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[h2]Happy Birthday, Cheolsu Kim![/h2]

Happy Birthday to Cheolsu, the fearless protector! Let's celebrate the man who fights fiercely but protects the innocent with all his might.

All agents will get a [color]Birthday Celebration Box[/color] containing:


Get this once per account when you log in on July 2, at 12:00 AM UTC.
Don’t be late! This event only runs for only 24 hours.

Hello Agents,

We would like to inform you in advance that the preliminary work to improve the Enhancement system will begin sequentially starting from the July 24th update. Details will be shared in this announcement.

As of July 24, 2024, the item Enhancement Buff Voucher will no longer be usable following the end of its sale.

Please check the following information for more details.
 
[h3]■ Pre-notice regarding Enhancement system improvement[/h3]
 
1. Schedule: During maintenance on July 24th, 2024
2. Details:

• The Enhancement Buff system will be removed (Enhancement Buff, Fever Mode)
  • The Enhancement Buff Vouchers obtained before maintenance will be changed to Enhancement Fuel Selectable Box after maintenance.
  • The Enhancement Fuel Selectable Box contains the following items: x500 Gear Booster Fuel, x42 Lucky Gear Booster Fuel, and x17 Gear Booster Fortifier. You can choose one of these items.
    ※ Gear Booster Fuel and Gear Booster Fortifier are tradeable
    ※ Enhancement Buff enabled before maintenance will remain effective until the end of their duration.
• After July 24, 2024 maintenance, the sale of Enhancement Buff Vouchers at UNION Store will end.
• After July 24, 2024 maintenance, Packages containing Enhancement Buff Vouchers and some other items sold at the Shop will be discontinued.

Please refer to the information provided above to avoid any inconvenience while playing Closers. We will do our best to introduce more interesting content and events for all of you.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

If you encounter any bugs or issues, please send an email to: [email protected] or through Customer Support web inquiry by clicking the banner below.

Hello Agents, I'm PD Hyun-jun Kang.

In addition to the content revealed in , there are additional matters I would like to introduce to all Agents, hence this message.

For a long time, we have been receiving feedback regarding Enhancement, and our development team has been carefully listening and constantly considering how to improve the Enhancement System to be more convenient.

Based on valuable feedback from Agents, we have identified several key factors that make the Enhancement System difficult:

1. The higher the Enhancement level, the greater the burden of attempting Enhancement, yet the feedback upon successful Enhancement is not sufficiently high.
2. There is significant variation in Enhancement efficiency among different equipment types, Trinkets in particular have a smaller advantage in Enhancement.
3. Enhancement buff has become a necessity for Enhancement attempts, therefore putting a significant burden on the attempts themselves.

To address these concerns, we will be improving the Enhancement System on September 11, 2024. The Enhancement System is one of the most significant systems in character development, and we will approach its growth with caution.

Through these improvements, the following changes will be implemented:

1. Removal of the Enhancement Buff system and increased base success rates
2. Introduction of a new Enhancement Guarantee system
3. Increase in Trinket Enhancement efficiency
4. Addition of Enhancement Unleash Option
5. Maximum Enhancement stage extension and the probability adjustment for lower ranges

I will provide detailed explanations for each of these topics.

[color]1. Removal of the Enhancement Buff system and increased base success rates[/color]
The current Enhancement Buff system provides probability boosts based on conditions, but since it involves paid items, it also adds to the burden of Enhancement attempts. Furthermore, its limitation is the inability to guarantee 100% Enhancement success.

Therefore, starting with the Enhancement System improvement update on September 11, 2024, the 1.2x probability boost provided by the existing Enhancement Buff will be reflected in the base Enhancement probability. The Enhancement Buff system will be removed, and a new Enhancement Guarantee system will be introduced.

As a preemptive measure, starting from the update on July 24, 2024, we plan to block enhancement buffs from being activated newly and remove existing acquisition paths altogether.

Additionally, any remaining Enhancement Buff Vouchers in possession can be exchanged for items of regular Gear Booster Fuel and Lucky Booster Fuel which are more valuable than its price.

