12/18 Patch Notes - Winter Update

18 December 2025

Maintenance

  • Date: December 18, 2025

  • Duration: 6:00 AM ~ 11:00 AM KST (5 hours)

As previously announced, Equipment and Skill Recommendation systems are being released in this patch.
Additionally, various updates are included, such as Avatar Dyeing and Serpentium Raid solo mode.

Adventurer Equipment Report System

  1. Equipment Guide System will be added to check equipment status of adventurers with high Combat Power.

    • The UI can be accessed through Character UI [Adventurer Equipment Raport] button.

    • Updated at regular intervals to make sure you can view the latest data.

    • In the case of LuCiel, separate information for each character is provided.

    • Available after 3rd job.

    • Can only be used in towns.

  2. Select the equipment slot to view frequently equipped items and equipment ratio of top adventurers.

    • You can check the Costume (Suit, Weapon, Armor, Accessories) and Content Accessory slots.

    • When selecting a slot, displays top 5 recommended items/equipment for the current character.

Skill Recommendation System

  1. Skill Recommendation System will be added to check equipped skill status of adventurers with high Combat Power.

    • The UI can be accessed through Skill UI [Skill Recommendation] button.

    • Updated at regular intervals to make sure you can view the latest data.

    • Available after 3rd job.

    • Can only be used in towns.

  2. Displays 10 Active/Special Active skills, 1 Hyper Active Skill and 1 Master Skill, just like the regular skill slots.

    • You can check skills equipped by adventurers with high Combat Power.

    • There are two skill builds available through tabs - [Dungeon] and [Raid].

    • Currently locked skills will be marked as disabled.

    • You can immediately equip the skill build by using the [Equip] button. However, if there are disabled skills, they will not be equipped.

Improvements in other progression areas

  1. Some consumables when creating a character will be changed.

    Before

    After

    Item

    Quantity

    Item

    Quantity

    Basic HP Recovery Potion 

    40

    [Ariel] Elrios Nutrition Bread

    30

    Beginner MP recovery potion 

    40

    [Ariel] Elrios Fruit Juice

    30

    [Ariel] Elrios Nutrition Bread

    30

    [Ariel] Adventurer Support Potion  

    50

    [Ariel] Elrios Fruit Juice

    30

    [Ariel] Organic Apples 

    50

  2. Even after the first job advancement, if you obtain a new skill, it will be automatically equipped in your skill slots.

Improved Prof. Pho's Growth Guide

  1. The existing first to fifth guides will be replaced by new quests tailored to help with dungeon progression.

  2. Quick teleport added at the bottom of the Prof. Pho's Growth Guide UI.

    1. El Resonance EXP Farming

      • Available after clearing Epic Quest: 'Entering Rigomor'.

      • An ERP EXP farming dungeon is recommended based on your current Combat Power.

    2. Weapon Progression

      • You can immediately move to NPCs in Elrianode or Magmelia related to weapon progression.

    3. Armor Progression

      • You can immediately move to NPCs in Elrianode or Magmelia related to armor progression.

      • Master Artifact items are added once advanced to Master Class.

  3. When you complete Prof. Pho's Growth Guide, it will still display Weapons and Armors for the next stage.

    • Even after completing all quests, the UI will not disappear.

Avatar Dyeing

  1. A system that lets you dye certain Avatar parts will be added.

    • You can use one of 30 colors from each color palette.

    • Avatar Dyeing is only possible for Noble Academy and sets released after 12/18.

    • Supported parts: Costume Weapon, Costume Top Piece, Costume Bottom Piece, Costume Gloves, Costume Shoes, Costume Suit, Costume Accessories.

    • Even for the same costumes, the number of dyeable parts may vary depending on gender and body part.

    • Costume Hair can be dyed using existing color palettes.

  2. The existing Hair Dye Shop will be expanded to Avatar Dye Shop.

  3. You can use Avatar Color Remover to revert costumes to their original state. (Hair Color Removers will continue being used for Costume Hair)

  4. Certain convenience features will be added.

    • Can now adjust preview position (up/down).

    • Added the "Show/Hide Selection" option.

    • Added the "Show/Hide My Slots" option.

Avatar Dyeing Pity System

  1. Confirmed dyeing system will be added for all Avatars, including Hair.

  2. When using color palettes to dye, Dyeing Points will be accumulated.

    • Dyeing Points will accumulate for each use of a color palette item.

    • Accumulated Dyeing Points will not reset.

    • Dyeing Points are accumulated per account.

