Patch NotesThrone And Liberty4.5.0

Throne And Liberty 4.5.0 Patch Notes (31st July 2026)

Ramux joins Throne And Liberty's endgame lineup with a fresh set of level 85 weapons and new raid content, though the most significant crafting upgrades won't arrive until August.

Nathan Lees19 min read
Throne And Liberty's Ramux Archboss battle scene with lightning effects and new weapon designs
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The 4.5.0 update lands on August 1st following maintenance that began at 10:30 p.m. PT on July 29 and lasted approximately 3.5 hours. Ramux, a new Archboss that slots into the existing endgame rotation with scheduled appearances on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM, is now available. This is not a replacement for existing Archbosses. It sits alongside them, expanding the weekly grind for players chasing top-tier gear.

Ramux's 11 new weapons all sit at item level 85, matching the current cap. The weapons span all classes: melee users get Last Dragon's Thunder Greatsword and Scale Lord's Massacre Sword; daggers and crossbows have Atirat-themed options; staffs, wands, spears, and gauntlets round out the roster. Each weapon carries a unique skill mechanic rather than stat boosts alone. The Dagger skill, for instance, ignores PvP shield health and stacks defence-ignoring damage against weakened targets below 50% health. A direct PvP advantage. The Staff skill chains element stacking into powerful fusion attacks: five Fire and two Ice elements unlock a Fury Attack dealing 250% base damage per second, while Ice and Lightning combinations trigger a Magnetic Field that spreads to nearby enemies. This depth suggests Ramux weapons are not sidegrade options but genuine build enablers for specific playstyles.

Two new Guild Raids, Thuban and Porfos, both require Guild Level 30 to access. The patch does not specify their difficulty, rewards, or whether they are weekly or daily content. Stone Grave Cradle joins Dimensional Trials, again without detail on mechanics or loot. These additions matter primarily to organised guilds; solo and casual players will see no direct benefit from this patch.

A critical detail buried in the pre-announcement section: the Talandre Ascended Archboss weapon upgrade path, converting existing level 80 weapons into Snowsoul variants, will not arrive until August 26th with update 4.9.0. This is a three-week delay from the main patch. Players holding Talandre weapons cannot upgrade them yet, leaving a gap in progression options. Existing Talandre Ascended weapons do receive a level bump from 70 to 80, and their material drop rate increases, but without the Snowsoul upgrade path, that boost feels incomplete.

The crafting recipes for Ramux weapons demand 90 Thundercloud Scales, 260 Precious Rubrix, 1,000 Precious Magic Powder, and 576 Noble Polishing Crystals, plus 17.3 million Sollant per weapon. An alternative path using Skill Cores costs 205 Thundercloud Scales and 163,600 Sollant but sacrifices potential ability rolls. For players already deep in Archboss farming, this is another grind gate. For newer players, it is an unreachable ceiling this week.

This patch expands endgame content without closing existing progression gaps. Ramux weapons are desirable, but the delayed Talandre upgrade path and lack of detail on new raid difficulty suggest the patch is iterative rather than transformative. The real test is whether Ramux's weapon skills create meaningful build diversity or simply add another tier to an already vertical gear ladder.

Full Patch Notes

▲ Buff▼ Nerf✓ Fix◆ Tweak

Throne and Liberty update 4.5.0 downtime will begin at 10:30 p.m. PT (5:30 a.m. UTC) on July 29 and last approximately 3.5 hours.

Pre-Announcement

※ The following changes will not be applied during the July 29 maintenance. Instead, they will be applied on August 26th with the release of 4.9.0.

  • A crafting recipe will be added to upgrade Talandre Ascended Archboss weapons into Snowsoul weapons.

Talandre Snowsoul Weapon Crafting Recipes Added

  • As previously announced, crafting recipes will be added that use new materials to upgrade Ascended Deluzhnoa and Ascended Giant Cordy weapons into Snowsoul weapons.

New Content

  • The new Archboss Ramux is now available.
  • New Dimensional Trials and Guild Raids have been added.

Archboss

  • Peace and Guild-type events for the Ramux Archboss have been added, and the Archboss schedule has been changed.
  • Archboss schedules have been added on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7:00 PM and 10:00 PM.

