lost-ark-help

[frigid crow]

ah kk, just sometihng to use if i make alts? alts are too much for me lmao

[pliant pivot]

ur gonna need them if you even want to play the game

[stark isle]

Yeah you can boost a bunch of alts right to level 50 once you enter end-game

[limpid obsidian]

I think that's still the case. Haven't been keeping records, but anecdotally that seems right.

[frigid crow]

what? y

[rose jewel]

tldr; this game is not "alt friendly", is just "alt needed" if you want to progress fast

[pliant pivot]

well not required but leveling up will take a really long time without them

[stark isle]

Alts help provide a lot of materials to help you late-game. But this is generally when there’s less content to do, so you rly only need like 20 mins per character to do their dailies

[rose jewel]

if you want to take it easy you can make do with 1 character alone, but expect to be a lot slower later down the road increasing ilvl / reaching legion raids which is the true end game

[stark isle]

It’s not like you’re spending 10 hours a day doing tons of story and everything for every character

[frigid crow]

thats kinda wack but thank fuck you dont gotta grind the story for every character

[rose jewel]

you can knowledge transfer

even if it takes gold and 8hrs, it skips the main story for a continent, however you have to manually hone the alts

its not all free

[stark isle]

Don’t worry about all that for now, just continue the game and have fun :) welcome to lost ark btw

[frigid crow]

i just wanna do dmg but the more i learn about the game the more i have to do to get there lmao

[rose jewel]

you're in the baby phase still

[stark isle]

Tip: when you finish the story in Vern and unlock engravings, look into buying preemptive strike. Makes questing way easier

If you need gold for it, you can just msg me and I’ll send it to you

[frigid crow]

ik ik, its my first mmo so its just a bit daunting

[rose jewel]

oh my

at least it wasnt new world or BDO welcome to mmos then

[frigid crow]

ill keep that in mind thanks!

[stark isle]

BDO?

I’m thinking Black Death online. An mmo where you make friends and everyone you love slowly dies over 10 years of poverty and famine

That’s probably not it

[pliant pivot]

black dessert online i think

[stark isle]

Oh, that’s not as fun

[pulsar kindle]

Should I wait for discount on the ship skin? or should i just get it now

[stark isle]

I’ve never seen the ship skins go on sale. They’re pretty cheap anyways so there’s not much point

[rose jewel]

i dont think those have a discount, ever

[pulsar kindle]

Hermadia's Song right?

[marsh plank]

Yeah the ship skin never goes on sale, neither does the extra character spots

[rose jewel]

i think it was herm song ye

[stark isle]

That’s the good one for auto sailing yes

[stark isle]

Just a heads up, if you have high volume on in the game, the ship sounds may drive you insane

It sounds like playing bard but worse

[worn imp]

any way to get 2 more pieces?

[unreal kite]

You have to clear Vern story to unlock all the dailies/chaos dungeons/etc right?

[snow token]

Punika? Wait till reset

[worn imp]

ima trynna do argos on them today

[deep sorrel]

you're just stuck until you can do chaos dungeon again xd

[worn imp]

does infitine chaos drop?

[rose jewel]

you gonna hone from 1302 to 1370 in a single sitting? madlad

[snow token]

No

[rose jewel]

no they dont

[worn imp]

fuck me you cant even buy from ah

same thing happened when this characteyr reached t2

[rose jewel]

but you can buy t2 gear tho

[worn imp]

yeah but im t3 now 🙂

[unreal kite]

This is okay to click now that I just hit 50 even though I haven't finished Vern yet?

[rose jewel]

i assume that is your first character? (at level 50+)

[unreal kite]

That is correct

[rose jewel]

then yes, go ahead, it will help you a loooot

[foggy dune]

can u do multiple hidden story at the same time for the adventure tome?

[snow token]

Yeah you get timers next to each other

[rose jewel]

as long as the buff timer doesnt expire, yes

[merry reef]

How can I transfer a rock to an alt?

[deep sorrel]

you have to mail it to your alt and yes it will cost pheons

[merry reef]

oh mail ok

[scenic blade]

Notice

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This channel is not for general discussion

[maiden locust]

how do people see the honing animation and know if it success or not?

[dire bone]

Someone told me before you can’t transfer rocks once they’re cut

[deep sorrel]

well if it succeeds it makes a gold-ish flash animation and if it fails it makes a red breaking animation

[maiden locust]

like I see people on videos hone and they react before the flash occurs

[deep sorrel]

oh

are you watching korean videos

[dire bone]

If it’s weapon I think the glow will immediately change if it succeeds

[deep sorrel]

if it's korean and they're honing ancient gear 20+ it's because it throws up a server-wide message when you succeed, and that appears before the animation finishes

if it's some other region i'm not sure

[maiden locust]

oh I see now. I saw the glow change

[merry reef]

you cant, its uuncut

[tired crescent]

do I need to use the powerpass tonight or can I save it?

[deep sorrel]

feiton powerpass will expire tonight, you can't save it

[tired crescent]

no I mean after I link it to the account do I still need to use it tonight or can I wait

[deep sorrel]

yeah you still have to use it tonight

[tired crescent]

dang

I wanted to wait til summoner dropped

[marble sand]

there is a slight difference in animation

[merry reef]

There should be a new pass soon anyway aand who knows when thats gonna come out

[marble sand]

If you've looked at it like 1000 times, you surely will starts notice that successes has like 25%-30% more sparkles

[rose jewel]

summoner should have a new powerpass or an express event, if we take amazon's word

i know, its hard, but hey, have copium and hopium

[merry reef]

what do you guys think, is it generally better to just sell your gems then buy the ones you want instead of rerolling? seems like gold loss wont be huge unlike while rerolling with silver.. well..

[dire bone]

I’ve heard you can boost a character without choosing an advanced class

But yeah most likely summoner gonna come with her own power pass

[rose jewel]

that is usually the way people tell you to get gems, sell bad ones, buy good ones

you could roll first try a good gem, or at the 100th, silver wasted

[merry reef]

yea thought so, think I will try rerolling my first 3 lvl 7s or so, cuz its somewhat easy to get ones of the skill you need at that point

[gilded phoenix]

Can attack speed tripods allow you to go over the 40% attack speed cap for that specific skill or nah?

[dire bone]

I reroll my damage gems on my sorc alt cause sorc damage gems sell for more than bard ones

Well at least that was still the case last time I sold one

[merry reef]

But I just got first lvl 7 on my shadowhunter and it seems like trying to reroll for 1 specific skill gonna cost quite a bit probably

[dire bone]

Yeah unless you got a couple mil silver lying around don’t reroll gems

[stuck nest]

I’m 1375 and the game is really slow. Does it ever speed up again? I want to valtan but I might quit before then if it just keeps slowing down

[rose jewel]

i will be honest wth you... it will keep getting worse, and worse

[dire bone]

If other shadowhunter gems don’t sell for as much you could always check gem prices of other classes as well

[deep sorrel]

yes

[rose jewel]

if you dont have alts and manage them well, gear progression is going to be hell

[dire bone]

And reroll them on an alt once if you can

[merry reef]

ah smart

[dire bone]

Aren’t lvl 10 gems like 300k silver per reroll or something?

[rose jewel]

1370 legendary gets a jump in increased chances because it goes to +6, but still

[dire bone]

Gets crazy expensive

[merry reef]

i got 1.6m to my name haha

[rose jewel]

1.6m is nothing

[merry reef]

yea exactly lol

seems like I might be losing 800 gold or so but still seems like a better option than silver

[velvet stream]

i'm confused with the 3 days waiting time on the auction and stuff. does that mean if i put up an accessory, it'll take 3 days before its up on the market?

[deep sorrel]

Added preventions to limit gold-seller activity. New store purchases will now have a 3 day waiting period before they can be traded or transferred out of the buyer’s account via mailing, trading, gifting, or selling on the Auction House.
i think "store purchases" means stuff from the crystal store

[velvet stream]

Ooooh okay sorry got confused for abit that it's focused on the Auction house itself

[median drift]

Is there a honing guide for 1445 to 1460?

[deep sorrel]

1445 to 1460 is just +1 on every item

[merry reef]

what are your items at? should be just +1 yea

[frail magnet]

Are some seals better than others?

[deep sorrel]

if you're asking about something like the "shortcut to 1415", that doesn't really exist anymore, you just hone everything equally

[median drift]

I heard that its optimal to get the weapon to +20 then +19 on all with one at +18

[merry reef]

how is it optimal to get weapon to +20 lol

[fair mantle]

That's very bad it triggers defence gate

[median drift]

whats that?

[merry reef]

if anything do +1 everything then another +1 on armor since it cheaper lol

6 +18 gets you to 1460

[deep sorrel]

uhh in general I would prioritze the green seals since you can buy legendary runes with those

[fair mantle]

The average ilvl of all your armours must be more than or equal to the entry level for content otherwise you take increased damage

[deep sorrel]

but practically speaking you can just send off whatever major dispatch is available, and you can figure out what you want over time

[sinful knot]

anyone know Nightmare set cooldown is additive or multiplicative?

