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Full Honkai Impact 3rd update
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What changed
- Gameplay
- Workshop
- Balance
- Events
- Store
- Maps
Honkai Impact 3rd changes
Update Content
★ New MECH-type S-rank Battlesuit "Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon"
Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon is a MECH-type Fire DMG dealer. All damage she deals is considered Ignite DMG. She wields a Rocket Hammer and is protected by Astral Ring Specialization: Rite of Oblivion. After clearing three trials, Coralie, the savior of the world, returns triumphantly in her dragonkin form. Behold, the genius Dark Lord!
Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon can use her claws and wings to perform flashy aerial combos. In Stellar Outburst, her multi-level scorching dragon breath will burn everything to ashes.
*You can obtain the new battlesuit and her recommended equipment in the following ways:
Overlord of Annihilation Battlesuit Supply is available. The featured S-rank battlesuit "Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon" is guaranteed in 90 drops with 50% off the first 10 drops.
Equipment Supply is available for a limited time. Recommended for Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon: Rocket Hammer "Draconic Sky-Scorching Fury" and "Gaming for Life" stigma set drop rates UP!
"Dragon of the Ruins" login event begins. Log in for 7 days to obtain Gaming for Life Stigma Option x1, 120 Crystals, and more. Open the Stigma Option to choose from one of the corresponding stigmata.
"Gaming for Life" stigma set is craftable. Forging a stigma requires Source Prism x2 and Ether Fuel x600.
★ New AstralOp Chenxue
Chenxue is the recommended AstralOp for Grail of Infinitude and Rite of Oblivion. In Stellar Outburst, she can perform her Synergy Attack to pull in surrounding enemies and deal Fire DMG. When Grail of Infinitude is activated, entering Stellar Outburst reduces Ultimate CD for all team members, and refreshes and activates teammates' QTEs. When Rite of Oblivion is activated, Elemental DMG, Physical DMG, and Crit Rate increase for all team members.
*You can obtain the new AstralOp in the following ways:
AstralOp Supply is available for a limited time. You are guaranteed to get AstralOp Chenxue in 60 AstralOp Supply drops.
★ Part 2 Main Story Chapter IX Interlude: Yet the Stars Still Sparkle
As a mist veils the lake, she waits for the ripples to calm, so her hands can cup the reflections of stars.
The new main story interlude "Yet the Stars Still Sparkle" begins. Play the main story to get Crystals, Source Prisms, HOHO Vacation Tickets, and more.
★ Featured Event "Assemble! Summer Friendship Resort"
A heart-throbbing game and a light-hearted adventure await. Have a summer filled with miracles at the Golden Courtyard!
"Welcome to the World of Love created by a genius designer! Are you ready for a su... Yes, a surprise?"
Featured event "Assemble! Summer Friendship Resort" coming soon. Play to get Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer's outfit "Roseate Summer", Summer at Golden Courtyard Emblem, Crystals, Source Prisms, Honkai Shards, and more.
★ Special Event Shop "Have-All Market"
Event shop "Have-All Market" is now open. During the event, participate in various Supply events or purchase themed bundles to obtain event shop tokens, which can be exchanged for Lone Destruction: Shadowchaser's outfit "At Your Service", Divine Key Option, Synergy Cards, Equipment Supply Cards, and more.
★ New Event "Star-Tempering Clash"
Go solo or team up in threes, keep the battles rolling under the gleam of tempered starlight!
Star-Tempering Clash begins soon. Play stage battles to obtain Crystals, Tempered Starblade Emblem, Einstein's Torus, SC Metal-H2, and more.
★ Hyperion Arsenal
New Weapons: Rocket Hammer "Draconic Sky-Scorching Fury" and PRI-ARM Rocket Hammer "Draconic Sky-Scorching Fury: Ultra!"
New Stigmata: "Gaming for Life" Stigma Set
Game Adjustments & Optimizations
☆☆☆☆☆ Battlesuits ☆☆☆☆☆
The following data are at max skill level:
◆ Planar Armament: Warped Spacetime
Passive Skill "Honest Feelings" unlocked.
Fixed an issue where some bridge interactions glitched.
Fixed an issue where her plunging attack animations sometimes glitched.
Fixed an issue her weapon models sometimes glitched and wrongly appeared on the bridge screen.
Fixed an issue where the camera sometimes glitched when she performed her Combo ATK "Pierced Sun" in lower FPS settings.
◆ Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo!
Fixed an issue where the animation of Basic ATK SEQ 2 sometimes glitched in Dreamdiver form.
◆ Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer
Fixed an issue where Basic ATK SEQ 1 sometimes glitched and was repeatedly performed during plunging attacks.
Fixed an issue where the animation of her Combo ATK "Spiritual: Swim of Dragon" sometimes glitched and was interrupted under certain circumstances.
◆ Lone Destruction: Shadowchaser
Fixed an issue where her model sometimes glitched after completing jumps.
Fixed an issue where her animations sometimes glitched in Part 2 Main Story's map.
