[ October 14 ] Patch Notes
CounterSide 2025.10.14 5:00 오전

「2025年10月15日 (水) アップデート内容のお知らせ」

◈ Update Details

▣ Time: October 14, 2025, 20:00 - 22:00 (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 17, 2025, 09:59 (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.


[October 14 Shop Notice] link


 

1. New Substream: Omen 2 - A Flower Blooming in the Mud 

1) New Substream [Omen 2 - A Flower Blooming in the Mud] will be added.


2. New Employee

1) New Employee, [Treasure★Hunter Mi Rinae] will be added.


Treasure★Hunter Mi Rinae  


[Standing]

[Skill Cut-in]

[SD]

[Live Illustration]


Counter Pass: Treasure★Hunter Mi Rinae

Counter Pass Schedule

- Oct. 14, after the maintenance - Nov. 18, 2025, 20:00 (UTC-5)


Clearing Counter Pass

1) You can clear the Counter Pass Missions to increase the pass level while acquiring the necessary materials for unit growth.

2) Counter Pass missions are divided into [Daily Mission] and [Weekly Missions].

3) In the [Daily Mission], 10 missions are given daily; you can choose 6 from the 10 to complete the given mission.

- If you don't like the mission given, you can select the reroll option to renew it.

- You can re-roll the mission for free for the first 3 times, and up to 5 more times afterward by spending credits.

- If you clear more than 6 missions, you can earn extra pass experience.

4) In the [Weekly Mission], 10 missions are given every Sunday at 14:00 UTC-5.

- Unlike daily pass missions, all of these missions are listed together in the same list.
- Upon completing all Weekly Pass missions, you can obtain additional rewards (Pass EXP).
5) In Weeks 2 and 4, Daily and Weekly missions will grant double Pass EXP compared to the previous version (milestone progression excluded).


 

3. Danger Close Venera Season: Knight of the Lake

1) Danger Close Venera Season: Knight of the Lake will begin.


Schedule: Oct. 14, after the maintenance - Oct. 21, 2025, 14:00 (UTC-5)

Settlement Schedule: Oct. 21, 14:00 - Oct. 28, 2025, 14:00 (UTC-5)


Battle Condition

[Easy]

- Skill Haste -10%

- [Mech] unit ATK +60%, HP +40%


[Normal]

- Skill Haste -20%

- [Mech] unit ATK +60%, HP +40%


[Hard & Expert]

- Skill Haste -30%

- [Mech] unit ATK +60%, HP +40%


Origin

- Struggle


2) Knight of the Lake’s monster tag will be enhanced.


4. Challenge Stage: Maze Exclusive Gear - [Old Administration Training Method] 

1) Old Administration Training Method Challenge Mode will return.  

 ◆ Schedule 

▷ Oct. 14, 2025, after the maintenance - Oct. 21, 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 [Old Administration Training Method] will be added, increasing the stats of deployed Old Administration: Counter employees.  

◆ Rewards

- Clear Challenge Mode to obtain [Old Administration Pass ], a material required to craft [Old Administration: Counter]  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 [Old Administration Pass ] as a repeat reward.

- The [Old Administration Pass ] obtained upon victory in Challenge Mode can be used to craft Old Administration: Counter Molds.  

※ Challenge Stage Rewards

First Clear Reward: Old Administration Pass
Medal Completion Reward: Quartz
Repeat Reward (Stage Drop): Old Administration Pass 



◆ Exclusive Gear

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

- Click the Exclusive Gear Mold icon for [Old Administration: Counter] to view the available list.

- To craft [Old Administration: Counter] Molds, you will need [Credits], [Old Administration Pass ], 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 Old Administration: Counter Exclusive Gear.

- When dismantling Old Administration: Counter Exclusive Gear, you will receive 50 Old Administration Passes.
※ Exclusive Gear obtained through mold crafting or stage clears is identical to the Exclusive Gear acquired via Counter Case.

  

5. Kim Hana’s Special Bonus

1) Kim Hana’s Special Bonus Punch-In will start.


 Schedule

- Oct. 14, 2025, after the maintenance - Oct. 28, 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 ]



 

6. Recruitment

1) Three Classified Recruitments will return.
- Schedule: Oct. 14, after the maintenance - Oct. 28, 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: 【 New Age Naielle Bluesteel 】【 Orochinagi Nanahara Chifuyu 】【 Iron Knight Curian


2) Three Normal Recruitment Chance UP will return.
- Schedule: Oct. 14, after the maintenance - Oct. 28, 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: 【 Mi Rinae 】【 Jin Bora 】【 Carantisir de Letaria


3) Three Operator Recruitment Chance UP will return.
- Schedule: Oct. 14, after the maintenance - Oct. 28, 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: 【 Estelle Priest Jung Dain 】【 Jung Dain 】【 Lee Jisoo


4) Andrea Vesca will be added to the [Recruit on Demand] pool.


7. Changes & Improvements

1) The reference data used to determine the Gauntlet Rotation Ban selection criteria has been changed.

Before: All player base

After: Players in Diamond 5 League or higher, or the Top 300 players, whichever group is larger in size.


2) An adjustment where the Increased DMG Taken per Gauntlet ban level has been changed as follows:
Before: +40% 

After: +100%


 

8. Fixes

1) A fix where enemy squad information was not displayed in certain stages of Mainstream Episode 14, Bara.  

2) A fix where Luna’s Passive Skill, First Call Level 5 effect, Deployment cost +1 when a Philharmonic employee other than Luna is defeated, did not activate as intended.  

3)A fix where Lucid’s Alterinium Reactor Level 2 summon, Candy, did not prioritize attacking Strikers.


4) A fix where Maestra Nequitia’s Ultimate Skill–amplified [Requiem of the Dead] effect value was being reverted to its pre-amplified state when an additional debuff from an Elysium Philharmonic member was applied.


5) A fix where Carmen’s passive HP recovery effect would not trigger under a certain ASPD increase state.


 

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This concludes the update details for this week.

Thank you.