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April 16th Maintenance Complete

Greetings, Captain. The maintenance for April 16th, 2026 is complete. Kirara's Login Event!

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What changed

8 fixes27 additions20 changes2 removals
  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Store
  • Maps
  • UI and audio
changedKirara's Login Event!
changedA login event is live where you can acquire various rewards, including "Fragment: Onisaki Kirara", Premium Recruit Ticket, "Promotion Certificate: Grade 5", Special Fragment Box, just by logging in for 30 days.
changedLog in during the event period to acquire rewards that will help you with your missions.
changed※ Event Period: April 16th, 2026, 15:00 (UTC) ~ May 31st, 2026, 14:59 (UTC)
addedNew Characters Join the Battle!
changed※ [Legend] Snake Lady and [Epic] Anemone can be acquired on every 100th Pickup Gacha, and the Gacha gauge lasts until you claim the reward, even after the Pickup character is changed.

Taimanin Squad changes

changedKirara's Login Event!
changedA login event is live where you can acquire various rewards, including "Fragment: Onisaki Kirara", Premium Recruit Ticket, "Promotion Certificate: Grade 5", Special Fragment Box, just by logging in for 30 days.
changedLog in during the event period to acquire rewards that will help you with your missions.
changed※ Event Period: April 16th, 2026, 15:00 (UTC) ~ May 31st, 2026, 14:59 (UTC)
addedNew Characters Join the Battle!

The maintenance for April 16th, 2026 is complete.

  1. Kirara's Login Event!

A login event is live where you can acquire various rewards, including "Fragment: Onisaki Kirara", Premium Recruit Ticket, "Promotion Certificate: Grade 5", Special Fragment Box, just by logging in for 30 days.

Log in during the event period to acquire rewards that will help you with your missions.

※ Event Period: April 16th, 2026, 15:00 (UTC) ~ May 31st, 2026, 14:59 (UTC)

  1. New Characters Join the Battle!

2-1. Snake Lady and Anemone join the battle as Pickup characters.

※ Pickup Characters: [Legend] Snake Lady, [Epic] Anemone

※ Pickup Period: Until May 7th, 2026, 00:59 (UTC)

※ [Legend] Snake Lady and [Epic] Anemone can be acquired on every 100th Pickup Gacha, and the Gacha gauge lasts until you claim the reward, even after the Pickup character is changed.

※ [Legend] Snake Lady and [Epic] Anemone will be included in the Special Recruit and Premium Recruit after June 6th, 2026. Please note that the schedule is subject to change, so refer to future notices for details.

2-2. Commodus joins the Special Recruit.

※ New character: [Rare] Commodus

  1. New Package is Added

"Pickup Package" is released to celebrate the new Pickup!

Don't miss out on the chance to get the package that supports you with the new Pickup at an affordable price.

◇ Main Items: Pickup Ticket, Experience Chip of each Type (selectable), Type Stone (High) of each Type (selectable), Research Data of each Trait (selectable)

◇ Sales Period: Until May 7th, 2026, 00:59 (UTC)

※ This package is limited to 1 purchase per account.

  1. New Characters in Assemble List

New characters are added to Assemble.

※ New characters: [Legend] Onisaki Kirara, [Rare] XPS-12C Marrow

※ Onisaki Kirara's fragments can be acquired in [Exchange Post] → [Clan Token], [Mileage], or [Gems].

  1. A New Weapon in Weapon Development

A new weapon is added to Weapon Development.

※ New weapon: [Legend] Yukibana

  1. New Episode Opens!

Episode 2 - Chapter 9 has been newly added to the Main Story, and a new core set option can be acquired as a reward.

└ Set Option (Set 4): Recovers HP by 15% every turn.

  1. New Bond Story & Bond Skill Added

New Bond story: "Chaos Arena Battle" (Snake Lady & Noah Brown)

└ Bond Skill

  • Elimination Tempest

  1. New Features in the game

  • Arena Revenge System

You can now take vengeance on opponents you've failed to defend against within 12 hours.

The defense history is immediately deleted upon Revenge, and Revenge does not cost you gold.

You can Revenge only once per history, and if you win the Revenge match, the opponent cannot Revenge again.

  • Quick Play for Main Story and Extermination

Quick Play is added to the Main Story and Extermination.

Quick Play is available for Main Story and Extermination stages where you've achieved ☆3, and within the number of Repeat Battle Tickets you own.

A Quick Play option has been added to the existing Repeat Battle button, allowing you to choose between Repeat Battle and Quick Play.

  • Merge feature for Core and Module crafting materials.

You can now merge Core Parts and Module Parts to change their effects.

Each Core Parts' merge lists differ from each other, so please check the details in the merge list on Research Lab → Core Crafting → Item.

  • Timed Event added

An information screen where players can check the schedules of Timed Events has been added in the lobby screen.

Timed Event: Decreased Energy Consumption Event, Item Drop Up Event, etc.

  1. Main Story Reward Adjustments

The overall drop rate of Cores in the Main Story has decreased.

Instead, Promotion Certificate: Grade 2, High-Power Battery, and Polishing Tool are added to the drop list.

  1. Changes in Exchange Post - Mileage

10-1. Changes in Mileage Fragment Box

※ Fragment Added: XPS-12C Marrow

※ Fragment Removed: Orc Bodyguard

10-2. "Special Fragment Box" is added, where you can acquire fragments of characters in the Assemble list.

10-3. Changes in Mileage Core Box

※ Set Added: Heal

※ Set Removed: HP

  1. Character Revisions

A missing indicator of skill chance has been added to the descriptions of Shirayuki's weapon, "Crystal Staff".

  • Before:

If the character has 2 or more Buffs inflicting Freeze is guaranteed.

Duration: 2 turn(s)

  • After:

If the character has 2 or more Buffs, inflicts Freeze at a 45% chance.

Duration: 2 turn(s)

  1. Improvements and bug fixes

└ Raised the base rarity of expected crafting grade when crafting Cores or Modules using Polishing Tools from ☆3 to ☆4.

└ The Arena matchmaking screen has been improved to show expected scores upon winning or losing.

└ Deploying characters has been improved to allow characters in Arena Defense Team to also be deployed to Clan Facilities or Strategy Room.

└ The Arena battle reward is now given based on the tier upon matchmaking instead of the battle end time.

└ Fixed an anomaly where the increasing Freeze efficacy effect is applied incorrectly when using the Bond Skill of Eleonor and Shirayuki, Mystic Frost.

└ Fixed an anomaly where the same BGM is played across all chapters of Main Story - Challenge Mode.

└ Fixed an anomaly where the drop rates of Main Story rewards are incorrectly displayed.

└ Fixed an anomaly where the visual effects of some characters' skills are incorrectly displayed.

└ Fixed an anomaly where the icon is displayed incorrectly when changing tiers between Gold and Platinum in the Arena.

└ Fixed an anomaly where an error message appears when leaving a clan, or evicting a member from a clan.

└ Fixed an anomaly where sources are missing from some items.

└ The name of the item "Repeat Battle Ticket" has been changed to "Battle Boost Ticket".

└ Fixed an anomaly where the visual effect of a Shield buff appears extraordinarily bigger when gaining a Shield buff under certain circumstances.

└ Revised typos and awkward expressions in some languages.

Thank you.

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Steam News / 16 April 2026

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