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[December 31] Patch Notes



Dear CEOs,

Patch Notes for December 31 is now live!

Please check it out to avoid missing any vital update details!

▼ Maintenance Schedule
▷ There is no separate maintenance this week.

▼ Shop News
For this week’s update on shop products, please check the announcement below for more information.

Shop Product
[LINK]

[h2]▣ Gauntlet[/h2]

[h3]【 Royal Season 】[/h3]

The 2025 Royal Season will begin.

▼ The 2025 Royal Season Schedule
▷ December 31, 2024, 20:10 - March 30, 2025, 08:00 (UTC-5)


[h2]▣ Raid[/h2]

A new season of Boss Raid will start after the update.

This season's Raid Boss will be 【 Inhibitor 】.

If the previous season’s raid boss is not defeated before the update, the raid boss will appear AFTER defeating the existing raid.

※ This season’s raid boss will only have the [Struggle] Origin.

▼ Raid Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Last Stand[/h2]

[h3]【 Abandon Season 】[/h3]
[ Rules ]

[Enemies and Kill Points]


- Regularly Appearing Enemies: Stronger enemies appear at regular intervals.
- Earning Kill Points: Earn Kill Points by eliminating monsters.

[Employee Deployment]

- Deployment Range Increase: All ally employees have increased deployment ranges.

[Difficulty Increase Over Time]

- Hitstun Immunity: All enemy units gain Immunity to Hitstun 1 minute after the battle starts.
- Outgoing Healing Decrease (1st): All units are inflicted with Outgoing Healing -60% 1 minute 30 seconds after the battle starts.
- Outgoing Healing Decrease (2nd): All units are inflicted with Outgoing Healing -80% 2 minutes after the battle starts.
- DMG Increase: Enemy units' damage increases by 100% 2 minutes 30 seconds after the battle starts.

[ Battle Conditions ]
- Sure Fire to all enemy units, EVA and CRIT stats fixed to 0

[ Reward ]

- 1 medal: Kraken's Arm Trophy
- 3 medals: 10 Fusion Cores

※ 1 Medal: 100 Points
※ 2 Medals: 150 Points
※ 3 Medals: 200 Points

▼ Last Stand Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Returning Awakened Employees[/h2]

[h3]【 Strombringer Jake Walker 】[/h3]

▼ Strombringer Jake Walker Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h3]【 Kubera Alice Braidwood 】[/h3]

▼ Kubera Alice Braidwood Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h3]【 Solar Codex Yuna Springfield 】[/h3]


▼ Solar Codex Yuna Springfield Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


[h2]▣ Returning Employee[/h2]

[h3]【 Anila 】[/h3]

▼ Anila Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


[h2]▣ Returning Operators[/h2]

[h3][ Olivie Park ][/h3]

▼ Olivie Park Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h3]【 Sasha Gagarina 】[/h3]

▼ Sasha Gagarina Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h3]【 Lena Mackenzie 】[/h3]

▼ Lena Mackenzie Pickup Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Arcade Mode[/h2]

[h3][ Overwhelming firepower. That is peace. ][/h3]

▼ Rules

  • Weekly Bans & Ups not applied

  • Gear stats not applied

  • Operators not allowed

  • Ship fixed as a barricade

  • 1st slot is fixed as Goliath

  • Goliath ATK & HP +150%

▼ Reward

  • Win 1 time: [ Don't stop resisting ] text emote


▼ Arcade Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 6, 2025, 09:59 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Challenge Stage[/h2]

[h3]【 Payment Ledger 】[/h3]



The Payment Ledger challenge stage will open to create exclusive gear for Horizon Finance employees.



In the Payment Ledger challenge, you can get [Diligent Payer Sticker] which you can use to craft Exclusive Gear. Moreover, there is a slight chance for the full exclusive gear to drop after a successful run.



▼ Crafting [ Horizon Finance ] Mold

To craft with [ Horizon Finance ] Mold, you need:
- 2,500,000 Credits
- 400 Diligent Payer Stickers
- 600 Advanced Gear materials

▼ Contents of [ Horizon Finance ] Mold


▼ Challenge Stage - Payment Ledger Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 7, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Substream Event[/h2]

[h3]【 Crossroads Operation: Pathfinder 】[/h3]



[ Crossroad Gemstone ] will drop 3 times more than normal during the event.

▼ Crossroads Operation: Pathfinder Substream Event Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 7, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Punch-In [/h2]

[h3]【 Company Reinforcement Season 】[/h3]



▼ [ Company Reinforcement Season ] Punch-In Schedule
▷ December 31, 20:00 - January 7, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)