[End of Enhancement Buff Voucher Sales, Unavailability, and Replacement Notice]

• Schedule: During maintenance on July 24, 2024
  • End of Sales: Please refer to the Pre-notice: Enhancement System Adjustment
• End of Use (Unavailability)
  • After the July 24, 2024 maintenance, you can’t activate Enhancement Buffs newly by using Enhancement Buff Vouchers.
  • Enhancement Buffs already activated will remain until the remaining days.
• Replacement:
  • Enhancement Buff Voucher in possession before the maintenance on Jul 24th, 2024 will be changed to [Enhancement Fuel Selectable Box]
  • The Enhancement Fuel Selectable Box contains the following items: x500 Gear Booster Fuel, x42 Lucky Gear Booster Fuel, and x17 Gear Booster Fortifier. You can choose one of these items.
    ※ Gear Booster Fuel and Gear Booster Fortifier will be distributed as tradeable items.

[color]2. Introduction of a new Enhancement Guarantee system.[/color]
Starting with the update on September 11, 2024, we will introduce a new Enhancement Guarantee system, which ensures a 100% success rate under certain conditions. This will become a fundamental feature of the Enhancement System, without the need to purchase additional items.

[New Enhancement Guarantee System]

• If the Enhancement result is "No Change," the Fixed Enhancement Points will increase.
• If the Enhancement result is "Enhancement Success," the Fixed Enhancement Points will be reset. This also applies when transferring Enhancements or using Gear Booster.
• If the Enhancement result is "Enhancement Failure," the Fixed Enhancement Points that are currently owned will be maintained. If Fixed Enhancement Points exceed the maximum value of the previous Enhancement stage, the excess Fixed Enhancement Points will be removed.
  (Example) If 100 Fixed Enhancement Points are accumulated in Enhancement Stage A, even if the stage drops to A-1 due to Enhancement failure, the Fixed Enhancement Points for that gear will still be 100. However, the maximum Fixed Enhancement Points for stage A-1 is 90, so only 90 Fixed Enhancement Points will be retained. Subsequent Enhancement attempts can guarantee 100% success.
• Fixed Enhancement Points will accumulate separately for each equipment item.
• Enhancement attempts with Fixed Enhancement Points at maximum value will guarantee 100% success.
• The maximum Fixed Enhancement Points required for fixed Enhancement of equipment will vary depending on the Enhancement stage.
• "Great Success" will not occur when attempting fixed Enhancement.

Through this approach, we aim to provide clearer feedback for Enhancement attempts.


[color]3. Increase in Trinket Enhancement efficiency.[/color]
As Trinkets have lower Enhancement benefits compared to other types of equipment, we will increase the Enhancement benefits of this type of gear, which has had lower Enhancement motivation issues due to their lower benefits.

• Increase in Physical/Psi attack increase for each Enhancement stage.
• Increase in Physical/Psi critical damage for each Enhancement stage.
•  The Trinket enhancement stat increase is applied to all gears, including the current gear.

By increasing the benefits of Trinket Enhancement, we aim to improve the lower motivation for Trinket Enhancement.


[color]4. Addition of Enhancement Unleash Option.[/color]
In areas where feedback has been felt to be lacking even if the enhancement stage has been increased, we plan to provide a clearer advantage of enhancement increase through the ‘Enhancement Unleash Option’.

• Unleash Option is a gear-unique option that is activated at a certain enhancement stage or higher.
• Unleash Option is activated in a fixed option, not in random.
• Each gear item will have different unleash options.
• Unleash Option will be introduced starting with gear that will be added after the September 11, 2024 update.
• No attributes (stats) will be deleted or lost due to the addition of the unleash option

Through these additions, we hope Agents will feel the feedback on the Enhancement stage increase. We will continue to update and actively contribute to character growth.


[color]5. Maximum Enhancement Stage extension[/color]
In addition to the improvements mentioned above, the Enhancement stage will also be extended to +30, providing long-term growth goals to become stronger characters.

• The maximum enhancement stages will be extended to +30.
• The success probability for Enhancements below +25 will be increased.
  • In addition to the increased base probability due to the removal of the Enhancement Buff, probabilities for certain ranges will be further increased.
  • The new Enhancement Guarantee system will also be applied to stages 26-30.
  • The existing Enhancement Transfers can also be used in new Enhancement stages.
    

