Lost Ark News

Heroes of Arkesia,

The July “Spells in Spades” Update arrives in Arkesia tomorrow! Downtime for the update will begin on July 20 at 12AM PT (7AM UTC) and is expected to last 4 hours. Spells in Spades includes the Arcanist Advanced Class, the Inferno Difficulty of the Valtan Legion Raid, Challenge Abyssal Dungeons, a new summer event, summer cosmetics, and more! Find the full list of content, updates, and bug fixes below.

[h2]Spotlight[/h2]
[h3]New Mage Advanced Class - Arcanist
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The Arcanist imbues special cards with her Magick and uses them for a wide variety of effects. From slicing up enemies with a deluge of thrown cards to summoning powerful Magick attacks from the cards themselves, the Arcanist has a trick up her sleeve for every situation. The Arcanist will join the Bard and Sorceress as the third available Mage Advanced Class.

You can find more information in our recent Arcanist Lost Ark Academy to see if the Arcanist makes a good addition to your roster. Learn about the three types of skills, the Specialty Card Meter, and start planning the skills and engravings you’re interested in using to enhance your impact on the battlefield.

[h3]Valtan Legion Raid - Inferno Difficulty
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The most difficult version of Legion Raids, the Inferno difficulty is all about proving you’re the among the best of the best in Arkesia, and earning the prestige accompanying that feat. Rather than chasing the normal rewards of gear, honing materials, and everything else you’d receive in a Legion Raid, Inferno rewards instead showcase your victory with titles, achievements, Stronghold structures, and more! A new in-game vendor will be added for players to access a variety of prestigious rewards, earned after various numbers of clears.

There are a few key differences between Normal/Hard and Inferno difficulties:

• ‘Scale of Balance’ is applied, and the raid requires use of the Book of Coordination, so everyone’s gear is normalized against the level of your Legion Commander opponent.
  
• The gate progression system will not be active - you can’t make it half-way and come back later in the week.
  
• Inferno mode will not count against your weekly attempt limit for Legion Raids, so you can play Valtan on Normal/Hard and Inferno in the same week, and try Inferno as many times as you’d like.
  

Valtan Inferno difficulty will require item level 1445 for players to participate.

[h3]Maharaka Festival & Waterpop Arena
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Enjoy pool-party pandemonium in a new time-limited Event! Hop in the Maharaka Paradise pool and compete on teams as you try to push the opposing team out of the arena by firing at them with a Water Pro water gun. As the game progresses, the arena gets smaller and smaller. Try and rack up points as quickly as possible to win. The event occurs every two hours, and players can earn Maharaka Leafs to exchange at an Event Vendor for a variety of valuable rewards. If you’re excited to further embrace the pool-party summer spirit, you’ll definitely want to checkout the Store Updates section below.

[h3]Challenge Abyssal Dungeons
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Similar to how Challenge Guardian Raids applies Scale of Harmony to equalize your power against your foe in Guardian Raids, Challenge Abyssal Dungeons will use this treatment on Abyssal Dungeons in a new weekly activity. With greater challenge also comes greater rewards. Various honing material selection pouches— like Challenge Guardians, you can pick the offering closest to your item level— will rotate through the rewards, and cards aplenty are available as drops or in the end-of-dungeon loot auction. You can play through each Abyssal Dungeon once (per roster) each week.

[h2]General Updates
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[h3]New Progression Events
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This update introduces two new progression events, a Punika Powerpass and a Hyper Express Event that helps accelerate a character from Item Level 1302 to 1370.

Players will receive a Punika Powerpass after completing Punika's quest “Berver's Friend” during the event period. To access this quest, players must first complete all Adventure Quests (marked by purple exclamation marks) on Punika to collect stamps and become a citizen. Once the final quest in this chain, “Honorary Punikan" has been completed, you can talk to Nia in Nia village to start "Berver's Friend."

If you've already finished the quest before the update, you'll get the Powerpass when the event starts! The Punika Powerpass will function like the North Vern Powerpasses available to players in the launch version of Lost Ark— once you’ve completed the storyline through that continent, you can use it to bring an alternate character to that point in the game. With the Punika Powerpass, you'll receive Item Level 1302 gear. This is an event Powerpass that expires on September 28.

