Masters of the Book! A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on December 12, 2024! Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. ■ Update - In celebration of the Holidays and the end of the year, a Holiday-themed event will be held where you can earn special rewards. From all of us here at ASTRA: Knights of Veda, we wish all of you a Happy Holidays. * A blizzard of rewards descend with the “Lots of Snow! Loads of Rewards!” Event - During the “Lots of Snow! Loads of Rewards!” Event, you will be able to receive “Crystal of Destiny” and the Holiday-themed and exclusive Mark of Sanctity “Mark of the Winter Tree” each time you log-in during the event period. - The “Lots of Snow! Loads of Rewards!” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. * The “A Gift in the Middle of the Night” event, where you can collect cookies amongst the gently falling snowflakes, will be taking place. - During the “A Gift in the Middle of the Night” event, you can acquire “Snowflake Cookie” on Adventure Zone stages. - You will be able to collect up to ten (10) “Snowflake Cookies” per day. - “Snowflake Cookies” can be consumed and used to enhance your Knights of Veda in battle. In addition, depending on the number you have obtained, you will be able to obtain Holiday-themed items like the Mark of Sanctity “Mark of the Winter Tree”. - The “A Gift in the Middle of the Night” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. * Veda’s Nightmare deepens as the rewards for braving its halls increase, the “Blessing in Nightmare” event returns! - During the "Blessing in the Nightmare" event, you can earn double rewards from Veda's Nightmare up to the daily limit. - The "Blessing in the Nightmare" event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. * The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will be held once again. - Each stage consists of 3 rounds, and you can acquire buffs upon entry and after completing the 1st and 2nd rounds of combat. - If you successfully complete the supply transport, you will receive rewards. - The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will end after the maintenance on 12/26. ■ Improvements - The maximum number of Hero’s Shoes that are allowed in your inventory will be increased from 8 to 99. ■ Bug Fixes - An issue where some parts of the World Map are being cut off on certain devices will be fixed. - An issue where the Treasure Chest reward item preview function intermittently failed to work during the "Simon’s Amazing Gifts!" will be resolved. We will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in ASTRA: Knights of Veda. Thank you.

Masters of the Book! A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on November 28, 2024! Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. ■ A new 5★ Knight of Veda “Aslan” will now be available! “The King demands victory” "Aslan Liongray, who chose to pledge his allegiance to the king instead. He gave everything for his family, but House Liongray gave him nothing in return. The stigma of being "unchosen" ate away at his heart, and on the day he faced the blade of betrayal, Aslan chose the king instead" - “Aslan” is an Earth-type Melee DPS who uses a Sword & Shield. He converts his Stamina into Skill DMG to deal powerful DMG and uses his skills to take the initiative in battle. Aslan's Normal Skill, “Iron Rock Wall,” is his primary CC ability, causing rocks to pile up high in front of him, dealing DMG to enemies within range and incapacitating them for a period of time, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks. His Signature Skill, “Deadly Leap and Blow,” is an offensive skill that allows him to leap to an enemy's location and deliver a powerful blow that knocks them into the air, leaving them defenseless and vulnerable to further attacks - Starting this update, summoning in a Pickup Hero or Pickup Exclusive Weapon Event guarantees a 100% appearance rate for the featured 5★ Knight of Veda or Exclusive Weapon. * Endless conquest to reach the top floor, with the new content “Celestial Trials”. - The new content, ‘Celestial Trials,’ challenges players to conquer a tower one floor at a time, advancing to greater heights. Each floor features powers that either strengthen or weaken the Knights of Veda, requiring strategic planning and careful team building to overcome. - To access “Celestial Trials”, you must clear Chapter 7 Stage 12 of the Adventure Zone, after which the World Quest “Celestial Trials” will be available. (Players who already have access to the Tower of Trials will not need to do this quest and can enter immediately.) - The mechanics and combat systems for “Celestial Trials” are the same as the previous “Tower of Trials”, only with the addition of each floor having special rules, buffs, and debuffs. Battles will also be fought in various dungeon types. - There will be an initial clear reward for every floor, and with every initial clear of ten floors, a “First Conqueror” reward will be given to all users, given under the name of the Master of the Book who cleared it first. - When someone becomes the “First Conqueror”, a notification with that player’s name will be sent to all Masters of the Book. - First clearing the 30th and 50th floors of ‘Celestial Trials’ grants the ‘Mark of Glorious Response’, a reward that can be used to customize with the new ‘Mark of Sanctity’ feature. - You can view the rankings to check the status of users who participated in ‘Celestial Trials’. * A new way to decorate your equipped Halo, “Mark of Sanctity”, will be added to the game. - The “Mark of Sanctity” is an item that will allow you to change the appearance of your equipped Halo. - No additional game effects are given when equipping the “Mark of Sanctity” and are purely cosmetic. - You can obtain this item as a first clear reward from the “Celestial Trials” content. * Randomly change one of your Relic’s sub-stats with the new “Blooming Relics” feature. - “Blooming Relics” feature can be accessed via the newly added “Blooming” button. - Select the Relic you want to modify and the sub-stat you want to change, then press the "Bloom" button. The selected sub-stat will be changed into a random stat selected from a pool of sub-stats of the same tier as your Relic. - You will be able to do “Blooming Relics” with the new “Solvent of Prayer”, which can be obtained as First Clear Reward for the new “Celestial Trials” content and by purchasing it with Gold or Rubies in the Shop. * A new difficulty level will be added to the “Ancient Golden City” - “Path of the Dynast II”, a new difficulty level, will be added to the Ancient Golden City with this update. - Under this new difficulty level, you will be able to obtain more rewards. * Starting this update, summoning in a Pickup Hero or Pickup Exclusive Weapon Event guarantees a 100% appearance rate for the featured 5★ Knight of Veda or Exclusive Weapon. * To celebrate the end of one year and the coming of another, we will conduct a special login event called “December's Special Rewards”. - As a token of our appreciation, the “December's Special Rewards” login event will allow our Masters of the Book to obtain a “Knight of Veda & Weapon Selection Box” on the 7th and 28th day of logging in. - Upon using the “Knight of Veda & Weapon Selection Box” you will be given either a Standard 5★ Knight of Veda and Weapon or a Pickup 5★ Knight of Veda and Exclusive Weapon (excluding the new Knight of Veda, Aslan) - The “December's Special Rewards” event will be held from after the 11/28 Maintenance until December 31, 2024. * To celebrate the upcoming Holidays, the “Winter Morning Bells” event will be held where you can clear missions and earn rewards. - The “Winter Morning Bells” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. * Join the ‘Simon’s Amazing Gifts’ event! Work together with your Guild members to defeat treasure chests and claim