If you play Lost Ark, you have surely heard of the Power Passes. Now there is a new event that offers such a pass along with a new Express Event aimed at luring you back into the game. We at MeinMMO will explain how it works.
What kind of event is this? With the upcoming update on July 20, Lost Ark is bringing back an Express Event as well as a new Power Pass. This time, these two elements will work together better than last time.
The mechanics themselves remain similar. The new pass will now take you directly behind the story of Punika and to Gearscore 1,302. The prerequisite is that you already have at least one character that has been at this point in the game.
Once you are at 1,302, the new Express Event kicks in and catches you up. The “Hyper Express Event” is practically a continuation of the Super Express Event and is meant to help you overcome the former “Dead Zone” between 1,302 and 1,370. Many players exited right there, according to Amazon.
During this, you will have to complete some tasks on a kind of checklist and receive a massive amount of upgrade materials, which will make it much easier for you to achieve Item Level 1,370. So the July update gives you a character in the true endgame of the MMORPG.
However, for the new Legion Raid Vykas, you will need Gearscore 1,430:
How to Redeem the Bonuses
How the Power Pass Works: The new Punika Power Pass works exactly as you are used to from the previous ones. The key point this time is that you must have completed the story of Punika. This is relatively far along in the game. However, if you have already completed it with one character, the pass gives you a second one.
You will then receive the pass via in-game mail as soon as the event starts. If you complete Punika within the event period, you will receive the mail afterwards. Once you have the pass in your inventory, you need to use it to assign it to your account.
In your account’s character overview, you can then click on a character of your choice that is not yet at Level 1,302 and use the Power Pass directly. You don’t have to log in with the character for this. It will then receive equipment with Gearscore 1,302, has completed the Punika Story and all main quests for it.
How the Hyper Express Event Works: The new “Hyper Express Event” is heavily based on the previously known Express Event. Again, there are various tasks to complete that allow you to earn plenty of rewards. However, it is currently unknown if there will be bonus chances for upgrading items again.
You can activate this event once on any character that has reached Gearscore 1,302. It remains active until you have surpassed Item Level 1,370. In the last event, you could change the character on which the event runs afterwards, but only because it was not communicated well before the event.
We can assume that this will not be possible this time.
You Cannot Save the Event
How long does it last? An exact duration for the event and the Power Pass is not yet known. Community manager Roxx has already confirmed in the forum that no new class will be released during the event period for which you can save your event.
Since Lost Ark has already announced that a new class will be brought into the game every two months, we can currently assume that the event will end at the latest with the September update. You will need to choose a class that is currently in the game. The Arcana, which will be released in July, would be a good choice.
What does the event bring? The event is criticized in the Lost Ark forums. Players complain that it will not bring in new people to the game. Roxx responded that this is not the goal of the event. They want to bring back people who have already reached T3 and then stopped playing. The Express Event is also meant to help those who never reached the Boss Argos.
For hardcore players, it is simply a free “alt character” that can be played alongside to farm materials. Western players have used these alternative characters the least of all versions of Lost Ark so far. Here, too, Amazon wants to lend a helping hand, according to Roxx.
What do you think of the event? Do you already have a character at 1,302 and can use it, or not yet? Are you bringing the event back after you stopped before Argos? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
If you are even at 1,430, maybe our guide to Vykas can help you, which explains how you can defeat the boss.
