Hello, Guardians.

The Defense Derby team is working hard to make sure there are a wide range of viable strategies for you.

In line with our goal, we have prepared this update.

Today we'd like to announce the news about Update #4.

Our aim with this update is to provide more diverse Derby experiences.

Unlike other heroes, the new hero Rake will be the first to directly neutralize opposing players. After we introduce her, we'll also be adding some Derby Requests for you to complete to get the resources necessary for leveling up.

The game will now provide more detailed info for diverse strategies and make things more convenient for players. We're also adding some things to support our new players.

November 10th is the 100th day from Defense Derby's official launch.

We have prepared various events celebrating the 100th day to repay all the supports you have showed us.

Please read on for more details!

Update Schedule: 11/7 (Tue) 01:55 - 07:00 UTC

1. New Hero

• Rake
  

  "The first person to survive on Mist Rock before Barkhan. She was born with a greater inner desire than most others and has struggled to control it. Her desires threatened to overwhelm her all the time, causing her to fear herself. She moved to Mist Rock, a small uninhabited island. There she was able to release her suppressed desires and become the person she is now."

  
  

  ※ Will be introduced immediately following the update.
  
  

  Faction	Type	Attack Speed	Attack Type
  Beast	Magic	Normal	Single
  Passive Skill: Mark of the Raven Damage to common monsters by all ally units increases. ※ Damage increases as the hero is upgraded.		Active Skill: Chain of Hatred Restrict opponents' units in combat. Restricted units cannot attack or be deployed for 8.3 sec. With 3 opponents alive: restricts 1 unit from 2 opponents at random With 2 opponents alive: restricts 1 unit from both opponents With only 1 opponent left: restricts 2 of the opponent's units ※ The skill duration increases as the hero is upgraded.

  
  

  
  

• Along with Rake, Rake's Badge is also being introduced.

  • Rake's Badge

    

• Rake will be available as a featured summon.

  

  • Beginning November 7th, Rake will be a featured summon.
  • As a featured summon, you'll have a higher chance to get Rake.
  • If Rake is not summoned after 3 legendary summons, the 4th legendary summon is guaranteed to be Rake.

※ Note - During the November Season, Rake can only be summoned from Featured Summon: Rake. (Rake will not be included in fated summons, miraculous summons, or faction-specific summons.)

※ After the November Season ends, Rake will be available via all summon methods.

• Rake Step Up Packs will be available.

  
  

2. New Content and Adjustments

Derby Requests

The previous mission system sometimes felt like tedious homework, where players had to repeatedly complete random missions that just weren't much fun.
In this update, we're introducing a new Derby Requests system to try to add some fun for players when completing missions and acquiring the associated rewards.

• • A new request is available.
    Complete the requests in Derby and claim various rewards including Unidentified Artifacts, Crystals, and Gold.

    
    

    • This system will be unlocked when you reach 200 Derby Points.
    • After accepting a request, complete it to claim your reward.
    • The rarer the request, the greater your reward will be.
    • As you move up the league ladder, you'll be more likely to receive rarer requests.
      ※ Check the request rarity probabilities from the Derby Request Probabilities menu.
    • You can complete up to 20 requests, and any requests you do not accept can be refreshed a limited number of times every day.
    • The number of requests and refreshes will be reset at 00:00 UTC every day.
    • When you advance to a higher league, your daily request limits and refreshes will also reset.

Guide Missions

Improvements have been made to guide missions to help players find a play style through repetitive experiences.

• • Previously, guide missions ended at 200 Derby Points, and we'll now extend these missions up to 800 Derby Points.

    The newly extended guide missions will be implemented after the update.
    Any completed missions will remain complete.

    Guide mission UI will also be moving to the bottom right of the screen.

    

We're hoping that our new guide missions and rewards can help players find their perfect play style.

Rookie Guardian Ranking

We're adding a new system to allow those who are new to the game enjoy Defense Derby as much as other players.

• • When you first reach 120 Derby Points, you'll participate in the Rookie Guardian Ranking.
  • This ranking will be decided by the maximum Derby Points you reach during the ranking period.
  • Ranking lasts for 48 hours, and rewards will be provided based on your ranking.
  • You can check the results and claim rewards within 24 hours after the ranking period ends.
  • Any unclaimed rewards will be sent to your inbox after 24 hours.

