Guide · Opens 22 October

Emperor ValleyShadow of the Dragons

The seal is broken and its three pieces lie at the three ends of the valley, each one watched by a guardian. Set out from your kingdom's castle on the lake shore, bring down the valley's bosses, climb to level 140 through The Broken Seal and take your gear to Elite. This guide covers how all of it works.

413bosses in 91 clusters
4 minrespawn per boss
2 + 2seal guardians and sky dragons
140new level cap, 20 quests
Elite +9new upgrade path
01

Getting in

Enter the valley

There is no level gate, but every boss in the valley is level 120 and The Broken Seal starts at 120. The valley is built for heroes of level 120 and above.

Open the Teleport Ring

Use your Teleport Ring and choose Emperor Valley.

Pay 15,000 Yang

That is the entry fee. You need at least 1 Kingdom Point to enter.

Arrive at your castle

You step into the middle of your own kingdom's castle on the lake shore.

Walk, don't ride

Mounts are not allowed. You dismount on entry and travel on foot inside the valley.

02

Rules

Rules of the valley

The valley is open war between the three kingdoms. Know these before you step in.

You can

Fight anywhere

  • Fight players of the other kingdoms anywhere in the valley. It is penalty-free and costs you no rank.
  • Count on your own kingdom: you cannot hit your own kingdom's players, and they cannot hit you.
  • Leave with the Teleport Ring at any time, unless you were hit in the last 8 seconds.

You can't

No shortcuts

  • No safe zones, not even inside the castles.
  • No free mode, no revenge, no duels.
  • No trading and no general chat with players of other kingdoms.
  • No teleporting into or around the valley. You enter from your castle and walk.

When you fall

Back to the castle, ready to go

  • Only the "restart in town" option is shown. You revive inside your kingdom's castle with no loading screen, at half HP and full SP.
  • Your skill cooldowns reset and your active buffs are removed on revival.
  • If your Kingdom Points have dropped to 0, you revive in your home village instead.
03

Kingdom Points

Your right to fight

Kingdom Points (KP) measure your presence in the valley. Every character starts with 200 KP.

200Starting KP for every character
+10Defeat a player of another kingdom
−20Defeated by a player of another kingdom
−3Defeated by a monster or boss

KP never goes below 0.

Group kills

A bigger group earns more in total

To get a share, a group member must be in the valley, alive and within 100 m of where the enemy fell. Leftover points go to the player who landed the final blow first.

Out of KP

When you hit 0

  • You revive in your home village and cannot enter the valley until you have KP again.
  • The Captain in the first village of Shinsoo, Chunjo and Jinno sells 100 KP for 250,000,000 Yang or 2 EP.
  • The Captain sells KP only when your KP is exactly 0.

Monthly ranking

  • KP you earn this month is counted separately and resets at the start of each month. Bought KP does not count.
  • Open Event Center → Rankings to see This Month's KP, Level and Kingdoms.
Your KP badge sits next to the minimap at the top right while you are in the valley. A "+10" or "−20" pops up on it when your KP changes. Tap the badge to open the Battle Log: who you defeated, who defeated you and how much KP each fight was worth. The button under it opens the KP window with your current KP, this month's KP and the rules.
04

The map

Six lands around one lake

The three castles stand on the lake shore, each in its kingdom's own valley. Between them lie three wild lands, and at the centre is the Pavilion on its island. Tap a name to jump to its bosses.

Emperor Valley world map Chunjo Castle Shinsoo Castle Jinno Castle The Pavilion Dark Forestdragon nests Sunken RuinsPoisonous Golem Scorched ValleyHell Lord
Kingdom valleysOne per kingdom, same layout for all three56 × 3 Dark ForestUpper right · nests of the two sky dragons95 Sunken RuinsUpper left · ponds and the Poisonous Golem100 Scorched ValleySouth · lava fields and the Hell Lord50 The PavilionLake island · three gated bridges · the dragons circle above★
05

Bosses

413 bosses, all at once

Every boss in the valley is up at the same time, grouped in clusters of the same boss.

