NARAKA: BLADEPOINT News

Dear players,

The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from 11/02/2022 23:00 (UTC) to 11/03/2022 03:00 (UTC). We suggest that you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.

The details for this update are as follows:

Brand-new content!
Ⅰ. Limited-time Event: Icebound Yushan
As of late, the most bizarre omens have appeared across the Yushan Ruins. Now traces of the Yushan Whisperers themselves have arisen.
Event time: 11/11/2022 20:00 (UTC) to 11/17/2022 20:00 (UTC)
Event Info:
1. Log in each day of the event and click the Mask of Immortality on event page to sign in and claim your reward: an Icebound Yushan Random Gift
2. Gain Yushan Emblems by completing quests during the event. You will have a chance to get Yushan Emblems while opening Troves during the match. Up to 15 Emblems can be obtained per day. Yushan Emblems can be redeemed for great event rewards.
3. Click the Beacon to read the secret Yushan letter.

II. Limited-time Event: Autumn Sale
Event Time:
11/03/2022 update – 11/18/2022 00:00 (UTC)
Event Info:
During the event, 4 kinds of vouchers are available on the event page. They are: Legendary Outfit 30% discount voucher, Legendary Weapon 30% discount voucher, Legendary Accessory 30% discount voucher, and other Legendary Item 30% discount voucher. For each type, there are 2 vouchers to claim. Use this voucher for a 30% discount when purchasing Legendary Cosmetics with Gold. Vouchers are valid for a limited time only and are only eligible for certain purchases. For details, please check the description of each voucher item.

In-game Adjustments
Ⅰ. Map Adjustments
1. Adjusted the structure of some buildings and resource distribution of Plumed Castle and Mehtaab in Holoroth to further improve players' fighting experience.
2. Added the night environment to Holoroth.

Ⅱ. Combat Adjustments
Optimized the Quick Counter after casting skills and ultimates.

III. Omni's Nightmare
Temporarily banned Ziping Yin in Omni's Nightmare

Ⅳ. Matchmaking System
When the matchmaking takes too long among players below Platinum, some Bots will be added to the game, in order to speed up the matchmaking.

Showdown Adjustments
This time, Showdown is no longer a trial version. All progress will be reserved.
Ⅰ. Level Adjustments
1. Eventide Ember:
Strongholds with different sizes now have different colors. Gold means large strongholds while blue stands for small ones.
2. Immovable:
(1) Optimized the performance of the map by marking the monster refresh points in a more obvious way;
(2) Added 4 Scout Bells, which can help players find monsters;
(3) Fixed the issue that monsters sometimes stand still. And increased their tendency to attack Soul Altar·Immutable Wood.
3. Toppled Mountains:
Adjusted the skill AI of Omnius·Rock in Hard and Nightscream levels.

Ⅱ. Omens Adjustments
1. Hellhole:
Lowered the density of the Hellholes when Hellhole Omen is activated in all levels.
2. Death Spores
(1) Optimized the model of Toxishrooms of Death Spores Omen in Omnius Descent and Toppled Mountains modes to make them more distinguished.
(2) Toxishrooms can now influence Kurumi's circle. The circle that has been influenced can cause an extra toxic effect on monsters.

III. Showdown Souljades
1. Optimized Storage Interface.
2. Newly added feature to quickly unequip the Showdown Souljades.
3. Adjusted the damage multiplier of Souljade [Stormstride] from 2.85 to 1.95.

Ⅳ. Others
1. In Doom·Racing, the Sense Level of the Hero you chose will be fixed at 300 even when the level exceeds 300.
2. Newly added some in-game dialogues.
3. Now players will see a countdown page when players complete the level.
4. Added a subtitle that states the core mission to the title animation when players enter some levels; optimized the descriptions of some quests.
5. Optimized the special effect of [Defuse·Solve].

Out-game Adjustments
Ⅰ. Names of Modes Adjustments
For better understanding, the original name, "The Herald's Trial", was changed to "Ranked Mode-The Herald's Trial", and the "Quick Match" was changed to "Quick Match-The Herald's Trial".

Ⅱ. Free Training Adjustments
1. Added the "Combos Training" to help players practice and test various combos;
2. Increased the attacking frequency of AI opponents in the Counter Training;
3. Fixed the issue where AI opponents often hit walls in the Aim Training.

III. Hero Badge Adjustments
1. Newly added the Hero Badge for Showdown Racing Leaderboard.
2. Optimized Profile Display

Ⅳ. Game Settings
In Settings-Assist Settings, newly added Auto Pick up for Mouse&Keyboard and Controller. After enabling this feature, you'll automatically pick up another item nearby.

Ⅴ. Shop Overview
Adjusted the order of Items presented in Shop Overview.
Client Optimization
1. Optimized the instantiation method of outfits, weapons, accessories, and other cosmetics, to improve the fluency when characters spawn.
2. Optimized the multi-threaded rendering architecture to improve FPS and fluency of the game on mid to low-end PCs.

