Blade & Soul NEO News

[p]Game Type: B&S NEO [/p][p]Duration: November 11 – December 16  [/p][p][/p][p]Rewards all day every day! A new attendance event has begun this November. Log into the game every day to maximize your rewards! [/p][p][/p][p]*Total possible attendance days has been increased to 35, expanding the Attendance Board to 28 spaces. [/p][p] [/p]

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[p][/p][p]When
11:30 AM PST. You can see your time zone here: [/p][p]https://everytimezone.com/s/52e81411[/p][p][/p][p]Estimated Downtime[/p][p]4 hours 45 minutes[/p][p][/p][p]Notes[/p]

• [p]The November update will go live.[/p]
• [p]Fuse Insignia Special Week will go live.[/p]
• [p]Rich Raccoon Dungeon Mayhem will go live.[/p]
• [p]Leader’s Bounty event will go live.[/p]
• [p]Battle Pass – Silverfrost Part 3 will go live.[/p]
• [p]Brother Hajoon’s Tome will go live.[/p]
• [p]A new attendance book will be available.[/p]
• [p]Raging Yeti Shadow Form Boss Summon event will end.[/p]
• [p]Rewards UP! World Boss Time event will end.[/p]

[p]Event [/p][p]Event Starts >Fuse Insignia Special Week Event (after 11/11 maintenance - before 12/16 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]You can now obtain Expired "Fuse Insignia Voucher Fragment" as an additional reward for completing each dungeon's Daily Quest. [/p]

• [p]You can refine 10 Fuse Insignia Voucher Fragments to obtain a Fuse Insignia Voucher. [/p]
• [p]When fusing an Insignia, you can now consume a Fuse Insignia Voucher instead of gold. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Events Starts > Rich Raccoon Dungeon Mayhem (after 11/11 maintenance - before 12/16 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]When you defeat the final boss of Sogun's Lament: Interior, Sundered Nexus: Upper Floor, or Sundered Nexus: Lower Floor, there is now a chance for Rich Raccoon or Mighty Rich Raccoon to appear. [/p]
• [p]Defeating Rich Raccoon or Mighty Rich Raccoon consumes 1 Hongmoon's Blessing. [/p]
• [p]Defeating Rich Raccoon or Mighty Rich Raccoon grants rewards. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Battle Pass > NEO Battle Pass  (after 11/11 maintenance to before 12/16 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]The new Battle Pass 'NEO Battle Pass' has begun. [/p]
• [p]Complete missions within the Battle Pass to earn rewards. [/p]
• [p]Purchasing Battle Pass Plus unlocks the 'Battle Pass Plus Rewards'. [/p]
• [p]Earn points by completing missions or using 'Battle Potion'. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Events Starts > Gold Raccoon Dungeon Mayhem (after 11/11 maintenance - before 12/16 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]When you defeat the final boss of Sogun's Lament: Interior, Sundered Nexus: Upper Floor, or Sundered Nexus: Lower Floor, there is now a chance for Rich Raccoon or Mighty Rich Raccoon to appear. [/p]
• [p]When you defeat Rich Raccoon or Mighty Rich Raccoon and claim the reward, 1 Hongmoon's Blessing is consumed. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Events Starts > NEO Attendance Book  (after 11/11 maintenance and before 12/16 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]You can participate by clicking the Attendance Book under Game Menu - Event.  [/p]
• [p]The rewards you have obtained can be claimed from the Received Items in the Game Menu .  [/p]
• [p]The NEO Attendance Board is available only on the NA/EU servers, and rewards claimed from the NEO Attendance Board can only be received on the NA/EU servers. [/p]
• [p]The Attendance Book can be participated in once per day per account, progressing one day at a time. Upon receiving the reward for the 28th day, the Attendance Log is considered complete.  [/p]
• [p]The daily Attendance Book resets at 6:00 AM.  [/p]

[p]* When opening Silverfrost Mountains Portrait Chest #1, there is a fixed chance to obtain one of the Superior or Refined Portrait, including King Gizumo, Tricolor Giganura, Divine Deer, Steel Giant, Greater Grindtooth, and Ebon Deva Gwihan. [/p][p][/p][p]Rewards Detail [/p][p][/p][p]Event Starts > Brother Hajoon's Tome (after 11/11 maintenance and before 11/25 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]Added 4 new Event Transmutations. [/p]
• [p]Transmutations will last until before the maintenance of 12/16 [/p]

