Balance and Dungeon Improvements Update September 14, 2025 Full Guide

Game Fixes & Quality of Life (QoL) Changes

We've addressed several key issues and added new features to enhance your gameplay experience.

• Fixed various stack issues.
• Corrected problems with some Quest Rewards.
• Resolved the EXP Gems Buff not working correctly.
• Fixed a double dungeon respawn bug in the Chapel of Start.
• Improved the Weapon Stats UI for clearer information.
• Added an Unstack button for stacks in your inventory.
• Enabled Multiple Buy on select Runes.

Weapons & Gems System Enhancements

Discover new ways to progress your weapons and gems with these updates.

• Added a new Rank Buy feature for Weapons, allowing you to purchase up to G Rank.
• The price for new weapons is now calculated as: Required swords × 10 (coins). This keeps the ratio balanced with the Gems to Coins conversion.
• Gems now display their specific color in both your Inventory and Crafting menus.
• Increased the Sword Area of Effect (AoE) Range to 75% of the Shadow Range (previously 50%).

Dungeon & Enemy Balancing

Enemies and dungeons have been rebalanced for a more consistent and rewarding challenge.

• Reduced Enemy Levels across all of World 2.
• Significant HP reductions for various enemy types:
  • Wall/Mage/Shield Kingdom Enemies: -35% HP
  • Brutes: -70% HP
  • Dungeon Bosses: HP reduced for a smoother experience.
• Fixed the weird Ulel HP scaling, which had incorrect stats.

World Progression & Arise Scaling

Experience adjusted difficulty scaling as you journey through the world.

• Faceheal (W1): Enemies are now D Rank, Brutes are C Rank.
• Dragon City (W1): Enemies are C Rank, Brutes are B Rank.
• World 2: Enemies are S Rank, Brutes are SS Rank.
• From Kaiju City onwards: Enemies are SS Rank, Brutes are G Rank.
• The Storm Effect now raises your Arise level even further. For example, Kaiju City Brutes can now reach N+ up to M with a Double Rank Up during a storm.
• Experience (EXP) earned during Storms in World 2 is now approximately 5–6x higher.

Relics & Rewards Updates

Relics are now more accessible and rewarding to upgrade.

• Reduced the price to upgrade Relics.
• Relics can now be upgraded to the new Rank M.
• Increased drop rates for a variety of Relics:
  • Infernal Castle Relics (with the Dim Riftcore boosted the most)
  • Infinite Desert Relics
• Increased the overall Drop Rate of Tokens.
• Increased the Arise Chance in Key Dungeons.
• Key Dungeons now drop Common & Rare Cores in these locations:
  • XZ City, Hunter City, Hurricane Kingdom
  • Slayers Village, Wall Kingdom, Shield Kingdom

Balance Buffs for Player Abilities

Shadows

Enhancements to your Shadow abilities for improved combat performance.

• Exclusive Shadows now provide a 75% bonus (up from 55%).
• M+ Shadow damage bonus: 55x (up from 50x)
• GM Shadow damage bonus: 65x (up from 60x)
• GM+ Shadow damage bonus: 75x (up from 70x)
• UGM Shadow damage bonus: 85x (up from 80x)
• UGM+ Shadow damage bonus: 95x (up from 90x)

Weapons

Weapon stats have been buffed for higher-tier gear.

• Mythical Weapons now have a 50% bonus (up from 25%).
• Legendary Weapons now have a 30% bonus (up from 15%).

Player Ranks – Shadow Damage Bonus

Your rank now provides an even greater bonus to Shadow damage.

• GM: 19x (up from 18x)
• GM+: 22x (up from 20x)
• UGM: 24x (up from 22x)
• UGM+: 26x (up from 24x)
• HGM: 28x (up from 26x)
• HGM+: 30x (up from 28x)
• R: 32x (up from 30x)
• R+: 35x (up from 32x)

Player Ranks – Weapon Damage Bonus

Weapon damage scaling has been significantly improved for higher ranks.

• M+: 8x (up from 6.5x)
• GM: 16x (up from 10x)
• GM+: 19x (up from 16x)
• UGM: 24x (up from 20x)
• UGM+: 28x (up from 24x)
• HGM: 33x (up from 30x)
• HGM+: 45x (up from 40x)
• R: 50x (up from 45x)
• R+: 65x (up from 55x)

Progression & In-Game Codes

A small change to progression and a new code for your journey.

• Reduced the R+ Quest Requirement to Lv. 500 (was 525).
• Use the new in-game code: DAILYSHIELD
• This code provides an EXP Buff: +50% more EXP earned!