1. Hero and Equipment
New equipment
- Flower Girl Bari's 2nd Exclusive Weapon 'Pino'★★★★★ is added.

• Party effect: [Party] Crit Hit Chance +40%

- Battleball Girl Rie's Exclusive Weapon 'Victoria'★★★★ is added.

Hero and Equipment Improvement
- Flower Girl Bari: Improved Magic Spell Recharge (Special Ability)

• [Before]: If there are any Earth Type heroes within the party excluding herself, damage taken decreases by 30%.
• [After]: Damage taken during battle decreases by 20%, and If there are any Earth Type heroes within the party excluding herself, damage taken decreases by 30%.

- Ascent of Innuit Girl Coco: Improved Equipment Option Enhancement (Awakening node)

• [Before]: Summons an ice meteorite that automatically attacks the enemy every 2 second(s) to inflict 10% of DPS as AoE ranged damage.
• [After]: Summons an ice meteorite that automatically attacks the enemy every 2 second(s) to inflict 60% of DPS as AoE ranged damage.

- Mayreel: Improved Exclusive Equipment Option
Changed to earn a certain percentage of charge time back if canceled during use Flower Bomb (weapon skill).

• [Before]: On hit, Atk increases by 1% for 60 second(s) every 1 seconds. Fires a swift spell bullet with a 50% chance. The swift spell bullet’s speed increases by 40%, and the time needed to recharge decreases by 40%
• [After]: On hit, Atk increases by 1% for 60 second(s) every 1 seconds. Fires a swift spell bullet with a 50% chance. The swift spell bullet’s speed increases by 40%, and the time needed to recharge decreases by 40%. If Flower Bomb is canceled during use, you get back 15% of Weapon Skill regen time for every shot remaining up to a maximum of 30%.

Error corrections and changes
- Flower Girl Bari: Improved text of Nature Energy Blaster (Normal Atk)

• [Before]: Fires spell bullet with condensed energy of the earth.
• [After]: Fires spell bullets with condensed energy of the earth to inflict ranged AoE damage to enemies.

- Flower Girl Bari: Improved text Rose Grab (Chain skill).

• [Before]: Rose vines swirl around the enemies, inflicting 300% of DPS and reducing earth-type resistance by 30% for 5 seconds.
• [After]: Rose vines swirl around the enemy to inflict 300% of DPS as ranged damage and reduce Earth Type resistance by {2} for {1} second(s).

- Mayreel: Improved text Flower Bomb (Weapon skill)

• [Before]: Continuously fires spell bullets. Puts enemies in an injured state.
• [After]: Continuously fires spell bullets to inflict ranged AoE damage to enemies. Puts them in a(n) injury state.

Voice Addition and Improvement
- The Korean voice actor notation for 'Win Ling' is changed from 'Lee Myung-hwa' to 'Lee Serena'.

• Reason: Voice actor Lee Myung-hwa was renamed "Lee Serena"

- White Beast's Japanese voice is added.
※ Only reflected when voice settings are selected in each language.

2. Summon and Pick-up Event
Hero Pick-up Event
- Event time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-09 before maintenance

• Pick-up Hero 1: Flower Girl Bari
• Pick-up Hero 2: Divine Beast of Harvest Mayreel
• Pick-up Hero 3: White Snow
• Pick-up Hero 4: Elemental of Christmas Carol

Equipment Pick-up Event
- Event time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-09 before maintenance

• Pick-up Equipment 1: Pino
• Pick-up Equipment 2: Mayreel
• Pick-up Equipment 3: Solaris
• Pick-up Equipment 4: Snow Maker
• Pick-up Equipment 5: Little Star

3. Co-op Expedition
Co-op Expedition beta
- Co-op expedition beta is added to enjoy new co-op stages and stories.

• Schedule: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-09 before maintenance
• Reward Obtainable Period: 2024-01-23 before maintenance

※ The beta consists of one season, which will then be added with a formal update.

