7/30 (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 7/30 (Thu).

Please see below for more details about the update.

📢7/30 (Thu) Update Details

📌 New Main Story Chapters Added

 - Hidden Chapters have been added to the Normal and Reverse Normal difficulties of the Main Story.

 * Hidden Chapters welcome you to experience the original story of Solo Leveling:ARISE.

※ Clear achievement rewards and battle mission rewards exist for each chapter. However, chapters consisting solely of story content will only provide clear achievement rewards.

※ With the addition of new story chapters, cumulative battle mission achievement rewards for Reverse Normal difficulty will be added.

📌 Workshop of Brilliant Light Rework

▶ Difficulty & Entry Method Rework

- The Workshop of Brilliant Light will transition to a 2-week seasonal system, with the boss lineup changing each season.

- Difficulty is composed of a total of 10 stages, and starting from Stage 6, the recommended element will change with each update cycle.

※ Upon entering the Workshop of Brilliant Light for the first time, 'Workshop of Brilliant Light Invitations' will not be consumed regardless of the difficulty, and invitations will be consumed for subsequent entries.

- The 'Proof of the Strong' feature in the Workshop of Brilliant Light will end.

※ The Proof of the Strong Exchange Shop will remain available until the update on 8/27 (Thu), and any unused 'Token of Absolute Strength' will be converted into Gold and distributed at a later date .

▶ Remnant Power Unlock Condition Eased & Shard of the Monarch Integration

- Clearing Stage 1 of the Workshop of Brilliant Light now allows you to unlock all Monarchs' Remnant Power at once.

- Clearing a stage will now drop 'Shard of the Monarch' regardless of the boss type. This allows you to freely level up your desired Remnant Power without being restricted to a specific Monarch.

※ Any existing Monarch-specific shards will be converted to 'Shard of the Monarch' at a 1:1 ratio, regardless of type.

▶ Sweep Condition Improvements

- The Sweep feature, which previously required clearing the final stage at least 20 times, has been improved so that it can now be used after clearing it just once.

※ Clearing a higher difficulty stage will simultaneously unlock the Sweep feature for lower difficulty stages.

※ Sweep conditions are applied individually to each boss.

▶ Reward Rework

- Following the Workshop of Brilliant Light rework, the reward lineup for each challenge difficulty has been renewed.

※ Detailed reward lists and drop rates for each renewed stage can be checked on the Workshop of Brilliant Light screen in-game.

📌 Sung Jinwoo New Job Change Added

- Sung Jinwoo’s new Job Change, [The Monarch of Shadows: Vanquisher], has been added. The conditions and rewards for the new Job Change are as follows:

📌 Max Level & Activity Funds Expansion

 - The Player max level has been expanded, and the Hunter's maximum Resonance level has been expanded alongside it.

 - Sung Jinwoo level milestone rewards, maximum Activity Fund tiers, and maximum Gate difficulties have been expanded.

 - Following the Hunter Resonance level expansion, Hunter level milestone rewards (Lv. 160) under the Bonds section have been newly added.

※Following the max level expansion, additional Sung Jinwoo level milestone reward tiers have been added.

📌 Max Reputation Level Expansion

-The maximum Reputation level has been expanded from Lv. 150 to Lv. 200, and rewards can be obtained upon leveling up.

📌 New Successor 'Monarch of Shadows' Added

- The Successor 'Monarch of Shadows' has been added.

- The profile icon, Secret Files, Codex entry, and Original Story for the Successor 'Monarch of Shadows' have been added.

- The Successor 'Monarch of Shadows' can be obtained through the [Monarch of Shadows Crafting Event], and growth materials for Successor advancement can be obtained through the permanent event draw [Monarch of Shadows: Special Draw].

📌 New SSR Hunter & Exclusive Weapon Added

- The SSR Fire-element Supporter Hunter [Yerim Jung] and her exclusive weapon [Radiant Seal] have been added.

- The new Hunter can be obtained through Rate Up Draw and tested beforehand in Hunter Preview.

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

- Profile icons, Secret Files, Codex entries, and Bonds for the new Hunter have been added.

- Yerim Jung's Original Story has been added.

※All contents shown in the video are under development and may be subject to change upon official update implementation.

📌 New Costumes & Skins Added

 - New costumes for Hunters and Weapons have been added.

 - New costumes can be obtained through product purchases, events, and other methods.

※ Costumes can be equipped by tapping the hanger icon on the Hunter Info screen.

 - 3 color chromas have been added for Yerim Jung and Meri Laine's costumes.

※ The 'Unbreakable Steel & Silver Moon' skin for Soma & Asura can be viewed and purchased after purchasing the prerequisite item, the 'Golden Wolf's Roar' skin for Winchester Roke.

📌 On-going Events

- Various in-game events will take place after the 7/30 update. Please refer to the event notice links below for more details.

