Greetings from the Summoners War Dev Team!

We are back with another dev note before 2020 ends to talk about the World Arena improvement that will take place in 2021!

We hope this improvement will encourage more Summoners to play in the World Arena.

We will walk you through the improvements we are developing, so please read below for more info!​

▶ Victory Point Deduction Rule Modification

- The amount of victory points that decreases due to losing when your grade is Fighter or below will be eased.

: The victory point system according to the match results for Summoners with [Fighter ★★] or below grade will be changed. This will be applied only on the victory points that are decreasing due to losing, and not to the victory points that increase from winning.

- The changes in deduction of victory points when losing based on the same grade are as follows.

And here's an example how this change is applied in battle.

As above, for Fighter ★★★, the defeated player loses the same points as before, but in the Challenger ★★, the amount of points that defeated player loses has decreased.

With this change, it will be easier to accumulate points at a lower grade!

We hope that more Summoners will play in the World Arena content with less burden.​

▶ New Season Achievement Content

Starting in World Arena Season 16, new achievements will be added where you can earn Medals through World Arena gameplays.

The season achievement menu can be checked from the World Arena lobby screen.

The achievements are consisted of not only winning in battles but also achievements that can be completed through constant play. Even if you didn't play a lot of battles, you will be able to achieve achievements and receive rewards if you play in the World Arena constantly.

As an example, the achievement will proceed as follows when you achieve a specific grade in the World Arena.

You can complete the achievement and get rewards by achieving the grade at any time during the season, meaning you don't have to finish the season with the grade. We hope this achievement will become another motivation for you trying to achieve higher grade during the season since there will be more rewards to collect for reaching higher grades.

The season achievements reset at the beginning of each season. With this new achievement, you will be able to obtain rewards through various plays! We hope this new addition will serve as an opportunity for Summoners to play World Arena with more fun and less burden.​

▶ New Season Closing Reward

- Medals will be added as the season reward that's given according to the grade you finish the season with.

Existing season rewards remain the same, but Medals will be given in addition to them. Please note that you'll have to play the 10 placement battles after the season starts to collect the season closing rewards.

▶ New Items and Price Modification in World Arena Shop

[New Items in the World Arena Shop]

- The following items will be added to the World Arena Shop.

[Item Price Modifications in the World Arena Shop]

- The price of some items in the World Arena Shop will be changed.

While preparing for the world arena improvement, we had one more idea.

We thought it would be better to implement the victory point system modification to the special league first before the regular season begins.

Since this victory point system change can affect the world arena grade system or matchmaking, we believe it will be good to have two weeks of trial service through the special league and see how this change takes place. 

Thus, we are planning to have another special league with a "normal battle" method prior to the next regular season.

Please refer to the following for the detailed schedule of the special league and regular season.​

▶ World Arena Season 16 and Special League Schedule

[20★ Battle Special League]

- League Schedule: Dec. 21st 12am - Jan. 3rd 7am PST

- Tallying Schedule: Jan. 3rd 7am - 7pm PST

[Normal Battle Special League]

- League Schedule: Jan. 4th 12am - Jan. 17th 7am PST

- Tallying Schedule: Jan. 17th 7am - 7pm PST

[World Arena Season 16]

- The season is scheduled to start on Jan. 18th 12am PST​

This is all we have for today's dev note!

The developer's note is intended to help you understand the upcoming updates in advance. 

As development and testing are still underway, we ask you to understand that the actual update may be different from what we have shared in this note.

We are currently preparing a monster balance patch to be released in mid-January.

We plan to develop the World Arena to become more exciting and fun content with the monster balance patch and World Arena content improvement in 2021.

We hope that Summoners who felt the barriers to enter the World Arena will give it a try and explore the fun of playing against other Summoners in real-time!

The next dev note will be about the improvement of Summoners playing other battle contents while running the repeat battle, so please stay tuned.

Summoners War team will always do our best to provide fun and exciting content in the game.

Happy New Year!​​