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[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][/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]Here’s everything you need to know to soak up the sun, including details on the limited-time Event Pass.[/p][p][/p][h2]Splash Bash[/h2][p]Splash Bash is a 6v6 limited-time PvP mode on the new Arena map, Soggy Sandcastle. Transform into a summer Amitoi with DPS, Tank, or Support traits and unleash unique abilities, but stay out of the shark-infested waters. You’ll have to dodge giant waves for even more rewards each week.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Weekly Arena Rewards[/h3]

• [p]Play 3 games[/p]
  • [p]Reward: 50 Splash Coins[/p]
• [p]Win 5 games[/p]
  • [p]Reward: 150 Splash Coins[/p]
• [p]Play 10 games[/p]
  • [p]Reward: 300 Splash Coins[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Tidebully Goblins[/h2][p][/p][p]Keep an eye out for Tidebully Goblins on the beach. Those pesky thieves think they can blend into the festivities. Take them out for event-specific loot, including Splash Coins, a Summer Splash Profile Frame, and the Big Tidebully Goblin Playful Morph.[/p][p][/p][h2]Blessing of Summer Buff[/h2][p]Every so often Beach Party Gigantrite will bestow you with a special buff. Defeat monsters or gather materials while the Blessing of Summer Buff is active for a chance to receive Splash Coins.[/p][p][/p][h2]Event Rewards[/h2][p]Summer Splash is all about Splash Coins. Collect this event-specific currency through daily login rewards, Tidebully Goblins, the Blessing of Summer Buff, and the Splash Bash.[/p][p]Your spoils can be exchanged for the following rewards:[/p]

• [p]Precious Weapon Growthstone[/p]
• [p]Precious Armor Growthstone[/p]
• [p]Precious Accessory Growthstone[/p]
• [p]Trait Unlock Stone[/p]
• [p]Trait Extraction Stone[/p]
• [p]Trait Conversion Stone[/p]
• [p]Weapon Mastery Seal: 100,000 points[/p]
• [p]Precious Chaos Rune Selection Chest[/p]
• [p]Title: 2025 Summer Splasher[/p]
• [p]Playful Morph: Big Tidebully Goblin[/p]
• [p]Playful Morph: Tidebully Goblin[/p]
• [p]Profile Frame: Splash Damage[/p]
• [p]Playful Morph: Llama[/p]
• [p]Ceviche Vegetable Kit[/p]
• [p]Quality Golden Rye[/p]
• [p]Quality Stellarite x10[/p]

[p][/p][h2]Event Pass[/h2][p]The Tidal Weapon Set, Flower Bed Gneiss Amitoi, Bubbles Gesture, Plateau Gryphon Morph, and more are yours for the taking through this limited-time, exclusive Event Pass. Similar to the Battle Pass, you’ll complete event challenges to level up and obtain additional rewards.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Summer 2024 Swim Bundle[/h2][p]The latest in Solisium summer fashion will be available throughout this event. This bundle features the Summer Splash and Summer Essentials swimwear as well as the Lifeguard Wolfie Amitoi. What will you wear to the beach?[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Fishing and Cooking[/h2][p][/p][p]Special dishes are available for the season, if you’re willing to put in the extra effort. There are 10 event-specific fish waiting to be discovered. Obtain the right bait, lure in an unsuspecting ingredient, and grab a Ceviche Vegetable Set.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Once you locate an open fire pit on the beach, plus some Vegetable Oil, you’re ready to prepare Ceviche. Each Ceviche bolsters your Weapon Specialization experience and Solant gains by 100%.[/p][p][/p][h2]Amazon Games iD Summer Refresh[/h2][p][/p][p]Create your Amazon Games iD and get instant rewards![/p]

• [p]Festival Glynt Amitoi[/p]
• [p]5 Precious Chaos Rune Chance Chests[/p]
• [p]1,500 Ornate Coins[/p]
• [p]Precious Growthstone Chest[/p]

