Masters of the Book! 

A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on August 22, 2024!

Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game. 

■ Update
* A new 5★ Knight of Veda “Gabi” will now be available!

“Hi, there! You look so, SO strong and invincible! Let’s fight!”

A girl with a relentless quest for strength. During her transformation into an Enchanted Warrior, she lost her memory and forgot why she wanted to be strong. But one thing is for sure: fighting the strongest is the most fun in the world! Today, Gabi still bounces around, excited to see someone strong enough to challenge her, someone who is "super strong and invincible"

- Gabi is a Blood-type Melee Dealer who wields a large axe to inflict Bleed on enemies. She is extremely powerful against bleeding targets.
 · Her Normal Skill Her “Fight me!” sends enemies flying with her large axe and inflicts Wound Aggravation to increase Bleed DMG. 
 · Gabi’s Signature Skill “How About This?” causes the large axe to spin around her body, inflicting Bleed on enemies it hits and dealing powerful additional Blood DMG to enemies who are already bleeding to claim victory.
 
* New content: Ancient Golden City
 - Travel to the ancient kingdom of Neejarem with the completed King's Medallion and stop the desires of the corrupt Boden Caryen and the Five Guardians of the Crown who guard him to obtain the “Weapons of Genesis” and materials for Relic Engraving. This content is a Unit Battle-based content with high difficulty.
 - “Unit Battles” are battles in which your Knights of Veda are organized similarly as in the “Black Mutation” areas.

- The “Ancient Golden City” can be accessed in Chapter 7 of the Adventure Zone after completing the World Quest “Intact King's Medallion” which will be available after completing the quest “The Identity of the Fragment”, clearing the Sealed Prisons and completing the fifth floor of the Tower of Trials.
- In “Ancient Golden City,” a total of five Knights of Veda start battle at the same time, one of which you can select and control.
- The founder of Neejarem, Boden Caryen, and the Five Guardians of the Crown who guard him await you in the six stages of adventure in the kingdom. After completing the scenario that takes place upon your initial entry into the Ancient Golden City, you will now be able to participate in a free progression mode where there are weekly progress rewards and the difficulty can be freely changed. 
- In “Ancient Golden City,” attribute resistance does not activate and the Overflowing Power of the Stars mechanic is disabled. 
 - When you defeat the boss of the “Ancient Golden City”, you will be able to receive “Galactic Bliss”, which allows you to acquire the new piece of equipment, “Weapon of Genesis” and also materials for Relic Engraving.
- “Weapon of Genesis” and “Galactic Bliss” can also be obtained as weekly progress rewards, with higher difficulties allowing you to earn more of them.
 
 * New Equipment: “Weapon of Genesis”
- "Weapon of Genesis" is a remnant of a weapon created at the beginning of time–a special piece of equipment that can be combined with your weapon. Equipping a “Weapon of Genesis” that matches your weapon's type will greatly improve the performance of your Knights of Veda.
- “Weapon of Genesis” can be obtained by using “Galactic Bliss” in the new “Ancient Golden City” gamemode and on Guidance of the Goddess under “Furnace of Genesis”.
- “Galactic Bliss” can be obtained in the new “Ancient Golden City” gamemode.
- “Weapon of Genesis” can be equipped by going to the Book menu and checking under the “Equipment” tab.
 
* New System: Relic Engraving
- One Random option among those on a high level relic can be strengthened through Relic Engraving.
 · [Highest Level Relic condition by grade] 
   - 5★ Relic : Level 20
   - 4★ Relic : Level 16
   - 3★ Relic : Level 12
- When re-engraving an upgraded Relic, the strengthened stats are reset and one random stat among those on the Relic will then be strengthened.
- Relic Engraving can be done without restrictions.
- The option values ​​​​that are possible to be enhanced through Relic Engraving are the same as the option values ​​​​that are on the Enhanced Relic.
- The cost of the engraving increases by up to 100,000 Gold depending on the number of engraving attempts.
 