Ramux Rewards

Weapons — The item level of each new Archboss weapon is fixed at 85.

  • Last Dragon's Thunder Greatsword: Strength 17, Dexterity 13, Heavy Attack Damage +11.5%, Melee Heavy Attack Chance 210
  • Weapon Skill – Dragon's Counterattack: On Valiant Brawl or Slash Wave hit, has an 80% chance to apply Weaken: Provoke to the target for 4s and grants the attacker an effect that has a 70% chance to deal counter damage equal to 75% of Base Damage when hit by a taunted target within 15m. Boosts Valiant Brawl, Cruel Smite, and Slash Wave damage by 35% and increases their cooldown by 3s.
  • Scale Lord's Massacre Sword: Fortitude 17, Wisdom 12, Damage Reduction 69, Hit Chance 230
    • Weapon Skill – Wall of Bitter Cold: Changes Stalwart Bastion to and decreases its cooldown by 30%. While the effect lasts, deals damage equal to 150% of Base Damage when attacked from within 1.3x Attack Range (4.3x for Ranged and Magic) and has a 30% chance to apply Weaken: Frost that decreases Movement Speed by 35% for 3s. Affected targets cannot receive Stalwart Bastion from another caster for 45s.
  • Last Dragon's Thunder Daggers: Dexterity 17, Perception 12, Critical Damage +9.2%, Melee Critical Hit Chance 230
    • Weapon Skill – Atirat's Claw: Changes the range of Mad Sword Dance to 10m. Deactivates all targets to self upon skill activation. Boosts Off-hand Weapon Attack Chance by 70% and makes all attacks back attacks for 2s. Ignores PvP target's Shield Health. With every damage dealt on PvP targets with Health at 50% or lower, ignores Defense by 2.5% of the target's Max Health. Boosts damage against monsters by up to 50% proportional to Frenzied Sword Dance's growth tier.
  • Reverse Scale Tracker's Judgment Crossbows: Dexterity 17, Perception 12, Bonus Damage 69, Critical Damage +9.2%
    • Weapon Skill – Atirat's Flame: Changes Wild Barrage to an instant cast skill and changes the Attack Range to a 60-degree cone. On hit, has an 80% chance to apply a Weaken effect to the target for 9s that deals Defense-ignoring damage equal to 30% of Base Damage + 6 damage per second and decreases all CC Resistances by 20. Stacks up to 25 times.
  • Reverse Scale Destroyer's Execution Bow: Perception 17, Dexterity 12, Critical Damage +9.2%, Ranged Critical Hit Chance 230
    • Weapon Skill – Ice Dragon Strike: Changes Flash Wave to Ice Dragon Strike. Depending on charging time, deals Frost Damage equal to Flash Wave boosted by 50% and applies the Frost effect. Frost effect has a 70% chance to apply Bind: Icebound for 3s. Deals bonus damage to Bound or Oppressed targets. When Specialization 3 is applied, increases Bind: Icebound duration by 1s.
  • Endless Winter's Lightning Staff: Wisdom 17, Perception 12, Heavy Attack Damage +11.5%, Cooldown Speed +11.5%
    • Weapon Skill – Elemental Infusion: Changes the Elemental Awakening Passive Skill to and activates Special Skills when conditions for 2 element types are met. When 5 Fire Elements and 2 Ice Elements are stacked, Frost Smokescreen and Burning Smokescreen Skills change to (Fury Attack). Deals 250% of Base Damage per second to foes within range and applies Weaken: Lava Dust for 6s. When Weaken: Lava Dust reaches 4 stacks, applies Petrify for 4s. When 2 Ice Elements and 7 Lightning Elements are stacked, Ice Spear Bombardment and Detonator Bombardment Skills change to . Deals Lightning Damage equal to 1,100% of Base Damage to hit enemies and applies Weaken: Magnetic Field which decreases Movement Speed by 60% for 2.5s. Magnetic Field transfers to foes within 5m up to 2 times, with 1 additional transfer if the target is Wet or affected by your own Frost effect. When 7 Lightning Elements and 5 Fire Elements are stacked, Inferno Wave and Frenzied Lightning Wave skills change to . Firestorm follows the target for 4s and deals damage equal to 300% of Base Damage and applies Weaken: Burning.
  • Winter Storm Wand: Wisdom 17, Fortitude 12, Healing +24%, Cooldown Speed +11%
    • Weapon Skill – Dragon's Blessing: Fountain of Life follows the target and has a 60% chance to apply Fear to enemies within range for 3s.
  • Storm Lord's Judgment Spear: Strength 17, Perception 12, Attack Speed +15.3%, Range +23%
    • Weapon Skill – Ramux's Judgment: Constricting Tempest always hits and additionally triggers on 2 enemies within a 5m radius of the target. When the chain ends, has a 100% chance to apply Collision: Pull and decreases Heavy Attack Damage Resistance of pulled targets by 15% for 6s. Upon successfully pulling a target, your PvP damage taken decreases by 30% for 6s.
  • Lightning Orb of Vengeance: Wisdom 17, Perception 12, Cooldown Speed +12.5%, Attack Speed +13.9%
    • Weapon Skill – Stellar Star Destroyer: Boosts Star Destroyer damage by 30% and the Star Destroyer skill changes to . Summons 6 Stellar Star Destroyers on the target, each dealing 275% of Base Damage + 225. Damage increases up to 2x proportional to charge time.
  • Snowfield Destroyer Lightning Gauntlets: Dexterity 17, Strength 12, Cooldown Speed +12%, Melee Heavy Attack Chance 220
    • Weapon Skill – Last Dragon's Blessing: Increases Threat Boost's Block Chance Boost effect duration by 0.5s and increases Base Damage by 1 for 6s every time Weaken: Bleed is applied. Stacks up to 100 times.

