Maintenance Date: August 31, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 4:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM (6 hours 30 minutes) Developer Notes Today, we will inform you about content improved with this maintenance. After receiving the feedback from the dungeon-oriented Q&A, after a testing period, we decided to apply an update related to gear replacement.The cooldown is removed when replacing equipment, and the conditions are also improved. Now you can not only change gear when in standby state, but also when moving, dashing an

Maintenance Date: August 17, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 7:00 AM ~ 10:30 AM (3 hours 30 minutes) Developer Notes During the maintenance on August 17, 2023 (Thu) a new Monaterra region - giant boss dungeon 'Steel Fortress' - will be added.The titles obtained from 'Steel Fortress' are based on a different standard compared to existing titles.As the effects have already been decided, we would like to briefly explain this choice. First of all, when adventurers play raid content, the titles and equipmen

Maintenance Date: August 3, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 6:00 AM ~ 10:30 AM (4 hours 30 minutes) Developer Notes Through the maintenance on August 3rd (Thursday), in addition to the new area and armor changes, the improvements announced on July 28 (Friday) will be reflected. Some systems existed as fun hurdle elements in dungeons.They were meant to be quirky features of the gameplay, but started to interfere with the flow of dungeon play after some time.We've gathered opinions from adventurers about

Developer Notes During this time, we have received various opinions about balance through the balance forum, from the community, 1:1 inquiries etc.Along with the "Talk to Developer" event held at 07/22, we have directly listened to some of the adventurers' opinions.We have gained a better understanding where balance was lacking. Although it is physically impossible to reflect all the opinions right away, we have decided to reflect the aspects that can be incorporated now.The execution of balance

As you may know or not, an in-person meeting was organised on 07/22. Selected players were invited with a possibility to take a companion with them.There is no official notice about the meeting's outcome. However, Koreans have published posts on an unofficial forum. The description uses the question-answer form (and some explanations as it goes).Without further ado, here is a rough translation of what was posted. Reminder, this is unofficial. ~ Ritsu Introduction Director: The meeting's purpos

Maintenance Date: July 20, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 5:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM (5 hours 30 minutes) Target: All Servers Developer Notes Inventory and Pet Inventory UI were originally announced to be updated during this maintenance.The development was completed. However, unexpected issues have arisen during the testing phase.We would like to apologize, because these need to be excluded from today's update until the problems are fixed.We will resolve them as fast as possible so that the reorganization ca

Maintenance Date: July 13, 2023 (Thu) Duration: none Cash Shop Update Reorder Shop Core Black/White Swimwear (Elsword ~ Noah) ELS Beach Look (Elsword ~ Rose) Summer Getaway (Elsword ~ Ain) Misc Hair Color Palette - Sugar Rush Guild Base Skin Vampire Count's Mansion

Maintenance Date: July 6, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 7:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM (3 hours 30 minutes) Target: All Servers Developer Notes With the maintenance on July 6, we've changed it so you'll be able to play all Secret Dungeons whenever you want.Regarding many opinions of players about ED supply and demand, we'll improve the ED gain in Secret Dungeons.We're also planning to reorganize Secret Dungeons to focus on ED gain.Details may change during the process, but we'll guide you with this change as th

Maintenance Date: June 28, 2023 (Thu) Duration: none Cash Shop Update Noah Avatar: Street Star Noah Custom Sit: Memories of the Bright Day & Happy Memories of That Day

Maintenance Date: June 22, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 0:00 AM ~ 3:00 PM (15 hours) Target: All Servers Developer Notes The Korean servers of Gaia and Solace will be merged after the maintenance. Improvements on the Challenge Mode were carried out on the 6/8 (Thu), but due to not enough data, Altar of Invocation was not included. Therefore, some changes will be updated this week. We've also received reports that the weapon attribute might be bugged.In the past, a balance patch reduced its effectiv

Overview The Balance Patch can be found [here] . The criteria for selecting characters for the Balance Patch on June 22 (Thu) are as follows. This PvP Balance Patch is directed towards characters with a higher win rate in official matches. We've read adventurers' opinions voiced through the Balance Forum throughout, and set the standard according to them.Some drastic adjustments will be made for characters who were mentioned in a lot of comments. In addition, some passives will receive the Dunge

Maintenance Date: June 15, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 4:00 AM ~ 10:00 AM (6 hours) Target: All Servers Cash Shop Update Costume Suit: Spring Minuet Sales Period: June 15, 2023 10:00 AM ~ July 13, 2023 9:59 AM Freshness suitable for warm weather! Noah Avatar: Retro Picnic Sales Period: June 15, 2023 10:00 AM ~ August 10, 2023 9:59 AM Noah Retro Picnic hair cannot be dyed. Noah Sit Motion: Small Shelter in the Forest Sales Period: June 15, 2023 10:00 AM ~ August 10, 2023 9:59 AM Fixes

Maintenance Date: June 8, 2023 (Thu) Duration: 6:00 AM ~ 12:00 Noon (6 hours) Target: All Servers Developer Notes With this maintenance, the Soulmate System where you can form a lifelong bond below the Eternal El Tree will be implemented.You can receive the same benefits as the Marriage System without restrictions. However, please note one cannot have both a Partner and a Soulmate at the same time. Below is a guide regarding the Challenge Mode Raid improvements to reduce player fatigue.Unli

Hello, this is Lee Dong-shin, the director of Elsword. As we informed you yesterday, while reviewing the opinion of adventurers about the summer update, we came to the conclusion that we did not fully consider the situation of players. Many of you have been looking forward for the update, so we apologize because of the confusion caused. Prior to announcing the update changes, we want to inform you that everything will be explained as promised, including the parts planned internally. The reason

Translator Notes Welcome to the official Q&A for Elsword of 2023. Keep in mind that some of the questions will be skipped, as they don't interest overseas players as much, and are closely related to the Korean servers.Enjoy! Q&A Content Q: Do you have any plans for hiring more people with a good understanding of the game to communicate with customers and solve current issues between you and us? A: We will build a skilled personnel with a high level of understanding the game to be in charge o