Blade and Soul Celebrating 3rd Anniversary With Events and Giveaways

Blade and Soul officially turns 3 years old (in the West) this week, and NCSoft is celebrating the occasion with a bunch of in-game events. Most importantly, players can obtain 3rd Anniversary Coins for completing various events which can be exchanged for a new outfit called the 'Cutting Edge Set'.

Other events going on include the 'Midnight Skypetal Plains Event' and 'New Party Box and Celebration Crate event'. These 3rd anniversary events will run for approximately 3 weeks.

Full 4.10 Patchnotes:

Midnight Skypetal Plains

• All monsters in Midnight Skypetal Plains have had their stats adjusted for the current level cap and equipment.
• Rewards from Midnight Skypetal Plains have been greatly expanded and now include Evolved Stones, additional Draken Accessories, Hexagonal Garnet, Mystic Badges, and Soul Badges as well as Raven, Fallen, Grand Celestial, Ivory Beluga, and Nova Core Soul Shields.
• Verdant Nightstone, Lavender Nightstone, and Tawny Nightstone are new currencies that can be exchanged for Soul Shields at the Exchanger NPCs.
• Lunar Twilight Plant and Lunar Twilight Flower are no longer used and can be exchanged via the Antiques UI for 1 Verdant Nightstone and 20 Verdant Nightstone, respectively.
• Iron Conqueror Treasure from Scion's Keep now always drops 2-3 Hive Queen's Heart and now has a small chance to drop Hive Queen's Rancor/Barb/Husk.
• Hive Queen in Temple of Eluvium now always drops 3-4 Hive Queen's Heart as well as 1-2 Sealed Hive Queen's Heart.
• Illumination Psyche and Grand Illumination Psyche can now be created via transmutation until February 6 and are used to upgrade legendary Souls to provide additional stats.
  • Illumination Psyche costs 2 Sacred Oil and 100 Gold to transmute and requires 1 Moonstone, 1 Elysian Orb, and 15 Gold to apply to a Soul.
  • Grand Illumination Psyche costs 4 Illumination Psyche and 200 Gold to transmute and requires 2 Moonstone, 2 Elysian Orb, and 30 Gold to apply to a Soul.
  • Multiple Illumination Psyches or Grand Illumination Psyches can be applied until the maximum stats are reached. However, applying Illumination Psyche will overwrite the additional stats granted by Grand Illumination Psyche, as well as vice versa.
  • The additional stats granted by Illumination Psyche or Grand Illumination Psyche are retained when upgrading but are lost when sealing.
• Special Square Obsidians, Gilded Obsidians, and Gilded Triangular Garnets are now Bound to Account.
• Hongmoon Focus Recovery Charm can now be used in all locations except Tower of Infinity, Duel Arena, and Trial Arena.
• Up to 2 Dragonblood and 1 Golden Dragonblood are now available in the following solo dungeons:
  • Mushin's Tower F16-20
  • Outlaw Island
  • Circle of Sundering
  • Den of the Ancients
• Alpha Guard (60 Day) has been renamed to Alpha Guardian.

Further reading: Official post