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[p]A bountiful collection of spoils once thought lost to the sands of time, available now through August 28, 1 a.m. PT (8 a.m. UTC). The Desert Star Battle Pass features the Desert Stone Weapon Set, Moonlight Wolfie Amitoi, Juicy Woolpaca Dash Morph, Gesture: Blade Dance, Pose: Throne of Fire, and more.[/p][p]Want even more unique rewards for completing seasonal challenges? The Battle Pass is an optional seasonal purchase that can turn your accomplishments into new cosmetics, crafting materials, items, and various in-game currency. Each Battle Pass features a free track and a premium track that can be unlocked with Lucent. Look forward to new spoils every season.[/p][p]Learn more about the Desert Star rewards below and then explore answers to your most common questions.[/p][h2]Rewards[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p]There are desirable rewards at every level, but the most ambitious adventurers will strive to achieve max level (level 50) for the following loot.[/p]

• [p]Level 1 (Premium Track): Juicy Woolpaca Dash Morph[/p]
• [p]Level 20 (Free Track): Gesture - Blade Dance[/p]
• [p]Level 20 (Premium Track): Moonlight Wolfie Amitoi[/p]
• [p]Level 31 (Premium Track): Pose - Throne of Fire[/p]
• [p]Level 45 (Premium Track): Illusion Scroll[/p]
• [p]Level 50 (Free Track): Combat Setting Voucher[/p]
• [p]Level 50 (Premium Track): Desert Stone Weapon Selection Chest (Select 2 of the 8 weapon cosmetics)[/p]

[p]Don’t forget to use your Star Crystals for valuable items in the Desert Star Point Shop. As you progress your Battle Pass, you’ll earn Star Crystals as free rewards at levels 5, 10, 15, 25, 30, 35, and 45. Additional Battle Pass experience upon reaching level 50 will be converted into Star Crystals. Be advised, at the end of the Battle Pass season, your Star Crystals will turn into Quality Recovery Crystals.[/p][p]Here are some of the featured items from the Desert Star Point Shop:[/p]

• [p](Premium only) All 8 Desert Stone Weapon Cosmetics[/p]
• [p]Skill Core Engraving Book[/p]
• [p]Rune Category Selection Chest[/p]
• [p]Precious Ore Selection Chest[/p]
• [p]Trait Extraction and Conversion Stones[/p]
• [p]Nebula Charge Stones[/p]
• [p]Rare Artifact Chance Chests[/p]
• [p]Weapon Mastery Experience[/p]
• [p]Skill Conversion Books[/p]
• [p]Trait Unlock Stones[/p]
• [p]Precious Parchment[/p]
• [p]and more![/p]

[p]Want to learn more about how the Battle Pass works? Check out our FAQ.[/p][p]Thanks for your support and we’ll see you in Solisium![/p]

[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Get up to speed with godspeed on the latest THRONE AND LIBERTY updates. Hot off the heels of Summer in Solisium reveals, we're excited to talk about the new Tombstone Customization feature, Raid: Altar of Calanthia Nightmare Mode, and Summer Games.[/p][p][/p][p]What kind of social features would make our community events more engaging and fun for everyone?[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for your support! We can’t wait for players to experience these features firsthand in Solisium.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Celebrate Summer Splash with Entropy Shards, Conversion Stones, Trait Unlock Stones, and Ornate Coins.

Whether you watch your favorite streamer or hang out with a few new Creators, simply tune in for 10 hours of cumulative watch time before August 20, 2025 to claim your Summer Splash Drops.[/p]

• [p]200 Ornate Coins (2 total hours watched)[/p]
• [p]50 Conversion Stones (4 total hours watched)[/p]
• [p]300 Ornate Coins (6 total hours watched)[/p]
• [p]50 Trait Unlock Stones (8 total hours watched[/p]
• [p]4 Entropy Shards (10 total hours watched)[/p]

[p]If you haven’t done so already, make sure your Twitch account is linked to your Steam, Xbox or PSN account (depending on which platform you play on). Twitch Drops can only be claimed once per account.

Thanks for your support and we’ll see you on the beaches of Solisium!
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[p] [/p][p]THRONE AND LIBERTY Update 2.20.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on July 23 and last approximately 6.5 hours. Find the full list of changes below.[/p][h3]Summer Splash Event[/h3][p]Hunt down Tidebully Goblins, join the Splash Bash arena for refreshing fun, and receive a Blessing of Summer Buff from Beach Party Gigantrite. The Summer Splash event will send waves across Solisium from July 24 through August 13.[/p][p]Beyond the sandcastles, colorful parasols, and tropical decorations will be event exclusive fish, cooking recipes, and login rewards. Earn Splash Coins through different festivities for event-specific rewards like the Llama Playful Morph or check out the Store for new summer swimsuits.[/p][p]For more details on the festivities, see the event article \[HERE].[/p][h3]Performance Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Optimized some large-scale combat FPS performance for content like Arch Bosses, Field Bosses, and War Games. Significant FPS improvements should be noticeable depending on your hardware setup.[/p]
• [p]Improved performance when casting multi-target skills against large groups, and reduced motion blur and camera shake effects triggered by critical hits on multiple targets.[/p]
• [p]Improved positional desync when jumping onto or off of lifts or breezelines.[/p]
• [p]Improved movement desync when landing on a sloped surface when gliding.[/p]
• [p]Fixed a client hitch encountered when entering the underground section of Doomrot Grove.[/p]