Through these improvements, we will make every effort to prepare and provide reasonable and continuous gameplay goals for everyone.

This concludes the content of this Improvement Plan.

We kindly ask for your support as our development team diligently prepares for the Second Half of the Year Update.

Thank you very much.

[h2]Month of July[/h2]

The Monthly Closers Attendance Rewards has been updated!

Receive item rewards when you log in to Closers from the first of every month until the last day of your log-in!

*Unused Consumables Items will be removed on December 31, 2024 at 9:00 AM UTC.

Hello Agents,

We would like to inform you in advance about the updates planned for July 10th, 2024. These updates include changes to rewards and entry counts for the Ancient Dragon Historic Site Area dungeons, inventory improvements, reduced repackaging costs for unique costumes, and reorganization of the UNION Watch shop products.

Please check the following information for more details.

[h3][color]■ Pre-Notice on Ancient Dragon Historic Site Area Dungeon Renewal[/color][/h3]

Schedule: During maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024

Details:

1. 
   Monster drop/clear rank rewards will be removed from some lower-level dungeons of the Ancient Dragon Historic Site, and credit rewards will be partially reduced.
   
   • [color]Among the monster drop rewards, visual items that can be obtained in the corresponding dungeon will be maintained.[/color]
     
     
     [color]Target Dungeons[/color]

     Ancient Dragon's Nightmare

     Ancient Dragon's Nightmare [V.HARD]

     Coercion Sandstorms

     Coercion Sandstorms [V.HARD]

     [Nightmare] Coercion Sandstorms

     Deadly Poison Sandstorms

     Deadly Poison Sandstorms [V.HARD]

     [Nightmare] Deadly Poison Sandstorms

     Ancient Dragon's Nightmare : Heart

     Ancient Dragon's Prison Castle

     [Nightmare] Ancient Dragon's Nightmare : Heart

     [Nightmare] Ancient Dragon's Prison Castle
2. Monster drop/clear rank rewards removed from lower-level dungeons will be migrated to ‘Mirage Repeated’ and ‘Mirage Repeated [V.HARD]’ dungeons.
   
   • [color]Even if the number of entries has been consumed by entering ‘Mirage Repeated’ and ‘Mirage Repeated [V.HARD]’ before the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024, the number of entries will be reset after the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024 and you will be able to re-enter.[/color]
3. Some of the reduced credit rewards from lower-level dungeons will be migrated to ‘Mirage Repeated’, ‘Mirage Repeated [V.HARD]’, and ‘The World Tower of Sealing’ dungeons.
   
4. The number of entries to the ‘Dragon’s Execution Ground’ dungeon has been consolidated and changed to once per week per character.
   
   • [color]According to the number of entries adjustment, the monster drop/clear reward items of ‘[Extreme] Dragon's Execution Ground’ will be improved. [/color]
     
   • [color]The monster drop/clear rewards of ‘Dragon's Execution Ground’ and ‘Dragon's Execution Ground [V.HARD]’ will remain the same. [/color]
     
   • [color]Even if the number of entries has been consumed by entering 'Dragon's Execution Ground', 'Dragon's Execution Ground [V.HARD]', and '[Extreme] Dragon's Execution Ground' before the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024, and afterward (after the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024), the consolidated number of entries will be applied: once a week per character.[/color]
     
     
5. When using [Sector Pass - Dragon's Execution Ground] item, the number of ‘[Extreme] Dragon's Execution Ground’ entries will also increase.
   
6. ‘Ancient Dragon Historic Site’ tab [Chip Box] craft recipe will be removed from ‘Craft UI’, and [Chip] craft that was obtainable from the crafted box will be added to the 'Craft' tab of 'Chip UI' each.
   
