The information here summarizes what news has been made available via in-game news, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube promotional videos.
Note: All times listed are in world time. Check your in-game clock to convert to your local time.
Scheduled Maintenance
Maintenance is scheduled December 2, 7:00 PM - December 3, 1:00 AM World Time (6 hr duration, starts 5 hours before reset and ends 1 hour after)
Current Limited Time Events
- Vision Clear Quest (February 7 - March 31):
- Vision Clear Quest 1 (All)
- Vision Clear Quest 2 (Featured Mementos):
At the End of the Blue Dream (Emmel (Final Battle))
The Image of Truth (Ouroboros Legacy)
Warmth of the Dragon of Wisdom (Schmeier)
- New job trial mission with 25 Lilith shards and 150 gems (November 26 - December 9)
- 1/Day Soul Shard quest for Lilith with max 7 clears for 100 shards - must own unit (November 26 - December 9)
- Veritas Historia - Chapter 1 with free gear Belial for Lilith and free gear Berith for Red VI (November 28 - December 9)
- 3rd Anniversary Login Campaign (November 26 - December 2)
- Day 1: Gold Ingot x 113
- Day 2: Dark Fox of Greed x 30
- Day 3: Sinful Indulgence x 5
- Day 4: Dark Fox of Greed x 30
- Day 5: Retribution for Sin x 3
- Day 6: Dark Fox of Greed x 30
- Day 7: Sinful Bubble x 2
- 3rd Anniversary Celebration Unit Soul Shard Giveaways - Batch 2 (November 26 - December 2)
- November 26: Siegfried Soul Shards x 33
- November 27: Shion Soul Shards x 33
- November 28: Roxanne Soul Shards x 33
- November 29: Minerva Soul Shards x 33
- November 30: Asuka Soul Shards x 33
- December 1: Zheng Yi Soul Shards x 33
- December 2: Blair Soul Shards x 33
- 3rd Anniversary Celebration Quest - Week 4 (November 26 - December 2)
- 3rd Anniversary Challenge Board Set 4 with elemental soul shards and rainbow soul shards (November 26 - December 2)
- Friendship Gift Campaign (November 26 - December 2)
- Sacred Lion Blade Piece x 1
- Sacred Fur Coat Piece x 1
- Event Skip Ticket x 3
- Summon Discount Ticket x 1 given out - expires December 2 (November 26 - December 2)
- 3x drop for EX Hard Quest (November 26 - December 2)
- Global Unit Soul Shard Quests - must own unit, with new Red VI quest and 3x drops (November 26 - December 2)
- 1/day Vision Clear Quest Pro with 10% alchemic boundary for all mementos (November 26 - December 2)
- Magni Historia rerun (November 26 - December 9)
- Winter Wanderer rerun (November 26 - December 9)
- Slothstein Shenanigans rerun (November 26 - December 9)
- A Tale of Ice and Fire rerun (November 26 - December 9)
- Halloween Horror Hunt rerun (November 26 - December 9)
- 3 Title Event rerun with new stage with free gear Lag Axe [Lisanaut] and new stage Phantom of the Alchemist II [EX+1], [EX+2] and [EX+3] (November 19 - December 16)
- For Whose Princess Could Endure This Nightmare? rerun (November 19 - December 16)
- New job trial mission for Lisanaut with 150 gems and 25 shards (November 19 - December 2)
- 3rd Anniversary Challenge Board - Set 3 with Dark and Light Soul Shards (November 19 - December 2)
- Jam's Labyrinth with sinful indulgence, retribution for sin and elemental soul shards (November 19 - December 2)
- Xeno Belt Region - Realm of the Dark Magic Dragon with free gear Ring of Sin Nox (November 19, 2020 - December 16, 2020)
- 3rd Anniversary Challenge Board - Set 2 with wind and thunder soul shards (November 5 - December 2)
- 3rd Anniversary Returning Players Campaign - rainbow soul shard and gem rewards given to all players based on the number of returned players during the campaign period (November 12 - December 2)
- 3rd Anniversary Challenge Board - Set 1 with Fire and Water Soul Shards (November 5 - December 2)
- Ultra Exp! The Way to True Skill 1/day (November 5 - December 2)
- 1/Day Country Token Quest (November 5 - December 2)
- 1/Day Spirit Forest (November 5 - December 2)
Recently Added Permanent Changes
- New limited summon global original unit Lilith with job upgrades Shadow Assassin [Darkness] and Spy [Lightning Flash] with enlightenment gates 1-6 (November 26)
- New limited summon global original memento Melancholy Under The Moonlight with VCR Old Photo Album (November 26)
- Flash and Sweep Truth Seals added to Draft Shop (November 19)
- New limited POTK unit Lisanaut with job upgrades Warrior [Muspell] and Holy Brawler [Shura] (November 19)
- New limited POTK memento Confirmed Event Hourglass with VCR Disruptor's Doll (November 19)
- Enlightenment gate 6 added to Dark Artemis, Dark Tyrfing, Dark Laevateinn, Dark Longinus, Dark Masamune, Dark Freikugel, Dark Parashu, Almace and Tyrfing (November 19)
- Unit buffs (November 19)
- Longinus - increased stats
- Dark Princess Yomi - skill improvement to Follower of Darkness
- Tsukuyomi - skill improvement to Overseer Moon
- Hiiragi - increased stats
- Gear buffs (November 19)