    Equipment — Values shown are granted at Item Levels 51 and 80 respectively.

    • Heavenly Lightning Cloak of Flying: Critical Damage +3.2%~+6.1%, Heavy Attack Damage +4%~+7.6%, Range +8%~+15.2%, Cooldown Speed +4%~+7.6%, Max Health 500~1,040

    Dimensional Trial

    • Stone Grave Cradle has been added to Dimensional Trials.

    New Guild Raids

    • Two new Guild Raids have been added, available at Guild Level 30.
    • Thuban
    • Porfos

    New Achievements

    • A new Life > Furniture achievement category has been added.

    New Archboss Weapon Crafting Recipes Added

    • Ten Ramux Archboss weapon crafting recipes requiring Thundercloud Scales as the main material have been added.
    • Ten Ramux Archboss weapon crafting recipes requiring Skill Cores as materials have been added.
    • Various other crafting recipes have also been added.

    Ramux Archboss Weapons

    Each new Archboss Weapon shares the same material and Sollant costs:

    • Thundercloud Scale x90
    • Precious Rubrix / Precious Rubrix Ore x260
    • Precious Magic Powder x1,000
    • Noble Polishing Crystal x576
    • Fee: 17,387,846 Sollant

    Ramux Archboss Weapons Using Skill Cores

    • Crafting the new Archboss Weapons using their respective Skill Cores has the following costs:
    • Thundercloud Scale x20
    • 5,163,600 Sollant
  • Note that Archboss Weapons crafted using Skill Cores do not have a chance to receive Potential Abilities.

    Other Recipes

    • Snow Flower: Giant Cordy's Branch x2 — Fee: 10,000 Sollant
    • Giant Cordy's Branch: Snow Flower x2 — Fee: 10,000 Sollant
    • Scorched Frostbloom: Scorched Giant Tree Branch x2 — Fee: 20,000 Sollant
    • Scorched Giant Tree Branch: Scorched Frostbloom x2 — Fee: 20,000 Sollant
    • Unlockstone Bundle: Fortitude: Grants 5 Unlockstones when opened — Adventure Coin: Fortitude x10 — Fee: 10,000 Sollant

    Talandre Ascended Archboss Weapon Level Change

    • Talandre Ascended Archboss Weapon levels have been increased from 70 to 80.
    • The level of weapons already owned will also be adjusted.

    Talandre Ascended Archboss Material Drop Increase

    • Crafting recipes and crafting materials used to upgrade Ascended Talandre Archboss weapons will be added on August 26.
    • Accordingly, the number of scorched materials provided from Deluzhnoa and Giant Cordy part destruction and drop rewards has been increased.

