August 13th Patch Notes

• 2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-08-13 04:30 AM PDT

• PvP League Reset
• Character Balance Update
• Exascale Armor Improvement
• Master Class Illustration Portrait
• Titan’s Grotto/Plegas’s Labyrinth/Steel Wall Difficulty Improvement

★ Added

• Senpai, Carry Me in Raid! Event [View] (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)
• Senpai Dungeon Support Operation Event [View] (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)
• Chance for Class Change! Event [View] (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-08-26 23:59)

★ On-going

• +11 Submergence of Abyss Weapon Provision Event [View] (2025-07-30 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)
• 5 Dungeons to Master Class Quick Start Event [View] (2025-07-30 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)
• Combat Power Boost Event [View] (2025-07-30 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)
• Magic Wardrobe Ticket Attendance Event [View] (2025-07-02 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)
• Rise, Devildom Hot Springs! Event [View] (2025-07-16 00:00 ~ 2025-08-26 23:59)
• Summer Update Prelude Event [View] (2025-07-16 00:00 ~ 2025-09-23 23:59)

★ Ended

• 2025 Summer Special EP Shop Event [View] (2025-07-30 00:00 ~ 2025-08-12 23:59)

★ Added

• Exascale Character Change Ticket [View] (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ Permanent)
• Re-Order Shop: Hair Color Palette [View]
  • Violet Mood
  • Sugar Rush
  • Nocturn Aurora

  (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-08-26 23:59)



• Re-Order Shop: Burner [View]
  • Wander Marchen
  • Sanctus Seraphim
  • Ignition Caligo
  • Hamel Navy/Arctic Officer

  (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-10-07 23:59)



• Re-Order Shop: Burner (Buying Limit: 10 for each item) [View]
  • Wander Marchen 1+1 Package
  • Sanctus Seraphim 1+1 Package
  • Ignition Caligo 1+1 Package
  • Hamel Navy/Arctic Officer 1+1 Package

  (2025-08-13 00:00 ~ 2025-08-19 23:59)

★ Ended

• Re-Order Shop: Burner [View]
  • Agent Nous
  • Apostolos
  • Holy Unicorn
  • Dark Shadow

  (2025-06-18 00:00 ~ 2025-08-12 23:59)



• Lithia Spring Minuet Outfit Costume Suit [View]
  (2025-06-18 00:00 ~ 2025-08-12 23:59)


• Crimson Duke Costume Suit [View]
  (2025-07-16 00:00 ~ 2025-08-12 23:59)


• Crimson Duke Accessory [View]
  (2025-07-16 00:00 ~ 2025-08-12 23:59)

★ Exascale Armor Improvement

• Exascale Gloves Circuit stats will be changed.
  • The stats that appear in the Exascale Armor’s Glove Circuits, as well as the currently held options, will be changed as follows.

    Exascale Gloves Circuit Stat (Before)	Exascale Gloves Circuit Stat (After)
    Active Skill Damage Increase	Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Skill Damage Increase
    Tenacity Skill Damage Increase	Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Skill Damage Increase
    Strength Skill Damage Increase	Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Skill Damage Increase
    Bravery Skill Damage Increase	Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Skill Damage Increase
    Buff - Nearby Party's All Skill Damage	Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Skill Damage Increase

  • When identifying Unidentified Circuits, the stats before the update will no longer appear.



• The Restore set effect of the Exascale Armor will be improved.

  Restore Set Effect (Before)

  Restore Set Effect (After)

  Adaptation +2% (Max 55%) Buff - Nearby Party's Physical Attack Power +10% (Cannot Be Stacked) Buff - Nearby Party's Magical Attack Power +10% (Cannot Be Stacked) Obtain 'Repair' Effect for 60 sec. after starting dungeon Change to 'Bridge' Effect once 'Repair' Effect ends Change to 'Complete' Effect for 10 sec. if [Item Special Function] is pressed while holding the 'Bridge' Effect Change to 'Repair' Effect for 60 sec. once 'Complete' Effect ends Repair: Decrease Damage Received by 12% Bridge: Upon obtaining effect, apply a shield that absorbs 30% of max HP for allies nearby. (Shield Duration: 10 sec.) Complete: Increase nearby allies’ Action Speed by 15%, reduce cooldown for skills in Transcendence Skill Slot to 0.5 sec. for 5 uses. (Complete Buff cannot be reapplied for 60 sec.)

