Patch Notes for Version 2.1: Waves Sing, and the Cerulean Bird Calls

Dear Rover,

Thank you for your continued support. We are excited to announce that Version 2.1: Waves Sing, and the Cerulean Bird Calls will become available soon!

[Maintenance Time & Compensation Details]

✦Maintenance Time: 2025-02-13 04:00 - 2025-02-13 11:00 (UTC+8)

✦Maintenance Compensation: Astrite x300, Crystal Solvent x2

✦Compensation Eligibility: Create a character and unlock the Mails feature before 2025-02-13 04:00 (UTC+8). The compensation can be claimed before the next version update.

※In the event that the maintenance is extended, the dev team will issue a follow-up notice and adjust the compensation accordingly.

✦Bug Fixes Compensation: Astrite x300

✦Compensation Eligibility: Create a character and unlock the Mails feature before 2025-02-13 04:00 (UTC+8). The compensation can be claimed before the next version update.

 

 

[Version Update Details]
✦New Resonators✦
5-Star Resonator: Phoebe (Spectro)
Phoebe, Acolyte of the Order of the Deep, is a young woman of quiet devotion. With a kind heart, she fulfills her duties with unwavering diligence. Her prayers, like the light she carries, offer comfort and peace to all.
✦Combat Roles: Main Damage Dealer, Concerto Efficiency, Spectro Frazzle
※Obtainable through the [With Hushed Whispers] Featured Resonator Convene.
 
5-Star Resonator: Brant (Fusion)
Brant, the captain of Rinascita's Troupe of Fools, is a free spirit and romantic. Unpredictable and full of life, he is the beating heart of the troupe.
On stage, he slips into countless roles, donning new masks to breathe life into every story. Yet beyond the spotlight, he is unwaveringly genuine, offering nothing but true sincerity to those around him.
✦Combat Roles: Support and Healer, Basic Attack DMG, Fusion DMG Amplification, Resonance Skill DMG Amplification
※Obtainable through the [Blaze Across the Deep] Featured Resonator Convene.
 
✦New Weapons✦
5-Star Weapon: Luminous Hymn (Rectifier)
"The Sentinel's grace, how sweet thou art. Our home was lost, but found at last. With twigs between my beaks, I brave the waves. Bound by love, we're crowned with holy light."
※Obtainable through the [Absolute Pulsation - Luminous Hymn] Featured Weapon Convene.
 
5-Star Weapon: Unflickering Valor (Sword)
Blistering winds and crashing waves, the sea devours all. Only a lonely boat lamp stands alight!
Onwards! Towards the edge of the world you shall sail!
※Obtainable through the [Absolute Pulsation - Unflickering Valor] Featured Weapon Convene.
 
4-Star Weapon: Ocean's Gift (Rectifier)
To fishers, the sea is their field of harvest. Harvest means hope.
※Participate in "Old Man and the Whale: Fishing Adventure Event" to obtain the weapon and items for increasing its Syntonization Rank for free.
 
✦New Regions✦
[Vault Underground]
Located on the underground level of Averardo Bank, this vault is the beating heart of the Montelli family's wealth, where the highest concentration of riches in Ragunna can be found.
Aside from conventional collectibles, it boasts a huge collection of Echoes. It's rumored that in its bowels lies a secret cache that the Montellis hold dear.
※Accessible by elevator during Exploration Quest "Silent As a Falling Leaf."
 
[Riccioli Islands]
A cluster of islands off the shores of Rinascita, surprisingly tranquil amid turbulent waters. These remote islands are largely deserted, visited only by fishers out at sea and those who stumble on them by chance.
※Accessible during Tutorial Quest "Set Sail! Pro Angler!"
 
✦New Stories✦
[Exploration Quest] Silent as a Falling Leaf
You receive two letters, one from the Montelli family and the other from the Order, asking you to bear witness to the formation of their good relations and assist in escorting the Order's collection to the Montelli family's vault.
What secrets will be uncovered in the Averardo Vault, where a secret cache is said to be kept?
✦Duration: Permanently available after the Version 2.1 update.
✦Eligibility: Complete Main Quest Chapter II Act III "What Yesterday Wept, Today Doth Sing."
 
[Brant's Companion Story] Sail Day, Captain!
What would the Captain of the Fool's Troupe normally do? Impromptu performance? A great adventure? Why not hear it straight from Brant himself? A captivating journey surely awaits!
✦Duration: Permanently available after 2025-03-06 10:00 (server time)
✦Eligibility: Reach Union Level 20 and complete Main Quest Chapter II Act III "What Yesterday Wept, Today Doth Sing."
 
