Version 3.9

Welcome to v3.9 [Starlit Sanctum]!

Durandal's MECH-type S-rank battlesuit  Bright Knight: Excelsis debuts!

Update Content

⯁ New Story Chapter XVI: Imminent Storm

Game Adjustments & Optimizations

• Main Source(s):
  • https://honkaiimpact3.mihoyo.com/global/en-us/news/3306

Battlesuits

The following data are at max skill level:

◆  Valkyrie Gloria

1. Skill [Eruptio Magnifica]: Throw Counter now restores her Resolve twice as fast in the Aura Ignis generated by her Ultimate.
2. Skill [Praefect Equites]: Changed its skill description into "boosts team Fire DMG by 28.5% and total Throw DMG by 16.0%" to align with its actual performance.
3. Skill [Impetus Gloria]: Changed its skill description into "at least 240 Resolve" to align with its actual effects.
4. Skill [Fiery Will]: Its duration has been extended to 30 seconds.
5. Adjusted the camera angle of her weapon selection screen.

◆  Azure Empyrea

1. Evasion [Taichi of Inertia]: Adjusted the floating animation of Evasion to ease control.
2. Ultimate [Empyrean Sunder]: Adjusted how the camera closes in after the Ultimate ends.
3. Ultimate Evasion timing window has been extended from 0.3s to 0.4s.

◆  Azure Empyrea &  Phoenix

1. Added new VFX to their team skills.

◆  Night Squire

1. Fixed an issue where some inputs might cancel her Ultimate moves. Greatly improved the flow of evading, switching and attacking after Ultimate.

◆  Argent Knight: Artemis

1. Fixed an issue where Ultimate incorrectly consumes an extra 15 SP.

◆  Sixth Serenade

1. Her passive skill [Raven Mark] now freezes enemies. Harvesting the 3rd stack of Raven Mark inflicts Freeze for 2s.

◆  Stygian Nymph

1. Optimized the hitbox of Charged ATK to make hitting airborne enemies easier.

◆  Knight Moonbeam

1. Optimized her hitbox to make hitting airborne and crouching enemies easier.

◆  Divine Prayer

1. Fixed an issue where Ultimate Evasion may trigger healing repeatedly.

◆  Blood Rose

1. Optimized the homing capability of the last sequence in burst mode and of Basic ATK.

◆  Kriegsmesser

1. The 3rd sequence of skill [Cold Edge] in Threshold mode now inflicts Freeze for 2s. CD: 8s.

◆  Molotov Cherry

1. Increased the max homing distance of the VODKA FINALE joint finisher.

◆ Blueberry Blitz

1. Passive skill [Equipment Enhancement]: Adjusted the Rime Trauma charge rate of her first Charged ATK/Ultimate after entry from medium to strong.

◆  Celestial Hymn

1. Fixed an issue where the VFX of the 3rd sequence of Basic ATK may be missing when she is wearing default or certain outfits.

◆  Twilight Paladin

1. QTE skill [Wolf's Hour] now has a shorter attack startup and activates Fervent state quicker.

◆ All Theresa Battlesuits

1. Greatly improved the flow of switching, evading and using Ultimate after weapon actives.

◆  Gyakushinn Miko

1. Optimized her hitbox to make hitting airborne enemies easier.

◆  Flame Sakitama

1. Skill [Firewind]: Her Combo Follow-up ATKs now apply Ignite to ignited enemies.

◆  Valkyrie Chariot

1. Passive skill [Particle Fusion]: Changed its description into "single shots and multi-shots of cannon-type weapons deal more Crit DMG" to align with its actual effects.

◆  Snowy Sniper,  Valkyrie Chariot,  Valkyrie Pledge

1. Optimized the register mechanism of their Ultimates so they will no longer be canceled by evasions upon release.

Equipment

◆ Ruinous Sakura

1. Fixed an issue where the 2nd sequence of weapon active may be canceled out by some inputs. Greatly improved the flow of evading, switching, using Ultimate and attacking after the 2nd sequence of weapon active.
2. Optimized her hitbox to make hitting airborne enemies easier.

