Gate of Darkness

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NOTE: In KR and NA, this version is no longer available! For information of the new Gates of Darkness, go to Gates of Darkness(S3).

Gates of Darkness

The demons have created the Gates of Darkness as a portal to Elrios. They plan on sending their dark forces into Elrios and create an invasion that will ravage the continent. The only one that can stop them is Elsword's team.

Entering the Dungeon

A counter that appears when GoD is open, indicating the time left to enter and the amount of crystals protected. (before the UI Revamp)

Unlike other dungeons, the Gates of Darkness can only be accessed on certain times. When the dungeon opens, only Normal difficulty can be accessed. Higher difficulties can be accessed when all players of the server completed the dungeon a certain amount of times.

• The dungeon opens at every weekend 00:00, 13:00, and 18:00 PST (NA server time) for one hour.

Gameplay

This dungeon has a unique gameplay. It involves battling waves of mobs, both bosses and normal monsters.
There are 15 rounds per play. Each wave ends with a pop out image showing the next round number.
The goal of this dungeon is to protect the "El Crystal" at the far left of the map from the monsters.

All players and mobs will be normalized to Level 1. In addition to that, potions, drinks, and food consumable items that recovers HP at a fixed amount are changed, reducing their effectiveness.

On Normal and Hard there is one El Crystal and one portal that spawns monsters. On Very Hard there are two portals that spawn monsters, and two pathways for each portal.

In the background of the map, there is a Dark Bone Dragon. This dragon will continuously charge up various attacks to interrupt the players' progress of defending each wave. It cannot be attacked, and will flee after the final round.

If you allow the El Crystal to be attacked, right before it changes colors on the minimap it will tell you "the El power is spreading, the aura of darkness is growing weaker" and one of the dragon heads will return to sleep.

Mobs

Monster Image	Monster Name	Monster Description
	Dark Walker
	Dark Glitter Defender
	Dark Glitter Archer
	Dark Glitter Spearman	Dark Glitter Spearman will use the same attacks as the Glitter Guards found in Feita.
	Dark Golem	Dark Golems will use the same attacks as the Rage Stone Golems found in Feita.
	Shadow Blast	Explodes on contact with the El Crystal.

Bosses

Monster Image	Monster Name	Monster Description
	Dark Proxy
	Dark Crasher
	Dark Stinger
	Dark Morfos
	Dark Uno Hound
	Dark Crazy Puppet
	Teach the Dark Golem
	Dark Dullahan
	Darkness	Appears throughout most of the later rounds. Looks like a giant Shadow Blast. Explodes on contact with the El Crystal dealing around 10,000 damage (enough to kill most players at full health). After the Hunting Fields patch it has had its HP increased from ~15k to ~50k.

Dark Bone Dragon

The Dark Bone Dragon will be the main obstacle of the dungeon. At the beginning of the dungeon, only one of the Dragon's heads will be awake. As you progress through the dungeon, the 2nd and 3rd head will awaken. The Dragon's attack range is dependent on the amount of heads that are awake. Each head will send out attacks onto 1/4th of the map while the far-left 1/4 of the stage will be untouched by the Dragon's attacks.

Moves

• Draco Meteor: The Dragon will roar and rain down several fireballs onto the stage. There are 3 different types of fireballs that the dragon will use. Each head of the dragon will randomly be assigned one of the 3 types and will only use that type of meteor for the entire dungeon run.
  • Flame: The meteors will be red in color and will inflict Burn when the players are hit. In addition to their Burn effect, these fireballs can perform splash damage, meaning players can still be damaged when they try to approach the fireballs after they made contact with the ground.
  • Frost: The meteors will be blue in color and will inflict Frostbite when the players are hit.
  • Curse: The meteors will be purple in color and will inflict Curse when the players are hit.
• Fissure: The Dragon will roar and open a fissure on the stage. Afterwards, stalagmites will rise up and drag any players towards the left and the fissure will close up, knocking anyone standing on ground into the air.

