Downtime will begin on August 20 at 2 a.m. PT (9:00 a.m. UTC) and is expected to last 4 hours.
This update introduces the new Valkyrie class, Trust Point System, Ebony Cube changes, two new progression events, the return of the Golden Frog, Prestige Shop and more. Read on for the full list of new content, events, store offerings, and other changes below.
The Valkyrie Advanced Class can be played as either a support-type class that heals allies and leads the battlefield with the power of light, or a damage dealing DPS class summoning holy swords to turn the tide of battle. She protects her team with sacred auras and buffs, or takes the front line using her one-handed sword with skills of Holy Radiance and Justice.
Valkyrie can fill her Piety Meter during combat and unleash light energy. When she uses a Light Unleashing skill, nearby party members receive enhanced combat abilities. Additionally, she gains Conviction of Liberation, which allows her to use Light of Conviction skills to heal nearby allies.
Players ready to master Valkyrie can take on a Class Awakening Quest. There are also 10 new achievements, a new title, a new trophy, and a Training Room Guide.
Trust decreases when trading gold via mail or personal trades with other expedition teams. If users' trust is insufficient, users may be restricted from trading gold with other expeditions via mail or personal trades. The goal of this system is to combat RMT, while ensuring that average player behavior is not heavily impacted.
Trust is applied on an account-wide basis.
Trust deduction details:
The original 5% fee is applied as same as before regardless of the trust system.
Gold-attached mail
Trust decreases based on the amount of gold sent. If Trust is insufficient, an additional fee equal to 25% of the missing Trust will be charged.
Example: With 1,000 Trust, when sending 5,000 gold, 4,000 gold without Trust will have an additional 1,000 gold fee (25% of 4,000).
If you don’t have enough gold to pay this fee, you cannot send the mail.
If gold-attached mail is returned or retrieved, the previously deducted Trust is restored.
Payment request
Trust decreases based on the amount of gold requested.
If you don’t have enough gold to pay this fee, you cannot retrieve the attached item or send payment.
Personal Gold Transfer
Trust decreases based on the amount of gold sent to others.
If you don’t have enough gold to pay this fee, you cannot proceed with the personal transfer.
Trust will be shown in mail and trade windows, and notifications for increase/decrease will appear in the system message.
Trust increases when you consume normal or bound gold via the following:
Gear honing (normal/advanced), quality upgrade, content bonus rewards
Accessory refinement
Karma unlock, level/rank growth
Legion Raid/Kazeros gear crafting, proving ground seal crafting
Elixir crafting/refining/transmuting
Transcendence unlock/purify/restore
Stronghold research, knowledge transfer, banquet crafting, farm (bound), pet training
1 normal gold used → +1 trust
1 Roster bound gold used → +0.1 trust
1 character bound gold used → +0.1 trust
Initial trust values have been granted retroactively based on:
Highest item level among your characters
Karma rank/level among your characters
Market/Auction
When listing certain items in the Market and Auction House, an upper price limit for market/auction is now applied to prevent excessive overpricing beyond standard trade ranges.
If the listed price exceeds the upper limit, it will be automatically adjusted at the input stage.
Once an item is bid at the upper price limit, no further bids can be placed.
The price cap may vary even for the same item, depending on its sub-options and trading value, and it is flexibly adjusted to avoid interfering with normal trades.
Since the price cap is based on abnormal trading behavior, it is only visible at the input stage and not recommended as a reference for actual trading.
Due to the implementation of this system, any listings exceeding the limit at the time of maintenance have been canceled. Canceled items and listing fees have been refunded via in-game mail.
Items subject to this price cap also have a daily listing limit per Roster
This only applies to items with an upper price limit.
The number of remaining listings can be checked in the registration UI.
Listing counts are consumed at the time of registration and are not refunded even if the item expires or is canceled.
Maximum listings per day:
Market: 100 items
Auction: 50 items
Listing limits reset at the same time with the daily content reset
Content Loot Auctions
The upper price limit system has also been applied to content loot auctions.
Items that appear via loot auction now have a price cap set at 1000% of the average winning bid over the past 7 days.
Example: If an item had a 7-day average bid of 100 gold, the cap is set to 1000 gold.