   • [color]Even if the number of the craftable count is already consumed in the 'T1 Platinum Chip Random Box' craft recipe of the original 'CraftUI' before the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024, you can craft chips additionally through the 'T1 Platinum Chip (each)' craft added to 'ChipUI' after the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024.[/color]
     
     [Chip Box Craft Recipe from ‘Craft UI’ to be removed]
     
     
     [color]Craft Recipe[/color]

     [color]Required Materials[/color]

     T1 Platinum Chip Random Box
     (Once a week per account)

     Agate of Genesis *100

     T1 Platinum Chip Random Box
     (Once a week per account)

     Traitor's Yoke *15

     T2 Colored Chip Random Box

     150,000 Credit
     Nightmare Orb *24

     T2 Colored Chip Selectable Box

     150,000 Credit
     Nightmare Orb *120

     T2 Platinum Chip Random Box

     2,500,000 Credit
     Traitor's Handcuffs *24

     T2 Platinum Chip Selectable Box

     5,000,000 Credit
     Traitor's Handcuffs *120
     
     
     [‘Chip UI’ newly added/changed to be craftable chip]
     
     
     [color]Category[/color]

     [color]Craftable Item[/color]

     [color]Required Material[/color]

     [color]Craft Restriction[/color]

     Newly added

     T2 Colored Chip (each)

     150,000 Credit
     Nightmare Orb *24

     None

     Newly added

     T2 Platinum Chip (each)

     2,500,000 Credit
     Traitor's Handcuffs *24

     None

     Newly added

     T1 Platinum Chip (each)

     Traitor's Yoke *15

     Once a week per account

     Newly added

     Overclock Chip

     1,500,000 Credit
     Memory of Betrayal *50

     None

     Change in the number of craftable times

     T1 Platinum Chip (each)

     Agate of Genesis *25

     (Before) 5 times a week per account
     (After) 6 times a week per account
   • [color]The ‘T1 Platinum Chip (each)’ number of craftable times will be changed, which will only increase the maximum number of times it can be crafted, and the number of craft consumed before the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024 will be maintained.[/color]
     
7. Some of the UNION Watch Missions and Crew Missions will be removed.
   
   • [color]If you don't claim the reward after clearing the UNION Watch mission and crew mission below before the maintenance on Jul 10th, you will not be able to claim the reward after the maintenance on Jul 10th. So please make sure to claim all the rewards before the update on Jul 10th, 2024.[/color]
     
     [UNION Watch Missions to be removed]
     
     
     [color]Mission Category[/color]

     [color]Mission Group[/color]

     [color]Mission Detail[/color]

     Dungeon Mission

     Order: Explore the Ancient Dragon Historic Site

     Clear 2kinds of Ancient Dragon's Nightmare twice

     Dungeon Mission

     Order: Investigate Ancient Dragon Historic Site

     Sandstorms Dungeon 2kinds or Ancient Dragon's Nightmare : Heart OR Clear Ancient Dragon's Prison Castle or Mirage Repeated twice

     New: Intensive
     Returning: Intensive

     Dungeon

     [Nightmare] Deadly Poison Sandstorms Clear(except for quest dungeon)

     New: Intensive
     Returning: Intensive

     Dungeon

     [Nightmare] Coercion Sandstorms Clear(except for quest dungeon)

     New: Intensive
     Returning: Intensive

     Dungeon

     [Nightmare] Ancient Dragon's Nightmare : Heart Clear(except for quest dungeon)

     New: Intensive
     Returning: Intensive

     Dungeon

     [Nightmare] Ancient Dragon's Prison Castle Clear(except for quest dungeon)
     
     
     [Crew Missions to be removed]
     
     
     [color]Mission Group[/color]

     [color]Mission Detail[/color]

     Weekly mission

     Ancient Dragon Historic Site : [Ancient Dragon's Nightmare : Heart] Clear

     Weekly mission

     Ancient Dragon Historic Site : [Ancient Dragon's Prison Castle] Clear

     Daily mission

     Ancient Dragon Historic Site : [Deadly Poison Sandstorms] Clear

     Daily mission

     Ancient Dragon Historic Site : [Coercion Sandstorms] Clear

     Daily mission

     Ancient Dragon Historic Site : [Ancient Dragon's Nightmare] Clear

[h3][color]■ Pre-Notice on Inventory Improvement [/color][/h3]

Schedule: During maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024

Details:

1. The number of Slots in Gear, Consumables, Material, and Costume inventory will be increased by '9 X 10' from '7 X 10', a total of 20 for each.
   
