A new Lost Ark update is now rolling out on PC(Steam). According to the official Lost Ark patch notes, the latest update added Casual Guardian Raid Event, Proving Grounds Season 1, player gifts, Fraud & Bot Prevention.
Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are experiencing issues with the game. Today’s Lost Ark patch will address a few of these issues.
Currently, Lost Ark servers are down for maintenance. Read Lost Ark downtime details here.
What is new in Lost Ark March 24 Update?
Casual Guardian Raid Event
Players will be able to challenge Helgaia, Frost Helgaia, Lumerus, Ur’Nil, Vertus, Chromanium, Nacrasena, Dark Legoros, Icy Legoros, Calventus, and Levanos! This event will last for roughly a month, and players with item level 250 or above will be able to participate.
Similar to the Grand Prix, you can enter once a day (per roster) and earn event specific coins to spend on rewards at a new vendor. Completing the Raid during the week will grant 200 coins, and a weekend win will grant 300 coins. This vendor can be found in major cities beside the entrance to this new activity, and will be fully stocked with Tier 1, 2, & 3 honing material chests, Metallurgy & Tailoring Books (used to increase honing rates), and a T3 Gem chest— available to be nabbed every week until the event ends.
Competitive Proving Grounds Season 1
Competitive Proving Grounds Season 1 will begin after the March 24 downtime for the weekly update. Players will be able to queue solo for the ‘Team Deathmatch’ mode, battling each other for prestige and rewards. As you win or lose Competitive matches throughout the season, you can track your ‘Competitive Match Average Score’.
Lost Ark Player Gifts
Lost Ark fans around the world are celebrating all the new players now enjoying the game they love. The gift includes:
New Animal Skin Selection Chest
Mokokon Pet Selection Chest
Moko-board Mount Selection Chest
Lost Ark United Structure
Appearance Change Ticket
Pheons x132
Menelik’s Tome x5
Legendary Card Pack Selection Chest x2
When opening each chest, players can choose between the options listed below it.
5 Leapstone Selection Chests
Harmony Leapstone x50
Life Leapstone x50
Honor Leapstone x30
6 Guardian Stone Selection Chests
Guardian Stone Fragment x1000
Guardian Stone x1000
Guardian Stone Crystal x200
2 Destruction Stone Selection Chests
Destruction Stone Fragment x1000
Destruction Stone x1000
Destruction Stone Crystal x200
1 Honing Special Material Selection Chest
T1 Metallurgy Book x2 & Tailoring Book x10
T2 Metallurgy Book x2 & Tailoring Book x10
2 Fusion Material Selection Chests
Caldarr Fusion Material x50
Simple Oreha Fusion Material x25
These gifts will show up in your Product Inventory after the weekly update! Players who join us in the near future will also be granted these gifts on their first log-in, and we’ll communicate the end-date when it begins to draw near. Thanks again for joining us on the start of this adventure.
General Update and Fixes
Arkesia Grand Prix reward Adjustments
Added Metallurgy & Tailoring Books (used to increase honing rates) to the weekly reward table.
Increased quantities of weekly honing materials to ensure players are rewarded for participation.
Destruction Stone Crystal (Bound) is now in bundles of 50 and can be redeemed up to 10 times.
Guardian Stone Crystal (Bound) is now in bundles of 150 and can be redeemed up to 10 times.
Increased coins earned to make purchasing the new items and snagging the rewards you want easier. Chaos Dungeons and Guardian raids now grant 125 coins (instead of 100) for the first two daily completions per character. The Grand Prix itself can now award up to 888 coins for a daily completion, up from 800.
New Fraud and Bot Prevention System
Lost Ark March 24 update added a new prevention system to crack down on bots and fraudulent purchases. Players who have a Steam account in good standing and have met the small purchase requirement needed to use Steam’s social systems shouldn’t be impacted. Players who have not met this ‘Trusted’ status through Steam or Lost Arkwill have reduced access to a small number of social and economic systems. Specifically, these accounts will have smaller daily Steam purchase limits than ‘Trusted’ players and be prevented from:
Initiating player-to-player trades (requests can still be received)
Sending in-game gifts
Exchanging Royal Crystals for Gold
Sending in-game mail with attachments
Additional improvements to anti-cheat programs have also been enabled in this update to help prevent cheaters and bots.
Messaging Updates
- Added clearer messaging on failed purchases.
- Updated and improved localization and in-game translations.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that allowed players to accept the quest “Off to the Races” without being level 50.
- Fixed voice chat related issues in the South America region.
- Fixed an issue that could cause Adventure Island rewards to only be claimable once during the weekend.
- Fixed an issue with the World Boss Achievement. Players that earned this achievement previously will now see it completed.
Download free the latest Lost Ark patch on PC (Steam).