exciting rewards. - The “Simon’s Amazing Gifts” event can be participated in every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:00 PM during the event period, at the Guild Territory. - With this update, a new feature will be added that allows you to check and choose whether to receive the contents of the first Treasure Chest you select after defeating the Fearsome Treasure Chest. - Various rewards can be obtained from this event, and for this current iteration: the new mascot “Ted Fatale” can be earned. - “Simon’s Amazing Gifts” will run from December 5, 2024 until December 22, 2024. * The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will be held once again. - Each stage consists of 3 rounds, and you can acquire buffs upon entry and after completing the 1st and 2nd rounds of combat. - If you successfully complete the supply transport, you will receive rewards. - The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will end after the maintenance on 12/26. * The “Distorted Rift” appears once again on Todburg and will run until December 12, 2024. * The "Blessing in Adventure" event is back to shower everyone with more rewards! - During the event period, you can earn double the rewards from Adventure Dungeons up to the daily limit. - The double rewards event for Adventure Dungeons will run from November 28 after maintenance until December 12, 2024 05:59 AM UTC / December 11, 2024 09:59 PM PST. * A new season of “Beast Battlefront” arrives. - For this season, the Electric-element “Striking Thunderblade of the Canyon” will be gracing us with their presence as the feature boss. - "Beast Battlefront" content will be held twice during the season. The schedule is as follows: · 1st Round: 11/28 to 12/10 / Settlement: 12/10 to 12/11 · 2nd Round: 12/12 to 12/24 / Settlement: 12/24 to 12/25 * A new season of Portrait of Thierry will be starting. - After regular maintenance, monsters differing in attributes from those in the previous seasons will appear in the stages of “Portrait of Thierry.” - The new season of "Portrait of Thierry" will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. * A new season of Arena will begin. - During Arena Season 6, you can earn rewards such as Tunics, Emotes and Insignia based on your progress. (Updated 12/2 3:09 AM UTC / 12/1 7:09 PM PST) - The Season 3 rewards will also be available for purchase in the shop during Arena Season 6. - Arena Season 6 will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. * A new Reward Decree season will start. - The new Reward Decree season will begin right after December 1, 2024, and will run until December 31, 2024 6:00 AM UTC / December 30, 2024 10:00 PM PST. * The "Journey in Memory (Aslan Trial)" event will be held. - During this Trial event, you can try out Knights of Veda: 5★ Aslan, 4★ Lucian, and 4★ Orlik. - The "Journey in Memory (Aslan Trial)" event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. ■ Improvements * A new feature has been added to inform players how many times a Relic sub-stat has been enhanced. - An icon will be displayed beside a sub-stat to show how many times it has been engraved and the grade. - For Legendary-grade Relics, the number of enhancement attempts made on sub-stats will be displayed as they appear on levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 respectively. - Each time a Relic is Engraved, the affected sub-stats Enhancement count will increase by one. - Additionally, the grade of the enhanced sub-stats will be differentiated via the color of the icon. They will be displayed, in the following order: Gray / Green / Blue / Purple / Orange. * “FULL AUTO” function Added for Squad Battles. - The new “FULL AUTO” function has been added for Squad Battles, allowing you to unleash Overflowing Power of the Stars automatically during battles. * A new "Organize" Button for Easy Item Disassembly will be added. - A new "Organize" button has been added in the item info window. By selecting this button, you can easily choose items to dismantle all at once using the "Batch Register" button in your inventory. - You can easily manage the items acquired in the dungeon by reviewing them on the Result Screen, conveniently displayed on the left and right sections. * Belle Menu Improvements. - For content that is still locked to the Master of the Book, a lock icon will appear and the button will be deactivated. - For current non-seasonal content (Beast Battlefront, Battlefield of the War Gods, etc.): The text “Preparation” will be displayed. * You will now be able to change the registered Knight of Veda Deck on the Stage entry screen. * The maximum number of Relics that can be kept in your inventory will be increased to 2,000. * The Knight of Veda “Edward” will be adjusted as follows: - The “ATK Bonus” applied when using his Signature Skill “Time for Punishment “ will be raised from 50% to 80%. - The “Reduce Incoming DMG” effect applied when using his Signature Skill “Time for Punishment” will be increased from 10% to 15%. - The DMG increase granted by his Fate Level 6 effect will be raised from 40% to 50%. - The ATK SPD increase granted by his Fate Level 6 effect will be raised from 15% to 30%. ■ Bug Fixes * An issue that caused the Knight of Veda “Rhynara” to be recognized as a Melee-type Knight and allowed completion of achievements that need Melee-types to complete will be fixed. - Any achievements completed due to this issue will not be removed from users accounts. We will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in ASTRA: Knights of Veda. Thank you.

Masters of the Book! A new season dawns as we deliver an update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda that will be released on October 31, 2024! Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. ■ A new Dual-Attribute 5★ Knight of Veda “Rhynara” will now be available! “Surrender to the Queen” Everlasting winters of solitude have hardened her into perfect coldness. She has only one desire: death. The cold that has taken everything from her will swallow her whole one day... She waits without knowing when. “Rhynara” is a Water & Light dual-type Ranged Support with a Wand & Orb. She inflicts “Frostbite” on enemies, restricting their movement and leaving them vulnerable so her allies can attack efficiently. Rhynara's Normal Skill “Reign of the Blizzard” unleashes a powerful whirlwind at an enemy's location, attacking them and increasing the level of the Frostbite effect to incapacitate them. Her Signature Skill “Eternal Winter” drops chunks of ice over a wide area, dealing DMG to targets it hits and continuously increasing the Frostbite level of enemies, turning the tide of battle in her allies’ favor * ASTRA: Knights of Veda Season 2 introduces a new story, “Tears of the Goddess”! - The journey to find Veda’s Heart continues with “Tears of the Goddess”! Travel to the Principality of Koren to search for the whereabouts of Edward who escaped with the white dragon Vasily at the end of Season 1’s story quest. However, numerous enemies block the Master of the Book’s path, including elements of the “Titans Army” and members of the “Enchanted Warriors”. * The new story “Tears of the Goddess” can be experienced by going to the new Adventure Zones “Chapter 8, A City Shrouded in Silence” and “Chapter 9, A Land of Truth and Wisdom.” - You will be able to enter the new “Chapter 8, A City Shrouded in Silence” Adventure Zones by completing the Ascension Mission which is available after clearing Chapter 7, Stage 12, and reaching Master of the Book Level 55. - With the addition of the new Adventure Zones, the new areas “Shivering Nightmare Warship” and “Lightning Nightmare Palace” will be added to Veda’s Nightmare. - You will be able to obtain various Enhance and Ascension materials as well as new exclusive Relics in the new Adventure area and Veda's Nightmare. * The adventure level cap is increased from Level 