Season 2.1 Launch Content & Balance Adjustments

Dear Driftmaster, The server will be offline for maintenance at [UTC+0 2025-10-17 16:00]. After maintenance, Season S2.1 begins. See the announcement for regional server opening times and the new season preview. Below are the combat balance adjustments for S2.1.

2025-10-17

Schedule

10/17/2025, 4:00:00 PM(Started)

All Servers Downtime

10/18/2025, 2:00:00 AM(Started)

New Server - StarFall Launch— SEC APAC

All Servers Opening — SEC APAC

10/18/2025, 9:00:00 AM(Started)

New Server - Lunar Launch— SEC EMEA

All Servers Opening — SEC EMEA

10/18/2025, 3:00:00 PM(Started)

New Server - Nox Launch— SEC AMER

All Servers Opening — SEC AMER

New Features & Content

Features

New Seasonal Map: The Dark Underworld

The Dark Underworld is a new Season 2.1 map.
Be aware: the Dark Underworld belongs to no faction whatsoever. Driftmarks, Nomad Posts, and Warband structures are all off-limits. Don't expect your faction affiliation to give you any advantage, for in this lawless realm, all you have are your weapons and your squadmates watching your back.
Once your party reaches eight members, you will become visible and marked on the map. Each map is connected via Umbra Portals, which allow passage between them. Each portal permits one-way passage for up to seven people within a limited time.

New Seasonal Activities

Aberrant Nests: Eliminate all umbra creatures you encounter within the time limit. You have but one goal: wanton slaughter.
Aid the Mushrens: Survive for the required time. After all, survival is everything in the Dark Underworld.
Assist the Mushren with Fungal Cultivation: Protect their Fungal Pillars from filthy monsters. Defend and protect to master combat.
Dark Exergy Ore: Transport Dark Exergy Ore that spawns at random locations to Dark Exergy Extractors and earn generous Dark Exergy rewards!

New Seasonal Drifter Growth System: Runes

Introduces 'Runes' as a seasonal drifter growth system.
[Warborne Builds Note] You can use the Character Builder on our site to check out all runes.

New Season-Exclusive Warband Vehicle

Shadow Scorpid

New Season-Exclusive Personal Fortifications

Darkforce Thrower
Exploding Demolisher

New Driftmark Appearance

Underworld Theme [Dark Exergy Core]

Drifter Tavern Renovation & Limited-Time Recruitment

The Drifter Tavern has been renovated
Limited-Time Recruitment now includes [Hive Queen] and [Vire]

New Season Check-in Event

New Season Check-in Event

New Season Faction Pass

New Season Faction Pass
View Faction Pass Details

New Boost Station Recipes

Magic Resistance Potion
Armor Potion

New Item Added

Driftmaster Name Change Card, available for purchase from the Exotic Shop in the Underground Bazaar

New Arrivals (Store & Web)

Suit Thug Chest: chance to grant Drifter Appearance [Suit Thug · Overdrive] when opened.
Web Store event <The Dark Underworld Milestone>: Participate to obtain the new Drifter Appearance [Varnax - Frostcore]

PvP Mode Reintroduced

Players can activate and deactivate PvP mode in the ESC panel
Flagged for PvP mode increases Notoriety. Having excessively high Notoriety will result in debuffs that reduce damage dealt and increase item drops upon death
If your Notoriety exceeds 500, you can pay Starfall Tokens to the "Clear Notoriety NPC" at the Underground Bazaar to clear your Notoriety
In the Shattered Verge area of the new player spawn map, activating Flagged for PvP mode grants additional damage reduction against other players

New Drifters

Tayana

Awaken The Wild

When an enemy dies within 12m of the caster or Loge, the caster and Loge restore [Healing Rate: 60%] HP and gain 5% damage for 15s. Stacks up to 5 times.

Loge! Advance!

