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The Next Fest Update Has Arrived!

🌠 The Next Fest Update has arrived!
  • Emotes
    Communicate with other Travelers beyond language barriers! 7 basic emotes are provided.
  • Emblems and Souvenirs
    Cosmetic items to customize your nametag and Traveler.
    In the full version, you'll be able to purchase these with Stardust or obtain them through seasonal events.
  • Special Reverie - Claim your Next Fest exclusive rewards!
  • New Common Memory - Spinning Whirlwind
  • New Epic Essence - Essence of Fever
  • 1 new unlockable Lucid Dream
  • Yubar Model Rework

[h2]🎉 The Prologue has concluded![/h2]



An incredible 500,000 Travelers have journeyed through The Rapids, successfully concluding our prologue beta test. We sincerely thank you for joining us on our journey to create a better game!

To show our gratitude, we're hosting a Special Reverie Event during this Next Fest!

[h2]💚 Special Reverie[/h2]


During the Next Fest period, logging into the game will start the limited-time quest, 'Special Reverie'.
Complete three missions to earn exclusive emotes, emblems, and souvenirs!

These rewards are only available during the Next Fest period, so don't miss out!


[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]
  • Mental Corruption's initial damage -20%, DoT +20%, cooldown increased by 1 second
    Multiple Mental Corruptions can now stack on a single target.
    Effect disappears if the target becomes an ally.
  • Essence of Wound's explosion is now AoE damage, hitting all nearby enemies.
  • Pressure Point's wall collision damage +30%
  • Ice Claw's second hit damage +20%
  • Anti-Gravity damage +15%
  • Essence of Talc's bonus damage +20%
  • Essence of Shatter's Light damage amplification +20%
  • Reduced difficulty in Hunter ambush areas

[h3]Other Changes[/h3]
  • You can now rotate characters in the lobby.
  • Essence of Predation now displays the total amount of AP and AD gained.
  • Damage numbers are now consistently colored: orange for Attack Damage (AD) and blue for Ability Power (AP).
  • A small gift for the community - The game's 'RawData' folder now includes up-to-date game data json and images for all Essences and Memories. Thanks to our passionate community developers who suggested this.

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]
  • Fixed a bug where bosses could push players in Unstoppable state
  • Fixed an issue where Rifts would occasionally not function without any error message
  • Fixed Aurena's passive and Vesper's second passive not being affected by Attack Effect percentage
  • Fixed skills occasionally casting in character's facing direction or position
  • Improved stuttering issues that would worsen during extended gameplay sessions
  • Fixed a bug where players could equip other Travelers' character-specific skills and cause crashes
  • Improved occasional graphical glitches


[h2]Are you enjoying the game?[/h2]

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In May 2025, new characters, new bosses, multiple endings, numerous Lucid Dreams and achievements, new Memories and Essences will arrive.
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