    Weapon and Equipment Skill Fixes and Balance Adjustments

    Daggers

    • Inject Venom: Additional-use skill effect changed.
    • Previous: When an attack succeeds against a target with 20 Poison stacks, consumes 10 Poison stacks and increases Heavy Attack Damage by 20% for 6 seconds.
    • Updated: When an attack hits a target with 20 Poison stacks, increases Heavy Attack Damage by 20% for 6 seconds.
  • Inject Venom Specialization 1 : Additional-use skill effect changed.
    • Previous: When an attack succeeds against a target with 20 Thundercloud stacks, consumes 10 Thundercloud stacks and increases Critical Damage by 15% for 6 seconds.
    • Updated: When an attack succeeds against a target with 20 Thundercloud stacks, increases Critical Damage by 15% for 6 sec.
  • Weapon Mastery : Fixed an issue where attack power increase effects equivalent to base damage were not applied to Venomous Edge skill damage.

    Crossbows

    • Skill Core: Support Fire: The 30% PvP damage reduction effect has been removed from Quick Fire, Recoil Shot, Wave Shot, and Explosive Arrow.

    Gauntlets

    • Chain Strike - : Hit range increased from 4m to 5m. An effect has been added so Chain Strike – Smash Down can be used while using the Earthquake skill.
    • Mobility Strike Specialization 2 : Specialization name changed to . Required points reduced from 5 to 3. The effect of the Specialization has been adjusted:
    • Previous: Mobility Strike - Can now charge while moving. Afterimage - Attack range increases by 20%.
    • Updated: Afterimage - Attack range increases by 20%. Mobility Strike can now be charged while moving by default, without the need for a specific Specialization.
  • Sweep Specialization 3 : Movement Speed bonus has increased from 25% to 50%.
  • Explosive Flurry: New specialization has been added. Requires 5 points. Reduces Explosive Barrage skill cooldown by 15%, and each Explosive Flurry hit reduces One-Inch Punch's remaining cooldown by 5%.
  • Explosive Flurry Specialization 2 : Required points reduced from 5 to 3.
  • Consecutive Claws: Improved so the skill can be used while jumping.
  • Skill Core: Fear Erosion: Fixed an issue where the movement speed and defense reduction values were applied incorrectly when Fear Erosion was active, and the values in the effect tooltip were incorrect.

    Longbow

    • Flash Arrow Specialization 1 : Fixed an issue where the effect was occasionally not applied to the caster when moving backwards or used from an elevated location.
    • Skill Core: Torrent, Eye of Ventius: Monster Damage Amplification value now grows with the respective Skill level. Fixed an issue where the stated damage increase against Monsters was displayed as a sum which included the original skill's monster damage amplification.
    • Torrent: The damage increase value displayed has been reduced from 185% to 50%.
    • Eye of Ventius: The damage increase value displayed has been reduced from 260% to 50%.
  • Skill Core: Gale Arrow: Fixed an issue causing Gale Arrow to share a cooldown with Flash Arrow.
  • Blitz Specialization 1 : Fixed an issue causing the DoT effect from Decisive Sniping to ignore Defense and Evasion when enhanced with Limit Break.

    Staff

    • Inner Peace: Fixed an issue where the description for Specialization 1 was incorrectly applied to .
    • Skill Core: Thunder's Shadow: Damage increased from 60% to 120%.
    • Skill Core: Lightning Condensation: Damage increased from 90% to 180%. Growth values per skill level have been adjusted to match .
    • Skill Core: Thunderclouds Explosion: Damage increased from 60% to 120%. Fixed an issue where the stated PvP damage reduction effect was not applied. Monster Damage Amplification display changed from 50% to 150%. Growth values per skill level have been adjusted to match .
    • Skill Core: Absolute Zero: Frost Smokescreen's cooldown is now properly reduced based on the skill's level while the Absolute Zero Skill Core is equipped.

