1. Challenge: Earth Elemental King

[Pattern]

• Buff Skill to Greatly Increase Defense: The higher the stage, the more buffs used. This buff can be dispelled.
• Trials: Attack and accuracy debuffs, can be dispelled.

[Changes to Challenge Trials]

Improvement 

• Current: Enjoyable deck combinations utilizing bonus characters based on powerful trials.
• Change: Enhance the fun of combinations using existing developed characters along with new elemental characters.

Trial Changes

• Current: Remove silence (skill unavailable) and guaranteed death through DoT (damage over time).
• Change:Alleviate to gradual penalties on attack and accuracy.
  • Rework to allow use of keystones and supporters for effective responses.

Explanation Regarding Concerns from Some Leaders

• The change to Yuna's skills is not to enforce the challenge, but to strengthen the unique features of each supporter.
• Conversely, the trials have been adjusted to make it easier to use keystones like Kristina and Quyi.
• Yuna will play a role in:
  1. Removing buffs from enemies and reducing their critical hit rate.
  2. Providing shields to strengthen and heal the deck.

2. Summer Attendance Board Addition

• Through the attendance board, you can obtain all the currently rated-up characters (Namarie, Yuna, Wyin).
• Don't miss out on the rewards such as the Legendary Hero Summon Chest (Wind), Legendary Artifact Summon Chest, and Ring Chest.
• Open Date: Scheduled to open on 7/11 (Thu) at 00:00 UTC.

3. Content Additions

[New Stage Additions]

• Added 720 new stages (from 4,020 to 4,740)

[New Mission Additions]

• Added 716 new main quests (from 4,907 to 5,623)

[Play Ranking Reward Expansion]

• Stages 4,021 ~ 4,380: Reward 4,500 diamonds
• Stages 4,381 ~ 4,740: Reward 4,600 diamonds

[New Stage Consumables Added]

• [Chapter 2] World's End Chest
• [Chapter 2] Brilliant Garden of the Goddess Chest

4. New Legendary Hero: [Liberal Wind Namarie]

◈ Namarie

• Added to the Faction Collection: [Guardians of the Kingdom]
• Added to the Relationship Collection: [Gran Lord]
• Namarie Profile Icon added (obtained at 1 and 7 stars)

Character Concept

• Possesses the longest skill range among ranged dealers
• Can remove enemy buffs and apply self-buffs to enhance damage output, making her a versatile damage dealer

Element	Wind	Battle Type	Ranged
Active Skill	[Bullet Shower] Deals damage equal to 400% of final attack power to enemies within range and applies the [Bladewind] effect for 8 seconds. Grants the [Blood Wind] effect to oneself, increasing final attack power by 50%. Additionally, grants oneself the [Swiftness] effect for 4 seconds. [Bladewind]: Deals continuous wind attribute damage equal to 20% of final attack power every second for the duration. [Swiftness]: Increases normal attack speed and movement speed by 20% for the duration. [Blood Wind]: Applies the [Blizzard] effect and increases one's final attack power.
Passive Skill	[Eagle Eye] Normal attack deals [Extra Damage] equal to 50% of Final Attack if the hit [Enemy] is afflicted with [Bladewind]. Additionally, applies [Final Defense Reduction] by 25% for 2 sec Additionally, it removes one buff from the [enemy].

◈ Yuna 

◈ Wyin

5. Shop

[New Hero Pickup Summon Schedule Applied]

• Applied on 7/10 (Wed) 15:00 UTC
• Namarie, Wyin, Yuna

[Arena Exchange Shop Diamond Products Added]

• Exchange 10,000 diamonds for 2,000 arena points (exchangeable once per week)

[Shop Improvements]

• The starter shop will no longer be displayed 7 days after all items have been purchased.
• Remaining duration for limited-time products will be displayed in the Special & Event Shop.
• A notification will appear if the purchase period ends while the purchase popup is open.

[Membership Icon (HUD)]

• The membership button will be disabled when membership products are not available for purchase.
• The membership button will be re-enabled when purchasable products are available.

6. Hero Balance Improvements

[Supporters]

Please refer to hero profiles for passive skills.

• Seriade  [Active]

  • Heals 2 allies for 200% over 4 seconds + increases evade by 15% for 8 seconds.

• Yuna [Active]

  • Grants allies within range a 250% shield for 4 seconds + heals for 150% instantly.

• Judy [Active]

  • Instantly heals allies within range for 300% + increases defense by 25%.

• Christina [Active]

  • Removes 2 harmful effects from allies within range and heals for 150% over 4 seconds.

• Heiter [Active]

  • Heals 2 allies for 200% over 4 seconds + reduces continuous damage by 25% for 4 seconds.

[Other Heroes]

• Luin (Melee)

  • Active skill power adjusted from 200% to 400%.

• Kaito (Melee)

  • Issue with active skill power being lower than that of other heroes with the same percentage fixed.

• Dark Karcion (Melee)

  • Issue with active skill power being lower than that of other heroes with the same percentage fixed.

• Reinhilt (Ranged)

  • Issue with active skill power being lower than that of other heroes with the same percentage fixed.

• Eleanor (Ranged)

  • Projectile range and animation adjusted to target the enemy.

7. Collaboration Event with the Animation "Frieren: Beyond Journey's End" Ends

• Sale of collaboration-related package products ends.
• Collaboration event attendance log ends.
• Collaboration challenge/story ends and related currency deleted.

8. Other Improvements and Fixes

• [Korean Voice Added]

  • Added Korean voice option in [Settings] popup → [Language] menu → [Voice].
  • Note: Collaboration characters excluded.

• [Season End Warning Popup Added]

  • Applied to seasonal content (challenges, collaborations, mini-games, arena).

• [Other Fixes]

  • Fixed issue with artifact star rating preview UI breaking.
  • Changed buttons for achieving maximum level in [Codex] for bonds and artifacts (Previous: MASTER → New: Maximum Star Rating/Maximum Level).

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Gran Saga Idle KNIGHTS X KNIGHTS Team