8 to level 9. - As your Adventure Level increases, you will battle more powerful monsters in the Adventure Zones, Veda’s Nightmare, and Sealed Prison. In return, you will be able to get better rewards in the form of Relics and various enhancement materials. * The Master of the Book Level, the levels of the Knights of Veda, and the Weapon Levels will be increased! - The Master of the Book Level will be increased from 55 to 60. - Achievement rewards are earned with each level increase of Masters of the Book, setting a standard for accessing future content. - The maximum level for Knights of Veda and for Weapons will be increased from 90 to 100, allowing you to enhance your Knights of Veda further. - Ascension Materials for the new level cap can be obtained from the new Adventure Zones, with the specific amount obtained increasing with your Adventure Level. * The Fate Level of Knights of Veda and Weapon Refinement Level are expanded from a maximum of Level 6 to Level 7. - At Knights of Veda Fate Level 7, the primary stats of each Knight of Veda are enhanced, and a new Fate effect is granted, empowering them further in battle. - When Weapon Refinement reaches Level 7, the weapon's main stats are increased, along with improved values for existing weapon skills. * New Mythical (6★) Relics and Accessories will be introduced! - The Mythical-grade equipment being introduced is an advanced tier of existing gear, retaining the same set effects but with increased stats. Additionally, equipping multiple Mythical sets grants enhanced set effects based on the number of Mythical-grade items equipped. - Relic and Accessory set effects apply uniformly, even when equipped with lower-grade Relics or Accessories of the same type. - As with lower-grade Relics, the set effect remains active when equipped, though at reduced effect values depending on the number of items worn. - For example, if you equipped 3 Mythic-grade and 2 Legendary-grade Relics from the Silent Slave Knight set, the 2-set effect will have Mythic-grade values while the 4-set effect will have Legendary-grade values. * Mythic-grade Relics can be obtained as rewards for clearing Veda’s Nightmare areas at Adventure Level 9. - You will also have a chance to obtain Mythic-grade Relics when crafting Legendary-grade Relics. - Mythic Grade Accessories can be obtained from Portrait of Thierry Floors 28 to 36. * Four new Relic sets will be added. - Four new Relic sets will be added to the game in order to increase the options our Master of the Book has in making their builds. - The newly added four types of Relic sets are also obtainable at the Mythical grade by clearing Veda's Nightmare. - These new Relic sets can be obtained by bosses in the new Adventure Zone and from Veda's Nightmare. * After the 10/31 Maintenance, the Trophy Reward Information for the Adventure Zones will be reset. * You will now be able to enter battle either in Normal Battle or in Squad Battle Mode. - Before entering a stage on the Adventure Zone, on Veda’s Nightmare and on Sealed Prisons, you will now be able to select whether you want to start the Normal Battle or as a Squad Battle. - Squad Battles refer to battles in which the selected Knights of Veda fight simultaneously with only one of them being directly controlled by you. * A new World Map can now be accessed, allowing you to see the places beyond the Kingdom of Neejarem, like the Principality of Koren. - Please look forward to the adventures that will unfold with the new World Map. * To celebrate the release of the second season of ASTRA: Knights of Veda “Tears of the Goddess”, we have prepared the following: - The “Salvation in the Blizzard” event will be held where, during the event period, you can log-in for seven days and obtain Crystal of Destiny x100 and the new Mascot “Mr. Pumpkin”. · The “Salvation in the Blizzard” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. - The “Off to the Principality of Koren!” event will also be held where you can complete various missions on the new Adventure Zones and obtain various enhancement materials. · The “Off to the Principality of Koren!” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. - Complete missions and you will be able to obtain various rewards, specifically the “The Joy of Weapons (Weapon Selection Ticket)” and Starstone in the “The Rewards for Pushing the Limits” event. · The “The Rewards for Pushing the Limits” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26. - Masters of the Book who have been with us since Season 1 and has completed all of its Story Quests will be given the 5★ Knight of Veda “Death Crown” as part of the “The Sword Against Fate” event. · Masters of the Book who have cleared Chapter 7, Stage 12 of the Adventure Zone will be able to claim the 5★ Knight of Veda “Death Crown” on the “The Sword Against Fate” event page. · This event will be held permanently and rewards for this event will be given only once. * The event Call of the Stars “Destiny Guided by the Stars” and “Weapons Awakened Under the Stars” will feature the event limited Knights of Veda released during Season 1 alongside their exclusive weapons. - During the Pickup Event Period, you will be able to access two Call of the Stars pages: “Destiny Guided by Stars”, which allow you to summon Knights of Veda from Season 1 and “Weapons Awakened Under the Stars”, which allows you to summon their respective exclusive weapons. - On each of their respective Call of the Stars pages, you can choose the specific Knight of Veda or Exclusive Weapon you wish to summon, and they will be summoned with the same probabilities as their previous Call of the Star appearances. - In both "Destiny Guided by the Stars" and "Weapons Awakened Under the Stars," all 4★ Knights of Veda and Weapons released up to Season 1 will appear with equal probability. - Each Call of the Stars page will offer bonus rewards that will allow you to select and receive your desired Season 1 Knight of Veda or Exclusive Weapon based on the number of summons made. · The summon count for the bonus rewards include the summons made for the new Knight of Veda Rhynara and her exclusive weapon. - This event will also include similar Pickup events for “Mark of the Sworn Loyalty” and “Fragments of the Painting”, allowing you to summon Halo’s and El Cid’s for all Season 1 Knights of Veda, including new Signature Halos and El Cids for Knights that previously did not have one. - “Destiny Guided by the Stars” and “Weapons Awakened Under the Stars” events will end after the regular maintenance on 11/28. * The participation approach for the "Beast Battlefront" content will be revised to improve convenience. - Starting this season, "Beast Battlefront" content will be held two times per season, with updates occurring every month. · The duration of the first round of "Beast Front" will be extended from 7 days to 12 days, followed by a 2-day settlement period. · The duration of the event will stay the same, but the settlement period might be modified according to the schedule. · After the settlement, the second round will open and will proceed for 12 days, followed by a 2-day settlement, just like the previous round. · The bosses appearing in a single season of 'Beast Battlefront' will remain the same, but the buffs/debuffs will change for each round. · With the introduction of the second round, the reward amount per round will be reduced compared to the previous season, but the total amount of rewards will increase. - A practice mode will be introduced, allowing players to experiment with different combinations before joining the "Beast Battlefront" · The practice mode will only be available during the "Beast Battlefront" event period. - The results screen for "Beast Battlefront" will be enhanced to show the top scores earned by the Masters of the Book. - The Overflowing Power of the Stars mechanic will not be activated in "Beast