Heroes of Arkesia,
Kazeros The First is a special event where players can race to clear the most difficult version of Kazeros Raid Denouement: Final Day. Vanquishing Kazeros in this special version will pose quite a challenge, even for the best raiders in Lost Ark. But with extreme challenge comes prestige, and we have a variety of prestigious rewards planned for those who can vanquish Kazeros in his most powerful form. The race for Kazeros The First will begin on December 3 at 10AM PT (6PM UTC). Learn about the rewards, details regarding the competition, and the conditions needed to enter below.
The First Mode General Notes
To enter, players much reach Item Level 1740 or higher and clear Act 4: Fortress of Destruction – Hard Difficulty (Gate 1 & 2). The First difficulty is treated separately from Normal/Hard in terms of entry count and rewards. Entry is limited to once per week per character. Rewards can be obtained once per roster during the entire event period.
The Ark Grid effect is disabled during the Kazeros The First event. It will be re-enabled after the event ends. The First difficulty does not have revives. Extreme coordination and survival are required.
Leaderboards
The race to clear Kazeros The First will feature a leaderboard for the fastest groups to clear, with spots to celebrate the top 10 teams from each in-game region (North America and Europe). The leaderboards will first release alongside the The First Mode on December 3, and available for players to view throughout the race and beyond. These teams’ victory will stay showcased on the leaderboard, and each team will also earn a suite of in-game rewards. It may take some time for groups to be added to the leaderboard, as each group will need to be reviewed to ensure they meet the conditions. Please read the ‘Conditions’ section for the rules and conditions that parties must meet to be eligible for feature on the leaderboards.
Rewards
Similar to the Kazeros Race Leaderboard, the in-game rewards will be rewarded on a per-region basis. This means that players in North America and Europe will each compete against the other players in their region for the following rewards contained within a Rank Box including:
First Place in each region - Portal Statue
Special Animated Titles
Top 1 – Kazeros The First
Top 2 – Kazeros The Second
Top 3 – Kazeros The Third
Top 4 - 10 – Kazeros Top 10
Stronghold Structure
Will have the players names etched into it along side their clear time. Users can see the information when interacting with the Stronghold Structure.
Rank 1 - Unique 1st place Structure
Rank 2 & 3 - Structure unique to places 2 & 3
Rank 4- 10 - Structure unique to places 4 - 10
Adventure Banner
Rank 1 - Unique
Rank 2 & 3 - Banner unique to places 2 & 3
Rank 4 - 10 - Banner unique to places 4 - 10
Please note that it will take several weeks to receive the top 10 rewards. However, upon clear and regardless of placement, all players who vanquish the special difficulty will receive a chest titled “Clear: Kazeros The First". It contains the following:
Title "Lord of the Abyss"
MVP Background: Final Day
Mount: Brilliant Wings
Lounge: Fortress of Destruction
Insignia "Conqueror: Kazeros The First Difficulty"
100,000 Gold
Conditions
Condition 1
All participants must not engage in any actions that violate Amazon Game Studios’ policy (Amazon's Code of Conduct and Terms of Service), such as using illegal programs, exploiting bugs, RMT, Piloting, using apps that modify the game and/or interacts with it in a way that provides information that is otherwise not available to players, or engaging in any other actions that Amazon Games deems inappropriate. Players participating in the first clear race event will be investigated, and clears will not be official until uploaded onto the Leaderboard Website. Penalties for breaking the Code of Conduct or Terms of Service will range from disqualification up to a permanent ban.
A player that has been previously penalized for RMT or other forms of cheating (such as using illegal programs, botting, exploiting bugs, piloting/account sharing, using apps that modify the game) in Lost Ark will be ineligible to compete in the first clear race, no matter when they received it (from launch until the race). Players with previous penalties (and their raid group) will still be able to complete the First Mode for the general rewards, but will not be eligible for leaderboard placement and Top 10 event rewards.
Actions may be taken against offending players, and the entire party, such as invalidating the raid clear record, or removing achieved ranking records and event rewards. There are two exceptions to this policy:
Players who were penalized for the Ignite Stronghold bug. Players who severely exploited this bug were perma-banned. Some other players received the rewards and opened without understanding that it was unintended, and for that reason we are allowing eligibility as long as there are no other disqualifying offenses logged or discovered in the account review.
Players who received a false-positive ban that was successfully appealed or reversed will still be eligible to participate.
For more information, please review Amazon's Code of Conduct and Terms of Service.
Condition 2
Please make sure to form a raid using 'Recruitment Lobby' in the party finder to check whether raid members meet the event participation conditions. You can check whether each member meets the event participation conditions in the raid participant list and applicant list in the party recruitment details.
If there is a raid member who does not meet the participation conditions upon entry, entry will be possible, but the First Clear Challenge record will not be saved for eligibility on the leaderboards and for rewards.
If you use the matchmaking system, it is not possible to check in advance whether raid members meet the conditions, and event participants are responsible for any disadvantages resulting from this.
The system will not show you if a user has cleared the raid in another region, or if they have violated Condition 1, so do your due diligence.
Condition 3
The clear record (including clear time) is recorded based on the composition of raid members at the time of clearing Gate 2 in The First mode. Even if Gate 1 is cleared with different raid members, only the members of the raid after completing Gate 2 will be saved.
Condition 4
If any character in the player’s account who holds a record from 1st to 10th place in this event on any region participates in another raid with others, the record of the raid clear will not be accepted. All members of the party must not have already completed "The First" difficulty to be recognized, unless they were in a disqualified group but were not disqualified themselves.
Condition 5
If a raid member is disconnected and cannot return and the party clears the raid without stopping the dungeon, the raid member's opportunity to enter may be lost. Please be careful during the challenge!
If you clear Gate 2 with a raid member who isn't eligible for the event, that run will be disqualified for all raid members. Qualified raid members can re-try the 'Kazeros, the First' event when next eligible.
Please note that even if you cannot participate in the event, there is no disadvantage to playing the Normal/Hard versions of the Raid.
Kazeros the First After Race
After the top 10 teams in each region have been identified, the next weekly maintenance will unlock the First After Race, an ongoing mode where players can compete for class-based leaderboards based around clear time. Heroes at the top of leaderboard each week will earn temporary cosmetics, and those at the top when The First Mode ends (date to be determined) will earn the cosmetics (such as an insignia and class symbol) in perpetuity. The Ark Grid will become enabled for this mode.
We hope this mode will prove fun for players who want to improve and prove they are skillful enough to master the battle against the Lord of the Abyss. While all players can participate in this secondary leaderboard event, our primary enforcement focus and restrictions remain centered around the First Clear Race for Kazeros, as the rewards for the After Race are on a rolling weekly grant. Should an account on the After Race Leaderboard be found in new violation of our Terms of Service, Code of Conduct or event conditions, there may be action taken against the offending player, depending on the violation. This includes account-wide disadvantages, such as invalidating the clear’s eligibility, removing achieved ranking records and event rewards or an account ban.
Good luck to all preparing for the Day of Prophecy and the battle against Kazeros, whether that’s attempting Normal, Hard, or those preparing to race for the First Mode. In the meantime, we’ll see you in Arkesia.