Masters of the Book!
A new update to ASTRA: Knights of Veda will be released on November 28, 2024!
Read below to find out more about what this update will bring to the game.
■ A new 5★ Knight of Veda “Aslan” will now be available!
“The King demands victory”
"Aslan Liongray, who chose to pledge his allegiance to the king instead.
He gave everything for his family, but House Liongray gave him nothing in return. The stigma of being "unchosen" ate away at his heart, and on the day he faced the blade of betrayal, Aslan chose the king instead"
- “Aslan” is an Earth-type Melee DPS who uses a Sword & Shield. He converts his Stamina into Skill DMG to deal powerful DMG and uses his skills to take the initiative in battle. Aslan's Normal Skill, “Iron Rock Wall,” is his primary CC ability, causing rocks to pile up high in front of him, dealing DMG to enemies within range and incapacitating them for a period of time, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks. His Signature Skill, “Deadly Leap and Blow,” is an offensive skill that allows him to leap to an enemy's location and deliver a powerful blow that knocks them into the air, leaving them defenseless and vulnerable to further attacks
- Starting this update, summoning in a Pickup Hero or Pickup Exclusive Weapon Event guarantees a 100% appearance rate for the featured 5★ Knight of Veda or Exclusive Weapon.
* Endless conquest to reach the top floor, with the new content “Celestial Trials”.
- The new content, ‘Celestial Trials,’ challenges players to conquer a tower one floor at a time, advancing to greater heights. Each floor features powers that either strengthen or weaken the Knights of Veda, requiring strategic planning and careful team building to overcome.
- To access “Celestial Trials”, you must clear Chapter 7 Stage 12 of the Adventure Zone, after which the World Quest “Celestial Trials” will be available. (Players who already have access to the Tower of Trials will not need to do this quest and can enter immediately.)
- The mechanics and combat systems for “Celestial Trials” are the same as the previous “Tower of Trials”, only with the addition of each floor having special rules, buffs, and debuffs. Battles will also be fought in various dungeon types.
- There will be an initial clear reward for every floor, and with every initial clear of ten floors, a “First Conqueror” reward will be given to all users, given under the name of the Master of the Book who cleared it first.
- When someone becomes the “First Conqueror”, a notification with that player’s name will be sent to all Masters of the Book.
- First clearing the 30th and 50th floors of ‘Celestial Trials’ grants the ‘Mark of Glorious Response’, a reward that can be used to customize with the new ‘Mark of Sanctity’ feature.
- You can view the rankings to check the status of users who participated in ‘Celestial Trials’.
* A new way to decorate your equipped Halo, “Mark of Sanctity”, will be added to the game.
- The “Mark of Sanctity” is an item that will allow you to change the appearance of your equipped Halo.
- No additional game effects are given when equipping the “Mark of Sanctity” and are purely cosmetic.
- You can obtain this item as a first clear reward from the “Celestial Trials” content.
* Randomly change one of your Relic’s sub-stats with the new “Blooming Relics” feature.
- “Blooming Relics” feature can be accessed via the newly added “Blooming” button.
- Select the Relic you want to change the sub-stats of, and by pressing the "Bloom" button, it will be randomly changed into a pool of sub-stats of the same tier as your Relic..
- You will be able to do “Blooming Relics” with the new “Solvent of Prayer”, which can be obtained as First Clear Reward for the new “Celestial Trials” content and by purchasing it with Gold or Rubies in the Shop.
* A new difficulty level will be added to the “Ancient Golden City”
- “Path of the Dynast II”, a new difficulty level, will be added to the Ancient Golden City with this update.
- Under this new difficulty level, you will be able to obtain more rewards.
* Starting this update, summoning in a Pickup Hero or Pickup Exclusive Weapon Event guarantees a 100% appearance rate for the featured 5★ Knight of Veda or Exclusive Weapon.
* To celebrate the end of one year and the coming of another, we will conduct a special login event called “December's Special Rewards”.
- As a token of our appreciation, the “December's Special Rewards” login event will allow our Masters of the Book to obtain a “Knight of Veda & Weapon Selection Box” on the 7th and 28th day of logging in.
- Upon using the “Knight of Veda & Weapon Selection Box” you will be given either a Standard 5★ Knight of Veda and Weapon or a Pickup 5★ Knight of Veda and Exclusive Weapon (excluding the new Knight of Veda, Aslan)
- The “December's Special Rewards” event will be held from after the 11/28 Maintenance until December 31, 2024.
* To celebrate the upcoming Holidays, the “Winter Morning Bells” event will be held where you can clear missions and earn rewards.
- The “Winter Morning Bells” event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26.
* Join the ‘Simon’s Amazing Gifts’ event! Work together with your Guild members to defeat treasure chests and claim exciting rewards.