  Adaptation +2% (Max 55%) Buff - Nearby Party's Physical Attack Power +10% (Cannot Be Stacked) Buff - Nearby Party's Magical Attack Power +10% (Cannot Be Stacked) Buff - Nearby Party’s All Skill Damage +[sum of Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Skill Damage Increase on Gloves Circuit x 0.8] (Cannot Be Stacked) Obtain 'Repair' Effect for 60 sec. after starting dungeon Change to 'Bridge' Effect once 'Repair' Effect ends Change to 'Complete' Effect for 10 sec. if [Item Special Function] is pressed while holding the 'Bridge' Effect Change to 'Repair' Effect for 60 sec. once 'Complete' Effect ends Repair: Decrease Damage Received by 12% Bridge: Upon obtaining effect, apply a shield that absorbs 30% of max HP for allies nearby. (Shield Duration: 10 sec.) Complete: Increase nearby allies’ Action Speed by 15%, reduce cooldown for skills in Transcendence Skill Slot to 0.5 sec. for 5 uses. (Complete Buff cannot be reapplied for 60 sec.)



• An item that allows players to change the character for the Exascale Armor will be added.
  • It can be accessed through Magmelia NPC Vasili or Camp: Steel Wall NPC Haivan.
  • The following stats will remain the same when changing the character for the Exascale Armor.
    • Seal Count, Durability, Enhancement Level, Additional Effect, Socket Slot, Socket Effect, Reforge Stage, Reforge Durability, Reforge Gauge, Elemental Attributes, Equipped Circuits. System Chip Socket

★ Maestro Halo Accessory Stat Improvements

• The stats for the Maestro Halo accessory will be improved.

  Before

  After

  Adaptation +2% (Max 55%) (Dungeon) Upon using Command/Active attack, activate Rhythm effect (Rhythm: Action Speed increased by 3%) Upon awakening, activate Melody effect (Melody: Increase Critical Damage by 2%) Upon using Special Active Skill, activate Harmony effect (Harmony: All Skill Damage increased by 2%) When under the effects of Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony at the same time, remove all effects and activate Symphony effect for 120 seconds (Symphony: Action Speed +3%, Critical Damage +2%, All Skill Damage +2%, Physical/Magical Attack +3%)

  Adaptation +2% (Max 55%) (Dungeon) Upon using Command/Active attack, activate Rhythm effect (Rhythm: Action Speed increased by 3%) Upon awakening, activate Melody effect (Melody: Increase Critical Damage by 2%) Upon using Special Active Skill, activate Harmony effect (Harmony: All Skill Damage increased by 5%) When under the effects of Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony at the same time, remove all effects and activate Symphony effect for 300 seconds (Symphony: Action Speed +3%, Critical Damage +2%, All Skill Damage +5%, Physical/Magical Attack +5%)

★ Item Buff Switch Adjustments

• Changed so that the buff will be removed if the player unequips Ice Burner Costumes, Accessories, Content Accessories, or Title items that grant buffs.
  • Please refer to the table below for the corresponding items.
  

★ Giant Boss Difficulty Improvements

• The entry player requirement will be changed to 1-6 players for all Giant Boss dungeons (Titan’s Grotto, Plegas’s Labyrinth, The Great Steel Wall)
• The Giant Boss dungeons ‘Plegas’s Labyrinth’ and ‘Great Steel Wall’, which were previously only available during set entry times, will now be accessible at all times.
• With ‘Plegas’s Labyrinth’ and ‘Great Steel Wall’ now accessible at all times, the number of free daily entries will be adjusted to 5.
• The emblem that previously appeared during Giant Boss entry hours will be removed.
• The difficulty for giant bosses will be reduced.
  • [Plegas's Labyrinth]
    • Phase 1
      • Reduced the HP of Plegas's Heart and increased damage received.
      • Increased the duration of Plegas's Heart fixating on a spot.

    
    
    • Phase 2
      • Reduced the HP of Regenerating Plegas.
      • Increased the overload gauge gain of Regenerating Plegas.
      • Increased the overload duration of Regenerating Plegas.

    
    
    • Phase 3
      • Reduced the HP of Colossus Plegas.
      • The Ascending Current buff is applied at the start of battle.
      • Improved so that the central jump pads are permanently active.
      • Increased the duration of heart exposure after destroying the head.
      • Improved so that the ultimate is not forced to activate due to HP loss if the ultimate has been used at least once before.