Players will be able to designate one character between item Level 1302 and 1370 on their roster to participate in the Hyper Express Event, where they’ll earn honing materials, and level up quickly to Item Level 1370. The designated character will earn rewards upon reaching Item Level 1302, 1310, 1320, and every ten levels until Item Level 1370— which grants a particularly valuable reward.

We’re excited to see the new alternate characters roaming Arkesia as players experience different playstyles or quickly level up a brand new Arcanist. For newer players, we hope the new Mokoko challenges found below help them quickly level up and reach the additional events.

[h3]Mokoko Challenge
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This update will replace the existing Welcome Challenge series of missions with the new Mokoko Challenge. Functioning similarly to the Welcome Challenge, the Mokoko Challenge layers in additional progression mechanics to help accelerate new players and characters through Tier 1 and 2.

• Mokoko Buff - Players that have a new account or haven’t played within the past 30 days and have no characters at item level 1370 or higher will receive the Mokoko Buff. Users with the Mokoko Buff will deal 20% more damage to monsters and take 40% less damage. After 90 days pass or a character in your Roster reaches item level 1370, you will no longer be considered a new adventurer and the buff will end.
  
• Mokoko Challenge Missions - Players that have the Mokoko Buff active can complete special missions to earn honing and other progression materials, helping them reach item level 1370. When the Mokoko Buff ends, the Mokoko Challenge missions will no longer be available, and unclaimed rewards for completed missions will be sent to Universal Storage.
  

[h2]Growth Support Effect
[/h2]This update also includes a new Growth Support Effect which will aid players in advancing their characters to item level 1370.
[h3]Tier 1 Growth Support
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• 100% success rate when honing Tier 1 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Double level ups when honing Tier 1 gear at level 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.
  
• Required honing XP reduced by 20% when honing Tier 1 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Honing breakthrough cost reduced by 100% when honing Tier 1 gear from level 1 to 15.
  

[h3]Tier 2 Growth Support[/h3]

• 100% Success Rate when honing Tier 2 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Double level ups when honing Tier 2 gear at level 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11.
  
• Required honing XP reduced by 15% when honing Tier 2 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Honing breakthrough cost reduced by 100% when honing Tier 2 gear from level 1 to 15.
  

[h3]Tier 3 Growth Support[/h3]

• Basic success rate increased by 20% (max. 20%) when honing Tier 3 item level 1302 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Required honing XP reduced by 30% when honing Tier 3 item level 1302 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Required honing breakthrough materials and cost reduced by 50% when honing Tier 3 item level 1302 gear from level 1 to 15.
  
• Tier 3 honing costs decreased (30% Gold decrease and 50% gear XP decrease).
  

[h2]General Updates & QoL[/h2]

• Added a new daily log-in reward track.
  

[h3]Gold Changes
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Added new preventions to deter gold sellers. Paid gold (purchased from the currency exchange) will have a 3-day withholding period. Gold that is under a withholding period will be called 'withheld funds'. Gold without a withholding period will be called 'available funds'. Withheld funds will be restricted in the following ways:

• Cannot send withheld funds through mail
  
• Cannot deduct from withheld funds when accepting billing mail
  
• Cannot use on 1:1 trades
  
• Cannot use in Auction House
  
• Cannot use in Marketplace
  
• Cannot use in Loot Auctions
  

[h3]Jukebox[/h3]
Added a Jukebox for Strongholds. Talk to the new Jukebox Exchange NPC in your Stronghold to start the “One Thing Missing” quest and learn how to use your Jukebox.

• Players can now change the background music while inside the Stronghold or near a Jukebox.
  
• Only 5 Jukebox items can be used at the same time.
  
• New soundtracks can be purchased from a variety of different NPCs like the new Jukebox Exchange NPC, various Wandering Merchants, vendors located outside different ports, and more.
  
• Most soundtracks require players to complete specific Achievements before they can be purchased.
  
• Please note that the song "Consolation" will be unavailable, and will be provided for the Jukebox in a future patch.
  

