Dear Navigators:

This update will be deployed using [zero-downtime maintenance].

During maintenance, you can still log into the game normally and participate in matches, but the servers may experience brief fluctuations. We appreciate your understanding.

Once maintenance is complete, you'll be prompted to [Update the Game]. Please follow the instructions to update your client to the latest version. After logging back in, you'll be ready to experience everything new this patch!

If you are in the middle of a match when maintenance ends, you will receive an [Update Prompt] after the match concludes. Your gaming experience will not be affected.

If you exit the game before maintenance ends and click [Update] to re-enter after maintenance, you may be unable to reconnect to your previous match. We recommend planning your playtime carefully to avoid impacting your match experience.

The maintenance duration may be adjusted based on actual circumstances. If an extension is needed, an advance notice will be posted on the official website. Thank you for your understanding.

▽ Update Time

July 23, 00:00 – 07:00 AM (UTC+0)

▽ Update Scope

Strinova Public Beta Servers

▽ Maintenance Compensation

Dream Token ×100, Basestring ×100

▽ Update Content

1. New Superstring

[Nora]

Role: Vanguard

Faction: The Scissors

Nora has a knack for reconnaissance and breakthrough abilities. She can summon her spirits to suppress her enemies, forcing them into making a difficult choice—holding their ground and revealing themselves to her or relinquishing control of the map. She then uses her passive to launch surprise attacks and capitalize on the advantage. When the round is in a stalemate, her Ultimate Skill tips the scale in her team's favor: Be it allowing for the entire team to rush into a site, or to regain control in desperate situations, Nora isn't just an information-gatherer—she is the straw that breaks the camel's back for the defending team.

Active Skill: Shadow Pursuit

Summon a spirit that flies to the target area, revealing enemies within range. It will lock onto the closest enemy and strike, dealing DMG and applying a stun effect.

Passive Skill: Void Step

Periodically grants an extra third jump.

Ultimate Skill: Requiem Hunt

Summon numerous shadow clones that pursue enemies within range. When a clone approaches a target, it attacks, dealing DMG and impairing the target's perception.

Tactical Skill: Void Suppression

Command a spirit to fire Dark String Energy that penetrates cover in the direction of the crosshair. After collision or activation, it explodes, dealing damage and Slowing enemies. Produces a more violent explosion after charging.

2. New Mode

[Limited-time Event Mode - Water Ball Frenzy]

• Event Duration: July 30, 2026, 07:00 ~ September 3, 2026, 06:59
• Applicable Maps: Wright Campus, District Arcadia
• Core Mechanics: Collect score items while dodging water ball attacks.

3. Balance Adjustments

[Outbreak]

• Talents
  • [True Damage] is no longer affected by damage multipliers.
• A new Morale System is added to Outbreak. The more Crystallines there are, the higher the damage bonus Superstrings gain.
• During the Final Showdown, after Superstrings complete evolution, their melee weapons are no longer forcibly changed to the Enhanced Ninjato; instead they will get an enhanced version of the melee weapon that they selected.
• Slightly decreased attack speed of the Enhanced Ninjato's heavy attack.
• Kanami's Active Skill now deals damage to enemies around the point of impact.

[Agents]

Kanami

Skill

• Her Active Skill has a new effect: When Kanami's note is fired, it creates a relatively large soundwave area, briefly revealing all enemies within it, as well as dealing damage to summons within it.

Galatea

Weapon

• Her primary weapon Gambit's spread variation per shot has been slightly improved, and its smallest/largest spread values remain unchanged.

Skill

• When Galatea takes damage, her Passive Skill will also go on cooldown. Clone duration from her passive has been adjusted from 10s to 15s.
• While the card is in flight, her Active and Tactical Skills now allow players to spawn her clones when pressing the corresponding key again.
• During the preview phase, her Active and Tactical Skills no longer forcibly restrict the player view, but card release still has a maximum elevation limit.
• The scan range of clone spawns has been increased from 15m to 20m.
• Her Ultimate Skill no longer refreshes the cooldown of her Active Skill. The number of cards thrown has been adjusted from 3 to 7, card flight time from 2.5s to 1s, and clone HP from 100 to 150. While throwing cards, Galatea briefly becomes invisible and gains a significant movement speed boost.

Meredith

String Energy Network

• Her Awakening 2 has been changed to Protective Sandstorm: When within a Sandstorm, Meredith's teammates will get a movement speed and damage reduction buff, both of those attributes being buffed when stringified. Its point requirements have been changed to 1 Blue, 2 Yellow and 1 Green.

Chiyo

String Energy Network

• Her Awakening 3's damage reduction has been increased from 20% to 25%, and its revealing duration has been changed from 2s to 1.5s.

