December 20th (UTC) Routine Maintenance and Update
Hello. This is BrownDust2.
Routine maintenance and update are scheduled for December 20th (UTC).
Please refer to the details below.
■ Maintenance Schedule: December 20th, 2023 11:50 pm – December 21st 5:00 am (5 hrs 10 mins) (UTC)
■ Effect: Game access unavailable
■ Details:
1. New event special pack ‘Nightmare Winter’ update
- A new winter season special pack, ‘Nightmare Winter’, will be added.
A modern city that appears peaceful on the outside.
But behind the scenes, everyone in the city is monitored and controlled.
There exists a ruthless ruler who disposes of anyone who goes against the rule.
And, there are people who came together to resist such unreasonable rule.
Hidden truths are revealed, and determination blooms through the sacrifices of precious people.
We would appreciate it if you would watch this heart-warming story that unfolds in a cold winter city.
1-1. Winter event special pack full voice over
- The main quest of the winter event special pack will have full voice-over in Korean and Japanese.
- You can enjoy the entire main quest of the new pack, which takes place in a cold winter city, with the characters' voice.
1-2 Winter event special pack period
- Event special packs are packs that can be rented and played only during a specific period, and are automatically returned after the event period.
- 'Nightmare Winter' can be rented from after the December 20th maintenance – until before January 17th maintenance (UTC).
** After the rental period ends, the event pack becomes unplayable.
- ‘Nightmare Winter’ can be played by clearing the tutorial pack ‘Hello, Elin’.
- ‘Nightmare Winter’ supports main quests, Hard, and Very Hard difficulty.
During the event period, try harder difficulties and earn rewards.
The rewards according to the difficulty level of the Nightmare Winter main quest are as shown in the table below.
- With the addition of ‘Nightmare Winter’, a winter season limited costume will appear.
**Event special packs may rerun after a certain period of time.
2. Season event ‘Fireworks Memories’ update
- ‘FIREWORKS MEMORIES’, the second season of the seasonal event held every 4 weeks, will open.
- You can proceed with the Fireworks Memories season event by touching the season event logo on the left side of the home menu.
- Fireworks Memories Event Period: after the December 20th maintenance (UTC) – until before January 17th maintenance (UTC).
- Fireworks Memories' events consist of 'Event Story / Normal Battle / Challenge Battle / Field Quest / Fiend Hunter / Mini Game (Bingo)'.
Here's the information on when each content starts:
- You can play mini-games using event currency acquired from each content.
1) Fireworks Memories Event Story Information
After that day, which was like a nightmare, I gained something precious and irreplaceable.
A new story begins as members of the resistance organization Levatein devise a new strategy to end the chaos in the city.
* The Fireworks Memories event story takes place after the ending of Nightmare Winter story.
We recommend reading the story after clearing the Nightmare Winter Event Special Pack main quest.
-The Fireworks Memories event story consists of a prologue, an epilogue, and 8 main stories, and the opening schedule for each story are as follows.
2) Fireworks Memories Event Battle Information
- Event battles are divided into Normal battles that anyone can easily challenge, and Challenge battles that require growth and strategy.
- Normal Battle Opening Schedule: After December 20th maintenance – Before January 17th maintenance (UTC)
- Challenge Battle Opening Schedule: After December 27th maintenance – Before January 17th maintenance (UTC)
- When you enter the battle screen, you can check the recommended combat power for each stage, your account's current combat power, challenges, and task completion rewards.
- The challenges for each battle are as follows.
- You can check monster information or enter battle through the button at the bottom of the battle entry menu.
- You can earn a certain amount of event currency by clearing each stage and completing tasks for each battle.
3) Fireworks Memories Field Quest Guide
- You can proceed with the field quest “Midnight, Rush Time”.
- Field Quest Opening Schedule: After December 20th maintenance – Before January 17th maintenance (UTC)
- Collect as many coins as possible on the street within the time limit to earn points.
- If you collide with a moving car, some points will be deducted.
- The game ends when the time limit expires, and points equal to the highest score are earned before 9 AM (KST) every day.
- Depending on the points you earn, you can earn gold and event currency (bingo chips).
- Coin acquisition records are reset at 9 AM (KST) every day.
4) Fireworks Memories Minigame Guide
- You can play bingo with event currency (bingo chips) acquired from each content.
