Dear players,
The servers of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will be suspended for maintenance from May 21st, 2025 23:00 (UTC) to May 22nd, 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. Fairyland Penglai Brand-new Gameplay: Fly High
Grab some friends and fly high above Fairyland Penglai. The scenery is perfect for a tour in the sky!
1. Approach other players to use gesture "Fly High" on them, forming a flight team.
2. The player that started the interaction is the flight leader, and controls its movement.
3. Beware of the obstacles in the air and on the ground, as the flight team will auto-disband if an obstacle is hit.
4. This is only available in certain areas. The areas around the Pantheon and Songbird Arena are not supported.

II. New Howie & Landau Crossover Mechanism: Seven-Sword Array
Seven-Sword Arrays will respawn on the battlefield in Ranked Modes, Bot Modes and Quick Matches. Players can discard weapons, equipments, and items of required quality and quantity within the array to interact with the Seven-Swords Arra. After interaction, they can obtain the item Shrouded Jades.
[Shrouded Jade] Can be used in Bag. After use, select a Souljade for imbuing to add one additional attribute to the Souljade.

III. Limited-time Event: Wandering Swordsman
Event Duration: May 21, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jun. 11, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules
1. Gain Dice and Wild Dice by completing quests during the event. These become Howie's tools for navigating the perilous event map and uncovering hidden treasures.
2. Enemies lurk along Howie's journey. Roll Dice and unleash Sword Skills to triumph and claim your rewards.
3. Howie starts with the "Rainbow Sunburst" skill. Meet other Seven Sword inheritors to unlock their Sword Skills. Each skill can only be used once per battle.
4. Landing on special spaces triggers "Encounters." Your choices determine different outcomes.
5. Companion Events and Enemy Events are mandatory paths. When rolling dice, the number cannot exceed the remaining steps from Howie's current position to the event space.

IV. Limited-Time Event: Woven Blessings
Event Duration: May 28, 2025 20:00 (UTC) - Jun. 4, 2025 20:00 (UTC)
Event Rules
1. A new phase unlocks each day, with four unique sets of quests awaiting.
2. Completing quests rewards you with 5 colors of silk . Collect a certain number of 5 colors of silk to receive milestone rewards. The quests will not refresh during the event period and progress can be continuously accumulated.




Hero Adjustments
I. Yueshan
Optimized how Almighty Generals' [Rampage]'s hits are adjudicated when hitting enemies who are in mid-air or grounded.

II. Akos Hu
1. [Roar: Blast]'s range and knockback speed have both been increased when fully charged. Additionally, slightly increased the time that enemies who are knocked back by this skill spend in mid-air.
(Note: Knockback speed denotes the speed at which a unit that has been knocked back travels through the air.)
2. Optimized the feeling of using [Roar: Blast] in mid-air and then following up with a weapon attack.
3. Increased the size of the area affected by [Feral Frenzy: Lockdown] on cast, but the size of the area within which enemies are trapped has not been changed.

III. Tessa
Slightly increased the time required for enemies to retrieve souls when interacting with Soul Vessels generated by Ultimate [Enchant] and [Enchant: Group Prey].

IV. Takeda Nobutada
Increased how much Demonic Force Takeda gets from weapons of certain quality levels while using [Demonic Aid: Force]. The changes are as follows:
Common: 20->20 (Unchanged)
Rare: 30->45
Epic: 60->80
Legendary: 100->160
Extreme: 120->180

V. Kurumi
Adjusted the duration of the healing circle created by Ultimate [Purified Circle] from 15 sec to 14 sec.

VI. Tarka Ji
Adjusted the time without [Heat] gain after [Overheated] ends from 10 sec to 16 sec in Ultimate status.

VII. Other Adjustments
Optimized how Rage is carried over when transformer heroes cancel their ultimates. Now, when returning to normal form, your Rage percentage will be set to whichever is higher: your Rage percentage before transforming or your Rage percentage when you cancel the ultimate.

Weapon Adjustments
I. Flying Knives
Slightly reduced the stagger duration of the third Vertical Strike in a combo against grounded enemies.

