7/2 (Thu) Update Details

Greetings Hunters,

The Hunters Association has a notice for you.

Here are the details scheduled to be added and changed through the update on 7/2 (Thu).

Please see below for more details about the update.

📢7/2 (Thu) Update Details

📌 Story Expert Difficulty New Chapters Added

▶ Story Expert Difficulty New Chapters Added

- Hidden Chapters 5 and 6, and Chapters 24 and 25 will be newly opened in Expert Difficulty.

※ Along with the new story additions, cumulative Battle Mission achievement rewards for Expert Difficulty will be added.

▶ Story Codex Cinematic Replay Feature Added

- A Cinematic Replay feature will be added to the Story Codex, allowing you to rewatch cinematics from already cleared Main and Sub Stories.

- Story Cinematic Codex collection rewards will be added.

📌 Workshop of Brilliant Light: The First Land Hard Difficulty Added

▶ Workshop of Brilliant Light: The First Land Hard Difficulty Added

- Hard difficulty will be added to the Workshop of Brilliant Light: The First Land.

It unlocks upon clearing 'The First Land - Normal Difficulty'.

- The First Land Hard Difficulty will feature [High-Difficulty Battle] as of the update.

※ The difficulty may be sequentially adjusted in the future as more Hunters successfully clear Hard difficulty.

- Special rewards will be given to the first 6,000 Hunters who clear The First Land Hard Difficulty on a first-come, first-served basis. Please refer to the event notice below for more details.

[Go to [WANTED] Workshop of Brilliant Light: Legia(Hard) Clear Event]

📌 New Skill Runes Added

- New Skill Runes [Darkness Obliteration Kick], [Frozen Flow], [Torrent Cleave], and [Void Punch] will be added.

※ The new Skill Runes are available in Rare, Heroic, Legendary, and Transcendent ranks. Please check in-game for more details.

※ The new Skill Runes will be added to the fusion lineup, and the acquisition rates for individual items will be adjusted. However, the total acquisition rates for each rank (Rare/Heroic/Legendary) remain the same as before.

※ Skill Rune Chests and Skill Rune Transcendent Stone Chests will be updated to include the new runes in their lineups.

※ For Skill Rune Selection Chests and Skill Rune Transcendent Stone Selection Chests, a new type of selection chest that includes the new Skill Runes will be added.

📌 Hunter Archive Added

 - A Hunter Archive for Choi Jong-In will be added.

📌 New SSR Hunter & Exclusive Weapon Added

- The new SSR Dark attribute Buster Hunter [Agnes Rivera] and her exclusive weapon [La Famiglia] will be added.

- The new Hunter can be acquired through the Rate Up Draw, and you can experience her beforehand through the Hunter Preview.

- The exclusive weapon can be obtained via crafting or through events.

- The new Hunter’s profile icon, Secret Files, Hunter Archive, and Bonds entries will be added.

- An original story for Agnes Rivera will be added.

📌New Shadow Added

▶ New Shadow Added

- The new Shadow [Greed] will be added.

▶ Shadow Level Cap Expanded

- Along with the addition of the new Shadow, the maximum level cap for the Shadow Army will be expanded to 195.

📌 New Costumes Added

 - New Costumes for Hunters and Skins for Weapons will be added.

 - New costumes can be obtained through shop purchases, events, and more.

※Costumes can be equipped by accessing the hanger-shaped button on the Hunter Information screen.

 -3 types of color dyeing options will be added for Agnes Rivera's costume.

※ The Vulcan's Rage Skin: Purgatorial Inferno will be delivered via the In-Game Mailbox to Hunters who complete both Sung Jinwoo Mode and Hunter Mode in The Monarch of Greed Defeat Event.

📌 On-going Events

- Various in-game events will take place after the 7/2 update.

Please refer to the event notice links below for more details.

[Agnes Rivera Debut Celebration! Rate Up Draw & 2 Events]

[Sun-Kissed Summer Kicks Off! Event]

[The Monarch of the Beginning Clear Event]

📌 Event Weapon Crafting Notice

- During the update period, event crafting for Sung Jinwoo Weapons [Soma & Asura] and [Moonlit Gale] will be available.

※ Each weapon can be crafted up to a maximum of 2 times per account by consuming Special Player’s Weapon Designs.

📌 Balance Adjustments [Go]

 - The balance of certain Sung Jinwoo Blessing Stones, Weapons, and Hunters will be adjusted.

※ Detailed information can be found in a separate notice.

📌 Skill Rune & Blessing Stone Amplification Tiers Expanded & Improved

▶Skill Rune & Blessing Stone Amplification Tiers Expanded

- The maximum Amplification Tier for Transcendent-rank Skill Runes and Blessing Stones will be expanded from the current Tier 3 to Tier 5.

