Global Lab Updates – 16th January 2026

Olvia Academy

• The ‘Olvia Academy’, promoted by Justin Batali, has opened to help beginner adventurers make a leap forward.

• Olvia Academy is recruiting its first batch of students as follows (based on the official Korean server):

• When you log in with a character level 60 or higher, you can receive admission guidance through the Olvia Academy emblem displayed on the left side of the minimap.
  • Upon entering Olvia Academy, you will automatically enter the ‘Dalmuri Inn’ conversation group.

Admission Guide
① Log in with a character level 60 or higher within your family. ② After clicking on the Olvia Academy emblem , displayed on the left side of the minimap, you can find the route. ③ Among the quest types, the ‘General’ type must be activated.

• When you complete the Olvia Academy admission quest, you will be given a school uniform (Academia costume) and a title.

Academia costume	Title: <Olvia Academy 1st Class>

• Classes at Olvia Academy consist of combat classes and life classes for each field.

Olvia Academy Classes
Combat lessons	Lifeskill lessons
You can learn the basics of combat by going through the story that takes place at Olvia Academy.	You can acquire and experience basic knowledge about each area of ​​lifeskill, such as gathering, cooking, and alchemy.

Olvia Academy UI

• The progress of the classes in progress at Olvia Academy is displayed in the upper right corner. You can check it through the ‘Olvia Academy Button’.
  • If you click on a subject you haven’t started yet, you can see a few words from the subject’s professors and an overview of the class.

• For courses in progress, you can check the entire curriculum, progress to date, completion rewards, etc.

• Upon completing all combat and life classes at Olvia Academy, you will receive all of the following family rewards:

Combat Class Rewards As you progress through combat classes, you can acquire items to support equipment enhancement and growth
PEN (V) Black Star Weapon Selection Box	Obsidian Blackstone *Item that can enhance the Black Star Weapon to the V stage
TET (IV) Black Star Weapon Selection Box	Obsidian Hammer *An item that protects the Black Star weapon from being downgraded even if the attempt to enhance it to the V level fails.
Support items such as Advice of Valks’  (+250) and Patrigio’s Pocket Watch
A total of 6,000 Cron stones

Lifeskill Class Reward As you progress through lifeskill classes, you can obtain items to increase your lifeskill level and lifeskill support items .
Gathering/Fishing/Hunting/Cooking/Alchemy/Processing Upon completion of the quest, you will reach Artisan Lv. 1. Upon receiving the general reward of the Academy Pass you will reach Artisan Lv. 5 Upon receiving additional rewards from the Academy Pass you will reach Master Lv.1	<Training/Farming/Sailing/Trade> Upon completion of the quest, you will reach Skilled Lv.1.   Upon receiving the general reward of the Academy Pass you will reach . Skilled Lv.5 Upon receiving additional rewards from the Academy Pass you will reach Professional Lv.1
Blue grade TRI (III) Life clothing for each Lifeskil	Blue grade TRI (III) Life Tools for each Lifeskill
Concentrated Magical Black Gem	Concentrated Magical Black Stone
A total of 9,000 cron stones

• Upon hearing the news of the establishment of the Olvia Academy, which was funded by a large amount of donations and construction funds from adventurers, a group of pirates gathered near the Olvia Academy.
  • Students of the Olvia Academy can complete weekly missions to subdue these creatures and earn Academy Coins.

Olvia Academy Monster Zone Recommended Attack Power: 250
Main loot All kinds of Kehel/Marsh/Lesha relics, Traveler’s maps, Caphras stones, ancient spirit powders, mass of pure magic, sealed black magic crystals, and brilliantly colored gems.

※ The Shining Color Jewel is an item that can be submitted when accepting the ‘Shining Color Jewel’ quest from the random quest board, and can be sold for 5 million silver at the NPC shop.

• Any Olvia Academy student can complete weekly quests from the Olvia Academy quest board and Cliff.

