Season 2.2 - Tournament & Balance Adjustments

Driftmasters, it's great to see you all again! In this Dev Log, we're introducing the core gameplay of S2.2—the Arena Championship! This is a brand-new stage designed for all PVP enthusiasts. Of course, there will also be a series of gameplay adjustments. Please review them, Driftmasters.

2025-11-18

New Features & Content

Features

Arena Championship Tournament

Step 1: Form Your Champion Vanguard Warband

Tournament registration begins on the 11th day after S2.2 season starts
In-game emails will guide you to the Tournament NPC on the right side of the Underground Bazaar
Team: Gather 9 teammates to form an elite team of exactly 10 members led by a captain
When registering, the team will automatically be named after the captain
Registration: Consumes Starfall Tokens and Eclipsium
Registration lasts for two days. Once you join a team, you cannot switch anymore
This tournament has no Power restrictions, and there are no limits on items or Drifters

Step 2: Point Match - Fight for Honor

Schedule: System randomly matches all teams with opponents for a total of 4 matches
Scheduled nightly at 9 PM, temporarily replacing 'Veinhold Extraction' activity
One match per day, lasting 4 days
Entry: Players must go to Tournament NPC to enter. 60-second preparation time
Flexible Participation: Join at any point during the match. Late arrivals can directly enter to support teammates
No substitutes. Matches proceed with however many members are present
Bye System: When total teams is odd, one team gets a random bye. System ensures no team receives bye twice

Point Match Rules and Scoring

Gameplay: 5 Energy Towers in the field. Occupying them grants continuous points
Defeating opponents earns direct points
Buff Energy Orbs periodically spawn in arena. Grabbing one makes you stronger
Victory Conditions: Match lasts 15 minutes. Team reaching 1,500 points first wins immediately
If time runs out, team with higher score wins
After match ends, every point earned converts into team's total score proportionally
Total score determines ranking position

Step 3: Knockout Stage - Road to Championship

After 4 rounds of Point Match, top 16 teams advance to single-elimination Knockout Stage
Promotion Rules: If points tied, compare total time across 4 matches. Shorter time = higher rank
Matchups: Rank 1 faces Rank 16, Rank 2 faces Rank 15, etc.
Divided into two halves of bracket, ensuring high-ranked teams have early advantage
Prevents top two teams from meeting before final
Schedule: Takes place at 9 PM for 4 days until champion is determined

Rewards

Public Prediction Mode: During Knockout Stage, all players can view match bracket and bet Starfall Tokens on supported teams
Can support up to 3 teams per round
Supporters of winning team receive rewards based on betting ratio
Tournament Participation Rewards: All participants receive 'Tournament Chest' based on rank and performance
Chest contains: Eclipsium, Equipment Blueprints, Warborne Crystals
Chance to unlock exclusive tournament avatars [Celestial · Regal Lion] and avatar frames [Celestial · Starlight]
Champion Glory: Ultimate champion team members earn exclusive dynamic avatar frame [Celestial · Star Crown]

Faction Merge

Factions adjusted from 6 to 2: Ashen and Shroud
After selecting faction, Driftmaster randomly drops into highlighted territory blocks on either side
Players can proceed to capital area (dashed line area in center) to compete for faction's capital
Overall map size remains unchanged

The Gate Statue Voting and Display Rules

New Gate Statue voting system added
Details: https://warborne.qoolandgames.com/#/pc/news/detail?articleId=2170

Warfuel Faction Contribution

During Warfuel effect duration, the activator receives a share of Faction Contribution

Randomized Cosmetic Usage

Mounts, Kill Effects, and Recall Effects now have randomized usage functionality

Real-Time Voice Chat

Added real-time voice (team voice) functionality

Rollback Items

Added rollback items for Drifter and equipment

Battle Infusion

New Battle Infusion system added

Collector Shop

The Collector Shop has been added, where you can purchase items exclusive to Collector Levels

Collector Experience Adjustments

Progress made prior to update will be compensated with appropriate Collector Experience after maintenance
Collector Experience when unlocking legendary equipment: 5 → 8
Each level of Battle Scar Infusion on Legendary Equipment grants Collector Experience: 1 → 2
Earn 5 Collector Experience when unlocking Epic Drifter appearance, Driftmark appearance, or Mount
Earn 10 Collector Experience when unlocking Legendary Drifter cosmetics, Driftmark cosmetics, and Mounts

Third Storage Tab

Added a third storage tab (unlocked with an item, resets at season end)

New Drifters

Swarm Weaver

Scout Bug

The first enemy player hit by Basic Attack is tracked by a Scout Bug for 180s. Effect has a 60s cooldown. [Scout Bug]: Tracked targets are revealed on the map. The Scout Bug's master and their Faction can see the target (cannot be cleansed), deals an additional [Damage Rate 60%] True Damage whenever the Scout Bug caster deals Basic Attack Damage to the target (minimum interval of 0.6 seconds)

Bursting Egg

Commands a Bursing Bug to produce an egg. Detects enemies (players 10 meters/monsters 4 meters), delays for 3 seconds before exploding, dealing [Damage Rate: 500%] magic damage and knocking back enemies within range by 5 meters, stunning them for 5.5s, and notifying allied faction members on the map. Eggs last 1 hour, until exploding, or after taking 3 Basic Attacks. Up to 5 can exist at a time. Swam Weaver can detect other Bursting Eggs.