▶Blessing Stone Amplification Effects Improved

- The Combat Power increased upon amplifying Blessing Stones, as well as the additional Attack, Defense, and HP increases from amplification, will be improved to apply upon possession, regardless of whether they are equipped.

📌 Weapon Level Cap Expanded

 - The maximum level cap for Sung Jinwoo and Hunter Weapons will be expanded from the current level 120 to level 130.

📌 Gems Improved

▶ Gem Unequip and Replace Functions Added

- Gem unequip and replace functions will be added.

- If a Gem is already equipped in a slot, you can use the [Unequip] or [Replace] button to safely move the currently equipped Gem to your Inventory.

- Unequipping or replacing Gems consumes Essence Stones or Gem Unequip Tickets. You can select the currency you wish to use via the [Change] button on the screen.

- The existing method of equipping a different Gem without consuming costs remains available. However, please note that in this case, the previously equipped Gem will be destroyed as before.

▶ Gem Fusion Color Designation Function Added

- A function will be added where fusing Gems of the same color guarantees the resulting Gem will be of the exact same color used in the fusion.

- You can freely toggle this function on or off via the [Color Selection ON/OFF] button at the bottom left of the Gem Fusion screen.

※ While the Color Selection function is active, Gems of different colors cannot be registered as materials for fusion.

※ Fusing with a designated color will not share the existing Fusion Mileage, but will use a separate Mileage system instead.

📌 Draw & Exchange Lineup Added

▶ Custom Draw / Special Scout Draw / Association Special Certification Exchange Lineup Added

 - SSR Antoine Martinez will be added to the Custom Draw, Special Scout Draw, and Association Special Certification Exchange Lineup, and can now be selected from the Rate Up list.

※ New Rate Up Hunters may be added to the Custom Draw list in the future.

※ For Special Scout Draws, this will apply to Special Scouts that open after 7/16, 00:00 (UTC+0).

📌 Trials of the Strong Content Improvements & Changes

▶ Battlefield of Time Reorganization

- The default level of allies and monsters appearing in the Battlefield of Time will be changed to 150.

- The default Critical Hit Damage stat of allies will be increased.

- The activation timing of the [Fighting Spirit] effect will be changed to 40 seconds after the battle starts, and its efficiency will be increased compared to before.

- Bosses will be changed to take significantly increased damage when in a Break state.

- The timer will be improved to temporarily pause during the cinematic presentation when the next boss appears after defeating a mid-boss.

- An issue in the Battlefield of Time where the Combat Power correction for Shadows and Remnant Power skills was not applied correctly will be fixed.

- An issue where 99% Precision was not applying correctly to the damage of Remnant Power skills will be fixed.

▶ The Overseer's Forbidden Library Difficulty Reorganization

- To enhance the fun of challenging content according to our Hunters' growth specs, the difficulty and required Combat Power for The Overseer's Forbidden Library [Ancient Shelf] and [Forbidden Shelf] will be increased.

- The changed required Combat Power for each difficulty can be checked via the [Select Difficulty] button on The Overseer's Forbidden Library screen in-game.

📌 Hunters Association Weekly Missions Content Improvements & Changes

▶ Power of Calamity

- A new season of the Power of Calamity will begin, and the boss will be changed to 'Ennio'.

- Until the next season, the recommended attributes will be fixed as Wind and Dark, and Extermination Support will be newly applied.

- Weekly Ranking and Season Ranking will be added to the Power of Calamity ranking information.

- The ranking calculation method will be improved so that when tied scores occur for Power of Calamity Season Points, the ranking priority from the previous week will be applied first.

- A weapon classification filter will be added to the Sung Jinwoo Weapon Equipping tab in the Power of Calamity.

▶ Simulation Gate

- Skill errors for certain bosses in the Simulation Gate will be fixed.

- To help you more easily check the stages currently available for Sweeping, a 'Sweep Available' label will be added to those stages within the Simulation Gate to improve information visibility.

▶ Guild Boss Schedule Notice

- Until the next regular update, the Guild Boss will be applied as 'Manticore'.

- Until the next season, the recommended attribute will be fixed as the Dark attribute, and additional recommended attributes will apply in the order of Wind, Water, Fire, and Light depending on the week.

📌 Retroactive Distribution Notice

 - Please claim your rewards from the Mailbox within the storage expiration period.

▶ Reputation EXP Retroactive Distribution

- Hunters who reached Reputation Level 100 before the 6/4 update will receive their excessively earned Reputation EXP retroactively via the In-Game Mailbox.