Guide for Players

• Dark element is recommended.
  • A cheap method of obtaining one is to Dark II enchant a level 1 weapon at the cost of 4 dark shards.
• It is best for everyone to camp at a place where all the monsters will have to pass through to make it easier for everyone to collect drops.
  • On Very Hard it is recommended that everyone eventually retreat to where the top and bottom paths converge.
  • Avoid using long range attacks such as Phoenix Strike, Magic Missile, and Shooting Star.
• There are respawning boxes near the crystal that drop healing items if healing is required.
• Stand under the platforms to avoid Draco Meteors.
• Stand on top of the platforms to avoid Fissure.
  • On Very Hard stand one platform below the top platform to avoid this attack.

Rewards

There will be rewards for completing the Gates of Darkness.

Special Drops

The following items can only be obtained from playing in this dungeon.

Image	Name	How to Obtain
	Wyvern's Scale Pieces	This can be found in the dungeon as drops after you defeat the mobs.
	Darkness Soul	This can be found in the dungeon as drops after you defeat the mobs.
	Darkness Chryso	This can be obtained at the end of the dungeon when playing on Hard or Very Hard. 1 Chryso will be rewarded after completing the dungeon on Hard difficulty. 2 Chrysos will be rewarded after completing the dungeon on Very Hard difficulty.
	Hexonight	This can be obtained after you complete the Daily quest "Stop the Demon Invasion!!".

Elrios Guardian Hero Buff

After completing the dungeon, you will receive the Elrios Guardian Hero buff. This buff will increase your EXP gain, Additional Damage, and Reduced Damage stats by a certain percentage. The level of this buff is determined by the number of El Crystals protected by the entire server. The buff will increase your stats starting when you finish the dungeon. The buff only applies to PvE play and not PvP matches. The buff is immensely helpful for running Henir's Time and Space Challenge Mode and can drastically cut down run times.

After the Hunting Fields update, the buff will last until GoD is over. If the buff is gained after GoD is completed it will remain for several hours but it will have significantly reduced stats, this is because the buff it gives is proportional to the current progress in defending the crystals which defaults to 0 when the event is not active.

Buff Level	Increase in Add. Damage	Increase in Red. Damage
1 (0~2 Crystals)	5%	5%
2 (3~4 Crystals)	12%	12%
3 (5 Crystals)	30%	30%

Wyvern Accessories

While playing in this dungeon, you can obtain materials to craft the Wyvern accessories and materials to even upgrade them. These accessories can be crafted at any Accessory merchants in town.

Wyvern Set

Image	Name	Crafting Requirements	Stats	Set Bonus
	Wyvern's Headgear	17 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 13 Hexonight 12,000 ED	Face Accessory (Middle) Physical / Magical Attack +8 Physical / Magical Defense +5 HP +3% Accuracy +1%	2 Pieces Bonus: Awakening Charge Speed +5% HP +1% 4 Pieces Bonus: Awakening Charge Speed +10% +2% chance of inflicting double damage
	Wyvern's Wings	20 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 16 Hexonight 12,000 ED	Accessory (Top Piece): Physical / Magical Attack +15 Critical Hit Rate +1%
	Wyvern's Tail	10 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 8 Hexonight 12,000 ED	Accessory (Bottom Piece): Physical Attack +15 Magical Defense +10 Action Speed +1%
	Wyvern's Hexacore	7 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 5 Hexonight 12,000 ED	Accessory (Arm): Magical Attack +15 Physical Defense +10 Critical Hit Rate +1%

Darkened Wyvern Set

Image	Name	Crafting Requirements	Stats	Set Bonus
	Darkened Wyvern's Headgear	Wyvern's Headgear 34 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 36 Hexonight 40 Darkness Chryso 30,000 ED	Face Accessory (Middle) Physical / Magical Attack +50 Physical / Magical Defense +20 Critical Hit Rate +2% Additional Damage +1% Reduced Damage +1% Dark Resistance +5	2 Pieces Bonus: Evasion +2% Accuracy +2% All Elements Resistance +10 3 Pieces Bonus: Additional Damage +1% Reduced Damage +1% 4 Pieces Bonus: Critical Hit Rate +2% +2% chance of summoning White Blast when attacking
	Darkened Wyvern's Wings	Wyvern's Wings 40 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 43 Hexonight 47 Darkness Chryso 36,000 ED	Accessory (Top Piece): Physical / Magical Attack +50 Critical Hit Rate +2% HP +3% Additional Damage +2% Damage Reduction +1% Dark Resistance +5
	Darkened Wyvern's Tail	Wyvern's Tail 20 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 21 Hexonight 26 Darkness Chryso 20,000 ED	Accessory (Bottom Piece): Physical / Magical Attack +25 Physical / Magical Defense +40 HP +6% Additional Damage +1%
	Darkened Wyvern's Hexacore	Wyvern's Hexacore 14 Wyvern's Scale Pieces 14 Hexonight 20 Darkness Chryso 16,000 ED	Accessory (Arm): Physical / Magical Attack +25 Physical / Magical Defense +20 Critical Hit Rate +1% HP +3% Reduced Damage +1%

