Patch Notes and Shop.

Summary

• Raid – Kraken
• Arcade – The Last Wild Card
• Danger Close – Tyrant Sword
• Returning Operators – Operator Sigma, Jung Dain and Lee Sooyeon
• Substream Event – The Moonless Night
• Challenge Stage – Academy Student Council Special Course

Raid – Kraken

A new raid boss, [Kraken] will be added after the January 17 maintenance. 

Kraken Raid Schedule – January 17, After the maintenance ~ January 31, 2024, 14:00 (UTC+9)

• [Kraken] raid is not included in the regular raid rotation schedule.
• CEOs will acquire [Black Flood Tokens] after successfully defeating [Kraken].
• You can exchange the [Black Flood Tokens] for either [Polymer Token] and [Superconductive Token] at a ratio of 1:1. 
• Craft with your [Black Flood Tokens] with [Distorted Universal Mold] to acquire either Britra or Inhibitor gears.
• Crafting with [Distorted Universal Mold] requires the following materials
  • 1,500 Black Flood Tokens
  • 2,500,000 Credits
• With the start of the [Kraken] season, the [plaque exchange] list will be updated.
• Raid points from the season before will not transfer to the [Kraken] season.

Kraken Raid Plaque Exchange Reward List

Title: Kraken Slayer – Reach 10,000 Raid MVPs in Kraken Lv. 150

Arcade – The Last Wild Card

A random Awakened unit will be deployed as the last unit in the deck.

• Arcade Rules
  • Entry available every day
  • Gear stats not applied
  • All unit Role ADV DMG +50%
  • DMG Taken Limit +20% for SSR rarity ships
  • Rearmed units are not allowed
  • Ship will be selected at random.
  • Can select 5 employees of your choice. The final 6th unit will be a random Awkawned unit.
• Participation Reward – Comment Emote
  • Win 3 times – Such a ruckus
  • Win 5 times – I’ll quiet things down here
• Arcade [ The Last Wild Card ] Schedule
  • January 17, After the maintenance ~ January 30, 2024, 23:59 (UTC+9)

Gauntlet

Loyal Season New Skin

The special reward from the Loyal season is Joo Shiyoon’s [Dragon Unbound by Clouds].

The Gauntlet Ban Effect will be enhanced as follows. 

Before

Debuff	1 Ban	2 Bans	3 Bans	4 Bans
Decrease DMG	-10%	-15%	-20%	-25%
Increase DMG Taken	-10%	-15%	-20%	-25%
Decreased ASPD	-10%	-15%	-20%	-25%
Decreased Skill Haste	-10%	-15%	-20%	-25%
Outgoing Healing –	-40%	-80%	-120%	-160%

After

Debuff	1 Ban	2 Bans	3 Bans	4 Bans
Decrease DMG	-10%	-20%	-30%	-40%
Increase DMG Taken	-10%	-20%	-30%	-40%
Decreased ASPD	-20%	-40%	-60%	-80%
Decreased ASPD (Fury)	-40%	-80%	-120%	-160%
Decreased Skill Haste	-10%	-20%	-30%	-40%
Outgoing Healing –	-40%	-80%	-120%	-160%

System Improvements and Changes

1. Cutscenes for returning CEOs have been added. 

• The cutscene will automatically play when CEOs return to CounterSide after 15 days.

2. Cutscenes for CEO birthdays have been added. 

• You can set your birthday in the [Profile] interface.
  • You cannot reset your birthday under any circumstances after the confirmation. 
• The cutscene will automatically play on the day of your birthday, and after the cutscene, a special trophy and a present will be sent to your in-game mailbox. 
• You can watch it again in the [Collections] after it is played at least once. 

3. Title effects will not be displayed from the list of titles.

4. You will now be able to dismantle [Undercontrol] and [Coffin].

• You will not be able to dismantle the last copy of either [Undercontrol] or [Coffin]. 

5. Skin option from [Management] – [Unit] will now display the number of skins you own. 

6. Two new puch alarms have been added. 

• A push when the eternium is almost fully charged.
  • The alarm will be sent when you are 75 eternium away from max. 
• A push when the Gauntlet Points are fully recharged.

7. The Coalition Mission tab will be removed.

8. New sets of flashback scenes will be added.

• The Moonless Night (3)
• End of the Maze (2)
• Crossroads (1)
• The Inheritor (2)
• Flora Maid Service (3)
• Old Fear (1)

9. Level requirements to unlock World Map Branches will change as follows. 

• Before: 0 / 10 / 30 / 45 / 60 / 75
• After: 0 / 10 / 25 / 35 / 45 / 55

10. Friendly Match will now have its [ Apply highest level ] effect applied on the Alternium Reactors and Tactical Update levels.

Fixes

• A fix on the Steam client where [ Information Reception Agreement ] was being displayed. 
• A fix on Arcade strings to display correctly. 
• A fix where the client would close immediately if players enter the gauntlet right after the last stand play. 
• A fix on mail display where important mail tag is also applied to mails that are not supposed to have.