Patch Notes – October 22, 2026
Black Shrine Light Orb removal, new Imoogi and Bari difficulties, and PvP minimum AP increase
Overview
The Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo) drops the Light Orb system, adds Calamity 8 and 9 for Imoogi and Bari, and makes Calamity 10 unavailable for now. PvP minimum AP rises, Blue Whale loot improves, and a long list of class, UI and bug fixes is included.
Key Highlights
- Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo) no longer uses Light Orbs, so Calamity 1 to 7 are fought with your own gear.
- Calamity 8 and 9 were added for Imoogi and Bari in Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo), while Calamity 10 is unavailable and will return later at a higher difficulty.
- The PvP minimum AP for attackers rose from 5% to 7% when the target's defensive stats exceed the attacker's offensive stats.
- Blue Whale loot was improved, including more Great Ocean Oil and guaranteed Wildspark.
- The maximum party member min level setting in Find Party/Platoon - Post Recruitment Ad rose from 60 to 75.
Events
- [EP. 3] World Boss Is Here to Play runs from Oct 22, 2026 (Thu) after maintenance until Nov 4, 2026 23:59 (UTC).
Class Changes: DP Build Balance
- In PvP, the minimum AP applied to an attacker went from 5% to 7% whenever the target's defensive stats, such as Total Damage Reduction, are higher than the attacker's offensive stats, such as Total AP.
- The change is primarily intended to reduce the effectiveness of heavy DP builds in group combat such as 10v10 battles, rather than in 1v1 encounters.
- When the attacker's AP, once Damage Reduction and Evasion effects are counted, drops under the minimum AP threshold, the set minimum AP percentage is used to deal damage.
- The team says it will keep monitoring AP and DP trends as Adventurers progress through Inner Edania and make adjustments as needed.
Class Changes: Skills
- [All Classes] Godslayer: Force Palm had an issue fixed where underwear became visible in certain situations.
- [Ranger] Penetrating Wind III had its CC type mismatch between description and icon fixed.
- [Tamer] Tamer's Legacy IV and V had their reversed required levels fixed.
- [Lahn] Prime: Crescent Barrage had an unnatural animation on uneven terrain fixed.
- [Guardian] Black Blood Circle had the shield remaining on the back after Mountain Slam fixed.
- [Corsair] Core: Cap'n's Orders: Open Fire! had the missing anchor fixed.
- [Sage] Prime: Rift Storm had its transition into Rift Chain improved after attack 1 lands.
- [Sage] Lightning Prison had an issue fixed where Flow: Interrogate activated during an Overcharged Bolt combo.
- [Seraph] An issue was fixed where the current outfit's appearance showed during certain actions in Purgatum.
- [Seraph] Goyen's Greatsword Arts had its Skill Demo in the Skill UI corrected.
- [Agent] Prime: Hexround: Overclock I now has Rules of Engagement XVIII as its learning requirement.
Item
- Marni's Pocket Watch can now be repaired.
- Orders and listings for certain items on the Central Market were reset during the Oct 22, 2026 (Thu) maintenance.
- The affected items are listed in the October 16 (Fri) Central Market Maintenance notice.
Monster: Imoogi and Bari
- Calamity 8 and 9 were added for Imoogi and Bari in Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo).
- Imoogi's overall difficulty has been slightly reduced, and you need to create openings to deal damage.
- Imoogi's minimum AP requirement and rewards match Oduksini's.
- The revamped Bari emphasizes her role as a mudang who commands wraiths.
- Bari's minimum AP requirement and rewards match those of Bamboo Legion Lieutenant and Duoksini.
Monster: Black Shrine - Donghae (Solo) Revamp
- Light Orbs are no longer used for Calamity 1 to 7, so Adventurers use their own gear.
- Minimum AP requirements, boss levels and rewards were adjusted by difficulty; boss levels run from 60 at Calamity 1 to 73 at Calamity 9.
- Minimum AP at Calamity 1 is 300 for Golden Pig King, Apex Changui, Songakshi, Sangoon and Gumiho.
- Minimum AP at Calamity 9 is 420 for those same bosses.
- Oduksini and Imoogi require 310 minimum AP at Calamity 1 and 430 at Calamity 9.
- Weekly Boss Blitz reward tables for Oduksini were listed for Calamity 1, 4, 7, 8 and 9.
- Calamity 10 is unavailable and will return later at a higher difficulty.
- Calamity 10 was removed from Adventure Log - Boss Storybook - Morning Light.
- Boss Blitz history was reset, and rewards earned from Oct 18 (Sun) at 00:00 until maintenance were delivered to the Black Spirit's Safe.
- Rewards earned after the reset will be handed out on Oct 25 (Sun) at 00:00.
- In that week, up to 10 weekly rewards can be received: five from history before maintenance and five from history after.
- Combat difficulty tiers changed so former Calamity 8, 9 and 10 now correspond to Calamity 1-3, 4-6 and 7-9.
- Calamity 1 was tuned to resemble the old Calamity 8 fights with Golden Pig King, Sangoon, and Gumiho.
- Blessing of the Morning now requires Calamity 5 or higher instead of Calamity 7 or higher.
- You no longer need to defeat a Calamity 5 boss before challenging Calamity 6 or 7.
