Conqueror's Blade News

Armorer: "Bah, why's everyone asking that old bugger to make equipment? My shop's as silent as the grave..."
Time passed and the blacksmith returned from the east, having learned an ancient art of reworking equipment. Rumor has spread among the tea houses of Haojing that the blacksmith came upon a legendary town where he mastered a long-lost art of smelting. They say that he has already surpassed his master in skill.



[h2]The Quest for Leadership[/h2]

For the longest time, Leadership has been the ONE attribute everyone's been trying to stack on their armor pieces. I'm sure most of you would've picked a piece with leadership over a high-armor piece any day of the week. While enabling you to bring more units into battle to counter any foe you may come up against, it makes it more difficult to also gain increased survival attributes like health and defense. This makes it difficult to raise your survivability with equipment, plus, this quest for only leadership greatly detracts from the enjoyment of forging itself.

To remedy this, we're launching the Artificer's Forge with the next season, a system where you can "Get it All", so to say. This new system will give a boost to all attributes and is a chance to improve the gameplay experience.

[h2]Artificer's Forge System[/h2]

Reforging will enable you to upgrade the equipment you forge. With reforging, your equipment will retain its set effects while giving you more chances to upgrade its attributes, or even gain completely new affixes. Naturally, reforging will reset a piece of equipment's endurance.

[h3]Locking Key Attributes[/h3]

Some of you may wonder: "But won't that just destroy the Leadership equipment I've worked so hard to gather?"
To prevent this, we've added the ability to lock attributes. You can choose to lock certain attributes during reforging, preventing these to be altered in the process. You'll also get to choose after a reforge whether to keep your previous unlocked attributes or change to the new ones. This enables you to try for better and higher attributes without having to worry about losing what you've worked so hard to get.

For example: If you have a piece of equipment with +25 leadership, you can lock it and reforge and still retain that +25 leadership.


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[h3]Effort is Always Rewarded[/h3]

There are always those who get nothing but rare and epic weapons even after forging 10 times: "Hey, why aren't I getting any legendaries?"
We've reworked the reforging algorithm to remedy this very issue. If a reforging results in a rare or epic quality product, the chance for your next reforging to become legendary increases. This chance continues to increase until you create a legendary quality product.
Besides, the results of each reforging will be shown right there in the menu. This gives you a clear view of the chance for each possible outcome right from the get-go.


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[h3]Reforging Materials[/h3]

Reforging will require [Artificer's Stones], which you can acquire from matchmaking battles, Territory War, events, raising your Conqueror's Path rank and by donating resources to the Fame Envoy.
We're not scrapping previously used hero materials either. We've added drops of these to the aforementioned content, giving you the means to further upgrade your equipment no matter what you enjoy doing in the game.


We'll continue to iterate on equipment in our quest to further improve playability and of course, bring more enjoyment.

In the world of Conqueror's Blade where battles are mainly fought steel against steel mano a mano, firearms can easily tip the tide of war. In a battle where fireballs can rain down from the sky at any moment, protecting your city's walls with pikes and shields may no longer be the best option.
The addition of artillery brought about great change, allowing for greater possibilities in each battle. On each map, you'll command your units and steer your hero through battle, while also needing to consider the strategic ramifications of each artillery. In some battles, choosing and using the correct artillery may well be what ultimately decides the outcome. Being a weapon that can cause such great effect, artillery has naturally been a focal point for our players. While we on our end, have always kept an eye on the enjoyment and balance of these powerful weapons.



With the launch of the new season [Eternal: The Jade Realm], we're adding an all-new artillery—The Divine Crow. Hopefully, this ancient Chinese weapon of war will bring about renewed vitality and enjoyment for our artillery!



[h2]The Divine Crow in History[/h2]

Invented during the Ming dynasty, it was the first Chinese winged rocket featuring multiple tubes filled with gunpowder. Based on a book titled Weapons of War Compendium from 1412, the Divine Crow, was made from bamboo, reed and cotton. Shaped like a crow, its belly was filled with gunpowder. The four fuses on its back were connected to the four tubes beneath its belly. To launch it, one simply lit the four fuses, propelling the crow forward. Upon reaching its destination, the flames would engulf its belly and ignite the gunpowder stored within, creating a great fiery explosion that burned the target down. With the use of multiple tubes to push it forward and its supporting wings, it could hit targets over hundreds of meters away. It was thus capable of hitting targets behind walls or even in the back of the enemy's lines.

[h2]The Divine Crow in Conqueror's Blade[/h2]

In Conqueror's Blade, the Divine Crow will become an important tool in your arsenal capable of causing devastating damage in a variety of scenarios. A single Divine Crow strike creates multiple explosions that deal lasting burn damage. All in all, it deals fairly high damage and enables you to exact control in a fairly big area. If set up ahead of time, it can be used to deal sustained damage and exact control over enemies in tight formations. Use it correctly and you can create openings for your own forces and more easily deal with tight groups of enemies.

