lost-ark-help

[bold geyser]

can run them for roster xp and gems if you're willing to just bang them all out, will give you mats for T3 AH if you want

[static jungle]

aw

[bold geyser]

should also be able to exchange them for hell tickets, i think?

[rose wren]

u're aware that t3 gem can be converted to t4?

[rough idol]

i was googling this and apparently it's only for t4 cubes?

[bold geyser]

may be 🙁

in that case yeah just run them

[rough idol]

for sure there's some benefit to doing this

i assume 1640 chars can solo t3 cubes easily?

i doubt many people are running those

[vast oriole]

yea

[bold geyser]

i just solo cubes on everyone

[rough idol]

ok great, thanks

[bold geyser]

unless you're rat king you should be able to on even dps-built supps

[rose wren]

yea, not all t4 lv10 is better than t3, various by class dmg of like ?30%? iirc

[rough idol]

you mean i should keep t3 lvl 10s dmg gems rather than transform them immediately i assume

[bold geyser]

you'll likely still transfer them, but situationally you would keep them yeah

[vast oriole]

depends your class

if its somthing like ms summoner

igniter

di sh

you dont switch

[rough idol]

I see, thanks

[vast oriole]

for wd i have no idea

maybe @upper urchin knows

[torpid marsh]

?advhoning

[buoyant dock]

Optimal Advanced Honing Order
+12 -> 1-10 -> +14 -> 11-20 -> +18 -> 21-40 -> Continue to normal hone.
Calculated with no additional materials (Books & Solars) and full on grace for advanced honing (Scrolls & Solars used on full grace only). Personal costs may vary when using an abundance of these items should you have them. You can estimate your costs using Maxrolls Honing Calculator https://maxroll.gg/lost-ark/upgrade-calculator

[upper urchin]

For ESO we Keep Azure T3 Lv.10 for a bit but I think with Ark Grid / Max Leap we change double check with the guide or check over at #wardancer

[graceful dragon]

You probably got some answers already and idk if someone has said this but this doesn’t work for class unlocks because although they look similar (and in some cases are the same skill)

their identity makes a difference

[rough idol]

thanks!

[graceful dragon]

identity aside, even if some skills look like they’re the same they might have tripods that change what they do functionally

[lavish mortar]

because all the high dmg skills are positional (back attack)

[static jungle]

you guys are crushing the slayer dream.

[lavish mortar]

if you can't back attack on pred, it's a major skill issue

[static jungle]

not disagreeing. 😄

[eternal rain]

Should I use gold to progress karma or only use the free stones ?

[lavish mortar]

both

[eternal rain]

Im rank 2 in enlightenment rn

[bold geyser]

the stones aren't super easy to come by, so i personally try to use them on the lower level upgrades with higher success %

running out w/o accumulating pity feels real bad

[eternal rain]

alr ill do that then

[safe patrol]

[red mason]

Ok, so does nobody really experience any game freezing issues since yesterday? Because I cant really get into the game and I have no clue why is that. Tried reinstalling, updating drivers, verifying files but It didnt really help anything...

[safe patrol]

im not getting any of it

maybe its time to upgrade the pc?

[red mason]

Its random occurence

Since last patch

its not a performance related issue

[safe patrol]

the issue i got since playing this game was EAC related

[rose wren]

looked around in official aswell?

[graceful dragon]

I’m ngl I have this too and I know it’s not a PC issue haha

I felt it a lot yesterday randomly, haven’t logged on today tho

same thing: driver up to date, and pretty beefy PC

honestly just LOA shit optimization + EAC bs

not much you can do about it

[red mason]

Yea, it appeared randomly, i tried pretty much everything so i just wanted to know if im alone in that

[graceful dragon]

check your task manager, my usage is way higher than normal despite nothing being out of the ordinary

usually a good indicator that EAC or LOA is being fucky

[red mason]

Yea, tried most of the listed things nothing seems to solve the issue

I guess its on their side, perhaps something will change towards the end of week or with the next reset idk

[static jungle]

do you have any frame gen stuff enabled in your gpu?

afmf2 for amd, wahtever nvidia uses.

it was being funky for me this patch not sure why.

[candid lake]

zerk is technically non positional but is highly suggested to back attack

for crit rate

[rose wren]

amd function on nvidia, doesnt matter

[sullen spire]

is there like a priority order for which relic books to learn? im assuming grudge adrenaline then whatever the class needs after?

[candid lake]

i love adren for the crit rate

but

what class

[sullen spire]

slayer main but im doing dps valk summ and uh... soul eater also

[candid lake]

if u have really cheap books u could buy them

which slayer

[sullen spire]

pred

[candid lake]

mpe is really cheap i think

and if u are going fmh se u can use mpe too it hink

[sullen spire]

thanks still cant afford lol ill prob wait until they release the ai stone cutting thing this month

[candid lake]

wait why o-o

[sullen spire]

cause i have no gold lol

[candid lake]

i was confused why u mentioned the ai stone cutting

xD

[sullen spire]

i still have a 7/7 gonna see what i need if i do manage to cut a 9/7

[candid lake]

oh... are you buying stones?

[sullen spire]

paradise

[safe patrol]

yep gg

i was on brel

got EAC 2 times

[graceful dragon]

I think they’re confused why non AI stone cutting would cut into your relic book funds…

[torpid marsh]

Asura Breaker(322 Ark Core)
What does 322 number represent?

[cyan kiln]

Sun Moon Star, in order of core for your build.

So the 3rd sun for asura, 2nd moon for asura etc

[sullen spire]

wouldnt like cutting reverse stones or correct ones determine thats what the thought process was

but yeah im trying to figure out which books to open when we get those free relic book choose boxes

[torpid marsh]

so, if I picked Edge of Fate, Stack Hold and Lightstream, my build will be 151 ?

[worldly slate]

All sudden dc?

[compact girder]

hi guys i have a problem on the fact how Blunt thorn works: it says i need 120% critrate on level 1 and 140% on level 2. but the LA nexus guide says BT is capped on 119% but why BT 2 says 140% then?

[pseudo crypt]

It’s 140% of your Crit rate past 80%. Not 140% Crit rate

So if you have 100% Crit rate, that means that the 20% that is over 80% is converted to damage at a rate of 1.4 (140%), so you’d gain ~25% damage

[graceful dragon]

Don’t open free relics based on your rocks lol

Having higher tier relic books doesn’t make the rocks more effective

So the logic just doesn’t make any sense here

[cyan kiln]

I mean there are only 3 per enlightenment tree aka build.

So 1, 2 or 3 refers to the ones for your build.

[tepid wren]

i just got to 1700 on my main and i'm a bit lost is there a video/guide about ark grid? (and how to unlock it also i gotta do a quest i cant even find lol)

[compact girder]

ohh it takes the 80% cap from Blunt thorn as the max limit not the 100% okey thx. that helped a lot

[cyan kiln]

requires act4 clear

[vast oriole]

the ark grid quest is after killing act 4 g1

it will be in guide tab when you clear it

[tepid wren]

ah ok thx

[vast oriole]

for the system, i love poyo's guide because im dumb as shit

[tepid wren]

xD now we talking

[vast oriole]

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MH2Xc2672Jtr_MVFhidJRW4aslCUG_rZ8rRMpzbqog8/edit this one

[tepid wren]

i'm gonna go see it when i find the quest that block me from entering act4

[vast oriole]

prob purple quest in elnead

make sure you always complete purple quests everytime you see one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRV3LqEUGww memo also did a video about ark grid

[tepid wren]

things is i dont see anything on minimap so i'm gonna run around for a while

[vast oriole]

but i understood better with poyo's slides

check abidos garrison and seuht valley

to see if you have any on the map

also check your quest tab

to see if youd dint take it but didnt do

[lucid axle]

alts to 1700 to access ark grid or buy engravings books?

i feel like both are shit systems to buying into rn

[tepid wren]

ok so i'm missing a violet quest named 'as one again' it says it's located in shae but i cant find it xD

[cyan kiln]

The answer is do you want to play more act4?