   • [color]The maximum count of slot expansions will not change, and if you have already expanded a slot, the slot will be increased without the need for further expansion.[/color]
2. The currency required for inventory expansion will be collectively changed to ‘Credit’.
   
3. The ‘Item Sort Lock’ function will be added so that if you sort-lock a specific item in the inventory, its position will not change even if the item is sorted.
   
4. The Mission tab in the inventory will be removed.
   
   • [color]The ‘Quest Item’ currently in use will be changed to ‘Material Item’ and will be moved to the Temporary Character Storage during maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024.[/color]
     • [color]The timing of the Temporary Character Storage removal will be announced separately at a later date.[/color]
   • [color]‘Quest items’ that are currently unused due to deletion of acquisition and usage source will be deleted during maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024.[/color]
     
   • [color]Among the quest items to be deleted, ‘Babel Coin’, 'Scoop Skeleton’, ‘Greenish Yellow Bone Fragment’, and ‘Gear Booster Part’ can be sold by credit at the shop until maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024.[/color]
     
   • [color]Among the tutorial quest Items, ‘Red Transistor’, ‘Crimson Phase Converter’, and ‘Bloody CPU Chip’ will be re-sent to the mail of the character who owns the item during maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024 so that it can be used for quest progress.[/color]
     
   • [color]If the quest item subject to deletion is packaged by using Gremory's Common/Greater/Special Dimensional Box, it will not be deleted during the maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024.[/color]
     
   • [color]When you log in after the maintenance and open the box, the packed quest items can be moved to the materials tab and can be deleted directly.[/color]
     
5. The total amount of Credit for all characters will be changed to be displayed in the inventory, and Credit will be shared between characters.
   • [color]The Maximum Credit Amount that can be held in inventory will be increased.[/color]
6. Total Price(Credit) and Item Amount that can be registered in the Black Market will be increased.

[h3][color]■ Pre-Notice on Reduced cost of repackaging unique costumes[/color][/h3]

Schedule: During maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024

Details:

1. The amount of ‘Quality Assurance Seal’ consumed for repackaging unique costumes will be reduced for each piece.
   
   [Required quantity of Quality Assurance Seals]
   
   
   
   [color]Costume Piece[/color]
   

   
   [color]Before[/color]
   

   
   [color]After[/color]
   

   
   Weapon
   

   
   180
   

   
   72
   

   
   Hair
   

   
   140
   

   
   56
   

   
   Top
   

   
   140
   

   
   56
   

   
   Bottom
   

   
   140
   

   
   56
   

   
   Shoes
   

   
   180
   

   
   72
   

   
   Gloves
   

   
   180
   

   
   72
   

   
   Hat
   

   
   100
   

   
   40
   

   
   Cheeks
   

   
   100
   

   
   40
   

   
   Back
   

   
   100
   

   
   40
   

   
   Eyes
   

   
   100
   

   
   40
   

[h3][color]■ Pre-Notice on UNION Watch Shop Product Renewal[/color][/h3]

Schedule: During maintenance on Jul 10th, 2024

Details:

1. Some items that have been sold at NPC → Normal Shop → UNION Watch tab will be removed and new items will be added.
   
   
   
   [color]Removed Items[/color]
   

   
   [color]Added Items[/color]
   

   
   Chromatic Phase Essence
   Sticky Residue
   Reanimator
   Essence of the sea breeze
   

   
   Gear Booster Fuel I
   Chip Protector
   slot Type Modification Tool
   UNION Gear Lubricant
   Normal D Component : Gear
   Black Cat Ears
   White Cat Ears
   Playful Cat Tail
   Serious Cat Tail
   Happy Cat Tail
   

Please refer to the information provided above to avoid any inconvenience while playing Closers. We will do our best to introduce more interesting content and events for all of you.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

If you have any further concerns or questions, please send us an email to: [email protected] or through Customer Support web inquiry by clicking the banner below.