2026.01.20 Patch Notes | guardiantales asia (EN)
guardiantales asia (EN) Notice
2026.01.20 Patch Notes
2026-01-19

■ Heroes and Equipment

1) Hero Ascent: Mad Scientist Gremory

- The Ascent for Mad Scientist Gremory will be available.


Hero Ascent: Mad Scientist Gremory
Ascent Changes[Normal Atk Enhancement and Increased Abilities]
- Biological Catalyst is added to Normal Attacks.
ㄴ [before]  Flask Throw: Throws a mysterious flask to deal ranged damage. Enemies hit by the final flask have their Defense reduced by 20% for 5 seconds.
ㄴ [after] Eccentric Arcane Researcher
 Flask Throw: Throws a mysterious flask to deal ranged damage. Enemies hit by the final flask have their Defense reduced by 20% for 5 seconds.
Biological Catalyst: Upon use, reduces the caster’s Max HP by 15%. For each dark type party member, increases the Crit Hit Chance of dark type party members by 5%, up to a maximum of 15%, for 8 seconds.
Awakened Ascent Stats
[Party Effect Enhancement]
ㄴ [Party]  Skill Damage + 93%
[Weapon Skill Enhancement]
ㄴ Uses a special bomb made from toxic substances of the Demon World to deal ranged damage to enemies and inflict the Injury status.
ㄴ The enhanced Formula G now applies more Ailment status and the attack range is also increased.
ㄴ Inflicts 320% of DPS as ranged damage.
[Weapon Option Enhancement]
[before]
Increases the range and damage of the final flask's explosion by 60%.

[after]
Increases the explosion range and damage of Flask Throw’s final flask by 60%. Upon using Biological Catalyst, restores HP over 5 second(s) for a total of 15%.
[Chain Skill Enhancement]
[before]
Throws a flask that causes a massive explosion that inflicts 200% of DPS damage and reduces Atk by 30% for 10 second(s).

[after]
Throws a flask that causes a massive explosion, dealing ranged damage equal to 200% of DPS. If the target is affected by an Atk reduction effect, Dangerous Experiment is enhanced to deal additional damage equal to 100% of DPS. Reduces the target’s Atk by 30% for 10 second(s).
[Special Ability Enhancement]
[before]
For each hit on enemies afflicted with Atk Decrease Effect, inflicts additional 30% damage.

[after]
When attacking enemies affected by an Atk Decrease effect, damage is increased by 30%. Upon hit with Flask Throw, has a 40% chance to reduce the target’s Atk by 10% and Def by 20% for 5 second(s).


2) Grade 6 Myth: Mad Scientist Gremory

- Myth Changes: Added Leader Skill and Increased Abilities

- Perfected Formula G (Leader Skill)

 ㄴ When used, inflicts 450% of DPS as ranged damage, and increases all allies’ Crit Hit Chance by 10% for 240 seconds.

- Grade 6 Equipment Evolving for Mad Scientist Gremory's Exclusive Equipment Curiosity Solver will be added.


3) Voice added and issues fixed

- The Japanese voice for 'Kahlor' will be added.

* Only reflected when voice settings are selected as the respective language.

- Mad Scientist Gremory's description will be fixed to clarify how the damage method works.


■ Book of Contents

- The Boss Rush content will no longer be located at the 'Others' tab in the Book of Contents.


■ Huntsman’s Memento Shop

- The Huntsman’s Memento Shop will be disabled. 

 ㄴ The items that had been available at the Huntsman’s Memento Shop will be moved to other shops.


■ Co-op Expedition Shop 

- Purchasable items will be added to the Co-op Expedition Shop.


ItemQtyPricePurchase LimitsReset Period
Judge's Shield11,50012 Weeks
Flame Dragon King’s Necklace11,50012 Weeks
Protector's Brooch11,50012 Weeks
Shadow Beast Confining Bracelet11,50012 Weeks
Goblin Chief Shield1300--
Exorcist's Treasured Tool11001-
Tsunami Necklace11001-
Necklace of Curse11001-
Comet Ring11001-
Lava Necklace11001-
Turquoise Earring11001-
Sniper Goggles11001-
Melody Earring11001-
Dusk Ring11001-
Sharp Shooter153-
Gold Pocket Watch153-
Strengthening Hammer Lv.30115--


■ The Tale of the Tetis Hero Shop

- The purchasable times of the Legendary Awakening Stone item at the Tale of the Tetis Hero Shop will be expanded to 6 times from 3 times.