Store Updates
I. New Packs
Added the new Yoto Hime Exclusive Pack [Retribution Light], which includes Yoto Hime Legendary outfits [Onmyoji Arena·Retribution Light], Greatsword Legendary skin [Onmyoji Arena·Retribution Blade]. The standard price of the pack: 4,200 Gold; Now: 2,880 Gold.

II. Added New Discounts
1. Newly added Justina Gu Legendary Accessory [Winter Hare]. Standard price: 1,200 Gold; Now: 900 Gold.
2. Grappling Hook Legendary Skin [Flying Squirrel]. Standard price: 4,200 Gold; Now: 3,000 Gold.
3. Wuchen Legendary Outfit [Incompletion Robe]. Standard price: 1,800 Gold; Now: 1,500 Gold.
4. Longsword Legendary Skin [Winter's Savor]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.

Ⅲ. Spectral Silk Store Updates
1. Added Justina Gu Legendary Pose [Skip], with the price of 9,000 Spectral Silk.
2. Added Yueshan Epic Outfit [Grand General], with the price of 6,000 Spectral Silk.
3. Added Temulch Rare Outfit [Canis], with the price of 2,400 Spectral Silk.
4. Added Greatsword Epic Skin [Cedary Flow], with the price of 5,000 Spectral Silk.
5. Added Musket Rare Skin [Patterned Bronze], with the price of 2,000 Spectral Silk.
6. Added Yueshan Epic Accessory [Tiger Seal], with the price of 3,000 Spectral Silk.
7. Added Kurumi Rare Accessory [Pink Hibiscus], with the price of 1,200 Spectral Silk.
8. Added Rare Avatar [Firefly], with the price of 800 Spectral Silk.
9. Added Rare Avatar [Prickly Pear], with the price of 800 Spectral Silk.
10. Added Viper Ning Epic Base [Argenti Wings], with the price of 4,000 Spectral Silk.
11. Added Yoto Hime Rare Pose [Swordsmanship], with the price of 1,200 Spectral Silk.
12. Added Tarka Ji Rare Background [Dark Haze], with the price of 800 Spectral Silk.

Ⅳ. Discounts End
1. Tarka Ji Legendary Accessory [Zhurong's Jadeball] has returned to its standard price of 4,600 Gold.
2. Takeda Legendary Outfit [Spring Blossom] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.
3. Takeda Legendary Pose [Fast Blade] has returned to its standard price of 800 Gold.
4. Ziping Yin Legendary Pose [Shivering] has returned to its standard price of 800 Gold.
5. Dagger Legendary Skin [The Breaker·Myriad Edge] has returned to its standard price of 1,500 Gold.

Bug Fixes
1. Fixed the bug where players could use Grappling Hook to interrupt the action of being injured after getting an airborne attack.
2. Fixed the bug where the recovery frame of blue Focus strikes could be interrupted by Grappling Hook.
3. Fixed the bug where the effect of Showdown Souljade [Warrior] is triggered by Clash, successful Counter or Defuse.
4. When the Souljade effect [Soul Release] is triggered during [Demonic Aid], Takeda Nobutada will recover 25% Rage. The issue that skills were refreshed but Rage was insufficient was fixed.

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[h2]Prepare Your Sweet Tooth[/h2]

The spooky season is upon us! We set up some decorations in our spawn area, with big jack-o’-lanterns and other spooky festive decorations for players to see and interact with during the preparation phase.




Prep your Halloween costume by interacting with the friendly ghosts in the preparation phase and dress up as one of them!




Trick or Treat! Go trove to trove and collect some candy while you loot, and get even more by countering other players in every match.



Don't eat it! Sacrifice your candies and redeem some exclusive Halloween headwear and other accessories!



[h2]Limited-time Event: Autumn Chill Schedule[/h2]

Unlock event-exclusive items by collecting and redeeming [Candy] from troves and parrying enemies. You can complete event quests to get more [Candy] and [Candy Bucket].




[h3]First Round[/h3] 2022 Oct 25 4:00 PM - Nov 2 4:00 PM UTC
[h3]Second Round[/h3] 2022 Nov 2 4:00 PM- Nov 10 4:00 PM UTC


Rewards include:
Headwear [Chilly Wind] & Headwear [Eerie Fire]
Base [Jack O'Lantern] & Background [Bones of Sunwing]
Dual Blades Skin [Wind Cut] and more!




You can also get two new gestures from the store with Gold! Don’t miss out!



We hope you enjoy our first ever in-game Halloween celebration.
Now get out there, and collect some candy!

Dear players,

The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from 10/23/2022 23:00 (UTC) to 10/24/2022 03:00 (UTC). We suggest that you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.

