Dear Ladies and Lords,
To provide you with a better gaming experience, all servers of Fate of the Empress will be under maintenance on 2026/10/27(UTC+8). You will not be able to login to the game during the maintenance. The estimated maintenance duration is about 3 hours. And maintenance time may be adjusted according to the actual situation.
Update rewards will be sent by mail after the maintenance.
Please pay attention to the time of your Banquets and pre-arrange them in case of any unnecessary losses.
This update will be contained in a patch, which will be detected and loaded when you log in to the game after the maintenance. In addition, this version update will only be available in the iOS (2.3.2) and Google (2.3.3) or above versions of the client. Clients with a lower version number will be unable to enter the game. Please complete the client update to the latest version before the maintenance.
【Maintenance Duration】
SEA Servers: 10/27 14:00 - 17:00 (UTC+8)
NA Servers: 10/26 23:00 - 10/27 02:00 (UTC-7)
EU Servers: 10/27 07:00 - 10:00 (UTC+1)
【Servers】
All servers
【Updates】
u New Feature: Celestial Grace
(1) A new [Water Lily] type of Grace is added. The new Grace comes in 3 qualities: Fabled, Godly, and Celestial. It can be equipped in Dune Realm in the Duality Domain Chapter of Realms, and up to 8 can be equipped.
(2) New item [Water Lily Nectar]: used to awaken Water Lily Grace.
(3) New item [Sweet Dew]: used to level up Duality Domain Grace.
(4) New item [Fragrant Bead]: used to edify Duality Domain Grace.
(5) The items consumed to train Duality Domain Grace are different from those for Origin Domain Grace. Other training rules are the same as for Origin Domain Grace.
(6) The items consumed to train Duality Domain Grace are different from those for Origin Domain Grace. Other training rules are the same as for Origin Domain Grace.
(7) All Graces in [Origin Domain] are unlocked in Nimbus Division.
u New Chapter in Realms: Lost Realms of the Duality Domain
(1) The Lost Realms chapter of the Duality Domain is unlocked after clearing Lava Realm in the previous chapter, Origin Domain.
(2) The Aptitude Tree used in the Lost Realms chapter of the Duality Domain is independent, and requires the Aptitude Points that come with the chapter.
(3) The Aptitude Tree adds a Quick Activate function, which activates all selected nodes at once.
u New Flash Event: Cooking Contest
(1) The Cooking Contest unlocks after reaching Lv. 40. The event is held every Friday. Players can earn generous rewards such as Costume Parts and Aliases by taking part.
(2) A new item, [Supreme Culinary Hamper], is added to the Cooking Contest. The Hamper can yield Buff items for Rank Quests and some other events.
u New Feature: Assistant
(1) The Sidebar on the main interface now gathers the Household Department, some daily quick-access entries, and some reward-claiming quick-access entries, so that daily activities can be completed quickly from the Assistant.
u First Purchase and Limited Hero Event Reward Upgrades
(1) The First Purchase event rewards have been upgraded. Once the event requirements are met, you can claim rich rewards for three consecutive days, including the UR Hero Li Bai!
① If you activated and claimed the First Purchase rewards before the update, the updated rewards will be sent in a single mail.
② If you activated but did not claim the First Purchase rewards before the update, the pre-update rewards and the updated rewards will be sent by mail.
(2) The Limited Hero event rewards have been upgraded. Reach the required Total Purchase amount to claim the rewards of the corresponding Tier, and you may also receive the GR Hero Meng Jiusi!
① If you claimed a Tier reward before the update, you can manually claim the updated reward from the event interface after the update.
② Tier rewards that were activated but not claimed before the update will not be reissued. Please be sure to claim them before the update.
u Kitty Trick New Selectable Relic - Ding of Seasons
(1) After choosing to unlock the Ding of Seasons Relic, clearing the mode grants Ding of Seasons Relic Raffle Tickets. The carry bonuses and drops only take effect in the corresponding Relic Instance mode.
(2) After selecting an Instance and initiating a challenge, you will not be able to reselect the Relic or Instance difficulty for the current week.
