Kazeroth Raid Act 3: Darkness, Night of Storm will debut on Wednesday, January 22. This update features an 8-player raid with Normal (1680 Item Level) and Hard (1700 Item Level) modes, divided into three gates.

Gate 1: Land of the Broken Barrier

Gate 1

• Face Darkness Legion Commander Thaemine and Infernas, the Dark Creature.
• Navigate through spreading darkness that limits visibility and movement.
• Tip : This darkness may make you harder for Allied force to give help

Gate 2: Valley of the Lost

Gate 2

Gate 2

• Battle the Chaos Guardian, Naitreya, a foe that uses poison and absorbs the abilities of light guardians to become stronger.
• Use the special raid item "Anti-Corrosion Neutralizer" to counter Naitreya’s abilities - can be crafted with Pheromon Essence reward from Level 2 Una's task that will be added.

Gate 3: Tower of Storms

Gate 3

Gate 3

• Confront Mordum, the Abyssal Punisher, who wields lightning on the perilous tower top.
• Use wire systems to maneuver through collapsing sections of the battlefield.

Allied Forces :

Allied Force

• 3 Gates will have different Allied forces.
• 'Mystic' and 'Bastian' and others will show up. And there's gonna be special one in Gate 1. (Hint strongly suggests that it's Kharmine)

Rewards:

• Normal mode: Materials for Advanced honing Level 3"Thunderstrike Horn."
• Hard mode: Materials for Advanced honing Level 3 and 4 "Prison of Thunder." Guaranteed Relic book drop from auction.
• New items will be added on Kazeroth Exchange.
• Exclusive wing mounts from achievement, exchange and auction.

Wing Mount1

Wing Mount 2

Gear and Reforging Updates:

Advanced honing mats

• Advanced Reforging extended to Level 40 (Item level increase 1 per level as well)
• It can be only done on Tier 4 gear, and can be unlocked with Act 3 reward materials.

30 - Basic Effect + 2% / 40 - Basic effect + 3%

• Advanced honing level 30/40 will grant effect that increases gear's Basic Effect.

Naber's Fang - for next advanced honing refill Ancestor's Grace and enhance effect. (Galatur's Hammer gives 7x)

• 2 New Acestor's Grace is added for level 21~40.
• Advanced honing's effect will sync up with Normal honing, that if you have same item level from regular honing and from advanced honing, you will have same stats from gear.

Additional Content Updates:

Drektalas

1. New Guardian Raid (1700) : Fight Drektalas at "Forgotten Ruins of Faded Light"
2. Kurzan Front "Nefta Operation 1"(1700) : Rewards include Tier 4 ancient accessories and entry tickets to the 3rd Unlock of Ebony Cube.
3. Fate Ember that drops Relic Engraving Books will drop from 1700+ contents
4. Ebony Cube 3rd Unlock (1700) : will give more honing material and no longer drops Epic Engraving Books.
5. Chaos Gate: expands to 1700+ level, and you can obtain Legendary/Relic books from it. (You may have better reward if 4th Boss appears?!)

The update also brings UI enhancements for fixed raid rewards.

Can see amount of gold/mats

Executioner Solas will appear in wandering merchant to assist adventurers.

TLDR)

• Act 3 (1680NM/1700HM), 1700 Kurzan Front, Guardian, Cube, Chaos Gate will be updated.
• Advanced honing 21-40 will be added. There's gonna be new Ancester's Grace and the effect from advanced honing will sync up with Regular honing. (Same ilevel = same stats) Advanced honing will boost gear's Basic Effect by 2%/3% each upon reaching 30/40.
• They will increase Relic engraving drops on higher ilevel contents. (Guaranteed Auction from Act 3 HM, fate ember 1700+, higher chance on 1700+ cube, chaos gate)
• Now we can finally see exact reward from clearing raids from UI, and Solas card will appear on Wandering Merchant.