LifeAfter Season 8-Midnight Starfire

[Profession Revamp: Define Your Own Way]

<Profession Enhancement & Choose Your Part-time Traits>
1. To bring Survivors a more exciting battle experience, we've refined each profession's role and uniqueness based on feedback and research. Now, every profession has two new specialization factions:
Gathering Professions - Logger, Miner, Hemp Picker
Trait Faction 1: Breaching Chainsaw - Gains the ability to use a Tactical Chainsaw for burst damage. Excels at frontline melee assaults.
Trait Faction 2: Light Scout - Gains Stealth and Detection abilities. Excels at gathering intel and seizing opportunities in complex environments.
Crafting Professions - Gun Maker, Armorer, Upholsterer
Trait Faction 1: Turret Stronghold - Gains the ability to enhance turret-type Tactical Gear and can deploy exclusive Machine Gun Turret. Excel at providing powerful fire support in defensive positions.
Trait Faction 2: Spider Assist - Enhances your own Tactical Gear and can deploy exclusive Tactical Spiders to assist in combat. Excels at providing controls and executing flanking harassment in combat.
Rifleman
Trait Faction 1: Agile Assault - Enhances light weapon accessory skills for better positioning and sustained combat. Excels at hit-and-run tactics.
Trait Faction 2: Blazing Barrage - Enhances light weapons for rapid shot endurance, allowing for sustained firepower. Excels at delivering continuous high damage.
Sniper
Trait Faction 1: Long-Range Sniping - Enhances heavy weapon weak spot damage and Devastation capability. Excels at precisely taking out specific targets.
Trait Faction 2: Area Control - Enhances heavy weapons to inflict crowd control and debuffs. Excels at suppressing large groups of enemies.
Warrior
Trait Faction 1: Swift Strike - Enhances non-firearm abilities for powerful attacks and swift movements. Excels at engaging and taking down critical opponents.
Trait Faction 2: Ironclad Defense - Enhances non-firearm abilities for damage reduction and team support. Excels at frontline offense and absorbing damage.
Virus Master
Trait Faction 1: Virus Enhancement - Enhances the ability to inflict Toxin DMG with viral bullets. Excels at delivering sustained damage and weakening opponents through shooting.
Trait Faction 2: Area Diffusion - Enhances diffuser skills and solvent dispersion effects. Excels at using diffusers to alter the battlefield and weaken area targets.
Spore Hunter
Trait Faction 1: Spore Boost - Enhances the generation of buff spores and the ability to use recovery spores. Excels at providing extensive team healing and buffs.
Trait Faction 2: Symbiotic Battle - Enhances spores' additional damage and the ability to use exclusive spore skills. Excels at using key abilities to shift the tide of battle.
Ark Knights
Trait Faction 1: Swift Weapon Assault - Gains quick reload when switching weapons, along with various reload bonuses. Excels at using multiple weapons to tackle different situations.
Trait Faction 2: Mutation Command - Gains various buffs when dealing Mutation Damage. Excels at harnessing Core and elemental traits.
Exorcist
Trait Faction 1: Soul Reaping - Enhances recovery and assist effects of the Blue Tide Slime. Excels at surviving in battlefield conditions and striking opportunistically.
Trait Faction 2: Soul Siphon - Gains abilities to absorb souls from defeated enemies to recover and empower yourself. Excels at sustained combat by defeating enemies.
2. Customize Your Profession: Beyond their own traits, each profession can adopt characteristics from others. With limitless combinations, Survivors can create unique specializations tailored for themselves. Additionally, use the [Recom'd Traits] feature for one-click access to system suggestions, with top player setups coming soon.
3. Each faction includes 4 traits, which can be set in [Talent Ability] - [Profession Traits]. Activate traits by placing them in slots, which unlock progressively with your Combat Level. You can have up to 4 main and 4 part-time traits active at once.
4. Part-time traits are unlocked by spending Legacy Points. When a part-time trait slot is unlocked, Survivors receive 3 Legacy Points.
5. Legacy Points can also be earned by increasing Pioneer Level. Upon reaching max Gathering, Crafting, and Combat Mastery (Lv. 150), Pioneer Level unlocks, and any excess or newly gained Mastery will be converted into Pioneer EXP.
To prevent extra strain from Pioneer Level, once a Survivor maxes out a Mastery, it can only be increased through schedules and mailbox.
Increasing Pioneer Level not only grants Legacy Points but also boosts attributes. Pioneer Level does not affect gear requirements or the evolution of gear attributes.
6. Survivors can freely adjust their trait combinations in non-combat areas like camps, Hope 101, and 101 Development Zone to suit various scenarios.
7. To ease the development pressure on Survivors and enhance the enjoyment of profession traits, we've streamlined the number of profession talents. Core Talents now upgrade automatically for free as your profession advances.
8. To better align profession talents with traits, we've adjusted the effects of certain talents.
<New Player Profession Change Improvements>
To simplify first-time profession certification for Survivors, we've revised the classifications: At Combat Mastery Lv. 10, players can certify as one of four starter professions—Trailblazer, Artisan, Weapon Master, and Bio Specialist. At Lv. 60, players can promote to advanced professions within their chosen path.
Pioneer Advanced Professions: Logger, Miner, Hemp Picker
Artisan Advanced Professions: Gun Maker, Armorer, Upholsterer
Weapon Master Advanced Professions: Rifleman, Sniper, Warrior
Bio Specialist Advanced Professions: Virus Master, Spore Trapper, Ark Knight, Exorcist
<Profession Co-creation Season>
1. To encourage Survivors to explore the revamped professions, we're launching a co-creation event from the update until January 29th. During this time, your first weekly profession reset is free (resets every Sunday at 3:00). You can also freely reset and receive refunded Legacy Points for learned traits from other professions an unlimited number of times. At the end of the event, all participants will receive a Cert Reset Ticket via mail as a token of appreciation.
2. After the update, Survivors with certified professions will automatically receive a free reset and a refund for any previous certification, promotion, and talent upgrade costs. This reset won't trigger a cooldown. Survivors can visit Jessica or Corolla of Revenant to certify their profession.
3. We will closely monitor Survivor feedback and in-game performance to continuously optimize and adjust professions.

