Epic Seven

Hello, Heirs!

This is GM Dominiel.

Let’s take a look at what we have in store for you in this week’s update.

Players will be able to view this update after the maintenance on Thursday, December 23.

1. Hero and Artifact Balance Adjustments

Certain Heroes and Artifacts will have a balance adjustment applied! Create new strategies with these Heroes and Artifacts!

※ The probability, turns, and Cooldown values are based on the maximum skill enhancement available.

※ Skills without changes specified are the same as before.

■ Archdemon's Shadow (5★, Dark, Mage)

- The Soulburn effect for Touch of Chaos will be changed.

- The effect for Twisted Power will be changed.

- The effect for Dissolution will be changed.

■ Judge Kise (5★, Light, Warrior)

- The skill and Soulburn effect for End of Evil will be changed.

- The effect for Wave of Light will be changed. The skill enhance effect will be changed and damage will be increased. A Soulburn effect will be added.

■ Melissa (5★, Fire, Mage)

- The effect for Manifestation will be changed.

- The effect for Blood Bloom will be changed.

■ Lorina (3★, Dark, Warrior)

- The effect for Sharp Blow will be changed.

■ Commander Lorina (3★, Dark, Warrior)

- The effect for Sharp Blow will be changed.

- The Guard Rune effect will be changed. 

- The Hardship Rune effect will be changed. 

- The Glory Rune effect will be changed. 

■ Wanda (3★, Dark, Ranger)

- The effect for Weak Point will be changed.

■ All-Rounder Wanda (3★, Dark, Ranger)

- The effect for Weak Point will be changed.

- The effect for One Shot, One Kill will be changed.

- The Achievement Rune effect will be changed.

- The Speed Rune effect will be changed.

- The Wedge Rune effect will be changed.

■ Wind Rider (5★, Thief Exclusive)

■ Fairy Tale for a Nightmare (5★, Mage Exclusive)

 - For more details regarding the Hero and Artifact balance adjustments, please check the following notice; [12/23 (Thu) Balance Adjustment Preview]

2. Guardian Balance Adjustments

Improvements will be made through this balance adjustment so that Guardians can be used more widely.

Guardians can be obtained through gameplay without any restrictions.

■ Zeaon

■ Kromcruz

3. Special Side Story, Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day - Week 1

Peace is restored after the war. However, Cecilia worries about a village located on the outskirts of Wintenberg that has maintained the wounds of the war and is struggling to live on.

Cecilia decides to visit this village and hold a charity event to provide comfort and inspire hope.

The first week of the special side story Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day begins now.

■ Schedule

12/23 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 1/13 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

■ Title Screen Change

■ How to Enter

Clear Episode 1 'Chapter 10-10. Shrieking Hall'

■ Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day Information

[Chapter Opening Schedule]

[Enhanced Heroes]

■ Week 1 Information

[Event Currency]

※ The currency that can be obtained from each chapter is different.

※ Players will not be able to obtain currency from Story stage.

[Enhanced Artifact]

■ Stage Progress

- The special side story Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day will take place in Outskirts of Wintenberg.

- The first chapter is comprised of Outskirts of Wintenberg Main Stages 1~6, Hidden Stages, MolaGora Habitat and Goblin's Den.

- Players can proceed to the next stage after they clear the preceding stage.

[Story Stage]

- Story Stages do not require Energy to enter and do not have any battles.

- Story Stages do not provide Event currency.

[Stage Difficulty]

- In the first week of this side story, players can play through the 5. Frosty Cliff with various difficulty levels.

- Players may select a higher difficulty after successfully clearing the one before it.

[Goblin's Den]

- Clearing the Chapter 1 hidden stage will unlock S. Goblin's Den.

- Players can complete S. Goblin's Den stage in Chapter 1 once during the Side Story period.

[MolaGora Habitat]

- Clearing the hidden stage in Chapter 1 will unlock S. MolaGora Habitat.

- Players can complete S. MolaGora Habitat in Chapter 1 once during the Side Story period.