[lucid axle]

doesn’t really matter to me

most of my alts should be around 1700-1800 CP if i push them to 1700 ilvl

so gatekeeping shouldn’t really be a issue

[cyan kiln]

It was an honest question.

[lucid axle]

and have 3-4 week title so should be ok

[cyan kiln]

Would playing more armoche be more fun? Then hone the alt.

[lucid axle]

[eternal rain]

?advhoning

[buoyant dock]

Optimal Advanced Honing Order
+12 -> 1-10 -> +14 -> 11-20 -> +18 -> 21-40 -> Continue to normal hone.
Calculated with no additional materials (Books & Solars) and full on grace for advanced honing (Scrolls & Solars used on full grace only). Personal costs may vary when using an abundance of these items should you have them. You can estimate your costs using Maxrolls Honing Calculator https://maxroll.gg/lost-ark/upgrade-calculator

[lucid axle]

i’d say act 4

[cyan kiln]

Then alt it is?

[lucid axle]

i’m starting to fall asleep during late night aegir runs

yeah ty

[outer mason]

https://lostarkcodex.com/us/object/387601/

[rigid root]

loading screen wont move from here, anything i can do to fix it? was working fine yesterday, i even checked the files and downloaded the game again and still have the same problem

[tepid wren]

got nothing there i must be missing smt else

[obsidian valve]

check for antivirus update(s) - worked for me once

[safe patrol]

whoever made this i like the guy

[rigid root]

doesnt change anything

[rose wren]

try repair eac?

[obsidian valve]

next for me was reboot pc

[rigid root]

it doesnt even let me repair eac

[obsidian valve]

yeah sounds like something else is affecting the launcher then

[rigid root]

i wont come up when i double click it

[obsidian valve]

did you reboot?

[rigid root]

yes, like 3 times by now

[tepid wren]

ok found my problem it was relationship quest that locked 1 of the npc mb

[rose wren]

classic

[obsidian valve]

dang rapport quests

[hearty kraken]

is it still easier to get a group as supp or is it way closer nowadays? talking EU

[safe patrol]

its normal btw

[rose wren]

nope, appears to be abundance

[hearty kraken]

how do I get rid of this?. cant use/destroy or sell it

[static jungle]

is there a ?command to check autodismantle settings?

[paper walrus]

toss it in roster storage and forget about it

[rose wren]

nope, search by image from signum

[rose wren]

if u have spare char slot, dump, delete

[hearty kraken]

thanks

[balmy plank]

?quickstart

[buoyant dock]

Quickstart Info

So you just powerpassed?

1. Visit Lostark.nexus to find your class guide. Using that guide set up...
2. Skills (K Menu)
3. Skill Runes
4. Engravings (P - Engraving tab)
5. Ark Passive (P menu - Ark Passive in bottom left)
6. Gems (Refacet for free at Gem NPC)
7. Dismantle settings here

---

8. Complete Arkesia Tour (Icon Beside Minimap)
9. Use Tour rewards (skill points & runes) to improve on your class build
10. Collect & Read Engraving books (20 Yellow Legendary books x5 engravings)
    Engraving books can be obtained various ways through many various NPC exchanges, event shops & event handouts

---

The Arkesia Tour will have you complete a number of simple quests and reward you with a large amount of horizontal & collectable completion including more skill points & addition skill runes to help your build.

If a Mokoko Express is ongoing, activate it from an icon beside your minimap. It will provide free items to help with the process above as well as provide things like honing support to make progression easer. There is only 1 Mokoko Express per region so choose your character carefully!

Congrats, you now have a functional build to start trying activities like daily Chaos Dungeons, Guardians & weekly Solo Raids.
For any questions you can visit: #lost-ark-help Check the pinned comments!
Pick up class roles from id:customize to get access to class specific channels and info.
Use command /class name to link any class guide from Lostark.nexus. (Example, /slayer)
You can use the ?guides command for a variety of video & written guides.

[balmy plank]

Step 7.

[static jungle]

tyyy

[lavish grove]

Soulfist Guide

Click here to view the full guide

Jan 1, 2026, 11:29 PM

[hearty kraken]

are there up to date guides for solo content?

[bold geyser]

should be

worst case they removed some mechs so you dont have to do something you studied

[hearty kraken]

because the maxroll stuff is not up to date

[bold geyser]

for what thing?

[hearty kraken]

akkan and thaemine for example but it is as you said, more mechanics are missing

[bold geyser]

yeah im not sure who manages those 🙁

[jaunty igloo]

do you guys know the setting to have the blue circle showing the middle of buffs?

[bold geyser]

do you have an example?

[versed wyvern]

Did they ever fix that controller issue from long ago? With the bind?

[sullen solstice]

mokoko is until 1700 right

so I should probably stay on 1695 until its over

im on +16 all pieces, full 7s in gems, +20 adv honing everywhere

[shy chasm]

karma?

[sullen solstice]

ahhhh thats the thing i was missing

[jaunty igloo]

you see like the blue circle on the boss and in portal?

[bold geyser]

...im trying to remember what that is or if its just an artist thing

[sullen solstice]

never seen that before

[shy chasm]

Not even sure what I'm looking at

[sullen solstice]

aegir g2

[jaunty igloo]

artist thing

[vast oriole]

its a setting, trying to find it

[jaunty igloo]

i have them on but it’s being weird

it only shows if im running smaller brand

[sullen solstice]

is this still up to date?

[shy chasm]

Ye

You dont need to go past lvl 21 on anything

[sullen solstice]

this shit is so expensive what xd

[shy chasm]

You can get free taps from hell

And you get 1 free tap each time you do brel

[vast oriole]

no, support is same as dps

under 1680 or not

they reworked enlight tree for support months ago

[sullen solstice]

level 21 is rank 6 but 0 upgrades after right

[vast oriole]

yes

[sullen solstice]

aight

[vast oriole]

personally i ddi this on my alt

since 101 points is useless

[unique fox]

How exactly is the February change making alts easier to create? DO we have any information?

[vast oriole]

no honing required till 1585 = doing msq gives you gear
silver honing from 1580 to 1620

[sullen solstice]

gold cost in t3 removed fully

[jaunty igloo]

i have that on already

[sullen solstice]

we get antoher progression event in feb with new class release right

[vast oriole]

yes

[sullen solstice]

i decided to retire another artist to get my bard going as well

i like the dps/supp flexibility a lot rn

[unique fox]

So I have a character that was bumped to 1250 ilvl for some reason, but I still need to finish feiton and punika, doesn't it make sense to get it to 1580 ilvl in my case?

[sullen solstice]

(and bard lowkey my fav class)

[static jungle]

are gunslingers hard to play? they look cool.

