Patch Notes: September 11, 2026

◆New Content

Level Cap Raise

• Level cap raised to 95

New Areas

• Level 90 areas Desolate Desert and Frigga Peak are now open and available

New Mainline Dungeons

• Level 90 Mainline dungeons Frost Ice Cavern and Subterranean Cavern are now open and available

New Purgatory

• The new Purgatory dungeon in the Purgatory series, Pyroclastic Purgatory of Surtr (Purgatory) is now open and available at level 95
  • All other purgatory dungeons had their entry level increased to level 95 as well

Torment

• The new Torment dungeon in the Torment series will be released next week after the maintenance on 2026.09.18 18:00 (UTC)

Sky Tower

• Sky Tower will come out after the maintenance on 2026.09.25 18:00 (UTC), please stay tuned for more news
• Sky Tower will be changed to 20 man due to the poll's results, we appreciate your feedback to continue to improve the game

Item Mall

• Eidolons rotated out, see the Discord announcements at AKAP Discord for what was changed
• Rainbow Paragon updated

Eidolon Dungeons

• These dungeons are just boss rushes of Mainline dungeons
  • They will drop eidolon keys for new players to be able to catch up more quickly

◆General Changes and Fixes

Fashion

• Added the following "Custom Head" cosmetics to be equipped on Loli. More cosmetics specifically sized for both Loli and Shota will come out at a later date.
  • Idol Headset
  • Sweet Dazzling Short Hair
  • Hauntingly Adorable Short Hair
  • Elegant Tresses
  • Sassy Summer Ponytail
  • Elegant Bun Curls
  • Demonic Horn Hat
  • Energetic Headpiece
  • Idol's Crown
  • Sleeping Bunny Hairband
  • Knitted Bow Knot
• Added the following "Custom Body" cosmetics to be equipped on Loli. More cosmetics specifically sized for both Loli and Shota will come out at a later date.
  • Sweetheart Set
  • Pastel Striped Pajamas

Enemy Changes

• Fixed enrage not working properly and changed its effects:
  • After 120 seconds, increase damage dealt by 500%. After 10 seconds, increase damage dealt by an additional 50%; stacks up to 5 times.
• Updated Taloc from Demon Kings to be dark element
• Updated Belios from Demon Kings to be fire element
• Updated Augus from Subterranean to be dark element

Gemstone Changes

• Equalized RNG weight of all stats in gemstones so all prefixes have the same % chance of appearing
• Storm Gemstone
  • Gunslinger, Tachi, Shuriken, Ravager and Lasher weapon damage +4%
• Dawn Gemstone
  • Warbow, Holy Sword, Dragonista and Duelist weapon damage +4%
• Lava Gemstone
  • Ravager, Sorcerer, Shuriken, Brawler, Wizard, Dronekeeper and Tachi weapon damage +4%
• Darkthunder Gemstone
  • Grenadier, Lancer, and Dragonista weapon damage +4% Bard and Guardian weapon damage +8%
• Icefall Gemstone
  • Crusader, Wizard and Dronekeeper weapon damage +4%
• Duke Gemstone
  • Lancer, Sorcerer, Astrologer and Gunslinger weapon damage +4%
• Origin Gemstone
  • Grenadier, Lasher, Astrologer, Brawler and Warbow weapon damage +4%
• All Orange gems have had their level and stats raised to 90
  • This will retroactively change your current gems as well

Purgatory Changes

• Stat debuffs on players have been removed (only damage taken reduction exists)
• Elemental damage taken reduction on bosses have also been removed
• Increased drop rate of enchant cards
• Increased chance of receiving rare items from all bags
• Added Physical, Holy and Dark gemstones to all bags
• Redid the AI of certain bosses (again)
  • Fixed enrage not showing up properly on purgatory bosses

EXP Changes

• Lessened EXP curve by 66% for levels 70-79
• Lessend EXP curve by 40% for levels 80-89

Misc Changes

• Archaeology XP gains increased by 200%
• Greater Weapon Pot crafting cost is now 7 gold 500 silver
• Superior Weapon Pot crafting cost is now 10 gold
• Updated drop tables in Eidolon dungeons
• Demon King Enchant Cards are now exchangeable in the Adventure Encyclopedia
• Created new icons for Purgatory Oathbounds.
• Added a new Purgatory Oathbound for Flame Attribute.

