Global Lab Updates – 4th September 2026

Altar of Blood – New levels

• New higher difficulty levels, Illusions 22, 23, and 24, have been added to the Altar of Blood.
  • With the addition of a new difficulty for the Altar of Blood, the 1st to 3rd Abyssal Fantasy difficulties will be removed.
    • If you complete Abyssal Fantasy from this Sunday 00:00 until the maintenance on September 9 (Korea) or September 10 (Global), Abyssal Fantasy weekly rewards will be given via the Black Spirit’s Gift Box (B) during maintenance, separately from the existing weekly rewards for that week.
• The entry conditions and rewards for the Blood Altar Illusions 22, 23, and 24 are as follows.

The 22nd Illusion Recommended AP/DP – 405/465 (Recommended Total AP/DP – 2110/810)
Weekly Rewards		First Clear reward
Acquired according to a specified probability	Guaranteed acquisition within the specified quantity	Guaranteed acquisition
Gold Bar Box x14 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Advice of Valks (+300) x1 Advice of Valks (+250) x1 Advice of Valks (+200) x1 Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x4 Resplendent Essence of Devouring x9	Gold Bar Box x4 – 5 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x1 Advice of Valks (+100) x1 Trace of Nature x25 – 30 Sealed Black Magic Crystals x60 – 65  Blackstones x125 – 130	Gold Bar Box x3 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x2 Advice of Valks (+200) x1 Altar of Blood: Knowledge of the 22nd Illusion

The 23rd Illusion Recommended AP/DP – 410/470 (Recommended Total AP/DP – 2200/815)
Weekly Rewards		First Clear reward
Acquired according to a specified probability	Guaranteed acquisition within the specified quantity	Guaranteed acquisition
Gold Bar Box x14 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Advice of Valks (+300) x1 Advice of Valks (+250) x1 Advice of Valks (+200) x1 Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x4 Resplendent Essence of Devouring x9	Gold Bar Box x5 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x1 Advice of Valks (+100) x1 Trace of Nature x26 – 31 Sealed Black Magic Crystals x65 – 70  Blackstones x130 – 135	Gold Bar Box x3 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x2 Advice of Valks (+200) x1 Altar of Blood: Knowledge of the 23rd Illusion

The 24th Illusion Recommended AP/DP – 415/475 (Recommended Total AP/DP – 2290/820)
Weekly Rewards		First Clear reward
Acquired according to a specified probability	Guaranteed acquisition within the specified quantity	Guaranteed acquisition
Gold Bar Box x14 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Advice of Valks (+300) x1 Advice of Valks (+250) x1 Advice of Valks (+200) x1 Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x4 Resplendent Essence of Devouring x9	Gold Bar Box x5 – 6 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x1 Advice of Valks (+100) x1 Trace of Nature x27 – 32 Sealed Black Magic Crystals x70 – 75 Blackstones x1355 – 140	Gold Bar Box x3 (Can obtain 3 to 10 1kg gold bars upon opening) Resplendent Origin of Dark Hunger x2 Advice of Valks (+200) x1 Altar of Blood: Knowledge of the 24th Illusion

Edania Throne Weekly – Reward Change

• The Twilight of the End Selection Box has been added to the rewards for completing the Edania: Inner [Weekly] Qualification for the Throne quest.

Item name	Contains
Twilight of the End Selection Box I	Selection box to choose between Twilight of the End – Earring or Ring
Twilight of the End Selection Box II	Selection box to choose between Twilight of the End – Earring, Ring or Belt
Twilight of the End Selection Box III	Selection box to choose between Twilight of the End – Earring, Ring, Belt or Necklace

• The reward for completing the ‘[Weekly] Qualification for the Throne’ quest has been changed as follows.
  • Accordingly, measures will be taken as follows to ensure that you do not receive different rewards depending on the completion time of the weekly request.
    • Korea: Measures will be taken to prevent progress on the ‘[Weekly] Qualification for the Throne’ quest from after the scheduled maintenance on September 9, 2026 (Wed) until 00:00 on September 10, 2026 (Thu).
    • Global: Measures will be taken to prevent progress on the ‘[Weekly] Qualification for the Throne’ quest from 23:55 on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, until the scheduled maintenance for each region.

