[04/29] Chapter 8, Expedition Nerfs, and Challenger Dominiel Changes!

Overview

Hello, Epic 7 players! Today, we’ve got a pretty decent-sized patch note! Chapter 8 of Hymn of a Wailing Tundra is finally coming out today! We’ve only got 2 more chapters left until the end, and after that will be Erasia. There will also be some nerfs to the lower levels of Expedition, and Challenger Dominiel’s skill description will be changed. They’re going to be providing a recall for her, as well.

You can read the changes here: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/7087824

Patch Notes

1. Episode 3-8 Lone Tundra

Ras’s companions rescued Schniel. Shortly afterward, Ras hears a story about a Red Stone that lent its strength to Eda, a Grand Sorcerer who was rescued from a dungeon. From her story, Ras learns the identity of the stone and asks Eda to help him retrieve it.

Meanwhile, Belian gives Laika a secret order, along with the order to pursue Ras’s party…

■ Lone Tundra Open

[How to Enter]

– Clear stage [7-10 Dead End] in Episode 3 Chapter 7

[Map Layout]

– Chapter 8, Lone Tundra, consists of 16 main stages including 3 Labyrinth-type stages.

[Quests]

– Chapter 8, Lone Tundra, has a total of 10 Quests that players will be able to complete.

– After clearing all 10 Quests in the chapter, players will receive a 4★ Artifact Summon Ticket.

■ Lone Tundra AP Exchange

– Clearing stages in the Lone Tundra will grant the player AP which can be used in this area’s AP Exchange.

[How to Open]

– Clear stage [8-10. Dreaming Forest]

[How to Use]

– Players can receive AP in The Tundra and exchange their AP for items in the AP Exchange.

– The items that you can purchase in the Exchange shop will vary according to your Trust level of the nation you are currently in.

– In order to purchase certain items, players will have to increase their Trust level in that nation.

– Players can increase their Trust Level by completing Trust Missions.

– Following the addition of chapter 8, Lone Tundra, 5 Trust missions will be added.

– The Friendly level in The Tundra AP Exchange will be unlocked.

– NPCs’ lines will vary depending on the Trust Level in each nation.

-The Trust Level will be shared by NPCs in the same nation.

– There is a limit to the number of times players can purchase certain items in the Exchange Shop.

[Main Reward – Passionate Ruby Boots]

■ Monsters

– The 2★ monsters, Starving Frost Troll, Gentle Grassland Troll, and Mysterious Metallic Troll will be added.

■ Story Journal

– Chapter 8, [Truth and Sincerity] will be added to the Episode 3 Story Journal.

– Players can receive the background pack, Crystal Hall as a reward for clearing all quests in Episode 3, Chapter 8.

2. Vildred and Sword of Summer Twilight Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up event, meet the Earth Elemental thief, Vildred, who is capable of consecutively dealing high damage. Players can also obtain the Thief exclusive Artifact, Sword of Summer Twilight that penetrates the target’s Defense and when using a skill that targets all enemies and increases the Combat Readiness of all allies except for the Caster when an enemy is eliminated.

■ Schedule

4/29 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 5/6 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

3. Lilias & Bastion of Perlutia Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up event meet the Fire elemental Knight, Lilias who through Dual Attack can create an advantageous situation for her team as well as protect her allies by dispelling their debuffs. The Artifact, Bastion of Perlutia, provides an ally with a barrier at the start of the battle, which protects your strongest Hero right away!

■ Schedule

4/29 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 5/6 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

4. Expedition Rotation Adjustments and Improvements

Additional improvements will be made to Expedition.

Certain improvements will be applied by the time Expedition starts on 5/1 (Sat)

■ Expedition Boss Rotation

– The Dark Elemental Expedition Boss, Destructive Gigantes, will be rotated to the Ice Elemental Boss, Hopeless Symaqus.

