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Dear CEOs,
Here is the list of new products featured in this week’s update.

Please look through them carefully, for you never know when they will come in handy!

The package's price may vary depending on the platform, residence, and the daily exchange rate.

Please check the link below for more updates and maintenance schedule information.

Patch Notes [LINK]

[h2]▣ Packages[/h2]

【 Substream Currency Package 】
Price: USD 4.49
Purchase Limit: 3 times/account
▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

▼ Composition
▷ 393 Admin Coins
▷ 2,500 of Substream event currency of your choice.
▼ Requirement
▷ You must clear the final stage of the normal mode of the substream of the currency you are after.

※ The product is not refundable after purchase.


【 Blooming Classified Recruitment Package 】


Price: 4,380 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 2 times/week

▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

▼ Composition
▷ 620 Classified Employment Contracts
※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Blooming Relic Binary Package 】
Price: 3,200 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 2 times/account
▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)
▼ Composition
▷ 160 Relic Binaries
▷ 10,000,000 Credits
※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Blooming Set Binary Package 】

Price: 2,430 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 2 times/account

▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

▼ Composition
▷ 270 Set Binaries
▷ 4,300,000 Credits
※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Blooming S-Fusion Core Package 】
Price: 2,250 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 2 times/account
▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)
▼ Composition
▷ 15 S-Fusion Cores
▷ 4,000,000 Credits
※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Blooming Employee Growth Package 】
Price: 450 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 3 times/account
▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

▼ Composition
▷ 150 APT Cores
▷ 50 S-APT Cores
▷ 300 Special Appraisals
▷ 100 Basic Training Data
▷ 50 Prime Training Data
▷ 500,000 Credits
※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Blooming Resource Package 】
Price: 360 Quartz
Purchase Limit: 1 time/day
▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

▼ Composition
▷ 3,000 Info
▷ 25,000 Eternium
※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Awakened Employee Update Special Classified Recruitment Package I 】

Price: 3,480 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 3 times/account
▼ Composition
▷ 370 Classified Employment Contracts
▷ 525 Quartz

▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

【 Awakened Employee Update Special Classified Recruitment Package II 】


Price: 5,580 Admin Coins
Purchase Limit: 2 times/account

▼ Composition
▷ 610 Classified Employment Contracts
▷ 850 Quartz

▼ Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

※ The product is not refundable after purchase.

[h2]▣ Changes[/h2]

1) The components for the First-time Payment Special Bonus will change.

Before

• 
  1 T6 Counter Gear Set Option Selection Coupon Box [SSR]
  
• 
  30,000 Eternium
  
• 
  3,000,000 Credit
  
• 
  1 [First Purchase] SSR Testimonial
  

After

• 
  1 Antagonist’s Gear Set
  
• 
  30,000 Eternium
  
• 
  3,000,000 Credit
  
• 
  1 [First Purchase] SSR Testimonial
  

※ CEOs who have received the First-time Payment Special Bonus before the April 2 update, the retroactive application will not be applied. Thank you for your understanding.

Updated - April 1, 03:30 UTC-5

Skill Description for Exorcist Lucia Ridge and some of the descriptions for her exclusive gear have been updated.
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Dear CEOs,
The Patch Notes for April 1 is now live!
Please check it out to avoid missing any vital update details!

▼ Maintenance Schedule ( Extended 2 hrs )
▷ April 1, 20:00 - April 2, 01:30 (UTC-5)

▼ Maintenance Compensation
▷ 20,000 Credits
▷ 3 Employment Contracts

▼ Extended Maintenance Compensation
▷ 80,000 Credits
▷ 25,000 Eternium

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

Shop Product
[LINK]


[h2]▣ New Substream[/h2]

[h3]【 Moonlight 】[/h3]



1. Moonlight will be added.

2. An Event Shop will be added.

3. Hard Stage for Moonlight will be added.

4. Moonlight’s event mission and Awakened exclusive gear drop bonus event will be initiated.

▼ Substream [Moonlight] Event Currency Bonus Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

▼ New Substream Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - Until further notice

[h3]【 Event Store 】[/h3]

▼ Substream Event Store Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - Until further notice


[h3]【 Substream Event Mission 】[/h3]

▼ Substream Event Mission Available Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ New Awakened Employee[/h2]

[h3][ Exorcist Lucia Ridge ][/h3]
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▼ Exorcist Lucia Ridge Banner Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


▼ Exorcist Lucia Ridge Contract Mission Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 29, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h3]Awakened Exclusive Gear - Exorcist Lucia Ridge[/h3]

4 pieces of [Awakened exclusive gear] will be added.
These can be acquired by clearing the hard stage in the substream at a certain probability.
- The Latent Ability is fixed as HP%.

[h2]▣ Gauntlet[/h2]

1) Removal of point deductions upon defeat will only apply up to Grand Master League 3.

2) CEO’s cannot be demoted to the league below Challenger 3.

3) The match with the NPC has been extended to Grand Master 1, and the NPC’s level will be adjusted according to the CEO's league.