[paper walrus]

because big brand doesnt have the move speed buff

[paper walrus]

high apm required low ping required

[vast oriole]

as you want

you will still need to hone and get the mats sooo

[static jungle]

poop

[vast oriole]

i wouldnt personally

[unique fox]

not hard
it was my main in 2022.
Pretty sure its hit master class too and its ranged

If you want something a bit more hard, go deadeye

[vast oriole]

also 1580 is south kurzan msq, youre very very very far from it

[vast oriole]

harder than some classes, easier than others

[sullen solstice]

not hard but semi high apm

[paper walrus]

it wasnt that difficult, just unfun if you're on ping as any stance changing class

[unique fox]

When I played gunsling I found shotgun the coolest gun, so I used my pass on deadeye and its a lot more fun for me

[sullen solstice]

sniper go brrr

[unique fox]

sniper can be a huge crutch, I admit. Sometimes I wouldn't even look up a video for mechanics and just go in blind and it usually didnt matter

[sullen solstice]

imma do that with everything past aegir

[unique fox]

you can just stand so far away and position yourself toward the bosses side

very few things cause you trouble in most content

isn't this worth something? People still use doll and hit (on some classes), don't they?

[bold geyser]

lots of classes use them, not sure who would particularly want it on a stone

def not literally worthless but stones crashed hard w/ the hell change

[rose wren]

people freakout seeing that red tho

[vast oriole]

people dont really buy stones anymore

since we can get a ton in hell

[unique fox]

rip

Can I somehow get rid of these items, I can't dismantle, I can't throw away...

[vast oriole]

sell to npc

[graceful dragon]

Sniper build (TTH) is now the meta/default anyways

Gunslinger v. Deadeye is basically if you like sniper more or shotgun more

sniper go GS, shotgun go deadeye

[unique fox]

thats what I said too

[plucky drum]

hi friendos! happy new year ❤️

so im passing time working on obtaining island souls. currently working on this https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/1lk8qt3/yornujan_island_mokoko_locationsguide/

what do they meant by doing 3 dailies?

within the island or dailies we do in general?

from the procyon compass i mean

[lavish mortar]

within the island there are dailies you can do

the yellow "!"

[nocturne ginkgo]

how do you take photo in game without character name visible

alt+x only hides UI

[vast oriole]

do alt x 3 times, it removes everything

or use selfie mode

[nocturne ginkgo]

yeah I tried alt x in selfiemode

but it still has my char name

but outside of selfie mode, Alt+x x3 works

[vast oriole]

arrow ont he right

theres option

to remove char names

and other things

[nocturne ginkgo]

OH MY GOD

I JUST SAW THAT

THANK YOU LOL

[plucky drum]

oki got it. that mean i've exhausted my dailies for today then

[vast oriole]

noworries XD

[nocturne ginkgo]

[unique fox]

Can th is be increased? How come my kurzan front items always have a terrible value here as opposed to my power pass noob items

[rose wren]

powerpass is higher than kurzan front

[hearty kraken]

have you upgraded the ones you get from kurzan front?

[bold geyser]

refining jewelry raises the enlightenment points they provide. things below 67 quality are innately lower, though

[lavish mortar]

also i wouldn't recommend refining anything you drop from dailies

just wait to get accessory chest from hell, as those only cost silver to refine, rather than gold + accessory shards

[unique fox]

what if I find like 95 quality drop

[bold geyser]

having cut a bunch of those now, i wouldn't spend gold on anything under a H/L

[bold geyser]

higher base stats, no more likely than anything else to have good rolls. high stats on garbo rolls is unfortunately worthless

[lavish mortar]

still kinda meh i just dismantle all

[unique fox]

Is Volare island a good gold island?

Its one of the gold islands we are supposed to do every week, yeah

[bold geyser]

i dont thjink any gold island is meaningfully better than any other

you just get the, what, 700-1300 gold?

[vast oriole]

4k when youre ilvl 1720 xD

[bold geyser]

whaaaaaaat

[rose wren]

always do them, u lose gold everytime

[vast oriole]

yeah

[rose wren]

that island is part of the adventure island, they rotate rewards and islands

[unique fox]

How come volare island only gave me silver

and no gold

[vast oriole]

because its a rotation

if you want to know if something gives gold, you need to check th compass icon

under the mini map

and adventure island

[static jungle]

is there a point where you gear transfer a 1580 character to something else?

these hones seem insane for an alt

[rose wren]

?progression

[buoyant dock]

Jump to Gear Progression Steps: #lost-ark-help message

[static jungle]

ohh ty

hmm how can i tell if my gear is akkan or brel im at this step it seems

[rose wren]

u're brel since its changed to gold honing

[static jungle]

oh

okay ty.

it should be silver honing atm?

up to what lvl D:

[rose wren]

end at 19 then beat akkan

[static jungle]

okies heading to akkan ty.

[foggy venture]

how can i get lvl 10 gems without rmt in 4 months?

how do some have high gems? is it because they played a lot during t3/t4 days?

[rose wren]

as i mention before u shouldnt be honing because of the coming patch to nerf t3

[static jungle]

mhm. fair enough. just wnated to play this alt a bit.

[rose wren]

other people various reason on how they reach that many, if u keep doing every content that earn gems, ull get there

from casual to insane ultra madness crazy wacko with 30class roster or more

[bold geyser]

or

[plucky drum]

island souls. all the souls

xD

finally done on this patch, except, yornujan island

[static jungle]

grats and gj. 😄

how many do you have?

[plucky drum]

thank you at the moment i've got 54 island souls now

it's just a nice pass time in game since there's not a lot going on from compass

[subtle patio]

?Cards

[buoyant dock]

Recommended Card Pack for each Card Set _

[hearty kraken]

am I supposed to use those eyes for the express event honing?

or try to farm those scales myself?

[plucky drum]

use eyes 🙂

[rose wren]

ive the turtle skin boat and then some more souls

[plucky drum]

its been really fun and chill working on the island souls

i usually do the solo end game raids the day before maintenance

[candid lake]

NONO DONT USE EYES YET

run solo echidna first and buy chests

and use scales to temper first

b/c if u do, you'll have enough to temper to adv honing 20 without having to do hard echidna

[plucky drum]

oh whoops

[languid hatch]

is there a good guide for the mechanics of this boss ?

[plucky drum]

thanks for the correction xD

[rose wren]

deathboi but slightly dated, possibly some mech removed, if u dont see it happen when u fight

[plucky drum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-r5WqAlBrw&t=432s

just forward to the final gate

@languid hatch highly recommend him for video mech guides

[languid hatch]

ty

[unique fox]

are engraving roster wide now>?

[rose wren]

always has been

[unique fox]

no, i'm pretty sure each character had to use blue, purple, and orange books in 2022

[rose wren]

nope

[vast oriole]

no

never was the case

[unique fox]

awesome

[vast oriole]

you needed to place the books on your profile yes on every char

but thats it

[static jungle]

is there a point in doing the old raids on your character?

if you have already gotten the weekly gold

[snow shore]

guys i just got this gem from the event but it dosen't show in gem expert. why? how can i change the effect then

[hearty kraken]

I dont have enough for all my pieces though

[rose wren]

depends how badly u want mats and possible card drops

[rose wren]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/903532775200665671/1415519381743599626/newgem.gif

[snow shore]

oh cool thank you

[static jungle]

can you still get the old clear titles?

[rose wren]

x10 clear? totally, also wing mount drops

[static jungle]

ohh those are cool

thats nice ty.

is there a point in doing tower?

[rose wren]

if u havent completed 3rd tower or 4th, i cant member how many, yep

[static jungle]

i dont think ive odne any hm

[unique fox]

tower?

