Greetings, Lords and Ladies.
This is the Game of Thrones: Kingsroad team.
Our June 26 update brings the first major content drop since launch, and with it, the arrival of Season 1: The Drowned God Wakes.
This new season introduces the Kraken Raid, where a powerful new enemy and valuable rewards await. The newly added Amulet system also brings fresh ways to enhance your strength and customize your build.
A new difficulty level for World Boss Drogon has also been added, offering a greater challenge for seasoned players alongside a host of new content. This update also brings limited-time seasonal events, a range of system improvements, and a round of bug fixes for known issues.
Check out the full details below.
1️⃣ New Content
2️⃣ Improvements & Changes
3️⃣New Events
4️⃣Shop
5️⃣Bug Fixes
🛡️ NEW CONTENT
⚔️ Season 1: The Drowned God Wakes
🔹Season 1: The Drowned God Wakes officially begins.
▸ The new season is available after completing the main quest Report to Lord Roose Bolton.
🔹Clearing seasonal content will advance Season Pass missions. As the pass level increases, you can unlock exclusive seasonal progression elements along the way.
🔹A brand-new season pass is now available.
🔹Reach the final tier of the season pass to unlock the exclusive Krakencoil Weapon Skin.
✔️ The weapon skin can be equipped through Equipment ➜ Wardrobe.
✔️ After reaching the final season pass tier, additional versions of the Krakencoil weapon skin for other classes can be purchased from the shop.
🔹New side quests and bounties themed around “The Drowned God Wakes” are available.
✔️ These side quests and bounties will remain accessible even after the season ends.
❄️ Seasonal Beyond the Wall Expeditions
🔹The previous Beyond the Wall Expedition has been revamped into the seasonal Beyond the Wall Expedition.
✔️ Ranking rewards for the original Beyond the Wall Expeditions will be calculated based on standings just before the Season 1 update, and will be distributed sequentially starting July 1st (PT).
🔹Several of the original Beyond the Wall Expedition effects have been adjusted or removed, and the related shop items have been reworked.
❄️ Seasonal Wormwalks
🔹A seasonal version of Wormwalks has been added, available alongside the original Wormwalks content.
❄️ Seasonal Content & Effects
🔹The seasonal Beyond the Wall Expeditions and Wormwalks feature exclusive seasonal mechanics.
🔹Participating in these seasonal activities does not consume RP, but instead uses a separate pool of reward attempts.
🔹When progressing through Seasonal Beyond the Wall Expeditions and Seasonal Wormwalks, the season-exclusive effect Trial of Steel will be active, along with two new gauges: Heat and Erosion.
▸ These seasonal effects or traits do not apply to the original Wormwalks stages.
✔️ Heat Gauge: Builds up upon landing Active Skills on enemies, granting buffs that aid combat based on its accumulation.
✔️ Erosion Gauge: Builds up upon landing Strike Combos on enemies or when damage is taken, applying debuffs that hinder combat effectiveness as it accumulates.
🔹Beyond the Wall Expedition Season Growth Points & Wormwalks Season Growth Points earned through the Season Pass can be used to enhance traits related to Seasonal Beyond the Wall Expeditions and Seasonal Wormwalks.
🔹New rankings have been added for Seasonal Beyond the Wall Expeditions and Seasonal Wormwalks.
✔️ Seasonal Beyond the Wall Expedition Rankings and Seasonal Wormwalks Rankings consist of interim rankings, which are counted and settled every two weeks. Final rankings are counted and settled over the entire season period (6 weeks).
🗺️ New Region: Crow’s Nest
🔹The new region Crow’s Nest is now available.
🔹New main quests, as well as side quests and encounter quests have been added.
🔹The side quest “Silent Lighthouse” is available after completing the prerequisite quest “Red Book” and clearing the Occupied Site “Griffin’s Cove”.
✔️ Although the “Silent Lighthouse” quest is a direct continuation of “Red Book”, it begins with a character located inside of Griffin’s Cove, so the Occupied Zone must be cleared before it becomes accessible.
🔹Additional regional content is now available, including:
✔️ Bounties
✔️ Ferocious Beast
✔️ Echoes of the Past
✔️ Enemy Hideout
✔️ Gods’ Havens
✔️ Historic Sites
✔️ Occupied Sites
✔️ Bandit Camps
🔹Exploration Progress rewards for stages 3 and 4 have been added to the Stormlands region.