    • Event color palette items (Luriel, Ariel, Cobo) do not accumulate Dyeing Points.

  3. You can select the desired color from the color palette using the accumulated Dyeing Points.

    • Color palette item will not be used when Dyeing Points are used.

Batch Dyeing System

  1. When [Batch Dye] is selected, the selected parts can be dyed all at once with a single color.

  2. Color palette items are consumed according to the number of selected parts.

  3. During batch dyeing, the color applied is determined based on the color of the highest-priority selected part. (You cannot roll the current highest-priority color)

    • Example A: If colors for parts A, B, C are selected, part A color will not be rolled.

    • Example B: If colors for parts B, C are selected, part B color will not be rolled.

  4. Colors that were applied to the other parts may reappear.

    • Parts might come out with duplicate colors.

Serpentium Raid Solo Mode

  1. Stage 1 of Serpentium Raid will be changed to Solo Mode.

  2. When selecting Solo Mode, the [Dungeon Queue (F8)] button will be changed to [Dungeon Entry (F8)].

  3. Solo Mode shares progress with Stage 2 and 3.

    • For example, after clearing the first dungeon in Solo Mode, the second dungeon can be accessed via either Stage 2 or 3 (and vice versa).

  4. Solo Mode and Normal Mode share weekly drop rewards.

  5. Weekly / Repeatable Reward for Stage 1 (Solo Mode) is the same as Stage 2.

  6. You can obtain Accessory Gauge when obtaining weekly rewards in Stage 1 (Solo Mode) difficulty.

Abyss Solo Mode Improvements

  1. [All]

    • Patterns where the boss recovered HP due to failing to counter a certain mechanic will be removed.

  2. [Sunken Holy Ground] Phase 2

    • The start timing and interval of the Gate of the Abyss pattern will be adjusted.

    • The time until the Gate of the Abyss is forcibly closed will be increased.

    • The interval of the Spider Web pattern has been adjusted.

  3. [Birth of Origin]

    • Phase 1)

      • Black Hole pulling force will be reduced.

      • The Silence debuff will be removed.

    • Phase 3)

      • The interval of the Abyssal Meteor pattern will be adjusted.

      • The falling speed of Abyssal Meteors will be reduced.

      • When the King of the Abyss is in a berserk state, the pulling force of Black Hole will be reduced and the Silence debuff will be removed.

      • The interval of the Alternate Space pattern has been adjusted.

Title Count Adjustments

Please refer to the previous post: [LINK]

Additionally, the stage distinction for Overture/Concerto titles will be removed (all stages will accumulate the title count from now on.)

Atma'Ram Region Farming Improvements

  1. All new Unique Atma Magic Stones and those currently in possession will be changed to tradable during the maintenance.

  2. Unique Atma Magic Stones can now be bank-shared.

  3. When obtaining Spirit Lord's Temple weekly reward, "Brilliant Lotus World Fragment" will be obtained.

    • 45 of these can be exchanged for 1 Unique Atma Accessory Selection Cube (of a specific set) at NPC Eris in Magmelia.

Amplification Circuit Improvements

  1. When identifying I/L-Type Circuits, the first two lowest values will no longer appear.

    • Example: In the case of Active, Tenacity, Strength, Bravery Damage Increase Circuits, 0.5% and 0.6% will not appear.

    • The probability is redistributed across higher values.

  2. The ED fee required to craft an Amplification Circuit will be reduced to 200,000 ED.

  3. The number of Circuit Fragments required to craft an Amplification Circuit will be increased.

  4. Circuit Fragment max stack will be changed to 3,000.

Doom Aporia Raid Improvements

  1. Nightmare: Reset Room - Hallucination Maze pattern will be changed. 2 portals instead of 1 will be created in the three lower spots.

  2. Wilting Tower - improved to be able to obtain Dragon's Will - Mortal Weapon through Stage 1 and 2.

    • There is a difference in probability depending on difficulty.

