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[PATCH NOTES] The Dark Origin and The Gates of Chaos

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Hello, Chasers!   In this update, say hello to the regal shadows of the Dark Origin, the all-new Job Change for Ley! Bask in her presence and be healed! Also, Ley gets to do some party Rare Avatar ‘Party Manager Ley(T)’ will be on special sale.   The following battle modes: Raid, Dimensional Chasm, and Aernasis Hammer have had their Ranks expanded, adding new raid equipment, support weapons, and weapon transcendence stones to empower your heroes even further.   Dual Raid will be revamped to allow players to receive ‘Dimensional Materials’ that allow the player to re-identify secondary stats of their set equipment.   And coming in this update, the all-new, all-dangerous ‘Chaos Gate BETA’ opens to worthy challengers! This special Challenge mode will provide ‘Mark of Gate’ items based on STEP clears, and will allow players to exchange them for Soul Imprint Cubes, a SR Hero Summon Ticket, a Rank 4 Legendary Artifact Summon Ticket, and other various items.   Season 17 of PVP also begins this update! Trait Reset Costs will be removed, and other improvements will be made to the quality of gameplay.   Finally, a ‘Job Change! Dark Origin’ event goes live, allowing enterprising players to net themselves Ley(T)’s Soul Imprint Cubes and other rewards! There will also be an ‘Equipment Spec Up Event’ to help heroes get new gear.   ※ The update will proceed with maintenance, and our goal is to push the update by February 7 (Tue). ※ Update maintenance schedule is subject to change. If there are any changes, announcements will be made on Moot. ※ The details below are subject to change before the update is made.   [Update Info]   ■ New Job Change Hero ‘Ley(T)’ will be Released

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■ New Soul Temple unlocked: ‘Ley(T)’ - Go to [Menu > Soul Temple] to enter.

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- Players can enter this Soul Temple after unlocking Ley(T) by either completing Job Change Mission or by using Job Change Manual. - Soul Temple provides a fixed party, including the hero for the Soul Temple. Players can enter by pressing ‘Start Battle’.

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■ Exclusive Equipment ‘Chateau Gehenna Mourvedre’ for Ley(T) will be added to the Exclusive Equipment Shop.

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■ ‘Ley(T)’ will be added to Grand Tale Shop. - Box Box 1st Edition Avatar, Toy Keyring Sun Avatar, Checkmate Knight Avatar, Fluffy Cat Avatar

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■ New Pet, Sebastian(T), soulbound to the Job Change Hero, Ley(T), will be added. - Players will acquire Lv. 1 ‘Sebastian(T) Pet’ when they acquire ‘Ley(T)’. - ‘Sebastian(T) Pet’ can grow by using the same ‘Sebastian Pet’ as materials.

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■ Raid Rank 12 ‘Keeper of the Throne’ will be added. - Players who complete Single/Dual Challenge Mode will receive ‘Tainted Dimension’s Seal’ to craft set items. - Players may acquire Special Runes on a chance from Single Mode or Dual Mode. - Players may acquire Tainted Dimension’s Equipment on a chance from Dual Challenge Mode.

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■ Changed the Equipment Crafting Material of Adventure Dungeon World 13 and Titanic Growth Dungeon World 13 to ‘Tainted Dimension’s Seal’ and ‘Tainted Dimension’s Power Fragment’.

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■ Dimensional Chasm Rank 12 will be added.

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■ Aernasis Hammer Rank 8 will be added. - Newly added Rank 8 requires an Account Maximum Battle Power of 1,900,000.

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[Rank 8 Completion Reward] - Rank 6 Overdium Ore contains 1 of the following on a random chance: Normal Lv.44, Rare Lv.135, Legendary Lv.375 Weapon Transcendence Stone.

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■ Rank 44 Raid Set Equipment and Dimensional Support Weapon will be added. - Raid Set Equipment Craft

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- Dimensional Chasm Support Weapon Craft

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■ Dual Raid Content will be revamped. - Players will now be able to choose between ‘Basic/Challenge’ difficulty.

