Keyblade wielders, may the light find you well as always! Welcome to this week's issue of Kingdom Hearts χ[chi] maintenance update report!
It's been a week since the last maintenance. This maintenance, lasting from 13:00 to 17:00 JST on Thursday, 21 August 2014, brought us a number of aspects of interest to marvel at. Gummi event conclusion, new Raise Draw roster, and team battle event are just three of them. It goes without saying that there is a plethora of new stuff to expect when logging in to the game!
As usual, let's get down to business and tackle on the maintenance update. That we can enjoy the official update in English is all thanks to the hard work of Kazr10!
Conclusion of 1st Anniversary Event
As of today's maintenance, all event related components including the Gummi Trade Shop has been removed.
Rewards from the Gummi Block Rankings have been distributed to your Present Box. Take note that the Head accessory for the Gummi Avatar will be distributed after next week's maintenance.
※ Boost effect for Key Art #19 and Key Scene #4 will expire upon the maintenance on 11th September.
※ Speed Cards come with a x2 Boost, Power Cards come with a x3 Boost, Magic Cards come with a x5 Boost.
※ Key Art #19 is Reverse and Key Scene #4 is Upright.
Refer to here for the list of rewards.
Not all that glitters is gold. It can be purple, too, you know.
Limited Skill Raise Draw
After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 28th August, 11-Consecutive Attack Up Raise Draw and 11-Consecutive Guard Up Raise Draw will be available. Each draw will cost 3,000 Charge Munny. On top of that, each draw will come with 1 x Hybrid Up IV, 3 x SR Yen Sid, and 2,000,000 Munny.
Skills obtainable from 11-Consecutive Attack Up Raise Draw:
- Attack Up III~V
- Combo Plus
- Hybrid Up III~V
- Berserk I~III
- HP Sacrifice I
Skills obtainable from 11-Consecutive Guard Up Raise Draw:
- Guard Up III~V
- Reflect Guard
- Hybrid Up III~V
- Counter I~II
Note: Rate of rarity cards is: R+, 80% / SR, 14% / SR+, 6%. For SR and SR+ cards, it is a 100% guarantee that you will draw the limited boosted attack cards.
New Skills
New skills have been added after today's maintenance: HP Sacrifice I, and Second Chance.
HP Sacrifice I is an attack skill that is available only in the current 11-Consecutive Attack Up Raise Draw.
When activated, it will consumes 50% of your HP and adds that exact amount onto your card damage.
Second Chance is an assist skill that is only rewarded to the top 3 players in the Gummi Block Rankings.
When activated, it will help you to endure a fatal attack leaving you to 1 HP, if you have more than 2 HP prior to that attack.
Everybody must be really familiar with high-risk-high-return ventures. Well, this is one of those.
Regular Raise Draw
After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 28th August, regular 11-Consecutive Raise Draw will costs only 1,000 Charge Munny. This promotion is available once per day.
- After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 28th August, participating in the 11-Consecutive Raise Draw guarantees you 1 SR Card.
- After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 11th September, participating in the 11-Consecutive Raise Draw will also come with 2 x SR Yen Sid and 500,000 Munny.
- Rate of drawing rare cards are as follow: R+, 88% / SR, 10% / SR+, 2%
New Attack Card Roster
After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 11th September, new Attack cards can be drawn from the Raise Draw. Raise Ticket is to be used for the draw.
Boosted effects of the new Attack Cards will last till the maintenance on 11th September.
Refer here for the new Attack Card Roster.
Unleash the Titans! Lythos, Hydros, go forth!
Current Event Missions
■ Raid Boss Missions
After today's maintenance, limited Raid Boss and Damage missions will be held. There will be another set of missions commencing from 25th August.
Exclusive Rewards include: Boosted R+ Lea, Boosted SR Lea, Boosted SR+ Sora and Riku, Attack V, Combo Plus, Berserk II, AP Plus, Deck Capacity Plus, SR+ Card Medal, Orichalcum, SR Fairy Godmother and SR+ Yen Sid.
Note: SR+ Sora and Riku card comes with the special ability Wind Barrage+. This ability increases the damage dealt by that card on the upcoming event Heartless next week by 75%, and 100% when High Puritized.
■ Additional Trial and Guilt Target Missions
After today's maintenance, new Trial and Guilt missions are added on top of the current list. The new Trial missions come with a new criteria where you have to use a specific Keyblade to clear the number of required Continue/Turn/Card trials.
Exclusive Rewards include: Boosted R+ Lea, Boosted SR Flotsam & Jetsam, Boosted SR Donald & Goofy, Boosted SR+ Sora and Riku, Attack Up V, Hybrid Up V, Combo Plus, Reflect Guard, Counter II, Berserk III, SR+ Card Medal, Orichalcum, SR Fairy Godmother, and SR+ Yen Sid
※ Refer here for the translated list of missions.