    Wand

    • Mastery : Description has been updated to include Nightmare Melody in the list of skills that trigger the effect.
    • Skill Core: Magic Circle Expansion: Fixed an issue where the cooldown reduction value was displayed as seconds instead of a percentage.
    • Skill Core: Nightmare Melody: Added sleep duration increase effect when leveling the respective skill.

    Spear

    • Rising Slash / Cross Cut Specialization 4 : Fixed an issue where, when the final attack of or an attack from hit a target with Weaken: Brand, the skill cooldown was reduced by up to 15 sec based on stacks of Weaken: Burst, Ignite, and Shock.

    Items

    • Crimson Snow Annihilation Greatsword, Azure Snow Dragon Greatsword - : Damage amplification of Guillotine Blade against monsters at 50% Health or lower increased from 50% to 80%.
    • Stone Grave Executioner's Greatsword - : Fixed an issue where entering and leaving water reset the cooldown of Precision Dash.
    • Flash of Justice Crossbows - : Fixed an issue where the Weaken effect duration shown in the tooltip differed from the actual duration.
    • Crimson Snow Tracking Crossbows, Azure Snow Crystal Crossbows - : Fixed an issue where entering and leaving water reset the cooldown of the Explosive Trap skill.
    • Frozen Inferno Longbow, Frozen Comet Longbow - : Skill effect has been adjusted.
    • Previous: Area of effect: 3m radius, number of targets: 6.
    • Updated: Area of effect: Radius equal to 25% of the player's Range, number of targets: 3.
    • Fixed an issue causing the effect to be applied to allies, instead of just party members.
    • Updated the skill description to clarify that the effect applies to 3 party members, excluding the caster.
  • Coldblooded Commander Magic Staff - : Fixed an issue where the Icebound Spike effect was not properly applied. Adjusted so the charge gauge is displayed when using the skill.
  • Coldblooded Wand - : Fixed an issue where Prismatic Beam could be summoned without limit.
  • Frigid Melody 4-set effect: Health recovery value when applying a shield changed from 160% of base damage + 600 to a flat value of 750.

    Equipment Growth Cost Adjustments

    Equipment growth costs have been reduced, and Resonance enhancement rates have been changed.

    Resonance Enhancement

    • Probabilities have been adjusted so attempting Resonance Enhancement will no longer result in a lower number than before.

    Inheritance Cost Reduction

    • The number of gems required for Inheritance has been reduced to 50% of the previous amount.
    • The difference in Gems already spent for previous Inheritance will be refunded via Mail within 48 hours of the update.

    Unlockstone Crafting via Adventure Coins

    • The existing recipes that used Adventure Coin: Fortitude to craft previous Unlockstones have been removed, and new recipes that craft the new variant of Unlockstones have been added.
    • The number of Adventure Coin: Fortitude required for the new recipes was set based on the conversion ratio from previous Unlockstones to new Unlockstones.

    Heroic Gear Potential Abilities

    • Heroic Equipment can now have Potential Abilities.
    • Upon being obtained, Heroic Equipment may have a Potential Ability available:
    • Weapons have an 8.3% chance to receive a Potential Ability.
    • Armor and Accessories have a 5% chance to receive a Potential Ability.
  • Potential Abilities can now be transferred onto and off of Heroic Equipment.

    Additional Revisions

    Calanthia Raid

    • Removed the shield pattern used by Dragaryle when reaching 50% HP on Normal difficulty.
    • On Difficult/Nightmare difficulty, Dragaryle will no longer interrupt special patterns upon reaching 50% HP.

    Battlegrounds Seal Battle: Frostbite Fortress

    • Fixed an issue where some floors and staircases were invisible while using low graphics settings.
    • Movement skills can no longer be used while carrying a relic.
    • Exception: Players morphed into Air Raid or Blitz (Disruptor) can still use movement skills regardless of relic possession.

    Dimensional Circle: Frostbreath Cave

    • Fixed an issue where the "Defeat Vulcanus without taking damage from Fury or Wrath attacks" Exploration quest was not achievable.

    Dimensional Circle: Stone Grave Cradle

    • Fixed an issue where pillars would not collapse when a power source spawned at certain locations during the boss fight.

    Gate of Infinity

    • Nightmare Conductor's attack power has been reduced.