[h2]Store Updates
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The Spells in Spades Update includes new cosmetic collections to celebrate the Arcanist and summer Maharaka Event, new Growth Support Packs, Powerpasses, new bundles, and more! Enjoy summer in style.

[h3]Midsummer Night’s Dream Skins
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[h3]Lover & Youth Skins
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[h3]Armor Wagon Mount
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[h3]Starfish Pet
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[h3]Rohendel’s Destiny - Arcanist Exclusive Skin
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[h2]General Store Updates
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• Added a new Weapon Growth Pack, and refreshed the two Growth Support Packs sold in the June Update. Growth Support packs will be purchasable once per roster, per month.
  
• Added a variety of new packs and items to celebrate the launch of the Arcanist:
  
• The Arcanist Level Complete Pack, which can only be purchased and opened by an Arcanist.
  
• The Rohendel's Destiny Special Package, which includes Battle Items, Silver, and a Title to accompany the Rohendel's Destiny skin set.
  
• Added the Arcanist’s Dawn skins.
  
• Added Powerpasses that can be purchased on the character select UI by pressing the “Powerpass” button. There are five passes available, each corresponding to a major continent.
  
• The passes start with North Vern, for 1100 Royal Crystals. Unlike the other passes, the North Vern pass can be acquired by a brand new player to start their adventure in North Vern at Item Level 302.
  
• The other 4 passes increase in price by 1100 Royal Crystals per continent; 2200 for a Rohendel Pass, 3300 for a Yorn pass, 4400 for a Feiton Pass, and 5500 for a Punika Pass. Pricing will automatically adjust based on completed content for a specific character; for example, if a character has completed through the Rohendel questline, a Punika Pass will instead cost 3300 Royal Crystals.
  
• Players will be able to purchase these Powerpasses even if they have not completed the in-game content on a previous character.
  
• These passes will be used immediately upon purchase, and is not eligible for a refund.
  
• Adjusted price and card quantities in the Special Card Package.
  
• Added Summer Dye Packs, a Battle Support Item Package, and a new Item Level Complete Crystal Pack for Tier 3.
  

[h2]Notable Bug Fixes
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• Fixed an issue that caused only 'Q' to be shown in the QTE during Aira's Oculus Dungeon when using a controller and the AZERTY keyboard layout.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to open a Korean website while in a Co-Op Battle.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the incorrect date format to be used for the PvP Rank header.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Sale Date in the auction house to reference UTC time in all regions.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Shadowhunter's Piercing Thorn skill to select the wrong target if the Advancing Thorns Tripod was active while using a controller.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Sorceress' Punishing Strike skill to select the wrong target if the Unavoidable Fate Tripod was active while using a controller.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Future Millionaire Zenri's appearance to be incorrect within the Stronghold Wardrobe menu.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the raid commander chat highlight to appear empty when a raid leader used an emoticon.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the texture quality setting to appear empty within the settings menu.
  
• Fixed an issue that blocked players from changing the eyebrow color when using specific face presets.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Gunlancer's Leap Attack skill to select the wrong target if the Low Shock Tripod was active while using a controller.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused accessories with the same name to not equip properly when changing presets.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Berserker's Red Dust skill to not play any audio when used while the Red Shock Tripod was active.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Paladin's Sword of Justice skill to select the wrong target if the Way of Light Tripod was active while using a controller.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused Night Fox Yoho to be available in the Stronghold Dispatch Missions at item level 1355 instead of 1370.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Golden Bait Buff required for South Vern's Adventurer's Tome to disappear upon teleporting.
  
• Fixed an issue that made the "An Adventure with Cindy" quest impossible to complete because of an invisible NPC.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused debug text to appear in the Achievements menu in non-English languages.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the Global Chat window to move when adjusting the opacity slider.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the incorrect buff icon to appear when using the Master's Tenacity engraving.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the time shown in the Global Chat menu to be displayed in UTC.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented players from entering the basement in the Underground Ossurary within the Werner's Manor after exiting it.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused gear set conversion changes to not save in any given preset.
  
• Fixed various localization issues.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused /star command to not initiate the Star Dance emote.
  

