Survive the Dead Tide Rising

[Recom'd Events]
[LifeAfter Back to School Season]
1. Four-Step School Success: From August 29 to September 14 at 3:00, the Back to School Season launches a "Stress-Free + Rewards" four-part event!
I. Log in to claim awesome weapons: Instantly unlock 3 sets of Grade-Skipper series weapons (with special skills: Attack Power +2, +10% extra damage to the Infected), including: [Zanbato], [Shotgun], [Howitzer], [Non-firearms Revealing Amber: Groundshaker], [Shotgun Revealing Amber: Web Hunt], [Howitzer Revealing Amber: Mud Bomb], and [Blue Fire] x3.
II. Weekly Point Speed-up: From August 31 at 3:00 to September 14 at 3:00, enjoy a two-week boost with a 50% increase in weekly points earning speed!
III. Weekly Point Lottery: From August 29 to September 14 at 3:00, you can spend Weekly Points as raffle tickets! During the event, earning Weekly Points grants extra lucky draw chances. Completing all weekly quests guarantees rewards: [Pendant: Crystal Dice], [Overhead Emoji: Inspiration Strikes], [Overhead Emoji: Record], and [Advanced Mutation Core Optional Chest].
IV. Special Monthly Pass Offer: From August 29 to September 25, a new monthly pass with limited-time discount is available—don't miss out!
2. Mimicry Season Year Benefits: A new Mimicry season year begins! From August 29 to September 25, complete event tasks to earn extra Mimicry Crystals, exchangeable in the Mimicry Shop for exclusive bow and EM weapon skins and other rare rewards.
<New Market Items>
1. Premium Collection: From August 29 to September 26 at 8:00, the updated Premium Collection arrives! Outfit: Dragon's Roar, Vehicle: Armored Warriors' Triumph, Firebird and Formula: Defender - Dragon's Roar Edition debut in the Premium Shop, alongside rare items in the Rare Shop. Spending Astral Gems also grants Celestial Keys for lucky draws.
2. Green-White Stackable Discount: From August 29 to September 12 at 8:00, the new Legendary Green-White Themed Outfit: Green-White Origins, Backpack: Bridge Cutoff Misty Rain, Facewear: No Verdure,and Headwear: White Snake Bond will be available in the new discount event. The event offers different Credit deductions based on the transaction amount tier, with a maximum deduction of 7500 Credits per transaction. Additionally, the Backpack: Bridge Cutoff Misty Rain comes with a single-player action: Misty Rain, which allows you to walk with an umbrella for an immersive and romantic experience.
3. Succulents Forest: From September 4 at 8:00 to September 18 at 3:00, the new plant-themed furniture Succulents Forest will be available, creating a soft and cozy corner in your manor!
4. Sparrow Stars: From September 4 at 8:00 to September 18 at 3:00, the new Chongshan brand outfit Sparrow Stars will be available for a limited time. During the event, the outfit will be offered at a limited-time discount, and purchasing it grants an exclusive action.
5. Shop Update: On August 29, the Cohabitation Shop will bring back Dunhuang-themed furniture, and the Shining Mall will bring back two Dunhuang-themed furniture items—Nine-Colored Deer Wall Art and Caisson Carpet—and introduce three new Chinese Valentine's Day-themed dance materials: Love Frequency, Sweet Moment, and Love Loop.
6. Consumer Squad: From August 29 to September 12 at 8:00, gather your squad and participate in events like Green-White Stackable Discount and Succulents Forest to earn squad points and unlock amazing rewards!

[Back-to-School Manor Makeover]
The Back-to-School Manor Makeover is here! Enjoy a double update packed with convenience and rewards. Easily remodel your home and grow premium fruits to enrich your farm once again!
<Decoration Master - Build a Grand Villa with Ease>
1. New building structure formulas are coming soon, available for free to help you construct diverse and spacious homes.
2. Another new home giveaway! During the Decoration Master training event, you can obtain a brand-new single building blueprint or double building blueprint (choose one) along with their material packs for a limited time. Instantly upgrade and enjoy your new home!
3. Additionally, the blueprint build feature now includes [Area Build], which no longer forcibly resets the foundation, enabling seamless home swaps without loss. Feel free to use your blueprint packs!
4. Moreover, the Decoration Master event also gifts a batch of Doomsday Farm packs, containing a series of ready-to-use official components and seeds for various crops.
5. Construction combos have also been further refined. After the update, you can now select a single layer with one click, perform detailed grouping, and more, offering greater convenience for building enthusiasts.
6. In blueprint mode, you can now rotate buildings after selecting them. This helps resolve issues like misplaced door orientations when first importing blueprints and allows for more diverse house placements according to your preferences!
<Farm's Premium Fruits>
1. After the update, lucky weather may occasionally appear in the camp! Under such special conditions, growing crops have a chance to mutate with unique premium effects.
2. After the update, when plants are fully watered and fertilized, they may continue growing larger! Larger crops yield more fruit.
<Other Updates>
1. New Orders Available: Federation orders now include wallpapers, pure crop seeds, and more for exchange.
2. New Feed: The federation introduces free feed formulas, allowing use of various crops to create animal feed! (Original pure feed is now Pure Pumpkin Feed, and advanced pure feed is Premium Pure Melon Feed.)
3. New Furniture Formula Pool in the Formula Machine: The formula machine features a new, exclusive Chinese-style Misty Mountain theme pool.
4. Some building structure formulas in the Formula Machine are now available for free by upgrading your manor. Survivors who previously owned the corresponding formulas will additionally receive a Misty Mountain-themed Chinese-style multi-choice pack.

