v8.7 Passage to New Dawns Update Announcement

Through the long night she keeps watch, keeping two years at peace. Her blade swings at the fifth watch, securing passage between two years.

Welcome to v8.7 Passage to New Dawns (MAR 5 ~ APR 30)!

Update Content

★ New MECH-type S-rank Battlesuit: Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent

Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent is a MECH-type, blade-using Physical DMG dealer. She severs the long night with an unrivaled blade and safeguards countless homes with a firm stance. This is what it means to be the Guardian Spirit of the Eve.

Protected by Astral Ring Specialization: Grail of Infinitude, her Basic ATK can quickly restore SP. Perform her Ultimate to accrue KE and then Sentinel Slash to deal massive damage to enemies. During Stellar Outburst, she can slash across the battlefield. When the time comes, she focuses her power on her blade and delivers a slash that could split heaven and earth apart.

*You can obtain the new battlesuit and her recommended equipment in the following ways:

1. Bladelit Night Battlesuit Supply opens! S-rank battlesuit "Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent" is guaranteed in 90 drops with 50% off the first 10x drops.

2. Equipment Supply is open for a limited time! Recommended for Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent: blade "Dawnlight of Qilin" and "Every Year Anew" stigma set drop rates UP!

3. Ninth-Year Banquet login event begins. Log in for 7 days to obtain Every Year Anew Stigma Option x1, Uncrowned Autocrat Stigma Option x1, Equipment Supply Cards, and more. Open the Stigma Options to choose one piece from the respective recommended stigma sets.

4. "Every Year Anew" stigma set is craftable. Crafting a stigma requires Source Prism x2 and Ether Fuel x600.

★ Lunar Vow: Crimson Love's New Recommended Equipment: Divine Key "Pact of Companionship" & "Uncrowned Autocrat" Stigma Set

Lunar Vow

Crimson Love's recommended Divine Key "Pact of Companionship" and PRI-ARM "Pact of Companionship: Evermore" released!

When equipped by Lunar Vow

Crimson Love, it will activate Astral Ring Specialization: Grail of Infinitude and alter her Weapon Skills.

*You can obtain her recommended equipment in the following ways:

1. Equipment Supply is open for a limited time! Recommended for Lunar Vow: Crimson Love: Divine Key "Pact of Companionship" and "Uncrowned Autocrat" stigma set drop rates UP!

2. Participate in the login event to claim Uncrowned Autocrat Stigma Option x1. Open it to choose one piece from the recommended stigma set.

3. "Uncrowned Autocrat" stigma set is craftable. Crafting a stigma requires Source Prism x2 and Ether Fuel x600.

★ Main Story Part 2 Chapter XI Interlude: The Night Which the Light Dreams Of

"So, the restless waves shattered against the rocks. Bright light burst forth from there, blooming into a rose of salt."

The new main story "The Night Which the Light Dreams Of" begins. Experience the main story to obtain Crystals, Source Prisms, AE Imaginons, and more.

★ Featured Event: Timely: An Eve's Miracle✲

As the celebration approaches, the monsters hibernating in the winter night begin to stir... Wait, why are you the legendary Nian Beast?

Featured event "Timely

An Eve's Miracle✲" begins! Strategically build decks and defeat the Nian Beasts! Enjoy an unforgettable celebration with everyone!

Participate to obtain Lone Destruction

Shadowchaser's new outfit "Lantern Ablaze", Crystals, Reroll Device: ATK Option, Spring Festival Eve's Memories Emblem, Source Prisms, Galactic Seafaring Ribbon, and more.

★ Themed Event: Celebration Lobby 2026

Celebration Lobby 2026 is now open! Join Kiana and friends for the celebration! Participate to obtain Crystals, Source Prisms, HOMU Soaring Gallop Emblem, and more.

★ Version Event: St. Freya Graduation Guide

Live out your dream or rehearse a slice of reality? Your campus life starts now.

"St. Freya Graduation Guide" begins. Participate to obtain Crystals, Source Prisms, AE Imaginons, Phase Shifters, and more.

