[v6.5] Hot Sands Escapade Overview

Hello, Captains! This is Captain Azia reporting the new information that awaits us for [v6.5] Hot Sands Escapade. This overview guide is meant to help SEA Captains on what to expect in the latest version. Let's go!

☯ Table of Contents ☯

✦ New SP Battlesuit ✦

✦ Valkyrie Quicksand's Signature Equipment ✦

✦ Craftable Stigmata Set Update ✦

✦ Elysian Realm Update ✦

✦ New Story Chapter ✦

✦ Enemy Update ✦

✦ Upcoming Events ✦

✦ New Version Outfits ✦

✦ Shop Update ✦

✦ Battle Pass ✦

❁ New SP Battlesuit ❁

✦ Valkyrie Quicksand ✦

With dazzling dance steps and wonderful fantasies, she runs on the path of completing missions like a happy little bear.

"Equipment... check! Confidence level... max! Valkyrie Susannah ready to roll!"

[Valkyrie Quicksand] Susannah is one of our newest addition in the roster of playable Valkyries. She is a QUA-type SP Physical DMG battlesuit who uses chakram to defeat her enemies. She dances through the battlefield, inflicting Bleed Trauma as well as the damage she deals being counted as Bleed DMG.

» Go, Go Susannah! «

4-SEQ ATK dealing Physical DMG by tapping [ATK].

Restores Confidence meter and inflicts Bleed Trauma for every enemy hit.

» Want Some Gems? «

When Confidence is maxed, hold [ATK] to cast Combo ATK to inflict Bleed Trauma on enemies and restore SP for herself.

» Mystical Nights «

Tap [WA] to to trigger button prompts.

When triggering Perfect Judgment, she deals more Physical DMG.

» C-Close Call! «

Trigger ULT EVA to restore Confidence and connect into Basic ATK SEQ 3.

Triggering ULT EVA skill restores more Confidence.

» One Thousand and One Fantasies «

Tap [ULT] to trigger button prompts.

Time it well to trigger Perfect Judgment allowing to deal more DMG and restore SP.

Entering Dance state deals Physical DMG, and inflict Bleed Trauma on enemies.

This also inflicts Collapse on QUA enemies once.

✦ How to Get Valkyrie Quicksand ✦

◆ After the v6.5 update and until 12:00 APR 28, Valkyrie Quicksand's SP Valkyrie Supply will be available.

◆ Participate in v6.5 events such as the login event Dancing Hemlines & Flickering Lamp and the featured events Meow Town Escapade and HOMU World Tour Championship to get Valkyrie Quicksand's fragments.

◆ They will also be appearing as rewards by completing Open World Adventure Tasks.

◆ Just like other SP Valkyries, Valkyrie Quicksand's fragments can also be purchased in the Asterite Shop.

❁ Valkyrie Quicksand's Signature Equipment ❁

✦ Twirling Glaze and Twirling Glaze: Lustrous Bloom ✦

Twirling Glaze and its PRI-ARM variant, Twirling Glaze: Lustrous Bloom enables Valkyrie Quicksand to deal more Bleed DMG and TDM.

✦ [Exotic Lamp] Aladdin ✦

[Exotic Lamp] Aladdin is Valkyrie Quicksand's signature stigmata set that provides increased Physical DMG, TDM, Bleed DMG and infliction of Bleed Trauma on enemies for the user. The set also provides more Bleed DMG (2-pc) and increased Physical DMG, Combo ATK's TDM, and SP restoration when the user deals Bleed DMG on-field (3-pc). The 2-pc set also gives bonus TDM for her weapon active and ultimate if equipped by Valkyrie Quicksand.

✦ How to Get Valkyrie Quicksand's Signature Equipment ✦

◆ All equipment stated above will be available during the Dance of Chasing Light Equipment Supply event.

❁ Craftable Stigmata Set Update ❁

✦ G3 [Traveling Skipper] Shakespeare: Adrift Set ✦

[Traveling Skipper] Shakespeare: Adrift can now be crafted directly using the G3 Chasmic Red Crystalyte.

❁ Elysian Realm Update ❁

Starting v6.5, both Shadow Knight and Valkyrie Quicksand will be available in Elysian Realm. During this patch, they will receive Growth Boost bonus!

❁ New Story Chapter ❁

Chapter XXXVI: Hailing from Nagazora

"The reason is 'only those made of flesh are real humans.' Only real humans hold meaning and value."

The encounter against Kevin and the Cocoon of Finality has finally come to an end, but there are still mysteries that lie ahead. Join Seele and Susannah as they investigate of what has become of Nagazora!