Level 120every cluster boss
1,000,000 HPeach
4 minuteseach boss respawns on its own spot
Passivea boss turns on you only when you hit it, so you can pull a cluster one by one

Kingdom valleys

Same bosses in all three

56 bosses per valleyclusters of 4every kingdom on equal terms
  • Spirit Tree Lord8
  • Frost Baroness8
  • Shadow Tiger Phantom4
  • Forest Chief4
  • Royal Baroness4
  • Lightning King4
  • Fallen Angel Lucifer4
  • Amber Golem4
  • Rune Stone Golem4
  • Amethyst Golem4
  • Black Raven Commander4
  • Soul Reaper Azrael4

Dark Forest

Poison and jade

95 bossesclusters of 5
  • Jade Oracle20
  • Dark Forest Chief20
  • Poisonous Forest Baroness20
  • Poisonous Forest Azrael20
  • Jade Forest Queen15

Sunken Ruins

Swamp and plague

100 bossesclusters of 5
  • Ancient Moss Tortoise20
  • Swamp General Kappa20
  • Swamp Triton20
  • Poison Rakshasa20
  • Plague Rat20

Scorched Valley

Fire and lava

50 bossesclusters of 5
  • Flame Fox10
  • Lava Tortoise10
  • Crimson Autumn Lord10
  • Hellfire Lucifer10
  • Lava Rune Golem10
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Guardians of the seal

Four giants

Each piece of the Broken Seal has a guardian, and two sky dragons rule the air above the Pavilion.

Scorched Valley

Hell Lord

Level 12540,000,000 HPreturns 8 h after defeat

Floats above the seal piece in the Scorched Valley.

Sunken Ruins

Poisonous Golem

Level 12540,000,000 HPreturns 8 h after defeat

Lies in the Sunken Ruins as a heap of rocks. When someone comes within 20 m, the stones join and the golem rises. If everyone moves more than 28 m away, it falls apart again after a few seconds.

The Pavilion

Goldflash & Skyrender

60,000,000 HP eachreturns 8 h after defeatcannot be damaged while flying
  • The two sky dragons circle above the Pavilion. From time to time they clash with each other in the air.
  • Their nests are in the boss square of the Dark Forest. Strike a dragon's egg and that dragon flies to its nest, lands and fights.
  • If a dragon takes no damage for 3 minutes, it flies back to the Pavilion with full HP. The eggs cannot be broken.
07

Loot

What the bosses drop

Every cluster boss in the valley shares the same loot list. Everything you need to take a weapon or armor to Elite +9 comes from here.

The heart of the valley

Elite materials

Queen's Magic OrbNeeded for every Elite step, from +9 all the way to Elite +9
Ancient Magic ScrollTurns a +9 item into Elite +0
Demon AshTurns a +9 item into Elite +0
Demon SkinTurns a +9 item into Elite +0
Guardians and sky dragons drop Queen's Magic Orbs in stacks of 3 and Ancient Magic Scroll, Demon Ash and Demon Skin in stacks of 5.

Bones & skulls

For the Skull and Khan upgrade paths

Spine Bonein stacks of 10
Peasant Skullin stacks of 3
Noble Skull
Warrior Skull
Assassin Skull
Healer Skull
Sorcerer Skull
Furious Demon Skull
Demon Lord Skull
Soulless Demon Skull
Phantom Remnant
Demon Wing

Upgrade helpers

Make every upgrade count

Seal FragmentRaises your chance at the Castle Blacksmith
Blessing ScrollA failed upgrade drops one grade instead of burning
Blessing OrbAdds another bonus to an item
+5 StonesAll 14 kinds
White PearlUpgrade material
Blue PearlUpgrade material
Blood-Red PearlUpgrade material

Supplies

Stay in the fight

Potion of Wisdom+100% experience for one hour
Dewdrop Bundle50 of each of the six strongest dewdrops
Sun Extract (K)Restores HP automatically · 1,000,000 HP
Sun Extract (O)Restores HP automatically · 3,000,000 HP
Moon Extract (K)Restores SP automatically · 100,000 SP
Moon Extract (O)Restores SP automatically · 300,000 SP

For your banners

Golden Dragon ScaleRaises a banner of your kingdom by one rank

Loot ownership

Who gets the drop

  • Players who hit the boss from within 50 m are candidates for its loot.
  • A single item goes to whoever dealt the most damage.
  • Several items are shared out in damage order among players who dealt at least 10% of the total. Inside a group, the turn rotates.
  • Dropped items belong to their owner for 30 seconds, then anyone can pick them up.
  • Even at level 140 you get no level penalty on valley bosses.
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The Broken Seal

From 120 to 140

At level 120 experience stops adding up. Levels 121 to 140 come only from The Broken Seal quest chain: 5 acts, 20 quests.

120140

+1 level per quest

Each quest you hand in raises you one level and gives one skill point. The last quest takes you to 140.