- Bow of Darkness - increased PATK, added dark damage, skill improvement to Skeleton Soul Eater
- Handmade Doll of Tsukuyomi - skill improvement to Crazy Dolls
Upcoming Announced Changes/Events
- New limited summon unit Eulalia with job upgrades Spy [Shade Zephyr] and Sniper [Barrel], enlightenment gates 1-2 and Babel War Art (December 3)
- New limited summon memento Chorus of the Great Forest (Eulalia) with VCR Forest Specter's Holy Robe (December 3)
- New limited summon Shinobi Nightmare (3-Title Collaboration) memento Blossoms Dyed Pink (Sakura) with VCR Sakura Seal (December 3)
- Enlightenment gates 4-6 added for Dark Princess Yomi and Amaterasu and gate 6 added for Justin, Strie, Don Taras, Yuri, Sakura, Tsukuyomi, Hiiragi, Merlinus and Arthur (December 3)
- Unit buffs (December 3)
- Strie: Guilty Deal - increased skill count
- Don Taras
- New skill Twenty Years Worth of Adoration
- Focused Palm - increased damage
- Don Strike - increased damage
- Exploding Palm - increased damage
- Dance of the Immortal Bird - increased damage
- Divine Battle Trance - increased damage & skill count
- Disorderly Morals - increased damage
- Crazy Morals - increased damage
- Steel-lined Boost Punch - increased damage & cast range & added new effect: knockback
- Controlling Focus - increased AOE
- Whirlwind Kick - increased damage
- Cross-Counter - increased damage
- Mocca
- Stormwolf Bite - increased damage
- Stormwolf Ravage - increased damage & skill count
- Graceful Tempest - increased damage & skill count
- Dark Tyrfing
- Severing Slash [Dark Style] - added new effect: strong vs humans
- Steady Desire [Dark Style] - reduced jewel cost
- Dazzling Slash [Dark Style] - added new effect: strong vs humans
- Dazzling Slash Performance [Dark Style] - added new effect: strong vs humans
- Flying Blade [Dark Style] - added new effect: strong vs humans
- Dark Laevateinn
- Mass Chains [Dark Style] - added new effect: chance of critical
- Domination Chains [Dark Style] - added new effect: chance of critical
- Dancing Chains [Dark Style] - increased cast speed & added new effect: 100% hit
- Celestial Roar - increased damage
- Dark Longinus
- Crippling Guilt [Dark Style] - increased damage
- Envious Abyss [Dark Style] - increased damage
- Dark Craving [Dark Style] - increased damage
- Dark Artemis
- Piercing Moon [Dark Style] - increased damage & height range
- Lunar Storm [Dark Style] - increased damage & cast range
- Dark Storm of Destruction - increased damage & cast range & skill count
- Dark Freikugel
- Thunderbolt Flash [Dark Style] - added new effect: chance of critical
- Luminous Lightning [Dark Style] - increased damage
- Twin Dark Shock - increased damage & added new effect: chance of critical
- Dark Lightning Rumble - increased chance to inflict status
- Dark Parashu
- Endless Appetite - increased buff amount
- Ruinous Dance [Dark Style] - increased damage & skill count
- Total Void [Dark Style] - increased damage & reduced jewel cost
- Gluttonous Black Rose - increased damage & skill count & increase debuff stack limit
- Downward Spiral [Dark Style] - increased cast speed & targets enemy units only
- Deep Black Seal - added new effect: raises Slash ATK Power
- Failnaught
- Sinful Shot - increased height range
- Dark God Manifest - increased cast range
- Arcane Frenzy [Howling Hell Bow] - increased height range & added new effect: raises power if target is inflicted with a status
- Overpowering Command - increased cast range
- Merlinus
- Real Icicle - reduced jewel cost & increased cast speed & added new effect: raises power if target is inflicted with a status
- Fake Geyser - increase buff duration
- Shall I Cool You Off? - increased damage & cast speed
- Trick Shield - removed cast time
- Perfect Cube - increased chance to react
- Arthur
- Unwavering Flame - increased damage & cast speed & reduced jewel cost
- The Lordly Fire-blade - increased damage & skill count & cast range & reduced jewel cost
- The Lordly Flame-blade - increased damage & skill count & cast range & reduced jewel cost & targets enemy units only
- Truthseeker's Path - increased buff amount
- Gear buffs (December 3)
- Lonely Cigars - skill improvement to Atomic Stream - increased damage & reduced jewel cost
- Helix Wind Wolf Spear - skill improvement to Alize Blast - increased damage
- Screaming Bullet - skill improvement to Brilliant Lightning [Dark Style] - increased damage & added new effect: chance of critical
- Deadly Bow - skill improvement to Blue Moon Tempest [Dark Style] - increased damage
- Deadly Lance - skill improvement to Executioner's Drill [Dark Style] - increased damage & status duration & added new effect: chance of critical
- Screaming Axe - skill improvement to Heaven's Furious Judgement [Dark Style] - reduced jewel cost
- Crimson Crystal Cane - skill improvement to Phantom Mist - increased damage & removed cast time
