[02/04] Chapter 6, New Skin, and Valentine’s Sidestory Rerun!

Overview

Hello, Epic 7 players! Today is a relatively small update. Chapter 6 of Hymn of a Wailing Tundra, the Epitaph Wilderness of the Past, will be implemented. The new Epic Pass, Young Love 2021 Season, will also be implemented, and the new skin is for Luluca! There will also be a rerun of last year’s Bittersweet Dessert Festival sidestory.

You can check out the patch notes here: https://page.onstove.com/epicseven/global/view/6767979

Patch Notes

1. Episode 3-6. Epitaph Wilderness of the Past

The Phantom CIC once again went through The Chaos Gate in search of Rin and Sez. They eventually arrive at a mysterious laboratory and meet an Automatic Doll Chloe, Ian, Ainos, and the chief of the village, Politis. Later on, the members finally reunite with Rin and Sez, but the two are somewhat cold to the Phantom CIC.

A dead land where alien creatures appear! Epitaph Wilderness of the Past is now available.

■ Epitaph Wilderness of the Past

[How to Enter]

– Clear Episode 3 Chapter 5 stage [5-10. Village in Danger]

[Map Layout]

– Chapter 6, Epitaph Wilderness of the Past, consists of 16 main stages including 2 Labyrinth type stages.

[Quests]

– Chapter 6, Epitaph Wilderness of the Past, 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.

■ Epitaph Wilderness of the Past AP Exchange

– Clearing stages in chapter 6, Epitaph Wilderness of the Past, will grant the player AP which can be used in this area’s AP Exchange.

[How to Open]

– Clear stage [6-10. Tomb of Innocence]

[How to Use]

– Players can receive AP in Epitaph Wilderness of the Past 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 6, Epitaph Wilderness of the Past, 5 Trust missions will be added.

– The Friendly level in Epitaph Wilderness AP Exchange will be unlocked.

– NPCs’ lines 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 – Boundless Soul’s Scar]

■ Monster

– The 2★ monster, Faithful Dog will be added.

■ Story Journal

– Chapter 6, “The Right Decision” will be added to the Episode 3 Story Journal.

– Players can receive the background pack, Island within the Wilderness as a reward for clearing all quests in Episode 3, Chapter 6.

2. Caides Hunt Expanded to Level 13

The Light-elemental Caides Hunt will be expanded to Level 13.

Battle against stronger monsters for better Equipment and materials!

■ Location

– Battle > Hunt

■ Entry Cost

■ Achievement

– As Caides Hunt will be expanded to Level 13, new Reputations will be added to [Reputation > Phantom CIC].

3. Epic ★ Pass – Young Love 2021 Season

Epic ★ Pass! Young Love 2021 Season will begin!

Receive Luluca’s new skin, Lovely Patissiere Luluca, and a special Frame as a reward!

We hope that many of our Heirs will participate in this Epic Pass.

■ Schedule

2/4 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 3/4 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

■ Location

Players can access the Young Love 2021 Season Epic Pass by going to the main lobby and tapping the “Epic Pass” icon.

■ How to Use

– You can increase your Season Rank by consuming the currencies specified.

– As you increase your Season Rank, you can earn a variety of rewards.

① Free Reward: Basic rewards that can be acquired according to a players’ Season Rank.

② Premium Reward: Rewards that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to Premium Epic Pass.

③ Special Reward: Rewards that can be acquired when the Pass is upgraded to Special Epic Pass.

[Season Rank & Season EXP]

1) Currency Value

– Players can receive season EXP by consuming the currencies listed below in different game modes.

– The Young Love 2021 Season consumable currencies that provide Season EXP are as follows:

2) Purchase Season Rank

– Players can use 100 Skystones to increase their Season Rank by 1.

■ Epic Pass Upgrade

– Players can upgrade to the Premium Epic Pass or Special Epic Pass by using Skystones.

※ After purchasing the Premium Epic pass, players can upgrade to the special Epic Pass for 900 Skystones.

■ Rewards

[Luluca Skin – Lovely Patissiere]

– The illustration and cut scenes will change when this skin is equipped on the 5★ Hero, Luluca.

4. Luluca & Spirit’s Breath Drop Rate Up

In this Drop Rate Up event, meet the Ice-elemental Mage, Luluca, who decreases the enemy’s defense and aids allies to stand fast on the battlefield. Players can also obtain the Mage-exclusive Artifact, Spirit’s Breath, designed for Mages who use non-attack skills frequently.

■ Schedule

2/4 (Thu) after the maintenance ~ 2/11 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

5. Arena Ardor Season Ending

The Arena Ardor Season that begun on 11/15 (Mon) will end and the pre-season will begin.

■ Arena Season Schedule

– The following is the schedule for the Arena Ardor Season ending and the Pre-Season.

※ The schedule of the ending of the Arena Pre-Season and opening of the Skyward Season will be announced in a later notice.

※ The detailed information about Frame reward in Arena Ardor Season will be announced in a later notice.

※ For more information regarding the end of the Arena Ardor Season, please see this link. [Arena Ardor Season Closing Information]

6. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Hero

– Improvements will be made so that a Skill Point notification is displayed on the Team Formation screen.