Thanks for your support, we’ll see you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

All Lost Ark servers and regions will be coming offline on Wednesday, July 13th at 12 AM PT / 7 AM UTC / 9 AM CEST for our weekly maintenance and update. Downtime is estimated to last up to 5 hours, and includes the following changes:

• Fixed an issue that caused the Currency Exchange to appear as a black screen if specific settings were in use.
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented Dancing Queen Rekiel on Heartbeat Island from dropping recovery ethers.
  
• Decreased Dancing Queen Rekiel's damage on Heartbeat Island.
  

Thanks for your patience, and we’ll see you back in Arkesia soon!

Heroes of Arkesia,

All Lost Ark servers and regions will be coming offline on Wednesday, July 6th at 12 AM PT / 7 AM UTC / 9 AM CEST for our weekly maintenance and update. Tonight’s downtime is estimated to last up to 1.5 hours.

Moving ahead, weekly updates and resets will continue occur on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays. We’re making this change to ensure that our teams at Amazon Games and Smilegate RPG have time before the weekend to work on addressing any potential issues that could arrive in an update.

Additionally, we will be granting Bloodstone compensation for weekly Guild Requests. Players who were affected by this bug last week can expect to see their rewards delivered by the time servers are back up.

As a final note, the in-game Welcome Challenge will be ending on July 20th. Be sure to complete these challenges and claim your rewards before then!

Thank you for your patience, and we’ll see you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

The June “Wrath of the Covetous Legion” update arrives in Arkesia tomorrow! Downtime for the update will begin on June 30 at 12AM PT (7AM UTC) and is expected to last 4 hours. Wrath of the Covetous Legion includes the Vykas Legion Raid, the Kungelanium Guardian Raid, the solo Thronespire Dungeon, a new event island, new cosmetics, and more! Find the full list of content, updates, and bug fixes below.

Weekly Update & Reset Timing
Starting next week, weekly updates and resets will be shifted to occur one day earlier. Next week’s update and reset will take place on Wednesday, July 6 instead of Thursday, July 7. Please keep this in mind as you work to challenge Vykas and complete other content that resets on a weekly basis— as you’ll only have 6 days instead of 7! We’re making this change to ensure that our teams at Amazon Games and Smilegate RPG have time before the weekend to work on addressing any potential issues that could arrive in an update.


[h2]Vykas Legion Raid[/h2]


Vykas follows Valtan as the second Legion Raid arriving into the Western version of Lost Ark. In this raid, you’ll face dangerously beguiling members of the Covetous Legion before battling Legion Commander Vykas in her ‘Garden of Crimson Delight’. No revives are available mid-battle, so be ready to fight for your life. Vykas is an eight-player Legion raid, has 3 gates, and is complete with a swathe of new unique characteristics, abilities, and mechanics. Players will need to be Item Level 1430 to attempt Normal difficulty, and 1460 for Hard.



The Relic Quality gear sets available at Legion Commander Gear Crafting NPCs require materials from both the Valtan and Vykas Legion Raids to craft a complete set. The Vykas Legion Raid introduces two new items that can be crafted into gear; Covetous Fangs for Legendary gear, and Covetous Wings for Relic gear. Players able to vanquish the three gates in the Vykas Legion Raid will be rewarded at each stage with increasingly desirable loot, matching the difficulty of those battles. Clearing each gate will grant Gold, Covetous Fangs and Wings, Relic Accessories and honing materials. The final gate can include additional special items, such as Engraving Recipes, Card Packs, and Honing Books. Additionally, after successfully clearing each gate, a bonus chest can be purchased with some of the Gold just earned, giving additional Gear-crafting and Honing materials, Accessories, and Ability Stones. The final gate of the Legion Raid will also kick off a loot auction when completed, allowing players to bid on a bonus Gear-crafting Material Chest, Engravings, Honing Books, and more.

Players can participate in Legion Raids after completing the guide quest ‘[Guide] Notice: Legion Raid’.

