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Essence 2 of this season drops this week on July 23rd after maintenance and players can collect these portraits depending on the number of times they pull on the essence. A better look at the portraits are below:
Panda Series Costumes for Entomologist and Bloody Queen Gameplay Showcase
"Incoming fluffiness! Cakes, fresh bamboo, and giant gift boxes... All of this for Panda VV's birthday celebration!" (Credit: Official IDV English Twitter)
These fits for Melly and Mary will be dropping this week after maintenance on July 23rd and will be Echoes-only.
Just a remainder for those interested that the B.Duck Crossover with Archer and Embalmer's fits will be leaving the Shop in just 3 days. Though if you can't get them now, rest assured the crossover will be back and most likely with the previous B.Duck costumes.
These are the crossover emotes, graffiti, portraits, portrait frames, room music, and stickers that have dropped with the event. Naturally, the Naiad costume is also available to purchase as well.
The crossover starts today and is currently live in-game. It will run until August 17th. Players only have to login to claim Aeroplanist's costume, Wang Pangzi and his matching accessory, Mojin Talisman. Naiad's costume, Forbidden Crone, is also free as long as one plays the event and gains the event currency to purchase it from the Event Shop.
The two costumes that are Shop-only and thus are only purchasable with Echoes are:
Novelist - Wu Xie and his matching accessory, Snake-Eyebrow Copper Fish
Mercenary -Zhang Qiling and his matching accessory, Ghost Seal
The crossover has been advertised as Part 1, so we can expect to see a Part 2 probably in the near future. For now, for those interested, please enjoy the month-long crossover event.
Today’s maintenance will be replaced by a hotfix so all game modes except for rank will be available. The time is still the same and it will
Summary:
Time Raiders Crossover arrives with costumes for Aeroplanist (Free through the "Return to Wushan Lodge" event), Naiad (Free through Event Shop) and Shop costumes for Novelist and Mercenary.
The crossover also comes with room music, emotes, portrait frames, portraits, graffiti, stickers and more.
In addition, both the public map and Cryptic Notes will receive Crossover related items.
For Combat, Photographer and Clerk received slight nerfs. Talent nerfs and changes between Factions.
Cryptic Notes received another hefty dose of adjustments.
[Room Music] "Stillewald's Banquet" is now available for 50 Spyglasses.
Mercenary's Birthday on July 23rd!
Scribbled Ideas adjustments (as always).
Experience Improvements for some match behavior and the public map.
Last week of the IJL Tournament this week!
Next Week's Preview:
Season 43 Essence 2 arrives! S-costume for Mechanic - Cyanotype, and A-costumes for "Queen Bee" - Faded Memory and Wildling - Revived Memories will drop!
Time Raiders crossover event [Dreadful Signal] will be added to Cryptic Notes.
Panda Series costumes for Bloody Queen - Flufftail Birthday Host and Entomologist - Fluffy Memories will arrive in celebration of V's (the Pandas) 5th birthday together. These will come with other goodies like a display cabinet, portraits, portrait frames, etc.
Previous Panda Series costumes, the panda pet, and more will return!
Panda Series Costumes for Bloody Queen and Entomologist
These adorable fits will be available on July 23rd after maintenance. They will be in the Shop for Echoes only if previous Panda Series Costumes are anything to go by. They should be 1388 Echoes each.
"Only by cutting away pretense and baring our pain can the soul grow new skin."
The next essence of the season will be dropping next week on July 23rd. It will feature:
S-costume for Mechanic: "Cyanotype."
A-costume for "Queen Bee" - "Beyond Oblivion"
A-costume for Wildling - "Revived Memories"
It appears from the PV that the B-costumes included will belong to Cheerleader, Composer, and "Nightmare." Usually an essence comes with 4 B-costumes so the other character is unknown as of right now.
Identity V x Time Raiders Furniture and Public Map Showcase
Remainder that this crossover will drop this week on July 16th (or 15th depending on your timezone) after maintenance. It comes with costumes for Aeroplanist, Novelist, Mercenary, and Naiad along with a ton of other goodies like emotes, graffiti, portraits, and more.
Official Chibis for The Mind’s Eye “Coastal Ease” and Naiad’s “Citrus Summer”
Credit: Alexander the Great’s Rednote.
Remainder that the Summer Event, “Midsummer Tidesong” will be ending this week after maintenance. The summer costumes and accessories for Helena and Grace will remain in the Shop for another 10 days at the time of this post.
Complete the event and/or grab those costumes while there’s still time!
Official PV for Truth and Inference Event: The Stillewald's Banquet
"In the legends, they never stopped loving. They never stopped dancing."
The Stillewald's Banquet — the 8th Anniversary story PV is here. Follow Lady Truth into the wedding and uncover the secrets hidden beneath the celebration.
Global Artwork for "Faro Lady" Evelyn's Birthday 🫧⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🍸
Artist: CharActerBunny on Twitter. Credit: Official IDV English Twitter.
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