[deep sorrel]

it is multiplicative

[dire bone]

Green for the runes, yellow for crew, red for sea bounties and like crafting stronghold structures

[frail magnet]

Thank you all:D

[broken pawn]

what is the best way to earn gold?

[lilac kayak]

credit card

[rain meadow]

do your weeklies (abyss dungeon/raid, legion raid), gold island, sell anything that you drop, etc

[broken pawn]

what is gold island

[deep sorrel]

una's tokens too

[flat sandal]

when is the maintenance?

[rain meadow]

adventure islands sometimes have an island that has gold as the reward

[split kayak]

#announcements

[rain meadow]

today is one such day, with drumbeat island having gold

[broken pawn]

ok ty

[deep sorrel]

midnight pacific / 3am eastern

[broken pawn]

any idea roughly how much gold i can get from those islands if i have never been to one?

[rain meadow]

depends on the contribution score

[deep sorrel]

and your item level

[broken pawn]

so should i go now or later

[rain meadow]

could be 450g, 600g or some other higher amount that i forget

[deep sorrel]

well you have to go when it appears, it's on a schedule

[rain meadow]

^

next adv island for NA west is in 45min

[broken pawn]

how do I see that

[frail magnet]

Is giant mushroom island better for gathering wood than panda island?

[rain meadow]

the compass tab thing on the top left with the daily scheduled events

[deep sorrel]

in the top left there should be a tab with a clock on it, if you expand it it lists all the events

[rain meadow]

oh its a stopwatch lol

[rose jewel]

https://lost-ark.maxroll.gg/resources/how-to-make-gold-silver

[deep sorrel]

honestly I felt like giant mushroom island was bad for wood, I don't think the mushrooms drop the same amount as normal trees

[rose jewel]

and it takes way longer

its a bore fest

[frail magnet]

You get giant mushroom stem but I dont know what you can get for it yet

[deep sorrel]

i think those are just for that one island quest

[hybrid inlet]

mushroom island is good for mindlessly lvling your lifeskill but yeah I feel like it's lower wood yield

[scenic blade]

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[marsh plank]

For the valtan gate 2 stagger check with a shield, is there a visual indicator when the shield is depleted?

[deep sorrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GagFf5_fmmk

you can see he has a visual shield and it disappears

though it's hard to pay attention to that in the heat of the moment, i just watch the bar to see if it starts depleting

[warped viper]

Just so I understand this screen completely. Once I obtain a total of 55 Wings from Vykas, I will then be able to freely swap any piece of my currently equipped Relic armor into a different set piece? As in, if I had 6 Nightmare, I could just go here and instantly swap all pieces to say Salvation?

[deep sorrel]

yes

[limpid obsidian]

I think you're supposed to be able to turn in 250 of them for ~1.5k Logging XP, but the devs messed up and the vendor shows 250 normal wood instead (which is NOT WORTH it).

[warped viper]

At any point? Just freely? No restriction?

[deep sorrel]

yep

[warped viper]

That's honestly so crazy wtf LOL

[deep sorrel]

well it's 250 of the blue background wood, and no it's not a mistake since there are other vendors for different life skills

[marsh plank]

Yeah you expect them to at least charge you silver. But we ain’t complaining

[warped viper]

I honestly can't believe this exists. It's like, too convenient and nice lol

[frail magnet]

Yeah, it looks crazy! I was just running around trying to find that vendor lol....

[limpid obsidian]

Well, it's just so crazy bad value that it makes no sense.
Also, the vendor is on the same island that gives the unique resource. It would make a lot of sense for the vendor to take the unique resource.

[warped viper]

I mean to get 55 wings is gonna take time, but just the idea that there's a system that allows you to freely swap engame sets whenever at no cost, shocks me. I would of thought for sure that we'd have to continuously farm mats and craft pieces to gear transfer if we wanted new set pieces.

So then, what becomes of raid mats once you unlock this feature? At that point I would assume they lose all value, right?

Like, they're not like Argos Blood where you can even dismantle them for leapstones or anything.

[deep sorrel]

there's an exchange shop for uh... chaos stones and the valtan emote pack

[crude delta]

is there a hard cap or soft cap for cdr?

[deep sorrel]

from stats it goes up to -80%, but the soft-er cap is whatever max swiftness gives you

and that combines with gem/tripod cooldown decrease

[warped viper]

Ohhh okay. Valtan Emote Pack has to be secured lol. Also, when using the gear set conversion, does quality transfer too? Like, I feel I shouldn't upgrade the quality of my current relic pieces if it doesn't do that.

[brave rapids]

Anyone know if the new Tripod system (announced at LOA ON) is easier or harder to use/gather than our current system?

[deep sorrel]

yeah, hover over that question mark and it says everything that gets preserved (in response to shy)

[warped viper]

I didn't even see the question mark on the top left

[deep sorrel]

I don't think they've explained the specifics of the new korean tripod system yet, they just explained how existing tripods will transfer over

uh it says "select gear" above your hat and there's a question mark next to it (if you're on the gear set conversion page)

[split kayak]

They remove the library (the one on npc)
But they say gonna increase the base transfer chance
Along with item that gives 100% chance on event

So it's like more convenient when you need to change builds

No more easy copy paste, but higher chance, but easier swapping tripod build

[crude delta]

got it thanks lads

[junior flint]

does food persist through death in legion raids?

[deep sorrel]

stronghold feast does, consumable food does not

[junior flint]

gotcha, thanks

[brave rapids]

So should I just buy level 4 Tripods now, save them in multiple Tripod inventories, and I'll just get to keep them in the future system?

[split kayak]

Yes

Thats what ppl recommend

[brave rapids]

and you could possibly just tell them back on the market once you save it right?

[split kayak]

Yes, can sell again

[brave rapids]

If I buy Tripod inventories for one character, does it unlock for the entire roster? Or is it character-based

[split kayak]

Char based

Iirc

Could be wrong tho, i never take a look at it
And im not ingame rn

[frail magnet]

Which one of these is the easiest? I tried to run Yoho and everyone died lol

[brave rapids]

well you have to do all 3 anyways, but I'd say Lumerus is pretty easy

[frail magnet]

aah

[uneven robin]

U should run all of them

[fair mantle]

Don't matchmake it lol

[uneven robin]

It’s not that bad, I’ve only ever failed mm once on achates

All other runs are smooth

[frail magnet]

How come?:D

[nimble gorge]

at 1400 ilv, I get almost exactly 1k una tokens per week, how much does this increase to at 1415 ilv?

[deep sorrel]

1595

[nimble gorge]

oooh

so that completely covers the losses of not being able to run oreha hard gold?

[fair mantle]

Depends on your luck but I usually end up with tier 2 alts using 1 engraving and no gems so it's not rlly a good time, party finder is safer

[fair mantle]

You get Valtan at 1415

[deep sorrel]

uhh idk but normal valtan is supposed to replace oreha

[frail magnet]

That sounds like me, except its my main 😂

[fair mantle]

Yeah I meant the others are using alts since it's equalised but they don't realise they have 0 engravings and stats

[pure pike]

where is the heartbeast island on the map? i dont know where to sail, i heard its next to anikka but i dont see it

[frail magnet]

Ahh. I mean, at this low GS I cant even use gems yet

[pure pike]

i tried searching for "heartbeat" on the search bar but i dont see it

[fair mantle]

Not even released yet

[frail magnet]

it wants me to get specific GS to progress in quest

[fair mantle]

Oh you're still T1?

[pure pike]

[dreamy bluff]

for those that craft basic Oreha Fusion mats. which method do you use? fish? or other method. is there a method that is more worth to do

[warm raptor]

Anyone know where this is?

[ripe sedge]

Question about cube... How do I get 20 floors for the achievements?

[copper orbit]

wait did you need pirate coins to level up ships

like do the mats cost pirate coins

[ripe sedge]

Yes

[copper orbit]

oh. yeah. i see

[copper orbit]

there's this thing that's called "hell mode cube"

[deep sorrel]

to the right of arthetine

[dreamy bluff]

look likes its here

[copper orbit]

you make the timer tick down and you can optionally suicide so that only 1 person is left
to ensure that you have the least amount of points possible

[warm raptor]

Thank you both!

[idle raptor]

Will today's weekly reset remove super express? Why does it say until 06/30 but will it continue for the whole day before July or just those few hours? I missed a run in Guardian Raid 😔

[normal raptor]

can someone help me on how to not get trade restricted?

[dreamy bluff]

i deleted the character i was doing my express on thinking i could make a new character to put it on, i was wrong. missed thos little rewards

[deep sorrel]

character selection ends at 6/30, but if you've already selected a character for the express then it continues until 7/20

[fair mantle]

Fish

[fair mantle]

Oh no they were huge rewards

[dreamy bluff]

[idle raptor]

OMG so I haven't lost it yet

[dreamy bluff]

i think i only did like 2 missions on the character before i deleted it. didnt like gunslinger that much

[fair mantle]

I deleted my gunslinger too

[brave rapids]

whats wrong with GS?

