Hello, Heirs. This is GM Dominiel.

Let's take a look at what we have in store for you in this week's update.

The update details provided in this notice are subject to change.

Players will be able to view these updates after the maintenance on 7/3 (Thu).

1. New 5★ Hero, Argent Waves Hwayoung

 
The leader who's reclaimed her title of Sura, Argent Waves Hwayoung has arrived on Orbis!
Meet the new 5★ Hero, Argent Waves Hwayoung, through the Limited Summon.

* The Hero will be globally banned and will not be available in the Preliminaries during the World Arena E7WC Preliminaries.

■ Argent Waves Hwayoung

[Hero Introduction]

■ Try "Argent Waves Hwayoung" & Preview Video

1. Schedule: 7/3 (Thu) after the maintenance – 7/17 (Thu) 02:59 UTC 

2. Details: Try Argent Waves Hwayoung and Go to Story Events will be added to Lobby > Event > Intense Passion! Tropical Days!! > Argent Waves Hwayoung. 

3. Rewards: 1 Leif per event

2. New 5★ Artifact, Summer Photogenic
 
 ■ The Thief-exclusive 5★ Limited Artifact, Summer Photogenic will be added.
 

* Players can obtain Summer Photogenic only from the "Argent Waves Hwayoung & Summer Photogenic Limited Drop Rate Up" event.

* The Artifact will be globally banned and will not be available in the Preliminaries during the World Arena E7WC Preliminaries.

3. Special Side Story, "Intense! Tropical Days!!" Week 1

 

Hwayoung gives in to Ken's efforts to convince her and formally declares Sura's summer bootcamp.

The five are enjoying their time swimming and fishing, soaking in the moment. If only such peaceful times could last...

A sizzling summer story unfolds at Natalon Academy!

Week 1 of the Special Side Story "Intense! Tropical Days!!" begins now with a fresh new title screen!

 
■ Schedule 
 7/3 (Thu) after the maintenance – 7/31 (Thu) 02:59 UTC 
   
■ Special Side Story, "Intense! Tropical Days!!" Basic Information 

- When the player enters the Side Story lobby screen for the first time, "Intense! Tropical Days!!" PV will be played.

- You can acquire 1 Leif by going to Lobby > Special Event > Intense Passion! Tropical Days!! > Argent Waves Hwayoung and watching the PV.

 [Chapter Opening Schedule] 

■ View Story  

- It costs 20 Energy to view the story, and you can receive rewards after viewing the story for the first time. 
 - The initial viewing rewards are only given once. Players can receive the rewards until 7/31 (Thu) 02:59 UTC, which is the scheduled end for the Side Story, "Intense! Tropical Days!!". 

- Battle stages will proceed as NPC Battles and will not provide any drop rewards per wave except for story clear rewards.

■ Main Rewards

[Illustration]

- Players can receive illustrations after completing certain stages.

- The illustrations obtained will be added to “Journal > Art Journal > Side Story > Intense! Tropical Days!!”.

[4★ Artifact, XII. The Hanged Man]

- By clearing all acts of Chapter 1 and through mini-game rewards, you can obtain the 4★ Artifact, "XII. The Hanged Man". 

[BGM]

- When specific missions are completed, a new background music will be added to the Music Player.

■ Mini Game, "Operation: Summer Bootcamp," Basic Information 
 - Operation: Summer Bootcamp is a survival mini-game where you must hold out until the time runs out, fending off waves of approaching enemies.

- The mini-game will no longer be available once the event period ends. 
 
■ Entry Conditions
 Clear "Summer Bootcamp...Right?” in Chapter 1. 
   

■ Stage Selection & Team

- Operation: Summer Bootcamp consists of 4 stages ranging from Warm-up to Elimination.

- In Warm-up, you must play with a designated Hero.

- In Finally, the Elimination round!, you can freely choose a Hero you'd like to play.
 * You can play the stages, "Aram's Warm-up" and "Finally, the Elimination round!" after watching "Punctuality and Mutual Respect” in Chapter 3.
 


■ How to Play "Operation: Summer Bootcamp"

- In Operation: Summer Bootcamp, you can move your Hero by dragging on the screen or using the [W], [A], [S], [D] keys if playing on PC.

- When the game begins, the timer counts down. Survive until time runs out to clear the stage.

