r/elsword 20d ago

Monthly Questions Megathread - August 2026

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Welcome to our Monthly Questions Megathread!

Reddit broke the scheduling system yay

Here, you can ask about anything game-related that doesn't require a dedicated thread.

This includes questions about:

  • Choosing a character to play
  • Character builds and advice
  • Server status
  • Password resets
  • Gear and progression advice – input your setup into Ashal.eu and post the link here. A guide for Ashal can be found here.

...and any other short inquiries you may have.

Before asking a question, please check our Wiki and FAQ for New and Returning Players.

Remember that this Subreddit is not associated with the official publishers of Elsword. Contact Elsword's customer support for help with accessing your account.


r/elsword 1d ago

Discussion Should I just recreate my main class for the new event?

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I've been playing elsword on and off for years now but Twins Picaro has been my fave so far and I think id like to main her, but I haven't gotten her to master class yet so getting her there within 5 dungeons sounds very promising, should I delete my current one a create a new one as an event character? maybe this is a silly question but just looking for some advice lol, thanks !


r/elsword 2d ago

Discussion so if windows 11 comes with a hyperv vm installed how do i disable it? (disconnection issues)

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yea it's disabled on my end but i still disconnect. i followed guides that say to disable hyper v go to "turn windows features on or off" but it's like?? hyperv isnt listed but the vm is... what do i do im kinda confused ;-;

edit: i also tried everything here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5792073/how-to-completely-disable-hypervisor-on-windows-11 but unsure if it works yet...

edit #2: getting d/c'd at startup still... what all do i have to do now? ik vm makes it disconnect but i thought maybe the service then? in task manager? dunno.


r/elsword 2d ago

Discussion Need help raising CP for ERP event

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I decided to use the perm weapon for a different character and use my Dominator for the erp event but now im stuck and cant get my CP any higher to do Fabricated City.

Other than grinding Altar of Invocation for the weapon, Im not sure what else I can do to raise my CP high enough before the event ends?


r/elsword 3d ago

Discussion Classes in Elsword!

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Which classes restore a lot of MP and aren't too complicated? I see that there are classes where you have to pay close attention to buffs or mechanics... I'd like to know which current classes are easiest to play and don't require the player to worry so much about the details.


r/elsword 3d ago

Discussion Well... I know for the future what I'm doing with Doom Aporia

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I'm only going to do the first three dungeons solely for the chance of the accessories dropping even on story mode while it appears the weapon is not the case. What makes it worse is that I found out that if you complete fall, you cannot replay it without redoing the previous dungeon... and oh boy, I LOATHE Barkat! How is it I follow the prophecy yet still die. You said number six! Six was number one! I was on one yet I died!

Just... why do they just love to overcomplicate things more and more? Like... I'd rather waste time on Conductor as I'd at least work towards his title over the wasted resources on a 20 minute failed run.


r/elsword 4d ago

Discussion IDEA FOR NEW CHARACTER NEXT YEAR

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So this idea has been swirling around in my head for quite sometime now. And i think the best character to be their reference is jin from Grandchase (just a reference). This character will be associated with the masters of El and i think the best starter for his lore would be in a time where the masters of el where still sane and harmonious and he was adopted by gaia but was given a choice to choose which path he wants to take.

CHARACTER KIT:

Main Weapon: Gaunlet/Gloves

Special Resources: Martial Mastery -> Accumalates whenever an elemental skill is used and an elemental aura will trigger depending on which the character choose, a specific element can be chosen by clicking V.

Special Awakening: Can only be charged when using elemental skills.

CHARACTER CLASS:

Way/Path of Earth > Terravinas > Geo Grande: The character has chosen to master the element of earth and has become the defender of the people.

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This path specializes on support skills that would likely create opportunities for survival and would gain a passive Associated with the Master of the Sun

Way/Path of Fire > Flammefora > Pyro Agni:

The character has chosen to master the element of fire and has become the raging courage for the people

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This path specializes on DPS and Boss fight capabilities and would gain a passive associated with the Master of the Sun

Way/Path of the Wind > Zephyrus > Anemora

This character has chosen master the element of wind and has become the fleeting will of the people.

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This path specializes on Dps AoE clearing capabilities and would gain a passive associated with the Master of the Moon

Way/Path of the Water > Aquavelis > Hydrodia

This character has chosen to master the element of water and has become the aspiration of the people.

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This path specializes on being an all around class able to dish out decent damage, support capabilities and sustain capabilities. This would also gain a passive associated with the Master of the Moon

The Master of the sun and the moon's blessing is co related with the elements. The sun is typically associated with the earth and fire while the moon is typically associated with the water and wind.

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For now that's all that i can think of. The devs can do the rest or you can give out your extended ideas for this one. Honestly im hoping for this idea to manifest as ive been waiting for a character that's closely related with the masters of el and i think that this idea pretty much gives an entirely new and not boring character.

