Dear Navigators, To provide a better gaming experience, STRINOVA will undergo scheduled maintenance. During this period, Navigators will be unable to log into the game. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Once maintenance is complete, Navigators can launch the automatic update directly via the desktop launcher.

※ Maintenance duration may be extended or concluded early based on actual circumstances. If an extension is required, we will provide advance notification. Thank you for your understanding.

▽ Update Time:

October 22, 09:00 PM to October 23, 04:00 AM UTC+0 (Matchmaking disabled 10 minutes after maintenance begins; matches forcibly terminated 30 minutes after maintenance begins.

▽ Update Range:

STRINOVA Open Beta Server

▽ Maintenance Compensation

Dream Tokens × 100, Basestring × 100

▽ Update Content

1. Map Updates

Outbreak Map: [Crimson Wasteland]

• The experimental center at Base S12 was suddenly attacked by Crystalline. Massive crystal clusters erupted from the ground, causing severe damage to research pods. The entire area quickly became distorted, turning into a crimson wasteland.

Halloween Atmosphere Maps

• Halloween is approaching! We've prepared a special festive surprise for the battlefield. After this update, three maps, [Pier Town], [Loch District], and [Eury Cave], will be temporarily decorated with Halloween-themed elements. We hope you enjoy the unique holiday atmosphere in combat.

[Pier Town] Map Optimization

• The structure of [Pier Town] has been adjusted. We reduced the area of the lower water level and optimized the layout of some covers to improve the overall combat experience on this map.

2. Gameplay Content Updates

[Map Workshop]

• Added the new Map Workshop module [Glide Ring]. Navigators entering in Glide form will receive a thrust boost.

• Added [Trap Door Kit], which includes switch and door components. Press F to activate the door.
  • The switch and door must be placed as a complete set in Build Mode.
  • This module is located in the [Utility Pack] category of the Map Workshop backpack.

• Added [Destructible Block], size 3X1X3. Navigators can destroy this block by attacking it.
  • Default health is set to 200 in the current version (custom health parameters will be supported in future versions).
  • This block cannot be destroyed in Build Mode; it only becomes effective when the game is started.

• Added [Fatal Zone]. Navigators entering this zone will be instantly eliminated instantly eliminated.
  • Cannot be eliminated in Build Mode; it only becomes effective when the game is started.

• Added Decoration Modules:
  • Added 17 [Halloween Theme] decoration modules.

• Added 8 [Desert Style] decoration modules.

• Increased the maximum number of uploadable maps from 10 to 20.
• Added Subscription System:
  • Navigators can now subscribe to their favorite creators. Check followed creators in the [Custom] -> [Subscriptions Tab].
  • When subscribed, a notification email will be received in the mailbox.
• Added [Profile - Map Workshop] display interface.
  • Displays the creator's total popularity, total number of works, total number of fans, as well as the Map Workshop works uploaded by the Navigator.
• Optimized the UI display logic of the [Custom - Map List].
  • Clicking on a map will bring up a secondary page, allowing Navigators to intuitively view map information and preview images.

New Melee Weapon: [War Scythe]

• A combat scythe with a forged crescent blade, sharp as the wind when swung, allowing for accurate strikes against enemies. Offers longer range, higher damage, and slower attack speed compared to the Ninjato.
• Special Skill:
  • Sword Clash: After a brief delay, hurl the War Scythe to ensnare and pull back the first enemy hit.
  • Outbreak: After a short delay, throw the War Scythe to bind and drag back the first struck enemy, while dealing damage to surrounding foes.

New Crystalline Entity: [Blade Fiend]

• The new Crystalline entity Blade Fiend makes its debut! It boasts higher mobility but sacrifices durability.
• Active Skill - Phantom Leap:
  • Harness energy for an enhanced jump.
• Ultimate Skill - Swift Thrust:
  • Dash forward, damaging enemies along the path.

3. The Sixth Season "Dragon Symphony" Officially Begins!

[Season 6 Rewards]

• Ranked Rewards: Complete 10 Ranked matches and reach the Proton tier during the season to unlock the seasonal reward outfit upon season conclusion.
  • Reward Name: Kokona - Outfit - Pressure Lock (Rare)

• Challenges Rewards: Reach the Gold tier in Challenges during Season 6 to receive the figure reward.。
  • Reward Name: Yvette - Figurine - Stuffed Teddy (Rare)

[S6 Season Pass]

• The S6's Season Pass commence simultaneously! Earn Memory Sequences, Bablo Crystals, Superstring outfits, Battle Credits, and more for free. Unlock the Advanced Warrant to additionally obtain Epic-quality sets and other premium rewards!
• Unlocking the Advanced Warrant PLUS grants all rewards from the Advanced tier, immediately increases Season Pass Level by 25, and awards the exclusive S6 Season Pass Chip Case.

4. Balance Adjustments

[Superstrings]

Celestia

Skills

• Temporary Armor granted by Active Skill increased from 30 to 35.

String Energy Network

• Awakening 3: Armor Restoration effect increased from 30 to 35.