◆ Positron Blasters

1. Fixed an issue where switching immediately after using weapon active may lead to canceled attacks and other graphical glitches.

◆ Undine's Tale

1. Optimized the hitbox of its active to make hitting airborne enemies easier.

◆ Skadi of Thrymheim & Skadi Ondurgud

1. Optimized the hitbox of its active to make hitting airborne enemies easier.

◆ ARC Serratus

1. Increased its melee Crit DMG from 25% to 40%.

◆ Frozen Naraka

1. Fixed an issue where it did not charge the correct amount of Rime Trauma.

◆ Might of An-Utu

1. Fixed an issue where it may release its active indefinitely when the CD of its active was greatly reduced.

◆ All lances

1. Increased the Interrupt of Throw so it can interrupt a defending Heimdall.
2. Throw will no longer be proc'd when enemies out of the Throw Counter range are performing special moves.

◆ Schrodinger (T)

1. Fixed an issue where its effect may still occur when missile attacks did not hit enemies.

◆ Zorro (T)

1. Fixed an issue where Valkyries equipping it may experience repeated SP regen during Ultimate Evasion.

◆ Allan Poe (2-pc)

1. Changed its CD description from 2s into 3s to align with its actual effect.

◆ Jingwei (M)

1. Changed its skill description into "Fire DMG". Its actual effect remains unchanged.

◆ Planck (M)

1. Optimized its skill description. Its actual effect remains unchanged.

Stages

◆ Dirac Sea

1. Decreased the HP and ATK of 3F Boss Hellmaru.
2. Decreased the HP of 4F Bosses Gigant, Death Web and Tonatiuh.

◆ Q-Singularis

1. Decreased the HP of 20F Bosses Frost Emperor, Rime Titan, [Gigant], Benares (Fire Form) and Joyo-Ninja.

◆ Chronicles

1. Everlasting Memory story stage [Blessing] now drops 2★ lance Lance.

◆ Story Stages

1. Story stages and Expeditions now drop  Valkyrie Gloria Fragments.
2. The Story stages include 11-4(H), 6-1(H), 8-3(S) and 14-4(S).

Foundry

1. PRI-ARM Briareus EX can now be forged.
2. Weapon Lucia, stigmata [Rita: Kitten Fun (T)], [Stan: Kitten Fun (M)] and [Durandal: Kitten Fun (B)] can now be forged.
3. Added a [Quick Select] function. Captains of Lv.70 or higher can select 20 weapons/stigmata of low value (any Lv.1 equipment whose rarity is 3★ or under and not event-exclusive is considered low value) at once on the weapon/stigma salvage screen to batch salvage. If duplicates exist, then the one with the highest rarity and level will be auto-saved.
4. Optimized the display of resource data in the top right area of the Foundry.
5. Optimized the description of equipment forge availability in the Foundry.
6. Fixed an issue where the numbers of used materials are displayed incorrectly when choosing materials.
7. Fixed an issue where tapping equipped stigmata in the stigma forging bar redirected Captains to the weapon tab.

Activities

◆ Open World

1. Adjusted the refreshing rules of adventure tasks in Sakura Samsara and Schicksal HQ. The first available task in every cycle now has a chance to be other than [Resource Gathering].
2. The rewards of Mecha Defense and gathering prior to the update are obtained by playing Honkai Weekly Trivia weekly in v3.9.

◆ A Post-Honkai Odyssey

1. Changed the highest floor count of APHO Ruins from 27F to 23F on MAY 18. Clearing 20F now yields all rewards.
2. Changed the checkpoint floors to 4F, 8F, 11F, 14F, 17F and 20F. The numbers of  Relic Keys rewarded by different floors after clearing checkpoint floors remain unchanged.
3. Added new unlockable Talent Slots that can be upgraded with  Krystallum and Regulators. Adjusted the buffs of Talent Slots.
4. Optimized the dialogue screen. Now the question is displayed along with its answers.
5. Added the function to replay base dialogues. Captains can now replay past dialogues that took place in the base by accessing [Base - Collection].