Arimelka Village Week 1

The village of Arimelka in the outskirts of Wintenberg is struggling to recover from the scars of war.

- Clear Stage 6. Snowflake Entrance to unlock Arimelka Village and Hidden Stages.

- Unlocking Arimelka Village will start the collapsed bridge restoration tutorial.

- In Hidden Stories you can obtain materials (Week 3 currency) for restoring buildings.

- Arimelka Village will remain available for 7 days after the end of the Side Story period. However, during this period you will only be able to collect rewards.

1. Village Entrance

   ① Tap the Arimelka Village icon in the World Map.

   ② Tap the Village button at the bottom of the Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day title screen.

2. Building Upgrade

   ① In Week 1 of the Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day, you can restore the collapsed bridge at the entrance of Arimelka Village.

   ② You can collect materials to proceed with building upgrade, and receive rewards once restoration is complete.

  ③ Completing building upgrade will also unlock a new story. (Select the relevant building to view the stories again.)

   ④ There are a total of five buildings that can be renovated. While the Collapsed Bridge may be renovated in Week 1, the other buildings may only be renovated after completing a Special Stage in Week 2.

3. Production

In Week 2 of Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day, you can proceed with production at the upgraded buildings in Arimelka Village.

Each building produces different products, and you can receive different rewards based on the products.

4. Special Gifts

Completing 17. Joy Square Street in the Fairy Tale for a Snowy Day Week 3 awards you with abundant presents. Receive your rewards at the tall tree in the center of the village! You can collect your reward once per day or collect all stored rewards at once.

■ Exchange

- Players will be able to exchange event currency, 'Winterized Mushroom,’ obtained from battle stages for various items.

- Players will be able to exchange event currency for items up to one week after the Side Story ends.

■ Main Reward

- 4★ Artifact Nostalgic Music Box

4. Epic★Pass Warm Year-End 2021

The Epic Pass Warm Year-End 2021 is here!

A high-speed gift delivery girl who gives joy to everyone in one night! Meet Bomb Model Kanna with her new “Special Gift” skin!

Please show a lot of interest in this Epic Pass season!

■ Period

12/23 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 1/20 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

■ Location

Players can access Epic Pass by going to the main lobby and tapping the “Epic Pass” icon.

■ How to Use 

- You can increase your Season Rank by consuming the currencies specified.

- As you increase your Season Rank, you can earn a variety of rewards.

   ① Free Reward: Players can receive basic rewards by increasing their Season Rank during the season.

   ② Premium Reward: Rewards that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to Premium Epic Pass.

   ③ Special Reward: Rewards that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to Special Epic Pass.

[Season Rank & Season EXP]

1) Currency Value

   - Players can receive season EXP by consuming the currencies listed below in different game modes.

   - Warm Year-End 2021 consumable currencies that provide Season EXP are as follows:

2) Purchase Season Rank

   - Players can use 100 Skystones to increase their Season Rank by 1.

■ Epic Pass Upgrade

- Players can upgrade to the Premium Epic Pass or Special Epic Pass by using Skystones.

※ After purchasing the Premium Epic pass, players can upgrade to the Special Epic Pass for 900 Skystone.

※ The Epic Pass Upgrade can also be purchased during the reward collection period. However, it is not possible to acquire season EXP.

■ Rewards

[Hero Skin – Special Gift]

- The illustration and cut scenes will change when this skin is equipped on the 5★ Hero, Bomb Model Kanna.

5. New 5★ Hero 「Conqueror Lilias」

An absolute monarch who governs Perland with fear and violence.

She was born the youngest child in the Perlutia family and stayed away from the fight to be the next head of the family. Witnessing the incompetent leading the family, she purges them one by one in anger and takes the throne for herself.

But her endless ambition drives her to aim for other regions in Cidonia.

The 5★ Light Elemental Hero, Conqueror Lilias will be available in Mystic Summons, Covenant Summons, and Moonlight Summons.