The details for this update are as follows:

Brand-new content!
Ⅰ. A New Episode of Showdown
The sand and dust are lifted into the air by the eerie winds at the Shadowjade Mine, and in that veil of sand are the figures of the Eagle and the Grey Wolf.
From October 28th, Showdown will be available for a limited time on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. In [Eventide Temple] and the new episode [Shadowjade Mine], heroes are gathering to confront the Herald's Boss, Omnius, along with his servants who appear as the first time.
1. New Hero Joined: Matari, Temulch
Matari and Temulch are now on the list to face the new challenges in Showdown.
2. Sense Level System
(1) When playing Showdown, there's a chance of getting Showdown Souljade (can't be shared among team members). Equip Showdown Souljades for heroes to grant them more powerful and diversified skills.
(2) Hero Sense Level equals the average of the levels of equipped Souljades. If the Hero Sense Level is lower than the recommended level, you'll cause less damage to the monsters while taking more damage from them. On the contrary, you'll cause more damage while taking less damage from them when with higher sense level.
(3) Enhance the Souljade to raise its sense level. As the Sense Level increases, heroes will gain extra attribute bonus.
3. Omens
In Hard and Nightscream levels, Omens will randomly appear every time you start a new match. There will be new challenges, along with more powerful Souljades that can enhance Weapon and Hero-exclusive Skills.
4. Doom
Complete certain levels and the event [Shadow of Dust] to unlock Doom mode, where stronger Omens that can't be seen in other modes will occur. Once completed, there's a chance of getting Legendary weapon skin [Flaming Ash·Burning], Legendary Showdown Souljades and titles by topping the rank of Racing Leaderboard.

II. Time-limited Event: Autumn Chill
Event time: 10/25/2022 16:00 (UTC) to 11/10/2022 16:00 (UTC)
Event Details:
1. Several Halloween Specters pop up during the preparation stage. Try grasp one!
2. Looting troves in the battle grant chances to obtain [Candy]. Each player can gain up to 5 Candies in every match and up to 8 per day.
3. If a player has 2 or more Candies in the match, one [Candy] will drop along with the weapon when being countered.
4. At the start of each round, an advanced reward can be selected as the special reward for this round. This selection is irreversible.
5. Complete event quests to get corresponding numbers of [Candy Bucket] and [Candy]. Send [Candy Bucket] to other players and you both get [Candy] (with extra Candy when sending Candy Bucket to friends). Use [Candy] to redeem event rewards of the current round.
Duration of each round:
First Round: 10/25/2022 16:00 (UTC) to 11/02/2022 16:00 (UTC)
Second Round: 11/02/2022 16:00 (UTC) to 11/10/2022 16:00 (UTC)

III. Time-limited Event: Shadow of Dust
Sand in the air, and crisis within.
Event time: 10/27/2022 20:00 (UTC) to 11/21/2022 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1. Complete Event Quests for [Dust Emblem], and use [Dust Emblem] to redeem exclusive event rewards.
2. Complete any mode of Showdown to earn your individual points. Getting full points to claim individual rewards.
3. Clearing any mode of Showdown to earn whole-server points. Getting full points can unlock [Doom Mode]. Participate in it and there’s a slight chance to get the Legendary weapon skin [Flaming Ash·Burning].
*Note: Event quests can be refreshed only when the Showdown mode is open. At other times, you can redeem rewards only.

Hero Adjustments
Ⅰ.Kurumi
Adjusted the recovery amount of Kurumi's Ultimate [Sacred Circle: Rapid Healing] from 500 Health + 500 Armor to 750 Health. The additional Health recovered will be converted to Armor.

II. Ziping Yin
1. Weakened the effect of Ziping Yin's Skill [Aromatherapy: Embrace] in Solo Mode.
Adjusted to: Triggers [Inspiration Shield] if the player is attacked within 8 seconds (12 seconds in Duos/Trios Mode) after the player absorbed Spiritual Energy, lasting 5 seconds (8 seconds in Duos/Trios Mode). The effect ends in advance after taking 450 damages.
2. Adjusted the effects of Inspiration Shield for Ziping Yin's Skills [Aromatherapy: Embrace] and [Aromatherapy: Protection].
Inspiration Shield now cannot negate the freezing effects of Justina Gu's Ultimate [Arctic Wraith] [Shadowswipe], the airborne effect of Temulch's Skill [Zephyr Wisp] and the stagger effect of being smashed by Vajra.
//Dev Note: Inspiration Shield makes Ziping Yin escape easily in Solo Mode. Therefore, we decreased its duration and threshold of damage taken.
3. Adjusts Ziping Yin's Ultimates
(1) Adjusted the basic Recovery effect per second of [Saving Grace] from 35 Health + 30 Armor to 45 Health. The additional Health recovered will be converted to Armor.
(2) Adjusted the basic Recovery effect per second of [Saving Grace: Aegis] from 30 Health + 30 Armor to 35 Health. The additional Health recovered will be converted to Armor.
//Dev Note: Ziping Yin's Ultimate [Saving Grace] takes effect slowly, continues for a long time, and won't cost all Rage immediately after casting. Therefore, we made it more flexible to cast. It used to recover both Health and Armor simultaneously, which inevitably made players tend to cast it when they had low Health or Armor. Therefore, we adjusted the recovery mechanism to stabilize the benefits gained from casting it.

III. Yoto Hime
Increased the Rage required for Yoto Hime's all Ultimates from 25% to 40%, and decreased the Rage required for each slash from 25% to 20%.