[Heartlock Zone]
<Source Monitoring Room Open>
After August 29 at 8:00, the Source Monitoring Room, temporarily closed due to the Deep Dive operation, will reopen. What is the one secretly investigating here? Survivors can access it via the NPC Kleiven near the Safe House in the current forbidden zone map or through the [Visit Lazarov] option in the [Heartlock Zone] event page.
<Zone Gold Raid Optimization>
1. When Survivors unlock all safes for the week, they will receive a Supply Salvage Pack. The pack has a chance to obtain rare Microcrystals, Formula Shards, random Revealing Amber, Gold Cores, and more. Every 20 openings guarantees a Gold Core reward.
2. The surprise drop of Gold Cores from safes has been removed. To ensure fairness, this change will take effect after the next server map rotation.
<Map Rotation>
1. After August 31 at 3:00, the Zone Gold Raid map will rotate back to Silent Plain. After September 7 at 3:00, it will rotate to Barren Wilds.
2. Survivors who haven't completed the Zone Gold Raid tutorial have no access to other rotated maps. After completing the tutorial, a rotated map will show at 3:00 the next day.
3. After map rotation, the salvage quota of the Extraction Permit will be reset, and unclaimed safes from the previous map will not be carried over.

[Mimicry Season Year 2 Launch]
1. The Mimicry Season Year 2 will begin after the update. Amber, Scars, and Blue Fire from the first season will be converted into New Dollars, and all Mimicry progression will be reset to an unacquired state (previously unlocked Overclock forms will remain accessible upon re-obtaining the Mimicry).
2. The Mimicry Shop is now open. Use Mimicry Crystals to exchange for weapon skins and other items in the shop. Mimicry Crystals can be obtained based on first-season development progress or by participating in the new season's Mimicry development.
3. In the second season year, acquiring a Mimicry from Flashbacks will now guarantee a corresponding Scar regardless of the Mutation Index level.
4. After applying a weapon to a Faction, the weapon will always use the Mimicry enabled in the current Faction settings.
5. In the first season of the second season year, each weapon type has 3 selectable Mimicry, with only 2 initially unlocked. The remaining Mimicry will be unlocked progressively through flashbacks.
6. New Mimicry, Ultimate Breakthrough and Multi-Eye Strike, have been added for rifles and sniper rifles.
7. When Season Year 2 kicks off, the rankings and damage stats for Peril Showdown will be reset. Titles and rewards will be issued based on your rank at that time. Plus, after maintenance, Peril Showdown will become a permanent feature. Look forward to new challenges and a lower difficulty level in the next phase!
8. The following Mimicry and tags have been adjusted:
Swarm Onslaught (Passive): Projectiles now require hitting players or monsters to trigger the effect.
Resentful Shadows (Active): The final damage ratio of Resentful Shadows has been slightly reduced.
Pressure Waterbomb (Active): Waterbomb damage increased, firing interval adjusted to match actual shooting intervals, and duration extended to 12 seconds.
Weakness Break (Active): Fixed the issue where the actual decay rate of Focus was higher than described.
Penetrating Vines (Active): The number of vines is fixed at 3. For each arrow fired, each vine has a chance to launch spikes (chance increased by Firing Rate and Reload Speed). Spike damage has been increased.
Wailing Beam (Active): Fixed an issue where Wailing Beam could deal unintended base shooting damage. Wailing Beam now has a chance to deal multiple instances of additional damage.
EM Shield (Passive): EM Shield will now gain additional charges over time.
Swamp Burst (Active): Adjusted the effect to launch a Mire Bomb forward, slowing enemies and increasing their damage taken. Sustained hits detonate the mire, dealing AoE damage scaling with the number of debuffs.
Solvent Rampage (Passive): Ice solvent applies a rapidly decaying strong Slow effect, while acid solvent increases the next damage dealt to the target.
Solvent Rampage (Active): Duration adjusted to 15 seconds.
Renewable Spikes (Active): Renewable Spikes now also deal damage to nearby enemies.
Tag - Activation (Removed).
New Tag - Cycle: Refunds a portion of cooldown when the active skill ends.
Stagnant Invasion Enhancement: Adjusted the effect to every 2.4 seconds, the next shot splits into 2 projectiles dealing 55% damage each.
Extreme Firepower Enhancement: Adjusted the effect to always gain Mounted Mode effect during Mimicry's active skill, with attribute enhancement reduced by 20% when not actually mounted.
Acid Echoes Enhancement: Additional charge value increased, cooldown recovery time reduced.