▶ Workshop of Brilliant Light Essence Stones Distribution

- Compensation for the difference regarding the issue where the number of Essence Stone rewards in the Workshop of Brilliant Light was incorrectly applied will be distributed via the In-Game Mailbox.

📌 New In-Game Shop Item Sales Notice

- New items will be added to the shops below after the update. For details regarding the items sold in the new shop, please check the item sales notice below.

 [Go to 7/2(Thu) New Packages]

📌 System Shop New Items Added

 - The following items will be added to the System Shop after the 7/2 update.

※ Chance Pack items are displayed based on game progression, such as clearing content or growing weapons and Hunters, and can be purchased within a set period from the time they appear.

※ Details of the new Chance Packs can be checked when the items are displayed in-game. Depending on the type of item, Gold, Essence Stones, or direct purchase methods will apply, so please check in-game.

📌 Dungeon Entry Key Purchase Limit Expanded

 - After the 7/2 update, the purchase limit for Dungeon Entry Keys will be expanded to a maximum of 50 times, and the Essence Stone consumption cost from the 31st purchase onwards will be applied identically.

📌 Sweep Point Expansion System Added

 - A convenient new function will be added that allows you to proceed with a Sweep by substituting 5 Essence Stones for every 1 missing Sweep Point when you lack the required points.

📌[Shop] > [Monthly Bundle] Item Reorganization

- The '[New] Daily Essence Stone Boost' item will be reorganized into the '[New] Daily Essence Stone & Key Boost'.
  For details regarding the reorganized monthly bundle item, please check the [7/2 (Thu) New Packages] announcement.

※ For the benefits of the previous monthly bundle item '[New] Daily Essence Stone Boost', rewards for the remaining number of days will be distributed in bulk via the In-Game Mailbox after the maintenance.

※ Please claim your rewards from the Mailbox within the storage expiration period.

📌 Other Improvements

- Upon clearing Unstable Dungeon, Battlefield of Chaos, and Mind Rift contents, rewards have been improved to additionally grant 'Low-tier Mana Stones' in addition to the basic rewards.

- A ‘Train All' function will be added in Hunter Co-op Training, allowing you to grow training items for a designated class all at once.

- A [Skip] button will be added when playing certain cinematic presentations, improving the experience so you can skip during playback.

- [Thoughtform] Alicia Blanche, [Thoughtform] Kang Taeshik, [Thoughtform] Baek Yoonho, and [Thoughtform] Isla Wright bosses from the Mind Rift will be added to Special Commissions.

- An issue where certain UI elements overlapped and were displayed under specific resolution environments on some devices will be improved.

- The Artifact Recommended Gear Info UI will be improved.

- A growth-available exclusive notification indicator will be added so you can intuitively check when Hunters and weapons are available for Advancement.

- The existing scroll position will be improved to be maintained even after purchasing items in the Shop.

- After proceeding with an Artifact Enhancement Reset, it will be improved to automatically move to the Enhancement tab.

- Even if the conditions for Reforgement are not met, the [Reforge] button will be changed to always be displayed on the Artifact Enhancement screen.

- Some mission items among Daily Missions, Guild Daily/Weekly Missions, and Hunter Pass Missions will be removed and simplified, making them easier to achieve than before.

※ Although the mission difficulty will be adjusted to be easier, the final rewards and total points will remain exactly the same as before.

- In the Workshop of Brilliant Light Blessing Stage, the number of available Blessing Resets will be increased from the current 2 times to 10 times.

※ The amount of Gold consumed upon a Blessing Reset increases according to the number of resets performed.

📌 Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue causing forced termination when entering Story Hidden Stages 9-6 and 9-10, as well as the Workshop of Brilliant Light Legia: 'Sealed Primordial Lungs' stage on certain devices.

- Fixed an issue where the Battlefield of Time Season 18 of Challenge Medal Tokens were not distributed.

- Fixed an issue where Overload damage was excessively applied in The Overseer's Forbidden Library.

- Fixed an issue where multiple multiplier plays were unavailable in the Workshop of Brilliant Light Demons' Castle Lower Floors Normal difficulty.

- Fixed an issue where the Monarch icon was intermittently not displayed when proceeding with a Re-battle in the Simulation Gate.

- Fixed an issue where the bullet count in Hunter Soyeon's Magnum UI was intermittently not updating in real-time.

- Fixed an issue where Power of Calamity weekly rewards were not distributed under specific situations.

※ Rewards that were not distributed will be sent via the In-Game Mailbox after the update.

We will continue to do our best to provide you with the best possible service.

Thank you.