- The Light Orb and the "[LoML] Gift from the Black Spirit" quest were removed.
- The Light Orb reward in several [LoML] quests was replaced with Sangpyeong Coin x500, and those who had already claimed received the coins in Heidel Storage during maintenance.
- Quest objectives were changed to reflect the adjusted boss difficulty, including HYPERBOOST, [Black Spirit Support] and Olvia Academy Journal quests.
- The listed [Black Spirit Support] quests now require 300+ AP to accept.
- Adventure Log progress now also completes lower-level entries when a boss is defeated on a higher Calamity.
- The on-screen top notification and the first-clear message for Calamity 1-9 boss kills were removed.
- Blessing of the Morning buff notifications are no longer displayed.
Monster: Blue Whale and Magaia Temple
- Great Ocean Oil from Blue Whale changed from x1-2 to x10-12.
- Blue Whale Tendon changed from x5-7 to x12-15.
- Blue Whale Meat changed from x15-20 to x17-20.
- Wildspark changed from x100-150 (Chance-Based) to x60-80 (Guaranteed).
- Drop rates of Blue Whale's Cranial Bone, Chest Bone and Tail Bone were doubled.
- Marni's Realm in the Magaia Temple monster zone was expanded.
- The location of the Vestige of Everlight in Magaia Temple has changed.
Quest & Knowledge
- Instructions for equipping a matchlock were added to the Quest Summary for the Olvia Academy Hunting Course.
- The "[Imoogi] Black Shrine" quest now lets you use the nearby Imoogi Altar to travel to the cutscene location.
- The quest can still be completed by defeating Sangoon in the Black Shrine and completing the Boss Storybook.
UI
- The Black Spirit's Scheduler UI was updated with centered text, more centered icons and a new divider color for selected content.
- The Marni's Combat Analyzer UI was updated, including a shorter Open Widget button and a new tab line design.
- The Marni's Combat Statistics UI was updated, including filter icons in Details and ascending rank sorting in Arena of Solare.
- The EXP gain by character level description in My Information (P) was updated.
- The Naval Fame description in My Information (P) was updated with a note on enhancement level drops.
- The maximum party member min level setting in Find Party/Platoon - Post Recruitment Ad rose from 60 to 75.
- "exp+" was removed from the Tag Character menu icon.
Modified or Changed
- Several appearance fixes were made for outfits, earrings, gloves and weapon effects across Valkyrie, Kunoichi, Lahn, Dark Knight, Corsair, Dosa, Deadeye, Agent, Drakania, Woosa and Seraph, plus female classes and Silent Night combinations.
- Fixed the "The Treasure's True Owner: Ebenruth's Nol" quest showing incomplete in Treasure Codex for Corsair.
- Fixed unnatural visual effects with the Fairy skill "Morning Star" and the item "Atanis' Firefly".
- Fixed item descriptions and scrolling not working while dragging items in the inventory.
- Fixed Despair-Consumed Edanas sometimes not appearing in the Event Horizon monster zone.
- Despair-Consumed Archers no longer appear from the Wormhole.
- Fixed characters below Lv. 49 reaching Lv. 50 without finishing "[To Level 50!] Go Beyond Your Own Limits" after gaining two or more levels at once.
- Fixed the navigation route to Eileen in "[Land of the Morning Light] A Step Further".
- Fixed knowledge for the Field Boss "Black Shadow" not being obtainable after it stopped spawning; it can be acquired from the NPC looking at Markthanan's Servant in the Hermesia Inner Castle.
- Fixed awkward NPC interaction animations at Angavu Outpost.
- Fixed guild activity points rising on partial Guild Mission progress.
- Fixed differing Placement Objects Destroyed counts between the Node/Conquest War results UI and the Guild UI status.
- Fixed a duplicated system message when a ship was destroyed with negative Naval Fame.
- Fixed the Quest Complete effect size in the Quest Widget after changing resolution.
- Fixed incorrect Marni's Fuel display when using Item Copy with Marni's Pocket Watch equipped for Agent.
- Fixed right ALT/CTRL keys not working in certain environments with Quick Hotkeys.
- Fixed Event Horizon-exclusive buff effects showing in item buff slots.
- Fixed time occasionally not progressing normally during the "Tachyon Traces XXIX" quest.
- Fixed Marni's Combat Statistics not being tracked properly.
- Outfit selection box descriptions now note that each box's description shows class availability.
- Fixed "[Event] [Weekly] Care to Invest in Something Free?" granting [Event] Clickety-clack Clockwork; any obtained will be collected during the Oct 29, 2026 (Thu) maintenance.
- Fixed [Event] Power to Do Good granting Life EXP +30% instead of the stated +50%; compensation based on how many were used before the Oct 22 (Thu) maintenance is planned for the Oct 29 (Thu) maintenance.
- Several Gamepad fixes were made, including Adventure Log illustrations, Ring Menu in the Magnus, Voice Chat volume, Monster Zone Info tooltips, Campsite Container key guide and Storage UI L-stick navigation.
- [Gamepad] The View Details button for Adventure Log illustrations changed from A to LT + X.
- [Gamepad] The Family and Enhancement Inventory no longer open in the Shop UI.