🔹New items have been added to the Tribute Exchange Shop, and the exchange limits for certain items have been increased.
🏺New Artifacts
🔹3 new Artifacts have been added.
Grade | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
Rare | Black Driftwood | Passive |
Epic | Marksman's Quiver | Active |
Legendary | The Broken Sword | Passive |
🦑 Kraken Raid
🔹The new co-op content Kraken Raid has been added.
🔹Access the dungeon through the Weirwood located within Storm’s End, in the Stormlands.
🔹Designed for 4-player parties, raid rewards can be earned based on the number of dungeon completions (2 charges per week, with a maximum accumulation of 4).
🔹Defeating the Kraken grants a chance to obtain Amulet Core crafting materials.
🔹A new leaderboard for Kraken Raid rankings has been added.
🔹New achievements related to the Kraken Raid have been added.
💎 Amulet System
🔹Visit the Amulet Workshop (accessible via Raven Messenger > Amulet Workshop or the actual Amulet Workshop in Renan’s Rest) to craft and polish Amulets.
🔹A total of 9 Amulets have been added (3 Rare, 3 Epic, and 3 Legendary).
🔹All Amulets provide fixed effects, along with additional random effects based on their rarity.
Amulet | Fixed Effects |
|---|---|
Kraken’s Heart Amulet | ✔ Ranged Attack Damage Increase ✔ HP |
Kraken’s Wrath Amulet | ✔ Active Skill Damage Increase ✔ HP |
Kraken’s Grasp Amulet | ✔ Strike Combo Damage Increase ✔ HP |
➕ Content Expansion
🔹Wormwalks has been expanded from stage 40 to 50.
🔹A new difficulty tier for World Boss Drogon is now available. This version of Drogon can be accessed from the Scorched Plain in the Stormlands region.
➕ Additional New Content
🔹New emojis and emotes have been added.
🛠️ IMPROVEMENTS & CHANGES
⚜️GENERAL
🔸The maximum character level has been increased to level 50.
🔸Set Research levels have been expanded to level 50.
🔸Two new Equipment Sets and Set Effects have been added: Guardian and Tempest.
🔸Level requirements for crafting Tier 3 to 5 equipment have been eased.
🔸Using Ruin Runners or Relic Finders for Artifact Expeditions no longer consumes worker stamina.
⚜️COMBAT
🔸The Momentum penalty for fighting enemies with higher Momentum has been removed.
✔️ Visual effects indicating low Momentum will still appear, even though the penalty no longer applies.
⚜️CHANGES TO CONTENT REWARD ACQUISITION
🔸Beyond the Wall Expeditions and Altar of Memories will no longer require RP to obtain rewards. Instead, rewards are now granted by using up the available reward attempts for each activity.
✔️ Beyond the Wall Expedition: Entry will be restricted once all reward attempts have been used.
✔️ Altar of Memories & Kraken Raid: Entry remains possible even after reward attempts are exhausted, but no rewards can be earned.
🔸With this new reward system, reward counts will be automatically consumed and rewards will be granted upon clearing the content. As a result, the unclaimed dungeon reward system will no longer apply.
🎊 NEW EVENTS
👉 Ongoing Events in Game of Thrones: Kingsroad
🛒 SHOP
🔸New items have been added to the shop. Please check the in-game shop for more details.
🔸A new Battle Pass and Season Pass have been added.
👉 Battle Pass: Echoes of the Storm and the Wolf
🗓️ Available until August 6, 10:59 PM (PT)
⚠️ The Premium and Premium+ versions of the Battle Pass can be purchased until July 23, 10:59 PM (PT).
👉 Season Pass: The Drowned God Wakes
🛠️BUG FIXES
⚜️GENERAL
🔸Backend server optimizations have been implemented to improve overall stability.
🔸Fixed an issue where patch resources were repeatedly downloaded on each login.
🔸The rules for creating new channels have been updated:
✔️ Before: New channels were created only when all existing channels reached full capacity.
✔️ After: New channels will now be created once all existing channels reach 80% capacity.
⚜️SHOP
🔸Fixed a bug where incorrect text would be displayed when selecting certain shop items.
⚜️GAMEPLAY & COMBAT
🔸Recommended levels for side quests in Storm’s End and Felwood regions have been adjusted based on the starting level of each chapter.