※ Rookie Guardian Ranking can only be participated in once, and will not be available to players who have already reached 120 Derby Points or more at the point of the update.

Today's Exclusive Deals

Today's Exclusive Deals will offer you various resources and items, including card packs.

• • The items in Today's Exclusive Deals are randomly selected and will be available with discounts ranging from 10% to 40%.
  • These exclusive deals will be reset at 00:00 UTC every day.
  • You can also use Gems to refresh the deals up to 3 times each day.
  • Current packages consist of card packs, Crystals, and leveling resources. We're also planning to include additional entry tickets to other game modes as potential deals in the future.

Blitz Stages

• • The HP of monsters in certain stages has been decreased.

Speech Bubbles

• • 5 new speech bubbles are now available.

    • GGWP

    • Newbies!

    • I'll take it!

    • Going all in!

    • Who would want this?

      Speech bubble text for some regions has changed.

3. System Improvements

Emphasizing Active Skill Usage and Merging Units

• • In Derby, the opponents' actions are very important in deciding your strategy.
    We've added some visual enhancements for crucial info like when your opponents use their active skills or merge a unit.

    Using an Active Skill	Merging a Unit
    An animation will play when a player uses an active skill. If you use an active skill, the animation will play near the bottom of your screen. If an opponent uses an active skill, an animation will be shown near that opponent's minimap.	An animation will also play if a player merges a unit. If you merge a unit, the animation will play near the bottom of your screen. If an opponent merges a unit, an animation will be shown near the opponent's minimap.

    
    

Boss King Slime

• • King Slime's ability when splitting into smaller slimes will be improved.
    King Slime is a boss monster that requires careful planning to overcome its ability to multiply once defeated. However, as players could inflict damage even as it was splitting into smaller slimes, it became too easy to conquer.
    To address this, we are enhancing King Slime's multiplication mechanics and its visual presentation to make it more noticeable to players.
    While it is splitting into smaller slimes, King Slime will be invulnerable to damage, and any previously applied effects will be removed.

Card Info

• • The leveling preview has been enhanced to provide a clearer view of the changes when heroes and units are upgraded or leveled up.

  • Tap the Preview button in Card Info to see the changes between levels and grades.
    You can check the stats along with the active and passive skills for the next level or grade up.

    

  • The info for Chain and Splash attack types will be available.

  • For chain attacks, its range and the number of chained attacks will be available, as well as the damage info as it stacks.

  • For splash attacks, its range will be available.

  •  feature to check current card info has been added where players can check the required grades and number of cards for upgrades.

    • Select a card from the Upgrade tab to check info about upgrading it or your current cards.
      Tap the Current Card(s) button to see your cards.
    • Filters available on the Info tab will also be available on the Upgrade tab.

28-Day Check-in

• • A check-in event spanning 28 days has been introduced, allowing you to claim a Legendary Unit Selection every 28 days.

    • Claim these check-in rewards starting at 00:00 UTC each day based on the total number of days you've signed in.
    • The check-in board completes when you claim the final reward, and will be reset to a new check-in board the next time you sign in.
    • This event will be active immediately following the update.

4. Events

100-Day Celebration Event

• Defense Derby has reached its 100th day thanks to the love and support you've shown us!
• So we have prepared several events to celebrate the occasion.
• Collect tons of rewards from these special events and missions!
• Event Period: After the Update - 12/7 (Thu) 00:00 UTC

• • 100-Day Welcome Package

    Rewards	Note
    1000 Gems
    1000 Cubics
    Cannon Master Emotes

    • • Reward Period: 11/6 (Mon) - 12/6 (Wed)

      • Claim Method: Rewards sent to inbox once per account
        
        

  • 100-Day Sign-in and Hot Time Event

    • 100-Day Sign-in Rewards

      Reward Dates	Reward Details
      11/10/2023 (Fri) 08:00 UTC 11/11/2023 (Sat) 08:00 UTC 11/12/2023 (Sun) 08:00 UTC 11/24/2023 (Fri) 08:00 UTC 11/25/2023 (Sat) 08:00 UTC 11/26/2023 (Sun) 17:00 UTC	1000 Gems 250 Crystals, Gold (24h), Elixir (24h) 250 Crystals, Gold (24h), Elixir (24h) 1000 Gems 250 Crystals, Gold (24h), Elixir (24h) 250 Crystals, Gold (24h), Elixir (24h)

      
      

