LifeAfter Season 8-Midnight Starfire

[Events Recommendation]
<New Market Items>
1. Farewell My Concubine: From January 30 to March 6 at 8:00 AM, the Collector's Edition outfit Farewell My Concubine and the first legacy Bow Skin Golden Crow Carrying the Sun will be available! Consume varying quantities of Overlord's Supply Boxes for a chance to obtain rare items such as the Collector's Edition outfit Farewell My Concubine, Skin: Jade, Skin: Tidebreaker Bow Blood Moon Edition, Yu Ji's Pearl, Overlord's Decree, and more. Opening Yu Ji's Pearl up to 8 times guarantees the legendary Bow Skin: Golden Crow Carrying the Sun. Additionally, accumulate Overlord's Decrees to exchange for rare items in the Unity Shop, including the vehicle: Snow-Treading Black Steed, advanced projection: Breaking Formation Longing, backpack: Fluttering Flower Fan, and Non-firearm skin: Battlefield Deployment!
2. Thunderflash Cheetah: From January 30 to March 20 at 8:00 AM, the new Formula - BioT Swift-Leopard Shotgun and the new shotgun Mutation Core - Piercing Thunder will make their debuts! The Bionic Thunderflash Shotgun Formula shares Special Research progress with the Bionic Shotgun series and features new weapon Special Skills: Phantom Twin Hunt and Cheetah's Gait! The new Mutation Core - Piercing Thunder unleashes massive EM Storm damage in a short time! Participate in the event to obtain rare items like the Skin: Bionic Bazooka Collector's Edition and Skin: Bionic Thunderflash Shotgun Collector's Edition. Weapon formulas obtained during the event can be dismantled into Data Tokens and exchanged for this issue's weapon formulas and Mutation Cores via Gear Exchange.
3. Double Top-up Rebate: From January 30 to March 6 at 8:00 AM, during the event, any top-up tier can grant a New Year double top-up benefit with a significant increase in extra Credits!
4. Rainbow Pony: From January 30 to March 6 at 8:00 AM, the new discounted outfit Rainbow Pony is available for a limited time. Get the entire Palette bundle (individual palettes can be removed from the cart), and purchasing the outfit grants an exclusive action.
5. Sweetheart Whispers: From February 5 at 8:00 AM to February 19 at 3:00 AM, the Valentine's Day-themed furniture set "Sweetheart Whispers" arrives! Featuring adorable Cupids and a picturesque Fountain, you can obtain the entire set for up to 606 Sweetheart Coins. Hurry and create your perfect Valentine's Day manor!
6. Mall Update: Starting at 8:00 on February 5, the Valentine's Day-themed vehicles "Snowball Yuanyuan" and "Snowball Gungun" are now available! Their adorable hopping animations allow them to quickly bypass obstacles, and when getting close, they can even initiate affectionate interactions.
7. Secret Store: From February 9 at 8:00 to February 22, Valentine's Day-themed looks make a comeback—"refresh" to find your favorite items!
<More Benefits>
1. Galloping Dragons: From January 30 to March 6 at 8:00, participate in events like Farewell My Concubine and Double Recharge Rebates. Complete tasks to earn rewards like Farewell My Concubine Supply Boxes. A new round of tasks will open in future updates—don’t miss out!
2. Winter Puzzle: From January 30 at 8:00 to February 12 at 00:00, complete daily puzzle quests to earn puzzle Fragments. Use Fragments to unlock the puzzle for great rewards.
3. Relay Cleanup: From January 30 at 8:00 to February 12 at 00:00, form a team of up to 6 to complete relay tasks and earn Relay Chests. Opening them may grant you the exclusive Facewear: "I Am the Designer," matching the Designer's style!
4. New Core Development Benefits: From January 30 to March 6 at 8:00, obtain the new Mutation Core - Piercing Thunder and develop it during the event to receive additional identical Cores and Mutation Droplets.
5. Consumer Squad: From January 30 to February 12 at 8:00, form a squad and participate in events like Farewell My Concubine, Thunderflash Leopard , and Sweet Whispers to accumulate squad Points and unlock great rewards!