★ Login Event: Respite in Nature

Login event "Respite in Nature" will begin in v8.7. Accumulate login days to claim S-rank Battlesuit Option 2026, Battlesuit Supply Cards, Auspicious Clouds Commemoration Ribbon, Crystals, and more.

Log in during the Carnival Supply event to claim 10x Carnival Battlesuit Supply Card x2, which can be used in Carnival Battlesuit Supply during v8.7.

★ Anniversary Spend Bonuses

Spend 30,000 Crystals or an equal value of Supply Cards to claim Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon's new outfit "Candied Curtains"!

You can also exchange for Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer Character Card & Rank-Up Stamps, Lone Destruction: Shadowchaser Rank-Up Stamps, AstralOp "Songque", and more at the event shop!

★ Outfit Supply: Osmanthus Fragrance

Osmanthus Fragrance Outfit Supply will open in v8.7. You are guaranteed to obtain Hi♪ Love Elf♥'s outfit "Lunar Grace" in 10 drops (equals 9,600 Crystals).

★ Hyperion Arsenal

New Weapons: Blade "Dawnlight of Qilin", PRI-ARM Blade "Dawnlight of Qilin: Peaceful Age", Divine Key "Pact of Companionship", and PRI-ARM Divine Key "Pact of Companionship: Evermore".

New Stigmata: "Every Year Anew" Stigma Set and "Uncrowned Autocrat" Stigma Set.

Game Adjustments & Optimizations

☆☆☆☆☆ Battlesuits ☆☆☆☆☆

The following data are at max skill level:

◆ Miss Espionage

1. Fixed an issue where eye movement sometimes glitched in the Valkyrie system.

2. Fixed an issue where damage was sometimes lost after she, when Wheel of Destiny was already active, summoned a Phantom to attack as an off-field character.

3. Fixed an issue where the camera sometimes glitched after she, when Law of Ascension was already active, activated Stellar Outburst and selected Peregrine Sword to cast Stellar Shift.

4. Fixed an issue where some bridge interactions did not have sound effects.

5. Fixed an issue where some damage was sometimes lost when summoning a Phantom to attack during the second Replicate Basic ATK SEQ 4.

6. Fixed an issue where a Phantom was sometimes summoned abnormally after Stellar Outburst ended.

7. Edited the skill description of evasion skill "A Dangerous Dance Together". This is only a text correction and does not affect the actual effects.

◆ Hi♪ Love Elf♥

Edited the skill description of "Caring, Like One God Blessing All" when it is upgraded on the upgrade screen. This is only a text correction, and it does not affect the actual effects.

◆ Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon

1. Fixed an issue in the Valkyrie system where the locked visual effects were sometimes misplaced when she was not unlocked.

2. Fixed an issue where her animation sometimes glitched when she stopped running.

◆ Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star

Fixed an issue where she sometimes hovered at an abnormally low height after activating Stellar Outburst when wearing the "Wintery Wishes" outfit.

◆ Lone Planetfarer

Fixed an issue where Abyssal Energy sometimes could not be obtained by entering Stellar Outburst immediately after performing enhanced Basic ATK SEQ 4.

◆ Mad Pleasure: Shadowbringer

Edited her leader skill description. This is only a text correction and does not affect the actual effects.

◆ Helical Contraption

Added the character trait tag "Summoned Entity".

◆ Starchasm Nyx

Edited the skill description of "The Lonely Beast" in the upgrade screen. This is only a text correction and does not affect the actual effects.

◆ Vermilion Knight: Eclipse

Fixed an issue where the battlesuit model sometimes glitched when she finished sprinting.

☆☆☆☆☆ AstralOp ☆☆☆☆☆

◆ Chenxue

1. Fixed an issue where the skill effect of "Imposing Presence" (When Grail of Infinitude is active, entering Stellar Outburst refreshes and activates teammates' QTEs.) did not affect Herrscher of Rebirth.

2. Edited the skill description of "Weakness Breaker". This is only a text correction and does not affect the actual effects.

