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January 12 Patch Notes Preview

This rundown will cover everything in the January 12 update official patch notes. There are many major updates coming up, most notably: new characters, new content, and balance changes. Read more about the meta-relevant changes in our Patch Notes Rundown & January 12 Bugs Update.

New Characters

Jackal

Jackal will be obtainable from her rate-up banner, starting from the end of maintenance (January 12) ~ January 25. This will be a typical rate-up banner (4% chance for SSR, 2% chance for Jackal. Use Advanced Recruitment Vouchers or gems to recruit. Use 200 gold mileage tickets to guarantee Jackal. Gold mileage tickets carry over from rate-up banner to rate-up banner. After her banner ends, Jackal will be obtainable from the general pool (regular recruitment, friendship recruitment, molds).)

Read our first impressions!

Viper

Viper will be obtainable from her rate-up banner, lasting through January 19 ~ January 31. This will be a typical rate-up banner (4% chance for SSR, 2% chance for Viper. Use Advanced Recruitment Vouchers or gems to recruit. Use 200 gold mileage tickets to guarantee Viper. Gold mileage tickets carry over from rate-up banner to rate-up banner. After her banner ends, Viper will be obtainable from the general pool (regular recruitment, friendship recruitment, molds).)

Stay tuned for our first impressions!

Sin

Sin will be obtainable exclusively from the upcoming new Liberation mode. See below for more details on Liberation mode. Read our first impressions!

Quency

Quency will be obtainable exclusively from the upcoming new Liberation mode. See below for more details on Liberation mode. Read our first impressions!

Guilty

Guilty will be obtainable exclusively from the upcoming new Liberation mode. See below for more details on Liberation mode. Read for our first impressions!

New Content

New Chapters

Chapters 19 and 20 will be added.

  • Chapter 19: A paradise for imperious survivors
  • Chapter 20: A crimson dragon takes flight

You must complete the previous chapters in Campaign Mode to unlock these chapters.

Liberation

Liberation will be released after the end of maintenance on January 12. Liberation mode is unlocked by clearing Stage 5-20 in Campaign Mode. To access the Liberation menu, tap the Liberation button on the upper left corner of the Character page or enter through the elevator in the Outpost.

In Liberation Mode, you can choose a Nikke exclusive to Liberation Mode (unobtainable by other means) and earn points towards obtaining them by completing daily Liberation missions.

In this first round of Liberation, the obtainable Nikke are: Sin, Quency, and Guilty.

New Lost Sectors

Lost Sectors 12, 13, and X3 will be added.

New Events

D-Outsiders (Story Event)

D-Outsiders: All humans are equal under the light

The D-Outsiders story event will start from the end of maintenance (January 12) and last through January 25.

This should be a typical story event. Complete stages using daily event stamina to collect event currency, and exchange them for various rewards such as Recruitment Vouchers and skill enhancement materials in the Event Shop.

Welcome Back Event

The Welcome Back Event will start at the end of maintenance (January 12).

This is a returning players event. Players who have not logged in for a long time will have special missions they can complete for rewards. It has not been announced how long it must be since the player’s last login to qualify.

7-Day Login Event

D-Outsiders Login Event

The D-Outsiders Login Event will start from the end of maintenance (January 12) and last through January 31.

Simply login every day to earn various rewards such as Recruitment Vouchers and resources for your Nikke.

Co-Op

The next Co-Op boss will be Nihilister. Reach stage 9 damage dealt for max rewards of Broken Cores to exchange them for various rewards in the Co-Op Shop.

Co-Op mode will be available for three days from January 20 to January 22. The Co-Op Shop will be available from January 20 to January 28. Co-Op currency (Broken Cores) do NOT expire and carry over between Co-Op events.

To access Co-Op, enter from Lobby > Event > Co-Op

Balance Changes & Bug Fixes

Several major balance changes and bug fixes have been announced. Read our Patch Notes Rundown here.

There are also additional bug fixes and minor changes.

Skill Reset

Due to the major balance changes, the ability to reset skill investments will be made temporarily available from then end of maintenance (January 12) to January 26.

Three Skill Uninstallers will be distributed through the mail. Each Skill Uninstaller can reset ALL skill levels on ONE Nikke. Upon use, the Skill Uninstaller will be consumed and return ALL used skill materials. To use a Skill Uninstaller, go to Nikke > Character Information > Skill > use Skill Uninstaller.

These Skill Uninstallers will presumably expire after January 26.

New Cash Shop Packages

New cash shop packages with skill enhancement materials and other character upgrade resources will be available after maintenance (January 12).

More packages with Advanced Recruit Vouchers and other development resources will be released on January 19.

Purchase these packages from Lobby > Cash Shop > Limited-Time Package.

Live Wallpaper

All Nikkes’ burst skill animations will be added as live wallpapers that can be used to customize the lobby screen. To unlock their live wallpaper, you must max limit break that Nikke.

New Story Animations

Three new main story animations will be added.

The new animations are in: Chapter 14 “Bait”, Chapter 14 “Face-to-Face” and Chapter 15 “Shopaholic”. You can view these animations from Outpost > Command Centre > Recollection.

Other Additions and Improvements

  • The full version of the OST TuNGSTeN (by Hiroyuki SAWANO, feat. Mizuki) will be added as an album in the Jukebox (Outpost > Command Centre > Jukebox)/
  • Chat function will be added to Union (unavailable for minors)
  • T7 Manufacturer equipment will be available in the Arena Shop after clearing Stage 15-12, and T8 Manufacturer equipment will be available after clearing Stage 18-33.
  • Rookie Arena victory mission will be added to daily and weekly missions.
  • Landscape mode will be added. This function will be available through the Settings.

One comment

  1. finally jackal a bit sad that she is def but welp i will try to make use of her. but they really need to fking buff Crow she is so fking bad its sad.. even tho she is imo the best looking nikke out there. when i saw crow in the banners i was exited to see maybe a crow buff but nope 🙁

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