Here are the updates made to Shadow Arena during the maintenance on January 27 (Thu).
* Patch Size: Approx. 208.91 MB
Check out the details below, and we will see you in the Arena!
■ Hero
| All
- [Kick] Decreased the cooldown from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
- [Kick] Changed to decrease cooldown by 50% if an attack or blocking fails.
> However, this does not apply when Wu-Ju rides Mini-Laytenn using Laytenn! A (R).
- Fixed the issue where sprint (Shift) could not be used on the ground in Black Spirit form after using the Jump Gate.
- Added an animation when using sprint (Shift) on the ground in Black Spirit form after using the Jump Gate.
| [Dev Note] The Kick (Black Spirit Skill) was designed to be used in conjunction with combos and to counter the enemy's attack. Unfortunately, the short range of the skill made it difficult to initiate attacks, and the skill's long cooldown made it impossible to use the skill more than two times during battles. As a result, we’ve reduced the risks that comes from failed attacks, so that the skill can be more actively used. |
| Twin Fairy Arrow A/B (Q)
- Fixed the issue where the “Please try again.” message appeared when performing a skill while moving forward.
| Arrow Storm A (E)
- Fixed the issue where the arrows failed to hit the target when performing the skill in close-range.
| Summon Arduanatt (RMB)
- Fixed the issue where Jump Gate could not be used when performing a basic attack while riding Arduanatt to enter the Jump Gate.
- Fixed the issue where the falling motion was unnatural when jumping from an elevated location when performing a jump attack while riding Arduanatt.
■ Contents
| Dynamic Flow of the Arena
- Improved the in-game alert notification to clearly state which flow is enabled in the arena.
- Changed the main features of each flows of the arena to the following.
| Flows of the Arena | Before | Now |
| Blackstar Follower | Blackstar Beacons and Blackstar Fragments will appear in the arena. Gain more Blackstar's power than your opponent to win. ※ Main Features - Add Blackstar Beacons in all areas of the arena. - Tree Spirit, Dark Nebula, and Relic of Time will appear. - Lv. 1-3 Blackstar Fragments will appear after a certain time. | Blackstar Beacons and Blackstar Fragments will appear in the arena. Gain more Blackstar's power than your opponent to win. ※ Main Features - Add Blackstar Beacons in all areas of the arena. - Tree Spirit, Dark Nebula, and Relic of Time will appear. - Lv. 1-3 Blackstar Fragments (AP/DP/HP) will appear after a certain time. |
| Ancient Transportation Device | Additional Jump Gates will be added allowing players to quickly move from one area to another, initiate ambush attacks, or evade a battle. ※ Main Features - Add additional Jump Gates in all areas of the arena. - Additional Jump Gates will be created after a certain time. - Relic of Time and Blackstar Beacon will lose their power and dissipate. - Only Lv. 1 Blackstar Fragments will be created. | Additional Jump Gates will be added allowing players to quickly move from one area to another, initiate ambush attacks, or evade a battle. ※ Main Features - Add additional Jump Gates in all areas of the arena. - Additional Jump Gates will be created after a certain time. - Obtain beneficial effects at a set probability when using the Jump Gate. - A Jump Gate will be destroyed if one is used more than 5 times. - Relic of Time and Blackstar Beacon will lose their power and dissipate. - Only Lv. 1 Blackstar Fragments will be created. |
| Jump Gate Buff Effect |
| [Basic Effect] Increase vision range for 10 sec [Obtain 1 of the following buffs] - AP +50, DP +100 for 30 sec - AP +50, Movement Speed +10% for 30 sec - AP +50, Attack Speed +5% for 30 sec - DP +100, Movement Speed +10% for 30 sec - DP +100, Attack Speed +5% for 30 sec - Movement Speed +10%, Attack Speed +5% for 30 sec |
| Forest Gatekeepers | Various Tree Spirits will appear in the arena. They cannot be identified on the map and roam around the arena. This "flow" in particular importance on HP management as defeating Tree Spirits will grant players with healing effect. ※ Main Features - Various Tree Spirits will appear in the arena. - Relic of Time and Blackstar Beacons will lose their power and dissipate. - Only Lv. 1 Blackstar Fragments will be created. | Various Tree Spirits will appear in the arena. They cannot be identified on the map and roam around the arena. This "flow" in particular importance on HP management as defeating Tree Spirits will grant players with healing effect. ※ Main Features - Various Tree Spirits will appear in the arena. - Relic of Time and Blackstar Beacons will lose their power and dissipate. - AP and DP of Blackstar Fragments will disappear and only Lv. 1 Blackstar Fragment – HP will appear. |
| [Dev Notes] The dynamic flows of the arena was improved so that each flow stands out in terms of the unique features it brings to the arena. Although more Jump Gates are present in Ancient Transportation Device compared to other flows of the arena, this mode didn’t bring much other than fast mobility. To make this flow more engaging to play, increased vision will be granted for 10 seconds when boarding the Jump Gate, as well as beneficial buffs that will aid in combat. The Forest Gatekeeper flow didn’t have much effect on the arena other than offering tree spirits that recover HP. Therefore, the Blackstar Fragments have been changed to "Vitality", so that it fits the HP-centric mode that the Forest Gatekeepers flow offers. As a result, players who gain max HP and HP recovery effects will be able to maintain an advantage in this flow. |
| Blackstar Fragment
- [Solo/Trio] Added “Black Fragment - HP.”