🔸Interaction times for gadgets in repeatable RP-consuming content have been reduced for smoother gameplay.
🔸Adjusted terrain in the Historic Site in Oldtown to allow for smoother movement via jumping.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain interactable objects in Historic Ruins could not be activated.
🔸Fixed an issue in Altar of Memories - Shores of Dorne Blue Cockatrices where the second Cockatrice would not appear if the first was defeated too quickly.
🔸Fixed an issue where the recommended momentum for Echoes of the Past in the Stormlands were displayed incorrectly.
🔸Fixed an issue where the level 3 description for certain effects in Beyond the Wall Expedition displayed a value of 0%.
🔸Fixed an issue in Explore cliff paths in Beyond the Wall Expedition where the tree could not be cut down, preventing progress.
🔸Fixed an issue where the rewards pop-up would occasionally not display immediately after defeating a Ferocious Beast.
🔸Fixed an issue where using bait would sometimes fail to spawn a Ferocious Beast.
🔸Fixed an issue where dying to the Ferocious Beast Black Elk could sometimes cause players to spawn in the Stormlands.
🔸Fixed an issue where the Wormwalks rewards displayed on the results screen did not match the actual rewards received.
🔸Fixed an issue where the Bandit Camp in the Gift region could not be completed under certain conditions.
🔸Fixed an issue where Wormwalks rewards could not be acquired under certain conditions.
✔️ The rewards that could not be acquired previously due to the above issue will be distributed sequentially after the update.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain class-specific equipment could be used by other classes.
🔸The respawn rate of equipment chests in certain areas has been adjusted.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain treasures chests in Bandit Camps could not be opened.
🔸Fixed an issue where Ambition was occasionally consumed during Beyond the Wall Expedition.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain field content could not be cleared under certain conditions.
⚜️QUESTS & NPCS
🔸A prologue skip feature has been added.
🔸Players can now jump directly to a Peddler’s location by using the shortcut button on the world map when they spawn.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain tutorial quests embedded in the main questline could not be progressed under certain conditions.
🔸Fixed an issue where monsters in certain quests in Brightwater Keep had lower-than-intended health values.
🔸Fixed an issue in Storm’s End where selecting certain dialogue options triggered the wrong battle.
🔸Fixed an issue where the Peddler occasionally did not appear in Storm’s End.
⚜️CONTROL & INPUT
🔸After using fast travel, players will now be automatically placed on their mount.
🔸Adjusted the location of the Mainhall Signpost in Renan’s Rest.
🔸Fixed an issue where ladders in certain areas occasionally could not be interacted with.
🔸Fixed an issue in the Historic Site in Mole’s Town where the lever could not be activated.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain objects would appear when using the Search function in Castle Black, but were not actually present in the environment.
🔸Fixed an issue where certain structures within the Seven Sunset Septry Enemy Hideout could not be moved under certain conditions.
⚜️UI/UX & VISUALS
🔸General UI and UX improvements have been made.
🔸A new toggle helmet option has been added to the wardrobe for outfits that include helmets.
🔸The equipment crafting UI now shows your Set Collection progress.
🔸Terminology related to Relics has been standardized; all relevant items are now consistently referred to as Artifacts.
🔸Fixed inconsistencies between dialogue text, subtitles, and voice lines during certain quests.
🔸Fixed an issue where a black screen could persist in some situations during cross-play between PC and mobile.
🔸Fixed an issue where random Jewelry effects were not displayed when viewing an offline character’s equipment.
🔸Fixed an issue where reconnecting to the game during a cutscene could occasionally result in a black screen and prevent further gameplay.
✔️ If you continue to experience this issue after the update, please try reconnecting after waiting a few minutes (approximately 5 minutes) to allow the scene to reset properly.
🔸Fixed an issue where a black screen would occasionally occur during combat while progressing certain quests.
🔸Fixed an issue where a red dot notification would appear in Manor Management Office > Manage Trade even when there is nothing left to check.
🔸Production information for individual workers has been improved to show the full range of output (minimum to maximum) per cycle, rather than only the minimum.
🔸Crafting material item description tooltips now include information on which items they can be used to craft.
We appreciate your continued support and feedback as we work to improve your experience in the game. As always, we remain committed to providing you with the best possible gameplay experience. Stay tuned for more updates, and thank you for being part of our community!