In Season 1, players will be able to queue solo for the ‘Team Deathmatch’ mode, where they will compete against each other to climb new ranks and win exclusive rewards Lost Ark Gold. To be able to take part, players only need to be in the level 1 at the Proving Grounds, which can be completed now prior to the season starts this week.
If you’re keen to find the exact date you can test your abilities to the test, here’s the official release date, time and all the ranks within Lost Ark Season 1.
As was confirmed in the latest blog post, Season 1 of Lost Ark will start on March 24 2022 in its weekly updates. Fans can expect the release time to be Season 1 of Lost Ark to be at 12 AM ET / 7AM UTC or 8 AM CET because this is the standard time of the Lost Ark weekly updates.
It is also anticipated that there will be some server downtime for this week’s update as well as the beginning of Season 1, however information on the exact timing is yet to be confirmed by the developers. Stay tuned to DualShockers on Monday for the complete maintenance schedule for servers and Lost Ark patch notes.
Lost Ark restricts new Steam accounts to fight bots
Lost Ark Steam account: A mage standing in the foreground casts a spell while others take to the battlefield
The next update for Lost Ark, arriving tomorrow, is making use of Steam’s trust account features to stop bots. Steam accounts which have been denied – or have not yet earned the platform’s trusted status are losing access to several options as part of an effort to stop bots that are currently flooding the game.
All new Steam accounts are classified as limited until that account makes an order of at least $5 USD from Steam’s Steam store. In the meantime, these limited accounts are not allowed to access all of Steam’s social featuresas a part of Valve’s attempt to prevent fraud through Steam. Today, the Lost Ark devs are using the same feature to battle bots in the MMO.
With this announcement, Lost Ark players with small Steam accounts won’t be able to start player-to-player trades. However, trade requests can be accepted cheapest Lost Ark Gold. Also, they won’t be able to make in-game gifts, swap Royal Crystals for gold, or send in-game mail with attachments.