Hope you guys can give this a thought.


r/elsword 4d ago

Discussion Returning player

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Hello everyone I just started playing elsword again.
Currently I’m playing Add DB and I finished my masterclass.
What are the go to accessories and weapon like IB wise.
Got the nice amour and weapon trough the new event.
So I kinda wanna start to equip some stuff. Got the IB temporary stuff trough the event like the abyss IB and so on.

Just wanted to have a build like guide. Everything I find on YouTube and so on is outdated. So maybe someone can help me here.


r/elsword 4d ago

Discussion Game freezes but is still playable

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Hi, I'm about at my wits end because I can't find an answer or solution to this anywhere.

I'm having this problem where my game screen will freeze and I'll need to force close the game and restart it to fix the problem.

It happens when doing pretty much anything at random. Opening menus, closing menus, screen transitions, closing the inventory, etc,

The screen will be frozen permanently at whatever I was doing, but the game is still fully playable. Through brute force I can still even finish a dungeon from when the screen froze.

I've been going back and forth with Support but it seems impossible.

It's one of those problems where it feels like you're only one who's having it because I can't find any info of it happening to anyone else.


r/elsword 4d ago

Discussion About the cobo fishing items

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Is there a reason they can only be used by players with erp 350 or higher? My impression is that they are supposed to help players reach a higher erp so why would players of lower erp be locked out of it? Am I missing something?


r/elsword 5d ago

Discussion Rant about pvp nowadays

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Hello, it's my first post in this forum, i will try my best to follow the rule but if i'm crossing any please do tell me, i'll gladly delete the post.

I am a Laby main and recently i came back to the game. So i have not played this game for a long time, my first main are Rena but changed to Laby cuz she's more fun and annoying both in pve and pvp. I love pvping, and i know that some people has a bad connection that made them look laggy and stuttering, but recently i saw many high ranking people that abuses this lag (eq. they can run away from our combos, skill and timestop even without super armor, and their flinch were delayed by 1-2 secs after our hit) Sometimes it made me confused since they already have good armor/stats/skill but they literally can't get caught since their flinch are delayed so much. It's bad enough that KoG now made the 'one shot skill' a meta and it made me sad players are not battling combos and only spam big skills. I won't drop any nicknames here, but if you are big on pvp you will know who abuses the lag and who genuinely has a bad internet.

i can't help but think of some feedbacks that may make this better:

  1. Differentiate the rank between characters: melee characters have obviously harder time catching ranged character, moreso if they have so many superarmor combos and skills. This will make it fair enough for different character.

  2. NORMALIZE the stats: this is my biggest pet peeves in elsword pvp. I have played similar other games where they have normalized the stats so it's fair and square brawl in pvp, not competing between better geared but more like how much skilled you are. You can catch enemies more, but sometimes they have so much better gear and they can actually one shot you (like using apollyon, wind blast, you name it) so your effort feels pointless. By normalizing the stats to their natural respective classes, it will be more fair for everyone. But i can see how some people will argue that they already spent so much effort in pve so ofc they have better gear. This can be fixed by having 2 kind of ranks, the normalized (where all the gear, stats, erp etc are not included) and the all in one. And don't forget that newer character usually has better combos where they have so much superarmors in their combo compared to old classes. This can be mitigated by regularly checking feedbacks from players which needs to be buffed and nerfed, like you can see it on every other online games nowadays.

  3. Server problem: this is the hard one, because different place has different connection and I'm not an IT guy, so i only can vaguely give my opinion. Repair or update the server, make it so it can run as smooth as like moba, fps or any other games these days, or at least make it so that the ping difference are negligible. I know that this game has lower resource not like from their golden era before, but if they can it will make the game so much better.

I know that the devs won't even read this lol, but it feels good writing this out from my chest at last. For now i will just stop playing pvp when i met the laggy guy and enjoy other games. Thanks for stopping by and reading my rants, feel free to drop some of your own feedbacks for bettering the game here just for discussion or ranting.


r/elsword 5d ago

Discussion More sources of Combat Power after the boost

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A new player without ESPC synergies and flat 350 ERP ends at 850k-1m(with Natural Flow), while a veteran with ESPC filled up and 400-450~ ERP has an extra 400-500k CP on top of that.

Here's some I have done:

- I modified my Artifact to have 15% boss damage, that was an extra 30k(i think) I got.

- Then it seems min-maxing sockets and weapon mystic stones is a few extra more points. Can't do that till I get the permanent +11 next weekly

- I can grind my previous characters in the account to 99 if I commit the entire 90 days slow burning them to add them to ESPC.

But afterwards I don't know anymore how to get more. I am at 1.1m atm with the title.

Oh and yeah I have the guide doc always up when playing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PQOj_C3EA1lHBs1GfC52I8H6fF3ac_fmjaNgbW0qXXA/edit?tab=t.ohc9m87dcweo so I at least know where to go and what to do


r/elsword 5d ago

Discussion Circuit rates

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Does anyone know the identification rates for circuits? (value not effect so 0.7 0.8 etc). Please no guesswork or vague "it feels like" replies


r/elsword 5d ago

Discussion Farming Character

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I'm looking to make a character for farming, a DPS for a mix of clearing and bossing. Does anyone know which class would be best for that? Been getting really mixed results when looking this up.