◆ Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer
Fixed an issue where Phantom support attacks sometimes glitched and were abnormally interrupted by jumps during Stellar Outburst.
◆ Valkyrie Blastmetal
Fixed an issue where some movement animations glitched.
◆ Herrscher of Rebirth
Fixed an issue where the battlesuit "Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star" sometimes glitched and wrongly triggered her QTE while in Soul Shaper Form when Dewy Twilight was not in effect.
◆ Herrscher of Human: Ego
Fixed an issue where aiming sometimes glitched and was not triggered immediately after holding [Weapon] when Ultimate Evasion Skill was triggered without Ultimate Evasion.
◆ Reverist Calico
Fixed an issue where running animations sometimes glitched in the Open World game mode.
Fixed an issue where her model's eyes sometimes glitched during some bridge interactions when she was in the Simply Orange outfit.
◆ Others
Fixed an issue where Lone Planetfarer and Herrscher of Human: Ego (when equipped with Flawless Benediction or Flawless Benediction: Legacy) sometimes glitched and Stellar Assault failed to deal damage when Law of Ascension was triggered.
☆☆☆☆☆ Stigmata ☆☆☆☆☆
◆ Across Planets Alone Set
New 3-piece set bonus: When equipped by Lone Planetfarer and Rite of Oblivion is activated, all team members deal 20% more Ignite DMG and Bleed DMG.
◆ Into the Universe Set
New 3-piece set bonus: When equipped by Valkyrie Blastmetal and Rite of Oblivion is activated, all team members deal 8% more Ignite DMG and Bleed DMG.
◆ King of Conquerors Set
New 3-piece set bonus: When the character has Moonrising and Rite of Oblivion is activated, all team members deal 12% more Ignite DMG and Bleed DMG.
◆ Feline Guardian Set
Fixed an issue where the 3-piece set bonus "Enemy of Chaos" sometimes glitched and wrongly increased the duration of Rime Trauma inflicted by all team members on enemies.
Fixed an issue with the 3-piece set bonus "Enemy of Chaos" effects where the duration increase of freezing on characters that weren't team members sometimes glitched.
☆☆☆☆☆ Enemies ☆☆☆☆☆
◆ Others
Edited the descriptions of some enemy skills that can be deflected. They can be deflected by characters' special attacks that count as Ignite or Bleed DMG.
☆☆☆☆☆ Gameplay ☆☆☆☆☆
◆ Part 2 Main Story
Fixed an issue where the background images of some dialogue were abnormally blurry in Part 2 Main Story Chapter IX: If Destiny Concludes Today.
Fixed audio glitches with the songs "Brighter Than the Sun" and "Higher Than Clouds" in the Ore Jukebox from Part 2 Main Story's map.
Fixed an issue where character models sometimes glitched in stage 1-6 of Partners: Easy Fights with Vi in Investigation? Theresa's Great Adventure!.
Fixed an issue where the achievement tab in Part 2 Main Story Chapters I~III: Tides of Time Gone By sometimes glitched and wrongly displayed "Frost Melting at Dawn" and "Beyond Mountains and Seas".
◆ Part 1 Main Story
Fixed an issue where area restriction sometimes glitched in Main Story Chapter 17-5: Act 2 The Present.
Fixed an issue where the camera elevation sometimes glitched in Main Story Chapter 17-12: Act 3 The Alternative.
Fixed an issue where characters sometimes fell outside the map in some main story stages.
◆ Superstring Dimension
New stage: Inferno: Perilous, featuring Litost · Cinders of the Night as the main enemy.
New stage: Fuel: Perilous, featuring Dominator of Wolves as the main enemy.
New stages: Inferno: Fringe and Inferno: Intensive
New stages: Blood Thorns: Fringe and Blood Thorns: Intensive
Fixed an issue in Razor Edge: Perilous (main enemy: Masked Fool Sampo) where the camera angle sometimes glitched during phase change.
Fixed an issue in Razor Edge: Perilous (main enemy: Masked Fool Sampo) where Trick Hat sometimes glitched and vanished during phase change.
Fixed an issue where characters sometimes glitched and left the combat zone during phase changes when fighting boss Sprout of Wishing.
Fixed an issue where performing Stellar Shift with "Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star" in certain areas caused the background display to glitch.
- Adjusted the weather effects of Stellar Crown EnvironmentFor every teammate with the Omniscient Star trait, bonus Total DMG dealt by all teammates increased from 10% to 15% (up to 30%). Other effects remain unchanged.
Fixed an issue where the weather effect of Stellar Environment "When the Astral Ring system is activated, increases Total DMG of all team members" glitched and did not apply to non-Astral Ring team members.
Fixed an issue where Thorns of Wishing sometimes glitched and its trajectory was not displayed properly during Sprout of Wishing's phase change in Nemesis: Perilous.
Fixed an issue where the Electrified, Freezing, and Unbalanced Environment weather effects sometimes glitched and did not take effect properly.
