However, the default stronghold Lost Ark Gold does not come with special missions, as those special missions are only able to be obtained by advancing the stronghold, the player's avatar, and completing a few quests toward the close of the main game. But to keep things brief players must complete the game by reaching 50 levels, upgrading the stronghold and triggering the quest.

Before even thinking of doing special missions, players must be granted entry to the stronghold within Lost Ark. This happens after the player progresses through the main storyline, and then completes the quest called "Eadalin's Gift." The stronghold also has the dispatch station, which players are able to use to send ships out on missions for a certain amount of real-world duration.

If the player owns a crew and ship available for normal missions, they are immediately available for possible deployment. However, special missions are a different matter since they are designed to provide content for the endgame. They involve the player acquiring chaos aura , and even harvest souls in case they decide to give one away.

However, these missions will not cheap Lost Ark Gold be available until Lost Ark. Instead, players need to upgrade their stronghold to at least level 2 and attain level 50 on their character. At this point, players need to go to an NPC named Vern to assist in an area, and get some roster missions. These roster missions are then going to let the player discover the very first Chaos Dungeon, where players can harvest Harmony Shards in Lost Ark.