- Purchasable items will be added to The Tale of the Tetis Hero Shop.


ItemQtyPricePurchase LimitsReset Period
Legendary Awakening Stone91501-
Dream Evolution Stone603001-
Awakening Dungeon Box (Lv. 70)110015-
Hero Reset Stone114,00011 Month
Dream Evolution Stone1045042 Weeks


- The number of certain items will be changed at the Tale of the Tetis Hero Shop.


ItemBeforeAfter
High-grade Dream Stone68
Mid-grade Dream Stone68
High-grade Dream Stone68
High-grade Awakening Stone6065
Mid-grade Awakening Stone90100
Low-grade Awakening Stone135150


■ Equipment Shop

- Purchasable items will be added to the Equipment Shop.

*Guardians who already own the added Cards are unable to purchase the added items.


ItemQtyPricePurchase LimitsReset Period
Confident Red Hood’s Card1200,0001-
Archfiend Slayer Lead Training Instructor's Card1200,0001-
Ultimate Move of Shen Mountain Fist Card1200,0001-
Vampire Family Successor's Card1200,0001-
Warm-Hearted Ice Witch's Card1200,0001-
Champion's Sword Wielder's Card1200,0001-


■ Currency Exchange Notice

- Every 'Huntsman’s Memento' item owned will be exchanged for 10,000 Gold each.

- Every 3.6 'Stellar Essence' owned will be exchanged for 1 Hero Crystal.

 ㄴ Any fractional amounts will be rounded up.


■ Mission Closed Notice

- Beginner, Challenge Missions related to Boss Rush and Ascent content will be disabled.


CategoryClosed MissionReward
BeginnerLimit Break a Hero 5 TimesStellar Essence x 255
BeginnerDefeat a Level 50~90 Boss at Boss Rush.Huntsman’s Memento x 90 ~ 130
ChallengeUse 10 ~ 50000 Huntsman’s Memento.50 Gems for each phase


■ Hero Reset / Limited Reset / Season 3 Jumping Package / Awakening Reset Adjustments

- The return of 'Stellar Essence' will be removed.

- The 'Stellar Essence' related descriptions will be removed from the content guides. 


■ The Tale of the Tetis Hero Adjustments

- The amount of 'The Tale of the Tetis Hero Coin' granted for Sweep rewards will be increased by 50 for all sections


■ Hero Ascent Adjustments

- 'Stellar Essence' is no longer required to acquire certain Nodes


■ Heavenhold

- The Christmas voice lines of the Little Princess will be changed to Normal voice lines.


■  New Collections

- 1 new collection will be added under Knowledge > Item > Collection.


■ Other Fixes and Improvements

- Fixed an issue where the bubble effects were displayed over the Hero during push motions while Arabelle has equipped the 'Arabelle MK-Mermaid' Costume.

- If the Hero is in the locked slot during the Stage entry screen, the Blessing icon of the Hero will now also be locked.

- Fixed an issue where an error pop-up appeared when attempting to move to the paid Gems purchase screen from the Event Shop.

- Fixed an issue where the scroll bar of the Hero Limit Break screen malfunctioned after completing the Hero Limit Break. 

- Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, heroes placed in the Training Room were not displayed as In Training when entering the Awakening screen.

- Fixed an issue where, after unlocking Guardian Mastery, the Guardian Base Camp name was occasionally not displayed, or resource collection did not function properly.

- Fixed an issue where an empty space appeared at the bottom of the story section on the Knowledge screen for certain heroes.

- Fixed an issue where the content title was displayed above the chat window on the Guild Content screen.

- Fixed an issue where the game malfunctioned if the network connection was interrupted during the Festival Pass purchase process.


