Due to an outage in the AWS Tokyo region, the game is currently unavailable.
At this time, it is unclear how long it will take to resolve the issue.

The Return Alive team is actively working to address the situation and will do our best to restore service as soon as possible.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

Thank you for your understanding.

Hello, Mercenaries!

The update on April 16 will bring the start of Season 3. The new season will have Rank and Rank Rewards reset. New Attendance Log Rewards and Battle Pass will begin. On top of that, Weapon and Ultimate Balance, Play Rewards, and other various improvements will take place.
Also a new Rush Battleground map based on Murky Swamp and and a new Payload Push map based on Abandoned Harbor will be added. Along with the update, new legendary Battlesuit rewards will be updated as well.
Lastly, KOG Games Portal will be launched.
Please check out the details below.

1. Maintenance Date: April 16, 2025 (Wed)
2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 06:00 (4 Hours) (UTC+0)

■ Season 3 Update
Season 2 will come to an end and Season 3 will begin. The new season will bring the following changes.

1. All Rank Score and Rank Rewards will reset. Players can newly claim rank rewards. Players can now receive new seasonal Emojis and Emotes. Changed so that matchmaking will not be affected by Rank Score Reset.
With the reset on Rank Score, Top 1,000 players who have achieved high ranks will receive Seasonal Title by mail. Players will receive the following titles based on Ranks.

2. Contents of Attendance Log will be refreshed. Players can now claim new Login Rewards. Also, Repeat Login Rewards will be added so that players can repeatedly receive 2 Body Modification Materials after they have received all the base login rewards.
Attendance Log Period: April 16, 2025 (Wed) After Maintenance - July 9, 2025 (Wed) Before Maintenance (UTC+0)

Daily Login Rewards:

Accumulated Login Rewards:

Repeat Login Rewards:

3. A new Battle Pass will begin. Players can acquire new seasonal Emoji, Emote, Battlesuit, and Title in Season 3 Battle Pass. Also, Battle Pass levels will be increased from 60 to 64 to allow players to acquire more rewards.
4. Daily Mission and Rewards will be improved.
- Weekly Reward Contents will be changed and Weekly Reward Select Box will be added.

*Using Commission Point Item will provide 2,000 Commission Points to the currently selected character.
- Contents and Difficulty of Missions in Team Deathmatch will be adjusted. Changed “Accumulate Rank Score” daily mission to be “Accumulate Team Score by Defeating Mercenaries”. Changed Legendary Daily Mission “Achieve Rank Score 4” in Team Deathmatch to “Defeat 4 Mercenaries without Dying”.

5. Rank will reset, changing the criteria of each category.

■ New Rush Battleground Map: Murky Swamp Update
A new map in the theme of Murky Swamp will be added to Rush Battleground. In the Murky Swamp Rush Battleground, players can acquire materials that can be exchanged for new Back Ornament or Legendary Battlesuit.
<New Back Ornament: Pioneer’s Backpack>
The new accessory Pioneer’s Backpack can be exchanged in the Loot Exchange with 2,500 Swamp Ecology Specimen. Swamp Ecology Specimen can be acquired in the Murky Swamp Rush Battleground.
<New Legendary Battlesuit: Wilderness>
To celebrate the addition of Rush Battleground to every battleground, we will be adding a new Legendary Battlesuit in the Wild West theme for every mercenary.
The new Legendary Wilderness Battlesuit can be exchanged with 1,000 Battlesuit Power Cell. Battlesuit Power Cell can be acquired in any Rush Battleground.
■ New Payload Push Map: Sealed Loading Zone
A new map in the theme of Abandoned Harbor will be updated to Payload Push. The new map will allow a different side to tactical gameplay set apart from the original Abandoned Harbor.
■ Direct Service through KOG Games
Direct Service through the Global Publisher, KOG Games will be added. Players who log in through KOG Games will be able to play cross-platform with Steam, Epic Store players. We hope that the new platform will bring in a bigger player pool.

■ Balance Improvements
1. The following weapons will be adjusted.

2. The following ultimates will be adjusted.

3. The following skills will be adjusted.

4. Reduced the attack stat on all armor.

5. The Max HP stat on Body Modification will be adjusted to be 20/25/30/35 based on grade.

6. The following modules will be adjusted.

1. Logo will be swapped to a new one.
2. ‘Edit Profile’ menu will be adjusted in account information.
3. Improved the visibility of current Rank Score and Rank Score needed to acquire the next Rank Reward in the lobby.
4. Improved so that pressing any area in the Rank Reward UI in the lobby will move the player to the Reward Screen.
5. Improved so that World Information Menu will be moved to World Information Tab in the Select Game Menu.
6. Added an icon to display if no mercenaries are selected for Commission Point.
7. Fixed so that Attack Ready Motion is added to Stealth deactivation condition.
8. Removed the Suppression marker and added a Knockback duration marker.
9. Improved so that right-click will cancel bandages if bandages are used through mouse controls.
10. Improved so that sound effects are added to critical hits and hit sound will be improved.
11. Changed so that players cannot move between the robot and barrier.
12. Changed so that there are skill cooldown in equipment swap time in matches.

1. Fixed a bug where see by pages does not work in the Rank Menu.
2. Fixed a bug where hovering the mouse over the enemy chat will cause an underline to appear and move the text.
3. Fixed a bug where the game would not start if someone leaves while everyone else has Ready pressed.
4. Fixed a bug where the effect still remains even if Tau dies while using Gluttony.
5. Fixed a bug where Howling weapon type is categorized by attack.
6. Fixed a bug where Fireball, Flame Ball attacks don’t apply burn debuff.
7. Fixed a bug where there are no effects upon monster appearance and deaths.
8. Fixed a bug where the leave notification would display if the Escape Chopper duration expired while boarding the Escape Chopper in Rush Battleground.