Battlefront." * Convenience features will be added to the "Training Grounds." - A new feature that allows users to modify the selected Knights of Veda directly within the Training Grounds. - A new feature to track the battle time starting from the moment the battle commences. - Images of the Knights of Veda have been included to facilitate easier identification of the chosen Knight of Veda. * The "Beast BattleFront" season will be renewed. - This new season introduces the Fire-type boss, "Black Prince of Death." - The "Beast Battlefront" boss's HP and defense stats have been increased compared to the previous season. - Starting this season, the "Beast Battlefront" content will be held twice during the season. The schedule is as follows: · 1st Round: 10/31 to 11/11 / Settlement: 11/12 to 11/13 · 2nd Round: 11/14 to 11/25 / Settlement: 11/26 to 11/27 * A 5★ Enchant Scroll will be added. - The 5★ Enchantment Scroll can be obtained as rewards from various events and can also be purchased with Gold and Rubies from the shop. * Shattered Dimensional Rift event - Earn Guild Kill rewards and Individual Kill rewards based on the number of Rogue One defeated with your guild members. Guild Defeat rewards include Insignias in addition to other rewards. - The "Shattered Dimensional Rift" event will end on 11/21 06:00 AM UTC / 11/20 10:00 PM PST. * A Double Rewards event for Adventure Zone rewards will be held. - During the event period, you can earn double the rewards from Adventure Zone up to the daily limit. - The double rewards event for Adventure Zone will run from 10/31, after maintenance until 11/14 6:00 AM UTC / 11/13 10:00 PM PST. * The "Blessing in Nightmare" event will be held, allowing you to earn double rewards from Veda's Nightmare. - During the "Blessing in Nightmare" event, you can receive double rewards from Veda's Nightmare up to the daily limit. - The "Blessing in Nightmare" event will run from 11/14 until before the 11/28 regular maintenance. * The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will reward you for helping Harold with research materials. - Collect materials Harold requires to write his research log from the Adventure Zone stages and submit them to him in Todburg to receive rewards. - The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will be unlocked progressively, with one log entry opening each day, and you can check your progress in the Research Log. - The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will run from 11/14 until before the 11/28 regular maintenance. * Another "Apparition’s Rush" will be held, will you be able to escort a carriage through several nightmares? - The "Apparition’s Rush" event is a Squad Battle event tasking you to escort a carriage through a nightmare with four other Knights of Veda in a “Special Supply Delivery Operation”. - The “Apparition’s Rush” event can be unlocked by completing the “Escort the Carriage” quest that you will receive upon clearing Chapter 5, Stage 4 of the Adventure Zone. You can then access it via the new “Apparition’s Rush” icon at the bottom of the Cloister of the Holy Grail. - A Nightmare Boss not present in the “Special Supply Delivery Operation” event will be added to “Apparition’s Rush” alongside a couple of more powerful buffs. - The “Apparition’s Rush” event will run from 11/14 until before the 11/28 regular maintenance. * A new season of Portrait of Thierry will be starting. - After the maintenance, the attributes of the monsters on each floor of Portrait of Thierry will be changed. - The new Portrait of Thierry season will end after the regular maintenance on 11/28. * A new Tower of Trials season begins. - The completion rates for the "Tower of Trials," which consists of floors 9 through 12, will be reset, and new "Quest Blessings" and "Goddess's Arrangement" will be applied. - The new Tower of Trials season will end after the regular maintenance on 11/28. * A new season of Arena will begin. (Updated: 10/30 10:25 PM PDT / 10/31 5:25 AM UTC) - During Arena Season 5, you can earn rewards such as Emotes and Insignia based on your progress. - The Season 2 rewards will also be available for purchase in the shop during Arena Season 5. - Arena Season 5 will end after the regular maintenance on 11/28. * A new Reward Decree season will start. - The new Reward Decree season will begin right after the update on 10/31, and will continue until 11/30 6:00 AM UTC / 11/29 10:00 PM PST. * The "Journey in Memory (Rhynara Trial)" event will be held. - During this Trial event, you can try out Knights of Veda: 5★ Rhynara, 4★ Lucian, and 4★ Leon. - The "Journey in Memory (Rhynara Trial)" event will end after the regular maintenance on 11/28. * Changes to the way Lost Items are generated and the rewards given. (Updated 11/1 05:30 AM UTC / 10/31 10:30 PM PDT) - Three (3) Lost Items will now be generated once a day. - The rewards obtained from Lost Items have been increased by more than double, with higher quality rewards possible due to lower probabilities. ■ Improvements * The Wander Store, Grocery Store, Sundries Store, Weapon Store, and Arena Store will undergo reorganization. - The shop refresh cycle will be changed from Daily to Monthly. - The purchase limit for the Wandering Merchant will be reset after each regular maintenance. * Reflected Damage when hitting an Active Resistance shield with an attack of the same attribute will no longer be applied. * In Beast Battlefront, Veda Energy will no longer recover before Boss encounters. * In the Training Ground, clicking the “Reset” button will now stop auto attacks and move the Knights back to their initial positions. * A results screen will now appear when ending an Arena Auto-Matchmaking Session. * You will now be able to turn off Auto-Matchmaking during Arena Battles. * You will be able to toggle Chat Previews on/off in the Settings. * The Belle Menu, located on the upper-left corner of the screen, will be improved to differentiate content with different colors. ■ Bug Fixes * An issue where the cooldown for normal skills was not applied when the Knight of Veda 'Bikki' with a Fate Level from 1 to 3 will be fixed. * Misapplied values for certain Relic set effects will be fixed: - Blessed Curser 2 set effect: (Previous) Stamina 12 → (Revised) Stamina 12% - Assassin of Tranquility 2 set effect: (Previous) CRIT Chance 3.6% → (Revised) CRIT Chance 6% * An issue where the additional stacking count for the DoT(damage-over-time) effect applied by the Knight of Veda "Veleno" exceeds the displayed amount will be fixed. The stacking limit has been increased accordingly, and the updated stack count will now display correctly. - At Fate Level 2, the Maximum Poison Stacks has been increased from 30 to 35. - At Fate Level 6, the Maximum Poison Stacks has been increased from 40 to 45. ■ Changes to Store Packages * As of 10/31 03:00 AM UTC / 10/30 08:00 PM PDT, the following packages will no longer be available for purchase: - Weekly Call of the Stars Ⅰ, Ⅱ - Monthly Call of the Stars Ⅰ, Ⅱ - Weekly Call to Oath Pack Ⅰ, Ⅱ - Monthly Call to Oath Pack Ⅰ, Ⅱ - Weekly Portrait Package Ⅰ, Ⅱ - Monthly Portrait Package Ⅰ, Ⅱ - Adventurer Step Up Package: Steps Up 1~5 - Guaranteed Legendary Knight of Veda Step-Up Package: Step Up 1~5 - Guaranteed Legendary Weapon Step-Up Package: Step Up 1~5 - Hot Adventure Pack - Belle's Gift - Belle's Exciting Gift - Gift of the Goddess - Fruit at the End of Nightmare - Radiant Grace of the Goddess - Glorious Grace of the Goddess - Fortune of the Journey - Guiding Light of Fortune - 5★ Special Knight of Veda Growth Pack (20 Types) - Master of the Book Lv.55 Package ※ Rewards for previously purchased [Belle's Gift] and [Belle's Exciting Gift] that remain unclaimed after their removal from the Store will be distributed after the 10/31 regular maintenance. We will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in ASTRA: Knights of Veda. Thank you.

