The December Winter Soloist update arrives in Arkesia tomorrow! Downtime will begin on December 18 at 12 a.m. PT (8 a.m. UTC) and is expected to last 7 hours. This update introduces Solo Mode updates, including Thaemine and Echidna, alongside exciting new progression events, quality-of-life improvements, and much more!

Dive into the Solo Mode update, which brings the Thaemine Legion Raid and Echidna Kazeros Raid to Solo Mode for the first time. Related items have been added to the Solo Mode exchange, along with adjustments to buffs and cost decreases for extra rewards. This update also features new progression content, including the Destined Protection System and Proving Grounds Season 6, as well as improvements to the Elixir and Transcendence systems.

Explore the Kazeros Raid: Act 2 Prologue, introducing a thrilling storyline with new challenges, and enjoy enhanced Tier 2–3 Chaos Dungeons, updates to Elixirs and Transcendence, plus streamlined rewards. Don’t miss out on the South Kurzan Powerpass, designed to jumpstart your adventures in early Tier 4, or the Icy Breakthrough Event, offering valuable honing rewards to boost progression.

Plus, celebrate the season with limited-time Winter Sales, the festive Snowfield Cosmetic Collection, and various store updates. Whether you’re gearing up for the new Solo Mode challenges or diving into the winter festivities, there’s something for everyone.

For a full breakdown of content, events, and updates, check out the latest episode of “Patch Notes with Henry” or read the comprehensive details on our website[www.playlostark.com]. See you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

We’re excited to share a first look at December and the first few months of next year with the first part of the 2025 Roadmap! Join Lost Ark team members Henry and Roxx for a discussion of the key content arriving in December 2024 through March 2025.

The roadmap content discussed are highlights we know players are eagerly awaiting, but the roadmap is not a comprehensive list of every change arriving in Arkesia over the next few months, and could change. As we approach each month, more details will be shared. Stay tuned to our website and social channels for future Release Notes, including the full list of new content, cosmetics, content balance changes, events, and more included in our major monthly updates.

There are some big changes coming in December alongside their releases in Korea that we’re excited to reveal. The full release notes will arrive on December 17 with the full details and content arriving this month. The following list is a summary of key updates.

Prepare to challenge notorious threats solo for the first time, with the Thaemine Legion Raid and Echidna Kazeros Raid added to the roster of raids available in Solo Mode.

An update to Solo Mode will also be added, including a new buff system and cost reductions to the “View More Rewards”.

The prologue quest covers the story of how the Allied Forces begins a new strategy to overcome the current situation for the ongoing war in North Kurzan. As you progress through the prologue quest, you will learn the new strategy of the Allied Forces and after fighting Aegir, as we head toward the battle against Narok and Brelshaza.

• The Elixir progression system has been overhauled to make Elixir transmutation faster and less strategic to simplify the experience.
  
• The Transcendence system has been overhauled to simplify the progression path.

Proving Ground Season 6 will begin in December. Prove you’re one of the best warriors in Arkesia to earn season ranks, rewards, and prestige in Season 6 of competitive Proving Grounds.

A new mission-based progression event arrives, built to help players progress through the beginning of Tier 4. It’s a great continuation of the ongoing Hyper Awakening Road Event, and will help with progression in early Tier 4. There are four categories of missions:

• Weapon Honing
  
• Armor Honing
  
• Clearing Echidna Gates
  
• Clearing Behemoth Gates

The honing missions will grant Hellfire Honing Books and Gold as you hone your gear over Item Level 1640. The Echidna missions will grant Agris’ Scales, Alcaone’s Eye, and additional support materials, and the Behemoth missions will grant Behemoth’s Scales and Weapon Transcendence Restoration Tickets.

Face off against Brelshaza once more in Kazeros Raid Act 2: Requiem of the Floating Nightmare. This raid will require 8-players, and take place in a harsh, icy battleground, which provides the perfect backdrop for Brelshaza’s own chilling new powers. In Gate 1, the Valley of Piercing Screams, you’ll have to fight the intimidating Narok the Butcher, and in Gate 2, Phantom Apeiron, you’ll see the familiar Brelshaza with some new abilities. This raid will also introduce the Karma System, which will allow players to receive new ways to power up their characters. Normal Mode will be available at Item level 1670, and Hard Mode will be available at Item Level 1690.

We will include the latest improvements to the raid applied in Korea, such as showing targeting effect during certain patterns in Gate 1.

Along with Brelshaza, a host of new Tier 4 content will arrive, including the release of Tier 4 Bracelets, a new Guardian, Abidos Operation, a Chaos Gate for players over Item Level 1680, and the 2nd Unlock of the T4 Ebony Cube.