No NPC running

Take and hand in quests from the Quest Log in the Event Center. The first quest is taken while you are in a village.

Show the way

The Quest Log marks where your target is. Tap Show the way and an arrow leads you there. There is no teleport to valley targets, you walk.

Hit it to count it

A boss counts for your quest only if you hit it too. Group members who did not hit it are not counted.

IACT

The Seal Returns

  1. 1An Invitation from the Palace
  2. 2The Ravens' Letters
  3. 3The Night of Breaking
  4. 4The Mourning Fire
IIACT

The Lake Stone

  1. 5Jinno's Mourning
  2. 6Masters of the Swamp
  3. 7Plague and Moss
  4. 8A Body of Stones
IIIACT

The Hearth Ember

  1. 9Shinsoo's Vengeance
  2. 10Drawn to the Fire
  3. 11Keepers of the Rift
  4. 12What Rose from the Rift
IVACT

Goldflash's Lightning

  1. 13Chunjo's Claim
  2. 14The Poisoned Crown
  3. 15The Warmth of the Nest
  4. 16Down from the Sky
VACT

The Great Council

  1. 17Three Memories
  2. 18The Burnt Cloak
  3. 19The Fall of the Guardians
  4. 20The Banner Oath
Rewards arrive by mail. Every quest sends a pack of elite materials and skulls. The rewards of quests 10 and 20 also include a Magic Metal.
09

Elite gear

Beyond +9

129 weapons and armors at +9 can be raised to Elite and upgraded all the way to Elite +9.

From +9 to Elite

One step, a new tier

Dragonwing Sword +9
→
Elite Dragonwing Sword
Dragonwing Sword +9
becomes [ELITE] Dragonwing Sword

Eligible at +9

Royal Armors (all classes)Khan Royal Armors Azure DragonWhite TigerVermilion BirdBlack Tortoise Sun EmperorMoon EmperorThunder GodOni Lord Dragonwing setAncient Root setSun Crow setDokkebi setShadow Tiger setSpider King set Khan weaponsOther level 75 weapons

Calculator

Castle Blacksmith odds

30%
StepMaterialsYangChance

Where to upgrade

Village blacksmith

Standard upgrade.

FAIL: ITEM BURNS

Blessing Scroll

Elite +0 does not drop.

FAIL: −1 LEVEL

Magic Metal

The safest single upgrade.

FAIL: ITEM KEPT

Castle Blacksmith

Your own castle only. Add 1–9 Seal Fragments, each +10% of the step's chance.

1–6: −1 LEVEL 7–9: KEPT
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Castles & bridges

Your home on the lake

Every castle has NPCs that serve its kingdom. Service NPCs speak only to players of their own kingdom.

Castle Commander

Shows the state of your kingdom.

Castle Blacksmith

Elite upgrades with Seal Fragments.

Quartermaster

General store.

Castle Storekeeper

Opens your storage.

Banner Master

Farm banners and the Golden Dragon Scale.

Treasurer

Shows the kingdom treasury.

To the Pavilion

Three gated bridges

  • Three bridges lead to the island in the lake, where the Pavilion stands. Their gates are closed.
  • A gate can be opened only by its own kingdom, with a bridge offering of 200,000,000 Yang.
  • Once opened, the gate stays open for 60 seconds.
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Farm banners

Plant a banner, power your kingdom

A banner gives its power to your kingdom around the spot where you plant it.

Banner of Plenty

Higher item and Yang drop rates.

Banner of Wisdom

More experience, for characters below level 120.

Hunter's Banner

More damage against bosses and Metin stones.

Banner of Healing

Restores a share of max HP and SP every 5 seconds.

RankPlenty · Wisdom · HunterHealing / 5 sDurationRadiusBanner HP
I+10%2%20 min20 m200,000
II+15%3%30 min22 m300,000
III+20%4%45 min24 m400,000
IV+25%5%60 min26 m500,000

Banner rules

  • Banners can be planted only in the valley, and each player can have one banner up at a time.
  • The power works only for the kingdom of the player who planted it.
  • Standing in several banners of the same type? The highest rank counts.
  • You can't plant a banner inside the area of a same-type banner of your own kingdom.
  • Only another kingdom can destroy your banner.

Rank up

Golden Dragon Scale

Use it inside the area of any banner planted by your kingdom. That banner rises one rank (up to IV), lasts longer and gets more HP.

Banner Master 5 EPDrops from valley bosses

Every bonus on you now has its own icon in the buff bar. Tap one to see where it comes from, its rank and the time left.