Cielle

String Energy Network

• Her Awakening 2's cooldown refund has been decreased from 25% to 20%, its base damage has been decreased from 50 to 40, and its damage after activating her Ultimate Skill has been decreased from 100 to 80.

Lawine

Weapon

• Her primary weapon Shadow Assault has been optimized with its spread performance, vertical recoil reduced by 10%, and horizontal recoil reduced by 20%. Base damage adjustments are as follows:

Skill

• Her passive skill reveal's duration has been reduced from 2s to 1s. The ability now triggers with any firearm. New bonus: increased movement speed while firing from Shoulder Aim or ADS (Aim Down Sight).
• Active Skill Effect Adjustments: When the pulse wave reaches its max radius, it scans all enemies within range, revealing them for 2.5s. Revealed enemies take 10 armor damage on hit, while Lawine gains a movement speed boost. Pulse wave radius has been adjusted from 15m to 12m, pulse wave expansion time adjusted from 1s to 1.2s, and cooldown adjusted from 25s to 30s. Pulse Blade can no longer be destroyed by incoming damage.
• The reveal duration applied to enemies passing through the magnetic field generated by Lawine's Ultimate Ability has been reduced from 3s to 1s. Her movement speed bonus inside the magnetic field raised from 10% to 25%. Teammates inside the field now receive a 10% movement speed buff. Magnetic field width has been expanded from 5m to 6m.

String Energy Network

• Her passive ability's growth item has been replaced with [Skill Effect +25%], extending reveal duration and boosting movement speed buffs.
• Her active ability's growth item [+1s Reveal Duration] has been replaced with [+50% Damage & Movement Speed].
• Awakening 1 reworked to Charged Pulse: Successfully scanning an enemy instantly restores 20 Armor and temporarily raises max Armor by 10.
• Awakening 2 Adjustment: The pulse wave binds enemies on contact. Whether targets break free or not, they receive continuous slow effects. Initial slow from binding reduced from 15% to 25%; subsequent sustained slow adjusted from 30%–10% to 35%–15%.
• Awakening 3 reworked to Pulse Echo: Enemies scanned will be re-detected briefly after their reveal expires. Targets that move while scanned get revealed for a short duration.

[Secondary Weapon & Melee Weapon]

• The heavy attack damage of the Greatsword has been decreased from 93 to 91.
• Optimized dash attack hit range detection for the War Scythe and the Greatsword.
• Slightly increased the light attack speed of the Ninjato.

4. 26SP4 Season "Veil of Shadows" Officially Begins

[26SP4 Season Rewards]

Ranked Match Rewards: During the 26SP4 Season, complete 10 Ranked Matches and achieve the Proton rank. After the Season ends, you will receive the Seasonal reward Outfit.

• Reward Name: Yvette - Outfit - Astral Frost (Rare)

Challenges Rewards: During the 26SP4 Season, achieve the Gold rank in the Challenges and receive a figurine reward after the Season ends.

• Reward Name: Cielle - Enforcer (Rare)

[26SP4 Season]

• The 26SP4 Season is now available. You can earn rewards such as Memory Sequences, Bablo Crystals, Superstring Outfits, Battle Credits, and more for free. Unlocking the Advanced Warrant grants access to premium rewards, including an Epic quality Set!
• Unlocking Advanced Warrant PLUS includes all rewards from the Advanced Warrant, immediately boosts your Season Level by 25, and grants the 26SP4 Season limited Chip Case.
• Advanced Warrant Rewards include [Outfits: Nora - Dream Rain, Audrey - Radiant Stormsun]; the Plus version includes [Case Reward: Ni-94 Dark Dream Begins].

5. New Superstring Dormitory

• Kanami's exclusive dormitory is now available.

6. New Skin Type - Personal Profile Card

• Personal Profile Cards: Tap a Navigator's avatar on your Friends List, chat box, or rankings to pull up their combat overview for quick reference.

7. Event Updates

[Season Event Store]

A new batch of seasonal bonus rewards has arrived with the new season. Keep collecting Event Records throughout the season to redeem them!

Event Time:

The Season Event Store will remain open throughout the [Veil of Shadows] season.

Event Rules:

Navigators who participate in active events during the season will earn additional exclusive Season Event Store tokens called [Event Records]. Use these Event Records to exchange for bonus rewards.

Unused Event Records and unclaimed rewards will be cleared at the end of the season. Please pay attention to the redemption period.

Event Rewards:

Limited Sprays, Limited Chip Skin, Limited Chat Bubble, Memory Sequences, and more.

[Veil of Shadows Check-in]

More new season rewards await! Claim 7 days of login gifts across Strinova~

Event Time:

After the update on July 23, 2026 ~ August 20, 2026, 06:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules:

Complete daily check-ins during the event to receive rewards.

Event Rewards:

Memory Sequences, Limited Chip Skin, Event Records, Basestrings, and more.

