Hello, Heirs!

This is GM Dominiel.

Let’s take a look at what we have in store for you in this week’s update.

Players will be able to view this update after the maintenance on Thursday, January 20. 

1. Guardian Kazran Update

Guardian Kazran, the protector of Reingar, joins the adventure!

Meet the Guardian who wanders through time in [Episode 1 Epilogue - Unrecorded History].

[Guardian Kazran]

[Acquiring Guardian Kazran]

- Condition: In Chapter 2, Reingar World, of Episode 1 Epilogue - Unrecorded History, clear the Mechanical Tower stage 
  for the first time.

 ※ Mechanical Tower is a new stage that will be unlocked upon clearing stage 2.9 Hailow Lab Tower.

※ If you have already cleared stage 2.9 Hallow Lab Tower, the tutorial will begin as soon as you enter [Reingar World].

※ Upon unlocking Mechanical Tower and starting the tutorial, the first battle will proceed as an NPC Battle.

2. Three New Exclusive Equipment

New Exclusive Equipment for the 5★ Heroes Tenebria and Melissa, and the 4★ Hero Great Chief Khawana, will be added to 
the Hall of Trials Exchange.

Players can obtain Exclusive Equipment from the Hall of Trials Exchange using Wisdom’s Gaze.

Exclusive Equipment stats and skill effects will be applied randomly after the equipment has been purchased.

■ Exclusive Equipment Information

[5★ Tenebria]

[5★ Melissa]

[4★ Great Chief Khawana]

■ Cost

■ The Exclusive Equipment of the 5★ Heroes, Ilynav and Alencia, and the 4★ Hero Free Spirit Tieria will be added
    to the Alchemist's Steeple.

3. Cerise & Guiding Light Drop Rate Up

Cerise, an Ice elemental Ranger, capable of inflicting restrict to hinder enemy abilities that increase their Combat Readiness. Players can also obtain the Ranger exclusive Artifact, Guiding Light, which grants the caster stealth at the start of the battle and the end of caster's turn.

■ Schedule

1/20 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 2/3 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

4. Charles & Justice for All Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up meet Charles, an Earth elemental Knight who is able to grant buffs to his allies as well as powerfully attack the enemy with chained attacks. Players can also receive the Knight exclusive 5★ Artifact, Justice for All, which has a chance to grant the caster one random buff at the end of every turn.

■ Schedule

1/20 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 1/27 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

5. Expedition Renewal

■ Open Recruitment Update

With Open Recruitment, all Heirs on the same server will be able to participate, even if they are not friends or part of the 
same guild.

1. Open Recruitment Host/Participate

- Open Recruitment button added to Expedition Camp screen.

- You must reach certain requirements to do Open Recruitment.

- Open Recruitment is possible after completing one battle after the formation of Expedition.

- Upon registering for Open Recruitment, the Expedition cannot be returned to private.

- You can only activate Open Recruitment if the remaining time of the expedition is more than 10 minutes.

2. Open Recruitment Participation

- The Open Recruitment tab will be added to the existing participation screen.

- There are tabs for each Level, and if you are eligible for registration/participation, the wanted poster list registered for 
  Open Recruitment will appear.

- Up to five Expeditions recruiting Heirs at the moment will appear on the list per Level .

- If you do not have your desired Expedition on the list, you can renew it by tapping the Refresh button.

3. Open Recruitment Host/Participate Requirements

- Each Boss and Level has different requirements to enable host/participation.

- If you are qualified, you can host an Open Recruitment or participate in an Expedition with Open Recruitment enabled.

■ Bonus Points (20)

- Expedition creators can receive bonus points if a boss is eliminated successfully after inviting only friends and guild members.

- Expedition participants can receive bonus points if they successfully eliminate a boss when participating in private recruitment.

- If an Expedition creator hosts Open Recruitment, they will not receive bonus points. However, Heirs who participate through
  private recruitment can receive bonus points.

- An icon will appear in Private Recruitment and In Progress lists indicating if bonus points are obtainable.

■ Other

- Open Recruitment information is not displayed in [Repeat Battling > Expedition Popup Window].

- Even if there is an Expedition with Open Recruitment, it will not affect whether or not the Expedition stamp icon appears 
  on Garo in the Lobby.

- The contents of Help > Expedition will be updated to reflect the Open Recruitment update.

- The name of the existing [Recruiting] tab will be changed to [Private Recruitment]. 

■ Other Improvements

- In the damage ranking on the View Expedition Results screen, a User Information button will be added so that you can check
  the information of your fellow Heirs who participated in the Expedition and send friend requests.