[static jungle]

yeah

[rose wren]

arkeisa tour complete 2tower

[unique fox]

huh, maybe I did tower in 2022, I had most of ark tour done I had to do like 3 things

no idea what is is still, but I guess not important lol

[rose wren]

it is

[static jungle]

oh

[bold geyser]

the issue was class engravings only applied to a given class, so unless you doubled up on classes those were per char 🙂

[unique fox]

see, I knew I wasnt crazy

[bold geyser]

just make 6 arcanists

[candid lake]

that's fine

you will use a bunch of eyes even with the thing i said

but u need like 90 to temper to adv hone to 20

[bold geyser]

and you can buy more eyes from the solo shop

ezpz

[static jungle]

is there a way to charge your alt+v quicker?

[rose wren]

quick recharge rune iirc

[static jungle]

on abilities?

[rose wren]

yep

[lavish mortar]

not really

[static jungle]

oof these solo raids end too quick 🙁 not getting one in

[safe patrol]

somehow cant u turn this character bound abidos to roster bound?

[lavish mortar]

no

[safe patrol]

[static jungle]

are the drops the same for solo and group old raids?

[candid lake]

for normal mode yes

[acoustic roost]

What relic book should I focus on with my selectors ? I have 5 saved up , I have 5/20 of adrenaline currently , and 0/20 of grudge, don’t think I could go wrong with either one yeah?

[candid lake]

but hard mode gives more mats

[candid lake]

what class?

[acoustic roost]

Arti, striker, db, sh, de

[candid lake]

i think most people use adren b/c it was the most expensive and the crit rate feels good

[acoustic roost]

True ok

Might do Arden then 10/20

[candid lake]

however rn grudge is more expensive but nothing feels worse than not critting

[acoustic roost]

That is facts

[unique fox]

is it supposed to enhance this much or did I just get lucky?

[static jungle]

i think its just rng

[rose jewel]

you can go from 0 to 100, its all luck

[unique fox]

and then I just failed like 70 armor quality checks in a row

lol

at least my weapon good

[marsh grove]

getting 90+ on WEAPON is way more important

gz

[rose jewel]

as long as youre not using gold to tap youre good

depends

is he a dps or sup

[marsh grove]

he be dah dps I think

[unique fox]

yeah the event gave me a 100 quality taps

no gold

botched almost all of them though

[rose jewel]

good

btw try to even out the qualities

tap the lower armor one first, as it should have the highest chance to succeed

instead of trying to 100 one

assuming youre doing that

[unique fox]

Yeah, I spent my luck on the weapon though

well spent XD

[rose jewel]

i mean, different items but well

[unique fox]

that express challenge brought me to 1665 in like 3-4 days

I imagine the grind is supposed to be like 2 weeks

from 1600 to 1660

[marsh grove]

lost ark doesnt have much of a grind

just time / gold / material gates

1600-1660 without outside help takes longer than 2 weeks

[static jungle]

These cooking completions are a hell of a grind.

i swear.

[rose jewel]

1600-1620 takes a long time as of now due to raw gold cost

in a month it will be semi trivial

1640+ is easier now as well to hone with adv honing being super nerfed

and with the express its even easier

[unique fox]

is trampled garden ivory worth doing as abyss dungeon for gold?

even though its tier 3?

I think my weekly list is just

• Abidos 2
• Argeos
• Thaemine solo
• Echidna Solo
• Whatever boss I fight at Kazros Act 1
• 3 Weekly Una's
• Paradise

[marsh grove]

srry, I moreso meant to get power through vertical systems

not horizontals

[unique fox]

then eventually I get good enough to do content while grouped

[bold geyser]

if you're already doing thae and echid and aegir thats 3 gold raids

behemoth is better than either ivory tower or thae, if you're willing to try it. its mechanically quite trivial now

[unique fox]

where can I find that?

[bold geyser]

do you have the war map UI?

[unique fox]

yeah

oooh

I see it

[bold geyser]

toward the bottom

[unique fox]

bottom

[bold geyser]

otherwise its in the "epic raid" subsection

[unique fox]

right on, i'll watch a guide and i'll try it out today or tomorrow

[bold geyser]

unless you're in a really low level group (still gonna be way stronger than when it was current) you just need to know the wing + head break, the tornados, and the crystals

everything else is gonna get fucking blitzed

crystals are the only really important one, because if you have more than one person who doesn't know the fight you're probably gonna get a bunch of people killed

[unique fox]

right on, I think I was right to make my first returning character something easy too.
I'll be familiar with everything by the time my arcana gets here

[bold geyser]

but people revive and kill it anyway so even that won't likely matter 😄

[unique fox]

oh yeah everybody gets one revive now, right?

I forget where I read that

Mokoko event thing?

[bold geyser]

p sure behemoth is still the 8 for the raid, i think?

[unique fox]

16

[bold geyser]

if they upped it all the better, but it was 8 revives at one point i think 😛

mokokos should still have a cheat death which doesn't really count

unbreakable will or whatever

[unique fox]

unfortunately when I hit 1660 I lost my cheat XD

It served its purpose

[bold geyser]

damn

theres a bunch of random water and lightning going on, you could very well die

[unique fox]

my first few fights after being gone for 4 years, I needed it lmao

[bold geyser]

but its very rare to actually wipe on behe these days you shoudl be fine

[unique fox]

I mean, between the ilvl being 40 over and elemental potions, surely not

[bold geyser]

the trick with the crystal mech is you just hit things a few times and they activate, most newbies will pop skills and blow them up and destroy them

just auto them a few times and you're good. or, even, just dont do anything and other people will because theres way fewer crystals than everyone can handle, way better than destroying them and killing people 😄

[bold geyser]

i forget the specifics of teh debuff but one of the debuffs will hit you for like 20k a tick or something, and lasts like 20 seconds

it wont kill you but it leaves you at 1 hp, could be problematic 😄

[unique fox]

what do y'all use the auto stronghold farm for these days?

pretty sure I cant turn into dusts

[bold geyser]

i dont touch it

[subtle patio]

why did they remove the daily una tasks rewards?

[unique fox]

Una dailies made game the Chore Ark

[bold geyser]

dont remember specifically, i assume something in the vein of lowering homework

[subtle patio]

so people only do the weekly unas and then done with unas?

[unique fox]

yup

[subtle patio]

niceee

[bold geyser]

you can do the dailies for rep rewards

but once you max out the rep you literally can't do it any longer

[subtle patio]

i can finally use my bifrosts for something important

[unique fox]

Idk how to use mine still

[bold geyser]

like literally how?

did you ever play totk

[unique fox]

no, like... where would I even put them?

That matters?

At the gold islands maybe?

[bold geyser]

depends on how much traveling you need to do

if you spend a lot of time in elgacia it's a lot more convenient than riding the dragon back and forth

[unique fox]

never had the pleasure of even seeing that place

[bold geyser]

its neat, but kind of a pain to travel to and from

once upon a time the ships weren't just instaclick travels

[static jungle]

all this tier 3 honing stuff is garbage right

[bold geyser]

so that change has certainly made bifrost less helpful by not really being necessary

[bold geyser]

you can exchange each of them up to the next highest one

[static jungle]

ohh

[bold geyser]

you're not going to end up with very many pinks, but they're not literally worthless

[static jungle]

hm

do you remember where yo uexchange them?

