[4/27 Patch] QoL Improvements, Balance Changes + Iseria and Bellona Banner Re-runs

Mostly a quality of life patch with plenty of improvements to helping players out have a smoother gameplay. The new arena season is here with Hit Rate set. :/

Collab units Milim and Shuna are getting some changes, but it mostly affect veteran players. Also, there is Iseria and Bellona banner re-runs, which I would recommend Iseria if you needed a cooldown reduction unit alongside defense break.

Link: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/9436542

1. Arena Valorous Season

The Arena Pre-season will come to an end and the Valorous Season will begin!

We anticipate some truly exciting competition among all of our Heirs!

■ Arena Valorous Season Schedule

※ We will provide you with more details regarding the schedule for the end of the season at a later date.

■ Arena Indomitable Season Rewards

[Glory Crest]

– When the Valorous Season begins, unused Glory Crest obtained from the Indomitable Season will automatically be converted to Conquest Points. 

– The exchange rate is 5:1. (Glory Crest:Conquest Points)

[Arena Indomitable Season Frame Distribution Schedule]

– Players will receive an exclusive Frame according to their Arena Indomitable Season ranking upon entering the Arena after the start of the Valorous Season.

■ Arena Indomitable Season Hall of Fame

– The Arena Indomitable Season Hall of Fame will be opened.

– Players can view Heirs who were successful in the Indomitable Season by going to Arena > Hall of Fame.

■ Season Ranking

– The Season Ranking will proceed during the Arena Valorous Season.

– Players can obtain Glory Crest and Season Points every week according to their Weekly League Results.

– After the end of the Arena Valorous Season, players can receive an exclusive frame according to their season ranking.

[Season Points]

– Every week, players in the top 1-100 of the Rankings will receive Season Points, which will determine their season ranking.

– If the Total Ranking is the same, priority will be determined by conditions such as Victory Points and the highest number of consecutive wins. 

– The Season Ranking will be determined by the Season Points which are obtained weekly.

[Arena Valorous Season Exclusive Frame]

– After the end of the Arena Valorous Season and at the start of the new Arena season, players will receive an exclusive Frame according to their Arena Valorous Season ranking.

■ Arena Story

– The Arena Valorous Season story will be released.

– This story will start automatically upon entering the Arena and can be viewed again in the Arena Story tab.

■ Arena Valorous Season – Item list

– Exclusive Arena Valorous Season Equipment will be added to the Conquest Points shop.

– Certain items may be resold and the price may change after the season has ended.

– Valorous Frame V: Players will not be able to purchase this frame after the end of the Arena Valorous Season.

– Arena Indomitable Season Equipment has been grouped separately. Players can purchase this Equipment by going to Conquest Points Shop > Arena Conquest Season Equipment.

[Ravager’s Equipment of Valor]

– The type and value for substats for each Equipment is fixed at the time of initial purchase.

– However, they will increase at random when enhanced.

2. Hero Promotion System Revamp

The promotion system is going to be simplified and a new material, Spirit Bloom, will be added.

■ New Item, Spirit Bloom

■ Forest of Souls Changes

– Spirit Bloom can be acquired by using Stigma in [Sanctuary > Forest of Souls].

– After the update on 4/27 (Thu), completed Mega-Phantasmas will be replaced with Lesser Spirit Bloom upon obtaining them.

■ EXP Mileage Changes

– When clearing Adventure or Side Stories, you will now acquire Stigma Rewards instead of Penguin Bonus.

■ Hero Promotion Changes

Phantasmas in your inventory will no longer be used for promoting Heroes. Instead, they will be replaced with Spirit Bloom.

ㄴ You can no longer use the same grade Hero or the same Hero as materials to promote Heroes.

ㄴ The Bulk Promotion feature will be deleted.

[Combine Spirit Blooms]

– If you need more Spirit Blooms, you can get higher-grade Spirit Blooms using lower-grade Spirit Blooms.

ㄴ 1 Greater Spirit Bloom = 5 Lesser Spirit Blooms

ㄴ 1 Epic Spirit Bloom = 5 Greater Spirit Blooms or 25 Lesser Spirit Blooms

■ Hero Transmission Changes

– The current Phantasmas and Heroes can be replaced with Spirit Bloom of the corresponding rank using Hero transmission.

 ㄴ However, Heroes distributed by events will not give Transmit Stone or Spirit Bloom when transmitted.

– Your current Heroes and Phantasmas will be replaced as follows based on their rank at the time of transmission.

※ The amount of Silver Transmit Stone and Gold acquired by transmitting other Heroes and Phantasmas will remain the same.