[p]If you’ve already linked accounts in the past, you’ll automatically receive your rewards.[/p][p]Thanks for your support! We’ll see you on beaches of Solisium.[/p]

[p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]What's up gamers! Welcome back to Tico Talks for the latest updates on all things THRONE AND LIBERTY. Learn more about how community feedback will continue to drive development decisions and priorities, our design philosophy behind Raid difficulty, recent changes to Guild versus Guild Portals, core PvP improvements, and more in this month's episode. [/p][p][/p][h3]Community Question[/h3][p]Given the complex nature of alliances – balancing server power, maintaining epic battles, and ensuring fair competition – what incremental changes do you think would most improve the alliance system?

Thanks for your support! We’ll see you in Solisium.
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[p][/p][p]THRONE AND LIBERTY Update 2.18.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on July 9 and last approximately 4.5 hours. It includes the new 4-Star Dimensional Trial: Crypt of Augmentation. Find the full list of changes, including bug fixes, below.[/p][p][/p][h3]New 4-Star Dimensional Trial[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Challenge Velentra in the latest addition to Dimensional Trials, the new 4-Star Dimensional Trial: Crypt of Augmentation.[/p]

• [p]This update marks the end of Dimensional Trial Season 2. Strive for new personal bests alongside new seasonal score rewards, including a new Morph, Title, and Epic Chaos Runes when Season 3 starts after maintenance.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]New Arkeum Invasion Field Event[/h3][p]Fight back invaders from the Arkeum Legion for unique rewards, like an event gesture, Amitoi, and Morph after maintenance through July 23. Remember to exchange your event currency with special NPCs in town to reap your hard-earned spoils of war.[/p]

• [p]The Arkeum Invasion field event will spawn 3x per day on weekdays and 4x per day on weekends, across multiple zones.[/p]
  • [p]Weekdays (UTC): 01:30, 05:30, 12:30.[/p]
  • [p]Weekends (UTC): 01:30, 05:30, 12:30, 21:30.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Field Boss Guild Portals[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]Guild Portals for Field Bosses will now occur only twice per day at 20:30 and 23:30 local server time. The half-hour time offset is to allow players to participate in Peace/Dominion Field Bosses separately from guild portals.[/p]

• [p]New Rune Box reward: Guild Field Bosses now offer a Rune box that guarantees a rune, plus the occasional Rare or Epic Chaos Rune. Both guilds will receive 1 million Weapon Mastery Experience per participant upon victory.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Obsidian Fragment Adjustments[/h3]

• [p]Obsidian Fragments have been added to the Arena reward shop for purchase.[/p]
• [p]Obsidian Fragments now have a chance of dropping from mining nodes on Gigantrite.[/p]

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

• [p]Items: Added two new earring drops to the second encounter in Altar of Calanthia.[/p]
• [p]Items: Polished Crystals dropped during the Altar of Calanthia raid will now go directly to personal inventories and not into guild loot distribution.[/p]
• [p]Calanthia: Fixed an issue where the Fury attack indicator for Chain Lightning appeared for the wrong players.[/p]
• [p]Codex: Altar of Calanthia: Fixed an issue where the third stage of the Exploration Codex for the Altar of Calanthia raid didn't recognize completion.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]General[/h3]

