Patch Notes of April 27

Dear Commander:

We plan to start update maintenance on 15:00, April 27 (UTC+8). The maintenance is expected to take 120 - 240 minutes.

*Please pay attention to the community and in-game rolling announcements for specific times.

After the maintenance, please update the client to the latest version before start the game.

During the maintenance, the players will be forcibly disconnected and unable to login. Please logout before the maintenance to avoid any data loss.

The following is the introduction of update contents:

New Blackguard

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Starborne Era

The first region of the Starborne Era world is now available. Commanders can explore interactive events around the towns in this region, or venture deep into the Whispering Maze (instance dungeon) to capture Companions.

Requirement: Yggdrasil reaches Lv. 1500

World Exploration

Explore the open world and encounter all kinds of interactive events. Different choices will affect your rewards and the pace of your exploration.

Visit towns, explore wilderness ruins, and uncover the mysteries hidden behind this world.

Coming later: More explorable regions, dynamic story content such as quests and bounties, visible player appearances in the world, large-scale world conquest gameplay, and more. Stay tuned~

Honor Level and Specialization Star Chart

Various actions performed in the Starborne Era world will accumulate Proofs of Honor, which can be used to increase your Warband's Honor Level.

Warband Rank

• As Honor Level increases, the Commander's Warband Rank can be raised to a higher tier.

• As Warband Rank increases, the Yggdrasil level cap can be expanded to Lv. 1600.

Specialization Star Chart

• Upgrading Warband Rank unlocks more Specialization Points.

• By allocating Specialization Points, you can enhance the various Warband talent effects in the [Specialization Star Chart].

• By collecting the item [Star Pact Specialization], you can obtain additional Specialization Points.

Wilderness Instance - Whispering Maze

Whispering Maze is a grid-based exploration dungeon that combines the fun of pioneering exploration with randomized challenges. Commanders will lead their squad through layers of fog, searching for rare treasures and pressing onward to the final destination in a cautious adventure. Generous rewards can be obtained after clearing each floor of the maze!

A wide variety of events may be encountered in the maze: treasure chests, battles, hot spring recovery, mysterious altars... And if you discover a Companion, don't hesitate! Fight it and try to capture it!

Whispering Maze is divided into two types, each with a different entrance appearance.

One-Time Mazes: The chests within the maze and the floor-clear rewards can only be claimed once. Their difficulty from low to high is as follows:

• Shattered Tomb(2 Floors)

• Bloodmarsh Darkwood (2 Floors)

• Corrupted Sanctuary (3 Floors)

Repeatable Mazes: Rewards within the maze are randomized, and floor-clear rewards can be obtained repeatedly, as follows:

• Thousand-Eyed Maze (5 Floors)

Starborne Era Exclusive Treasures

Added treasures exclusive to Stargate Conquest gameplay. These treasures can be collected and cultivated through Stargate-related gameplay to gain stronger stat growth and gameplay benefits.

(Some treasure attributes are not yet fully implemented. Collected treasures will be unlocked in future updates.)

Added New System: Companions

Commanders can collect and cultivate Companions, assign them to their teams to assist in battle, and experience a brand-new system focused on progression and skill combinations.

Companion System Entry: Blackguard System List -> Companion

Companion Acquisition: Obtained from battles in the Starborne Era instance - Whispering Maze

The all-new Companion System is now available. During your adventures, Companions can be obtained through stage drops, packs, and other methods, then brought into battle to fight alongside your team. Each team can deploy up to 1 Companion.

(Currently available in: Starborne Era. More supported modes will be added in future updates~)

This update also introduces the core Companion features, including Training, Leveling, Refining, Fusion, Dismissal, and Skill Book progression. Soulbeast Crystals can be consumed to quickly raise a Companion's level, helping you cultivate higher combat power and better Aptitude.

When captured, Companions will randomly receive one of the following tags: [Wild] [Mutated] [Ordinary].

Wild Companions start with lower initial Aptitude, but can be turned into Ordinary Companions through Refining.

Mutated Companions, on the other hand, possess higher stat growth and special bonuses.

Dismissing Companions will also yield resources such as Soulbeast Crystals, Beast Tears, and Aberrant Beast Tears.

(In future updates, these resources can be exchanged in special shops for Companion growth items such as Skill Books and Refining Potions.)

