To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on August 21st from 08:00 to 11:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 07:45. Additionally, comprehensive maintenance and backup of the account database will be performed. Please notice that the maintenance time may change based on specific work conditions. We kindly ask all players to plan the game time accordingly.

Update Content：

1. Limited-Time Collector's Skin【Sanctuary Melody】:

• Rewards include Collector's sets for 5 heroes: Ada, Agnes, Melisende, Mira, and Isabella, featuring hero skins, primary weapons, secondary weapons, shields, accessories, and Ada's pet. Additional rewards include Tough Steel, Cute Silk, Battle Pass Tokens, and Skin Fragments.

• 【Sanctuary Melody】is permanently limited to 120 draws, with all rewards guaranteed within 120 draws.

• Draws 20, 40, 60, and 80 guarantee ×1 【Sanctuary Melody Self-Selection Chest】, allowing players to choose one Collector's skin from Agnes, Melisende, Mira, or Isabella. Draws 50, 70, 90, 100, and 120 guarantee orange-quality Ada set rewards (pet, accessory, secondary weapon, primary weapon, hero skin).

• Collecting all components of a【Sanctuary Melody】skin unlocks a dynamic loading screen portrait. Collecting all 5 sets grants an additional avatar【Sanctuary Melody Avatar】 via the blind box interface.

• Available through the "Mall - Skins - Blind Box" entry using Awakening Points.

• 【Sanctuary Melody】 blind box will end on September 25 at 00:00.

2. Qixi Festival Event Limited-Time Launch:

• Event rewards include gold-quality Shining Stones for Godfrey/Ada, new Greek-style Base & Base Background, multiple event-limited back decorations, limited avatars, skin chests, and other Qixi gifts.

3. Limited Skin Chests 23% Discount:

• Discounted chests include: Heavenly Consort Chest (Sun Shangxiang), Poppy Felicity Chest(Yu Ji), Flower Fairy Chest (Bu Lianshi), and Goddess Crate (Zhen Ji).

• Available through "Mall-Skin-Secret Chest" or through the respective hero's skin chest interface using Awakening Points.

• The discount lasts until the September 25 update, after which prices will revert.

4. Hero Balance Adjustments:

i. Xiao Qiao:

• Skill \[Fire Arrows]: Burn duration reduced from 18s to 15s.

• Army Passive \[Fire Mastery]: Cooldown of \[Fire Arrows] reduced to 8s upon killing a target.

ii. Huang Yueying:

• Removed the 10% damage increase effect from skill \[Bodkin Bolt].

iii. Zhen Ji:

• Slightly reduced strategy gain when Zhen Ji hits enemies with repeating crossbows/heavy crossbows; increased strategy gain for her soldiers.

iv. Boudicca:

• Skill \[Rapid Match]: Duration increased to 20s, with +24 external defense during the effect.

v. Diao Chan:

• Slightly reduced strategy gain for Diao Chan's army when taking damage.

vi. Ying Zheng:

• Increased chariot HP and added 25% ranged damage reduction.

vii. Han Xin:

• Book Skill \[Reinforcement]: Strategy cost adjusted to 60%.

• Slightly reduced strategy gain for Han Xin and his summoned generals from attacks.

viii. Zhuge Liang:

• Increased base strategy recovery speed.

• Slightly reduced strategy gain from hitting enemies with \[Oil Bomb] and \[Ballista].

• Skill \[Decoy]: Strategy cost reduced to 35%.

ix. Germanicus:

• Reduced heavy shield infantry HP.

x. Octavian:

• Slightly reduced strategy recovery for Octavian and his army when taking damage.

• Skill \[Glory of Roman]: Max HP increase for hero/soldiers reduced from 240/120 to 160/80.

xi. Zhao Yun/Zhao Manying:

• Removed the rage gain increase effect from passive \[Blue Dragon] during high-speed movement.

• Army Passive \[Hit and Run]: Adjusted to reduce cooldown of \[Sprint] by 8s per enemy defeated.

xii. Aguda:

• Skill \[Iron Reaper Cataphract]: Melee damage reduction for the army reduced to 20%; damage against enemies with \[Iron Chain Armor Break] adjusted to 10%.

• Army Passive \[Iron Reaper]: Adjusted to reduce cooldown of \[Iron Reaper Cataphract] by 3s when defeating enemies with \[Iron Chain Armor Break].

• Reduced damage from Aguda's hero's chain attacks.

xiii. Catherine:

• Skill \[Ammunition]: Ammo replenished per person reduced from 4 to 3.

• Reduced probability of "loot" appearing in the scene.

xiv. Genghis Khan:

• Reduced effective range of \[Bolas].

• Skill \[Cantabrian Circle]: Strategy cost increased to 90%.

5. Adjustments:

a. Gameplay Lab Session Expansion:

• Saturday: 14:00-16:00

• Sunday: 14:00-16:00, 19:00-22:00

b. Unified Pricing in "Shop - Exchange Store - Heroes":

• Easy-difficulty heroes: 29,000 Silver/ 28 Hero Shards

• Medium-difficulty heroes: 58,000 Silver / 48 Hero Shards

• Hard-difficulty heroes: 87,000 Silver/ 68 Hero Shards

c. Optimized banner visuals to prevent obstruction of combat view.

6. Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug where Hua Mulan's smoke screen might fail to buff allies.

• Fixed bug where Fan Lihua's Flying Claw would not pull excessively distant targets.

• Fixed bug where Zhao Yun's soldiers equipped with \[Dragon Flag Golden Inlay Rider] skin might leave a phantom horse after death, which disappears when mounting.

• Fixed display errors for soldiers and generals' heads when Bu Lianshi and Yu Ji are stealthed.

• Fixed missing trajectory effects when Baldwin I/Godfrey/Ada use ultra-long weapons.

• Fixed incorrect token quantities for "Two Kings" and "Three Kings" rewards.

• Fixed missing heroes (Helen, Zheng Chenggong, Robin Hood) in Siege Mode's Faction Wars.

• Fixed bug where Mercenary Mode would stuck in matchmaking interface during map change.

• Fixed incorrect quantity of Tiger Might Chests rewarded in Bloody Battle of Maicheng.

• Fixed texture display issues for certain skins.

• Fixed display errors in Replay Mode.