[Ride-or-Die Partner]
Take in lost friends and live together with them!
1. Survivors can join if they're on a server that's been launched for over 21 days, have inactive friends in their list, and are above Gathering, Craft, and Combat Level 50.
2. Eligible survivors have a chance to obtain [Old Friend's Nameplate] by defeating the Infected at any game mode. After obtaining the nameplate, the system interface will be unlocked (located under Contacts - Rescue Partner tab).
3. Use [Old Friend's Nameplate] in the interface to summon the friend to your side, or locate lost friends via the system and search for them in the open world to take them in and live together. Up to 4 lost friends can be taken in simultaneously.
4. After taking in friends, you can summon them to follow you in the wild (up to 1 at a time) or guard your manor (up to 3 at a time). Once summoned, you can interact with them through outfit changes, two-player actions, etc.

[Area Operation]
Weekly Mission [Monastery] resets and returns! Survivors who strayed into the monastery were harmed by the Infected. The long-abandoned monastery seems far from peaceful, so the Federation has decided to regroup squads to clear the infection. The mystery behind the exhilarating purple enzyme fluid, the bell-ringing mysterious monster, and the hidden cavern that caused the monastery's disaster will be unveiled.
1. The Monastery stage will open after the reset of Area Operation attempts on August 31, with Crusade Mode launching simultaneously.
2. During the operation, durability depletion of gear and ammo cost are reduced by 95%.

[Federation Membership Improvements]
1. The monthly pass will be split into two—[Trade VIP Card] and [Survival Quiz Card], offering Survivors more choices!
2. Purchasing the dual-card federation benefits will now include 10 perks: Added the [Premium Tools] on top of the original nine privileges, increasing farming tool efficiency by 4 times—a dream come true for farming enthusiasts!
3. The daily reward now also includes additional items such as gold bars, random seeds, and Reconstituted Molecules—more rewards without any price increase!
4. Survivors who have previously purchased Federation Membership will automatically retain their remaining duration after the membership update.

[Crafting Experience Improvements]
1. Increased the maximum quick-purchase quantity for materials like Sandstone and Lime. The system will now auto-fill quantities based on the Survivor's gathering list and manor upgrade needs.
2. Increased the maximum batch-crafting limit for portable items like Antiseptic Meds and Medkits.
3. Fixed an issue where the workstation page would automatically refresh whenever any crafting queue was completed.
4. Fixed an issue where certain items couldn't be quick-purchased.

[Wasteland Guide Improvements]
1. Added supplementary guidance. After accepting certain Armed Force Enhancement quests, a new "Guide" button will appear. Following it will lead to the corresponding progression interface.
2. Optimized guidance for some Armed Force Enhancement quests, making them easier to complete.

[Clash Optimization]
1. Added detailed Clash battlefield rules to help Survivors understand each phase and element of the competition.
2. New Data Terminal feature. During matches, terminals will spawn randomly inside buildings. Stay nearby to keep them uploading; complete an upload to boost your camp's points. Beacon points have been slightly reduced.
3. Safe: New selectable revival points. When a Survivor goes down, they can choose to revive at base or at one of two optional revival spots.

[Optimized Touch Controls for Mobile]
1. Added a [Device Interface Closing Method] on mobile, allowing players to switch between closing menu interfaces (tap blank area to close / tap top-right button to close), effectively reducing accidental menu closures.
2. How to configure (mobile only): Go to Settings > Controls > Device Interface Closing Method to switch.

[Other Improvements]
1. To allow Survivors more freedom in experiencing different professions, the cooldown for profession reset has been reduced to 1 day.
2. In Armed Force Enhancement, Accessory has been split into Accessory Level and Accessory Set. The Accessory Armed Force Rating has been adjusted accordingly.
3. Added a [One-Click Max Purchase] option when buying items from the camp merchant for a more convenient shopping experience.
4. When the team leader clicks the Area Operation team-up button, the interface for changing team objectives will be displayed by default for quick switching.
5. Formula Modification Optimization: To prevent accidental changes, we've added an unlock condition for Formula Modification. Use 2500 Formula Shards in Formula Composition to unlock. This applies to servers launched after the update.
6. Gear Modification Optimization: To provide Survivors with a better experience, we have optimized the conditions for gear modification—unlocked at Combat Lv. 48. This change applies to servers launched after the update.
7. Monthly Sign-in Reward Adjustment: Starting from September 1st, the monthly sign-in rewards will be adjusted. You will receive more Formula Shards, Nanoplastic, gather resources, Reconstituted Molecules, and other development items by signin in each month. 

[Optimization Test Related]
<Farstar City Anonymous Test>
The anonymous test event has concluded, and Farstar City has been restored to its pre-test state.