- You will acquire a random offensive weapon when entering the stage. Once acquired, an offensive weapon's skill activates automatically.

- When defeating enemies, you can acquire EXP items, useful items for gameplay, and exclusive coins.

- When you accumulate a certain amount of EXP, you can unleash your Ultimate.

[Level Up] 

- Leveling up your Hero by collecting EXP allows you to select an additional weapon or enhance one you already have.

- "Auxiliary Weapons," which enhance the skills of offensive weapons or boost a Hero's stats, can be obtained as you level up.

- Some "Offensive Weapons" and "Auxiliary Weapons" can create synergies, allowing more powerful skills to be used.

[Growth] 

-  You can strengthen your Heroes using the Hero-exclusive Coins acquired as rewards from the mini-game.

- You can only earn Hero-exclusive Coins by playing with their corresponding Heroes.

- Hero growth allows you to either increase their individual stats or enhance item effects that drop in the mini-game.

- There are a total of 8 growth stages, and each stage must be completed before progressing to the next.

[Summon] 

- You can use the summoning currency you've acquired in the mini-game to summon.

- Items that have reached the maximum obtainable limit will no longer appear.

- You can find more details about the maximum obtainable limit and the list of items in the in-game information.

- You won't be able to summon once all rewards have been obtained.

- You can still use any remaining summoning currency during the extended period, after the mini-game ends. 

- There is a limit to how much summoning currency you can obtain from Week 1 to Week 3. From Week 4 onward, summoning currency can be obtained without any limits.

4. Two New Exclusive Equipment

New Exclusive Equipment for 5★ Amid and 4★ Wandering Prince Cidd will be added to the Hall of Trials Exchange.

Players can obtain Exclusive Equipment from the Hall of Trials Exchange using Wisdom's Gaze.

Exclusive Equipment stats and skill effects will be applied randomly upon purchase.

■ Exclusive Equipment Info

[5★ Amid]

[4★ Wandering Prince Cidd]


 ■ Exchange Price

- Exclusive Equipment for 4★ New Kid Adin will be added to the Steel Workshop.

5. Argent Waves Hwayoung & Summer Photogenic Limited Drop Rate Up

In this Limited Drop Rate Up event, meet Argent Waves Hwayoung, an Ice elemental Thief who attacks the enemy as an extra attack when an ally uses a non-attack skill and subdue the enemy through powerful attacks that target all enemies. Players can also obtain the Thief-exclusive Artifact, "Summer Photogenic," which increases Attack, and when attacking, if the enemy is not an Elite or Boss monster, can ignore damage sharing effects.
 
■ Schedule
 7/3 (Thu) after the maintenance – 7/17 (Thu) 02:59 UTC

6. Countdown to Witch of the Mere Tenebria!

The countdown to the debut of Witch of the Mere Tenebria, the witch of the frosty peaks, who manipulates nightmares to ridicule her victims, has begun!

Log in to Epic Seven during the countdown period to receive check-in rewards, and get ready for the arrival of Witch of the Mere Tenebria, coming to Orbis soon.

■ Schedule
 7/7 (Mon) each server's reset time – 7/10 (Thu) each server's reset time

7. Hall of Trials Boss Rotation
There will be a rotation of Hall of Trials Bosses. 

■ Hall of Trials Boss Rotation

8. Other Improvements and Adjustments

■ Shop

- Items will be added to Shop > Normal.

◈Currency

- Event currencies that can be used to summon Heroes will be added.

■ Other

- A notification will now appear in the menu when a Side Story is in progress or a new Moonlight Theater update is available.

- The War Point calculation formula will be adjusted so that the maximum War Points can be received when there is a difference in the number of members between the two Guilds.

- Some story animations will be added.

- In the Guild War Fortress UI, tapping the button to move to the next building while on the last building will now take you to another building within the Fortress.

- The part of the unique effect description stating that it is unaffected by Effect Resistance or whether or not the attack hits will be moved to the Help section.

- The Artifact and Exclusive Equipment tab lists will now automatically adjust their size based on your screen resolution.
- An issue where the screen would go dark and the story would not progress during 6th World Episode 3-6, "The One Who Refuses to Give Up," will been fixed.
- An issue where eliminating spirits in Episode 4, 3-10, "New Steps" did not count toward Montmorancy's Specialty Change quest will be fixed.

- Certain UI and text errors will be fixed.

Thank you.