Shadow Arena News

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena

The scheduled update regarding the Pearl Abyss Account registration for Steam players and OTP service has been changed to February 16 (Tue) February 17 (Wed). (Modified)

After the update, please complete the Pearl Abyss Account registration process after starting the Steam launcher as explained below to continue enjoying Shadow Arena.

We apologize for the change in the update schedule.

Please refer to the notice below for more details.

Thank you



Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.

First, we would like to extend our gratitude to all our players who send support to Shadow Arena at all times.

We would like to inform our Steam players about the recent updates on the “Pearl Abyss Account” service, in which you can enjoy the games Pearl Abyss services more conveniently with a single account.

※ Pearl Abyss Account

: When signing up to Pearl Abyss, you can use all the websites and games of Pearl Abyss affiliates or subsidiaries with a single account (however, you will have to agree to the Terms of Service of each game before playing).

You can protect your Pearl Abyss account more safely by activating the OTP service, which is a two-step verification service that requires you to enter a one-time password each time you log in.

▶ [Learn more about the OTP service]


Players who are using the Steam launcher will be able to use this service after the maintenance on February 18 (Thu) February 16 (Tue) February 17 (Wed). (Modified)


However, please be noted that you need to register your Steam account as a Pearl Abyss account and provide additional information including your email address and region information as you need to have your email address verified to activate the OTP service. Therefore, please start the Steam launcher and complete this process to continue playing Shadow Arena.

Also, as our games are enjoyed globally, we are taking into consideration various aspects such as unique characteristics, laws, and local conditions of each region to provide a more adequate and optimized gameplay environment for our players. Hence, the serviced region of games playable with a Pearl Abyss account may differ, and players residing in certain regions may not have access to our game(s).

You will have to change your region information if Shadow Arena is not serviced in the region you have selected. If you need to make changes to your account information such as your name, region, or date of birth after registering your Steam account, please contact Support.

We hope you find this notice helpful.

We will continue to work on providing a more convenient and stable service.



Thank you

Greetings. This is Shadow Arena.
Here are the updates to February 10 (Wed).

* Patch Size: Approx. 46.31 MB

Check out the details below, and we will see you in the Arena!


[DEV Notes]
Before we dive in to our patch notes, we would like to apologize for the inconvenience caused by some issues related to normal combat.
We will do our very best to make sure such issues do not occur preemptively and put our utmost effort to correct issues that are critical to your gameplay as soon as possible.


[h3]■ Black Spirit Skills[/h3]
- Added stiffness resistance effect when using Matchlock.
- Changed Matchlock use to have approximately a second of shooting preparation time when clicking LMB before immediately being shot.
- Increased the time it takes for the next motion after shooting matchlock from 0.67 seconds to 1 second.

[DEV Notes]
We had an issue where monsters such as Shadow Lords could be immediately killed as Matchlocks had an effect that deals extra damage to Monsters.
Also, it had been hard for players to respond to their opponents' Matchlock attack, since it causes immediate damage and CC effects from afar unlike “Kick,” a Black Spirit skill.

While "Kick" has an advantage where players can continue on with combos in a melee range, "Matchlock" had a greater advantage on top of this where the player could inflict damage to the enemy from a long distance with a high amount of damage.
Thus, we have added a short delay in shooting to Matchlocks in a bid to reduce cases of it being used as a combo, and gave a more legroom for the opponent to dodge the skill.
Still we granted a stiffness resistance buff to Matchlocks so that the firing motion would not be interfered by the opponent’s basic attack.


[h3]■ Hero [/h3]
| All
- Fixed an issue where Heroes could escape with Blink right after being hit by Vice of Badal the Golden.

[h3]■ Item[/h3]
- Changed the Attack Speed of Crooked Hook to show up on the below status information UI.
- Added “Ignore defense” to Crooked Hook item descriptions.
- Decreased the damage dealt proportional to the maximum HP of enemies of Crooked Hook from 3% to 2%.
- Fixed an issue where the cooldown of Chain Mail Armor was being applied as 35 seconds, not 30 seconds.

[DEV Notes]
Crooked Hook is an item made to keep the opponent’s growth and play in check.
However, as this item was too efficient since it afflicts a fixed amount of damage proportional to the enemy’s HP ignoring the defensive effect, we decreased the HP proportional figure to 2%.

