NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Update – June 5th, 2025
Dear players,
The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from June 4th, 2025 23:00 (UTC) to June 5th, 2025 04:00 (UTC). We suggest you log out in advance and enter the game again after the maintenance.
The details for this update are as follows:
Brand New Content
I. Showdown Season 3.0: Windstorm
1. New Hero: Justina Gu
The Herald stirs. Ancient shadows awaken. Three legendary blades cross paths for the first time.
What alliance could bring together Justina Gu, the Saint Eagle of Holoroth, and the Wolf King of the Prairie against impossible odds?
The new Hero Justina Gu has now joined Showdown. Her blade weaves frost and shadow, cleansing corruption from every realm.
2. New Boss and New Chapter
Something sinister awakens in the silent Empyreal Village. Beneath twisted totem poles, a woman clad in wolf pelts emerges from the darkness...
Three hundred years of desert storms could not bury Sirius' fury—Huanyue, one of the elders of the Herald, walks among mortals once more.
The brand new Showdown series officially begins, with the new chapter now live!
//Dev Notes: We're streamlining our storytelling approach and update cadence. While keeping the same 4 stages per 2 seasons, we're now delivering a steady 2 stages each season for better pacing.
Plus, starting this season, every new stage's Easy mode is unlocked from the get-go; no requirements, no level gates. You can all enjoy the Showdown saga and face our latest bosses right away.
3. Trial Heroes and Team Support
(1) When teaming up with other players, you can select 2 heroes displayed in your teammate's profiles and their corresponding loadouts during the preparation phase. As teammates, they can also directly configure loadouts and provide these support heroes during the preparation phase. System trial heroes are also available when not in a team.
(2) Initial trial attempts are 2 per week. Upgrade your Showdown season level to unlock more attempts.
(3) Provide support heroes for Popularity points, Souljade Fragments, and Scented Sachet rewards.
(4) This feature is available in Normal/Hard stages, Doom mode, and Topaz Enigma Domain.
(5) Trial attempts and reward progress reset every Thursday at 4:00 AM.
4. New Showdown Journey Quests
Starting with , each new Showdown season will feature exclusive Journey Quests. The existing beginner's Journey Quests will still be available.
How to Unlock: After completing the beginner's Journey Quests, participate in Showdown to automatically unlock the Journey Quest of the current season.
Quest and Rewards: Within the limited event period after the season begins, complete any Showdown stage daily to claim daily rewards. Complete 7 days of quests to receive generous Journey rewards: powerful Souljade sets and precious Showdown resources—Flux Jade Shards.
5. Nirriti's Ruins and Yama's Abyss Reset
Yama's Abyss, Nirriti's Ruins, and season challenge progress and rewards have been reset.
Take on Yama's Abyss and Nirriti's Ruins this season for Splendor Treasure Choice Gift, Showdown Seal, Flux Shard, limited-edition avatars, and much more!
6. Brand-new Gameplay
(1) New "Element Surge" Souljades. Max out your elemental meter and unleash devastating power. Works with Ice, Thunder, and Poison builds.
(2) Bow and Musket now support Quick Counter.
(3) Ranged weapons now feature the "Cloudpiercer" mechanism. Build up your Deadeye meter through shooting, then enter Deadeye mode for advanced techniques. Bow and Musket lead the charge with weakness exploitation and signature Deadeye skills.
(4) Potential levels have been reset. We've overhauled all existing potential effects and added new ones for Element Surge and Deadeye, providing a wider range of combo selections!
7. Sense Level Redesigned as Showdown Level
Sense levels for Showdown Souljades and heroes are now unified as "Showdown Level", and we're merging Potential levels into it too.
Your maximum Sense level of Souljades in Might Season will be partially carried over and converted to your Showdown Level. levels 1050 and below don't transfer, but every 5 levels above 1050 becomes 1 Showdown Level (i.e., maxed Lv. 1120 becomes Lv. 15).
Earn Showdown XP through weekly Showdown quests or Fatigue usage to upgrade your Showdown Level. Higher levels mean more potential points and massive attribute boosts.
//Dev Notes: The new Showdown Level system removes barriers for newcomers.
Additionally, it eliminates the tedious grind when experimenting with different Souljade builds. No more wasted drops on upgrades, and there will be more recasting materials.