- When you touch the open button at the bottom of the bingo game, a random bingo cell will open and you can obtain the reward for that cell.
- Each time you complete a bingo line, you can obtain a bingo completion reward for that line, and you can obtain rewards such as diamonds, draw tickets, and ancient crystals as bingo completion rewards.
- If you open all the spaces on the bingo board and get all the rewards, it will be replaced with a new bingo board.
- The bingo board can be completed up to 5 times, and the rewards for completing the bingo board for each round are as follows.
Bingo Board Completion Rewards
** My Room furniture, which is provided as a seasonal event reward, can be purchased with Diamonds during a certain period of time after the event ends.
- Bingo games can be played for 7 more days after the Fireworks Memories event ends.
- You can receive compensation by using bingo chips that were not used until the end of the Fireworks Memories event during the period.
* The currently ongoing Dice Minigame will also continue for 7 more days after the Windy Cat event ends.
- You can receive compensation by using dice that were not used until the end of the Windy Cat event during that period.
5) Fiend Hunter Experience Season 4
- Information on ‘E.O.N’, the Giant Fiend of Fiend Hunter Experience Season 4 will be available.
“E.O.N.
For some, it's reality. The freedom I dreamed of.
But... a nightmare for someone else.
Those who fell from paradise to nightmare in an instant dream of a final escape
by activating the decisive battle weapon ‘Codename: End of Nightmare’ sealed deep in the city....”
- You can enter by touching “Fiend Hunter” at the bottom of the UI of the season event main screen.
- Fiend Hunter Experience Season 4 Hunting Preparation Period: After December 20th maintenance – Before January 10th maintenance (UTC)
- Fiend Hunter Experience Season 4 Hunting Period: After January 10th maintenance – January 17th 2:59 PM (UTC)
3. Full voice-over update for all story pack main quests (Korean)
- A Korean full voice-over update will be done for Story Pack 4 to 10 main quests, which were previously partially dubbed.
- In the case of Japanese, there are differences in the method of securing and proceeding with voice actor recording, so please understand that updates will be done in the future. It will be updated sequentially as recording is completed.
4. My Room Update
- My Room content that allows you to decorate your own space will be available.
- My Room is unlocked when you clear Story Pack 1, and you can enter by touching the My Room button at the bottom of the Home menu.
- A total of 3 rooms are provided, and each time you clear the Normal/Hard/Very Hard difficulty level of each pack, the furniture found in that pack is unlocked in the My Room store.
- You can enter the My Room store by touching the store UI on the left side of My Room. You can purchase unlocked furniture at the My Room store.
- You can view representative My Rooms of friend accounts and random users by touching the Browse UI on the left side of My Room.
- You can edit My Room through the Edit button at the bottom right, and check the list of owned and unowned furniture in My Room inventory.
- Touch furniture you do not own to see how to obtain it.
- In My Room, you can place fellow characters in addition to furniture, and placed characters can interact by standing, sitting, or lying down on some furniture.
5. Gear preset function update
- A gear preset function will be added so that you can easily change gears.
- You can set gear presets in the gear tab of character information, and up to 5 gear presets can be set.
- You can set a name for each preset.
- If the gear registered in the preset disappears due to dismantle, etc., the gear will be excluded from the preset slot.
- If you attempt to equip gear that is already equipped by another fellow character through a preset, the gear will automatically be taken off from the companion who was previously equipped with the gear.
6. New Talent Skill ‘Absorption’ update
- A new talent skill, 'Absorption', will be added to Celia.
- By using the absorption skill, you can acquire all finds in the current field area.
- If you use the absorption talent skill while the search talent skill is activated, you will also acquire search finds within the search range.
- The number of times the Absorption talent skill is used is reset every day at 9 AM (KST).
7. Half Anniversary commemorative limited costume acquisition notice pop-up update
- An information pop-up will be added so that you can intuitively check the events that distribute costume as reward.
- You can immediately obtain one Stray Cat Rou costume through the information pop-up.
- You can immediately move to content where you can acquire additional Stray Cat Rou costume through the information pop-up.
8. Pixiv Illustration Contest Winner Information
- Thank you again to all the users who showed their deep affection for BrownDust 2 through the Pixiv Illustration Contest.
- Contest winners will be announced on December 20th, and you can access the contest results webpage through the Pixiv Illustration Contest banner on the right side of the home screen.
- You can enjoy a variety of wonderful illustrations drawn by users on the web page.
