To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on April 25th from 11:00 to 12:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 10:45. 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. Fix the damage anomaly bug for Yuan Chonghuan.

To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on April 24th from 07:00 to 12:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 06:45. 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.

[New Content]

1、 New Hero Wu Zetian makes her glorious debut! (Wu Zetian will be available for free through in-game events upon official release. After the event ends, she can be redeemed with Awaken Diamonds.)

2、 New Hero Showcase Feature:
● In "Profile – Avatar Settings – Hero Showcase", Players can now customize their Pedestal and Pedestal Background to their liking.
● Following this update, all Players will automatically receive the default Pedestal "Stone Platform" and a basic background, which can be freely equipped.
● The Pedestal and Background will be displayed in your Profile, on the Leaderboards, and on the Post-Battle Results screen.

3、 Ranked Matches (map rotation), Territory War, and Elite Contest seasons have concluded, and a new season has begun!

4、 Competitive Battle Pass Update:
● Battle Pass Rewards include: Hattori Hanzo inherited Hero – Iga Oboro, 2 Boudica Hero Skins with matching primary and secondary weapons, and 4 Soldier Skins for Cao Cao / Napoleon / Margaret / Huo Qubing.
● Returning Soldier Skins: Choose freely from 28 returning Soldier Skins, including 6 popular skins voted by Players and 22 additional classic skins.
● The seasonal purchase limits in the “Customization Items” and “Other Items” categories of the War Order Store will be refreshed with this version update.

5、 The limited-time "Heroes Unleashed" is now live! Players can obtain the permanent Hero Wu Zetian or receive 78000 Silver through the event.Additionally, the "Anniversary Battle Pass Soldier Skin Voting Event" has officially begun! Players can vote daily for their favorite Battle Pass Legion Skins. The top 8 ranked skins will return during the Anniversary Celebration Event!

6、 In Path of Awakening – Point Awakening – Skin Selection Box and Weapon Selection Box, a new Isabella Skin "Princess Chenxi" has been added, along with her matching primary and secondary weapons and shield.

7、 The "Highlight Moment Camera" for Legion War Ranked Mode has been re-enabled after optimization:
● The new version of Highlight Moments will no longer play automatically after battle. Instead, a popup will appear in the lower-right corner of the post-battle results screen—interested Players can click to view it.
● Playback duration for Highlight Moments will dynamically adjust based on Player performance.

8、 Hero Arena now supports Replay Playback functionality.

9、 Open World – Conquer the World and Solo Ranked Mode seasons have concluded and are now restarted.

10、 Open World Battle Pass has been updated.

[Adjustments & Optimizations]

1. Hero Balance Adjustments:

a) Zhang Bao / Zhang Xingcai:
● Revised: Heroes now start with 100% initial focus points, which regenerates over time at a rate of 1% per second. Zhang Bao / Zhang Xingcai gain additional focus points by landing attacks or scoring kills.
● Skill [Shaft Charge] adjustment: Now consumes 60% Focus points to activate. For 15 seconds after charging, damage taken is reduced by 25%. Upon colliding with enemies, a Spear Strike is triggered, dealing heavy damage and knocking enemies down.
● Skill [Reinforcements] adjustment: Now consumes 40% Focus points to activate.
● Passive [Bloodbath] change: The effect that reduced [Shaft Charge] cooldown upon defeating enemies has been removed.
● New Z Skill: Intermediate equestrian skill – Summons a Steed, with a 180-second cooldown. While mounted, the Hero’s movement speed is reduced, and incoming damage is increased by 20%. While on horseback, the Hero can attack, defend, and use Legion Skills (some special skills are excluded), but deals 50% less damage and has a 10% attack speed penalty. When unmounted, press Z to summon the steed. When mounted, press Z to dismount.

b) Trajan:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, which regenerate over time. The entire unit restores 1.5% Focus Points for each enemy killed.
● Skill [Shield Rush] adjustment: Now consumes 60% Focus Points to activate.
● New Skill [Charge forward and throw spears]: Can only be used after a charge and consumes 20% Focus Points. The entire unit regains two Javelins and throws them toward the formation point. These javelins have a piercing effect.
● New Z Skill: Junior Riding Technique – Summons a personal Steed (only the Hero can mount), cooldown: 180 seconds. While mounted, the Hero’s movement speed is reduced, and damage taken increases by 20%. Attacking is disabled, and some Legion Skills cannot be used. Press Z to summon the steed when unmounted, and to dismount when mounted.

c) Xiang Yu:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, regenerates at 1% per second. Xiang Yu restores 3% Focus Points upon defeating an enemy.
● Skill [Deep Rserves] adjustment: Now consumes 80% Focus Points to activate.
● Skill [Intimidating Shout] adjustment: Xiang Yu’s melee damage increases by 40%, and his melee attacks knock down enemy soldiers.