8. Season Settlements
Might Season will end on June 5th, 2025 00:00 (UTC)
Season Rewards:
Rank Requirement Rewards
(2) Showdown Leaderboard Rewards
Players will be rewarded with an Avatar that corresponds to the highest rank that they held on the Yama's Abyss leaderboards at any point during this Showdown Might Season (recorded either at weekly settlement or at season settlement). Additionally, the top 3 players on any Yama's Abyss Hero leaderboard will receive an exclusive Hero Badge.
II. Showdown Limited-time modes
Vinemire Gone Wild events
Vinemire has descended into madness, and rampages throughout Showdown! What path will you take?
During the event:
1. There's a chance for to trigger while facing the boss in main Showdown stages (excluding Immovable, None Shall Pass, Vibrations, and Buried Giant), Topaz Enigma Domain, and Nirriti's Ruins.
2. While Vinemire attacks all indiscriminately while on a rampage, its hatred of the boss far outweighs that of the heroes.
3. In some cases, the rampaging Vinemire may leave the battle of its own accord.
III. MVP Highlight
We're rolling out MVP highlight reels. In the end of Capture the Spirit Well, Golden Roc Escort, The Bloodbath, and Showdown Trios mode (Enigma Domain, Nirriti's Ruins, Doom, Tempered Inferno), the highlight clips of the MVP of that game will be displayed to everyone present.
IV. Safe Exit for Non-Premade Teams During Prep
In non-premade teams, if a teammate leaves during the preparation phase and the match begins with fewer players, you can now exit early without penalty or match result being recorded, as long as you have not engaged in combat within a set time after the match starts.
V. New Look for Fairyland Penglai's Music Zone
1. Music Zone has been redesigned as a standing microphone, with three performance instruments added to the stage area: guitar, drum sets, and keyboard. Form a band with your friends!
2. Music Zone appearance has been refreshed, with stage effects that pulse with the music rhythm.
VI. Limited-time Event: Rising Soundwave
Event Duration: June 4th, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jun. 18, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules
1. The event includes 4 Proficiency quest groups: drum set, keyboard, guitar, and microphone. Each is unlocked in turn, one after the other. Complete their quests to receive Golden Records, used to redeem event rewards.
2. Completing a quest grants 1 of its quest group's Proficiency points. Gain 4 Proficiency to unlock that instrument's Audio Track.
3. Audio Tracks can be stacked and played, and freely combined together. Once all 4 instruments have been unlocked, you can play the full band piece: "The Blade Blossoms".
VII. Limited-time Event: Soundwave Storm
Event Duration: June 4th, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jun. 18, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
Collect Soundwave Storm cosmetics during the event, exchange for exclusive event rewards, and claim valuable Gold Chests!
VIII. Limited-time Events: Windscourge
Event Duration: Jun. 4th, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jun. 18, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
1. Gain Demon Discs by completing quests during the event. Demon Discs can be redeemed for great event rewards.
2. Complete each day's Daily Quests to receive bonus rewards.
3. There are 5 groups of Challenge Quests, each available in turn at different times. Complete quests to claim plentiful rewards.
4. The rewards are redeemable till June 25, 2025 at 20:00 (UTC). Please redeem the rewards in time.
IX. PlayStation Challenge
Challenge the wind in this race! PlayStation Sky-high Racing #15 is now open!
Compete against players worldwide and ascend the rankings by achieving a place among the Top 100 fastest in Sky-high Racing mode.
How to participate:
Start Sky-high Racing on Fairyland Penglai to participate in the event.
Event Duration: Jun. 5, 2025 00:00 (UTC) - Jul. 2, 2025 23:59 (UTC)
X. 2nd PlayStation® Tournaments #6
The rivers and lakes awaken, where the blade reveals its true prowess. 2nd PlayStation® Tournaments #6 are available for a limited time!
Event Duration: Jun. 5, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jul. 2, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules
Complete weekly quests during the event to claim Jade Medal - JUN. You can claim more Medals in the mail after advancing, and the quantity awarded for each rank is as follows:
1st place: 300 Medals
2nd place: 200 Medals
3rd-4th place: 100 Medals
5th-8th place: 50 Medals
Medals can be used for redeeming rewards and participating in rankings.