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- Basic: 1 random raid (excluding the highest rank) picked weekly on Monday after calculations (00:00 – 00:30 Server Time). During the calculations, players may not play Basic difficulty.

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- After clearing basic difficulty, players will receive ‘Basic Dimension’s Seal Select Box’ x1 by mail. Players may receive runes on a chance as additional reward.   - ‘Basic Dimension’s Seal Select Box’ allows the player to select any Dimension’s Seal x45 excluding that of the highest rank.

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- Challenge: The highest raid rank will always be fixed. Players who complete this difficulty will receive the ‘Dimension’s Seal’ of that rank. Players will also receive runes and raid set equipment on a chance as an additional reward.

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- Players may also use raid bonus ticket to receive card bonus upon clearing Basic. Card bonus allows players to acquire ‘Dimension’s Materials (Weapon / Support Weapon / Armor / Support Armor).

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- Players cannot receive more card bonus if they fully clear single. - Players will receive more Dimension’s Seal rewards from single raid.

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- 'Weekly Mission' will be added. Players will receive points based on ‘Basic or Challenge’ clears to receive Dimension’s Materials. - ‘Weekly Mission’ will reset weekly on Monday 00:00 (Server Time).

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- ‘Dimension’s Materials’ acquired can be used to reidentify secondary stats on the set equipment.

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- Dimension’s Materials will be consumed first for reidentifying secondary stats. If the player lacks Dimension’s Materials, Gems will be consumed.

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- Players will now be able to pick up and continue playing in Raid play for Single mode. Continuing will cost gems and can be used up to 3 times.   ■ Gates of Chaos BETA will be added.

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- Open Period: Western: February 7, 2023 (Tue) After Maintenance – March 6, 2023 (Mon) 23:59 (Server Time, UTC-5) Asia: February 7, 2023 (Tue) After Maintenance – March 7, 2023 (Tue) 09:59 (Server Time, UTC+9) - Unlock Requirement: Clear World 3 Kounat City Center 12-9 ‘Fermat Research Lab’ - Go to Main Lobby > Battle > Challenge > Gates of Chaos BETA

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① Attribute: Each STEP has ‘Balance, Retribution, Life’ 3 Attribute Gates. ② Difficulty: Each Attribute has 3 difficulties – ‘Easy/Normal/Hard’. Players must complete the previous difficulty to advance to the next. ③ Unlock Requirement: Each attribute gate has an entry requirement by heroes. Players may only enter when the requirements are fulfilled.

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④ Gate / Weekly Gate Restriction / Aura of Chaos ⭐Gate: A total of 10 STEPs exist. All gates must be cleared for each step to advance to the next STEP. ⭐Weekly Gate Restriction: Weekly Gate Restrictions exist by “C/B/A/S” Ranks. When players complete missions for each specific STEP, they will receive rewards for it. Players have 3 chances at reward per week per Gate Restriction. Players may reset the reward count by consuming Gems once they have acquired all 3 rewards. Players may not progress through multiple Weekly Gate Restrictions and may change to another rank while the other is in progress.

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⑤ Battle Ready: at the battle ready stage, players can check the entry requirement and currently active Gate Restriction. Players cannot start the battle if they do not meet the entry requirement. Players can start the battle even if they do not meet the Gate Restrictions but will not receive any Gate Restriction Clear Rewards.

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① Aura of Chaos: Players can empower buffs by attributes with ‘Aura of Chaos’ acquired from clearing Gates or Weekly Gate Restrictions.

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① Attribute: There are a total of 5 attributes. When the Aura of Chaos of each attribute becomes stronger, the hero with that attribute becomes stronger. The buffs through Aura of Chaos will only apply in Gates of Chaos.

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- Acquired ‘Mark of Gate’ can be exchanged for various rewards in [Shop > Item > Gates of Chaos Shop].