    • 100-Day Hot Time Event

      Reward Dates	Rewards
      11/7/2023 (Tue) 08:00 - 14:59 UTC 11/8/2023 (Wed) 08:00 - 14:59 UTC 11/9/2023 (Thu) 08:00 - 14:59 UTC 11/10/2023 (Fri) 08:00 - 14:59 UTC 11/11/2023 (Sat) 08:00 - 14:59 UTC 11/12/2023 (Sun) 08:00 - 14:59 UTC	Up to 150 Crystals  Up to 150 Crystals  Up to 150 Crystals  Up to 500 Gems  Up to 150 Crystals  Up to 150 Crystals

      
      

• • 100-Day Celebration Check-in / Shop and Mission Events

    100-Day Celebration Check-in	100-Day Celebration Shop	100-Day Missions
    Don't miss the check-in event and make sure to get the Legendary Hero Summon.	Collect 100-Day Coins during the event period to exchange with special rewards, such as the Gloria Pirate Ship Castle Skin and Legendary Unit Summon.	Complete event missions to collect 100-Day Coins during the event period.
    Check in for 7 days and claim rewards including: 4000 Gems 2000 Cubics 2 Cannon Master Emotes Legendary Hero Summon Claim these check-in rewards starting at 00:00 UTC each day based on the total number of days you've signed in. This event will be active immediately following the update.	Shop List Card Price/Price (100-Day Coins)/QuantityGloria Pirate Ship/3500/1 Legendary Unit Summon/3500/2 Cannon Master Emote/120/1 200 Gems/100/10 Elixir (6h)/50/10 Gold (6h)/50/10	Complete the 100-Day event missions and collect up to 10000 100-Day Coins. Play Derby and get up to 5000 100-Day Coins according to your ranking. ※Rank Rewards (70 / 60 / 45 / 35) ※ All products in 100-Day Shop can be exchanged with 100-Day Coins earned from event missions and from playing Derby.

    
    

Rookie Guardian Events

• • We're introducing a special check-in, missions, and shop events dedicated to players who are new to Defense Derby.

    Participate in the check-in event to collect a legendary summon and Origin Flowers. Use these to get rare heroes and new units from each faction from the Rookie Guardian Shop!

    Event Period: For 30 days following completion of the tutorial

    Rookie Guardian Check-in	Rookie Guardian Shop	Rookie Guardian Missions
    Complete the check-in and claim a legendary summon!	Shop List Card / Price (Origin Flowers) / Quantity Rare Human Hero / 100 / 1 Rare Beast Hero / 100 / 1 Rare Spirit Hero / 100 / 1 Rare Human Unit / 100 / 3 Rare Beast Unit / 100 / 3 Rare Spirit Unit / 100 / 3	Complete the relevant missions to collect Origin Flowers.

    
    

Update Events

• • 3 New Heroes to Claim: #1 - Rake

Commemorating Defense Derby's 100th day update, you can claim the new hero Rake at legendary grade.

• • • • Reward Period: 11/7 - 1/31
        Claim Method: Sent to inbox once per account

        Note: Reward period for other heroes

        Period	Hero	Note
        11/07~01/31	Rake	No preview release Hero will not be included in summons until 11/30.
        12/01~01/31	Finesse	Hero will be revealed for 7 days from 11/24 Hero will not be included in summons until 12/31.
        01/01~01/31	Lana	Hero will be revealed for 7 days from 12/24 Hero will not be included in summons until 1/31.

        
        

• • Unit Featured Summon Event

    • An event for featured summons of units will be introduced to celebrate the 100-day update.
      

      The time remaining for the event will be shown in the relevant banner.

    • Event Units and Schedules

      Event Period	Event Unit	Note
      11/7/2023  - 11/14/2023 (Tue) 00:00 UTC	Archer	When units appear as featured summons, you'll have an increased chance to get them. If the unit is not summoned after 3 legendary summons, the 4th legendary summon is guaranteed to be the event unit.
      	Mammoth Bomber
      	Golem
      11/21/2023  - 12/7/2023 (Thu) 00:00 UTC	Frost Mage
      	Pygmy Yeti
      	Gargoyle Bomber

      
      

Gems Payback Event

• • An event for paying back Gems is planned to start from 11/1 (Wed) to ensure players enjoy their benefits as much as possible.