■ Limited-Time Packages

- Purchasable Period: 2026-01-20 After the Update Maintenance ~ 2026-02-03 12:59 (UTC+8)


1) Limited Stamina Package (4 time(s) per account)

- Reserve Stamina x 1,000, Valuable Awakening Stone Box x 2

- Select and obtain one of the 2 following items. (Gold x 1,000,000, Exp x 2,000,000)


2) Limited Myth Stone Package #1 (4 time(s) per account)

- Paid Gem x 1,000

- Select and obtain one of the 2 following items.  (Summon Controller x 10, Book of Blessing x 15)

- Select and obtain 100 Myth Stones of one Unique Hero. (Excluding Collaboration Heroes)


3) Limited Myth Stone Package #2 (2 time(s) per account)

- Summon Controller x 20, Epic Limit Breaking Hammer x1, Latent Awakening Stone x 1

- Select and obtain 200 Myth Stones of one Unique Hero. (Excluding Collaboration Heroes)


4) Enhancement Attendance Package #1 (Once per account)

- Option Change Stone x 10, Latent Awakening Stone x 1

- Daily Option Change Stone x 5 for 10 days.


5) Enhancement Attendance Package #2 (Once per account)

- Option Lock Stone x 30, Latent Awakening Stone x 1

- Daily Option Lock Stone x 10 for 10 days.


6) Premium Option Package (Once per account)

- Epic Limit Breaking Hammer x2, Option Change Stone x 60, Option Lock Stone x 100, Summon Controller x 100, Latent Awakening Stone x 3, Red Shard x 500


■ Returning Guardian's Package

- Purchasable Period: 2026-01-20 After the Update Maintenance ~ 2026-04-14 12:59 (UTC+8)

* Returning Guardian's Packages are available for 10 days after returning.


1) Returning Guardian's Myth Package (2 time(s) per account)

- Reserve Stamina x 1,000, Summon Controller x 10, Latent Awakening Stone x 2, Red Shard x 500, Book of Blessing x 30

- Select and obtain 200 Myth Stones for one Unique Hero. (Excluding Collaboration Heroes)


2) Returning Guardian's Summon Package (Once per account)

- Summon Controller x 50, Selectable Summon Controller x 50


3) Returning Guardian's Gem Subscribe Package (Once per account)

- Paid Gem x 1,000

- Daily Paid Gem ×1,000 for 5 days.


4) Returning Guardian's Summon Subscribe Package (Once per account)

- Latent Awakening Stone x 1

- Daily Selectable Summon Controller x 10 for 10 days.


5) Returning Guardian's Jumping Package (Once per account)

- Valuable Awakening Stone Box x 5

- Select and obtain one Unique Hero. (Excluding Collaboration Heroes)

- Select and obtain one Exclusive Weapon of a Unique Hero. (Excluding Collaboration Equipment)


■ Costume

1) Hero Costume

- Gothic Dress Gremory

- White Fox Wrestler Callie

- Thousand Hand Aisha

- Chinese Wanderer Yun

- Fierce Commander Erina

- Righteous Outlaw Arabelle

- Unrecorded World Future Knight

- Wandering Swordsman Valencia

- The First Dragon Hunter

- Dragon Queen Lilith

- Challenger Morrian

- Oghma Mk-Raiden

- New Year's Outing Miss Chrom

- Spirit Queen Tasha

- Sparkling Barley Tea Day Croselle

- Mouse Eunha


2) Equipment Costume

- Bunny Plush

- White Fox Fur Gloves

- Diet Potato Chips

- Space Telescope Gun

- Wanderer Glaive

- Dragon Hunter Staff

- Righteous Outlaw Rifle

- New Year's Binyeo Gun

- Puppy Bag Basket

- Star Cluster Fan

- Cloud Basket

- Random Box


■ Guild Raid

- The Guild Raid 'Off Limits' begins.

- Bosses: Minister Duncan (Dark), Carmen (Basic), Lava Slime King (Fire), Little Jerry Volt (Earth)

- Event Period: 2026-01-22 00:00 ~ 2026-01-28 23:59 (UTC+8)


■ Guild Meteor Excavation

- A new season of Guild Meteor Excavation will be held.

- Event Period: 2026-01-29 00:00 ~ 2026-02-03 23:59 (UTC+8)


■ Festival Pass

- Season Period: 2026-01-20 After Update Maintenance ~ 2026-02-10 12:59 (UTC+8)

- Reward Claimable Period: ~ 2026-02-17 12:59 (UTC+8)

- By completing the missions, you can increase the Pass Level and obtain Festival Coins, and you can purchase various items with Festival Coins.