☆☆☆☆☆ Enemy ☆☆☆☆☆

◆ Death Web

Fixed an issue where it sometimes could not be targeted after appearing.

☆☆☆☆☆ Gameplay ☆☆☆☆☆

◆ Superstring Dimension

1. Added the stage Bloodbane: Perilous, featuring Invincible Auspicious Drum: Rice² Cake² as the main enemy.

2. Added the stage Meltdown: Perilous featuring Raven as the main enemy.

3. Added the stage Blood Thorns: Perilous, featuring Flame-Chasers: Mobius as the main enemy.

4. Added the stage Shift: Perilous, featuring Eclipse: Stardust Sentry, Alien Guard - Amendment, and Eclipse: Suspended Eye as the main enemies.

5. Adjusted the weather effect of Echoing Environment in Superstring Dimension from "For every team member that has the Domain Resonance trait, all team members deal 10% more Total DMG. When World Star is active, all team members deal 40% more Total DMG." to "For every team member that has the Domain Resonance trait, all team members deal 15% (max 30%) more Total DMG. When World Star is active, all team members deal 40% more Total DMG."

6. Adjusted the weather effect of Shadow Environment in Superstring Dimension from "All characters on the field deal 15% more Total DMG. Characters deal 50% more Total DMG for 15s when Shadow Star Attack hits. Retriggering refreshes duration." to "For every team member that has the Harmonized Shadow Star trait, all team members deal 15% (max 30%) more Total DMG. When Wheel of Destiny is active, all team members deal 40% more Total DMG."

7. Fixed an issue in Purgatory: Singular of Superstring Dimension where Miss Espionage sometimes caused obstructions by casting Ultimate against the enemy Asleikr Odur under special circumstances.

8. Fixed an issue in Inferno: Perilous of Superstring Dimension where the stage score would incorrectly display 0 before defeating the boss Litost · Cinders of the Night.

9. Fixed an issue in Superstring Dimension where the main enemies in certain stages were not correctly identified as boss enemies.

10. Fixed an issue in Superstring Dimension where the weather effects of Stellar Crown: Perilous's Stellar Crown Environment, Shift: Perilous's Flux Environment, and Meltdown: Perilous's Extreme Conditions sometimes abnormally affected certain characters.

◆ Memorial Arena

1. New SSS boss: Invincible Auspicious Drum: Rice² Cake².

2. Fixed an issue where some sound effects of the SSS boss Marut sometimes played even when muted.

3. Fixed an issue with the SSS boss Vita: Sea's Depths where some characters could not deflect the Wheels she threw with melee attacks.

4. Fixed an issue where some powerful enemies were not correctly identified as boss enemies.

◆ Elysian Realm

1. New playable battlesuit: Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent.

2. Added special adjustments and exclusive signets to Lunar Vow: Crimson Love when she is equipped with Divine Key "Pact of Companionship" or PRI-ARM "Pact of Companionship: Evermore".

3. New boss Benares for Floor 8 of Deep Sequence.

4. New boss Huodou for Floor 17 of Deep Sequence.

5. Adjusted the enemy distribution in some non-boss stages.

6. Updated stage effects and buff effects in Deep Sequence.

7. Fixed an issue where performing Hi♪ Love Elf♥'s Weapon Skill against boss Flame-Chasers: Elysia sometimes caused obstructions under special circumstances.

8. Fixed an issue where some visual effects sometimes displayed abnormally when Stellar Outburst was activated at the end of a battle.

☆☆☆☆☆ Battle Pass ☆☆☆☆☆

1. Added the following purchasable items to v8.7 BP Materials (Knight BP/Paladin BP required):

[Character Card/Rank-Up Stamp] Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer Character Card/Rank-Up Stamp, Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer Rank-Up Stamp

[Weapon] Purge of Ten Faces

1. Added the following purchasable items to Reserve Works:

[Character Card/Rank-Up Stamp] Herrscher of Rebirth Character Card/Rank-Up Stamp, Herrscher of Rebirth Rank-Up Stamp

[Weapon] Life Harvester's Song, Star Dance, Cerulean Flare, Final Form: Destiny

[Stigma] "Gracefully Alive" Stigma Set, "Yesterday's Longing" Stigma Set

1. Unlock Paladin BP to obtain Qilin Blade Pendant Ribbon.

2. Updated the character fragment rewarded by Knight BP and Paladin BP to Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer Fragments.

