Patch Notes: October 2, 2026

◆New Content

Sky Tower

• Floors 1-5 for ST are now open and available starting at 2026.10.03 09:00 (UTC)
  • Registry Times for Sky Tower are as follows: 0900, 1400, 1800, 2200 Registry time is 1 hour while the raid itself can be open up to 3 hours
  • Raids will be Available on both Saturday and Sunday, and You can enter once per character per day
  • These floors have custom attacks and mechanics
  • Sky Tower will drop new manuals and weapons
• Due to time constraints, Sky Tower timings and schedules will be changed to what was posted in the Discord announcements (AKAP Discord) for next week's Sky Tower.
• Floors 6-10 will be released on October 16th

Sky Tower Paragon

• Sky Tower also drops coins that can be used for the new Sky Tower Paragon
• This offers extra chances to roll on loot
• A weekly limited amount can also be bought with AP

◆General Changes and Fixes

Torment Drop Changes

• Added unidentified flawless gem to torment MS chest at a 0.3% extra drop chance
• Added unidentified flawless gem to torment AT and GG chest at a 0.1% and 0.2% extra drop chance respectively

Cosmetics

• Added the following "Custom Head" cosmetics for Loli:
  • Witches' Gathering
  • Phantom Butterfly
  • Cute Bear Wool Cap
  • Forbidden Army Ponytail
  • Rain Flower Bud
  • Angel Braids
  • Apron Braids
  • Rose Devil Hairstyle
  • Aurora
  • Trendy Demon Pigtails
• Added the following "Custom Head" cosmetics for Shota:
  • Cool Cat Ears Hairstyle
  • Tousled Hair
  • Baldr
  • Eastern Exorcist Hairstyle
  • Winter Sports Hairdo
• Added the following "Custom Body" cosmetic for Loli:
  • Witches' Gathering
• Added the following "Custom Body" cosmetic for Shota:
  • Hades

Misc Changes

• Fixed a visual animation error where Loli's landing animation into idle animation would cause their feet to slide into place.
  • Edit #1: Stellar Sphere animations when running and jumping are done.
  • Edit #2: Whip no longer extends out when moving forward and backwards. This fix was also applied to Shota, as well.
  • Edit #3: Floating Cannons rebuilt entirely on the new Loli skeleton.
  • Edit #4: Shurikens no longer appear in battle animations that are stowed away on Male/Female. This fix was also applied to Shota, as well.
  • Edit #5: Re-built Grimoire's attachment to the Loli skeleton. _Was causing this weapon to distort weirdly._
• Reconstructed how the "Dragon Doll" weapon is handled by all genders when in-combat and out-of-combat. _The issue being that sometimes the Dragon Doll will flip itself randomly in some battle animations, this issue is fixed._
  • Implemented Loli's "Dragon Doll" battle animations onto Female.
• Fixed the skirt physics of "Custom Body - Lilith (F/L)" when jumping.
• Added missing "Harvey's" weapons to Collection.
  • Additionally, removed the "Cannot be Traded" and "Cannot be Stored in Warehouse" flags off these items.
• Made purgatory essence shared warehousable

◆Gear Changes

95 Sky Tower Weapons

• Most effects revamped

Sky Tower Manuals

• Effects revamped

Demon King Manuals

• Tempest Raid Storm Manual
  • Furious Wind Dragon Roar
    • Move SPD removed, DMG +20% added
  • Activation chance increased from 5% to 10%
• Dark Aura Manual
  • 5% chance to increase DMG and CRIT by 15% instead of SPD
• Physical Aura Manual
  • DMG against Boss monsters increased from 5% to 10%
• Holy Light Aura
  • Updated text to more accurately describe the buff
    • "10% chance to increase all main stats by 10%"
  • Gain Protection Shield that blocks 20% DMG 3 times. When the shield breaks gain 10% MOVE SPD and 8% Primary Weapon Damage for 10 seconds

◆Class Changes

Astrologer

Skill Changes

• Nebula Tears
  • CD reduced to 6s
  • Potency reduced by 20%
• Titan's Collapse
  • CD reduced to 6s
  • Potency reduced by 20%
• False Planet Code
  • CD reduced to 6s
  • Potency reduced by 20%
• Arcana Rift
  • CD reduced to 6s
  • Potency reduced by 20%
• Starfall Prayer
  • CD reduced to 6s
  • Potency reduced by 20%
• Stardust Reflection
  • Potency reduced by 20%
• Starstruck Ground
  • Potency reduced by 20%

