08/14 Patch Notes - New Giant Boss
15 August 2025
Maintenance
Date: August 14, 2025
Duration: 6:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM KST (4h30)
New Giant Boss - Spirit King's Temple
[Phase 1]
[Phase 2]
[Phase 3]
A new Giant Boss dungeon, Spirit King's Temple, is added to the Atma'Ram region.
Queue and solo buff cannot be acquired.
Cannot ride a mount.
Not affected by Drop Rate boosts.
No limit of entries. Weekly reward can be obtained up to 10 times.
A treasure chest appears when the dungeon is cleared. Rewards are redeemed if a party member interacts with it via F1.
Weekly reward count is deducted when an item drops from the chest.
Weekly reward resets at 10:00 AM on Thursday. Reward attempts will be reset to 10 regardless of the remaining count.
Added an item that can restore 1 weekly reward count for this dungeon.
Can be used by right-clicking an item in the inventory.
Cannot be used if the reward attempt count is 10 (maximum).
Dungeon information
Dungeon Name | Entry Requirements | Limited number of entries | Entry period | Demon Realm Debuff | Appropriate Party Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spirit King's Temple |
| Not restricted | Always | 95% | 1~6 |
Atma Accessories
Visit [the official guide] for more details (Korean).
Face (Middle), Face (Bottom), Arm, Necklace and Top Piece accessories can be obtained by clearing the new Giant Boss.
Face (Middle) | Spirit King’s Third Eye of the Lotus Realm |
|---|---|
Face (Bottom) | Spirit King’s Jewel of the Lotus Realm |
Arm | Spirit King’s Bracelet of the Lotus Realm |
Necklace | Spirit King’s Neck Ornament of the Lotus Realm |
Top Piece | Spirit King’s Mandala of the Lotus Realm |
Atma accessories can have the following rarities: Common, Rare, Elite and Unique. The Top Piece accessory has an additional Legendary rarity.
Atma accessories cannot be traded or stored in the Shared Bank.
Accessories except Top Piece have additional identifiable effects.
However, they cannot be reverted to unidentified through the Blessed Time & Space Scroll.
The number of possible effects increases with the rarity: Common - 0, Rare - 1, Elite - 2, Unique - 3.
The Top Piece accessory has a fixed effect.
When 4 or more Atma accessories are worn, a set effect activates.
Set effect is affected by the rarity of accessories. The set effect will be determined based on the accessory with the lowest rarity.
Each rarity of the Top Piece accessory can be crafted by providing the existing Code of Honor and Engine Cooling System.
However, accessories that are registered in the Magic Wardrobe cannot be used to craft the accessory.
This accessory has an additional effect along with the fixed effect.
The additional effect can be rerolled with the Blessed Time & Space Scroll.
You can exchange Lotus Realm Fragments, which is guaranteed to be obtained as a weekly reward from Spirit King's Temple, for a Unique-rarity accessory cube of a specific set.
Can be exchanged by using 45 Lotus World Fragments.
When using the accessory cube, you can obtain one accessory part with an equal probability.
Atma Accessory Synthesis
Visit [the official guide] for more details (Korean).
Accessory synthesis is possible through Atma Aura of each rarity.
Atma Aura can be obtained by dismantling accessories of each rarity to acquire Atma Aura of the same rarity.
The Atma Aura obtained this way cannot be traded or used in the public bank, but when dismantling an Atma accessory, you can additionally obtain tradable Atma Aura with a set probability.
When synthesizing, you can obtain an accessory of one rarity higher according to the following probabilities:
Synthesis Rarity | Probability of Rarity Upgrade |
|---|---|
Common | 50% |
Rare | 20% |
Elite | 10% |
Unique | 5% |
Legendary | – |
When synthesizing Legendary items, only Legendary Top Piece accessory can be obtained.
A certain amount of ED is consumed during synthesis.
Through batch synthesis, you can automatically synthesize the lowest rarity of Atma Aura among the selected rarities.
During batch synthesis, items are selected in the order: Common > Rare > Elite > Unique > Legendary.
If items are of the same rarity, selection proceeds from the leftmost item.Through automatic registration, you can register the lowest rarity item among the selected rarities for synthesis.
Events
Atma'Ram Giant Boss First Experience Event
August 14~28, 2025, per account
Clear Atma'ram Spirit King’s Temple 5 times per week → receive [Cobo] Atma'Ram Giant Boss Support Cube
Clear any giant boss dungeon 5 times per week (new dungeon, Plegas Labyrinth, or Steel Wall) → receive [Cobo] Giant Boss Key Selection Cube
Cash Shop Update
Atma'Ram Giant Boss Launch Commemorative Package
Lithia Custom Sit Motion
Custom Sit Motion Reorder Shop
Fixes & Improvements
Character Gameplay
Knight Emperor - fixed Wind Slicer passive not applying properly when rechallenging a dungeon while Awakened.