3. Unlock Knight BP/Paladin BP to obtain BP Robevyom v8.7. Open it to choose one from the following: Dreamy Melody (outfit), Everdream (outfit), Indelible Memories (outfit), Sandy Coast (outfit), or 8000 Asterite.

☆☆☆☆☆ Returnee Support ☆☆☆☆☆

1. New battlesuits obtainable in Valkyrie Reinforcements:

Target battlesuits: S-rank battlesuit "Schicksal's Imperative", A-rank battlesuit "Stalker: Phantom Iron"

Other Battlesuits: A-rank battlesuit "Luna Kindred", A-rank battlesuit "Yamabuki Armor", A-rank battlesuit "Valkyrie Gloria"

1. New equipment obtainable in Equipment Reinforcements:

4★ Weapon: Chained Blades "Vacation Notice"

4★ Stigmata: "Day After Day" Stigma Set

☆☆☆☆☆ Starter Supply ☆☆☆☆☆

1. Replaced the battlesuits offered by Special Valkyrie Supply with Behold! Fate-Defying Dragon and Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star.

2. Replaced the equipment offered by Special Equipment Supply with:

4★ Weapons: Rocket Hammer "Draconic Sky-Scorching Fury", Pistols "Fortuitous Red"

4★ Stigmata: "Gaming for Life" Stigma Set, "Happy Days Ahead" Stigma Set

☆☆☆☆☆ Shop ☆☆☆☆☆

◆ Exchange House

Added weapon "Elysian Astra", weapon "Tower of the Past", weapon "Cerulean Flare", weapon "Final Form: Destiny", "Depicter Impression" stigma set, and "Life Carver" stigma set.

◆ War Treasury

Added Disciplinary Perdition Character Card and Fragments, Helical Contraption Character Card and Fragments, and Herrscher of Human: Ego Character Card and Fragments.

◆ Elysian Shop

Added Fenghuang of Vicissitude Rank-Up Stamps, unlocked after clearing Deep Sequence on Inferno and higher difficulty with Fenghuang of Vicissitude.

☆☆☆☆☆ System ☆☆☆☆☆

◆ Foundry

You can now craft G4 stigma set "Exotic Lamp", Prism Stigma set "Every Year Anew", Prism Stigma set "Uncrowned Autocrat", PRI-ARM "Dawnlight of Qilin: Peaceful Age", and PRI-ARM "Pact of Companionship: Evermore" in Foundry.

◆ Bridge Interactions

Added interactive animations and voice clips for Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent.

◆ Achievements

Added the achievement for obtaining Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent.

◆ Dorm

Xentinel · Dawnbearing Crescent can now move into the Dorm. Her interactions and events have also been added.

◆ Others

1. Added the "Unlock and Upgrade" function for battlesuit skills in the Valkyrie system.

2. Fixed an issue in Story Stage 18-12: Act 3 Heart of the Storm where you sometimes could not attack after breaking free from freeze in the battle against Herrscher of Ice.

3. Fixed an issue where weapon visual effects sometimes glitched during the cinematics in Story Stage 38-13: Sweet Dream.

4. Fixed an issue where some locations flickered during the quest "Before Meeting in the Future" in Part 2 Chapter XI: A Mass for Atheists.

5. Fixed an issue where graphics sometimes glitched during combat after teleporting on the map at certain locations.

6. Fixed an issue in Part 2's open world map "Difeng: Seaside Town" where pedestrian models sometimes overlapped under special circumstances.

7. Fixed an issue where the total completion count for Returnee missions was sometimes calculated incorrectly under special circumstances.

8. Fixed an issue in Chronicles where voice lines or CGs sometimes failed to play in certain stages.

9. Fixed an issue where some characters' facial models sometimes glitched upon entering the bridge interface.