Bard

Skill Changes

• Storm Song
  • CD increased to 3.2s
• Blissful Harmony
  • GCD increased to 1.0s to ensure smoothness
• Holy Notes
  • GCD increased to 0.9s to esnure smoothness
• Phoenix Descent
  • Primary weapon damage reduced from 8% to 5%
  • Damage against all element reduced from 15% to 10%

Brawler

Skill Changes

• Sparks and Flames (Left)
  • GCD increased to 1.1s
  • CD increased to 5.2s
  • Potency increased from 115 to 200
• Blitz
  • GCD increased to 1.1s
  • CD increased to 5.2s
  • Potency increased from 150 to 200
• Frantic Lotus
  • GCD increased to 0.8s
  • Potency increased from 330 to 400
• Lotus Strike (Left)
  • GCD increased to 1.1s
  • CD increased to 8s
  • Potency increased from 95 to 150
• Lotus Strike (Earth Left Spec)
  • Potency increased from 28 to 50
• Sparks and Flames (Right)
  • Attribute changed to Fire
  • GCD increased to 1.1
  • Potency increased from 115 to 160
  • CD increased to 5.2s
• Flame Guardian's Lightning
  • GCD increased to 1.1
  • Potency reduced from 130 to 111
  • CD increased to 5.2s
• Firestorm
  • Potency reduced from 165 to 129
• Lotus Strike (Right)
  • GCD increased to 1.1s
  • Potency reduced from 195 to 150
  • CD increased to 8s
  • To make Lotus Strike (Earth) flame, infuse Suzaku on it
• Flaming Tornado Roundhouse
  • Potency increased from 83 to 139
• Inner Strength
  • Healing potency increased from 4 to 8

Dragonista

Skill Changes

• Rainbow Strike (Enhanced)
  • Potency increased from 175 to 214
• Heartbreaker Strike (unenhanced)
  • GCD increased to 0.9s
• Heartbreaker Strike (Enhanced)
  • Potency reduced from 200 to 120
  • GCD increased to 0.9s
  • Potency reduced from 200 to 134
• Starlight Whirlwind (Enhanced)
  • Potency increased from 150 to 193
• Cosmic Storm (Enhanced)
  • Potency increased from 60 to 77
• Adorable Comet (Unenhanced)
  • GCD increased to 1.2s
• Adorable Comet (Enhanced)
  • GCD increased to 1.2s
  • Potency increased from 250 to 345
• Nebulous Vortex (Enhanced)
  • Potency increased from 360 to 378
• Nebulous Rain (Enhanced)
  • Potency increased from 16 to 17

Dronekeeper

Skill Changes

• Burst: Firestorm Expanse and Burst: Icy Thunder Domain
  • Cooldown reduced from 90s to 60s
• Burst: Firestorm Expanse
  • Now applies the Combustion buff, increasing Storm Skill damage by 30% for 30 seconds
• Fire Spirit Sword
  • Cooldown increased from 4s to 8s
  • Potency increased from 160 to 190
• Fiery Explosion
  • Cooldown increased from 6s to 8s
  • Potency increased from 170 to 200
• Flame Dragon Rush
  • Cooldown increased from 6s to 8s
  • Potency increased from 180 to 210
• Fiery Arrowstorm
  • Cooldown reduced from 10s to 8s
  • Potency increased from 163 to 215
  • Radius reduced from 15m to 8m
• Flame Retribution
  • Cooldown increased from 5s to 8s
  • Potency increased from 163 to 220
  • Radius reduced from 15m to 8m
• Blazing Hurricane
  • Cooldown reduced from 20s to 8s
  • Potency increased from 163 to 235
  • Radius reduced from 15m to 8m
• Prayer of Ice
  • Changed DoT from a flat amount to a 25 potency DoT
  • Duration of DoT increased from 3s to 30s
  • Potency reduced from 170 to 45
• Frost Bullet
  • Now is a scatter type spell, shotgunning projectiles in a 90 degrees cone up to 25m
• Frost Arrow
  • Now is a scatter type spell, shotgunning projectiles in a 90 degrees cone up to 25m
• Frost Javeling
  • Now is a scatter type spell, shotgunning projectiles in a 90 degrees cone up to 25m
• Raging Wildfire
  • Chance to activate on attack increased from 10% to 20%
  • Potency of attack increased from 50 to 100
• Ice Spirit Javelin
  • Chance to activate on attack increased from 10% to 20%
  • Potency of attack increased from 50 to 100
  • Radius increased from 0 to 15