Masters of the Book! A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on October 2, 2024! Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. ■ A new 5★ Knight of Veda “Bikki” will now be available! “Don't order me around! How dare you?” Misfortune always followed her like a shadow. Fighting back tears in a pile of garbage, the girl vowed to herself that she would bring all those who laughed at her to their knees. Now Bikki has the power to prove it, but she hasn't found a way to redeem herself * “Bikki” is a Poison-type Melee DPS with a Large Club, capable of powerful combat through demonization. Her Normal Skill “Poisoned Blow” allows her to move forward and swing the massive club at enemies in front of her, striking them with a quick blow that nearly kills them. Her Signature Skill “Superior Awakening” sucks enemies into a powerful vortex of poison with her massive club, dealing heavy DMG as "Bikki" takes them down in a demonized form that maximizes her fighting abilities * New Content: Beast Battlefront - “Beast Battlefront” is a new end-game “Squad Battle” content where you need to defeat powerful bosses as quickly as possible and obtain rewards based on your ranking. - You can access “Beast Battlefront” by talking to the NPC Licorice after clearing Chapter 4, Stage 12 of the Adventure Zone. - Each challenge of the “Beast Battlefront” requires 1 “Guiding Lantern”, of which three is given per day. You can then choose from one of the five difficulty levels with the 5 members of the Knights of Veda party you wish to accompany you. - You are given 30 minutes to defeat the boss and each party can participate in the battle for up to 2 minutes. - If the party participating in the battle fails to defeat the boss within 2 minutes, they can continue the battle by forming a new team of the Knights of Veda, while the boss's health and wounds remain as they were at the time of failure. · Knights of Veda who belonged to a party that were unable to defeat the boss during the 2 minute window cannot be selected to be part of the next party, though they can be selected once again for a retry. - After defeating the boss, you will receive a reward and a ranking awarded to you based on your clear score and time bonus. This ranking will be recorded in a season ranking leaderboard. · Additional ranking rewards will be awarded based on your ranking at the end of the season. - The first Beast Battlefront season will end on 10/9 06:00 AM UTC / 10/8 11:00 PM PDT. * New Content: Training Grounds - You can enter the new Training Grounds through the World Map and from the Belle menu after reaching Level 35 and completing the corresponding Ascension Mission for that level. - You can then choose to enter into Regular or Squad Battles. - Buttons to adjust stats and resistances, reset skill cooldowns, and others are provided so that you can check the combat power according to various situations. - You can check the accumulated damage and also the average DPS (Damage per second). * New Feature: Equipment Presets - The ‘Equipment Presets’ function allows you to save the Accessories and Relics currently equipped by Knights of Veda into a desired slot and share the saved Relics with other Knights of Veda. - This is expected to make farming for accessories and relics easier than before. - This function can be accessed via a newly added icon above the currently equipped Relics. - Before finalizing your Equipment Preset, you can click the “Compare” button to compare it with the set currently equipped and then choose whether to apply it. - You can register up to 30 Equipment Presets, which you can assign names to. * New Event: Distorted Rift - The “Distorted Rift” event features the same content style as the guild-exclusive “Shattered Dimensional Rift”, allowing all users, including Guild Members, to participate. - You will be able to access Distorted Rift via the portal at the entrance to Todburg that will appear after you clear Chapter 7, Stage 12 of the Adventure Zone. - Similar to “Shattered Dimensional Rift”, players will have to defeat waves of powerful enemies, earning rewards based on their performance. - The “Distorted Rift” event will end after the regular maintenance on 10/31. * New Event: Apparition’s Rush - A new event called “Apparition’s Rush” is introduced, tasking you to escort a carriage through a nightmare with the other 4 Knights of Veda in a “Special Supply Delivery Operation”. - The “Apparition’s Rush” event can be unlocked by completing the “Escort the Carriage” quest that you will receive upon clearing Chapter 5, Stage 4 of the Adventure Zone. You can then access it via the new “Apparition’s Rush” icon at the bottom of the Cloister of the Holy Grail. - New nightmare boss monsters that are not present in the Special Supply Delivery Operation will be added, and a new set of stronger buffs will also be added. - The “Apparition’s Rush” event will end after the regular maintenance on 10/31. * The Support Knight function will now be available in “Ancient Golden City”. - To help with the perceived difficulty of Ancient Golden City, the Support Knight function will now also be available to use. - This feature can be accessed via the newly added Support icon before starting Ancient Golden City dungeons. - You can take advantage of this feature three times a week. * Better, more colorful Guild Flag customization will be introduced. - To showcase your Guild’s personality better, you are now able to select different, more vibrant colors for the background and emblem of the Guild Flag. - Changes to the Guild Flag can be made through the “Change Guild Flag” menu in Guild Management, and new Guilds can confirm this upon setting their Guild Flag. - The cost for changing the Guild Flag has been adjusted from Rubies x100 to Gold x10,000. · Rubies used from 9/1 until the regular maintenance on 10/2 will be refunded via in-game mail due to this change. * A new emoticon will be added to express the gratitude of the "ASTRA: Knights of Veda" director to all the Masters of the Book. * Simon is giving away more gifts! “Simon's Amazing Gifts!” event is back. - You can participate in the event at your Guild Territory at 8:00 PM based on server time on Thursdays. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the event period. - At the designated time, a “Fearsome Treasure Chest” will appear in the Guild Territory · When the “Fearsome Treasure Chest” is defeated, 30 Treasure Chests will be dropped and one of these can be opened per Guild Member. - In this “Simon's Amazing Gifts!” event, you can obtain the new mascot "Coco" along with various other rewards. - The “Simon's Amazing Gifts!” event will conclude after the regular maintenance on 10/31. * The "Blessing in Adventure" event is back to shower everyone with more rewards! - During the event period, you can earn double the rewards from Adventure Dungeons up to the daily limit. - The double rewards event for Adventure Dungeons will run from October 2, 2024 after maintenance until October 16, 2024 11:00 PM PDT / October 17, 2024 6:00 AM UTC. * Nightmares have never been so bountiful! The "Blessing in Nightmare" event returns. - During the "Blessing in Nightmare" event, you can receive double rewards from Veda's Nightmare up to the daily limit. - The "Blessing in Nightmare" event will run from after the maintenance on 10/17 until before the 10/31 maintenance. * The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will reward you for helping Harold with research materials. - Collect materials Harold requires to write his research log from the Adventure Dungeons and submit them to him in Todburg to receive rewards. - The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will be unlocked progressively, with one log entry opening each day, and you can check your progress in the Research Log. - The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will end after the regular maintenance on 10/31. * The "Black Mutation" will appear in the Nightmare regions. - The “Black Mutation” event in the Nightmare Dungeon will feature anomalies occurring in specific Nightmare areas every 4 days during the event period. (Updated: 10/2 9:07 AM UTC / 10/2 2:07 AM PDT) - “Black Mutation” will end before