■ Memory Imprint Changes

– Memory imprinting a Hero will grant Spirit Bloom corresponding to the Hero used as the ingredient.

ㄴ However, Memory Imprinting Ingredients, such as Unknown Slate and Meteorshard, etc. will not give any Spirit Bloom when used as an ingredient.

– The amount of Spirit Bloom given is not affected by the Memory Imprint state of a Hero.

■ Other Changes

– Phantasmas that were previously obtainable through in-game events, achievements, and quests will be replaced with Spirit Bloom.

 ㄴ The ‘Tera-Phantasma x5’ included in the Nurture Booster Pack will be replaced with ‘Greater Spirit Bloom x20’.

– Descriptions and images on the [Help] menu will be updated to reflect the changed information.

3. Episode 1: Heir of the Covenant Adventure Path Improvement

■ Episode 1: Heir of the Covenant Adventure Chapter Path Improvements

[Chapter Path Improvements]

Some of the stages in Episode 1 will be removed and the AP Exchange in those areas will also be removed.

※ AP Exchange in [2S. Levulin], [3S. Farche Frontier], [5S. Sun Desert], and [8S. Breezy Plain] will be removed, and the remaining AP in those areas will be merged into AP Exchange in [2. Reingar], [3. Savara], [5. Dun Blyraia], and [8. Duselnorc] respectively.

[Chaos Gate Location Changes]

– Since the S stages in the main chapter are removed, the location of Chaos Gates that were located in S stages will be changed.

* Players can still acquire Breath of Orbis by clearing Chaos Gate.

* However, you cannot acquire additional Breath of Orbis by clearing the changed stages if you have already acquired Breath of Orbis from the existing Chaos Gate before the changes were implemented.

[Acquiring World Fragment Achievement Added]

The World Fragment that can be obtained by clearing A Crack in the World in chapters [3S. Farche Frontier], [5S. Sun Desert], and [8S. Breezy Plains] will now be distributed as Achievement Rewards in Unrecorded History. The newly added Achievement will not be counted towards All Achievements.

■ Episode 1: Heir of the Covenant Adventure Stage Path Improvements

[Stage Path Improvements]

– The S stages in each chapter will be removed, and the number of stars in the region rewards will be adjusted accordingly.

ㄴ S chapter and S stage clearing mission will be changed to normal stage clear missions.

– You’ll receive the updated rewards if you haven’t claimed the region rewards in a chapter. However, if you’ve already claimed all the rewards, you won’t receive any additional rewards, even if the number of stars changes.

– Also, some labyrinth and battle stages will be replaced with story stages.

[Quest Completion Reward Changes]

– The Quest Completion Reward for each chapter will be changed.

– If you have already completed quests in each chapter, you will not be eligible to receive additional rewards that have been changed.

■ Episode 1: Heir of the Covenant Story Journal Improvements

[Story Journal]

– Improvements will be made to the Story Journal, allowing players to view the existing stories of 2S, 3S, 5S, and 8S in the corresponding chapters, namely chapters 2, 3, 5, and 8, respectively.

– The S stage stories can be checked from the existing location.

■ Episode 1: Heir of the Covenant Region Reward 

– The rewards that were previously sent to the mailbox as part of the Episode 1 Region Reward Improvements on 10/27/22 will no longer be distributed. [▶10/27 Update Improvements Preview Link]

■ Other Changes

– The narrative directions for some stories will be improved.

– Phantasmas that were previously obtainable through region rewards, and quest rewards in Episode 1 will be replaced with Spirit Bloom.

– The in-game [Back] buttons will be replaced with [Leave] buttons.

– Descriptions and images on the [Help] menu will be updated to reflect the changed information.

– [Adventure for New Heirs] Event will be updated to reflect the changed information.

– Boss battles that occur after clearing each 10-10 stage in each Episode will be improved.

ㄴPlayers will now encounter the boss immediately, with other waves being removed.

4. Hero and Equipment Management Improvements

Hero and Equipment management improvements will be made.

■ Repeat Battle and Background Battling Improvements

Repeat Battle and Background Battling will no longer be interrupted by a full Hero or Equipment Inventory. Instead, these features will end when the repeat battle limit is reached.

Once you reach the repeat battle limit, you can resume Repeat Battle or Background Battling by clearing out your Hero or Equipment Inventory.

※ During Repeat Battle or Background Battling, the number of Heroes and Equipment that exceed the Inventory limit cannot exceed 100.

※ If the amount exceeds 100, Repeat Battle or Background Battling in progress will be interrupted.

