How to Increase Combat Power

What Official Sources Confirm

NC uses Combat Power as a progression and content-threshold measure in the operating Korean and Taiwanese service. Its July 2026 Chapter 1 update describes return support that can quickly bring eligible characters to around 300K Combat Power. That number belongs to a regional catch-up context and is not a global target or formula.

The same regional update confirms growth-related Monolith rewards and Stigma skills that can reach level 25 in that version. A separate roadmap says pet ownership and Genus Insight became server-wide there to reduce repetitive progression. None of those facts confirms the exact global launch sequence, values, materials, or account scope.

Steam confirms the global game’s broad activities, including solo, party, and group dungeons, but does not publish a Combat Power calculation. The honest global answer is therefore a decision framework rather than a numbered build recipe. Any future numeric recommendation must be measured in the English global client and labeled by patch.

A Safe Upgrade Priority Framework

Begin by naming the activity you cannot enter or complete and recording the requirement shown by the current global client. Then list only the upgrade systems visibly available to your character, together with their displayed Combat Power change and resource cost. This turns a vague desire for a higher number into a bounded decision.

Prefer upgrades that are understandable, repeatable, and reversible before committing scarce or irreversible materials. Compare cost per displayed gain only within the same client version, because formulas and resource availability can change. If the interface does not preview an effect, label it TBD and test with low-risk resources rather than assuming a regional value.

Recheck actual performance after each meaningful upgrade instead of optimizing only the headline number. A higher Combat Power value may open a gate, while survival, execution, group utility, or encounter knowledge still determines whether the content is completed. This page will not claim a universal best path until both the formula and practical outcomes can be reproduced.

Build an Upgrade Log Before Spending

Record the date, client version, starting Combat Power, chosen system, material cost, displayed gain, and whether the action can be undone. Take a screenshot of the preview and result when the global client allows it. A small log prevents memory from turning an uncertain improvement into a permanent recommendation.

Keep regional observations in a separate column and never merge their values with global results. Regional systems may suggest which questions to test, such as whether a pet or Stigma change affects the displayed number, but they cannot supply a global cost. Mark every untested global field as TBD.

Use the log to compare opportunity cost, not just the largest visible increase. A resource needed by several systems may create a bottleneck, and an upgrade that consumes it can delay another verified gain. Until the economy is known, preserving options is a valid progression decision.

Systems to Test in the Global Client

The collected community leads mention equipment enhancement, titles, wings, pets, Stigmas, and other growth paths, but their full evidence could not be verified as P0 global guidance. Those labels are therefore test questions, not a confirmed checklist. Only a system visibly present in the global client should enter your active plan.

For each confirmed system, capture unlock conditions, menu wording, resource sources, caps, failure rules, transfer behavior, and the displayed Combat Power change. A system may exist while using different limits or materials from the regional build. The global English names should be copied from the client rather than translated from another service.

Stigmas and Monoliths deserve especially careful version labels because NC confirms them in the July Korean/Taiwanese update. The global launch may include, alter, or delay related details, but the current P0 sources do not decide that. The dedicated pages retain pending fields for those system-specific facts.

How to Avoid Wasting Materials

Do not spend based on a screenshot that lacks a region, date, or client version. Do not assume that a catch-up value is a normal progression target, or that a regional cap applies to global launch. These simple boundaries remove the most common source of false precision in a pre-launch guide.

Pause before any action the client describes as bound, consumed, reset-limited, or irreversible. Read the complete confirmation screen and preserve the exact wording before proceeding. If the consequence is unclear, leaving the resource unused is safer than following an unverified button path.

Also avoid paying for an assumed progression shortcut before the global shop and economy are documented. Founder’s Pack contents are confirmed, but their long-term progression effect is not. Purchasing a bundle should remain separate from an evidence-based Combat Power plan.

The Repeatable Progression Loop

Choose one current goal, measure the gap, identify the lowest-risk verified action, apply it, and measure again. Stop when the activity becomes accessible or when the next step relies on an unverified cost. This loop works without pretending that one pre-launch order fits every class and account.

When a patch lands, start a new log rather than overwriting old results. Note whether formulas, caps, costs, or activity requirements changed. Versioned observations let this guide revise one section while preserving a clear record of why an older recommendation expired.

After global launch, this page can evolve into a specific priority guide only when repeated observations agree. The update must include materials, menus, values, and conditions, not merely a larger number in a thumbnail. Until then, the framework protects players from confident but untraceable advice.

Official Gameplay Context

This verified Gamescom trailer provides official global gameplay media, but it does not reveal a Combat Power formula or upgrade order. The page does not infer material values, menus, or progression efficiency from the footage. Those details remain reserved for global client evidence.

Combat Power Data Still Needed

A useful walkthrough needs more than confirmation that the number exists. It needs the global calculation, every relevant cost, visible menu paths, and repeatable comparisons. These fields will remain pending until the global English client or official help material supplies them.