Ⅳ. Valda Cui
1. Decreased the Immune time after the Horizontal Strike of Valda Cui's Ultimate [Nether Nightmare: Bind] water spear hits the enemies from 3 to 1 second.
2. Optimized the movement performance of Valda Cui after unleashing [Nether Nightmare] and [Nether Nightmare: Bind] sea dragon.

V. Takeda Nobutada
Increased the cooldown of Takeda Nobutada Ultimate's derived skill [Demonic Strike·Havoc] from 3 to 4 seconds.

VI. Tarka Ji
It costs less Energy for Tarka Ji to cast ultimate [Blackout], other talents, and 2nd stage Dodge.

Souljade Adjustments
Ⅰ. Longsword Souljade
Optimized the move of [Zodiac Sorrow].

In-game Adjustments
I. Feature Optimizations
Added quick collecting Soulbloom Essences in nearby Cairn. If there are Soulbloom Essences in any Cairn nearby, click the certain button will collect them quickly.

Ⅱ. Combat Adjustments
Optimized Quick Counter

II. Controller Adjustment
1. Added tips for equipping slots when selecting items.
2. Optimized tips for alternative weapons in the weapon bag.
3. Displayed items nearby in columns. Weapons and Souljades are in separate columns.

IV. Added Shortcut for Moonbane Charm
Tapping Alt+Z on the keyboard (For controllers, tap RT (XBOX) / R2 (PS) after selecting Moonbane Charm in the radial menu) will unleash Moonbane Charm centered on the player directly, instead of opening the map first.

V. Mechanism Adjustments
1. Spikes will be triggered immediately when the player enters its range.
2. Removed the limit of using Forbidden Seal mechanics.

VI. Hero Cultivation Adjustments
Matari's Yin Yang Mastery stage cultivation quest "Defeat 3 enemies with Bloodrippers" is changed to "Defeat 5 enemies with Flamebringer".

VII. BOT Mode Adjustments
1.Temporarily turned off the Nightscream level, the AI opponents will continue learning and come back again with better skills.
2.Adjusted the behaviors of AI opponents at the Easy level and lowered the difficulty appropriately.
Out-game Adjustments
I. Hero Badge
1. Added the Hero Badges of Showdown, Shadow Surge, and Through the Fire.
2. Optimized Profile Display.

II. Hero Info
Clicking "Collection" on the Hero interface will access "Closet" instead of "Outfit".

III. Hidden Treasure
Added tips of available Advanced Hidden Treasure rewards accumulated so far when collecting Hidden Treasure when the player has not purchase Advanced Hidden Treasure.

Ⅳ. Hero Voice
Optimized some of Temulch's lines and his tone.

Ⅴ. Cosmetics for all
Added “Cosmetics for all” on the Hero interface. Click “Interface” to access the preview interface of “Kill Announcement”

VI. Customization
Changed the ordering of some heroes’ default faces.
Feature Optimizations
Ⅰ. Client
1. Optimized the loading efficiency of the weapons to reduce the game lagging.
2. Cleared redundant data to save memory.

Store Updates
Ⅰ. New Packs
Added Tarka Ji Exclusive Pack [Nezha the Conqueror], including Tarka Ji Legendary Outfits [Ill Omen], Legendary Spear Skin [Blastburn Spear], Legendary Pose [Nezha·Soar], Legendary Backgrounds [Nezha·Break], and Legendary Base [Nezha·Transform]. Pack standard price: 6,000 Gold; Now: 4,200 Gold.

II. Added New Discounts
1. Newly added Legendary Accessory [Zhurong's Jadeball]. Standard price: 4,600 Gold; Now: 3,050 Gold.
2. Newly added Takeda Legendary outfit [Spring Blossom]. Standard price: 1,800 Gold; Now: 1,500 Gold.
3. Newly added Takeda Legendary Pose [Fast Blade]. Standard price: 800 Gold; Now: 560 Gold.
4. Newly added Ziping Yin Legendary Pose [Shivering]. Standard price: 800 Gold; Now: 560 Gold.
5. Dagger Legendary skin [The Breaker·Myriad Edge]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.

Ⅲ. Spectral Silk Store Updates
Newly added Epic Kill Announcement [Thunderous]. Standard price: 4,000 Spectral Silk.

Ⅳ. Discounts End
1. Katana Legendary skin [Gale's Edge] has returned to its standard price of 1,500 Gold.
2. Epic Background [Sunshine Waters] has returned to its standard price of 200 Gold.
3. Epic Base [Summer Beach] has returned to its standard price of 400 Gold.
4. Wuchen Legendary Outfit [Incompletion Robe] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.
5. Yueshan Legendary Outfit [JTeam·Mountain Shaker] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.

Bug Fixes
1. Fixed a bug where the dodge effect of the 1st and 2nd stages failed to display in a few cases after casting the ultimate [Blackout].
2. Fixed a bug where the recovery frame of some blue Focus can be interrupted by grappling.
3. Fixed a bug where grappling hook cannot lock on heroes on the ice surface.
4. Fixed a bug where the dodge after successful counterstrike combo of [Dagger Sap] was not Dagger Dash.

Dear players,

The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from 09/28/2022 23:00 (UTC) to 09/29/2022 03:00 (UTC). We suggest that you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.

