NARAKA: BLADEPOINT update adds Kael, the Bident and Vanquisher's Trials on 5 November
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT's 5 November update adds hero Kael, the Bident weapon, a Showdown mode and a Herald's Trial ranking overhaul, plus hero tweaks.
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT’s 5 November update brings a new hero, Kael, a water-only weapon and a new Showdown challenge, along with a reworked ranking path in The Herald’s Trial. Servers were down for maintenance from 10am to 3pm AEDT on Thursday 5 November (7am to 12pm in Perth).
New content
- Kael: a new hero who has merged his soul with Taotie, and struggles to keep its hunger in check.
- Bident: a new Wanchu weapon, only obtainable in Wanchu - Dark Pearl Abyss. It needs water flow to attack, so it only works in the water area.
- Vanquisher’s Trials: a Showdown mode where you can’t bring your own weapons or souljades. You pick from preset heroes (4 per stage) across three stages, on Nightscream and Legend difficulties. Legend unlocks one week after the event begins, and Trios doesn’t auto-fill empty slots.
- New souljades: Defuse·Surge and Critical Transmutation.
Events
- Martial Cutie: a pet-themed event running until 3am AEDT on Wednesday 30 December, with new pet Molin and the Heng Sword weapon type. More maps and pet equipment follow in the 19 November update.
- Devouring Breath, Ashes of the Realm and Cold Front’s Aspirant: all run until 7am AEDT on Thursday 19 November.
- Devourer Treasure: priced at 360 Gold, with the first 10 openings at 50% off. It unlocked at 3pm AEDT on Thursday 5 November.
- Demonbane Realm: the Showdown event level returns with a new rating system.
Ranking changes
- The Herald’s Trial minimum score drops from 1,000 to 0, with new ranks Plain Stone and Gray Lead below Bronze.
- Quick Match and Ranked Mode now share rank points. Quick Match only awards points, up to 1,500.
- The Rerank Challenge now requires at least 1,500 points.
Balance changes
- Yueshan: Scorching Dash damage multiplier falls from 1.0 to 0.7, but he can block all strike damage during the rush.
- Kylin Zhang: his Ultimate’s slashes cost less Health (300 down to 250), and the Qilin Guard threshold rises from 300 to 450.
- Viper Ning: her Showdown Ultimate gains the Moonbane’s Eye effect.
- Defuse: basic Defuse moves now deal 3 times their previous damage multiplier.
Other changes
- Marketplace listing now needs character level 50 (up from 10), and the trade cooldown rises from 24 to 48 hours.
- Talents can be changed during the preparation stage.
- Dark Pearl Abyss water depth is reduced to 35m.
- Souljades can be deconstructed even when equipped or locked.
- Resource loading was refactored to cut stuttering.
