Lost Ark Takes Its Anniversary Festival To The Extreme In Next Week’s ‘2 Extreme’ Update

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Lost Ark is celebrating its second western launch anniversary next week with a lineup of new activities that’s set to open its doors with the release of its 2 Extreme update next week. The update will officially kick off its anniversary celebrations with two back-to-back events – Arkesia Festival and the new Birthday Bash event.

“To celebrate the anniversary, players can take part in the Arkesia Festival, which features in-game events,” Amazon announced. “Each week of the festival there will be a new co-op quest for heroes of Arkesia to participate in, keeping things fun and fresh as they earn tokens to trade in for valuable rewards. In addition to the Arkesia Festival, players can take a trip down memory lane in the new Birthday Bash Event where they can earn rewards by re-experiencing some of the most iconic pieces of Lost Ark content.”

The update will also introduce a more permanent addition to the game with the opening of a challenge mode for the Valtan Legion Raid called Valtan Extreme. The new mode will offer two difficulty options: Normal (Item Level 1580) and Hard (Item Level 1620).

“With greater challenge comes greater rewards,” the studio says. “There are first-time-clear rewards that will be given upon clearing 2 Gates, along with rewards as you reclear. Each roster can enter the raid once every 2 weeks, with gate progress bound to the character that cleared the first gate.”

Expect more information when the official patch notes drop next week.