Masters of the Book,

We sincerely thank all of you who have been with us throughout the entirety of 2025, we hope that everyone will have a happy holiday and a joyful 2026.

Greetings aside, in this update scheduled for 12/23, we’ll be introducing Sylvia, a good friend of the fluffy bunnies. Sylvia never loses her bright and positive spirit even in the face of hardship, she truly is the best Knight to come with the Holidays!

In addition to a new Knight, and some alternate look for her as well, we’ve also simplified the progression for Portrait of Thierry, making it easier to obtain rewards, and also will be introducing Legendary Promotion for Tunics.

We’ve also created some limited Holiday packages for you to take advantage of, alongside some events, new and returning both, that will keep you company during these long winter nights.

Want more details about this update? Please check out our patch notes below:

■ Knights of Veda
* A cold world becomes a little bit warmer with her smile, the 5★ Knight of Veda, Sylvie comes to Call of the Stars.

“It's okay if the world is cold. I'll just make it warmer for everyone!”

Hop, hop! She hops through the snowy fields. She's the fluffy rabbits' best friend. Rain or shine, Sylvia always finds a reason to smile.

Discovering the Rabbit Kingdom has been her dream for as long as she can remember! Every day, she sets off on the world's most joyful adventure with the Carrot Security Squad

- Sylvia is an Earth-type Ranged Support with a Wand & Orb. Her Normal Skill, "Boulder, Thud! Skyward, Boom!", involves smashing a boulder down, followed by an additional attack that launches enemies within range into the air. She also gains the "Infinite Positivity!" effect, which increases CRIT DMG for Earth-type allies. Her Signature Skill, "Power Upsurge!", deals DMG to surrounding enemies and grants the "Courage Upsurge!" effect, which increases allies' ATK proportionally to her HP.

- Sylvia, alongside her Signature Weapon “Sparkling Carrot Wand,” can be obtained via Call of the Stars. While her Signature “Innocent's Halo” and her Signature  “El Cid of Hopeful Dream” can be obtained via “Mark of the Sworn Loyalty” and “Fragments of the Painting” respectively, which can be found on the “Guidance of the Goddess” menu.

* Her Nameless sword beckons once more, 5★ Knight of Veda Elossa returns to Call of the Stars.


- Elossa is a Fire-attribute Melee Support who uses a Longsword. Her passive "Flames of Justice" grants party members the "Fire ATK Boost" effect each time she hits an enemy. Additionally, she has a chance to silence enemies when she hits them. Her Normal Skill "I Will Not Retreat!" enables her to advance and attack with horizontal slashes, dealing DMG and engulfing the front in flames. This skill also inflicts "Flame Wound" on enemies hit, granting the "Increased Incoming Wound Rate" effect. Her Signature Skill "Face an Honorable End!" allows her to swing her sword widely forward, splitting the air and pulling enemies toward her. It also empowers party members with "Flames of Vision", granting them the "Fire DMG Boost" effect.

- “Elossa” alongside her Signature Weapon “Nameless” can be obtained via Call of the Stars. While her Signature “Heated Halo” and her Signature “El Cid of Quiet Teeth” can be obtained via “Mark of the Sworn Loyalty” and “Fragments of the Painting” respectively, which can be found on the “Guidance of the Goddess” menu.

* A new festive Knight’s Robe will be introduced for Sylvia!


- A new festive Knight’s Robe, “A Gift for You” for Sylvia will now be available.
- As with the previous Knight’s Robe, while “A Gift for You” is equipped, Sylvia's appearance will change, and her skill effects will be changed too to match the new look.
- A Name Card and Profile Icon will come with your purchase of the Knights Robe.

■ Some retouches are to be made for Portrait of Thierry!


- The number and entry method of Floors on Portrait of Thierry has been streamlined to allow for more intuitive flow and easier access to essential rewards.
- Upon entering the revamped Portrait of Thierry, you will be asked to select a difficulty level. This can’t be changed until the next reset so be careful!
- Resets are still at the same time, Thursdays at 06:00 AM (UTC) / 10:00 PM (PST)
- Please be informed that all previous clear records will be reset with this revamp. We kindly ask for your understanding regarding this decision.

* Portrait of Thierry will now only consist of five (5) floors.


- Each of the five (5) floors will include a Boss stage at the end.
- As usual, four (4) Knights of Veda will be deployed per floor, and all damage taken will persist throughout the run. If all assigned Knights fall in battle, you may assign a new set of Knights as long as you still have one to assign. You will also be able to reorganize/reassign Knights of Veda after each floor.

* Bigger challenge, greater rewards for these Boss stages!


- The first-clear, regular clear and other various rewards from the previous version of Portrait of Thierry have been consolidated into the Boss Clear reward, this means large amounts of Mystical Chromatics, Starstone and Gold await you on every Boss stage.
- Defeating the Boss on the fifth floor awards you with “Splinter from the History,” an item used to craft Mythic Accessories.