* As a Festival Pass reward, you can obtain an additional 100 Festival Coins.

Please check the provided link for details: 

https://kakaogames.oqupie.com/portals/2725/customer-news/9165


■ Heavenhold Marble

- Event Period: 2026-01-20 After Update Maintenance ~ 2026-02-03 12:59 (UTC+8)

- Reward Claimable Period: ~ 2026-02-10 12:59 (UTC+8)

* You can roll the dice using Event Points during the event period.

* Roll the dice to upgrade buildings on tiles and claim various rewards by completing laps.


■ Boss Rush Event

- Event Period: 2026-01-20 After Update Maintenance ~ 2026-02-03 12:59 (UTC+8)

- Reward Claimable Period: ~ 2026-02-10 12:59 (UTC+8)

- You can obtain points through the battle with Boss Monsters during the Event Period.

- Various Rewards are available according to the obtained points.

* As the Boss Rush Event starts, [Huntsman’s Memento] and [Stellar Essence] items will be exchanged for other existing currencies. Huntsman’s Memento for 10,000 Gold each, and 3.6 Stellar Essences for 1 Hero Crystal. (Any fractional amounts will be rounded up.)

* Stellar Essence will no longer be required for Awakening Upgrade Nodes of Rare Heroes.

* Items previously sold in the Huntsman’s Memento Shop will be moved to other shops.


■ New Year's Attendance

- Event Period: 2026-01-20 After Update Maintenance ~ 2026-02-03 12:59 (UTC+8)

* This Attendance will be separately checked from the existing attendance.

* The Attendance Event will be available for 14 days, and even after the event ends, the rewards can be viewed for 20 days.



■ New Knight Attendance Event

- Event Period: 2026-01-20 After Update Maintenance ~ 2026-04-14 12:59 (UTC+8)

- Eligibility: Guardians who made an account and accessed Guardian Tales for the first time after the update maintenance on 01/20 (Tue)

* The event rewards are available once per account during the event period.

* You can check the rewards of the attendance check event up to 30 days after the event period ends.

* If you can't find the rewards in the Mailbox, please refresh the Mailbox and recheck the rewards.

* Please be advised that the rewards sent via Mailbox will be removed when the expiration period ends, and that they can't be recovered.

* The Special Attendance Check Event for New Guardians will be updated periodically.


DayRewardDayReward
Day 1Gem x 1,000Day 15Gem x 1,000
Day 2Reserve Stamina x 100Day 16Reserve Stamina x 300
Day 3Dream Evolution Stone x 320Day 17Dream Evolution Stone x 400
Day 4Selectable Summon Controller x 10Day 18Selectable Summon Controller x 20
Day 5Valuable Awakening Stone Box x 4Day 19Valuable Awakening Stone Box x 8
Day 6Hero Crystal x 100Day 20Hero Crystal x 200
Day 7Epic Exclusive Equipment Box x 1Day 21Dream Myth Stone x 400
Day 8Gem x 1,000Day 22Gem x 1,000
Day 9Reserve Stamina x 200Day 23Reserve Stamina x 400
Day 10Dream Evolution Stone x 360Day 24Dream Evolution Stone x 440
Day 11Summon Controller x 10Day 25Summon Controller x 20
Day 12Legendary Awakening Stone x 20Day 26Legendary Awakening Stone x 40
Day 13Hero Crystal x 150Day 27Hero Crystal x 250
Day 14Epic Limit Breaking Hammer x 1Day 28Latent Awakening Stone x 6


■ Eva's Returning Heroes Special Training

- Event Period: 2026-01-20 After Update Maintenance ~ 2026-04-14 12:59 (UTC+8)

- Eligibility: All Guardians who have cleared 1 or more Worlds and do not have Login records for the last 56 days.

- Returning Hero Event “Eva’s Returning Heroes Special Training” new season will begin.

- You can claim various rewards through the Returning Hero Events Attendance, Missions, and Shop purchases.

Please check the provided link for details: 

https://kakaogames.oqupie.com/portals/2725/customer-news/9167

Related Articles Related Articles