  
  
  • [The Great Steel Wall]
    • Phase 1
      • Reduced the HP of Type-B Vargr and increased damage received.
      • Increased the groggy duration when Type-B Vargr’s legs are destroyed.

    
    
    • Phase 2
      • Reduced the HP of D Drake.
      • Reduced the HP of Battle Drones and Flight Drones.
      • Increased the overload gauge gain from turret attacks upon D Drake.
      • Increased the groggy duration of D Drake.

    
    
    • Phase 3
      • Reduced the HP of Type-L Lampery GT.
      • Reduced the HP of Type-L Lampery GT Hand - L/R.
      • Reduced the HP of Battle Drones and Flight Drones.
      • Reduced the HP of turrets.
      • Increased the inactive duration of Type-L Lampery GT Hand when only 1 of Type-L Lampery GT Hand - L/R is destroyed.
      • Improved so that the hand reactivates with HP reduced when Type-L Lampery GT Hand - L/R is reactivated.
      • Increased the midair duration of Type-L Lampery GT.
      • Increased the cooldown for the Charging Rod pattern.

★ Dungeon Difficulty Improvements

• The difficulty of Shadow Earl's Castle will be reduced.
  • Changed so that the platforms are permanently active regardless of Gargoyle states.
  • Changed so that the Gargoyle light needed to progress to the next stage is permanently active.
  • Reduced Ran’s attack power.
  • Reduced the damage of Ran’s slash and charge attack.
  • Reduced the damage of Severed Severed Shadow Aren’s slash, charge, and sword aura attack.
  • Changed so that the pattern is canceled if a certain amount of damage is dealt when Ran or Aren is charging for an attack.

★ Master Class Portrait Update

• Upon Master Class advancement, the corresponding Master Class portrait will be added to the Custom List.
• Upon Master Class advancement, the portrait will automatically update to match the current class.
• Master Class portrait settings apply only to your own character's portrait.
  • The 3rd Job portrait image will continue to be displayed as before in party UI, result screens, and similar displays.

★ Bank UI Improvements

• The Personal Bank UI will be changed.
  • Tooltips will now appear when hovering over membership tiers, providing information about bank access.
  • When clicking the character selection button, a UI list displaying the current character owned will appear. Players can now click or search nicknames to quickly and easily select a character.



• The Shared Bank UI will be changed.
  • Tooltips will now appear when hovering over tiers, providing information about bank access.
  • The [Shared] tab can now be switched using the mouse wheel.
  • When [Depositing] or [Withdrawing] ED, players can now adjust the amount using preset buttons for 1 million, 10 million, 100 million, 1 billion, max, and reset.

★ Character

• [Common]
  • Improved Ignition Caligo Hair to be dyeable.
  • Improved Sweet Dream Hair and Sweet Dream Teddy/Bunny Hoodie to be dyeable.
  • Fixed a bug where attacks from summons did not provide MP and Awakening Gauge when the player was not a party leader under certain circumstances



• [Elsword]
  • Fixed a bug where character would move to an unintended location when in air during Dash + Z cast
  • [Immortal]
    • Fixed a bug where character would move to an unintended location when in air during Dash + ZZ cast.



• [Aisha]
  • Fixed a bug where Schoolwear Designer Heels had an unintended appearance.
  • Fixed a bug where wrists had unintended appearances if Star Academy Top Piece was equipped along with other set costume gloves.



• [Rena]
  • Fixed a bug where Hair would be shown through the top of veil when equipped with Abyssal Presence Another Hair.
  • [Grand Archer]
    • Fixed a bug where the MP return increase from command/active skill hit from Vibe Shot Passive did not work as intended.



• [Eve]
  • [Code: Esencia]
    • Fixed a bug where the Queen’s Dignity Cooldown Acceleration effect was not applied when [Mod] Illusion Stinger: Electron Dive is used under certain circumstances.

  
  
  • [Code: Sariel]
    • Fixed a bug where Overload Cooldown Acceleration effect was not applied when [Mod] Illusion Stinger: Lightning Spear or [Mod] Dimension Link – Guardian: Breaker is used under certain circumstances.



