The Lost Ark July Update, “Spells in Spades,” brings the new Arcanist Advanced Class, the Inferno Difficulty of the Valtan Legion Raid, a Summer event, and more. Read the release notes below:

New Mage Advanced Class – Arcanist

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.

Players who wish to have a more supportive role while still dealing decent damage can check the Arcanist out. Mage enthusiasts need no extra persuasion to try this new class, but they are in for a treat with Arcanist.

Valtan Legion Raid – Inferno Difficulty

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.

Maharaka Festival & Waterpop Arena

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.

Challenge Abyssal Dungeons

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.

New Progression Events

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.

Mokoko Challenge

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.

Growth Support Effect

This update also includes a new Growth Support Effect which will aid players in advancing their characters to item level 1370.

Tier 1 Growth Support

  • 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.
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Tier 2 Growth Support

  • 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.

Tier 3 Growth Support

  • 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).

General Updates

  • Added a new daily log-in reward track.
  • 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
  • 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.

The changes to the store and the bug fixes can be found in the official Lost Ark release notes.

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