Weapon Growth Adjustments

  1. Vestige of Soul - Weapon of Requiem

    Stage #

    Before change 

    After change 

    1

    Clear Pruinaum region dungeons (excluding raid) 10 times

    Clear Pruinaum region dungeons (excluding raid) once

    2

    Clear a Pruinaum region dungeon with an S rank or higher (excluding raid) 20 times

    Clear a Pruinaum region dungeon (excluding raid) 2 times

    3

    Clear Pruinaum Raid Dungeons (excluding Story Mode and Challenge Mode) 10 times

    Clear Pruinaum Raid Dungeons (excluding Story Mode and Challenge Mode) 2 times

    4

    Clear Pruinaum Raid Dungeons (excluding Story Mode and Challenge Mode) 30 times

    Clear Pruinaum Raid Dungeons (excluding Story Mode and Challenge Mode) 3 times

    5

    Clear Pruinaum Raid Dungeons (excluding Story Mode and Challenge Mode) 50 times

    Clear Pruinaum Raid Dungeons (excluding Story Mode and Challenge Mode) 5 times

  2. Submergence of Abyss - Phantom Weapon

    Stage #

    Before change 

    After change 

    1

    Clear Tirnog region dungeons 10 times

    Clear Tirnog region dungeons 5 times

    2

    Clear the Shadow Earl's Castle 20 times

    Clear the Shadow Earl's Castle 10 times

    3

    Clear Abyss Raid dungeons 20 times (excluding Story Mode)

    Clear Abyss Raid dungeons 5 times (excluding Story Mode)

    4

    Collect 12 Abyssal Core Fragments (excluding Story Mode)

    Collect 9 Abyssal Core Fragments (excluding Story Mode)

    5

    Collect 11 Abyssal Cores (excluding Story Mode)

    Collect 4 Abyssal Cores (excluding Story Mode)

Giant Boss Improvements

  1. [Titan's Grotto]

    • All effects that cause skill cooldown increase when hit have been removed.

    • Phase 1 & Phase 2: Iserlohn Guard Type-T's attack cooldown increased.

  2. [Plegas's Labyrinth]

    • Phase 1)

      • The time Plegas's Heart takes to fix its position is increased.

      • Plegas's Heart groggy duration increased.

    • Phase 2)

      • The frequency of firing Orbs that increase the Overload Gauge is reduced.

      • When a monster dies, the amount of Overload Gauge refunded is increased.

      • Regenerating Plegas's groggy duration increased.

  3. [The Great Steel Wall]

    • Phase 1)

      • Type-B Vargr's groggy duration increased.

    • Phase 2)

      • The amount of Overload Gauge given to D Drake through Turret is increased.

      • D Drake's groggy duration increased.

    • Phase 3)

      • When only one of Type-L Lampery GT Hand - L/T is killed, the respawn time of that hand is increased.

      • Increased the time you can stay in Type-L Lampery GT's domain.

  4. [Spirit Lord's Temple]

    • When Spirit Lord's Temple ends, you can retry the dungeon.

General Dungeon Improvements

  1. [Trosh's Nest]

    • The map's structure is adjusted.

    • The water column in the boss room is changed to a jump pad.

  2. [Palace of Gold Medovine]

    • Monster HP decreased.

    • Armadulla's defense decreased.

    • Exploding Plant defense decreased.

    • Queen of Gold Medovine Copy's Pillar of Light attack damage reduced.

    • Queen of Gold Medovine's damage of the following patterns reduced: Small Root, Discharge, Golden Line, Big Root.

  3. [Hunter's Hideout]

    • Monster HP decreased.

    • Shadi's defense decreased.

    • Jabberwock's Charge Attack and Poison Spit damage reduced.

  4. [Torta Arena]

    • Monster HP decreased.

    • Ricardo (mid-boss) defense decreased.

    • Champion's Dash and Lariat attack damage reduced.

    • Ricardo's Ground Shooting and Aerial Attack damage reduced.

  5. [Fabricated City]

    • Android Quality Manager Scrap Machine's defense decreased.

    • Jazz Bar Manager Android's defense decreased.

    • Sentry Android, Gentleman Android, Cart Android defense decreased.

    • Jazz Bar Manager Android's Downward Slam attack damage reduced.

    • Android Quality Manager Scrap Machine's Crusher damage is reduced and the Bleed effect is removed.

    • Android Quality Manager Scrap Machine's damage of the following attacks reduced: Spinning Attack, Crushing Fragment Attack, Electric Projectile.

    • Android Quality Manager Scrap Machine will no longer use the Mass Cleaning Initiation pattern when its HP drops below 50%.

  6. [Android Factory]

    • Monster HP decreased.

    • Giant Robot Prototype's defense decreased.

    • Incomplete Android - Type G's defense decreased.

    • Gentleman Android, Sentry Android defense decreased.

    • Giant Robot Prototype's damage of the following attacks reduced: One-Handed Slam, Two-Handed Slam, Energy Discharge.

    • Hitstun removed from Assembly's Machine Circular Spark attack.

    • Hitstun removed from Electric Discharge Machine's laser attack.

