Note: This is an app update, so will be available a little less than 24 hours from the time of this post… Make sure you have plenty of storage and data allowance for the download. All content will be available immediately after downloading, with banners due to go live at 24 hours after this post.
Cat Equipment
- Ashtear Matching Set, including a Korobo plushy!
Symphony - Octopath Conductors: The Prisoner’s Odyssey
- Available after completing Chapter 13 of Main Story
- Collaboration with the Octopath Traveler series
- Three characters will be gained by progressing in the Symphony story - Cyrus (OT), Partitio (OT2) and Tithi (OT:CotC) - all of whom can be Stellar Awakened
- Special site with further information: https://en.another-eden.jp/octopathtraveler/
Encounters
- New character Oboro available from Encounters, can be Stellar Awakened
- Various Fateful Encounters
- Brilliant Encounter: Special Winter 2023 Series - 1 time only, paid stones not required, guarantees at least a 4.5* character on the 10th slot.
Campaigns
- Whisper of Time and Whisper of Time Drop - From 7 Dec to 26 Dec obtain a Whisper of Time for a free single pull each day, up to 10 times. After the 10th time, you can initiate a Whisper of Time Drop encounter, guaranteeing a 5* character up to the current pool.
- Daily log-in stones increased from 20 to 50 stones from 6 Dec - 26 Dec UTC
- 1000 Chronos Stones for starting the Symphony
- Choice of one of three 5* characters for completing Main Story Chapter 13 (including previous completion) - Anabel, Isuka or Melina
- New players will receive 1000 Chronos Stones for starting the game
- New Catch-up Campaign - Key item (ladder) drops from various previous Episode and Symphony dungeons will be increased 10x until catch-up with Japan
QoL Adjustments
- Main Story Part 1.5 no longer requires Episode Two Knights and the Holy Sword to be cleared
- Amy’s Character Quest 2 is now available even at 3*
- Main Story Part 2 no longer requires The Closed-Off Open World and the Azure Rebel to be cleared
- Certain Main Story Part 1 dungeons have had their material drops and EXP increased and encounter rate decreased
- Exclusive items in Elzion and Ratle shops have been discounted
- Increased EXP Badge rewards from Mayor’s battle lectures
- Allowed map jumping to the areas before the boss battles in Industrial Ruins, Nadara Volcano, and Tower of Time
Future Update
- From January, changes to Premium Subscription Services are planned, increasing the amount of Tsubura’s Gems obtainable while on Guide of the Heavens trial, as well as adding access to additional Allcosmos Starcharts.
- From February, premium Subscribers will also gain access to Cat Express Tickets, which allow skips of previously-cleared Another Dungeons
- See notice for full details of changes to Subscription Services
Next update expected 19th Dec, with two Stellar Awakenings of existing Encounter characters, and a new True Manifest for one of them.
I wonder how that is going to work out, it is a long requested feature for sure!:-)