The details for this update are as follows:
Brand-new content!
Ⅰ. Ziping Yin
Her new skill [Aromatherapy: Protection] and ultimate [Saving Grace: Gauze] are available to unlock now.

II. Map Updates of Holoroth
1. Brand-new area: Boomerang Cliff
There has been something wrong with Yushan Ruins recently. The thick iceberg is becoming loose with its edge gradually melting. When the ice is melting, a new place where players can move around takes shape on the left of Yushan Ruins, called Boomerang Cliff. A dangerous mountain road leads to the area, in the middle of which currents of chill air are blowing. Be careful and don't fall off.


III. Time-limited Nightscream BOT Mode is now available
In Nightscream BOT Mode, AI opponents are more skillful than in the Hard level, and won't attack each other actively. Besides, Rebirth will remain usable till the end of the third Shadow Corruption. Come challenge them with your skill and wisdom!
Nightscream BOT Mode is a time-limited mode. We'll continue to train AI opponents and will reopen it someday.

Ⅳ. Brand-new Event: Mystery of Plumed Castle
Glory once belonged to the Plumed Castle before the downfall of Holoroth. There was the great eagle-like castle stretching to the sky, and the mysterious treasuries housing world's fortunes. But all were annihilated with the doom of Holoroth. All there left were the broken wings of the Falcon Statues, and the floating stones with strange force. Now Holoroth is confronted with desert bandits wreaking havoc, power division and faith loss to the once gloried Aquila. There, people struggle to make a living.
Event Time: 09/29/2022 update – 12/10/2022 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules:
1.During the event, the theme of the preparation phase is changed to the Auspicious Clouds Celebration. Up-currents from specific clouds can help players jump higher! You can pick up [Crystal Stones]> in the scene of the preparation stage, or get them by looting gold and green Troves in the match, with a maximum of 10 every day.
2.Consume [Crystal Stones] to randomly unlock a location on the event page. You'll get corresponding rewards after unlocking all locations in an area. There are 7 areas in total waiting to be unlocked.
3.The first match of Nightscream Bot Mode every day earns you 1 [Doom Smasher Giftbox]. Every [Doom Smasher Giftbox] must contain 1 [Crystal Core], which can be used to unlock a designated location. Besides, you can get more rare rewards randomly from [Doom Smasher Giftboxes].
4. Participating in the external event [Forerunner GO!] can also get you [Crystal Stones] and [Crystal Cores]. Besides, you can also obtain [Dawn Treasure] and Event-limited Avatar from it.
5.After all 7 areas are unlocked, you can still use [Crystal Stone] and [Crystal Cores] on the event page to get Tae and Spectral Silk awards.

Hero Adjustments
I. Tianhai
1. When casting [The Divine Bell] and all its Skill Talents, Tianhai is immune to debuffs. But those taken effect before casting the skill will not be affected.
2. Increased the Damage Multiplier of [Ground Stomp] from 10 to 12 when Tianhai grabs two enemies in the transformed state of all Ultimate Talents.

II. Wuchen
When Wuchen is casting [Tai Chi Rift] and all Ultimate Talents, players now can press the Ultimate button to turn off Aim.

III. Valda Cui
Improved her ability to interrupt the Focus grade by her water spear when casting [Nether Nightmare] and [Nether Nightmare: Bind], now she can interrupt the golden Focus strikes.

IV. Temulch
1. Changed the airborne effect of Temulch's [Zephyr Wisp] and all his Talents to the Control effect (can ban the skills that can be cast when under attack, but can be broken by attacks with stagger effect) and optimized the performance of the action.
2. Adjusted the Ultimate [Zephyr Prison] and all his Talents. Now when Zephyr Prison takes shape, enemies in it will be imposed with the [Slowed] effect.

V. Yoto Hime
Decreased the flying/staying time of [Spirit Slash: Vortex] from 5s/5s to 3.5s/3.5s.

VI. Viper Ning
1.Viper Ning's [Yushan Enigma] can now be used while under attack and can interrupt golden Focus strikes, and the cooldown has been adjusted to 25 sec.
2.When casting [Twilight Crimson: Unchained], Viper Ning will get a 40% damage reduction.

VII. Other Adjustments
Optimized the prompt effect of some skills when the target is beyond their range.

Weapon Adjustments
I. Longsword
1. Slightly shortened the startup frames of Longswords' charged attacks.
2. Extended the duration that players can perform combos after charged attacks.

II. Spear
1. Extended the stagger time after Horizontal Strikes while sprinting, running and standing.
2. Decreased the Damage Multiplier of Airborne Horizontal Strikes from 2.01 to 1.6.

Ⅲ. Greatsword
Optimized the special effect of the second Horizontal Strike.

Souljade Adjustments
I. Longsword Souljade
Added a new Legendary Souljade: [Hepta-Detach].

In-game Adjustments
I. Combat Adjustments
1. Greatly increased players' sliding duration and max distance on the ice in Snowy Peaks.

II. Holoroth Map Adjustments
1. Increased the resources in Inn of the Dunes, Jade Pass, Altar of Tranquility, and Emberhawk.