✦New Echoes✦
Rage Against the Statue, Golden Junrock, Calcified Junrock, Aero Prism, Hurriclaw
 
✦New Events & Gameplay Features✦
New Events:
[Old Man and the Whale] Fishing Adventure Event
During the event, join Phoebe on a captivating voyage in the Riccioli Islands. Steer the Gondola "Rachel" and fish for unique, local species to boost your Fame and become a true fishing master!
✦Duration: Version 2.1 update - 2025-03-26 03:59 (server time)
✦Eligibility: Reach Union Level 14 and complete Main Quest "Through the Sea Thou Break" (complete the quest "Silent as a Falling Leaf" first for a better experience).
※When the Limited-time Event period ends, Limited-time Event rewards will no longer be available, but the event will become a Permanent Event, allowing you to participate at any time and win Permanent Event rewards.
 
[Gifts of Blue Water] 7-Day Login Event
During the event, log in daily to claim the day's login rewards.
✦Rewards: Radiant Tide x5, Lustrous Tide x5
✦Duration: Version 2.1 update - 2025-03-26 03:59 (server time)
 
[Apex Ragunna] Featured Co-op Overdash Event
During the event, you can invite other players to join the Overdash Challenge in Co-op Mode. The first to finish is the winner.
✦Duration: 2025-02-20 10:00 - 2025-03-10 03:59 (server time)
 
[Tactical Simulacra Ⅲ] Featured Combat Event
In Tactical Simulacra Ⅲ, challenge waves of powerful enemies by using special buffs across different simulation domains.
✦Duration: 2025-02-27 10:00 - 2025-03-13 03:59 (server time)
 
[Infinite Battle Simulation Ⅱ] Featured Arena Combat Event
In the Infinite Battle Simulation, defeat enemies and open supply chests to earn Tactic Points and Low-Capacity Variables.
✦Duration: 2025-03-06 10:00 - 2025-03-27 03:59 (server time)
 
[Beyond the Waves] Featured Exploration Event
Participate and upload your exploration record at the Lollo courier truck to get various rewards!
✦Duration: 2025-03-13 04:00 - 2025-03-27 03:59 (server time)
 
New Gameplay Features:
[Whimpering Wastes] New Permanent Challenge Gameplay
Born of evil tides, swarms of Tacet Discords weave a deadly web, luring every passing soul... Once again, it falls to you to cleanse these treacherous waters.
✦Availability: After the Version 2.1 update
✦Eligibility: Reach Union Level 30 and complete Tutorial Quest "Ocean Is a Soul's Rest."
 
[Fantasies of the Thousand Gateways] New Weekly Combat Gameplay
A familiar gateway emerges in the land of Rinascita, connecting to a realm known as the Somnoire. Past memories lie buried deep within dreams, and the key to exploration is in your hands. Please do not forget, only within dreams will the answers be revealed.
✦Availability: From 2025-02-17 04:00 (server time)
✦Eligibility: Reach Union Level 30 and unlock the Resonance Nexus in Ragunna City during Main Quest "The Sacred Breeze So Often Breathes."
 
✦Others✦
✦New "Tactical Hologram: Phantom Pain" Challenge: Hecate
✦New Weapon Projection: Projection - Ocean's Gift
✦New Phantom Echo: Phantom - Lorelei
※Participate in "Old Man and the Whale" to obtain Weapon Projection "Projection - Ocean's Gift" and Phantom Echo "Phantom - Lorelei" for free.
 
 
[Adjustments and Optimizations]
✦Resonators & Weapons✦
- Added the On/Off option for injury effects, accessible via Settings > Graphics > Custom.
 
✦Features✦
Echoes:
New Feature: Echo Suggestion
- Access the Echo Suggestion feature through the character’s Echo Assembly interface to view recommended Echoes for the current character.
- If multiple Sonata Effects are recommended, the usage percentage for each Resonance effect will be displayed separately.
- From the Echo Suggestion interface, you can navigate to the Sonata Gallery to view more detailed information about Echo sets.
 
New Feature: Mainstat & Substat Filtering
- In the Echo Equipment details interface, you can now filter combinations of Mainstat and Substat attributes based on your needs.
 
New Feature: Echo Preset
- Access the Echo Preset feature by clicking the Echo Preset icon in the bottom-right corner of the character’s Echo Assembly interface.
- Select the Current Setup column and use Save As Preset to save the equipped Echo lineup for the Resonator. After entering a preset name, it will be saved as an Echo Preset. Select any saved preset and use Apply to equip it to the current Resonator.
- Expand the attribute comparison interface to directly compare the differences between the Current Setup and other Echo Presets.
- Up to 20 Echo Preset configurations can be saved.
 
