Summoners War: Chronicles

Greetings from <Summoners War: Chronicles>.

We would like to inform you about the changes in this upcoming update.

The content and event time are based on each region’s time zone: US - EST / EU - CET / ASIA - ICT / JP - JST

Please check the details below.

■ Key Updates

▶ Transformation

- A system that allows Summoners to transform into certain Monsters or creatures will be added.

- Complete the following missions to obtain the Transformation, and the acquired Transformations can be used by other Summoner characters within the same account.

- You can get the following effects just by obtaining the Transformation.

- Transformation LV will start at Lv. 1 upon acquiring the Transformation at first, and you can use Transformation EXP Potions to level it up.

  · You can select the Transformation appearance upon achieving a certain level.

- Transformation EXP Potions can be obtained from the following places.

  · Normal Transformation EXP Potion: Arena Shop, Guild Shop

  · Intermediate Transformation EXP Potion: New Season Guild Raid Reward, New System [Magictech]-[Alteration]

- There is a 1-hour cooldown for the Transformations, and the following Transformation effects will take place for 4 hours. (For Transformation Lv. 5)

  · 4★ Harg (Light): Increase gathering speed by 20%

  · 4★ Lizardman (Fire): Increase mining speed by 20%

  · 4★ Martial Cat (Wind): Increase fishing speed by 17%

  · 3★ Fairy (Water): Increase gathering speed by 12%

  · 3★ Living Armor (Wind): Increase mining speed by 12%

  · 3★ Charger Shark (Water): Increase fishing speed by 10%

  · White Crystal Naraka: Increases the drop rate of Ice Crystal Gift Wraps by 50% and EXP by 15% from defeating creatures during the White Winter Event period.

- While transformed, you can transform to another target and mount a ride as well.

  · When removing Transformation or switching to another target, 1-hour cooldown will be applied to the previous Transformation.

  · When transformed into 4★ Light Harg, there will be a 10 sec group cooldown in order to switch to 3★ Water Fairy, which has the same gathering speed.

- When transformed, you can use the following skills based on the transformed target.

  · 4★ Harg (Light)

  · 4★ Lizardman (Fire)

  · 4★ Martial Cat (Wind)

  · 3★ Fairy (Water)

  · 3★ Living Armor (Wind)

  · 3★ Charger Shark (Water)

  · White Crystal Naraka

- There will be 3 quick slots where you can switch to Transformations you often use.

- When specific conditions are met, there will be an option to transform automatically.

- You cannot transform in the following content.

  · Challenge Arena, Brawl Arena, Guild Siege Battle

▶ Affinity
- A new system is added where you can get rewards and develop new abilities by building affinity with your Monsters.

- Go to [Monster] menu > Heart button located on the right side of the EXP bar to navigate to the Affinity page.

- Meet the following conditions to increase the Monster’s Affinity.

- Even if you reset, food given to increase the Affinity will not be refunded.

- Upon reaching a certain Affinity points, the level will increase, allowing 4/5★ Monsters to expand their Book effects.

 · Expanded Book effects can be selected by pressing the Book effect description for each LV in the [Book] menu.

▶ Magictech
- Get Crystallines by melting unnecessary items and obtain new items through Alteration with the new Magictech system.

- You can obtain Crystallines by melting various materials and items including Handwork Gems, Effect Stones, Spell Books, and Symbols.

- You can obtain various material items including Galaxy Stones, Spell Books, Symbols, Artifact Shards, and Intermediate Transformation EXP Potions.

- Crystallines and Mana Fuel are needed for Alteration, and Mana Fuel is automatically recharged over time.

  · Mana Fuel can be recharged up to 5 times a week using Crystals.

- Magictech level will increase for up to 6 Alterations, and the type of craftable items and MAX Mana Fuel value will increase with the level.

- Then a Re-alteration system will be added, which lets you adjust stats such as Handcraft Gems, Effect Stones, Spell Book, and Symbols once.

  · Additional information about this system will be provided in future update notes when it is introduced.

■ New/Improvements/Changes

▶ Cairos

[Illusion Garden]

- The theme Monster for Illusion Garden will be changed to 4★ Light Epikion Priest.

- Period: Dec. 4th 12am - Dec. 11th 12am

[Garden of Trial]

- Improved to save the team composition information for each LV.

  · When re-entering the same level, the team composition information from the previous play, including support Monsters, will be applied.

▶ Galagos Ruins

- Due to the upcoming Galagos Ruins revamp, the “Challenge! Galagos Ruins 1-4F” event will end.