d) Yi Seong-gye:
● Skill [Herbal Mist]: Focus Point cost reduced to 40%.
● Skill [Poison Arrows]: Focus Point cost reduced to 70%, and now no longer interrupts basic attacks when used.
● Can now use Legion Skills while mounted.

e) Amenut:
● Skill [Stealth]: Now increases ranged attack damage by 10% while in Stealth.
● Fixed a tooltip error in the Legion passive [Eyes of Zendar]; actual effect: Amunet's Legion deals bonus damage to enemies with less than 30% HP when using ranged attacks.

f) Dian Wei:
● Reduced the amount of Rage gained through passive effects.

g) Hattori Hanzo / Iga Oboro:
● New Effect [Weakness Attack]: While in Blade Storm state, Hattori Hanzo / Iga Oboro and their Legion deal 50% bonus damage when hitting the enemy's back or head with melee attacks.
● Legion passive adjustment: Bonus damage from back attacks reduced to 15%.
● Added new Legion passive effect: When Hattori Hanzo / Iga Oboro and their Legion land melee attacks on the enemy's back or head, they restore 15% of the damage dealt as HP (up to a maximum of 30 HP).

h) Napoleon:
● Increased Legion base defense.
● Expanded medium damage radius for Cannons.
● New Z Skill: Junior Riding Technique – Summons a personal Steed (only the Hero can mount), cooldown: 180 seconds. While mounted, the Hero’s movement speed is reduced, and incoming damage increases by 20%. Cannot attack or use some Legion Skills while mounted. Press Z to summon when unmounted, and to dismount when mounted.

i) Octavian:
● Reduced the damage dealt by soldiers produced from Military Tent.
● Decreased the HP of Military Tent.

j) Deng Ai:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, which regenerate at 1% per second. The Hero gains 0.2% Focus Points whenever the Legion hits an enemy with a ranged attack.
● Skill [Sprint] adjustment: Now consumes 80% Focus Points. Greatly increases Deng Ai and his Legion’s mount speed, reduces melee damage taken by 20% and ranged damage taken by 35%. While active, melee attacks to enemy heads or backs deal 50% bonus damage for 30 seconds.
● Reduced the bonus damage effect from back attacks in Deng Ai's passive abilities.

k) Bathory:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, which regenerate over time. Gains 10% Focus Points for each enemy killed using [Manual Lance].
● Skill [Winged Charge] adjustment: Now consumes 70% Focus Points. Also increases mount's minimum starting speed and overall movement speed.

l) Aguda:
● Skill [Iron Buddha] duration reduced from 25 seconds to 20 seconds.

m) Catherine:
● Catherine’s Material value has been replaced with Focus Points. She now starts with 100% Focus Points, regenerating at 1% per second.
● Removed passive effects that granted Supply Value on hit/kill. Now, when Catherine approaches and picks up [Loot], she gains 25% Focus Points.
● [Plundered Provisions] is now a passive skill, consuming 30% Focus Points to activate.
● [Plundered Ammunition] is now a passive skill, consuming 25% Focus Points to activate.

n) Fan Lihua:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, which regenerate over time. When [Flying Claw] hits and successfully pulls an enemy Soldier or Hero, she gains 4% or 8% Focus Points respectively.
● Skill [Forced Gallop] further increases mounted movement speed. Cooldown reduced from 120 seconds to 90 seconds.
● Skill [Throwing Flying Claw] adjustment: Now consumes 80% Focus Points to activate.

o) Agrippina:
● Removed the attack speed bonus from the [Courage] state.
● Reduced the HP restoration provided by the [Heal] state.

p) Saladin:
● Skill [Sword of Truth]: Grants the Blessing effect upon activation. (Blessing: Reduces damage taken by the entire Legion by 20%, and increases mount impact force by 50%.)

q) Huang Zhong / Huang Wudie:
● Increased HP for mounts and soldiers.

r) Temujin:
● Reduced the armor of Temujin’s Legion.
● Decreased the ranged accuracy of Temujin’s soldiers while moving on horseback.

s) Xiahou Yuan:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, which regenerate at 1% per second. Gains 1.2% Focus Points for each mounted shot that hits an enemy, and 2.4% for each kill.
● Skill [Poison Arrow] adjustment: Now consumes 75% Focus Points to activate.
● Increased HP for mounts and soldiers.

t) Sibylla:
● Adjusted: Starts with 100% initial Focus Points, regenerating at 1% per second. While [Sniper Formation] is active, Sibylla gains 2% Focus Points for each enemy killed by the unit.
● Removed Skill: [Quick Reload].
● New Skill: [Burst arrow] – Can only be activated during [Sniper Formation] and consumes 80% Focus Points. Fires from a crouching camel, losing piercing ability but gaining the Explosive effect for 20 seconds. (Explosive: Arrows create a 2-meter radius explosion on impact, damaging up to 8 enemies.)
● Increased soldier crouching speed.
● Increased soldier HP.

u) Helen:
● Added passive Focus regeneration: 1% Focus Points per second. When Helen is near the Wooden Horse, regeneration increases to 2% per second.
● Skill [Throw Spear] Focus cost adjusted to 45%.
● Legion passive: Damage reduction for Helen and her Legion near the Wooden Horse increased to 20%.

v) Victoria:
● Slightly increased Rage gain when soldiers are hit.
● Increased overall Legion armor and shield HP.

w) Cleopatra:
● Q Skill [Bless of Isis] adjustment: Immediately restores 200 HP, increases both inner and outer armor by 20, and boosts walking speed by 1 m/s for 25 seconds.