[h3]New Miscellaneous Inventory[/h3]

• [p]A Miscellaneous inventory has been added to store Fish and Cooking Ingredient type items.[/p]
  • [p]The default storage size is 100 slots, expandable up to 300 slots.[/p]
  • [p]Currently stored Fish and Cooking Ingredients will be placed in your warehouse, and once moved into the Lifestyle inventory, cannot be stored in the warehouse again.[/p]

[h3]Artifact UI Improvements[/h3]

• [p]The layout of the Artifact UI has been adjusted to make it easier to see the bonuses of individual artifacts in your inventory.[/p]
• [p]Added search functionality so you can search Artifacts by set, primary, and secondary stats.[/p]
  • [p]You can also save search filters for easy re-use.[/p]
• [p]Added the ability to compare a selected artifact against a currently equipped artifact's stats.[/p]
• [p]Added recommended artifact equipping based on saved search filters.[/p]
• [p]Added bulk lock and unlock functionaliy for artifacts.[/p]

[h3]General[/h3]

• [p]Combat: Fixed an issue preventing some heal over time effects from applying.[/p]
  • [p]Precious Health Regen Crystal[/p]
  • [p]Overture of Eternal Salvation Wand[/p]
  • [p]Greatsword: Davinci's Courage[/p]
• [p]Arch Boss Weapons: Skill Cores extracted from Tier 1 Arch Boss Weapons can now be crafted into the upgraded Tier 2 version Arch Boss Skill Core.[/p]
• [p]Davinci's Favor: Weekly Resistance Contract missions now count the additional completion bonus from Davinci's Favor.[/p]
• [p]Davinci's Favor: Gaining Abyssal Contract Tokens while having an amount above max quantity will no longer reset your total to the max quantity.[/p]
  • [p]Nebula Island: You can now purchase Advanced Nebula Stones for 15 Nebula Stones at the Nebula Stone Merchant.[/p]
• [p]These items no longer need to be crafted using Nebula Essence, and Nebula Essence is no longer available. Dissolve any leftover Nebula Essence to receive 5 Nebula Stones.[/p]
• [p]Nebula Island: Reduced the Map Icon clutter at the entry point for Nebula Island.[/p]
• [p]Nebula Island: Exodus and Grimturg now appear at the same time on the Sunday Nebula Island schedule. We'll keep an eye on feedback and participation after this schedule adjustment and may adjust it again in the future.[/p]
• [p]Arena: Completing the Weekly arena mission will now automatically grant mission rewards and display them as a system message in the chat window instead of requiring an additional UI confirmation.[/p]
• [p]Boss Instances: Slightly increased the amount of time between the boss' death and the instance closure to allow players who resurrect late in the fight additional time to pick up loot.[/p]
• [p]Field Boss: Increased the common rune rewards from Field Boss rune boxes.[/p]
• [p]Arch Boss: Fixed the Peace and Dominion gates for Giant Cordy despawning after 3 minutes instead of 5 minutes.[/p]
• [p]Arch Boss: Deluzhnoa: The terrain below Deluzhnoa no longer rotates to increase combat stability and performance. Some of Deluzhnoa's skills have been adjusted to account for the change in ground movement to keep a more dynamic fight experience.[/p]
• [p]Dagger: Specialization: Thundering Bomb: Fixed an issue preventing Thundering Bomb from consuming Thundercloud stacks.[/p]
• [p]Crossbows: Concentration Stance: Fixed this ability causing the player to run to the targeted ally when having auto move settings enabled.[/p]
• [p]Item: Talus' Crystalline Staff: Fixed an issue where being stunned did not trigger the weapon skill.[/p]
• [p]War Games: Fixed a case where War Games chat was not displaying.[/p]
• [p]Adventure Codex: Chapter 14: Fixed an issue where the name and codex marker for the NPC Felix were not displayed during Appendix: New Life.[/p]
• [p]Lithograph Book: Added 9 new collections using Heroic equipment items to the Lithograph Book.[/p]
• [p]Cooking: Adjusted the names of Cooking recipes to make searching for recipes easier by removing the quality marker from the name.[/p]
• [p]Crafting: Fixed an issue preventing fishing rods from being crafted at Sundries Crafter NPCs.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where health would be restored when equipping and unequipping certain armors.[/p]
• [p]Guild Contracts: Increased the amount of Guild Contract refresh attempts from 10 to 99.[/p]
• [p]Map Pins: The default interaction for map pins has changed from Left/Right mouse click to CTRL+Left/Right Mouse Click.[/p]
• [p]Cosmetics: Fixed an unintended change where dyed metallic materials on costumes and illusions was not properly displaying the mettalic effect.[/p]
• [p]Cosmetics: Fixed an unintended change to the display of dye color D8BE68.[/p]
• [p]Morph: Shapeshift: Wraith Hound has learned how to climb stairs.[/p]
• [p]Graphics: Fixed a case where the Resolution Scale option wouldn't take effect if you had DLSS/FSR/XESS active.[/p]