You cannot place a bid above the cap.
If another player has already placed a bid at the cap, no further bids are allowed.
For unsold items, the cap is based on 50 gold as the reference.
Honor rewards from endgame content are excluded from the price cap.
Honor rewards” refer to special items awarded from endgame content.
Example: The MVP background “Dreamlike Apeiron” from Kazeros Raid Act 2.
Change in fee application on loot auctions:
Before: Fees applied only to winning bids over 100,000 gold
Now: Fees apply to the entire winning bid amount
The following guaranteed loot drops from Tier 3 endgame content have been removed:
Abyss Dungeons: Kayangel, Ivory Tower of Chaos
Legion Raids (Normal/Hard): Valtan - Thaemine
Mounts from Thaemine Phase 3 and 4 (Hard) may still appear in loot auctions at a set probability.
Kazeros Raid Act 1 (Normal)
Due to these removals, the weekly purchase limit for certain exchangeable items in the Single Mode Exchange Shop has been increased:
Brilliant Wisdom Elixir: from 3 to 5 per week
Flame of Darkness: from 20 to 30 per week
Mail System
The mail system now supports cross-server gold transfers.
When composing a message, you can check the “Other Server Gold” option to send gold to characters on different servers.
You cannot use this menu to send gold to characters on the same server.
Gold must be entered to send the mail.
Items other than gold cannot be attached.
Sending “Other Server Gold” mail uses the same trust point system as regular gold mail.
Trust is reduced based on the amount of gold sent.
If trust is insufficient, an additional fee equal to 25% of the lacking trust will be charged.
If there isn’t enough gold to cover the additional fee, the mail cannot be sent.
This change will double the gems provided by Ebony Cube, but reduce the Cube Ticket drop rate by 50% (in all places, including the guild shop and dispatches). We think this change will make Ebony Cube more exciting to play, and will also help decrease the amount of homework content with the addition of Paradise. Ebony Cube tickets in players’ inventory will be exchanged at 2:1 ratio to reflect the upcoming changes:
Players with Cube tickets in their inventories will have the tickets automatically converted during the maintenance. Odd numbers of tickets will be rounded up.
T4 Tickets in the Cube Selection Chest (across the roster in various storages) will be converted into a “Fragment”. At an exchange vendor, 2 Fragments can be exchanged for an Ebony Cube Ticket at the original level of the fragment. There will be 1st Unlock fragment, 2nd unlock fragment and 3rd unlock fragment. Excess or remaining fragments can be exchanged for Silver.
Please note that the cube changes only apply to Tier 4.
While it was previously announced that Ebony Cube would include doubled rewards, we had an unfortunate misunderstanding regarding the specifics of “doubled” rewards, which applies to the game rewards. We still are excited about the change, cutting down the amount of homework while increasing the player agency by letting everyone decide the path for their tickets— exchanging them for Hell Keys, which include a vast variety of valuable rewards, or choosing to go for the increased amount of gems provided by Ebony Cube. We know that this miscommunication put a dent in the otherwise huge amount of excitement for this update, so we’re going to give out a compensation for all players regardless of how many cube tickets they have stocked up:
1,580 Rare Hell Key Chest x1
1,640 Rare Hell Key Chest x1
1,680 Rare Hell Key Chest x1
(NEW) Ebony Cube Selection Chest x1
There will be a few other gifts and bonuses arriving with this update, so make sure to log-in and claim it all!
Players can exchange their Ebony Cube Tickets for Hell Keys once per week on each character:
T4 (1640) Rare Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 1st Unlock x2
T4 (1640) Epic Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 1st Unlock x3
T4 (1640) Legendary Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 1st Unlock x5
T4 (1680) Rare Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 2nd Unlock x2
T4 (1680) Epic Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 2nd Unlock x3
T4 (1680) Legendary Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 2nd Unlock x5
T4 (1680) Epic Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 3rd Unlock x2
T4 (1680) Legendary Hell Key x1
Cost - Ebony Cube 3rd Unlock x4
We’re adding the Prestige Shop, which provides bonus items from in-game purchases. It will include a variety of Prestige items available, including special skins, MVP Background, and smaller items that are useful in your journeys throughout Arkesia. Checkout the full list in-game after the update releases.