When the frontier system is applied, raid difficulty (damage and HP) will decrease for raid bosses as stage of the frontier progresses. The stages progress automatically as time goes on. With the frontier system, parties clearing cutting-edge content can enjoy a similar difficulty to Korea when the raid releases, and others can enjoy an easier version as time passes; making the raid more approachable for more casual players while also lessening the reclear difficulty.

Lost Ark Anniversary celebrations will kick off a little bit early this year, coming in with our update at the end of January. This will allow us to get celebrating sooner, and pave the way for an exciting release in February. Celebrate Lost Ark’s Anniversary in a new anniversary event, the “Festa of Arkesia” on a special Anniversary island. Here you’ll get to participate in exclusive quests, receive rewards, and also see some familiar faces.

The next Advanced Class is a Yoz Specialist class— a versatile character that can transform into animals or use their scroll to fight with spirit beast spells while in human form. The class will invoke a blend of energy that feels both animalistic and mystical in nature. For example, the class can transform into forms like a bear, or into the form of a Kumiho, a nine-tailed fox. The Yoz tribe specializes in harnessing the power of illusions, and the Wild Soul can also summon spirits, such as birds or foxes, to fight alongside them.

The Wild Soul Advanced Class will be accompanied by progression events. More details will be provided headed toward the release of the new class.

With a ton of major content releasing in the first few months of 2025, we’ve still got more planning to do for March and the later months. Right now, we are planning on releasing the next Music Box of Memories unlock during March, and continuing the progression events to support the release of the Wild Soul Advanced Class in February. We’ll see what else is in store once we reach next year!

Our team is excited to finish 2024 with a swathe of progression and solo mode updates in December, an enormous endgame update in January with the next Kazeros Raid, and an exciting few months when the Wild Soul Advanced Class and new progression events arrive.

In the meantime, stay tuned to our website, social channels, and each month’s Release Notes for the full list of new content, store updates, events, bug fixes, and more over the coming months. Head over to YouTube to let us know your thoughts on the video component of the roadmap, and if you’d like to see this type of content heading forward. We’ll see you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

The December Update arrives on the 18th bringing exciting new changes to Lost Ark! Join Community Manager Roxx for the latest episode of Eye on Arkesia, where she shares insights on what’s to come. This series keeps you up-to-date on all things Lost Ark, from game updates to community highlights. Stay tuned for the 2025 Roadmap and Patch Notes with Henry.

Key December Update Features:

* Roadmap Release & LOA ON Livestream
* Limited-Time Twitch Drops
* December Update Launch
* Kazeros Raid Act 2 Prologue Quest
* New PvP Season
* In-Game Event Missions
* New Bundles & Discounts
* Patch Notes Timing
* Additional Quality-of-Life Updates


Stay tuned for more details on the December update with the upcoming Release Notes and update. In the meantime, we’ll see you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

It’s Black Friday in Arkesia and Lost Ark is delivering incredible deals with exclusive item bundles available in the in-game shop. Use Royal Crystals[www.playlostark.com] to grab limited-time packs filled with premium items, resources, and upgrades to enhance your journey through Arkesia.

Upgrade your adventure with the ultimate Black Friday package! The Golden Grab Bundle includes a 3,000 Crystal Bundle and the Golden Grab Card Pack, offering Legendary and Epic Card Packs for your collection. Equip massive gear upgrades with the Luminous Gem Shard Chest, various Honing Material Chests, and Honing Support Selection Chests filled with Lava’s Breath and Glacier Breath. Don’t miss this deluxe deal!

• 3,000 Crystal Bundle
  
• Luminous Gem Shard Chest x2
  
• Ebony Cube Entrance Ticket Selection Chest II x10
  
• Pheon x70
  
• Ancient Platinum Coin x250
  
• Legendary Card Pack IV x3
  
• Legendary - Epic Card Pack IV x20
  
• Legendary - Rare Card Pack IV x20
  
• Epic Card Selection Pack II x8
  
• Rare Card Selection Pack II x5
  
• Uncommon Card Selection Pack II x5
  
• Normal Card Selection Pack II x5
  
• Honing Support Selection Chest II x50
  
• Honing Shard Selection Chest III x80
  
• Destiny Destruction Stone Pouch x100
  
• Destiny Guardian Stone Pouch x100
  
• Honing Leapstone Selection Chest VII x60
  
• Fusion Material Selection Chest II x50

Balance progression and value with the Harvest Haul Bundle! Featuring 1,900 Crystals, a Luminous Gem Shard Chest, and an Ebony Cube Entrance Ticket Selection Chest, this bundle also provides multiple Honing Material Chests to help you advance your gear. From Shards to Destiny Destruction and Guardian Stones, this versatile pack is perfect for steady progression.