[May Expedition Schedule]

■ Improvements Applied after the 4/29 (Thu) Update

[Energy Consumed Upon Re-Entry]

– Improvements will be made so that the Energy consumed upon re-entry decreases according to the number of times you enter.

[Balance Adjustment for Level 1 & 2 Monsters]

– The Stats of the Monsters that appear in Level 1 & 2 will be reduced.

– [Enhanced Element] effects will be adjusted in Expedition Level 1 and 2.

ㄴ Level 1: When the enemy is not at an elemental disadvantage, the increased damage dealt will be changed to [60% -> 20%].

ㄴ Level 2: When the enemy is not at an elemental disadvantage, the increased damage dealt will be changed to [70% -> 50%].

– Destructive Gigantes Level 1, Inpectio Cannon’s skill, <Blitz> will have its cooldown increase effect chance changed from 50% -> 25%.

– Destructive Gigantes Level 2, Inpectio Cannon’s skill, <Blitz> will have its cooldown increase effect chance changed from 100% -> 50%.

– Level 2 boss Hopeless Symaqus’s <Demon Cunning> will be adjusted.

ㄴ Increases Combat Readiness by 50% at the start of the battle. After every [6th -> 8th] attack suffered, activates Frenzied Attack. Number of attacks suffered resets at the start of the turn.

[Expedition Team Slots Expanded]

– The number of Expedition Teams has increased from 3 to 5.

– Form Expedition Teams in the ‘Team’ or ‘Ready’ screen.

– When the team formation has been completed, you can select a team and start the Expedition.

– A team will automatically be selected on the initial entry. The last team used for each boss will be saved individually after the first entry.

■ Other

– A [Do not display] button will be added to the screen and will be displayed before a battle begins which will prevent it from showing for one day.

– Auto/manual battle mode will be saved for each boss in Expedition, and the setting will be applied at the start of the next battle with the bosses. (Manual battle mode will be applied in the first battle.)

– A pop-up window will be added in cases where an Expedition has expired and become unavailable.

– The Expedition section in the Help menu and the tutorial will cover the details of the improvements.

■ Improvements Scheduled to Be Applied on 5/1 (Sat)

[Expedition Capacity Increased]

[Balance Adjustment for Level 1 & 2 Bosses]

– Health of the bosses in Expedition Level 1, and 2 will be reduced.

[Other]

– Equipment Modification Gems are now guaranteed in Expedition Level 2, and Greater Equipment Modification Gems have a chance of being obtained.

5. 4★ Hero Challenger Dominiel Skill Description Adjustments and Recall Details

4★ Hero Challenger Dominiel’s <Electric Charge> skill description will be adjusted to match the actual effects.

■ Challenger Dominiel Skill Adjustments

4★ Hero Challenger Dominiel’s <Electric Charge> skill description will be adjusted to match the actual effects.

No functional changes will be made.

※ The probability, number of turns and cooldowns are based on fully enhanced characters.

※ Other skills will not be changed unless stated.

■ 4★ Hero Challenger Dominiel Recall

Challenger Dominiel recall will be available.

[Recall Schedule]

4/29 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 5/13 (Thu) 02:59 UTC 

[Recall Conditions]

– Challenger Dominiel Lv 50 or above (Only a single recall is possible)

[How to Recall]

※ Once the recall has been applied it cannot be reversed.

1> Open the Hero Details window and tap the Recall button.

2> The materials you will be given if you proceed with the recall will be displayed.

– Tap [Recall] to proceed with recall.

3> Select a Moonlight Hero of the same grade to receive in the list shown on the right.

– Tap the [Do not display duplicates] checkbox if necessary.

[Materials Returned After Recalling]

1> Level

– Penguins and Gold return will be determined based on the current level and EXP of the Hero.

※ Shadow Hero/White Knight Penguin Details

– Using these Penguins for Hero Transmission will not provide any Transmit Stones and only 1 Gold will be given.

– When using these Penguins to Enhance, Good Success and Great Success will not occur.

– These Penguins cannot be used together with other materials when Enhancing.

