April 22nd Patch Notes

• 2026-04-22 00:00 AM ~ 2026-04-22 04:30 AM PDT

• PvP League Reset

• Character Balance Update

• Character Combat Power Rework

• Detailed Stats UI Improvement

• Raid and Giant Boss Dungeon Stat Adjustment

• Raid Improvement

★ Added

• Diner Diary Event [View] (2026-04-22 00:00 ~ 2026-05-05 23:59)

• Elsword, Unleash the Squirrels! Event [View] (2026-04-22 00:00 ~ 2026-05-05 23:59)

• Class Change Event [View] (2026-04-22 00:00 ~ 2026-05-05 23:59)

★ On-going

• Grail’s Special Elixir Workshop Event [View] (2026-04-08 00:00 ~ 2026-05-05 23:59)

★ Ended

• I Got This For You! Event [View] (2026-03-25 00:00 ~ 2026-04-21 23:59)

★ Added

• The Kingdom of the Winds Costume Suit [View] (2026-04-22 00:00 ~ 2026-05-19 23:59)

• Hedgehog, Do 20 Laps Around Me, Shouting “I’m a Baldie” 20 Times Custom Sit Motion [View] (2026-04-22 00:00 ~ 2026-05-19 23:59

• Physical/Magical Additional Effect Change Ticket (Weapon) [View] (2026-04-22 00:00 ~ Permanent)

★ Ended

• Costume Color Palette (Tropical Sunset) [View] (2026-02-25 00:00 ~ 2026-04-21 23:59)

• Costume Color Palette (Kitsch Catch) [View] (2026-02-25 00:00 ~ 2026-04-21 23:59)

• Lightfall Accessory [View] (2026-03-25 00:00 ~ 2026-04-21 23:59)

★ Character Combat Power Rework

• The Stat and Calculation of Combat Power will be reworked.

• Required Combat Power for Entry will be adjusted.

• Guild Expedition Monster HP will be adjusted.

★ Detailed Stat UI Improvement

• Character Detailed Stat UI contents and stats will be changed.

  • Before: Combat, Defense, Support

  • After: Base Stat, Attack, Skill, Support, Defense, Party Buff, Master Skill

• A feature will be added where players can see only the stats registered to “Favorites”.

  • Players can press the star icon in the left of each stat to list them on Favorites.

• Detailed Stat UI would have descriptions on tooltips upon mouseover improved.

• If a players has stats beyond the max value, the value that has exceeded will be on display.

★ Raid and Giant Boss Dungeon Stat Adjustment

• Monsters that appear in Raid and Giant Boss will have their HP reduced.

• Monsters from Serpentium Tower [Stage 2], Serpentium Tower [Stage 3], Orchestra Hall [Stage 2], and Doom Aporia Raid Dungeon will have their Attack reduced.

• Monster Mechanics from Nightmare: Reset Room, Queen’s Throne Hall, and Wilting Tower: Flight will have their damage adjusted.

  • [Nightmare: Reset Room]

    • Reduced the damage of Bifron’s Slash Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Bifron’s Slam Attack after Slash in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Bifron’s Powerful Slash Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Hallucination Area in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Specter in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Bifron’s Specter Sphere Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Specter Swarm’s Swipe Attack in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Specter Swarm’s Specter Summon in Phase 2.

  • [Queen’s Throne Hall]

    • Reduced the damage of Apollyon’s Swipe Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Apollyon’s Breath Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Apollyon’s Slam Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Tarith’s Shot Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Tarith’s Vertical Laser Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Tarith’s Aimed Shot Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Haures’s Tornado Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Tarith’s Shot Attack in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Tarith’s Vertical Laser Attack in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Type-Q Steel Queen’s Sephiroth Fantasma Attack in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Type-Q Steel Queen’s Mull Darkness Attack in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Type-Q Steel Queen’s Haures Swing Attack in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Type-Q Steel Queen’s Abyssal Invite Attack in Phase 2.