Summons Loge at the target location, dealing [Damage Rate: 200%] Physical Damage and applying Knockup for 1.2 to enemies in range. This skill is replaced with [Fighting Side by Side]. The Tiger lasts for 60s and has the following skills: [Swing] and [Pound]. [Swing]: Deals [Damage Rate: 120%] physical damage to enemies in a frontal cone. [Pound]: Use after every 4 [Swing] attacks, dealing [Damage Rate: 150%] physical damage in a frontal rectangular area, inflicting 30% slow for 4s. [Fight Side by Side]: Recalls Loge to your side. Upon landing, deals [Damage Rate: 150%] to enemies in range, applying knockup for 1s, and enhances both you and Loge with increased Attack Speed by 30% and Basic Attack Lifesteal by 30% for 6s.

New Greatsword

Sanguine Shardblade

Frothing Rampage

Grants the power of Frothing Rampage, increasing Max HP by 25% for 20s, granting immunity to Forced Movement effects, and auto-gaining 1 stack of [Sword Momentum] every 3s, along with the [Sanguine Wave] and [Siphon Blood] skills. [Sanguine Wave]: Deals [Damage Rate: 120%] Magic Damage to enemies in range. Consumes 1 stack of [Sword Momentum] (if available) to send forth a Sanguine Wave, dealing [Damage Rate: 120%] Magic Damage to those hit and healing the caster for [Healing Rate 18%] HP per enemy hit, up to 5. [Siphon Blood]: Deals [Damage Rate 200%] Magic Damage to up to 10 nearby enemies, inflicts a 30% Slow for 6s, recovers [Healing Rate: 24%] HP for each enemy hit, and grants [Target-based Max HP 30%] Shield for 6s

New Maces

Paladin Mace

Paladin Force

Grants Paladin Force, cleansing all DoT and slow effects, and granting immunity to DoT and debuffs for 20, along with the [Divine Zeal] and [Guardian Shield] skills. [Zeal: Strike 1]: Rushes forward, dealing [Damage Rate: 120%] Magic Damage. [Zeal: Strike 2]: Deals [Damage Rate 140%] Magic Damage to enemies in range and slows them by 40% for 2s. [Zeal: Strike 3]: Deals [Damage Rate: 160%] Magic Damage to nearby enemies, heals allies around you for [Healing Rate: 72%] HP, increases their Damage Resistance by 20%, Control Resistance by 2000%, for 4s. [Guardian Shield]: Channels for 4s, during which the caster is Unstoppable, increasing Damage resistance of allies in range by 45% and restoring [Healing Rate: 90%] HP per second. After channeling ends, deals [Damage Rate: 300%] Magic Damage to surrounding enemies and Stuns them for 2s. Each time damage is taken during channeling, the final damage and Stun duration increase by 10%, up to a maximum of 50%. Clicking the skill again cancels the channeling early

New Radiant Flux

Twilight's End

Dark Sun Rises

Summons Black Sun, lasting 15s. Every 3 seconds, the Black Sun deals [Damage Rate: 120%] Magic Damage to enemies in range, inflicts [Charm] for 1s, and reduces their Magic Resistance by 75 for 5s. This effect can stack up to 5 times. [Charm]: Moves slowly toward the caster, unable to use Skills or Move during this time. The Black Sun is destroyed after taking 6 instances of Basic Attack Damage

New Head

Swiftguard Hood

Hasty Defense

If damage taken within 3s exceeds 20% of max HP, immediately gains +721 Armor and +30% Damage Resistance for 6s. The effect is removed after taking 8 Direct Damage hits.

New Chest

Coat of Purification

Cleanse

Removes 5 stacks of debuffs and Damage over Time effects from allies within 9m, heals for [Healing Rate: 40%] HP per second, and grants immunity to debuffs and Damage over Time effects for 4s.

New Boots

Shadowmarch Boots

Dark Domain

Leaves behind a Shadow Realm and sprints toward the target direction. Enemies entering the Shadow Realm are dispelled of 5 stacks of buffs, apply Slow 40%, reduce Damage Boost by 40%, for 6s. Immune to control effects while casting the skill.

