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Mirror of Scarlet Desire is a Transcendence dungeon that NCsoft added to the Korean and Taiwanese service on May 13, 2026, during Season 3. NCsoft describes it as a fantastical space born from love within the shattered fragments of Kromede. The Korean name is 붉은 연심의 거울; Mirror of Scarlet Desire is NCsoft's own English name, and other translations such as Red Winter's Affection and Mirror of Blazing Yearning refer to the same dungeon.
At a Glance
Detail | Value (KR/TW) |
|---|---|
Korean name | 붉은 연심의 거울 |
Type | Transcendence, four stages |
Party | Up to five players (four before July 1, 2026) |
Entry item level | 3,200 / 3,500 / 3,800 / 4,000 by stage |
Bosses | Rotar, Robstino, Kromede's Desolation |
Main rewards | Punishing Overture, Protected Soul and Indomitable Dedication Arcana; Noble Crystal shards; statue and appearance materials |
Kina | Tradeable Kina (official guidebook) |
Global service: NCsoft's global announcements name only Deus Research Base and Shattered Arkanis among the Transcendence dungeons, as the two dungeons of the global leaderboard event. The global client's game data, as of its September 18, 2026 snapshot, does contain this dungeon, but NCsoft has not announced it for the global service as of October 7, 2026. Everything else on this page describes the Korean and Taiwanese service.
Stages
Stage | Entry item level |
|---|---|
1 | 3,200 |
2 | 3,500 |
3 | 3,800 |
4 | 4,000 |
A May 20, 2026 patch raised the chance of higher-grade Arcana from its Odyle Energy Cube and raised the ranking points for second and third tier Transcendence clears.
Arcana Rewards
The Mirror brought three new Arcana sets, crafted with Noble Crystal (Bound) from clearing the dungeon. Extracting Season 1 and Season 2 Arcana gives Mysterious Crystal (Bound), and extracting Season 3 Arcana gives Noble Crystal.
Set | Bonus |
|---|---|
Punishing Overture | Boss Damage Tolerance +5% |
Protected Soul | Restoration +5% |
Indomitable Dedication | Weapon Damage Tolerance +5% |
The bonus above is each set's two-piece effect; the Korean patch note gives the four-piece effects as:
Set (Korean) | Four-piece effect |
|---|---|
Punishing Overture (징벌) | PvE Attack +60; PvE damage amplification +10% while health is 70% or higher |
Protected Soul (수호) | Weapon damage amplification +5%; a 10,000-point shield for 5 seconds when health falls to 30% or lower (120-second cooldown) |
Indomitable Dedication (불굴) | Critical damage tolerance +5%; PvP damage tolerance +50% for 5 seconds when hit by a status effect (150-second cooldown) |
Each enhancement of these Arcana raises deity stats (주신 스탯) by 2. Since May 27, 2026 the mid-bosses Rotar and Robstino no longer roll Arcana, and Kromede's Desolation rolls them more often. On June 4, 2026 the cube's lower-grade Arcana were replaced by Arcana training items, the number of Unique Arcana per stage went up, the sets gained up to four configurable extra effects when crafted, and the dungeon began dropping shards of Splendent Noble Crystal, which can be converted to and from Noble Crystal. The cube also drops a crafting material for the Hero gear recipes added on May 27, 2026, statue remnants that convert into a statue of Kromede's Desolation, and shards that convert into an appearance selection box.
Bosses
Order | Boss | Korean name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
First | Rotar | 로타르 | Players step on geometric shapes of their own colour and each break the totem above their own colour; on stages 3 and 4 it summons Kromede's spirit |
Second | Robstino | 롭스티노 | Fills the arena with exploding flowers |
Final | Kromede's Desolation | 크로메데의 심연 | A mirror puzzle where the right number of players must use the right special skill at each mirror before the cast ends |
Boss Mechanics
The Korean service's community guides and Korean coverage of the dungeon's launch agree on the shape of each fight. Each stage carries traits: from stage 2 non-boss monsters below half health gain attack and movement speed, stage 3 adds Afterimage (잔영), whose stacks from boss hits summon a Kromede clone that fires projectiles, and stage 4 adds Barrage (난사), whose stacks from elite hits fire projectiles that make players dance.
Rotar
True Heart (진실된 마음): coloured shapes appear on each player and on the floor, and everyone has a moment to reach the spot that matches their shape.
Crossed Hearts (엇갈린 마음): Rotar moves to the centre and each player breaks the object that matches their shape; a linked player takes damage until it breaks.
Rotar tethers one player, who cannot attack, while the others break orbs; orbs left standing wipe the party.
Robstino
Pink flowers on the floor explode soon after being touched and cannot be blocked.
Puts solo circles on one or two players; the blast clears flowers inside it.
Path of the Sword (검의 길): fixates a player, charges, and leaves a wide damage field that is best dropped at the arena edge.
Kromede's Desolation
The final fight is built around Kromede's Invitation, a timed mirror puzzle where the right number of players must press the right replaced skill at each mirror, two shield phases that the party steps through together, a ring of mirrors to hide behind, Path of Love in the dark, and a heart that must be shared. See Kromede's Desolation.
Between the second and final boss a trap corridor of moving fire walls leads to the last chamber, with illusions of Kromede shooting along it on stages 3 and 4. English boss names come from the game client's English data.
The notes also name an Ordeal of Love (사랑의 시련) section, where magic circles put a dance status on players, and clones appear that should vanish once a player reaches the end point; both were fixed in May and June 2026. In the final room, Kromede's Desolation uses patterns the notes call Kromede's Invitation (크로메데의 초대), which leaves damage zones around the mirrors and the arena edge, and Path of Love (사랑의 길), which teleports players and applies a dance status. Robstino's flowers should vanish when it dies, and the mirror used in the final fight appears soon after Robstino falls.
Change History
Date (KR/TW) | Change |
|---|---|
May 13, 2026 | Stages 1 to 4 opened with a season mission set and three new Arcana sets |
May 20, 2026 | Higher chance of upper-grade Arcana from the cube; second and third tier clears pay more ranking points; fixes to Robstino, the mirror interaction range and Kromede's Desolation's patterns |
May 27, 2026 | Arcana chance moved from the mid-bosses to Kromede's Desolation; its charm could no longer target Spiritmaster spirits |
June 4, 2026 | More Unique Arcana per stage; training items replace lower-grade Arcana; Splendent Noble Crystal shards; one Robstino skill made avoidable with Evasion Stance |
June 17, 2026 | Robstino collision and Ordeal of Love dance fixes |
July 29, 2026 | Doubled Noble Crystal and Splendent Noble Crystal shards, plus an event material, during the Expedition and Transcendence Reward Boost (to August 12) |
September 23, 2026 | Unstable Stigma Shards doubled and event coins added for the Chuseok Boost (to October 7) |
Related Pages
Kromede
Transcendence System
Arcana