Lawine

Skills

• Active Skill: Number of scans reduced from 2 to 1; Skill stacks increased from 1 to 2; Reveal duration increased from 2 seconds to 2.5 seconds; Pulse wave diffusion time decreased from 2 seconds to 1 second.
• Ultimate Skill: Cast speed increased by 20%; Duration reduced from 24 seconds to 20 seconds; Stealth Breaker time reduced from 5 seconds to 3.5 seconds.

String Energy Network

• Awakening 2 adjusted: Enemies scanned by Pulse Blade generate an electromagnetic chain that applies a Slow effect. The Slow persists briefly after leaving the chain's range or after reaching its max duration.
• Awakening 3 adjusted: The reveal duration from Pulse Blade is shortened, but the scanning effect does not disappear immediately. If enemies remain within its scan range, it will reactivate the scan.

Reiichi

String Energy Network

• Temporary Armor granted by Awakening 2 increased from 20 to 35.

Bai Mo

Skills

• Tactical Skill: Rate of Fire reduction effect adjusted from 45%–15% to 30%–10%. In addition to the original effects, it now also applies a Slow effect.

Ming

Skills

• Tactical Skill: Rate of Fire reduction effect decreased from 25% to 15%; Stun duration falloff now begins at 5 meters instead of 0 meters. Besides the original effects, it now also causes scope blur.

[Ninjato]

• Heavy Attack damage reduced from 90 to 80.

[Outbreak]

• Increased the drawing animation speed for cards.
• Superstrings no longer clear previous status effects after evolving during the Final Showdown.
• Enhanced Ninjato, Enhanced Knockback Ninjato, Wave Break, Lightning Shadow, Zephyr Blade—all Crystallines' primary weapons now support holding down the left mouse button to perform continuous light attacks.

Character Adjustments

Fragrans

• Active Skill movement speed/fire rate bonus adjusted from 37.5%-22.5% to 12.5%-7.5%. Regardless of which effect is activated, Fragrans's damage amplification increased to 1.15-1.1x (decays over time, multiplicative with basic damage multiplier); after Awakening 2 is activated, the damage amplification will not decay over time during its duration.
• Ultimate Skill speed boost effect reduced from 25% to 15%; duration increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds; damage per second adjusted from 110 to 100; during activation, personal damage amplification increased to 1.15x (multiplicative with basic damage multiplier).

Fuchsia

• Passive Skill initial HP bonus when absorbing crystals reduced from 400 to 200; subsequent absorption HP bonus reduced from 200 to 100.
• Active Skill damage amplification effect increased from 20% to 25%; movement speed bonus reduced from 20% to 10%.
• Tactical Skill movement speed bonus reduced from 30% to 15%; during activation, personal damage amplification increased to 1.2x (multiplicative with basic damage multiplier), and HP cost increased from 10 to 50.

Maddelena

• Active Skill stack count reduced from 3 to 2; duration reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds; damage per second adjusted from 35 to 60.
• Tactical Skill added effect: deals continuous damage to enemies within the area.

Lawine

• Active Skill pulse wave hit damage increased from 200 to 360.
  • After activating Awakening 3, can perform one additional scan but damage reduced from 360 to 260.

Leona

• Tactical Skill added effect: enemy roles passing through the Bulletproof Glass will receive continuous damage and a slow effect; attacking the Bulletproof Glass will cause reflected damage.

Bai Mo

• Tactical Skill added effect: deals damage to hit enemy targets.

Ming

• Tactical Skill added effect: deals damage to enemies within the blast radius when exploding.

Kanami

• Tactical Skill added effect: When triggered, the trap deals continuous damage to enemies within its area.

Fragrans

• Tactical Skill Max HP bonus increased from 500 to 800.

Celestia

• Active Skill temporary armor granted to self increased from 300 to 350.
• Tactical Skill temporary skill armor increased from 200 to 300.

Meredith

• Ultimate Skill duration reduced from 20 seconds to 15 seconds; damage increased from 55 per second to 75 per second.

Kokona

• Tactical Skill duration increased from 25 seconds to 30 seconds; health regeneration increased from 50 per second to 75 per second.

Bloodthorn Empress

• Active Skill adjusted to [Rapid Onslaught]: After activation, increases attack speed and damage for a duration.
• Attack speed bonus reduced from 35% to 25%; damage bonus changed from increasing base damage by 35% to amplifying damage to 1.1x (multiplicative with base damage multiplier).
• Ultimate Skill adjusted to [Pyroclasm]: Quickly launches a projectile toward the crosshair direction, creating an area explosion upon collision with enemies or obstacles. Click the skill key to begin charging; explosion radius and damage increase with charge time.
• Projectile's Max HP increased from 3000 to 6000; ultimate points required reduced from 5000 to 3750.

Darkthorn Empress

• Ultimate points required reduced from 6500 to 4500.

Blast Fiend

• Active Skill damage adjusted from 15% of Max HP and Max Armor to 600 + 15% of Max HP and Max Armor (the HP and armor portions do not benefit from base damage multiplier bonuses).
• Ultimate points required reduced from 6000 to 4500.