• 1,900 Crystal Bundle
  
• Luminous Gem Shard Chest x1
  
• Ebony Cube Entrance Ticket Selection Chest II x4
  
• Honing Shard Selection Chest III x30
  
• Destiny Destruction Stone Pouch x50
  
• Destiny Guardian Stone Pouch x100
  
• Honing Leapstone Selection Chest VII x30
  
• Fusion Material Selection Chest II x25

If you don’t want to bust your budget, the Thrifty Thrills Bundle offers unbeatable value. With an 800 Crystal Bundle, Honing Shard Selection Chest, Destiny Destruction Stone Pouch, Destiny Guardian Stone Pouch, and more, this bundle provides essential resources to power up your gear without overspending.

• 800 Crystal Bundle
  
• Honing Shard Selection Chest III x40
  
• Destiny Destruction Stone Pouch x30
  
• Destiny Guardian Stone Pouch x60
  
• Honing Leapstone Selection Chest VII x25
  
• Fusion Material Selection Chest II x10

These bundles are only available from November 27 to December 4, so act fast before these Black Friday specials end.

See you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

The November “Holiday Awakening” Update arrives in Arkesia tomorrow. Downtime will begin on November 27 at 12 a.m. PT (8 a.m. UTC) and is expected to last 7 hours. The Holiday Awakening Update is packed with character and raid balance changes, new impactful progression events, and much more!

Dive into the full list of new content, events, store offerings, and other changes in a new episode of "Patch Notes with Henry," or read through the comprehensive details on the Holiday Awakening Release Page[www.playlostark.com].

Heroes of Arkesia,

The November Update arrives next week on the 27th and is packed with exciting updates for Lost Ark players! Join Community Manager Roxx for the November episode of Eye on Arkesia, where she shares updates on upcoming content. This series covers game updates and more, ensuring you stay informed about everything new in Lost Ark. While this update will be lighter compared to October's major Tier 4 Update, it brings several notable features and improvements. The full release notes will drop on Tuesday, November 26.

Key November Update Features:

• Buzzling Island: A fun island with new adventures, quests, and competitions.
  
• Hyper Awakening Road: Support system for players progressing from Item level 1540 to 1620, featuring honing rate boosts and material discounts.
  
• Balance changes to various classes and the Ark Passive system.
  
• Raid difficulty adjustments: HP reductions for bosses from Kakul-Saydon to Echidna in both Normal and Hard Mode.
  
• New Pet Ability System.
  
• North Kurzan Rapport system.
  Stay tuned for more details on the November update with the Release Notes and update arriving next week, and the next Roadmap arriving after LOA ON.

In the meantime, we’ll see you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

During weekly maintenance a new event will be added and Server Transfers will be enabled for Ignite players to move to Legacy Servers. Downtime will begin on October 30 at 12am PT (7am UTC) and is expected to last 5 hours. Learn about the new event and transfer experience below.

The Mokoko Bootcamp Event runs from October 30th to January 15th, 2025 and is designed to encourage veteran players to play dungeons with new or returning players. New and returning players whose highest Item Level character on their account is below Item Level 1660 can earn "Mokoko Tokens" for completing dungeons during the event period. These new and returning players will have a "green leaf" icon in the recruitment panel. Green leaf Mokoko players will be those who meet one of the following conditions:

• A new account that has been created within the event period
  
• Accounts that have been created within 60 days before the event start date
  
• Accounts with a previous Login Date over 60 days before the event start date

Once a player acquires the “green leaf”, it will persist until the end of the event, but will expire when any of the characters in that player’s account is over Item Level 1660.

Veteran players, defined as active players not belonging to the categories above, can earn "Expert Tokens" when they complete dungeons together with the new/returning players. Both the Mokoko Tokens and Expert Tokens can then be exchanged for rewards, with the number of Tokens earned varying based on which specific dungeons are completed. As long as there is at least one new/returning player in the group, the entire team qualifies to earn the respective Tokens.

The reward tables will be slightly different for new players and returning players, but both reward tables will have both weekly and once-per-roster items. Both groups will have access to honing materials and even Metallurgy/Tailoring: Hellfire honing books to help hone in Tier 4. Mokoko Tokens will better help newer players get caught up on things like cards and other methods of progression. The Expert Tokens will grant endgame items, including a Relic Engraving Selection chest, and a “Mokoko General” title with a special icon title for helping new players out!

The transfer window allowing Ignite players to transfer a single character to Legacy servers will open with the update, and will remain open until November 25. There are two types of transfers:
Roster Transfer (better for new players) - move some roster level information to a server without an existing roster, along with the chosen character.
Character Transfer (better for returning or active players) - merge your chosen Ignite character into an existing roster.

To view what will (or will not) transfer with each type of transfer, visit our Ignite Servers Merge Policy Page[www.playlostark.com].