– Shadow Hero Penguins and White Knight Penguins can be used at the same time.

2> Grade

– Phantasma and Gold will be issued according to the Hero’s current star grade at the time of Recall.

– The Phantasma that are provided via recall will be one grade higher than their natural Grade.

(Mega-Phantasma: 3★, Giga-Phantasma: 4★, Tera-Phantasma: 5★)

3> Awakening

– Runes and Catalysts will be reissued equal to the amounts used for Awakening.

4> Skill Enhancement

– All MolaGora, Catalysts, and Gold will be reissued according to the amounts used for Skill Enhancement as listed in-game.

– Skill Point Return for Challenger Dominiel obtained after reaching Friendship Level 10

ㄴ Deducted Skill Points will be returned according to the returned MolaGora based on the obtained and used Skill Points. (Maximum of three)

5> Memory Imprint

– Meteorshards will be returned based on the number of Memory Imprints performed.

– See below for the amount of items returned based on the grade of the Devotion Skill.

※ Meteorshard

– Increases Devotion Skill Grade of Heroes whose starting grade is 4★ when used as an Enhancement Ingredient.

6> Ego Fragment

– An Ego Fragment will be reimbursed if Imprint Concentration has been unlocked.

7> Friendship

– Receiving Challenger Dominiel upon recall will still reset the Friendship with the Hero.

– All items used for Friendship with Challenger Dominiel via [Give Gift] will be returned after the recall period.

ㄴ Gift Return Schedule: 5/27 (Thu) after the maintenance

ㄴ Eligible Players: All players who have used items for Friendship with Challenger Dominiel who recalled the Hero.

ㄴ Details: Items used for Friendship will be sent to the mailbox.

※ The schedule above is subject to change, and if the schedule is changed, we will notify you again.

6. Coin Shop Item List Renewal

The purchase limit for items in the Covenant and Galaxy Coin Shops will reset.

There will be a rotation of the Hero sold in each shop.

The Coin Shop resets on the first of every month at 03:00 UTC.

■ Schedule

5/1 (Sat) 03:00 UTC

■ Reset Details

1> The purchase limit for items in the Coin Shop will reset.

2> The refresh limit for Lv. 85 Epic Equipment/Accessories will reset.

3> Covenant Coin Shop: Two 5★ Hero rotation (Fire, Ice, Earth)

4> Galaxy Coin Shop: One 5★ Moonlight Hero rotation (Light, Dark)

7. Japanese Media Pack Update

Japanese Media Pack will be updated for the following Heroes.

8. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Shop

[Daily Summon Pack]

Daily Summon Pack offers 4 free summons a day for 7 days. (Base free summon x1 + additional free summons x4 a day)

The free summons supported by the pack will not cost your Covenant Bookmarks.

– Eligibility: All players

– Sale Period: Rolling (Resets purchase count on the first day of the month, according to each server’s reset time.)

– Purchase Limit: Once per month

※ Daily Summon Pack will take effect when moving to the Lobby after purchase. (Free summon x1 + additional free summons x4 a day)

※ Purchased pack will take effect for 7 days after a purchase is made regardless of whether the player logs into the game.

※ The remaining number of additional free summons will be reset after the server reset time occurs, even if the player the player did not complete the full number of summons available.

※ If you are already logged into the game during the reset time, to receive 4 Free Covenant Summons for the day, make sure to completely close the app and restart it again.

※ Daily Summon Pack’s effect will take effect when using [Summon x1] button.

[Charm Pack Renewal]

The Charm Packs currently on sale will have some changes.

The current Charm Pack will become Charm Pack 1, and Charm Pack 2 will be added.

– Eligibility: All players

– Sale Period: Rolling (Resets purchase count on the first day of the month, according to each server’s reset time.)

– Purchase Limit: 10 times per month

※  +10% Equipment Enhance EXP Booster – 1 Day

* Is obtainable after purchasing Charm Pack 2.

