.

• New pets obtainable in Eltnen/Morheim are added.
• Special-race pets change to server-wide sharing across your characters.
  • After consolidating the pets your same-server characters own, exchange tickets are granted to your inventory (cube) for all duplicates beyond one.

• Pet Exchange Tickets can be used in the [In-game Menu] → [Shop] → [Event] tab.
• Pets not yet claimed from your storage will be converted to exchange tickets in bulk on July 15.
• Across all shops, the owned/stored status of special-race pets is shown as below.
  • Owned special-race pets are marked [Owned] and [Cannot Purchase].
  • Special-race-grade pets held in storage are marked [Stored] and [Cannot Purchase].
  • Even if not a purchased product, an owned special-race pet shows a purchase quantity of 1/1.

• One free character slot is added.

• New bases are placed in the Eltnen/Morheim regions.
• Base rental/extension.
  • Base rental and extension status is shared across regional bases.
  • If you rented a Verteron/Altgard base, the Eltnen/Morheim base carries the same rental status.
• Base entry.
  • You enter the base of the region your character is currently in.
  • Using a Base Return Scroll moves you to the base of your current region.
• Opening Legion > Base UI shows your current region's base info, from which you can enter.
  • Entering a base consumes 1 Base Return Scroll, same as before.
• Travel between bases.
  • Portals to each region's base are placed inside the base.
  • Traveling from Verteron/Altgard to Eltnen/Morheim requires meeting the following conditions:
    • Character Lv.45.
    • Item level 3,300 or higher.
    • Combat Power 270,000 or higher.
• Traveling between bases does not consume a Base Return Scroll.

• The Sprout Badge is added.
• The Sprout Badge is given to new or returning users.
• Activating the 'New Ascent' growth support and subscribing to Kwairing Express Membership activates the Sprout Badge.
• While the Sprout Badge is active, a buff that helps in PvP combat is granted.
• The Sprout Badge is removed when you reach the set Combat Power and item level, or when its valid time ends.
• Users without a badge, or whose badge has been removed, are classed as regular users.
• Clearing a target dungeon together with a Sprout user lets regular users obtain a 'Grateful Small Odyle Energy (Bound).'
  • Target dungeons are Expedition, Transcendence, and Sanctuary; combined across all of them, you can receive up to 14 rewards per server per week.
  • A Sprout icon is shown on the target-dungeon entry screen.
  • When a Sprout user joins a target dungeon's party or Force, a Sprout Badge is shown on the class icon.
  • The Odyle Energy reward amount is proportional to the Odyle Energy the Sprout user spent, and the reward count is reduced by the number of Odyle Energy Cubes the Sprout user opened.
  • However, even with multiple Sprout users, you can receive the reward at most 2 times.
  • Reward-claim status can be checked on the dungeon entry screen.

• Using a Garrison / Seal-Dungeon Daeva Express item clears the uncleared Garrisons / Seal Dungeons in the set region and grants their rewards.
• Using a Traces-of-the-Empyrean-Lords Daeva Express item grants all the uncollected Traces of the Empyrean Lords in the set region.

• The Nezekan, Zikel, Vaizel, and Triniel boards are expanded.
  • As new obtainable Daevanion Crystal (Bound) are added, the Daevanion boards are expanded and re-laid out with new nodes.
  • Board resets for Nezekan, Zikel, Vaizel, and Triniel are provided so you can re-plan the changed boards.
• A Daevanion convenience feature is added.
  • If you hold enough Daevanion Points to learn the whole board, 'Learn All Nodes' lets you learn them all at once.
  • Selecting a node with no adjacent learned node shows the minimum-point route to that node and lets you learn as many nodes as your points allow.

• Spirits no longer take damage from any kind of damage-over-time effect.
• A setting is added for a hotkey that unsummons all spirits.

Location: [In-game Menu] → [Subscription] → [Membership Pass]. Period: from subscribing to Kwairing Express Membership until the membership ends (28 days total). Complete missions during the pass to earn rewards. The pass has 8 mission types, each in stages 1–4; cumulative completions of 10 / 15 / 20 missions grant extra rewards. A 'Subscription: Kwairing Express Membership (2 days)' from this pass adds 2 days of membership benefit (30 days total) but does not extend the pass-active period. Reward limit: once per server. Rewards are sent to the currently connected character.

Schedule: after the July 1 maintenance until before the July 22 maintenance. The 'New Adventure Begins' attendance book opens — check rewards in [In-game Menu – Attendance]. The attendance book resets daily at 00:00.

