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What time is the Arena of Manes?
NTTGame's latest Turkish notices put the sign-up window at 16:00 and 21:20 every day, open for 10 minutes. Just press Apply when it pops up. Notices before April 2025 listed the second session at 21:30.
| Service | 1st session | 2nd session |
|---|---|---|
| USKO (Turkey) | 16:00 | 21:20 |
| Global USKO (server time) | 15:00 | 20:30 |
How do you enter the Arena of Manes?
- At event time the Manes' Survival window appears; press Apply.
- Each room runs with 4 to 80 players, and a server can send 240 players in total.
- You can't sign up a second character from the same IP; the game shows a Duplicate IP is detected warning.
- Inside, you're level 1 with an empty bag and the same starting skills as everyone else. Your own gear and upgrades don't matter here.
How does the Arena of Manes work?
For the first 3 minutes players can't hurt each other, so kill mobs and level up. Then a war-ready message appears and PvP opens. You respawn when you die and keep your EXP, and the level cap is 30.
Mobs get stronger from the outer ring to the center. The low-level bosses Gabol, Scpri, Byzo and Skelc roam the inner area and show on the minimap. The castle in the middle holds four mid bosses, four high bosses and the Dark Dragon. Killing a boss gives you a random passive skill.
Score comes from leveling up and killing players. Killing someone ranked above you pays more; killing someone below you pays less. Press ALT for the ranking window; the status window shows the Dark Dragon's HP, the timer and your score.
Whoever kills the Dark Dragon takes the first prize no matter their score. Teaming is banned (see below), so landing the last hit usually comes down to timing inside the castle crowd.
How do skills work in the Arena of Manes?
Every level-up opens a selection screen: pick one of three random skills on top, and buy one or both potion packs below if you want. Potions are paid with the Noah on your character; the official screenshot shows a 30-pack for 9,000 Noah.
- There are no class limits, so anyone can build any skill set: a warrior can heal and a priest can take Hell Blade.
- Active and passive skills have levels, and you can't pick a lower level of an active skill you already have.
- New active skills drop onto your skill bar automatically, and you can rearrange them.
- Water Of Bless [Manes] heals 20% HP; Potion Of Soul [Manes] restores 2,880 MP.
- The selection screen shows up a limited number of times. NTTGame strongly recommends buying potions, because staying alive is tough.
Which Manes skills are best?
Standouts at their highest level, per the in-game skill descriptions:
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
| Blink | Teleports you 20 meters forward |
| Pull +4 | Pulls a target within 30 m to you |
| Vampiric Touch +4 | Drains 30% of the enemy's HP, once a minute |
| Undying | Max HP +60% |
| Strong +4 | Max HP +8,600 |
| Wall Of Iron | Defense x3 for 10 seconds, run speed -50% |
| Stealth | Invisible for 80 seconds while you don't attack |
| Cat's Eyes | See invisible enemies for 50 seconds |
| Healing +4 | Heals 12,000 HP |
| Light Restore +4 | 20,000 HP over 30 seconds |
| Absolute Power +4 | Magic attack +155% for a while |
| Malice +4 | Enemy defense -30% |
| Parasite +4 | Enemy max HP -30% |
| Hell Blade +4 | 450% damage + 850 extra damage |
Our take: grab survival and escape first, meaning Undying, Strong, Blink and Vampiric Touch. For score, Pull a target in and finish with Malice or Hell Blade.
What do the Manes passives give?
| Passive | Levels | Values |
|---|---|---|
| Attack Damage Increase | 1–8 | +1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15% damage |
| Reduce Attack Damage | 1–7 | -2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 15, 25% damage taken |
| HP Increase | 1–8 | +1,000, 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, 3,000, 4,000, 6,000, 8,000 HP |
NTTGame's notice says passives stack (ATK 10% + ATK 5% = 15%). The in-game passive descriptions carry a Does not stack note, though, so taking the higher level of the same passive is the safe pick either way.
What are the Arena of Manes rewards?
When the match ends you get Manes' Orbs based on your rank. NTTGame also notes that rewards can vary with the number of participants.
| Rank | Manes' Orbs |
|---|---|
| Top score and Dark Dragon killer | 60 |
| 2nd place | 40 |
| 3rd place | 35 |
| Top 15% | 25 |
| Top 15–50% | 20 |
| Top 50–80% | 10 |
| Participation | 1 |
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Trade your Orbs at NPC [Trader] Julia. Manes' Orbs are deleted when the event ends, so you can't save them for the next run; spend them before it closes.
| Reward | Orbs needed | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Event Emblem (3 days) | 7 | - |
| Crisis/Ibexs Transformation Scrolls | 15 | - |
| Magpie Mom Transformation Scrolls | 15 | - |
| VIP Vault Key (7 days) | 30 | VIP storage |
| Oreads (1 day) | 45 | Auto-loots items within 10 meters |
| Solar Pendant | 50 | Necklace: Health +15, MP +50; can't be traded |
| Pathos Glove (7 days) | 100 | - |
| Magic Hammer (x10) | 150 | - |
| Achievement | 300 | Solar Messenger title: Attack 16, Defense 16 |
| Lunar Tattoo (15 days) | 450 | - |
Rough math: a first place pays 60 Orbs, so the 450-Orb Lunar Tattoo takes eight wins. With 1 Orb for showing up, even the Event Emblem takes 7 matches if you just join and leave.
When does the Arena of Manes come back?
The last run started on June 25, 2026. The Turkish notice has no end date, and NTTGame's global patch notes list the event for 4 weeks. No new run had been announced as of September 26, 2026.
Since 2023 it has come three times a year, and since August 2024 it always starts on the same day as Knight Marble. Rules and Julia's rewards are unchanged since the first notice in August 2022; the only changes were the room minimum (8 at first, 4 since January 2023) and the second session moving from 21:30 to 21:20 in April 2025.
| Year | Dates |
|---|---|
| 2022 | August 9 (first run, 18th anniversary) |
| 2023 | January 12, May 3, December 12 |
| 2024 | April 4, August 22, December 12 |
| 2025 | April 3, July 24, November 13 |
| 2026 | March 5, June 25 |
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