[Tactical Gear]
1. To better integrate with tactical gear after the profession revamp, we've removed upgrade costs for tactical gear modules. After the update, their levels will automatically increase with your Combat Level.
2. Resources spent on tactical gear module modifications will be refunded after the update. Any refunded and remaining exclusive enhancement chips in your backpack will automatically convert to Tactical Coins.
3. Survivors can use Tactical Coins and access the shop through the tactical gear interface to exchange resources.

[Events Recommendation]
<Welcome 2026>
1. Invite Friends to Celebrate the New Year Together: From December 31 at 23:00 to January 1 at 00:30, while in a safe zone, Survivors can invite teammates to their camp to ring in the new year together.
2. Camp & Hope 101 Interactive Events: From December 31 until the next maintenance, matching games and various musical instrument displays will be available in Hope 101 and camp centers. Additionally, a New Year Ambassador will appear in the camp center—share your wishes with them to have your blessings projected there.
3. Send "Happy New Year" in Public Chat: From January 1 to January 16 at 00:00, sending a message containing "Happy New Year" in any channel will reward you with a 2026 Avatar and Avatar Frame.
4. New Year's Egg-cellence: From December 31 to January 16 at 00:00, Survivors can find "New Year's Egg-cellence" in Hope 101 and camps. Smashing them yields unique new year blessings, rewards, and a chance to earn mysterious titles.
<New Market Items>
1. Lucky Bag: From December 31 to January 16 at 8:00, Survivors can select items from four prize pools to customize their Lucky Bag prize pool. Spend Federation Checks to draw rewards—each drawn item is removed, and 12 draws guarantee all items. Choices include Astral Gem, Energy Cell, Premium Chip Optional Chest, Premium Component, Worldly Certificate, Mutation Droplet, and more.
2. Unmeowtionable: From December 31 to January 30 at 8:00, the Unmeowtionable-themed outfits will be available. Participate in Unmeowtionable to choose the grand prize of the prize pool, with a chance to win themed outfits like Heart Meowth, Eggceptional Meowment, and Purr-ple Enchantment, as well as Pendant - Purr-fectly Nice, Headwear - Choco-Cat Ears, Pistol & Shield Collection Optional, Collector's Edition Skin: Red Hot Bee, Kitty Coins, and other rare rewards. Kitty Coins can be used in the shop to exchange for Backpack - Fluffy Cat Tail, Non-firearm look - Cat Paw Strike, and Anemone series looks of Flower of Revenant, among other rare rewards.
3. Shadowfly Stinger: From December 31 at 8:00 to January 30 at 8:00, the limited-time Non-firearm Formula - Bio-beast Blade will return to the Gear Exchange. Spend varying amounts of LifeAfter Supply Boxes for a chance to obtain rare items like Skin - Scorpion Tail Sniper Collector's Edition, Skin - Shadowfly Dualies Collector's Edition, and Backpack - Twin Dragon Blaze. Weapon formulas obtained in the event can be dismantled into Data Tokens to exchange for current event weapon formulas and Mutation Cores.
4. Winter Manor Offers: From December 31 to March 19 at 8:00, Snow City, Ice Waltz, and Garden Dream make a return for a new round of Manor Premium. Choose from exquisite furniture like Manor Effect - Aurora Projector, Dancing on Ice - Ice Skating Stage, Free Projection - 2-Player Painted Scroll, and more. Decorate your manor now!
5. Chestnut Swirl: From December 31 to February 12 at 8:00, the new winter outfit Chestnut Swirl will be available for a limited time. Purchasing the outfit grants an exclusive action. Pairing it with themed Headwear - Chestnut Ears and Palette unlocks additional surprise discounts.
6. Consumer Squad: From December 31 at 8:00 to January 16 at 8:00, form a squad and participate in events like Unmeowtionable, Shadowfly Stinger, and Winter Manor Offers to accumulate squad points and unlock great rewards!
7. New in Mall: Lunar New Year Furniture - Lucky Lion Purr makes a lively debut. An adorable kitten dressed in lion costume dances to the beat of the Drum, bringing festive joy and unique New Year charm to your manor. When you play different drum rhythms, it will perform different dance moves.