Start Time of Tournament:
Server Monday - Friday (UTC) Saturday - Sunday (UTC)
NA 03:00 23:00
03:00
AS 11:00 07:00
11:00
SEA 11:00 07:00
11:00
EU 19:00 15:00
19:00
Start Time of the First Tournament:
NA: 2025.06.06 03:00
AS: 2025.06.06 11:00
SEA: 2025.06.06 11:00
EU: 2025.06.06 19:00
Hero Adjustments
I. Tianhai
1. Slightly increased the strike range of skills (Stomp) when unarmed in Ultimate Titan's Call status and optimized the knockback effect.
2. In Ultimate Titan's Call status, when using skills, you will immediately face the crosshair direction.
//Dev Notes: We optimized the strike range and knockback effect of Titan's Call to make it easier to follow up with horizontal strikes and vertical strike grabs after skill hits, ramping up the pressure on close-range opponents.
II. Takeda Nobutada
Adjusted the Defensive Focus of skill when released to Golden Focus (Skill).
III. Lyam Liu
Adjusted the defensive focus after strike takes effect to Golden Focus (Skill).
IV. Tarka Ji
The horizontal and vertical counter moves of can no longer interrupt Golden Focus (Skill), but can still interrupt Golden Focus (Move).
Weapon Adjustments
I. Long-handle Weapon
Slightly increased the counter detection range of long-handle weapons.
II. Nunchucks
Slightly reduced the counter detection range of nunchucks.
Souljade Adjustments
I. Souljades
Souljade is now renamed to .
In-Game Adjustments
I. Feature Optimizations
1. Survival modes now guarantee a common melee weapon in the first stash you crack open each match. No more punching air after landing.
2. Failed pickup attempts now flag the target item with lower priority automatically. This optimization aims to avoid the scenario of frequently pressing E while moving but failing to pick up target items.
Out-of-Game Adjustments
I. Match History Interface Optimization
The match history interface has been optimized to distinguish between The Herald's Trial and Showdown.
II. Added Automatic Switching for Glyph Plans
1. You can preset match types for automatic Glyph Plan switching in the lobby. Glyph Plans will automatically equip when the preset match type is met.
2. Automatic Glyph Plan switching match types are divided into Solo, Duos, and Trios. This feature applies to all modes in The Herald's Trial that allow Potential Plan switching.
Showdown Adjustments
I. Battle Adjustments
1. Souljades , , , , , are now renamed to , , , , , .
2. Anima Rings , , , , , , , , , , , are now renamed to , , , , , , , , , , , .
3. Souljade now builds more Frostbite on you when triggering Ice Blast.
4. Optimized the indicator effect when triggering Divine Thunder at full ThunderShock.
5. Monsters gained a new category of moves that cannot be resolved by "Defuse·Solve," "Defuse·Combo," or "Defuse·Dash" moves.
6. Adjusted the model of monster .
7. Adjusted the model of monster and added new moves.
II. Hero Adjustments
1. Tianhai
(1) Extended the duration of skill and increased Damage Multiplier, while correspondingly reducing its Damage Multiplier to Astral Aegis.
(2) Duration of his Ultimate is changed from 15 sec to 20 sec, and successful counter during Ultimate extends transformation duration by 3 sec.
2. Valda Cui
(1) Adjusted the skill effect to:
Shoots toward the aimed direction and generate multiple . They deal damage when contacting enemies and reduces their Astral Aegis, while applying .
· Hold to aim.
· Detonating the large Water Bomb at the center will additionally generate .
(2) Adjusted the Ultimate effect to:
Leap into mid-air, and can cast multiple for 8 sec.
· Horizontal or vertical strikes throw binding water spears that apply and .
· Hit or large Water Bombs with water spears to detonate them for additional damage.
3. Yoto Hime
(1) Increased damage multiplier of skill .
(2) Increased damage multiplier of each slash in her Ultimate .
III. Stage Adjustments
1. Enigma Domain Adjustments
(1) Adjusted boss monsters appearing in Enigma Domain.
(2) Adjusted the Enigma Domain to non-Morus Legends mode.
2. Yama's Abyss Adjustments
Updated monsters and omens in all Yama's Abyss stages.
IV. Nirriti's Ruins Adjustments
1. Adjusted Nirriti's Ruins stages, added scenes beyond Eventide Temple, and adjusted monster deployment logic.
2. Optimized stage "Eradicating the Evil" in Ghost Face Peak, removed stage "Strike It Rich", and added new stage "Rolling Fortune".
