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The following are the details for the 8/20 (Tue) Update.

All listed times are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) unless otherwise stated.

 

8/20 (Tue) Update Notice

1. Date: 8/20 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 7:00 06:00 AM (UTC)

2. Impact: Players will be unable to connect to the game during maintenance.

3. Rewards: Pyroxene x600

* You can claim maintenance rewards from your mailbox after maintenance until 8/27 (Tue) 2:59 PM (UTC). (Mailbox Storage Window: 7 days)

 

8/20 (Tue) Update Main Schedule
- The following is the release schedule for the content included in this update. Further details are available in the relevant categories.

- For more information on the upcoming campaigns, please refer to the "Upcoming Campaigns" section at the bottom of the notice as well as the "August Rewards Campaign Notice."

 

Dates	Category	Content	Notes
8/20 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC)	Scheduled Maintenance	Maintenance Begins
8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/3 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)	Pick-Up Recruitment	Aru (Dress), Kayoko (Dress)	8/20 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) Recruitment Points Reset
8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/3 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)	Event Story	From Opera 0068 with Love!
8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance	Guide Task	Hyakkiyako Lantern Festival Tour Immortalized	Event participation and rewards will become permanently available.
8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance	Webview Event	Special Opera! Problem Solver 68's Hard-boiled Day
8/27 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) – 9/2 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)	Total Assault	Chesed (Indoor Warfare)

 

8/20 (Tue) Update Highlights

  

 

Main Update Details

1. New Students

- Aru (3★, Dress)

 

- Kayoko (3★, Dress)

 

2. Student Recruitment

- For information about probabilities, visit In Game → Recruit → Rate Info at the bottom left of each Recruitment area.
- During Pick-Up Recruitment, you can use Recruitment Points for Selective Acquisition of Pick-Up students.

- When the Pick-Up Recruitment ends, Recruitment Points are converted to Keystone Pieces at a 1:1 ratio and sent to your mailbox.

* For more information, please refer to the 8/20 (Tue) Aru (Dress) and Kayoko (Dress) Pick-Up Recruitment Notice.

 

- Aru (3★, Dress) Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/3 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

- Kayoko (3★, Dress) Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/3 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

 

8/20 (Tue) Pick-Up Recruitment - Aru (Dress), Kayoko (Dress)

🔹 Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/3 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

- Applied to the student's Pick-Up Probability.

Example: Aru (3★, Dress)'s Pick-Up Recruitment probability applies to the Pick-Up rates for Aru (3★, Dress)'s Recruitment.

- You can also recruit Aru (3★, Dress) via Regular Recruitment both during and after this Pick-Up period.

- You can use Recruitment Points to selectively acquire Aru (3★, Dress) and Kayoko (3★, Dress) during their Pick-Up Recruitment period.

 

3. Event Story: From Opera 0068 with Love!

 

🔹 Event Schedule

- Event Schedule: 8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/3 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

- Shop, Task, and Event Reward Claim and Exchange Schedule: 8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/10 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

🔹 Event Details

- Clear Mission 2-3 (Normal) to participate in the "From Opera 0068 with Love!" event.

* When the event ends, unused event currencies are changed to Credit Points on a 1:1 ratio and sent to your mailbox.

 

Story

- Clear Stories to earn various rewards, like Pyroxenes and event currency.

- Once you clear the event story, you can re-watch the unlocked episodes in the Story menu below.

 

Quests

- Clear Quests to earn various rewards, like Credit Points and Artifacts.

 

Challenges

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Challenges open 8/20 (Tue) 7:00 PM (UTC).

- Event Challenges only have 3★ and First Clear Rewards. Additional rewards will not be granted for clearing more than once.

- Clear all three stages to unlock the EX stage.

- Clear the EX stage to obtain a Secret Tech Notes Fragment.

- The event will be marked as complete even if you clear all stages except the EX stage.

 

Specialized Student Effects

- Specialized Students grant bonuses for each event currency.