Potions and Elixirs

While playing in this dungeon, you can obtain materials to craft the Grace Potions and Blessing Elixirs. These are powerful potions of the Ancient Gods that can grant various effects, such as increasing your damage output or give you better regenerative abilities. These can be crafted at any Alchemist NPCs in town.

• These potions may only be used in dungeons.
• Any time left will be carried over into the lobby and next dungeons entered.

In NA server, the requirements to craft potions and elixirs are 3 Wyvern's Scale Pieces, 1 Darkness Soul, 20 Alchemy Essences, and a fee of 10,000 ED.
In KR server, these potions are no longer available.

Image	Name	Effects
	Newt's Grace (Potion)	Critical Damage Increase 100% Works by instead of doing 50% more damage on a critical hit, you will do 100% more damage on a critical. (Criticals do 200% damage instead of 150%.) Duration: 3 Minutes
	Ptah's Grace (Potion)	25% of inflicting double damage Only affects basic attacks and active skills Duration: 3 Minutes
	Zakkiel's Grace (Potion)	Chances of attribute attacks is increased by 50% Duration: 3 Minutes
	Rachel's Grace (Potion)	Special Active Skills Damage Increase 20% Duration: 3 Minutes
	Amon's Blessing (Elixir)	Magic Attack Strength +5% Duration: 60 Minutes
	Seraphim's Blessing (Elixir)	Max MP Increase by 100 Mana Recovery Increase +2 per Second Duration: 60 Minutes
	Geb's Blessing (Elixir)	Physical Attack Strength +5% Duration: 60 Minutes
	Cronus' Blessing (Elixir)	HP +50% HP Recovery +2% every 10 Seconds Duration: 60 Minutes

Music

Gate of Darkness - music025_boss

Trivia

• On Very Hard, it is possible to go into the portal and clog up the monsters. They will continue to come out as planned but stay in the portal with you making them easier to kill. You will be pushed out of the portal by shielded mobs and Darkness. This strategy is only effective depending on the class. Female classes have the easiest time getting in and out of the portal and can take out shielded mobs fast enough to keep more mobs from getting through.
  • It's recommended for Male classes to take the bottom row when present while Females clog up the top portal(you only need 1 top portal camping with someone picking up the drops below)
  • These strategies are no longer recommended after the Hunting Fields patch as drops are no longer shared and each player must pick up their own drops individually.
• The old name for Gates of Darkness used to be Eye of Prodigy.

Dungeons

• Region 1~6
• Region 7~12
• Region 13~18
• Region 19~20
• Laby
• Noah
• Lithia
• Other
• Miscellaneous

Ruben	Elder	Bethma	Altera	Feita	Velder
{{ Tree of El White Mist Swamp }}	{{ Shadow Forest Wally's Castle }}	{{ Bethma Lake Dragon Nest Richie Mines Cargo Airship }}	{{ The Black Crow Return Plains Transporting Tunnel B4-1 Nasod Foundry Altera Core }}	{{ Shrine of Dedication Entrance Underground Chapel Altar of Dedication }}	{{ Hope Bridge Palace Entrance Commercial Area 1 Southern Gate }}

Hamel	Sander	Lanox	Atlas	Elysion	Elrianode
{{ Resiam Outskirts Ancient Waterway Magmanta's Cave Halls of Water }}	{{ Barren Sander Caluso Tribal Village Sandtilus Heart of Behemoth }}	{{ Ash Covered Village Phantasmal Geyser Volcanic Flame Entrance Collapsing Temple of Fire Grand Cavern: Chasm of the Divided Land }}	{{ Diceon Mines Atlas City Elysion Tower }}	{{ Celestial Crossroads Adrian's Palace Solace's Fortress Halted Sun's Memory }}	{{ Hall of El Water Dragon Sanctum Elrianode City Debrian Laboratory El Tower Defense Forgotten Elrian Sanctum }}