[fair mantle]

Who said anything's wrong

[brave rapids]

everyone i talk to deletes their GS

[fair mantle]

Just don't like it

Plus less reward for the risk when it's underpowered as an alt

[dreamy bluff]

there isnt anything wrong with it. it looks cool watching other people play it. but my brain isnt elevated enough to handle it

[thorny seal]

Is there a way for me to transfer 200 gems to one character

[marble sand]

it's a high difficulty character and also demand high investment

[dreamy bluff]

200?

[fair mantle]

Put it in roster storage lol

[marble sand]

"Floorslinger pov" is a meme because she's also extremely squishy

[thorny seal]

Yea but that's going to take a long time

[fair mantle]

[thorny seal]

Yes

[dreamy bluff]

if they are level 1 or lvl2, just upgrade them a few times and then transfer it to make the process less painful

[deep sorrel]

just fuse some of them for less gems

[thorny seal]

Roster storage doesn't even fit 100 gems

It's lvl3/4/5

Can I just send through mail ?

[deep sorrel]

i think mail fits less items than roster storage

[scenic blade]

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[dreamy bluff]

what gem level does the character you are transfering them to needs? if that character only need lvl6 gems you can make them all into lvl5 then transfer them over

[thorny seal]

I am gonna send all the gems to arcanist and make a lot of golds

Lvl 3/4 gems of new character sell a lot

[dreamy bluff]

ahhh

is archanist tomorrow? or second half of patch

[deep sorrel]

it's next month

[thorny seal]

Wait what ?

Isnt it tomorrow ?

[deep sorrel]

it's in july

[thorny seal]

Yea tomorrow is July lol

[deep sorrel]

tomorrow is "mid-june"

[dreamy bluff]

tomorrow is 30th

[deep sorrel]

but arcanist is projected for july 20

[thorny seal]

Ok I'll go check the patch note
Thank

[dreamy bluff]

although technically it is already 30th for a few of us

[deep sorrel]

if you've been doing the stronghold research for roster storage you should have a lot of room in the second page

and then you can use crystals to unlock the slots on the first page if you really need those

[dreamy bluff]

anyone know what the required mats for the 1460 research is?

[deep sorrel]

it's like 24 wood 24 ore

[ripe sedge]

I died on floor 16 of T1 cube on solo run, no idea why I died, wasn't a survival floor and the mobs weren't doing any DMG to me

So what gives?

[frail magnet]

can I solo guardian raid?

[deep sorrel]

what item level are you again

like the first 3 guardians are fairly easy without doing anything special

and then there's a bunch of guardians in the middle that are a pain without proper gear/engravings but you don't actually want to invest in those at that level

[ebon perch]

guys can i do thronespire lvl 25 with a 1445 WD with 3x4+2x1 engravings?

[ripe sedge]

Don't know how TF I'm gonna get 20 floors. T3 cubes end way before 20 floors, and nobody does T1 or T2 cube on my dead server.

[buoyant herald]

you have to go slow and have full party make them die on every round

[fair mantle]

Anyone above 1415 ilvl can but I've heard it's tricky

[deep sorrel]

you have to like very specifically go in a 4 person party and have 3 people die on every floor and also wait out the timer

[ebon perch]

oki ty

[dreamy bluff]

im not entirely sure what went wrong for you. cube is based on time. so if you take too long it goes up alot of floors before you're done. if you finish the floors fast it can be done in as little as 10-15 floors

[rugged cypress]

What tastes way to level to 60? What’s the best method of XP at this point?

[ripe sedge]

The problem is, I'm trying to do 20 floors without dying and then 30 floors cleared for the 2 achievements

[dreamy bluff]

ahh

that is strange then. as far as i know, its only suppose to release the spirit thing after you if you take too long and that shouldnt be able to 1shot kill you

[buoyant herald]

just buy pots from guild pvp and ship shops do all the quests you ever see do your cubes 1by1 boss rushes everything and you will get there still takes a few months at least

[marble sand]

do Cube Hell

[heavy jolt]

would damage to foe % be the same as crit damage % if i had 100% crit? (asking to decide between tripods)

[ebon perch]

how do i get higher level relic gear. imean the lvl1/2/3 effects in relic sets

[marble sand]

depends on the value

but generally if the Critdam/3 smaller than % damage increases, then the DI is better

[heavy jolt]

i meant if they are even in value, if the number were the same? like is 10% damage to foe equal to 10% crit damage if i had 100% crit?

[marble sand]

no, 10% damage to foe would be 10% flat increases, while 10% critdam would be like 3-5%

[marble sand]

wait for later raids

[heavy jolt]

oh really okay, how do you come to the critdam/3 calculation? can you expand on that please?

[ebon perch]

ok

[hybrid inlet]

do the math yourself:
suppose we are doing a hit of base 100 dmg with the base crit dmg of 200% (with 100% crit chance)
with no bonuses, this hit is 100 * 200% = 200 dmg
with +10% crit dmg, this hit is 100 * 210% = 210 dmg
with +10% bonus dmg, this hit is 100 * 200% * 110% = 220 dmg

[marble sand]

lets say you have 10000 attack, 100% crit, 200% critdam base.
DI: (10000x2)x1.1
CD: (10000x2.1)

DI = 22000, CD = 21000

the /3 is simple because you always have 200% critdam base

so any effect of critdam increases is only about half or below as effective as % increases

[heavy jolt]

i literally couldn't do the math myself that's why i asked LOL but thank you for the in depth calc, this is really helpful

ok perfect thank you both, this is really helpful im screenshotting this for myself haha. trying to decide between a bunch of lvl 4 tripods

[marble sand]

also 100% crit is not optimal btw

sorta

[heavy jolt]

yeah i knew that part, but my pinnacle glaivier's skills have it haha

do you know the optimal crit rate btw?

[marble sand]

that is highly chara dependant and team comp dependant actually

like if you take Sorc for example, she by herself only has about ~55%-60% critrate, despite her Doomsday scales so heavily with a crit

so what you do is you always takes a crit synergy with you, like a Gunslinger

then that crit chance becomes 80% or something

[frail magnet]

I accidentally entered raid solo, can I somehow quit without getting 10 minutes penalty?

[hybrid inlet]

btw that's only true for some variants of reflux. igniter always takes the other tripod and reflux can still take that tripod despite never using z

[marble sand]

even a chara that heavily relies on crit again like GS herself, settles for about 60% stats on crit, the rest on Spec and Swift

there is also the fact that you can only reliably trusts about ~85%-90% of your attacks

because things like boss patterns forcing you to move/cancel skills, bosses becomes untargettable, stagger check patterns etc

[hybrid inlet]

if you mean you accidentally entered a guardian raid solo, just wait 3 min and click the stop raid button at top left. then you can leave without penalty

[heavy jolt]

so do you know the optimal crit rates for a instant cast reflux sorc? that's my main alt haha

[marble sand]

~90% something

[hybrid inlet]

no, instant cast reflux shouldn't go extreme crit

[marble sand]

the thing with that is tho because Argos is a thing atm

[marsh plank]

Is there any advance tells of valtans reflect mechanic? Like earlier than him raising his axe. As an Artillerist sometimes my bombs are delayed and while the stagger dmg on them did get nerfed, people would still yell at me for triggering reflect when someone else messed up

[marble sand]

once you have access to a full Nightmare set then things starts going very differently

[hybrid inlet]

with instant cast you don't take explosion and frequently don't take doomsday so you have less skills with the crit dmg tripod

[marble sand]

Argos is a fat chunk of crit sure, but when raw attack damage comes into place, math starts getting really jank

[heavy jolt]

ok can you give me the numbers with argos, and then without argos? i also use final strike but no doomsday/explosion

[marble sand]

just change raid group

[nimble gorge]

is it better to use fused leapstone on weap or armor?

[marble sand]

the "safety value" for that counter pattern is about 120, even if your Air Raid with overwhelm hit, thats barely 100

so if you're confident you didnt stick that up his ass at a bad timing, someone else have triggered that pattern

[nimble gorge]

also, is fused leapstone better for low honing or high honing items, like lv 12 item vs lv 17 item

[hybrid inlet]

there's a table out there if you google something like "fused leapstone table" for optimal upgrading.

[fair mantle]

Armour

[nimble gorge]

oh perfect ill try find

[marsh plank]

Got it, ty

[marble sand]

usually the ones triggered Counter pattern is GL or Berserker btw

a fuck ton of their skills hits for well over 150 stagger value in a single hit

just need to land 1 of them to triggered the Counter pattern

[marsh plank]

There’s this google sheet https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/v2n6q9/optimal_fused_leapstone_calculator/

[marble sand]

Destroyer can easily not hit due to their speed so they're not the usual suspect

[weary onyx]

how many level 1 gems do I need to do a level 10 gems ?

[marsh plank]

3^9, 19683

[weary onyx]

ty

[marsh plank]

Wait I might be wrong, don’t quote me on that. I think it’s right tho, if my brain didn’t fail me.

[marble sand]

approximately 20k

a level 10 gem is
19683 level 1 gems
6561 level 2 gems
2187 level 3 gems
729 level 4 gems
243 level 5 gems
81 level 6 gems
27 level 7 gems
9 level 8 gems
3 level 9 gems

[unreal kite]

Just did my first Chaos Dungeon run solo on lvl 1. I already have Providence gear on my Zerker and all the gear it dropped is no better (or higher quality) than what I have now. Do we just disassemble it?