[Winter Season New Year Update]
Winter Season New Year benefits are here! The all-new "laid-back" honey-collection gameplay debuts at the Border Farm—check it out now!
1. Winter Season: Let’s Collect Honey! New gameplay arrives. After the update, head to the Border Farm to catch bees near your land and build hives. As long as your land is planted with flowers or various fruits and vegetables, the beehives will automatically gather limited-edition Winter Honey for you.
2. Different types and qualities of flowers, as well as other fruits and vegetables, will result in varying honey collection efficiency and Honey types. Save up and upgrade your hive to significantly boost honey production! We look forward to seeing everyone reap a bountiful Honey harvest soon!
3. Winter Coin Double New Year Benefits Part 1: During the event, additional Winter Season Honey products will be sold at the stall! Selling Honey by weight during the Winter Season also grants Winter Coins! Truly effortless rewards, making it easy to enjoy all the Winter Season benefits!
4. Winter Coin Double New Year Benefits Part 2: Designer, in collaboration with the balancing team, has updated the bonuses: To celebrate the New Year and winter break, the Federation's purchase price for all artisan goods at the stall has been increased by 15%!
5. Additionally: The Winter Shop has prepared a batch of winter-themed furniture Decorations for everyone to exchange and obtain during the event. The new title "Mischievous Little Bee" for the honey-collecting gameplay is now available—go collect it!

[Area Operation]
New Daily Mission [Mystery Path] is here! A strong infection signal has suddenly appeared in the tranquil Mystery Path, suggesting the presence of infected creatures lurking within. The situation is urgent—brave Survivors are now called to assist!
1. Mystery Path will open the day after the version maintenance, with Crusade Mode also available;
2. During the operation, the durability loss of gear will be reduced by 90%, ammo reload cost is reduced by 90%, and durability loss when unconscious is reduced by 90%.

[Peril Showdown]
1. A brand-new Peril Showdown is here! The pioneer Expedition Team has undergone unknown Mutations in the lair, transforming into powerful infected entities. Survivors must enter the lair to defeat them and lay the heroes to rest.
2. [Peril Showdown Phase 3] will be available to Survivers after the January 30th update. We sincerely thank all Survivors for their enthusiastic support and valuable feedback on the first two phases of Peril Showdown.
"3. [Selection Arena] and [Final Arena]:
More and more Survivors wish to participate in Peril Showdown. To accommodate this, we have divided the current Peril Showdown into [Selection Arena] and [Final Arena].
The [Selection Arena] has lowered the damage-per-second requirement for Survivors to enter Peril Showdown, allowing more Survivors to challenge powerful infected entities in the [Selection Arena].
Survivors who meet the damage-per-second threshold in the [Selection Arena] will qualify to enter the [Final Arena] through selection. In the [Final Arena], Survivors will face even stronger infected entities."
"4. [Perfect Challenge] System Revamp:
In response to feedback about the difficulty of teaming up in the later stages of the version, this season's Peril Showdown introduces a revamp to the [Perfect Challenge] system.
Each week, the Caravan will issue exclusive Perfect Challenge missions targeting infected entities—rally your teammates and climb to new heights!
Complete all Perfect Challenge missions for an infected entity to unlock the limited title [Final Walker].
Repeatedly earning this title will upgrade it, making your glory shine even brighter."

[New Gear]
1. New Weapon: BioT Swift-Leopard Shotgun, which belongs to the same Bionic Shotgun series as the Bionic Serpent Shotgun. Weapons in this series share Special Research progress. Any star-up and upgrade effects (including Special Research and Expert enhancements) on a Formula in the series will be applied to all Formulas within the series (each Expertise bonus from star-up and upgrades will only be earned once). The Special Research effect will take effect after unlocking the Formula.
2. The BioT Swift-Leopard Shotgun has a longer optimal Range than the Bionic Serpent Shotgun in Hunting Mode. Additionally, each trigger pull instantly fires two shots, and the wielder can move more nimbly while shooting, granting strong burst and skirmishing capabilities.
3. New SSR Core for Shotguns: Piercing Thunder. When equipped, the Shotgun will fire an EM Bullet containing all pellets. The EM Bullet enhances the wielder upon hitting a target within 60 units of distance. After traveling 60 units, the EM Bullet splits into individual pellets.
4. At 5 stars, Piercing Thunder generates an electric field when enhancing itself, continuously striking shield-recovering Survivors within range. At 9 stars, missed projectiles are pulled back by the electric field, persistently attacking enemy targets within it. At 12 stars, the electric field delivers a powerful strike to targets whose Shield drops to 0, rendering their Shield ineffective. Ideal for sustained close-quarters combat and PVP against enemies with healing abilities.