- [Black Fragment - HP] Upon obtaining the item, the following effects are stacked and applied `permanently.
> Level 1: [All Party Members] Max HP +50
> Level 2: [All Party Members] Max HP +100
> Level 3: [All Party Members] Max HP +200
- Changed the effect played upon obtaining each level of Blackstar Fragment.
- Changed the color of the buff gained alert notification upon acquiring a Blackstar Fragment.
> AP: Red color scheme
> DP: Sky Blue color scheme
> HP: Light Green color scheme
| Jump Gate
- Added a changing visual effect every time a jump gate is activated.
> Jump gates change 3 times in total and no longer change after that.
| Upon activating the 1st Jump Gate | Upon activating the 2nd Jump Gate | Upon activating the 3rd Jump Gate |
- Adjusted so the position of the jump gate is placed naturally.
- Added color emphasis to the available to board jump gate notification message.
| Ancient Relic
- Changed the method of how Tokens are obtained upon destroying a Tycoon’s Treasure Chest to the following.
| Before | Now |
| You may obtain 100 –1000 Tokens upon destroying a Tycoon’s Treasure Chest. | Obtain 100 – 1000 Tokens and additional 10 – 200 bonus Tokens that are dropped upon destroying the Tycoon’s Treasure Chest. |
> Additional tokens that drop from a destroyed treasure chest can be obtained by other players as well.
- [Essence of Ornette] Fixed the issue where “Remove bleed effect” description was not being displayed in the item description.
- [Essence of Ornette] Added a description that the essence cannot be used together with HP potions in the item description.
- Changed the item icon for Essence of Ornette.
- [Essence of Ornette] Fixed the issue where the HP recovery effect was not included in the item description.
- Changed the grade of the item that can be obtained from the Ancient Relic to Legendary grade.
- Changed the maximum damage of the Red Dragon’s Offering to the following.
> Before - Max Damage: approximately 18,000
> Now - Max Damage: Red Dragon’s Damage (1000) x 180%
- Added the Ancient Relics “Blessing of Wind” and “Blessing of Vitality”.
> Obtain the following item upon destroying the Ancient Relics.
> Decreased the probability of obtaining Summon Scroll: Ancient Weapon Laytenn, Summon Scroll: Ancient Weapon Puturum, and Red Dragon's Offering.
