Update 1.0.9 has been applied. Details of the update are as follows.
■ Localization
Fixed items where translations were unnatural
■ System
Expanded the number of configurable slots in the Team menu (5 → 7)
Adjusted World Bosses and Sudden Mission monsters to respawn 2 hours after being defeated
Added the ability to check where heroes are obtained from the Codex menu
Improved so that clearing Normal Dungeons, Currency Dungeons, and Trait Dungeons grants rewards immediately
Improved Hunt monster clear status to register immediately upon monster death
Improved readability in the dialogue records of each Quest entry in the Quest menu by adjusting UI line-break handling
Adjusted the default value of the lobby search range in the Settings menu to ※ Applied to new users and full setting resets; existing users must modify this manually.
Fixed an issue where the legend/completion rate was displayed via D-PAD input when the right panel was active in the World Map menu
Changed the position of and buttons and controller mapping for Karma/Equipment in the Heroes menu
■ Improvements
Fixed an issue where defeating swimming geese did not count toward the achievement
Shortened the phase in the Ursula Raid so that players can immediately engage the dragon-form Ursula after defeating the humanoid form
■ Balance
Fixed a text display error on the Griffon Familiar's 3rd equip effect - Increases movement speed by 20% while gliding → Increases movement speed by 20% for all Familiars while gliding
Changed the Griffon Familiar's 4th equip effect - cooldown reduced by 10% → All Familiars' maximum stamina increased by 10%
Added an achievement for clearing Barduk on Nightmare difficulty ※ Players who have already cleared Nightmare must clear it again to unlock the achievement.
Increased gathering and mining rewards obtained at once - Crystal of Remembrance / Crystal of Recollection / Crystal of Reverie / Crystal of Oblivion - Binding Crystal / Piercing Crystal / Vein Crystal - Rich Binding Crystal (Binding Crystal) - Rich Piercing Crystal (Piercing Crystal) - Rich Vein Crystal (Vein Crystal) - Wheat / Rice - Goblin Barbecue (Aged Game Meat)
Increased dungeon and raid clear rewards - Increased all Normal Dungeon clear rewards - Increased all Trait Dungeon clear rewards - Increased all Currency Dungeon clear rewards - Increased all Hunt clear rewards - Increased all Raid clear rewards
■ Quests
Fixed an issue where Servant Pio remained after completing the Miss Gwen series of Area Quests
Fixed an issue in Hero Quest - Dana where the weather would not transition during progression
Fixed an issue in Hero Quest - Dana , during the step, where the box to be moved was generated below the ground
Fixed an intermittent issue in Hero Quest - Theresia where the quest would not progress even after defeating the boss
Fixed the display of monster-kill treasure chests during Area Quests
Reduced the combat difficulty of Scenario Mode in Adventure Quest 58 scenario dungeon - Lute, Johnny, and Kalien are now unlocked up to their sixth Awakening
Added guidance text indicating the next journey after completing the final Adventure Quest, shown before the credits roll
■ Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Settings menu could not be closed with ESC on the title screen
Fixed an issue where heroes were displayed wearing costumes in the Codex menu
Fixed an issue where Cerese's portrait did not change when switching costumes
Fixed an issue where switching Cerese's costume from to [Ophelia's Oath] did not apply the changed outfit after reconnecting
Fixed an issue where the hide button for outfit parts operated on the costume weapon tab
Improved an issue where lobby loading took a long time when entering a multiplayer lobby
Fixed an intermittent issue where party members did not properly enter during multiplayer
Fixed an issue where a Raid could be started even if not all members had readied up during Raid multiplayer
Fixed an intermittent issue during multiplayer where the game started directly without going through the lobby
Fixed an issue where equipment set effects were not applied in multiplayer environments
Fixed an intermittent issue on Steam Deck where cooking cooldowns operated abnormally
Fixed an issue where the region entry notification did not disappear
Fixed an issue where HP decreased after entering and exiting a dungeon following consumption of a max-HP-boosting cooking dish
Fixed an issue where the [I'll Stand in the Sky] achievement could be unlocked when advancing a quest dialogue during Reina's aerial attack
Fixed an issue where inputting the dash key during Charlotte's dodge motion caused the character to descend to the ground
Fixed an issue where Charlotte's skill could be used consecutively in the air
Fixed an issue where fall damage was not applied when Charlotte was in combat or stealth state
Fixed an issue where Kalien's sixth Awakening effect was not applied in multiplayer environments
Fixed an issue where monsters that died in the air and fell into water remained without disappearing
Fixed an issue where cancelling a dodge into a dash could not be performed
Fixed an issue where ice props generated by Cerese's sixth Awakening effect could not be destroyed with when Othello's third Awakening was active
Thank you.
— The DragonSword : Awakening Team
This announcement was originally published by Hound13 Inc. on Steam on Aug 13, 2026.
Update 1.0.9 has been applied. Details of the update are as follows.
■ Localization
Fixed items where translations were unnatural
■ System
Expanded the number of configurable slots in the Team menu (5 → 7)
Adjusted World Bosses and Sudden Mission monsters to respawn 2 hours after being defeated
Added the ability to check where heroes are obtained from the Codex menu
Improved so that clearing Normal Dungeons, Currency Dungeons, and Trait Dungeons grants rewards immediately
Improved Hunt monster clear status to register immediately upon monster death
Improved readability in the dialogue records of each Quest entry in the Quest menu by adjusting UI line-break handling
Adjusted the default value of the lobby search range in the Settings menu to ※ Applied to new users and full setting resets; existing users must modify this manually.