The Prestige Shop will provide 10% of Royal Crystals spent in-game as “Prestige Points”, which can be exchanged for a variety of rewards in the Prestige Shop. It’s important to note that Prestige Points are not awarded for Steam DLC or MTX items, or for items purchased with Crystals. This will also retroactively apply to past Royal Crystal expenditures.
Players in merged regions will have all their points from after the merge available immediately upon the launch of the shop, but there will be a slight delay for receiving some points from before the merge for players that originally played in a region that was merged into another one. No worries, they’re not missing and will arrive as soon as possible!
Added a new Mount Summon Menu
Players can now access the Paradise exchange through the Paradise UI.
Paradise will have its own guide.
Added warning text to Paradise items that shows they will be deleted after Season 1.
Added warning text on the Orb items that explains how their special effect values vary based on the highest Paradise Power achieved in a Season.
The skill effect of Sacred Spear Release and Wave of Providence Orb have been reduced.
Players will be able to learn Hyper Awakening and Hyper Awakening skills in T3 once they reach Item Level 1540 and Character Level 55. The Hyper Awakening skill power learned in T3 has been adjusted for T3 content. This change is intended to improve T3 player experience and add more fairness to Crucible ranking in Paradise. T3 players will be able to use latest skill mechanism and challenge crucible ranking for more Hell Keys.
Players can select a single character between Item level 1640 to 1681 to receive rewards from August 20, 2025 – November 19, 2025. It can be paired with the Mokoko Challenge Express, or activated on another character. Key details:
Event Target Item Level: 1640 – below 1681 can start the event.
Honing Support Effects will be provided from Item Level 1660 to 1680.
Item Level Rewards will be provided for 1640, 1650, 1660, 1670 and 1680.
Players can earn the Item Level 1680 complete rewards and the chest will contain the 1690 and 1700 Rewards chests.
Challenge missions will include clearing Aegir and Brelshaza.
Rewards will include an assortment of Honing Materials and other Progression Materials. One notable reward will be four bound Tier 4 Lv. 7 Gems!
New Event Powerpass for the Rise of the Valkyrie update
This Powerpass will stack with the July Powerpass (Players who did not use their Event Powerpass from July will have 2 Powerpasses in their roster)
Please note, both of these Powerpasses have different expiration dates.
The Maharaka Festival continues with a new quest!
A limited-time Event Gold Shop will run from August 20, 2025 – September 17, 2025, that allows players to exchange Gold (excluding Bound Gold) for valuable rewards, including honing materials, Relic and Legendary Engravings, Card Packs, and more. Players can purchase random chest packs that yield Golden Frog Tokens, which can be redeemed for additional items. Rewards available for exchange include:
Relic Engraving Recipe Selection Chest (Bound)
Golden Frog Accessory Shard Random Pouch II (Bound)
Golden Frog Relic Engraving Random Pouch
Golden Frog Relic Engraving Random Pouch
Golden Frog Relic Engraving Random Pouch
Golden Frog Accessory Shard Random Pouch I
Golden Frog Honing Random Chest I
Golden Frog Honing Random Chest II
Bestow divine retribution upon lost souls as a holy warrior worthy of the sacred relics. These Valkyrie skins evoke elegance, sanctity, and fierce strength. Will you strike fear into the hearts of your enemies with a glance at your white and gold attire or drive anguish into the minds of your enemies at the sight of your black and gold outfit? For those interested in more mystique, check out the Legendary variants.
Maintain both justice and style throughout Arkesia with the Civil Guard skin.
Two new hairstyles release, one for male characters and one for female.
Skills
Dash Slash
Increased base movement speed of Dash Slash by 10%.
Ark Passive
Changed the Divine Knight Passive effect as follows:
Before: In Normal Mode, the Piety Meter is always kept at maximum. In the Sacred Executioner state, the Piety Meter does not deplete naturally. Target Weak Point is applied when using a Punish Skill. Crit Hit +8% for 5s for all party members. Holy Aura and Holy Skills can no longer be used while in Normal and Sacred Executioner modes. Sacred Executioner Cooldown +8s.