• During beta, you can enter the co-op expedition through the banner at the top right of the Heavenhold main screen.
• Hero Roster allows you to set up equipment for the class of heroes you want to play.
• Hero Roster does not affect actual party settings, and Hero Roster allows you to set up the same heroes and equipment without restrictions.
• In the co-op expedition, some of the hero's abilities are strengthened or weakened. The range of changes in the exclusive abilities varies for each hero.
• In the co-op expedition, the hero's class is applied as a co-op expedition exclusive class. Each co-op expedition class can use its own class skills.
• To participate in the Co-op Expedition, you must meet the minimum stage requirements and be approved before entering the stage.
• Within the Co-op Expedition, Stage Modification allows for the adjustment of a hero's stats if they surpass the designated requirements for a specific stage. You can verify whether the stats have been altered and to what extent in the Matching Room or Hero Roster.

Ruined God's Paradise 1
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 3
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 45
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 0
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 45
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 45
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 30
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 0
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

Ruined God's Paradise 2
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 4
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 55
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 0
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 55
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 55
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 35
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 0
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

Ruined God's Paradise 3
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 65
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 0
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 65
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 65
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 40
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 220
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

Ruined God's Paradise 4
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 75
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 0
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 75
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Unique
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 75
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 50
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 600
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

Ruined God's Paradise 1 - Challenge
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 300
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 1900
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

Ruined God's Paradise 2 - Challenge
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 300
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 1900
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

Ruined God's Paradise 3 - Challenge
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 300
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 1900
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness  

Ruined God's Paradise 4 - Challenge
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Rare / 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 5
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Legend
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 95
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 300
- Minimum Evolution Grade: 1900
- Minimum Evolution Grade: Desert of Madness

- Stages in Co-op Expedition are played in real-time with up to 4 players.
- Stages in Co-op Expedition has several modes that are played in real-time with up to 4 players.

• Co-op: Involves sequentially completing missions within the stage, and the stage is considered cleared once the final room is finished.
• Co-op Defense: It entails safeguarding the Stronghold from incoming enemies by leveraging the landscape and loot. The stage is deemed cleared if the number of monsters does not surpass a specified limit by the end.
• Boss Battle: Involves fighting a powerful boss. The stage is cleared when the boss is defeated.

- During the beta phase, the primary method of obtaining co-op expedition coins is through participation in co-op expeditions. These coins can subsequently be utilized in various shops.
※ At the end of the season, the co-op expedition coin is initialized, and each initialized co-op expedition coin will receive 2000 Gold. In the case of beta, the progress of the stage is also initialized.

Updated 2023-12-28:
Relic-related functional improvements
The co-op expedition beta is available by clearing World 4, and you can obtain relics as a reward. Accordingly, the opening time of some functions related to the relics has been adjusted to World 4 clear:
-Exploration Forge
-Farm
-Forge. Including evolution and basic Option Change features.
 

4. Christmas Summon Event
- [Main screen] - You can summon once a day and 10 times for free on [Summon]. (You can summon up to 50 times for free from the first access during the event period.)
- Event time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-08 15:59:59 UTC*
- Event participation caution

• You can choose and use any of the following summon: Pick-up Hero Summon, General Hero Summon, Pick-up Equipment Summon, and General Equipment Summon.

*Server time (24-hour format): - Asia: 2024-01-08 23:59:59 UTC+8 - North America: 2024-01-08 07:59:59 PST - Europe: 2024-01-08 15:59:59 UTC - Latin America: 2024-01-08 12:59:59 BRT - Oceania: 2024-01-09 01:59:59 AET

5. Christmas Log-in
- Attendance Event:  End of the Year Party Attendance Event

• Event time:  2023-12-26 after maintenance ~  2024-01-09 before maintenance
• Target: All Guardiansç
• You can still check the attendance reward for 20 days after the event ends.

Reward
- Stamina x50
- Gold x200000
- Option Change Stone x3
- Option Lock Stone x5
- Christmas card
- Awakening Dungeon Box x5
- Hero Crystal x10
- Stamina x50
- Gold x200000
- Option Change Stone x3
- Christmas costume
- Awakening Dungeon Box x5
- Hero Crystal x10
※ As a major reward for the attendance event, you can get a "Festive White Snow's Card" and a "Grim Santa Hana"

6. Boost Event
- A 'Boost Event' will be hosted, allowing you to earn double rewards without limitations for specific content throughout the event duration.