Rage Hearts - fixed an issue where Nuclear skill range was not output properly.
Code: Ultimate - Atomic Shield can now be used even after the stage is cleared.
Code: Essencia - fixed [Mod] Illusion Stinger: Electron Dive not receiving the cooldown acceleration effect from the passive Queen's Dignity.
Code: Sariel - fixed [Mod] Illusion Stinger: Electric Shock / [Mod] Dimension Link - Guardian: Breaker not receiving the cooldown acceleration effect from the passive Overload.
Catastrophe - fixed an issue where Encroaching Terror's Increased Damage when attacking with Special Actives was also applied to Actives.
Demersio - fixed Amorphous not applying the Damage Received Increase effect properly.
Rose - fixed not being invincible at the end of M-137 Gatling Gun.
Bluhen - fixed Wind Einfallen not outputting [Chant Explosion] when used repeatedly.
Opferung - when using Heimsuchen, the character's hitbox size while tracking is slightly reduced.
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As I said in the previous post, we are back with the annoying RNG and unnecessary resource usage. To top it off, they now make it irreversible in case you mess up. "Did you not get the good effects? Well, screw you because you have to go through the whole process for another try. Go through the tier scaling again, go through throwing effects again and pray that this time it works out."
On the other hand, many will see that the market is selling Code of Honor and Cooling System and will start selling them at high prices. In a way, it's quite normal because they will become a material to improve the new accessory [And since there is a 95% chance of failure, they will buy more] but KOG will do something stupid like penalizing the drop rate or increasing the cost, which is normal every time a system changes.
IIRC they already confirmed that they're buffing the drop rate for Code and System on previous patch
That's good, at least. Bet you they're still stupidly rare drops, though.
I honestly didn't see that the Unique—>Legendary success rate was a measly 5%. This is honestly just stupid and idk how KoG thought that was okay.
But hey, at least the Top piece, which is the most sought after, have fixed effect
Watch as they sell new cash item for the other pieces.
It's also able to reroll its identification, unlike the other parts of the set. Though it's still bull that the other pieces can't be rerolled.
they confirmed the actual drop rate? I wish isnt the typical buff of... for example: .09% > .11% or something like that
The typical drop rate buff is actually doubling the drop rates though. But because they're already so small, it still makes little to no difference.
normal doesn't justify crap.
Exactly
Just looked at the page for the new accs. Interesting that there are versions for each element. Same they don't actually have element effects, though. If I use these accs, I'm probably gonna end up going with Wind. I don't like how Fire consumes El's Essences, Earth activating on Hyper use doesn't seem very useful imo, Stream doesn't work well with how I tend to try to minimize quick slot use, I doubt I'll charge Awakening enough to get good use of Forest, and Darkness just doesn't feel that good imo.
Edit: Actually, I probably won't use these accs except maybe for Magic Wardrobe. I just noticed that three of these accs overlap with the Primal/Forgotten Gold sets, and comparing the set effects, I'd rather keep the gold accs (unless someone can convince me otherwise).
Shame they don't*
I didn't notice this in time to edit it.
And I didn't think to mention how interesting it is that there's two versions of each top piece acc (Atma and Nirvana). I might trade out my Corrupted Dimension Master wings for the Nirvana top piece (it probably won't matter which "element" I use, since I'm not using the set effects anyway). It does mean losing 3% phys/mag atk and 5 max MP, since my other acc slots are filled with stuff I don't wanna swap out for a Corrupted Dimension Master accessory, but the continuous damage, adaptation, and Power of Mandala effect are worth it imo. Now I just need to figure out what stats and values I can identify on it.
It's still bull that they won't let us use registered Code of Honors or Engine Cooling Systems as crafting material for it, though.
Wth?! I thought the days of being downvoted just 'cause I'm me were over with!
I have to admit sometimes is fun and interesting to read you. Altho isnt me
Seriously, why is this getting downvoted?!
Wait, is this being done by the same person who would downvote everything I said in the past?! Why did they suddenly come back and start doing this shit again?!
clearly you have some haters
Or maybe it's one guy using multiple accounts. Regardless, this is not okay. Comments should be rated for what they contain, not who posted them.
Wait, unequipping the set inflicts a debuff on you?! What the actual fuck?!