[maiden locust]

[broken pawn]

are paladins supposed to tank

[hybrid inlet]

there is no tanking in this game. the gunlancer class is very durable and can take hits, but isn't really an mmo tank as they have only 1 taunt on a long cd

[broken pawn]

what i meant was do i stay behind like healer or stand right infront of boss

sometimes it's easier to buff when i stand with them but i die easier

[hybrid inlet]

paladins are a support class, doesn't matter where you stand as long as you're avoiding attacks since your buffs have huge range. technically in advanced play you should stand in the general front direction of the boss to help out your back attacking allies, but don't worry about it as a new player

[broken pawn]

also another questions how do i get more skill points do i have to level up to 51?

[hybrid inlet]

https://lost-ark.maxroll.gg/resources/skill-point-collection-guide
a lot of the guides in that site are great for new players

[fair mantle]

Levelling up and skill point potions from various sources

[marble sand]

usually pally stand at front because it generally helps the boss not targetting the back attackers as much, and also lets you counter the boss more conviniently

but you don't "tank" the boss attacks, "kite" would be a better word

[broken pawn]

ok thanks

how much should i sell my tier 1 legendary acc

[fair mantle]

Just dismantle it

[broken pawn]

i sold one for 10 gold before though

[vast shadow]

Search skill point on codex, it's under the map UI on top right corner. That way you can track which skill points you need to get, either from una daily task, adventure quest, collectibles, etc

[fair mantle]

I mean sure you can list it but it's not worth the effort 10 gold isn't rlly much

And it depends on the engravings stats quality etc

[broken pawn]

when will i start to get lots of gold?

rn i am struggling to get any gold

[fair mantle]

After you start doing raids in T3, you don't need gold in T1 anyways

[uneven robin]

when u have 6 characters at 1430

[broken pawn]

so i just do every quest possible and dungeons daily until i get to tier 2?

[vast shadow]

T3 1340 is where you begin to get more gold from abyss dungeon, una token, or selling t3 materials

[fair mantle]

You don't rlly need to do quests, just do the islands on maxroll and dailies like chaos dungeon and guardians plus weeklies like abyysal dungeon, also are you using the express pass that boosts the character by a lot

[broken pawn]

should i get my acc to 1340 first or make other characters and do dungeons on every character daily?

[fair mantle]

You get Feiton pass at like 960 so don't bother till then imo unless you're interested in playing other classes

[half thunder]

Should I be having a set of argos gear or the oreha's empyrean material gear?

[fair mantle]

Class?

[scenic blade]

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[half thunder]

Is it easy enough to say which one should have which for most clasess?

[vast shadow]

Personally i started to focus more on my alts once i reach 1340 once i get used with doing dailies, weeklies, and procyon compass events

[broken pawn]

okok thanks

[vast shadow]

If you have extra time, having more alts sooner is better

[fair mantle]

Only supports don't go Argos sometimes otherwise all other classes go Argos armour plus chosen weapon

[half thunder]

That's easy enough to remember. Does weapon come from a different source depending on class?

[fair mantle]

Oreha mats

[vast shadow]

Check procyon compass, every 3 days there are island events that gives 400-700 gold

[half thunder]

For all classes or just support?

[rain meadow]

everyone

[true seal]

are relic accs a must for hard vykas?

[rain meadow]

simply because it's the most efficient way to use your first week mats

[half thunder]

Interesting

[fair mantle]

Class?

[true seal]

db

[rain meadow]

depends on your raid group, lol

[fair mantle]

I mean high spec is rlly good for db, it's not absolutely needed tho you can still work with a 4x3 but relic gives you a lot of hp which is very helpful

[true seal]

well im at 1500 spec, but yeah in a guild who i plan on running it with just curious if i could be a liability

relic prices are pretty expensive for me or dont exists

[fair mantle]

If you die a lot then yes you would and relic isn't too expensive tho, you could get 4x3 under 15k

[rain meadow]

the liability does not come from lack of dps, it comes from lack of coordination

[fair mantle]

Yup in Vykas not doing mechs and dying a lot is the major problem not dps

[true seal]

gotcha

[restive mortar]

what order do i prioritize pieces of the harsh oath set?

[fair mantle]

Relic is hence useful for the tons of hp it gives rather than the dps

[rain meadow]

i think the only real dps check in vykas is somewhere in gate 2

[fair mantle]

I'm pretty sure a lot of attacks one shot if you aren't relic and armour is at ilvl

[marble sand]

theres like 2 of them, the rest can indeed 2-shots you or something

but generally for the "1-shot patterns" you'd still die even with Relic armor, but they're pretty dodgable

[pulsar kindle]

easiest class for alts?

[marble sand]

Shadowhunter

And Scouter I guess

[brave rapids]

Why'd you cross this out? Isn't this true?

Also Berserkers pretty easy

[marble sand]

Because we dont have it here yet

[wraith basin]

sorc and gunlancer are easy

compared to gunslinger at least

[summer flare]

Where would I go to find a static?

[wraith basin]

your guild or the server chat in this discord

[fair mantle]

In your regions lfg channel, area chat, party finder or guild

[marble sand]

Your guild chat, guild discord, or suffers from gatekeepers in #944813265123418182

[pulsar kindle]

easiest ranged class for alts?

[marble sand]

idk why we aren't banning the dumb fuck gatekeepers but there's that if you are masochistic

[fair mantle]

What's your definition of easy

[marble sand]

Reflux Sorc probably fits your criteria

[pulsar kindle]

don't want to even read skills easy

[marble sand]

Insta cast reflux sorc

[fair mantle]

Reflux is fine then but requires some investment

[queen thunder]

do alts need to complete south vern to do 1415+ chaos dungeon/guardian?

[marble sand]

yes

[queen thunder]

[opaque aspen]

Any idea how big would be the update?

[fair mantle]

Need South Vern for Valtan too

[timid pollen]

big F....i totally forgot that seems no upgrading for me today

[opaque aspen]

Its below atleast 20gb right?

[marble sand]

80mins till maint go go

[nimble gorge]

is there a tripod statue to make south vern my base homd teleport?

[timid pollen]

How long does south vern take ? goddamn

[fair mantle]

Use the North Vern one

[marble sand]

South Vern doesnt have a city, you'd have to settled for North Vern

[opaque aspen]

Yeah ignore me

[marble sand]

90-120m

[timid pollen]

but mentally 5 hours right

[warped viper]

Are the new skins coming out timed or here to stay?

[deep sorrel]

Unknown, just wait until after patch

[frail magnet]

If island event starts in 2 minutes, can I be late or it starts at 11pm and thats it

[deep sorrel]

you have a 3 minute window to join the island after it spawns

[hollow void]

hello, wanna double check on the downtime of this weekly maintenance. Forums post said 4, but the in game announcement notice said 6, a bit confused

[frail magnet]

thanks!

[deep sorrel]

I think it's more likely that the 4 hours in the patch notes is right but you never know with amazon

I don't think anyone here knows which one is the right one

[hollow void]

tyty

[dull fog]

most probably 6

[deep sorrel]

I guess it is safer to assume the longer one

[mellow wigeon]

how long before maint?

[frail magnet]

182 is a bit specific number. Does my pereformaance impact how much I get orr

[deep sorrel]

your item level is the biggest factor

and then it depends on how fast the co-op got cleared

[broken pawn]

why did i not get gold for adventure island

[deep sorrel]

did you go to drumbeat island

[light dawn]

The timer in #announcements auto updates, 47 minutes left

[broken pawn]

i did

[deep sorrel]

what item level are you

[broken pawn]

460

[deep sorrel]

hmmmm

[broken pawn]

i got nothing i think

it also says completed

[broken pawn]

claimed*

[frail magnet]

Noooo maintenance? I planned to refresh my stronghold stuff before I go to bed in 3.5 hours 😂

[deep sorrel]

you didn't see any window like the screenshot above?

[broken pawn]

nope

does it matter if i was doing a quest on the island aswell?

[deep sorrel]

uh well did you participate in the actual co-op

[broken pawn]

what is co-op

[deep sorrel]

like did you pick up the hammer and pound on the slime thing

[broken pawn]

i think like once

and i nearly died then ran away

[deep sorrel]

that might explain it

[marble spear]

if i clear a legion raid's gate 2+ first, can i go back and do gate 1 later?

[broken pawn]

was i supposed to hit it for gold?

[deep sorrel]

basically on an adventure island you get a green timed quest (the co-op) and you have to contribute to get the rewards

[frail magnet]

I was there for the first time too!