• In this update, the boost is applied to World Exploration.
• Event time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-09 before maintenance

7. Bingo Event
- ‘Let's go, Bingo Machine’ Event

• Event time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-09 before maintenance
• Reward obtainable period: 2024-01-16 04:59:59 UTC*

*Server time - 24-hour format: - Asia: 2024-01-16 12:59:59 UTC+8 - North America: 2024-01-15 20:59:59 PST - Europe: 2024-01-16 04:59:59 UTC - Latin America: 2024-01-16 01:59:59 BRT - Oceania: 2024-01-16 14:59:59 AET

8. Returning Guardian Event
-  New season of 'Eva's Special Training for the Return of the Guardian' will begin

• During the Returning Guardian event, you can acquire various rewards through logins, missions, and the in-game shop.

- Players are eligible to participate in the Returning Guardian event if their account, which has cleared World 1 or progressed further, has not accessed the game in the last 14 days.
- Event time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~  2024-03-19 before maintenance

• Participation in the event is possible if you log in within the designated progress period. Once logged in, you can engage in the event for 14 days, starting from the connection date.
• The rewards can be received for 16 days from the end of the event (14 days elapsed).

 ※ Even after the official event period concludes, each Guardian has the opportunity to continue participating in the event and receive rewards for the remaining duration of the event period.

• [Example] For Guardians who returned from 2024-01-01 12:00, the event can be held until 2024-01-15 12:00, and compensation can be obtained by 2024-01-31 12:00. 

 ※ You can participate only once in a season for the returning Guardian event.
 ※ Guardians who have not accessed the game for 14 days can progress through Eva's Special Training for the Return of the Guardian from the previous season.
All aspects of the previous season's history, such as the progress period, event points, and mission progress, will be reset when a new season begins.

• [Example] If a new season commences after the completion of the previous season's event, and it has been approximately 5 days since the completion, the event progress will be reset, allowing for a continuation over the next 14 days.

Login
- You can obtain various attendance rewards for 7 days at the Returning Guardian event attendance.

Mission
- In the Returning Guardian event mission, you can clear the mission and obtain rewards.
- You can obtain event points in the Returning Guardian event mission.

Returning Guardian Event Shop
- In the Returning Guardian event shop, you can buy various products by using the event points you have earned.

 ※ For Stamina products, the number of purchases increases by 1 for every 1 more days out of 14 days, up to a maximum of 28.
 ※ Event points may remain even after purchasing all products, and the amount of remaining event points may vary depending on the period of non-connection days.
 ※ Event points will not be carried over to the next season.

9. Log-in Event
- New Guardian Attendance Event

• Event time:  2023-12-26 after maintenance ~  2024-03-19 12:59:59 before maintenance
• Target: For those who made an account and access Guardian Tales for the first time after maintenance
• You can still check attendance rewards for 30 days after the event ends.

Reward
- Day 1: Gem 1,000
- Day 2: EXP 100,000
- Day 3: Gold 100,000
- Day 4: Awakening Dungeon Box 10
- Day 5: Dream Evolution Stone 40
- Day 6: Legendary Exclusive Equipment Box
- Day 7: Summon Controller 10
- Day 8: Hero Crystal 40
- Day 9: EXP 200,000
- Day 10: Gold 200,000
- Day 11: Legendary Awakening Stone 10
- Day 12: Dream Evolution Stone 80
- Day 13: Strengthening Hammer Lv.40
- Day 14: Epic Exclusive Equipment Box
- Day 15: Gem 2,000
- Day 16: EXP 300,000
- Day 17: Gold 300,000
- Day 18: Awakening Dungeon Box 20
- Day 19: Dream Evolution Stone 80
- Day 20: Legendary Limit Breaking Hammer
- Day 21: Summon Controller 20
- Day 22: Hero Crystal 60
- Day 23: EXP 400,000
- Day 24: Gold 400,000
- Day 25: Legendary Awakening Stone 20
- Day 26: Dream Evolution Stone 120
- Day 27: Strengthening Hammer Lv.50
- Day 28: Epic Limit Breaking Hammer

- Returning Guardian Attendance Event

• Event time:  2023-12-26 after maintenance ~  2024-03-19 before maintenance
• Target: Old Guardian with no log-in history in the last 14 days.
• You can still check attendance reward for 10 days after the event ends.

