Throne and Liberty Update 3.34.0: Stellar Journey System, New PvP Season, DOT Nerf
Throne and Liberty Update 3.34.0 went live on May 14, 2026 after a planned maintenance window. It introduces the Stellar Journey permanent growth system, opens a new PvP season, and makes notable balance changes to DOT damage.
Each Starry Memory permanently increases character stats — a new layer of long-term progression independent of daily resets.
After a roughly four-hour downtime window starting at 10:30 PM PT (05:30 UTC), NCSoft deployed Update 3.34.0 across all supported regions.
Stellar Journey — Permanent Character Growth
Stellar Journey is accessible via Main Menu → Character → Stellar Journey after completing the Adventure Codex Prologue. Players earn Starry Memory by completing Adventure Codex, Exploration Codex, and Traces of Spacetime content. Each Starry Memory permanently increases character stats — a new long-term progression layer that doesn't reset.
New Arena & Battlegrounds Season
A fresh competitive PvP season has started with honor rewards tied to ranking thresholds. Higher-ranked players receive better seasonal prizes, incentivizing competitive ladder play in both Arena and Battlegrounds modes.
Exploration Codex Improvements
Codex entries are now grouped by dominion and region map, making it much easier to identify incomplete objectives. Syleus's Abyss 1F-2F, 3F-4F, and 5F-6F entries have been consolidated into single entries.
Balance: DOT Damage Reduced 50%
Ignite and Poison damage has been cut by 50% — one of the most impactful balance changes in recent patches. NCSoft aims to reduce PvP meta dependence on DOT stacking and open space for non-DOT builds.
Bug Fix
Fixed an issue where the game would not progress past the logo screen when launched on NVIDIA GTX 10 Series and 900 Series GPUs.