Hello, Admirals.

This is Cheolwoo Park, the Director of Uncharted Waters Origin.

First, I would like to sincerely apologize to the Admirals who have waited a long time for the Developer Note. Over the past month,

communication was delayed due to various issues, which caused frustration and disappointment to many Admirals.

I deeply realize that a lack of communication cannot be excused for any reason, and I offer my apology with a heavy heart.

In addition, during the previous ‘Server Integration Notice’ announcement process, there was incorrect information regarding the Great Clash Nation Rank Effect,

specifically on whether the effect would be provided on Servers not subject to integration.

As all Great Clash ranking information on the integrated Servers disappears, the relevant effect is removed together with the Server Integration.

For Servers not subject to integration, Great Clash was scheduled to be improved upon content resumption, and the effect was no longer planned to be provided afterward.

However, the notice was written as if it applied to all Servers together with the integration, which caused misunderstanding and significant inconvenience to Admirals.

It was clearly my fault that I failed to review this thoroughly, causing confusion and inconvenience in your game use. Going forward,

I will strengthen the review process further so that this kind of confusion does not happen again during the announcement process.

Next, I will inform you of the main details of the combat content to be reorganized through the May update and of Season 6.

Season 6 content will be added through the May update, and in this season themed around Combat,

various Combat content will be revamped along with the update.

✔️Season Combat Shop

Combat Rewards have been revamped, and you can obtain Tokens usable in a separate Season Combat Shop

from major Combat content such as Assault, Great Clash, and Lighthouse of the Ruins.

In the Combat Shop, you can obtain various Consumables such as Blue Gem, Enhance Protectant,

Ship Material, as well as Auction House-level Parts that are difficult to obtain, so please enjoy various Combat content and acquire useful Rewards.

✔️Assault

With the May update, 2 new Assaults closely related to the Season theme will be added.

In addition, along with the addition of Assaults, changes to the Assault system will be implemented.

■ Ranking settlement rule changed from Total Points to highest score-based system

Previously, under the Total Points system where you had to fully utilize Challenge Count to achieve high Rank,

it will be changed to a highest score system where Rank can be achieved even with a single full-effort Combat,

reducing the cost consumed for challenges compared to before.

■ Unification of Assault Reward types

Assault-specific chests with different compositions will be changed to Investment Deed and Tokens usable in the Season Combat Shop.

As Reward types are unified, existing Assaults that were previously overlooked due to differences in chest Grade will now gain their own unique value.

Existing Assault chests can be purchased in the Season Combat Shop.

■ Challenge Count changed to 3

Along with the addition of new Assaults, Challenge Count will be increased from 2 to 3 to allow experiencing a wider variety of Assaults.

■ Addition of Assault Tools

Tools usable upon entering Assault will be added, and in this season they can be used only for the 2 newly added Assaults.

The newly added Assault Tools increase the final Assault score, and more Tools with various effects will be added in the future.

✔️Lighthouse of the Ruins

As Lighthouse Waters are added each Season, Admirals accessing it for the first time had to clear many Waters.

Accordingly, several changes will be made, including a reorganization of the number of Waters.

■ Reduction of Waters

1. As of the May update, it will be adjusted to 20 Waters.

2. Rewards previously provided differently for each Waters will be changed to Investment Deed and Tokens usable in the Season Combat Shop.

3. Although rewards are reorganized overall due to the reduction of Waters and Token revamp, more useful Currency than before can be obtained in the Season Combat Shop.

■ Change in duration

1. Under the previous structure of early month ~ end of month,

different Investment Deed could be obtained depending on the timing of Reward collection during the Season transition period.

2. As this could affect advantages or disadvantages at the start of a Season depending on Reward collection timing,

the method of receiving Rewards once per month will be maintained, but the Lighthouse duration will be adjusted to match the Season period.

3. Accordingly, the first Lighthouse duration of Season 6 will be set to 5/13 ~ 6/9.

As Season 6 runs for 3 months, Lighthouse can be played 3 times during the Season period.

■ Enhancement of Rank Rewards

Although Rank Rewards existed in Lighthouse of the Ruins, only Rank 1 received an Appellation, so Rank functioned mainly as an honorary element.

With the Reward revamp, Rank 1 to 100 will receive Combat Tokens in varying amounts.

✔️Great Clash

Several changes will also be made to Great Clash, where you can directly encounter top Combat players.

■ Change in Great Clash cycle

The cycle of Great Clash, which was conducted on a 4-week basis, will be changed to match the Investment Season.

With the cycle change, the previously separated Week 1–3 Rewards and Week 4 Rewards will be unified into Weekly Reward

■ Removal of Great Clash Nation Rank Effect

As the Great Clash Nation Rank Effect caused greater gaps between Nations rather than movement between Nations,

the effect will be removed and changed to focus on individual Rewards.

✔️Combat

As Rewards for Combat, which many Admirals use through features such as Consecutive Combat,

have become relatively insufficient compared to other content over time, this update will improve them mainly with Investment Deed.

■  Additional Goal Reward revamp

1. Additional Goal Rewards, which previously had little value as they only provided a small amount of Ducat upon completion,

2. will be revamped into Investment Deed, with significantly increased quantities compared to the previous Ducat.

■ Addition of Investment Deed acquisition Effect

Similar to how Investment Deed acquisition can be increased through Loot Effect in Land Exploration,

a new acquisition Effect will be added to Combat, allowing the amount of Investment Deed obtained to increase depending on Fleet setup.

This Season, starting from 5/11, will run for approximately 3 months due to the Pre-season and is scheduled to end on 8/9.

Various content, including the Combat revamp, will be added sequentially during the Season period.

