Amazon hands Throne and Liberty back to NC — the West changes publisher in Q4 2026
Account, characters and Lucent migrate on their own · anyone who opts out starts from scratch · Nix may be held back until after the switch. Full analysis, before/after comparisons, Scaryel's take and direct impact on the community.
▲ 65.24% to drop IL 60 · ~1.5 drops to level
Recent community reports
Level 85 Snowsoul Weapons — Deluzhnoa's and Giant Cordy's vs the level 80 tier
A full comparison of all 10 weapon classes between the new Snowsoul table (fixed level 85) and the previous Ascension/Enraged generation (level 80), split evenly between the Deluzhnoa's and Giant Cordy's signatures. Beyond the damage and stat jump, several weapons change behavior outright: Sword and Shield swaps its entire item skill, Staff keeps the Burning effect that used to get wiped, and Crossbow, Spear, Gauntlets and Orb gain an extra effect clause the level 80 version doesn't have.
Patch notes — August 25
The Korean note for the August 25 maintenance raises the gear ceiling and lowers the content floor at the same time. Snowsoul weapons open a tier above the Radiant Toland Arch weapon, a Champion grade slots in between Elite and Boss, and Remnants of Nix plus the Tumgir Vault get rebuilt from spawn timers to CC. On the other side, the Orb loses up to 40 percentage points of monster damage amplification.
August Resistance Report — Vegamor delayed and boss rewards unified around group contribution
Official Global report published on August 14, the first one after the announcement that Amazon is handing the Western operation to NC in Q4 2026. The team promises progression and account data stay intact, pushes Colossus Vegamor to September, and lists the progression improvements already shipped in 4.7.0 plus the ones still coming — Nix, gear cap, boss reward criteria, Skill Core presets and Flames of Purification.
Patch notes — August 11
Complete coverage of the Korean August 11 maintenance — section by section. The patch delivers a full party coordination system (ready check, three-second countdown, chat notice and a shareable map icon), eases cooperative PvE with Star Fragment's Resolve reaching the Dimensional and a Helping Hand that now pays out by combat power, and cuts the Trait Stone fee from 218,180 to 43,000 Solant with a refund by mail. On the balance side, nine weapons were touched — Greatsword, Longsword, Longbow, Crossbow, Staff, Wand, Spear, Orb and Gauntlet — each with its own chapter and every change in plain sight. It closes with 36 accessories gaining control traits, the bag tab overhaul, player housing with random visits and more than thirty fixes.
Patch notes — July 28
Complete coverage of the Korean July 28 maintenance — note by note. The patch adds Arch Boss Ramus with peace and guild events, ten new weapons at a fixed Item Level of 85, the Iron Tomb's Cradle Dimensional and the Thuban and Sopor guild raids. Twenty crafting recipes arrive on two wildly different cost routes, a rebalance touches seven weapons, eight unique items get fixed and an economy package cuts level Inheritance in half. Every weapon has its own chapter with all changes in plain sight — Dagger, Crossbow, Gauntlet, Longbow, Staff, Wand and Spear. Ramus's eleven rewards are laid out one by one with full stats. The rest of the technical detail sits in the expandable blocks.
Patch notes — July 14
Full English coverage of the July 14 Korean maintenance — note by note. The patch opens the 'Sealing: Fortress of Bitter Frost' battlefield, resets PvP with Season 2 rotating by day of the week, rebalances all nine weapons (with complete scaling tables), turns unique-gear Skill Core effects into item stats, drastically cheapens Trait and Resonance growth, expands the Sealing Key sources, and brings a huge wave of QoL and fixes. The technical detail lives in the expandable blocks.