The First Berserker: Khazan celebrates first anniversary with player stats and message from creative director

Publisher Nexon and developer Neople have released a year’s worth of player stats and a message from the creative director in celebration of action RPG The First Berserker: Khazan‘s first anniversary today, promising more content to come.

“Now, more than ever, we’re driven by a single heartfelt desire—to create something even better, something even more fun for all of you to enjoy,” said creative director Junho Lee in the message. “Someday we’ll take on new challenges, but Khazan’s story is far from over. We’re working hard to bring you even more to enjoy—it’s the least we can do for a community that has given us so much. We’re pouring ourselves into it with genuine excitement, truly hoping from the bottom of our hearts that you’ll love what’s to come.”

Here are the full stats and message from Lee:

Stats

• Journey’s End: How Player’s Completed Khazan’s Story
  • 35 percent – Normal: The first step on the path to vengeance
  • 40 percent – The First Berserker: Discovered the truth
  • 25 percent – Chain: Deeper into darkness, chains of fate unbound
• Most Fatal Boss Encounters: Arad’s Deadliest Bosses
  • Expert Difficulty: Employee of the year, you’re not clocking out alive
    1. Viper (17,734,694 deaths)
    2. Volbano (16,140,829 deaths)
    3. Maluca (12,065,681 deaths)
  • Hardcore Difficulty: Only the bravest entered Hardcore difficulty, Maluca got the promotion
    1. Maluca (206,169 deaths)
    2. Ozma (154,202 deaths)
    3. Elamein (151,835 deaths)
• Khazan Has Fallen: Total Deaths Across All Berserkers Worldwide
  • Total Deaths: 273,804,045
  • Other Causes of Death: Death came with a vengeance, and not always from a boss
    • Falling: 20,616,318
    • Status Effect: 5,558,618
    • Traps: 2,287,317
  • Deadliest Mobs: They don’t get a boss intro, but they earned one
    1. Prince Spider
    2. Lunatic Destroyer
    3. Wild Bear
• Weapons of the Berserker: Khazan Has Three Types of Weapons… or Maybe Four?
  • Most Popular Weapon Types
    1. Spear: 38 percent
    2. Dual Wield: 37 percent
    3. Greatsword: 25 percent
  • Most Used Weapons
    1. Bloodthirsty Fiend’s Dual Wield
    2. Sentinel’s Greatsword
    3. Survivor’s Spear
  • No Hands
    • 43 bosses caught these hands: Some Berserkers chose to rely on no weapons at all, beating bosses with their fists… does that count as a fourthweapon type?
• Geared for War: The Armor Berserkers Trusted Most in Battle
  • Most Trusted Armor
    1. Bloodthirsty Fiend
    2. Crimson Fiend
    3. Golden
  • Most Popular Phantom
    1. Kenta the Unyielding (23,355,981)
    2. Wulfric the Resilient (6,951,297)
  • Most Allocated Stat
    • Endurance (37,442,742)
• Fastest Hardcore Difficulty Clear Time
  • Two hours and 10 minutes
    • 16 bosses in two hours and 10 minutes—shorter than many movies
• Top Three Fastest Boss Clear Times on Hardcore Difficulty
  1. Reese (17 seconds)
  2. Aratra (13 seconds)
  3. Shactuka (16 seconds)

Message from Creative Director Junho Lee

Hello Berserkers,

This is Junho Lee, creative director of The First Berserker: Khazan.

First of all, I would like to sincerely thank you for loving The First Berserker: Khazan. Around this time last year, I remember thinking, “Once the spring flowers bloom, Khazan will finally be out in the world.”

That feels like just yesterday and yet, here we are, a full year after launch, already welcoming another spring. It’s hard to believe how quickly this past year has gone by. I poured my heart into making Khazan, telling myself that this would be the game I stake my entire career on, leaving absolutely nothing in the tank.

By the time we launched in 2025, I truly believed I had given every last ounce of energy I had. But then, so many of you showed up. You played the game, you shared your honest thoughts, and you cheered us on.

Because of all of that, not just me but the entire dev team found ourselves filled with even more energy than we spent building the game in the first place.

Now, more than ever, we’re driven by a single heartfelt desire—to create something even better, something even more fun for all of you to enjoy.

Someday we’ll take on new challenges, but Khazan’s story is far from over.

We’re working hard to bring you even more to enjoy—it’s the least we can do for a community that has given us so much. We’re pouring ourselves into it with genuine excitement, truly hoping from the bottom of our hearts that you’ll love what’s to come.

Thank you, sincerely, for playing The First Berserker: Khazan.

Being able to celebrate Khazan‘s first anniversary together with all of you means more than I can put into words. We’ll keep giving our very best to live up to your passion and support.

As always, thank you for being with us on this journey.

With gratitude,
Junho Lee