*The content below is under development and may differ from the actual update.

✔️New Chronicles Added

■ During the Season, 1 new Admiral Chronicles and 1 new Relationship Chronicle will be added,

and through these Chronicles, the story that has continued from Linus Rachet will come to an end.

✔️Investment Revamp

■ We received a lot of feedback regarding the Inscription balance of the Nation Rank rewards given in Season 5.

As many Admirals mentioned that the performance did not meet the effort required, the rewards for Season 6 will be improved to better meet your expectations.

■ For Weekly Investment Rewards, the Investment Chest given to the Mayor will be revamped into a separate Chest, providing additional Items.

■ As Seasons progressed, the increase in Ducat earnings made the maximum investment amount per attempt relatively insufficient,

requiring excessive input during investment. This will be adjusted as follows:

- The maximum investment amount per attempt will be increased by 10 times

- The cooldown time that occurs during large investments will be reduced by approximately 30%

✔️Addition of Grade 26 Special Ships

■ The construction of the Grade 26 Special Ships, Galleass and Kadirga, which were pre-distributed as Season 5 Rank Rewards, will be unlocked.

■ When constructing these Ships, in addition to existing Grade 26 Board, Mast, and Gun, new Letters of Request will be required, which can mainly be obtained from the following content:

- Season Combat Shop

- Season Assault Competition

- Special Investment Chest provided as Mayor Weekly Reward

✔️Guild Effect Improvements

■ Guild Effects, which previously allowed only one category to be active, will be improved so that 2–3 effects can be activated simultaneously by consuming additional Currency.

✔️Company Research Improvements

■ Research Points, which were previously shared across Adventure/Trade/Combat, will be improved so that they can be used separately for Adventure, Trade, and Combat.

■ Additionally, excessive controls required during Research learning will be improved.

✔️Remote Market Event

■ You will be able to reserve events in Cities where you are the Mayor via Investment Progress > Manage City.

■ This feature is provided as a Mayor Perk and can be used for free.

■ When reserving an event remotely, it can be scheduled to start at least 3 hours later.

✔️Expertise Improvements

■ Less effective Expertise will be improved, and this time, Purchasing will gain an effect that increases Trade Item purchase quantity.

✔️Tool Exchange Function Improvements

■ The Tool Exchange previously available at the Fortune Teller will be moved to Guild Crafting for improved convenience.

■ The restriction of exchanging 50 items per attempt will also be removed.

✔️Great Clash, Lighthouse of the Ruins, Barter UI/UX Improvements

■ Existing issues with usability and visual quality will be improved.

The above are part of the content to be added during Season 6.

More detailed information will continue to be provided through Patch Notes and the Director’s Letter.

So far, we have introduced some details related to Season 6.

The development team has already begun working on upcoming seasons,

and a key content update, the ‘Guild Diplomacy’ system, is planned to be added.

As part of Guild Diplomacy, the Hostile Guild system will be introduced in Season 7,

and the development team is currently discussing it in the following direction..

✔️Declaration of War Conditions

To prevent indiscriminate declarations of war and minimize damage to general Guilds,

it will only be possible to declare war between top Guilds that own a certain number of Monopolizing Guilds,

particularly when there are multiple Cities where competition in Share between Guilds is intense.

✔️Hostile Guild Effects

When a Guild is declared as hostile, the following representative effects will be applied:

- Additional mutual tariffs

- Occurrence of Inspection in Cities at a certain probability

- PvP enabled regardless of Naval Protection (not applied on Peace Server)

■ Conditions for Effect Application

Since mutual tariffs and inspections can have a significant impact, they will only apply under the following condition:

- Only in Cities where the Guild of the Mayor and the Monopolizing Guild match

- Even breaking just one of these conditions can neutralize the Hostile Guild effects,

   meaning Guild members can cooperate internally or seek assistance from other Guilds to resolve the situation.

✔️Scouting Improvement

In addition, following the improvement of Purchasing Expertise planned for Season 6, we are also reviewing improvements to Scouting.

Currently, compared to other content, Explore Land requires different types of Expertise (Melee), making it difficult to proceed with only Adventure Mates.

As a result, among Observation, Gathering Power, and Combat Power, most Admirals generally have insufficient Combat Power.

The development team is reviewing a change that maintains the existing Exploration Combat Power granted by Melee,

while adding Exploration Combat Power to Scouting,

so that Explore Land can be progressed without major difficulty even when only Adventure Mates are deployed.

As previously mentioned, the Season 7 revamp plans for the 'Guild Diplomacy (Hostile Guild)' system and

'Scouting Expertise (Additional Exploration Combat Power)' may significantly impact core gameplay,

so the development team is approaching them with great caution.

In particular, regarding the Scouting improvements,

it is most important that the efforts of Admirals who have devotedly developed their Melee-focused Mates are not diminished.

These systems are not yet finalized and are still in the planning stage.

Please share your honest concerns and suggestions through comments on this Developer Note.

We will review every single piece of feedback carefully and strive to reflect as much as possible in the actual update. We kindly ask for your active participation.

📌 Participation Event

Please share your thoughts in the Developer Letter comments regarding the addition of Exploration Combat Power to Guild Diplomacy and Scouting Expertise.

Event Rewards

- If there are 100 or more related comments by 5/10, the following rewards will be distributed after the 5/13 maintenance (UTC+9)

- All Admirals will receive 7 ‘Enhance Protectant’ to safely enhance Gear/Parts with the Director’s blessing

- All Admirals will receive 5 ‘Sweet Rice Cake’ made by GM

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all Admirals who continuously support Uncharted Waters Origin.

Director Cheolwoo Park.