III. Holoroth Mechanism Adjustments
1. Players can trigger the Spikes by hitting them instead of triggering them passively. The CD of triggering was decreased to 5s.
2. Added a wide-range Silence effect to Ghostly Hands after they are triggered. The Silence duration was adjusted to 8s.
3. Expanded the hit radius of the Cactus to 10m.
4. Shortened the time needed to set a Trap Clip to 1s.
5. Shortened the blinding time of Sand Konjac to 5s.
6. Adjusted the refresh locations of Spikes, Frost Moth and Trap Clip.
7. The Ballistas at the bottom left and bottom right of Plumed Castle now are refreshed randomly.

IV. Weather System Adjustments
1. Optimized the occurrence time and duration of weather at each stage.
2. Renamed "Sandstorm" as "Howling Gale", where players' ability to run toward a wall and the max range of Grappling Hook will be improved.

V. Feature Optimizations
Added the See-through effect when your teammates are blocked. (You can turn on the feature in Settings - Assist Settings - Ally See-through Effect.)

VI. BOT Mode Adjustments
Adjusted the behaviors of AI opponents at the Easy level in BOT Mode and lowered the difficulty appropriately.

VII. Omni's Nightmare Adjustments
1. Hero Echo: Explosive Shot can take effect on ranged weapons only.
2. Adjusted the airborne distance and recovery frames of Evil-Ents' Charged Horizontal Strikes.
3. Revised some expressions of in-game prompts.

Ⅷ. Spectating Adjustments
After being defeated in the Survival Modes, Killer’s info page will be shown to player automatically. You can manually close it, or it will be automatically closed as you start spectating.

Out-game Adjustments
I. Hero Badge System
1. You can check completed and ongoing phases for each Hero Badge on the Hero Badge Page.
2. Added a new Hero Badge: [Veteran].

II. Friend List Optimization
Now displays the last online time of your close friends.

III. Settlement Page Optimization
Now players can check Hero Badges and the progress of quests on the settlement page.
Ⅳ. Optimized Match History
1. Added Damage stats into the Match History Interface.
2. Rank in Match History will be shown as party rank after all party members are defeated.
3. Added Match Details into The Herald's Trial mode, where players can check detailed stats of the match.
4. You can now view other players' Match History.
5. Added "Battle Stats Setting" under "Settings-Social Settings-Privacy Settings". You can choose whether to make your Match History public.
6. Damage stats of matches before this update will not be provided. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

V. BGM Adjustments
1. Added the song "From The Ashes" by JJ Lin to Lobby BGM.
2. Replaced the BGMs in the Hero Cultivation Page of Viper Ning, Matari, Valda Cui, Justina Gu and Ziping Yin.

Feature Optimizations
I. Client
1. Improved the efficiency of loading action resources in combats to further reduce the memory usage of actions.
2. Reduced the memory usage of weapons in combats.
3. Fixed the stuttering caused by the shift of weathers in Holoroth Map.
4. Optimized some Outfit resources to reduce CPU time.

Store Updates
Ⅰ. New Packs
1. Added new Justina Gu Exclusive Pack [Summer Snowflakes], which includes Justina Gu Legendary outfit [Summer Party·Summer Snowflakes], Justina Gu Epic Pose [Piacevole], Justina Gu Legendary Accessory [Summer Party·Sunhat]. The Pack's standard price: 3,500 Gold; Now: 2,600 Gold.
2. Added new Viper Ning Exclusive Pack [Rosy Meridiem], which includes Viper Ning Legendary outfit [Summer Party·Rosy Meridiem], Viper Ning Epic Pose [Cozy]. The Pack's standard price: 2,300 Gold; Now: 1,750 Gold.
3. Available on October, 12th: Matari Exclusive Pack [Aureate Spoondrift], which includes Matari Legendary outfit [Summer Party·Aureate Spoondrift], Matari Epic Pose [Surfing]. The Pack's standard price: 2,300 Gold; Now: 1,750 Gold.

II. Added New Discounts
1. Added new Katana Legendary Skin [Gale's Edge]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.
2. Added new Epic Background [Sunshine Waters]. Standard price: 200 Gold; Now: 160 Gold.
3. Added new Epic Base [Summer Beach]. Standard price: 400 Gold; Now: 320 Gold.
4. Wuchen Legendary Outfit [Incompletion Robe]. Original price: 1,800 Gold; Now: 1,500 Gold.
5. Yueshan Legendary Outfit [JTeam·Mountain Shaker]. Original price: 1,800 Gold; Now: 1,500 Gold.

III. Discounts End
1. Tianhai Legendary Accessory [Operatic Legend·Crown] has returned to its original price of 1,200 Gold.
2. Valda Cui Legendary Accessory [Summer Party·Teashades] has returned to its original price of 1,000 Gold.
3. Tianhai Legendary Pose [Operatic Legend·All Existence] has returned to its original price of 900 Gold.
4. Tianhai Legendary Accessory [Longmen·Stone Statue] has returned to its original price of 4,800 Gold.
5. Tianhai Legendary Accessory [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow] has returned to its original price of 900 Gold.
6. Dagger Legendary Skin [The Breaker·Myriad Edge] has returned to its original price of 1,500 Gold.
7. Katana Legendary Skin [The Breaker·Dazzling Sun] has returned to its original price of 1,500 Gold.
Bug Fixes
I. Weapon-related Bugs
Fixed an issue where the hit range and special effect of Nunchucks' Scale Rush didn't match.