* Event: Simon's Amazing Gifts!
- “Simon's Amazing Gifts!” is a new event where you and your fellow Guild members work together to defeat fearsome Treasure Chests that will appear in your Guild Territory during the event period, do so and receive rewards.
- You can participate in the event after completing the World Mission "Social Party?"
- You can participate in the event at your Guild Territory at 11:00 AM UTC / 04:00 AM PDT base on server time on 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.
 · The Treasure Chest that appears after defeating the “Fearsome Treasure Chest” will be available for 2 hours after the Fearsome Treasure Chest has been defeated. Chests that have already been opened by your other Guild members cannot be re-opened.
- Various rewards can be obtained from the Treasure Chests that appear after the defeat of the “Fearsome Treasure Chest”, these include the newly added “Mascot” feature.
- Acquired Mascots can be checked in the Belle menu, and the equipped Mascot will follow the Master of the Book. Equipped Mascots do not affect the performance of any Knights of Veda.
- The “Simon's Amazing Gifts!” event will conclude after the regular maintenance on 9/12.
 
* Event: The 'Black Mutation'
- The “Black Mutation” event in the Nightmare Dungeon will feature anomalies occurring in specific Nightmare areas every 3 days during the event period.
- Similar to the adventure area Black Mutation, entering an area affected by Black Mutation will trigger a battle with 4 of your Knights of Veda. During this battle, you can control only one Knight, while the other 3 Knights will fight automatically.
- The “Nightmare Black Mutation” event will end after the regular maintenance on 9/12.

* New Feature: Cooking for Tower of Trials and Portrait of Thierry
- Experience a boost in power, as well as the joy of victory with your carefully prepared dishes, as they will now be accessible on both Tower of Trials and in Portrait of Thierry.

* Update: Full Auto Mode Improvements
* Improvements will be made so that some actions requiring manual input when in Full Auto will now also be automated.
- Interacting with the Veda's Return statue to obtain rewards and end the stage in Adventure Dungeons and Black Mutation will now be automated.
- Actions for starting dungeon progress in the Sealed Prisons and similar dungeons will now be automated.
 
* Event: Adventure Dungeon's Double 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 end after 9/4 08:00 PM (PDT) / 9/5 03:00 AM (UTC)
 
* Ancient Golden City Mission Event: “He Who Will Leave No Name”
- Participate in the "He Who Will Leave No Name" event in the new content, 'Ancient Golden City,' and earn various rewards, including the material 'Galactic Bliss' needed to obtain the 'Weapon of Genesis,' along with enhancement materials
- The " "He Who Left No Name" event will end after the regular maintenance on 10/2.

* Event: Weapon of Genesis called "True Creation, Weapon of Genesis"
- The "True Creation, Weapon of Genesis" event will end after the regular. maintenance on 10/2.
 
* Event: Journey in Memory (Gabi)
- In this trial event, the available Knights of Veda for trial are 5★ Gabi / 5★ Ellen Farell / 4★ Marthel
(Gabi)” event. will end after the regular maintenance on 9/12.
 
* Event: New "Portrait of Thierry" Season
- 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 9/12.
 
* Event: New “Tower of Trials” Season
- The new “Tower of Trials” season will start after the update, with Floors 9 to 12 of the Tower of Trials being reset and the blessings "Quest Blessing" and "Goddess's Arrangement" to be applied.
- The new season of the Tower of Trials will end after the regular maintenance on 9/12.

* Update: Iris and Land of Pride Summons
* The Knight of Veda, Iris and her weapon, “Land of Pride” will be available for summoning in “Call of the Stars: Fallen Wing of Veda.”
- Iris will not be added to the “Start the Call of the Stars” and “Knight's First Leap” banners.

