Lost Ark has arrived to punctuate your July with its Cool Retreat update, going live this morning – by 11 a.m. EDT, if Amazon can stick to its plan. “The Cool Retreat Update is built to help players relax in the Arkesian sun, and is full of progression updates, new events, Solo Mode raids, and more,” the studio says.
The solo raids are definitely the highlight here, as they allow solo players to do most of the core dungeons and raids on their own, even support classes – albeit with a hit to the rewards.
“Solo Mode enables you to challenge Lost Ark’s main endgame content, raids, and dungeons, alone. We’re excited for the flexibility that this gives to players who want to practice raid mechanics before attempting them with a group, or those who were having difficulty navigating Party Finder. Solo Mode will support raids starting with the Valtan Legion Raid all the way to the Ivory Tower Abyssal Dungeon. Even though the gold amount will be less than normal raids, progression materials and gold will still be rewarded so that players won’t have too much trouble progressing alone. Solo Mode will also have special effects to help different class playstyles, and support classes, play on their own.”
The Maharaka festival is also live today – that’d be the “cool retreat” part of the patch, focused on swimming pools and rubber ducky races.