Secret Stone Changes

• Lava Stone: Frightening Thunder
  • Now also affects Concentrated Blast

Mainline Dungeon Changes

• Level 85 Mainline dungeons now drop 100 LP tickets on party mode
• Level 90 Mainline dungeons drop 150 LP tickets on party mode

Combat & Skills

• Fixed crit damage/damage taken reduction being displayed as negative
• Fixed "target additionally gains an element" effects only changing the icon and not the damage
• Fixed conditional skill effects only being checked once, when they were first applied
  • Grenadier's Strategic Bombardment kept refreshing after a weapon-spec swap removed its requirement
  • Effects now pause while their condition is unmet and resume when it is met again, instead of running forever
• Fixed your basic attack speed dropping to a flat 2 seconds after every zone change or dungeon entry
• Fixed self-buffs with an area around you only buffing yourself
  • Tigerius Rushing Lightning, area blessings and 28 other skills now reach the allies standing in the ring, as their descriptions say
• Monster skills meant to pick a random target no longer always hit the tank
  • 1486 enemy skills were defaulting to the top-threat player every single time, they can now land on anyone

Enemies & World

• Fixed stationary hazards never doing anything at all
  • This introduces the meteor wipe mechanic in all three Pyroclastic dungeons, which will be important for Purgatory mode
• Fixed town NPC Bris daily buffs having no daily limit
  • Leaving any instance stripped the 24-hour lockout, so buffs like Bris's in Navea could be re-taken endlessly
  • In turn the first 3 buff options (Blessings) now also persist properly and aren't lost
  • This affected 566 buffs across 411 town and field NPCs

Loot & Rewards

• Dying at the moment an enemy dies no longer voids your drop
  • Loot, XP, Dragon Points, quest kill credit, achievements and treasure drops were all cancelled if you were at 0 HP the instant the kill resolved
  • Reflect enemies made this reliable, the mirrored damage killed you before the kill registered, so the killing blow paid out nothing

Items, Storage & Crafting

• Fusion and crafting now see materials in the shared account warehouse
  • 7 in your bag and 3 in shared storage used to read as "cannot craft any", even though the window offered the craft
  • Materials are now taken from your bag first, then personal warehouse, then shared warehouse
• Failed crafts now hand back the real item
  • Bind status, quality, rolled stats, fortification and durability are preserved instead of being rebuilt as a fresh copy
• Crafting recipes are now shared across your whole account, alts no longer have to re-learn recipes

Eidolons

• Fixed eidolon wish hand-ins refusing perfectly valid items
  • A 10+1 hand-in only worked if the larger stack happened to be leftmost, and wish slots that accept several versions of an item only ever saw one of them
  • Refused hand-ins now always give an answer instead of the panel locking up with nothing happening
  • Fixed feeding an eidolon using up warehouse items

Holy Spirit Rerolls

• Removed all PvP related rolls
• All rolls that were .2% (Penetration, C Dmg and Max C Dmg etc.) are now 1.13%
  • All other rolls have been adjusted accordingly

◆Gear Changes

Ruby Heart

• Canine Conqueror Champion effect changed:
  • Damage against elites +20%
  • Damage Dealt +10%
  • Damage against bosses +7%

Emerald Guardian

• Renamed to Emerald's Fortune
• Set effect renamed to All Lucky 7s Set and effects were changed:
  • HEAL +18%
  • Damage taken -7%
  • Your heals apply the Lucky 7's buff, increasing DMG and CRIT by 7777 to all targets affected by a healing spell for 10 seconds. This effect cannot be reapplied until the duration is over.
  • Substats changed to DMG, SPD, HP

Spirit of The Ocean

• Set effect renamed to Faithful Devotion Set and effects were changed:
  • DEF +10%
  • Max HP + 10%
  • 20% DMG Taken from Elites and Bosses
  • 10% chance upon being hit to decrease damage taken by 15% for 10 seconds
  • Substats changed to DMG, CRIT, HP

Darkest Hour

• Renamed to Celestial Star
• Set effect renamed to Asteroid Belt Set and effects were changed:
  • Damage Against Elites +10%
  • Damage Dealt +5%
  • Damage Against Bosses +4%
  • Your attacks have a 10% chance to inflict Radiation Poisoning, increasing damage taken by 7% for 12 seconds

