Today, on October 12, the next weekly update for Lost Ark is released, rewarding mainly new players and those who wish to return to the MMORPG. We at MeinMMO summarize the changes for you.
What kind of update is this? Although the login rewards also end on October 12 and new ones come with the patch, as well as smaller content updates, contrary to some assumptions, this is not the monthly October update. That is yet to come.
Therefore, the weekly update is smaller than the huge September update or the upcoming November patch. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t miss the update today, as it primarily rewards those of you who are currently not actively playing Lost Ark.
Update October 13: In the original version of the article, we speculated that this update could be the October update. However, that is not the case, and the big monthly update is yet to come, as Amazon informed us.
What does the update bring? The focus of the weekly update is on the new season pass, called Ark Pass 2. It once again offers free rewards when you complete certain tasks in the game. The first Ark Pass was introduced with the April update.
There is also a premium version of the Ark Pass, which includes exclusive content and skins, for which you will have to spend real money.
Additionally, there are new login rewards for everyone, but with a special gimmick for fans who haven’t been around for a while. Completely new players and returnees receive special login rewards for the next 15 days that are truly substantial.
According to Lost Ark, you count as a returnee if you haven’t logged in even once in the last 30 days. If you belong to that group, you will receive really hefty rewards starting today after the server downtime.
These details are as follows:
Lost Ark: Server Down on October 12 – How long offline?
When will the servers go offline? As usual, the Lost Ark servers will go down at 9 AM German time and remain down for several hours. The downtime depends mostly on which of the two European servers you are playing on.
How long will the Lost Ark servers be down? EU Central will have a relatively short 4-hour downtime. EU West, however, may face up to 12 hours of server downtime. The reason for this is the merging of servers in the EU West region.
The two servers Rethramis and Tortoyk will be merged into the server Ealyn, and Moonkeep and Punika will become Nia. If you are affected, the same regulations apply as during the last merges.
Update 1:30 PM: The EU Central region is back online and you can already play. The server Evergrace has been renamed to Vaigrys, otherwise nothing has changed there. EU West remains offline.
How large will the download be? Since new skins are coming with the Ark Pass, this also means new textures need to be downloaded, so don’t expect a tiny download.
However, it should not be too large either. We will keep you updated in this article about when the servers will be back and how large the download will ultimately be.
The September update brought, among other things, the Machinist:
Small Changes and Bug Fixes
What else does the update bring? Besides the ongoing express event and strong rewards for returnees, and of course the Ark Pass, there are only smaller changes in this update. These mainly include bug fixes and a small quality-of-life update.
This states that you will now get the gold for canceled crafting orders back on your island if you do not allow them to finish running. However, the gold you receive this way is again locked for 3 days and counts towards the held back gold, just like in trading.
Apart from that, there are only small bug fixes affecting a chat command and a cutscene. So nothing that would have stood out to you much.
What do you think of the update? Is this a reason for you to check out Lost Ark again? Or have you long since turned your back on the game irretrievably? Are you still playing actively and would like to get the rewards for returnees? Feel free to let us know in the comments here on MeinMMO.