4) The limited Gauntlet skins are now acquirable starting from Challenger 3.

5) Employees with Ban 1 or higher will no longer be selectable for voting in the Casting Ban system.

6) The Gauntlet Season Point Shop will have the following items updated.

• 
  Replacer King - Overlord of the End World
  
• 
  Replacer King - Frame: Noble Will
  

7) After the maintenance, the selected Casting Bans will be reset. Therefore, please select Casting Ban again after the maintenance.


[h2]▣ Returning Operators[/h2]

【 Serina Crew 】

▼ Serina Crew’s Banner Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

【 Vivian Rashford 】

▼ Vivian Rashford’s Banner Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

【 Chloe Starseeker 】

▼ Chloe Starseeker’s Banner Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Danger Close[/h2]


Battle Condition

[Origin]

• 
  Stability
  

[Easy]

• 
  All units’ Incoming Healing -30%
  
• 
  [Counter] unit ATK & HP +20%
  

[Normal]

• 
  All units’ Incoming Healing -60%
  
• 
  [Counter] unit ATK & HP +20%
  

[Hard / Expert]

• 
  All units’ Incoming Healing -90%
  
• 
  [Counter] unit ATK & HP +20%
  

[ New High Intensity Plan Options ]
1. Tyrant Sword’s Pattern Enhanced
2. Tyrant Sword’s Special Condition Activated

▼ Danger Close - Tyrant Sword Schedule
▷ April 1, 20:00 - April 8, 2025, 14:00 (UTC-5)

▼ Danger Close - Tyrant Sword Settlement Period
▷ April 8, 14:00 - April 15, 2025, 14:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Challenge Stage[/h2]

【 Now Live! 】


The challenge stage will be opened to create exclusive gear for HRY Berry members.

In the [Now Live!] challenge, CEOs can get [Leader's Special Emoji] which you can use to craft Exclusive Gear. Moreover, there is a slight chance for the whole exclusive gear to drop after a successful run.



▼ Crafting [HRT Berry] Mold

Materials required to craft with [HRT Berry] Mold are as follows:
▷ 2,500,000 Credits
▷ 400 [Leader's Special Emoji]
▷ 600 Advanced Gear materials

▼ [HRT Berry] Exclusive Gears



* The mold will give a random exclusive gear from the above gears.

▼ Challenge Stage – Now Live! Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 8, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Substream Event[/h2]

【 Find the Furball! 】

Event currency will drop 5 times more than normal during the event.

▼ [ Find the Furball! ] Currency Drop Event Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 8, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


[h2]▣ Punch In Event[/h2]
【 Vice President’s Special Bonus 】

▼ [ Vice President’s Special Bonus ] Punch-In Event Schedule
▷ April 1, after the maintenance - April 15, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

[h2]▣ Changes and Improvements [/h2]
1) T5/T6 Dante gear’s tiers will change to T4/T5 respectively.

• 
  The gear stat will not change
  
• 
  Sc. Dante & Polymer Dante’s tier will remain the same.
  

2) 1 New BGM has been added to the jukebox.


[h2]▣ Fixes[/h2]

1) Fixed an issue where Garguantia Maria Antonov’s Special Skill, Dimensional Warfare, would sporadically get reflected by opponent’s Counterattack.

2) Fixed an issue where Ultimate Skills would get canceled sporadically under certain conditions.

Dear CEOs,
This month's CounterSide calendar is now live!

Download the calendar to keep track of your events, deadlines, and important dates—everything is on this calendar!

[Download Link]

[h3]【 Horizontal Version 】[/h3]



[h3]【 Vertical Version 】 [/h3]

A preview for April 2025 is here.

Check out the new update planned below!




Google Play Store [LINK]

Apple App Store [LINK]

Steam [LINK]


[h3]Official Communities[/h3]
Official X: [LINK]
Official Discord: [LINK]
Official Subreddit: [LINK]

Dear CEOs,

This is Kim Hyun Soo, the Head PD of CounterSide.

We thank all our CEOs for all the support and love sent to CounterSide.

In this month's Dev Notes, we'll provide more details about the upcoming updates during April.


[h2][ New Substream - Moonlight ][/h2]



As introduced in the last Dev Notes, the new substream, Moonlight, will be updated.

Lucia Ridge, who has been making money through fraud under the guise of exorcism, receives a request from a wealthy client and heads to a mansion. Expecting easy cash, she instead finds herself confronted with mysterious supernatural phenomena.

Even amid chaos, Lucia is determined to earn as much money as possible while resolving the situation.

Uncover Lucia’s true motives and the nature of the supernatural events she encounters in the upcoming substream, Moonlight, coming up on the next update on April 1.


[h2][ New Awakened Employee - Exorcist Lucia Ridge ][/h2]

The main protagonist of Moonlight, Lucia Ridge, will be updated along with the substream.

Lucia is a Counter-type Striker who unleashes special attacks in response to Hitstun and CC. Moreover, she is designed as a melee character who disrupts the nearby enemy's skill activation.

