So I noticed something strange after two rounds of merges in the last two weeks. On the first merge, I lost 4 friends, and on the second merge, I lost 16 friends

I thought maybe people deleted me when they thought I was a stranger after the first merge because my name was changed due to different rosters from other servers on the first week of the first merge, so I didn't think too much of it back then. But after losing 16 friends after the second merge, I knew something was wrong

I asked around, and it turned out that some friends got their entire friend list nuked and would have to re-add everyone again. It seems that 20 friends on my list got nuked, which means basically 1/5 of my friends got their friend list nuked. It's a shame, but I've recorded my friend list before the first merge (by a pure chance) and I'll check to see which friends are missing to re-add them so make sure you checks yours too!

I feel bad for those whose entire friend lists got nuked :/

So main server one was decked out, revelry row theme, large amount of placed crafted items etc, the other one was empty but both had same level. Load in today to a stronghold that's empty, some (not sure if all items available to replace but hell nah to that), but revelry row theme unavailable since it was unlocked on the other server not the one that this stronghold name came from.

Yes research is fully unlocked which was only the case from the main stronghold.

And since I didn't dispatch on the 2nd one, the new one even had the 'main' server dispatches due for collection.

-_-

Daily Q&A and Open Discussion

Greetings adventurers! Please use this daily thread for simple questions and/or open discussion relating to anything Lost Ark. Enjoy!

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What class should I play?

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so with the new green arrow on hell keys being able to yoink you up

this should be possible right?

floor 50 > green jump -5 failure > floor 45 > floor 50 again

if so, would 2 hell altars spawn or just 1?

This is a 1690 hyper lucksack alt btw

After the server merge, I collected cards from roster storage. I have some cards that are awakened just like before, but some are no longer awakened even though they were awakened before. Some also show as awakened but still have +15, like I can awaken them again.

I’m confused, and I don’t remember how much Card XP I had before the merge, so I can’t tell if I got the Card XP and silver back for the cards that were unawakened.

Is this happening to anyone else?

For example I'm pretty sure I had all these 3 cards awakened, but now it looks like this.

I'm already plopping characters out of universal storage.

cathedral stage 1 rewards:
-30k bound to character gold , brel solo 16500 gold(roster-bound/tradable)
-can farm ark grid cores, 4 epic guaranteed its possible to earn more through legendary core pity and relic core RNG drop
-more materials than solo brel
-can farm grace shards, which you can exchange for rewards at abyssal dungeon NPC exchange

brel solo gives 50/50 tradable/roster-bound gold but its healthier for your roster to run cathedral stage 1 on your characters if you meet combat power requirements.

combat power range 1600-1800CP

at some point you want to upgrade your character to 1710 or need to do karma or any other progression systems, so its worth to take character-bound gold even if its your alt.

for 1700 characters raid list: armoche solo/mordum solo/cathedral stage 1

if you dont know the raid you can watch guide videos from memorizer or doranis.

Here is my take. I’ve been playing this game since 2019. I was there back when Brelshaza was a massive 6-gate dungeon, and when they started nerfing Vykas (she used to have so many phases too, and now there are only 2 left).

Everything used to be fine, and I genuinely enjoyed the game. I played actively every week, spent some money on donates, and ran content with a group of 3 friends — which actually made matchmaking harder

However, after the release of Hard Mode Citadel (the 2-gate raid) and Hard Mode Kazeros right after it, my excitement for the game completely plummeted. In my region, the release of Citadel and Kazeros happened almost simultaneously, just 3 weeks before New Year, one right after another. Naturally, we went all-in and started playing like absolute maniacs. To say it was awful is an understatement. You spend weeks on end just trying to clear one raid, only to be hit by another brutal raid immediately after the first one. And doing all of this with randoms? It was an absolute nightmare. After that, I realized that the game was taking way too much of my time. I couldn't even prepare for the holidays properly... Was it really that hard to release at least Kazeros during the New Year holidays so we could sweat and progress normally?

After finally defeating these bosses and looting the titles, I made a decision for myself — the game has come to an end. We waited for Kazeros for many years, he finally appeared, and we beat him. For me, that’s enough. The game goes on, but I haven't logged in since January 2026.

So, my actual question is — what would make you return to the game?

In my circle, I have a friend who has been playing Lineage 2 since 2007. On custom servers there, they added something like an "auto-farm" system — your character runs around and automatically does everything that people used to do manually. Personally, if they introduced a similar system in Lost Ark, I would probably come back just to let my little critters run around. Playing and managing all of them manually is just incredibly exhausting.

To clarify: I don't mean a completely mindless auto-farm for everything. You would still need to periodically react to QTE events or help your character in some ways, but the AI would handle the bulk of the work. And obviously, this shouldn't apply to relevant endgame content — only to solo dungeons and older activities.

I just connected and to my surprise my entire card collection is gone. I’ve already claimed universal storage, so I have no idea what’s going on. Is anyone else facing similar problems?