3. Adjusted the settlement logic for portal mechanisms when all team members have made selections. Now it immediately proceeds to the next stage.
4. Adjusted Anima Ring series for ranged weapons:
· Added , , , , and .
· Optimized effects of , , , , , and .
· No longer drop , , , , and .
5. Added "Blessing" Anima Rings for each series; added secret Anima Ring .
V. Omen System
1. Added Pomegrenade omen mechanism: Pomegrenades grow from the ground, exploding and building your ThunderShock when you approach; you can attack these fruits to damage nearby enemies.
2. Omens and renamed to and .
VI. Function Adjustments
1. Added Showdown Souljade Rating
To assess Souljade value more clearly, we've introduced a new Souljade rating system.
(1) Every Souljade gets a comprehensive score based on quality, secondary attributes, and elemental attributes. Higher numbers mean better potential. You can check the ratings in the Souljade tooltip interface.
(2) Personal profiles and Souljade screens in Showdown now show your character's total Souljade score instead of Sense level.
(3) Added "Keep Best Rating Per Type" option in Souljade Deconstruction interface for quick filtering while preserving optimal Souljades.
(4) Added "Sort by Rating" option in Souljade Deconstruction, Conversion, and Inventory interfaces for management and filtering based on rating.
2. Curio Deactivated
The Chaos Furnace is almost empty. All Curios have been deactivated.
Curios can no longer take effect during this phase, but you can still consume unused crafting materials to increase your crafting level, which carries forward permanently.
When the Chaos Furnace reconcentrates its essence and the "Tempered Inferno" mode reopens in the new season, new Curios will appear, while your previous Curios and crafting materials will be reclaimed.
3. Item "5x Potential XP Bonus" Adjusted to "5x Showdown Season XP Bonus"
After Potential level merges into Showdown Level, "Potential XP Bonus" in your inventory will upgrade to "Showdown Season XP Bonus" with unchanged effects.
4. Showdown Weapon Data Adjustment
Starting from Windstorm Season, weapon data in Showdown will be calculated separately from The Herald's Trial, recording distinctive Showdown data (excluding Nirriti's Ruins mode).
5. Season Collection and Souljade Redeem Added to Narakapedia
Starting from Windstorm Season, seasonal Souljade collection rewards will be added to Narakapedia. Collect Souljades in the new season for rewards, which reset with season updates.
New Souljade category "Commemorative" is added. For each Showdown season, based on Souljade selection rates and performance, underperforming Souljades will be removed from drops and archived in "Commemorative Souljades."
Commemorative Souljades can still be used and can be directly redeemed in Narakapedia using Souljade Fragments.
VII. Souljade Drop Adjustments
1. The following Showdown Souljades will no longer drop from regular stages or Souljade Gifts:
, , , , , , .
2. New Exclusive Drops:
Buried Giant·Hard: New special drop .
Dangers in the Deep·Hard, Dangers in the Deep·Nightscream: New special drop .
Settings
I. Assist Settings
New feature . When enabled, displays Souljade compatibility information at weapon slots.
Feature Optimizations
I. In-game
1. Unified the movement distance of hero skills and ultimates that can move toward aimed direction across different frame rate environments to better match expected effects, such as: Justina Gu's , Matari's , Yueshan's , etc.
2. Fixed an issue of abnormal airborne height caused by strikes in extremely high latency environments.
3. New feature in Settings-Game-Combat. When enabled, it blocks some special summoning effects from Souljades, Curios, Anima Rings, etc. equipped by your teammates in mode.
Store Updates
I. New Pack
1. Added Justina Gu exclusive Pack , which contains the Legendary Outfit , Dual Halberds Legendary Skin and Legendary Hairstyle . Standard price: 4,800 Gold; Now: 3,000 Gold. Individual cosmetics have their own discounts, but the Pack discount is even bigger!
2. Added the Yoto Hime exclusive Pack , which contains the exclusive Legendary Outfit and the Greatsword Legendary Skin . Standard price: 4,200 Gold; Now: 2,880 Gold. Individual cosmetics have their own discounts, but the Pack discount is even bigger!
3. Added Lannie exclusive Pack , which contains the Legendary Outfit , Legendary Accessory , and Legendary Hairstyle . Standard price: 4,500 Gold; Now: 2,900 Gold. Individual cosmetics have their own discounts, but the Pack discount is even bigger!
