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Through Lost Ark's Letter from Lisia, news of the January update, including the Kurzan continent, was delivered. The Southern Kurzan continent is scheduled to be released on January 17th, and the Echidna pre-quest will also be updated at this time. The Echidna Raid and Superior Honing will appear on January 31st, as revealed at the Winter Showcase.

The Kurzan continent entry quest starts from Arthetine. It will not be updated as a pre-quest like Voldis, but you can see it when Southern Kurzan appears.

The entry level for the Southern Kurzan continent is quite high at 1,580 compared to the existing level. In addition, it is necessary to complete both the Voldis World Quest and the Carmen pre-quest. Southern Kurzan is a continent where Derons live, and the Derons living in Kurzan are called Asar Derons.

Additional information was also released about Echidna, the first Kazeros Raid. As the Echidna Raid is classified as end content, the gold reward count will be shared equally 3 times per character.

The Echidna Raid proceeds with 8 people like the Legion Raid, and is divided into Normal and Hard difficulties. As for the entry level, Normal is 1,620 and Hard is 1,630, which is the same as announced at the Winter Showcase. The battle consists of a total of 2 gates, where you will face the Red Calamity Darkiel in the 1st gate and Echidna in the 2nd gate. The raid leader can utilize allied forces skills similar to Legion Commander skills.

The main rewards of the Echidna Raid are Superior Honing materials and gold. You can acquire the materials even in Normal difficulty, but since there is a difference in the types of materials, clearing Hard difficulty is essential to fully proceed with Superior Honing. In addition, you can also obtain a mount as a rare reward.

The Superior Honing system is unlocked even if you only defeat Darkiel, the boss of the 1st gate. Superior Honing is a honing method that adds additional abilities to equipment. Not only does the item's basic effect value, such as weapon attack power, increase, but the item level also increases. The item level increases by 1 per Superior Honing stage, and the maximum stage of Superior Honing is 20 stages. In other words, you can increase the item level by up to 20 with Superior Honing.

However, with the materials that can be obtained when clearing Normal difficulty, you can only proceed with Superior Honing up to stage 10, and you must use the materials obtained after clearing Hard difficulty to proceed with Superior Honing up to stage 20.

Equipment that can be Superior Honed is high-level Ancient equipment of level 1,620 or higher, or Esther Weapons. In other words, it is necessary to hone the equipment up to stage 19. In the case of Esther Weapons, the materials and currency used for existing honing are consumed in the same way.

Unlike existing honing, Superior Honing requires you to reach 100 honing experience to increase the stage. In other words, no matter how lucky you are, you cannot achieve Superior Honing in one attempt, but even if you are unlucky, there will not be a big difference in the number of attempts. Of course, if you are lucky and achieve a great success, experience will accumulate faster, and you can increase the probability of great success by using additional honing materials such as Grace.

Information about the veiled Ancestor's Grace has also been released. One Ancestor's Grace orb is charged each time Superior Honing is performed, and when Superior Honing is attempted after 6 orbs are charged, Ancestor's Grace is applied to obtain various bonuses. Among these bonuses are effects such as increased honing experience gain or no currency consumption.

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2024-01-12