New Head

Voidbreaker Hood

Break Shield

When Basic Attacks deal damage to an enemy, Dispel all Shield effects on them and deal an additiona [Damage Rate: 200%] Physical Damage, preventing them from gaining Shields for 5s. Trigger Interval: 25s.

New Chest

Blackflame Carapace

Immolation Armor

Increases self Magic Resistance by 505 and Damage Resistance by 30% for 6s. During this time, when taking Skill Damage, deals [Damage Rate: 50%] Magic Damage to the source, applying Casting Speed Reduction of 40% and Cooldown Reduction of 40%, lasting 5s.

New Boots

Flamepath Slippers

Flame Path

Move Speed increased by 65% for 5s; leaves a trail of fire along the movement path for 4s, reducing Magic Resistance of enemies entering it by 144 and dealing [Damage Rate: 50%] Magic Damage per second for 5s.

New Tactical Items

Enhanced Myconification Potion

Temporarily transform into a slow-moving fungus, Gain [Target-based Max HP 150%] Shield for 6s. After the time ends, poison surrounding enemies, Deals 216[Damage Rate: 100%] Magic Damage every second for 15s, and gain 3 stacks of Mutation. Can be used when the skill is disabled

Advanced Myconification Potion

Temporarily transform into a slow-moving fungus, Gain [Target-based Max HP 200%] Shield for 6s. After the time ends, poison surrounding enemies, Deals 292[Damage Rate: 120%] Magic Damage every second for 15s, and gain 6 stacks of Mutation. Can be used when the skill is disabled

System Updates

Combat

Combat Performance Optimization

To optimize performance during large-scale battles and provide smoother combat experience, maximum target counts adjusted:

Maximum Target Adjustments

Skills affecting enemies with damage, DoT, debuffs, etc.: 30 → 20
Skills affecting allies by healing, buffing, etc.: 20 → 15
Tactical Items skill maximum target count: 15

Charge-Based Skills Auto-Refill

Charge-based skills are filled to max stacks when player is killed, switches templates, and revives

Basic Attribute Recalibration

HP and Attack Changes

Driftmaster Basic HP attribute growth rate with Driftmaster Level: 1.03 → 1.036
Equipment HP attribute scaling coefficient with Power: 1.03 → 1.036
Base Attack Power of Equipment: 90 → 105

MP Recovery Changes

Out-of-Combat MP Recovery Speed Bonus for Driftmaster: 150% → 200%
Driftmaster's basic MP Recovery Speed: 2.4/sec → 2/sec

Strength Attribute Effect Adjustments

Block Value per 1 Strength: 0.5 → 0.3
Base Damage and Healing Bonus per 1 Strength: 0.05% → 0% (Removed)
Damage Bonus (PvP) per 1 Strength: 0% → 0.1% (New Addition)
Damage Bonus (PvE) per 1 Strength: 0.05% → 0.1%

Skill Mechanics Adjustment

Control effects from the same skill cast by self are subject to control mitigation, including: Stun, Freeze, Silence, Immobilize, Knockup, Sleep, Fear, Petrify, Disarm, and Charm
Channeling skills no longer use snapshot mechanism (attributes during casting now affect damage dynamically)
Maximum damage that can be reflected in single instance is capped and cannot exceed damage equivalent to 500% damage rate

Environment

The Dark Underworld Environmental Effect Adjustments

Mutation Effect Changes

Each Mutation stack: Reduces Strength by 1 → Reduces Max HP by 0.5%
Has chance to inflict [Mutation] on players, instead of Mutagenic Toxin
Mutagenic Toxin damage: 4% of monster's max HP per second → 2% of monster's max HP per second (Damage Rate Cap: 70%)
Chance of triggering effect on enemies per Mutation stack: 0.5% → 0.3%
Mutagenic Toxin duration: 9s → 7s

Stack Effect Changes

30 stacks: [Lethargy] duration: 9s → 12s
50 stacks: [Vomit] effect chance: 20% → 30%
80 stacks: [Myconification] effect now additionally reduces Strength by 40%

Umbra Guardian Potion

Casting time: 0.5s → 1s
Cooldown: 1min → 10min
Cannot mount, gather, or drag Dark Exergy Ore while under Umbra Guardian

Map Resource Adjustment

Map resource refresh speed in main path of Dark Underworld is reduced
Surrounding map resource refresh speed is increased

Systems

Companion System Migration

Companion System migrated to Support Station [Harvester Hub]

Truce Settings Adjustment

War Time Voting can choose to open War Time only once

Reward Distribution Simplification

Supply Crates: Players in same faction as player opening crate and within 100 meters can also receive rewards
New: Transporting Exergy from Exergy Refinery to Warband Driftmark grants small amount of Warband Contribution

Driftmark Privacy Settings

Other Driftmasters cannot enter this character's Driftmark
Driftmasters from other Warbands cannot enter this Warband's Driftmark