2. Base combat mechanics further adjusted and optimized:
a) Horsemanship Revamp – Now split into Basic and Intermediate levels:

● Junior Riding Technique: Summons a Steed with a 180-second cooldown. While mounted, the Hero’s movement speed is reduced and incoming damage is increased by 20%. Cannot attack or defend while mounted but can use Legion Skills (some special skills excluded). Press Z to summon the steed when unmounted; press Z again while mounted to dismount.

● Intermediate equestrian skill: Summons a Steed with a 180-second cooldown. While mounted, the Hero’s movement speed is reduced and incoming damage is increased by 20%. Can attack and defend while mounted, and use Legion Skills (some special skills excluded). However, attacks deal 50% reduced damage and attack speed is decreased by 10%. Press Z to summon when unmounted; press Z again to dismount.

b) Unified Ranged Damage Falloff System:
● Longbows and Heavy Crossbows: No damage falloff within 15 meters. From 15 to 125 meters, damage falloff increases gradually, up to a maximum of 20%. Beyond 125 meters, maintains the maximum 20% damage reduction.
● Recurve Bows, Light Crossbows, Triple Shot Crossbows, and Sling Rods: No damage falloff within 15 meters. From 15 to 125 meters, damage falloff increases gradually, up to a maximum of 30%. Beyond 125 meters, maintains the maximum 30% damage reduction.
● Repeating Crossbows, Scatter Crossbows, and Javelins: No damage falloff within 15 meters. From 15 to 125 meters, damage falloff increases gradually, up to a maximum of 40%. Beyond 125 meters, maintains the maximum 40% damage reduction.
● Throwing Knives, Throwing Axes, and Throwing Hammers: No damage falloff within 15 meters. From 15 to 100 meters, damage falloff increases gradually, up to a maximum of 50%. Beyond 100 meters, maintains the maximum 50% damage reduction.
● Muskets: No damage falloff within 15 meters. From 15 to 100 meters, damage falloff increases gradually, up to a maximum of 90%. Beyond 100 meters, maintains the maximum 90% damage reduction.

3. Voice Chat System Optimization:
a) All Players can now speak simultaneously during battles.
b) Added Squad Voice Chat and Team Voice Chat:
● Squad Voice Chat: Available when in a pre-made squad. Hold Caps Lock to communicate within your squad.
● Team Voice Chat: Available at all times. Hold V to speak with all allied Players.
c) A new Voice Volume setting has been added under “Settings – Audio Settings,” allowing Players to adjust the voice chat volume.

3. Replay System Enhancements:
a) Improved the barrage message experience: Quick-sending is now available without needing to open the control panel with the N key.
b) Optimized static camera positions at points A, B, and C in replays for a better viewing experience.
c) Reduced loading time when entering replays.

4. Luoyang Map Visual Overhaul:
a) The Luoyang map has received a full visual update to enhance immersion and performance.

5. Marketplace – Minimum Listing Price Adjustments for Contract Items:
a) Purple Quality: Minimum price set to 1,000 YP.
b) Red Quality: Minimum price set to 10,000 YP.
c) Gold Quality: Minimum price set to 50,000 YP.

6. Marketplace Interface Optimization:
a) Improved UI and browsing experience for more efficient trading.

7. Bos PLUS Interface Update:
a) Added detailed drop rate descriptions for past Tokens of Contract events.

[Bug Fixes]

1. Fixed an issue where the main weapon of Sibylla’s Witch Set was not displayed in the equipment list.
2. Fixed a bug where trial Heroes could not use Large Bandages.
3. Fixed a display issue where skins from the Heavenly Goddess Blind Box series showed incorrect names on the matchmaking loading screen.
4. Fixed a bug with Lady Zhurong’s Heart-seeking Noble Set where the wing position was incorrect.
5. Fixed an issue where some expired items could not be recycled from the inventory.
6. Fixed an incorrect source display for Zhao Yun’s skin “Thief Kidd.”
7. Fixed terrain sinking issues in certain areas of Gallia.
8. Fixed abnormal positioning of the “Linglong Nine Tails” accessory for Da Qiao.
9. Fixed a bug where Alexander, when using [Spear Charge] on horseback, would trigger visual effects from Zhao Manying's Shinning Stone.
10. Fixed an issue where Horsemanship Skills would interrupt the end lag of attack animations.