Masters of the Book,

A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on May 30, 2024! Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. 

■ Update
- New 5★ Knight of Veda, ‘Nec Kertinarius’ will be available.
 

"Don't come any closer. Then, I'll help you"

She was known as the Flower of Neejarem, adorned with breathtaking beauty and a captivating voice.
But do not be fooled by her charming appearance.
A knight, reborn as a departed soul, protects her with unwavering loyalty.
She will never forgive those who seek to hinder her love.
 

- “Nec” is a Darkness-type Ranged Support wielding Wand & Orb, ensuring stability in battles through swift elemental ATKs.
- Normal Skill “Bansch's Dance” generates a black orb that reacts to ATKs, dealing additional DMG to enemies while aiding allies in battles.
- Signature Skill “The Dark Sign of Love” summons “Roderick,” the Knight of Darkness, to provoke and attack enemies while supporting allies in battles

- New 4★ Knight of Veda, ‘Emile von Kroos’ will be available.

"S-sneeze! Oh, sorry…! I've come to send lo-love!"

A frail priest in training at the Lloyd Papal Court who dreams of spreading love to people all over the world. The girl firmly believes that by giving her all and sharing the power of love, she will earn love in return. This innocence has the extraordinary ability to make the world a more beautiful place, but… it also sometimes invites misfortune.

- “Emile” is a Water-type Ranged Support wielding a Staff, using a skill that slows down and freezes enemies' every movement.
- Normal Skill “Crystal of Blessing” maintains generated ice crystals while granting the “Frost Crystal” effect to enemies that attack you.
- Signature Skill “Crystal of Love” deals wide-area DMG to multiple enemies, slowing down their movement and ATKs to provide support to allies in battles

- Tower of Trials Season Improvements
 - From the 9th to the 12th floors of the Tower of Trials, the completion rates for the Tower of Quests' will be reset, and new ‘Quest Blessings' and 'Goddess's Arrangements' will be applied.
 - New Tower of Trials Season ends before the 6/27 maintenance.
- New Arena Season Starts
 - During Arena Season 2, participate in various missions to earn special rewards such as tunics, namecards, emoticons, and more.
 - Last Season's Crowns of Victory progress will be reset.
 - Arena Season 2 ends before the 7/25 maintenance.
- Features will be added to enhance your experience in the Arena.
 - A rematch button will be added to the Arena results screen, allowing quick rematching after a match ends.
 - The progress icon will be moved to the bottom left area of the waiting room for easier tracking of Arena progress.
 - Arena Survival mode, previously available from Thursday to Sunday, will now be accessible daily.
- A new function will be added so Masters of the Book can check their Call of the Stars record
 - Will be adding a button for everyone to be able to check their Call of the Stars record.
- A new feature will be added to automate enchantments and socket crafting. 
 - Using the Auto feature, you can automatically proceed with Enchanting and Socket crafting until you get the desired options. 
- A new feature will be added to enable you to batch synthesize Gems. 
 - You will be able to synthesize up to 50 gems of the same grade at once. 
- Item Synthesis is being updated to allow for easier synthesis of materials from the same series by grade. Item synthesis will now be more convenient.
- The Knight of Veda, ‘Ardor’ and his weapon 'Death Cry', will be added to the possible results of the Fallen Wing of Veda Call of the Stars. (Added: 5/29 00:15 AM PDT/07:15 AM UTC)
 - Ardor and his weapon will not be available in the “Start the Call of the Stars” or the “Knight’s First Leap”. 

- Blessed Curser Relic 4 Set Effect Changes (Added: 5/30 02:30 AM PDT/09:30 AM UTC)
 - (Before) Increases Stamina Cost by 10% but also increases DMG dealt by a Strong ATK by 35%
 - (After) Increases DoT by 30% and Strong ATK DMG by 35%

- The number of times you can encounter the Giant Spider in the Forgotten Mines has been increased from 5 to 7. More attacks will now yield more enhancement stones than before. (Added: 5/31 02:20 AM PDT/09:20 AM UTC)

■ Events
- The “Blessing in Nightmare” event will be active, allowing you to earn double the rewards from Veda’s Nightmare.
 - During the ‘Blessing in Nightmare’ event, you can earn double the rewards from Veda’s Nightmare, up to a certain limit.
 - The “Blessing in Nightmare” event will run until the regular maintenance on Thursday, June 13. 

- The “Blessing of Calydon” event will be active, allowing you to earn double rewards from the Calydon Dungeon. 
 - During the “Blessing of Calydon” event, you can earn double rewards from the Calydon Dungeon, up to a certain limit. 
 - The “Blessing of Calydon” event will run until the regular maintenance on Thursday, June 13. 

- Starting May 31, 2024 11:00 PM PDT/June 1, 2024 6:00 AM UTC, we're launching The Fruits of Adventure event, where you can earn rewards by attending every day for a month.
 - The Fruits of Adventure event is an ongoing attendance event that resets and recurs on a monthly basis.
 - The attendance chart will reset on the first of each month, and even if you don't earn all the rewards, you'll start over at the reset point.

- The “Journey in Memory (Nec)” event will be available. 
 - During this “Journey in Memory” event, you can try out the 5★ Character Nec, 4★ Emile von Kroos and 4★ Leon.  
 - This event will be active until the regular maintenance on Thursday, June 27. 

■ Bug Fixes
- Nayan's signature skill "Calling Spirits!" has been adjusted so that the health recovery is based on Nayan's HP instead of the HP of the Knight currently on the field. (Added: 5/30 09:00 PM PDT/04:00 AM UTC)
- Fixed an issue where in certain languages, Atterisee’s Fate 2 Skill Description incorrectly stated the cooldown time.
- The tutorial following character nickname creation will be adjusted for correct highlighting on specific mobile devices.
- The issue where the acquisition animation for 5-star Knights and weapons is replayed even when not actually acquired through the Grace of the Holy Grail points will be corrected.
- A bug where the item count does not update after purchases in the Wandering Merchant's shop will be resolved.
- The issue where the shoe area does not display correctly when using Veda's Return during 'Elita's Request' world/knight missions will be fixed.
- In the Tower of Trials, the problem with the activated recommended Star Power icon not producing sound effects when clicked will be addressed.
- The misalignment of tutorial highlights in the Tower of Trials will be corrected.
- The issue with the squad number not displaying correctly when clicking the knight swap button in the book will be resolved.
- Fixes an issue where gamepad key settings could be set incorrectly. 
 - If they are currently set incorrectly, the key settings will be reset after the maintenance

■ Changes
- Following packages will no longer be available after the 5/30 maintenance
 - [Xanthia]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Eliyar]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Sansar]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Arin]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Edward]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Saeya]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Sarka]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Albert]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - [Atterisee]'s Ascent Hero Growth Materials
 - Aurora Growth Package
 - Ellen Farrell Growth Package

- Following packages will no longer be available after 5/31 07:59 AM PDT/02:59 PM UTC.
 - Rubies x90
 - Rubies x450
 - Rubies x1,470
 - Rubies x2,970
 - Rubies x4,920
 - Rubies x9,720

Thank you for continuing to show your support for ASTRA: Knights of Veda.