[ September 30 ] Patch Notes
CounterSide 2025.09.30 5:00 오전

「2025年10月1日 (水) アップデート内容のお知らせ」

◈ Update Details

▣ Time: September 30, 2025, 20:00 - 22:30 (UTC-5)
▣ Impact: Inaccessibility to the game.

▣ Maintenance Compensation: 20,000 Credits, 3 Employment Contracts

* Compensation will not be sent to CEOs who have broken the Terms of Service.


▣ Please Note

- Patch note details may be added or changed during the update.

- The schedule may be adjusted depending on the maintenance situation.
- Maintenance compensation will be sent to your mailbox if you log in by October 3, 2025 (Fri) 13:59 (UTC-5)


◈ Shop Details

This week’s shop update details can be found in the Shop Notice linked below, so please make sure to check it.


[09/30 Shop Notice] link


 

1. Awakened Exclusive Gear - Ace of Wings Lee Sooyeon

1) Four pieces of exclusive gear for Ace of Wings Lee Sooyeon will be added.

- End of the Maze – Hard Mode ACT 1-3 will be added
- Ace of Wings Lee Sooyeon’s exclusive gear will be added to the End of the Maze event shop.

- Gear can be obtained with a certain probability by clearing End of the Maze – Hard Mode ACT 1-3.
- You will obtain [Awakened Exclusive Gear Part -Lee Sooyeon-] when dismantling the Ace of Wings Lee Sooyeon's Awakened exclusive gear.
- This item can be used for the Awakened Exclusive Gear Coupon -Lee Sooyeon- that will be added to the End of the Maze event shop.
- At +2 enhancement, a Latent Ability will be unlocked.
- The Latent Ability is fixed as Ranged DMG, but the value is determined randomly.


 

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2) The Latent Ability stats for Six Wings Lee Jisoo will be adjusted upwards. 

* The minimum value will not change.

* Awakened Exclusive Gears that are already obtained will be automatically converted to a corresponding value.


- Before (DMG Taken RDC)

Weapon / Armor: 4.80%

Accessory: 5.20%


- After

Weapon / Armor: 5.90%

Accessory: 6.60%


 

2. Danger Close Venera Season: Moderator Type A

1) Danger Close Venera Season: Moderator Type A will begin.


Schedule: Sept. 31, after the maintenance - Oct. 7, 2025, 14:00 (UTC-5)

Settlement Schedule: Oct. 7, 14:00 - Oct. 14, 2025, 14:00 (UTC-5)


Battle Condition

[Easy]

- All units’ Ranged DMG -20%

- [Ground] unit ATK +30%, SPD +10%


[Normal]

- All units’ Ranged DMG -40%

- [Ground] unit ATK +30%, SPD +10%


[Hard & Expert]

- All units’ Ranged DMG -60%

- [Ground] unit ATK +30%, SPD +10%


Origin

- Struggle


2) The difficulty of Moderator A in the Expert level will be decreased

3) Details for the High Intensity Plan can now be checked

4) Tags will be added to the Danger Close bosses.


 

3. Gauntlet

▣ Ranked Battle

1) Ranked Battle Ban Rules will be changed

- Rotation ban targets will now be determined based on overall ranked match data.
- The number of rotation bans will increase.
※ The new number will take effect starting with the next week’s ban target selection.
Before: 16 employees
After: 20 employees
- The maximum ban level will be changed to 2 bans.
- Employees who are already banned will be excluded from the rotation ban list.
- The final ban tier applied to each employee will decrease each week.  

2) Penalties per Ban count will be increased

- HP reduction: -40%
- Attack Speed reduction: -40%
- Skill Haste reduction: -40%
- Damage dealt reduction: -40%
- Damage taken increase: +40%


3) Amy Firstwing: Late-night Encounter will be added to the Season Point shop.  

4. Consortium Co-op Battle: Tyrant Gigas Season 15

The Consortium Co-op Battle against [Tyrant Gigas Season 15] will start.


Consortium Co-op Battle - Tyrant Gigas Season 15 Schedule

▷ Sept. 30 after the maintenance - Oct. 19, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


 

5. Challenge Stage: HRT Berry Exclusive Gear - [Now Live!]

1) Now Live! Challenge Mode will return.  

 ◆ Schedule 

▷ Sept. 30, 2025, after the maintenance - Oct. 7, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


 Dungeon Composition

- Consists of ACT.1–3 stages.

- Each act is divided into three stages, each with a different combat concept.
- In Challenge Mode, a new exclusive buff [Now Live!] will be added, increasing the stats of deployed HRT Berry employees.  

◆ Rewards

- Clear Challenge Mode to obtain [Leader’s Special Emoji], a material required to craft [HRT Berry]  Mold.
※ Rewards can only be obtained upon victory.