[h2]Epic & Legendary Rarities[/h2]

The Divine Crow comes in two rarities: epic and legendary. Each rarity features a unique appearance and damage profile. We are naturally prudent when adding new artillery to the game, and so it will only be available in epic rarity for a time being. As we continue to gather data and observe how it fares in combat, we will decide later on when to make available the legendary version too. But rest assured, you'll be able to test out both rarities from the get-go, as we'll be adding them to some Eastern-themed maps.

[h3]New PvE Challenge[/h3]
We're adding an all-new PvE challenge to the World Map that you can challenge a limited number of times each week. Rise to the challenge to find unbound epic Divine Crows.

[h3]Unit Sharing Rewards[/h3]
Rewards from sharing units with your House/Imperial Restorationists have a chance to grant epic Divine Crows. As they say, sharing is caring!

[h3]Territory War Report Rewards[/h3]
Superior Territory War report rewards have a chance to grant epic Divine Crows.

[h2]The Divine Crow becomes available in the middle of March.[/h2]

(Descriptions and images used are not the final versions and may be subject to change) We'll continue to explore artillery as a whole in the future, be that perfecting existing ones or developing new interesting ones. After all, artillery enables greater variety in strategy!

Hello warlords,

We will update the game during our maintenance on February 16th, which will last for 3 hours and run between 12:30-15:30 (UTC+8). After the maintenance we will give all players 8,000 Bronze Coins, 300 Honor, and 15 Unit Medals as compensation for any inconvenience caused. Be sure to arrange your time accordingly.

Check out the full Patch Notes and join in the discussion on our Discord.

For most recent hotfixes see here.

The latest Chinese-themed season, [Eternal: The Jade Realm], hits the live servers on Feb 23! But before this, we'll be hosting a preview stream showcasing what's coming!

The dev team will be hosting a stream filled with new content and goodies on Friday (Feb 17) at 19:30 (UTC+8)! Be there or be square!

[h3]Twitch Drops will be available during the stream![/h3]
Tune in to our stream for a chance at the following:
Heroic Epic x1
Treatise x1
Random Epic Artillery Chest x1

[h3]Official Stream[/h3]
Twitch

We're also accepting registrations for this season's pre-season test! Dying to try out the new season's content? Just tap the link to find out more!
https://steamcommunity.com/games/835570/announcements/detail/3653018291753115360

Say hello to my little friends.

Three Seasonal Units inspired by Ancient Chinese legendary heroes are coming to Conqueror’s Blade: Eternal when the update arrives on February 23.

[h3]Today, we meet the first of these new Units: Wuxing Pikemen (3-Star).[/h3]

The Wuxing Pikemen are inspired by the fire lance (or spear), an Ancient Chinese weapon. This bamboo tube and gunpowder combo would ignite to create a fiery explosion and launch a stream of flames at the enemy.



Sometimes known as the "Fire Pike Militia" but more commonly known as the Wuxing Pikemen, this close assault Unit carries the fire pike and comes equipped with scorching skills. Their weapon is designed to cause maximum distress to the enemy at point-blank range and is able to cause burn damage over a wide area. ‘Wuxing’ refers to the "five elements" of classical philosophy: wood, metal, and fire for the Unit's weapons, and earth and water for the mud beneath their relentless marches.

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[h3]Unit Characteristics:[/h3]

- Skill [Wuxing Blast] can fire a blast of fragments, which are especially good at damaging densely packed enemies and dealing inflicting bleeding damage.
- Skill [Fiery Blast] will spray flames to set enemies ablaze during the attack, causing continuous fire damage.
- The Wuxing Pikemen do not have a formation which can defend against cavalry, however they do have the [Impeding Force] trait which increases damage dealt to cavalry, and reduces an attacked cavalry unit's movement speed.
- The Wuxing Pikemen have a large number of troops as part of their unit, but due to their civilian-like clothing they have little protection which makes them relatively weak, so it is easy for them to be injured in continuous battles.


[h3]Preorder Info:[/h3]
Their preorder bundle [Wuxing Pikemen Preorder Bundle] becomes available in the in-game shop on Feb 16.
Get the Wuxing Pikemen Preorder Bundle to try this new 3-star unit out as soon as the new season launches.

[h3]Wuxing Pikemen Preorder Bundle[/h3]
Contains: Wuxing Pikemen Unlock Order x4
Original Price: 2,400 Sovereigns
Discount Price: 1,680 Sovereigns


Get ready to toast the battlefield with this red-hot corps! Recruit the Wuxing Pikemen by completing new Unit Challenges in Conqueror’s Blade: Eternal on February 23.

IMPORTANT: This article is accurate as of the time of publication but may be subject to change. Please read the Eternal patch notes and Unit Guides throughout the new Season for the latest information!