New Tactical Items

Enhanced Myconid Growth Elixir

Throw toward the target location, creating a myconid zone for 18s. Deals 162 [Damage Rate: 100%] True Damage to enemies every second and inflicts Weakening Spores, with a 30% chance to inflict 1 stack of Mutation; also heals allies by [Healing Rate: 39%] each second and inflicts Empowering Spores. [Weakening Spores] Gradually weakens the target, stacking up to 7 times and lasting 9s (Damage Boost: -3.5% per stack, can stack; Damage Resistance: -3.5% per stack, can stack). [Empowering Spores] Gradually strengthens the target, stacking up to 7 times and lasting 9s (Damage Boost: +3.5% per stack, can stack; Damage Resistance: +3.5% per stack, can stack).

Advanced Myconid Growth Elixir

Throw toward the target location, creating a myconid zone for 18s. Deals 182 [Damage Rate: 100%] True Damage to enemies every second and inflicts Weakening Spores, with a 30% chance to inflict 1 stack of Mutation; also heals allies by [Healing Rate: 49%] each second and inflicts Empowering Spores. [Weakening Spores] Gradually weakens the target, stacking up to 7 times and lasting 9s (Damage Boost: -4% per stack, can stack; Damage Resistance: -4% per stack, can stack). [Empowering Spores] Gradually strengthens the target, stacking up to 7 times and lasting 9s (Damage Boost: +4% per stack, can stack; Damage Resistance: +4% per stack, can stack).

Enhanced Vomit Potion

Reduces target's Movement Speed by 20%, the Slow effect increases over time (by 10% per second), reduces Attack Speed by 70% and Casting Speed by 70%, lasting 6s. After the effect ends, enters vomiting state for 2s

Advanced Vomit Potion

Reduces target's Movement Speed by 30%, the Slow effect increases over time (by 10% per second), reduces Attack Speed by 100% and Casting Speed by 100%, lasting 6s. After the effect ends, enters vomiting state for 2s

System Updates

Combat

Buff Mechanism Adjustment

The same player can obtain a maximum of 8 BUFFs from different sources.

Affected Sources (non-exhaustive):

Acid Blast
Flamecore Rampage
Shadow Cascade
Lightning Mark
Toxic Shroud
Venom Arrow
Divine Rootfall
Nature Toxin
Recovery
Bleed
Burn
Plague
Pestilence
Parasitic Swarm
Necrotic Eruption
Panic

CC Diminishing-Return Reset Timers

Sleep: 5s → 20s
Stun: 5s → 10s
Knock-up: 5s → 10s
Fear: 5s → 10s
Petrify: 5s → 10s
Charm: 5s → 10s
Disarm: 10s → 20s

Domain/Field Overlap Fix

When a player is inside multiple domain-type fields, the earlier-cast field now removes/suppresses effects from later fields.

Affected Skills

Acid Bombardment
Radiance of Protection
Imprisonment
Star-Leap Guard
Awaken the Wild
Soul Feast
Silent Hunter
Light's Echo
Moon Chime
Giant's Step
Protective Force Field
Domain of Silence
Void Devour
Thunderclap Smash
Power of the Holy Warrior
Serrated Sawblade
Trap
Poison Mist Grenade
Banner of Justice
Wither
Guardian Sweep
Evil Seed
Rain of Serenity
Healing Blossom
Holy Root Descent
Smoke Grenade
Frost Wall
Frostbite
Sacred Aegis
Poison Pool
Exhaustion
Death Fog
Weaken
Charge
Inspire
Mana Fountain
Panic
Sandstorm
Flame Star
Miasma
Battle Banner
Spider Venom Sac
Area Weakness Potion

Combat Fixes

Fixed an issue where the Aegis passive did not activate the ultimate ability of the gun Sentinel Barrage
Fixed an issue where the Astral Magus's passive skill could not reduce the cooldown of the Helm's passive skill
Fixed an issue where Tayana's Skill <Fight side by side> could not respond while Rorg in follow status
Fixed an issue where Tayana's summoned creature Rorg could not attack properly during duels
Fixed an issue where the W Skill of Shattercoil did not have a knockback effect
Fixed an issue where the caster's passive effects would be removed when two Radiant Fluxes left the target
Fixed an issue where the skills of equipment such as the Cleansing Robe and Evasion Striders might not activate properly
Fixed an issue where some shields would not fade out after entering combat

World

Building Adjustments

Hell-Scourge Com-Station

Adjusting the orbit increases material requirements for [Active Exergy].
Attack Range increased: Map Distance ≤1 → ≤2.