[h2]Kungelanium Guardian Raid[/h2]


A fearsome force of evil in the Chain War, Kungelanium has awoken from his glacial slumber by the re-emergence of the Demon Legions and the Chaos spreading throughout Arkesia. Joining Deskaluda, the frost predator Kungelanium will enter the gauntlet of powerful Level 6 Guardians available to challenge in a Guardian Raid. Kungelanium will be available for players to challenge once they reach item level 1460 or higher. Like other Guardian Raids, you can attempt to vanquish alone, with a party, or matchmake with up to three other heroes.

[h2]Thronespire[/h2]


Arriving in Arkesia with the Demonic invasion after the events in South Vern, The Demon's Tower is connected to Petrania— the world home to Kazeros's Demon Legions. A distorted dimension has been created by the resonance between Petrania and the Tower. The Holy Sacrian Empire has confirmed that Demons are invading through this dimension, and have named it Thronespire. The dimension is growing, and is threatening Arkesia. The priests and knights of the Holy Sacrian Empire are trying to hold their ground, but they're running short on supplies. Defeat the Demons pouring out of the Thronespire and defend Arkesia.

Thronespire is a new single-player dungeon experience in a twisted dimension with 50 levels. In Thronespire, you’ll battle until you run out of time, working to defeat as many levels and enemies as possible before you meet your match and succumb to the Demon Legions. Completing the first 25 levels grant first-time clear rewards (you’ll earn rewards for every level you conquer). The other 25 levels are focused on prestige and completion times— proving you have the solo skills it takes to conquer anything the Demon Legions throw your way. Players will need to be Item Level 1325 to participate.



[h2]Heartbeat Island[/h2]


Need some R&R after fighting the Demonic Legions in Arkesia’s hot summer months? Spend some time relaxing on the beach or dancing with your friends on the new event island: Heartbeat Island. You can find Heartbeat Island by speaking to Jollous, the festival expert located in major cities, or by sailing directly to it (located near Anikka). You do not need to complete a quest in a City to enter, and once you've visited, you can use the Ocean Liner to return!

Once you've arrived on Heartbeat Island you can collect Festival Coins through various activities, which can be exchanged for a variety of rewards. There are daily quests where you receive Festival Coins just by relaxing in a designated area, and hourly quests for dancing and defeating Rekiel, the Dancing Queen.

[h2]General & QoL Updates[/h2]

• Added Stronghold Research that improves alternate characters’ honing rates on their journey to Item Level 1415. This can be researched at Item Level 1460.
  
• Added a CAPTCHA system as an ongoing bot prevention measure. Sometimes when entering a new zone, you may be asked to submit a text CAPTCHA response within several minutes.
  
• Refreshed the daily log-in reward track.
  
• Added new settings to change the Damage font size.
  
• Chest contents can now be sorted in alphabetical order.
  
• Added preventions to limit gold-seller activity. New store purchases will now have a 3 day waiting period before they can be traded or transferred out of the buyer’s account via mailing, trading, gifting, or selling on the Auction House.
  
• Updated some localization text and in-game terminology. For example, Tier 3 honing stones have changed from Guardian Stone Crystals to Crystallized Guardian Stones.

Two new cosmetic collections and new pets arrive in the store. There are also new Growth Support Packs and new item bundles in the in-game store packaging some existing items, such as Una’s completion tickets and card packs.

[h3]Growth Support Packs[/h3]
Each pack can be purchased once per roster.

Growth Support Pack - available in exchange for 500 Royal Crystals. Contains:
Destruction Stone Selection Pouch x5 - allowing one of these options to be selected from each chest:

• Tier 1 - Destruction Stone Fragment (Bound) x1000
  
• Tier 2 - Destruction Stone (Bound) x1000
  
• Tier 3 - Crystallized Destruction Stone (Bound) x200

Guardian Stone Selection Pouch x12 - allowing one of these options to be selected from each chest:

• Tier 1 - Guardian Stone Fragment (Bound) x1000
  
• Tier 2 - Guardian Stone (Bound) x1000
  
• Tier 3 - Crystallized Guardian Stone (Bound) x200

Honing Shard Selection Chest x10 - allowing one of these options to be selected from each chest:

• Tier 1 - Harmony Shard Pouch x3 (Bound) (L) (each contains 1,500 Shards)
  
• Tier 2 - Life Shard Pouch x3 (Bound) (L) (each contains 1,500 Shards)
  