Reward
- Day 1: Stamina 200
- Day 2: EXP 600,000
- Day 3: Gold 600,000
- Day 4: Hero Crystal 30
- Day 5: EXP 600,000
- Day 6: Awakening Dungeon Box 15
- Day 7: Summon controller 10

  ※ Attendance events for new / return Guardian will be updated every certain period of time.

10. Guild Raid
Guild raid "BattleBall - Playoffs!"

• Schedule: 2023-12-28 00:00:00 ~ 2024-01-03 15:59:59 UTC*
• Boss list: Cyborg Erina (Light), Invader Commander (Dark), Nine-tailed Fox Garam (Water), Empire Knight (Earth)

*Server time (24-hour format): - Asia: 2024-01-03 23:59:59 UTC+8 - North America: 2024-01-03 07:59:59 PST - Europe: 2024-01-03 15:59:59 UTC - Latin America: 2024-01-03 12:59:59 BRT - Oceania: 2024-01-04 01:59:59 AET

11. Guild Meteor Excavation
- New season of Meteor Excavation has started.
- Season time: 2023-01-04 00:00:00 ~ 2023-01-10 15:59:59 UTC*

*Server time (24-hour format): - Asia: 2023-01-10 23:59:59 UTC+8 - North America: 2023-01-10 07:59:59 PST - Europe: 2023-01-10 15:59:59 UTC - Latin America: 2023-01-10 12:59:59 BRT - Oceania: 2023-01-11 01:59:59 AET

12. Co-op Mode
Co-op Mode Change
- Co-op mode has been changed, the new season of CO-OP mode has started.
- Season time: 2024-01-01 16:00:00 ~ 2024-01-07 15:59:59 UTC*

*Server time (24-hour format): - Asia: 2024-01-07 23:59:59 UTC+8 - North America: 2024-01-07 07:59:59 PST - Europe: 2024-01-07 15:59:59 UTC - Latin America: 2024-01-07 12:59:59 BRT - Oceania: 2024-01-08 01:59:59 AET

13. Farm
New farm object
A new farm object 'Snowball Music Box' has been added.
※ The blueprint for making the 'Snowball Music Box' can buy it at the farm caravan shop for a limited period of time.

• Schedule: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-02-06 before maintenance

14. Kama-ZONE
The new season of Kama-zone has started.

• Season time: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-01-23 before maintenance
• Artifacts and special events with Necromancer theme will be returned.

15. Collection
- A new costume collection 'Need Some Help From the Wind?' is added.
- A new costume collection 'Bottom of the 9th, 2 Outs' is added.

16. Shop - Costume
Hero costume
- Spider Masquerade Beth
- Winter Bunny Future Princess
- Sleigh Queen Lupina
- Star Shooter Beth
- Chic Snowman Rue
- Xmas Tree Fairy Nari
- Merry Berry Lapice
- Unicorn Angel Eugene
- Archangel Bari
- Fallen Angel Gremory
- Angel Aoba
- Pretty Woman Nari
- Pretty Boy Garam
- Mayreel as Maid
- Lynn as DUI Patrol
- Posh Cafe Owner Andras
- Cafe Maid Carol
- Barista Garam
- Serving Master Ara
- Garam the Beauty
- Steam Punk AA72
- Gyaru Mayreel
- Bounty Hunter Future Knight
- Santa Claude

Equipment costume
- God Slayer
- Reaper's Gift
- Xmas Lance
- Cherry Blossom Bow
- Ferocious Cat's Paw
- Police Club of Justice
- Police Shield of Aegis
- Teaspoon Staff
- Coffee Pot
- Wavy Sword
- Road Sign
- Star Gloves

※ In this update, two of the costumes from the 2023 costume contest will be implemented first.   ※ Works that are not implemented in this update will be introduced gradually through subsequent updates. ※ The two costume implementations are available for purchase at 300 gems each and are sold through rotation, similar to existing costumes.   ※ We sincerely appreciate your participation and support in the costume contest. As a token of gratitude, 600 gems will be awarded to all players during the update.   ※ The 600 gems will be credited once per account at the time of the update and will be distributed via mail access until 5 January (Friday). Thank you for your continued enthusiasm and involvement.