[h3]Raid: Altar of Calanthia[/h3]

• [p]Removed some persistent raid buff icons from displaying in the party UI and blocking visibility of other effects.[/p]
• [p]Calanthia: Fixed the aggro radius of the boss arena to prevent attacks on players in the resurrection area.[/p]
• [p]Arkeum Shadowmancer's fury attack indicator now matches the actual attack range.[/p]
• [p]Controller: Fixed an issue where players could not target themselves after certain mechanics in the Altar of Calanthia raid.[/p]
• [p]Raid Board: Fixed recruitment posts remaining on the raid board after leaders disband the party.[/p]

[h3]Spectator Mode[/h3]

• [p]Added the ability to hide the Spectator Mode control UI while in Spectator Mode.[/p]
• [p]You can now set a focused team while spectating PvP content to highlight that team's used skills for better visibility.[/p]
• [p]Increased the number of lines displayed on the kill feed.[/p]

[h3]Interface Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Buffs: Remaining buff timers now display in buff tooltips on the main HUD.[/p]
• [p]Warehouse: Added options to adjust the displayed item icon size as well as hiding equipped items from the list.[/p]
• [p]Vanguards: Added Vanguard UI to the available HUD editing functions.[/p]
• [p]World Map: Adjusted the size of the content settings window when viewing the Schedule → Content Settings UI.[/p]
• [p]War Games: Fixed a case where the Kill and Assist counts in the Guide UI could be reset.[/p]
• [p]Guild UI: Fixed an issue that could cause duplicate entries for individual Guild Raids in the raid history UI.[/p]
• [p]Party Matching: Added status messaging to the standby UI when waiting for Party Matching.[/p]
• [p]Party Matching: Fixed an issue where the Raid tab would not be visible when opening the Party Matching UI through a shortcut key.[/p]
• [p]Character: A red notification dot now appears on presets that have unspent stat points.[/p]
• [p]Waypoints: Using Waypoints from the Schedule UI now works without showing the local map.[/p]

[h3]Material Transmutation UI Improvements[/h3]

• [p]Tradable equipment in your inventory is now shown in the Material Transmutation item list to help display that you have it, but it is unable to be selected or used as a material.[/p]
• [p]Adjusted the sort and filter display on the Material Transmutation UI.[/p]
• [p]A notification dot now appears on the Material Conversion icon in the main menu when automatic material conversion is complete.[/p]

[h3]Controller[/h3]

• [p]Fixed an issue where the Weapon Mastery Battle Pass bonus reward button could not be selected.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue preventing the Vanguard Party controls from opening when using a controller.[/p]
• [p]Mirror Boutique: Fixed an issue leading to unintended results when confirming changes while hovering over hairstyles.[/p]

[h3]Localized Spanish Support Update[/h3]

• [p]To better focus our resources on future updates, all web and in-game content moving forward will no longer receive localized support for Spanish. This content will instead be localized into LATAM Spanish.[/p]

[p]Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Solisium.[/p]

[p]The new Orb weapon, Housing, 24v24 Battlegrounds mode, Hyperboost Servers, and more are coming soon. From gathering progression and handicraft features for furniture, to a Dimensional Trials rework, new achievement system, and major quality of life updates, we’re happy to be implementing more player-driven changes as Solisium continues to become an even better experience for every type of player. Join Tico and godspeed for the full reveal.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]This video is just of tease of what’s coming in the next few months. Stay tuned for deep dives as well as additional information as we get closer to release. In the meantime, you can soak up the sun right now during our new summer event.[/p][p][/p][h2]Summer Splash[/h2][p][/p][p]Hunt down Tidebully Goblins, join the Splash Bash arena for refreshing fun, and receive a Blessing of Summer Buff from Beach Party Gigantrite. The Summer Splash event will send waves across Solisium now through August 13.[/p][p][/p][p]Beyond the sandcastles, colorful parasols, and tropical decorations will be event-exclusive fish, cooking recipes, and login rewards. Earn Splash Coins through different festivities for event-specific rewards like the Llama Playful Morph or check out the Store for new summer swimsuits. As part of the celebration, you can also link your Amazon Games iD for a new set of special rewards.[/p][p][/p][p]Check out our announcement article for everything you need to know, including details on the limited-time Event Pass.[/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for your support! We can’t wait for everyone to further immerse themselves in Solisium through this upcoming content.[/p]