ㄴ Go to Specialized Student → Event Currency in the event screen to view details.

- The Specialized Effect applies to stages in both Story and Quests.

- Specialized Effects are only applied to repeat rewards.

- Once a Specialized Effect is applied, it is permanently applied on that stage. The effect also applies to Sweeps.

 

Prize Exchange

- Clear Stories and Quests to obtain event currency you can exchange for items in the Exchange House.

- Each round has a limited number of prizes you can get, which will be marked as "Remaining.”

- For Prize Exchange Rounds 1–8, you can refresh the lineup as soon as you earn all pink boxes (winning items).

- After Prize Exchange Round 9, all items in the lineup must be earned before you can refresh.

 

Shop

- You can trade event currencies you earn from Story and Quest stages for items in the event shop.

- You'll get different rewards depending on how many Event Points you earn.

 

Tasks

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Clear Event Tasks to earn Pyroxenes and Credit Points.

 

Schedule Meetup

- Purchase a Valentine's Day Outing Pass from the Event Shop, then Schedule Meetups with students and check out their Valentine's episode!

- 23 Valentine's episodes with new students have been added.

- You can schedule a Meetup with the students you own and NPCs (Arona, Plana, Rin, Momoka, Ayumu, Sora, Aoi).

- You can schedule a Meetup with Plana after clearing Main Story Part 1 Final Episode Afterword 2.

- Upon completing a Meetup, you can earn 400,000 Credit Points, the student's Eleph x5, and a special present made by the student just for Sensei!

* When you complete a Meetup with NPC, you can earn 400,000 Credit Points, Eligma x15, and a special present made by the NPC just for Sensei!

 

4. Event Recap: Hyakkiyako Lantern Festival Tour Immortalized

- The Guide Task, Hyakkiyako Lantern Festival Tour, will be added to the Event Recap after 8/20 (Tue) Maintenance and will be available on a regular basis.

* You can access the Guide Task in Event Recap once you clear Mission 2-3 (Normal).

You can proceed to this Guide Task after claiming the final rewards of 3 Days/Week Workplace Improvement Mission.

* You can clear Daily Tasks and get rewards from regular Guide Tasks.

* Immortalized Guide Tasks will be a common occurrence in future updates.

* Please check in game for details.

 

5. Webview Event: Special Opera! Problem Solver 68's Hard-boiled Day

 

A mysterious student has a request for Problem Solver 68. She needs help...finding a cat?!

 

Problem Solver 68 undertake what they think will be a simple commission, but they instead find themselves dealing with a very hard-boiled day.

 

Enjoy the events of their hard-boiled day by watching the opera episodes and receive event gifts from Schale!

 

🔹 Event Schedule

- 8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/2 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)

 

🔹 Event Details

  

 

- Tap the "Special Opera! Problem Solver 68's Hard-boiled Day" (Web Event) banner at the top right of the lobby to view episodes and obtain event rewards.

 

How to Participate

1) Log in to the event page via the in-game banner.

 

2) View episodes and rewards, revealed at 7:00 PM (UTC) every day, on the event page.

 

3) Tap the "Next" button at the bottom right to view the rewards page, and your event gift will be delivered to your mailbox immediately. (Mailbox Storage Date: 7 days, once per account).

ㄴ Event gifts will be delivered once you check the rewards page. Don't forget to check your mailbox!

 

4) Once you claim all the event gifts, you can't get any additional rewards.

 

🔹 Event Rewards

Schedule	Release Time	Event Gift
Day 1	8/20 (Tue) After Maintenance	Pyroxene x200
Day 2	8/20 (Tue) 7:00 PM (UTC)	Pyroxene x200
Day 3	8/21 (Wed) 7:00 PM (UTC)	Pyroxene x200
Day 4	8/22 (Thu) 7:00 PM (UTC)	Pyroxene x200
Day 5	8/23 (Fri) 7:00 PM (UTC)	Pyroxene x200
Day 6	8/24 (Sat) 7:00 PM (UTC)	Pyroxene x200

* You'll receive a letter titled "The Special Event Reward has arrived." in your Mailbox

 

🔹 Misc

- You can only view and claim each episode reward once, but you can still claim your rewards from the previous days if you missed them.

