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PATCH NOTESUPDATE 1.5.1

AFK Journey 1.5.1 Patch Notes

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PATCH NOTES
SEP 26, 20259 MIN READ

New Heroes

  • Added Aliceth, the Radiant Wings. Players can acquire her through Stargaze Station and Guild Store.
  • Added Perseus, the Chosen Champion, Players can acquire him through Rate Up Recruitment.

Major Updates

  • The Thorns of Devotion season will officially launch after the update for servers that have been active for at least 35 days. To unlock the season, Magisters must reach Level 240 with their Hands of Resonance and complete New Journey. Once these conditions are met, a quest will become available in Holistone, guiding them to the season region and starting them on a new story: Dawn of the Arcane.
  • Added a new Peaks of Time chapter, Echoes of Dissent, which will be available on October 3 at 00:00 UTC. If players missed the Echoes of Dissent season, they'll be able to access it in this mode after completing The Last Leg quest, allowing them to collect plenty of map resources as they play through the season storyline. If they have participated in Echoes of Dissent, their progress will carry over to Peaks of Time, so players can pick up right where they left off.
  • Introduced a new seasonal progression system, Soul Pact, replacing the existing Faction Talent feature. With Soul Pact, Magisters can summon a powerful Phantimal to assist them in battle. Soul Pact will be available in select season modes and events, and like other seasonal features, it will reset at the end of the season.
  • Updated seasonal progression features, including Season Resonance Level, Season Equipment, Season Artifacts, and Season Magic Charms. Progression features from the Echoes of Dissent season are no longer available.
  • Added a new Rate Up Return feature, which follows the same rules as regular Rate Up Recruitment. Each week features two returning heroes. The first two will be announced on September 29 at 00:00 UTC and become available for recruitment starting October 3 at 00:00 UTC.
  • Added Level 2 Enhance Force for Antandra and Lyca.

Experience Improvements

  • Season AFK Stage Optimizations:
The one-time season rewards for clearing an AFK Stage, such as Manuals, Essence, and Starlight are now tied to the Season Handbook and unlocked over time.
Resources previously required for Faction Talent upgrades were replaced by new resources used in the Soul Pact feature. Most of the new resources are obtainable during the early phases.
Instead of random Equipment drops, clearing AFK Stages now rewards Select Equipment Chests, allowing players to choose the piece that best suits their needs.
"Infinite Stage" is now Apex Stage with fully redesigned stages and difficulty. Stage buffs have also been adjusted to unlock earlier.
Magisters can now fully clear the Apex Stage challenge, and the Phase Rankings were adjusted accordingly.
On the first day of a new season, AFK rewards will hit the maximum efficiency cap after completing AFK Stage 10. This helps make day-one AFK progression easier and more manageable.
  • Dura's Trials Optimizations
Removed Nightmare Trial and Wish List. After the update, one class-specific treasure trial will open each day, with all six class-specific trials rotating in a fixed order. Each day's trial grants essence for two different classes, covering all classes over a three-day cycle.
Removed the Blessed Hero feature. Magisters are only able to use heroes of the matching class to clear challenges under special rules. Each treasure trial is designed with class-specific mechanics.
Introduced Class Essence for all 6 classes, which can be used to craft class-specific Magic Charms.
Higher-level treasure trials will gradually become available for challenge.
  • Updated the Season Dream Realm. The following bosses will be removed: Plague Creeper, Crystal Beetle, Illucia the Unveiler and Crazed Shellbrute. New bosses will be introduced: King Croaker, Mirage Frostspike, Magmazard and Blightshroom.
  • Added 3 new Primal Lords. Starting on the 14th day of the season in the player’s District, they can challenge the first boss, Cinderwings, after reaching a specific area and earn valuable rewards.
  • Optimized the Supreme Arena: A new Blessing feature will be introduced shortly after Version 1.5.1 goes live. These blessings will apply special effects to all Supreme Arena battles. Check the in-game notice for the launch schedule and full details.
  • Added Soul Sigils for Indris and Daimon to the Season Store.
  • Added the Divine Bane character cosmetic set, its recolored version, Evergreen Tribute, and Phraesto's new Golden Depths skin to Rosy Cosmetics.
  • Optimized the Chat channel interface, including layout, red dot notifications, and interactive elements.
  • Optimized the logic for when popups appear on certain interfaces.
  • Fixed issues with untranslated text and improved the phrasing of some in-game descriptions. The related game mechanics remained unchanged.