I started the quest and then people were collecting stars on the ground and after that, you pick hammer and smash big jello in the middle, and then you smack jellos around, it did no damage, did this phase like 3x and that was it

[deep sorrel]

you can't do them out of order

[broken pawn]

i 100% did contribute but i didn't get anyhting

[deep sorrel]

uhh hitting it once might not count

[broken pawn]

i got the rocks and did everything else

i just walked away cause bees were killing me

[deep sorrel]

well I can't help you since I don't know exactly what you did, but next time, look at the quest on the right and it needs to say "contribution achieved" or whatever

[broken pawn]

ok

[scenic blade]

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[keen relic]

im 1415 rn, should i hone or buy +12 grudge/cdoll first then push w/ my bound sht? think i have 1.5-2k bound ghleaps but i also dont want to replace my accessories alot cuz of pheon+price (i also have a lot of dps alts)

[hasty mesa]

Is farming shard of purification worth the time?

[silver hearth]

what's that?

[keen relic]

is that the chaos line thing

[near mango]

are we getting valtan hell mode this patch? or next patch with arcana?

[keen relic]

i think w/ arcana

rly? i didnt see it w/ the post they had

[near mango]

same ^

[keen relic]

jst saw 2 new skin lines, vykas

dnt rly keep up w/ the news but it'd probably be arcana + inferno mode + new express

[near mango]

also does anyone know how hard vykas hard hits 30 above ilvl? is it manageable without a support? currently 1490

[keen relic]

i heard groups who couldnt find supps jst used a glancer instead but u might have to dbl check

[paper glacier]

https://i.imgur.com/TLIF4uq.jpeg

is that for every type of workshop craft?

[charred sorrel]

should i prioritise weekly battle task or weekly sailing tasks if i want to get more bloodstones? i think battle tasks give more, right?

[hasty mesa]

yes yes

[brave rapids]

what is this 😭

[keen relic]

i feel like its worth doing, its a weekly

[flat dagger]

Silver cost to increase xp for honing.

[brave rapids]

yeah, im asking why did smilegate do this to me 😭

[flat dagger]

#lost-ark-help, not a complaining channel.

[timber mauve]

Let me text a dev and ask just for you since you’re just so special. 👍

[fallen ether]

wait i still need to go through trua even tho i used a powerpass?

[flat dagger]

What?

[fallen ether]

i used a feiton powerpass and it sent me to trua the one where morpheus is

[ionic garnet]

Does this mean everyone gets push immunity for 6 seconds or is just that the cast can't be interrupted?

[flat dagger]

The cast.

[ionic garnet]

Ahh so it's better to get dmg reduction or cleanse then

[silver rain]

Just skip prologue

[fallen ether]

how where?

[silver rain]

Top left? Iirc should be big ass skipping button

[fallen ether]

oh okay i didnt look hard enough

[flat dagger]

There's multiple stages with a powerpass, should be very obvious how to skip.

[fair mantle]

Is the maintenance extended to be 6 hours?

[broken pawn]

has the maintenance started?

[paper rose]

how long maintenance

[stark isle]

yes

[stark isle]

expected 4 houts

[paper rose]

💀

[stark isle]

?

[paper rose]

i cant play 4hours

[stark isle]

they are adding end-game content that will last for the next 2-3 months, you'll live xD

[paper rose]

ohhhh

[fallow mortar]

Having 3 alts at 1370 ... do you guys recommend I upgrade them one at a time from 1370 all the way to 1415 and go to the next alt or do I upgrade all of them simultaneously through 1385>1400>1415 ?

[rain meadow]

definitely one at a time, though not necessarily all the way to 1415 in one sitting

[paper rose]

what is 1370?

[rain meadow]

ilvl 1370? one of the more popular parking spots

[paper rose]

what is ilvl

[timber mauve]

Assuming you can get the honing buff research, one at a time is my suggestion.

[paper rose]

im only 44 lvl

[rain meadow]

item level, or gear score if you're more familiar with that

[fallow mortar]

Yea I have my main 1460 so I can get the research

[paper rose]

ohhhhh

[dire pollen]

Once you get an alt to 1415, they can help fund your next alt

[stark isle]

if you press P, its that big number to the right of your character. it is how people scale where they are in the game after level 50

[paper rose]

thank you im at like 200 i forgot i cant look

[stark isle]

you're all good :)

[scenic blade]

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[maiden locust]

Valtan chest worth buying if I don't need his mats to craft gear?

[fair mantle]

Expected is 6 hours they changed it

[fair mantle]

Everytime yes, you convert mats to stone of chaos anyways

[paper rose]

noooooooo

where do you get info from?

[fair mantle]

In game announcement

[paper rose]

why korean server doesnt have maintenance?

[stark isle]

i dont know about KR servers but they arent getting a massive patch sooooo

KR is way ahead of us

[paper rose]

ohhh

:c

[fair mantle]

Why would they have maintainance lol

[opaque aspen]

Update will be available when?

To download

[split kayak]

I'm sry but could you link the 6 hours came from? Couldnt find it on their twitter/release notes

[split kayak]

Thanks

[snow token]

No it’s useless only if it’s bone

[gleaming garnet]

Hi everyone, its been a few weeks that I have an issue with sound.
I’m playing with Korean voices, and the thing is that my character makes no sound, my skills, and the ennemies neither. Do you guys know how I can fix it ?

[maiden locust]

anyone know how long maintenance is ?

[fair mantle]

Check the event

[maiden locust]

where

[fair mantle]

In this server?

[silver rain]

https://discord.com/events/212635560596996097/991774180800483348

[paper rose]

for update

[fair mantle]

There's no update in Korea

[paper rose]

why?

[fair mantle]

They already have everything that's releasing in NA

[paper rose]

yes but they need more updates that we dont have

[silver rain]

KR already had their maint 1-2 days ago along with the Elgacia after story update

[paper rose]

ohhhh

[fair mantle]

KR can't have maint same time they don't have unlimited manpower lol

[maiden locust]

it says 12 pm is that est

[silver rain]

time is already converted to your system clock timezone so idk probably

[paper rose]

also why the maintenance is so long they just apply update?

idk

sorry

[scenic blade]

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[fair mantle]

There's a lot more to it lol

[paper rose]

is 60 lvl max level?

what does roster level mean what is it

[maiden locust]

alr

[fair mantle]

It's a different type of levelling system and the xp for it can be obtained from all alts on your roster so it's the level of all your alts and main combined

[maiden locust]

is shadowhunter good in pvp

[paper rose]

also after 60 lvl there are no more skills to unlock?

[fair mantle]

You unlock all skills at 50

[paper rose]

ohhh

my last one was at 36 lvl last skill

[maiden locust]

except the ones u awaken u need to go trixion and awaken

[fair mantle]

After level 50 you stop levelling fast, it's a big grind till 60

[paper rose]

ohhh

what is the quest before the final report

[fair mantle]

Final report?

[paper rose]

yes the one you need to unlock gems

[fair mantle]

Do you wanna know the name of the quest? I don't know if so

[spiral thistle]

Dno what you are on but gems are unlocked when you actually get one dropped.

[paper rose]

it says unlock after complete that quest in character tab

[fair mantle]

You'll unlock them when you reach T2

[spiral thistle]

Yeah, because you automatically get the quest when you get a gem dropped.

[paper rose]

ohhh

[silver rain]

Final report is Yorn last msq

so basically you need to do Yorn msq to unlock gems

[modest silo]

is there a tip on honing from 1340 to 1370, like when to use solar stones or just continue praying to god

[charred sorrel]

is it possible to download the update patch yet?

[snow token]

Use stones on weapon and last tap

[snow token]

Not yet

[maiden locust]

yo guys from the vykas hardmode how many wings can we get? in totalle without the bidding for the end box?

[snow token]

Same as valtan

[maiden locust]

aw shit 2 weeks sadkek

[hexed plinth]

Check pins

[hollow sphinx]

Old bug.

[hexed plinth]

Re-download voice dlc from lost ark steam page

[safe heart]

4 from each gate

[gleaming garnet]

Thank you !

[flat dagger]

My advice would be to not even use anything except honing books, until you reach 1370. Then after that you spend them on the weapon & low level armor, while they still give a big %. The reason for this is that you can use epic books until legendary gear, but only legendary books afterwards. Past +15 books become unavailable as a whole too, so you'll want those materials for later.

[scenic blade]

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[faint dirge]

Hello guys! I have one question about mechanic on 1st boss in Vykas , about blue and black orbs above your head when u have to rotate and collect your color? Hos is this thing happen you say before the raid that you have to rotate counter clockwise or clockwise? ( sry for bad english)

[charred sorrel]

how do you check when you can download the patch? i wanted to start playing the moment the servers are up

[fair mantle]

It's random

[fair mantle]

Update not out yet

[wheat heath]

Steam should auto update the game if Steam is opened

[maiden locust]

is the download available yet?

is download gonna be out after the event thing

[eternal zenith]

no

[maiden locust]

when then ?

[eternal zenith]

i didnt reply to you and what event thing ?

[maiden locust]

oh my bad look at the top left the maintance

[eternal zenith]

normally the update appear b4 that clock end but who fucking know, just open your steam and let it auto update

[maiden locust]

alright my friend is just getting into the game and he is downloading it so after he finishes will he download the update or will it just be tehre

[eternal zenith]

it doesnt matter if the update was in the download or not , you still gonna get it anyway

steam wont scam your update so stop worrying about that

[tranquil cosmos]

is it pricey to get 4x3+1?

like what's the min stone for that?