Quest Name	Before change	After change
Edania: Ebonmere Chest	Guaranteed acquisition Piece of Edana x6 Twilight of the End – Belt x3 Embers of Ynix – Helmet x1 Embers of Ynix – Armor x1 Fusion Shard x2  Nev’s Fragment x1 Caphras Essence x55 Perfume of Envy x5 Perfume of Tenacity x5 Gold Bar Box x4 Gold Bar 1,000G x10 Additional acquisition based on specified probability Apeiron Earring x1 Apeiron Ring x1 Silent Crystal of Origin x1 Distorted Crystal of Origin x1	Guaranteed acquisition Piece of Edana x6 Twilight of the End Selection Box I x3 Embers of Ynix – Helmet x1 Embers of Ynix – Armor x1 Fusion Shard x2  Nev’s Fragment x1 Caphras Essence x55 Perfume of Envy x5 Perfume of Tenacity x5 Gold Bar Box x4 Gold Bar 1,000G x10 Additional acquisition based on specified probability Apeiron Earring x1 Apeiron Ring x1 Silent Crystal of Origin x1 Distorted Crystal of Origin x1
Edania: Everlight Chest	Guaranteed acquisition Piece of Edana x6 Twilight of the End – Belt x3 Embers of Ynix – Helmet x1 Embers of Ynix – Armor x1 Embers of Ynix – Shoes x1 Fusion Shard x2 Nev’s Fragment x2 Caphras Essence x60 Perfume of Envy x6 Perfume of Tenacity x6 Gold Bar Box x5 Gold Bar 1,000G x10 Additional acquisition based on specified probability  Apeiron Earring x1 Apeiron Ring x1 Apeiron Belt x1 Silent Crystal of Origin x1 Distorted Crystal of Origin x1	Guaranteed acquisition Piece of Edana x6 Twilight of the End Selection Box II x3 Embers of Ynix – Helmet x1 Embers of Ynix – Armor x1 Embers of Ynix – Shoes x1 Fusion Shard x2 Nev’s Fragment x2 Caphras Essence x60 Perfume of Envy x6 Perfume of Tenacity x6 Gold Bar Box x5 Gold Bar 1,000G x10 Additional acquisition based on specified probability  Apeiron Earring x1 Apeiron Ring x1 Apeiron Belt x1 Silent Crystal of Origin x1 Distorted Crystal of Origin x1
Edania: Crimsonflare Chest	Guaranteed acquisition Piece of Edana x6 Twilight of the End – Necklace x3 Embers of Ynix – Helmet x1 Embers of Ynix – Armor x1 Embers of Ynix – Gloves x1 Embers of Ynix – Shoes x1 Fusion Shard x2 Nev’s Fragment x2 Caphras Essence x65 Perfume of Envy x6 Perfume of Tenacity x6 Gold Bar Box x5 Gold Bar 1,000G x12 Additional acquisition based on specified probability  Apeiron Earring x1 Apeiron Ring x1 Apeiron Belt x1 Apeiron Necklace x1 Silent Crystal of Origin x1 Distorted Crystal of Origin x1	Guaranteed acquisition Piece of Edana x6 Twilight of the End Selection Box III x3 Embers of Ynix – Helmet x1 Embers of Ynix – Armor x1 Embers of Ynix – Gloves x1 Embers of Ynix – Shoes x1 Fusion Shard x2 Nev’s Fragment x2 Caphras Essence x65 Perfume of Envy x6 Perfume of Tenacity x6 Gold Bar Box x5 Gold Bar 1,000G x12 Additional acquisition based on specified probability  Apeiron Earring x1 Apeiron Ring x1 Apeiron Belt x1 Apeiron Necklace x1 Silent Crystal of Origin x1 Distorted Crystal of Origin x1

※ The contents of the Edania: Goldroot Chest are the same as before.

Class Tag Rotation

• The class of the character tag rotation has been changed to Ninja and Kunoichi.
  
  • During the period below, you can transfer items to the Ninja or Kunoichi classes for just 1 silver coin.
    • Start: September 9, 2026 (Korea), September 10, 2026 (Global)
    • End: October 7, 2026 (Korea), October 8, 2026 (Global)

Item Changes

• The following 4 items have been removed.
  • Golden Coral Belt
  • Brilliant Golden Coral Belt
  • Golden Sun Coral Belt
  • Manos Golden Coral Belt

• The effect of Perilla’s Star item has been changed.

