KMS July 2026 archive · About these guides
This is an archived checklist from mid-July 2026 in KMS. New Name Auction, Specter Blast, and the first Merchant Supply Support period discussed below have ended.
The source looked ahead to the July 23 HEXA release. That update subsequently went live; the test-preview descriptions below are historical context, not a current preview or a GMS schedule.
The historical July schedule
All dates below refer to 2026 KMS and Korea Standard Time.
| Date | Milestone | What the source checked |
|---|---|---|
| July 15, Wednesday | New Name Auction trading ended | Auction results and name-claim procedures |
| July 16, Thursday | The source's planned test-world closing date | Previewed HEXA skills and balance proposals; test schedules can change |
| July 22, Wednesday | Specter Blast ended | Accumulated EXP rewards and clear-record reward |
| July 22, Wednesday | First Merchant Supply Support period ended | Remaining participation and reward claims |
| July 23, Thursday | New HEXA skills went live | Released class skills and final changes |
| July 23, Thursday | Damage cap increased | From 700 billion to 10 trillion |
| July 23, Thursday | PC-cafe attendance rewards ended; the Gift Shop had ended July 22 | Separate attendance and shop deadlines, not one shared closing time |
New Name Auction trading ended July 15 at 11:59 p.m.; new sale listings had closed July 12. Claims and returns followed separate procedures. These are expired dates, so use the game's current notices for any later auction.
Etherion Artifact: the fifth weekly milestone
Etherion Artifact was a summer growth event that unlocked benefits through weekly energy-collection missions.
The fifth completed weekly mission activated the hunting Sol Erda acquisition benefit. This affected Sol Erda, not a direct supply of Sol Erda Fragments.
How the milestone was reached
- Check the available weekly energy mission after reset.
- Defeat 10,000 level-range monsters.
- Use the collection/activation controls and verify the benefit is active.
- Train in an eligible area that actually awards Sol Erda.
- Combine it with applicable Ultima Operation Log attendance progress.
The event ran through September 16. Unlocking a benefit later left less time to use it, although accumulated mission allowances could be completed under the event's rules. The event has ended.
Specter Blast reward checklist
Specter Blast participation ended July 22 at 11:59 p.m.
Its accumulated EXP-claim reward and clear-time reward had different conditions. The Keiraroid coupon required four accumulated EXP claims.
Accumulated EXP-claim rewards
| Claims | Reward |
|---|---|
| 2 | One Gaon's Spear coupon |
| 4 | One Keiraroid coupon |
The Keiraroid coupon supplied:
- Keiraroid
- Lithium Heart
Keiraroid was permanent and transferable between your own characters within its world; the Lithium Heart was permanent and untradable. These names render the Korean rewards in English.
The spear and android coupons expired July 23 at 2:00 a.m., separately from the participation cutoff.
Clear-record reward
A clear within 390 seconds awarded the Turtle in Its Element medal coupon, a descriptive English rendering of the Korean reward name.
The four-claim android reward did not require the same condition as the speed-clear medal. Players pursuing both needed to check both records and their expired claim periods.
Merchant Supply Support closeout
The first supply-support period ended July 22 at 11:59 p.m.; later numbered supply events had their own schedules.
The original checklist covered:
- Unused participation allowances
- Claimed but unused event items
- Each reward item's use deadline
- Challenger World restrictions or additional conditions
Completing participation did not necessarily use the reward. Coupon expiry could differ from the event's closing time.
Weekly event-shop priorities
The relevant event-shop program was Alliance Token Shop and Merchant Bounty Requests. The source's generic “intermediate” and “advanced” coin-shop labels were not the official event title; these English names describe the KMS programs.
The source considered these categories according to character needs:
- EXP coupons
- Eligible Karma cubes
- Bonus Potential items
- Sol Erda and fragment rewards
- Symbol growth items
- Event-ring upgrades
- Selection coupons
Not every shop item was automatically worth buying. Item-level limits, trade restrictions, existing potentials, and coupon expiry all mattered.
An EXP coupon also needed its actual duration and multiplier, such as 4x EXP Coupon (30 min), rather than an incomplete “4x coupon” label.
Guild and weekly-content checks
The checklist also reviewed weekly content around its applicable reset:
- Sharenian Culvert participation
- Flag Race participation
- Weekly boss clears
- Weekly mission completion
- Shop weekly purchase limits
- Etherion Artifact energy missions
- Specter Blast accumulated EXP claims
Event activities could distract from ordinary weekly progression. Check the actual reset and carryover rules for each system instead of assuming every allowance rolls over.
PC-cafe rewards and the Gift Shop: different dates
The official June event notice lists attendance rewards through July 23 at 11:59 p.m., but the Premium Gift Shop only through July 22 at 11:59 p.m.
The Korean source's statement that both ran through July 23 is incorrect. The Gift Shop did close one day before attendance rewards; all of these windows are now over.
The closeout checks were:
- Remaining Premium Coins
- Unpurchased Gift Shop items
- Accumulated attendance rewards
- The intended reward character and world
- Coupon use deadlines
The corrected shop deadline was July 22, so a plan waiting until July 23 to spend shop coins would have been too late. A later PC-cafe event was a separate program.
The July HEXA release
The source described new class HEXA skills previewed in the July test world. The live July 23 notice confirmed their release, while later balance patches changed some names, mechanics, and coefficients.
Examples below are English renderings of the July KMS names, not a promise of identical GMS names or availability:
- Hero: Rage Explosion
- Paladin: Divine Convergence
- Dark Knight: Darkness of Grace
- Fire/Poison: Infernal Wave
- Ice/Lightning: Subzero Permeation
- Bishop: Angel's Pledge
- Night Lord: Shadow Ritual
- Shadower: Selfless State
- Dual Blade: Shadow Dance of Blades
- Buccaneer: Neptunus Advent
- Dawn Warrior: Celestial Cleave
- Kain: [Possess] Strike Impact and [Execute] Phantom Requiem
- Adele: Aether Lupe
- Khali: Hex: Dune Burst
- Ren: Imugi Spirit Sword, Ten Thousand Slashes
- Lethe: Void Origin
The preview was not a sound basis for committing all materials before release. For a current upgrade, compare the live regional skill and subsequent patches rather than these old test values.
The damage-cap increase
The July 23 live KMS notice confirmed the per-hit damage cap increase from 700 billion to 10 trillion, replacing the source's future-tense test proposal.
A higher cap helps attacks that would otherwise hit the ceiling. It does not multiply every character's ordinary damage.
Characters previously below the old cap may see little direct benefit from the cap increase itself.
The post-update review covered:
- The new skill's actual contribution
- Changes to burst timing
- How Origin and the additional skill fit together
- Gain per Sol Erda and fragment
- How often attacks actually hit the cap
The archived final checklist
By July 15
- Review New Name Auction results
- Check name claims and follow-up procedures
- Read the official transaction notices
Around the July test period
- Review previewed HEXA skills
- Review proposed balance changes
- Check final test revisions
- Complete available Artifact energy missions
By July 22
- Complete four Specter Blast EXP claims if pursuing Keiraroid
- Claim the android coupon
- Attempt the 390-second clear if pursuing the medal
- Claim the medal coupon
- Finish first-period Merchant Supply Support participation
By the separate July 22–23 deadlines
- Use spear, android, and medal coupons before July 23 at 2:00 a.m.
- Spend Gift Shop coins before July 22 at 11:59 p.m., not July 23
- Claim attendance rewards by July 23 at 11:59 p.m.
- Read the July 23 released HEXA values
- Confirm the live damage-cap change; this checklist remains historical, not an active task list