 

However, you must view the preceding episode to view the next episode.

 

(Example) If Sensei who did not log in after the 8/20 (Tue) maintenance, later log in on 8/20 (Tue) after 7:00 PM (UTC), they can view the day 1 episode and claim the reward.

After claiming their day 1 reward, the day 2 episode will now be available on the event's main page. They can then view the day 2 episode and claim that reward.

 

- Guest accounts cannot participate in this event. Please link your account to participate.

 

- Please note that if you close your account, you will not be able to re-enter the event even if you participated previously.

 

6. Total Assault: Chesed (Indoor Warfare)

Chesed! New Total Assault Boss will be available.

Use your unique strategies to defeat Chesed!

 

🔹 Event Schedule

- Season Schedule: 8/27 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 9/2 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)

 

🔹 Event Details

- Defeat the Total Assault boss during the event to earn Total Points Rewards and Rank Rewards.

 

Terrain/Defense Type/Attack Type (Insane and Torment Only)

- Indoor Warfare / Heavy Armor / Explosive

 

Participation Requirements

- Clear Mission 4-1 (Normal)

 

Total Assault Ticket Time Rules

- You get 3 attempts per day. Tickets recharge daily at 7:00 PM (UTC) during the season.

- It costs 1 Total Assault Ticket to enter, and you will have 1 hour to clear the boss.

- Even if you lose, you can re-enter during the time period and continue fighting.

- You can re-enter at any time within the given time limit, without using additional Total Assault Tickets.

- Even if the game closes during battle due to network or other issues, you will still be able to continue Total Assault for the given time limit.

- If the 1-hour time limit expires, you will no longer be able to re-enter. The score will be calculated based on the boss's remaining HP, and you won't get the Boss Clear Reward.

 

Available Difficulties

- There are 7 difficulties: Normal, Hard, Very Hard, Hardcore, Extreme, Insane, and Torment.

 

Clear Rewards

- You will earn Advanced Total Assault Coins and Total Assault Coins based on the difficulty you clear.

- You can only Sweep cleared bosses on the same day you cleared them.

Difficulty	Rewards
Normal	Total Assault Coin x40
Hard	Total Assault Coin x60
Very Hard	Total Assault Coin x80
Hardcore	Total Assault Coin x100 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x10
Extreme	Total Assault Coin x120 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x20
Insane	Total Assault Coin x140 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x40
Torment	Total Assault Coin x160 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x60

 

Rank Reward

- You will earn Rank Rewards based on your season rank when the season ends.

- You can claim Rank Rewards once the settlement period ends.

- Rank Rewards are not available unless you have cleared Total Assault at least once.

 

▶NA

Rank	Ranking	Rewards
Platinum	Rank 1–5,000	Pyroxene x1,200 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x300 / Total Assault Coin x575 1 of each Chesed Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (4 total)
Gold	Rank 5,001–25,000	Pyroxene x1,000 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x250 / Total Assault Coin x500 1 of each Chesed Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (3 total)
Silver	Rank 25,001–50,000	Pyroxene x800 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x200 / Total Assault Coin x425 1 of each Chesed Silver and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (2 total)
Bronze	Rank 50,001+	Pyroxene x600 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x150 / Total Assault Coin x325 1 Chesed Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare

▶Asia

Rank	Ranking	Rewards
Platinum	Rank 1–10,000	Pyroxene x1,200 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x300 / Total Assault Coin x575 1 of each Chesed Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (4 total)
Gold	Rank 10,001–50,000	Pyroxene x1,000 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x250 / Total Assault Coin x500 1 of each Chesed Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (3 total)
Silver	Rank 50,001–100,000	Pyroxene x800 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x200 / Total Assault Coin x425 1 of each Chesed Silver and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (2 total)
Bronze	Rank 100,001+	Pyroxene x600 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x150 / Total Assault Coin x325 1 Chesed Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare

