Iron Saga 03/16 Patch: Schwarz Ritter - NEU

2023-05-19

__**Updates**__

**New Retrofit: Schwarz Ritter - Neu**

  [Chassis I] Blade of Eon: After releasing [Spiral Strike - Neu] and [Windmill Strike - Neu] in sequence, deals extra damage by performing [Eon Blade - Neu]

  [Chassis II] Deathrender: When releasing [Masterful Stab - Neu], cleanses debuff effect for self and nullifies target's buffs

  [Chassis III] Reforged: Upon receiving fatal damage, recovers 50% HP and reloads all actions instantly

 

**New Boss Challenge: La Verdadera Destreza (03.16 – 04.20)**

    Ft. Boss raid against Schwarz Ritter – Neu and [Random Cube · Schwarz Ritter] as first-clear rewards

 

**New Time-Limited Event: Crossed Blades (03.16 – 04.20)**

    Ft. 6 stages dropping event token [Battle Verse] for trade in the event shop. Note that the event drop ratio will be increased for your better farming experience.

 

**New Event Shop: Battle Merchant (03.16 – 04.27)**

    Use [Battle Verse] to trade in for goodies here! You can buy a new pet [Virgo] here along with many other valuables!

 

**Weekly Bonus Event: Boss’ Assault Drop UP event (03.16 – 03.23)**

 

**Rate Up**

**◆High-End Mecha Market Rate Up (03.16 – 03.23)**

**Banner 1: Zhong Hu (1%)**

    **Banner 2: Schwarz Ritter (1%)**

    **Banner 3: AT (1%)**

    **Banner 4: Ullr (1%)**

**Banner 5: Snow Flake (1%)**

  GUARANTEES: At least 1 Banner Mech for every 100 pulls. The counter resets each time players obtain the banner unit.

  Note: 1. Each Banner has a different counter.

  2. Gacha availability may be subject to change from update changes. It will be based on the most recent announcement.

 

**◆Pilot Recruitment Rate Up (03.16 – 03.23)**

**Shirinian, Rolland, Nietzsche (1%)**

  GUARANTEES: At least one banner pilot for each 100 pull. Upon acquiring one of the banner pilots and/ or banner changes, the counter resets.

 

**◆Random Encounter Rate Up (03.16 – 03.23)**

Infinity & Doll (Ch.17/ Ch.43/ Ch.45)

  *(Possible drop: [Mech Shard] Infinity)*

 

**◆Offers**

    **Stamina Supply Pack (03.16 – 03.30) **

    (Voucher x10, Stamina Potion x30)

    **Fortune's Favor Pack (03.16 – 03.30) **

(Diamond x680, Super Voucher x5, Stamina Potion x10)

**Retrofit Pack (03.16 – 03.30)**

(Moon Badge x1, Stamina Potion x50, Retrofit Research Point x500)

    **Coupon & Chest Sale (03.16 – 03.30)**

    (10-Draw Coupon x3, Purple Parts Shard Chest x10)

    **Pet Pack (03.16 – 03.30)**

    (Starlight Badge x1, Pet Sphere x1, 10-Draw Coupon x1)

 

__**Ongoing**__

**New Paths to the Awakening: Teresa & Guinevere**

  Ambush (Teresa) & Resolution of Battle Angel (Guinevere)

 

**New Boss Challenge: Spectre of Hawkwolf (03.02 – 04.06)**

Ft. Boss raid against Zhong Hu and Super Voucher x10 as first-clear reward!

 

**New Time-Limited Event: Phantom in the Ruins (03.02 – 04.06) **

  Ft. 1 chapter, 6 stages dropping [Black Feather]

 

**Event Shop: Feather Exchange (03.02 – 04.13)**

  Collect [Black Feather] from the event in question and trade in for goodies!

 

**Battle Pass New Season (03.02 – 04.06)**

S-Class Rewards: [Mech Shard] Zhong Hu x30 and more!