Duelist

Skill Changes

• Deadly Flashstep (Left)
  • Attribute changed to Physical
  • GCD increased to 1.3s
  • Potency increased from 126 to 165
• Cross Slash (Left)
  • Attribute changed to Physical
  • GCD increased to 1.0s
  • Potency increased from 120 to 165
• Dancing Balisong (Left)
  • Attribute changed to Physical
  • CD increased to 16s
  • Potency increased from 175 to 285
  • GCD increased to 2.1s
• Balisong Flurry (Left)
  • Attribute changed to Physical
  • Potency increased from 85 to 103
• Slash Cut
  • CD increased to 6s
  • Potency increased from 126 to 165
  • GCD increased to 1.1s
• Whirling Dance
  • CD increased to 6s
  • Potency increased from 145 to 165
  • GCD increased to 1.1s
• Trail of Blood
  • Potency increased from 230 to 285
  • CD increased to 16s
  • GCD increased to 0.9s
• Crimson Blossom
  • Potency reduced from 110 to 103
• Daybreaker
  • GCD increased to 1.2s
  • CD increased to 6s
• Sunflower
  • GCD increased to 0.9s
  • Radius increased to 6m
• Deadly Flashstep (Right)
  • GCD increased to 1.3s
  • Potency increased from 126 to 150
  • DOT potency increased from 12 to 15
• Cross Slash (Right)
  • GCD increased to 1.0s
  • Potency increased from 120 to 150
  • DOT potency increased from 12 to 15
• Dancing Balisong (Right)
  • GCD increased to 2.1s
  • Potency increased from 175 to 285
• Divine God's Dance
  • Potency increased from 18 to 19

Grenadier

Skill Changes

• Phase Shift Laser
  • Reduced CD to 7.6s
• Frozen Lightning Grenade
  • Reduced CD to 7.6s
• Meteor Cannon
  • Increased GCD to 1.2s to ensure smoothness
  • Reduced CD to 7.6s
• Optomagnetic Strafe
  • Increased GCD to 1.1s to ensure smoothness
• Plasma Cannon
  • Potency increased from 177 to 222

Lancer

Skill Changes

• Frightening Thunder
  • CD reduced to 9.6s
  • GCD increased to 1.0s to ensure smoothness
• Thunder Punishment
  • Increased radius to 8m

Ranger

• Fixed bug that was causing Prismatic Pierce to not properly apply its charge effects

Skill Changes

• Prismatic Pierce
  • Charge time reduced to .7s

Ravager

• Ravager skills that have flame slash as a sub skill no longer do the flame slash animation after

Skill Changes

• Horizontal Slash
  • Increased GCD to 1.5s to ensure smoothness
• Mirrored Axe
  • Increased GCD to 0.9s to ensure smoothness
• Sky Cleaver
  • Changed to Close Range

Sorcerer

• Fixed Fiendish Guard not being 30s duration
• Fixed a bug giving right spec sorc 300% spell dmg instead of 50% (lol)

Skill Changes

• Fiend Totem
  • Base CD reduced to 10.4s
  • GCD increased to 1.1 to ensure smoothness
• Nightmare Totem
  • Base CD reduced to 8.4s
• Soul Draw
  • Base CD increased to 4s
  • GCD increased to 1.3s to ensure smoothness
• Shadow Bolt
  • Base CD increased to 4s
• Flame Impact (Right Spec)
  • Potency increased from 18 to 33
• Demon Seal (Right Spec)
  • Potency increased from 152 to 275
• Blood Seal (Right Spec)
  • Potency increased from 152 to 285
  • GCD increased to 0.9s
• Otherworldly Energy
  • Potency increased from 185 to 330

Tachi

Skill Changes

• Zanshin
  • GCD reduced to 0.6s
  • Potency reduced from 230 to 180
• Flame Fang Charge
  • GCD reduced to 0.6s
  • Potency reduced from 193 to 180

Gunslinger

Skill Changes

• Sonic Bomb
  • Potency reduced from 197 to 187
• Sonic Whirlwind
  • Potency reduced from 39 to 37
• Aimed Shot (Left Spec)
  • Attribute changed to Wind
• Aimed Shot (Right Spec)
  • Attribute Changed to Dark
  • Potency increased from 183 to 250
• Frost Trap (Right Spec)
  • Potency increased from 215 to 250
• Dark Flare Trap (Right Spec)
  • Potency increased from 210 to 250
• Black Hole trap
  • GCD increased to 1.3s
  • Potency increased from 307 to 350

Duelist

Skill Changes

• Trail of Blood
  • GCD reduced to 0.8s
• Dancing Balisong
  • GCD reduced to 2.0s
• Purple Lightning
  • GCD reduced to 0.5s
• Deadly Flashstep
  • GCD reduced to 1.1s
• Cross Slash
  • GCD reduced to 0.9s
• Slash Cut
  • GCD reduced to 1.0s