II. Omni's Nightmare-related Bugs
Fixed an issue where Evil-Ent Lord could be stuck at Ballistas.

III. Hero-related Bugs
1. Fixed an issue where Kurumi may link to a target outside the range when using her skill [Binding Prayer].
2.Fixed an issue where Temulch may replay the ultimate animation after casting it already.

Dear players,
The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from 09/14/2022 23:00 (UTC) to 09/15/2022 03:00 (UTC). We suggest that you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.

The details for this update are as follows:
Brand-new Achievements System
I. Added a new Achievements System--Hero Badge
Their heroic legends shall echo across the plains for all eternity.
1. You can complete different Challenges to get Hero Badges, which will level up as the progress goes on.
2. You can check the conditions for reaching each stage via Profile-Achievement-Hero Badge.
3. At the same time, you will be accumulating Hero Badge Points to obtain rewards including legendary weapon skins, avatars and Dynastic Treasure Choice Gifts.
4. Hero Badges obtained can be equipped on the Personal Info page.

Hero Adjustments
I. Kurumi
The [Cleanse] effect of Kurumi's skills and ultimate, and such gameplay settings as Cascade now can remove debuffs only. [Ban] effects like "Dodge Banning" and "Sprint Banning", etc., cannot be cleansed any more.

II. Ziping Yin
1. [Aromatherapy] and [Aromatherapy: Embrace] now will produce an extra Health recovery effect when their effects are imposed to allies. (Previously, you got the effect only when an ally was directly hit.)
2. Increased the basic Recovery effect of [Saving Grace] from "30 Health/s and 20 Armor/s" to "35 Health/s and 30 Armor/s".
The extra Recovery effect was decreased from 30% to 20%.
Constant Rage consumption was decreased. (The duration with full Rage was increased from 20 sec to 24 sec.).
3. [Saving Grace: Aegis]'s basic recovery effect remains unchanged, but constant Rage consumption was decreased. (The duration with full Rage was increased from 12 sec to 16 sec.).

Ⅲ. Tianhai
Optimized the performance of some of Vajra's actions.

IV. Other Adjustments
Now the explosion effects (if with) of bullets can be triggered as usual when they hit Tianhai's [The Divine Bell] and Justina Gu's [Ice Core].

Weapon Adjustments
I. Greatsword
Slightly shortened the stagger caused to enemies when performing Airborne Horizontal Strikes with the Greatswords.

In-game Adjustments
I. Adjustments to Hero Changing Process in The Bloodbath.
1. In Solos, you'll get 5 more sec to finish your operation as long as you open the Hero Replacement page within the 5-sec countdown of rebirth.
2. In Duos and Trios, when the 5-sec countdown of the rebirth of the whole team begins, the original page will be closed automatically. You'll get 5 more sec to finish your operation as long as you open the “Change Hero” page during the 5-sec countdown.

II. Adjustments to Through the Fire
1. Players now can get bounties for the completion of Bounty Quests in Through the Fire.
2. Team's spawn location was changed from a random location to a fixed one. Signs of teams' flags were added to the scene.
3. The quality of initial equipment was changed from Common to Rare. Rift Dealer's equipment and the price were adjusted for better balance.

III. Mechanism Adjustments
1. Decreased the cooldown of Scout Bell from 120 sec to 60 sec and removed the max number of uses.
2. Adjusted the duration of disperse-the-Chill buff from Campfires to 240 sec.

IV. Spawn Point Adjustment
Adjusted some of the selectable areas of spawn points in Holoroth.

V. Bot Mode Adjustments
1. Optimized the behavioral pattern of AI opponents in combats greatly and adjusted the difficulty.
2. The deployment of AI opponents now is based on players' difficulty selection only, instead of their Rank scores.

VI. Cairn Adjustment
Added a new form of performance to Cairns without soul.

Out-game Adjustments
I. Feature Tag for Talent Descriptions
Added Feature Tags to Talent descriptions of all Skills and Ultimates for all Heroes.

II. More Hero Information Can be Showed
1. Added Hero Ability Radar, which can show Heroes' general rating in terms of Survival, Damage, Control, Motility and Support.
2. Added Hero Difficulty Rating.

III. Justice Chamber Adjustment
Added the Exit feature for members of Justice Chamber. Now players can leave by themselves or be removed by the Chamber owner.

IV. Free Training Adjustment
In the Free Training mode, all of Rift Dealer's items now are sold in groups.

Ⅴ. Friend List Optimizations
1. Now friend requests will expire automatically in 3 days.
2. Extended the expiration time of recent teammates to 3 days.

VI. Now Extreme Weapon Skins can be equipped with special effects.
Players now can equip owned Extreme Weapon skins of the same type with special effects.