* Perform well enough and you can sweep the rest of the Floors on your repeat runs!


- After the weekly reset, based on your previous performance on Portrait of Thierry, you will be able to sweep floors and immediately receive the associated rewards.
- Clearing fewer than five (5) floors will allow you to sweep directly to the highest floor reached, clear all five and you will be able to sweep to the zone just right before Floor 5’s Boss stage.
- You will be able to get all the rewards you usually get on a normal run if you decide to use the Sweep feature.

* New Mythic Accessory Set Tickets will now be available on Portrait of Thierry’s shop.


- A new summon ticket, allowing you to get a random Mythic Accessory Set, called “Treasure of Honor” can now be bought on the Portrait of Thierry Shop alongside attribute-specific Legendary Summon Tickets.
- You will now be able to earn more Gold Coins per run, making it easier to purchase the stuff you want from the shop.

■ New Tunic Rarities incoming!


- You are now able to promote Epic Tunics to Legendary once they reach Level 90.
- This can be performed via the Promotion button on the Tunic Enhancement page after a payment of Gold and Crystal of the Dawn, which you can obtain on Nightmare of the Abyss.

* Why promote your Tunic? Why, for better stats of course!


- Tunics promoted to Legendary have increased base stats and four (4) random Imprint of the Dawn effects!

* You can then change the Imprint of the Dawn effect on its own “Engraving” menu.


- This new screen will be available after Legendary Tunic promotion.  On this screen, you can use “Crystal of the Dawn” to re-engrave a random effect.
- If you wish to keep a certain effect, you can select the Lock icon beside it to confirm, although doing so will increase the cost of each re-engraving per slot locked.

* Lots of stats for the taking!


- You are able to view which stats can be applied to your Tunic via re-engraving, with up to two (2) duplicates of each effect possible.

■ Content & System Improvements


- Crystal of the Dawn can now be obtained  on Nightmare of the Abyss, with the maximum amount that can be received determined by the Abyss Stage cleared.

* With this new addition to Abyss, we’re also revamping the Abyss Pass.


- Crystal of the Dawn will now be included on the Abyss Pass! In addition, you will also be receiving a buff when purchasing the Goddess’s Reward Decree for this pass.
 

* We’ve heard your cries, less unnecessary popups! 


- We’ve reduced the amount of confirmatory popups appearing when changing equipment to reduce the time spent on menus. These include Weapons, Weapon of Genesis, Goddess’s Armor and other equipment.

■ Events and Seasonal Content
* Happy Holidays! We’ve prepared a gift for all of our Masters of the Book!


- All players who log in during the event period will receive the new Knight of Veda, Sylvia, as a gift!
- The “Kingdom of Dreams” event will run from after the 12/23 maintenance until before the 01/29 Maintenance.
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS MASTERS OF THE BOOK~

* Snowflake Choco Cookies coming in the “A Gift in the Middle of the Night” event!


- During the event, you can collect Snowflake Choco Cookies by clearing Adventure Dungeons
- Rewards, which include Snowy Night’s Blessing Chest and Mark of the Winter Tree, will be based on the number of Snowflake Choco Cookies collected during the event period.
- The event will run from 12/23 after the maintenance until 01/15 03:00 AM (UTC) / 07:00 PM (PST)

* Items you can obtain on the Snowy Night’s Blessing Chest

* The Winter Morning Bells toll once again with this event!


- A winter morning filled with blessed melodies! The “Winter Morning Bell” event gives you a couple of missions to complete for bountiful rewards, such as “Snowy Night’s Blessing Chest,” “Solvent of Prayer,” and other important currencies!
- The “Winter Morning Bells” event will run from after the 12/23 maintenance until before the 01/29 Maintenance.

* On the first day of the new year, a new slew of rewards also await!


- A new year means a new set of nice rewards! Log in daily for 7 days during the event period to receive them!
- The “Lots of Snow! Loads of Rewards!” event will run from 01/01 06:00 AM (UTC) / 10:00 PM (PST) until before the 01/29 maintenance.

* Apparition’s Rush and Special Supply Delivery Events return!


- Each stage will consist of one (1) round, successfully completing the supply transport will net you various rewards.
- “Apparition’s Rush” will be held from after the maintenance on 12/23 until 01/15 03:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 07:00 PM (PST).
- “Special Supply Delivery” will start on 01/15 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 10:00 PM (PST) and will end before the regular maintenance on 01/29.
- Content Passes for both Apparition’s Rush and Special Supply Delivery will be available during their run. Purchasing the Goddess’s Reward Order for these passes allow you to earn a “Scroll of All Things,” which grants you a special enchantment scroll that grants your desired stat with the highest values possible.



* The Calydon’s Blessing event will be there to sate your hunger for Gold!
- During the event period, your Calydon’s Hideout rewards will be doubled!
- The Calydon Blessing event will be held from after the 12/23 maintenance until 01/15 03:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 07:00 PM (PST). 