    Field Bosses

    • The minimum number of participants required for Guild Portals has been adjusted from 36 to 24.
    • Porfos: Fixed an issue where the Ice Prison was instantly destroyed by player attacks, preventing players from responding to the follow-up attack. Fixed an issue where, if the Ice Prison was destroyed quickly, distant players were hit by the follow-up attack projectile. Some regional background elements have been adjusted.
    • Thuban: Fixed an issue where Thuban did not attack players when they were positioned against outer structures.
    • Ascended Ahzreil: Fixed an issue causing Ahzreil's Flying Strike Gauntlets to not appear in the Ahzreil Equipment Selection Chest.

    Guild Raid

    • Fixed an issue where the region name was displayed abnormally when entering Pakilo Naru's Guild Raid instance.

    Elite Enemies

    • The display range for system messages when monsters appear has been changed.
    • When an event occurs in Laslan, Stonegard, or Talandre, a notification message will be displayed across the entire region.
    • When an event occurs in Nix, a notification message will be displayed while inside Nix.

    Field Events

    • Fixed an issue in Scarlet Dream where the boss soul did not use skills.
    • Fixed an issue in Scarlet Dream where the boss could continue to be summoned even after the boss soul owner died.
    • Fixed an issue causing reward availability cooldowns to be shared across characters on an account.

    Nix

    • Pitons have been added in Stillreach and an entry pathway leading to Ramux has been opened.
    • Removed a floating Piton in Tumgir Hollow.
    • Fixed an issue causing some players to be stuck with no contracts being displayed at the Nix Contract Manager.

    Milestones

    • Fixed an issue in - where the field boss event activation text for Porfos and Thuban was not displayed.

    Console

    • Fixed an issue preventing Remnants of Nix from being accessed on Enforcer, the PS5-only server.

    Guild Distribution

    • Fixed an issue causing some Guild Distribution settings to appear editable by players that did not have the respective permissions.
    • Fixed an issue where, when using Guild Distribution, the guild member list did not refresh properly according to the sale method settings.
    • Gems dropped by bosses can no longer be distributed through Guild Distribution.

    Appearance Effects

    • Fixed an issue where the red dot did not appear or did not disappear in Mirror Boutique when acquiring some items.

    Equipment Appearance

    • Fixed an issue where some equipment appearance names were applied incorrectly.
    • Appearance: Northern Wind's Roaring Staff has been changed to Appearance: Coldblooded Commander Magic Staff.
    • Appearance: Endless Winter's Lightning Staff has been changed to Appearance: Endless Winter's Lightning Staff.

    Costume

    • Fixed an issue where, when a female character equipped the Sunswell Drifter Headpiece together with certain outfits, the Sunswell Drifter Headpiece changed to a different appearance.

    Skill Cores

    • Weapon icons related to a Skill Core's respective ability have been added to the Skill Core title.
    • Fixed an issue where item level, stats, and Trait Resonance values were not reflected correctly when linking items in chat.
    • Changed so the tooltip explaining acquisition rates is no longer displayed when linking an item with no Potential Ability assigned in chat.

    Stats

    • Fixed damage that ignores Defense stats granted by monsters can no longer be reduced by the Species Damage Resistance stat.

    Fishing Rewards

    • Unlockstones have been removed from Fishing Sacks, and the remaining rewards have had their drop rate adjusted respectively.
    • Existing Fishing Sacks will no longer drop Unlockstones.

    Expedition Rewards

    • Unlockstones have been removed from Expedition Pouches, and the remaining rewards have had their drop rate adjusted respectively.
    • Existing Expedition Pouches will no longer drop Unlockstones.

    Dissolving

    • The quantity of Magic Powder obtained when dissolving gear with Traits has been changed.

    Extraction Stones

    • Extraction Stones can now be sold to shops as they are no longer used.

    Redfrost Items

    • Changed so the auto-acquisition grade filter option for Redfrost items can be selected from All, Rare or Higher, and Epic or Higher.

    Events

    Ascended Archboss Grand Assault!

    • Available for 2 weeks, 4x Ascended Archbosses will spawn during each event instead of just 2.

    Promotions

    Battle Pass: Scarlet Drift

    • Battle Pass: Scarlet Drift is now on sale.

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