- The “Simon’s Amazing Gifts” event can be participated in every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8:00 PM during the event period, at the Guild Territory.
- With this update, a new feature will be added that allows you to check and choose whether to receive the contents of the first Treasure Chest you select after defeating the Fearsome Treasure Chest.
- Various rewards can be obtained from this event, and for this current iteration: the new mascot “Ted Fatale” can be earned.
- “Simon’s Amazing Gifts” will run from December 5, 2024 until December 22, 2024.
* The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will be held once again.
- Each stage consists of 3 rounds, and you can acquire buffs upon entry and after completing the 1st and 2nd rounds of combat.
- If you successfully complete the supply transport, you will receive rewards.
- The "Special Supply Delivery Operation" event will end after the maintenance on 12/26.
* The “Distorted Rift” appears once again on Todburg and will run until December 12, 2024.
* The "Blessing in Adventure" event is back to shower everyone with more rewards!
- During the event period, you can earn double the rewards from Adventure Dungeons up to the daily limit.
- The double rewards event for Adventure Dungeons will run from November 28 after maintenance until December 12, 2024 05:59 AM UTC / December 11, 2024 09:59 PM PST.
* A new season of “Beast Battlefront” arrives.
- For this season, the Electric-element “Striking Thunderblade of the Canyon” will be gracing us with their presence as the feature boss.
- "Beast Battlefront" content will be held twice during the season. The schedule is as follows:
· 1st Round: 11/28 to 12/10 / Settlement: 12/10 to 12/11
· 2nd Round: 12/12 to 12/24 / Settlement: 12/24 to 12/25
* A new season of Portrait of Thierry will be starting.
- After regular maintenance, monsters differing in attributes from those in the previous seasons will appear in the stages of “Portrait of Thierry.”
- The new season of "Portrait of Thierry" will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26.
* A new season of Arena will begin.
- During Arena Season 6, you can earn rewards such as Tunics, Emotes and Insignia based on your progress.
- The Season 3 rewards will also be available for purchase in the shop during Arena Season 6.
- Arena Season 6 will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26.
* A new Reward Decree season will start.
- The new Reward Decree season will begin right after December 1, 2024, and will run until December 31, 2024 6:00 AM UTC / December 30, 2024 10:00 PM PST.
* The "Journey in Memory (Aslan Trial)" event will be held.
- During this Trial event, you can try out Knights of Veda: 5★ Aslan, 4★ Lucian, and 4★ Orlik.
- The "Journey in Memory (Aslan Trial)" event will end after the regular maintenance on 12/26.
■ Improvements
* A new feature has been added to inform players how many times a Relic sub-stat has been enhanced.
- An icon will be displayed beside a sub-stat to show how many times it has been engraved and the grade.
- For Legendary-grade Relics, the number of enhancement attempts made on sub-stats will be displayed as they appear on levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 respectively.
- Each time a Relic is Engraved, the affected sub-stats Enhancement count will increase by one.
- Additionally, the grade of the enhanced sub-stats will be differentiated via the color of the icon. They will be displayed, in the following order: Gray / Green / Blue / Purple / Orange.
* “FULL AUTO” function Added for Squad Battles.
- The new “FULL AUTO” function has been added for Squad Battles, allowing you to unleash Overflowing Power of the Stars automatically during battles.
* A new "Organize" Button for Easy Item Disassembly will be added.
- A new "Organize" button has been added in the item info window. By selecting this button, you can easily choose items to dismantle all at once using the "Batch Register" button in your inventory.
- You can easily manage the items acquired in the dungeon by reviewing them on the Result Screen, conveniently displayed on the left and right sections.
* Belle Menu Improvements.
- For content that is still locked to the Master of the Book, a lock icon will appear and the button will be deactivated.
- For current non-seasonal content (Beast Battlefront, Battlefield of the War Gods, etc.): The text “Preparation” will be displayed.
* You will now be able to change the registered Knight of Veda Deck on the Stage entry screen.
* The maximum number of Relics that can be kept in your inventory will be increased to 2,000.
* The Knight of Veda “Edward” will be adjusted as follows:
- The “ATK Bonus” applied when using his Signature Skill “Time for Punishment “ will be raised from 50% to 80%.
- The “Reduce Incoming DMG” effect applied when using his Signature Skill “Time for Punishment” will be increased from 10% to 15%.
- The DMG increase granted by his Fate Level 6 effect will be raised from 40% to 50%.
- The ATK SPD increase granted by his Fate Level 6 effect will be raised from 15% to 30%.
■ Bug Fixes
* An issue that caused the Knight of Veda “Rhynara” to be recognized as a Melee-type Knight and allowed completion of achievements that need Melee-types to complete will be fixed.
- Any achievements completed due to this issue will not be removed from users accounts.
We will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in ASTRA: Knights of Veda.
Thank you.