 

▶Global

Rank	Ranking	Rewards
Platinum	Rank 1–2,000	Pyroxene x1,200 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x300 / Total Assault Coin x575 1 of each Chesed Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (4 total)
Gold	Rank 2,001–10,000	Pyroxene x1,000 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x250 / Total Assault Coin x500 1 of each Chesed Gold, Silver, and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (3 total)
Silver	Rank 10,001–20,000	Pyroxene x800 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x200 / Total Assault Coin x425 1 of each Chesed Silver and Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare (2 total)
Bronze	Rank 20,001+	Pyroxene x600 / Advanced Total Assault Coin x150 / Total Assault Coin x325 1 Chesed Bronze Trophy - Indoor Warfare

 

Total Point Rewards

- At the end of the battle, Total Points will be determined based on the time remaining or on the boss's remaining HP and difficulty level.

- The faster the boss is defeated, the more Total Points you earn.

- You'll get rewards based on the accumulated Total Points you earn.

- Total Points you earn after the end of the Total Assault Season don't count.

- You can't earn Total Points and rewards if you exceed the time limit.

* Please check in game for further details regarding Total Points and rewards.

 

Unit Formation

- You can use up to 4 units to face the Total Assault boss.

- Swap units that are unavailable for battle with unused characters to utilize more units.

- Students who have participated in a battle will be listed as unavailable.

 

7. New Tasks Added

- Added Equipment Level Up Achievement.

* Please check in game for details.

 

8. Content Shop Update

- 8/31 (Sat) 7:00 PM (UTC): The contents of Eligma ll and Bounty Shops will refresh, and purchase limits will be reset.

- 8/31 (Sat) 7:00 PM (UTC):  Purchase limits for Expert Permit Shop will be reset, and new products will be added.

- 8/31 (Sat) 7:00 PM (UTC): The purchase limits of Total Assault, Grand Assault, and Joint Firing Drill shops will be reset.

 

9. New Furniture Added

- Premium Executive Desk Furniture will be added.

ㄴFurniture can be acquired through the Event Story "From Opera 0068 with Love!"

 

10. New Interactions

- See Aru (Dress) and Kayoko (Dress)'s interactions with the Premium Executive Desk.

ㄴ Interaction can be viewed when Aru (Dress) or if both Aru (Dress) and Kayoko (Dress) are visiting the Cafe.

 

 

- See Kayoko (Dress)'s interaction with the Violet Party Table Set.

 

11. Crafting & Furniture Box Items Added

1) Added 1 new type of craftable Elephs for the 3rd node of Material Synthesis.

2) Added 4 new obtainable Furniture items via Material Synthesis.

3) Added 4 new types of obtainable items to the Furniture n-Star Raffle and Choice Boxes

* The overall crafting probabilities have been adjusted due to the addition of new items. Please check [Crafting Probabilities (Crafting Chamber) Probability Info (Shortcut)] for more details.

4) Added 4 obtainable items to the Furniture Box (3★).

* The probabilities of obtainable items from the Furniture Box have been adjusted due to the addition of new items.

* Please check in game for details.

 

12. Misc Additions

- Changed the app icon.

- Added new titles.

 

13. Campaigns

1) Bounty Double Rewards Campaign

- Event Schedule: 8/19 (Mon) 7:00 PM – 8/26 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)

* Please check the August Rewards Campaign event notice for more details.

 

2) Commissions Double Rewards Campaign

- Event Schedule: 8/26 (Mon) 7:00 PM – 9/2 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)

* Please check the August Rewards Campaign event notice for more details.

 

3) Account EXP Double Rewards Campaign

- Schedule

1) 8/23 (Fri) 7:00 PM – 8/25 (Sun) 6:59 PM (UTC)

2) 8/30 (Fri) 7:00 PM – 9/1 (Sun) 6:59 PM (UTC)

* Please check the August Rewards Campaign event notice for more details.