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Level 90 update: what changes and how to prepare

as of 2026-09-29 (SEA)

The SEA level cap is expected to open past 88 at 05:00 server time (UTC+7) on Saturday 3 October 2026. That date comes from creators reading the in-game cap timer; no official notice has been posted yet. Level 90 brings the Divine Forge for red special skills, the last Royal Essence tier and the Calamity Zone. Start saving Star Stones, Clash of the Chosen coins, God Forge Embers and your red and gold gear now.

When it arrives

  • The in-game cap shows level 88 until 3 October, and creators expect it to lift at 05:00 server time that Saturday: 05:00 in Jakarta and Bangkok, 06:00 in Bali, Manila and Kuala Lumpur (Zeal Winters; Diskusian).
  • No official SEA notice mentions level 90, the Divine Forge or the Calamity Zone yet (checked 29 September). It looks like an automatic cap timer rather than a maintenance, so treat the date as likely, not certain.
  • The cap opening is not the day you reach 90: most players are expected to hit level 90 around 6 or 7 October (Diskusian).
  • Everything below except the date comes from the Taiwan server, which is ahead of SEA. Item names and numbers may differ when it reaches SEA.

What changes at level 90

  • Divine Forge: roll red special skills on level 90 gear (details in the next section).
  • Royal Essence reaches its final tier, level 90, with its own shop tab (Zeal Winters).
  • Calamity Zone, the seasonal Apocalypse boss instance, needs character level 90 and world level 85 (BLgamer). All of its bosses are Large (RyshUp). The Apocalypse traits guide covers the bosses, Break and Guard.
  • Apocalypse tempering only accepts gold (Legend) gear level 70 and up, or red (Royal) gear level 40 and up. On Taiwan, weapon tier 1 adds about ATK +36 and Calamity ATK +40, and tier 7 about ATK +121 and Calamity ATK +138 (Diskusian; RyshUp).
  • Gear molds step up: 10 level 80 molds combine into 1 level 90 mold. Mold purchases have a weekly limit that resets on Monday (Ginger; King Spade).
  • The level 90 Time Corridor boss is Baron: Neutral element, Demon race, Large size (RyshUp; BLgamer).
  • No Job 3 is expected at level 90. Sage and Rogue (and their Professor and Stalker advancements) are live only on Taiwan and have no SEA date yet (Zeal Winters).

Divine Forge and Divine Crystals

  • Each Divine Forge roll costs 1 God Forge Ember, 1 Divine Crystal and a level 90 gear mold (King Spade; Zeal Winters). Creators also call the crystal 'Define Crystal' or 'Divine Stone'; the SEA name may differ.
  • A red special skill is guaranteed every 30 rolls, but getting the exact skill you want can take up to 90 rolls. Five gear slots can carry red skills (Diskusian; Ginger).
  • Red level 1 barely beats orange level 2. Dazzling Radiance: red 30/40/44% against orange 24/28/32%; Divine Healing: red 38/50/55% against 35% for orange level 2. Keep a good orange until you can reach red level 2 (Diskusian).
  • Star Stone shop: 150 Star Stones per crystal with a weekly limit (one creator reports 200 each) (King Spade; Ginger; RyshUp).
  • Clash of the Chosen shop: 200 coins per crystal, 5 a week. The event runs on Saturdays at 20:00 (Zeal Winters; Diskusian; Ginger).
  • Dismantling red Royal gear gives the most crystals per Star Stone. It needs 20 Thunderstruck Wood (10 for level 25 items), 5 Star Stones each on Taiwan, sold only once you are level 90. Crystals per item: level 25 gives 1, level 40 gives 2, level 50 to 57 give 4, level 70 gives 6, level 80 gives 8, level 90 gives 10 (Ginger; Diskusian).
  • On the Taiwan Trade House a crystal sells for roughly 130,000 to 220,000 zeny; expect higher prices in the first SEA weeks (Diskusian; Ginger).

Level 90 Royal Essence shop

  • Random gear chest: 150 essence. Choose-an-armor chest: 200, once per account. Choose-a-weapon chest: 270, once per account. Choose weapon or armor: 300, repeatable (King Spade; RyshUp; BLgamer; Ginger).
  • 10 level 80 essence convert into 1 level 90 essence (King Spade; Ginger).
  • From level 88 the random Time Corridor instance and Time Echoes already drop level 90 essence (Zeal Winters; RyshUp). The assist-point, Legend Cup, Wonder Tour and pass shops also sell it (RyshUp; BLgamer; Ginger).

Do this before 3 October

  • Stop selling and dismantling red gear level 40 and up and gold gear level 70 and up. The same items feed both Divine Crystals and Apocalypse tempering, so decide what each piece goes to after the update (Diskusian; King Spade; RyshUp).
  • Save unbound Star Stones for Thunderstruck Wood: about 100 Star Stones per red item dismantled, against 150 per crystal in the shop (Diskusian; King Spade).
  • Keep Clash of the Chosen coins for the 5 weekly crystals (1,000 coins); skip the titles.
  • Stock God Forge Embers from Time Echoes, the weekly shop and guild events.
  • Buy your weekly level 70 and 80 gear molds before each Monday reset (Ginger; King Spade).
  • Keep spare level 80 Royal Essence to convert 10:1, unless you are close to a level 80 chest you still want (Zeal Winters).
  • Once you reach level 88, run the random Time Corridor for early level 90 essence, and fill your assist points (300) every day (King Spade; Ginger).
  • Save Legend Cup, Wonder Tour and pass points for level 90 essence (RyshUp; BLgamer).
  • Keep some zeny. Zeal Winters suggests buying about four cheap level 80 weapons (around 7M zeny plus 400 Star Stones) to dismantle for about 32 crystals; Diskusian works out about 219,000 zeny per crystal that way, no cheaper than the Trade House. Compare prices before you buy.
  • For the Calamity Zone: a Minotaur card against Large bosses, wind and water element cards, and at least about 200,000 HP (RyshUp; BLgamer; XeraphimRO).

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