[A Summoning Test for You Fools!]

I'm Nora.

If by "genius," you mean someone who excels in every subject, masters theory, performs perfectly in practice, and can find every answer like an encyclopedia...

Then yes, I am the "genius" you know.

But some fools with flawed judgment still want to test what this "genius" can do.

Oh, by "fools," I don't mean Meredith or Fragrans. They are experts worthy of respect.

Anyway, this was supposed to be a standard M.M.R. Assessment, but my companions filled it with all kinds of strange ideas.

Fine, fine.

Even if you made those weird questions with the clear intent of "dragging me down to your level and beating me there,

I'll answer every single one for you.

Rigid scientific literacy isn't all I have.

I'll show you the true weight of the word "genius."

Event Time

After the update on July 23, 2026 ~ September 3, 2026, 06:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules

• During the event, Navigators can complete quests in the Field Assessment to earn Course Certificates. Event quests refresh every Tuesday at 06:00.
• After earning enough Course Certificates, Navigators can unlock various metric tests in the Challenge Response Assessment, answer questions, and earn Multidimensional Metric of Response (M.M.R.). After unlocking a metric test, Navigators can answer its questions multiple times.
• Complete metric tests to earn M.M.R. Earn more M.M.R. Earn more M.M.R. based on the number of correct answers. Note: M.M.R. earned from multiple attempts will not stack. Only the highest score counts.
• After earning the required amount of M.M.R., Navigators can claim rewards from Fools' Approval.

Event Rewards

Rare Outfits, Rare Weapon Skins, Memory Sequences, Sprays, Emotes, Chip Skin, Event Records, and more

[Scarlet Shadow Raid]

The Urbino Gallery has designed a brand-new Great Sword coating. Wield the blazing crimson in your hands and unleash a storm that sweeps across the battlefield!

Event Time

July 23, 2026, 01:00 ~ August 20, 2026, 00:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules

• During the event, spend Bablo Crystals to flip cards. Each flip guarantees 1 reward, and after 6 flips, all rewards are unlocked. Unlocked rewards won’t repeat.
• Rewards: Epic Melee Weapon Skin Greatsword - [Photon Torque], Rare Throwable Skin Slow Grenade - [Slow Field], Interceptor - [Anti-Effect Field], Medal - [Sword of Destiny], Spray - [Cyclone Wheel], Emote - [No Emotional Damage]
• The cost of Bablo Crystals increases with each round. The sequence is 12, 21, 27, 39, 45, and 54 Crystals.
• You are guaranteed to obtain a reward of [Rare] or higher quality within a maximum of 2 flips.
• If you draw Greatsword - [Photon Torque], the Lucky Bonus mechanic will activate, granting you all remaining unclaimed rewards in the prize pool instantly.
• Base Prize Pool Odds:
  • [Epic] Rewards: 7.5%
  • [Rare] Rewards: 32%
  • [Refined] Rewards: 60.5%

[Splash Showdown]

A Strinova Carnival satellite venue event, serving as a warm-up for the Carnival! Join the Water Ball Frenzy, collect official Ripple Tokens, and unlock exclusive rewards only available at this venue!

Event Time

July 30, 2026, 07:00 ~ September 3, 2026, 06:59 (UTC+0)

Event Rules

During the event, complete matches of any mode, limited-time event gameplay, or claim shared gifts from the World Chat to obtain [Ripple Tokens].

Navigators can spend [Ripple Tokens] to use the gacha machine and draw random rewards from the event prize pool.

Every time you earn Ripple Tokens by completing matches, you have a small chance to receive an extra [Sparkle Capsule].

Navigators may share [Sparkle Capsule] with other Navigators in the World Channel. Claim an exclusive commemorative medal upon your first share of a [Sparkle Capsule].

Event Rewards

Limited Sprays, Limited Medals, Memory Sequences, Carnival Cool Gift Boxes, and more

[Carnival Chill Box Details]

• During the 2026 Carnival event, opening the mystery box item [Carnival Chill Box] obtained from event gameplay grants random rewards with the listed odds below:

• The pools of available outfits and weapon skins for all selection cards and selection trial card are as follows:

The full lineup of Carnival events will be announced at a later date. Stay tuned!

