"Blood of Steel" Version Update Announcement – July 23rd — Blood of Steel News

To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on July 23rd from 07:00 to 12:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 06:45. Additionally, comprehensive maintenance and backup of the account database will be performed. Please notice that the maintenance time may change based on specific work conditions. We kindly ask all players to plan the game time accordingly.

【New Content】

1. Collection Skin Blind Box \[Heavenly Goddess Blind Box] Limited-Time Return:

Return rewards include: Hero skins, primary weapons, secondary weapons, shields, and mounts for the five goddesses Roxana, Báthory, Agrippina, Sibylla, and Amonet, along with Tough Steel, Cute Silk, Battle Pass Tokens, and Skin Fragments.
b. \[Heavenly Goddess Blind Box] has a permanent purchase limit of 120 draws, with all rewards guaranteed within 120 draws.
You can draw via the "Goddess of the Heavens" entry under "Shop - Skins", using Awakening Points.
Draw progress from the box's initial release will be fully inherited.
Special Return-Only Reward: During the return period, Awakening Points spent drawing this box are converted 1:1 into "Blessing's Radiance" points. Players who drew during the initial release can directly claim the corresponding amount. Players can go to the event page \[Goddess Returns: Blessing's Radiance] to participate and exchange for rewards.
The limited-time return sale ends on August 13th at 00:00.

[p align="start"]2. Competitive Battle Pass Update: a. Battle Pass Pricing and Core Rewards Adjustments:

[p align="start"]\[Troop Order Pass] price reduced from 4,500 YP to 2,800 YP.
[p align="start"]\[Dominance Order Pass] price reduced from YP Vouchers to YP Vouchers.
[p align="start"]"Advanced Rewards" core rewards updated: Xerxes and Lyu Lingqi hero skins with matching primary/secondary weapons, Yi Seong-gye troop skin, Supreme Contract Keys*5, and more.

[p align="start"]b. \[Dominance Order Pass] Rewards Upgraded:

[p align="start"]Original fixed reward "Cute Silk×5" upgraded to "Cute Silk/Tough Steel Selection Chest", allowing choice of either Tough Steel×5 or Cute Silk×5.
[p align="start"]\[Dominance Order Pass] now includes \[Zongheng Limited Skin Pack], which upon opening allows selection of one of the following: Troop Skin Exchange Voucher×1, Supreme Contract Keys*5, or Classic Badge Voucher (New)×1.
[p align="start"]Nostalgic Badge Coupon (New) can be used directly at \[Shop - Specials - Limited Purchase] to offset the Awakening Points cost for purchasing any "Nostalgic Badge" of any season.
[p align="start"]\[Shop - Specials - Limited Purchase] now adds an exchange option: existing \[Nostalgic Badge Coupon] can be exchanged for \[Zongheng Limited Skin Pack], with a permanent limit of 1 purchase.
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[p align="start"]c. Troop Skin Return: Free selection from 24 troop skins, including 6 popular skins voted by Players and 18 other troop skins. d. The Battle Pass gifting function has been permanently closed.

[p align="start"]3. New Season Events Officially Launch:

[p align="start"]Event 1 \[Season Login Gift]: Log in daily to claim rewards for 14 days. Recharge any amount to upgrade to the Supreme Login Gift.
[p align="start"]Event 2 \[Water Gun Splash Battle]: Complete designated tasks to earn "Water Bullets". Knock down targets at the amusement park to obtain the new Common weapon \[Parasol], Common light crossbow \[Whale Stream Impact], Back Decoration \[Golden Carp Kite] Selection Pack, and a total of 64 types of celebration rewards.
[p align="start"]Event 3 \[Goddess Returns: Blessing's Radiance]: During the return period, Awakening Points spent drawing this box are converted 1:1 into Blessing's Radiance. Once a certain amount of Blessing's Radiance is reached, you can continue earning by spending Awakening Points through any method or spending Vouchers via designated methods (excluding purchases of Contract Keys, Awakening Points, Limited-Time Flash Sales, Trading Post, and Open World Dragon Coins). Players can go to the event page \[Goddess Returns: Blessing's Radiance] to exchange for gold-quality Roxana/Alexander exclusive Radiant Stones, Roxana/Alexander troops \[Valkyrie Guards], Roxana's skin removable accessories \[Goddess Shoulder Armor] and \[Goddess Shoulder Armor & Sigrun's Wings], dynamic loading image, base background, dynamic avatar frame, dynamic loading frame, and more.
[p align="start"]Event 4 \[Hero Free Play: Challenge Assault]: Players can obtain the permanent hero "Ma Chao" or 78,000 Silver Coins through this event.