– [Journal > Hero Journal] will now display Specialty Change Heroes’ Skill Trees.

– An issue where players could not proceed with 3★ Ras’s Memory Imprint Tutorial due to an error that occurred when the screen is touched, will be fixed.

– An issue where 4★ Crozet’s buff effect from ‘Mark of Protection’ did not take effect properly when he is hit by an attack with an effect of dispelling buffs, will be fixed.

– An issue where the Health of 5★ Tamarinne incorrectly displayed in certain circumstances will be fixed.

– An issue where skills with extinction effect inflict the effect when the enemy is defeated by an additional skill, instead of the skill itself will be fixed.

– Adjustments will be made to the skill description translation for certain heroes. No functional changes will be made.

■ Monster

– Some names of monsters appearing in [Automaton Tower] will be changed and their skill descriptions will be adjusted to match the actual effects. No functional changes will be made.

– The Health of Converted Symaqus appearing in [Caides Hunt] will be reduced by 30%.

– ‘Recovers Health proportional to the number of the debuffs’ will be deleted from Standardized Destruction, Converted Symaqus’s skill appearing in [Caides Hunt].

– Attack increase granted by Earthquake, Caides’s skill appearing in [Caides Hunt], will be reduced by 25%.

■ Battle

– On items obtainable from Gold Chests, chest icons will be displayed on the Exclusive Reward screen when entering a [Labyrinth] that provides Gold Chests.

– Improvements will be made so that conversations in the campsite in [Labyrinth] will not decrease Friendship below 0.

– In the screen displayed when defeated in a battle, the [Hero] button will be replaced with [Team].

– An issue where Devil’s Arm, Symaqus’s skill appearing in [Expedition], did not increase its damage against non-Knight Heroes will be fixed.

– An issue where the screen displayed when completing [Expedition] with 5★ Archdemon’s Shadow as the team leader did not display the Hero’s imagery will be fixed.

– Adjustments will be made in the text displayed when attempting to reset the number of battles for Repeat Battling while Repeat Battling is active.

– Adjustments will be made so that the game displays an instruction for accompanying a Pet when touching the Repeat Battling checkbox with no Pet assigned in the team.

– Adjustments will be made so that the game displays the number of Urgent Missions that occurred during Repeat Battling.

New Urgent Missions that the player has not checked will maintain red.

– Some names of Devices appearing in [Automaton Tower] will be changed and the descriptions will be adjusted to match the actual effects. No functional changes will be made.

– An issue where the game did not display Monster Devices from Floor 25, which has been taking effect in [Automaton Tower] Levels 3 and 4, will be fixed.

– An issue where Team CP included Guardian’s CP in [Automaton Tower], and [Hall of Trials] will be fixed.

■ World Arena

– Player’s tier in Arena League will be displayed in the profile. The information can be displayed publicly or maintained as private by On/Off settings.

– Adjustments will be made so that the game automatically refreshes World Arena League information and display it in [Lobby > Arena] the pop-up screen.

– Adjustments will be made so that the game displays World Arena League information properly when logging in to the game on a different device.

– The text displayed at the start of Mock Battle will be changed to [BATTLE BEGINS].

– Adjustments will be made in Mock Battle Lounge enabling the hosts to easily select players.

– World Arena Battle Log will include the First Pick log.

– An issue where players occasionally could not return to the Lobby in instances where World Arena battles end before they are completed, will be fixed.

– An issue where the game included the pre-banned Hero in the list of Heroes for the battle when the player has not chosen all Heroes in time, will be fixed.

– An issue where the game displayed an error message when both participants have not chosen Heroes in the Pre-ban screen in time, will be fixed.

■ Displaying Artifact Bonus Effects

– The [Bonus Effect] button will be added to the [Ready] screen so that players can see Bonus Effects from Artifacts when equipping Artifacts that provide them.

– Adjustments will be made so that the game displays the number of Artifacts with bonus effects equipped by Heroes in the current team, and displays the list of the Artifacts when the icon is touched.

ㄴ Side Story: Currency and Growth tabs will be added.

ㄴ Other: The growth tab will be added.

– In the pop-up screen, the Artifacts will be marked as active or inactive depending on their status.

■ Other

– On the [Summon] screen, [Drop Rate Up] banners will display the remaining time at the top left of the banner when the remaining time is less than 24 hours.

– Adjustments will be made so that the game displays a confirmation screen when instantly recovering injured Heroes in [Lobby > Recovery].

– An issue where the game did not play the battle opening line at the start of a battle in [Arena] will be fixed.

– An issue where the game did not display Friendship gain information at the end of battles in [Arena], and [Guild War] will be fixed.

– Instructions in [Help > Automaton Tower> Monster Devices] will be more detailed.

– Explained Automaton Tower unlock conditions in [Help > Battle > Summary] will be changed to match the current conditions.

– An issue where the game did not play the sound effects when the menus on the right side in [Hero > Details] are selected, will be fixed.

7. Special Side Story, Bittersweet Dessert Festival Preview

In the upcoming week, Bittersweet Dessert Festival will be held in Cidonia! Come and enjoy the festival of peace in Perland!