[bold geyser]

(solars and shards are worthless, unfort)

are you in elnead

west and slightly south of the honing guy in elnead

"exchange honing" something

[static jungle]

oh okay.

im not, doing old raids atm, akkan g3 atm

some weird lasers just wiped me lol oh well

[bold geyser]

whenabouts

re: the exchange, nobody listens, but i'm saying it anyway, you can check a checkbox to only use bound materials, so that it doesn't take your roster-bound mats and turn them into bound mats of the higher level

[subtle patio]

did they remove tripods?

[bold geyser]

you can do it, if you choose to, just know that the option to not is there

[bold geyser]

still there same as ever, but you dont need to level them anymore

[subtle patio]

so each skill is already maxed out automatically

like lvl 5

[bold geyser]

there may even still be a vendor near the storage guy in elnead that takes tokens you get for having them

[subtle patio]

yah i turned them into wishful tokens

[bold geyser]

(i dont recall when he goes away or if he already has)

[subtle patio]

damn its nice cuz i remember i used to select so many different skills for tripods

now that setting is gone

[bold geyser]

you still gotta set them, be sure to 🙂

[subtle patio]

no i mean like

on the bottom left

there used to be like select which tripods to highlight so during chaos dungeons the dismantle wouldnt break the important ones

[bold geyser]

o ya ya

[subtle patio]

i think

[bold geyser]

plus amulets were a pain in the ass anyway

[subtle patio]

this is also useless now?

[bold geyser]

yeah

[static jungle]

i wish they'd just remove items that are worthless

so confusign for returning players.

[eternal rain]

The accessories of this chest wont cost gold to cut right ?

[bold geyser]

correct

[eternal rain]

alr ty

btw, I got this

I don't need mats

is the wealth upgrade worth anything ?

[bold geyser]

acc is the play if you dont have fancy jewelry

[rose jewel]

sometimes they open up temporal shops for you to trade hone mats, not for all mats tho

[bold geyser]

wealth gives more leaps and reds and blues (shards?)

[eternal rain]

yeah so acc it is

[bold geyser]

has nothing to do with the actual chest contents themselves

[eternal rain]

ok ok

[bold geyser]

level 4 1640 chest gives whatever contents you pick, plus 2600 shards, 45 reds, 320 blues, 6 leaps

a wealthy gives 10x that (26000 shards, 450 reds, etc..)

only diff

[quick linden]

does the bot

discord bot still working for cards ? wandering emrchant one

[bold geyser]

no idea i used to just do the merchant site and have pings on the server channel

[unique fox]

the last thaemine wipe is supposed to invert your controls btw

[static jungle]

typd that in the wrong window lmao

[unique fox]

in solo it doesnt

[static jungle]

and ohhhh

about to start g3 atm

so much random stuff in g1 and 2.

[unique fox]

well, maybe in solo it does invert? In the mokoko express, it didnt invert

[bold geyser]

it used to, it doesn't anymore

i'm not sure if its like that in normal or hard

[static jungle]

are the old raids/dungeons that odnt have a solo mode soloable?

[unique fox]

I was curious about that too, I bet nobody queues argos. I'd like to do it on my alt when they hit 1370

[subtle patio]

?Accessory

[buoyant dock]

Recommended Accessory Lines for Support and DPS _

[static jungle]

is there somewhere where you can check what dps you're expected to have per raid?

[bold geyser]

wait actually yes

....somewhere

[subtle patio]

which one is considered better?

[timber mauve]

Pretty sure they got average dps per raid on uwu somewhere

[bold geyser]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19r5A56C8USONYF3AHfCZ8TLgrHuzenEuYH9I21OpTQo/edit?gid=1120183125#gid=1120183125 this i think?

[static jungle]

oh checking it

OH ty soc!

oof.

mine can barely do gate 1 hm atm

😭

and thats being optimistic lol

[bold geyser]

i think M/M is a bit better than H/0?

[subtle patio]

whats m/m and h/0?

medium/medium?

[bold geyser]

yeah

[subtle patio]

ah

[bold geyser]

purple % lines

[subtle patio]

looks like it but not better by much

[bold geyser]

that tracks 🙂

[subtle patio]

thank you

In this pic, what’s high flat

[unique fox]

Where can I read about the feburary changes?

[static jungle]

aer pheons hard to come by?

[subtle patio]

ah

[bold geyser]

get a drip feed from login bonuses and event shops, or you swipe

[static jungle]

hm i see ty

[tender flicker]

can also convert gold to blue crystal and buy from shop, but pretty pricey

[static jungle]

yeah i was wondering if i could buy some cheapish accessories

but the pheons prob make it not worth it

the accessories are prob the best thing to upgrade atm, but i have no idea how without spending mroe than i have qq

[tender flicker]

the accessories from the gold shop are a way to get around the pheon cost

[static jungle]

150k for all of it is a lot tho

[tender flicker]

also accessory box in hell can help out

[static jungle]

is that always better than buying from auction house?

like could u get something similar for 30k?

[tender flicker]

you can probably get similar for around or cheaper on AH, but thats excluding pheon cost

35pheon/ancient accessory

[static jungle]

hm i have 700

should be okay

do you happen to know what are the stats of the premade one?

[tender flicker]

check the pinned messages

[static jungle]

ty

[tender flicker]

%stats are worth much more than flats

[bold geyser]

good accs from the market will cost you a lot more than that

[static jungle]

oof how do you figure out which one you want for your build?

hmm

[tender flicker]

there is basically a dps and support set in the gold shop

[static jungle]

oh i meant from the auction house

hm

[bold geyser]

they're gonna be "all high %" from the table a few messages up

certainly decent

[static jungle]

hm i see ty.

i dont really underrstand the table, just gonna look for now . 😄

[tender flicker]

each roll can be low (blue), mid (purple), or high (yellow)

the chart tells you what each roll is worth as far as damage bonus goes

approximately

[bold geyser]

beat me to it 😄

[static jungle]

ohhhhh

[tender flicker]

just barely

[static jungle]

ty saving it

whats WP flat?

or AP flat

[tender flicker]

weapon power, attack power

[static jungle]

weapon power?

those 2 suck

apparently

[static jungle]

atk power blue would be 0.07% dmg increase?

[bold geyser]

this is t3 so it's lower than a t4 one would be, but yeha

even on my zerk 24 ap is like 0.05%

[static jungle]

are these all the dps rolls that we sohuld look for?

[tender flicker]

When searching for equipable gear, you wanna look under "auction house" then adjust the advanced search on the top right. Something like this for example is what I'd use to look for a "high, low" necklace. You can save preset searches. Make sure its a t4 with 67+ quality or it won't give as many enlightenment points (most people like 70+, blue>green looks nice).

[bold geyser]

anything not on that table doesn't contribute dps

[static jungle]

oh I WAS LOOKING FOR FILTERS

[bold geyser]

they're basically dead lines

[tender flicker]

focus on the % rolls, they're worth much more

[static jungle]

HOLY SHIT THAT CHANGES EVERYTYHING

any chances you could show me all your filters?

also why R ring and A ring

whats the difference?

relic ancient?

[tender flicker]

its basically like the image above, but change the refinement lines

uh

kinda niche, but on some supports they can use a high-high relic and lose a 2 node in enlightment if the choices suck

[bold geyser]

basically you just want to have a setup that has all the basic filters in the right place

[tender flicker]

most people just go all ancients

[bold geyser]

category on rings, quality 70+, tier set to tier 4, with the two % refinement bonuses

[trim nova]

good morning, for new players is there like a leveling guide and class tier list to understand the classes?

