Scheduled Maintenance – 5/11/2016

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Starting on May 11, 4:00 AM PDT / May 11, 11:00 AM UTC, all servers will undergo maintenance for approximately 3 hours and 20 Minutes. An in-game notice will be given 30 minutes prior to the maintenance starting.

  

Below are the list of changes introduced within the update:

Vipercap Gauntlet Event

• The Vipercap Gauntlet event is now live and will run from May 11th through May 31st.
• Characters level 36 and above can access the Frozen Vipercap Cavern dungeon once per day through the Cross-Server Dungeon (F8).
  • Frozen Vipercap Cavern Resets can be purchased from the Hongmoon Store for NCoin or Hongmoon Coin.
• Complete the dungeon as quickly as possible to earn prizes and Cavern Fungus.
  • A new tab has been added to Dragon Express to redeem your Cavern Fungus.  This tab will be available through June 21st.
  • Upgrade Nebula Stones can be used to discount weapon upgrades through June 21st.  They will not be valid during future events but can be sold to a vendor for 5 gold.

General

• Fixed an issue where Lifeblooms during the Asura encounter in Sogun's Lament were not displaying correctly on certain graphics settings.
• Weapon chests have been removed from Soulstone Plains.
• Flawless Hongmoon Brilliant Heptagonal and Sparkling Heptagonal Gems are now available via the Transmute menu.
• PvP Season 2 is now live and will run from May 11th through June 21st.
• The Oath of Sogun's Lament achievement has been added and can be earned by equipping all 8 Asura Soul Shields.
• Spirit of Bamboo can now be stored in the Wardrobe.
• Fixed various localization issues in English, French, and German.

 

Gem Sockets

• Open gem sockets will no longer be re-rolled when transitioning from the Moonwater Plains to the Silverfrost Mountains weapon progression path.  
  • To help cover the potential loss of gem sockets due to the upgrade to Silverfrost, we’ve previously distributed Gem Hammers to anyone who was affected. We’ll being running another distribution of four Gem Hammers to any new characters affected with the May 11 maintenance.
• The amount of Gem Hammers required to open each Gem Socket has been unified for Moonwater, Silverfrost, and Legendary weapons.
• For more information, please follow this link: http://www.bladeandsoul.com/en/news/weapon-path-gem-hammer-changes/