Patch Notes/August 17, 2026

Posted to Discord by schnufli on August 17, 2026. Originally titled "August 18th, 2026".

Hey all,the ghost of Yuji speaking through Schnufli (Thanks Yuji -Schnufli), we've got quite a bit of changes made today, so in order to make it easier to read I will be spacing them out. Thanks for playing AKAP as always!

Enchant Cards

• Updated Level 90 Advanced Tenacity Enchant Card to Damage Taken -4%, Max HP +2% and DMG +1%
• Updated Level 90 Advanced CRIT Enchant Card to CRIT +4%, DMG and Max HP +1%
• Updated Level 90 Advanced DMG Enchant Card to DMG +4%, Max HP and DEF +1%
• Updated Level 90 Advanced Speed Enchant Card to SPD +4%, DMG and DEF +1%
• Updated Level 90 Advanced EVA Enchant Card to EVA +4%, Max HP +2% and DMG +1%
• Updated Level 90 Advanced HP Enchant Card to Max HP +5% and DMG +1%

Secret Stones

• Lava Stone: Furious Slash now effects Berserk Cleave
• Lava Stone: Snowflower now increases spell CRIT DMG by 15% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Lava Stone: Soul Draw now increases spell CRIT DMG by 25% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Lava Stone: Nebula Vortex now effects Sweet Sugar Comet
• Lava Stone: Divine Judgement Flame now effects Windbreaker Sweep and increases spell CRIT DMG by 15% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Lava Stone: Arcana Rift now effects Cosmic Light Chaos and increases spell AoE range by 3m instead of decreasing cooldown
• Lava Stone: Flame Dragon Rush now increases spell CRIT DMG by 10% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Storm Stone: Brilliant Dragon Flash now increases spell CRIT DMG by 25% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Storm Stone: Blade Rain now increases spell CRIT DMG by 25% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Icefall Stone: Phase Shift Laser now effects Ultimate Destruction
• Darkthunder Stone: Soaring Slash now increases Soaring Slash CRIT DMG by 25% instead of decreasing cooldown
• Darkthunder Stone: Ice Storm now increases AoE range by 5m instead of decreasing cooldown
• Darkthunder Stone: Thunderstrike Field now increases AoE range by 5m instead of decreasing cooldown
• Darkthunder Stone: Healing Harmony now increases AoE range by 5m instead of decreasing cooldown
• Darkthunder Stone: Otherworldly Energy now effects Fiend Totem and increases AoE range by 2m instead of decreasing cooldown
• Darkthunder Stone: Evil-Smiting Sword now effects Punitive Imprisonment
• Darkthunder Stone: Demonwing Barrage now effects Piercing Prism
• Winged Stone: Phoenix's Arrival now effects String of Punishment

General Changes and Fixes

• Fatima's Thunder Bracelet
  • 8% chance (was 4%) to increase damage to all elements by 5% (was 3%), stacking up to 3 times for 12 seconds (was 10)
• Added "Mastery XP Book (NT)" to the Adventure Encylopedia under Special Items > Special Reward
• Added "Intermediate Treasure Charm" and "Advanced Treasure Charm" exchanges to the Encyclopedia under Special Items > Special Reward
• Level 85 Gold Equipment Refining Stone has been changed to Level 90
• Reduced Level 85 Equipment Dungeon (Party) boss HP by 25%
• Fixed Meteor Cannon's text to Ice (was Lightning)
• Fixed NPC Shoji to the name "Masaru" to match the quest dialogue
• Fixed a dialogue for Romeo & Juliet's conversation in Timestream Forest
• Fixed text to match reworked effects for Winston's Sword Fragments, and Delfonia's Earring
• Fixed bug that caused Explosive Core to proc stun immunity on enemies
• Updated various text of secret stones
• Increased drop rate of Superior Scrolls in Torment of GG
• Added "Crest of Iron" and "Greater Crest of Iron" to the following chests:
  • "Crest of Iron" was added to Mysterious Armor Emblem (tradable/NT) and Eidolon Emblem Treasure Chest (tradable/NT). The rates have been adjusted to accomodate
  • "Great Crest of Iron" was added to Greater Mysterious Armor Emblem (tradable/NT). The rates have been adjusted to accomodate

Class Changes

Astrologer

Skill Changes

• Starstruck Ground
  • Interval changed to 1s (was .5s)
  • Damage coefficient is now 60 (was 40)