[bold geyser]

then you run the search, toggle a thing or two, run the search again

you could have a search setup for every possible permutation, but it's way overkill

[tender flicker]

yeah, I just have a neck choice and manually swap around the lines

to check for stuff like high-low the other way, mid-mid

[tender flicker]

?progression

[buoyant dock]

Jump to Gear Progression Steps: #lost-ark-help message

[tender flicker]

?quicksstart

[static jungle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iOojBknEzE&t=227s i liked this guide if it helps

[tender flicker]

?quickstart

[buoyant dock]

Quickstart Info

So you just powerpassed?

1. Visit Lostark.nexus to find your class guide. Using that guide set up...
2. Skills (K Menu)
3. Skill Runes
4. Engravings (P - Engraving tab)
5. Ark Passive (P menu - Ark Passive in bottom left)
6. Gems (Refacet for free at Gem NPC)
7. Dismantle settings here

---

8. Complete Arkesia Tour (Icon Beside Minimap)
9. Use Tour rewards (skill points & runes) to improve on your class build
10. Collect & Read Engraving books (20 Yellow Legendary books x5 engravings)
    Engraving books can be obtained various ways through many various NPC exchanges, event shops & event handouts

---

The Arkesia Tour will have you complete a number of simple quests and reward you with a large amount of horizontal & collectable completion including more skill points & addition skill runes to help your build.

If a Mokoko Express is ongoing, activate it from an icon beside your minimap. It will provide free items to help with the process above as well as provide things like honing support to make progression easer. There is only 1 Mokoko Express per region so choose your character carefully!

Congrats, you now have a functional build to start trying activities like daily Chaos Dungeons, Guardians & weekly Solo Raids.
For any questions you can visit: #lost-ark-help Check the pinned comments!
Pick up class roles from id:customize to get access to class specific channels and info.
Use command /class name to link any class guide from Lostark.nexus. (Example, /slayer)
You can use the ?guides command for a variety of video & written guides.

[bold geyser]

didn't even know she had a youtube shes pretty cool

[tender flicker]

Current game state doesn't really support manual leveling/progression. We'll get a patch later on that makes it a more viable choice, but atm it puts you months behind using a pass. There is currently a pass that takes you to 1640 tier 4. Would recommend doing a little research on which class you may like.

[bold geyser]

theres another one that has stuff, isn't here

?guides

[buoyant dock]

Helpful Guides

Maxroll's beginners guide: Website
Lost Ark Nexus class builds & additional guides: Website
Stoopzz new player guide: Video
Mattchupicchu Combat 101 game setup/mechanics: Video
Deathboi progression events guide: Video
Deathboi zero to hero: Video
Dubya ark passive guide: Video
Maxroll's written ark passive guide: Website
Johnpal Lost Ark Dojo guides: Playlist
Cauttyh game systems, inventory, gold guides: Playlist
Cauttyh class showcase: Video
Maxroll's written class selection information: Website

For any questions you can visit: #lost-ark-help Check the pinned comments!

[bold geyser]

the "class showcase"

[tender flicker]

I like the class showcase, just note it doesn't include valk since she came out afterwards

[static jungle]

like, does this mean that on necklace you always want additiona ldamage + outgoing damage + whatever?

[tender flicker]

ideally, yeah

ring crit dmg, crit

[bold geyser]

pretty much

[tender flicker]

ear atk%, wep %

[bold geyser]

if you dont have two, you're just doing the single low/mid/high% entry from here, instead of X% +Y%

[static jungle]

i dont understand this last list

at all

[tender flicker]

just in case,you lose mokoko status above ilvl 1700 as a heads up

[static jungle]

what would all high flat be

[bold geyser]

i'll try to find an example

[static jungle]

like, 3 refinement bonuses, all flat

?

okies ty

[bold geyser]

yeah

no promises

[static jungle]

sorry, this is a bit confusing lol

[tender flicker]

wait, there aren't 3 dps flats though

[static jungle]

yeah. that confuses me.

there arent 3 dps % either

[tender flicker]

ok

it means

if you have this gearing on all 5 accessories...I think

like the sum dmg bonus if you had all 5 accessories with high-high flat rolls

[static jungle]

honestly the first one makes it a lot easier

[bold geyser]

there aren't, the "All" in this case is neck + ring + earring

there aren't any high/high on the market rn sorry 😄

this one is a low%/high flat/low flat

[static jungle]

mhm that i get.

[bold geyser]

not necessarily desirable

[static jungle]

like the ones from the event sohp are high % low flat x2

kinda suck.

[bold geyser]

they're decent 🙂

[static jungle]

for 30k you can get much better tohug

[tender flicker]

they're not the best, but the idea is no pheon cost

[static jungle]

excluding pheons

like, how much gold is a pheon lol

[bold geyser]

hmmm

[static jungle]

what would the converrsion be you guys think

[bold geyser]

never buy any lemme see

[static jungle]

i have 727 from old stuff i think it should be enough, you dont really spend it much on anything else right

200 on accessories + bracer

[bold geyser]

1779g rn on NA

slightly better w/ bulk discounts

[static jungle]

oh what the f.

thats a lot.

[bold geyser]

yeeup

[static jungle]

so buying anything its 35k on pheons alone.

mroe actually

60k lol

[tender flicker]

t4 ancient accessories pheon cost is ballpark 55-60kish

[bold geyser]

if you buy the pheons as part of it, yeah

[tender flicker]

somewhere there if you don't have the pheons

hence the gold shop option

[static jungle]

mhm.

like considering i have enough

is it stupid to spend it on accessories?

[tender flicker]

I think its fine, pheons gotta be used some day

[bold geyser]

not stupid if it helps, but it might not be the most urgent upgrade for you at the moment

[static jungle]

hm what would be then soc? i thought those were the most urgent

since its enlightnement points

[tender flicker]

they're on all relics I think

[bold geyser]

good chance that'll be most pressing, then

sorry i ahve far too many windows open

lets seeeee

jfc ark grid is such a dps increase i really gotta get in on that shit

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Cg9q8t4-MeUg-TQUJ_oeHqN-03z9l-RPlHfHp4gZuzs/edit?gid=139690844#gid=139690844 can try messing around with this

hard to judge when you dont have a base acc set to select from, so just use the plain "accessories - high" entry, though it looks like it's half as efficient if you avoid the pheon costs 🥲

[subtle patio]

@bold geyser do you have any daily tracker/checklist that you use to keep track of everything you need to get done per day or per week

Including cleaning up any event shops per alt etc

[unique fox]

Anyone know where I can read about the upcoming honing changes for t3?

[bold geyser]

i try to remember everything that i need to do, and if i don't remember it doesn't get done 😄

[static jungle]

oof. if you wanna do chaos on a pally you cant do it on a support build right. just tried nothing died lol

[bold geyser]

you can but i wouldn't recommend it

you should def have a dps build on any supports you run

[static jungle]

mhm ill make a dps build for next time

[bold geyser]

otherwise it's a slog doing much of anything outside of groups

[bold geyser]

but fr i have a spreadsheet that i dont really use, it's little more than a literal spreadsheet, so it's no use to anyone else as far as organizing. i'm busy juggling a bunch of random crap so even if i'm online i dont get to sit and focus and play super often

i'm lucky if i get all my raids done for the week let alone keeping up with my dailies

[subtle patio]

Damn nice, yah same I try to remember everything and hopefully try my best to finish everything unless I feel lazy.

I still need to learn aegir and act 2 raids.