To discourage swapping between sets mid dungeon.
Because of course. Facepalm This still isn't good, though. I'm sure there were probably better ways to discourage that, but they chose to do this shit instead.
yup. 30 sec augmented confusion even. messes with players who are used to switching gear out in the middle of a dungeon. which is.... i think most late-game players at this point. maybe.
i'd say "these are later game accessories, why would anyone replace them" but looking at the set effects and the rng of 4 unfixed stats per accessory... well, if the individual accessories don't t have their own decent fixed stats, then i say "goo luck with making this work i guess".
I honestly don't think punishing players for doing what people normally do is a good way to discourage acc swapping. I’d think positive reinforcement, like rewarding players for sticking to one set with a buff that activates after a while, would be better to get them out of the set switching mindset.
you see all that above. all that rng crafting crap. a return to the old days. the really dumb and bad parts of it. this is the normal people let pass by them.
"making normal non-solo non-striker abyss parties let 6 ppl in would just be a waste of resources"
"people shouldn't have to spend half an hour on a raid just to help newbies. they already worked hard, so they shouldn't have to work hard anymore."
"you shouldn't question people when they tell you to job change so you can be convenient for them, who cares if you enjoy playing your class? you should slog through gameplay you don't enjoy because the minuscule number increments should be addicting enough to pass as gameplay"
"the players aren't the devs, so they have no say in what goes into the game at all."
it's one thing to observe stupid. it's another thing to witness stupid glorify it's own ass-hattery.
rationalizing addiction to a game they call reasonable yet they don't want to actually replay the parts of it they've been through without making every new player into their pack mules. they're so very powerful, so very hard working, and so very rewarded, such honor and majesty from these nobles charitably sprinkling heir breadcrumbs upon us. yet for all they gain and say they enjoy, they haven't actually gone far enough to prove that it's actually worthwhile. that they actually have something to show for their hard earned power.
blah blah blah, delusional idiots, sunk cost fallacy, justifying stupid, etc.
but i'ma go further now and say: if actual cult leaders saw the game's playerbase, they would weep and seethe with envy. these cult-leader-wannabes suck up their own hot air about hard work and demand that others fall in line to normalize their asinine finger-wagging, and they have every excuse lined up to avoid having to own up the fact that they've fed into the garbage that festers what passes for a community.
but ya know what?
look at that cp. literally half of the worst the game requires. even going from rigo to master wasn't as big a roll-back as this. actual progress, after months of complaints and pestering to the devs that this is out of hand. and like many other instances as shown by stuff from before, it does force their hand, even if it does come late. but i'd wager that part (part) of the reason it takes so long is that there are enough people enabling this crap. because. it's. normal.
the farce of blind reason
is that it lets people use whatever rational capacities they have to make excuses for this kind of absolute lake of pig excrement. who needs brainwashing when this kind of self-righteous pompousness can be led to any stupid stunt just to inflate their egos. just let them tell themselves they're such smart and clever and independently thinking gamers. gotta wonder if those parts of Lithia's story were the writers taking the piss out on us; like narcissists being given the criteria for clinical narcissism then going on to call anyone who doesn't suck up to them narcissists.
people have to learn to bite the hand that claims to feed them when it holds out feces, calls it gold-leaf barbecue, and demands to be fawned over for "making sense" of such "poetry". there's other charitable hands giving out good-enough meals.
and yes all that cult talk is relevant because the +11 SoA event in NA brought forth a spate of sub-par wise-elder-posturing types who can't teach for crap and they actually expect abyss mechanics to be reasonably learnable within the event's time-frame. my sympathies for the abyss newbies.... because i'm kind of one too and holy crap late-gamers telling you to just job change to get ahead to be more convenient for them is insufferable.
king
ah. the korean gender neutral royal title. she can have a seat with aegirp.
... not that kind of seat. maybe.
after months of complaints and pestering to the devs that this is out of hand. and like many other instances as shown by stuff from before, it does force their hand, even if it does come late. but i’d wager that part (part) of the reason it takes so long is that there are enough people enabling this crap. because. it’s. normal
Neat. Maybe we can get them to make Wardrobe Tickets for accessories... Actually, that might be a bit of a stretch.
Semi-joking aside, yeah, this is both a step forward and I don't know how many steps back. And you're probably right that people's acceptance of the "norm" helps them drag out the good changes.
there's actually been at least one MW acc. ticket. entirely understandable to forget it's a thing, since i barely rember when it's from. it's not even part of the other MW tickets' number scheme, so that can't help.