Varnimyr	Rigomor	Master Road	Pruinaum	Pruinaum Outskirts	Tirnog
{{ Labyrinth of Ruin Guardian's Forest Dark Elves' Outpost Forsaken Spirit Asylum Crimson Tower of Howling Flames Never-Ending Darkness Crimson Cradle of Flames Shadow Vein }}	{{ Sea of Ruin Abandoned Deep-Sea Tunnel Trosh's Nest Abandoned Icerite Plant Titan's Grotto }}	{{ Shrine of the Two-Headed Serpent Elrianode Training Grounds Spirit Sanctum Water Dragon's Compass Nasod Testing Chamber Gate of the Setting Sun Anguish of the Wavering Servant Unraveling the Knot of Memories }}	{{ Glacial Land Old Village Site Sanctuary of the Soul Capital-Bound Train Savage White-Ghost's Castle Altar of Invocation }}	{{ Plegas's Gaze Plegas's Reflection Plegas's Labyrinth }}	{{ Theme Park Entrance Tricky House Puppet Theater Concert Mania Shadow Earl's Castle }}

Abyss	Monaterra
{{ Sunken Holy Ground Blooming Mineral Field Nightmare's Crib Birth of Origin }}	{{ Palace of Gold Medovine Hunter's Hideout Torta Arena The Great Steel Wall }}

East Lurensia	North Fluone	Central Fluone
{{ Outer Edge of Black Forest East Lurensia Port The Lariness Eye of the Storm }}	{{ Bamboo Forest Road to Lord's Keep Lord's Keep Underground Prison Top Floor of Lord's Keep }}	{{ Corrupted Dune Distorted Memory Gap }}

Northern Lanox	Northern Lanox R
{{ Temple of Time Moonlight Hill (Day) (Uphill) Moonlight Hill (Day) (Downhill) Abandoned Manor House of Rosso's Laboratory }}	{{ Depths of Temple of Time Clamor's Memory Moonlight Hill (Night) (Uphill) Moonlight Hill (Night) (Downhill) Illusion of House of Ebalon Titania's Garden }}

Undiscovered Ruins (Tomb)	Zaya Mountains	Port Town Denice	Wailing Wind
{{ Undiscovered Ruins (Tomb) Sander Village }}	{{ Zaya Mountains Campsite Polluted Lake }}	{{ Port Town Denice Port in Chaos }}	{{ Wailing Wind Raided Village Calmahari of Grief }}

The Kleruk in Chaos	Restored Velder Castle	Velder Central Square	Society Research Facility
{{ The Kleruk in Chaos Sacrilegious Statue }}	{{ Restored Velder Castle Castle Ground Floor Castle Hall }}	{{ Velder Central Square Opening of the Festival }}	{{ Society Research Facility Corroded Forest Portal Through the Rift }}

Event	Special	Secret	Challenge Mode	Guild
{{ Velder Academy Library Velder Academy Athletic Meet Velder Academy Concert Dessert Café ELSTAR Showcase ELSTAR Signing Event Elrios City Run Elrios City Defense Heart El Puzzle }}	{{ Henir's Time and Space Heroic Mode Ereda Island Add's Energy Fusion Theory Dimension of Sinister Intent Twisted Time and Space - Fahrmann's Peak Gate of Darkness }}	{{ Wally's Underground Laboratory Dragon Nest: Abyss Transporting Tunnel: Contaminated Area Velder's Hallucination Temple of Trials The Rage of Behemoth Grand Cavern: The Source of Demonic Energy Deep-Sea Passage: Emergency Crisis }}	{{ Crimson Tower of Howling Flames Never-Ending Darkness Crimson Cradle of Flames Savage White-Ghost's Castle Altar of Invocation }}	{{ Hungry Ghost Bump Bump Moby! The Great Zombie Invasion }}

Semi-Removed	Removed	Miscellaneous
{{ Residential Area 3 Burning Hope Bridge Sunken Resiam Heart of the Ancient Waterway Temple of Frozen Water Garpai Rock Trock's Lair Burnt Forest }}	{{ Old Maps Old Event Maps }}	{{ Free Training Tutorial Guild Expedition‎ Forgotten Elrian Sanctum }}