VII. [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow] Special Effect Adjustment
1. The form effect of "Vajra" changed by equipping Tianhai Accessory [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow] will be carried over by a new Legendary Accessory, [Longmen·Stone Statue]. Equipping [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow] will no longer alter the look of "Vajra" in Tianhai's ultimate.
2. [Longmen·Stone Statue] is now available in shop, along with a price adjustment to [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow].
3. For players who purchased [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow] before the updates, please kindly check your email to receive the new accessory [Longmen·Stone Statue] for free.

VIII. Out-game Inventory
Expanded the max capacity of players' Inventory to 300. Optimized Inventory display so that there will not be too many blank slots.
2. Changed the ordering rule to auto ordering for better user experience.
Feature Optimizations
I. Client
1. Optimized action loading speed and memory usage.
2. Optimized the memory usage of in-game drops, Ornament and the Grappling Hook.
3. Optimized the performance of some areas of Holoroth.

Shop Updates
I. Season Exclusive: Dawn Treasure Available Now
Dawn Treasure sells for 360 Gold. When opening it, you will have a chance to get Ziping Yin's Extreme outfit [A Chinese Ghost Story·High Heavens], Greatsword Extreme skin [Scorching Sun] and other rewards.
Minimum Guarantee
1. Players are guaranteed to receive at least 1 Red (Extreme) reward during the process of opening at most 100 Treasures. This can be triggered multiple times.​
2. Red (Extreme) rewards will not be repeated until all of them have been obtained.

Wishing Legendary Reward
Whenever you draw an Extreme cosmetic, you'll have a chance to set a Legendary cosmetic, which will be guaranteed when you draw a Legendary cosmetic next time. Times of guarantee can stack, but you can only have 1 cosmetic set each time.

II. Item Adjustment in Shop
1.Adjusted the transform effect of [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow], please refer to the Out-game Adjustments for more details.
2.[Longmen·Gargoyle Glow] will no longer alter the look of "Vajra" after the adjustment. Standard price: 900 Gold; Now: 750 Gold.
3.Added the new Tianhai’s Legendary accessory [Longmen·Stone Statue], which will carry over the previous transform effect of [Longmen·Gargoyle Glow]. Standard price: 4,800 Gold; Now: 3,000 Gold.

III. New Discounts
1.Added the new Tianhai’s Legendary accessory [Operatic Legend·Crown]. Standard price: 1,200 Gold; Now: 900 Gold.
2.Added the new Valda Cui’s Legendary accessory [Summer Party·Teashades]. Standard price: 1,000 Gold; Now: 750 Gold.
3.Added the new Tianhai’s Legendary pose [Operatic Legend·All Existence]. Standard price: 900 Gold; Now: 700 Gold.
4.Dagger Legendary skin [The Breaker·Myriad Edge]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.
5.Katana Legendary skin [The Breaker·Dazzling Sun]. Standard price: 1,500 Gold; Now: 1,250 Gold.

IV. Discounts End
1.Justina Gu’s Legendary pose [Operatic Legend·Phoenix] has returned to its standard price of 900 Gold.
2.Viper Ning’s Legendary pose [Operatic Legend·Return] has returned to its standard price of 900 Gold.
3.Katana Legendary Skin [Soulbloom Gem] has returned to its standard price of 1,500 Gold.
4.Tarka Ji’s Legendary Outfit [Ill Omen] has returned to its standard price of 1,800 Gold.

V. Spectral Silk Store Updates
1. Added the new Dawn Treasure: 3,600 Spectral Silk (purchase limitation: 1 purchase per 24 hours, a maximum of 6 can be purchased in total).
2. Added the new Ziping Yin’s Legendary hairstyle [Poria]: 12,000 Spectral Silk.
3. Added the new Legendary Avatar [Lunar Beauty]: 6,000 Spectral Silk.
4. Added the new Valda Cui’s Epic pose [Swing]: 5,000 Spectral Silk.
5. Added the new Valda Cui’s Epic outfit [Carapace]: 6,000 Spectral Silk.
6. Added the new Dagger Epic skin [Silver Prajna]: 5,000 Spectral Silk.
7. Added the new Epic hairstyle [Male Hairstyle 06]: 4,000 Spectral Silk.
8. Added the new Epic hairstyle [Female Hairstyle 06]: 4,000 Spectral Silk.
9. Added the new Wuchen’s Rare outfit [Noble Apparel·Dui]: 2,400 Spectral Silk.
10. Added the new Repeating Crossbow Rare skin [Sterline Bane]: 2,000 Spectral Silk.
11. Added the new Temulch’s Rare accessory [Engraved Dagger]: 1,200 Spectral Silk.

Bug Fixes
I. Battle-related Bugs
1. Fixed an issue where there was a chance of obtaining Stash Keys and bag capacity expanding items from Troves in Shadow Surge-Holoroth.
2. Fixed an issue where Quick Counter didn't work after rolling up from the ground.
3. Fixed an issue where when Takeda Nobutada casting [Demonic Strike], his blue Focus Strike might get into clash with the enemy’s common attacks.
4. Fix some scenario issues of Holoroth.