| Item | Effect |
| Blessing of Wind | Attack and Movement Speed +10% for 5 min. |
| Blessing of Vitality | Max HP +1000 for 5 min HP auto recovery +300 |
| Essence of Ornette | HP Recovery 2,000 for 8 sec Remove Bleed Effect Cooldown: 20 sec > Essence of Ornette will not disappear when used. > This item can be used together with HP potions. |
| Tycoon’s Treasure Chest | Receive 100 – 1000 Tokens from the treasure chest and additional 10 – 200 bonus Tokens will be dropped nearby. |
| Goddess' Blessing | [All Party Members] AP +100, DP +100 Increase for 3 min. |
| Aal’s Eye | [All Party Members] Upon obtaining the item, you can detect enemies’ location on the Mini Map and World Map (Tab) for 3 sec. |
| Red Dragon's Offering | When the item is used, the Red Dragon flies over and scorches a wide area with its fiery breath where the item was used after 15 seconds. Attack Range: 38m Max Damage: Red Dragon’s Damage (1000) x 180% Cooldown: 1 min |
| Hand of Salvation | [All Party Members] Instantly recover HP +5,000 Movement Speed +15% for 5 sec Cooldown: 1 min |
| Summon Scroll: Ancient Weapon Laytenn | “Summon Scroll: Ancient Weapon Laytenn” can be used to summon Puturum. The summoned Laytenn is available for approximately 75 sec for all players to ride. If hit, the duration of the Laytenn is reduced and it can be targeted even after players are on board. |
| Summon Scroll: Ancient Weapon Puturum | “Summon Scroll: Ancient Weapon Puturum” can be used to summon Puturum. The summoned Puturum is available for approximately 60 sec for all players to board. If Puturum is attacked before riding it, the duration is reduced, and “invincibility” status is maintained when a player is on board. |
| [Dev Note] We have added “Blessing of Wind” and “Blessing of Vitality”, which are new buff effects that can be obtained through Ancient Relics. Similar to Goddess' Blessing, their effects are quite simple in their ability to grant stats buff effects, but depending on the Hero, we expect that they will serve as items that add a variety of strategies to the gameplay. In last week’s update, we improved the visual effects of obtaining extra Tokens from “Tycoon’s Treasure Chest” and also increased the number of of tokens that can be obtained to aid faster growth. The probability of obtaining some relics was adjusted as new items were added to the Ancient relic. Considering the power of the ancient weapons Laytenn and Puturum, the probability of their appearance was high, so it was reduced. |
| Monsters
- Fixed the issue where the additional Counter Attack Damage +15% was applied within the buff effects gained upon defeating Steppe Stoneback Crab.
- Fixed the issue where the additional Reduces Damage Received +5% was applied within the buff effects gained upon defeating Mountain Stoneback Crab.
- Changed to drop bonus tokens nearby upon defeating a Shadow Guard Captain.
- Fixed the Nature Spirit’s tree roots to appear more naturally.
| Shadow Lord
- Changed the name of the debuff effect that appears upon targeting certain attacks on the Shadow Lord from “Shadow Lord” to “Shadow's Curse.”
- Decreased the DP reduction effect that is applied when struck by Varigord's special attack from –50% to –30%.
- Increased the DP reduction effect that is applied when struck by Gigagord's special attack from –30% to –40%.
- Fixed the issue where some of the debuff alert message didn’t display when struck by special attacks from Gigagord and Varigord.
| AI Bots
- Fixed the issue where the knockback effect would not be applied when AI bot Gerhard Schultz used the Unleashed Beast (RMB) skill.
- Fixed so AI bot Gerhard Schultz’s Bestial Howl A (R) skill casting time matched the actual skill casting time.
- Fixed so the stealth action of AI bot Haru’s skill Shadow Step (RMB) matches the actual skill.
- AI Haru bot can now choose the Mastery B skills.
- AI Orwen bot can now choose the following Mastery B skills.
> Explosive Trap (RMB)
> Twin Fairy Arrow B (Q)
> Arrow Storm B (E)
- Adjusted so the skill cooldown and description for AI bots Jordine Ducas, Yeonhwa, Gerhard Schultz, Haru, and Orwen are equal.
■ UI
- Fixed the issue where the kill feed message would not be displayed when defeating Shadow Lords or Stoneback Crabs.
- [Trio] Fixed the issue where the AI bots’ information was abnormally displayed from the party member information and survivor status (Caps Lock) screen.
- Fixed the issue where the item combination information would occasionally disappear when obtaining Tokens while viewing the item combination information from the Shop (B).
- [Steppe/Mountain/River] Changed the location of the HP recovery effect notification that appears when defeating the Stoneback Crabs.
> Please note that the HP recovery effect message does not appear in Sparring Grounds.
■ Fixes and Improvements to the Official Website
- Fixed the lag that occurred when loading the homepage.
| [Overview] - [Heroes]
- Updated the skill video and description for some heroes.
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