Patch 2.9

Inkweavers

Chapter 1 · Season 3

The Unfinished Sun

A living manuscript tears open. Write your way through a new Adventure, master Ingrid’s Star Power, and begin a season built from paper, ink and impossible light.

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Some stories are still being written.

01 / Season overview

A new chapter begins.

Patch 2.9 opens Chapter 1 Season 3 with the Inkweaver Adventure, five Combat Trials, Ingrid, Power Crystals, two rebuilt passes, a complete cosmetic collection, eight new items and the largest visual refresh of the chapter.

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Story locations
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Combat trials
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New fighter
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New passes
The great living press at the heart of the Inkweaver world
02 / Inkweaver Adventure

The Unfinished Sun

A complete story set inside a world where written things refuse to stay still.

Lead Inkweaver Kagome through fifteen story locations, three logic puzzles, nine tactical encounters and a three-phase final raid. Recruit Ayane, FANG, Lunetta, Raiden, Yugo and Zephra, then choose two companions before each fight.

  • Three original Kagome talent trees with eighteen choices and free respecs.
  • Original fighter kits remain intact; talents enhance Kagome without replacing her abilities.
  • Persistent local and cloud progression, story journal, companion rewards and talent-point notifications.
Open the adventure
03 / Combat Trials

Five rules. No wasted turn.

Challenges → Inkweavers → Combat Trials supplies the team, exposes every special rule, and tracks the objective live.

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The Last Witness

Purge Varnish and solve a strict kill order.

II

Two Chants

Stop a lethal cast while preserving a helpful one.

III

Red and Black

Route damage and shields into two separate receipts.

IV

The Same Sentence

Defeat linked enemies during the same player phase.

V

Borrowed Ink

Protect damage credits, remove the Leech, spend the ledger.

Complete all five: 1 Ivory Chest + 500 FM, on top of individual Ink, icon, item and crafting rewards.

Ingrid
04 / New fighter

Ingrid

Epic magical burst mage · Ranked, Draft and Rush

Build Star Power through repeated hits, turn falling starlight into healing, and use Blink to convert incoming pressure into a counterattack. At 100 power, Celestial Nova fires automatically.

Star Power15 power per successful hit.
Q · SparkTwo stars that can converge into a burst.
W · LightfallThree targets, power generation and self-healing.
E · BlinkFree-action dodge and counter window.
R · NovaAutomatic 800 + 275% MD true damage.
Star Power passive icon

Passive · Star Power

Starts at 0 and holds 100. Every successful Spark, Star Burst, Lightfall or Blink-counter hit grants 15 Star Power. At 100, Nova fires automatically and empties the bar.

Spark ability icon

Q · Spark

1-turn cooldown. Fire two random stars for 50% MD each. Power raises their chance to converge; matching targets trigger Star Burst for 100% MD to the target and 25% MD to adjacent enemies.

Lightfall ability icon

W · Lightfall

3-turn cooldown. Strike up to three different random enemies for 245 + 110% MD each. Every hit grants power and heals Ingrid for 2% of damage per 10 Star Power.

Blink ability icon

E · Blink

7-turn cooldown · Free action. Gain +1% dodge per Star Power until her next turn. The first damaging attack dodged consumes Blink and counters with two Sparks plus Star Burst.

Celestial Nova ability icon

R · Celestial Nova

Automatic at 100 power · Free action. Channel for 0.8 seconds, then hit one random enemy for 800 + 275% MD true damage. It cannot be cast manually.

05 / Chapter 1 Season 3

Power Crystals

Equip one crystal per fighter in Ranked and standard Draft. Each is a bonus action with its own cooldown and never spends the fighter’s normal action.

Aqua Crystal

Aqua

Restore 625 + 15% Max Mana.

15 turns
Wind Crystal

Wind

Gain 100% dodge for 1 turn.

12 turns
Earth Crystal

Earth

Gain +20% of your higher damage stat.

12 turns
Rage Crystal

Rage

Q gains 100% crit chance for 2 turns.

13 turns
Harmony Crystal

Harmony

Reduce active cooldowns by 2.

13 turns
Holy Crystal

Holy

Gain 422 Shield for 1 turn.

12 turns
Bleeding Crystal

Bleeding

Apply a 3-turn Max-HP bleed and heal from it.

15 turns
Cleansing Crystal

Cleansing

Remove every debuff, even while controlled.

13 turns
06 / Progression

Two passes, rebuilt.

The old pass presentation is gone. Inkweavers uses living paper and ink; Ranked goes full torn-ticket Retro Rewind.

