Throne and Liberty is heading into Nix with a huge 4.0.0 overhaul

Throne and Liberty’s 4.0.0 update, The Frozen Divide: Nix, will begin downtime at 10:30 p.m. PT on June 24 and is expected to keep the servers offline for about eight hours. The patch brings Nix, a level cap rise to 60, gauntlets, armor runes, and a sweeping rebuild of gear progression.

It also adds new codex chapters, a fresh side story, new dungeons, field bosses, and a purification loop for Redfrost items. In practice, this is not a small content drop. It changes how a lot of the game works.

One of the biggest shifts is the overhaul of item growth and rewards. Enhancement, transfer, and sync systems are being replaced, item levels now matter directly, and several older reward paths are being reshaped at the same time.

Patch Notes

Here are the main changes from 4.0.0. The update spans story content, combat, gear, reward paths, housing, and a long list of quality-of-life changes.

Adventure Codex

• Adventure Codex Part 3: The Frozen Wasteland added containing 6 acts and appendix quests
• Prerequisite: Interlude Chapter 2 – Oath Ritual complete
• Stellar Journey > Adventure Codex: 6 new Starry Memory entries added
• Related Achievements added

Collection Codex

• 66 new Collection Codex entries added
• Related Achievements added

Side Story Codex

• Remnants of Nix side story added
• During the side story, enter Lawless Wilds > Rift > Remnants of Nix
• Prerequisite: Part 3, Act 6 complete + Appendix “A Patch Beyond the Blizzard” complete

New Weapon & Character Growth

• New melee weapon Gauntlets added – powerful combos and stance switching
• Max character level expanded to 60
• Weapon Mastery levels expanded; new Overall Masteries skills added
• New Passive Skills added; multiple weapon skill balance adjustments
• Armor Runes added; Chaos Rune bag expanded

New Weapon: Gauntlets

• Gauntlets added to Raid “Star’s Call: Sword of Judgment” usable weapons
• 20+ unique Gauntlets have been added, including Heroic and Archboss variants

Max Level Expansion

• Maximum character level expanded from 55 to 60
• Additional stat points granted for each level
• 5x Skill Specialization Points are granted at levels 56 and 60

Stats: Strength, Dexterity, Wisdom, Perception, Fortitude

• Maximum stat cap increased from 99 to 130
• Dexterity: “Attack speed -0.002s per point” changed to “Attack speed +0.3% per point”
• New stat milestone bonuses are available at levels 100 and 120

Weapon Mastery

• Overall Masteries level cap increased: 1800 → 2200
• Per-weapon max Mastery level increased: 200 → 220
• New Overall Masteries skills added: Bloodlust and Piercing Spear

Skill Level

• Maximum skill level expanded; new [Heroic] tier added
• Heroic skills grow via “Brilliant Skill Growth Book” and “Brilliant Skill Growth Book: Omniscient”
• Previous max: Epic 5 → New max: Heroic 5

New Passive Skills

• Greatsword: Suppressing Strike
• Sword and Shield: Gerard’s Shield
• Daggers: Detect Vulnerability
• Longbow: Begin the Hunt
• Crossbow: Storm Current
• Staff: Elemental Awakening
• Wand: Curse Resonance
• Spear: Pulse of the Battlegrounds
• Orb: Cradle of Stars

New Dominion: Nix

• Auroral Path and Aethersuit transportation added
• Remnants of Nix (4-player anonymized party content) added
• 2 new Epic Co-Op Dungeons
• New Nix Field Bosses + existing boss Ascended/level adjustments
• Elite monsters restructured into War/Abyss/Peace types

Purification System

• Redfrost items drop exclusively in Nix – purify them to obtain new equipment.
• Redfrost Items cannot be equipped before purification
• Obtained from Field Events, Remnants of Nix, and field objects
• Flames of Purification are earned from Nix content and used for purification

Equipment Growth Overhaul

• The Enhancement system has been replaced with the Item Level system. Enhancement, Transfer, and Sync systems have been removed.
• Rare 1/2 → Rare; Epic 1/2/3 → Epic (tiers unified)
• Item Level now represents equipment growth
• Transfer a higher Item Level from one piece of equipment to another through Inheritance

Item System Overhaul

• Base traits removed from gear on drop and are unlocked via Trait Unlockstones instead
• Trait Resonance uses a new chance-based upgrade system
• Potential Skills can now be added to equipment when obtained
• The Seal System replaces the Lithograph system for making gear tradeable

Content Reward Redistribution

• Combat Coins → Honor Coins across all Battlegrounds
• New Nix gear added to Dimensional Trials reward boxes
• Reward pool updated for Tower of Greed, Co-Op Dungeons, Altar of Calanthia, and the Resistance Vendor

Path of Ascension

• A new section containing 34 new missions available across 2 stages has been added
• Players who have been enjoying TL continuously, new players, and returning players can progress the new stages simultaneously with the existing 5 stages
• Completing only the Adventure Codex missions in the new section will provide sufficient gear, Weapon Mastery, and Runes to enjoy the new Nix region

Additional Content Updates

• Nebula Island and Arena missions have been removed.
• New Nix-related missions are now available.
• Rewards have been updated with new materials.
• 129 new gear entries have been added to the Lithograph Book, including 6 new Gauntlet entries
• Levels 56~60 Leveling Log missions and rewards have been added
• 13 Gauntlet recipes are now available
• 280 Nix equipment recipes added

New Systems & Quality of Life

• Chain Skill System added
• User Info Sharing System added
• Combat Settings now show the resulting Combat Power
• Achievements search function added
• Housing purchase and relocation conditions have been eased
• Gathering clusters can now grant all tiers of gatherables in Laslan and Stonegard
• Workshop merchant and crafting station added to Herba Village

Bug Fixes & Quality of Life

• Fixed an issue where using defense skills would incorrectly trigger [Healing Reduction] and [Shield HP Reduction] debuffs.
• Fixed an issue where the first match of a season used the previous season’s final score instead of the base score.
• Reduced instances of falling through terrain immediately after teleporting.
• Reduced instances of unintended death while gliding at low HP.
• Steam: The size of Throne and Liberty has been reduced from ~140GB to ~80GB.

The update also brings new equipment, new runes, new crafting recipes, and a full cleanup of older systems that no longer fit the new progression model. If you have been saving gear or currencies on the side, this patch will probably force a fresh look at what matters and what does not.

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Throne and Liberty

Developed by NCSOFT

Throne and Liberty is a free-to-play MMORPG that takes place in the vast open world of Solisium. Explore a land full of depth and opportunity, scale expansive mountain ranges for new vantage points, scan the open skies, and traverse sprawling plains. Adapt your fight to survive and thrive through strategic decisions in PvP, PvE or both as you encounter evolving battlefields impacted by weather, time of day, and other players. There is no single path to victory as you seek to defeat Kazar and claim the throne while keeping rival guilds at bay.

• Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
• Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
• Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
• Release: 2023-12-07
• Publisher: Amazon Games
• Age Rating: PEGI 16 / CLASS_IND 14 / GRAC 19+ / ESRB T / ACB MA 15+ / CERO C / USK 16
• IGDB Rating: 75.0/100

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