• Tier 3 - Honor Shard Pouch x1 (Bound) (L) (each contains 1,500 Honor Shards)

Punika Growth Support Pack - available in exchange for 1,000 Royal Crystals. Contains:
T3 Leapstone Selection Chest I x2- allows one option to be selected from the chest:

• Honor Leapstones (Bound) x125
  
• Great Honor Leapstones (Bound) x25

Ancient Platinum Coin x10 (each coin can be used to obtain 20,000 Silver)
T3 Fusion Material Selection Chest I - allows one option to be selected from the chest:

• Simple Oreha Fusion Material (Bound) x60
  
• Basic Oreha Fusion Material (Bound) x50

A Crystallized Destruction Stone Pouch (contains 1,000 Bound Crystallized Destruction Stones)
Crystallized Guardian Stone Pouch x3 (each contains 1,000 Bound Crystallized Guardian Stones)
Honor Shard Pouch (L) (Bound) x10 (each contains 1,500 Honor Shards)



[h3]Umar Cosmetic Collection[/h3]


[h3]Shadow of Stern Cosmetic Collection[/h3]


[h3]Leopard Pet[/h3]

• Fixed an issue causing some two-tone hair/beard styles to render incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue causing some tattoos to be mirrored on the characters face.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the attack type of the Deathblade's Earth Cleaver ability to display incorrectly in the Skills menu.
  
• Fixed a rare issue where fewer enemies were spawned than needed to complete the “Shandi's Trial: Focusing” quest on Bamboo Island.
  
• Fixed an issue restricting guild nicknames to 6 characters.
  
• Fixed an issue blocking players from claiming Thirain's Amicable rapport reward.
  
• Fixed an issue causing incorrect rewards to be shown for Thirain's Amicable rapport tier.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the incorrect amount of rapport points to be received when gifting a "Soundstone of Dawn" to Lenora.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the incorrect amount of rapport XP to be granted when gifting Prideholme's Neria a Prideholme Potato
  
• Fixed an issue causing movement to become blocked after an item was transferred to the pet inventory while the Cursor Control Method setting is set to 'Pick Up'.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the earned Gold Designation indicator to reset on the character selection screen after relaunching Lost Ark.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the on-screen keyboard to be shown each time players cycle through a page in the store while using a controller.
  
• Fixed an issue causing an indefinite loading icon to display in the Quality Upgrade menu after an item was selected and filter options were changed before the upgrade was attempted.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing the Mokoko Seed icon from turning gold in the Collectibles menu when all Mokoko Seeds within a respective area had been collected.
  
• Fixed an issue causing weekday names to not display correctly in the calendar while using French, German, or Spanish.
  
• Fixed an issue allowing players to dismantle the bound Shushire's Will skin.
  
• Fixed an issue allowing the Alar skin purchased with Crystals to be tradeable.
  
• Fixed an issue causing numbers to be cutoff in the honing menu when over 7 digits are displayed.
  
• Fixed an issue causing an additional currency box to be shown in the store.
  
• Fixed an issue causing mouse and keyboard keys to be shown during the prologue while a controller was in use.
  
• Fixed an issue causing a keyboard key to be shown to skip a cinematic when a controller was in use.
  
• Fixed an issue causing a keyboard key to be shown during the "Town Where Light Lingers" quest when a controller was in use.
  
• Fixed an issue causing inconsistent reset times to be shown for the Farm within the Stronghold.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the reset button to not function within the ‘Accessibility’ tab of the settings menu.
  
• Fixed an issue causing the "Crystal Benefactor" title to be considered new each time Lost Ark was launched.
  
• Fixed an issue causing Seto's loot to not be retrievable if he is killed in the “rainbow room” within Naruna's Hot Spring.
  
• Fixed an issue causing level 12 recommended skills appear in the Book of Coordination.
  
• Included a speculative fix to address various UI elements, such as items, to get stuck on the cursor and blocking future actions. We will continue monitoring to see if this issue occurs after the update.
  

Thank you for your support! We’ll see you in Arkesia.

“I am Vykas, the Covetous Legion Commander. I envy you. I want you. Come to me. I will kill you in ecstasy."