Economy

Equipment Price Reduction

Lowered the price of T9-T11 Equipment

Warband

Warband Trading House Visibility

Warband Trading House stipend can be viewed by members without modification permissions

Logistics

Boost Station Payment Options

Boost Station supports payment in Solarbite

Demolisher Targeting Range

Reduces auto-targeting range of Demolishers against Normal Buildings
Harvester Hub Core and Harvester Stronghold Gate still maintain long-range targeting

Drifter

Repair Station Enhancement

Repair Station can now restore Drifter Endurance

Progression

Equipment Training Mastery Quest Adjustment

Overall quest difficulty has decreased

Optimization

Underworld Population Limit Optimization

New 30-player cap added to portal from Underworld to Surface World
Cap refreshes every 15 minutes

Policy Selection Convenience

Improved convenience for obtaining policies
When you don't choose a New Policy today, system will randomly select one for you

Detailed Changes

Drifters

Aegis

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 30→35
Strength Growth: 2.2→2.4

Auri

Healing Safeguard

Cooldown Time: 20s → 25s

Skyward Leap

Protection Area Effect - Healing Received: 40% → 30%
Dodge increased by 40% → Control Resistance increased by 50

Elektrix

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 10→15
Strength Growth: 1.0→1.1

Illusarch

Echo Reflection

Echo Reflection now only triggers its additional damage once when the same skill deals multiple backstab hits to same target at same time

Izzy

Base / Scaling

Base Agility: 5→15

Kyra

Glacial Armor

Damage changed to non-snapshot mode

Frozen Maelstrom

Damage changed to non-snapshot mode

Nyxa

Base / Scaling

Base Intelligence: 20→25
Intelligence Growth: 1.0→1.7

Soul Feast

Removes Physical Damage immunity of enemies in Wraith Possession
New: The Void effect dealt to enemies within area split into two separate effects: Void and Slow. After splitting, Void effect duration no longer reduced by diminishing effect of Slow
Removes debuff immunity definition of enemy's Nullification effect (no longer immune to debuffs due to effects that grant immunity)

Raven

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 20→15
Strength Growth: 1.2→1.1

Raven's Gaze

Debuff and Slow Duration: 6s → 5s

Shadowseer

Umbra Resonance

Redesigned: When skill deals damage, applies [Void Toxin] and reduces Healing Received by 8%, lasting 6s, stacking up to 8 layers
[Void Toxin]: Each layer deals [Damage Rate: 10%] Magic Damage every 2s (damage increases with stacks) for 6s, stacking up to 8 times

Shadow Cascade

Removes applied [Void Toxin] and reduces healing received effect
The wind-up (pre-cast) animation of the attack is now affected by Casting Speed
Adds 25% increased Movement Speed effect during channeling
Increases bullet collision range and decreases spacing between launch points

Tayana

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 33→38
Strength Growth: 1.9→2.1

Rorg! Advance!

Grants the same control reduction effect as players

Umbra

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 15→20
Strength Growth: 0.8→0.9

Vire

Base / Scaling

Base Strength: 25→30
Basic Intelligence: 30→32

Bloodstorm

Healing Rate: 15% → 20%

Firearms

Passive

Reload

New: Reload Infusion - Gaining 5% Basic Attack Bonus for each bullet loaded, stacking up to 6 times, lasting 6s
Reloading firearms is now affected by Casting Speed

Prism Cloak

Photon Activation

Photon Beam and Enhanced Prism Beam can be affected by Aim Basic Attack range bonus
Photon Beam and Enhanced Prism Beam no longer lock-on to targets for casting. Cast by selecting direction with indicator
Photon Beam and Enhanced Prism Beam bullet collision area increased
Enhanced Prism Beam reduces damage to same target by 85% for hits beyond first
MP Cost: 5 → 8
Prism Beam and Enhanced Prism Beam cast time reduced by 0.1s

Ice Focus

Shard of Fractured Ice

Ice Shard

Cooldown: 20s → Changed to charge-based skill with 18s charge time, up to 2 charges stored

Frost's Caller

Frost Slash

First and Second Frost Slash Damage: 120% → 135%
Third Frost Slash Damage: 145% → 150%
Removed Slow effect from Frost Slash
Frost Drift Cooldown Time: 8s → 10s

Daggers

Passive

Bleed

Weapon Tenacity Penetration: 45 → 35
Base Damage Rate: 100% → 120%
Basic Attack Damage Rate: 85% → 100%

Twilight Blades

Blade Dance

Reduces MP: 25 → 30

Bloodfury Blades

Crimson Frenzy

Percentage-based Max HP damage cannot exceed damage equivalent to 300% Damage Rate
Bleed stacks applied: 2 → 3
Percentage-based True Damage no longer triggers Skill Crit or Skill Lifesteal, and is affected by Focus Fire Damage Reduction

Greatsword

Sanguine Shardblade

Frothing Rampage

Sword Momentum Gain Interval: 3s → 2s
Sanguine Wave Cooldown: 1.2s → 1s
Basic Attacks cast without Sword Momentum become single-target attacks, with range of 12m, same as Basic Attacks with Sword Momentum