- When clearing Challenge Mode stages, you can obtain both a First Clear Reward and a Medal Completion Reward (for achieving 3 medals), and you can also earn [Leader’s Special Emoji] as repeat rewards.

- The [Leader’s Special Emoji] obtained upon victory in Challenge Mode can be used to craft HRT Berry Molds.  

※ Challenge Stage Rewards

First Clear Reward: Leader’s Special Emoji
Medal Completion Reward: Quartz
Repeat Reward (Stage Drop): Leader’s Special Emoji



◆ Exclusive Gear

- You can craft from [Workshop] > [Craft] > [Exclusive Gear] tab.

- Click the Exclusive Gear Mold icon for [HRT Berry] to view the available list.

- To craft [HRT Berry] Molds, you will need [Credits], [Leader’s Special Emoji], and [Elite Gear Materials].

- The crafting method is the same as with existing molds, and crafting is completed instantly.
- The list of craftable Exclusive Gear is as follows.
- When clearing Challenge stages, there is a low chance of obtaining a completed HRT Berry Exclusive Gear.

- When dismantling HRT Berry Exclusive Gear, you will receive 50 Leader’s Special Emojis.
※ Exclusive Gear obtained through mold crafting or stage clears is identical to the Exclusive Gear acquired via Counter Case.

  

6. Balance Adjustments

1. Following employees’ balances will be adjusted: [Six Wings Lee Jisoo], [Evolved One], [Maestra Nequitia], [Kostroma Mavka], [Karin Wong], [Dracasia], [Nicole Primer], [Mors], [Ella], and [Gambler].



7. Event

▣ Autumn 50 Consecutive Free Recruits

1) Autumn 50 Consecutive Free Recruits will begin.


◆ Schedule

- Sept. 30, 2025, after the maintenance - Oct. 21, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


※ Free 5 recruits per day, a total of 50 pulls.

※ The banner will have the same pool as the [Recruit on Demand].

※ The banner won’t appear if you do not clear the Mainstream EP.1 completely. 

※ The free pulls won’t give you the Task Planet Points.


Vice President’s Special Bonus

1) Vice President’s Special Bonus Punch-In will start.


 Schedule

- Sept. 30, 2025, after the maintenance - Oct. 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


※ During the event period, you can participate in a total of 7 days of attendance check-ins.

※ Attendance check-ins reset every day at 14:00 (UTC-5).

※ Consecutive check-ins are not required—simply check in for the total number of days within the period to receive all rewards.


[ List of Rewards ]



 

8. Recruitment

1. Five Classified Recruitments will return.
- Schedule: Sept. 30, after the maintenance - Oct. 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)
- Ensured Recruitment Count: 150 times
- One employee is ensured to appear within the 150 recruitments.
- Once an Ensured Employee is obtained, the counter will be reset.

- Target employee: 【 Ace of Wings Lee Sooyeon 】【 Six Wings Lee Jisoo 】【 Apex Predator Evolved One 】【 Elysium Philharmonic Maestra Nequitia 】【 Kostroma Mavka 】

  

2. Six Normal Recruitment Chance UP will return.
- Schedule: Sept. 30, after the maintenance - Oct. 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

- Ensured Recruitment Count: 150 times
- One employee is ensured to appear within the 150 recruitments.
- Once an Ensured Employee is obtained, the counter will be reset.

- Target employee: 【 Karin Wong 】【 Gambler 】【 Mors 】【 Ella 】【 Dracasia 】【 Nicole Primer 】


3. Three Operator Recruitment Chance UP will return.
- Schedule: Sept. 30, after the maintenance - Oct. 14, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)

- Ensured Recruitment Count: 150 times
- One employee is ensured to appear within the 150 recruitments.
- Once an Ensured Employee is obtained, the counter will be reset.

- Target employee: 【 Sysop 】【 Sasha 】【 Grace Birmingham


9. Changes and Improvements

1) An improvement where Reaper’s retreat motion is no longer affected by ASPD.



10. Fixes

1) A fix where certain employees would not attack the False Idol’s Divine Tree in Omen, Golden Vale’s Legacy 1-3.  

2) A fix where the season record for Island of Fearful Memories was not displayed correctly in the Co-op Battle rankings.  

3) A fix where the effects of certain ships were displayed abnormally.  

4) A fix where buttons were displayed abnormally during replays.


5) A fix where some of the Gauntlet Limited skins did not have a proper tag.


6) A fix where Alan Birmingham would appear behind Ahab.


7) A fix where, after Drekavac’s Alterinium Reactor upgrade, she would incorrectly target units with her enhanced attack.

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This concludes the update details for this week.

Thank you.