[bold geyser]

luckily they have solo modes now so you can do dry runs 🙂

but yeah i ahven't done shit this week i'm hella slacking

[lucid axle]

https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/2026-roadmap-part-1

under "Next Wave of Progression Events"

[prime anvil]

where should i park alts at

[marsh grove]

anyone know minimum dps req for Act 4 HM now that nerfs are in place?

[tender flicker]

1640, 1680, 1700. Depending on your progression.

[marsh grove]

or 1710

[paper walrus]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19r5A56C8USONYF3AHfCZ8TLgrHuzenEuYH9I21OpTQo/edit?gid=1171447759#gid=1171447759

doesnt include sidereal

[marsh grove]

ty

[timid cape]

Hi everyone, what's CP recommend for Amoche NM ? (Act4) I wanna push 1700 asap but wonder about it

[languid hatch]

can you farm abidos iron ore ?

[dim pulsar]

Abidos mats are all T4 zones

[languid hatch]

cant find a single damn ore to mine

[dim pulsar]

its NORMAL ore that drops T4 mats

check rimeria (i farmed ores here mostly)

[unique fox]

So, the way the game works is going to be changing rapidly once Feb patch hits, most mats cannot be traded anymore... What does roster progression look like in Korea now? Does each character truly feel like their own character now and the whole roster thing is a lot more loose?

[marsh grove]

its just more restrictive

and as far as I know only new mats will be bound

so you'll get more bound materials, but others will spike so good luck trying to use gold to push chars compared to now

[unique fox]

it sound like there no point in funneling anymore

no roster progression

each character is their individual thing

the purpose of multiple characters is gold now I guess?

[marsh grove]

some mats can still be bought sold

and fate ember box is tradable

[languid hatch]

is worth doing any of these by gathering resources or buy and craft ?

[dim pulsar]

https://loa-buddy.pages.dev/crafting - This is Buy and craft at this time

so u gotta calculate urself how ur sh bonuses are

and price of mats

90% of time its not worth for fresh Stronghold crafting

just ur own gathered mats is where profit is

[marsh grove]

with current fish prices on NA you could have a level 1 stronghold and still profit off abidos with 0 great success

O.o

bots go brrr

[dim pulsar]

but we dont play na

[marsh grove]

u should check EU

might be ez picking right now

[dim pulsar]

still same price, nothing changed

ony u have cheapo fish

[neat estuary]

fish not that much cheaper than logging on NA, doubt it's worth the effort with a useless stronghold, ~5k per 40 crafts with 17% cost reduction not bad though

don't underestimate the logging bots i guess

[marsh grove]

idk wwhat you mean by effort

just buying off AH

[proud cloak]

Is it possible to transfer the refinement bonus of accessories?

[knotty tundra]

is the best crew for astray still 2x blackfang, 2x barakas, wilhelm?

[outer mason]

if best = fastest, then yes

[languid hatch]

~How do i upgrade engravings ?

[outer mason]

https://lostark.fandom.com/wiki/Engraving

Legendaries are really cheap on the market, while Relic are mega expensive

[formal thistle]

can i upgrade my gear from epic to legendary without doing abyssal dungeons and abyss raid?

[outer mason]

you can upgrade from epic to relic without doing any abyssal yep
don't do legendary gear, it's dead content

[formal thistle]

and how do i do that?

[outer mason]

starting at 1415, you can start doing Legion Raid: Valtan
and at 1430 you can also start doing Legion Raid: Vykas
With Valtan and Vykas materials you can craft relic gear

(since these are old raids, you very likely have to run them in Solo mode)

[formal thistle]

ok, its really hard to do them solo with my gear, but ok, now i know how to advance in game

ohh, one more question, is for a friend, from rare to epic how can he upgrade the gear?

[outer mason]

if you don't want to do that, you can also wait for the February 4th update, where they are going to heavily simplify the progression in Tier 3, up to 1580

[outer mason]

Rare gear is generally Tier 2, so item level 500 to 1100
Epic gear is generally Tier 3, so starts from 1250

You transfer Rare>Epic when you reach item level 1100 and complete Punika's questline, and do Chaos Dungeons

[formal thistle]

he doesnt have any epic gear and we cant do abyssal raids to acquire the epic one cuz we cant find 2 more players to help us

[limpid aurora]

Epic gear is Chaos Dungeon gear

[formal thistle]

oh ok, thank you

[languid hatch]

can someone explain how the gear hoaning works ? i should push my gear with /Gear Hoaning/ or use Special or Advanced ?

[marsh grove]

event character?

follow the event missions

full +14 gives you 1660 ilvl

go fight the 1660 event boss

it gives you Advanced Honing scrolls

do advanced honing to 1670

[languid hatch]

Aight

[hearty kraken]

do I have to be an actual mokoko for the event or does it just consider my highs ilvl?

[livid fossil]

To get mooko coins you can’t be 1700

Challenge missions start at 1640

Express

[languid hatch]

after that what ?

[marsh grove]

1670 event mission? gives orange scrolls

for AH 11-20 to 1680

[languid hatch]

whats AH?

[marsh grove]

advanced honing

[languid hatch]

aa, okok..but when you need to change the gear

from Relic to the next one

[marsh grove]

upgrade to Ancient anytime after 1660

does give ilvl, just evo points

[languid hatch]

hmm..

how

you explain might have sens but i m not that well informed to understand xD

[marsh grove]

in raid now, can reply later, srry

[languid hatch]

kk

whats the current level after i used the mats

from 1650 reward boss event

[tender flicker]

prioritize ancient armors > weapon, don't recall if the pass gives you enough to craft all

should finish AH to 10 to reach 1670

what are you missing in terms of honing materials?

check out the solo shop and event shops to supplement materials

[neat estuary]

Probably not worth it to overextend myself going from 1719 to 1720 this week? It's just 5 levels of AH on one piece, but I have 0 shards. Doesn't seem worth it just to unlock new chaos/guardian, and Una gold is so low compared to what we spend these days. I won't be doing a4 hard for a while, so really not much benefit it seems?

[safe cairn]

Hello, guys can i ask you how to open Advance honing? I came back after a long time and now im doing the challenge express, but cant i have locked it

[strange viper]

go kill echidna

or at least gate 1

[languid hatch]

pretty much everything, my question is how do you upgrade to relic / when

i m saying everything because i used most of what i had to upgrade the set to level 7/8

and yeh, you don't get that many mats for weapon, you are right

I missing Abidos furion material's to continue, i have a few of the rest required

[strange viper]

Thats the process yeah, it takes time to gather mats and gold for honing, you are not really supposed to do it in 1 day, but over weeks or months... Unless you swipe ofcourse.

[tender flicker]

I wouldn't buy shard bags or bust out the wallet if that's the question

[strange viper]

The events are there to help you progress a little bit faster, and Paradise is a good source for all kinds of mats you need for honing including the abidos fusion thingies.

[languid hatch]

Noted but the question that bothers me still remains

[strange viper]

I dont understand the question. DO you mean when to go from relic to ancient?

Thats at 1660 when you get access to Aegir

[tender flicker]

Orange = relic, you are using relic. Ancient = pale yellow/brownish. Upgrade whenever you can to progress gear/power. Armor is prioritized due to it giving evolution points. Weapon can be done later as thats needed to hone past lvl 20.

[languid hatch]

What's Aegir ?

[tender flicker]

you can be ilvl 1700 and on a relic weapon, same thing

[strange viper]

These are the things you want, you get a handful of them per week, and solo shop has some.. And if you used express you pretty much get enough for full set in a week or two.