A-Class Rewards: Limited skin for Archduchess Arseille (L2D) and many other resources

 

**◆Offers**

    **Daily Awakening Sale (03.09 – 03.23) **

    (Diamond x60, Pursuit of Pinnacle Pass x1, Awaken Token Chest x1)

    **Awakener Sale (03.09 – 03.23) **

(Super Voucher x5, Pursuit of Pinnacle Pass x5)

**Awakening Sale B (03.09 – 03.23)**

(Awaken Token x50K, Awaken Token Chest x50)

    **Lucky Tickets Pack (03.09 – 03.23)**

    (10-Draw Coupon x1, Diamond x2023)

**Festive Mecha Sale (03.02 – 04.06)**

(Super Voucher x5, Ball Invitation x5)

    **Fortune Pack A (03.02 – 04.06)**

    (10-Draw Coupon x1, Stamina Potion x40, Primal Energy Core x2K)

    **10x Draws Coupon Big Sale (03.02 – 04.06)**

    (10-Draw Coupon x5, Stamina Potion x50)

    **New Year Special Sale (03.02 – 04.06)**

    (Solar Wing Medal x1, Sun Badge x1, Moon Badge x1, Starlight Badge x1, Heart Chest x1)

    **Zhong Hu Reskin Pack**

    (Diamond x1280, Zhong Hu Coating Scheme x1, Molecular-Scale Coating x6, Stamina Potion x30)

    **Masahiro Inoue Pilot Pack (01.18 -)**

(Diamond x1280, Masahiro Inoue x1, Unique Necklace x50, [Avatar] Masahiro Inoue x1)

 

__**Ending Events**__

**◆Event Shop: Valentine’s Day Event Shop (02.16 – 03.16) **

Collect [Chocolate Broccoli] from Valentine’s Day event stages and trade in for Gangster, Ball Invitation, Primal Energy Cores, and more!

  *Note that the listed items except for Breaking Dawn Final Battle FA retrofit item will all reset for players who have purchased them in the last time.*

 

**Weekly Bonus Event: Path to the Awakening Gold Drop UP**

Gold drop from the Path to the Awakening will increase from 50000 to 75000

 

__**Dancouga X Iron Saga Collaboration Rerun**__

**Collab Pilots & Units(02.16 – 03.16) **

Collab-limited pilots: Shinobu Fujiwara (Dimensional Research Institute), Sara Yuki (Pilot Recruitment)

Collab-limited units: Dancouga, Black Wing

 

**Collab Story: Dancouga Super Beast Machine God (02.16 – 03.16)**

Ft. 16 stages organized into 2 chapters. Please note that first clear rewards and stage progress will NOT reset for players who have finished it last time.

 

**Collab Dev: Dancouga Dimensional Research Institute (02.16 – 03.23)**

You can develop up to 1 Dancouga unit and 4 Black Wings in the research institute in addition to acquiring Shinobu Fujiwara at 1K progress. Note this event development will NOT reset your previous development progress.

 

**Collab Boss Challenge: Severance of Concerns; Cleanliness of Mentality (02.16 – 03.16) **

Ft. Final Evolution Dancouga as final boss and [Random Cube · Dancouga] as first clear reward. Note your boss challenge record will not reset if you have slain the same boss before.

 

**Collab-limited Random Encounter Appearance (02.16 – 03.16)**

  Dimensional Beast Encounters (Ch.18 - Ch.46)

 

**◆Offers**

    **Daily Fortune's Favor Pack (03.02 – 03.16) **

    (Super Voucher x1)

    **Spring Stamina Sale (03.02 – 03.16) **

(Diamond x360, Stamina Potion x18)

**Fortune Pack B (02.16 – 03.16)**

    (10-Draw Coupon x1, Stamina Potion x40, Gold x4M)

    **Collaboration Supply Pack (02.16 – 03.16)**

(10-Draw Coupon x1, Ball Invitation x10)

**Collaboration Limited Gift Box (02.16 – 03.16)**

(Dancouga Collab Limited Heart Chest x1 for Sara Yuki)

**10x Draws Coupon Big Sale (02.16 – 03.16)**

    (10-Draw Coupon x4, Parts Chest x80)

 

__**Bug Fixes and Other Notice**__

>>For reference only. All the content listed above is not final. Subject to final in-game implementation.

>>Banner Pities (effective after the update): Banner 1 Zhong Hu pity will remain; Banner 2: Dancouga pity will carry over to Schwarz Ritter; Banner 3 pity will carry over from Umr to AT; Banner 4 pity will carry over from Nightmare to Ullr; Banner 5 pity will carry over from Chang Sheng to Snow Flake.

>>Balance Change for Awakened Teresa (2nd Skill): [Before] Increases EM and Beam-Attribute weapons' ATK by 35%; [After] Final damage of EM and Beam-attribute attacks +35%.

 

>>In the update, we will fix the problem of having included two Felicia in the banning pool of Clash of Apex Season III.