the 10/31 maintenance. * A new season of Portrait of Thierry will be starting. - After regular maintenance, monsters differing in attributes from those in the previous seasons will appear in the stages of “Portrait of Thierry.” - The new season of "Portrait of Thierry" will end after the regular maintenance on 10/31. * A new Tower of Trials season begins - The completion rates for the "Tower of Trials," which consists of floors 9 through 12, will be reset, and new "Quest Blessings" and "Goddess's Arrangement" will be applied. - The new Tower of Trials season will end after the maintenance on 10/31. * The "Journey in Memory (Bikki Trial)" event will be held. - During this Trial event, you can try out Knights of Veda: 5★ Bikki, 5★ Xanthia, 4★ Emile, and 4★ Rani. - The "Journey in Memory (Bikki Trial)" event will end after the maintenance on 10/31. * The Knight of Veda “Bjorn” and his weapon "Battleaxe of Severance" will now be available for summoning in the "Call of the Stars: Fallen Wing of Veda" event following an upcoming improvement. - However, it will not be included in the “Start the Call of the Stars” and “Knight's First Leap” events. ■ Improvements * The method in which the difficulty level displays has been improved to help differentiate between different difficulty settings in Ancient Golden City. * The notifications will now be provided when new posts are added to the Guild Forum. * The critical damage will now be reduced depending on the value of the 'Tenacity' stat. - When the 'Tenacity' value reaches 5,000, critical damage should be reduced by 50%. As the 'Tenacity' values climb over 5,000, the efficiency of critical damage reduction gradually decreases. * Adjustment to 5★ Standard Weapons:. - The weapon skill ‘Bloody Determination’ of ‘A Noble Will’ is adjusted to increase both Attack Power and DEF based on maximum HP. - The weapon skill ‘Slaughter’ of ‘Unlimited Will to Fight’ has been modified to inflict AoE damage according to the equipped Knights’ attribute when an enemy is killed. - The weapon skill ‘Winning Streaks’ of ‘The Conqueror's Wings’ has been adjusted to deal AoE damage according to the equipped Knights’ attribute when hitting enemies. - An additional effect for the ‘Symbol of Curse’ skill ‘Overreaction’ will be added. · When hitting a resistant enemy, damage will be increased by 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% / 45% / 50%. - An additional effect for the ‘Sword of the Red Moon’ skill ‘Fighter’s Child’ will be added. · When the maximum of 10 stacks is reached, 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 Veda Energy will be restored instantly, with the ATK increase now lasting for 15s. (When there are 10 stacks, the buff does not disappear even when you are hit.) - The amount of HP restored upon defeating an enemy by ‘The Guillotine of Bachram’ skill ‘Life Absorption’ will be increased by 6.2% / 7.4% / 8.6% / 9.8% / 11% / 12.2% / 13.4%. - The ‘Unshakeable Faith’ weapon skill for ‘Bud of Grudge’ will be adjusted to now deal AoE damage when equipped. (Updated: 10/2 6:00 AM UTC / 10/1 11:00 PM PDT) - The stat increase for ‘The Beginning of Tragedy’s skill ‘Child of Violence’ based on Refinement Lv. - The stat increase for ‘Salvation of Apecatina’s skill ‘Enchantment’ based on Refinement Lv. * The following previously mentioned improvements will be made on future updates. We sincerely apologize for any confusion this may have caused. (Updated: 10/2 6:00 AM UTC / 10/1 11:00 PM PDT) - An additional effect for the ‘A Freezing Prospect’ skill ‘Wound Infliction’ will be added. · Attacking an enemy with the Bleeding status effect will now increase your Lifesteal Rate by 40% / 50% / 60% / 70% / 80% / 90% / 100%. - An additional effect for the ‘Holy Sword of Unir’ skill ‘Blessing for Protection’ will be added. · When the ‘‘Blessing for Protection’ skill is activated, Reduces Incoming DMG by 5% / 6.7% / 8.4% / 10.1% / 11.8% / 13.5% / 15.2% for 5 seconds. - An additional effect for the ‘Celestial Globe of Magic’ skill ‘Endless Fury’ will be added. · Damage received from resistant enemies will be reduced by 8% / 10% / 12% / 14% / 16% / 18% / 20%. - The weapon skill “Bloody Cheers“ of “Origin of the Storm” is adjusted to reduce enemies ATK Speed and Stamina upon hitting the enemy while increasing the Knight’s ATK Speed and Stamina. * The throw range of Knight of Veda 'Rebecca's Normal Skill 'A Pleasant Golden Shield' has been increased. (Updated: 10/2 6:00 AM UTC / 10/1 11:00 PM PDT) * The Shield Bounce range of Knight of Veda 'Rebecca's Normal Skill 'A Pleasant Golden Shield' has been increased when used. (Updated: 10/2 6:00 AM UTC / 10/1 11:00 PM PDT) * The angle at which the shield recognizes enemies when using Knight of Veda 'Rebecca's Normal Skill 'A Pleasant Golden Shield' has been widened. (Updated: 10/2 6:00 AM UTC / 10/1 11:00 PM PDT) ■ Bug Fixes * An issue where Active Resistance would activate earlier than usual after receiving DoT will be fixed. * An issue where the effect of sharing the damage received from summoned creature 'Roderick,' belonging to Knights of Veda's 'Nec,' does not disappear if Roderick dies while floating in the air will be fixed. * An issue where Elemental Advantage was applied to only one Elemental DMG type for certain dual-elemental boss monsters (Butcher of the Abyss / Black Prince of Death) will be fixed. We will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in ASTRA: Knights of Veda. Thank you.

Masters of the Book! A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on September 12, 2024! Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. ■ A new 5★ Knight of Veda “Rebecca” will now be available! “Where’s the enemy? Leave it to me!” As Orlik's adopted daughter and Marthel's biological daughter, she takes after Orlik's exuberance and Marthel's determination. However, the source of her boundless passion remains a mystery. Some argue that her fervent enthusiasm can be overwhelming at times, but her inner fire never allows her to give up. While her intense zeal may occasionally lead her down the wrong path, she will never surrender and will continue her adventures “Rebecca” is a Fire-type Melee Tank wielding a Club & Shield. She shields her allies from projectile attacks while incapacitating enemies by reflecting fire damage back at them with their own projectiles. Her Normal Skill, “A Pleasant Golden Shield,” thrusts a series of shields at nearby enemies, inflicting burn damage and stunning them by chance, restricting their actions. Her Signature Skill, "Breath of Flames," reduces projectile damage taken by allies while reflecting fire damage back at enemies, turning their own attacks against them and leading to their defeat ■ A new 4★ Knight of Veda “Shikh” will now be available! “Batar of Vulcan has come! May the great plains bless you!” He is known throughout Planis as the leader of the Batar, having dedicated his life to protecting Vulcan. Even those who are not knights hold him in high esteem, recognizing his noble nature. Born to protect the Royal Household of the Crown, his unwavering loyalty remains steadfast. He will forever serve as the sword of the Crown Royal Family, defending Vulcan “Shikh” is a Light-type Ranged Support wielding a Small Bow, engaging in various customized battles through rapid projectile firing and dagger ATKs. Normal Skill “Moonlight Stomp” enables evasion while attacking enemies. Signature Skill “Dawn under the Moonlight” deals DMG to enemies by descending a shower of wide-area arrows, simultaneously amplifying incoming damage and aiding allies in battle * The available floors for "Portrait of Thierry" will be expanded from 27 floors to 36th floors. - With the expansion to the 36th floor, you can challenge higher difficulty levels and have the opportunity to earn greater rewards upon clearing them. - If you have previously cleared up to the 27th floor on your past "Portrait of Thierry" runs, you are now able to choose between starting at the 1st Floor and progressing up to the 27th Floor or from the 10th Floor to the 36th floor each week when "Portrait of Thierry" resets on Thursday. - Additionally, based on the highest floor you have reached in your past "Portrait of Thierry" runs, you will