Race Awakening

How to get it

Exclusive to the Third Sea, added in Update 18. You need a V3 race: unlocking it involves the Race Awakening puzzle (Mirror Fractal, resonating with the moon, Temple of Time), followed by your race's Trials.

What is Race V4

Race Awakening upgrades your race from Version 3 to Version 4. The reward: powerful buffs specific to each race, including increased mobility, reduced cooldowns, damage and defense boosts, or support effects for your allies. Unlocking it involves quests, a puzzle, and trials, with content that varies by race.

Unlocking the Awakening: the puzzle summarized

The core of the puzzle revolves around the Temple of Time, a Safe Zone in the Third Sea:

• Before you start, you need access to the Third Sea, a race at V3 and one win over rip_indra True Form: the Sealed King, who starts the quest, stands behind rip_indra's building on Castle on the Sea, next to a big tombstone, and he only hands out the quest once that boss is down (before that, all you get is an epitaph).
• The Temple of Time is accessed by interacting with the Mysterious Force at the top of the Great Tree.
• The key to the puzzle is the Mirror Fractal: a Mythical material with a guaranteed drop from Dough King (it's also used to craft the Leviathan Shield and Treasure Rod, and it isn't consumed by the puzzle).
• After talking to the Sealed King again, climb a high peak of Mirage Island and resonate with the moon: look at it with your race's V3 ability active and a Mirror Fractal in your inventory. The message "Your Mirror Fractal has resonated with the moon." confirms success.
• Despite the Sealed King's dialogue about a full moon, it's NOT required: since the Valentine's update (Update 19), resonance works from Mirage Island at any lunar phase.
• Tip: switch to first-person view or shift-lock to aim at the moon; third-person doesn't always detect it.
• Next, find the Blue Gear, which spawns at certain locations on Mirage Island.
• Head to the Temple of Time: with the Blue Gear, pull the lever located above the entrance to the left corridor. A secret door opens at the end of the corridor and grants access to the Trials. Without the Blue Gear, the lever knocks you back ("You lack the strength to move it!").

Trials and titles by race

Each race has its own dedicated trial in the Temple of Time and its V4 title:

Race	Trial	V4 Title
Human	Trial of Strength	Berserker
Shark	Trial of Water	Leviathan
Rabbit	Trial of Speed	Thunderbolt
Angel	Trial of the King	His Majesty
Ghoul	Trial of Carnage	Nightwalker
Cyborg	Trial of the Machine	Genesis
Draco	Trial of Flames	Primordial Guardian

Gears, Ancient Powers, and Ancient Clock

When unlocking V4, you receive one of five gears, but you can't choose which one: you need to redo Trials to change it. Placing the first gear grants access to Ancient Powers: once transformed, your stats max out with an additional 10% damage, speed, and healing boost.

To obtain the remaining gears, you must complete other Trials and win their boss battles. Full Awakening requires five Trials, but only four victories are truly necessary: the fifth unlocks the Ancient Clock, which lets you change gears freely. Once all steps are complete, you can only change gears by redoing a Trial or restarting the game.

In the Temple of Time, the NPC Ancient One plays a central role throughout the process. The Ancient Clock is located at the top of a long staircase that teleports you backward until you've completed a Trial.

The Awakening transformation

V4 unlocks an ability called Awakening. Fill the transformation gauge located below your energy bar by dealing damage: damage to players counts more than damage to NPCs and bosses.

With the gauge full, press left-click or Y: the transformation animation plays, with visual effects unique to each race, and you're invincible for its entire duration. Once transformed, you gain additional stat boosts.

V4 passives by race

Each race has two gear powers, each with two tiers:

