Today, Wednesday, September 28, the huge September update is coming to Lost Ark. While there are no exact patch notes yet, there will be up to 16 hours of server downtime. However, Amazon promises many gifts as compensation.
What kind of update is this? The monthly update has always been adhered to in Lost Ark, but the September version is simply enormous. In addition to a new class and a new Legion Raid, there will finally be server merges.
The goal is to revive somewhat extinct servers by merging them with other servers. The technical framework for this was implemented in the game a few weeks ago, which resulted in a full day of server downtime due to technical difficulties.
Why is it taking so long? According to the developers, the long downtime is due to these server merges. They must simply move incredibly large amounts of data from one server to the next, they say in the forum.
Regions where no servers are merged will therefore only have 4 hours of server downtime and can play the new update much earlier. However, there will be merges in the regions of West Europe, Central Europe, and South America, so you should all expect up to 16 hours of downtime.
The regions will be restarted individually and independently as soon as the merges are completed. We will keep you updated on this article.
Update 1:30 AM: All servers are live again and the bugs have been fixed. We wish you lots of fun with the new patch!
You can watch the trailer for the September update here:
Many gifts for the downtime – Spread over 2 weeks
Compensation for the downtime: Due to the long server downtime, a two-week event will follow in the affected regions, where you can collect even stronger rewards than usual by logging in daily.
This special login event will start as soon as the servers are back online and is supposed to last until October 12. As a reward, you will receive 5 million silver on the first day, but the rewards otherwise are impressive too.
Many upgrade materials, card packs, and even 20 pheons are among the gifts, for which you just need to log in daily. A complete list of the gifts can be found directly on playlostark.com.
How the server merges work
Which servers are affected? Server merges will take place in both European regions. We will list which servers are exactly affected here:
- West Europe
- Shadespire merges with Rethramis
- Petrania will be integrated into Tortoyk
- Tragon merges with Moonkeep
- Stonehearth merges into Punika
- Central Europe
- Sirius and Sceptrum will merge into Armen
- Thaemine and Procyon will become Lazenith
- Nineveh and Beatrice merge into Evergrace
- Brelshaza and Inanna will be Ezrebet
What should you consider if you are affected? It is important to clearly distinguish between two groups of players. If you only have characters on one of the two servers, there’s actually nothing to consider. You can simply click on your new server today and everything should work as usual, just with a different name.
It gets complicated, however, if you already have characters on both servers that are to be merged. Then there are countless detailed rules that you can read in full at playlostark.com.
In principle, the “better” part of each server setup will be retained. Account storage will be merged, as well as materials. Many of your collected items and currencies will simply be added together.
What other content comes into the game with the big update, you canread about in a separate article.