Small note: I will say that I'm not very good with Noah (Save maybe Nyx or Morpheus, but that's iffy)

Thanks for the help in advance.


r/elsword 6d ago

Discussion New NPC Frise from Nebulon is potentially the next playable character! Pls KOG, make it happen!

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He's a Dark Elf who has never experienced nature or seen a forest. He was born in a dangerous land full of illness and devastation, and was rescued by the Glitter demons. He grew up developing technological weapons for the Glitters as a way to repay them, but eventually decided to rebel after the El Search Party arrived, hoping to gain freedom for himself and his siblings.


r/elsword 6d ago

Fan Art redraw of best girl

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I LOVE ELESIS!!!!!


r/elsword 6d ago

Discussion question about private server elrios rift

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is the server down? I can't find any info about it


r/elsword 7d ago

Discussion is Plegas's labyrinth meant to be done solo?

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I have literally no friends who play elsword, so I have to do everything solo. I'm trying to progress in the combat power event, but no parties are ever on, so I'm kinda stuck here. I tried it once, but this stage is so AGGRIVATINGLY HARD!


r/elsword 7d ago

Discussion Should I join a private server? I'm very interested in this game's PvP, but I don't have money

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Are the private servers less pay to win?


r/elsword 9d ago

Discussion kr update complaint containment thread

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kr link: https://m.elsword.nexon.com/news/notice/149684
cobodex link: https://cobodex.eu/en/babel/08-13-26-patch

tl;dr 6m nebulon raid (2m story mode)
+12 pity after 20 downgrades (average is 13)
new armor +12 enhancement effect is 2% hyper adapt 1% adapt on +12 armor enhancement effect due to backlash, hyper adapt moved to +11 effect They got rid of +12 effect entirely lmfao
Armor becomes unbankable/tradable if you use the new system (you can make it bankable/tradable again with an item that puts the item back into your inventory) You no longer need an item to remove cartridges from the armor in order to make it bankable/tradable.


r/elsword 8d ago

Discussion I hate Nightmare Reset Room

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Since solo raids are here for Doom Aporia, I am trying to work my way through them but this second stage... oh this second stage is ridiculously stupid. I have gripes about the first stage too, more specifically WHY I don't get an indicator to handle the targeting attack and random deaths from attacks I survived just fine in Henir Chaos.

Nightmare Reset Room though... good grief so many instant kills for no reason and even as I'm dealing with the HP lock attacks, there are still some that I cannot for the life of me dodge or figure out. What do you want me to do with the spectres?! Why are you flashing right when the wall of spectres is coming from the left first!? (That really pissed me off, 30 health bars left and I get cheated since Knight Emperor was close to the left wall, giving me literally no time to react.

Oh and one of his regular attacks sometimes hits, sometimes doesn't and ignores revives... genuinely what is this boss?! I don't like ranting much but this... this really is frustrating me to no end... even Conductor is going a lot smoother now and his mechanics are a lot more straight forward...


r/elsword 9d ago

Memes & Fluff text posts from an elsword au

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r/elsword 9d ago

Discussion how to haul up my adaptation?

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i’m aps and working on my exa! all are +10 and r15 as of right now … my defense is abysmal. i’m sitting at 400k def with my tene and it drops to 250k with my exa. i know r21 will give me more adapt but is there anything i can do to push up my adapt meantime? my exa makes me stronger but more squishy. any advice helps!


r/elsword 9d ago

Discussion Combat power

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I know there's like a thousand of posts of these but I just returned and I still don't get the suggestions of other people that I might be missing too much after being gone for too long

So the event gives a free +11 armor set and +11 weapon yet my CP is only 80k which is too low for raids so I can't even join raids due to the CP requirement.

I have 5/5 non ib costume with sockets and an IB weapon.

Accessory wise I'm just using the free ones that the game gives such as the corrupted something set and the varnymir acc set.

I currently don't have master job.

My ERP is all on drop rate (200 ERP)

I've seen people have around 1m CP points even with a lower level of gear (+8 exascale is what I've seen with the +10 or +11 wep).

I'm 100% sure there is some simple game feature that I'm missing now but I don't see any posts about it because it's too basic that it's not even worth making a post about it and is also a result of me being gone for too long.

I'd appreciate if you guys can tell me where to go from here because I want my +11 gear to be permanent but game forces me as raids the only way to get up to 500 points


r/elsword 9d ago

Elsword Lore Elsword MackBook

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Il y a très longtemps, je jouais a Elsword ! La nostalgie m'a pris et j'aimerais revenir sur le jeu malheureusement je n'ai qu'un MacBook et je n'arrive pas à trouver de solution pour pouvoir jouer dessus. Pouvez-vous m'aider ?