When fighting in Stargate gameplay, deployed Companions provide substantial bonuses to the entire team, and damage taken by Companions in Stargate battles is additionally reduced by 80%.

Limited-time Optional Banner

Duration: After update ~ 2026.5.14

Available Blackguards in this Banner:

Coltish Artillerist, Legendary Dragon, Foxy Archduchess, Coffin Morrigan, Thorny Bramble, Centaur Minerva, Schneemond Princess, Shadowy Mirage, Nirvana Ignis, Judgement Hammer, Lady Swan Lake, Shamneko in Night, Blooming Ink Deer, Marine Rime, F labellum Seraph, Falling Samele, Tundra Thunder, Everlasting Sol, Flicker Pierce, Jadeform Immortal, Phantasmal Dream, Double Shot Pursuit, Wightbone Dragon, Twinkle Palette, Skyborne Machina, Golden Hatch, Blazing Shear, Celestial Luan, Silverblade Oath, Green Whisper, Crimson Warshadow

Before the selected SP Blackguard is summoned, it can be freely changed to another available SP Blackguard, while keeping the current pity count.

After the selected SP Blackguard has been summoned, it can no longer be changed to another available SP Blackguard.

Optimizations and Adjustments

Golden Valley

Golden Valley now has 4 new difficulty levels, allowing Commanders to obtain more Gold.

Subsequent difficulties can only be unlocked after clearing the previous one.

Otherrealm

Added a Archaic Stone: Solidification Removal Stone, which can remove one [Solidification] affix from an equipment item when used together with the Archaic Shattering Stone.

Added new items to the Otherrealm Shop; reduced the exchange price of the Worn Fate Gear.

After this version goes live, all servers will receive compensation by mail: Worn Fate Gear x3

Optimized Otherrealm season point rewards by adding Radiant Oil to the reward pool.

Optimized the settlement rewards of Eternal Monument, increasing the stability of its value output.

Time Capsule

Avatar System:Fully upgraded the underlying prize pool and added new red-quality animated avatar rewards.

Weapon Skins:Updated the universal purple/orange prize pool and added multiple new skin items.

Mechanism Optimization:Removed purple critical results from avatar synthesis, and redirected all critical outcomes to the weapon skin box.

Increased Mystery Box Output: Increased point reward output from Void Chasm gameplay; added more exchangeable rewards to the Black Market - Great Wall Shop.

Otherrealm Market

• New Items: Bloodshadow Longsword, Archaic Shattering Stone, Solidification Removal Stone

• AdjustedPrice AdjustmentThe price of Worn Fate Gear has been reduced to 50,000 Otherrealm Essence

Otherrealm Rewards

Rewards at certain point milestones have been adjusted to Equipment Radiance Oil.

Limited-Time Pass

Removed the weekly point acquisition cap.

Limited-Time Bounties

Optimized cumulative recharge rewards by adding rewards such as the SS Blackguard Roster, Sanguine Optional Box, and Lottery Skin Box.

Pack Shop

• Increased the purchase limits of the Forging Pack and Forging Stone Pack.

• Optimized the Covenant Pack by replacing Lura with Diamonds.

• Removed the Hourglass Pack, Plenty Echo Pack, and Key of Time and Key of Time Rift from the shop.

• Added the following limited-time packs: Spring Whetstone Pack, TL Otherrealm Supply Ⅰ, and LT Otherrealm Archaeology Pack

Skin Shop

Added new contents to all SP Blackguard skin packs: Starwish Stone x20

Great Temple

Added a new item: Avatar Box Chest

(Use to obtain Genesis Avatar Box x1 and Arcane Letter Opener)

Starluck Blessing

Optimized the prize pool by adding rewards such as Archaic Prefix/Suffix Removal Stones and Addition Stone.