■ Equipment Score

– Equipment Score will be added to help you manage your Equipment more efficiently.

– The Equipment Score feature will display an approximate efficiency of equipment by taking into account both its main stats and substats.

– Equipment Score will be added to Equipment filters.

■ Lv. 90 Equipment Extraction Added

– Improvements will be made to allow players to extract unused Lv.90 Equipment.

■ Alchemist’s Steeple Crafting Charms Improvements

– Alchemist’s Steeple’s crafting Charms system will be improved. 

– The current method of crafting Charms by using Equipment as ingredients will be removed. Instead, the Weekly Charms crafting limit will be increased from 2 to 4.

– As the method of crafting Charms by using Equipment as ingredients is removed, random Equipment/Accessory Charm Rate Information will be deleted.

– The number of Equipment Cores needed for crafting will be decreased.

※ After the update on 4/27 (Thu), the Random Equipment/Accessory Charm Crafting method will be removed.

If you still need to craft Charms using Equipment as ingredients, please do so before the update on 4/27 (Thu).

5. Guild War Indomitable Season Ending

The fierce war between the strongest Guilds!

The Guild War Indomitable Season will be coming to an end.

■ Guild War Indomitable Season Ending and Pre-Season Schedule

※ This schedule is subject to change.

※ We will provide you with more details regarding the schedule for the end of the Guild War pre-season and the start of the next season at a later date.

■ Guild War Pre-Season Information

– The same rewards as the regular season will be granted for Success/Failure/Draws for the Guild War Pre-Season.

– Items sold during the Guild War Indomitable Season will be available for purchase in the Guild Shop.

6. Collaboration 5★ Hero Shuna Balance Adjustment

We would like to inform you that the 5★ 「Epic Seven & 「That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime」Collaboration Hero, Shuna, will undergo a balance adjustment.

■ 5★ Shuna (Fire, Soul Weaver)

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

※ Other skills will not be changed unless stated.

– The effect of <Magicule Explosion> will be changed and Healing will be decreased.

– The Acquire Focus effect will be removed and its Soulburn effect will be changed.

– The Skill cooldown and barrier strength of Blooming Lotus will be decreased, and the number of debuffs dispelled by the skill before awakening will be changed to one.

– The Acquire Focus effect will be removed.

– The effect of <Sleeping Spell> will be changed.

– The Consume Focus effect of <Sleeping Spell> will be removed, and it will have a cooldown instead.

7. Two New Exclusive Equipment

– Exclusive Equipment for 5★ Shuna and 5★ Milim will be added. 

– Players will be able to obtain the exclusive equipment with fixed options for 5★ Shuna and 5★ Milim from the special Side Story, Solayu Cook-Off, after 5/4 (Thu) 03:00 UTC.

 Players will only be able to obtain the exclusive equipment for 5★ Shuna and 5★ Milim during the Collaboration period. They will not be added to the Hall of Trials Exchange or the Alchemist’s Steeple.

■ Exclusive Equipment

[5★ Milim]

[5★ Shuna]

■ The 5★ Hero Flan and the 4★ Hero Sinful Angelica’s Exclusive Equipment will be added to the Alchemist’s Steeple.

8. Bellona & Iron Fan Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up event, meet Bellona, an Earth elemental Ranger who can fight off multiple enemies. Players can also obtain the Ranger exclusive Artifact, Iron Fan that can inflict great damage on Ice elemental enemies.

■ Schedule

4/27 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 5/4 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

9. Iseria & Song of Stars Drop Rate Up

Meet Iseria, an Earth elemental Ranger with a rare skill that resets the skill cooldown of an ally and 

Song Stars, a Ranger-exclusive Artifact that allows the player to reliably target an enemy after using a Single Attack.

■ Schedule

4/27 (Thu) after the maintenace ~ 5/4 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

10. Coin Shop Item List Renewal

The purchase limit for items in the Covenant and Galaxy Coin Shops will reset and there will be a rotation of the Heroes sold in each shop.

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

■ Schedule

5/1 (Mon) 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: Three 5★ Covenant Hero Rotation (Fire, Ice, Earth)

4. Galaxy Coin Shop: Three 5★ Moonlight Hero Rotation (Light, Dark)

11. Expedition Boss Rotation

There will be a rotation of two Expedition Bosses on 5/1 (Mon).

■ Expedition Boss Rotation

■ Schedule

12. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Shop

– An [Event Pack] menu will be added.

ㄴ Players can purchase limited Packs from this section.