We’re excited to welcome new and returning Ignite players to Legacy Servers as reinforcements in the fight against Kazeros. New threats will be able to be challenged in the North Kurzan storyline, Behemoth Epic Raid, and the Echidna and Aegir Kazeros Raids. In the meantime, we’ll see you in Arkesia!

Heroes of Arkesia,

Aegir arrives in the second major October update. Downtime will begin on October 23 at 2am PT (9am UTC) and is expected to last 6 hours.

The new 2-gate Kazeros Raid will require you to face off against dangerous threats, both familiar and new. The rotting King of the Dead, Akkan, will unleash his horrifying attacks, even calling forth the tormented soul of the fallen Beast Legion Commander Valtan. Joining this unholy alliance, Aegir arrives, raining down a devastating barrage to crush any resistance to Akkan's plague.

If you're able to defeat Akkan, you'll need to challenge Aegir within the Giant's body — no easy feat. Entering Chapter 1: Earth-Shattering Hellfire will require Item Level 1660 for Normal Mode and 1680 for Hard Mode. With Hyper Awakenings, Hyper Awakening Skills, and Allied Forces Skills in the raimd you have the tools to be successful, but it’s up to you and your raid group to put the pieces together and achieve victory. The Kazeros Raid against Aegir is an 8-player raid.

Victorious players can will earn Hellfire Keystones, the material to craft T4 Ancient Gear, T4 Accessories (Relic from Normal Mode, Ancient from Hard Mode), Aegir's Abyssal Trail Effect Chest (Hard exclusive), Relic Engravings, T4 honing materials, Special Honing: Circulated Leapstone, and more!


Many more updates also arrive, with a large balance update, new cosmetics and much more. Find the full release notes on our Aegir's Arrival Release Notes page[www.playlostark.com].

Heroes of Arkesia,

A bug was identified with Ignite reward chests, which some players were able to repeatedly exploit. Our team has been investigating the extent of the issue, and wanted to communicate our decision on the penalty for those who abused the exploit. As a reminder, a key tenet of the Amazon Games Code of Conduct is to “Play Fair”. We reserve the right to determine what constitutes unfair play and to take corrective action we deem appropriate, and the abuse of this exploit will have corrective action taken, with suspensions and bans already sent out.

Slightly over 2,300 players received rewards chests from the Ignite Stronghold reward issue. Within this group, over 1,200 did not open any of the reward chests. The group that did not open any reward chests will not have any action taken against their accounts apart from removing the unopened chests from their inventory. For the remaining 1,000 players who opened the reward chests, the severity of the penalty will directly correspond to the level of bug exploitation. At a base level, all items will be removed and skill tree levels will be rolled back. For items that were used and cannot be removed, players may have gold (or the gold value of the used items) deducted from their balance, or be sent into the negatives corresponding to the severity of the abuse. This policy will apply to all materials, including processed chaos stones and combined honing materials. Along with the item withdrawals, players will be receiving suspensions and bans matching their level of exploit.

The first group are players who may have mistakenly encountered the issue and did not repeatedly abuse the bug. Players who opened 1 or 2 chests will have any items withdrawn and have not been suspended/banned at this time. Our team is investigating if we can remove the items for this group during maintenance. If the item removal process is gauged to take longer than the maintenance period, this group of players will receive a short suspension to give our team the time needed to remove the items. Spending these items in the meantime will result in further action, such as gold removal.

Players who continually exploited the issue and opened multiple reward chests will have more severe action taken, corresponding to their level of exploit.

• Players that opened 3 - 7 chests will receive a two-week suspension.
  
• Players that opened 8 - 14 chests will receive a 1-month suspension.
  
• Players that opened 15+ chests will receive a notice that they have received a 30-day suspension and are pending further review. This group will have various levels of action taken, up to permanent bans from the game.

To stop exploitation of the main reward issue and other bugs, access to strongholds was disabled. For players who have a character stuck in a stronghold, and need access to that character immediately, please submit a customer support ticket. Otherwise, the issue will be resolved during maintenance for the October 23 update. We will also re-enable the use of the Ignite reward chests at this time for players on Ignite Servers.



Based on our policies and investigation, we believe this is the best course of action. We know many players were concerned about the outcome, and we wanted to be clear with our approach. In the future, if you encounter an issue you believe is an exploit or unintended issue, do not engage with the issue (no matter how tempting it may seem) and report it to our teams. We appreciate those who reported the issue, along with your patience while members our team investigated and blocked access to certain in-game systems. While this issue gained high visibility in the community, we hope this policy is clear and allows us to move forward together. We are always open to community feedback, and welcome you to engage in the conversation on our official channels.

There are still key moments coming to Arkesia this week, with Aegir’s arrival and Ignite Server transfers arriving. Those aren’t the only things arriving in the update— stay tuned for the full release notes on Tuesday. In the meantime, we’ll see you in Arkesia.