[p][/p][p]Events Starts > Leader's Bounty (after 11/11 maintenance - before 12/16 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]During the event period, defeating field bosses that appear in the Moonwater and the Silverfrost Mountains will reward Moonwater Plains Leader's energy and Silverfrost Mountains Leader of the Pack's energy. [/p]
• [p]Added event items to the quest rewards for "The Announcement of Kaishin" and "Kaishin's Ambition." [/p]
• [p]Quest “The Announcement of Kaishin” can be found in Lycandi Foothills. [/p]
• [p]You can exchange them for various items from the merchant NPC Starcaster, located in Greenhollow and at the Merchants’ Guild. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Event Ends > Raging Yeti Shadow Form Boss Summon [/p]

• [p]Skypetal Plains > Rural Outfitters: "Raging Yeti Shadow Form" is not available. [/p]
• [p]The existing Raging Yeti Treasure Chest has been marked as expired and can no longer be used. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Event Ends >  Rewards UP! World Boss Time Event  [/p]

• [p]The World Boss Time Bonus Chest no longer drops when defeating World Bosses. [/p]
• [p]The World Boss Time Bonus Chest and World Boss Time Lucky Chest have been marked as expired and can no longer be used. [/p]

[p] [/p][p]Items [/p][p]Items > Soul Badge [/p]

• [p]Virtuous Soul Badge > Force Master > Increased the amount of additional damage dealt by Blazing Beam. [/p]
• [p]Sacred Soul Badge > Force Master > Increased the amount of additional damage dealt by Blazing Beam.. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Item > Soulstone [/p]

• [p]Added the Legendary rank to "Mushin's Soul Core." [/p]
• [p]Mushin’s Soul Core provides stat bonuses and class-specific Skill Point effects. [/p]
• [p]Added Transmutation for Legendary Soul Core Crystal and Mushin's Soul Core. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Item > Enchantment Effect [/p]

• [p]Increased the values of “Increases damage dealt to Affinity targets” and “Increases damage dealt to Class targets” on certain accessories and enchantment tiers. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Items > Portrait [/p]

• [p]Added new Portraits: The True Ruler, Obsidian Serpent Queen, Bladescale Naga King, Sulchu, Gatekeeper of the Altar. [/p]
• [p]Added six new Portrait Bonds. [/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Battle/Skills  [/p][p]Class > Force Master [/p]

• [p]Dragonchar (legendary) >  adjusted the Focus cost to 2. [/p]
• [p]Ice Rain > Added a Skill Enhancement effect. [/p]
• [p]Blazing Beam > Added a Skill Enhancement effect. [/p]
• [p]Dragonchar > Added a Skill Enhancement effect. [/p]
• [p]Short Fuse (Refined, Superior, Heroic) > Fixed an issue where damage did not increase based on Skill Enhancement Points. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Class > Blade Master [/p]

• [p]Blade Strike (Refined, Superior, Heroic) > Fixed an issue where damage did not increase based on Skill Enhancement Points. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Class > Assassin [/p]

• [p]Sacred Mystic Badge > Fixed an issue where, after using Poison Breath, Focus recovery would not trigger when Lightning Pierce hit. [/p]
• [p]Poison Breath: Critical Rate Bonus (Common Poison Wind) > Skill Enhancement Stage 1 / Stage 3 > Fixed an issue where the buff icon tooltip for Critical Hit Damage Increase was displayed incorrectly compared to the actual effect. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Class > Summoner [/p]

• [p]Rumblebees (Basic, Intermediate, Refined, Superior, Heroic) > Increased damage. [/p]
• [p]Sunflower (Superior, Heroic, Legendary) > Increased damage. [/p]
• [p]Super Sunflower (Superior, Heroic, Legendary) > Increased damage and increased additional damage dealt to targets with 5 stacks of Photosynthesis [/p]
• [p]Hornet Nest (Refined/Superior/Heroic/Legendary) > Increased damage and increased on-hit damage while Acquiring Honey. [/p]
• [p]Daybreak (Superior/Heroic) > Removed the Focus cost. [/p]
• [p]Solidarity (Refined/Superior) > Removed the Focus cost. [/p]
• [p]Drain (Superior/Heroic) > Removed the previous Focus cost and Focus recovery values, and changed the effect to restore 2 Focus. [/p]
• [p]Added Skill Enhancements. [/p]