"at least" i say, but that might actually be the only one. once, in the entirety of MW's existence (in NA?).
image with half-hearted security measures:
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i didn't like the options it has, that's why i still have it.
Wait, seriously?! I remembered them saying they didn't have any plans to make them, but they actually made one and never did it again?!
And it's in NA... which still has an incomplete Magic Wardrobe. Jeez, these guys really don't wanna give NA anything they don't have to, do they?
them saying they didn’t have any plans to
at his point, any statement like this coming from them is of dubious reliability/at most loosely binding for any of their intentions. in the sense that we gotta use fine-comb legal gymnastics on whatever they say. they'll meet the terms of their words closely, narrowly, and specifically.
e.g.: they didn't have plans then when the statement was made, but then they started having one plan after that statement was made.
but aside from that, i don't actually know if this was ever a thing in kr (likely was, gonna have to ask Ritsu or a KR player about it), or if this was something Nexon/KoG allowed the NA servers to do for one of the US-specific holidays (unlikely, but apparently not totally impossible given at least one past US independence day event gave out MW-storable old promo accessories).
at his point, any statement like this coming from them is of dubious reliability/at most loosely binding for any of their intentions. in the sense that we gotta use fine-comb legal gymnastics on whatever they say.
Fair enough.
So we've been talking about the accessory tickets specifically, but I honestly really want to be able to buy MW tickets from the Item Mall. I've mentioned it before (I think on the Elsword forum, and maybe on Babel as well a while back), but people kept saying that it would undermine the value of the actual costumes as apparently nobody cares about the stats of IM costumes and only want their appearance, but if the tickets are the same price as the costumes they allow you to register, then KoG would still be getting the same profit regardless.
On a somewhat-related note, they REALLY need to add more old IM/Event costumes to NA's MW. And some events only got partially added to the MW: I can register some of my Luto's Traces, but not all of them, and I can't register ANY of my Luto's (Faint) Illusion costumes.
Yay, more RNG.
Yeah, this is basically the replacements for Master Road accessories.
well, top piece and face bottom pieces haven't been properly covered by the same region set for... iirc it really hasn't. and it's actual unique coverage without any repeated slots. el aura set can make do with it's 2 piece effect at this point.
but yes, the rng is ass. just like grindy non-bankable gear in general.
nevermind it needs 4 pieces for the whole effect, el aura is outta the window.
from what i can see, only the face bottom piece can stay unreplaced, because that's likely agate fragment since it doesn't rely on set effects. unless the lotus piece is better than even that on it's own.
DAWG how fucking overcomplicated is this shit
some guy at KoG went "nah this isn't complicated enough, add 3 more RNG systems to it on top of weekly lockouts and insane currency requirements"
So they couldn't be arsed to come up with accessory effects outside of We have Code of Cooling Knowledge at Home? Guessing they power crept the legendary set effect to the point of necessity and expect the player base to grind and roll RNG while they figure out... {Checks notes} More obtuse mechanics and bullshite RNG for the next generation of armor.
Cannot ride a mount.
Not affected by Drop Rate boosts.
But why though?
- A treasure chest appears when the dungeon is cleared. Rewards are redeemed if one party member interacts it with via F1.
... Huh?! Why do it like this?! The already-existing drop system was good enough!
- Accessories except Top Piece have additional identifiable effects.
- However, they cannot be reverted to unidentified through the Blessed Time & Space Scroll.
Why the fuck not?! That's literally the purpose of those scrolls!
- When 4 or more Atma accessories are worn, a set effect activates.
- Set effect is affected by the rarity of accessories. The set effect will be determined based on the accessory with the lowest rarity.
I... guess that makes sense? I don't exactly like it, but I can't deny the logic.
- Each rarity of the Top Piece accessory can be crafted by providing the existing Code of Honor and Engine Cooling System.
- However, accessories that are registered in the Magic Wardrobe cannot be used to craft the accessory.
This one's just bull! Registering to Magic Wardrobe never stopped items from being able to be used for crafting or upgrading before!
- This accessory has an additional effect along with the fixed effect.
- The additional effect can be rerolled with the Blessed Time & Space Scroll.
Oh, so you allow it for the top piece but not the others?!
- The Atma Aura obtained this way cannot be traded or used in the public bank, but when dismantling an Atma accessory, you can additionally obtain tradable Atma Aura with a set probability.
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- When synthesizing, you can obtain an accessory of one rarity higher according to the following probabilities:
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iirc, the mounts and drop rates thing has been restricted for giant bosses since grotto. it was ass then as it is now.
the rarities thing is a return to bad form.