Additionaly, we do know that the efficiency of certain items including Crooked Hook (i.e. items with buff by the number of hits) is affected by the number of hits made by the Hero. As such, we are preparing to make detailed corrections in the limit that does not damage each Hero’s concept. This correction can make a huge change in the battle, so we are planning to apply it in the next week update after going through various tests and internal verifications.

We would like to once again sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and thank our players for their unwavering support. We will continue to do our best to make Shadow Arena enjoyable.


Thank you.

The maintenance is now finished and you can now access the game.

Thank you for your patience during the maintenance. We have sent you compensation as a token of our apology for the inconvenience you may have experienced.





* Note

- Your compensation has been sent to your in-game mail. If you do not receive the compensation before the expiration date, it will expire and you will no longer be able to collect it.



Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.


We will be undergoing maintenance on February 10, 2021 (Wed).

During the maintenance, you will be unable to access the game.



■ Game Maintenance - Game Maintenance Target: All servers

- Game Maintenance Schedule:

> February 9, 2021 (Tue) 21:00 - 23:00 (PST)

> February 10, 2021 (Wed) 06:00 - 08:00 (CET)

> February 10, 2021 (Wed) 08:00 - 10:00 (MSK)

- Maintenance Details:
> Fixed the issue with unreasonable amount of damage being applied to the Altar and the boss monsters when using Matchlock.
> Fixed the issue where Badal the Golden can escape with Blink right after he is hit with Vice
> Improved balance for Corrupted Hook
> Other improvements and fixes

- Game Maintenance Impact : Unable to access the game


Thank you.



※ Additional Notices

- The maintenance and website maintenance times are subject to change, extension, and/or early completion. Any changes will be provided as an update on this site.

- Once the maintenance begins, you will be automatically disconnected from the game, even if you are waiting in-queue or in a match.

Greetings, This is Shadow Arena.
Here are the updates on February 9 (Tue).

* Patch Size: Approx. 189.88 MB

Check out the details below, and we will see you in the Arena!


[h3]■ Hero “Badal the Golden” [/h3]

- Added Hero “Badal the Golden.”



▶ Go to [Badal the Golden Guide]


[h3]■ Hero [/h3]

| All
- Changed the stiffness effect to not be applied while stunned.
- Changed Matchlock, Hand of Healing, Kick to be disabled when the Hero fell down.



| Fallen Flower (RMB)
- Fixed an issue where the message wasn’t being shown when the increase attack speed buff was applied.




| Sun of Destruction (R)
- Fixed an issue where the skill immediately shoots when moving while the skill was maintained.




| Shadow Strike(R)
- Changed the skill icon.




| Thunder Viper (E)
- Fixed an issue where the message wasn’t being shown when decrease Movement speed buff was applied.

| Kamasylve Tree (R)
- Fixed an issue where the message wasn’t being shown when the recovery buff was applied.
- Fixed an issue where the message wasn’t being shown when decrease attack debuff was being applied.




- Fixed an issue where consecutive attack in a diagonal direction was impossible when making a basic attack in Courage Stance.

| Switch Stance (RMB)
- Added monster attack in Courage Stance basic buff.
> (before) AP 30 → (after) AP 30, Monster AP 30
- Improved buff effect that is applied in Switch Stance to be shown.

| Courage Stance – Radiant Pursuit(Q)
- Stab attack will be made automatically and immediately after dash hit.

| Patience Stance - Breath of Elion (E)
- Decreased the skill casting time by 20%.
- Changed the skill usage method and effect as follows.


[DEV Notes]
We increased the amusement of controls by slightly increasing Venslar’s monster hunt efficiency and the response of Radiant Pursuit and Breath of Elion. We deleted the charge spec of Breath of Elion and modified the immediate casting effect.




- Increased the damage of melee attack by 50%.
> Basic melee attack, basic left and right attack, close jump attack, sprint jump attack, attack while sitting, attack while crouching

| Power Jump (E)
- Enabled maximum movement when maintaining skill.
> When cancelling charge, he will cancel mocing and make a smash attack.
- Increased smash attack range by double.
- Added the attack range of smash attack to be shown.

| Overload (R)
- Added skill time on the skill descriptions.
- Added a 20% Attack Speed increase buff when using skill.