Olvia Academy students only weekly quest
Academy Weekly Quest Quest NPC: Quest Board	Monster Zone Weekly Quest Quest NPC: Cliff
You can complete the weekly mission by accepting it from the mission board in the main building of Olvia Academy. The quests are randomly assigned to one of three types: combat, life, and visiting weekly quests. TIP : The randomly assigned quests each week are the same for all academy students. Please share information on what this week’s weekly quests are and how to proceed with them easily. Reward: Olvia Academy Coin	You can proceed by accepting the weekly quest from the Cliff NPC at Olvia Academy. ※ [Battle Lecture] After completing the artifact and lightstone quests, you can accept the quest from the Cliff NPC at Olvia Academy. TIP : Complete the quest and receive additional Echoes of the Abyss. Defeat the boss to obtain additional rewards. The boss is powerful and can be dangerous to fight alone, so a party of three is recommended. Reward: Olvia Academy Coin , Echoes of the Abyss , combat experience (10% increase based on level 61 0%) (modified)

• You can defeat the boss by using the Echo of the Abyss obtained by completing Cliff’s Olvia Academy weekly quest.
  • For easier combat, we recommend forming a party of three with other adventurers. (Up to three people can collect loot.)

Olvia Academy Echoes of the Abyss
▲ Battle Location: Olvia Academy Colosseum
▲ Monsters appearing in the Echo of the Abyss at Olvia Academy (Olun’s Colossus, Urgon, Ulutuka) Main Rewards: Gold Ingot Box, Advice of Valks’  (+60~+100), Caphras’ Stone Bundle (50~100), Gold Bar 1,000G, etc.

• Olvia Academy Coins, earned through each class and weekly quest at Olvia Academy, are stored in the Manage Currency UI.
  • You can exchange Olvia Academy Coins for various growth support items.

Guide to Olvia Academy Coin Exchange Items
Item name	Quantity	Number of coins required for exchange	Exchange Limit
Rare Hammer Selection Box	1	90	3 times per family
Obsidian Hammer	1	90	3 times per family
Advice of Valks’ (+250)	1	70	Once per family
Advice of Valks’ (+200)	1	60	Once per family
[Academy] Adventurer’s Life Preparation Selection Box	1	60	Once per family
Mythical Censer	1	50	2 times per family
Rebellious Spirit Crystal	1	50	2 times per family
Cup Crafting Box	1	40	2 times per family
Desperate Crystal of Origin	1	30	10 times per family
Embers of the Primordial	5	20	5 times per family
Embers of Despair	10	20	5 times per family
Embers of Frost	10	20	5 times per family
Embers of Resonance	10	20	5 times per family
Flame of Hongik	50	20	5 times per family
Caphras Stone	300	20	10 times per family
Essence of Dawn	10	10	10 times per family
Sharp Black Crystal Shard	50	10	5 times per family
Black Gem	100	10	5 times per family
Atanis’ Element	6	10	10 times per family
Mass of Pure Magic	10	5	10 times per family
Old Moon Alchemy Catalyst	1	1	Permanent exchange
Cron stone	1	1	Permanent exchange
Gold Bar 10G	3	1	Permanent exchange

When opening, select one of the items below. (In each box, choose one item from the list)
TRI (III) Manos Life Clothing Selection Box	TRI (III) Manos Gathering Tool Selection Box	TRI (III) Manos Life Tool Selection Box
TRI (III) Manos Trainer’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Hunter’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Sailor’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Cook’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Alchemist’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Fisherman’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Gatherer’s Clothes TRI (III) Manos Craftsman’s Clothes	TRI (III) Manos Hoe TRI (III) Manos Logging Axe TRI (III) Manos Fluid Collector TRI (III) Manos Tanning Knife TRI (III) Manos Butcher knife TRI (III) Manos Pickaxe	TRI (III) Manos Sailing Log TRI (III) Manos Riding Crop TRI (III) Manos Ladle TRI (III) Manos Fishing Chair TRI (III) Manos Hunting Bag TRI (III) Manos Flask TRI (III) Manos Processing Stone

• The Abyssal Well has been added to Olvia Academy.

• A dormitory for Olvia Academy students has been added.
  • The Olvia Academy Residence is located in the town of Olvia and features high ceilings and cozy fireplaces.
  • The Olvia Academy dormitory can be used as a residence and storage facility. (Contribution required: 2)

Marni’s Field Report

• Added Marni’s Field Report feature.
  • You can open Marni’s Field Report window by pressing the button next to the location icon on the Marni’s Private Realm screen.

• Fixed the Marni Private Realm list UI to remember the last scroll position.
  • It will be initialized again after loading.
• The horizontal scroll width of the Marni Private Realm list UI has been slightly increased.