Shops

◆  Witch's Corridor

1. Purchasable S-rank battlesuit fragments are replaced with that of  Dimension Breaker Fragments,  Argent Knight: Artemis Fragments and  Blood Rose Fragments (purchased with  Pure Witch Orbs).

◆ Bundles

1. Added the feature of selecting rewards. The contents of certain bundles are divided between [Basic Contents] and [Optional Contents]. When purchasing these bundles, you can select an item from [Optional Contents] to be given with [Basic Contents].

Battle Pass

1. New BP season [Sublime Saga] will arrive at MAY 18.
2. [Elite Works] Update
3. Elite Works is now offering the following equipment and materials:
   1. [Weapons] Skoll and Hati, Void Blade, PSY - Bows of Hel
   2. [Stigma] Night Vigilante Set: Zorro (T, M, B)
   3. [Material] The purchase limit of  Einstein's Torus has been reset.
4. You can also purchase non-version-exclusive equipment from v3.8 in Elite Works.

Systems

◆ PRI-ARMs

1. Added the [PRI-ARM Preview] and [Go Forge] buttons on the info screen of PRI-able weapons.
2. When a PRI-able weapon has not reached the max level (Lv.50), tap the [PRI-ARM Preview] button to preview its PRI-ARM stats. When a PRI-able weapon has reached the max level and Captain has reached Lv.81 or higher, tap the [PRI-ARM Preview] button to access the Foundry.

◆ Co-op Raids

1. Optimized Co-op Level. Now high-level Captains can accept the invites of low-level Captains to play low-level Co-op stages in Assist mode.

◆ Preset Lineup

1. Added the [View] and [Copy] functions. Captains can now view and copy the preset lineups of others from World, Armada and Private Chat.
2. Added the [Share] function. Now Captains can share their preset lineups to World, Armada and Private Chat.
3. Optimized the preset lineup config system to include ELFs.
4. The activation state of ELF team skills can now be viewed.

◆ Stamina Exchange

1. Optimized the [Stamina Replenishment] system. A new Stamina Replenishment screen that integrates the 3 Stamina sources that are Dorm, Stamina items and  Crystals purchase will appear when Captains wish to replenish Stamina.

◆ Boss Info

1. Added the models, types, resistances and strategies of Bosses to their info screens.

◆ Tags

1. Adjusted tags generally and fixed incorrect tags.
2. Introduced "Fast ATK" and "Burst" tags and removed "Aerial" and "Slow" tags.

◆ Equipment

1. Optimized the display of equipment icons and tags on the equipment screen.
2. Adjusted the Suggested values of certain equipment.

Others

◆ Certain stages now indicate bonus event drops. Optimized the display of bonus drops induced by deploying certain Valkyries.

Supply

◆  Expansion Equipment Supply Card has been incorporated into  Focused Supply Card in v3.9. From now on, purchasing Expansion Equipment Supply drops costs  Focused Supply Cards. Owned  Expansion Equipment Supply Cards will be auto-replaced by the same number of  Focused Supply Cards after the version update.

◆ In v3.9, Expansion Supply and EXPA Select will share the same [remaining drop counts before receiving the 100-drop guaranteed S-rank battlesuit]. Your [remaining drop counts before receiving the 100-drop guaranteed S-rank battlesuit] in Expansion Supply and EXPA Select will both be retained and the smaller one will be applied first.

Dorm

◆  Bright Knight: Excelsis can now move into the Dorm! Added relevant interactions and events.

Bridge

◆ Added the interactive animations and voices of Durandal's  Bright Knight: Excelsis.

BUG Fixes & Optimizations

◆ Fixed an issue where the [Operation Flashpoint] screen was displayed incorrectly on certain bezel-less phones.

◆ Fixed an issue where the models of talking Valkyries may become semi-transparent.

◆ Fixed an issue where certain S+ Errands calculated ELF stats incorrectly.

◆ Fixed an issue where team invites for Adventure Tasks appeared expired.

◆ Fixed an issue where challenging floors higher than 20F in APHO [Ruins] may trigger errors.

◆ Fixed an issue where defeating Bosses with Mei's illusions in APHO may trigger errors.

◆ Fixed an issue where defeating The Hermit in APHO did not unlock it in Collection.

Notes

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