Lucia exploits people's fear of the unknown for her gain.

Lucia Ridge sometimes takes on the role of a devout cleric, while at other times, she acts as a greedy miser, moving solely to fulfill her objectives. While her true purpose remains a mystery, one thing is certain—amassing wealth brings her a sense of stability.

Stay tuned to see what Lucia’s true motives are and what kind of performance she will deliver.

[h3]◆ Exorcist Lucia Ridge[/h3]




[h2][ New Employee - Katharina ][/h2]

The next Counter Pass employee after Vanguard Exorcist Nicole Primer is Katharina.

Katharina is a 3-cost Counter-type Supporter who can nullify debuffs on allies and provide buffs to enhance combat effectiveness.

In the story, Katharina is a young girl striving to overcome the curse placed upon her. As a devout nun, she prays to God every day, pleading for her curse to be lifted, and drinks grape juice to quench the thirst caused by the curse.

Though she may appear cold and blunt, Katharina is quite clumsy, yearning, and a spoiled child.

She also possesses a charming contrast, revealing a completely different side to those who earn her trust.

We hope the CEOs look forward to discovering Katharina’s many unique charms.

[h3]◆ Katharina[/h3]



[h2][ New Gauntlet Season ][/h2]

On March 30 at 08:00 (UTC-5), the 2025 Royal Season will end, and starting March 31, the 2025 Devoted Season will begin.

As previously announced, the Gauntlet changes will take effect in the upcoming season.

However, while many of the CEOs have expressed satisfaction with certain aspects of the changes, we have also received concerns and valuable feedback. The development team has made some adjustments based on the input.

Firstly, the removal of point deductions upon defeat will now only apply up to Grand Master League 1. This means that until the CEOs reach the Challenger League, CEOs can challenge the Gauntlet without worrying about losing points.

In addition, we plan to expand the match with the NPC up to Grand Master 1 for cases where matchmaking does not occur within a certain period. This improvement will allow CEOs to continue to play matches even when it is difficult to find opponents.

However, since continuous participation will allow CEOs to eventually reach the Challenger League, the league requirement to obtain the exclusive Gauntlet skins will be adjusted to Challenger League 3 or higher.

We understand that many CEOs highly value the limited Gauntlet skins. While we carefully considered the feedback, these skins serve as rewards for those who achieve specific milestones in the Gauntlet. Thus, this adjustment was necessary, and we ask for the CEOs' understanding.

Secondly, many of the CEOs expressed concerns about reducing the number of bans. The development team acknowledges these concerns, and after careful consideration, we have decided to maintain the current number of bans.

Moreover, as mentioned in the previous developer notes, any employees that have already been banned at Ban 1 or higher will no longer be selectable for voting in the Casting Ban system.

Lastly, the limited Gauntlet skins and frames from previous seasons will be available for purchase in the Gauntlet Shop.

These limited skins and frames will be added to the shop in order of release each time a new limited Gauntlet skin is introduced.

Starting with the 2025 Devoted Season, where the [Empress of the End World – Replacer Queen] skin will be available, the [Overlord of the End World – Replacer King] skin and the [Frame: Noble Will] will be added to the Gauntlet Shop. In future seasons, when new Gauntlet skins are released, the [Late-night Encounter – Six-Wing Amy Firstwing] skin and the [Frame: Sub Rosa] will also be added.

The limited Gauntlet skins and frames can be purchased for 500 Season Points, which CEOs earn at the end of each Gauntlet season.

We hope that this update will provide a second chance for newer CEOs or those who were unable to obtain previous limited Gauntlet skins due to various circumstances.

The changes will take effect on April 1 after the regular maintenance.


[h2][ Awakened Exclusive Gear ][/h2]

Following the release of exclusive gear for Sprouting Star Solovey, the exclusive gear for Gha'agsheblah Eve Meitner was added on March 25.

Since Gha'agsheblah Eve Meitner is an employee who is frequently used by new and returning CEOs, we have made her the first Awakened employee to receive exclusive gear.

The next exclusive gear we have planned for is Yoo Mina: Fenrir Type, which can be obtained through Mainstream progression. In the future, we will continue adding exclusive gear for existing Awakened employees.

Unlike the previous two, obtaining the exclusive gear for Yoo Mina: Fenrir Type will be available in the Mainstream and the Mainstream event shop, which will be added in the future update.

We hope these additions will help new and returning CEOs reduce the burden of gear setup and enhance the gameplay experience.


[h2][ Balance Adjustments – Snipers][/h2]

Following the balance adjustments for Rangers and Strikers, we are reviewing balance changes for Snipers in April.

Similar to the Striker balance adjustments, we plan to tune the stats of Sniper employees. If further improvements are needed after the balance adjustments, we may introduce Alternium Reactors to enhance them further.

More details on the targeted employees and specific adjustments will be posted in the upcoming patch notes.


This concludes the brief overview of the April update.

Thank you.