Tripod Studio has released the patch notes for March 3rd’s update to Lost Ark. The fantasy MMO first launched worldwide in 2022, offering players gameplay focused on PvE and explorations. This week’s update addresses numerous bugs and issues alongside some balance adjustments to Tier 1 and Tier 2 content.

Check out the full patch notes for March 3rds update to Lost Ark below.

Lost Ark Update Patch Notes for March 3

BALANCE UPDATES

ABYSSAL DUNGEONS –

ANCIENT ELVERIA

Necromancer’s Origin

  • Improved player forgiveness during the orb phase when trying to defeat Sigmund during Stage 2 of Necromancer’s Origin.
  • Improved the visual effect of Sigmund’s color wave to make it more clear to players.

PHANTOM PALACE

Improved player forgiveness during the orb phase when trying to defeat Sigmund during Stage 2 of Necromancer’s Origin.

Improved the visual effect of Sigmund’s color wave to make it more clear to players.

Hall of the Twisted Warlord

  • Made a change to the Phantom Legion King attack pattern and Phantom Cut debuff stack that is applied to the character.
  • Updated the Phantom Legion King Illusion Sword summon attack pattern.
  • As the swords follow the players, if a player receives two stacks, they will incur damage, and upon reaching three stacks, they will die.

Hildebrandt Palace

Made a change to the Phantom Legion King attack pattern and Phantom Cut debuff stack that is applied to the character.

Updated the Phantom Legion King Illusion Sword summon attack pattern.

  • As the swords follow the players, if a player receives two stacks, they will incur damage, and upon reaching three stacks, they will die.

As the swords follow the players, if a player receives two stacks, they will incur damage, and upon reaching three stacks, they will die.

  • Decreased the amount of damage required for the Stagger phase when Ephernia appears in Stage 3 of Hildebrandt Palace.
  • Increased the Phantom Energy effect range from the Meteor
  • mechanic
  • during Stage 3.
  • Changed the attack shape of the second Meteor
  • mechanic
  • from a circle to a front attack during Stage 3.

GATE OF PARADISE

Decreased the amount of damage required for the Stagger phase when Ephernia appears in Stage 3 of Hildebrandt Palace.

Increased the Phantom Energy effect range from the Meteor

mechanic

during Stage 3.

Changed the attack shape of the second Meteor

mechanic

from a circle to a front attack during Stage 3.

Sea of Indolence

  • Increased the warning time for the omen attack in Stage 2 of Sea of Indolence.
  • Changed Indolence Sentinel Akam’s attack from a wipe mechanic to a high damage attack in Stage 2 of Sea of Indolence.

GUARDIAN RAIDS

Increased the warning time for the omen attack in Stage 2 of Sea of Indolence.

Changed Indolence Sentinel Akam’s attack from a wipe mechanic to a high damage attack in Stage 2 of Sea of Indolence.

Vertus

  • Removed the stun debuff that was applied when players were hit by the tail swing attack.
  • Decreased the damage dealt by several attacks:
  • Jumping out of the ice.
  • Grabbing a player and breathing ice fire.

Nacrasena

Removed the stun debuff that was applied when players were hit by the tail swing attack.

Decreased the damage dealt by several attacks:

  • Jumping out of the ice.
  • Grabbing a player and breathing ice fire.

Jumping out of the ice.

Grabbing a player and breathing ice fire.

  • Decreased the damage dealt by several attacks:
  • Tail attack after thumping the ground with tail.
  • Jumping out of the ground.
  • Lightning projectiles.

Flame Fox Yoho

  • Tail attack after thumping the ground with tail.
  • Jumping out of the ground.
  • Lightning projectiles.

Tail attack after thumping the ground with tail.

Jumping out of the ground.

Lightning projectiles.

  • Reduced the duration of Flame Fox Yoho’s Flame Ground attack.
  • Decreased Flame Fox Yoho’s HP.
  • Reduced the effect of the Burning Soul ability.
  • Decreased the damage dealt by several attacks:
  • Throwing Fox fires.
  • Jump forward and claw attacks.
  • Jump upward and claw attacks.