Card Adjustments

• When holding the card [Absolute Defense], the maximum movement speed is now capped at 130%; movement speed bonuses cannot exceed this limit.
• [Full Armor] is adjusted: Gain +{500/1000} Armor per Crystalline kill, up to 5 stacks. [Sustained Vitality] is adjusted: Gain +{500/1000} HP per Crystalline kill, up to 5 stacks.

[Sword Clash]

• Block activation delay is now reduced. Block cooldown adjusted from 1 second to 3 seconds. Total block release duration adjusted from 0.8 seconds to 0.7 seconds (effective block duration remains unchanged). Successfully blocking an opponent's heavy attack resets the block cooldown.

5. Event Updates

Blade Fiend - Frenzy

A new Crystalline is stirring—watch your back.

Event Period: After the update on October 23, 2025 until December 20, 2025, 06:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules: Complete a single simple task during the event to unlock rewards.

Rewards Include: Crystalline: Blade Fiend, Outbreak - Standard Pack、Outbreak - Standard Pack 2.

*After the event ends, the Crystalline Blade Fiend can be purchased in the Armory.

Seven-Day Adventure

A new voyage is about to begin—come claim exclusive gifts for Navigators!

Event Period: After the update on October 23, 2025 until November 27, 2025, 06:59 (UTC+0).

Event Rules: Accumulate login days during the event to unlock rewards.

Rewards Include: Melee Weapon: War Scythe, Spray: One of a Kind, Memory Sequence, Basestring, and more.

*After the event ends, the melee weapon War Scythe can be purchased in the Armory.

Blood Pact

The contract is sealed; your arrival shall mark the beginning of the feast.—Or so the script says.

Event Period: October 30, 2025, 07:00 until December 9, 2025, 06:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules: Complete daily tasks during the event to earn points and unlock milestone rewards.

Rewards Include: Memory Sequence, Topo Crystal Ring, Chat Bubble, Emote, and other prizes.

New Story Event: OPERATION UNITY

Following the Operation Restraint, humanity began to delve deeper into the Sanctuary of Chaos. Through exploration and contact, they gained further understanding of the Crystalline hive characteristics, pinpointed the Forgotten Fortress, and are preparing to launch a heavy strike against the Crystallines.

Event Period: November 6, 2025, 07:00 – December 25, 2025, 06:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules: Complete event missions during the event period to collect event tokens, which can be used to unlock item rewards, clues about the mysterious Crystalline entity, and Superstring stories.

Event Rewards: Includes limited Chip Case, Medals, Chip Skins, Memory Sequences, Basestring, and more.

[Outbreak] Rotation Trial Decks

Event Period: Starting after the update on October 23, 2025; this activity will be permanently available.

Event Rules: Based on different playstyles, the system will provide one free trial deck each for Superstrings and Crystallines. Navigators can use these trial decks unlimited times in Outbreak. The free trial decks will rotate every seven days.

6. Store Update

["Blood Contract" Themed Outfits Available]

Memory Sequence Pack & Directed Sequence

【RECONSTRUCTION - MIST WALKER Limited Availability]

"Reconstruction - Mist Walker" is now available for a limited time. Navigators can use "Memory Sequences" to perform reproductions, with a chance to obtain the Legendary-quality character outfit "Yugiri - Mist Walker", the Legendary-quality weapon skin "Retribution - Flower Hymn", and other Epic-quality outfits.

• Partial Obtainable Content Preview:

• Open Period: October 30, 2025, 01:00 – November 27, 2025, 00:59 (UTC+0)
• The guaranteed pity counter accumulated by Navigators in "Reconstruction - Mist Walker" will carry over to the next reconstruction event.
• The set guarantee counter accumulated by Navigators in "Reconstruction - Mist Walker" will not carry over. That is, upon first obtaining a Legendary-quality skin, there is a 50% chance to receive either "Yugiri - Mist Walker" or "Retribution - Flower Hymn".

["Spooky Night" Themed Outfits & Box Available]

• Box Adjustment: The method for obtaining Chip Skin set has been changed to direct granting upon acquiring the character outfit and weapon skin, and the probability of obtaining character outfits and weapon skins has been increased.

Memory Sequence & Directed Sequence

7. System Optimizations

[Superstring System Optimization]

• UI optimized for the Superstring screen.

• Added a favorite marker button; marked Superstrings will be pinned to the top of the list.

• Preset loadouts for Superstrings can now select unequipped secondary weapons, tactical items, and melee weapons.
• Added Superstring profile & story system.

[Character Unlock Guidance]

• Added tutorial content for unlocking Audrey to the beginner process.

[Chat]

• Chat character limit increased from 50 to 100.

8. Bug Fixes

• Fixed the issue where the Kanami - Lustrous Dream glide effect couldn't be purchased.
• Fixed the issue where Yvette's Dormitory chess progress would freeze under certain conditions.
• Fixed the issue of overlapping character skin illustrations.
• Fixed the issue where the Prism Blade in-game model would display abnormally under specific conditions.