Beware, Heroes of Arkesia. After the tournament in Anikka, Vykas returned to Petrania with her Covetous Legion, eagerly awaiting Kazeros’s next move. When recent events in South Vern led to Chaos Gates opening across the skies of Arkesia, Vykas led the Covetous Legion to consume the world with her twisted, red avarice.

The Covetous Legion Commander Vykas arrives in Arkesia next week, and must be vanquished before she wreaks untold havoc and destruction. Vykas isn’t the only threat releasing in next week’s June 30 update. She’s joined by the colossal frost predator Kungelanium, recently awoken from his glacial slumber by the re-emergence of the Demon Legions and the Chaos spreading throughout Arkesia. To top it off, Thronespire will also open and pose a different type of challenge— a new solo dungeon experience in a twisted dimension teeming with enemies.



"I am mighty and beautiful. Everyone obeys me."

[h2]LEGION RAID OVERVIEW[/h2]
Vykas follows Valtan as the second Legion Raid arriving into the Western version of Lost Ark. In this raid, you’ll face dangerous and powerful members of the Covetous Legion before battling Legion Commander Vykas in her ‘Garden of Crimson Delight’. No revives are available mid-battle, so players must be ready to fight for their lives. Vykas is an eight-player Legion raid, has 3 gates, and is complete with a swathe of new unique characteristics, abilities, and mechanics. Players will need to be Item Level 1430 to attempt Normal difficulty, and 1460 for Hard.

As Legion Raids are challenging and take time, there are gates (or checkpoints) that will save players' progression as they advance through the Raid. In other activities, gates will save your progression for that session in case you wipe and need to try again, but in Legion Raids the gate save point system will not only let you try again, it also lets you take a break from a Legion Raid without losing out on progress or rewards. You’ll receive a reward whenever you clear a gate in a Legion Raid. Your completed gate information will be saved when you claim your reward, and your group can vote to decide whether you continue to the next gate or not. If your group votes to continue on, you’ll move forward with your current group to challenge the boss, enemies, or Legion Commander guarding the next gate. If you’ve decided to wait on challenging the remaining gates, you can come back later with your group or find a new group until the weekly reset.

[h2]NEW SIDEREAL SKILLS[/h2]
In each Legion Raid, you’ll find Sidereals willing to fight alongside your group, allowing you to enlist their help to unleash powerful skills and attacks at critical moments in the battle. You can fill up the Sidereal Skill meter throughout the raid, and when the meter is full, the raid group leader can use one of the available Sidereal Skills. The Vykas Legion Raid introduces two new Sidereal skills, and brings back Wei— one of the allies found in the Valtan Legion Raid.



"Her avarice will create an insatiable thirst and make you doubt all those around you. Be careful not to be swayed by her!"

Nineveh - Divine Punishment Parkunas
Nineveh fires arrows to precisely strike your foe, inflicting massive Damage and weakpoint damage. It can also partially remove buffs used by the Legion Commander on hit.

Inanna - Elzowin's Grace
Inanna uses magick to create a protective zone, with strong defensive powers; granting immunity to push, absorbing some incoming Damage, and more. The moment the protective zone is disabled, targets within the area recover health.

Wei - Awakened Dochul
Wei summons Dochul to launch 3 powerful attacks. Awakened Dochul inflicts massive Stagger damage whenever he attacks.

[h2]GEAR & REWARDS[/h2]
The Relic Quality sets available at the Legion Commander Gear Crafting NPCs require materials from both the Valtan and Vykas Legion Raids to craft a complete set. The Vykas Legion Raid introduces two new items that can be crafted into gear; Covetous Fangs for Legendary gear, and Covetous Wings for Relic gear.

Players able to vanquish the three gates in the Vykas Legion Raid will be rewarded at each stage with increasingly desirable loot, matching the difficulty of those battles. Clearing each gate will grant Gold, Covetous Fangs and Wings, Relic Accessories and honing materials. The final gate can include additional special items, such as Engraving Recipes, Card Packs, and Honing Books. Additionally, after successfully clearing each gate, a bonus chest can be purchased with some of the gold just earned, giving additional Gear-crafting and Honing materials, Accessories, and Ability Stones. The final gate of the Legion Raid will also kick off a loot auction when completed, allowing players to bid on a bonus Gear-crafting Material Chest, Engravings, Honing Books, and more.

