Hello, Soulkeepers!
We want to inform you of the details of our update on January 29th, 2026. This update features new Raid difficulties, balance adjustments for the Ancient Forest, and important bug fixes.
Please view below for the full patch notes.
📌 New 10-Man Raid Dungeons
1. Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] Difficulty Added
- Hero difficulty has been added to the Raid Dungeon [Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1]..
- You can enter by setting the difficulty to "Hero" in the Dungeon Settings (Alt+X).
- Entry Requirement: 3,000,000 Combat Power (CP) / Recommended: 3,300,000 CP.
- Each boss will enter an Enraged state 12 minutes after the start of the battle.
- Defeating bosses grants Nidhogg's Essence, Nidhogg Equipment Box Fragments, and a new Collectible item: Nidhogg's Claw.
- The following achievements can be earned based on your dungeon clears;
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Achievement Name |
Details |
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The One Who Purified Felim’s Curse |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] 1 time Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1) |
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The One Who Conquered Felim’s Curse |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] 100 times Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1), Title: [Conqueror of Pelim's Curse] |
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The One Who Defeated Felim’s Curse in an Instant |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] within 15 minutes Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1), Title: [Swift Executioner of Pelim] |
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The One Who Purified Felim’s Curse with an Elite Strike Team |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] with 5 or fewer players Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1), Title: [Elite Executioner of Pelim] |
2. IronFire Mountain Zone 2 [Legend] Difficulty Added
- Legend difficulty has been added to the Raid Dungeon [IronFire Mountain Zone 2].
- You can enter by setting the difficulty to "Legend" in the Dungeon Settings (Alt+X).
- Entry Requirement: 4,200,000 CP / Recommended: 4,500,000 CP.
- Each boss will enter an Enraged state 12 minutes after the start of the battle.
- Defeating bosses grants Nidhogg's Essence, Inherited Nidhogg Essence, Nidhogg's Equipment Box Fragments, and a new Collectible item: Nidhogg's Claw.
- The following achievements can be earned based on your dungeon clears:
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Achievement Name |
Details |
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The One Who Defeated Chieftain Boros |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] 1 time Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1) |
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The One Who Conquered Chieftain Boros |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] 100 times Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1), Title: [Conqueror of Pelim's Curse] |
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The One Who Defeated Chieftain Boros in an Instant |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] within 15 minutes Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1), Title: [Swift Executioner of Pelim] |
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The One Who Defeated Chieftain Boros with an Elite Strike Team |
Condition: Complete Phantom Dark Citadel Zone 1 [Hero] with 5 or fewer players Reward: Golden Hammer of Botan (x1), Title: [Elite Executioner of Pelim] |
※ The "Poriddler" for these 2 new raids will be updated soon.
📌 Ancient Forest Balancing Adjustments
1. Monster HP, ATK, and DEF in the Ancient Forest have been decreased.
2. Ultimate Helmut 's HP has been decreased by approximately 10%.
3. The "Chaos Pit" created after using the skill "Book of Decimation" by Ultimate Helmut will now only trigger when his HP is 10% or lower.
4. Rewards for Ultimate Helmut have been partially adjusted:
- Slightly reduced the quantity of Ancient Seeds, Awakened Ancient Seeds, and Mistilteinn provided as basic clear rewards.
- Top 20 Rewards have been added based on contribution to defeating Ultimate Heinrich. have been added based on contribution to defeating Ultimate Heinrich.
- The top 20 Soulkeepers will receive an additional bonus of 100 Awakened Ancient Seeds and 5 Inherited Asgardian Ores.
📌 New Ancient Forest Daily Quests
- New daily quests have been added to the Ancient Forest.
- New quests can be obtained upon entering major cities.
✔️ [Daily] Ancient Forest - Thorough investigation on Black Camp
- Level Req: 90+
- CP Req: 800,000 - 2,999,999
- Rewards: 80 Ancient Seeds, 100 Awakened Ancient Seeds
✔️ [Daily] Ancient Forest - Thorough investigation on Guard's Hut
- Level Req: 90+
- CP Req: 3,000,000+
- Rewards: 130 Ancient Seeds, 150 Awakened Ancient Seeds
✔️ [Daily] Ancient Forest investigation - Elite
- Level Req: 90+
- CP Req: 800,000+
- Rewards: 180 Ancient Seeds, 230 Awakened Ancient Seeds
※ During the Elite monster daily quest, you can obtain Inherited Asgardian Ore from Elites in the Ancient Forest.
※ Defeating stronger Elite monsters grants a higher amount of Inherited Asgardian Ore.
※ With the addition of daily quests, the respawn time for Ancient Forest Elite monsters has been changed to 5 minutes.
📌 Miscellaneous
- A Mailbox has been added to the Holy Lake in the Ancient Forest.
- Fixed an issue where "Superb Stabilization Catalyst" could not be used when enhancing certain +14 Artisan's Amethysts.
- Fixed an issue where the "Bonus Boss Damage" effect did not increase at Stage 41 of Artisan's Amethyst Polishing.
※ Since the value increases by 0.4% at Stage 41, a 0.4% bonus will be added to all stages from 42 onwards.
- The December Event Daily Missions (5/10 daily quests) are no longer available due to the end of the event.
※ Event daily quests already in your possession before maintenance can still be completed normally.
- The Christmas Luna Invasion Event has ended.
- The 4 existing Ancient Forest daily quests are no longer available due to the end of the event.
Thank you for playing EOS: Ragnarok.
- Papaya Play Live Ops Team