• [p]The Forbidden Ritual milestone end date has been extended by two weeks to August 21. This milestone will unlock the new Altar of Calanthia Nightmare difficulty.[/p]
• [p]New Accessories have been added, including set bonus effects for four different sets.[/p]
  • [p]These accessories provide additional defensive stats that pair well with the increased offensive power gained through upgrading Heroic raid weapons.[/p]
  • [p]12 new Accessories can be acquired from each of the following sources:[/p]
    • [p]4-Star Dungeons and Dimensional Trials[/p]
    • [p]All Things Workshop[/p]
    • [p]Material Transmutation[/p]
    • [p]Nightmare difficulty Hall of Illusion[/p]
• [p]14 new Accessories can be crafted from Crandace the Special Equipment Crafter, requiring a Lv. 12 version of their existing counterparts as material.[/p]
• [p]Expanded the level cap for Runes to level 90.[/p]
• [p]Rare quality Chaos Runes can now be obtained from a variety of gameplay sources.[/p]
• [p]Nebula Island: Added a Nebula Accessory Chest purchasable at the Nebula Stone merchant for 350 Nebula Stones.[/p]
• [p]Weekly Missions: For the following two weeks, Chaos Prisms can be obtained through Weekly Mission rewards. These replace the previously available Entropy Shards.[/p]
• [p]Inter-Server Siege: The team with the most attempted throne captures will now properly determine results in the case of a tie between teams.[/p]
• [p]Inter-Server Siege: Fixed an issue causing all participation rewards for Inter-Server Sieges to get sent to a single guild.[/p]
• [p]Inter-Server Siege: Reduced the duration of the preparation time from 10 minutes to 4 minutes to reduce the overall wait time before matches.[/p]
• [p]Field Boss events: Reduced the duration of the preparation time from 5 minutes to 3 minutes.[/p]
• [p]Raid matchmaking: Your currently active raid progression is now selected by default when opening the Raid matchmaking or party board UI.[/p]
• [p]Battle Pass: The "Use Recovery Crystals" Battle Pass mission will now progress when using Precious Recovery Crystals.[/p]
• [p]Spectator Mode: Fixed players incorrectly entering a dungeon or raid as a spectator if they were invited to join the group after previously observing them as a spectator.[/p]
• [p]Movement: Fixed abnormal rubberbanding at the top of waterfalls.[/p]
• [p]Movement: The camera will no longer rotate on its own when teleporting while moving the camera.[/p]
• [p]Settings: Fixed a variety of UI issues that occurred if a non-default Contrast setting was used.[/p]
• [p]UI: Fixed an issue causing a placeholder string to be shown in the Matchmaking Success popup.[/p]
• [p]UI: The search bar in the Party/Raid Board is no longer case-sensitive.[/p]
• [p]Console: The Chatbox Settings menu is no longer empty.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Combat[/h3]

• [p]Wand: Vampiric Contract: Fixed an issue where the range for the passive effect was being determined by equipped weapon melee range.[/p]
• [p]Wand: Calanthia's Doctrine of Chaos now animates appropriately.[/p]
• [p]Longbow: Blitz can once again reset the cooldown of Swift Healing, Frenzied Sword Dance, and Valiant Brawl.[/p]
• [p]Longbow: Flash Wave's visual indicator now properly matches the ability's range.[/p]
• [p]Spear: Culling Arc will now automatically re-trigger when the respective Ability key is held down.[/p]
• [p]Sword and Shield: The Mastery effect Roar Amplifier now only activates on melee damage.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Items[/h3]

• [p]Cordy's Warblade of Creeping Doom: Giant Cordy's Spore Poison effect now follows the victim of Death Blow.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Serrated Shard: Increased Rising Slash damage by 60% for the Deluzhnoa's Waves effect.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Arc of Frozen Death: Fixed an issue where Deluzhnoa's Cold effect would trigger even when blocking Arrow Vortex.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Arc of Frozen Death: Deluzhnoa's Cold effect has been changed to deal damage to the first enemy hit by Arrow Vortex, then deal damage and collision effects to targets within a 3m radius.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Edge of Eternal Frost: Replaced the Deluzhnoa's Annihilation effect with a new skill, Deluzhnoa's Touch.[/p]
• [p]Deluzhnoa's Touch: Controlling Rake's hit area width increased to 4m and reduces movement speed of all enemies in the area by 60%. On hit, increases damage reduction by 3 for 5 seconds, stacks up to 10 times.[/p]