Marni’s Private Realm – Ulukita added

• The Ulukita region monster zones have been added to Marni’s Private Realm
  • Marni’s Private Realm has been added to Yzrahid Highlands, City of the Dead, Tungrad Ruins, and Dark Seeker’s Retreat.
    • Accordingly, the #Marni’s Private Realm tag has been added to the Ulukita Monster Zone information.
  • You can get directions to the location of Marni’s Private Realm in each monster zone through the navigation button in Marni’s Private Realm UI.

Highest-Tier Monster Zones & Exclusive Loot

• The ‘Highest-tier Monster Zone’ tag has been added to the highest level monster zones in existence, and exclusive loot that can only be obtained from those monster zones has been added.
  • Added Highest-tier Monster Zone tags: Star’s End, Zephyros Castle
  • Areas tagged as Highest-tier Monster Zone will offer exclusive loot, including:

Highest-tier Monster Zone tag exclusive loot
Sovereign’s Weapon and Edana’s Armor Effect Dye Materials	Alchemy materials for various buff items
Red Creation Pigment – Sovereign Purple Creation Pigment – Sovereign Purple Creation Pigment – Edana Red Splendor of Creation – Sovereign Purple Splendor of Creation – Sovereign Purple Splendor of Creation – Edana	Fallen Immortal Oil

• Items for dyeing the Sovereign weapons and Edana armor can be registered on the Central Market

Item name	Central Market Lower Limit	Central Market Upper Limit
Red Splendor of Creation – Sovereign	100 million silver	500 million silver
Purple Splendor of Creation – Sovereign	100 million silver	500 million silver
Purple Splendor of Creation – Edana	100 million silver	500 million silver
Red Creation Pigment – Sovereign	10 billion silver	50 billion silver
Purple Creation Pigment – Sovereign	10 billion silver	50 billion silver
Purple Creation Pigment – Edana	10 billion silver	50 billion silver

Sovereign Weapon, Edana Armor Effect Dye

• The following items can be obtained or crafted as loot from monster zones with the Highest-tier Monster Zone tag, which can be used to dye the Sovereign Weapon and Edana Armor effects.

Red Creation Pigment – Sovereign	Purple Creation Pigment – Sovereign	Purple Creation Pigment – Edana
How to make (simple alchemy) x100 Red Splendor of Creation – Sovereign x20 Primal Crystals x200 Magic Fragments	How to make (simple alchemy) x100 Purple Splendor of Creation – Sovereign x20 Primal Crystals x200 Magic Fragments	How to make (simple alchemy) x100 Purple Splendor of Creation – Edana x200 Caphras Stones x200 Magic Fragments

• Effect dyeing can be done by clicking on the Sovereign or Edana equipment in the Dye (J) menu, then selecting the [Effect] menu.
  • Effect dyeing costs 1 pigment per piece of equipment.
  • For sovereign weapons, the item appearance color also changes to match the effect color.
  • Since the effects of sovereign weapons and Edana armor are displayed from grade V and above, only the appearance color of equipment below grade IV will change.
  • Edana’s armor’s unique appearance color will not change even if you apply effect dyes. You can change the unique appearance color by directly dyeing it.

• If you wish to reset the effect dye, you can do so by purchasing a special item from the Old Moon Manager NPC.
  • Sovereign Weapon Effect Reset Item
    • Purification Pigment – King (purchased for 10 million silver at the Old Moon Manager Shop)
  • Edana Armor Effect Reset Item
    • Purification Pigment – Edana (purchased for 10 million silver at the Old Moon Manager Shop)

Star’s End Revamp

• The energy of the black star that fell on Mount Kabua was eroded by a thick darkness that made it impossible to see even an inch ahead, and the apostles wandering around the black star mutated into stronger and more ferocious ones.
  • The Star’s End Monster Zone has been reworked
  • The information about the Star’s End Monster Zone has been changed in the Monster Zone Information UI.