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■ PVP Season 16 will come to an end. PVP Season 17 will begin. - PVP Season Rewards will be sent out based on PVP Rank, and PVP Points will reset based on rank.

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■ ‘Amy(T) Soul Imprint Cube’ will be added to the list of heroes for Soul Imprint Cube Summon.   ■ Improved Avatar Purchase or Avatar Select Ticket to allow players to acquire the avatar even if they do not possess the hero. - Target: Rare Avatar, Advanced Avatar, Rare Avatar Select Ticket, One-Piece Avatar, Avatar Parts   [Example Screen]

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■ Removed the cost of Hero Trait Reset. - Target: Hero LV Trait, Limit Break Trait, Chaser Trait, Hero Transcendence Trait   ■ Improved Hero Exclusive Equipment Slot to move the player directly to ‘Craft or Purchase’ if they do not have the exclusive equipment in possession.

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■ Changed how the Soul Essence is crafted. - Players can now craft them starting from 1 and can craft multiple of them by entering how many they would like to craft.

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■ Clear Adventure Dungeon 5 Times Mission found under Mission > Daily Mission will be changed. - Before: Let’s Do the Basics: Clear Adventure Dungeon 5 Times - After: Let’s Do the Basics: Consume 50 Energy ■ Improved Artifact Upgrade to display the window ‘Move to Content or Purchase’ if they lack ‘Advanced Artifact Shield’.

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■ Improved so that an announcement pop-up will be made in the world if a player achieves Weapon Transcendence +9.   ■ Improved players to preview ‘Max Level Effect’ for Hero Growth Level Trait.

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■ Added an option to allow Korean voiceover for Job Change Heroes

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■ Job Change Hero Ley(T)’s Rare Avatar [Party Manager Ley(T)] will be on special sale.

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※ A special skill animation is included.

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- Sale Period: Western: February 7, 2023 (Tue) After Maintenance – March 6, 2023 (Mon) 23:59 (Server Time, UTC-5) Asia: February 7, 2023 (Tue) After Maintenance – March 7, 2023 (Tue) 09:59 (Server Time, UTC+9) - Purchase this by going to [Shop] → [Custom Shop] → [Avatar Shop] → [New] - Party Manager Ley(T) Avatar package can be purchased even if the player does not have [Ley(T)] in possession.     [Party Manager Ley(T) Avatar Package Contents] - Special Avatar Package: Avatar, Illustration, Effect, Profile Border, Special Skill Icon, Special Avatar - Avatar Package: Avatar, Illustration, Effect, Profile Border, Special Skill Icon - Avatar: Avatar, Illustration, Effect   [Bug Fixes and Improvements] ■ Fixed a bug where certain Job Change heroes did not have standby motion sound when certain avatars have been equipped ■ Fixed a bug where players could not complete the achievement upon reaching account level 190 even if they had a red dot on it ■ Fixed a bug where Ganymede’s summons had a target icon ■ Fixed a bug where a red dot would be on display in Guild Tournament even if there were no opposing guilds while Guild Tournament was in progress ■ Fixed a bug where Lime(T)’s skill 2 only allowed to select 1 ally ■ Fixed a bug where certain avatars did not have standby motion sound   [Events] ■ The Job Change! Dark Origin Event is here! We’re celebrating the release of Ley(T), and you can snag some pretty exclusive rewards! https://moot.us/lounges/401/boards/1908/posts/5462845/event-job-change-ley-s-royal-darkness   ■ The Equipment Spec Up Event returns, here to help you get your rears fully geared! https://moot.us/lounges/401/boards/1908/posts/5462844/event-ranked-up-specups   ■ Check out the Adventure Dungeon Buff Event celebrating Ley(T)’s update! https://moot.us/lounges/401/boards/1908/posts/5462843/event-adventure-dungeon-buffs   And that’s it for this update! As always, please stay tuned via Moot and our SNS for updates, and thank you for your continued support of the game!   Chase On! -GrandChase Team