AFK Journey 1.2.3 Patch Notes - AFK Journey 1.2.3 Patch Notes

Major Updates

Added Harak, the Deepsea Ravager.
Added Sonja, the Crimson Queenpin.

Added Hugin, the Maverick Smith.
Introduced the new event Titan Reaver, in which Magisters face 2 bosses back-to-back with rewards based on their total damage dealt to both.

Introduced the new duel mode. Magisters can challenge other players by tapping their profile and set up their own defense formation on their profile.
Introduced Couture Scores. Collect Couture Scores to showcase Cosmetics. The total Couture Score will be displayed on the player profile.

Added a Season Handbook update. New end-of-season rules and rewards are available for Waves of Intrigue, including Exclusive Equipment Reset items. Detailed scoring is now shown in the Season Handbook.
Added new Reputation Quests for the Carmine Whispers.

Added the new Story Quest: Cage of Desire.
Added the new fishing Side Quest: Fish King's Trial. Catch the legendary Fish King in Rustport.

Added the new fishing gameplay, Precise Pull, which unlocks at Fishing Level 6.
Redesigned the profile interface.

Added Lily May, Mikola, and Lenya's Soulstones to the Season Store.
Added the latest selection of cosmetics in the Rosy Cosmetics/Velvet Store.

Additional Updates

The Artifact Frontline Spell is now obtainable. Available through Reputation Rewards.

Experience Optimizations

Added the new skip battle feature in Dream Realm and Primal Lord. Players can now skip battles after completing one battle each day.
Adjusted enemy skills. Enemies in certain modes were adjusted to be easier to defeat without affecting the player heroes. These adjustments apply to AFK Stages, Legend Trial, Dura's Trial, and Trial of Abyss. Adjustments include:

Ultimate skills now have a minimum cooldown of 5 seconds (starting after each skill ends), preventing enemies from being invincible for long periods.
Silvina's skill "First Strike" can now be interrupted when Eironn's Ultimate is triggered, regardless of target positioning.
Igor will create a maximum of five new tombstones based on enemy health losses.

Added the new Quick Claim feature and several new quests in the Season Handbook.
Added new Guild Mail formatting. Guild Mail is now easier to read with new text segmentation.

Added a Quick Claim function for AFK Stages. Instantly collect rewards from completed stages.
Increased AFK Reward base duration. The maximum base duration for storing AFK Rewards was increased from 16 to 168 hours.

Increased Auto-Battle speed. AFK battles run faster in the background.
Removed floor limits of the towers in Legend Trial.

Added a new Formation menu, which includes a "Delete" button in the formation setup.
Added a new "Don't remind me today" toggle for season start pop-up prompts.

Optimized Dream Realm hero filters, allowing a more flexible hero selection.
Adjusted battle result share prompts so that they no longer appear by default in Dream Realm.

Updated the Arena. If a player has been offline for over 14 days, their defense lineup will default to a preset lineup.
Optimized visuals for the fishing gameplay.

Updated the Guild Leader transfer process, streamlining the process if the Guild Leader has been offline for a long time.
Adjusted Story Battle enemy formations. Enemy formations are now more aligned with the story.

Updated Equipment Chest visibility. Random equipment chests in Inventory now show their unlock level, and lower-level chests are automatically recycled when upgrading equipment.
Fixed the problem where Support Magic Charm III+ has slightly lower stats than Magic Charm III.

Combat Mechanics

Granny Dahnie - Forest Guardian

When Granny Dahnie is interrupted before she can start restoring HP with her Exclusive Equipment Skill - Glimmerbloom Blessings, she can cast the skill again without consuming an attempt.

Sinbad - Seaside Savant

Fixed the issue where Sinbad could sometimes land outside the battlefield when jumping backward toward allies with his Tracker's Instincts skill.

Dunlingr - Eternal Voice

Optimized his order mechanism during battle preparation. After deploying Dunlingr, players can change the order on the right side of the screen instead of above Dunlingr.

Scarlita - Herald of Compassion

Fixed the issue where Scarlita could sometimes fail to charge to the correct position during the second strike of her Ultimate - Divine Quake.

Silvina - The Taken Breath

Fixed the issue where her Level 3 Exclusive Equipment Skill - Shield of Light could sometimes fail to trigger correctly.

Tasi - Fairy of Dreams

Fixed the issue where the effects of her Ultimate - Eternal Dreamscape could still be active on the battlefield after she dies. The actual effect remained unchanged.

Niru - Soul Collector

Fixed the issue where Niru can cast his Ultimate without consuming Energy on the Crystal Geodes in Crystal Clash or other non-hero units using his Exclusive Equipment Skill - Ethereal Form.

Talene - Resurging Flame

Fixed the issue where her Blazing Ascension skill could sometimes fail to revive her after being affected by Infinite Front - Thundering Doom.

Dionel - Venus of Dawn

Fixed the issue where the attacking SFX continues without dealing any damage to enemies even though Dionel's Exclusive Skill - Celestial Spear has been interrupted. Now, the SFX will stop, and the skill will not deal any damage to enemies when interrupted.

Hodgkin - Reviled Captain

Fixed an issue where his Exclusive Skill - Ardent Believers would sometimes fail to apply the voidbound magic to revived units.

Lily May - Twilight Tracker

Fixed an issue in the Arena where Lily May prioritized interrupting different enemies when attacking versus defending against the same formation with multiple enemies capable of casting Ultimates at the start of a battle.
Adjusted an issue in the Arena where the slight delay in the Quick Attack tile's Energy recovery buff made Lily May's interruption priority overly complicated.
This adjustment introduces a new rule in Arena and other game modes for determining the casting order of units able to use their Ultimate at the start of the battle, including those on the Quick Attack tile. The frontmost unit will now cast their Ultimate first, ensuring Lily May prioritizes interrupting that enemy.

Monster - Wights Wielder

Significantly reduced the healing amount per second of Wight Might, a passive skill.

Monster - Wights Warrior

Significantly reduced the healing amount per second of Wight Might, a passive skill.

Ensured a charmed prime carrier can target enemies normally with their Season Faction Talents instead of attacking allies.
Added a tip and an icon when the Hero Focus skills of certain heroes meet their upgrade requirements. The actual upgrade effects remain unchanged.

Season Artifact - Binding Spell

Fixed the issue where this skill could sometimes throw the first target toward an untargetable enemy (e.g. Damian's cart).

Honor Duel Adjustments

Hero List Updates

Added the following heroes: Lucca, Sinbad, Smokey & Meerky, Odie, Tasi, Florabelle and Nara.
Removed the following heroes: Lucius, Walker, Koko, Rhys, Arden, Lyca and Salazer.

Added 8 new Artifacts.
Added more Hero Trial Cards.

Future Optimizations

In addition to the Skip Battle feature for Dream Realm and Primal Lord introduced in this update, optimizations for other features to improve the players overall experience will be implemented. Here's a preview of some upcoming optimizations:

Removing the Multi-Team Stages in Starter Story and Season AFK Stages.
Allowing Proxy Battle to be used continuously in AFK Stages.

Adjusting the Faction Talent Points and XP rewards in Season AFK Stages to make the mode less competitive and grindy.
Adding more sources for hero-based Temporal Essences.

Optimizing the Guild administration system to reduce the burden on leaders.

What's been seen above is just a sneak peek of the complete optimization plan.