■ Conqueror Lilias

[Hero Introduction]

[Skill Introduction]

6. Bomb Model Kanna & Air-to-Surface Missile: MISHA Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up meet Bomb Model Kanna, a Fire elemental Ranger capable of dealing damage to all enemies while increasing her team's Speed. Players can also obtain Air-to-Surface Missile: MISHA, a Ranger Exclusive Artifact that increases the caster's Hit Chance and Critical Hit Damage.

■ Schedule

12/23 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 12/30 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

7. Ilynav & Wings of Light and Shadow Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up meet Ilynav, a Fire-Elemental Knight who can attack all enemies mercilessly and grant increased Critical Hit Damage to all allies and immunity to the caster. Players can also obtain the Knight exclusive Artifact, Wings of Light and Shadow which, after a critical hit is made with a single attack, increases the damage of the next attack by a set amount. 

■ Schedule

12/23 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 12/30 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

8. The Book of Memories - 「A Small Miracle」 Update

The Special Side Story 「A Small Miracle」 will be added to The Book of Memories.

This Side Story is purchasable with Skystone and purchased Side Stories will have no requirements for entry.

■ Location

- [Battle > Move to the Book of Memories] or [Battle > Side Story > The Book of Memories banner]

■ How to Unlock

- Clear Episode 2 Chapter 10 stage [10-10. Twisted Core]

■ 'A Small Miracle' Cost

900 Skystone

■ Story Progress and Stages

- This story will have the basic mechanics of other Side Stories.

- Players can replay stories via [Story Replay] on the main screen of the Special Side Story after clearing the purchased Special Side Story.

- Choices are not included in [Story Replay] and a set path will be provided.

- Players can receive the rest of the rewards upon reaching 'Record Complete' after clearing the story and achievements. Players will not be able to enter the Side Story map again.

- Stage Missions and rewards are not included in Special Side Stories purchased via <The Book of Memories>.

- Goblin Gates are not included in Special Side Stories purchased via <The Book of Memories>.

- Goblin Challenge stages, MolaGora Challenge stages, and stages with various difficulty levels are not included in Special Side Stories purchased via <The Book of Memories>.

■ Main Reward

- 4★ Artifact - Card of Small Miracles

- Side story exclusive Equipment

※ The AP Exchange is not included in Special Side Stories purchased via <The Book of Memories>.

■ Chronicles

- A Small Miracle will be added to the Chronicles, which can be seen by going to [The Book of Memories > See Chronicles].

■ Art

- Art obtained in [The Book of Memories > A Small Miracle] can be viewed again in the Art Journal.

■ Others

- An issue where the provided level information of Equipment obtainable from [Reingar Full Moon Festival], [The Shadow of Ravenwing Manor], and [Eulogy for a Saint] did not match the Equipment will be fixed.

- The supporter NPC in [Reingar Full Moon Festival], [The Shadow of Ravenwing Manor], and [Eulogy for a Saint] will be enhanced to 6★.

- Some stages in [The Shadow of Ravenwing Manor], and [Eulogy for a Saint] will have changes.

9. Limited Christmas Pets

Adorable pets have returned to celebrate the Christmas period with you!

You can obtain these pets only during the designated period by going to [Pet House > Adopt].

Period

- 12/23 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 1/6 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

※ The performance of the new Pets is the same as existing pets.

※ New pets' adoption rate can be found in Pet House > Adopt > Pet Adoption Rate

10. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Heroes and Artifacts

- The description for Guard Rune of the 3★ Specialty Change Hero, Commander Lorina will be improved for clarity. No functional changes will be made.

- An issue where the description for 5★ Melissa’s Manifestation did not specify the target Hero, will be fixed. No functional changes will be made.

- The description for the 4★ Warrior Artifact Hell Cutter will be changed from "at the end of someone's turn" to "at the start of someone's turn" to match the actual function No functional changes will be made.

■ Monsters

- The damage dealt by the 'Light of Afterlife' skill used by Warlock monsters appearing in Adventure and Side Stories will be lowered.