Covenant of the Stars

After the update, the Covenant of the Stars will include the SP character: Grinfina

New Seasons for Regular Modes

Everwinter Land

[Everwinter Land] New season is about to start. Due to the blessing of Dark, Dark type heroes will enjoy additional combat ability improvements in the battle of [Everwinter Land]

Participate in the Everwinter Land Rankings. Commanders who place at the top will receive the following rewards:

Time Capsule：Genesis S Avatar Box，Genesis Frame Box

Void Chasm & Season 9 Launch

Duration: 2026-05-01 ~ 2026-05-29

Top commanders on this season’s leaderboard will receive the following rewards:

Exclusive Avatar:Falling Moon

Time Capsule：Genesis S Avatar Box，Genesis Avatar Box，Genesis Title Box

Guild War S10

Duration:2026-05-01 ~ 2026-06-27

Academy Cup S32Season

Duration: 2026-05-01 ~ 2026-05-29

Participating in the Academy Cup competition, the top-ranked commanders will obtain the following rewards:

Exclusive Avatar Frame：Gilded: Brocade Pattern(S32)

Time Capsule：Genesis S Frame Box，Genesis Frame Box，Genesis Title Box

Events

Starluck Blessing - Ling Long Weapons

“A trace left behind when a star falls across the sky — once believed to be a blessing from the gods.”

Duration: After update ~ 2026-05-27

Spend Starwish Stone to draw from the event pool for a chance to obtain Ling Long's weapon skin — Veiled Blossoms, along with Ling Long's [Spring Whisper] skin set and matching head accessory, Whetstone, bound Gold, Archaic Prefix/Suffix Removal Stones and Addition Stones, Otherrealm Coin, and more. After drawing the grand prize, subsequent rounds of premium value packs will be unlocked for purchase.

MOONGAZE

Qualification Activation：2026-05-01~2026-05-14

Rewards:

Otherrealm Coin*220,000

Login Chest: Genesis Skin Box *10

Arcane Letter Opener *10

NIGHTFROST

Qualification Activation：2026-05-16~2026-05-29

Rewards:

Covenant Crystal*1050

Login Chest: Genesis Skin Box *10

Arcane Letter Opener *10

Duration: After update ~2026-05-27

Complete event spending requirements to obtain the following skins and more rewards:

32,800 Points: Sanguine Optional Box

100,000 Points: Supreme Skin Chest Ⅱ (Choose one specific previous limited cumulative recharge skin)

200,000 Points: Lottery Skin Box (Choose one specific previous Lucky Draw skin)

300,000 Points: Ling Long's [Nightmist Witch] outfit set and matching head accessory

Event Rule

Duration the Event, every【Sanguine Summon】will gain point, accumulate point to obtain massive pts reward. Event reward can be claimed up to 6 rounds

This event will have server/Cross server ranking, and will provide related ranking reward (The Heart of Summon leaderboard will be replaced)

Expected Event Duration

After update~2026.5.14 12:00

Event Rule

During the Event, consume FP will have chance to drop event coin「Sakura Emblem」. 「Sakura Emblem」can be used to exchange various reward on event shop.

Expected Event Duration

2026.5.15-2026.5.21

Event Rule

During the event period, every 1 FP commander consume will gain 1 event point, accumulate point to certain amount will gain stage reward, there will be 7 stage, up to 6 rounds.

Single-server and Cross-server leaderboard will be set on this event, rewards will be distributed based on the total event points accumulated during the event.

Expected Event Duration

2026-5-15 08:00 - 2026-6-13 12:00

Event Rule

During the event period, every blackguard summon will give 1 point, accumulate points to obtain massive accumulative point reward.

Expected Event Duration

2026-5-22 08:00 – 2026-5-28 12:00

Event Rule

During the Event, Commander can obtain massive accumulative point reward after reaching certain Academy Cup point.

The Event will have separate Leaderboard, Blacktide Medal and Exclusive Avatar will be offered as ranking reward.

Expected Event Duration

2026-5-15 08:00 - 2026-5-21 12:00

Future Update Plans

One-Tap Dismantle optimization for Gem and Enchanting

Full implementation of Stargate treasure attributes

Fusion options will be added for Eternal Runes, increasing percentage-based all attributes after fusion.

Ongoing maintenance and content updates for the Starborne Era open world, interactive events, and maze battles

Starborne Shop, where rare Companion-related items can be exchanged

A new [Arena] mode, where the game designer will appear as an NPC opponent. Challenge the designer and the lineups they arrange, and achieve victory by strategically ordering your Blackguards and Companions. Winning will unlock a large number of abilities.`

More open-world appearance skins

Added capture-related content for advanced Companions: the [Monster Girl Series]