8. Hermes Update

[Cognitive Reconstruction - Heartbeat Sonata] Limited-Time Activation

• The limited-time draw pool Cognitive Reconstruction - Heartbeat Sonata is now live. Navigators can spend Memory Sequences for draws, with a chance to obtain Legendary character outfit Kanami - Heartbeat Sonata, Legendary weapon skin Kanami - Dream Tremor, Legendary exchange item Kanami's Cognitive Terminal, plus additional Epic outfits.
• New exchange item: Kanami's Cognitive Terminal. Redeem 7 specified rare items at Kanami's Exchange Shop.
• Redeemable rare items include Kanami - Heartbeat Sonata and Finale - Trembling Dream Melody obtained via Cognitive Reconstruction draws. Redeeming these two skins by using Kanami's Cognitive Terminal counts as acquiring them through Cognitive Reconstruction draws, so they will no longer drop repeatedly in subsequent draws. Aside from the above rare items, Memory Sequences, dynamic sprays and other goods purchasable with Basestrings have also been added to the shop.
• Finally, this round of Cognitive Reconstruction introduces Kanami's Collection Rewards. Based on your collection progress of the 7 rare shop items, Navigators can earn up to 7 Gift Points, unlocking 6 milestone rewards tied to your point total.
• Available: August 5, 2026, 1:00 AM – September 17, 2026, 00:59 AM (UTC+0)
• Special Notes:
  • Cumulative guaranteed draw count from Cognitive Reconstruction - Heartbeat Sonata will carry over to the next Cognitive Reconstruction event.
  • The full-set guarantee draw count accumulated in Cognitive Reconstruction - Million-Volt Zappy will not be retained. On your first Legendary skin pull, you may randomly receive Kanami - Heartbeat Sonata, Finale - Dream Tremor, or Kanami's Cognitive Terminal.
  • All shop rewards excluding items redeemed via Kanami Kanami's Cognitive Terminals will be removed once Cognitive Reconstruction - Heartbeat Sonata concludes.
• Partial Reconstruction Draw Loot Preview:

• Exchange Shop:

Redeemable Rewards via Kanami's Cognitive Terminal

• Basestring Redeemable Rewards: (All items below will be removed from the shop when Cognitive Reconstruction - Heartbeat Sonata ends.)

• Kanami's Collection Rewards:

[Orbit Resonance - Ripple Elegance]

• The limited-time Orbit Resonance is now open. Navigators can use [Resonance Sequences] to resonate, with a chance to obtain the Epic outfit [Fragrans - Ripple Elegance], the Epic weapon skin [Blossom - Blossom of Tides], and other Rare and Refined rewards.
• Available: August 5, 2026, 1:00 AM – September 10, 2026, 00:59 AM (UTC+0)

[Music Festival-Themed Outfits & Box Return]

Memory Sequence & Uncharted Energy Box

[Water Blaster Clash!]

• Available: August 5, 2026, 1:00 AM – September 17, 2026, 00:59 AM (UTC+0)
• Event Rules: The seaside Water Blaster Clash is now live! Choose your Faction path, join the fun, and claim rewards!
• There are 28 Ripple Caches on the event board. Each Cache you open has a chance to grant the limited Entry Effect Cloudfoam Waves.
• First activation:
  • First, select the center Cache, [Unveil], then tap the [Launch] button at the bottom of the page. Your first Launch costs 9 Water Pellets.
  • From your second selection onward, you can only choose an adjacent Ripple Cache. Available Ripple Caches are highlighted with a blue ring, while opened Ripple Caches are highlighted with a yellow ring.
• The number of Water Pellets required for each Launch increases by 10 each time. From the 15th to the 28th Launch, each Launch costs 149 Water Pellets. The required number of Water Pellets is displayed on the [Launch] button.
• Water Pettet Hit Milestone Rewards: Claim tiered rewards upon reaching a cumulative deployment count of 5, 15, and 25 times.
• If you fail to draw Cloudfoam Waves from a Ripple Cache, you will receive another random reward instead. The prize pool uses a no-duplicate loot system; you are guaranteed to unlock the limited entrance effect Cloudfoam Waves after opening all 28 Ripple Caches at most.
• Purchase Limit Rules for Prize Pool Rewards:
  • [Tier S Rewards]: Each item limited to 1 purchase
  • [Tier A Rewards]: Each item limited to 1 purchase
  • [Tier B Rewards]: Each item limited to 3 purchases

[Coastal Race Themed Outfit & Box Returning]

Directed Sequence & Chip Skin

[Armory: New Permanent Skin Sets Available for Direct Purchase]

[Cumulative Top-up Reward Tiers Updated]

• Accumulate Bablo Crystals via top-up to claim the Player Card Skin - Stringlight Letter.

9. Other Optimizations

[Stringified Control Optimizations]

• While Superstrings cling to walls in Stringified, players may switch their held weapon without breaking the Wall-Stick status. Pressing left or right mouse button in this status will exit Wall-Stick and execute the corresponding input action.

[Chat System Optimizations]

• The Animated Emote feature has been added, with a lineup of animated emotes scheduled to be released in future updates.

10. Bug Fixes

• Fixed a visual display error of Kokona's skin Dawnlight Swanfeather on the character selection screen.
• Fixed an issue where opening the settings menu under specific circumstances during the post-match interaction phase in Demolition Mode would cause the game to freeze.