- An immunity information button has been added to the preview screen of Boss and Elite monsters and will show the immunities of the relevant monster when tapped.

- The description for the Turbulence passive skill of Expedition bosses will be modified to reflect its effects. No functional changes will be made.

- The description of the Shred skill of the Expedition boss Brutal Pherus will be modified to reflect its buff dispel and Effect Resistance ignoring effects.

- An issue in Expedition where the "increased damage against Light elemental Heroes" effect of 'enhanced element (unique effect)' passive of the Level 1 & 2 Destructive Gigantes was higher than the indicated value in the description will be fixed.

- Typos and issues where skill description of some monsters appearing in Expedition did not match their actual functions will be fixed. No functional changes will be made.

- An issue where information concerning the immunity and Effect Resistance of Ruby Wyvern appearing on Abyss Floor 76 was not displayed will be fixed.

■ Adventure and Story

- An issue in which the acquired item icons displayed in the pop-up window when using Receive All for side story rewards was not centrally aligned will be fixed.

- An issue where receiving an item from the Mailbox on the Battle Preparation screen of the Advent Side Story would cause the Energy icon to disappear on the Start button will be fixed.

-An issue where the icon of the NPC Heathen Inquisitor appeared abnormally in [Journal > Story Journal > Labyrinth > Tirel Castle in Chaos] will be fixed.

■ Battle

- An issue where the effect of “recovering Health proportional to damage dealt” activated while the caster is inflicted with the debuff <unhealable> took effect after the buff is dispelled, will be fixed.

- An issue where a Single Attack generated additional damage when attacking after the debuff <curse> was dispelled while it's not the caster's turn, will be fixed.

- An issue where the Supporter’s Single Attack targeted all enemies when switching an ally with the Supporter after selecting a non-attack AoE skill and tapping [TAG] in ally’s turn, will be fixed.

■ Arena

- A [Help > Arena > World Arena] category will be added with an explanation of the points deduction system.

- [World Arena > Ranking > Season Reward] will more clearly show the acquirement conditions for the Epic Skin.

- The World Arena battle background will be improved to automatically change to match when there is a Regular Season.

- An issue where if a player did not enter Arena during the previous week, the [Ranking > Previous Weekly Ranking] screen would display "Calculating..." will be fixed.

■ Other

- There will be improvements to the display of voice actor information of Heroes.

   ㄴ [Hero > Details > Basic Information]

   ㄴ [Journal > Select Hero]

   ㄴ Summon result screen
    ※ Voice actor information will be displayed only when the language and media pack are set in the same language.

- An issue where the voice actor information for Guilty Gear collaboration Heroes was not displayed properly when setting both the language and media pack in English, will be fixed.

- An issue where the unlock conditions in [Friendship Level > Voices] and [Hero > Details > Expressions & Voices > Voice Lines] were displayed opposite of each other will be fixed.

- [Journal > Hero Journal > All Heroes] will be improved to also allow filtering on top of the currently available sorting function.

- [Journal > Artifact Journal > All Artifacts] will be improved to allow sorting through the filter function.

- The position of the Hero Enhance button will be changed to the bottom of the screen.

- When raising the level of a hero using a Penguin, the Hero's level-up voice line will be played.

- A filter function for sorted by time received and time remaining will be added to the mailbox.

- The <Inbox> and <GM> tabs of [Mailbox] will be combined.

- The system message displayed when there is nothing to display in the Received Friend Requests window, will be changed.

- Equipment Storage will be improved so that it marks the Equipment unable to be selected when storing or checking out Equipment.

- An issue where tapping Level Up button in certain circumstances displayed a level up window of another Hero, will be fixed.

- An issue where Receive All button was overlapped with the My Wanted Posters button after moving via [Previous Expedition Depot] button and [Current Season] button in [Expedition > Expedition Depot], will be fixed.

- Typos in the pop-up message displayed when selecting Conviction Frame V in [Profile > Change Frame] while the player has not obtained the frame, will be fixed.

Thank you.