Forbidden Hunter

• Forbidden Stalker Set Effect changed to:
  • Max HP +10%
  • HEAL +35%
  • Your heals grant apply the Battleground Hunter effect to you and your teammates for 10 seconds. The effect cannot be reapplied until the duration is over.
• Substats changed to DMG, SPD, and HP

Shining Mithril

• Fiery Silver Set changed:
  • DEF + 7 > 10%
  • Max HP + 12 > 20%
• Blazing Silver Set changed:
  • Damage taken -25%
  • DEF +10%
  • Max HP +15%
  • CRIT DMG against Boss Monsters +20%
  • Damage Dealt +8%
• Fortification stats changed:
  • Fort +5: DMG +1%
  • Fort +10: ACC +1%
  • Fort +15: Max HP +1%, DEF +1%, EXP gained
  • Fort +20: Max HP +2%, DEF +2%, Crit DMG v Boss +2%, Elite +4%, Pen
  • Fort +25: DMG +2%, Max HP +2%, Crit DMG v Boss +4%
  • Fort +30: DMG +3%, Max HP +3%, DEF +3%, ACC +5%, pen
• Substats changed to DMG, CRIT, and HP

Wind Spirit - Divine Feather

• Changed name to Divine Wind's Feather
• New Effects:
  • DMG -350%, Move SPD +50%
• New description:
  • A blue feather decoration that was infused with the power of Spirit Leaves. Holding it makes you feel the fierce wind but leaves you weaker.

Molten - Mythril Ornament

• Renamed to Molten Mythril Ornament
• New Effects:
  • Max HP +5%
  • Heal +10%
  • Your heals apply Iron Heart to you and your allies, reducing Damage taken by 5% to all targets affected by a healing spell for 10 seconds. This effect cannot be reapplied until the duration is over.
• Substats changed to DMG, SPD, and HP

Ophelis's Frozen Skin

• Changed name to Orpheus's Frozen Skin (to match ingame name)
• New Effect:
  • Max HP +10%
  • HEAL +5%
  • Your heals apply Guardian's Frost to you and your allies, recovering 1% of your Max HP every second for 15 seconds. This effect cannot be reapplied until the duration is over.
• Substats changed to DMG, SPD, and HP

Dusk - Crystal Ring

• Renamed to Dusk Crystal Ring
• New Effect:
  • DEF +9%
  • Max HP +5%
  • Damage taken -6%
  • Being hit has a 15% chance to trigger Crystalized Armor, decreasing your damage taken by 25% for 12 seconds.
  • Substats changed to DMG, CRIT, and HP

Orion's Spirit of Obsession

• New Effect:
  • DEF +9%
  • Max HP +9%
  • Damage taken -9%
  • Being hit has a 20%% chance to trigger Religious Persistence, reducing damage taken by 15% for 12 seconds.
  • Substats changed to DMG, CRIT, and HP

Kazma's Sharp Needles

• New Effect:
  • DMG +2197
  • Damage Dealt +5%
  • Any damage dealt has a 10% chance to apply Weakened Blow, increasing damage taken by 15% for 3 seconds. (9s CD)

Magic - Starry Crystal Vase

• Renamed to Starry Crystal Vase
• New Effect:
  • CRIT +1819
  • Damage Dealt +5%
  • Your attacks have a 10% chance to inflict Arcane Rupture, decreasing DMG and DEF by 10% for 12 seconds.

Level 90 Guardian Weapon

• Changed EVA substat to CRIT

◆Class Changes

Guardian

Developer's Notes: We believe even support roles should be contributing to damage more than rDPS, so we reworked the way DEF scaling works to let guardians benefit from the stats they want to build in a far more effective way. While the potency numbers have been lowered, the change to the scaling pushes it beyond the potency number. Guardian is doing anywhere from 40% to 60% of a DPS players damage in our standardized testing - yuji

General Changes

• Changed the way DEF scaling works. Before it was a flat amount added onto the skill damage, but now it is a % of your DEF %. For example if the skill has a 100% DEF scaling and you have 90% DEF the skill will have a 90% skill dmg modifier

Skill Changes

• Shieldblade Cut
  • Potency is now 130 (was 170)
  • Def scaling is now 100% of your DEF % (was 150%)
• Thunderstrike
  • Potency is now 210 (was 260)
  • Cooldown is now 6s (was 8s)