Growth Support usable: after the July 1 maintenance until before the November 4 maintenance. Activation and coin purchase: until before the October 28 maintenance. Four new growth supports open — 'Exciting First Steps', 'New Ascent', 'New Continent Explorer', and 'Slow and Steady'. Coins to activate each are bought at 0 Quna from the [Shop]; the 'Exciting First Steps' coin from the [Event] tab and the others from the [Breeze Store] tab (available while a membership is active). New/returning Daevas may buy 2 each of the 'Exciting First Steps' and 'New Ascent' coins and activate them on up to 2 characters. All coins expire on 2026-10-28 05:00. Each support can be Premium-activated for an added cost.

Schedule: after the July 1 maintenance until before the August 5 maintenance. The 'New Breath' attendance book opens — check rewards in [In-game Menu – Attendance]. The attendance book resets daily at 00:00.

Schedule: after the July 1 maintenance until before the July 15 maintenance. During the event, styling cost is discounted 50%, from 200 Quna to 100 Quna. Enter the Wardrobe menu and use the styling button (palette icon) to dye owned costumes and weapon skins — pick a part and change its dye, material, pattern, and pattern color.

The 'Daevanion Marchutan Boost-Up' event that ran 2026-04-08 – 2026-07-01 ends, and the obtainable amount of 'Fragment: Marchutan's Trace (Bound)' in the Expedition and Transcendence dungeons below reverts to normal.

Angel & Devil Set (2 types) / Lovely Heart Angel / Sexy Chic Devil / Clear After Rain Raincoat. Sold at [Wardrobe] → [Wardrobe Shop] (or via [Shop] → [Event]). On sale from the July 1 maintenance until before the August 12 maintenance. Prices are PURPLE Store prices and may differ by store.

Sold at [Wardrobe Shop] → [Single]. On sale from the July 1 maintenance until before the August 12 maintenance.

• HUD Editing
  • fixed a resized-but-unselected UI reverting to its previous size when clicked.
  • changes made to an unselected UI are now retained.
• Main Target UI
  • fixed some info not showing on the Main Target UI when switching to PURPLE Streaming mode.
  • the target's character name, level, insignia, and HP now display correctly even in PURPLE Streaming mode.
• Pantheon
  • ornaments registered by using an item now auto-equip to the ornament case.
  • auto-equip requires at least 1 empty slot in the current ornament-case preset.
  • with no empty slot, the ornament is only registered, not auto-equipped.
• Colossus: Guardian General Nahma's effect is buffed. (Justice [Nezekan], Time [Siel], Destruction [Zikel] 50 → 55)
• Contribution
  • the minimum contribution needed for Odyle Energy Cube rewards in Expedition/Transcendence is adjusted from 3% to 1%.
• Quest
  • teleports are provided at some steps of Poeta, Verteron, Ishalgen, and Altgard quests.
  • Verteron/Altgard episode and regional quest difficulty is somewhat eased.
  • the journal location for the Verteron regional quest 'Unorthodox Profit Formula' is corrected to 'Drana Plantation.'
• Combat Power Meter
  • the UI is simplified.
  • an auto-measure mode is added (toggle manual ↔ auto in the UI).
  • with auto-measure on, measurement starts automatically when you attack a boss monster.
  • up to 100 measurements are recorded.
• Boss Direction Marker
  • the existing boss rear-marker option now shows front and rear. (Settings > Info Display > Combat)
  • selectable as show both / front only / rear only / none.
• [Journal – Duty – Mission] the number of missions shown at once increases to 15.

• Fixed the Expedition 'Dying Dramata's Nest – Hard' boss 'Decaying Durvati' using 'Rising Poison Swamp' before 'Poison Swamp' when its HP dropped very quickly.
• Sanctuary Corroded Decontamination Facility boss Terminator Bargott's 'Bargott blows it all up!' pattern: the condition is eased so it no longer wipes the party when only 1 bomb remains.
• The 'Seed of Detection' chance from Shugo Festa is lowered from 100% to 70%.
• The Abyss Point acquisition limit is adjusted to the million unit.
• 'Burn' inflicted by 'Terminator Bargott' and 'Iscariel' is now removed immediately when the boss is defeated.
• 'Armor Break' inflicted by 'Afflicted Bakarma' and 'Solemn Valkan' is now removed immediately when the boss is defeated.