Update 1.1.5 should be our last one for the year of 2021 – and will bring with it celebratory events for the first Winter in SOLO! Take part in various new events taking place, while simultaneously getting ready for the first new hard raid release at the end of the year. Please note: The patch notes below already include features from upcoming maintenances up until January 6th. There won't be separate patch notes for the weeks inbetween.

Winter Events

Between December 16th (after the weekly maintenance) and January 6th (until the server maintenance), you can take part in a variety of new daily events! Please check-in with our separate news tomorrow for an overview of the activities.Activities can reward you with the “Blessing Snow Currency”, which is an event token to exchange for a variety of rewards! Talk to “Nou” in Cloudrise to see the list of available items – it includes various cosmetic pendants as well as exclusive themed housing items and a new pet!The cities of Chang’an and Jiangdu are covered in snow for all players, while Cloudrise can be turned into a snowy version through the event item “Flying Snow Talisman”.

Clarification for Event “Snow Game”

The item to gift to the select snowmen is called “Snow Goblin” and needs to be purchased at the event NPC “Nuo” for “Blessing Snow Currency”. You can purchase up to 2 per day and require giving 3 (same day or split over multiple days) to the same snowmen to unlock the respective collectible. Once unlocked, you can use the collectible to transform yourself into that snowman. There’s one snowman per class.Each time you give a snowman a gift, you get a stack of the “Winter Warmth” buff – each stack (up to a maximum of 3) will grant you +12 Fortune until 6am server time.

Disclaimer: You will already see parts of the winter event activate at midnight tonight - don't let that irritate you, everything falls into place and becomes fully usable after the maintenance tomorrow.

Sparkwood Gardens (Scheduled Opening)

Venture back into the Sparkwood Gardens starting December 30th – the entrance remains in the Floral Palace next to the Waterfall Stone Gate.

Hard

The hard mode will open without a patch release and challenge your group of 10 to 20 players with harder to master mechanics!

• Unlocks Thursday (December 30th) at 12:00 server time
• Can receive loot once per boss per week, resets Thursdays at 06:00 server time
• Recommended Item Level: 105
• Drops: Level 120 Gear, PvE Sealstones IV, Weapon & Bracer Talisman III Recipes, Crafting Recipes, high quality crafting materials, etc
• Matchmaking: you can only enter the dungeon manually; no automatic matchmaking is available.

Miscellaneous

Version Targets (Scheduled Opening)

December 30th: Progress can now be achieved within the newly unlocked “Advanced” version target.

Pet Level (Scheduled Opening)

January 6th: Currently you get item level 105 Mysterious Parchments from daily quests, merchants and other sources that reward you with Mysterious Parchment (current). With the server maintenance on January 6th, it’ll be possible to change these drops to give you item level 120 parchments. All you need to do it to spend 1000 Mysterious Parchments 105 to reach full understanding of the current level.