Dragon Nest (Korean: 드래곤네스트) is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Eyedentity and available in different regions and languages.
Aside from boasting a non-targeting combat and skill system within instance dungeons, Dragon Nest revolves around a rich story which is told in different points of view depending on the player's chosen class.
Dragon Nest receives new content, balance patches and cash shop items on a monthly basis.
Players choose from a range of hero classes, characters that are of the Dragon Nest storyline that can equip customizable gear and weapons.
[4] In Dragon Nest, players fight groups of monsters using skills and attacks received by class trainers throughout the game.
The monsters drop money, boxes, collectables, materials, weapons or equipment that can be used by the player, sold, traded or thrown away.
Characters, items and skill from the open beta test were not cleared, so players kept the progress they made in the OBT.
In mid-December, the North American version has extended its level-cap to 40, giving the player the ability to learn their 2nd sub-class's final skill.
On 24 October, the North American version extended its level-cap to 50, giving the players the ability to learn their 3rd sub-class.
In June 2013 the level-cap of the North American version was extended to 60, allowing players to learn two EX skills.
Shanda and Cherry Credits released the localized version of Dragon Nest for South East Asia region.
There were four servers at the time of SEA's installation, namely (in chronological order) Westwood, Springwood, Greenwood and Holywood.
[11] The English language voiceovers for non-playable characters and the song "The Warrior Call" for this release were produced by Deniss Berezins of Overdrawn Records.
On 24 April 2012, the long anticipated Academic class has been released, bringing the total playable starting characters to 5.
On 11 February 2014, the level cap was increased to 70, giving access to new EX skills, and the Anu Arendel dungeons.
In January 2016, Dragon Nest Europe suffered a massive data loss of all players and the server came back online on 5 February.
Players clear stages to progress through a brand-new story loosely based on the original game, said to be focused on Geraint and Velskud.
The game has a hub modeled after Saint Haven for players to interact with one another, manage menus and speak to NPCs like Argenta.
Saint Haven: Dragon Nest is a mobile game for Android and iOS, and was released globally on 25 April 2017.
New system and UI has been implemented such as semi-automatic skill and open field monster, and AI companion in the form of "Heroes".
Geraint's physical appearance also differs: he is portrayed with platinum blonde hair, paler skin and blue eyes.
Players take control of Geraint, Argenta, Marian and Garvel, each with 20 different skills that can be unlocked by progressing in the game.
Players can take control of the Warrior, Archer and Sorceress to progress through stages and meet popular NPCs of the franchise, but Kali and Assassin have been teased in trailers and adverts.
With a brand new storyline, players could travel on the world of Serencia as a "Knight of the Seal Dragon", going through trials set by a goddess.
It follows the adventures of Warrior Sedo Nobusutatto, Archer Okiron Igunohisu, Sorceress Yuuri and Cleric Benetta as they fought to rescue the Prophetess Rose from a mysterious black figure, and to protect Saint Haven from a great danger.
Another manga based on the game, called Dragon Nest Kenja no Yogen (ドラゴンネスト 賢者の予言, lit.
"Dragon Nest- Prophecy of the Sage") started serialization from 27 July 2019 on the LINE Manga mobile application, with chapters released twice a week on Tuesday and Saturday.
Japanese hobby products manufacturer Good Smile Company has released figures based on some characters in the game.