- Period: Until Dec. 27th 11pm

※ Please make sure to check if you have any uncollected rewards before the event ends!

▶ Trial of Ascension

- The following button and display layouts will be changed on the Trial of Ascension page.

  · Current ranking and total no. of times cleared will be displayed on the left side of the Hard difficulty page.

  · The location of the Power of Ascensions button on the bottom left will be adjusted.

  · The Ranking Info button will be removed from the bottom left.

▶ Dungeon

[Raid]

- Hero Raid Season 2 will start.

  · Period: ‘23 Dec. 4th 12am - ‘24 2/26 12am, Every Monday Raid

  · Starting from Season 2, if you have more entry attempts than the maximum allowed for the weekly Hero Raid, your excess entry attempts will be preserved even when a new dungeon starts.

- The dungeon clear rewards are as follows:

- Season 2 Mythic Accessory will be added.

  · The following bonus effects will be applied during the season and will disappear once the season is over.

- The Set effects of 2 Season 1 Mythic Accessories will be changed to the following effects.

- “Hero Raid (Season 2)” tab will be added in the Raid Coin Exchange Shop, and the pre-existing “Hero Raid” tab will be changed to “Hero Raid (Season 1)”.

 · You can exchange Glory Coins for the following rewards in the Hero Raid (Season 1) Shop.

* You can purchase Season 1 Mythic Accessories at a cheaper price.

※ Hero Raid (Season 1) Shop will end in May when Hero Raid Season 3 opens. Details will be announced through the update notes once the schedule is confirmed.

  · You can exchange Glory Coins (Season 2) for the following rewards in the Hero Raid (Season 2) Shop.

* Glory Coin (Season 2) can be exchanged for Glory Coins.

[World Boss]

- Improvements have been made so that you can get rewards based on the server cumulative damage.

  · You must play at least once during the season to get the reward.

- A “Battle Record” tab will be added to the bottom left of the World Boss ranking pop-up screen.

  · You can check the play history of top players through the Battle Record tab.

- Improvements made to the UI on the team composition screen for better clarity of each buff.

- Monster HP details on the top left corner will now display the Monster icon during battles.

- You can now check all the Monsters’ DMG, recovery amount, and more information during battle from the DPS meter on the top left.

  · You can expand the list by pressing the triangle button at the bottom right of the DPS meter.

- If the Summoner dies during battle, a Monster camera button will appear at the center bottom of the screen, allowing you to change the viewpoint.

- The result screen now displays the highest score achieved during the season in the top right corner.

▶ Battlefield

- The Battlefield play time will be changed.

  · It’ll be opened from 4pm to 1am every day, without time restrictions for party matchmaking.

  · For party matchmaking, you’ll be matched with opponents 1 tier higher than your own.

- The Battlefield event buffs, previously applied differently based on time, will now be changed on a weekly basis.

  · (Week 1) Fire attribute enhancement buff → (Week 2) Water attribute enhancement buff → (Week 3) Wind attribute enhancement buff → (Week 4) No buffs

- A penalty system for Summoners who don’t contribute to their teams in the Battlefield will be added.

  · Summoners who remain idle at the starting point for a certain period will receive a warning pop-up.

  · If the same situation continues even after the warning pop-up, the Summoner will be marked as inactive and will not be able to receive rewards, and banned from Battlefield matchmaking for 2 hours.

※ If failed to receive the rewards due to penalty, it will not be deducted from the Battlefield Pass Bonus Count (21 times a week).

  · Penalty will not be applied to Friend Battle.

- Battlefield Pass has been improved to be used more efficiently.

  · The Battlefield Pass icon will be displayed in the Battlefield result screen even if all the bonus reward counts have been used.

  · The remaining number of Battlefield Pass Bonus Reward will be displayed on the left side of the Battlefield main page.

- Improvements made so that Summoners and Monsters do not receive damage exceeding 50% at once.

- When in Friend Battle, the Summoner selected by the host will be highlighted on the list on the right for better visibility.

▶ Arena

- Option for match rules will be added to Friend Battle.

  · You can choose between a single game, best of 3, and best of 5. The rules can be changed even after creating a lobby.

  · “Rules” in the existing option will be renamed to “First Pick Rules”.

- The cooldown will increase until matched with the same opponent.

- “Transmogrification” tab will be added in the Arena Coin Shop.

  · Some of the items within the Challenge/Brawl Shop will be moved to the “Transmogrification” tab, and their prices will be adjusted as follows.

