Lost Ark Stronghold Updates Changes

Stronghold Updates

  • Added a Gifting feature within Strongholds.

    • Players can open the Gifting menu using Ctrl + 6 while in their Stronghold. You can send gifts to the Stronghold owner while visiting another player’s stronghold, or guests within your Stronghold. As a guest, you can send gifts while in another player’s Stronghold even if they aren’t present.

    • There are a few requirements for the items being gifted:

      • It must be an item purchased from the in-game store with Royal Crystals

      • It must not have an active trade restriction.

      • Individual pet/skins/mount items cannot be gifted. Chest items that contains pet/skins/mount can be gifted.

      • Gifts that are not claimed within 30 days will be returned to the sender.

    • A quiz can be sent alongside a gift. This allows the sender to add a question and 4 answers with the gift. If the recipient selects an incorrect answer, the gift will be returned to the sender.

  • Added a new Trophy Menu and Trophy Room within the Stronghold.

  • Added 4 new Jukebox Songs.

  • Stronghold placement points are now calculated based on the current placement.

  • Players can now access the inside of the Manor.

    • When the quest “Your Own Manor!” is completed, the interior of the mansion is opened. This quest can be accepted through the ‘Adeline’ NPC once you have achieved level 10 and completed the ‘Fresh First Step’ of the quest.

    • Access is initially granted to the first floor of the Manor.

    • After the interior of the Manor is accessible, a new research called ‘Stronghold Unlocked: Manor 2F’ will appear in the research center. Upon completion, the second floor of the Manor will become accessible.

  • The maximum placement points inside the mansion can be expanded through research.

  • Added Manage Entertainment and Browse modes to help hosting Stronghold events or games.

    • In the Manage Entertainment and Browse mode, the point of view of the territory shifts, and the camera can be moved freely.

      • During the play operation mode, you can browse through the ‘Select Zone’ menu.

      • You can move the camera with the W/A/S/D key or mouse wheel click & drag.

    • Manage Entertainment and Browse mode is only available for the lord character of the estate.

      • Each function in the Manage Entertainment and Browse mode operates only when the lord enters their Stronghold, and the use is ended when the lord leaves.

    • Manage Entertainment and Browse mode can be used immediately without any additional conditions when the Stronghold is open.

    • Added a countdown feature that allows the Stronghold’s lord to start a countdown. You can set the countdown time from a minimum of 3 seconds to a maximum of 10 seconds. When the countdown begins, the timing is displayed to all the characters in the Stronghold, and at the end, a Mokoko announces the start.

    • Added a timer feature in the Stronghold. The lord can set a timer from a minimum of 1 second to a maximum of 59 minutes and 59 seconds. As the timer progresses, the remaining time is shown to all characters in the territory. The timer can be paused in the middle.

    • Added a Broadcast feature that displays a set message to all characters in the Stronghold. You can leave a message you want to deliver to guests who visit the Stronghold, or you can announce something when starting a game.

      • The message can be up to two lines and up to 50 characters.

      • Broadcasts offer a total of 10 presets.

    • Added a Quiz feature that allows you to play quizzes directly by combining countdown/timer and broadcast functions.

      • Countdown/timer, broadcast individually is not available during quiz execution.

      • Quiz games can be played by setting the question/answer, question waiting time, and answer time limit.

      • Up to 10 quizzes can be set, with a total of 5 presets available.

      • The first character to enter the text set as the quiz answer within the time limit to ‘General Chat’ will be selected as the correct person.

    • Countdowns and timers can be used in conjunction.

    • The Repeat Run feature allows you to run countdowns and timers sequentially. If you enable repeat execution, the set countdown/timer runs repeatedly until it stops.

  • Improved the structure and character placement system.

    • For Stronghold optimization, structures with specific functions were categorized. Structures with special functions for games are classified as ‘Entertainment Structures’.

      • Entertainment Structures can only be placed on remote islands.

      • Entertainment Structures that have already been placed in areas other than remote islands will not be removed and will remain in place.

    • Stronghold structures have been adjusted so that you can deploy more than before.

    • For character and Rapport NPC placement points, the setting criteria had been adjusted. Overall, the placement point requirement has been raised, reducing the number of characters that can be placed in one area compared to the previous one.

      • If the placement points are exceeded due to the placement point adjustment, the existing placement information is retained but cannot be edited.

      • To edit while the placement point is exceeded, structures in areas where the placement points are exceeded must be reduced to less than the placement point maximum.

    • Regional layout points within the stronghold have been expanded.

      • Relaxed the conditions of the placement point expansion research.

      • Following the placement point adjustment, the placement points granted by completion of the relevant research has also been raised.

    • Completing the Lv. 6 Manor Research will increase the placement points:

      • NPC placement points: 120

      • Structure placement Point: 100

  • Placement preset added. Players can now create and switch between 2 different presets within their Stronghold which can be used to control what structures and props are displayed.

  • Added mounts and ship structures to the Stronghold.

    • The mounts and ships owned by the player can be placed in the Stronghold and Manor.

    • Guests who visit the stronghold can also use deployed mounts, but you can’t ride a mount placed inside the Manor.

  • Added a variety of HUD improvements to the Stronghold, along with new menus and shortcuts to access the new systems.

  • Added new Stronghold structures.

    • Eleven new structures, eight True or False game structures, and eleven sand entertainment structures have been added.

      • Crafting Recipe Exchange NPC ‘Jeniff’ allows the crafting method of each structure to be aqcuired.

    • 10 other Entertainment structures have been added.

      • Each structure can be exchanged through a trader.

    • 32 indoor structures have been added.

      • Indoor structures can only be placed inside the mansion.

      • Flooring, wallpaper, and wall border decorative structures can be replaced by Indoor Structure Exchange NPC ‘Tincorine’.

      • Other wall decorative structures can be replaced by the Crafting Method Exchange NPC ‘Jeniff’.

    • With the addition of new NPCs, NPC ‘Kayla’, an existing structure vendor, has been changed to ‘Facility Structure Merchant’.

    • 17 types of Mokoko Cafe theme structures have been added.

      • Crafting method exchange NPC ‘Jeniff’ allows the manufacturing method of each structure to be exchanged.

    • The following structure sets can be replaced via the NPC ‘Kayla’.

      • True or False Quiz Set

      • Sand Play Set

      • Cafe Mokoko Set

  • Added Stronghold Teleports. Teleport points have been added to 6 different locations within the Stronghold. Interacting with one of the portals allows the player to immediately teleport to another one. The 6 zones are:

    • In front of the Manor

    • By the Chef’s Kitchen

    • Next to the Farm

    • On the Isolated Island

    • In the Trophy Room

    • Near the Marina on the beach

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