❁ Enemy Update ❁

✦ Memorial Arena ✦

Pishacha is coming to Memorial Arena!

C to S Pishacha

SSS Pishacha

✦ Superstring Dimension ✦

Coming to the Abyss are Opaque Shadow and Pishacha.

Opaque Shadow

Pishacha

✦ Elysian Realm ✦

Diabolic Kevin will be one of the optional bosses you can fight after clearing F17 of Elysian Realm.

Diabolic Kevin

Defeat Diabolic Kevin on Shroud or higher at a certain number of times to receive the 4-star emblem Hero's Oath and 5-star emblem Hero's Badge.

❁ Upcoming Events ❁

✦ Icy Water's Edge ✦

Play in the v6.5 events and complete event missions to get a chance to exchange ELF Water's Edge and other helpful matz in the Water's Hourglass Event Shop.

✦ Desolate City Detective ✦

◆ During Chapter XXXVI's release, a new game mode will be available, consisting of 2 themes with each theme contains 3 stages of Field Training and 1 stage of Routine Check.

◆ Clear Field Training stages to unlock special skills that can help with Routine Check.

◆ Clear the Routine Check stage for a certain number of times to unlock new Field Training stages of the same theme.

◆ Routine Check α: Reduce the hit count HP of the central energy concentrator to 0 so it drops energy orbs restoring SP for the team.

Once Enhanced Skills are unlocked, collecting energy orbs will recharge the active skill.

Use the active skill to deal massive DMG and cause extra effects.

◆ Routine Check β: The more debuffs an enemy has, the more Physical and Elemental DMG it takes. Once Enhanced Skills are unlocked, use different active skills to inflict different debuffs with extra effects and DMG.

✦ Meow Town Escapade ✦

"It's a beautiful small town with many cute kittens, and also a resort for S-rank Valkyries! Enjoy your time in this picturesque and sunny place!"

"You wanna go there? Hey, Susannah, are you listening?"

"Wow... S-rank Valkyrie! Yeah, most definitely!"

Meow Town Escapade is an event where Susannah takes special training courses specially headed by the three S-Rank Valkyries of Schicksal: [Jade Knight] Li Sushang, [Bright Knight: Excelsis] Durandal, and [Argent Knight] Rita Rossweisse.

◆ Li Sushang's Special Training: Dodging Flying Swords

◆ Durandal's Special Training: Boxing

◆ Rita's Special Training: Dancing

✦ HOMU World Tour Championship ✦

Coming back are the fun stages introduced from a previous event but now with 4 new maps. Control chibi characters, play different stages, and fight against other Captains!

◆ Trampoline Points Contest: Use trampolines to jump through passing circular rings and earn points to make sure you win!

◆ Flip Marathon: As you race against other Captains, be on the lookout of for the flipping floors.

◆ Platform Marathon: Navigate through moving platforms and make sure to keep yourself steady.

◆ Coil Spring Marathon: A test ot patience and control, make sure you've calculated the right angle to jump and fall between coil springs.

❁ New Version Outfits ❁

✦ [Valkyrie Quicksand] Immortal Blades Uniform ✦

Valkyrie Quicksand's outfit Immortal Blades Uniform can be obtained through exchanging Training Medal tokens in the Training Incentives Event Shop by completing event missions which you can get by playing Meow Town Escapade!

✦ [Herrscher of Sentience] Turn Up the Music! ✦

For a limited time only, you can purchase Herrscher of Sentience's outfit Turn Up the Music! for 1680 B-Chips during the first week. Afterwards, it will be sold at the normal amount of 1980 B-Chips.

✦ [Herrscher of Human: Ego] Peachy Spring ✦

Spend at most a total of 9,600 Crystals in Outfit Supply events to get Herrscher of Human: Ego's outfit Peachy Spring!

❁ Shop Update ❁

◆ ARC Serratus and Dawn Breaker: Talwar will be available in the Exchange Shop.

❁ Battle Pass ❁

◆ v6.5 will be the last patch where the Lake Blue Crystallum can be used.

◆ Herrscher of Sentience's Rank-Up Stamps as well as Starchasm Nyx's signature equipment, Sanguine Gaze and [Fantasy Voyage] Verne set will be available in BP Works.

◆ Herrscher of Sentience Souls as BP rewards will only last until v6.5.

This ends our Version Overview for [v6.5] Hot Sands Escapade that marks the debut of a certain B=Rank Valkyrie as well as the start of Honkai Impact 3rd's Part 1.5: Dance of Life and Death. Hyperion Maintenance will occur on APR 06 10:00 ~ 16:00 (UTC +8). Good luck to all Captains!

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