- Pixiv Web page: https://www.pixiv.net/contest/BrownDust2
9. Half Anniversary Commemorative ★5 Costume Selective Guarantee Draw Update
- To commemorate Half Anniversary, a ★5 Costume Selective Guarantee Draw will be held for a limited time.
- You can select 6 ★5 costumes of your choice and proceed with the Draw.
- Every time you draw 10 times, you will receive one of the six ★5 costumes selected for the 10th draw.
- Only 10 draws are possible in the ★5 Costume Selective Guarantee Draw and each 10 draw can be done with 2,000 Paid Diamonds.
- The number of purchases is limited to 3 per account. (A total of 30 draws possible)
* Costumes that are not in the Selected Draw List until December 21st (Limited Costume, Anonymous Sage Nartas, Anti-Dystopia Diana) cannot be selected for the Guarantee Draw).
- Event Period: After December 20th maintenance – Before January 17th maintenance (UTC)
10. Other improvements and changes
1) Improved skill that uses HP proportional coefficient
- The upper limit of HP applied to skills that use a HP proportional coefficient is changed from 10000 to 20000.
2) Improved store purchase quantity
- You will be able to purchase in bulk when buying products at the Golden Thread/Powder of Hope shop.
- You can set the maximum quantity as much as the currency you own that can be purchased.
3) Improvement of the quantity of Golden Thread obtained
- When acquiring a ★5 Costume in its maximum enhanced state, the amount of Golden Thread obtained will increase.
- ★5 costume Golden Thread acquisition quantity: 100 → 300
- We plan to retroactively provide Golden Thread equal to the difference to users who previously acquired Golden Thread by acquiring additional ★5 costumes, and we will notify you separately when it will be applied.
4) Improvement in Fred's talent skill, Gear Craft
- To increase the convenience of making UR gear, Fred's talent skill, Gear Craft will be able to craft UR grade gears.
- Fred's talent skill level can be upgraded to legendary level.
- If you upgrade your Gear Craft talent skill to legendary level, you can produce UR gear.
5) Improvement of the story pack continuous play environment
- When playing story packs in succession, you can proceed without additional animation or pack purchase procedures.
- When entering the story pack, you can enter immediately without going through a separate animation process.
- If you complete the main quest of a story pack, you will immediately obtain the next story pack.
- Pack guidebook can be viewed directly from the collection screen.
- The content unlock display will be modified to be displayed when entering the home menu.
* After completing the main quest, the content unlock animation will not be displayed in the field area.
6) Package product UI improvements
- The UI has been improved so that all package products of the same configuration can be checked in one template.
- The location of packages that can be purchased with Diamonds has been moved to the Packages tab in the Diamond Store.
- Purchase efficiency will be displayed on each package.
7) Changes to some illustrations
- Some illustrations in the game will be changed. The illustrations that will change are as follows.
8) Improvement of SP change skill tooltip
- The tooltip content of skills that cause SP fluctuations when used will be improved to match the actual effect activation order.
- The costumes for which the skill tooltip contents are modified are as follows.
- The Fiend Scholar Olstein
- The Dimension Witch Eclipse
- Loyal Butler Andrew
- Anvil of Creation Layla
- Righteous Raider Girl Bernie
- Seductive Wings Lucrezia
9) Paid Diamond first purchase bonus reset
- Upon maintenance on December 20th (UTC), the 200% bonus for first purchase of paid diamonds sold at the Charge Store will be reset.
- Paid diamond products can be purchased at Home Menu > Shop > Charge Store > Dia tab.
■ New Pickup
- Nightmare Bunny Eclipse costume and Eclipse's exclusive gear, Star Caller Ornament will appear in the Pickup.
1) Nightmare Bunny Eclipse costume: After December 20th maintenance - Before January 3rd maintenance (UTC).
※ The above information may change upon update.
※ For more detailed abilities and information, please check the in-game collection menu.
※ The Nightmare Bunny Eclipse Costume is a limited edition costume and will not be added to the Powder of Hope Shop or Selective Draw after pickup ends.
2) Star Caller Ornament: After December 20th maintenance - Before January 3rd maintenance (UTC).
※ The above information may change upon update.
※ The above information is based on the ability value of UR Star Caller Ornament at the time of initial acquisition.
※ For more detailed stats and information, please check the collection menu in the game.