7x7?

[spiral thistle]

At what? Relic or leg? At relic is quite easy but cheap depends on class/build, stats, engravings chosen and/or desired quality

[frail magnet]

Is dispatch the best way to level up stronghold? I know there are items that I can build using wood and silver, but dispatch cost basically only time. It gives the same exp and on top of that I get coins and stuff

[spiral thistle]

Best way is to constantly do research + dispatch + craft as much as possible but your normal stronghold xp is mainly dispatch, at least at like Lv40+ when researches start to drop a fair bit and get further between

[viscid pike]

might be a dumb question but will patch download be available after maintenance ends?

[tranquil cosmos]

Where should I begin when building from scratch? The stone? 2 Engraving slots should also be the 2 most expensive one right (i.e. Grudge + Class Engrv)?

[viscid pike]

6+6 stone and othe gear having 3+3, and 9+9 engravings

[tranquil cosmos]

isnt that only 4x3?

[viscid pike]

oh right youre asking for more?

[spiral thistle]

Stones doesn't have class engravings. Generally that is how people go about it. But if you want to super optimize you can always make multiple pre-builds and to check available on AH too if the stone you pick makes it possible even

[tranquil cosmos]

ye +1

[viscid pike]

i just woke up 🤦‍♀️ sorry

[fallen ether]

mt got extended?

[spiral thistle]

You still haven't specified if you are doing Legendary or Relic as it would be wildly different

[safe heart]

Why not? how else you gonna get the update lol

[viscid pike]

but this website has been useful to me for engraving calculation https://loa-todo.com/engrave

[spiral thistle]

The 4hrs they said hasn't even ended

[fallen ether]

i mean like from my time it said its ending on 7pm earlier, it says 9pm now

[spiral thistle]

Dno what you source you are using but there is no mention at their website or forums

[safe heart]

Patch notes said 4 hours but in-game notice said 6 hours so it could be extended

[hexed plinth]

[safe heart]

Not sure which one is accurate lol. AGS can't even do this right

[fallen ether]

oh okay thanks for clarifying

[scenic blade]

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[brittle tulip]

Is the server status website working?

[regal nymph]

35 mins and it should be up going off previous updates

[stark isle]

So for Vykas Gate 3, I had a question about the Hard Mode Medusa mechanic. When she casts the second time, are the players form the first cast supposed to look away as well? Like if she had both wings open first so players 1-2 were looking, do they have to look away for the second Medusa attack? Or do they continue staring at her?

[fair mantle]

Got extended by 2 hours afaik

[regal nymph]

Downtime up to 4 hours. (EDIT: Apparently ingame said 6 hours)

yeah i missed that part

[shrewd badger]

Is the new t3 bridge like the towers where it's separate for each character? Or are all of the rewards once per roster?

[stark isle]

I heard it’s once per roster (from other players). You can use it to boost your main or boost an alt

[fair mantle]

Once

[shrewd badger]

Darn - I was hoping I wouldn't have to choose between my main and a few alts I'm working on.

[stark isle]

If you need help deciding, feel free to ask

[fair mantle]

Why would you have to decide clear with the highest ilvl character

[spiral thistle]

Because you can be support main 😄

[fair mantle]

True

[shrewd badger]

Been neglecting my roster so I've been working on building it. Main is 1455 and alts are 1370, 1358.x (pushing to 1370 currently), and a fresh t3 destroyer and a fresh t3 Paladin after I finish the express event on him. Thinking of parking the destroyer and Paladin at 1325 till I hit at least 1460 on main. Now I need to decide if I want to use the *bridge on my main or the 1358.x to push to 1370.

[fair mantle]

Bridge mats are roster bound it doesn't matter lol

[shrewd badger]

In that case I'll use my main to clear the bridge.

[stark isle]

Is there any point to pushing my main if I’m 1460? I know there’s a 1475 chaos but that doesn’t feel worth

So shouldn’t I clear it on an alt?

[fair mantle]

There isn't a point rn, can push armour maybe to get a more comfortable Vykas run

[fair mantle]

Roster bound mats if they follow other regions

[stark isle]

I’m bard, I’m essentially immortal

[spiral thistle]

If you push to i1475 you get last chaos + ready for Clown so that is the ultimate chill point imo. But you definitely do not need to get there for sure. But at i1475 you can just push alts endlessly instead and maybe get a few successful hones from Special Honing.

[stark isle]

Ah kk. I’ll likely have to clear it on my alt anyways cuz bard can’t do shit. Was just worried I’d be missing out on smth if I didn’t do it on my main

[shrewd badger]

Am I the only one who hates honing in the 1350's range? Give me 10% honing / pity any day of the week vs failing 40%+ multiple times in a row.

[lament flax]

oh im getting 40% pittys XD

[stark isle]

It’s definitely a dead area. Most people pushed through during events that gave the honing books. The honing books should actually be pretty cheap on market now, have you looked into that?

[hot dock]

is there a way to open the super express menu?

[stark isle]

Top right corner of screen, it’s one of the mini buttons under your map

[shrewd badger]

I have a few I found in my inventory, but had been gold blocked the past few days. Had a few lucky drops, but still only have about 4.5k

[hot dock]

thx

[shrewd badger]

I hope this new event will give us some

[light zealot]

If you haven't assigned it to a character already then no

[hot dock]

i did just yesterday

[stark isle]

Yeah do some life skilling if you want and remember to run your chaos gates when available. You can also try to grab some masterpieces and get the gold from those

[spiral thistle]

Afaik no event has ever given raw gold

[stark isle]

They meant the honing books, not gold

[shrewd badger]

I meant the honing books 😉 I wish we got gold. I did get the first gold rewards from the masterpieces and spent most of it.

Have had crap luck with armor honing on every single character - weapons have all been a breeze. Not sure why that is.

[spiral thistle]

Ah, didn't catch that. I expect prety much almost identical rewards as past 2 events again. Seems like that is the extent of their imagination

[stark isle]

Would highly recommend doing the una reputations that give masterpieces on your alts. If you can work towards getting the gold from masterpieces, it can definitely help you catch up

[sullen lark]

Does arcanist come out today too?

[stark isle]

Have you been getting the honing researches done in your stronghold?

[spiral thistle]

Arcana is slated for July

[subtle helm]

It'll be July in 70 mins for me

[shrewd badger]

Thanks for the tip - it occurred to me earlier that I really need to optimize my unas - I think I have gotten most of the skill point ones, but not the masterpieces. I do have all the honing research done - till I hit 1460

[stark isle]

The next one is at 1385, it helps your alts push to 1370

The 1460 research is for 1370-1415

[shrewd badger]

It's just infuriating that can tap my 9 weapon to 15 with ~10 taps and then pity 40% roll on the armor on that alt.

[stark isle]

Honestly that’s preferable. Pitying your weapon can drain your mats very quickly compared to armour

But it is annoying when you’re pushing to 1370 I agree

[lament flax]

well im pushing to 1370 so far ive hit 7 pitty walls

[shrewd badger]

I guess that's true - main has been the same way. Had crazy good luck on weapon / relic grade upgrade. So I guess I should feel lucky.

[shrewd badger]

First 1370?

[ember spoke]

Me too. I barely get honing materials.

[lament flax]

yeah first 1370

[stark isle]

Oh I thought your main was in the 1350s 😅 my bad

[shrewd badger]

I still have nightmares trying to push through that 1370 wall initially. I think with my luck it took 4 or 5 weeks?

This was back before they were really giving out a lot of mats / events

[lament flax]

the funny thing is i 1 tapped my weapon all the way but my armor oh good lord jesus ive lost count of the fails

[maiden locust]

did they delay maintenance ?

[shrewd badger]

We're honing luck twins! 😂

[stark isle]

Btw if fogelstrom comes back, he will get mad at you guys for chatting in here, just a heads up

[lament flax]

the maintenance should be over any minute

[maiden locust]

wait wait i am so confused it says 2 pm for me and it is 12 pm for me

[stark isle]

Ingame it was listed as 6 hours, it’s only been 4

[spiral thistle]

No it's fine for now. It's decently quiet and it's maintenance and it's relevant helpful information being passed around mostly.

[maiden locust]

oh i see

[stark isle]

:0 he usually tells me to shut up, but in a respectful way 😂

[lament flax]

well if you go to announcements it will tell you 4hours ago maintenance start

[dreamy laurel]

looking for the support union discord

[lament flax]

and since its expected to be 4hours it should be on in the next 5min

[stark isle]

Invite me if you find it

[maiden locust]

wasnt the estimated time 6 hrs

[rain thistle]

there's a normal vykass completion chest for g3 ?

[spiral thistle]

You mean a chest up for auction with materials?

[rain thistle]

first completion chest

[lament flax]

June Update
Vykas content update is coming tonight.
Weekly Maintenance vor 4 Stunden
Downtime up to 4 hours. (EDIT: Apparently ingame said 6 hours)

[rain meadow]

don't remember any completion chest for valtan...

