May 28 Update and Maintenance Log

Released 28 May 2026

Overview

TL;DR (Quick Summary for Lazy Readers)

  • Maintenance May 28: APAC 14:00-17:00 (UTC+8), EU/AMS 07:00-10:00 (UTC+1), ~3h. Compensation: 8000 Bronze Coins, 300 Honour, 15 Unit Medals.
  • Elite Unit Access: 30+ fully maxed top-tier units free to use (lvl 9+) from May 28 until June 10.
  • Echo Treasury Phase 5 opens (returning attires from S12/S13/S15/S16 Battle Pass). Marks/Badges expire after June 17 maintenance.
  • New Legendary Spear attire [Frostbone] with full visual rework. Owners of [Gold-banded Staff] + [Frostbone] get collector skin [Frostbone - Leviathan].
  • New Doctrine [Unshakable Ward] (Epic, Special Infantry): Acala's Aegis — -75% continuous damage, Daze/Knockback immunity for 7s, 28s CD. Debuts in Windswept Plain (1 free per 100 draws).
  • Augolia map: Siege Towers moved closer to walls, artillery setup points adjusted.
  • BIG Glaive buffs across nearly all skills (damage, cooldowns, defense break). Spear damage decay softened across all skills.
  • UI/bug fixes: Armourer exit buttons, affix lock, Palace Guards animation, Qin's Footbow tags, AMD terrain rendering, destructible wall collision.

I. Update Highlights

1. Legendary Spear attire [Frostbone] received a full visual upgrade (effects, animations, sounds, Capital idle).

2. Elite Unit Access available for a limited time — free maxed top units.

3. Echo Treasury Phase 5 opens with returning attires.

4. Many weapon, unit, UI, performance, and localisation fixes.

II. Events

1. Elite Unit Access (Free Trial of 30+ Maxed Units)

  • All players level 9+ can claim it via the event button in the main menu.
  • After activating, select trial units in the matchmaking menu.
  • Duration: May 28 (after maintenance) – June 10, 23:59 server time.

2. Echo Treasury Phase 5

  • Play Siege Battles and other modes to earn Echo Marks and Echo Badges.
  • New boxes added:
  • [Echo Legendary Attire Selection Box V]: Lv.100 returning attires from S12/S13/S15/S16 Battle Pass.
  • [Echo Epic Attire Selection Box V]: Lv.1 returning attires from S12/S13/S15/S16 Battle Pass.
  • Marks/Badges expire and are removed after the June 17 maintenance.
  • This phase only features returning attires.
  • Duration: May 28 (after maintenance) – June 17 (before maintenance).

3. Attire Chests [Frostbone] — New Legendary Spear Attire

  • Spend Golden Keys in [G - Attire Chests] for a chance at Frostbone.
  • Equip via [P] - [Personalise] - [Weapon] - [Spear] - [Frostbone].
  • Special Bonus: owning both [Gold-banded Staff] and [Frostbone] grants collector skin [Frostbone - Leviathan].
  • Period: May 28 (after maintenance) – June 25 (before maintenance).
  • Drop Rates: Legendary [Frostbone] 0.52% | Epic 14.98% | Rare 31.50% | Common and below 53%.

4. Spending Rewards & Fortune Store

  • Spend Sovereigns to earn [Golden Keys] and [Leviathan Fangs].
  • [Leviathan Fangs] redeemable in the Fortune Store ([O] - [Fortune Store]).
  • Sovereigns spending period: May 28 – June 25 (before maintenance).
  • Fortune Store redemption period: May 28 – July 9 (before maintenance).

5. Selected Doctrine Pool Rotation — [Windswept Plain] & [Flying Meteor Ancient Battlefield]

Windswept Plain — New Doctrine: Unshakable Ward

  • Quality: Epic | Applicable Units: Special Infantry
  • Learned Skill: Acala's Aegis — reduces continuous damage taken by 75% and grants immunity to Dazed and Knockback for 7s. Cooldown: 28s.

Event Details

  • Flying Meteor Ancient Battlefield: increased drop chance for Epic Musket Doctrines.
  • Windswept Plain: increased drop chance for [Unshakable Ward] and Epic Special Doctrines. [Unshakable Ward] does NOT appear in other Ancient Battlefields during the event. After Windswept Plain ends it joins The Carrion Bird's Banquet.
  • Debut Bonus: 1 free [Unshakable Ward Doctrine] choice for every 100 draws (only during this Windswept Plain rotation).
  • Duration: Both events run May 28 (after maintenance) – June 25 (before maintenance).

III. System Adjustments & Optimizations

1. Combat Balance — Augolia Map

  • Shortened the distance from the four Siege Towers to the city walls.
  • Adjusted the initial system Artillery setup points for both attackers and defenders.

2. Weapon Mastery Adjustments

Glaive

  • Arc of Steel: CD 16s 10s; damage 61% 92%; decay starts at 5 targets, decay 0.85, min ratio 0.45; animation/hit detection improved.
  • Warlord's Greeting: damage 58% 88%; decay softened (5/0.85/0.45); animation improved.
  • Breaker of Shields: first hit 130% 260%; first hit now guaranteed to break defenses; first hit adds Knockback; decay softened (5/0.85/0.45); animation improved.
  • Charge: first hit 44% 88%; second hit 52% 104%; CD 17s 15s; decay softened; animation improved.
  • God of Battles: Hero Armour Penetrated +16% +20%; animation improved.
  • Heat of Battle: damage reduction 13% 18%; first 3s extra reduction 26% 36%; CD 20s 18s; expanded attack range; decay softened; animation improved.
  • Hail of Blades: damage 48% 74%; CD 50s 45s; decay softened; animation improved.
  • Flying Reaper: damage 443% 575%; enemies take +20% damage (was +10%); adds [Horse Butcher]; better hit reaction; decay softened; animation improved.

Spear (Damage decay softened across the board: starts at 5 targets, 0.8 decay, 0.4 min ratio)

  • Affected: Procris's Gift, Lugh's March, Hurricane's Edge, Gungnir's Greeting, Overhead Strike, Return of Jangar, Heaven's Fury, Normal Attack.

3. UI & Interaction

  • Fixed overlapping exit buttons across three Armourer pages.
  • Fixed affix locking function failing in certain situations.
  • Optimised pre-order menu image loading to reduce redundant resource use.

IV. Other Adjustments & Fixes

  • Fixed abnormal animation when [Palace Guards] use [Guard The Throne] at close range.
  • Fixed missing tags on [Qin's Footbow] state-switching skills [Set Up Crossbow] and [Pack Up Crossbow].
  • Optimised processing logic of certain client functions to improve CPU efficiency.
  • Fixed terrain failing to render on some AMD GPUs under new driver environments.
  • Fixed some destructible wall assets losing their collision.

Units changed in this patch

  • Qin's Footbowbugfix

    Fixed missing tags for state-switching skills [Set Up Crossbow] and [Pack Up Crossbow].

  • Elite Palace Guardsbugfix

    Fixed abnormal animation when using [Guard The Throne] at close range.

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