• [p]Cheer Up! (Heroic, Legendary) > Fixed an issue where the Skill Enhancement Points 48 effect, "Grants Drain to the summoned creature for 30 sec," was not being applied. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Class > Warlock [/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue where the skill Displace was not applying damage or status effects. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Class > Blade Dancer [/p]

• [p]Added a buff icon display when the 30-point Skill Enhancement effect for Wind Sever activates. [/p]

[p] [/p][p]Class > Destroyer [/p]

• [p]Added a new skill, Doom (Heroic/Legendary). [/p]
• [p]Emberstomp: Focus Recovery (Heroic) > Added the effect "Grants +1 additional use of Mighty Cleave." [/p]
• [p]Emberstomp: Focus Recovery (Heroic) > Added Doom to the list of skills affected by “+10% skill damage within the area.” [/p]
• [p]Sacred Soul Badge > Added Doom to the list of skills affected by Skill Enhancement. [/p]
• [p]Sacred Soul Badge > Added Deals additional damage equal to 460% of Attack Power on Doom effect. [/p]
• [p]Updated the tooltip for the Fury buff gained when Cleave hits while Sacred Soul Badge is equipped. [/p]
• [p]Mighty Cleaver > Fixed an issue where, at Skill Enhancement 48 points, Fury would incorrectly stack to 20 when a critical hit did not occur. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Class> Kung Fu Master [/p]

• [p]Volcanic Burst (Superior/Heroic) > Fixed an issue where damage was not being applied to Fixed/Boss monsters. [/p]
• [p]Volcanic (Refined, Superior, Heroic) > Fixed an issue where the trigger order of the DoT and the Pull effect was reversed. [/p]

[p][/p][p][/p][p]Dungeons [/p][p]Silverfrost Mountains > Chuanka Frost Cavern [/p]

• [p]Adjusted the instant-kill mechanic that triggers when encountering King Gizumo so that it now also occurs at the outer edge of the combat area. [/p]
• [p]Improved the visibility of the instant-kill mechanic that triggers when encountering King Gizumo. [/p]
• [p]When combat begins against King Gizumo, a Orb of Shadows will now spawn at the entrance. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, the Orb of Shadows would remain at the entrance after defeating King Gizumo. [/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where certain NPCs were set to a low level. [/p]

[p][/p][p]New Legendary Dungeon 'Queen's Altar'​ [/p][p]Silverfrost Mountains > Queen's Altar [/p]

• [p]Added the new Legendary dungeon "Queen’s Altar" to Frostscale Basin. [/p]
• [p]Added new items, achievements, quests, and Exploration Journal entries. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Silverfrost Mountains > Heroic/Legendary Dungeon [/p]

• [p]Added Soul Core's Essence to the boss reward drops in the following Heroic dungeons: Sogun's Lament: Gardens, Sogun's Lament: Interior, Sundered Nexus: Upper Floor, Sundered Nexus: Lower Floor) [/p]
• [p]Added Soul Core's Essence to the boss reward drops in the following Legendary dungeons: Frenzy Avalanche Den, Queen's Altar [/p]

[p]​ [/p][p][/p][p]Silverfrost Mountains > Sogun's Lament [/p]

• [p]Increased the EXP gained from defeating the boss NPCs in Garden and Interior. [/p]
• [p]Increased the EXP gained from defeating the boss Daily Quest in Garden and Interior. [/p]

[p] [/p][p][/p][p]Regions [/p][p]Region > Silverfrost Mountains > Abandoned Beastbog [/p]

• [p]Adjusted the attack range of Corrupted Defense Soldiers and Corrupted Striker to match their visuals. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Region > Silverfrost Mountains > Field Events [/p]

• [p]The quest “Beating the Cold” now appears as “Quest Unavailable”.  [/p]
• [p]Removed Dark Balrok related objectives from the quests “Kaishin's Ambition” and “Protector of the Realm.” [/p]