[Challenge Arena]

- The opponent list will reset when the Summoner promotes to each rank for the first time.

- Opponent list can be refreshed up to 10 times every day for free upon purchasing the Arena Pass.

- When the test battle with the defense team is over, you’ll be moved to the defense team configuration page.

- The following displays will be changed to protect the information of Summoners ranked Master Ⅲ and above.

  · The opponent’s nickname will not appear on the opponent list, lobby, battle screen, result screen, statistics, and Summoner information pop up.

  · The opponent’s rank will not appear in the lobby, battle screen, result screen, and Summoner information pop up.

  · The opponent’s outfit will appear as default in the lobby and on the battle screen.

▶ Quest

[Rahil Kingdom Story]

- Improved to display a pop-up message indicating that the Immediate Completion feature cannot be used when only the Guide Quest is left before proceeding to the next story.

▶ Wardrobe

- The following outfit sets will be available for crafting in the wardrobe.

[Soleta]

[Orbia, Kina, Cleaf]

▶ Monster

- Only the Monsters registered for the Challenge Arena defense team will display their uses on the Monster information page.

[Monster Forum]

- The in-game Monster forum will be improved as below.

  · You can now edit the ratings of the Monsters that you have already reviewed.

  · The posts will be categorized and displayed under the “Last 60 Days” and “All” tabs.

  · Write a review for a default 5★ and get 10 Energy as a reward.

※ If there has been a balance adjustment on a Monster you have already rated, you can get the reward again after the patch by writing the review again.

  · Default 1-2★ Monsters will be removed from the in-game Monster forum. The Monster Forum button on the bottom right corner on the Monster screen will be disabled,

[Transmogrification]

- New Transmogrification “Pop Star Polar Queen” will be added.

 · From the next season, you can receive Pop Star Polar Queen Exchange Ticket (Fire/Water/Wind) as the Arena Season Ranking Reward.

 · You can trade the Exchange Ticket for “Pop Star Polar Queen” Transmogrification in the Arena Shop.

 · Sale Period: ‘23 Dec. 11th 2am - ‘24 Mar. 12th 12am

※ “Pop Star Polar Queen” Transmogrification will be removed from the Arena Shop when the sale period ends.

 · You can change the appearance of the awakened Monsters in [Monster] - [Info] - [Transmogrification].

▶ Profession Skill

- “Favorites”, which were divided by each type, will be moved to a single page, so you can check them on the Favorite tab on the left side.

- +/- Buttons will be added on the top right side of each tab, excluding the Favorites tab, allowing you to zoom in or out of the UI,

- If using the grid view, the position of the most recently viewed item will be saved for more convenient use.

[Blacksmithing]

- An option to hide basic equipment from Lv. 1 to 4 will be added on the top right corner of the screen.

▶ Piece Exchange Shop

- Paladin (Fire/Water/Wind) Pieces will be added to the list of random 5★ Monster Pieces list.

- The default quantity for exchange will be set to the maximum when exchanging.

- The batch selection option will be improved to save the most recently selected value.

▶ Guild

- Guild Intro button will be added on the bottom right of the screen.

  · You can now quickly access the status of the Guild Town, such as construction and buildings.

  · Press the “Move” button in each building to navigate directly.

- Images in the building enhancement in the Guild Town will be improved for clarity.

[Guild Raid]

- The boss creature will be changed to “Intara” as the new season starts on Dec. 5th 12am.

  · Guild Raid clear information will reset with the change of the boss creature, so you’ll need to clear from Lv. 1 again.

- The MAX combat period will be reduced from 10 minutes to 5 minutes.

- The difficulty of some dungeons will be adjusted, and “Intermediate Transformation EXP Potion” will be added to the clear rewards.

- The amount of Gold rewards for clearing Lv. 3-5 will increase, and the following items will change.

* Select 1 from Harp Magician (Light) Piece x5-10, 5★ Devilmon Piece x5, Supreme Unknown Handwork Gem x3, Supreme Effect Stone Box x3, and Unknown Spell Book Ⅳ x3

[Guild Infinite Raid]

- Click the graph icon on the right side of the screen to check the Monster stats.

- Each guild member’s Monster info will be displayed in the “Guild Member Rankings” tab on the left side of the Rankings info pop-up screen.

[Guild Siege Battle]

- Improvements will be made so that the PWR of Monsters in the defense team is reflected in the Team PWR.

▶ Convenience Improved

- The statistics tab in each dungeon’s Strategy Info will be displayed in “Successful Monster Rank” for each Summoner.