Raid Boss
After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 28th August, "Fortress Crab" and "Fortress Crab Subspecies" will appear.
※Advantage Keyblade is Olympia.
After the maitenance on 28th August, the Raid Bosses will be "R Trident Anchor" and "Trident Anchor Subspecies".
※Advantage Keyblade will be Three Wishes.
Till maintenance on 28th August, based on the time you spend to defeat a Raid Boss, the appearance of the next Boss will depend on the following:
・Raid Boss defeat within 5 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 5 minutes. Level will be increased by 10. Subspecies Gauge increased by 40%.
・Raid Boss defeat between 5 - 15 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 7 minutes. Level will be increased by 5. Subspecies Gauge increased by 30%.
・Raid Boss defeat between 15 - 30 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 10 minutes. Level will be increased by 1. Subspecies Gauge increased by 20%.
・Raid Boss defeat more than 30 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 10 minutes. Level will be increased by 1. Subspecies Gauge increased by 10%.
・Subspecies Boss defeat within 5 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 5 minutes. Level will be increased by 10. Subspecies Gauge increase by 50%.
・Subspecies Boss defeat between 5 - 15 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 7 minutes. Level will be increased by 5. Subspecies Gauge increase by 40%.
・Subspecies Boss defeat more than 15 minutes
→ Cool-down period till the next Boss is 10 minutes. Level will be increased by 1. Subspecies Gauge increase by 30%.
※ Both Fortress Crab and Fortress Crab Subspecies have their own separate levels which will increase individually.
※ Level of the Raid Boss will reset to 1 at 0:00 each day.
Deck Strengthening Campaign
After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 24th August, Card Synthesis EXP will be doubled.
After today's maintenance till the maintenance on 4th September, Skill Attachment & Detachment Cost will be halved.
Team Battle Event
Held over two periods: 22nd August to 24th August, and 25th August to 27th August.
- Rewards will be given based on the number of wins your team has made over each of the 3 day period.
- Rewards will be also be given based on the total LUX your team has accumulated each day.
- Additional 150 medals will be rewarded to the winning team on top of the usual daily win rewards.
Exclusive Rewards: Boosted SR+ Sora and Riku (Power), Yen Sids, Fairy Godmothers, and Moogle Medals
Note: SR+ Sora and Riku card comes with the special ability Wind Barrage+. This ability increases the damage dealt by that card on the upcoming event Heartless next week by 75%, and 100% when High Puritized.
The two most iconic characters of the series now show off their DDD outfits on a sparkling golden SR+ card!
Extension period for Assist Card Roster and Premium Assist Box
The current boosted Assist cards are available for one more week till the maintenance on 18th September. The boost effects will last till then as well.
Purchasable period for Kingdom Assist Box, Premium Assist Box, and Starter Box has been extended till the maintenance on 18th September. Boost effects for SR+ Key Scene #3 and SR Goofy is extended till then as well.
Refer here for the available boosted Assist Cards.
Purchasable Items from the Shop
■ After the maintenance on 31st July till the maintenance on 28th August
- Premium Attack Box (Only 1 can be purchased): 4,800 Charge Munny
- 5 x R+ Fairy Godmother (Up to 4 sets can be purchased): 3,000 Charge Munny
■ After the maintenance on 14th August till the maintenance on 18th September
- Kingdom Assist Box (Only 1 can be purchased): 10,000 Charge Munny
- Premium Assist Box (Only 1 can be purchased): 5,000 Charge Munny
- Starter Box (Only 1 can be purchased): 500 Charge Munny
Note 1: Purchase period for Kingdom Assist Box and Premium Assist Box has been extended by a week.
Note 2: For those who have already purchased the Starter Box before today's maintenance, one more is available for purchase.
■ After the maintenance on 21st August till the maintenance on 28th August
- 80 x Mega Ether (Up to 5 can be purchased): 5,000 Charge Munny
- 3 x Mega Ether (Only 1 per day can be purchased): 100 Charge Munny
- 80 x Mega Potion (Up to 5 can be purchased): 5,000 Charge Munny
- 3 x Mega Potion (Only 1 per day can be purchased): 100 Charge Munny
Other Notices
■ Heartless Locations
Wizards in Mines Area 9, Dwarf Woodlands have been re-instated after today's maintenance. They are previously removed to make space for the Gummi Heartless.
■ Distribution of Team LUX Event Rewards
Rewards from the Team LUX event held from 15th August to 17th August have been distributed into the Present Box after today's maintenance. These includes Moogle Medals and the boosted SR+ Ariel and King Triton Assist Card.
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