Patch Notes/August 3, 2026

Posted to Discord by kidwoohda on August 3, 2026. Originally titled "August 3rd, 2026".

General Changes and Bug Fixes

• Phalanx and Absolute Phalanx values now match their tooltip on Guardian
• Cosmic Light Chaos now properly resets cooldowns of other skills
• Gunslinger enchanted ammo now functions as intended
• Dancing Slash: Soar on Ronin now properly reduces enemy defense
• Fiend Totem now has proper hit frames and applies debuffs
• Guild Hall Artifact Eidolon Summons will now properly drop their respective Bounty rewards.
  • Guild Hall Artifact Eidolons now have increased Health, compared to before.
• Guild Hall Fountains now display proper rewards.
  • Additionally, the "Fully Blessed" status will no longer be removed when logging out and logging back in.
• HP values on the Party UI now update much faster
• Heals now properly show their pop up values
• Zeals on attacks with "100% damage increase" now display correctly
• Lv80 accessory and trophy cores are learnable once again
• Lv80 trophy recipes and green trophies added to OW Miner's Steppe
• Lv80 accessory recipes have been added to Ancient Rock Tomb and Twin Snakes' Temple
• Lv70 orange holy spirits have been added to the Rare Treasures collection
• Monster XP Book usage level capped to 85
• Monster XP Book stack limit has been raised from 100 to 1000
• Mastery XP Book usage level requirement lowered to 5
• Mastery XP Book stack limit raised from 100 to 1000

Tachi

Developers' Note: Tachi players have expressed that they dislike all their damage being iai strike, so we have spread the damage throughout its kit, while nerfing iai strike. Skill Changes

• Thousandfold Slash ⬆️
  • Now generates 10 souls out of combat
  • Damage taken debuff on targets is now 3% (was 1%)
• Iai Strike 🟰
  • Damage coefficient is now 210 (was 375)
  • Cooldown was reduced to 5 seconds (was 16 seconds)
  • Cast time is now 1 second (was 3 seconds)
  • Now grants 6% damage dealt (was 3%)
  • 100% charge now increased the skill damage by 75% (was 125%)
    • Removed the 100% skill crit rate
• Quick Dragon Flash ⬆️
  • Now grants souls out of combat
  • No longer a charge skills
  • Damage coefficient is now 195 (was 175)
• Swallow Reversal ⬆️
  • Damage coefficient is now 180 (was 156)
• Fierce Dragon Slash ⬇️
  • Damage coefficient is now 220 (was 300)
  • Element is now Fire
  • Changed damage taken from physical skills by 5% to damage taken from fire skills by 5%
• Brilliant Dragon Flash (Right Path) ⬆️
  • Now increases fire skill damage by 10% for 5 seconds

Gunslinger

Envoy Path

• Divine Pistol Teachings ⬆️
  • Now grants 4% primary weapon damage per stack (was 2%)
  • Fixed buff display not showing proper amount of stacks

Crusader

Developers' Note: Divine energy was the most choking factor on the left spec, where unlike right spec, if you don't hit a reset you are essentially a dead class for 8-9 seconds. This should help to smooth out the gameplay Weapon Spec Changes

• Demon-Slaying Will ⬆️
  • Effect updated: Divine energy recharge rate increased by 150%

Developers' Note: This was ambiguously worded and hard to understand. Now its, slightly, less ambiguous.

• Demon Slayer Style ⬆️
  • Evil-Smiting Sword: Skill Damage +20% (was 8%)

Skill Changes

• Divine Sunderance ⬆️
  • Damage coefficient is now 185 (was 170)
• Evil-Smiting Sword
  • Tooltip description updated to match function
    • "During Divine Energy Burst, increase this skill's damage by 100%"
• Demon Exterminator ⬆️
  • Damage coefficient is now 200 (was 185)

Lasher

Developers' Note: These buffs are primarily aimed at the lackluster right physical spec. While whip flurry took a hit, this should raise the floor of your damage, leading to more consistent DPS

• Whip Flurry ⬇️
  • Damage Coefficient is now 195 (was 300)
  • Base Cooldown is now 18 seconds (was 15 seconds)
  • Damage Taken Debuff Duration is now 15 seconds (was 10 seconds)
• Blood Whip Dance Mastery ⬆️
  • Now applies to Frenzied Blood Dance
• Divine Judgement Flame ⬆️
  • Damage Coefficient 200/200/200 -> 200/225/250
• Lashing Gaze ⬆️
  • Duration is now 15 seconds (was 10 seconds)
• Selfless Nirvana ⬆️
  • Damage Coefficient 150/170/200 -> 225/255/300
• Eternal Punishment ⬆️
  • Damage Coefficient 150/170/200 -> 225/255/300

Ninja

Skill Changes

• Shadow Warrior now inherits 100% of the player's DMG (was 30%) ⬆️
• Shadow Warrior: Dancer ⬆️
  • Targets damage taken +2% (was 1%)
• Blood Flame Burst ⬆️
  • Radius increased to 8 (was 5)
• Ninjutsu: Razor Flurry ⬆️
  • Damage coefficient is now 300 (was 100)
  • Added a damage radius of 5