Inkweaver Kagome

Inkweavers: The Living Manuscript

24 tiers · 5,750 XP · 3,000 FM premium track

  • Four chosen Inkweaver skins across the premium path.
  • Chosen icons and emotes, Ink, Toolboxes, FM and Time Capsules.
  • Paper-Kite Sandals, Three-Pigment Palette and a free Ivory Chest.
Retro Rewind Dasha

Ranked Season Pass

32 tiers · Every reward free

  • Five Retro Rewind selections: Dasha, Birdie, Blanka, Sophitia and Sammy.
  • Retro Rewind Alice is a free Patch 2.9 gift claimed from the client—not a pass selection.
  • 3,200 FM, 50 Time Capsules and 605 Battle Pass XP.
  • Power-Suit Shoulder Pads and Personal-Best Stopwatch.
New pass quests: Inkweaver and Retro Rewind dailies and weeklies now progress through normal matches, varied combat objectives and collection-aware cosmetic rewards. There are no Event quests.
07 / Collection

Seven hands. One living manuscript.

Every Inkweaver skin is Epic, costs 4,000 FM, includes a matching profile icon, and sits at the top of the skin registry.

All-new collection

Retro Rewind

Six Rare skins join the registry. Five are pass-exclusive selections valued at 1,000 FM; Alice is the free Patch 2.9 client gift.

New Legendary skin

Magician Ingrid

Ingrid’s first alternate look arrives with an animated shop preview and blue-and-pink galactic magician regalia.

6,500 FM · Shop

Seven profile icons

Folded-paper portraits for every member of the collection.

Seven reaction stickers

New text-free reactions for Ayane, Yugo, Lunetta, FANG and Kagome.

Complete unique VFX

All seven Inkweavers receive bespoke paper, pigment and wet-ink combat effects.

7 new profile icons

Wear the manuscript.

Chosen Inkweaver Icon rewards offer the full set. Kagome’s icon is also earned through The Unfinished Sun Adventure.

Inkweaver Ayane profile iconAyane
Inkweaver FANG profile iconFANG
Inkweaver Kagome profile iconKagome
Inkweaver Lunetta profile iconLunetta
Inkweaver Raiden profile iconRaiden
Inkweaver Yugo profile iconYugo
Inkweaver Zephra profile iconZephra
7 new reaction stickers

Every reaction, drawn in ink.

The pass’s Chosen Inkweaver Emote selections offer all seven stickers. Adventure first-clear rewards also grant Ayane — Smug and Kagome — Excited.

Inkweaver Ayane Manic Grin stickerAyaneManic Grin
Inkweaver Ayane Smug stickerAdventureAyaneSmug
Inkweaver Yugo Pleading stickerYugoPleading
Inkweaver Lunetta Scream stickerLunettaScream
Inkweaver Lunetta Heart Eyes stickerLunettaHeart Eyes
Inkweaver FANG Awkward Smile stickerFANGAwkward Smile
Inkweaver Kagome Excited stickerAdventureKagomeExcited
08 / More in 2.9

Built for a new season.

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New craftable items

Ink and Time Capsules power eight recipes, all pinned to the top of Forgeworks.

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Splash art reworks

Completed remakes replace their old loading-screen art without changing IDs or unlocks.

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Fighters in the shop

The client and standalone shop now sell every unowned playable fighter for 1,000 FM.

AI

Season-ready bots

New item pools, Power Crystal profiles and Ingrid’s dedicated Star Power combat logic.

09 / Ranked item rotation

Season 3 armory.

New equipment and seven returning favorites enter Ranked. The outgoing equipment remains usable outside Ranked.

8 new items

New in the rotation

  • Paper-Kite Sandals
  • Three-Pigment Palette
  • Master’s Stained Apron
  • Bassbreaker Boombox
  • One More Credit
  • Power-Suit Shoulder Pads
  • Pocket Mirrorball
  • Personal-Best Stopwatch
7 rotated in

Returning to Ranked

  • Electric Apex Baseball Bat
  • Abyssal Shoulderplates
  • Primal Witchbone Talisman
  • Apex Blood Claws
  • Black Rose Dagger
  • Lotusguard Shoulderplates
  • Crown of the Sun God
41 rotated-out itemsView the outgoing equipment
  • Moonwell Pendant
  • Orbital Sash
  • Pale Comet Longbow
  • Crown of First Light
  • Ghost Phial
  • Night Ops Ghostweave Legguards
  • Night Ops Spectral Visor
  • Water Gun
  • Party Beach Ball
  • Shoulduckplates
  • Oathbound Feather Staff
  • Oathbound Longsword
  • Oathbound Shield
  • Ritual Bone Crown
  • Sabertooth Prowler Legwraps
  • Boar Tuskwall Plate
  • Flower Magic Pearl
  • Void Shadow Veil
  • Void Picker
  • Egg Lamp
  • Poseidon’s Tide Ring
  • Nailed Baseball Bat
  • Heart Sniper Rifle
  • Apex Holy Tiara
  • Atlantean Crown
  • Drakeheart Talisman
  • Chrono Thimble
  • Cinderwake Charm
  • Cafeteria Tray Shield
  • Gym Sneakers
  • Practice Ball
  • Chalk Blade
  • Gym Whistle
  • Mercy Breaker
  • Starved Engine
  • Violet Guillotine Thread
  • Sun Badge
  • Training Vest
  • Phoenix Arrow
  • Star Blade
  • Dragon Scale Legmail
10 / Item balance

Sharper choices.