<Other New Content>
1. Shop Update: 24/7 Shop introduces new actions: I See and When the Moon Shines. Shining Mall and Cohabitation Shop offer Snow City, Ice Waltz, and Garden Dream themed furniture for a limited time.

[Winter Season: Apocalypse Craftsman]
Winter has arrived, and it's all for a better life for humanity! Starting December 31st, the Winter Craftsman gameplay, led by the Border Farm, is now fully available. Join your farm buddies for brewing, curing, and stocking up for the winter together!
1. Brewing is now available! Head to the crafting area at Border Farm and use the fermentation vats. Add fresh fruits and vegetables, stir in some extras, and create a variety of limited-time pickles and special drinks!
2. The Smoked Meat feature is also live! On the other side of the crafting area, use the smokehouse to process mature animals. Light it up with floral spices and hang the smoked meats on racks to craft a variety of limited-time smoked products!
3. Whether it's pickles, special drinks, or smoked meats, you can consume them directly or use them to create new dishes for exclusive cooking bonuses. During the event, collect and unlock different dishes to earn limited-time rewards.
4. Keep brewing and curing to accumulate Crafting EXP and boost your Craftsman Rating. A higher rating makes it easier to craft masterwork items and reduces the chance of failure.
5. On Saturdays and Sundays, set up a booth in the camp to sell your goods. Each Monday, the Federation releases high-value purchase orders for the week. Whether it's fresh pickles, special drinks, smoked products, premium species, strawberries, or flowers, you can list them per the orders to earn exclusive Winter Coins.
6. Exclusive Winter Coins can be exchanged for rewards at the Winter Shop. The new gold winter crop seeds, the complete Winter Pastoral outfit, and various festive two-player actions are only available here. Achieve personal and camp progress milestones to earn a limited-edition Winter title.
7. Additionally, the multiplayer Border Farm honey-harvesting event will debut on January 30! Stay tuned.

[Other Improvements]
1. In the manor "Build" mode, a new option for toggling lights and sound has been added under "More." You can now switch on or off all lighting and sound effects with a single click.
2. We've optimized lighting effects in the manor to reduce potential lag. This takes effect when "Manor Performance Optimization" is enabled. If you want all light sources visible, disable this feature in "Settings" under "Display Settings" > "Manor."
3. Improved the generation of study rooms in AI Build and the logic for creating entry staircases.
4. You can now reset skills in the Gathering, Crafting, and Combat Talents at a lower cost directly from their respective talent interfaces, without needing to visit Jessica or Corolla of Revenant.
5. Photo Mode Enhancement: We've added a pause feature to exclusive actions for 50 outfits, applicable to styles released after the August 2024 update. We'll continue expanding this feature to include more outfit actions in the future.