Fixed an issue where the legend/completion rate was displayed via D-PAD input when the right panel was active in the World Map menu
Changed the position of and buttons and controller mapping for Karma/Equipment in the Heroes menu
■ Improvements
Fixed an issue where defeating swimming geese did not count toward the achievement
Shortened the phase in the Ursula Raid so that players can immediately engage the dragon-form Ursula after defeating the humanoid form
■ Balance
Fixed a text display error on the Griffon Familiar's 3rd equip effect - Increases movement speed by 20% while gliding → Increases movement speed by 20% for all Familiars while gliding
Changed the Griffon Familiar's 4th equip effect - cooldown reduced by 10% → All Familiars' maximum stamina increased by 10%
Added an achievement for clearing Barduk on Nightmare difficulty ※ Players who have already cleared Nightmare must clear it again to unlock the achievement.
Increased gathering and mining rewards obtained at once - Crystal of Remembrance / Crystal of Recollection / Crystal of Reverie / Crystal of Oblivion - Binding Crystal / Piercing Crystal / Vein Crystal - Rich Binding Crystal (Binding Crystal) - Rich Piercing Crystal (Piercing Crystal) - Rich Vein Crystal (Vein Crystal) - Wheat / Rice - Goblin Barbecue (Aged Game Meat)
Increased dungeon and raid clear rewards - Increased all Normal Dungeon clear rewards - Increased all Trait Dungeon clear rewards - Increased all Currency Dungeon clear rewards - Increased all Hunt clear rewards - Increased all Raid clear rewards
■ Quests
Fixed an issue where Servant Pio remained after completing the Miss Gwen series of Area Quests
Fixed an issue in Hero Quest - Dana where the weather would not transition during progression
Fixed an issue in Hero Quest - Dana , during the step, where the box to be moved was generated below the ground
Fixed an intermittent issue in Hero Quest - Theresia where the quest would not progress even after defeating the boss
Fixed the display of monster-kill treasure chests during Area Quests
Reduced the combat difficulty of Scenario Mode in Adventure Quest 58 scenario dungeon - Lute, Johnny, and Kalien are now unlocked up to their sixth Awakening
Added guidance text indicating the next journey after completing the final Adventure Quest, shown before the credits roll
■ Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Settings menu could not be closed with ESC on the title screen
Fixed an issue where heroes were displayed wearing costumes in the Codex menu
Fixed an issue where Cerese's portrait did not change when switching costumes
Fixed an issue where switching Cerese's costume from to [Ophelia's Oath] did not apply the changed outfit after reconnecting
Fixed an issue where the hide button for outfit parts operated on the costume weapon tab
Improved an issue where lobby loading took a long time when entering a multiplayer lobby
Fixed an intermittent issue where party members did not properly enter during multiplayer
Fixed an issue where a Raid could be started even if not all members had readied up during Raid multiplayer
Fixed an intermittent issue during multiplayer where the game started directly without going through the lobby
Fixed an issue where equipment set effects were not applied in multiplayer environments
Fixed an intermittent issue on Steam Deck where cooking cooldowns operated abnormally
Fixed an issue where the region entry notification did not disappear
Fixed an issue where HP decreased after entering and exiting a dungeon following consumption of a max-HP-boosting cooking dish
Fixed an issue where the [I'll Stand in the Sky] achievement could be unlocked when advancing a quest dialogue during Reina's aerial attack
Fixed an issue where inputting the dash key during Charlotte's dodge motion caused the character to descend to the ground
Fixed an issue where Charlotte's skill could be used consecutively in the air
Fixed an issue where fall damage was not applied when Charlotte was in combat or stealth state
Fixed an issue where Kalien's sixth Awakening effect was not applied in multiplayer environments
Fixed an issue where monsters that died in the air and fell into water remained without disappearing
Fixed an issue where cancelling a dodge into a dash could not be performed
Fixed an issue where ice props generated by Cerese's sixth Awakening effect could not be destroyed with when Othello's third Awakening was active
Thank you.
— The DragonSword : Awakening Team
This announcement was originally published by Hound13 Inc. on Steam on Aug 13, 2026.
Fixed an issue where Roxy would get stuck inside a monster's body when using the aerial stomp skill
Fixed an intermittent issue where the client would freeze during Roxy's stomp action on Gauron
Updated the probability information in the Options menu to reflect the [5-Star Rune obtainable from 4-Star Rune Synthesis]
Fixed an issue where some projectiles (such as Astria's ranged attacks) were fired in directions other than the aim target ※ Similar issues have been identified with some other projectiles as well, and improvements will be delivered in next week's update.
Fixed an issue where Roxy would get stuck inside a monster's body when using the aerial stomp skill
Fixed an intermittent issue where the client would freeze during Roxy's stomp action on Gauron
Updated the probability information in the Options menu to reflect the [5-Star Rune obtainable from 4-Star Rune Synthesis]
Fixed an issue where some projectiles (such as Astria's ranged attacks) were fired in directions other than the aim target ※ Similar issues have been identified with some other projectiles as well, and improvements will be delivered in next week's update.