※ In addition to the improvement work, statistic records excluding the existing fastest clear info will be reset.

- Preset attribute information will be saved in the team composition data for each dungeon so that changing attributes does not affect the settings of the Field Team or other teams.

  · Attributes that have not been saved after maintenance will be set as Fire by default.

- You can now use the Vault without having to visit an NPC. 

  · You can use your personal Vault by clicking the box icon with a keyhole at the bottom of the Bag screen.

  · You can now use your personal Vault by clicking the box icon with a keyhole at the bottom of the Disassemble Equipment screen.

- A set bond button will be added to the Equipment Bag and Equipment on the Character screen.

  · You can bond a sub weapon of the same set as your weapon.

  · You can check or change the weapon bond status by attribute by clicking the “Manage Bonds” button on the info pop-up of the sub weapon that can be bonded.

  · You can also bond one sub weapon with a weapon of each attribute.

  · When using a weapon with an attribute that you cannot bond, the default equipped sub weapon will be applied.

- The font color will be adjusted to make the excess amount more clearly visible when there is not enough room in the Rune Bag.

- The Summoner Info pop-up screen, which shows Friend List, Guild Member List, and Strategy Info for each dungeon, will now also show artifacts that each Monster is equipped with.

- Even if HP decreases due to equipment change, the amount you had before changing equipment will be maintained.

- The number of missions required to complete the daily missions for the [Global Chronicles Book 1: Gathering the Fairy Essence] event will be adjusted from 3 times to 1 time.

▶ Other

- A Christmas theme background will apply to Casslan.

- Christmas wallpaper will be added to the Summoner selection screen wallpaper list.

  · It can be used until ‘24 Jan. 11th 12am

- Rune/Symbol/Gem/Spell Book/Effect Stone/Artifact batch combination animation will be improved.

- The increase or decrease value of your mana will show on the Summoner during a battle.

  · When spectating, only the values related to the Summoner you are watching will be visible.

- Artifact tutorial guide images will be improved to be clearer.

- Sound effects are added when you Combine/Disassemble/Remove Selected in Rune Alchemy

- 3 types of emoticons that won in the 1st Anniversary Emoji Contest will be added.

  · You can use the three emoticons below after the maintenance ends.

■ New Events

▶ White Winter Event

- “Festival Island”, the event area for the White Winter event will open.

  · You can check the Festival Island on the Casslan map.

  · You can participate in defeating creatures and mining field events during the following period.

 · Event Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - ‘24 Jan. 11th 12am

▶ Preparing for a White Winter
- Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - Jan. 11th 12am

- Event Details: A gift is prepared to spread warmth during the cold winter.

  · You can collect various rewards just by checking in every week.

▶ Polar Queen's Gift Wrap
- Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - Jan. 11th 12am

- Event Details: Collect Polar Queen's Ice Crystal Gift Wrap for your precious Monsters.

  · You can obtain “Ice Crystal Gift Wraps” upon clearing missions.

▶ Summoner's Gift
- Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - Jan. 11th 12am

- Event Details: Try expressing your gratitude with a gift for the Monsters who are always by your side.

  · Use materials and “Ice Crystal Gift Wraps” to give each Monster the gift it wants, you can obtain “Dragon Balls” and “Shiny Dragon Balls” with other various rewards.

▶ Finding the White Crystal Naraka
- Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - Jan. 11th 12am

- Event Details: Go on a journey to find the White Crystal Naraka, which is said to bring good fortune.

  · Clear the dungeon to collect various rewards including “Ice Crystal Gift Wrap”.

▶ I Need Dragon Balls
- Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - Jan. 11th 12am

- Event Details: Let's collect Dragon Balls for the cute little White Crystal Naraka.

  · You can exchange the collected Dragon Balls with rewards through the “Summoner’s Gift” event.

▶ Make a Wish to the Blue Dragon
- Period: After the Nov. 30th maintenance - Jan. 11th 12am

- Event Details: Collect 7 Shiny Dragon Balls and exchange them with gifts!

  · “Shiny Dragon Balls” you obtained through the event can be exchanged for a total of 7 rewards once each.

▶ Arena Surprise Wheel
- Period: 11/30 12am - 12/7 12am

- Event Details: Earn points from the Challenge/Brawl Arena and spin the wheel.

■ Issue Fixes

- Adjusted the CRIT DMG display to avoid appearing too large based on the resolution.

- Fixed the issue where the Challenge Arena season change triggered specific situations causing the error pop-up.