- The contents of Help > Expedition will be updated.

■ Expedition Adjustments

- In Level 3, the [Dimensional Energy] skill of [Pain Pursuer Moroi] will be adjusted as follows:

1. [Dimensional Energy] Barrier strength reduced by 43%.

2. [Dimensional Energy] Speed decrease reduced by 17%. 

- An issue where Isolation (Unique Effect) inflicted by the Expedition boss Pain Pursuer Moroi did not apply to revived heroes until
  the start of the turn will be corrected.

- The description of <Beserk> will be modified to match the actual function. There is no change in actual function.

- An issue where scrolling down the damage ranking list on the View Expedition Results screen would not return to the original
  state will be corrected.

6. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Drop Rate Display

- You can check the drop rate of "Random Equipment, Accessory Charms" that can be obtained when crafting Charms 
  in Sanctuary > Alchemist's Steeple.

■ Heroes and Artifacts

- An issue where when a Hero with a damage distribution effect is receiving distributed damage from another Hero, damage       is not distributed if the Hero's effect value is higher, will be corrected.

- The issue where the skill effects of some Heroes were applied before the attack was completed will be corrected.

- An issue where the reduction in Combat Readiness increases and blocking of gaining Souls and Focus inflicted by 5★ Heroes Politis, Solitaria of the Snow, Belian would not be removed upon the death of the Hero will be corrected.

- An issue where the turn duration increase granted by the Soulburn effects of 3★ Heroes Mascot Hazel, Mercenary Helga,
  Zealot Carmainerose would not apply to buffs granted through Rune effects will be corrected.

- An issue where when the damage and revive effect were applied at the same time, in certain situations the effects were not
  applied in order, will be fixed.

- Adjustments will be made so that the number of targets that Tenebria’s skill 1 affects is clearly shown. No functional changes will
  be made.

■ Monsters

- An issue where the Raid Labyrinth [Azmakalis (Normal/Hell)] boss Karkanis would have an unnecessary status effect icon upon
  starting a turn in Stealth will be corrected.

- Correcting typos and awkward expressions in the skill tooltips of some monsters in Adventure and Side Stories. There is 
  no change in actual function.

- An issue where the "increases damage suffered from Ice elemental Heroes by 30%" and "when a non-Ice elemental Hero's turn
  ends, increases the caster's Combat Readiness by 10%" effects of Wyvern Hunt 11 boss Onix Wyvern's passive skill Fire's
  Protection were not applied correctly will be corrected.

- Adjustments will be made so that the skill description and status abnormality icon of the Boss, Cartuja who appears in the 
  3★ Hero Roozid’s specialty change quest is displayed to match the function. No functional changes will be made.

■ Adventure and Story

- An issue where when the Chaos Gate is cleared in Episode 1 stage 1-9 the heroes in formation of the next stage played move
  in an abnormal way. This issue will be fixed.

- An issue where in the exchange mission in Episode 2 Chapter 6 the name of the '2-S6. Ambush Alley' stage was displayed
  incorrectly, will be fixed.

- An issue where an incorrect name for Taeyou was displayed in Episode 4 chapter 1-S2 Claw Hand Harbor will be fixed.

- Typos in Episode 4 Chapter 2-5 Starving Hill will be fixed.

- Typos on the main screen of the special side story, Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day will be fixed.

■ Other

- When a Background is selected on the Hero Zoom screen, it will be saved for each time the Zoom function is used for that
  individual Hero.

  (Two copies of the same Hero may have different Backgrounds saved. When a Hero is deleted, saved Background settings will
  also be deleted.)

- When a Hero is promoted two or more star grades by a Potion of Ascension, achievements connected to previous star grades
  will also be checked.

     e.g.> When a 3★ Hero is immediately promoted to 6★ with Potion of Ascension, all 4★/5★/6★ promotion achievements
              will be counted.

- An issue where the N mark on a newly acquired Artifact was not removed upon equipping it to a Hero and overlapped 
  with the E mark will be fixed.

- The method of closing in-game notification windows that must be closed by tapping Confirm buttons will be adjusted.

   Target: Equipment extraction, Artifact enhancement, Receiving Heart of Orbis reward, content unlocking, Adventure/Side Story,
   Epic Pass, Expedition, Expedition Depot,   Arena notification pop-ups.

- An issue where in certain situations the game closed when selecting the [Expedition > Expedition Invite > Guild] tab.

- Certain banned words in the game will be adjusted.

Thank you.