[Notice] January 22nd Update Details

Greetings, Agents.This is Demon Spirit Slayer, Ayakashi Rise. 

Let's take a look at the update we have lined up for Jan.
22nd (Thu).Please see below for further details.

■ New Update Information

🔸 New Student: SSR Kamitsuki Shizune
- A new SSR student purchasable with Alliance Points and Heart Points has been added. 

- Kamitsuki Shizune can be obtained as follows:

🔸 Tenshu of Infinity
- Powerful Anomalies await you in the newly added tower, 'Tenshu of Infinity'.
- The Tenshu of Infinity is divided into element-specific towers: Tower of Crimson Flames (Fire), Tower of Azure Waters (Water), Tower of Howling Woods (Wood), and Tower of Dark Moon (Dark).
- There will be separate rankings for each elemental area of the Tenshu of Infinity.
- Defeat the tower's boss Anomalies within the time limit to obtain various rewards.
- The tower is divided into Normal Floors and Gateway Floors, with Gateway Floors appearing every 10 floors.
*Clearing Gateway Floors grants abundant special rewards compared to Normal Floors.
- Agents can challenge each element (Fire/Water/Wood/Dark) up to 10 times per day.

🔸 Difficulty Additions and Adjustments
- Inferno difficulty now features 10 levels compared to the previous 1 level.
- In line with the new difficulty additions, the difficulty of Extreme and Inferno 1 has been eased for smoother player progression.

🔸 Student Level Limit Break Feature
- Limit Break has been added that allows students who have reached a certain level to unlock even greater potential.
- Use Gold Student Badges to increase the level cap of students. Level cap varies by Student Grade.
※ Please note limit broken level caps cannot be reversed and consumed Gold Student Badges cannot be refunded.

🔸 Student Level Limit Break Information

- Only students not bound by Resonance can be limit broken.

🔸 4 New Alliance Emblems
- New Emblems: Korea (KR) / United States (US) / Taiwan (TW) / Thailand (TH)
- To change your Emblem, go to Alliance > tap Settings (⚙️) at the top → Select Change Emblem in the Alliance window
- Represent your country with your Alliance with these new flag emblems!
- Only the Alliance Leader and Vice-Leader can change the Alliance Emblem. 

■ New Pick Up Recruitment
🔸 Pick Up Recruitment: SSR Aikawa Yukino

- Duration: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – Feb. 18th (Tue) 23:59 (UTC)
- Details: SSR Student, Aikawa Yukino will be featured in the Pick Up Recruitment.
- Agents will have an increased chance of recruiting SSR Aikawa Yukino when recruiting on her Pick Up Recruitment banner.

- Important Notes
※ Students can be recruited by going to Shop > Recruitment in-game.
※ You will gain mileage when recruiting students.
- Different recruitment types grant different types of mileage. You can spend mileage in the Mileage Shop.
* Pick Up Mileage: Mileage gained by recruiting in Pick Up Recruitment.
* Scout Mileage: Mileage gained by recruiting in Standard Recruitment.
※ Detailed information on recruitment rates for obtainable students are available via the Rates button.

🔸 Otherworldly Village: Aikawa Yukino
- Duration: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – Feb. 18th (Tue) 23:59 (UTC)- Otherworldly Village: Aikawa Yukino’s Chakratama will be added. Agents can obtain Yukino's exclusive Chakratama here.
- Magatama Search: Otherworldly Village will be added. Agents can obtain exclusive Chakratama for students featured in Pick Up Recruitment banners in Magatama Search: Otherworldly Village. 

■ Changes and Improvements
🔸 Level Cap Increase
- Agent Level: The Agent level cap has been increased. Agents can now reach even higher limits.
- Standard Student Level Cap: When an SSR student reaches 10 stars, their base maximum level remains the same at Lv. 160.
- Increasing Level Cap via Limit Break: Agents can increase the level cap of SSR students who reach Lv. 160 by limit breaking them with Gold Student Badges, allowing them to reach a maximum of Lv. 250.

🔸 Combat and Balance Improvements
- Student Skill Adjustments: Skill balance for students Ayame and Tomoe has been improved.
- Improvements to debuffs: Damage dealt by Poison, Bleed, and Burn status effects has been increased. Status effects will now be more efficient in battle.

🔸 Additions and Improvements to the Chat Feature
- New Block Feature: Agents can now hide messages from users they do not wish to interact with.
- New Notification Indicator (Red Dot): A notification will now appear when there are unread conversations.
- Data Preservation Improvements: Chat history will now be preserved even when switching windows.

🔸 System Quality of Life Improvements
- Changes to changing uniforms: Agents can now instantly change their student's uniforms directly from the Student Info screen.
- Changes to the Dessert effect display: The effects of desserts used on the main battle screen will now also be displayed during battle.
- Changes to Classes: Instead of Skipclocks, previously used to shorten class time, a new skip item called "Skipnote" has been introduced. Skipnotes can only be used for Classes.
* Skipnotes can be purchased with Study Guides or Diamonds at the Cafeteria.

■ Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where a currency's owned quantity did not update immediately when purchasing a currency on the Skill Enhancement screen.
- Fixed an issue where the Mononoke appearance pop-up did not disappear even after changing Areas.
- Fixed an issue where Alliance check in rewards were being displayed as unclaimed in the notification pop-up despite already claiming it in certain environments.
- Fixed an issue where a system error occurred when rapidly tapping the Alliance Recommendation List menu
- Fixed an issue where some buttons on the screen were not properly hidden when purchasing costumes

■ New Events

🔸 Mononoke 'Beniuma the Daimon' Event
- Mononoke event 'Beniuma the Daimon' will be held in celebration of Lunar New Year 2026. The event will run for 7 days.
※ Previous rankings will be reset, and new rankings will begin fresh.
- Duration: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – Jan. 31st 23:59 (UTC)
- Event Shop Duration: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – Feb. 2nd (Mon) 23:59 (UTC)
- Beniuma the Daimon will appear during the event.
- Mononoke will appear at certain rates when summoning Card Packs.
※ The more Card Packs you open at once, the higher the chance is for a Mononoke to appear.
- Defeat Beniuma the Daimon to obtain the special event currency, Fiery Horseshoe.
- Spend Fiery Horseshoes in the Fiery Horseshoe Shop to purchase event items.
- The event and event shop are available only during the stipulated period of time.
- Event currency will expire when the event is over.

🔸 Event Shop
- A variety of limited useful items are available for purchase in the Fiery Horseshoe Shop.

🔸 Ranking Reward
- Agents who achieve high ranks by defeating a large number of Mononokes will earn special rewards.
- See below for details on ranking rewards. 

- You will receive rewards based on your final rank when the event ends.
- Rewards will be sent to your Inbox at 19:00 (UTC+0) after the event ends.
- Unclaimed rewards will not be restored once they expire.

🔸 Check-In Event: Reinforcements from Sakimori
To celebrate the enrollment of new student Shizune, Agents will be able to obtain special gifts for 7 days. Log in every day and collect all the materials up for grabs to make Shizune as strong as possible!
- Check-In Event: Reinforcements from Sakimori unlocks after clearing Shibuya Stage 1-10.
- Once the check-in event has been activated, you can access it anytime by tapping on your profile and tapping Check-In.
- The "Check-In Event: Sakimori Reinforcements" operates on a cumulative check-in basis, with rewards distributed according to the days logged in.
- The Check-In Event: Reinforcements from Sakimori operates on a cumulative check-in basis, with rewards distributed according to the days logged in.
- The check-in event resets at 20:00 (UTC).
※ Even if you are still connected after reset, you can receive event rewards by going into the Check-In window with a red dot (🔴) indicator.

🔸 Permanent Event: Weekly Missions
Agents will now be able to participate in an event where you can earn points by completing daily missions.
- Duration: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – until further notice- Requirements: Unlocks upon clearing Shibuya (Normal)
- Complete daily missions each day to earn Event Points.
- Earned points accumulate automatically, and real-time rankings are calculated based on them.
- Rankings are divided into Daily and Weekly, with results tallied at 15:00 (UTC).
* Daily Ranking: Determined based on points earned each day.
* Weekly Ranking: Determined based on points earned over the duration of a week (Mon–Sun).
※ Once results are tallied and finalized, the rankings will reset and new rankings begin.

🔸 Ranking Rewards
- Rewards are distributed based on rankings calculated from obtained mission points.- See below for details on ranking rewards. 

- Daily Ranking Rewards

- Weekly Ranking Rewards

- You will receive rewards based on your final rank when the event ends.
- Daily/Weekly mission final ranking rewards will be distributed via Mailbox after data calculation is completed at 15:00 (UTC+0).
- Unclaimed rewards will not be restored once they expire.

🔸 Magatama Mastery - 14 Day Mission
Complete missions during the event and obtain various rewards to make your students stronger.
- Duration: Feb. 1st (Mon) 01:00 (UTC) – Feb. 14th (Sat) 01:00 (UTC)

■ Shop Items
🔸 5 New Costumes
- Blessed Furisode Sale Duration: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – Feb. 28th 23:59 (UTC)
- Sale Duration for other costumes: Jan. 22nd (Thu) after update – until further notice- 5 new costumes have been added to Ayakashi Rise.
- Each costume can be purchased once per account, and purchased costumes can be worn by multiple students simultaneously.
- The Blessed Furisode costume is available in 2 editions. 

🔸 New Daily Limited Items
- Where to purchase: Shop → Limited 
- Agents can now buy key materials with Credits more conveniently.

🔸 New Alliance Shop Items
- 4 new items purchasable with Alliance Tokens (earned through Alliance activities) have been added.

Thank you for joining us on this journey with Ayakashi Rise, Agents.
As we welcome the lunar new year, we promise to continue working to bring you even more enjoyable content and an even better experience.

Thank you.