[p align="start"]4. Reputation Rating System Optimization: a. Added Reputation Rating for decorations:

[p align="start"]Decorations include: Base, Base Background, Personalized Loading Image, Personalized Loading Frame. Detailed Reputation Rating breakdown is shown in the diagram below:
[p align="start"]The above decorations will now feature a quality indicator on the left side of the display list for quick identification.

[p align="start"]b. Added categorized Reputation display:

[p align="start"] A new Reputation category view entry has been added to Player profiles, allowing clear understanding of Prestige composition across dimensions. Categories include: Hero Skins, Primary Weapons, Secondary Weapons, Shields, Mounts, Troop Skins, Heroes/Inherited Heroes, Bases, Base Backgrounds, Personalized Loading Images, Personalized Loading Frames, Radiant Stones, and Contract/Removable Skins.

[p align="start"]5. Ranked Matches (map rotation), Territory War, and Elite League seasons will conclude, and new seasons will begin.

[p align="start"]6. The new season shop skin is Lady Zhurong's \[Thorn Thorn / Rose Heart], available for exchange starting next season.

[p align="start"]7. Open World "Conquest" and Solo Ranked Matches seasons will conclude and restart.

[p align="start"]8. Open World Battle Pass has been updated.

[p align="start"]【Hero Rework】

[p align="start"]1. Ma Chao ■ Added a "Might General" state triggered at full Rage, providing a clear burst window for Ma Chao's consecutive charges, allowing more players to enjoy this experience.

[p align="start"]Removed the Strategy Points mechanism and switched to a Rage mechanism.

[p align="start"]■ Skill \[Armored Charge]: Commands the entire legion to charge with lances and resets the hero's \[Crouch Lance] cooldown. Reduces melee damage taken by the entire legion and mounts by 25%; grants the mount a minimum acceleration speed for 15 seconds.

[p align="start"]■ 4th Skill \[Spear Breaks Formation] (formerly \[Marked Javelin] adjusted):

[p align="start"]Cooldown: 60 seconds.
[p align="start"]Commands the entire legion to throw up to 2 javelins per soldier.
[p align="start"]When a javelin hits an enemy, it applies 1 stack of \[Deter] to targets within 2 meters of the enemy.
[p align="start"]\[Deterrence]: Stacks up to 3 layers, lasts 30 seconds. At 3 stacks, \[Deter] transforms into \[Panic].
[p align="start"]\[Panic]: Damage taken increased by 5%, anti-impact reduced by 20%, and damage taken from Ma Chao's legion increased by 20%, lasts 30 seconds.

[p align="start"]■ 5th Skill \[Cone Formation]: Optimized skill description for clarity: Increases impact force by 20%, damage taken increased by 4%.

[p align="start"]■ Hero Passive \[Might General] (formerly \[Nemesis] adjusted):

[p align="start"]When not in \[Might General] state, damage dealt by the hero is converted into Rage. Upon reaching full Rage, the hero enters \[Might General] state for 30 seconds.
[p align="start"]\[Might General]: Resets \[Armored Charge]'s cooldown and reduces \[Crouch Lance] cooldown by 25 seconds. Additionally, the hero's attack is increased by 10%, and the entire legion's mount impact force is increased by 100%. When the legion's kills exceed 120 points (hero: 120 points, soldiers: 480 points / legion size), the duration of \[Might General] is reset.
[p align="start"]The hero automatically replenishes 1 throwing javelin every 30 seconds. Hitting a target with a non-couched attack reduces \[Crouch Lance] cooldown by 8 seconds; if hitting the head, the cooldown reduction is doubled.

[p align="start"]■ Legion Passive \[Iron Knight]: When not in \[Might General] state, damage dealt by soldiers is converted into Rage for the hero. Each \[Panic] target generated grants the hero 5% Rage.