    • The power unit is improved to activate automatically after 3 seconds.

  7. [Madame Corae's Garden]

    • Monster HP decreased.

    • Madame Corae's defense decreased in all stages.

    • Madame Corae's damage of the following attacks reduced: Emple Attack, Ground Explosion, Tracking Laser, Vertical Laser.

    • In Phase 3, Madame Corae will no longer remain invincible after her HP is reduced until the forced pattern execution.

UI Improvements Revision

  1. In the Enhancement UI, if the required items are the same, all materials will be displayed within a single entry.

    • The issue where the same item was shown as separate entries during Enhancement depending on required materials has been improved.

  2. The Equipment Repair UI is improved so repair entries can be selected using the keyboard arrow keys.

  3. When ED is insufficient, the ED indicator in the Reforging UI will turn red, and the [Reforge] button will be deactivated.

Other Improvements

  1. World map movement buttons are improved.

    • A button description UI is added to the button that moves from the regional map to the world map.

    • A button description UI is added to the button that moves to the Elrios / Demon Realm map.

    • A button description UI is added to the Cobo Transportation Service button.

  2. When hovering the mouse over an NPC on the regional map, a list of menus provided by that NPC will be displayed.

Events

  1. 10m CP Growth Event rerun:

    • Free +11 Stage 5 Submergence of Abyss - Phantom Weapon (temporary, can be made permanent with a series of quests)

      • These quests have been relaxed compared to the previous iteration.

    • Free +11 Reforge Lv. 21 Tenebrous Armor

    • Instant 200 El Resonance Level

  2. 20 extra Secret Dungeon rewards

  3. Quadruple EXP for players with 350 El Resonance Level or lower

  4. 3 rounds of Master Class in 5 steps (Jump Event)

  5. Senpai, Carry the Dungeon event

    • Gather Senpai Points by helping junior adventurers clear specific dungeons

    • 6 rounds, for each round top 500 players will be awarded with 3x [Luriel] Core Data Backup Module based on Senpai Points

    • Weekly reward (various items) for senior adventurers (can redeem 12 times at max)

  6. Avatar Dyeing Trial Event

    • Free [Cobo] Noble Academy avatar and an Avatar Color Palette from the login timer.

  7. Special EP Shop

    • Special bait available: drops various items during Fishing

    • An additional page in the EP Shop with various progression items

Cash Shop Update

Avatar: Gate Seeker

Permanent Avatar Color Palette Items

  • Avatar Color Palette: Daily, Natural, Sunlight & Glimmer

  • Avatar Color Remover

Avatar Color Palette: Drizzle and Whisper

  • [EVENT] +11 Submergence of Abyss Quest Points available

  • Ice Burner (Grandiflora), Blessed Chlorite Seed, El House DIY (Premium Healing Spa), Blessed Master Artifact Hidden Power Scroll, Avatar & Hair Color Palettes (Drizzle and Whisper) 25+12 package deals (limit: 3x per account per package; cannot be gifted)

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Deadge
Deadge12/19/2025 02:08

Thanks for the patch, but is there any info on how to get the challenge force yet?

Flare Kyn
Flare Kyn12/19/2025 00:37

Even after the first job advancement, if you obtain a new skill, it will be automatically equipped in your skill slots.

NO! Why the fuck did they do this?! If we want to try out a new skill, WE'LL EQUIP IT OURSELVES! I hope they at least make it so that this doesn’t happen if all skill slots are full!

Quick teleport added at the bottom of the Prof. Pho's Growth Guide UI.

Okay. But aside from the ERP thing, I'd probably only use this when I'm already in Magmelia, since I don't want to spend ED going between towns.

Avatar Dyeing is only possible for Noble Academy and sets released after 12/18.

Hope they add more older costumes over time. Though I’m still waiting for NA to add more older costumes to Magic Wardrobe.

Avatar Dyeing Pity System

Cool, but I'd still like them to add an item that lets you guarantee a color without having to pity.

Batch Dyeing System

Well that saves a bit of time, at least. Wonder how it interacts with the pity system, though.

Weapon Growth Adjustments

That's nice. Maybe now I can finally finish the VoS. SoA might still be impossible for me atm, though.

10m CP Growth Event rerun

Ohey, I can get 7 more alts (one per account) to Magmelia now. Just need to figure out which ones I want to do that for.

3 rounds of Master Class in 5 steps (Jump Event)

Getting Master Class is pretty easy now, but I'm not gonna turn this down. At least not on my accounts that are still behind.

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