Lost Ark Card Collection Guide (900+ Cards)
How to build a 900+ card collection efficiently: Light of Salvation, Lostwind Cliff, and Deep Dive presets, awakening points, card books, and smart auction buys.
Lost Ark’s card catalog is huge — 900+ cards — but you only ever run a six-card deck. The game is picking the right set, awakening it, and not bankrupting yourself chasing legendaries. Here is the efficient path.
The DPS endgame set: Light of Salvation
Light of Salvation is the long-term DPS goal. At 12 awakening it converts your damage type to Holy; at 18 and 30 it stacks Holy damage. It is slow to finish because the legendary cards mostly come from Abyssal Dungeons and rapport, so start hunting copies early. Don’t force a low-awakening LoS deck over a strong transitional set, though — a completed set beats a half-built “best” one.
The过渡 set: Lostwind Cliff
Lostwind Cliff is the classic DPS stepping stone: at 12 awakening it grants crit rate, which covers the crit hole most builds have while LoS is unfinished. At 30 it gives the party Holy damage, so it even has support value late. Easy to assemble from Abyssal Dungeons, wandering merchants, and a quest card.
The starter set: Deep Dive
Deep Dive is the beginner-friendly DPS deck — broader, easier-to-get cards, solid general damage, no long legendary grind. Run it until LoS or Lostwind Cliff hits a meaningful breakpoint.
Support and defensive options
Supports lean on Lostwind Cliff (high awakening), Field Boss II, or Farewell, Weapon for HP and shielding value. Defensive players love We’ll Meet Again and Forest of Giants for damage-taken and recovery buffs. Kazeros’s Legion Commanders is the dark-damage mirror of Light of Salvation for dark-built DPS.
Awakening and books
Each set needs up to 30 awakening points to fully awaken. Spend card books (XP books from events, shops, and Una) on the set you’re actually using, not scattered across everything. Register every card you get and turn on auto-save so nothing sits in storage. Elemental deck presets (Fire/Water/Lightning/Earth/Holy/Dark) auto-apply on weakness content — configure them in the Card Catalog.
Buy, don’t grind blindly
Missing a rare from a set? Buy it on the Auction House. Use wandering merchants for the cheap rares. The gold guide covers funding those buys, and the endgame guide explains which content drops the legendaries you’re missing.