 [Nurture Booster Pack Renewal]

– The sale period for the Nurture Booster Pack which was sold in-game will end. It will be renewed with improved Pack items.

 – Schedule: 4/27 (Thu) after the update 

 Availability: Available when promoting a 4★ Hero to 5★ and when the 5★ Hero reaches Lv. 50

– Sale Period: For 2 hours after the condition is met (Once per day)

– Purchase Limit: 4 times a month

※ If you purchased the Pack before the update on 4/27 (Thu) but did not open it, you will receive the pre-change Pack.

※ The existing Tera-Phantasmas in the Nurture Booster Pack can be exchanged to Greater Spirit Bloom by transmitting them.

[Rank Up Pack 1]

– Included Items will be changed due to improvements.

■ Adventure and Story

– The probability of Gold and Lesser Equipment Charm dropped in Side Stories, Unrecorded History, and The Book of Memories will be increased.

 ㄴLv.44 Equipment and 2★ Monsters will no longer be dropped in Side Stories.

 ㄴ The probability of acquiring Lv.44 and Lv.15 Equipment in Unrecorded History and The Book of Memories will be adjusted.

– Equipment info will no longer be displayed in the Region Info.

– An issue where Treasure Chests did not appear in Unrecorded History will be fixed.

■ Tutorial Improvements 

– The beginning tutorials and certain aspects of the game content will be enhanced to ensure a seamless gameplay experience without any interruptions.

– Some of the event’s points of view will be adjusted, and unnecessary tutorials will be removed.

■ Moonlight’s Blessing Improvements 

– The order of Heroes on the list will be changed and some Heroes will have “Recommended Content” tags on them.

■ Selective Summon Improvements 

– There will no longer be a limit on the number of summoning chances for the Selective Summon.

– Each summon will be improved to guarantee one 5★ Hero or one 5★ Artifact + 2 4★ Heroes + two 4★ Artifacts.

– The Selective Summon Drop List will be updated according to the improvements.

■ Other

– The location of the [Chat Report] button will be moved to the profile banner. 

– Improvements will be made to change the [Summon x10] button to the [Free Summon] button when the number of available free covenant summons is more than 10.

– A new feature will be added that allows players to check mail sent by the official GMs.

– Improvements will be made to display a message instead of moving to a new screen when tapping the [Hero Story] button of a Hero who does not have a Side Story.

– The ending credits of an episode will now be displayed only if it is the final episode that has the ending among the available episodes.

– An intermittent issue where changing to the pop-up screen mode in-game sometimes resulted in an error will be resolved.

– An issue where some of the buttons in the Guild menu had incorrect resolutions, will be fixed.

– An issue where the “Number of Pre-Ban Heroes” pop-up screen in the [World Arena > Mock Battle] lobby was partially obscured by the chat pop-up screen will be resolved.

– An issue where the game encounters an error when launching the game on certain Android devices using an external display, after launching the game on the internal display will be fixed.

– An issue where the in-game screens were not displayed properly when changing to pop-up mode while the story is in progress, will be fixed. 

– An issue where the screen UI and pop-up are not displayed properly when entering login information after launching the game using split screen on Android devices will be fixed.

– An issue where an error occurred, causing the Dispatch mission-related pop-up screen to be displayed if there has been no input for a while while playing the game on the App player, BlueStacks 5, will be resolved.

– An issue where the screen froze when tapping the [Back] button after moving to the Forest of Souls using the [Help] function after a defeat in Side Stories will be resolved.

– An issue where errors occurred when acquiring MolaGora from the Forest of Souls or receiving a gift from the Lobby Pet will be fixed.

– An issue where the Skill Icon on Cooldown was not activated when canceling Soulburn after touching the Soulburn button will be fixed.

– An issue where the Torrent and Protection Set icons were not displayed in tutorial Equipment images will be fixed.

– An issue where the game UI was not displayed properly when tapping certain menus in-game using the internal/external display on some Android devices will be fixed.
– An issue where the number of Catalysts given was random when opening certain Random Catalyst Chests will be fixed.

– An issue where 5★ Hero Ken and 4★ Hero Corvus did not acquire any Fighting Spirit when the battle begins in Advent Side Story boss stage 3 in Hell and Epic Hell difficulties will be fixed.

– An issue where the effect of Retaliation Mana dispel count on the boss monster of Advent Side Story in Epic Hell difficulty did not decrease with an AoE attack will be fixed.

– An issue where tapping the Event icon in Lobby did not take the player to the event page will be fixed.

– An issue where some of the rewards for Merurin’s Express mail were not delivered correctly in the Japan Server will be fixed.

Thank you.