[spiral thistle]

Yeah there is one but it doesn't contain any materials for crafting

[lament flax]

it might have said ingame 6hours but discord says 4 hours

[rain meadow]

there was a completion chest for gate 1, but yeah no crafting materials in there

[spiral thistle]

It's Chaos Shard(s) and Fused Stones for special honing. It's pretty insignificant so people didn't even notice it for Valtan ^^

[rain thistle]

aha

my static is chickening out idk some are 1470+ and still want to do normal. trying to convince them to do at least first 2 on hard

[rain meadow]

if you guys have time, then you should attempt hard lol

[paper rose]

how is hard and normal different? more hp or what
dungeon
'

[rain meadow]

only reason they should be chickening out if they're 1470+ is if they don't believe in their damage, or they don't believe in the team's coordination

[fallen ether]

is the mt officially extended?

[rain thistle]

but team wipe mechanics should be the same in hard though :/

[silver rain]

you cant f- up mech now since one mistake will likely to cause a pt wipe

[paper rose]

what is pt wipe

[fair mantle]

Also hard has extra mech

[spiral thistle]

This is what people are basing it on. I don't see Amazon "officially" saying 6hr anywhere else. Not on website, twitter or forums

[fair mantle]

Communication gap is bad

[spiral thistle]

Bad is putting it mild at this point

[regal nymph]

it must be 6 hours as its normally up for 12

[silver rain]

pt wipe = ded to all pt members

[lament flax]

6hours feels so long for a maintenance or am i wrong there?

i dont know much about programming but from what i saw so far most of the time it was around 1-2 hour maintenance a month

[stark isle]

Usually they announce it’ll be several hours so they have leeway. Doesn’t usually take that long

[spiral thistle]

It's a major content update so I feel it's in line with what to expect

[stark isle]

The 4-5 hour weekly maintenances are overkill though. The content patches are understandable

I have no idea why they need 4 hours to fix 2 tiny bugs every week

[lament flax]

yeah i kinda thought so like there is other games with giant updates like league which take up to 3hours for new gamemode release+champion+much more

[silver rain]

its normal for big patch on other regions. iirc there was 8 hours maint on JP when they introduced Assassin/Feiton patch

[silver rain]

prolly need time for communication between AGS and SG on implementing stuff like how they move maint day one day sooner to actually have more time working on any bugs after maint.

[lament flax]

that might actually be something major why it is taking so long this time

[maiden locust]

even then update didnt show up yet right ?

[lament flax]

why should it if its not done yet?

[graceful kettle]

Are servers still down?

[lament flax]

yeah seems like it will take 6 hours this time

[graceful kettle]

Oh ok

[lament flax]

they kinda didnt announce it propperly this time it says on discord 4 hours official too but ingame there was shown 6hours

[stark isle]

This isn’t an official discord btw

[lament flax]

yeah but still in official post they mentioned 4 hours aswell

[stark isle]

This server is ran by players, the closest thing to an official server is the AGS discord

Oh really? That’s odd

[main canopy]

What 6 hours?? ughhhh

[stark isle]

Either 4 or 6

[lament flax]

well we are already at 4 hours so its 1hour 40min left

[main canopy]

e.e

[lament flax]

since we past 4 hour mark by 20min im guessing its the 6hour version thats right from ingame

[main canopy]

sigh

[scenic blade]

Notice

This channel is for requesting help for in-game issues.
This channel is not for general discussion

[quick jackal]

are servers down?

[spiral thistle]

Yes

[quick jackal]

aww

[paper rose]

https://www.playlostark.com/en-gb/support/server-status

[inner wing]

https://discord.com/events/212635560596996097/991774180800483348

[quick jackal]

Thank you guys

[hot totem]

Why the f is server still down 🔥

[modern parcel]

server down?

[paper rose]

maintenance...

[modern parcel]

xD kidding 😆

i hope there is a new ways now to get mats except chaos and raid...we miss to rewards events

[lament flax]

yeah like i said its wrong announced and most likely the 6hours shown ingame where right that would be due in 1.5hours

[lament flax]

there is other ways chubby you can do pvp that gives a ton of rewards

[spiral thistle]

Most likely Heartbeat Island will have rewards for honing. Other than that they're adding the purchasable growth boxes to the store for people that wanna p2w a bit for RMT

[split kayak]

is this just for accounts that doesnt have trusted yet?

[lament flax]

if you can reach supreme 8 for example you could get 3k guardian stone crystal a week only from that

and you cant realy downrank you just have to play a lot thats it

[young gorge]

To maintain my supreme 8 ihad to play about 40 matches yesterday 😦

[inner wing]

Even those with Trusted

[split kayak]

demn

[modern parcel]

ye well...im f2p type actually so i need natural ways but lets see heartbeat island thing

[lament flax]

like i said take a look into unranked pvp its worth it for honing

pvp is propably the best way to get honing materials

[inner wing]

[young gorge]

I do the 1v1 pvp while playing other game like hearthstone

[modern parcel]

lol wanna hear something absurd about me?im coming from pvp games,everyone know me as pvper player lol and some how on lost ark i found myself with x11 chars 1400+/1370 and pve all day haha,so ye i need maybe some pvps for the mats

i always forget about pvps

[young gorge]

It might be frustrating at the start but if you take the time to learn basic combo's it gets u far

[lament flax]

some is good you need around 40 matches to get the first rank with rewards after that couple hundred more to get into the next tier for the shop

not to mention you need to maintain playing it to hold the rank

[modern parcel]

i did pvps before xD,before i had all my chars haha,when my main was lvl 26 i did pvps 😆

[lament flax]

time to do a lot more 😄

the rewards for it are just too good that you can ignore it

[hexed plinth]

this depends on ur server. if less people play pvp ur gonna rank up alot by playing a couple of games

[deft quartz]

So im currently leveling a berserker as my first character but im unsure if i want to main a berserker. Should i not collect all the roster gifts and such until i decide for sure or does that really matter?

[lament flax]

im not talking about ranked im talking about unranked tho because thats where the rewards at

[modern parcel]

lol ye?cuz im working on my x12 alt now and its lvl 1000 something like that and you know that T2 mats so hard to get except tower haha,every hone you need 500 stones and items +10 you need like 800-900 stones

[fair mantle]

Depends on which gifts are you talking about

[hexed plinth]

i was talking about that

[lament flax]

t2 mats are easy to get through island chubby

[deft quartz]

Like the ones that say you can only receive on one character

[lament flax]

i didnt know it scales with amount of players that play pvp

[deft quartz]

Can you trade amongst your characters?

[fair mantle]

Is it the animal skin or just random rewards

[inner wing]

Roster Storage / Mail

[fair mantle]

For few items yes you can

[modern parcel]

wdym?you did the islands only with 1 char(main probably) and that it,you dont have islands quests anymore

[lament flax]

well yeah thats true but i have so much left over even after that idk what to do with it

[deft quartz]

Are you able to trade your currency?

[inner wing]

Most currencies are Roster-wide

[merry reef]

lol what you really dont get that much

[deft quartz]

like the silvers?

[fair mantle]

All currency is roster wide you don't need to trade

[inner wing]

Yes

[sullen lark]

How do you send your alts accesories and stuff? mail? does it also cost pheon?

[inner wing]

Mail and yes

[fair mantle]

Mail and cost pheons

[lament flax]

i have couple thousand of those stones left over flowy idk from where then 😄

[merry reef]

couple tousand stones is nothing, you need a lot of leaps and shards.

[sullen lark]

why do you have to spend pheons to send an alt something you worked for? sadge

[lament flax]

yeah i do know that but still after upgrading 1 char with it and having so much left over that i can like halve way a second

[late vine]

T1-t2 is a combination of 2 months or 100k gold on alts when you’re out of islands and just have the tower for mat help

[inner wing]

[lament flax]

i mean cant u also buy ur way to t3 right away aswell?

[late vine]

For 100-150k gold

[fair mantle]

If T1-T2 took you anywhere close to that you're doing something gravely wrong

[lament flax]

well if u wanna have that many alt it will ofc cost XD

[late vine]

I’m not wrong, do the math and get back to me. The shards needed for t2 11 to +12 is 10k gold alone dude

[modern parcel]

exactly,my daily gold from chaos+raids with alts and main is around 10-12k gold and using it for T2 mats(average from 600 to 1100 is around 3 days on every new char) but its really rough

[safe heart]

Smilegate has a lot of questionable game design elements

[fair mantle]

I'm not talking about the gold no one is dumb enough to buy t2 shards from market lol, you get so much without that itself, T1-T3 was like max 4 weeks for my alts

[modern parcel]

much more,its around 10k gold only for 30-35k shards

[late vine]

You had help, it’s longer than 4 weeks with most chaos, leapstone unas, and tower

[lament flax]

like i said till t3 its kinda free but if u wanna make 10 alt ofc its expencive and it should be realy

its an investment to gain more gold in future after all

[late vine]

You get 1 attempt a day at +14 if you’re not spending gold

[modern parcel]

exactly!

