Greetings, Soulkeepers!

We hope you enjoyed the October Halloween Event!
This November, we are bringing you one of the biggest content updates of the year, featuring a brand-new field region, new gear progression, PvP balance overhaul, and major growth improvements.

➤ November Update Highlights

🔥 New Field Region — Ancient Forest (4 sub-zones)

🔥 New Equipment — Nidhogg Gear, new Growth Tiers, and massive PvP-Def rebalancing

🔥 Gem Enhancement Expansion to +25

🔥 System, gameplay, and return-user improvements

🔥 Black Friday Packages & New Key Release

 1) New Region: Ancient Forest 

➤ Region Overview

A mysterious region where ancient lifeforms and lingering curses coexist—the Ancient Forest is now open!

• Entry Requirement: Lv. 90+

• Entry NPC: Meddrick

• Starting Point: Central Pond (Sacred Lake)

• Zones: 4 areas (recommended Combat Power increases per zone)

• PvP: Disabled

➤ Story Elements

• The Sword of Agony appears above the Sacred Lake with special cutscene effects.

• Several sealed sub-zones will open later alongside new bosses.

➤ Recommended Combat Power & Zone Details

➤ Navigation & Features

• Warp between the Sacred Lake and each zone.

• Each zone has a local base for quests & rewards.

• Quest acceptance requires meeting each zone’s Combat Power range.

• Finishing one-time sub-quests unlocks their repeatable versions.

➤ Main Quests

• Collect Agony Soul Shards

• Defeat designated monsters

➤ Village NPCs

➤  New Field Boss — Helmut 

Every day at 9:30 PM (server time), Helmut appears at the Sacred Lake.

- Duration: 30 min

- Main Drops:
• Ancient Seed
• Botann’s Hammer
• Inherited Asgardian Ore
• Mistilteinn
• Locked Ignea Chest (additional quantity included)

➤ Field Drops — Locked Ignea Chest

Drop rates vary by zone due to infinite field farming:

- Helmut (Field Boss)

• Guaranteed Ignea Chest ×5
• With drop-boost effects: 10–15 total
  
  

- Field Monster Drop
*Set slightly lower than Nerodin due to unlimited farming.

• Drops at a 4–15% rate depending on the region.

➤ Region Shops

• Zones 1 & 2: Shop 1

• Zones 3 & 4: Shop 2
  (Check in-game UI for item lists.)
  

 2) New Equipment: Nidhogg Gear 

➤ Lore Concept

"Not armor crafted from a dragon’s hide—
but flesh taken directly from the one who gnaws upon the World Tree itself."

Inspired by the Norse entity Níðhöggr, the destroyer preparing for Ragnarok.

➤ Equipment Structure

• 7 Armors + 1 Weapon

• Accessories excluded

• Standard 5-set bonuses remain (Luminous / Storm / Seeking / Vanguard / Recon)

• Weapon set: Boss Attack Power Set

➤ Performance

- +30% stronger than Einherjar gear

- Stat Examples

• Lv. 339 Nidhogg Gear (Rare)
• Lv. 352 Nidhogg Gear (Inherited)
• Lv. 366 Nidhogg Gear (Transcendent)

➤ PvP-Defence Rebalancing

• ~Double the PvP-Def of Einherjar

• Prevent “one-shot deaths” in high CP PvP

• Shifts the meta toward longer, skill-based fights

• Greatly increases the value of Nidhogg gear

➤ Equipment Advancement

1. Rare → Inherited

• Nidhogg Essence ×300

• Blue Moonstone ×450

2. Inherited → Transcendent

• Inherited Nidhogg Essence ×200

• Red Moonstone ×250

➤ Catalog (Collections)

• Einherjar collections updated this patch.

• Nidhogg collections will be added in 2–3 months.

 3) Gem Enhancement Expansion (Up to +25) 

➤Target Items

• Weapon & Armor gems only

• Accessory gems excluded

➤ New Premium Catalyst: Ancient Stabilization Catalyst (x1000)

• 1,000× enhancement chance multiplier

• Base success rate from 24 → 25: 10%

• Existing catalysts remain usable only up to +24

• No future enhancement boosters planned beyond this

 4) System Improvements 

➤ Slaughter Mode Duration

• Reduced from 20 minutes → 5 minutes

➤ Einherjar Gear Collection Added

• Rare / Inherited / Transcendent collections enabled

➤ Improved Returning Player Rewards

• Lv. 96 Level-Up Scroll

• Inherited Challenger Set (Vanguard)

• Inherited Doom Accessory Set

➤ Growth Support Quest Improvements (Lv. 70–96)

1. Lv. 70 Support Rewards

• Demonlord Gear Set

• +10 Brilliant Artisan’s Gem Package

• Calm Demonlord Accessory Set

• Tower of Challenge Tickets ×10

2. Lv. 74 Support Rewards

• Mistilteinn ×150

• Adventurer’s Premium Gold Ingot ×300

• Tower Tickets ×10

3. Lv. 80 Support Rewards

• Mistilteinn ×200

• Adventurer’s Premium Gold Ingot ×500

• Tower Tickets ×10

4. Lv. 96 Support Rewards (Enhanced)

• Full Inherited Challenger Set

➤ Magra Dungeon Improvements

- High CP players can now enter Normal mode

• Entry CP limit relaxed to 3,000,000
• Hard mode limit relaxed to 4,000,000
• Eases matchmaking issues
• Supports new & returning players

**December Preview**

• Magra Shop will receive limited-purchase farming materials

 Events 

With the November content update, three major events will be launched!

