How to Unlock South Vern in Lost Ark?

South Vern Content

  • Added 3 levels of South Vern Chaos Dungeons. To participate, you must first complete the "Invading Chaos Wave" quest in South Vern. Item Levels required to participate:
    • Level 1: 1415
    • Level 2: 1445
    • Level 3: 1475
  • Added the South Vern Chaos Gate and corresponding Secret Dungeons. Requires Item Level 1415 to participate.
  • Added the South Vern Ghost Ship. Requires Item Level 1415 to participate.
  • Added hard mode for the Chaos Line. Requires Item Level 1415 to participate.
  • Added the Thunderwings Field Boss to South Vern. The recommended Item Level is 1460, but like other open-world Field Bosses this doesn’t prevent players with lower levels from participating.

New Continent - South Vern

Discover and explore a new region of Arkesia with the introduction of South Vern. The settlers of South Vern borrowed technology from many different races to turn this once-barren land into a place of abundant waters and green pastures. Hearing rumors of the dangers that plagued North Vern, the Senate shut South Vern down and formed a new knightly order. Suspecting that something was amiss, Ealyn, the Queen of Vern ordered Knight Commander Avele to investigate. What could be happening to this peaceful continent? Uncover the mysteries of South Vern as you venture into this new region, encounter new characters, and complete quests. The South Vern storyline will conclude in an epic battle, with the power to shift the future of Arkesia. South Vern will join Punika as the second Tier 3 continent, requiring an item level of 1340 to begin.

Lost Ark South Vern

In addition to the storyline, South Vern will include the region’s Chaos Gate, the normal difficulty of the new Chaos Line activity, and the Thunderwings Field Boss. The South Vern Chaos Dungeons will be added in a future update, when more players have reached the minimum item level required to participate.

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Lost Ark South Vern

South Vern is a new continent in Lost Ark. Uncover the mysteries of South Vern as you venture into this new region, encounter new characters, and complete quests.

The settlers of South Vern borrowed technology from many different races to turn this once-barren land into a place of abundant waters and green pastures. Hearing rumors of the dangers that plagued North Vern, the Senate shut South Vern down and formed a new knightly order. Suspecting that something was amiss, Ealyn, the Queen of Vern ordered Knight Commander Avele to investigate.

Unlock South Vern

South Vern will join Punika as the second Tier 3 continent, requiring an item level of 1340 to begin.

How to work your way toward Tier 3

First, Head to Punika and finish the Punika Story Quest. This will of course unlock your Tier 3 Chaos Dungeons. Next, You will start off this tier by farming out your first (blue) Tier 3 armor set in the Punika Tier 3 Chaos Dungeons. Once you get the full set make sure you use the Gear Transfer Feature and get the free +1 to your Tier 3.

Now, you will once again return to your (Tier 3) Daily Activity grind. There is only one Tier 3 Island that you will need to do, Anguished Isle. Instead of a one-time quest, Anguished Isle is a daily event. You will want to use the Bifrost system to teleport here daily. Here is a quick reminder of the priority with the Tier 3 changes.

  • Highest ilvl Daily Chaos Dungeons x 2 using Aura of Resonance
  • Guardian Raid – Harvest 2 Guardian Souls of Highest Raid level possible
  • Procyon’s Compass Daily Event
  • Daily/Weekly Una’s Tasks – selecting overlapping quests that reward Honing Materials ONLY
  • Weekly Abyssal Dungeons until you have completed your legendary set for that tier.  
  • Anguished Isle Daily

QUICK TIP – Don’t forget to also set up your Tripod tracking in the Combat Skills tab, under settings, to make sure you are getting useful gear.

1325 To 1415 Item Level

A lot more of the same here with a few changes. First, You will now get your gear quality upgrades from the Punika Abyss dungeons. As you get your new gear, make sure you use the gear transfer system to move your current Item level over. Once you get the full set, you will want to push up to around 1370 to 1415 to get ready for the Argos Abyss Raid! You will need to be patient though, as upgrading will take much longer than before due to the poor success rate of Honing in Tier 3. Just keep doing your dailies 🙂 and before you know it you’ll be ready for Argus!

In this stage and beyond, having Alts at Tier 3 becomes EXTREMELY useful. This allows you to funnel Honing Materials to your main and decrease the amount of “time” it takes to push up to the Argos Raid. For that reason, if you run out of things to do for the day, progressing on an Alt is more beneficial to gear progression than actually playing on your main. Just make sure you have all of your stronghold upgrades to reduce the chance of Honing Failure before you start!

QUICK TIP – Make sure you are upgrading your gems to Tier 3 as well!

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