now “breakthrough” some floors, immediately obtaining the rewards on the affected floors and starting your run on the first available floor. · To start from a higher floor, you must clear floors 18, 27, and 36 in "Portrait of Thierry." After the reset, you can now begin from the 10th, 19th, or 28th floor respectively. : If you clear the 36th floor and then choose the "1st to 27th floors" option in the difficulty selection, you will start from the 19th floor instead of the 28th floor. : This will be applied based on the highest floor you have cleared in Portrait of Thierry as of the 9/12 Update. · When starting from a higher floor, you can choose and obtain any Grace, Accessory Set, or rewards that you missed on the lower floors. : However, if you start from the "10th to 36th floors," rewards below the 9th floor will not be provided. * The “Sweep” feature will be added to repeat daily content. - The “Sweep” feature allows you to obtain rewards without directly repeating daily content. This new function can be used where the daily reset content such as “Calydon Hideout”, “Forgotten Mine”, and “Knights Mission.” - The amount of rewards given when using the “Sweep” feature is based on the following criteria. · Calydon Hideout: Based on the highest kill record for each attribute in Calydon Hideout. · Forgotten Mine: Based on the highest number of acquired Enhancement Materials. · Knights Mission: Based on the completion reward for the accepted mission. - The sweeps for ‘Calydon Hideout’ and ‘Forgotten Mine’ can now be accessed through the newly added ‘Sweep’ button on the dungeon entry screen and the adventure guide. You can click the button to perform sweeps as many times as you have set. - You can use the “Sweep” feature on Knights Missions by selecting the “Sweep” button that appears after accepting the mission on the Knights Mission screen. * “Auto Item Dismantling” feature will be added. - “Auto Item Dismantling” is a feature that automatically dismantles equipment obtained at a grade lower than the preset level for each equipment type for enhancement materials. - It can be checked by going to the Settings and then going to the “Automatic disassembly of items” tab. You can then select the criteria under which the feature will function. - You can check the results of the dismantling process through the automatic dismantling results screen that will appear after the item acquisition screen. * Enhancement materials will now be provided when dismantling all equipment types. - Initially, enhancement materials from dismantling can only be obtained when doing so on Relics. We have changed this so that when dismantling all equipment types will now yield the respective enhancement materials. - The amount of enhancement materials obtained when dismantling equipment is equivalent to the amount of EXP gained when using the equipment to be dismantled as refinement material. * A feature allowing you to set whether or not each Knight of Veda uses their Strong ATK during auto-battle will be added. - You can find the toggle for each Knight of Veda's Strong ATK usage in the "Settings" menu, where you can adjust this setting for each Knight individually. - Only the Knights of Veda with strong attack usage enabled in the settings will use their Strong ATK during auto-battle. * A feature will be added to automatically proceed with matchmaking in the Arena. - An "Auto-Matching" button will be displayed in the Arena, allowing you to automatically start matchmaking in your desired mode by selecting the button. - "Auto-Matching" will continue until the matchmaking is canceled, or until the daily Arena play limit of 100 matches is reached. Additionally, if a match is ended due to inactivity, "Auto-Matching" will end. * The chat system will be improved to allow Masters of the Book to communicate more actively. - A new chat box will now be displayed in the lower-left corner of the game screen. - The chat box will allow you to view Guild (green), Party (blue), and Private (purple) conversations. - To ensure better communication for Masters of the Book of the same language, a feature will be added that allows the selection of a world channel by language. * The Support Knight of Veda System will be improved. - The Gold received per Support Knight of Veda will be increased from 2,000 gold to 5,000 gold. - The number of daily reward claims available through Support Knight of Veda will be increased from 5 times to 10 times, allowing you to accumulate up to 20 rewards and earn a maximum of 100,000 Gold. - The level difference restriction for using other Masters’ Support Knight of Veda will be removed. * A feature will be added that allows you to adjust the size of the damaged font displayed in battle. - A new menu will be added in the Settings to adjust the size of the damage numbers displayed during combat, allowing you to customize the font size. * A "Claim All" button will be added to content with multiple rewards, enabling you to claim all rewards at once. - The "Claim All" button will be applied to the Guidance of the Book event rewards, progress rewards, and trophy reward pages. * A "Claim All" button will also be added to the Item mailbox, allowing you to receive all purchased items at once. * An icon will be added to the Adventure Guide that allows you to see more information about the topic on Noah’s Great Library at the Official Website. * Information about the "Ancient Golden City" will be added to the Adventure Guide. * Wishing you a joyful Harvest Moon Festival with ASTRA: Knights of Veda! 🌕 - Wishing you a joyful Harvest Moon Festival, we're bringing in a series of exciting events packed with generous rewards. We hope that you have a prosperous and joyful moment with ASTRA: Knights of Veda! - Golden Field Festival Event · In celebration of this year's harvest, we're launching the Golden Field Festival event! · During the event, you can collect Tri-Colored Half-Moon Rice Cakes by clearing Adventure Dungeons · You can collect up to 10 Tri-Colored Half-Moon Rice Cakes daily · These Tri-Colored Half-Moon Rice Cakes can be used to enhance the stats of the Knights of Veda, and the rewards will be based on the number of rice cakes collected during the Golden Field Festival. · The event will end on 10/2, after the regular maintenance. - Gift Filled to the Brim Event · The Gift Filled to the Brim Event brings the fun of Harvest Moon Festival straight to you! · Log in daily for 7 days during the event period to receive Crystals of Destiny, Starstones, summoning currencies, and enhancement materials. · This event will end on 10/2, after the regular maintenance. - Fall Night Bathed in Moonlight Event · Join us in an adventurous mission event, Fall Night Bathed in Moonlight. · This event will end on 10/2, after the regular maintenance. * Shattered Dimensional Rift Event - Team up with your guild in the Shattered Dimensional Rift event! - Enter the Rift through the Twisted Portal in your Guild Territory. - Earn Guild Kill rewards and Individual Kill rewards based on the number of Rogue Ones defeated with. Guild Kill rewards will include an Insignia reward. - The Individual Kill rewards for this event have been improved. - The difficulty of the Shattered Dimensional Rift has been adjusted, making it more accessible compared to previous events. - The event ends on 10/2, after the regular maintenance * Harold's Lost Knowledge Event comes to you once again - Help Harold gather his research materials and earn a variety of rewards! - Collect materials Harold requires to write his research log from the Adventure Dungeons and submit them to him in Todburg to receive Starstones and Upgrade/Ascension materials. - The event will unlock new content daily, and you can check your progress in the Research Log. - This event will end on October 2, after the regular maintenance. * The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will be held once again. - Each stage consists of 3 rounds, and you can acquire buffs upon entry and after completing the 1st and 2nd rounds of combat. - If you successfully complete the supply transport, you will receive rewards. - The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will end after the maintenance on 10/2. * The "Black Mutation: Adventure Zone" will be introduced in the Adventure Zones. - During the "Black Mutation: Adventure Zone" event, you can encounter anomalies in specific adventure zones every 3 days. - The "Black Mutation: Adventure Zone" event will end after the maintenance on 10/31. * The "Blessing in Nightmare" event will be held, allowing you to earn double rewards from Veda's Nightmare. - During the "Blessing in Nightmare" event, you can receive double rewards from Veda's Nightmare up to the daily limit. - The "Blessing in Nightmare" event will end after 9/25 11:00 PM PDT / 9/26 6:00 AM UTC. * The "Journey in Memory (Rebecca Trial)" event will be held. - During this Trial event, you can try out Knights of Veda: 5★ Rebecca, 5★ Veleno, 4★ Shikh, and 4★ Elias. - The "Journey in Memory (Rebecca Trial)" event will end after the maintenance on 10/2. * A new Tower of Trials season begins. - The completion rates for the "Tower of Trials," which consists of floors 9 through 12, will be reset, and new "Quest Blessings" and "Goddess's Arrangement" will be applied. - The new Tower of Trials season will end after the maintenance on 10/2. * A new season of Arena will begin. - During Arena Season 4, you can earn rewards such as Tunics, Emotes, and Insignia based on your progress.. - Arena Season 4 will end after the maintenance on 10/31. * A new season of Portrait of Thierry will be starting. - The attributes of the monsters on each floor of Portrait of Thierry will be changed. - The new Portrait of Thierry season will end after the maintenance on 10/2. * A new Reward Decree season will start. - The new Reward Decree season will begin right after the update on 9/12, and will continue until 10/22 06:00 AM (UTC) / 10:21 11:00 PM (PDT). ■ Improvements * To prevent PvP matches from ending too quickly as players' attack power increases, the HP of Knights of Veda in PvP has been adjusted. * The number of Rubies and Starstone required for shoe charges has been adjusted: - (Before) 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 / 200 / 200 - (After) 20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 / 180 / 200 * Improved the ability to check the applied effects of food when using cooking items. * After completing a dungeon, selecting "Retry" will now immediately restart the dungeon instead of bringing up the dungeon information screen. * In Ancient Golden City, when using the “following” command, Knights of Veda will now perform their evasion move before following. * The Knights of Veda and the general combat balance will see significant improvements. The details of these enhancements in this update are as follows: - General · The unique abilities of the Knights of Veda 'Eliyar,' 'Arin,' 'Edward,' and 'Atterisee' increase with each Fate activation based on the Fate Lv. When all 6 Level of Fate are reached, their abilities increase by approximately double compared to before. · The unique abilities of the Knights of Veda 'Sarka,' 'Death Crown,' 'Albert,' 'Nec,' and 'Sansar' increase with each Fate activation, depending on the Fate Level. At Level 6 of Fate, their abilities increase by approximately 2 times. · Depending on the Refinement Level of Eliyar's exclusive weapon "Anuray's Antler", a CRIT Chance increased by 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40% option is added to the exclusive skill effect of "Anuray's Antler." (Updated 09/11 02:28 AM PDT / 09:28 AM UTC) · The damage per second (DoT) of the "Burn" effect will increase from 26.4% to 129.4% of ATK. (Updated 09/11 02:28 AM PDT / 09:28 AM UTC) · The damage per second (DoT) of the "Shock" effect will increase from 15.6% to 76.4% of ATK. (Updated 09/11 02:28 AM PDT / 09:28 AM UTC) · The way Incoming DMG is applied will be adjusted (Updated 09/11 10:50 PM PDT / 9/12 05:50 AM UTC) : (Current) When hit, the “DMG Bonus” effect is applied first, then the “Reducing Incoming DMG” effect of the attacker will be applied. : (Adjustment) When hit, the “Reducing Incoming DMG” effect is applied first, then the “DMG Bonus” effect of the attacker will be applied. - Death Crown · The effect of the Power of Death activated by using the signature skill will now increase the resistance of Death Crown and allies by 30% and 50% respectively for 15 seconds. · At Fate 6, the resistance increase effects granted by the Power of Death will be 40% for Death Crown and 60% for allies. - Arin · An increase in the amount of stats adjusted per skill and signature level up will be made. · At Fate 1, the damage increase effect from the Hint of Death granted by using a regular skill will rise from 15% to 30%. · At Fate 2, the skill multiplier applied to Dark Visions has been increased. · At Fate 2, the number of additional damage instances applied by the Dark Visions effect granted by using a regular skill will be adjusted from 3 to 2. - Edward · The damage multiplier for all attacks increases while the signature skill is active. · The attack power increase from the Harbinger of Flames effect granted by using the signature skill will increase from 40% to 50%. · At Fate 4, the DMG dealt by the “Fire Floor” effect will be increased. · At Fate 6, an additional 40% increase in damage dealt will be applied during the Time for Punishment buff effect. - Nec · The skill coefficient for normal attacks, regular skills, and signature skills increases. · The damage increase from using regular skills will rise from 10% to 20%. · The duration of Roderick's Oath will increase from 2 seconds to 3 seconds while the cooldown will decrease from 30 seconds to 15 seconds. · A new effect will be added where Roderick will share 40% of the damage Nec receives while Roderick is summoned. · The Roderick’s Will effect from Roderick’s basic attacks will change from reducing enemy attack power to reducing the damage the enemy deals. · A new effect will be added to the signature extended skill where enemies hit will have their movement and attack speeds reduced by 10% for 5 seconds. · At Fate 4, the Spirit's Touch effect will change from reducing the attack power of enemies hit by Roderick to reducing the damage dealt by the enemies. - Atterisee · The skill coefficient for normal attacks, regular skills, and signature skills increases. · The increase in attack power proportional to HP when using a normal skill has been raised from 3.2% to 4.4%. · At Fate 4, the effect of applying 3 Master of Poison debuffs simultaneously from the signature skill will now apply at Fate 4, previously only at Fate 6. - Sansar · The skill coefficient for normal attacks, regular skills, and signature skills increases. · The attack power increase based on health ratio granted by using regular skills will increase from 3.2% to 4.4%. · At Fate 4, a new effect will be added where enemies hit by the signature extended skill will have their defense reduced by 20%. - Sarka · The skill coefficient of the 'Thunderstorm Bolts' effect triggered by using normal skills increases. ■ Bug Fixes * An issue where using the relics ‘Blessed Curse,’ ‘Assassin of Tranquility,’ and ‘Honorable Fighter’ as enhancement materials would grant experience points of a relic one grade lower will be fixed. - Players who used these relics as enhancement materials before the scheduled maintenance on 9/12 will be compensated with additional enhancement materials based on relevant data. We apologize for any inconvenience caused while using the content. * The “Forlorn Poison Researcher” accessory set effect will be changed from a debuff applied to enemies when they are hit to a buff applied to the Knights of Veda in use. * An issue where the game would forcibly close during the 'Shattered Dimensional Rift' on certain iPhone devices will be fixed. * An issue where the guild joins confirmation popup did not appear when joining a guild will be fixed. * An issue where the failure popup did not appear when a guild join attempt failed will be fixed. * An issue where the quantity unit of items was not displayed when dismantling items from the inventory will be fixed. * An issue where the background music did not play during repeated challenges in Adventure Area 7-6 will be fixed. We will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in Astra: Knights of Veda. Thank you.