  • [Wilting Tower: Flight]

    • Reduced the damage of Jabberwock’s Slam Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Jabberwock’s Laser Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Jabberwock’s Bite Attack in Phase 1.

    • Reduced the damage of Opinionated Barkat’s Specter Release in Phase 2.

    • Reduced the damage of Opinionated Barkat’s Wing Spread Attack in Phase 2.

★ Raid Improvement

• The clones summoned by the Annihilator in Pruinaum Raid Challenge Mode will be counted as “Boss” type.

• Improved so that players can ignore HP restrictions in Serpentium Raid Orchestra Hall Dungeon when boss enters groggy phase (excludes Encore mechanics).

★ Character

• [Common]

  • Improved so that the Costume Hairs ‘Evil Tracer 3’ and ‘Salvatore Gaia’ are now changed to be dyeable.

• [Elesis]

  • [Empire Sword]

    • Fixed a bug where ‘The Knight-Captain’ buff on allies would not refresh when getting on a mount.

• [Chung]

  • [Dius Aer]

    • Fixed a bug where the Critical and Maximize Increase passive effects of ‘Leap’ and ‘Awakened Will: Divine Phanes’ had the PvP normalization applied in PvP.

• [Add]

  • [Mad Paradox]

    • Fixed a bug where the effect would be on display at an unintended location for other clients when certain command attacks were done.

• [Lu/Ciel]

  • Fixed a bug where the weapon and costume weapon appearance would overlap when certain Custom Motions are used as Lu (‘Comfortable Box’, ‘Warm Mini Spa’)

  • Fixed so that the dye color would be on display as intended when Item Appearance Preview (Alt+Click) is used regardless of current switch state.

  • [Innocent]

    • Fixed a bug where the debuff icon would not display as intended on enemies with the defense reduction debuff upon using ‘Shadow’ skill.

• [Rose]

  • [Prime Operator]

    • Improved so that the Promotion Guns Costume has the intended size.

• [Ain]

  • Fixed a bug where the skill [Authority Mode] had an unintended cooldown.

• [Noah]

  • [Second Dejection]

    • Fixed a bug where the Magical Attack Increase was not applied as intended for the first skill used after Blood Moon Awakening.

★ Dungeon/Field/PvP

• Fixed a bug where a player could just stay in the first safe color zone to finish the mechanic in the consecutive scan mechanic for Serpentium Tower Phase 2.

• Fixed a bug where certain Force Skills (‘[Force] Soul Harvest’, ‘[Force] Drain’) could target the Helper NPC (Knight Emperor) and would be hit in the Henir's Time and Space - Devil of Chaos dungeon.

★ Item

• Fixed a bug where the Seal Count in the item tooltip for the Artifact Stat Transfer displayed as Sealing Possible.

• Fixed a bug where the duration of the debuff effect (Reduce Enemy Action Speed) for ‘Abyssal Incense’ was different than the tooltip in PvP.

★ ETC

• Improved so that the mouse wheel can be used when using the following features.

  • Epic Point Shop page swapping

  • Cube Open page swapping

• Fixed a bug where players were not displayed as AFK in community (Friends List) if the player changed channels as AFK.

• Fixed a bug where the input was moved from 1 to 1 Chat UI (Messenger) to All Chat Window if chat inputs were made in 1 to 1 Chat UI during dungeon gameplay.

• Fixed a bug where the Exascale Armor Circuit UI would close if the player received an item into the inventory.

• Fixed a bug where the light effect of Artifact Skill Slot was not adjusted instantly when adjusting the size of Skill Slots.

• Fixed a bug where the players could see their own characters or could control their characters during the event cutscene in villages.

• Fixed a bug so that Active/Tenacity/Strength/Bravery Skill Cooldown Reduction effects are adjusted as intended in PvP.

• Fixed a bug where Millennium Fox and Hamel Arctic Officer were unintentionally displayed in the Ariel NPC Crafting List.

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