Summer Update Patch Notes

Iron Heart's Fortress, Mother Tree's Haven, Underground Maze, Dragon weapons & Blessed gear, Antharas Nest rebuild.

At a glance

1Iron Heart's Fortress — Lv.85+ timed field · Gigantic Golem Mon–Thu 22:00
2Mother Tree's Haven — free special zone · daily mission
3Underground Maze — PK / deep-red dump · replaces Brothers Bound in Chains
448 Dragon weapons + Blessed Piercing Mask / Beryl / Heaven talisman
5Antharas Nest daily via Giran Dimensional Door (old alliance instance gone)

Do this first

Sidebar → Special Hunting Zone for Iron Heart + Mother Tree.
Deep red / 100 PK → Underground Maze (not the old chain quest).
Antharas: use Nest schedule from Giran — Dragon Valley alliance fight is gone.
PK count −1 / day at 06:30 (counts 1–99).

Iron Heart's Fortress

Entry: Lv.85+ · Special Hunting Zone tab
Timer: 7h / week · 150h weekly charge
Rules: PvP on · no HP/MP absorb
Boss: Gigantic Golem · Mon–Thu 22:00

Golem kills can spawn 10 Dwarven minions.
Skills roll Positive Charge (Atk up) + Negative Charge (Def down) at random stacks.

Mother Tree's Haven

Entry: Lv.80 · free · Special Hunting Zone UI
Timer: 7h / week
Death: Aden or Giran
Rules: PvE only · two difficulty layers
Deeper: Talk to Spirits Explorer Poel

Underground Maze

Trigger: Alignment −150k or PK 100 → lower floor
Inside: Alignment does not change
Escape: 100 Token of Confession → Teleport Manager → upper (−135k) → Guide → Aden
Blocked: My Teleport · Revenge Teleport · SoE · return skills
Party: Location share can bring friends in

Lower floor (Token of Confession)

Monster	Lv
Maze Executor	85
Lost Watchman	85
Maze Leader	85
Foreman	85

New gear

Blessed Piercing Mask

Craft: 2× Piercing Mask +4+ · Special Crafting → Blessed
Spike: +4 opens dual columns · +10 is the big jump

+n	HP/MP	P/M Atk	Skill Power	DR
0	100	100	—	—
4	800 / 900	600 / 700	1% / 1.5%	100
7	1400 / 1500	1200 / 1300	4% / 4.5%	200
10	2000 / 3000	2000 / 3000	7% / 8%	500

Beryl Gem

Tier	P/M Atk	P/M Def	Barrier	DR
Regular 1	30	50	—	—
Regular 5	330	495	3000	—
Greater 5	490	685	3500	—
Top-grade 5	700	900	5000	500

Blessed Talisman - Heaven

Craft: 2× Heavenly Talisman +4+
+10 package: HP/Def 3000 · crit taken −17% · Sleep/Hold resist 15%

Dragon weapons (48)

Sets: Fafurion · Antharas · Lindvior · Valakas (full weapon types)
Base: ~+20% shot dmg · 4–5 consume · ~3000 resources on 1H
Craft path: +25 Ice Lord's Weapon + Seal of Giran + Adena → pack ticket

Enchant scaling

+n	Shot dmg	Max HP/MP/CP	Proc hit / skill
0	20%	3000	5% / 10%
5	30%	9000	12% / 20%
10	40%	15000	20% / 30%

Blessed breakpoints

+n	Effect
3	P/M Atk +1000
5	All Critical Rate +20% (+ raises crit cap)
7	All Skill Power +20%

Enchant Scroll (Ice Lord +20–25)

Higher success · only +20 to +25 Ice Lord's Weapon. Drops: Kelbim / Pagan / Antharas incarnations / Glakias + Orbis/Pagan trash.

Antharas Nest

Where: Antharas' Nest · Dimensional Door · Giran
When: Enter 19:50–20:40 · mid-boss 20:00
Who: Lv.80+ · 1 / day
Rules: PvP off during raid
Removed: Dragon Valley alliance subjugation

Mid-boss: Behemoth Dragon or Behemoth → chance to summon Antharas.
Antharas stacks DR by remaining HP.
After: talk to Harbel for daily account mission.

Contribution payouts

Boss	Reward	When
Mid-boss	Rare chest	Every 10% HP
Antharas	Treasure chest	Top 100 @ 70% & 40%
Antharas	Rare chests	Contributors @ 90→10% · final ×10

PK & QoL

Einhasad's Observation (PvE recovery)

Before

Watch 4–7: −50% / −60% / −70% / −80%

After

Watch 4–7: −80% / −85% / −90% / −95%

Kill mutual-hostile clan defender

Before

PK +1 · Alignment −720

After

PvP +1 · Alignment −720

Orbis Temple Investigation + doll ticket.
Friends: Watch tab first · double-click → 1:1 chat.
Party shout CD → 1m 30s · Seal of Giran Box stays on store.
Exchange UI uses real grade colors (Hero red · Legendary purple).

Player summary of the July 14, 2026 maintenance. Linked names open L2Playbook pages when that skill, item, class, NPC, or zone exists in the database. Official values can still change.