Race	Power	Tier 1	Tier 2
Human	Limit Break	Rage gauge that strengthens you, up to 100%	Extended duration, cap increased to 150%
Human	Psycho	Flash Step gains 3 charges; each dash grants temporary invisibility and speed	Faster recharge, longer dash, your moves are no longer interrupted by damage
Shark	Whirlpool	Your attacks apply a water debuff that slows (stackable)	Debuff duration and slowdown increased
Shark	Leviathan's Armor	Water shield that regenerates by dealing damage (blue aura, disappears when depleted)	Shield capacity and healing per hit increased
Rabbit	Whirlwind	Your dashes create tornados that stun and cancel abilities	Stun, range, and tornado damage increased
Rabbit	Lightning Cloak	Dash range greatly increased	Super dash by holding the dash key
Angel	King's Rule	Light aura: slowdown, damage over time, energy drain, and screen distortion	All effects strengthened: more damage, faster drain, stronger slowdown
Angel	Prince of the Skies	Glide by holding dash, fly by holding jump	Improved glide and flight, speed slightly increased
Ghoul	Domain Expansion	Dark field: slowdown, blindness, and reduced healing; unlocks night passives and reduces cooldowns	Expanded field, and crows attack when you dash or strike
Ghoul	Blood Siphon	Life steal: approximately 10% from NPCs, 25% from players	Life steal: approximately 20% from NPCs, 35% from players
Cyborg	Aftershock	Your attacks temporarily disable enemy Instinct	Effect stronger and longer-lasting
Cyborg	Energy Control	Energy orbs with chain damage; unlocks Super Jump and Super Dash (Instinct required)	Increased orb damage; Super Jump and Super Dash no longer require Instinct and deal damage
Draco	Cometic Field	Explosive orbs after 4 hits on an enemy (approximately 2,300 damage); increases nearby allies' damage	Explosions at approximately 3,500 damage, 3 hits are enough
Draco	Thorn Mail	Returns approximately 41% of damage to enemies in the area; increases nearby allies' defense	Return increased to approximately 63.7%, ally defense increased

How much it costs (and how long it takes)

• Fully awakening one race costs 26,750 Fragments. All seven races (Human, Rabbit, Shark, Angel, Ghoul, Cyborg, and Draco) total 187,250 Fragments.
• Count on 77 minutes of transformation (77 transformations) to complete full training for one race. For all seven: 539 minutes, roughly 9 hours.
• The theoretical minimum level to unlock V4 is 1509, thanks to 3 levels from rip_indra and 6 levels from Dough King.

Did you know?

• On December 31, 2022, the "release" of Race Awakening was actually just a video showcase, despite an in-game timer: the community searched for V4 for nothing and took it very poorly. The real launch happened on January 6, 2023...on an actual full moon night.
• V4 was designed to rebalance PvP (teamers, runners, sneak attacks while farming): the gauge charges in combat, so a solo player facing teamers transforms faster, and runners barely charge their gauge.
• Full moon timing is exact: the message "The light of a full moon peaks through the clouds" appears exactly 54 minutes and 2 seconds after server creation, the full moon lasts 11 minutes and 17 seconds, and its peak occurs 6 minutes 48 seconds after the message. Resonance strategies were built around this.
• At V4's launch, a bug allowed players to fill the Awakening gauge by farming Bandits in the First Sea. Quickly patched: Update 19 also reduced transformation duration and energy gained from other players.
• If a glitch prevents you from interacting with the clock after a successful Trial, you still receive the awakening (if it's your first Trial) and your race's title.
• Draco's awakening came later than the others, with Update 24.

Update history

Guide : Race Awakening·Released : Update 18

1. Update 30 10 octobre 2026 Adjustment ▾

   • The puzzle prerequisites now open the section: access to the Third Sea, a race at V3 and a win over rip_indra True Form, with the Sealed King's location on Castle on the Sea. The Race Awakening/Puzzle subpage added the rip_indra requirement on 10 October 2026; the Sealed King and Mysterious Force pages already said so.

   See update 30

2. Update 30 1er octobre 2026 Adjustment ▾

   • The Race Awakening/Puzzle subpage no longer says the highest peak of Mirage Island for resonating with the moon, but a high peak: this entry follows, no need to look for the very top.

   See update 30

3. Update 24 14 décembre 2024 Adjustment ▾

   • Added a new race awakening: Draco.

   See update 24

4. Update 19 vers 2023 Adjustment ▾

   • Slightly decreased the duration of V4 transformations.
   • Reduced the rate at which players gain race energy from other players.
   • Fixed a bug where low-level enemies provided excessive transformation energy.

   See update 19

5. Update 18 6 janvier 2023 Release ▾

   • Race Awakening was released.

   See update 18

6. Update 17.3 août 2022 Adjustment ▾

   • Race Awakening was introduced.

   See update 17.3