  • Event Period: 11/1 (Wed) 00:00:00 UTC - 11/13 (Mon) 23:59:59
  • Event Details
    • Any Gems spent during the event period will be partially paid back to players.
    • Gem Payback Amount (Payback only applies once for each quantity of Gems.)

      Quantity of Gems Used	Payback Amount
      2000 Gems	100 Gems
      5000 Gems	250 Gems
      8000 Gems	400 Gems
      12000 Gems	600 Gems
      18000 Gems	900 Gems
      24000 Gems	1200 Gems
      32000 Gems	1600 Gems
      40000 Gems	2000 Gems

5. Shop and Products

• Change of Shop Categories

  • To improve the overall visibility of products in Shop, we have implemented a tab-based categorization.

• If one is not currently active, the packages that appear when you are promoted to a new league will now appear again at certain intervals of time.

• The purchase limit for the 30-Day Sign-In Package will decrease from 6 times to 1 time. Any extended duration from the past duplicate purchases will remain as-is.

• Fixed an issue where the Premium Pass reward value was displayed as x7 when it was actually x10.

• Derby/Blitz Passes will share a single pop-up, and their conditions will change.

  • Before: Can only be purchased at the corresponding stage, and disappears after 24 hours

  • After: Can be purchased at any point after clearing the conditions, and the offer does not disappear

• The existing monthly and weekly packages will be replaced with a new Weekly Gem Pack and Weekly Crystal Pack, which can be found in the Weekly tab of the Shop.
  

6. Themed Mode - Mulligan

Different rules apply when the first guaranteed cards are selected.
4 units from your deck will be suggested.
You will have the opportunity to replace them with other cards.
Then select 2 out of the 4 units to start with in the battle.

• Period: 11/15 - 11/29 00:00 UTC
• Feedback Reward: 300 Cubics
  ※ Your feedback and gameplay stats will help us decide whether to add themed modes as permanent mode options.

7. Player Convenience

• Improvements in battle frame sync time so that the players don't have to wait for too long to participate in battles after network reconnection.
  If the time required for sync is more than 20 seconds, the system will skip some phases to minimize the sync time.
  Retry button has been added to avoid constantly going back to the lobby for Blitz and Valley of Trials.

8. Miscellaneous

• Vietnamese support has been added.
• Your configuration for Restore Deployment will be saved after the battle. It will be saved to the servers, so it will not be reset if you have to reinstall the game.
  • Also, the option to enable or disable this setting has been moved to the Lobby Menu > Settings.
• Your settings for the Mute Emotes option will also be saved after the battle.
  • This option will be saved to your device, so it will be reset if you have to reinstall the game.
• The default settings for FPS and graphics quality will be adjusted for certain devices.
  • Affected Devices
    • Android: 4 GB or less RAM
    • iOS: 3 GB or less RAM
  • Default Options
    • 30 FPS, Normal for Graphics Quality
• Event notices will be shown as the main page when you tap Notice from the menu.
• Added icons for loading tooltips that appear during matchmaking to improve their clarity.
• Added indicators for service delays that didn't previously clearly indicate when there was a delay.
• The content rating in Australia will now be displayed as PG on the loading screen.

9. Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the increased attack power effect from Viking's skill didn't apply to Apprentice.
• Fixed an issue where Leon's skill sometimes remained in effect after the end of a wave.
• Fixed an issue where the Scarlet Step Up Pack was shown in the Shop to Traditional Chinese players.
• Fixed where players couldn't re-enter the battle after app was shut down during the battle.
• Fixed an issue where players could enter different battles at once.
• Fixed an issue where the units could not be deployed while editing your deck.
• Fixed an issue where players could not sell units occasionally during Derby.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes units overlapped while changing their deployment.
• Fixed an issue where the completion message was awkward after claiming all rewards for Hot Time.
• Fixed an issue where the upper background of the Shop was displayed as the background color.
• Fixed an issue where units could not be deployed occasionally.
• Fixed an issue where badge release period text was overlapping in some languages.
• Fixed an issue where the guaranteed card info displayed at the top of the screen changed when the chip leader changed during a boss wave.

10. Upcoming Update

• A new PvE mode, Golden Shrine, will be added in Update #4-1, planned to be released on November 21st.

• A new unit, Moon Night, and a new hero, Finesse, will be released on December 1st.

• A new unit, Fiery Imp, will be released on December 14th (Global Update #5)