[p align="start"]■ Tactics Skill Adjustments:

[p align="start"]Removed: Army-wide skills\[Formation Breaker]、Army-wide skills\[Expert Horsemanship]、Army-wide skills\[Dodge]、Soldier skills\[Legion Armor]、Soldier skills\[Legion Lining]

[p align="start"]Added:

[p align="start"]\[Spear Breaks Formation] (Army-wide, 60 Tactics Points): When the hero hits a target with a javelin, \[Flying Spear Breaks the Formation]'s cooldown is reduced by 8 seconds; if hitting the head, the cooldown reduction is doubled.
[p align="start"]\[Tong Pass Defeats Cao] (Army-wide, 60 Tactics Points): Upon entering \[Divine Might General] state, the entire legion's attack is increased by 10% and mount movement speed is increased by 1.5 m/s. When \[Divine Might General] ends, if the duration has been reset 2 or more times, the legion enters an \[Afterglow] state (\[Afterglow]: Mounted movement speed increased by 1.5 m/s for 20 seconds). Otherwise, the legion enters a \[Weakened] state (\[Weakened]: Attack reduced by 10%, mounted movement speed reduced by 1.5 m/s, and the hero cannot gain Rage during this state for 20 seconds).
[p align="start"]\[Nemesis] (Army-wide, 40 Tactics Points): Increases the range for applying \[Deter] upon javelin hit by 0.5 meters.
[p align="start"]\[Iron Knight] (Army-wide, 40 Tactics Points): During \[Iron Cavalry Charge], the entire legion deals 30% increased damage to mounts.
[p align="start"]\[Clever Tactic] (Army-wide, 20 Tactics Points): Increases the gain of Strategy Points, Rage, and Supplies by 3%.

[p align="start"]【Adjustments & Optimizations】

[p align="start"]1. Hero Balance Adjustments: a. Li Guang:

[p align="start"]Removed Q skill \[Charged Shot].
[p align="start"]Added Q skill \[Farstrider]: Increases mount movement speed by 2 m/s, reduces damage taken by the mount by 25%, lasts 8 seconds. During the duration, restores 30 mount HP per second. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

[p align="start"] b. Xiao Qiao:

[p align="start"]Q skill \[Ignite]: Cooldown increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds; fixed a bug with incorrect duration text description.
[p align="start"]Legion passive: \[Burn] spread range reduced from 6 meters to 5 meters.

[p align="start"] c. Edward I:

[p align="start"]Increased base attack of longbows.
[p align="start"]Hero passive \[Designated Marksman]: Cooldown reduction for \[Awaken] upon hitting/defeating enemies with a longbow adjusted from 2|4 seconds to 3 seconds.

[p align="start"] d. Huang Yueying:

[p align="start"]Reduced base attack of repeating crossbows.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Bodkin Bolt] duration reduced from 20 seconds to 18 seconds.

[p align="start"] e. Yi Seong-gye:

[p align="start"]Increased entire legion's armor.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Poison Arrow] duration increased from 15 seconds to 18 seconds; \[Dongming Strange Poison] effect duration increased from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.

[p align="start"] f. Amonet:

[p align="start"]Increased entire legion's armor.

[p align="start"] g. Margaret:

[p align="start"]Reduced catapult's high-damage area and fire ring burn radius; also reduced the fire ring's burn damage per second.

[p align="start"] h. Xerxes:

[p align="start"]Increased base attack of longbows.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Immortal Army]: Cooldown reduced from 90 seconds to 75 seconds.

[p align="start"] i. Zhou Yu:

[p align="start"]Skill \[Oil Slick] slow effect changed from "stacking increment" to "instant effect upon hit" – enemies in the oil slick area immediately have their movement speed reduced by 1.2|2.4 m/s (infantry|cavalry).

[p align="start"] j. Deng Ai:

[p align="start"]Removed skill \[Covert March]; its effect is now permanently integrated into the hero/legion passive (Deng Ai and his legion enter \[Concealed] state when out of combat, and exit when entering combat), taking effect automatically without manual activation.
[p align="start"]Q skill adjusted to \[Medicine]: Instantly restores 120|240 HP (hero|mount). Cooldown: 60 seconds.
[p align="start"]Added Z skill \[Flying Yellow Light]: Immediately summons a warhorse and mounts directly upon summoning (when not mounted, press Z to summon; when mounted, Z key performs the normal dismount action). Cooldown: 120 seconds.

[p align="start"] k. Zhao Yun / Zhao Manying:

[p align="start"]Increased entire legion's armor.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Dilu] adjusted to \[Soul of Dilu]: Instantly restores all HP of the hero's mount. Cooldown: 90 seconds.
[p align="start"]Optimized \[Cone Formation] skill description for clarity: Increases impact force by 20%, damage taken increased by 4%.
[p align="start"]Added Z skill \[Dilu]: Immediately summons a warhorse and mounts directly upon summoning (when not mounted, press Z to summon; when mounted, Z key performs the normal dismount action). Cooldown: 120 seconds.