[Profession Co-creation Season Adjustments]
Thank you very much to all Survivors for participating in the Profession Co-Creation Season. After the update, all participants will receive a surprise reward. We will continue to regularly adjust and optimize Professions to provide all Survivors with rich and engaging gameplay experiences.
1. To make the Sniper's attacks more effective in Suppression, we increased the coefficient of the Core Talent "Precision Devastation" when it inflicts Devastation on players.
2. The Warrior's Iron Wall Defense Faction was too fragile when the barrier was inactive, sometimes forcing players to deactivate it. Therefore, we made the minor non-head damage reduction effect from the trait "Steady and Firm" permanent.
3. To make the Spore Hunter's traits "Binding Vines" and "Tree of Regeneration" more viable in various combat scenarios, we have reduced the number of spores required for their charges and also decreased the area of effect for Tree of Regeneration.
4. TTo allow the Ark Knight's Swift Weapon Assault Faction more freedom in weapon selection, the damage boost for both Light and Heavy Firearms within 5 seconds after triggering the "Quick Draw" trait will now apply based on the higher value.
5.Weakened the combined effects of control abilities from multiple profession traits when stacked.
6. Fixed an issue where the Rifle trait "Overloaded Magazine" sometimes caused an additional shot to be fired after reloading.
7. Fixed an issue where the Warrior's trait "Strike First"  dealt no damage with the first strike under certain conditions.
8. Fixed an issue where the Ark Knight's "Quick Draw" in Resonance Bullet state could not trigger the reload effect and sometimes abnormally triggered reload animations.
9. Fixed an issue where the Virus Master caused abnormal slowdown effects on teammates under certain conditions.
10. Fixed an issue where control effects from certain profession traits could not be removed by the Spirit Dragon drone.

[Clash Camp Preparation]
1. To encourage Survivors to practice in multiplayer team battles for better participation in the Clash, new camp preparation tasks have been added. By participating in Redwood Town - Total War and defeating opponents to earn Military Exploits, you can complete these tasks. Upon completion, the camp will receive Clash Camp Morale.
2. To ensure camp matchmaking experience and encourage camps to compete after practice, Rising Stars Squad and Fearless Squad camps must first meet the camp preparation requirements to qualify for the official Points Match. (Only needs to be completed once per season.)

[Manor Construction Improvements]
Further enhanced the freedom of manor construction: Added three types of collision settings under "Manor Construction - More Features" to meet Survivors' diverse building needs. Also introduced drone hiding and speed adjustment functions, improving the usability of drone construction.
1. Added a toggle to allow furniture overlapping during placement. When enabled, most furniture can overlap with other furniture during placement. (To ensure farming and breeding experience, planting/breeding-related furniture and structural components are unaffected by this setting and cannot overlap)
2. Added a toggle to allow furniture and structural components to intersect during placement. When enabled, most furniture can overlap with other structural components when placed.
3. Added a toggle to allow certain structural components to intersect with others during placement. When enabled, some structural components can overlap with others when placed. Due to the complexity of structural connection rules, to ensure a smooth building experience for Survivors, we've initially enabled reasonable overlaps between curved structures, as well as between roof and floor structures. We will continue optimizing more overlapping rules based on Survivors' feedback.
4. Added a toggle to display drone models. When drone display is disabled, movement will ignore building collisions in the manor, making construction more convenient.
5. Added drone speed adjustment during construction, allowing drones to move faster or slower. The default initial speed is 50.
6. Optimized the blueprint feature: blueprints with different foundation types than the current manor can now be edited, but building them still requires matching the current foundation type.
7. Improved manor management convenience: Added a one-click toggle for furniture lighting effects under Manor Construction - More - Better Controls.

[Other Improvements]
1. Increased the Album capacity in Profiles: The maximum number of saved photos has been raised to 50!
2. Added a "No Scope" option for non-Sniper Rifles that support scope configuration. Survivors can set weapons they don’t need scopes on to "No Scope" to reduce accidental triggers.
3. The Auto-sprint button no longer stays displayed. Auto-sprint can now be activated by dragging the movement joystick upward a certain distance. The required drag distance can be adjusted in Settings - Custom Controls by selecting the movement joystick.
4. The Pioneer level of players who have unlocked it will now be displayed on their profile cards.
5. Fixed an issue where Tactical Gear and certain class traits were not properly restricted in gameplay modes with progression limits.