Update 53 has arrived! Let’s dive into its secrets! DRONE & MECH UPGRADES 1. CHIPS LEVEL UP - Levelling-up chips is the newest addition to Drone and Mech Programming. - You can level up chips by fusing them to other chips and connectors, which can massively amplify their bonus! - When a chip is at max level, the Motherboard bonus will also be boosted. - A crucial advantage of this new mechanic is that, once you level up a chip, you can reroll its base stat. - To level up a chip, you must fuse it to another chip of the same type and bonus. - To start, tap on an already socketed chip on the motherboard and use the Fuse button to go to the Fusing menu. You can select the chip you want to use from the list of chips you own. - You can also use connectors as a fusing material. You will only see connectors with the same rarity as the one socketed to the chip on the motherboard. - The rarity is determined by the number of connections. - If your chip is socketed with a rare 2-sided connector, then only another rare connector can be used for fusing. - Depending on the rarity, the connectors multiply the XP value provided by the chip. - The chips and connectors used for fusion are destroyed, providing you with XP. 2. UPGRADED MOTHERBOARD BONUSES We upgraded four of the Motherboard bonuses. They will directly impact the base stats of the Drones and Mechs, rather than the bonuses, making them much more dominant in battle. They have no unit ratio condition and will be permanently active. Here are the update bonuses: - Increases Drone's Base Damage by X% and reduces its Base Health by Y%. - Increases Mech's Base Damage by X% and reduces its Base Health by Y%. - Increases Drone's Base Health by X% and reduces its Base Damage by Y%. - Increases Mech's Base Health by X% and reduces its Base Damage by Y% 3. BATTLE REPORT UPGRADE We've added data about the impact of all Motherboard bonuses to Battle Reports so you can enjoy a better overview of how your army performed. 4. PROGRAMMING MENU UPGRADE - We modified the main Programming menu to show all the elements that scale the Motherboard bonuses. - You will see the Base Motherboard bonus, the Chip-Slot Match bonus, the bonus for a max level chip, and the bonus for matching all the chips to all the slots. 5. ADVANCED RESEARCH - This new type of Research gives you various bonuses that are much more powerful than the original Research. - Advanced Research will become available when you reach a certain level of the Research Institute. - To start using it, you'll need the new Violetium Essence. Other than this, Advanced Research works the same way as the original one. LUNAR DASH FESTIVITIES a) The Lunar Dash Chain Event: Join the daily events during the holiday period and get explosive rewards by fighting your way to the top of the leaderboard! b) The Spring Festival Mini-Game: Dive into the Spring Festival mini-game by hunting down the Pagodas and Independence Day Fireworks all over the World Map. Gather as many as possible and get the hidden Golden Coins! Exchange them with the exclusive Festive Trader, available only during the Chinese New Year event, to get exclusive prizes. c) Offensive Commander Skins - Brynjar M3 will enhance Cross-World Unit Health by 10%. - The formidable Mastiff M3 skin will increase Armored Units Armor by 10%. d) Base Decorations - The Crimson Temple will boost your Defensive Army Size by 3%. - The Azure Skyscraper will give you 10% bonus damage when defending. - The Gross Bulwark will enhance your Resource Production Speed by 10%. e) Defensive Commander Skin - The epic Dragon Trasher defensive skin will enhance the Building and Research Speed. f) Offensive Lunar Items - Commander Volsky's Coral Blaster will еnhance the armor of all units in Faction Wars with its first bonus. Its second bonus will increase points received from Kill-Enemies events. Its random properties will be from the Utility, Offensive, and Defensive pools. Its second and third random bonuses will be Faction Wars-related. - Ylva’s mighty Motion XLR will boost your health when defending during Cross-World events. Its second set bonus increases your health when defending. The item’s random properties will be drawn from Offensive, Commander, and Defensive pools. The first and last of those bonuses will be Cross-World-related. - Commander Grahn's Crimson Alarm STM will amplify your Mech units with its set bonuses. The first bonus is Faction-War-related, boosting Mech HP during these battles. The second bonus enhances Mech armor. Its random properties will be drawn from the Faction Wars and the general pools of defensive bonuses. g) Of course, we will celebrate the Lunar Dash with exclusive avatars, emojis, and frames. THE WARMONGER RENEGADES The new PvE season brings exciting action and explosive items. a) Offensive Items - Commander Walker's Junker Plate ZT has two set bonuses that enhance your health when defending and your Commander’s HP. If you upgrade the item further, you will enjoy its random bonuses from the Defensive, Commander, and Utility pools. - Lian Qing's Hardened Bulwark K2: This Armor Upgrade focuses on Cross-World Events. The Bulwark boosts Cross-World Damage as its first bonus and Cross-World Aerial Health as its second bonus. Its random properties will be drawn from the Cross-World Offensive and Defensive pools. b) Defensive Item - The Scavenged Companion boosts the defender’s HP as its first set bonus, and Army size as its second. Its random properties will be drawn from the Defensive bonus pool. NEW ENGINEER SET ITEMS The Engineer Set gets four powerful additions: - The Tactical Kit M1 will increase your Drones' damage as its primary bonus and the Commander’s Health with its secondary bonus. Its random properties will be drawn from the Defensive and Commander pools. - The Cybernetic Eye will boost your Mechs' Health as its first set bonus and the damage of all units as its second. The item’s random bonuses will be drawn from the Offensive and Defensive pools. - The Cobalt Rockets’ set bonuses are Mech-focused, boosting Mechs' Armor and Health. Its random bonuses will be Defensive or Offensive. - The Engineer Pet amplifies the Commander's Damage with its primary stat and damage of your Drones with its secondary one. The item’s random bonuses will be drawn from the Offensive, Defensive, and Commander pools.