Item name	Effect before change	Effect after change
Perilla’s Star Blessed Perilla’s Star Exalted Perilla’s Star	HP +3 on attack hit	+50 HP Regen
	Max HP +200	Max HP +300

Inner Edania Trash Item Crystal Exchange

• It has been added so that you can exchange trash loot items from the Edania: Inner Monster Zones for ‘Coins of Divine Power’.

Exchange NPC	Material items	Acquired items
Angavu Outpost <Warehouse Keeper> Lafi Bedmountain	Branch of Abundance x85	Divine Power Coin x1
	Black Crystal Fragment x80
	Elion Follower’s Helmet x70
	Scorched Belt Ornament x65
	Elion Follower’s Mark x65
	Broken Gloves of the Void x60

• Divine Power Coins can be exchanged for the following crystal items in the Manage Currency UI.

Required items	Exchange items
Divine Power Coins x10	Gluttony Crystal x1
Divine Power Coins x10	Sycraia Shard x1
Divine Power Coins x10	Gem of Void x1
Divine Power Coins x10	Gold Bar 100G x1

Top-tier Monster Zones Changes

• The top-tier Monster Zones have been changed as follows.
  • Gabinya Coast Cliffs and the Temple of Aphrodon have been excluded from the top hunting grounds.

• Gavinya Coastal Cliffs and Aphrodon Temple, which were excluded from the top-tier Monster Zones, have been changed as follows.

• As the ‘#Top-tier Monster Zone’ tag has been removed from the Gavinya Coast Cliffs and Aphrodon Temple Monster Zones, the following items can no longer be obtained.
  • Additionally, Deboreka accessories can now only be obtained up to the maximum DUO (II) grade.

Hermesia Inner Castle Monster Zone Changes

• The placement of subjugated slaves in specific locations has been changed.
• Fixed an issue where nearby Subjugated Carrier Slaves were intermittently not killed along with the Subjugated Carrier Slave when the latter was killed.
• The explosion speed has been slightly increased when a subjugated transporter slave dies while moving to offer a Black Crystal.
• Fixed an issue where the subjugated transporter slave would awkwardly disappear during the Black Crystal offering.
• Fixed an issue where some subjugated slaves could be struck intermittently during an intruder alert.
• The energy of the Black Crystal has been unstable, and slaves who have submitted will now maintain a combat stance after being knocked back.
• Fixed an issue where nearby subjugated miner slaves were intermittently not killed along with a subjugated enforcement slave while the Black Crystal’s energy was unstable.
• The attack of Markthanan’s subordinate summoned by Markthanan’s daughter has been changed so that it fires fireballs from its position instead of charging and spitting fire.
• Fixed an issue where Markthanan’s daughter would intermittently return to the idle stance and have her health reset.
• Improvements have been made so that if you die during combat with Markthanan’s daughter, your health will be reset after a certain waiting period.

Other Monster Changes

• The distance at which the <Ancient> Prophet’s Remnants monster in Tenebraum Castle returns to its original position during combat and the range at which it detects enemies have been increased.
• Lyngbakr has been changed to gather Lyngbakr and deal damage to surrounding ships when charging energy.

Black Spirit’s Content Scheduler

• The ‘Black Spirit’ Content Scheduler’ has been added, allowing you to manage the schedules for daily and weekly quests as well as various content.
  • You can check the Black Spirit’s Content Scheduler in Menu (ESC) – Convenience (F8).

• The Black Spirit’s Content Scheduler is applied on a family basis.
• You can add schedules by pressing the + button at the top, or by directly adding a quest from the Recurring quests tab in the quest window.
  • However, recurring quests, excluding daily and weekly quests, cannot be added to the schedule.

• You can click and drag a quest to move it to the desired list and place it.

• To delete a quest, you can press the pin button in the list or select the quest directly from the Recurring quests tab in the quest window.

• After the update, the content schedule is initially displayed with all items added. You can press the + button to open the settings window and turn the display of desired schedules on or off.
• When logging in, changing characters, or switching channels, a pop-up window appears in the bottom right corner; clicking it opens the Black Spirit’s Content Scheduler

Quest Log and UI Improvements

• The quest list has been changed so that all buttons (Abandon quest, Find Directions, Auto-Find Directions, Link) are displayed for each quest.
  • However, buttons that cannot be applied to the quest are displayed as disabled.

