Blood of Steel News

Dear Players,

We've heard your voices regarding the absence of a matching horse for Koxinga since the launch of the [World Heroes] Blind Box on July 18th. We sincerely apologize for this oversight.

Our team has decided that for all who have acquired Koxinga's skin, we will send the matching horse after the maintenance ends on August 1st. Players who have already acquired the skin remember to check the in-game mail. For those who will acquire the Koxinga's skin subsequently, we will compile the list weekly on Thursdays and distribute the mount through in-game mail.

We are grateful for your continued support of "Blood of Steel".

To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on July 18th from 09:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 08:45. Additionally, comprehensive maintenance and backup of the account database will be performed. Please notice that the maintenance time may change based on specific work conditions. We kindly ask all players to plan the game time accordingly.
Update Content:

1、The brand new Collector's Series "World Heroes Blind Box" is available for a limited time.

• This period's rewards include hero skins, main weapons, secondary weapons, accessories, chariots for Koxinga, Zhou Yu, Han Xin, Zhuge Liang, and Wang Yangming, as well as rewards such as Tough Steel, Cute Silk, Battle Pass Tokens, and Shard of Skin.
  
• The "World Heroes Blind Box" is permanently limited to 120 draws, with a guarantee to obtain all rewards within the Blind Box after 120 draws.
  
• On the 20th, 40th, 60th, and 80th draws, you are guaranteed to receive【World Heroes Self-Selected Skin Box】*1. On the 30th, 50th, 70th, 90th, and 120th draws, you are guaranteed to receive orange collectible quality reward from【Koxinga series】*1.
  
• Collecting a full set of "World Heroes" skins unlocks a dynamic loading bust portrait for the hero; collecting 5 sets of the series skins additionally rewards the【World Heroes Player Icon】.
  
• You can access the "Collection Blind Box" via Store-Skin and draw by spending Credits.
  
• The Koxinga horse from the same series will be released in a subsequent version.
  

2、The Howl Mountain Sea Mount has added a new feature to freely switch effects: Players who already own level 2 and level 3 Howl Mountain Sea Mount effects can switch according to their preferences in the Mount Interface by clicking the effect level button in the lower right corner of the Howl Mountain Sea Mount.

3、Skin rotation is available for exchange in the Profit Store.

4、The "Ice Sea Crazy Waves" season is about to end, and the new season will begin after maintenance on August 1st.

To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on July 4th from 09:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 08:45. Additionally, comprehensive maintenance and backup of the account database will be performed. Please notice that the maintenance time may change based on specific work conditions. We kindly ask all players to plan the game time accordingly.

Update Contents:

1、Midsummer Night Dream Event

Event 1: Summer Login Gifts

• During the event from July 4th to July 25th, all players can claim the Brilliant Treasure Chest and Awaken Voucher daily upon logging in, as part of the event benefits. Top up any amount during the event to upgrade to the Supreme Login Gift.
  
• In addition, players who top up to 6600 YP will also unlock the limited summer back accessory 【Cool Summer】 (up to 3 times available for collection).
  

Event 2: Summer Activity Gifts

• During the event from July 4th to July 19th, all players can participate after receiving 120 Activity Chests. Upon reaching the specified number of days of participation, rewards such as Skin Shards and Legion Rank Protection Cards will be available, along with the unlocking of the limited summer player icon 【Summer Sea Charm】.
  

Event 3: Summer Party Rewards

• During the event from July 4th to July 25th, players who complete designated tasks will earn "fireflies." Once a certain number of "fireflies" is accumulated, players can exchange them for permanent heroes, skin chests (Aguda, Victoria, Cleopatra, Zhen Ji, and Godfrey), as well as the limited summer back accessory "Cool Summer" and other generous rewards.
  

2、The Brilliant Treasure Chest is scheduled for an update in the version around September, with the following specific contents:

• New Hero Skins and their Primary & Secondary Weapon Skins:
  
• "Cloud Stalker" / "Thunder's Shadow" for Sarutobi Sasuke
  
• "Wei Wu·Stabilize the Realm" / "Wei Wu·Pierce the Rainbow" for Cao Cao
  
• "Tiger Wing General" for Zhang Bao
  

The following Hero Skins and their Primary & Secondary Weapon Skins will be removed from the Brilliant Treasure Chest at the time:

• "Cloud Beast Armor" / "Red Qilin Armor" for Xiang Yu
  
• "Honey Baby" / "Sweet Baby" for Xiao Qiao
  
• "Flow of Southland" / "Breeze of Southland" for Da Qiao
  

Please make sure to obtain the skins you need before this update.