Star’s End
Required stats Based on the displayed stats AP 395, DP 460 Based on total stats AP 1920, DP 800 (AP limit 1950) ※ Added Allan Serbin’s Landscape effect to be applied in the Star’s End	Star’s End Main Loot Crystal of Unholy Gluttony Crystal of Gluttony Source of Negativity Black Distortion Earring (Up to TRI (III) ) Deboreka Earring (Up to TRI (III) )	Highest-Tier Monster Zone Tag Loot Red Creation Pigment – Sovereign Purple Creation Pigment – Sovereign Purple Creation Pigment – Edana Purple Splendor of Creation – Sovereign Purple Splendor of Creation – Sovereign Purple Splendor of Creation – Edana
Trash Loot Corrupted Blood Crystal (Shop Price: 155,000 Silver)

• You can obtain a new magic crystal, the Unholy Gluttony Crystal, as a loot from the Star’s End Monster Zone.
  • Depending on the given probability, you can obtain the Unholy Gluttony Crystal or its sub-material, the Gluttony Crystal.

Crystal of Unholy Gluttony	Crystal of Gluttony
Item Description	Item Description
Central Market Lower Limit: 300 Million Silver Central Market Upper Limit: 3 billion silver	Central Market Lower Limit: 12.5 million silver Central Market Upper Limit: 50 million silver

※ Source of Negativity is an item that can be sold to the NPC shop for 3,000,000,000 silver coins.

• The Star’s End Monster Zone has new and existing monsters placed in each area.
  • In order to progress through the Calpheon region quests, existing Star End monsters have been set to appear in some areas.

• The range of Marni’s Private Realm in the Star’s End area has been increased by 20% compared to before.

Other Monster Changes

• The tag ‘#Marni’s Private Realm’ has been added to the Orzekia monster zone information.
• The tag ‘#Highest-Tier Monster Zone’ has been added to the Zephyros Castle monster zone information.

Quest, Knowledge Changes

• When you complete the quest ‘[Adventure Journal] 11 Years of Adventure’, a quest has been added where you can receive a special gift from Justin Batali.

• The following category names have been changed in the Knowledge –  Adventure Journal category:
  • Existing: Journal of Eastern Balenos
  • Change: Balenos’ Journal

• The target guidance location for the next quest has changed.
  • [Gathering] Medicinal Herbs to Show to the Children
  • [Collection] Leather Not Handled by Lacey

• The location of the tomb required for the Land of the Morning Light Nara Mangbuseok illustration commission has been changed.
  • ‘New Encounter’
  • A Father’s Heart for His Children

• [Contribution] The Practice Matchlock Gun now grants +1500 hunting damage, and its maximum durability has been increased from 10 to 100. Additionally, its durability has been improved to allow repairs (however, it cannot be enhanced).

Mount Changes

• Improved the animation when taking out Arduanatt, Diné, Doom, Krogdalo, Voltarion, and regular horses from the Krogdalo Sanctuary.

Improved visuals when summoning a mount
Common horse	Dream Horse
Krogdalo	Voltarion

Bug Fixes

• The issue where the guide speech bubble on the game screen was abbreviated when completing the ‘Life – Master of Hunting’ quest has been fixed.
• The issue where you would be moved to Magnus when ending a cutscene in certain situations during the quest ‘Defeat of the [Land of the Morning]’ has been fixed.
• The items sold at the New Moon Campsite shop have been improved to be the same as those at the Napart Campsite shop.
• An issue where lower-level guilds belonging to an alliance were not constructing defense towers properly during occupation battles has been fixed.
• The issue where the health of the 8th, 9th, and 10th Jashini of the Black Temple-Donghae Island (Personal) Gumiho, which was reduced by 5% due to the update on January 7, 2026 (Korea) and January 8, 2026 (Global), has been fixed.
• The issue where the system message that your own maid has been summoned was repeatedly displayed has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where the client would stop working when opening the skill window (K) inside Magnus.
• Fixed an issue where connected horses would not be visible when checking horse connection information in the stable.
• An awkward phrase in the description of the Moonrise Camping Shop has been corrected.
• Fixed an issue where the background color was not applied to the web exchange language selection box in a PC environment.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where entering the Guild Raid Leader Subjugation area was not supported in Pad Mode.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the X button was displayed in the Blackstone selection window in the Reinforcement Probability Increase UI.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where abbreviated items could not be selected in the Fugaar Season Special Gift UI.
• [Pad Mode] Fixed an issue where the alignment of buttons in the retry window after boarding a snowboard was unnatural.
• [Pad Mode] The issue where snapping was awkward when entering the information view key in the Udangtangtangkungtang Snow Flower UI has been fixed.

Class Changes

• [Wizard] The issue where the description of the skill description for the attack power increase effect of the Controlled Madness skill was displayed differently from the description of the actual applied effect and buff icon has been fixed.