[p][/p][h3]Crypt of Augmentation[/h3]

• [p]Velentra: Defense is reduced even further if Velentra is stunned.[/p]
• [p]Velentra: Reduced the hit radius of Velentra's Phantom Bullet.[/p]
• [p]Fixed icons and tooltips that appear when Velentra becomes charmed by players with the 'Echoes of Seduction' status.[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Velentra's charm status would occasionally not be removed after being charmed by players with the 'Echoes of Seduction' status.[/p]

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

[p][/p][p]Claim the benefits of DaVinci’s Favor free for any 7 days from July 10 through July 31. DaVinci’s Favor bolsters rewards, weapon mastery, gear slots, and storage, plus additional bonuses, including Amitoi, Contracts, and Dimensional Tokens.[/p][p]The free version of DaVinci’s Favor offers one week of benefits upon activation. This limited time offer may only be applied once per character. Adventurers that want to bask in DaVinci’s Favor for extended periods of time can exchange 450 Lucent through the in-game Shop to receive an additional 28 days of buffs. Once the buffs expire, DaVinci’s Favor can be purchased again. How will you take advantage of these perks?[/p][p][/p][h2]Benefits[/h2][p]Here’s how these boons will help you throughout your quests in Solisium.[/p]

• [p]Increased Dimensional Contract Token I and Dimensional Contract Token II.[/p]
• [p]3 free additional preset slots for Equipment, Skills, Combat Settings, and Mastery.[/p]
• [p]Remote NPC Summoning for Crafting, Merchants and Storage.[/p]
• [p]Increased Amitoi pickup speed and range.[/p]
• [p]Players will be able to open one additional reward chest after completing co-op dungeons. (Requires Dimensional Contract Token Availability.)[/p]
• [p]Contracts will consume 2 for 1, granting double rewards for each contract completed.[/p]
• [p]Current Storage capacity is increased by 100.[/p]
• [p]90% teleport cost reduction.[/p]
• [p]Increase maximum Abyss Point Capacity to 80,000.[/p]
• [p]Ability to alter character appearance without using Appearance Change Tickets.[/p]
• [p]Weapon Mastery experience gathered through Abyss Dungeons will be deposited into the Weapon Mastery UI, allowing players to distribute that experience to their weapon of choice.[/p]
• [p]An additional Weapon Sync slot will be available for use. Unlocking other slots is not required to access this benefit.[/p]
• [p]Players can now hold up to 7 contracts. This applies to both Contract Manager Contracts and Abyss Contracts.[/p]
• [p]New and improved seamless animations for morph acceleration, transformations, and teleports.[/p]

[p]Thanks for your support and may DaVinci’s Favor bring you fortune on your next adventure![/p]

[p]Shine brighter than ever across Solisium with the Radiant Star Battle Pass, available now through July 31, 1 a.m. PT (8 a.m. UTC). It features the Radiant Dragoon armor, Autumn Leaves Hawthorne Amitoi, Ornate Chaise Lounge pose, Ebon Raven Glide Morph, 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 Radiant Star rewards below and then explore answers to your most common questions.[/p][p][/p][h2]Rewards[/h2][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): Ebon Raven Glide Morph[/p]
• [p]Level 20 (Free Track): Pose - Flirty V[/p]
• [p]Level 20 (Premium Track): Autumn Leaves Hawthorne Amitoi[/p]
• [p]Level 31 (Premium Track): Pose - Ornate Chaise Lounge[/p]
• [p]Level 45 (Premium Track): Radiant Dragoon headpiece[/p]
• [p]Level 50 (Free Track): Illusion Scroll[/p]
• [p]Level 50 (Premium Track): Radiant Dragoon outfit[/p]

[p]Don’t forget to use your Star Crystals for valuable items in the Radiant 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. Here are some of the featured items from the Radiant Star Point Shop.[/p]

• [p](New) Skill Core Engraving Book[/p]
• [p]Rare 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]