* The "Blessing in Adventure" event is back to shower everyone with more rewards!
- During the event period, you can earn double the rewards from Adventure Dungeons up to the daily limit.
- The double rewards event for Adventure Dungeons will run from after the 12/23 maintenance until 01/15 03:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 07:00 PM (PST). 

* The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will reward you for helping Harold with research materials.
- Collect the materials Harold requires to write his research log from the Adventure Zone stages and submit them to him in Todburg to receive rewards.
- The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will be unlocked progressively, with one log entry opening each day, and you can check your progress in the Research Log.
- The "Harold's Lost Knowledge" event will run from 01/15 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 10:00 PM (PST) until before the 01/29 Maintenance.

* Veda’s Nightmare deepens as the rewards for braving its halls increase, the “Blessing in Nightmare” event returns!
- During the "Blessing in the Nightmare" event, you can earn double rewards from “Veda's Nightmare” and on “Nightmare of the Abyss” up to the daily limit. 
- The "Blessing in the Nightmare" event starts on 01/15 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 10:00 PM (PST) until before the 01/29 Maintenance.

* A new “The Fruits of Adventure” Daily Attendance event is upon us!
- Receive various rewards depending on the number of days you logged in.
- “The Fruits of Adventure” event will run from 01/01 06:00 AM (UTC) / 12/31 10:00 PM (PST) to 02/01 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/31 10:00 PM (PST).

* A new Reward Decree season will start.
- The new Reward Decree season will begin on 01/01 06:00 AM (UTC) / 12/31 10:00 PM (PST), and will run until 01/31 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/30 10:00 PM (PST).
- When you purchase Neejarem’s Reward Decree you will be able to obtain up to Ruby x2,280, Crystal of Fate x30, Solvent of Prayer x2, and much more!
- Purchasing the Neejarem Reward Decree or the Blessing of Neejarem will add the following Master of the Book benefits:
 

- Please note that the benefits from Neejarem Reward Decree and Blessing of Neejarem DO NOT stack.

* A new season of Arena will begin.
- During this Arena Season, you can earn rewards such as Emotes and Insignia based on your progress.
- This Arena Season will end before the regular maintenance on 01/29.

* Battlefield of the War Gods gets a much-needed refresh!
- Battlefield of the War Gods rankings will be reset, and season-highest ranking rewards can once again be obtained!
- This season will end before the regular maintenance on 01/29.

* A new season of Portrait of Thierry will be starting.
- After the maintenance, the attributes of the monsters on each floor of Portrait of Thierry will be changed.
- The new Portrait of Thierry season will end before the regular maintenance on 01/29.

* A new season of Nightmare of the Abyss will be starting.
- With the new season, a new set of Abyss Trials will be applied to each stage.
- The new Nightmare of the Abyss season will end before the regular maintenance on 01/29.

* A new season of “Beast Battlefront” arrives.
- A new featured boss will arrive in this refresh of Beast Battlefront!
- "Beast Battlefront" content will be held twice during the season. The schedule is as follows:
  - 1st Round: 12/23 06:00 AM (UTC) / 12/22 10:00 PM (PST) ~ 01/06 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/05 10:00 PM (PST)
    - Settlement until 01/08 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/07 10:00 PM (PST)
  - 2nd Round: 01/15 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/14 10:00 PM (PST) to 01/29 before the maintenance
  - Settlement until 01/29 06:00 AM (UTC) / 01/28 10:00 PM (PST)

■ Store
* To celebrate the Holidays, we have added limited-time packages!


- Snowy Night’s Lucky Chest offers random rewards, including Crystals of Destiny x100, Galactic Bliss, Radiance and more. 
- These exclusive packages will be available for purchase until 01/01 06:00 AM (UTC) / 12/31 10:00 PM (PST).
 

* Items you can obtain on the Snowy Night’s Lucky Chest

■ Bug Fixes
- An issue where the sub-stats for accessories of Epic tier or lower were not displayed in the Adventure Stage reward information screen has been fixed.
- An issue where Rani’s weapon would occasionally not display on Adventure Stages has been fixed.
- An issue where the “Claim Reward” button does not function when the Battlefield of the War Gods screen is displayed on the Adventure Guide has been fixed.

■ Plans for 2026.. and beyond!
Starting with the January 2026 Update, our Masters of the Book can look forward to new content alongside revamps and system overhauls to ensure that you will still be able to enjoy the game’s myriad systems and characters.

We would like to reiterate our commitment to making features that make enhancing your Knights and their equipment feel more rewarding and meaningful. In addition, we would like to add to our core goals for the coming year content and features that provide players with tangible results for the hard work they put into building up their Knights and to have a clear objective to work towards.

More details on these will be provided on a Roadmap that we should be releasing soon, so please look forward to it. 

As always, we will continue to listen to your feedback to ensure an even more enjoyable adventure in ASTRA: Knights of Veda.

Thank you.