II. Dual-wielded Weapons
Optimized the special effects when repairing dual-wielded weapons with Weapon Repair Kits.

III. Single-edged Weapon
1. Slightly increased the stagger duration of Single-edged Weapon Skills' blast on enemies.
2. Single-edged Weapon Skills will change to Blue Focus status after the first Chinese character appears.

IV. Heavy Sword
The first strike of Heavy Swords' Congeneric Skills can now clash with both enemy's Common Attacks and Focus Strikes.

Battle Adjustments
1. Congeneric Skills will no longer consume durability of weapons not in the current weapon slot.
2. Grappling Hooks will no longer cause hit effects when hitting enemies being countered.
//Dev Notes: After a successful counter, targets were often interrupted by your teammates' grappling hooks, which prevents the countering player from landing their counter attack. We've adjusted the hit priority of characters when being countered to address this issue.

Souljade Adjustments
I. Heng Sword Souljade
Advanced the timing of the prompt special effect for [Aerial Dash].

II. Flying Knives Souljade
Slightly reduced the explosion special effect size of [Palm Lightning].

III. Other Adjustments
Removed the Soujade [Focus Slide] as an in-game drop from Quick Match, The Herald's Trial, and Immortal War modes.
In-Game Adjustments
I. Gameplay Process Adjustments
1. In Immortal War, an additional Yang Spirit Well will spawn during the third round of Spirit Well refreshes. When occupied or when it disappears after the timer, it will inflict Yang Depletion to players within range who don't have the power of beasts.
Players affected by Yang Depletion will receive the [Capture the Flag] quest. A Sunwing Flag will spawn in the scene. Deliver the Sunwing Flag to the Spirit Well Shrine and keep it there for 10 sec to complete the quest and remove Yang Depletion from your entire team.
If no players on the team are in Yang Depletion status, the Sunwing Flag will be dropped.
2. Increased Realm of Yang's number in the first round of Immortal War from 3 to 4

II. Feature Optimizations
1. You can now see the skill variants you and your teammates choose on the hero selection screen during the preparation phase.
2. Camera orientation will no longer reset when revive at a Soul Altar.
3. Enhanced the visual display of some in-game quest panel progress bars

III. Mechanism Adjustments
Yang Spirit Well Adjustment: Reduced the area that inflicts Yang Depletion effect in The Herald's Trial, Quick Match, and Bot mode.
Added new exits and Soul Altars within the safe zone at the end of the second round of Realm of Yang to ensure teams leaving Realm of Yang can resume previous match without disruption.

IV. In-game Economy Adjustments
In Immortal War, the first round of Epic Armors available to purchase at Rift Dealers will now begin earlier.
In Immortal War Duos and Trios, the price of Epic Armor has been increased. The number of Epic Armors available in the first round has been increased.
Some modes will have their Epic and Legendary Armor replaced with Yang Crystal Powder·Advanced and Yang Crystal Powder·Intermediate.

Out-of-Game Adjustments
I. Added Emote Reception Settings
You can now choose whose emotes you receive during matches.

II. Stack Up High Interaction Adjustments
Adjusted the interaction for Stack Up High. When near other players, use your radial interaction menu, and select Stack Up High to interact.

III. Optimized Applicable Items of Cosmetics 50% Discount Voucher and More
When using the Cosmetics 50% Discount Voucher, some outfits that can be purchased with Tae were visible but couldn't be discounted. To avoid confusion, the following cosmetics will no longer be supported by the Cosmetics 50% Discount Voucher:
Accessory-Spring Furin, Kami Bells, Scarlet Glare, Nightmare Hunter, Silver Masquerade, Ramskull, Royal Augur, Sly Treasure, Birdbrain, Panda Bear, Sloth, Lucky Lantern, Eaglet, Ruthless, Imperial Crane, Imperial Creed, Kitsune Face, Peaks, Biding Serpent, Harmony, Wrathful, and Firebrand Conch

IV. Lobby Music
Added "Life is Only a Century" and "Still Thinking of Him" to the lobby music from the Howie & Landau crossover. Enjoy!


Showdown Adjustments
I. Battle Adjustments
1. Optimized the preparation animation for the [Vinemire]'s decimator move.