- Masquerade Bunny Celia Costume and Celia's exclusive gear, Terra Concealer, will appear in the pickup.
1) Masquerade Bunny Celia Costume: After December 27th maintenance - Before January 10th maintenance (UTC)
2) Terra Concealer: After December 27th maintenance - Before January 10th maintenance (UTC)
※ Masquerade Bunny Celia Costume is a limited edition costume and will not be added to the Powder of Hope Shop or Selective Draw after pickup ends.
** We would like to inform you in advance that the three winter limited costumes “Nightmare Bunny Eclipse, Masquerade Bunny Celia, and Stray Cat Rou” cannot be enhanced through the costume selection enhancement (temporary name for development) scheduled to be updated in the future.
■ Rerun Pickup
- Homunculus Lathel Costume and Lathel's exclusive gear, Artha Lugo, will appear in the pickup.
1) Homunculus Lathel Costume: After December 20th maintenance - Before January 3rd maintenance (UTC)
※ The above information may change upon update.
※ For more detailed abilities and information, please check the in-game collection menu.
※ Homunculus Lathel Costume will be added to the Powder of Hope shop after January 3rd maintenance (UTC).
2) Artha Lugo: After December 20th maintenance - Before January 3rd maintenance (UTC)
※ The above information may change upon update.
※ The above information is based on the ability value of UR Artha Lugo at the time of initial acquisition.
※ For more detailed stats and information, please check the collection menu in the game.
■ Costume and Exclusive Gear Draw addition schedule
- Costumes and Exclusive Gear will be added according to the schedule below.
■ Issue Fixation
- 'Hello, Elin!' pack's combat tutorial has been simplified.
- When receiving a reward in the field, the notification display has been improved to make the reward more visible.
- When downloading resources, the title screen will now display the download progress.
- When creating a new account, the visibility of the terms and conditions required and the touch area will be improved.
- Story Pack 6 Stein's Tower 9th floor Search Finds items will be modified to appear in the correct location.
- An issue where Lathel’s image was displayed abnormally in certain dialogue lines during the Story Pack 10 main quest has been fixed.
- An issue where the shadow of the jar does not disappear immediately when the jar is destroyed in the Windy Cat Field quest has been fixed.
- The difficulty level of quests in progress in the pack collection will be display accurately.
- When entering battle in a PC environment, key commands will no longer be able to be entered before the screen is fully bright.
- An issue where the information pop-up is not displayed when touching a character in the Mirror War replay list has been fixed.
- An issue where, when replaying the Mirror War defense record, information from a battle other than the battle that is loaded, has been fixed.
- An issue where the line designating the target is exposed abnormally when moving the placement of a character targeted by a range skill has been fixed.
- An issue where the Mirror War records of the previous account are exposed when logging in with a different account on the same device has been fixed.
- An issue where the leading character is abnormally exposed when entering the battle area after using a talent skill has been fixed.
- An issue where the Olstein's talent skill dispatch UI behaves abnormally in landscape mode has been fixed.
- The location of the transport box in the Character Pack 6 safe zone has been partially adjusted.
- An issue where an error occurred when going back while entering the Windy Cat season event story has been fixed.
- When modifying the formation of Mirror War, the auto battle settings for other normal battles will not be canceled.
- An issue where a black screen appears in the background when replaying the Character Pack 6 story under certain circumstances has been fixed.
- When using the talent skill Dash or Stealth, the Ability Pill UI will not disappear.
- An issue where the one-time reward acquisition achievement rate was displayed as 100% even if all lost items in the Story Pack 3 safe zone were not acquired has been fixed.
- An issue where the Tower of Desire UI is displayed when touching a specific area while playing Fiend Hunter has been fixed.
- An issue where the dash and talent skill quick slot buttons appear awkwardly positioned in portrait mode when using a Galaxy Fold device has been fixed.
- Modifications will be made to prevent two or more Today Quests from being cleared at the same time.
- An issue where all normal monsters in Story Pack 5 are not moved to a specific area when killed is fixed.
- An issue where the character is abnormally exposed when performing a quest or encountering monsters at the time of talent skill completion has been fixed.
- An issue where the NPC in the Story Pack 3 mercenary building is exposed abnormally when their paths overlap while moving has been fixed.
- An issue where the character's HP is abnormally exposed when changing characters during feeding or gear replacement/equipment/removal has been fixed.
Thank you.