After: In Normal Mode, the Piety Meter is always kept at maximum. In the Sacred Executioner state, the Piety Meter does not deplete naturally. Target Weak Point is applied when using a Punish Skill as the Sacred Executioner. Crit Hit +8% for 5s for all party members. Holy Aura and Holy Skills can no longer be used while in Normal and Sacred Executioner modes. Sacred Executioner Cooldown +8s. Counterattack can now be performed with the thrust attack of Dash Attack, but no longer with Executioner's Sword.
Skills
Soundholic
Changed Stagger as follows:
Before: Low
After: Mid
Specialty
Major Chord
Changed so that Major Chord can be used during Perfect Block.
Minor Chord
Changed so that Minor Chord can be used during Perfect Block.
Ark Passive
Enlightenment
Changed the Serenade of Secrets Passive effect as follows:
Before: Changes Max Bubbles to 4. On using Serenade of Courage or Salvation, the Major and Minor Chord skill becomes active for 4s. Using this skill, gain 1 stack of Harmony. Major Chord: Based on the number of Bubbles used, grants an 8, 12, or 16s Damage Increase effect equal to 10/15/20% of Serenade of Courage's base effect to all party members. Natural MP Recovery +25% for 8, 12, or 16s. Minor Chord: Refunds 5/10/15% of the Bubbles consumed by the previous skill. Natural MP Recovery +25% for 8, 12, or 16s.
After: Changes Max Bubbles to 4. On using Serenade of Courage or Salvation, the Major and Minor Chord skill becomes active for 8s. On using this skill, gain 1 stack of Harmony. Major Chord: Based on the number of Bubbles used, grants an 8, 12, or 16s Damage Increase effect equal to 10/15/20% of Serenade of Courage's base effect to all party members. Natural MP Recovery +25% for 8, 12, or 16s. Minor Chord: Refunds 5/10/15% of the Bubbles consumed by the previous skill. Natural MP Recovery +25% for 8, 12, or 16s.
Skills
Stroke: Hopper
Increased the delay after the first and second jumps so the skill can be canceled a bit later.
Ark Passive
Enlightenment
Changed the One More Time! Passive effect as follows:
Before: On using the Sunrise Skill, 20% chance for the Artist to generate an additional Whimsical Marble nearby. The Whimsical Marble can only be collected by the Artist and instantly grants +50% Harmony Meter. Can summon up to 3 Whimsical Marbles at once, each lasting for 60s. Brand Power +0/1/2/3/4%.
After: Moonfall and Sunrise grant additional bonuses. Moonfall grants shield on all party members for 8% of your Max HP for 5s. On using Sunrise, 10% chance for the Artist to generate an additional Whimsical Marble nearby. The Whimsical Marble can only be collected by the Artist and instantly grants +50% Harmony Meter. Can summon up to 3 Whimsical Marbles at once, each lasting for 60s. Brand Power +0/1/2/3/4%.
Changed the Paint: Combat Technique Passive effect as follows:
Before: Moonfall effectiveness +10/15/20%. Consuming 1 Harmony Orb grants 1 stack of Ink Energy. Using Moonfall at 8 stacks of Ink Energy will create an Ink Marble for your exclusive use. Can summon up to 1 Ink Marble at once, lasting 300s. Ink Marble: Artist's skill (excluding Awakening and Hyper Awakening Skills) cooldown -15%. Grants Moonfall to all party members within 24 meters for 6s, or if Moonfall is already active, increases its duration.
After: Moonfall effectiveness +10/15/20%. Gain up to 9 stacks of Ink Energy according to the number of Harmony Orbs consumed. On using Moonfall with 8 or more stacks of Ink Energy, use up all Ink Energy to create an Ink Marble. If the number of Ink Energy stacks is below 8, using Moonfall will pull an uncollected Ink Marble close to you, renewing its duration. Ink Marble: Ink Marble: For your exclusive use. Skill (excluding Awakening and Hyper Awakening Skills) cooldown -15%. Grants Moonfall to all party members within 24 meters for 6s, or if Moonfall is already active from using all the Harmony Orbs, increases its duration. Only 1 Ink Marble can be summoned at once, lasting 300s.