Healing Base

Healing targets: 5 → 10
Healing: Max HP 20% → 30%
Continuous healing duration: 6s → 24s
Tick interval: 1s → 2s
Healing Base regeneration: 100% → 200%

Heavy Machine Gun Turret

Damage per bullet: 10% Max HP → 15% Max HP
MP cost per bullet: 8 → 4

Heavy Railgun Turret

Damage to Buildings: 100% → 50%
Range: 500m → 250m

Logistics System Adjustments

Increased Warband resource transport speed; resource-transporting elephants are now easier to spot on the map
Resources obtained by intercepting Warband resource transports or destroying Foundry and Crucible Communication Stations can now earn Contribution Points and Warband Contribution
Increased the resource drop rate for Transport Vehicles, Factories, Autonomic Harvesters, and others when destroyed (from 50% to 80%)
Increase the frequency of Boost Station revenue settlement
Adjusted random resources in Solo Rift to increase the weight of Trees and decrease the weight of Scrap Iron

Trading House Adjustments

Reduced the daily price cap and floor range from 40% to 20%
A new price increase limit has been added, with the maximum increase capped at around 1000% of the initial price.

Warband Storage: Starfall Token Chests

Deposit and claim Starfall Token Chests of various levels at the Warband Storage

Survival Trial

Updated the challenge opponent in the final stage of the Survival Trial

Danger Rift (Verge Zones) Entry Limit

Adjusted the team danger rift entry limit in Verge Zones—only 5 players from the same faction may enter

Other Adjustments & Optimizations

Supports Razer peripheral lighting effects
Added a new view movement type: Fixed View Select Position. When the mouse moves to the screen edge, the view will lock in place. Use [Camera Focuses Player] (default key: TAB) to reset the camera
The interaction icon now scales up with the mouse size
The surface day-night cycle has been adjusted to 4800 seconds (day) + 2400 seconds (night)
Eclipse Rifts will no longer appear on the Shattered Verge, while their spawn rate is increased and their combat AI is optimized
Added a second confirmation for gifting Advanced Passes and Subscriptions
War Time voting: The number of eligible voters has been adjusted to the top 300 players in your Faction by PvP Contribution
You can remotely check on the map if an opposing faction has activated a Danger Rift
Fixed an issue where the travel route for remotely summoning a Driftmark only appeared after opening the World Map
Fixed an issue where other unsold items in the Faction Store were also grayed out after successfully purchasing an item

Vehicles

Vehicle Adjustments

Mobile Jammer – Blackout: significantly increased activation/end action time; can no longer be manually canceled.
Hell-Scourge Mobile Beacon – Ghost: Base Movement Speed 6.5 → 8.
Power Armor · Welder: can no longer enter Warband Driftmark.

Harvester

Hub Related Adjustments

Adjusted Hub Occupation Points: Increased the occupation points of the capital hub and added additional key hubs.
Adjusted the death penalty drop rules on maps, reducing penalty drops in Advanced Maps and The Forgeheart.
Fixed an issue where using the Corrosion policy on fortifications did not reduce damage from already placed Spiked Traps
After using a national policy that lowers repair fees, the cost displayed for repairing all should match the actual cost
Optimized the protection time confirmation after conquering a Harvester Hub
Removed the Warband Medal requirement for end-of-season settlement

Queueing

Map Queue Adjustments

A faction will only be counted as a combatant when it meets the minimum number of players with sufficient power
Adjusted the minimum power requirement for map queuing to better align with the current season phase

Detailed Changes

Drifters

Aegis

Shield of Conviction

Cooldown: 45s → 40s

Astral Magus

Astral Gate

Cooldown: 100s → 80s

Auri

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 30→25
Strength Growth: 2.1→2.0

Durion

Protector's Radiance

Allies within the field reflect 25% of damage taken as Magic Damage to the source.
Caster slow while field is active: 40% → 30%
Energy Shot Damage Rate: 350%–700% → 250%–500%
Slow Effect: flat 30% → scales with Energy stacks (25%–50%)
Cooldown: 45s → 40s