Lost Ark News

Lost Ark is releasing its September Update, titled "Rage with the Machinist" tomorrow (September 27) which will introduce the long awaited Machinist class which uses high tech weapons and drones to defeat enemies. This new class is the 5th advanced Gunner class. Also included in the update is the Kakul-Saydon Legion Raid as well as some limited time progression events. [...]

Amazon has dropped the details on the new drone-flying class that will be making its way to Lost Ark a week from now, the Machinist. “The Machinist comes armed with an arsenal of high-tech weapons and a Drone capable of remote, precise strikes and unique attacks,” the studio said. “When standard weapons and drone strikes aren’t enough to take down [...]

Earlier this week, Lost Ark players were surprised to see captcha prompts popping-up randomly while in the game following the release of the Under the Arkesian Sun update. Fail to enter the correct string three times and you were automatically banned. Obviously, the measure was designed to deter bots which continue to be a huge problem in the fantasy MMORPG [...]

Update Aug 26: Amazon Game Studios has removed this captcha system. The game's community manager claimed that it was 'unintended'. The Captcha system is now turned off, and players will no longer see it in the live game. We apologize for any inconvenience that this feature may have caused. As we continue to develop the system, we will be sure [...]

With summer quickly winding down to a close, Lost Ark is throwing a final summer hurrah with the addition of new sunny outdoor activities in today’s update, including new water park content and the pet ranch feature for those who want to spend quality time with their paw-tners. “The leaves from the Maharaka Tree in Maharaka Paradise are known to [...]

Powerpasses have been re-enabled in Lost Ark after they were temporarily disabled almost a month ago. Players will now be able to use the free versions of the Punika and Vern Powerpasses while the purchased versions will remain disabled as the developers continue to work on fixing them. As compensation, players who completed a quest to obtain a Powerpass and [...]

Lost Ark's latest update, titled 'Under the Arkesian Sun', is scheduled to launch on August 24 and with it comes the game's highly anticipated Pet Ranch system. Pet Ranches' are an instanced Stronghold location where players can create, train, and play with their pets. As pets level they unlock new abilities which can enhance players while they're in combat. The [...]

Amazon Game Studios has implemented new measures to combat botting and RMT in Lost Ark following the temporary removal of the Punika Powerpass and the gifting feature last week. The Punika Powerpass allows players to instantly boost a character to the endgame with an item level of 1302 and bypass the entire Punika questline. The feature was disabled indefinitely due [...]

With the Gambit-like Arcanist now throwing cards around in Lost Ark, Smilegate and Amazon is now bringing their own version of Iron Man into the fantasy MMORPG. Garbed in his futuristic mecha-suit, the Machinist will be arriving in Arkesia this September as the Gunner’s fifth advanced class. “The Machinist arrives in Arkesia armed to the teeth with highest-tech machine guns, [...]