- Increased the speed of dash attack while sprinting (charging headbutt) by 6.7%.

| Hide-and-Seek (Q)
- When using the skill, Wu-Ju will charge energy and then explode.
- Super Armor effect will be applied while charging.
> (Before) Invincible → (After) Super Armor
- Explode immediately when pressing LMB or Q while charging. The range of explosion will increase as Wu-Ju charges more energy.
> Stage 1: 200
> Stage 2: 350
> Stage 3: 500
> Stage 4: 650
- Explosion damage has been changed to Guard Break and Blowback.
> (Before) Blowback → (After) Guard Break, Blowback
- Increased the duration of stealth mode from 2 seconds to 3 seconds.
- Wu-Ju will make a headbutt attack immediately when pressing LMB or Q in stealth.
> (Before) Spring towards the enemy after charging energy through the Black Spirit → (After) Headbutt immediately
- Fixed the issue where a message would not be shown when DP decrease effect was applied.
- Fixed the issue where the decreased amount of DP was written less than the actual amount in the skill description.

| Found You! (E)
- Fixed the issue where a message would not be shown when Movement Speed decrease effect was applied.

[DEV Notes]
Hide-and-Seek (Q) of Wu-Ju was a skill that is very difficult to use with no significant advantage upon a successful hit. Therefore, we have changed the skill to be an explosive skill.




| Shield of Revenge (RMB)
- Fixed a typo in DP decrease buff message that is applied when the counter attack succeeds.

| Thunder Strike (Q)
- Changed charge to be enabled when maintaining skill.
> Smash attack will be enabled when cancelling charge.
- Improved the speed of smash attack to be faster after charging.
- Fixed an issue where moving after smash attack was awkward.

[DEV Notes]
It was hard to know intutively when and how Thunder Strike should be used. As such, we changed controls so the Thunder will be mainained when pressing Q, and the thunder to be instantly thrown when not pressing the Q.



[h3]■ Content [/h3]

| Final Stage of Battle
- Added 3 final stages that changes in every game-play.
1) Village near the Tulip Farm
2) Forest below the Eastern Marsh
3) Southern Wheat Field Gateway

| Objective
- Fixed the issue where the range of Light of Ascension would not be seen by the surrounding background.
- Reduced the flame damage of the Red Dragon by 12.5%.
> Players with DP 400 will lose approximately 8,500 HP when hit by the flame.
- The color of the Fairy of Light will change when a Hero approaches it.
- When the Fairy of Light reaches the Relic of Time, an effect will be shown indicating the activation of the Relic.
- Unified the appearance of Ancient Relics to be rectangular.
- Improved the visual effect shown when an Ancient Relic is destroyed.

[DEV Notes]
The newly added final stages are places where players can engage in fights using geographical features, for example, hiding in certain spots. Apart from mere changes in the location of the final stage, we expect team fights to be more diversified where teams have to plan strategies to ascend while looking out for other teams.

Also, obtaining the Ancient Relic (Red Dragon’s Offering) by a team, an objective added to vitalize the later part of battle, had too much advantage leading to the Light of Ascension. Therefore, we have reduced the overall damage for defensive/brawler type Heroes to better resist the flames of the Red Dragon. So, we try not to delete the elements that teams can take advantage of, but come up with solutions for others to respond to them, diversifying options players can take to win.

We would like to apologize for the issue where the range of ascension was covered and unseen in places near the water or hills. We have added dimensional effects to it for better visibility.

Players can engage in fights using geographical features by the newly added final stages.

| Monster
- Widened the spawn range of Shadow Trolls that appear in 1 minute after the match begins.
- Added visual/sound effects when normal monsters or Shadow Trolls appear.
- Improved the effects displayed when monsters and Heroes die.
> Improved the death motion to be more lively.
> Improved the effects shown.
> Improved the sounds to be heard better.

| Shop
- Changed the effect and price of items as follows:



- Added the following items to the Shop.


[DEV Notes]
Chain Main Armor is the only gear that has Use Effects, but due to its high price and short duration of the effect, it could not be utilized well enough in battles. However, unlike other offensive items, it deals damage to enemies as passive, in which we are careful in adding high efficiency to it. Therefore we have added a pinch of upgrade to it in this update, and we hope players find it helpful in battles.