(3) After this update, the Ding of Seasons Relic in Kitty Trick will become available for selection after 10:00 on November 2, 2026.
u New Classic LR Gourmet Hero: Xie Zhihan SP
[Skills]:
(1) [Active Skill: Petal's Cleanse] :
① Restore HP for the 3 allies (excluding self) with the lowest HP, equal to a percentage of Xie Zhihan SP's ATK. Dispel 3 debuffs from each target (Hard CC effects cannot be dispelled). If any enemy is under a specific buff barrier effect, immediately break that barrier. (Barriers include: Vision Zone, Energy Field, Voodoo, Enhanced Voodoo, Soul Link)
(2) [Rage Skill: Endless Blooms] :
① Immediately restore HP to all allies equal to a percentage of Xie Zhihan SP's max HP and Armor equal to a percentage of each ally target's max Armor, and grant all allies a percentage of Final DMG RES and Buff DMG reduction for 2 rounds.
② Simultaneously add one layer of [Blood Ban] effect to all enemies. Any HP Recovery on Attack effect on enemies will not be triggered. Lasts 5 rounds, undispellable.
③ Make the ally with the highest ATK gain a percentage of ACC increase, additional buff DMG increase (does not apply to Scholar class), ignore control effects and act for 1 round immediately.
(3) [Passive Skill: Fragrant Calyx] :
① At the start of the battle, reduce all enemies' max HP by a percentage for 15 rounds. (only effective in PvP battles)
② Increase all allies' max HP by a percentage of Xie Zhihan SP's Final Max HP (fully restores HP). At the end of each round, Xie Zhihan SP restores HP for 2 random allies equal to a percentage of her ATK.
③ At the end of each round, Xie Zhihan SP restores HP for 2 random allies equal to a percentage of her ATK.
④ When Xie Zhihan SP's Armor reaches 0, she gains immunity to 2 stacks of Control each round, and her EVA increases by a percentage.
⑤ Xie Zhihan SP always acts before Heroes of lower quality. When taking DMG from lower-quality Heroes, her Final DMG RES increases by a percentage.
⑥ Xie Zhihan SP takes DMG up to a percentage of her max HP per hit, and is immune to up to 3 stacks of Control effects in the first round.
⑦ At the start of the battle, cast [Soulbinding Curse] on 2 random enemies for 15 rounds. These 2 Heroes cannot be revived.
⑧ At the start of the battle, clear specific buff barriers from enemies (Barriers include: Vision Zone, Energy Field, Voodoo, Enhanced Voodoo, Soul Link).
⑨ At the start of the battle, increase all allies' ATK by 20% of Xie Zhihan SP's ATK for 15 rounds.
[Treasure]:
Treasure specialized for Xie Zhihan SP - Purple Ocean
(1) Inlay Zhihan Gem to transfer celestial class treasure into specialize treasure-Purple Ocean for Xie Zhihan SP.
(2) Class treasure skill will be replaced with Specialize Skill-Soothing Rain.
① [Soothing Rain]: When casting [Soulbinding Curse] at the start of the battle, 1 extra Hero is unable to be revived for 15 rounds, and Xie Zhihan SP gains a percentage of ATK increase.
u New Antique Hall Relic: Moon Mantle
[Fengshui Effect](max level):
For each Heir's Daily Adventure completed, Team DEF increases by 440 points (0/132,000). [Lovebird Lamp]'s Feng Shui enhanced: Each challenge of Guild Trial increases Team DMG RES by an extra 0.3%, and the cap by an extra 300%. [Welkin Tower]'s Feng Shui increased: Each breeding increases Team ATK by an extra 470, and the cap by an extra 94,000.
[Skill](max level):
[Active Skill: Dewy Silk]: Restore 35% of the target's max HP for 3 allies with the lowest HP (not exceeding 500% of the Character's ATK). A 60% chance to cast [Cloudriver's Grace]. If the target's Armor is 0, they recover 15% of max HP at the end of every round, lasting 3 rounds. If the target's Armor >0, recover 20% of the target's max Armor.
[Rage Skill: Moon Drape]: Recover HP of 50% max HP (not exceeding 750% of the Character's ATK) for 3 allies with the highest ATK. The player who receives healing effects gains 2% CRIT DMG RES (not exceeding 180%), 2% Effect EVA (not exceeding 60%), 2–3 layers of 2% DEF (max 3 layers for 3 rounds), and the following 2 special effects:
① For every 3 recoveries in the Hero's HP, recover 30% of max HP in addition (can be triggered up to twice each round, lasting 3 rounds).