[tender flicker]

a1 boss

[languid hatch]

Ok Ok, understood

Also i heard that i should not rush over 1700 for some specific benefits ?

[strange viper]

Depends on what you plan to do

[languid hatch]

YOu get more rewards if you are under 1700 doing activities on this timeframe or

What's the advantage

[strange viper]

The advantage is that you get invited to lobbies if you are under 1700 cos you are still a mokoko

if u go over 1700 you will never get invited to anything

but if you only play solo mode then it doesnt matter

[languid hatch]

😂 i get kicked idk but the event might have some side effects for me

[strange viper]

No

you just lose your mokoko status

and as long as you have your mokoko status the veterans who play with you get bonus rewards

[languid hatch]

aaaa

[strange viper]

once you git 1700 you lose mokoko and then you dont get invited to shit cos your character isnt powerful enough and you dont have any titles or anything

[languid hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/no-gif-18372372207459091279

[strange viper]

if you ilvl is higher than your cp ppl dont even look at you

[languid hatch]

:O ur combat power can be higher than ur item level ?

[strange viper]

well yeah, im talking specifically around 1660-1710 or there abouts, if you try to apply to a lobby at ilvl1700 and your cp is like 1200 you will get declined instantly

[split kayak]

ye it reflects every single gear from gems to engraving to stats

ilvl is just from honing

[strange viper]

gatekeeping in this game is absolute insanity, people expect you to have everything perfect etc. even for the raids that are like 2 years old at this point.. but yea none of it matters if you just go play solo.

[languid hatch]

is it worth doing this to increase quality ?

[strange viper]

with free taps, yes absolutely.

[languid hatch]

i see, damn

[strange viper]

after you used up the free stones, then no.

[cyan kiln]

You can spam click tho, dont have to wait for the animation

[languid hatch]

wdym free taps ? looks like the taps consume the blue Chaos Stone

[split kayak]

why do you have multiple gears honed

[languid hatch]

that is quantified as free ?

[cyan kiln]

The non free consume gold

[strange viper]

processed stones = free, normal chaos stones cost gold

[tender flicker]

processed stones = free taps. After you run out it uses chaos stones + gold.

[languid hatch]

understood

[languid hatch]

well, did not know that i should only focus one

[vast oriole]

Youre fine, they talking about old +15 gear

But thats what happens when you powerpass

[languid hatch]

all failed XDDDD

[hearty kraken]

is it worth crafting stuff for profit when I have to buy the materials?

[languid hatch]

3% .. it's basically 50-50 Ider it goes or not

[cyan kiln]

Loa buddy website can tell you

[strange viper]

Short answer, not really. long asnwer, yes but you need to get all the correct SH structures and outfits for the bonuses + bonuses from pets in your farm thing. Basically you want to reduce the crafting costs and increase great success and then you might sometimes make a small profit if you get lucky.

But yea go ahead and use the calculator for crafting and check for yourself.

[proud cloak]

Is there any website etc. that I can use to know which mobs drop collectibles in north kurazan?

[outer mason]

https://maxroll.gg/lost-ark/resources/north-kurzan-adventure-tome-guide

[proud cloak]

I've checked that out but I can't find the portion that explains where to find the collectibles such as the polyhedral fragment.

[ashen shuttle]

hey can i change the challenge express to another character???

please helpp

:;(

[outer mason]

drops like these are random from any mob in the region
your best bet is to buy these from the Market

[outer mason]

yes you can change the character for express once

[ashen shuttle]

will some item gone from current character?

[proud cloak]

Oh thanks!

[outer mason]

if you claimed anything on the first character, you won't be able to get that on the other character

[ashen shuttle]

hmm oke

[languid hatch]

which one should i pick if i play bard ?

[tender flicker]

Gentle projection is best utility with shielding, dmg difference isn't huge between them. You'll get all of them eventually as you progress in paradise.

[languid hatch]

i have dazzeling equiped from previous one

that's why i was asking, in case they have utility for dps/heal/tank etc.

[balmy plank]

If you have healing orb from season 1 just keep using that. The 3rd orb from season 2 is a support orb tho

[tender flicker]

S1 heal is preferable

[languid hatch]

they have the same stats tho

[tender flicker]

This is 3 screenshots of the same orb

[languid hatch]

mb, copy paste trolling

awww, i cant preview the effects

mbmb

[tender flicker]

You can find orb effects in the pins

[cloud pendant]

where is the starting point to do main quest to start doing act 4?

[faint cedar]

Purple quest in Elnead iirc

[tender flicker]

Kinda towards center of Elnead

[lavish grove]

Machinist Guide

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Jan 2, 2026, 4:26 PM

[normal otter]

i need help im a returning player 1/y off and i dont have elixir quest cant find it anywhere pls assist

[tender flicker]

No more elixirs or transcendence, baked into the evolution tree for free now

[safe cairn]

guys this T4 relic item set what + should i up to untill transfer to ancient?

[normal otter]

i have this box

[tender flicker]

Box is redundant, it’ll awkwardly eat up a storage space unless you want to send it to a new alt and delete or something

Unless you can open then toss the elixirs

[normal otter]

i cant open it it says i need to do the quest thats what ive been looking for >.<K

[tender flicker]

uhhh then…yeah…

[normal otter]

i just destroy it?

[tender flicker]

Indestructible

[normal otter]

hahaha xd

ive been looking for this quest for over 1hr

[tender flicker]

Changing to ancient doesn’t change ilvl or any honing rates, just do it when you have the materials. Prioritize armor as it gives evolution points. Weapon can be done later as it lets you hone to above 20 but doesn’t give any immediate benefits.

[safe cairn]

so if i get everything to +20 its all good and i can tranfer it later?

[dim pulsar]

dont wait that long

do it asap as 1660 is hit

[tender flicker]

No sense in waiting really

[hearty kraken]

?advHoning

[buoyant dock]

Optimal Advanced Honing Order
+12 -> 1-10 -> +14 -> 11-20 -> +18 -> 21-40 -> Continue to normal hone.
Calculated with no additional materials (Books & Solars) and full on grace for advanced honing (Scrolls & Solars used on full grace only). Personal costs may vary when using an abundance of these items should you have them. You can estimate your costs using Maxrolls Honing Calculator https://maxroll.gg/lost-ark/upgrade-calculator

[noble garden]

returning player with a 1490 glaivier, do i really need to do legion raids for 2 weeks to craft the gear at that low level ??

[vast oriole]

yep

or you can just use powerpass and skip it

(this gets changed in february)

[tender flicker]

Current progression without pass is painfully slow

[noble garden]

what gets changed ?

[vast oriole]

doign msq gives you the gear

you dont need to hone

or do raids to get the gear

[noble garden]

hmmmmm

end of feb or early ?

[vast oriole]

either 4th or 11th

we dont know

[noble garden]

yea ill just wait i think

[vast oriole]

why dont you use the powerpass

tho

[noble garden]

i used it on slayer

[vast oriole]

i see

well theres also a new powerpass in february

[rose jewel]

Recommendation

[vast oriole]

so

[rose jewel]

Focus on the passed char, by the time you are able to get akkan full set the update will be here and all that time and resources will be wasted

Hone that low char if you want/like her, but don't hyper focus or spend resources on her, she'll live off solo shop spending no extra resources so she can get net positive gold with the low end raids

[red mason]

Is there a way to send a ticket to lost ark support? I guess im blind but i cant find a way to do that on their official site

[tender flicker]

?support