Hard mode will grant additional quantities of these items, and drop additional Covetous Wings instead of both Fangs and Wings. Stones of Chaos can also be earned in Hard mode, which are used to craft or upgrade the quality of Relic gear.

[h2]ENTRY[/h2]
Legion Raids can be entered by any number of characters on your roster each week. Each character can face up to three different Legion Commanders each week - meaning your characters can fight both Valtan and Vykas in the same week. However, Normal and Hard difficulties for the same Legion Raid share a weekly lockout, so you can only attempt one difficulty (per commander) per week.

Players can participate in Legion Raids after completing the guide quest ‘[Guide] Notice: Legion Raid’. As an added step for the new Vykas raid, you’ll need to visit the Lunar Knights NPC in Vern castle and start the quest 'Blooming Again', which tells the Covetous Legion Commander's story. Once unlocked, the Vykas Legion Raid is available to enter through the Legion Raid structure located in major cities. Legion Raids can also be entered through the Party Finder tool (icon found below the mini-map), or through the “Integrated Dungeon” menu found by selecting the Integrated Dungeon icon under the mini-map, or by pressing [ALT] + [Q].



Heroes of Arkesia,

Starting on June 30 at 8AM PT (3PM UTC) and running through July 27, members of the Lost Ark Creator Program will have access to a Pupper Mask & Amethyst Shard Set Twitch Drop to enable on their channels! Viewers will need to accumulate 4 hours of watch time in participating Lost Ark streams to claim this Drop reward. Full instructions can be found on our Twitch Drops page.


In celebration of the second Legion Commander’s appearance, the Lost Ark Creator Program will be hosting the “Vykas Challenge”, similar to last month’s Valtan Challenge.

Participation in this friendly competition is being offered exclusively members of the Lost Ark Creator Program. Try your hand at being one of the first 10 teams to defeat Vykas (normal or hard) before July 3, 11:59 PM PT. Each qualified Creator Program Member on the team will earn 10 Bronze Founders Packs to distribute to their communities. Please see qualification and submission guidelines below.

[h2]RULES, QUALIFICATIONS & SUBMISSION[/h2]
To qualify for this challenge, all of the following conditions must apply to you:

• You’re a member of the Lost Ark Creator Program by Vykas’s release on June 30. Members accepted later than June 30 will not qualify for the challenge.
  
• For your raid clear to qualify, you must complete Vykas on the Western version of Lost Ark published by Amazon Games.

To validate your submission, you must send the following to the [email protected] email alias:

• Defeat Vykas and submit a link to a VOD or clip of you and your team completing the Legion Raid, showing the defeated boss and Raid completion screen.
  
• In your submission, provide the email and Twitch account in which you have associated with the Creator Program.
  
• Multiple submissions are not allowed.
  
• Not all team members need to be Content Creators. However, all Creators on your team are eligible to win the Bronze Founder’s Packs. For all Content Creators in your team meeting the qualifications above, provide a list of their in-game names, email associated with the Creator Program, and their Twitch channel URL.
  
• The challenge must be completed before July 3, 11:59 PM PT.

Once validated (if you’re part of the first 10 groups to submit), you will receive an email from us with your prize during the following week.

LOOKING AHEAD
Speaking of progression events, we wanted to provide an update on the summer progression events previously teased in the Team Update & Roadmap article. While we’re still fine-tuning the details of the next progression event, we’re happy to announce it will arrive in Arkesia in the July update, along with the free Punika Powerpass we’re giving to all players. These progression events can be used on existing character, or a newly created Arcanist - also arriving in that update!

Stay tuned to PlayLostArk.com and our social channels next week for the full June Update release notes. We’re excited to witness the epic battles unfold next week against the Covetous Legion Commander. Good luck to all members of the Lost Ark community challenging Vykas in-game next week! We’re excited to see the loot earned in-game from your victories alongside the Twitch drops and Vykas Challenge rewards. We'll see you in Arkesia!