Patch guide
July 14, 2026
Live · July 14, 2026
Summer Update Patch Notes
Othell / Yul / Feoh kit work, Agathion cleanup, Party vs Enchant hunting, Gainak Arena + Canon Cathedral, Throne of Heroes, Baluan.
At a glance
- 1Othell / Yul / Feoh — skill merges & deletes; mats → warehouse
- 2Hunting map: Solo blue · Party yellow · Enchant red · Dethrone purple
- 3New daily parties: Gainak Arena + Canon Cathedral (via Venusta)
- 4Nightmare Kamaloka & Ashen Shadow Revolutionaries offline
- 5New field boss Baluan — Thursday 21:00 · Baluan's Battlefield
Do this first
Five minutes of checklist before you dig into numbers.
- Log Othell / Yul / Feoh → rebuild skill bar (skills deleted or merged).
- Check Personal Warehouse for returned skill mats.
- Learn the new map colors (Party yellow / Enchant red).
- Farm dailies at Venusta (Aden) — not old Kamaloka / Ashen Shadow.
- Faded overseas Agathions: exchange before Sept 16 maintenance.
Class changes
Three lines got real work. Short takeaways only.
Othell Rogue
- Blind Spot
- Crit dmg 30% → 40% (still 5s · −75% PvP taken)
- Death angel
- Absorbs Shadow Dash · more evade / speed / P.Atk
- Final Ult. Evasion
- Absorbs Counter Flip · Evade Death from Lv.1
- Evade Death
- Was 5s full i-frames → HP floor at 1 for 10s
- Removed
- Shadow Dash · Counter Flip · Shadow Fake Death
Soulstone cost 3 → 2
Yul Archer
- Stances
- Dead Eye / Rapid Fire / Sniper → one stance path
- Final Stance
- Retuned to match merged path
- Removed
- Rapid Fire Stance · Sniper Stance · Quick Fire
- Quick Fire mats
- Defense → Superior Armor Mastery · combat → stance skills
Book materials for these levels
| Line | Skill | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| Shared | Mind's Eye | Lv.6 · skill power 10% → 15% |
| Sagittarius | Sniping | Lv.5–6 · power + crit |
| Moonlight Sentinel | Rapid Fire Position | Lv.5–6 · same pattern |
| Ghost Sentinel | Hawk Eye | Lv.5–6 · power up to 20% |
| Trickster | Vengeful Sniper | Lv.5–6 · power + crit |
| Shared | Tornado Shot / Heavy Arrow Rain | Range + effect pass |
Feoh Wizard
| Class | New levels |
|---|---|
| Archmage | Volcanic Outburst / Division Lv.2 |
| Soultaker | Black Outburst / Division Lv.2 |
| Mystic Muse | Frost Outburst / Division Lv.2 |
| Storm Screamer | Storm Outburst / Division Lv.2 |
| Soulhound | Soul Outburst / Division Lv.2 |
- Outburst — shorter CD + more magic crit.
- Division — Burst Casting hooks that cut Great Burst Casting CD.
- Elemental Burst — magic crit bump · Great Burst Casting — new cast VFX.
Items & Agathions
- Charms
- 26 Agathion Charms retuned (base / Greater / Fire Dragon)
- Greater breakpoints
- Clearer +9 CHA · +10 dmg / taken
- Overseas set
- Old Constellation → renamed Faded
- Faded rules
- Equip delay · no upgrade · can't mix with new
- Deadline
- Exchange corroded leftovers → Sept 16 maint
Crafting
- Orb of Water
- Needs Top-grade Red/Blue Cat's Eye Lv.10 + Crystal of Wisdom
- Already own Orb?
- You get one of each Cat's Eye
- New crafts
- Blessed Exalted Weapon / Armor Enchant Scrolls
- Boss accessory → God's Soul
- Exchange ends this maintenance
- God Accessory craft
- Lower fee · lower success
- Splendor Fragment
- → Successor's Luminance Fragment (1:1 on listed currencies)
Hunting zones
Party fields split. Enchant fields are harder and can drop Chaotic Ether.
Party fields
| Zone | Lv |
|---|---|
| Neutral Zone | 112 |
| Wasteland | 114 |
| Cruma Marshlands | 116 |
| Valley of Saints | 118 |
| Ketra Orc Outpost | 120 |
| Varka Silenos Barracks | 120 |
| Dragon Valley West | 122 |
| Dragon Valley East | 124 |
| Execution Grounds | 126 |
| Langk Lizardman Barracks | 128 |
| Langk Lizardman Temple | 130 |
Enchant fields (Chaotic Ether)
| Zone | Lv |
|---|---|
| Sea of Spores | 122 |
| Beast Farm | 124 |
| Fafurion Temple | 126 |
| Immortal Plateau | 126 |
| Volcanic Snowfields | 128 |
| Kasha Orc Woodlands | 128 |
| Baluan's Battlefield | 130 |
| Kasha Orc Fortress | 130 |
- Night combat-power passives on party-zone mobs removed.
- Some Lookout NPCs removed · Adena rates retuned to new bands.
Party instances
Gainak Arena
- NPC
- Venusta · Aden
- Entry
- Lv.105+ · 2–7 players · 1 clear / day
- Reset
- 06:30
- Difficulty
- Pick inside · locks for that bind
- Replaces
- Nightmare Kamaloka (entrance removed)
| Diff | Bosses | Clear box |
|---|---|---|
| 110 | Kazan / Grabol / Vexus | Venusta Box Lv.1 + Tomes x2 |
| 120 | Reedkin / Talgor / Sinderic | Box Lv.3 + Tomes x2 |
| 130 | Belfus / Galatan / Godiac | Box Lv.5 + Tomes x2 |
Canon Cathedral
- NPC
- Venusta · Aden
- Entry
- Lv.105+ · 2–7 · daily · 06:30 reset
- Flow
- 4 Seal Chambers · break statues → minions → boss
- Replaces
- Ashen Shadow Revolutionaries
- Clan quest
- Party-instance hunting → Canon bosses
Raids & field bosses
Throne of Heroes
- NPC
- Roiental · Rune
- Ferion
- Clan 12+ · Lv.100 · light-ritual escort · Veil of Reverence
- Toros
- Clan 13+ · Lv.100 · clone fight
- Tauti entry
- Clan 13 → 11
- Also retuned
- Goldbug · Mary Reed · Tauti rewards
Valakas
- Limit Barrier + balance pass. New clears: Dark Dragon accessories, Eratone Dye Lv.5, Soul Crystal Lv.10 lines.
Baluan (new)
- When
- Thu 21:00 · 30 min
- Where
- Baluan's Battlefield
- Blocked
- My Teleport · party summon · restart
- Loot
- Top damage + last-hit boxes · 15s priority to top alliance/party
Atrus
Before
Tue + Thu 21:00 · despawn 20 min
After
Tue only 21:00 · despawn 30 min · harder · new rewards
L2 Store
- Gold Coin Shop
- +20 products (talisman tickets, crystals, energy…)
- Removed
- 4 angel / Sayha boxes
- Daily cap 2
- Sealed Source of Fire / Holy Fire / Fire Orb boxes
- Prices
- Several older staples changed
QoL
- Friends UI refresh — double-click → 1:1 chat.
- Timed hunting Peace Zones: exit while combat-flagged OK; starts are Peace.
- Extra side/rear attack damage bonuses temporarily off (coming back later).
- Death Knight naming + Valakas tooltip cleanup.
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.