The hotfix is scheduled to be released tomorrow

 

"We know of a problem within Tytalos's Tytalos Lost Ark Gold Guardian Raid that makes the task of defeating Tytalos within the timeframe allocated extremely challenging for the level of power required to take part within this Guardian Raid, creating a obstacle to progress," the team explained in a short update that was shared during the weekend.

"We are currently working together with Smilegate RPG on a hotfix to fix this issue, which we hope to release on Monday. At the moment we recommend avoiding the Tytalos Guardian Raid to ensure you don't waste precious time or resources in an experience that is not working properly."

The team also says it's exploring ways to offer "compensation" for players who have been "block from moving forward" because of this issue due to Tytalos.

"We will provide more details when we get it. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this situation," the post concludes. The hotfix is scheduled to be released tomorrow, Monday 14th March.

Last week, the game's developer removed more tha cheapest Lost Ark Gold one million Lost Ark accounts that it believed were bots, stating the team "has been working hard to develop efficient tools and strategies to detect and eliminate players who are bots" and admitting that "in this huge ban wave there is a chance that a tiny fraction of players could be mistakenly identified by the game as being bots". However, this week the team stated that it was "just one stage in the ongoing battle" and is working on "internal techniques and tools that will make it more difficult for bots to get into this game".

Lost Ark is now Steam's second-largest game played concurrently. The big update for March is out, and it introduces the new raids at the end of the game and story quests, as well as some other goodies that include the limited-time Arkesia race event as well as the first season of PvP.