* The booster is located in your Inventory > Other tab and appears after purchasing the pack. This can be activated anytime you want.

* Equipment Enhance EXP will increase by 10% for 24 hours from when the booster has been activated. This takes effect simultaneously with an EXP buff granted by a Pet.

* The effect will expire when the remaining time runs out regardless if the player logs into the game.

■ Heroes and Artifacts 

– An issue where Kayron and Sven could not be revived in cases where they are granted the Revive buff and then become unable to be buffed and are then defeated by additional damage inflicted by certain Artifacts, will be fixed.

– An issue where skill stats did not increase properly when skills were enhanced will be fixed.

-An issue where Heroes’ passive effects and certain equipped Artifacts did not activate while the Heroes were ‘sealed’ will be fixed.

-An issue where 3★ Hero Eaton receives some of damage taken by allies continuously, while the Hero is ‘sealed,’ will be fixed.
-An issue where skill stats were not shown to be increased properly when enhancing skills will be fixed.

– An issue where a notification was displayed over the ‘Awaken’ button when a Memory Imprinting material is selected in the Hero screen will be fixed.

– Improvements will be made so that [Drop Rate Up! > Event Info > Select Artifact] displays its stats and skill effects at max level.

– Improvements will be made to the volume of the voice lines for certain Heroes.

ㄴ Heroes: Fairytale Tenebria, Pavel, Ervalen, Schuri, Watcher Schuri

– Improvements will be made and the Hero list will maintain the ‘view in Friendship order’ after setting the order and returning to the screen from the Bulk Promotion screen.

– Improvements will be made and Episode information will be displayed when selecting a Hero who is not yet unlocked in Connections.

– Improvements will be made and 4★ Hero Tempest Surin’s <Moonlight Shadow> skill animation will be displayed properly when her skin is applied.

– Senya will be added to 5★ Hero Mort’s Hero Relationships.
– An issue where ‘Damage dealt increased’ was shown as ‘additional damage’ for the awakened 5★ Hero Lilibet’s skill, <Snip-Snip> will be fixed.

■ Monsters

– Improvements will be made in descriptions of certain monsters’ unique effects. No functional changes will be made.

– The skill description for Hopeless Symaqus’s <Standardized Destruction> skill description will be modified to match its actual effect. No functional changes will be made.

■ Adventure and Story

– The [Adventure], [Select Episode], and [World Map] buttons will be marked with <New> after a new Episode or Chapter is updated to the game.

ㄴ The mark will stay there until the player taps the button or for 2 weeks.

   [Display Conditions]

– Improvements will be made and the videos available in [Chronicles] will be played in full-screen mode.

– Improvements will be made and Episode information will be displayed in [Specialty Change > Ras, Rima > Unlock Conditions].

– Minor typos in Muse Rima’s Specialty Change Story will be fixed.

– A button that redirects players to the Exchange will be added to the Side Story World Map.

– Minor misspellings will be fixed and image animation and background images will be improved in the main stories in Episode 3.

■ Battle

– An issue where a Monster Enhancement Device <Floor 25 Modification Device> appearing in Automaton Tower Level 3 Floor 25 had effects different to its description will be fixed.

■ World Arena

– An issue where Rank Battle became unavailable after conducting a Mock Battle under a certain condition will be fixed.

– Improvements will be made and Heroes who are equipping a Global Banned Exclusive Artifact will have the mark ‘Banned Exclusive Equipment’ in the Hero list.

■ Other

– An issue where a Modification icon was displayed in the Equipment screen when selecting Equipment that has not been modified after selecting modified Equipment will be fixed.

– An issue where an incorrect system message was displayed in the Equipment detail window opened by going to [Inventory > Exclusive Equipment > Select Equipment] will be fixed.

– Improvements will be made and ascending and descending orders will be added to the in-game UI.
– An intermittent issue where the ‘Equipment Details’ button was displayed on a Modification Gem in the Equipment Enhancement window will be fixed.