Bard

Developers Notes: Bard was in a position where too many people used it as a subclass (because of how much it healed even on sub) and made bard main class negligible. We have reduced the healing capabilities of bard sub AND the DPS spec on bard. DPS bard has received a significant DPS increase in order to compensate. For the left spec, HEAL % is now a valuable stat to aim for, and all the new equipment will help you meet the HEAL % cap. The left spec itself also now boosts your HEAL % greatly, allowing you to get close/meet the cap without any SS rerolls. This will let you build damage SS rerolls to increase your damage output. If the cooldown increase on the heals prove to be detrimental, it will be adjusted accordingly - shiro

General Changes:

• Tunes of Harmony now gives HEAL +50% each stack
• Tunes of Harmony now gives Holy Notes +10m AOE per stack

Spec Changes:

• Phoenix Radiance (Level 60)
  • Now gives HEAL +50%
  • Healing Harmony: Skill cast time removed, increases own Damage dealt and HEAL by 10% for 30 seconds. Increases teammate's CRIT by 5% for 30 seconds.
  • Healing Tones: Skill cast time removed, decreases own Damage taken by 5% for 30 seconds. Increases teammates DMG by 5% for 30 seconds.
  • Holy Notes: Increases own Max HP by 15% for 30 seconds. Increases teammates CRIT DMG Cap by 5% for 30 seconds.
• Resonating Touch (Level 60)
  • Blissful Harmony now applies a buff that has a 100% chance to deal 20% additional damage for Storm Song for 3 seconds.

Skill Changes:

• Holy Notes
  • Heal reduced by 80%
  • Base CD increased to 16 seconds
  • GCD now 0.8s
  • Base AOE increased to 1m
• Healing Tones
  • Heal reduced by 80%
  • Now gives Tune of Harmony
  • Removes Tune of March
  • Base CD Increased to 12 seconds
  • GCD now 0.8s
  • Cast time reduced by 50%
  • Now single target on sub/right spec
• Healing Harmony
  • Heal reduced by 80%
  • Now gives Tune of Harmony
  • Removes Tune of March
  • Base CD Increased to 10 seconds
  • GCD now 0.8s
  • Cast time reduced by 25%
• Phoenix's Descent
  • Base CD reduced to 20 seconds
  • Buff duration from skill increased to 10 second
  • Buff now gives 8% primary weapon damage, 15% damage to all attributes, and -10% Damage taken
  • AOE increased to 30m
  • Healing reduced by 66%
• String of Punishment
  • No longer a chain skill
  • Element changed to lightning
  • Now grants Tune of March instead
  • Removes Tune of Harmony
• Blissful Harmony
  • Element changed to lightning
  • Now grants Tune of March instead
  • Removes Tune of Harmony
• Storm Song
  • Now grants Tune of March instead
  • Removes Tune of Harmony
• Ballad
  • Max stack is now 1 (masteries adjusted aswell)
  • Duration decreased to 6 seconds
  • Heals by a scaling flat amount, and an additional 2% Max HP per second
  • Fixed masteries not adjusting to the changes above

Ravager

Mastery Changes:

• Jawbreaker
  • Additional Effect: Your skills have a 20%/30%/40%/50% to apply Enraged Regeneration, healing you for 1% Max HP per second for 5 seconds. (cannot not be reapplied until duration is over)

Katar

Bug fixes:

• fixed class buff not giving 3% DMG, CRIT, and SPD when katar was main class

Mastery Changes:

• Targeted Blitz
  • Changed name to Speed Blitz
  • Now gives 10%/11%/12%/15% Move SPD for 10 seconds on cast

Lancer

Developers Notes: Execution Sentence would sometimes just kill you from its teleport (you would just tp into boss attacks), there has been a decent amount of complaints about it so we decided to remove it and buff it in return. - shiro

Bug Fixes:

• Spiritual Garrote correctly gives the right duration of buffs even with mastery

Skill Changes:

• Execution Sentence
  • No longer teleports you to the back
  • Potency buffed by 20% to compensate

Mastery Changes:

• Striking Punishment
  • Now gives 10%/11%/12%/15% Move SPD for 10 seconds on cast

Skill Changes:

• Glacial Crush
  • Renamed to Frozen Lightning Spear
  • Changed to close range type
  • Changed attribute to Lightning
  • Now only puts you 6m away from the target rather than directly underneath it
• Frightening Thunder
  • Changed to close range type

Gunslinger

• Revolving Fire
  • Changed attribute to Storm

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