Four existing items move toward clearer roles before Season 3 Ranked begins.

Photosphere Band

Photosphere Band

Magical Damage

30→12
Portal Dagger

Portal Dagger

Dodge Chance

4%→5%
Imp Tooth

Imp Tooth

Critical-hit bonus true damage

81 flat→5% PD
Void Bubble

Void Bubble

Magical Damage / Crit Chance

80 / 8%→22 / 10%
11 / Fighter balance

Balance changes

Every change, paired with the fighter and ability it affects.

Sammy

Sammy

Support · Adjusted
Harvest Blessing

Base stats

Magical Damage

70→75
Apple Throw

Q · Apple Throw

Ally healing; can still critically heal

205 + 55% MD→155 + 50% MD
Teamwork

R · Teamwork

100% crit, 1 turn, 11-turn cooldown; no longer ends turn

40% · 12t→100% · 11t
Bridget

Bridget

Support · Buffed
Yo-Yo Twirl

E · Yo-Yo Twirl

Damage / healing scaling

135% / 70% MD→200% / 255% MD
Return of the Killing Machine

R · Return of the Killing Machine

Cooldown

18 turns→14 turns
Zoey

Zoey

Mage · Buffed
Sparkle Bell

Base stats & tooltips

Magical Damage increased; all ability descriptions simplified

239 MD→277 MD
Heart Pounce

W · Heart Pounce

Damage scaling now appears in its tooltip

100% MD→120% MD
Sparkle Burst

E · Sparkle Burst

Permanent MD gained per enemy hit

2.15%→3%
Angel

Angel

Support · Buffed
Angelic Feathers

Base stats

Magical Damage

240→260
Shield of Faith

W · Shield of Faith

2-turn cooldown, 1-turn duration, Healing Power scaling, free action

350 + 32% MD→290 + 30% MD
Angelic Beam

E · Angelic Beam

Damage per hit

70 + 25% MD→100 + 30% MD
Elphelt

Elphelt

Tank · Nerfed
Defensive Maneuvers

Base stats

HP / Physical Damage / Magical Damage

9555 / 245 / 290→9155 / 260 / 200
Affection

E · Affection

Magical damage scaling

200%→170%
FANG

FANG

Support · Nerfed
Power Potion

Q · Power Potion

Power increase

42%→36%
Menat

Menat

Support · Adjusted
Ball of Wisdom

Ball of Wisdom

Physical and Magical Damage increase

21%→19%
Wisdom Transfer

Q · Wisdom Transfer

Mana cost

40→15
Mirror Ball

E · Mirror Ball

Now ends Menat’s turn

Free action→Ends turn
Ibuki

Ibuki

Assassin · Buffed
Blade Expertise

Blade Expertise

Tooltip now explains all 25 stacking Kunai/Swift Strike bonuses.

Hidden→Fully explained
Swift Strike

E · Swift Strike

Flat damage added before its existing scaling

200% PD→200 + 200% PD
Tanya

Tanya

Hybrid · Nerfed
Desert Vampirism

Base stats

Physical Damage / Magical Damage; new passive icon added

290 / 255→265 / 240
Void Bubble

Item changes

Four final adjustments
Photosphere Band

Photosphere Band

Magical Damage

30→12
Portal Dagger

Portal Dagger

Dodge Chance

4%→5%
Imp Tooth

Imp Tooth

Bonus true damage

81 flat→5% PD
Void Bubble

Void Bubble

Magical Damage / Crit Chance

80 / 8%→22 / 10%
12 / Fixes and clarity

Cleaner rules. Clearer fights.

Combat systems

  • All shields now stack and track their own source, duration and remaining amount.
  • Lunetta’s Witch’s Brew and Protective Ward shields now coexist correctly.
  • Raiden’s Storm Circle follows the selected enemy and their adjacent teammates.
  • Ingrid’s Star Power survives modifier, buff and item stat recalculation.

Interface and rewards

  • Elphelt’s Defensive Maneuvers buff tooltip no longer exposes raw HTML.
  • Battle Pass item and lootbox claims preserve Firebase keyed inventory entries.
  • Ingrid’s battle-start and player turn-end voice lines now play reliably.
  • Yugo’s Blood Harvest is now an innate passive and cannot be stolen or dispelled.

Chapter 1 · Season 3

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Finish the story.

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