② If the target has Cloudriver's Grace, they gain an extra special death immunity effect: After being immune to a fatal DMG, HP resets to 20%, and Rage resets to 20, up to 1 trigger per battle. If the target does not have Cloudriver's Grace, remove 1 debuff on them and grant a shield that absorbs 20% DMG taken. Increase final DMG dealt by 5% in addition, lasting 3 rounds.
[Passive Skill: Loyal Follower]: When allies are attacked, share 60% DMG on them and receive the shared DMG with a 50% decrease.
u New Ride: Mochabula, Creamy Cuties, Snow Wolf, Otter Tourer
u New Costume: Sky's Chant, Verdant Flare, Seaward Breeze
u Other Optimizations
(1) Heir Plaything Optimizations:
① The Division Top Picks Rankings refresh time has been adjusted from 00:00 to 01:00 daily.
② Heir Plaything placement optimized: only 1 Plaything sharing the same Series can be placed, while multiple Playthings of the same categories can be placed.
③ The Tempering screen now features First Heir and Second Heir tabs; Deployed Playthings will display the corresponding tab in the Tempering screen.
④ Heir Avatars have been added to the Fun House to distinguish each Heir's Fun House.
⑤ The Plaything Replace feature now shows a replacement hint: when the Backpack contains a higher-quality Plaything with the same Series, a Replace hint appears on the corresponding higher-quality Plaything icon, and high-quality Playthings can directly replace low-quality Playthings with the same Series.
(2) Heir Adventure Optimizations:
① The Team Invitation prompt will no longer disappear when there is an unexpired invitation in the invitation list.
② On the Daily Adventure screen, Heir Adventure info now shows a count badge for the current Heir's number of adventures.
(3) Wondrous Talents Optimization: Noon·Wondrous Talents now features an Auto-battle function and an Auto-clear Recess Time function.
(4) Hero Upgrade Optimization: A Quick Select button has been added to the Hero Upgrade material selection screen; tapping it auto-selects the quantity of materials needed for the Upgrade.
(5) Life Album Optimization: A notification message for obtaining stickers has been added to the Life Album event, the notification email for obtaining stickers has been cancelled, and Album help requests can now be sent to chat channels.
(6) Treasure Skill Polish Optimization: New item [Treasure Skill Polish Lock] added. It can lock Treasure skills during Treasure polishing, and up to 2 Treasure skills can be locked during polishing.
(7) Hero Inheritance Optimization: The team deployment feature now includes a Hero Inheritance flow. When enabling a preset team, if a level-1 untrained Hero is present, the Hero Inheritance flow will be auto-activated.
(8) Happy Orchard Optimization: The Happy Orchard invite-Escort pop-up has been optimized so that it will not pop up when in a Flash Event scene.
(9) Cross-server Guild War: Added in-event Auto Match and Auto Battle feature.
(10) Backpack: Added Quick Fuse for item shards.
(11) Optimized the selectable Discord range for the Guild Master.
(12) The Costume page now features a Waistwear function. After it is enabled, Waistwear pieces can be worn.
(13) Team Competition Reward Optimization: Cross-server Team Competition ranking rewards have been updated; participating in the event gives a chance to obtain the new Ride—Snow Wolf.
(14) Friend Capacity Expansion Optimization: Added 50 purchasable friend slots for both home and cross-server friends.
(15) VIP Pack (Lv. 1–3) rewards have been updated and the purchase state reset; rewards and purchase state for other tiers remain unchanged.
(16) Nimbus Division's cumulative 30-day sign-in reward has been upgraded to the Godly Spirit Pet Box.
【Tips】
1. There will be a 5-minute maintenance countdown before the maintenance starts, during which you can not do anything in the game. As soon as the maintenance starts, you will not be able to log in the game. Please arrange your time in advance.
2. Please take note of your account, password as well as your server name before the maintenance.
3. Please pay attention to the time of your Banquets and prearrange them in case of any unnecessary losses.
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