[Jung Yerim Debut Celebration! Rate Up Draw & 2 Events]

[The Monarch of Shadows Special Draw Event]

[Monarch of Shadows Crafting Event]

[Midsummer Mermaid Mayhem! Event]

[Summer! Treasure Hunt 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]

 - Balance adjustments will be applied to the set effects of certain Hunters and Artifacts.

※ Detailed information can be found in a separate notice.

📌 Draw & Exchange Lineup Additions

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

 - SSR Liu Zhigang has been added to the Custom Draw, Special Scout Draw, and Association Special Certification Exchange lineups, and can now be selected in the Rate Up list.

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

※ For Special Scout Draw, the new addition will apply to Special Scout draws opened after August 1, 00:00 (UTC+0).

📌 Trial of the Strong New Season Notice

▶ Edge of Illusion and Dreams

- A new season of Edge of Illusion and Dreams will begin, and the boss will change to 'The Architect, Master of the System'.

  'The Architect, Master of the System' will be played in Sung Jinwoo Mode, and its elemental weakness will be updated.

▶ Architect's Test

- A new season of Architect's Test will begin, featuring newly applied Architect Rules and elemental strengths/weaknesses based on the Trial Level.

※ Please check in-game for detailed rules.

📌 Hunters Association Weekly Missions Improvements & Changes

- To offer a smoother combat experience in Team Fight Mode, ultimate skill animations for Buster and Striker classes in Power of Calamity and Guild Boss content will be simplified.

▶ Power of Calamity

- A new season of Power of Calamity will begin, with the boss changing to 'Cthulli'.

- Until the next season, the recommended elements will be fixed to Dark and Fire, and Conquest Support will be newly applied.

- The entry flow will be improved to allow for a smoother selection and progression of Conquest Support.

- In the event of a tie in Power of Calamity season points, ranking calculations will be improved so that Hunters with a higher total score during the season receive the higher rank.

- The amount of Conquest Coins distributed based on weekly Power of Calamity rankings will be adjusted, and additional Conquest Coins will be awarded in proportion to the total score obtained.

▶ Guild Boss

- Until the next regular update, the Guild Boss will be set to 'Ant Queen'.

- Until the next season, the recommended element will be fixed to Dark, with Fire, Water, Wind, and Light elements additionally added in sequential order depending on the week.

- The Guild Boss's level and certain stats will be adjusted, and required score thresholds per Rage count will be changed.

- Guild Boss Rage rewards will be increased in accordance with the revised score thresholds per Enrage count.

※ Even if your score is higher than before, the displayed Rage count may appear lower; however, the actual rewards received have been increased compared to before.

- Required Enrage count thresholds for Guild Boss Total War ranking rewards will be lowered.

- Through the Guild Skill revamp, previous elemental damage boost skills will be consolidated into an 'All Elemental Damage Increase' buff, and new Guild Boss-related skills will be added.

📌 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 7/30(Thu) New Packages]

📌 Other Improvements

- An expansion feature for Sung Jinwoo's Artifact Preset slots has been added, allowing you to expand up to 4 preset slots using Essence Stones.

- A new boss and special commission have been added to the Mind Rift.

- Screen animations when there is no data to display on the ranking page have been smoothly improved.

- System mail notifications have been added to inform you when guild join requests are approved or when Guild Master permissions are transferred.

- A Bulk Weapon Level Up feature has been added, allowing you to conveniently level up multiple owned weapons at once.

- Improvements have been made so that time-limited tickets are prioritized when performing an Artifact Enhancement Reset.

- The Auto-Combat AI for the Buster class has been improved.

- The QTE skill icon in Successor of the White Flames Myro’s skill info screen has been changed to an orange color palette.

- To provide a smoother and more comfortable gameplay experience on mobile environments, a new graphics optimization option has been added exclusively for the mobile version.

You can manually toggle the 'Apply Low-Spec Resources' setting based on your device specifications via the [Options] - [Graphics] menu.

※ Upon a fresh installation, low-spec devices will have low-spec resources applied by default.

※ For existing Hunters, a pop-up notice upon logging into the game will allow you to switch to low-spec resources.

However, please note that once switched, the option to revert back to standard resources will not be provided.

※ When low-spec resources are applied, the appearance of certain characters and costumes may look different.

📌 Bug Fixes

- Fixed an issue where the [Intrusive] debuff effect intermittently failed to stack when using Lee Bora's Basic Skill 1 consecutively.

- Fixed an issue where rewards were intermittently not displayed on the stage clear result screen when network latency occurred in the Workshop of Brilliant Light.

※ This was a visual display error only; actual rewards were distributed normally.

- Fixed an issue where weekly mission rewards intermittently could not be claimed after completing the missions.

- Fixed an issue where the advancement notification effect was incorrectly displayed on the Quick Menu when owning a 10-Advancement weapon alongside two or more duplicate weapons.

- Fixed an issue in the Workshop of Brilliant Light (Legia Easy) 'Sealed Primordial Lungs (Sung Jinwoo Mode)' where pattern resolution was intermittently delayed when using the tornado mechanic.

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

Thank you.