2.5.2 Desolate Tomb Scheduled Maintenance - 9/14/2016

[Cyan]

Starting on September 14, 4:00 AM PDT / September 14, 11:00 AM UTC, all servers will undergo maintenance for approximately 3 hours and 30 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:

General

• A new Daily Dash is available and will run from September 14 until October 26.
  • This Daily Dash introduces Premium Bonuses which will provide extra benefits to users who land on certain marked locations with an active Premium Membership!
  • Each time you complete a round of the Daily Dash you will receive a Token of Devotion which can be redeemed for prizes on the Dragon Express.
• The Heavenly Daily Challenge Reward Chest is now available in addition to your regular Daily Rewards from completing the Daily Challenge.
  • This bonus reward will be available from September 14 until October 5.
  • Earn rewards including but not limited to:
    • Cold Storage Reset
    • Heaven's Mandate Reset
    • Ivory Dragon Scale
    • Honorary Ornament
    • Taikhan's Skin
    • 1000 Gold
• Lucky Charm Pouches can now be purchased once per day on the Hongmoon Store for both NCoin and Hongmoon Coin.
  • These pouches contain a random assortment of experience charms, Silverfrost Refining Stones, and Naryu Tablets.
  • This promotion will be available from September 14 until October 5.
• Reduced HP and Attack values for bosses in Bloodshade Harbor, Naryu Labyrinth, and Avalanche Den.
• Routine server maintenance and modifications.

 

Pets

• Awakened and Legendary Pets are now available through the Transmutation menu.
  • Combine a Heroic Pet - Stage 10 with any 3 Heroic pets, 5 Pet Enhancement Stones, and 15 Gold to upgrade it to an Awakened Heroic Pet - Stage 1.
  • Combine an Awakened Heroic Pet - Stage 10 with any 3 Heroic pets, 15 Pet Enhancement Stones, and 30 Gold to receive a Legendary Heroic Pet with one of four random traits.
  • Combine a Legendary Heroic Pet with any 3 Heroic pets, 3 Pet Enhancement Stones, and 15 Gold to re-roll the random trait.
    • Please note that it is possible to receive the same random trait.
    • Pets with the Ultimate trait cannot be re-rolled.
  • These transmutations cannot fail.

• Legendary Pets can receive one of four random traits which gives them a chance to provide a six second buff with a 1 minute cooldown when hit.

Trait	Buff Effect (6 seconds)
Gusty	Increase Movement Speed by 35% Recover 20% Focus per second
Loyal	Recover 4000 HP every 2 seconds Increase Defense by 500
Furious	Apply a debuff to attackers which decreases Attack Power by 10 per stack for 3 seconds At 5 stacks an additional effect is applied that decreases Attack Power by 50, Block by 500, and Evasion by 500 for 6 seconds
Ultimate	Increase Movement Speed by 35% Recover 20% Focus per second Recover 5000 HP every 2 seconds Increase Defense by 500 Apply a debuff to attackers which decreases Attack Power by 10 per stack for 3 seconds At 5 stacks an additional effect is applied that decreases Attack Power by 75, Block by 1000, and Evasion by 1000 for 6 seconds

• The Otter Pet is now available from the Pet Pouch in the Hongmoon Store!
  • For a limited time, you can upgrade your existing Heroic Pet - Stage 10, Awakened Heroic Pet - Stage 10, or Ultimate Pet with the Otter Pet and various materials to receive the corresponding Otter Pet.
    • This can also be done with the Griffin Pet and will be available for a limited time.
• Untamed Otter Pet now drops from Desolate Tomb.
   

PvP

• Players who leave or disconnect during a Whirlwind Valley match while it is in progress will now lose rating.
• 1v1 Season 5 is now live and will run for 6 weeks from September 14 through October 26.

 

Items

• A significant amount of weapons and accessories needed to breakthrough and transform your main path weapons and accessories in the Viridian Coast, Cinderlands, and Moonwater Plains regions are now provided via quest and survey rewards.
• Increased the amount of upgrade materials and Brilliant Keys obtained through survey rewards.
• Enlightened Accessories are now a guaranteed drop from Mushin's Tower Floors 4-7.
• Misty Woods Necklace is now a quest reward for completing Act 3 Chapter 27: What is Rightfully Theirs
  • The cost for Misty Woods Necklace from each faction's NPC in Misty Woods has been reduced to 5 Insignias, down from 30.
• Fixed an issue where Summer Splash could not be mailed with Outfit Delivery Stamps.
• Fixed an issue where rewards for Trial Arena were inadvertently changed in the Desolate Tomb patch.

 

Localization

• Fixed and updated a large amount of text, voiceover, and cutscene localization in English, German, and French.
• (German Only) Fixed an issue with localization of loading screens regarding Twisted Grimhorn Wilds and Zaiwei Ruins.

[Ooneka]

Greetings everyone,

 

The maintenance has now started and all Blade & Soul servers are now unavailable for approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes.

 

Thank you again for your patience.

[PhoenixMitra]

Greetings,

 

Maintenance for the Blade & Soul servers will be delayed. We apologize for this inconvenience and will keep you posted here.

 

Thank you for your patience!

[PhoenixMitra]

Greetings everybody,

 

The maintenance has been completed and the servers are back up. 

 

We are currently working on a know issue that displays the new PVP Season as 0 instead of 5. This is merely a text issue and does not affect functionality. 

 

We appreciate your patience.