On December 18th, The official Korean Lost Ark event “LOA on WINTER – 2021” was broadcast, and future updates were announced. According to the director, the year 2022 will focus on class balance and story. Some content might change later for the English version, but overall, this article might give hopes and enrich theories on what’s in store for Lost Ark fans all over the world.
Lost Ark Season 2 Official Trailer
New Class: Specialist
A complete new class that seems to focus on support. It will include new sub classes including the artist/painter and the Meteorologist. The painter, as implied by the name, fights with an ink brush and is able to turn his creations into reality and attack opponents using them. As for the Meteorologist, this class is able to fight with an umbrella that manipulates the weather.
There is also going to be a female Berserker. Not much is known about this class yet.
New Continent: Lowen & Ergasia
Lowen is a continent that is focused on PVP, but players who don’t like PVP can also proceed safely. You belong into one of the two major powers/factions and can participate in war content. Siege battles will also be implemented, and another new continent: Ergasia will be added from March to April 2022, which is a floating continent in the sky. A new abyss dungeon “Kayangel” will be also added as the last sanctuary created by the god Rupeon. and A new frog guardian “Gargassis”.
Smaller continents will also be added to expand on a character backstory, and begin a huge plot. A new Corpus leader Lliakan will appear. Mini games, character interactions and adjustments to Gold consumption by players and rewards. In addition, a third awakening will be presented likely in 2023 but is not under development at the time of these announcements.
Many QoL adjustments will be added, like Buff output orders, improved convenience of world map, presets and secret maps. Change BGM function and content management system. Interactions between players will also be a point of focus, and lost of social functions such as selfie pictures and stamp exchange are being currently thought out.
Finally, a Battle Royale mode will be added where the players get to fight against dinosaurs.
Some of the content above is already released in the Korean version of Lost Ark, while other content is currently in development. A lot of these elements are seemingly very possible to carry over to the English version at a later date, and many of them seem very appealing.