*The actual adjustments are subject to subsequent announcements.

3、Optimize the AI pathfinding rules for troops.

4、Enhance the operation of purchasing Credits in the store: Now, when purchasing Credits, the system will calculate the shortage of Credits based on the entry point clicked, and automatically fill in the number of items needed for purchase; Players can also manually drag the slider to buy more.

5、Fix the bug where cavalry can climb the stairs in the siege battle of Luoyang.

6、Fix the bug where the shield and weapon in Caesar's Apostle Set display abnormally in high-quality settings.

Dear Player：

"Blood of Steel" is scheduled for temporary maintenance at 10:00 today. After the maintenance, we will launch the server as soon as possible and supplement the compensation. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you.

To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on June 20th from 09:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 08:45. Additionally, comprehensive maintenance and backup of the account database will be performed. Please notice that the maintenance time may change based on specific work conditions. We kindly ask all players to plan the game time accordingly.

Update Content:
1、New mount form [Howl Mountain Sea] temporarily available

• This period's rewards include the [Howl Mountain Sea mount] for Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Alexander, Arthur, and Catherine, along with Credit, Battle Pass Token, Diamond, and Shard of Skin rewards;
  
• The [Howl Mountain Sea Blind Box] is permanently limited to 60 draws, and guarantees all rewards in the box after 60 draws;
  
• Guaranteed [Howl Mountain Sea Random Chest]
• 1 on the 10th, 20th, 40th, and 60th draws, and guaranteed [Howl Mountain Sea Self-Selected Chest]
• 1 on the 30th draw;
  
• Collecting 3 or 5 [Howl Mountain Sea mounts] activates corresponding advanced effects;
  
• You can draw the [Howl Mountain Sea Blind Box] under [Store – Skin] by spending Credits.
  

2、Phase 2 of contract weapons now available, with this phase's theme being [The Firmament]

• After purchasing Iron Armor Plus, players may receive the current period's contract token [The Firmament] during battle settlements (with a weekly cap of 2 drops and a drop rate of 30%), while the previous period's contract token [Immortalized Light] will become a rare drop (with a 1% chance of being a rare drop during this drop event);
  
• Epic red contract weapons: In addition to the original trajectory lines and weapon activation effects, each weapon now includes a custom execution move and a finale interaction animation (the finale interaction is common to each art style series, with the Immortalized Light and The Firmament boxes' red weapons belonging to the [Ethereal] series, and a style series prefix added to the weapon name). Red weapons in Immortalized Light have also supplemented their corresponding performances;
  
• Legendary rewards [Mysterious chest] now include the footprint [Blazing Fire];
  
• Players can obtain general weapons and other items by signing contracts using silver to obtain contract keys in the contract system;
  
• Players in the contract system can use lower-level general weapons to synthesize higher-level general weapons, and support cross-contract item revision synthesis. For example, in cross-contract revision synthesis, if 10 materials include 3 from Contract A and 7 from Contract B, the synthesis result has a 30% chance to produce a higher-level item from Contract A and a 70% chance to produce a higher-level item from Contract B.
  

3、Profit Store Skin Exchange Rotation Update

4、Path of Heroes reward levels expanded to Level 800

5、From the [Peerless Beauty Blind Box], Zhang Xingcai's collectible skin [Qi Luo Xiang] supports mixing and matching of long and short skirts. After this maintenance, we will send accessories: Qiluo Skirt and Qiluo Skirt - Qixiang Curtain, via mail to players who have already obtained [Qi Luo Xiang]. Players who acquire this skin later will receive these accessories uniformly on June 27th.

6、Fixed an issue where Helen's soldiers would not actively use melee attacks during the 20s duration after using the [Supplementary Spear Throwing] skill.

7、Fixed a bug that caused players to be unable to walk or turn normally after certain actions led to a key stuck.