■ Improvements
* If a target attacked by a dual-attribute Knight of Veda has a “Resistant” shield active, the system will now check for the opposing attribute and adjust the attribute of the attack accordingly.
* During Unit Battles, the ability to use the Overflowing Power of the Stars will be improved. When used, it will be applied to all Knights of Veda with the corresponding attribute.
* To prevent battles from ending too quickly in Arena Showdown 1v1, Health points will be adjusted accordingly.
* To prepare for the new content of this update, including the "Ancient Golden City," we will be making adjustments to the balance of Knights of Veda and combat in general. The changes being made in this update are as follows:

- General
* The DoT inflicted to a Knight that is “Poisoned” will be increased from 5.1% of ATK to 15.84%.
* The DoT inflicted to a Knight that is “Bleed” will be increased from 19.2% of ATK to 95%
   : The “Shock”, and “Burn” effects will be adjusted in the update on September 12.
  * Debuff removal skills will now be unable to remove the “Poisoned,” “Bleeding,” “Shock,” and “Burn” effects. They also now do not disappear when an affected Knight enters the Active Resistance state.
  * For Knights of Veda Veleno, Xanthia, Vesti, and Ellen Farell, the coefficients that increase upon leveling up are now approximately 2 times higher than before.
  * For Knights of Veda: Veleno, Xanthia, Vesti, and Ellen Farell, the unique stats that increase with each activation of Fate are now higher than before, with a 2-time increase at Level 6 Fate compared to the previous value.

- Veleno
 - Veleno will now inflict Poison with all Normal Attacks.
 - When Veleno uses the signature skill “Metastases of Poisoning” the effect of “Loaded Poison Arrows” will be increased from giving 1 stack of Poison to 2 stacks.
 - The following Fate effects for Veleno will be adjusted:
  : At Fate Level 0, the duration of the “Poison” status applied will be increased from 6 seconds to 20 seconds.
  : At Fate Level 2, an increase to the maximum number of Poison stacks from 20 to 30 will be made.
  : At Fate Level 4, an increase to the number of Poison stacks applied by normal attacks by 1 (an additional increase of 1 on critical hits) will be newly added.
  : At Fate Level 6, the maximum number of Poison stacks will be increased from 30 to 40.
 - The cooldown of “Poisonous Fangs” of Veleno's exclusive weapon “Bow of Sacrifice” is reduced from 5 seconds to 4.5 seconds. 

 - Veleno will no longer move backward when using her Signature Skill. (Updated 9/11 00:09 AM PDT / 07:09 AM UTC)

- Xanthia

 - The Fate effects of Xanthia will be adjusted:
 : At Fate Level 6, the damage intervals for her signature skill “Event Horizon” will be reduced from 1 second to 0.5 seconds.

- Vesti
 - The Fate effects for Vesti will be adjusted:
  : At Fate Level 0, the maximum number of jars that can be created will be increased from 6 to 10.
  : At Fate Level 1, the maximum number of jars that can be created will be increased from 10 to 20.
  : At Fate Level 2, the number of jars created with a 50% chance will be increased from 2 to 3, and a new effect that generates jars with a 50% chance on the first and second attacks of normal attacks will be newly added.
  : At Fate Level 4, the number of jars summoned by the third and fourth attacks of normal attacks will be increased from 1 to 2, and the maximum number of jars that can be created is increased from 20 to 30.

- Ellen Farell
 - The The following Fate effects for Ellen Farrel will be adjusted:
  : At Fate Level 0, the water attribute damage per stack of the “Wave” effect will be increased from 0.5% to 1%, and a new effect where one additional stack is applied on The fourth attack of normal attacks will be newly added.
  : At Fate Level 4, the maximum number of stacks for the “Wave” effect will be increased from 10 to 20.
  : At Fate Level 6, the maximum number of stacks for the “Wave” effect will be increased from 20 to 30.
 - The maximum number of stacks for the 'Torrents' effect of Ellen Farell's signature weapon “Wave of Life” will be increased from 5 to 8.

■ Bug Fixes
* An issue where monster entities appeared differently in Calydon Hideout will be fixed.
 - The number of monster entities appearing in the Calydon Hideout will now be fixed to a maximum of 109. Once the maximum number of monsters have all been defeated, the battle will now end immediately even if there is still time remaining. (Updated 8/23 08:00 AM UTC / 01:00 AM PDT)
 - The amount of gold obtained when defeating a Calydon will be increased. This is to ensure that the amount of gold obtained on Calydon Hideout will remain the same as before. (Updated 8/23 08:00 AM UTC / 01:00 AM PDT)

We hope this update will bring you more exciting adventures in Planis.

Thank you!