Lost Ark — LOA ON 2026 Summer

Release Roadmap

June → September 2026

JUN 24

Balance patch · event Powerpass · Mokoko Base Camp opens · Solo Raids & Matching Mode added · new Ark Pass

JUL 08

Dimensionist launches + class Powerpass · Swimsuit avatars · new hairstyles

MID-JULY

MUSINSA fashion collab popup store · Belgardin teaser begins

AUG 05

Shadow Raid: Belgardin, Disciplinarian of Death (live for ~6 weeks)

MID-AUGUST

Daily content level expansion · Mom's Touch collab

LATE AUGUST

Echoes of the End — new 4-player raid content

SEPTEMBER

Extreme Act 3: Mordum & Final Act: Kazeros (starts ~1 week after the Belgardin Conquest War) · Aldebaran Harvest Festival

New Class — Dimensionist

Launch · Jul 08

⏳ The Fleeting Ruler of Dimensions Director's Pick

An elegant, intellectual and refined character who bends time and space — tuning his weapon through a dimensional clock. A youthful, teenage-sized build.

Clock-hand weapons: reverse-grip dagger "hour-hand" skills, rapier-style thrusting "minute-hand" skills, and a combination main-skill
Landing hits boosts attack & movement speed and reduces cooldowns
Extreme mobility — can leap across space; opens a portal at the enemy's position for guaranteed-hit skills even from elsewhere
Two class engravings to choose between:
"Time Manager": records himself onto the current timeline, then returns to that point (position, HP & cooldowns restored)
"Spatial Swordsman": opens a vulnerable space on the enemy so attacks count as back-attacks

Pairs with Mokoko Base Camp rewards — can start with 6 relic cores.

Shadow Raid — Belgardin, Disciplinarian of Death

Aug 05

Clear rewards — Normal 1750 / Hard 1770 / Nightmare 1780

💀 The Saint Who Commands the Dead

8-player raid · 2 gates. Set right after Kadarum: Serca ambushes Basilio, who hands Belgardin's corpse to Kakul-Saydon.

Normal · 1750 Hard · 1770 Nightmare · 1780

Nightmare is clearly harder than Serca; Normal/Hard sit at a lighter, Serca-level difficulty.

① Resurrected Saint Belgardin

A necromancer of ashen graves and vengeful spirits; a "death's coffin" that binds the dead
New Insight pattern — glitch-timed (horror-movie style) reads that pull you into a death space
New Holding Just-Guard system — added for feel, not extra difficulty

② Disciplinarian of Death

"Soul Forger, Petus an Kragma"
Four tentacle-like arms move independently — uneven, irregular, threatening motions
Summoning rituals of blood and flesh; an incarnate descending form (only Phase 1 shown)

🏆 Belgardin Conquest War

Runs for the first ~6 weeks. Limited rewards — completing clear-count & mastery missions grants the party lounge skin & relic title (previously a Kazeros "The First" reward).

🛡️ New Gear — Gauntlets (Wan-gap)

First-clear reward. Growth gear granting both ATK & DEF; uses both Destiny Destruction & Guardian Stones, but does not affect item level.

Legendary +15 → Relic +20 → Ancient +25

Solo, Matching & Accessibility

Jun 24

🧍 Solo Raids

Intuitive, comfortable solo play of major raids.

Act 4: Armoche — 3,100 medals
Final Act: Kazeros — 3,400 medals

🤝 Matching Mode

Serca — 3,400 medals. Solo or party matchmaking (like Guardian Raids).

Unlimited revives; combat continues even after a wipe
Under-geared? A stacking attack buff builds over time until you clear
Plays at near-supporter strength even with no support (no active care)
AFK / abuse: one warning, then auto-kick

⚙️ Simpler Setup

Card presets auto-swap to the boss's vulnerable element
Ark Grid easy-setup: auto-equips max-power gems & auto-dismantles finished gems

📉 Difficulty & Gold

~10% gold adjustment at the 1720 band
Kazeros Hard eased — boss HP down 10–20%, added phases down up to 30%

📈 Growth & Honing Eased

Advanced Honing: each tap builds 2 Protection Orbs toward Ancestor's Grace (bonus procs 2× faster)
Tier 3 removed → Tier 4 progression via North Kurzan
Tempering materials consolidated

Mokoko Starter Program

Catch-up to 1720

Warming-up rewards — grow to item level 1700

⛺ Mokoko Base Camp

Fantasy pop-up book: a skippable story recap — finish it for an emoticon
Warming-up program: grow to item level 1700 (Vanda, Hanumatan, Armoche — ~30 min); just keep playing and rewards (gems, recommended cores) auto-equip

🚀 Jump-Up Boost Mission

Growth support up to 1720, with a mission unlocking at each level milestone
Sub-missions now clearable via Guardians / story / progression / raids / Maharaka Summer Camp
Jump-Up Premium grants extra rewards

🍼 Beginner Improvements & Eased Conditions

Mokoko buff extended to 1720 · crisis evasion every 1 min (was 6) & recovery-skill cooldown halved · clearing endgame with a Mokoko auto-grants Honor. Entry requirements removed for Cathedral of the Horizon & Serca Normal story quests.

Summer Season — Maharaka Summer Camp

Casual fun

An adventurer guild buys the island and reopens it as a community hub — play, food & things to do together. Earn postcards (event coins) to exchange for rewards; none of it is required.

🎡 Things To Do

Play: wave-riding, sand play, punch machine — short, light minigames
Food: touch a food truck for a banquet (feast) effect
Together: photo zone, busking zone, message cheer-sticks

🎲 Tikatuka Dice Director's Pick

Papunika's most popular board game — a PVE solo match vs NPC AI, playable from a widget under the minimap. 10 stages, but rewards from stage 3; a hidden reward awaits at stage 10.

🔮 Plaza of Yearning

A "thump-thump" random box. No need to visit — rewards stack in real time for up to 7 days. Touch the Summer Camp marble weekly to collect.

🏃 Run, Cahni!

8-vs-8 team Cahni-transformation racing — all PVP elements stripped out.

🍉 Watermelon Mayhem

Transform into a Mokoko, dodge Toto's attacks and smash as many watermelons as possible — PVP elements removed.

Endgame Raids

Aug → Sep

Extreme Act 3: Mordum / Final Act: Kazeros

🌑 Echoes of the End Director's Pick

A brand-new 4-player raid format set in a Cube backdrop, with a new boss added every week, reworked from past raid bosses.

Recycled bosses: Kayangel dove, Morphe, Prokel (interior, 4-player), Ivory Tower Firehorn, Ashtarot… up through Lauriel
Clear-once content, but optional challenge conditions grant extra rewards
Removed & rebuilt the mechanics that need heavy study

🔥 Extreme Act 3: Mordum / Final Act: Kazeros

Normal & Hard are enjoyable difficulties. Nightmare won't be easy (China's "The First" players have seen it). New patterns that bring out each boss's personality.