Fixed an issue in Frosthelm: Intensive where the duration of the effect "All characters in the team deal 15% more Total DMG" sometimes glitched.
◆ Memorial Arena
New SSS boss: Litost · Cinders of the Night
Fixed an issue where the HP of SSS boss "Lantern" sometimes glitched.
Fixed an issue where SSS boss Masked Fool Sampo's spinning cards sometimes glitched during phase change.
Fixed an issue where SSS boss Argent Knight: Artemis's Glacial Armor sometimes glitched and could not be broken.
Fixed an issue where characters sometimes glitched and left the combat zone during phase changes when fighting boss Sprout of Wishing.
◆ Voyage Anecdotes
Fixed an issue where the button for the limited-time shop sometimes glitched in the events "Yunchin's Culinary Wonders" and "Ongoing: Make-A-Wish Fest!".
◆ Tactics Class
Fixed an issue in the battlesuit tutorial for Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star where her Special ATK's skill level glitched.
◆ Elysian Realm
New playable battlesuit: Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon
Boss for Floor 17 of Deep Sequence changed to Benares: Metamorphosis. This powerful enemy changes its form based on weather conditions. This is only a visual adjustment and does not affect the actual effects.
Updated the stage effects and buff effects of Deep Sequence.
Fixed an issue where Energy Catalyst sometimes glitched and appeared outside the map when Valkyrie Boltstorm was equipped with the exclusive signet Blessing of Sparkling Lightning.
☆☆☆☆☆ Battle Pass ☆☆☆☆☆
Added the following purchasable items to v8.4 BP Materials (Knight BP/Paladin BP required):
[Character Card/Rank-Up Stamp] Fenghuang of Vicissitude Character Card/Rank-Up Stamps, Fenghuang of Vicissitude Rank-Up Stamps
[Weapon] Torch of Eons
[Stigmata] Flavors of Time Set
Added the following purchasable items to Reserve Works:
[Character Card & Rank-up Stamps] Herrscher of Finality Character Card/Rank-Up Stamps, Herrscher of Finality Rank-Up Stamps
[Divine Key] Seven Thunders of Retribution
[Weapons] Key of Anonymity, Rudder in Dream
[Stigmata] In the Name of Finality Set, Idol Transformation Set
Unlock Paladin BP to get "Immortal Dragon Flame Ribbon".
Updated character Fragment rewards in Knight BP and Paladin BP to Fenghuang of Vicissitude Fragments.
Unlock Knight BP/Paladin BP to get BP Robevyom v8.4. Open it to receive one of the following: Simply Orange (outfit), Everdream (outfit), Indelible Memories (outfit), Sandy Coast (outfit), or 8000 Asterite.
☆☆☆☆☆ Returnee Support ☆☆☆☆☆
New battlesuits obtainable in Valkyrie Reinforcements:
Target Battlesuits: S-rank battlesuit "Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer", A-rank battlesuit "Valkyrie Gloria"
Other Battlesuits: A-rank battlesuit "Scarlet Fusion", A-rank battlesuit "Yamabuki Armor", A-rank battlesuit "Flame Sakitama"
New equipment obtainable in Equipment Reinforcements:
4★ Weapon: Chained Blades "Banquet Rose"
4★ Stigmata: Splendors of Amber Set
An S-rank battlesuit is guaranteed in 90 Valkyrie Reinforcements drops. In this round of Valkyrie Reinforcements, only the 90-drop guarantee from the previous round will be retained, not the 10-drop guarantee.
The featured 4★ weapon from the current pool is guaranteed in 60 Equipment Reinforcements drops. When the new Equipment Reinforcements begins, neither the 10-drop guarantee nor the 60-drop guarantee from the previous round will be retained.
☆☆☆☆☆ Shop ☆☆☆☆☆
◆ Exchange House
Added weapon "Falcon Flare 0019", weapon "Midnight Eclipse", stigma set "Wings of Reason", and stigma set "Equinoctial Wonder".
◆ Witch's Corridor
Herrscher of Finality Rank-Up Stamps can be purchased with Pure Witch Orbs.
◆ Elysian Shop
Dreamweaver Rank-Up Stamps will be available, unlocked after clearing Deep Sequence on Inferno and higher with Dreamweaver.
☆☆☆☆☆ System ☆☆☆☆☆
◆ Foundry
You can now craft G4 stigma set "Pristine Elf", G4 stigma set "Leisurely Sipping", G4 stigma set "High Baroque Maestro", G4 stigma set "Little Joys", and Prism Stigma set "Gaming for Life" directly in Foundry.
◆ Bridge Interactions
Added interactive animations and voice lines for Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon.
◆ Achievements
Added the achievement for obtaining Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon.
◆ Dorm
Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon can now move into the Dorm. Her interactions and events are now available.
◆ Others
Adjusted the special effects display in the Valkyrie lineup interface.
Fixed an issue in PC Controller mode where the controller's confirm button sometimes glitched and caused the mouse to left-click when the cursor was outside the game window.
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