[p][/p][p]Zone > Ancient Lunar Meadow [/p]

• [p]Added a new area effect in Ancient Lunar meadow.[/p]

[p]​[/p][p]Regions > Field Events [/p]

• [p]Suspicious Rituals > During combat with Thrall of Bane, it will no longer despawn after a set amount of time.  [/p]

[p][/p][p]Zaiwei > Merchants' Guild [/p]

• [p]Added a reward that allows you to use Soul Core's Essence to spin the Legendary Dungeon Wheel of Fate located at the Merchants’ Guild. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Region > Ancient Lunar Meadow [/p]

• [p]Increased the level of certain NPCs.  [/p]
• [p]Adjusted the EXP and rewards for NPCs whose level was changed. [/p]

[p]​[/p][p]Region > Suspicious Rituals [/p]

• [p]When the Suspicious Ritual event occurs, it will now spawn across 3 channels. [/p]
• [p]Changed the name of the existing Thrall of Bane Treasure to Expired Thrall of Bane Treasure. [/p]
• [p]Adjusted the purchase limits for certain items that can be exchanged for Strange Crystal from the Nameless Agent NPC. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Region > Abandoned Beastbog [/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue where, in some cases, Blazing Demon would disappear and not respawn. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Silverfrost Mountains > Shiverstone Range [/p]

• [p]Added Suljung, the Wandering Writer, outside the Queen’s Alter dungeon. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Region > Suspicious Rituals [/p]

• [p]Fixed an issue where defeating Thrall of Bane would incorrectly reward Expired Thrall of Bane Treasure. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Ranking [/p][p]Ranking > Season [/p]

• [p]When no ranking season is active, the Ranking menu is now disabled. [/p]

[p]​ [/p][p]Quests [/p][p]Quest > Daily Missions [/p]

• [p]Added the Hero of Exploration quest for Queen’s Altar to the Daily Challenge. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Quests > Weekly Quests [/p]

• [p]The completion requirement for the quest "A Masterful Task" has been changed to defeating the boss in either Frenzy Avalanche Den or Queen’s Altar. [/p]
• [p]Changed the reward for the quest "A Masterful Task" to Silverfrost Legendary Dungeon Psyche Selection Chest. [/p]

[p][/p][p]Quests > Weekly Missions [/p]

• [p]Lowered the boss kill requirements for the following quests: "Reaching New Heights," "A Masterful Task," "Favor and Fortune," "Know Thine Enemy," and "Protector of the Realm." [/p]

[p]​ [/p][p]System [/p][p]System > Item > Preview [/p]

• [p]Added a feature that allows you to preview outfit appearances through the “Preview” menu on Outfit Chest items. [/p]

[p][/p][p]System > Exploration Journal [/p]

• [p]Story > Now displays Quest Info. [/p]

[p][/p][p]System > Detailed probability information [/p]

• [p]Adjusted item names and quantities in the detailed probability info so they now display correctly within the allocated area. [/p]

[p][/p][p]System > Escape [/p]

• [p]Changed the Escape cooldown to 10 minutes.​ [/p]

[p][/p][p]System > Party Finder [/p]

• [p]Added “All Classes” to the category list. [/p]
• [p]Clicking “All Classes” recruitment listings for all regions will be displayed. [/p]

[p]​ [/p][p]Battle Pass [/p][p]Battle Pass > NEO Battle Pass  (after 10/1 maintenance to before 10/22 maintenance) [/p]

• [p]Complete missions within the Battle Pass to earn rewards. [/p]
• [p]Purchasing Battle Pass Plus unlocks the 'Battle Pass Plus Rewards'. [/p]
• [p]Earn points by completing missions or using 'Battle Potion'. [/p]

[p]Hello Crickets! Due to the upcoming release of the Silverfrost Mountains Update Part 3 on November 11, 2025, we would like to give players advance notice of important items that will be expiring:[/p][p][/p][h2]Suspicious Rituals[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Boss Illusion Spawn Event: Raging Yeti[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][h2]Stop the Madness of the Yeti's Cave Event[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][h2]World Boss: Bonus Rewards Event[/h2][p][/p]