II. Stage Adjustments
1. Tempered Inferno Adjustments
(1) After all team members exit the stage clearance tip screen during the preparation phase, the preparation phase countdown will be shortened.
(2) Based on online data, the following numerical adjustments have been made:
· Appropriately reduced the attack of monsters in Tempered Inferno·Solo and Tempered Inferno·Nightscream·Solo, and increased the initial Health of Chaos Furnace.
· Added one extra rebirth chance to Tempered Inferno and Tempered Inferno·Solo.
· Appropriately reduced the Health of the 4th and 5th round boss monsters in Tempered Inferno·Nightscream·Solo.
2. Nirriti's Ruins Adjustments
Shortened the duration of the black screen when switching between areas.

III. Feature Optimizations
1. Added Showdown hero display setting in profiles, where you can customize which heroes to display.
2. Main Chapter Stage Unlock Requirement Adjustment:
In main chapter modes, when you complete a stage you haven't unlocked while with teammates, your completion record will be saved. When you complete the prerequisite stages, this stage will be immediately marked as completed.
3. Added hero potential recommendations to the Recommended feature. It shows both recommended potential and popular potential for the current hero.




Feature Optimizations
I. Client Optimizations
Ray Tracing Experimental Version Now Available
After this update, ray tracing can be enabled in the graphics settings after activating DirectX 12 mode. When enabled, ray tracing global illumination and ray tracing reflections technologies will greatly enhance visual effects across all maps and modes, providing more realistic real-time lighting effects and a more immersive gaming experience.
(1) Ray tracing is currently only available on NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards that support ray tracing acceleration. In future versions, Intel graphics cards with ray tracing acceleration will support ray tracing after deep optimization at the driver level. Players are recommended to upgrade to the latest driver version for their graphics cards.
(2) Enabling ray tracing will incur some performance costs. This can be offset by using image enhancement features (DLSS, FSR, XeSS) and Frame Generation to improve performance and get a better experience.
(3) This update integrates NVIDIA DLSS ray reconstruction technology, which uses AI to denoise sampling results, generating higher quality pixels and improving ray-traced image quality. Players can enable ray reconstruction in the graphics settings after enabling ray tracing. This technology is currently only available on RTX 40 series and above graphics cards.
(4) Ray tracing is currently in experimental version and will continue to be optimized in future versions. If abnormal crashes occur with ray tracing enabled, players can disable it in the settings on the login screen.

II. In-Game
Standardized the speed of entering Blue Focus status during charging and successful charging in different frame rates.


Store Updates
I. New Items in Item Store
Newly added Legendary Item [Swordsman Crate] with a price of 120 Gold. Purchase Limit: 10. Grants a random unowned Howie & Landau Outfit, Weapon, Hairstyle or Accessory. Completing the collection unlocks Legendary Gesture Howie & Landau·Cyclone Rise. Can be claimed in Profile - Collections. After completion, a crate opened grants you Spectral Silk*240.

II. New Discounts
1. Newly added Legendary Rescue Effect [You Good?]. Standard price: 900 Gold; Now: 600 Gold.
2. Newly added Epic Kill Announcement [Paper Glider]. Standard price: 300 Gold; Now: 200 Gold.


III. New Items in the Gift Store
In the Gift Store, newly added:
Legendary Gestures [Playhouse·Left]. Redeemable by 270 Fragrant Jades.
Legendary Gestures [Playhouse·Right]. Redeemable by 270 Fragrant Jades.
Please note that with this update, the Draconic Treasures will be removed in the Gift Store. Instead, players can now redem for Splendor Treasure Choice Gift by 65 Fragrant Jade each, with a monthly redemption limit of 3.


Bug Fixes
I. Battle-related Bugs
1. Fixed an issue where outfit attack rotation could cause abnormal character model collision in specific cases.
2. Fixed an issue where players could release Ultimates not usable under attack while airborne after being hit by the combat item [Katana Tome].

II. Hero-related Bugs
Fixed an issue that would cause Temulch's Storm Prison's Slowed effect to be applied to Temulch's allies in some situations.