Homestead

  • Raised the Divine Shard level cap to 20. New crops, materials, and products are available.
  • Added Homestead Memory, a new photo mode for the Homestead. Use it to capture creative and memorable moments!
  • Added Windsoul to Homestead. They can be freely positioned in the Homestead and give a brief movement speed boost when stepped on.
  • Added two new decoration plans, Night in Sal'thorin and Blooming Ivoryshade, which can be unlocked by upgrading the Decor Workshop.
  • Optimized the texture quality of certain Homestead decorations and how they appear from different angles.
  • Optimized visual effects for crop growth.
  • Updated icons for certain materials and decorations to make them easier to identify.
  • Optimized the visual priority of the default building floor for the Kitchen and some other buildings so decorations may fully cover their floors.
  • Added automatic save when switching to another object. Players won't need to confirm their changes before selecting another object.
  • Allowed players to move the camera with W, A, S, D while using Multiselect or placing floor decorations in Layout mode.
  • The following adjustments to improve the Homestead progression experience were made:
Adjusted Stamina and material costs for Level 4-10 products in the Kitchen, Forge, and Alchemy Workshop.
Increased crop yields in the Fields (except wheat).
Adjusted building upgrade materials: timber is now replaced with logs, and stone blocks with raw ore.
Adjusted upgrade requirements for certain Process Cards in the Kitchen, Forge, and Alchemy Workshop.
Updated rewards for certain Homestead goals.
Adjusted upgrade requirements for certain buildings.
Adjusted Divine Shard upgrade rewards (Lv. 1-3 - Valen, Lyca & Fay). Compensation was sent based on the player's current Divine Shard level.
To compensate for any inconvenience caused by these changes, 1,000 Diamonds were sent via mail.

Combat Mechanics

  • Velara - Pale Votary
Fixed a rare issue that prevented Velara's magic circles from expanding across the entire battlefield after all of her magic circles were activated.
  • Thador - Ironsworn General
Fixed an issue where Thador sometimes failed to cast Umbral Descent when his lieutenant cast their Ultimate.
  • Saida - Vampiric Vine
Fixed a rare issue where Saida might spawn Drain Seed outside the battlefield.
  • Zanie - Timeless Tinkerer
Fixed an issue where Zanie's laser turret and gun turret sometimes failed to recover Energy properly when they were affected by skills that restore Energy.
  • Fixed an issue where the monsters Ruby Hawk and Marine Hawk dealt incorrect damage with Skyward Surge during their charge at the start of battle.
  • Fixed an issue where the monsters Ruby Hawk and Marine Hawk might fly out of the battlefield when using Skyward Surge at the start of battle.
  • Fixed an issue where Dead Tide Mage's Corrosive Bite targeted enemies incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue where some knockback effects may not work properly under certain conditions.
  • Fixed an issue where destructible walls in certain battle scenes couldn't be destroyed properly.
  • Fixed a rare issue where a shield on a unit was consumed even while the unit was invincible

Honor Duel Adjustments

  • Hero List Updates
Added the following heroes: Pang, Thador, and Zandrok.
Removed the following heroes: Lenya, Ulmus, and Soren.
  • Balance adjustments for heroes:
Zandrok: No modifier → Damage dealt reduced by 10%.
  • Added new Trial Cards for Saida and Baelran.
  • Adjusted the stats of certain equipment and added new Artifacts: Eclipsed Bow, Vanguard Axe, Verdant Shoot.

Hotfix Notes

Sept 26th

  • Adjusted the materials/ingredients and Stamina costs for certain productions in the Homestead system.
  • Soul Pact is now available. A gift to boost the player's progression was sent.

Sept 28th

  • Fixed an issue where Blessing of Life was not taking effect on defense teams in Supreme Arena. Compensation was sent to players.

Sept 29th

  • Fixed an issue that allowed the "Mystery in the Swamp" quest to be accepted prematurely.
  • Adjusted the unlock requirements for crafting Magic Charms III+ and above.
  • Fixed an issue where cleared Dura's Trials floors were counted incorrectly in some quests.
  • Compensation was sent to players.

Oct 6th

  • Adjusted the materials required to craft Lunar Pastry Boxes in the Moonlit Avalon event. Compensation was sent to all players.

Oct 10th

  • Fixed an issue where heroes features in the ongoing Rate Up Return event could not be added to the Hero Wish List in All-Hero Recruitment.
  • Fixed an issue preventing Phantimals from being deployed in Battle Drills in certain situations.

Oct 14th

  • To improve the Homestead crafting experience, the crafting costs for certain decor items have been reduced, making it easier for Magisters to decorate and customize their space. Compensation for this adjustment was sent to all players.

Oct 15th

  • Fixed an issue where the Baseline Level in Supreme Arena was set higher than intended. Compensation was sent to all players.

Oct 16th

After noticing that the difficulty of the Phase 1 AFK Stages this season was higher than intended, making it much harder to reach the daily limit and maximize the AFK gains, the following adjustments were made:

  • The Daily Limit required for Phase 2 and Phase 3 AFK Stages will be lowered.
  • The Essence and Starlight rewards from Season Quests in Phase 2 and Phase 3 will be increased.
  • Compensation of level-up gifts was sent to all players.

Oct 16th 2nd

  • Fixed an issue that prevented players from completing limited season quests requiring Resonance Level upgrades.
Level-Up Gift Clarification
After distributing a level-up gift to help players raise their Resonance Level more easily; with the goal to make it easier for everyone to advance through Phase 1 AFK Stages and give those who have fallen behind a better chance to catch up, the experience of players who had already invested significant time and resources to push their AFK progress was overlooked. Some spent extra Diamonds on Instant AFK Rewards, while other devoted hours strategizing their formations to clear AFK Stages. The attempt to make advancement smoother unintentionally disregarded the effort and dedication these players put into. An apology was offered.
To make amends, Diamond compensation based on the player's AFK progress BEFORE the level-up gifts were issues was distributed. The further the player's progress was at that time, the more Diamonds they received.