[p align="start"] l. Baldwin IV / Agnès:

[p align="start"]Added Z skill \[Summon Mount]: Immediately summons a warhorse and mounts directly upon summoning (when not mounted, press Z to summon; when mounted, Z key performs the normal dismount action). Cooldown: 120 seconds.
[p align="start"]Optimized the release method of \[Lance Charge].
[p align="start"]Optimized \[Cone Formation] skill description for clarity: Increases impact force by 20%, damage taken increased by 4%.

[p align="start"] m. Catherine:

[p align="start"]Increased entire legion's armor.

[p align="start"] n. Cao Cao:

[p align="start"]Skill \[Tiger Cavalry Break Formation] effect optimized: Tiger Cavalry Guards will use lance charges more frequently while active.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Tiger's Charge] adjusted:

[p align="start"]Optimized command release method; skill effect duration reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds.
[p align="start"]Added effect during skill duration: Soldiers will use drag blade attacks more frequently, and for each enemy defeated by the entire legion during this state, the hero gains 2.4% Strategy Points.
[p align="start"]Removed "increased damage against targets affected by \[Tiger Cavalry Breaks Formation]" effect; this effect is now integrated as a permanent legion passive.

[p align="start"]Hero Passive \[Life Escort!]: Increased the passive Strategy Points recovery rate per second; removed the effect "the hero gains additional Strategy Points for each target defeated by the entire legion."
[p align="start"]Legion Passive \[Hero Rise from Chaos World] adjusted:

[p align="start"]All damage dealt by the entire legion to targets carrying \[Tiger Cavalry Breaks Formation] increased from 5% to 20%.
[p align="start"]Removed the effect "when a target carrying \[Tiger Cavalry Breaks Formation] is defeated, \[Tiger's Charge] cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds."
[p align="start"]Added effect "for each target defeated by the entire legion, \[Tiger's Charge] cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds."

[p align="start"]Added Z skill \[Summon Mount]: Immediately summons a warhorse and mounts directly upon summoning (when not mounted, press Z to summon; when mounted, Z key performs the normal dismount action). Cooldown: 120 seconds.

[p align="start"] o. Tejumin:

[p align="start"]Increased entire legion's armor.
[p align="start"]Optimized \[Line Archery] skill description for clarity: Increases damage by 8%, damage taken increased by 4%.

[p align="start"] p. Xiahou Yuan:

[p align="start"]Increased entire legion's armor.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Poison Arrow]'s attached \[Herbal Black Poison] effect duration increased from 12 seconds to 15 seconds.
[p align="start"]Skill \[Sprint] duration increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.

[p align="start"] q. Sibylla:

[p align="start"]Removed all damage reduction while the camel is crouching.

[p align="start"] r. The following heroes have gained the basic riding skill: Zhen Ji, Melisande, Mary I, Yu Ji, Kaihime, Dian Wei, Frederick I, Richard I, Philip II, Qi Jiguang.

[p align="start"]2. Mail System Optimization:

[p align="start"]Added a mail count limit display. A text reminder will appear when the limit of 50 mails is reached, making it easier for Players to clean up in time.
[p align="start"]Read mails with no attachments or attachments already claimed will now be automatically deleted after 3 days.

[p align="start"]3. Battleline Mission Adjustments & Optimizations:

[p align="start"]Inherited Heroes can now also complete missions that require specific heroes. Detailed mission list is as follows:
[p align="start"]In "Archer - Advanced Battleline Mission: 3-15 Poison, Poison, Poison", the main objective's enemy kill count has been reduced from 32 to 16.
[p align="start"]Fixed a bug where Xiao Qiao's burn damage could not complete the "Archer 3-7: Fire Attack" mission.

[p align="start"]【Bug Fixes】

Fixed a bug where, when Ma Chao equipped the "Divine Might General" skin and summoned the mount with the Z key, the helmet tassel would flip 180 degrees.
Fixed a bug where the Tactics \[Dodge] did not take effect.
Fixed a bug where the secondary weapon \[Breath of Extreme Cold] of Cecilia's Frost Queen skin displayed abnormally in the sheathed state.

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