PD Talks: The Frozen Divide — the PD breaks down Nix end to end

Nix lies northwest of Tolland and is, in the PD's words, completely different from Laslan, Petrearda and Tolland. Barren land where no one lives, swept by constant snowstorms. Because it is too hostile, it became a neutral zone — neither the Arkeum Legion nor the challenger troop managed to set foot there.

The structure is new to TL: two fortresses and five territories. The central bases of this update are Etherion and Frontier Hold — and they look like nothing the game has shown before.

Nix is a continent as vast as Laslan, Petrearda or Tolland — and it got its own means of transport. Going on foot won't cut it.

The game-changer: Nix has no teleport spots, except in a few bases. Movement happens through the sky.

Nix has features no other domain has. The first: there is no group abyssal dungeon here. In its place, the Solo Dungeon: Tómrig Ruins, at the entrance of the Tumgir Historic Site — content tailored at any hour, with a time limit for valuable rewards.

The second: the unexpected event. No more fixed-schedule queue — you start and join with your allies whenever you like. In the Nix Lair, boss invasions of difficulty 20 or higher also appear.

The new land calls for a new story. Here comes the Adventure Codex Part 3, "Snow White's Frozen", covering the Frozen Tundra of the Snow Wall.

What happened to Clay and Iska, who set out for Nix at the request of Tolland's Zenith? It's the narrative hook of the expansion — and the stage where your character evolves to another tier.

This is the change with the biggest impact on your gameplay, in the PD's words. The splits into detailed grades (Hero Grade 1, Grade 2…) leave the stage, and two concepts come in: the item rarity integration and the item level system.

Now the item is expressed by item level, not enhancement level. The higher the number, the more powerful the gear — no complicated math.

The PvP highlight. Nix's Remains is a cross-server PvP space like the Nebula Islands, but it runs on a session system — channels created based on the number of people. You enter at any time, but once the session is created, it takes no one else after a certain point.

The big difference: you play in elite teams of 1 to 4 players, not Guilds. Elite monsters and chests do not respawn once killed — it's fierce competition over a limited resource.

TL's third new weapon. The Gauntlet maximizes melee combat with heavy blows, and fills a tank role — collision effects, stun and a huge threat that draws all attacks to itself.

The wonder is in the mode switch. In Gauntlet Mode, stable entry and connection. In Blood Mode, the style shifts 180° — dense, aggressive attacking for a short window. Here are the main skills of each mode:

The update goes far beyond the domain and the new weapon. Nix brings a pack of new systems for combat, progression and life to deepen your character.

The update brings two co-op dungeons — Frostbreath Cave and Stone Grave Cradle — and two Field Bosses: Porfos and the White-Shoulder Thuban, the giant gorilla that freezes everything around it. Tolland's Field Bosses return Ascended.

But the Nix roadmap goes far beyond launch — new content every month.

To close, a selection of the concept art for Nix revealed at the presentation — the visual tone of TL's iciest expansion.

To celebrate the biggest update in TL's history, the PD left a gift to travelers: a commemorative coupon to redeem in-game. Check the code on screen and start your adventure in Nix with an edge.