4. Newly added Temulch exclusive Pack , including Legendary Outfit , Legendary Hairstyle . Standard price: 2,600 Gold; Now: 1,800 Gold. Single items are discounted, and you get even more discounts when you purchase a Pack.
II. New Discounts
1. Newly added Legendary Pose for all heroes. Standard price: 900 Gold; Now: 600 Gold.
2. Newly added Legendary Emote Gesture for all heroes. Standard price: 900 Gold; Now: 360 Gold.
3. Newly added Epic Bubble . Standard price: 200 Gold; Now: 120 Gold.
4. Newly added Epic Kill Announcement . Standard price: 300 Gold; Now: 200 Gold.
5. Newly added Justina Gu Epic Pose . Standard price: 300 Gold; Now: 200 Gold.
6. Newly added Justina Gu Epic Pose . Standard price: 300 Gold; Now: 200 Gold.
7. Newly added Lannie Epic Pose . Standard price: 300 Gold; Now: 200 Gold.
8. Newly added Justina Gu Epic Background . Standard price: 200 Gold; Now: 160 Gold.
9. Newly added Yoto Hime Epic Background . Standard price: 200 Gold; Now: 160 Gold.
10. Newly added Lannie Epic Background . Standard price: 200 Gold; Now: 160 Gold.
III. New Cosmetics
Upgrade Greatsword Legendary Skin to with 60 . (Upgrade to unlock moves' sound effects, attacks' special effects, and change the weapon's appearance.)
Upgrade Dual Halberds Legendary Skin to with 60 . (Upgrade to unlock moves' sound effects, attacks' special effects, and change the weapon's appearance.)
IV. New Items in the Lunar Pavillion
1. Newly added Yueshan Legendary Ultimate Accessory with a price of 720 Jade Disks.
2. Newly added Justina Gu Legendary Background with a price of 120 Jade Disks.
3. Newly added Viper Ning Epic Base with a price of 80 Jade Disks.
V. Rebirth Seal Store
1. Newly added Splendor Treasure Choice Gift with a price of 4 Rebirth Seals. Can only be bought 3 times.
2. Ziping Yin Legendary Outfit and Dual Blades Legendary Skin along with 18 other cosmetics return for a limited time!
VI. Hero Badge Store
1. Newly added Rescue Effect with a price of 9,000 Spectral Silk.
2. Newly added Epic Hairstyle with a price of 4,000 Spectral Silk.
3. Newly added Hadi Epic Hairstyle with a price of 4,000 Spectral Silk.
4. Added Justina Gu Legendary Hairstyle with a standard price of 800 Gold.
5. Replaced Lotus Treasure with Splendor Treasure Choice Gift.
VII. New Store Items
Added the new store item "Surmount Card·Ignis" which can be used to upgrade the Ignis Hidden Treasure by 30 levels for only 1,800 Gold. Can only be purchased once.
VIII. New Items in Item Store
Event Duration: Jun. 12th, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jun. 15, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
1. Refreshing Summer Gift
Summer Party & 2674 series collections are back for a limited time with a purchase limit of 3. Purchase the Refreshing Summer Gift to choose one item each from the returning outfit and hairstyle sets, with a limit of 2 purchases. Available in the Shop on the Recommended page.
: Use to choose one of the following rewards: Summer Party·School Maillot*1, Summer Party·Twilight Sunshine*1, Summer Party·Summer Snowflakes*1, Summer Party·Aureate Spoondrift*1, Summer Party·Rosy Meridiem*1, Summer Party·Wave Ride*1, Summer Party·Strawberry Soda*1, Summer Party·Evening Breeze*1, Summer Party·Searing Sun*1, Summer Party·Summer's Serenity*1, Summer Party·Ruby Sunray*1, 2674·CyberKitty*1, 2674·Frost Drift*1, 2674·GasViper*1, Floral Dew*6 (Cannot be traded)
: Use to choose one of the following rewards: Male Hairstyle 14*1, Female Hairstyle 13*1, Summer Party·Blossom*1, Summer Party·Dazzling Tress*1, Summer Party·Gorgeous*1, Soft Waves*1, Dawn Hawk*1, Ling-er*1, Silver Moonstone*1, Wildfire*1, Floral Dew*4 (Cannot be traded)
2. Sweetheart Beat Treasure
is available for a limited time! Grants Rescue Effect - x1 when used.