• [Chung]
  • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended appearance when Lord Chesterfield Bottom Piece is equipped with other set costume shoes.
  • Fixed a bug where the string in the back had an unintended appearance when Abyssal Presence Top Piece is equipped.



• [Ara]
  • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended appearance when Winter Polar Hair is equipped.



• [Elesis]
  • Fixed a bug where the hair had an unintended appearance in the Hair Shop UI when Aurora Mustika Hair is equipped.



• [Add]
  • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended appearance for certain motions when equipped with Police Bottom Piece.
  • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended appearance when equipped with Japan 2015 Creator Award Darkness Assassin Bottom Piece.



• [Lu/Ciel]
  • Fixed a bug where Lu’s earring appearance was not visible if Ciel equipped an accessory that covers the face.
  • Fixed a bug where the string in the back had an unintended appearance when Ciel was equipped with Abyssal Presence Top Piece.
  • [Dread Lord]
    • Fixed a bug where Shackling Chain debuff had an unintended icon.



• [Ain]
  • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended appearance when equipped with Aqua Festa Gloves.
  • Fixed a bug where the string in the back had an unintended appearance when equipped with Abyssal Presence Top Piece.
  • [Erbluhen Emotion]
    • Improved Fire of Brave buff icon from Blatt Blume and Shining Presence buff icon from Alchimie Eid to be more visually differentiated with ease.

  
  
  • [Lofty: Wanderer]
    • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended ankle appearance in base class idle motion when equipped with Elrios Detective Academy Shoes.

  
  
  • [Apostasia]
    • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended ankle appearance in base class idle motion when equipped with Elrios Detective Academy Shoes.

  
  
  • [Herrscher]
    • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended ankle appearance in base class idle motion when equipped with Elrios Detective Academy Shoes.



• [Laby]
  • Fixed a bug where the shadow effect had an unintended appearance when equipped with Evening Valentine Bottom Piece.
  • Fixed a bug where the character had an unintended appearance when bending the knee when equipped with Blooming Youth Costume Suit.
  • [Sparky Child]
    • Fixed a bug where the Super Laby Bomb had an unintended effect if it is used at a bending terrain.

  
  
  • [Rusty Child]
    • Fixed a bug where the awakening charge speed effect from Like This? Passive did not apply as intended under certain circumstances.



• [Noah]
  • [Silent Shadow]
    • Fixed a bug where the awakening charge speed effect from Ocean Fog did not apply as intended under certain circumstances.

★ Item

• Exascale Character Change Tickets (Top Piece, Bottom Piece, Gloves, Shoes) are now available.
  • [Armor Character Change] can be accessed through Magmelia NPC Vasili or Camp: Steel Wall NPC Haivan.



• Fixed a bug where players could go through the wall to go down from the top in the Guild Lobby: Rainy City.


• Fixed a bug where the Little Dancing Spirit would not dance if players used “Ghost Dance!” Idle motion with Little Dancing Spirit equipped.


• Fixed a bug where certain pop-up message appeared numerous times upon purchasing personal/shared bank membership in Item Mall.


• Elsword~Lithia Elite Tailor Costume will be available in the Re-Order Shop at 3,190 KC.

★ ETC

• Added a regional map for Spirit Falls and Charming Geyser.
• Changed the popup design shown when clicking the “Receive Buff” button from NPCs in the Hot Springs, Camp, and Magmelia.
• Fixed a bug where the focus moved to in-game chat while using the Chat UI under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug where the cube open pop-up would appear when a character attempted to open an exclusive cube for another character.
• Fixed a bug where the awakening charge speed upon attack/attacked effect did not apply as intended for Guild Skill: Unleash Anger.
• Fixed a bug where the Title Information UI would overlap if Tab function is used in Title UI.
• Fixed a tooltip of Armor Modification Effect: Skill Cooldown stat.
  • Before: Skill Cooldown Decrease -n% / Skill Cooldown Decrease +n%
  • After: Skill Cooldown +n% / Skill Cooldown -n%



• Fixed a bug where certain Seal skill effects could be seen even when players deactivated “Other Character Skill Effects” in options.


• Fixed a bug where equipment icon had an unintended appearance when opening Exascale Circuit UI for Exascale Armor stored in Bank or Guild Storage.


• Fixed a bug where certain NPCs had unintended quotes when using Armor Character Change menu.

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