- Fixed an issue in the “Dragon” book where “Remove Root” and “Remove Silence” were not visible.

- Addressed the slowdown issue in the Trial of Ascension upon repeated entry.

- Applied sound improvements to some Monster information screens.

- Fixed the issue where skill buttons in the skill preview screen occasionally appeared abnormally.

- Prevented changing weapon attributes while moving with the zipline from affecting the Summoner's motion.

- Ensured that even if a Monster that inflicted continuous damage is replaced due to team formation changes, the damage is displayed correctly.

- Fixed the issue of some notifications showing in a different language than the currently set language.

- Fixed the slowdown issue on certain mobile devices when entering Cairos and the Expedition menu.

- Fixed the issue where the mini map “Ruined Temple” in the Raid did not display the location of Monsters.

- Prevented rapid tab changes on the left side of the Guard Journal from causing overlapping pages. 

- Eliminated irrelevant content open notification pop-ups after completing a quest and changing Monsters.

- Aligned the remaining time in the top-left info panel during the progress of the Illusion Garden with the remaining time displayed in the top center.

- The material bag can now be sorted by criteria other than rarity.

- Fixed the display of owned equipment in the deliverable list when attempting to deliver “Legendary Equipment” in Guild Request.

- Removed the notification icon for the loudspeaker in the top-left corner in Windows environments.

- Fixed the audio overlapping issue in the Manage Artifacts screen.

- Fixed the issue where changes to the chat tab during Challenge Arena battles were not saved.

- Fixed the issue where skill information appeared abnormally on the character information screen when using a transformation potion.

- Fixed the issue where death icons were displayed simultaneously when the same Monster died during a battle test with the defense team.

- In the skill preview screen, Soleta's single-strike skill “Breeze” will now only show one Goblin when used.

- Fixed the intermittent issue where manual skills were not used when changing weapon attributes in dungeons where Retry is available.

- Corrected the intermittent issue where the attribute and skill icons of the weapon in use were displayed differently.

- Rapidly pressing the raid entry recharge button will no longer cause abnormal exposure of counts and backgrounds.

- Fixed the issue where the pop-up did not work when a dungeon result pop-up was displayed while box items were being used continuously.

- In PC mode with a resolution of 3440x1440, the “Don't show this again today” or X button will now be visible at the bottom of the pop-up banner.

- Fixed the issue where the ranking reward was displayed abnormally in the season-end result screen for ranks with no rewards during World Boss.

- Fixed the issue where an unintended language was displayed on the Challenge Arena defense team screen under certain circumstances.

- Fixed the issue where there was no response when tapping the magnifier in the upper right corner of the Monster Book effect.

- The Revenge feature will now work properly even after proceeding with [Challenge Arena]-[Practice Battle].

- The weekly crafting notification in Profession will now be visible in the recipe.

- Fixed the issue where tower information was displayed abnormally when resetting the season on the Trial of Ascension screen.

- Fixed the issue where HP % was displayed abnormally when holding a shield while “Show HP Remaining (%)” in [Settings]-[Game] is enabled.

- The information on the selected rune will now pop up even when you select a rune, enter the Enhance screen, and then come back out.

- Fixed the issue where a limited number of items would be displayed under certain circumstances even if there is no limit to the number of times they can be crafted.

- Fixed the issue where the “Foxfire” passive icon would occasionally appear duplicated when using 5★ Nine-tailed Fox in the field team for an extended period.

- In the Arena and Siege Battle, after activating the “Revenger” effect of the Furious Memory set and dying, battle information will no longer be abnormally displayed.

- HP gauge and shield gauge display units will now be consistent.

- The left quest window will now immediately refresh when a field event occurs.

- Fixed the intermittent issue of PWR in the Raid lobby displaying differently from the Monster composition screen after the Raid ends.

- Fixed the descriptions of certain products, which were displaying incomplete sentences.

- Fixed the delay of Raid pop-up display in certain situations.

- Fixed the last sentence being trimmed on the detailed description of Monster PWR.

- Fixed certain stats of Monsters not being reflected properly during soul connection.

- Fixed 5★ Harp Magician (Fire/Wind) not being displayed on the list of pre-ban Monsters in Brawl Arena and Friend battle.

- Fixed the delay of the result screen in certain situations after the Raid ends.

- Fixed the mission completion count intermittently not increasing for the [Global Chronicles Book 1: Gathering the Fairy Essence] event.

We hope you enjoy a delightful time in Summoners War: Chronicles

with the new content and events starting soon.

Thank you.