These events are the key highlights for November–December, supporting combat, progression, and farming.

➤ Battlefield Event

➤ Magic Time

➤ Nerodin – Luna Returns

1) Battlefield Event: Exchange Shop Upgrade & Server Buff

For 4 weeks, special buffs and revamped Battlefield rewards will be applied to all servers.

📌 New Server-Wide Buff — For 4 weeks

🟦 Weekend Buff (Fri, Sat, Sun)

<Odin's Power>

• Hero Badge Gain increased by 100%
• PvP Piercing increased by 3%
• PvP Defense increased by 3%

🟨 Weekday Buff (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu)

<Odin's Charm>

※ This is a weekly routine buff that lets you quickly collect Badges simply by participating in Battlefield.

• Hero Badge Gain increased by 30%

⬜General Buff - For 2 weeks

※ This applies to all users regardless of Battlefield participation, and growth is maximized with the new Nidhogg equipment and +25 enhancement expansion.

• Defense: +15%
• Monster Damage: +15%
• Gold: +50%
• HP: +10%

📌 Increase Hero Badge Weekly Limit

※ Enhance Growth Loops in Battlefield, PvP, and Exchange Shop

• Previous: 20,000 → Updated: 50,000

📌 Exchange Shop Upgrade

• 50% Reduction in Material Requirements: The cost of exchanging high-tier materials, such as Red Moonstone, is halved.
• New Exchange Items Added: Inherited Asgardian Ore has been added.
• Complete Renewal of Exchange Shop Table
  

2) Magic Time Event!

This special event gives you a free “Ancient Seed.”

It can be obtained in the new region, Ancient Forest, just by logging in!

• No participation requirements (awarded immediately upon login)
• A growth support event optimized for obtaining new equipment upgrade materials and exchange materials
• Magic Time rewards

3) Nerodin – Luna Returns

The structure of the Nerodin region will be changed as follows:

📌 Granil Box Drops Continue + Luna Appearance

• The existing Granil Box drop structure remains.
• Luna appears in the field instead of Granil.
• Defeating Luna is linked to the daily quest.

📌 Daily Quest: Defeat Luna → Receive 5 Granil Boxes

• Condition: Defeat 1 Luna
• Reward: Granil Box ×5

 Black Friday Sales & New Items 

🎁 New Blue Diamonds Packages

➤ [Black Friday] Blue Diamonds Packages

1. 3000 + 900 Blue Diamonds (10,000 EOC)

- Bonus Items:

• Legendary God Stone Box

• Inherited Asgardian Ore

• Protected Mistilteinn

2. 3000 + 450 Blue Diamonds (7,800 EOC)

- Bonus Items:

• Legendary God Stone Box

• Inherited Asgardian Ore

• Protected Mistilteinn

➤ New Key Item

🔑 Eternal Key (20 Blue Diamonds)
*You can check the contents below.

🎒 Ancient Return Packages

- Each package contains:

• Ultimate Leveling Coupon (Lv. 99)

• Transcendent Einherjar's Set Coupon (specific set)

• Transcendent Einherjar's Accessory Coupon [Random]

-Packages:

• Ultimate Return Package [Storm]

• Ultimate Return Package [Luminous]

• Ultimate Return Package [Seeking]

• Ultimate Return Package [Vanguard]

• Ultimate Return Package [Recon]

(All priced at 4500 Blue Diamonds.)

💎 Enhancement & Enchantment Sales Packages

- Below are the contents:

• Nidhogg's Eqiupment Box Fragment Package

• Path to +25 Enhancement Package

• Artisan's Luxurious Enhancement Package

➤ Artisan’s Jewel Enchantment Package (500 Blue Diamonds)

• Fantastic Stabilization Catalyst ×10

• Guru’s Safeguard ×10

• Guru’s Enhancement Stone ×500

• Additional Polishing Experience +4000 ×10

➤ Soul Stone Enchantment Package (500 Blue Diamonds)

• Fantastic Soulstone Stabilization Catalyst ×15

• Premium Soulstone Safeguard ×15

• Refined Essence of Yggdrasil ×500

➤ God Stone Enchantment Package (350 Blue Diamonds)

• Radiant God Stone Box ×20

• God Stone Enhancement Scroll ×5

• Shining God Stone Enhancement Scroll ×5

• Mysterious God Stone Enhancement Scroll ×3

• Brilliant God Stone Enhancement Scroll ×3

• Radiant God Stone Enhancement Scroll ×2

➤ Water of Urd Enchantment Package (500 Blue Diamonds)

• Water of Skuld ×5

• Inherited Asgardian Ore ×100

➤ All-in-One Enchantment Package (1200 Blue Diamonds)

Includes everything from the Jewel, Soul Stone, God Stone, and Water packages +:

• Superb Stabilization Catalyst ×2

➤ Atisan's Luxurious Jewel Set (4000 Blue Diamonds)

• +20 Atisan’s Onyx

• +20 Atisan’s Topaz

• +20 Atisan’s Emerald

• +20 Atisan’s Peridot

• +20 Atisan’s Amethyst

• +20 Atisan’s Sapphire

Begin Your Adventure in the Ancient Forest Today!

This update delivers a full combination of new region, new gear tier, and major growth expansion, making it the largest combat & progression update of 2025.

Enjoy the new challenges and treasures waiting in the Ancient Forest!

Thank you for playing EOS: Ragnarok.

— Papaya Play Live Ops Team