To prevent matches where players focus on raising DP to defend themselves to survive longer in battles in the later part of the match, we have added certain skills for Heroes and effects that “ignore and reduce DP” to items and objectives. This also implies that the advantage of purchasing defensive items has dropped. Therefore, we have added item “Cloak of Giants” that can help you survive longer regardless of your DP. We have also added “Corrupted Hook,” a final item purchaseable, for attacking players to respond to the heightened HP of the enemy.



[h3]■ UI [/h3]
- Changed the time UI on the right side of the World Map to only display the remaining time.
> (Before) ”… : Appears in (number) seconds" → (After) "Remaining Time"

| Buff Message
- Changed the color of the message displayed when buff or debuff effects are applied.
> Buff Effect: Green
> Debuff Effect: Red
> Special Effect: Yellow
- Changed the UI so that information on assist during the match is shown on the Party Members UI and the results screen.


| Results Screen
- Added a UI to show the unclaimed rewards.
> Any unclaimed rewards from the match will be displayed in the UI automatically when returning to the lobby.
> The rewards can be checked by clicking on the top-right side of the lobby.



[h3] ■ Fixes and Improvements[/h3]

- Changed the default number of tokens provided in each play mode as follows:
  > Sparring Grounds: 100,000 Tokens
  > Deathmatch: 10,000 Tokens
  > King of the Hill: 10,000 Tokens
  > Tutorial: 10,000 Tokens
  > Trio: 600 Tokens (No changes) - Fixed the issue where the Back Attack damage would not exceed 191%.
- Fixed the issue where damage would not be applied when Ignore DP was 100% or higher.
 > Maximum Ignore DP will be limited to 100%.
- Fixed the issue where the background music would be turned on 2 minutes after the final stage begins.
- Fixed the issue where AI players would not be revived periodically. - Simplified phrases related to objectives or defeats.
- Fixed the issue where there would be no sound when an AI player dies.
- Enabled changing the status window in-game and settings for chat macro in the settings window.
- Fixed the issue where the kill streak information would not be reset when an AI player dies.

[DEV Notes]
Increased the number of tokens provided in Sparring Grounds for players to try out various item sets. 


[h3]■ Official Website Fixes and Improvements[/h3]

I [Arena Board]-[Ranking]
- Added Skill description sections to the following Hero Introductions.
   > Wu-Ju, Tantu


Thank you.

Special Attendance Rewards

Brought to you by our very own Badal!

[h2]Event 1. Special Attendance Rewards![/h2]
■ Event Period

February 9, 2021 (Tue) after maintenance – February 18, 2021 (Thu) before maintenance




* Players can access their attendance rewards on the main lobby after entering the game.




* Attendance Rewards window can be accessed through Main Screen > ESC > Attendance Rewards.


■ Rewards by Date



* Attendance Rewards will be sent to the Shop Storage.

* Attendance Rewards are claimed every day automatically, and the renewal time of each server is as follows:

- ASIA server: 00:00 Every Day (UTC+9)

- NA, EU/RU server: 00:00 Every Day (UTC+0)

* If there isn’t enough space in the Shop Storage, players can claim the rewards through the activated “Collect” button.

* If the “Collect” button has been activated once, other rewards can only be claimed through the button.





[Badal the Golden] Onyx





[Badal the Golden] Onyx (weapon)



[h2]Event 2. Battle Point Boost![/h2]


■ Event Period

February 9, 2021 (Tue) after maintenance – February 18, 2021 (Thu) before maintenance



■ Event Period Battle Point Gain



※ Additional Notices

- Rewards not collected within the event period will be deleted.

- Items cannot be restored if the items have been already given out or if the rewards have been used already,

- Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change or cancel the event depending on circumstances. If changes are made, they can be found on this event page.

Participating in the event using inappropriate methods will result in a cancellation/retrieval of your reward and restriction from the game.

- If your account is restricted for violating the Terms of Service, you may be disqualified and have any prizes withdrawn even after being selected as a winner.

- If you have any questions about this event, please send a ticket through [Support].

- Content not listed on this page follows the [Shadow Arena Event Rules].