17.  Shop - Package
1. Limited time package
- Sale period: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2023-01-09 before maintenance

1) Limited Time Summon Package (4 times per account)
- Paid Gem x2,700, Summon Controller x35, Crafting Accelerator x10 

2) Limited Time Stamina Package (5 times per account)
- Stamina x1000, Crafting Accelerator x3

3) Premium Option Package (1 time per account)
- Summon Controller x100, Option Change Stone x60, Option Lock Stone x100, Epic Limit Breaking Hammer x1

4) Special Sale Package (1 time per account)
- Option Change Stone x30, Option Lock Stone x50

5) Epic Limit Breaking Hammer Package (5,000 gems) (1 time per account)
- Epic Limit Breaking Hammer x1

6) Special Sale Package (5,000 gems) (1 time per account)
- Option Change Stone x20, Option Lock Stone x20

2. Returning Guardian Package
 - Sale period: 2023-12-26 after maintenance ~ 2024-03-19 before maintenance

1) Returning Guardian's Jumping Package (1 time per account)  
 - Select one of Unique Hero or Exclusive weapon, Awakening Dungeon Box x10, Summon Controller x60 

2) Returning Guardian's Premium Package (1 time per account)  
 - Stamina x500, Summon Controller x40, Awakening Dungeon Box x30, Gold 1,200,000, EXP 2,400,000, Hero Crystal x60 

3) Returning Guardian's Support Package (Free) (1 time per account)  
- Day 1: Summon Controller x10 
- Day 2: EXP 400,000 
- Day 3: Gold 200,000 
- Day 4: Awakening Dungeon Box x5 
- Day 5: Hero Crystal x10 
- Day 6: EXP 400,000 
- Day 7: Gold 200,000 
- Day 8: Awakening Dungeon Box x5 
- Day 9: Hero Crystal x10 
- Day 10: EXP 400,000 
- Day 11: Gold 200,000 
- Day 12: Awakening Dungeon Box x5 
- Day 13: Hero Crystal x10 
- Day 14: Summon Controller x10

3. Christmas Package
- Sale period : 2023-12-24 00:01 ~ 2023-12-29 23:59:00 (Simultaneous sales in Korea and Global)

18. World difficulty adjustment
- World 12, 13 The balance of the monster on the Passage stage is adjusted.

■ World 12 - Passage adjustment history
- The second wave monster population in underground passage 1 is adjusted.

• 1 Turing Sniper has been removed.
• Turing Gang Member (female) of the first wave now spawns on the second wave

- The number of elite monsters in passages has been decreased by 3.7%.
- The maximum number of classes that appear simultaneously in passages has been reduced to 5.
- The stats of some monsters in passages have been adjusted.

• Turing Stormtrooper's Atk is reduced by 20%.
• Turing Sniper's Atk is reduced by 10%.
• Demon Punk (M)'s Atk and HP are reduced by 20%.

■ World 13 - Passage adjustment history
- Monster population in passages has been reduced by 8%.
- The Elite Monster population in passages has been reduced by 15%.
- The maximum number of classes that appear simultaneously in passage has been reduced to 5.

• This does not apply to passage 4.

- The stats of some monsters in passages have adjusted.

• Demon Terrorist (M)'s Atk has been reduced by 15% and HP has been reduced by 20%.
• Demon Terrorist Wall Wizard's Atk and HP have been reduced by 20%.
• Demon Terrorist Wizard's Atk has been reduced by 30%.

19. Other Error Corrections and Improvements
- The order of relic filters on the hero's equipment screen and the relic storage box in the bag has been adjusted to match the relic filter order in the party preset and forge.
- Commas (,) have been added to the number of goods held in the selected state when granting, succeeding, evolving, and changing default options in the forge.
 - In World 12, the quest rewards now offer a 20% increase in the amount of demon world dollar rewards you can earn.
- In World 17, an issue has been fixed where the touch pad was not exposed when entering the battle zone simultaneously with the use of a gravity gun.