Before change	After change

• The remaining time displayed in the daily and weekly quest windows has been changed so that it can be checked via a description that appears when you hover the mouse, and is displayed as an icon to the left of the quest name.

• The UI display method has been changed on the predator item selection screen of the Enhancement UI.
  • When selecting a Hunger item, only the increasing stack (the amount of the enhancement probability increase) is displayed.
  • We are preparing UI improvements to make it more intuitive to check items that increase stacks, such as Hunger items and Valks’ Cry.

System Changes

• Optimization work has been carried out on the process of handling the in-game time flow.
• Optimization of World Boss spawn times has been performed.
• The method of saving information for the currently logged-in character has been improved.
• Optimization work has been carried out on the process of awarding Guild Fame every midnight.

Bug Fixes

• [Shai, Agent] Fixed an issue where the Awakening Weapon slot was displayed for Shai and Agent in the Life Equipment window.
• Fixed an issue where the hunting ground for the Scales of Judgment did not reset even after defeating the Elion’s Vengeance monster.
• [Knowledge] Fixed an issue where the item names in the Fusion Assassination Modification Knowledge content were awkward.
• Fixed an issue where the [Hunting] Masterpiece Matchlock and [Hunting] Marni Sniper Rifle could not be upgraded with the steadfast heart of Laulau.
• The icon for the following Fairy Appearance Change Ticket item has been improved.
  • Requiem Fairy Appearance Change Ticket, Soul of the Dead Fairy Appearance Change Ticket, [Event] Black Spirit Fairy Appearance Change Ticket, Tick-Tock Fairy Appearance Change Ticket, Fairy Appearance Change Ticket (Park)
• The description for the Merv’s Silver Needle item has been updated to include the explanation, “※ Using Merv’s Silver Needle resets dye information.”
• Processing (L) – Fixed an issue where the ‘Chef’s Hat’ item could not be used as a material to craft the ‘Canapé Knot’ in the Crafting system.
• Modified and improved so that the previous scroll position is remembered when the artifact bag is reopened.
• Fixed an issue where beads were intermittently invisible in the ‘Tachyon’s Legacy LXIV’ quest.
• Krogdalo, Dreamy Dinega: Fixed an issue where the movement distance of the Instant Acceleration skill was slightly shortened when moving in water or desert.
• The Krio Fishing Chair, which can be crafted at the Woodworking Workshop Level 3, has been changed to the Krio Fishing Chair (3 days) Box.
• Fixed an issue where the skill effect (Combat Experience Gain +100%) was applied to other servers in certain situations when using ‘Honorable Golden Bell’ in the [Guild (G) – Guild Skills] tab.
• Fixed an issue where the Pad Mode key guide appeared when hovering the mouse over Agris Essence in the Alchemy Stone Polishing/Growth UI.
• Fixed an issue where the sorting order of items stored in the warehouse would intermittently change when using the warehouse with auto-sorting enabled.
• Fixed an issue where the <Refined> Straight Arrow monster in Aresion Temple was visible before it appeared.
• Fixed an issue where the maximum number of participants in the World Map (M) Base Battle information varied depending on the time.
• Fixed an issue where some item information was missing from the main reward information for Boss Bell in the Boss Information UI.
• Fixed an issue where the name of the Sailing/Trading section in the Life Equipment Information UI was displayed as “Sailing.”
• The description regarding the energy consumption effects of gathering/cultivation in the My Info (P) window has been modified to be identical.
• Fixed an issue where some environmental graphics, such as clouds and shadows, were displayed unnaturally.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where an X button was displayed in the upper right corner of the popup when automatically adding to the current warehouse or the entire warehouse.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the Life Equipment Information tab could not be opened in the Equipment window.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the Life Tool slot icon was displayed awkwardly in the Life Equipment Information tab of the Equipment window.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where only the armor icon changed when equipping life gear.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the durability warning notification for life gathering tools was not being displayed.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the use of Alchemy Stones remained in the menu items of the Ring Menu Settings.
• [Pad Mode] Modified so that a comma is displayed in the “My Stats” section of the World Map Base Battle stat limit explanation.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the auto-use check button remained on the right side of the alchemy stone.

Class Changes

Sorceress

• The PVP damage of the following skills has been changed.

Valkyrie

Kunoichi

Prime: Shadow Stomp

• It has been improved so that when used in conjunction with other skills, the Ninjutsu buff effect is immediately obtained.

Archer

Class Bug Fixes