Summer has arrived in holoVillage!
Here's an overview of all the exciting update contents.
The 5 Members of FLOW GLOW Join holoVillage!
The 5 members of FLOW GLOW — Isaki Riona, Koganei Niko, Mizumiya Su, Rindo Chihaya, and Kikirara Vivi — join the game! At the same time, furniture themed after each member has been unlocked.
Get Close with hololive Members — The "Affection" System
You can now build Affection with hololive members through interactions — take on their favors, give them gifts, and more.
As Affection grows, you'll receive gifts like Profile Cards, flowers, furniture, and outfits.
The sparkly, cute Profile Cards have unique designs for each hololive member and can be viewed in the Encyclopedia. Build friendships with as many members as you can and collect them all!
The flowers you receive from hololive members are themed after each of them — and it turns out Mayor Kumarine will use them to build beautiful flower beds...! Decorate the village with flower beds themed after your oshi!
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Villager Slot Expansion & Rotation
By befriending many hololive members and giving Kumarine a variety of flowers, you can now purchase up to 2 additional Villager House Tickets from Nodoka beyond the previous cap (after clearing the main story).
You can also now send off villagers currently living in the village to free up slots (after clearing the main story).
The Beach Area Unlocked!
By placing a Balloon Station in your village, you can now travel from the village to the Beach area.
At the Beach, various hololive members are relaxing and unwinding. Take photos, work part-time at the beach house with your favorite members, and enjoy holoVillage's belated summer!
In the Beach area, you can gather Shiny Shells and exchange them for prizes at the beach shop. Some items are only available at this beach exclusive shop! For example:
Boombox: Play your favorite songs as BGM! A great companion for Fishing and gathering ♪
Penlight: A wave-able, color-changing Penlight. Bring it to a Mini Live and it automatically matches the stage lighting — high-tech!
Secret Base Ticket: A ticket used to build a Secret Base at specific spots in the field.
Mini Lives
Mini Lives are held every night at the Beach area! Don't miss the perfect photo opportunity.
Players can also jump into the lives themselves.
You can even change the performers on stage! Since you can have villagers in your favorite outfits perform, your very own dream live may just come true.
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Beach House Part-Time Job (Mini-Game)
At the Beach area, you can work part-time at the beach house together with your favorite hololive member. You'll earn Shiny Shells as rewards (usable at the shop), and your Affection with the hololive member you worked with goes up too!
Making Melee Weapons Easier and More Fun!
Until now, melee weapons had a higher control difficulty compared to magic and could feel repetitive. This update reworks melee weapons to be easier to use — and above all, more satisfying and fun to control.
Swords / Katanas: Step Dodge Action
You can cancel post-attack recovery or combo gaps to trigger a Step Dodge, quickly stepping in any direction. Step Dodges include brief invincibility frames, and perfectly-timed dodges trigger a Just Dodge. A successful Just Dodge grants short-duration buffs such as increased critical hit rate.
Hammers / Axes: Guard Action
You can cancel post-attack recovery or combo gaps to trigger a Guard. Guard persists while holding the button — you can't move, but incoming damage is greatly reduced. A perfectly-timed Guard triggers a Just Guard. A successful Just Guard completely nullifies damage, cancels the brief Guard recovery, and lets you act immediately. It also grants short-duration buffs such as increased critical hit rate.
Common
The variety of weapon-specific bonus effects has been expanded, making it more exciting to swap between new weapons. For example, the 3rd combo hit of a sword may launch a wide slash attack forward, or a Guard may trigger a counter-magic spell.
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A Companion for Your Playtime... "Music Room" Mode Added!
You can now access the "Music Room" mode from the title screen. Not only can you play your favorite BGM, but you can also create playlists to match your mood or scene.
Enjoy your favorite BGM as your work companion.
The "Radio Cassette" item — which lets you play your favorite BGM during gameplay — is also available at the newly-added Beach area. Perfect for Fishing and gathering too!
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And Much More Added and Improved!
Village
Photo Mode improvements
Improved usability with keyboard and mouse controls
Added a pause button — freeze time to capture the perfect moment from various angles
UI hiding supported
You can now hide UI elements like HP and time display (Keyboard: F2, Controller: Left Stick Press)
Perfect for videos and screenshots! (Also usable in Photo Mode)
Villager improvements
hololive members assigned to Adventure or Shop duties now spend more time roaming freely around the village
hololive members on Adventure duty may randomly appear outside the village and return home at night
They'll occasionally sit on benches you've placed in the village
Blacksmith and Cook can now be assigned separately as villager roles
Random shop events
At the start of a day, an event may occasionally trigger where the Blacksmith or Cook shop receives more customers than usual
Adventure
Post-clear content added for Adventure Job Quests
Added a quest that unlocks a new high-difficulty dungeon
A super-powerful boss awaits deep within the dungeon
New weapons and equipment added
"Mysterious Clock": Rematch bosses without waiting for the next day
By spending coins, you can immediately respawn any boss that would normally only respawn the next day.
Note: With this change, the one boss that was previously challengeable any number of times per day is now limited to once per day, but can be repeatedly challenged using the Mysterious Clock.
The Mysterious Clock can be purchased at the Beach area shop.
Unique treasure chest added to boss drops
Bosses now sometimes drop treasure chests. Chests can be opened by holding and using them, and grant additional materials at random — with a chance of rare items if you're lucky.
Shortcut added from dungeon entrance to boss area
Once you've reached the area just before the boss, a warp point appears at the dungeon entrance, letting you warp directly for quick retries.
A mysterious place appears deep in the Magic Forest
What happens if you drop coins into the offering box every day...?
Fishing
Supply crates can now sometimes be caught while fishing for small fish. Opening a supply crate grants multiple useful items at random — such as bait, coal, potions, and more. Rare items may also be inside!
Housing
New furniture
Various FLOW GLOW-themed furniture added
New "Street" series: A perfect match for FLOW GLOW furniture!Merged to FLOW GLOW series
Added furniture to "Club" series
Practical functionality added to furniture
Furniture can now include the functions of Item Boxes, Kitchen Tables, and crafting tables
"Secret Base" added
Multiple Secret Base placement spots exist in the field. Place one using a dedicated Construction Ticket (holding the ticket displays an icon if a placement spot exists in the current area)
Secret Base Tickets can be purchased at the Beach exclusive shop
"Room BGM" added
By placing music-capable furniture (like record players, speakers, or PCs) in your room or shop, you can set BGM for that space. Music plays every time you enter the room and applies when you publish it as well. Set your favorite songs, or use it for themed room creation!
Room Visits & Publishing
Publishing slots increased (previously 4 → now 10)
Emotes and Photo Mode can now be used while visiting rooms (see button guide for controls)
Outfits
Added the "Swimsuit" series
Other
Full offline play supported
Offline play was added in a previous update, but internet was still required for the initial launch and Kumarine Store-related features. This update refactors everything to run entirely device-side, allowing all features to be played offline. (Room visits and bug reports still require internet.)
Existing magic adjustments
Adjusted MP consumption for various early-game spells that were too low
Boss monster adjustments
With the addition of warping directly to boss areas, some previously weaker bosses have had their HP increased.
We'll continue rolling out updates. We hope you continue to enjoy holoVillage!