[late vine]

What if you fail each 14? That makes 6 days take 12

[fair mantle]

There's also event + Mari + you have stronghold research + books

[late vine]

Like I said, that’s help, you can buy books, it goes into that 100k ol referring to

[lament flax]

if you do everything possible on every alt you will be stacked with materials realy

[fair mantle]

And there were so many free boxes, I've never opened T3 shards for those free shard boxes

[fair mantle]

T2 book is like 50g and from event it's free idk what you're saying

[lament flax]

yep i also hesitated a lot with t1 and t2 box usage and waited for t3

[merry reef]

whats ur main at

[fair mantle]

1460

[late vine]

It’s double that or more, I have 8 alts. When you’re out, it’s 2 months or a lot more gold than that

I spend money to speed it up, I’m not waiting 2 months

[fair mantle]

Idk what to say if alts are taking 2 months to hone lol, ig enjoy the suffering lol

[late vine]

Do the math and stop including the extr stuff that you already used

It’s harder than you think

[fair mantle]

Why should I exclude it?

[late vine]

Because you don’t have any left when you already used them

[lament flax]

ofc it is hard and it should be honestly the majority of players cant play 8 characters all dailys every day

[fair mantle]

So buy them

[modern parcel]

actually you dont need all day for play 8 chars chaos and raid

[fierce smelt]

You should have 3x as many characters as you have time to play each day, and play them in 3 day rotations.

[late vine]

Yeah buy the shards too because you’ll be out of mats

[merry reef]

Took me a month for tier 3 with SH research and only event islands, didnt buy shit and my 14-15 honing were all awful.

[lament flax]

i know its quiet fast dailys but still

[fierce smelt]

I have 13 characters at 1370+

I certainly don't play them all every day

[fair mantle]

I'm not out of mats coz I'm buying 50g books to have a higher chance to save mats instead of just blowing mats on raw taps

[modern parcel]

i even made a video that show you that x7 chars chaos+raid is around 2 hours,now i have 12 chars on 1370+ and 1400+ and its takes me almost 3 hours everyday

[lament flax]

if you come home after work have like maybe 3-4 hours to relax u dont wanna grind ur entire time maybe with multible alt time every task u do just to barely get by

what im saying is alt are more for the tryhards the cassual player will maybe have 3 chars they play

[fierce smelt]

Do your Unas daily, and every 3 days do your chaos/guardian.

[fair mantle]

And Mari shards are legit cheap af, looks like you're just mad coz you rage honed on alt and failed lol, it rlly isn't even close to 2 months

[dusk veldt]

[fierce smelt]

12 characters played in 3 day cycles generate the resources of 8 characters played daily, for the effort of playing 4 characters.

[modern parcel]

ye ye ofc,everyday im coming back from meetings,light my ciga with a little whiskey and doing my daily for fun

[fair mantle]

I only play 6 chars too, that too only max 3 everyday, only play main everyday

[lament flax]

yeah that might be you but i doubt the great majority enjoys that playstyle chubby

[fierce smelt]

And yeah you can scale it to your play time. if you've only got time for 1 full character worth of dailies a day, then make 3 characters, and get 2 characters worth of stuff for the effort of 1.

[modern parcel]

ye ik...i know some players that playing like its a job,like you have to do ur daily or you will die xD

[ancient lark]

is the patch already released on steam?

[fair mantle]

They didn't even confirm that it will be up after 90 mins lol, brace for extension

[lament flax]

yeah and those ppl get realy scarry with what they say especially some streamers ive heared couple of times now that certain classes will never be allowed in their raids

[modern parcel]

ye lol,and they take it so personal...its really scary to see that lol,there is some streamers actually going crazy when they failed the honing and i swear a god i dont know even why

[lament flax]

well i would be going mad too if i were to spend 200 bucks for 5 honing attempts or what they spend XD

[modern parcel]

i mean it doesnt matter if you failed or not xD,if you made ur weap +23 you still "have" to make ur weap +24 and 25 haha

[fair mantle]

Usually when they buy all mats from market and rage hone

[lament flax]

our market also seems to be quiet empty compared to korea

[modern parcel]

ye but that the thing lol,im not using $ on this game and i can afford it trust me,but where is the fun?the challenge?i am using everyday 10-15k gold for honing and it doesnt matter if i failed or succed cuz tomorrow gonna be the same gameplay xD,chaos+raids and events

[lament flax]

yeah but some ppl dont like that way of gameplay rinse and repeat every day the same

[fierce smelt]

I watch netflix during probably 90% of my lost ark game time. lol

[lament flax]

id love to watch netflix too but i cant find good shows right now

[modern parcel]

ye well..the tomorrow was an example cuz im not playing everyday ofc but when i play LA i do only the daily and few events

[fierce smelt]

this game is extremely rinse and repeat. I'm not sure what there is here for people that aren't into that kind of game.

[modern parcel]

there is a quests maybe as well also

[lament flax]

well im more into collecting stuff

[modern parcel]

collecting what?mats and stuff?

[lament flax]

nono like achievements collectibles

[modern parcel]

o ye that also

[fierce smelt]

ooooh, it's good for collection too, for a while at least. I can't handle collection. Still only 3 igneas and like 400 mokoko lol

[lament flax]

im sitting at almost 1000 mokoko right now

[modern parcel]

left 400 mokoko?dam that good xD

i think i have 50 mokoko haha

[lament flax]

im at 3 igneas too but im missing only rapport on most

[maiden locust]

guys is GS better or Deathblade btter when it comes to dps

[lament flax]

just play what you want honestly it will eventualy all get nerved and buffed

[fierce smelt]

I found about 150 mokoko naturally as I played through the end of south vern. Eventually I went back and started collecting them with an online map and only made it to about 400 before I said I don't care any more lol

[maiden locust]

hmm okay

[lament flax]

ive had around 300 mokoko when i was done with story

[fierce smelt]

blade is generally considered the highest, or close to it, dps in the game.

even after the surge nerf

[modern parcel]

my alt DB still using surge actually,still op af

[fierce smelt]

yeah surge is still strong.

[modern parcel]

lvl 1370 and every 10 second using surge with 15m-18m dmg,really op

[maiden locust]

dayum db it is then

[short jolt]

I'm the same ilvl and I do 3m with surge /: how you get that high?

[modern parcel]

how 3m?15m-18m crit i mean lol not normal xD

[lament flax]

thats still a lot of dmg for that ilvl

[fierce smelt]

The biggest problem with DB for me is the fairly strict windows. particularlly ADHD bosses cause are immune/gone during the window make me want to throw my keyboard off the balcony. If you're that type of player, I recommend against Surge DB. And Robust Soulfist.

[short jolt]

My crits are 4-5m range lol

[lament flax]

im sharpshooter i have a dps of only like 400k with 1360

how the hell do u get that amount of dmg increase

[modern parcel]

well x4 engravings and gems lvls 8-9 but dont forget that i do it on raid with party also so there is buffs and everything

[brittle tulip]

for the sword/statues mechanic in p3, is there an image of all the possible combinations? i see people just memorized them in korea

[lament flax]

ah ok i see

[short jolt]

Ah gotcha, I'm 2x engravings and lvl3-4 gems

[lament flax]

i cant even get 4x engravings yet

[fierce smelt]

It does make a big difference if you're able to line your surge up with party buffs. Matchmaker groups won't see as high of numbers.

[lament flax]

2x engraving and lvl 4-6 gems

[modern parcel]

its not expensive to get x4 engraving for DB,if i remember right i have surge,ambush master,keen blunt and curse doll

[lament flax]

well 4x is only possible once you reach 1370 😄

[modern parcel]

ye

my alts 1370 and 1400+ but all with x4 engraving except my gunslinger cuz that impossible to get x4 and lvl 1 xD

[timid sable]

What’s the penalty for leaving a guild first time?

[maiden locust]

24hr

[spare sleet]

will arcana come with punika pass?

[fierce smelt]

I think so

[modern parcel]

i hope so

[balmy sinew]

Hi, i just started playing and i was wondering about the express event and catch-up mechanics. From what i read it seems i missed the current express event, since you have to hit lvl 50 today. I plan on playing more when i graduate in a few days. Is there another express event coming soon, or am i just stuck now and the only way to get to t3 is to grind without any catchup mechanics?

[fierce smelt]

I feel like I remember them saying it would, but won't swear to it

[safe heart]

You can do a 3x3 + 2 + 1 but you would need a 7/6 adrenaline stone

[maiden locust]

i am worried about the game update size man i dont want to miss my guild run

[lament flax]

im worried for when it will finaly come online

[inner wing]

There's an express event coming this Summer

[modern parcel]

ye ik,that what i got,peacemaster lvl 1 hit master lvl 2 and x3 engraving

[safe heart]

[fierce smelt]

They mentioned another express pass coming in the future but I don't believe they said when. It's not likely to come in time to be much use to your first character

[balmy sinew]

Ok thanks, i guess i will take it slowly then and just enjoy the game

[lament flax]

catching up is anyways quiet hard especialy with the roster stuff

[fierce smelt]

There are other types of events and sources of resources that weren't around in the beginning, so you should progress faster than day 1 people did. But sorry, no massive shortcuts.

take the time to figure out what kind of character you enjoy playing.