- Increased the storage limit for Backpack - Echoes to 3,000.
 
Camera Mode:
New Feature: Filter
- In Camera mode, apply a filter (e.g. Vivid, Dystopian, Film, Noir) to your photos.
- You can also adjust the intensity of said filters.
 
New Feature: Idel Animation Poses
-New poses are added for certain Resonators to offer you more options when taking photos.
※More posing styles will be made available in future versions. Please stay tuned.
 
- Enhanced the image quality and adjusted the image dimensions in Camera mode.
- Optimized the usability of the "Camera Position" function. Use it to move the camera up, down, left, or right for optimal angles.
- Optimized the "Reset" function. Use it to restore the camera to its initial state.
 
✦Challenges, Puzzles, & Events✦
- Added prompts to indicate when certain gameplay features are unavailable.
- When you are in the middle of completing a quest or engaging with a gameplay feature, other features or challenges may become temporarily unavailable. You can check the Map to see if a specific feature or challenge is available by looking at the corresponding icon.
- Adjusted the accessibility of certain gameplay features in the Rinascita - Fagaceae Peninsula area.
- After the Version 2.1 update, you will no longer be able to access the "Dream Patrol: Knight in a Storm" and "Nightmare: Tempest Mephis" challenges in this area during the Exploration Quest "Where Wind Returns to Celestial Realms." These challenges will become available again once you complete the Exploration Quest.
- Adjusted the accessibility of Utility in certain Tacet Fields.
- Utility: Flight will be unavailable during Tacet Field challenges in Rinascita after the Version 2.1 update.
- Optimized the visuals when entering a Fagaceae Peninsula or Penitent's End Tacet Field.
- Optimized the visuals on Mobile when using Utility: Flight.
- Optimized the description for Echo Challenge: Flight.
- Optimized the overall gameplay experience during the quest "Echo Challenge: Illusion - Fly alongside Lorelei."
- Adjusted the conditions for triggering the Trophy "The Sea of Flowers Needs a Shore." In Co-op mode, only the host (1P Rover) can trigger this Trophy after the Version 2.1 update.
 
✦Controls✦
- Adjusted the cursor speed in Controller mode under different frame rates.
 
✦UI✦
- Adjusted the layout of the Quests menu.
 
✦Graphics & Performance✦
- Added the [120fps] option for devices equipped with specific graphics cards. Users with NVIDIA RTX 50 Series graphics cards can enable this option via Settings > Graphics > Frame Rate.
- Added Ray Tracing for devices with NVIDIA RTX 40 Series graphics cards. Choose "Low," "Medium," or "High" in Settings > Graphics > Ray Tracing, or select specific effects like "Ray-Traced Reflections" or "Ray-Traced Global Illumination."
- Added DLSS Frame Generation for devices with NVIDIA RTX 40 Series graphics cards. Access this feature via Settings > Graphics > Advanced > Frame Generation. Enable this option to generate additional frames.
※After enabling Frame Generation, ensure that the "Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling" option is enabled in "Settings > System > Display > Graphics Settings" on Windows before rebooting your PC. If you encounter performance issues such as FPS drops or stuttering, verify that the "Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling" option is enabled. If the issue persists, contact Customer Support for assistance.
- Upgraded NVIDIA DLSS to Version 3.7, offering improved Super Resolution and Frame Generation effects when enabled. The "Settings > Graphics > Super Resolution" option has been reset to "Auto."
※The development team is committed to ongoing optimization efforts to expand support for these features to additional graphics cards (including other NVIDIA RTX Series and AMD models). Please stay tuned for official announcements regarding the availability of these features for other graphics cards.
 
✦Others✦
- Adjusted the maximum amount of Monnaie that can be stored in a single slot in the Valuables menu.
- Optimized the display of the names of certain NPCs.
- Optimized the descriptions of certain in-game settings and functions.

 

 

 

[Bug Fixes]

Resonators & Weapons

- Fixed an issue that might prevent Death Knell from being cast after Resonator Carlotta cast Resonance Liberation "Era of New Wave."

- Fixed an issue in Ideal Animation where certain movements of Resonator Carlotta's character model appeared defective.

- Fixed an issue where the crystallization visual effect on Resonator Carlotta's hair sometimes failed to disappear when Twilight Tango ended.

- Fixed an issue that might cause Carlotta and Roccia's character models to behave abnormally when they entered the scene.