- Caliburn, Sword of Truth - skill improvement to Burst Pendragon - increased damage & reduced jewel cost
- Truthseeker's Black Garb - skill improvement to Upright Slash - increased damage & reduced jewel cost
- Memento buffs (December 3)
- A Smile Suspended in Shadow (Failnaught) - skill improvement to Arcane Frenzy [Nightmarish Grin] - increased damage & height range
- The Smoky Blues (Don Taras) - increased stats
- Thy Noble Name (Merlinus) - increased stats
- Hero's Yearning (Arthur) - increased stats
- Version 8.0 (December 3)
- New feature Port Battle
- Alchemia Port improvements
- Port Attendance
- Captain & Vice Captain Rewards
- Updated Alchemia Port search function
- Added ability to check lineups of unopened port shops
- Option to set policy for port
- Multiplay improvements
- Added Auto Battle function
- Added Multiplay Mercenaries
- Added kick function
- Multiplay quest UI updated
- Truth Seal feature improvements
- Continuously enhance Truth Seals
- Seal Disassembly UI update
- Truth Seals can be disassembled on the quest screen
- Registered to Favorites UI Updates
- Quests can be selected from the truth seal menu
- Truth Seals that are equipped to other units can be moved to other units
- Added an option to not display truth seals that are equipped
- Option to sort truth seals
- Option to list truth seals by category
- Awakened stats added to truth seal filters
- Auto Repeat feature improvement
- Change to auto repeat timer UI
- Recalculate has been added to the Auto Rpeat menu
- Items that can be used to auto heal AP can now be selected
- Added push notifications for Auto Repeat
- Use up to 100 Summon tickets at once
- Memento UI update
- Changed to support selecting 100 mementos at once to sell
- New seal set effect Protection (requires 2 truth seals) which gives 5 status resist and can be purchased with Port Coins (December 3)
- Version 8 Login Campaign (December 3 - December 9)
- Day 1: Rainbow Ingot x 88
- Day 2: Crafted Mallet x 8
- Day 3: Scales of Enlightenment x 18
- Day 4: Dark Fox of Greed x 88
- Day 5: Crafted Mallet x 18
- Day 6: Scales of Enlightenment x 28
- Day 7: Sinful Bubble x 2
- Version 8 Celebration Giveaway of Seal Enhancement Stone x 38 (December 3 - December 10)
- Version 8 Celebration Quest (December 3 - December 9)
- Version 8 Challenge Board with elemental and rainbow soul shards (December 3 - December 16)
- Summon Discount Ticket x 1 given out - expires January 6 (December 3 - December 9)
- 1/day Seal Enhancement Quest - drops seal enhancement stones (December 3 - December 9)
- Sakura Challenge board with free unit Sakura and 150 Sakura Shards (December 3 - December 16)
- 2x drops and player experience in story normal quests (December 3 - December 9)
- New job trial mission with 150 gems and 25 shards for Eulalia (December 3 - December 16)
- 1/Day Soul Shard Quest for Eulalia - max shards 100 from 7 clears, must own unit (December 3 - December 16)
- Port Battle (December 3 - December 9)
- Godless Revolution - Swallow That Gluttony - Part 1 with G3 for Mira and Nyx (December 3 - December 16)
- 1/2 AP for Godless Revolution (December 3 - December 9)
- Fierce Battle Quest - Eldritch Elimination Battle (December 3 - December 16)
- Crystal of Re-Union rerun (December 3 - December 16)
- Justin's Justice rerun with Strie job+ and free unit Justin - will return to event archive after rerun (December 3 - December 16)
- Steel-Lined Wedding Aisle rerun with Fiona free memento No Tears for the Bride - will return to event archive after rerun (December 3 - December 16)
- Draft Match with 2x coin rewards (Decemeber 3 - December 9)
- 1/Day Road to Enlightenment Special (December 5 - December 6)
- Winter Holiday Plans for the Children with job+ for Lotiyah and Ravina (December)
- Global exclusive winter content (December)
Outstanding Contest Awards
- 3rd Anniversary Giveaway Community Event (November 23 - November 29) - rewards have been sent
- Facebook V7 Mystery Boxes! Community Event (October 8 - October 14) - rewards have been sent
- Facebook [Community Event] Adaleigh's Gear Puzzle (August 27 - September 2) - rewards have been sent
Speculation on Possible Upcoming Events/Changes
Based on recent data mining or other information, the following are events/changes that may be coming soon. There is no guarantee that just because something is listed here that it will happen. For news from the Japanese server, see Japan News Summary.
- Next master abilities expected are Caris, Ankh, Carla and Lamia (based on JP history)
- Next unannounced job+ expected is Kamui or Spica/Zahar/Corvus
- New seasonal job+ expected is Ravina and Lotiyah for Christmas
- Overdue enlightenments are too numerous to count and will no longer be tracked
- Oldest EX HQ we are missing is Evelika and Ikasa.