Tytalos

Reduced the duration of Flame Fox Yoho’s Flame Ground attack.

Decreased Flame Fox Yoho’s HP.

Reduced the effect of the Burning Soul ability.

  • Throwing Fox fires.
  • Jump forward and claw attacks.
  • Jump upward and claw attacks.

Throwing Fox fires.

Jump forward and claw attacks.

Jump upward and claw attacks.

  • Decreased the duration of Tytalos’ Circle of Spalling rock attack.
  • Changed Tytalos’ attack that collects sand energy and explodes from a wipe mechanic to a high-damage attack.
  • Decreased the damage dealt by Tytalos’ earth explosion attacks.

Achates

Decreased the duration of Tytalos’ Circle of Spalling rock attack.

Changed Tytalos’ attack that collects sand energy and explodes from a wipe mechanic to a high-damage attack.

Decreased the damage dealt by Tytalos’ earth explosion attacks.

  • Modified Guardian Achates summon statue pattern to always summon four Guardian Statues.
  • Decreased the damage required to apply Weak Point to Achates.
  • To keep Achates challenging in Trial Guardian Raids, that encounter will not have these changes – but more on that in a future update!

Lava Chromanium

Modified Guardian Achates summon statue pattern to always summon four Guardian Statues.

Decreased the damage required to apply Weak Point to Achates.

To keep Achates challenging in Trial Guardian Raids, that encounter will not have these changes – but more on that in a future update!

  • Decreased the damage dealt by the lava eruption attack used by Lava Chromanium when becoming Berserk.

Levanos

Decreased the damage dealt by the lava eruption attack used by Lava Chromanium when becoming Berserk.

  • Decreased the damage required to apply Weak Point* to Levanos.

*Weak Point is a mechanic which requires players to break a part of the enemy (such as shields, shells, wings, etc.) or target a specific area with abilities and battle items marked with the ‘Destruction’ keyword.

Decreased the damage required to apply Weak Point* to Levanos.

Alberhastic

  • Reduced Alberhastic’s beneficial effect that was granted when obtaining the Heat Orb.
  • Changed the wipe mechanic to a high-damage attack.

GENERAL UPDATES & BUG FIXES

Reduced Alberhastic’s beneficial effect that was granted when obtaining the Heat Orb.

Changed the wipe mechanic to a high-damage attack.

  • Fixed an issue that caused the “Battle Effects Display – include buff effects of party members” setting to not show some debuffs affecting party members.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the top-left in-game clock to show the wrong time zone due to daylight saving time.
  • Added an update to prevent players from being booted out of the server while logging in. We will continue to monitor data, feedback, and reports to ensure this issue is resolved.
  • Applied a fix to help improve matchmaking issues. We will continue to monitor data, feedback, and reports to ensure this issue is resolved.
  • Fixed an issue preventing an object from being interactable during “Nineveh’s Aura of Chaos” rapport quest chain.
  • Fixed an issue where the Abyss Trader was missing from Rothun.
  • Fixed an issue where the Weekly Battle Item Bundle stated it could be claimed 10 times, correcting it to reflect the purchase limit of once a week.
  • Added a chat filter for players to select specific languages.

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Fixed an issue that caused the “Battle Effects Display – include buff effects of party members” setting to not show some debuffs affecting party members.

Fixed an issue that caused the top-left in-game clock to show the wrong time zone due to daylight saving time.

Added an update to prevent players from being booted out of the server while logging in. We will continue to monitor data, feedback, and reports to ensure this issue is resolved.

Applied a fix to help improve matchmaking issues. We will continue to monitor data, feedback, and reports to ensure this issue is resolved.

Fixed an issue preventing an object from being interactable during “Nineveh’s Aura of Chaos” rapport quest chain.

Fixed an issue where the Abyss Trader was missing from Rothun.

Fixed an issue where the Weekly Battle Item Bundle stated it could be claimed 10 times, correcting it to reflect the purchase limit of once a week.

Added a chat filter for players to select specific languages.