- Fixed the discrepancy between the actual duration of Execution Mode, triggered when Resonator Yinlin casts Resonance Skill "Magnetic Roar," and the length of time specified in the skill description.

- Fixed an issue that caused the strings connecting Resonator Yinlin and her puppet Zapstring to disappear when the Resonator cast a skill under certain circumstances.

- Fixed an issue in Controller mode where Resonators Jiyan, Jianxin, Camellya, Roccia, Sanhua, and Youhu performed multiple Heavy Attacks when the Heavy Attack button combination was pressed.

- Fixed an issue that might prevent the effects of Counterattack from being triggered in combat or cause the visual effects to appear defective.

- Fixed an issue where switching Resonators might cause the incoming Resonator's character model to behave abnormally.

Echoes & Enemies

- Fixed an issue where enemies on the second floor of the Echoing Tower in the Tower of Adversity's Overdrive Zone might remain on the scene after their defeat.

- Fixed an issue where, in the "Tactical Hologram: Calamity" - "Tempest Mephis" challenge, the enemy's Vibration Strength might fail to recover after it came out of its Immobilized state.

- Fixed an issue where a Resonator might not be able to exit the transformation after transforming into Thundering Mephis.

Features

- Fixed an issue in Co-op mode where P2 or P3 player's character might become invisible.

- Fixed an issue in Controller mode where certain button combinations sometimes failed to function.

- Fixed an issue where using Switch Appearance for the first time caused Rover's Ascension voicelines to be marked as locked.

- Fixed an issue in Huanglong's Tactical Hologram where the Trial Store appeared when you tried to visit the Points Shop.

- Fixed an issue where the icons corresponding to certain collectible items in Rinascita did not appear as expected.

- Fixed an issue where certain tasks or challenges were not marked as completed on the Mini Map upon their completion.

- Corrected textual errors in the descriptions of the items "Molded Echo- Crimson Curtain Call I" and "Molded Echo- Crimson Curtain Call II."

- Fixed an issue where the loading screen abnormally appeared and the loading process could not be completed.

- Fixed an issue where the momentary black-screen effect did not cover the entire screen on certain devices when exiting the Map.

- Fixed an issue where the character models might behave abnormally when using Camera to take photos.

Challenges, Puzzles, & Events

- Fixed an issue in Echo Challenge: Clear Cloud where the Supply Chests in certain Rinascita - Nimbus Sanctum areas could be obtained even when the Nightmare Clouds had not been completely absorbed.

- Fixed an issue in Echo Challenge: Clear Cloud that might cause the visual effects for Nightmare Cloud to appear defective.

- Fixed an issue in Echo Challenge: Unfinished Book where, in certain Rinascita - Nimbus Sanctum areas, transformations into Lottie Lost became ineffective under certain circumstances.

- Fixed an issue where a Points Circle appeared at the location of Echo Challenge: Flight III even when this challenge had not yet been activated.

- Fixed an issue in Tactical Hologram: Vitreum Dancer where activating Camera might cause glitches in the gameplay.

- Fixed an issue in Difficulty VI of Tactical Hologram: Mourning Aix where certain debuffs to the enemy Mourning Aix did not take effect.

- Fixed an issue that might cause a Resonator's character model to behave abnormally upon landing after using Flight.

- Fixed an issue in Dream Patrol: Lord of the Windmill where the model for the enemy "Chop Chop" appeared defective.

- Fixed an issue in Dream Patrol: Plushies' Parade where the Plushie Squad might not be able to separate after coming together to perform an attack.

- Fixed an issue in certain events or challenges where visual cues did not disappear after the Resonator moved outside the effective area.

- Fixed an issue where the Somnium Labyrinth Limited-time Event rewards were abnormally obtained under certain circumstances.

Quests

- Fixed an issue in Companion Story "Forking Paths Among the Stars" where Resonator Camellya's character model might behave abnormally in certain cutscenes.

- Fixed an issue in "Shape-shift into Inferno Rider" during Exploration Quest "We Promise, We Deliver" where jumping over the gap in the broken bridge might not be possible, preventing quest progression.

- Fixed an issue where multiple Bells of Resonance were obtained upon completion of Side Quest "Restore Plushie Village."

- Fixed an issue in Side Quest "Restore Plushie Village II" where the apprentice (NPC) became invisible under certain Graphics settings.

Environment

- Fixed an issue where the same NPCs appeared in different settings.

- Fixed an issue where certain NPC models behaved abnormally.

- Resolved known instances of objects or NPCs floating in mid-air.

- Fixed an issue that caused a character model, while in a sitting position, to overlap an NPC model.

 
 
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