NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Test Server Update – October 16th, 2026

Heroes,

First of all, thank you for your continued support of NARAKA: BLADEPOINT. You have been granted access to our Beta Server.

This Beta Server test does not include any Showdown content.

The following adjustments apply only during this test period and do not represent final changes.

New Content

Rift Traversal New Chapter: Stormchant – Hongmen Banquet (鸿门宴篇, unofficial)

As the Qin dynasty crumbled, Xiang Yu crushed the Qin army at Julu and his might awed the feudal lords. Liu Bang, meanwhile, entered Guanzhong first, holding Hangu Pass and camping at Bashang. When Xiang Yu heard that "the Duke of Pei means to be king of Guanzhong," he flew into a rage and vowed to march the very next day. Knowing he was no match, Liu Bang went to Hongmen to beg forgiveness. At the feast, Fan Zeng ordered Xiang Zhuang to perform a sword dance, intending to strike Liu Bang down. Liu Bang had no choice but to excuse himself from the table and slip away by a back road…

I. New In-Match Gameplay

1. Preparing the Hongmen Banquet (鸿门备宴, literal translation)

Spawns in the Outerworld 2 minutes after the match starts.

How it works:

1. Return the scattered dining tables, seating mats, side tables, and other furnishings to their proper places to set up this all-important banquet.
2. Once everything is in place, you receive a Crate reward. You can also take a seat at the banquet for 1 Extra Reward.

2. Hongmen Banquet (鸿门宴, unofficial)

Spawns in the Innerworld 8 minutes after the match starts.

How it works: Danger lurks beneath the surface of the Hongmen Banquet. Heroes must stay alert and foil Fan Zeng and Xiang Zhuang's plot against Liu Bang.

1. Phase 1: Use a blue Focus Strike to interrupt Fan Zeng before he smashes his cup as the signal. Stopping him earns a reward and reduces the number of attacks Xiang Zhuang makes.
2. Phase 2: Use Counter to block the repeated killing blows Xiang Zhuang aims at Liu Bang during his sword dance.
3. Earn 1–3 Crate rewards based on how much Health Liu Bang has left at the end.

3. Escape from Hongmen (鸿门脱险, literal translation)

Spawns in the Innerworld 11 minutes after the match starts.

How it works: Liu Bang excuses himself from the Hongmen Banquet. Heroes must Escort him past the pursuing Chu soldiers and back to the Han camp. Reaching the destination grants a Crate reward.

II. New In-Match Mechanisms

1. Rewind Device (回溯仪, literal translation)

Once activated, make a Tribute of Relics worth the target value to it. After a countdown, it resets the Lootable Containers within range. Resettable containers include regular Lootable Containers, Crate·Legendary, and Crate·Epic (秘匣·优, unofficial). Crates from Caves, Quests, and puzzles are not reset.

2. Treasure Coffin (藏宝棺, literal translation)

The Stormchant map adds a new Interactive container, the Treasure Coffin. It can only be opened with its exclusive key, the Coffin Pry Bar (启棺撬, literal translation).

• Opening it grants high-value Relic rewards and consumes some of the Coffin Pry Bar's Durability.
• The Coffin Pry Bar can be found by searching during matches or bought on the Trading Market.

III. Xiling Seal Art Society (西泠印社) Crossover Gameplay

1. The Stormchant map adds a new in-match activity.
   • Pick up a Seal Box (印章匣, literal translation) in the Outerworld. You can then unlock the Sheng Banners (笙旗, literal translation) around the map to collect Duke of Pei Tokens (沛公信物, unofficial).
   • Collecting any 3 of them completes the Stormchant Seal Collection (大风印集, literal translation).
   • You can then play the Stormchant on the Zhu (击筑, literal translation) instrument for a chance to obtain the Xiling Seal Art Society crossover Relic Stormchant·Seal (大风歌·印章, literal translation).

IV. New Camp Travelling Merchant

1. Huang Jikao has left the camp. After you complete the Season Quests A Letter from an Old Friend (故人来信) and Visit the Sage (寻访方士), the camp unlocks a new Sage, Fan Zeng. He will help players gain Epiphany into the Mysteries hidden deep within Qin and Han Relics.
2. Uncovering a Relic's Mystery unlocks the corresponding exclusive Ability for the player.
3. Uncovering the core Mystery of each Relic unlocks a season-exclusive Combat Item.

This season offers three season-exclusive Combat Items:

• Marvel·Heavy Armor (奇物•重铠, literal translation): On use, you are clad in the Overlord's Armor (霸王铠, literal translation) and become immune to Ranged Attacks for 120 seconds.
• Marvel·Hunt (奇物•追猎, literal translation): On use, you automatically hunt down the player with the highest Preparation Score (战备) in the match for 240 seconds. Your damage to that player is increased by 15%.
• Marvel·Completion (奇物•归天命, unofficial): Use it to obtain the quest series Trace of Treasures. Complete all quests to receive a secret crate reward.

Season rules for these items:

• Seasonal Combat Items cannot be traded on the MARKET.
• When the season ends, Huang Jikao will depart and all related Epiphany progress and Abilities will be reset. Combat Items you have already obtained will be kept.
• Exclusive Combat Items from past seasons can still be used this season, but can no longer be crafted or redeemed.
• Any Seasonal Combat Items still being crafted at the season rollover will be automatically canceled.

V. New Collectibles

Six brand-new Collectibles have been added, each with its own Examine animation:

• Silver-Gilt Overlord's Armor (鎏银霸王铠, literal translation)
• Map of Dukang (督亢图, literal translation)
• Crimson Pearl of the Mandate (帝命赤珠, literal translation)
• Annals of Lü Buwei (吕氏春秋, unofficial)
• Su Qin's Chancellor Seal (苏秦相印, literal translation)
• Taigong's Art of War (太公兵法, literal translation)

VI. Escort Codex Update

Outside of matches, Consume Void Coins to open the Hongmen Scroll (鸿门卷, unofficial). It contains all kinds of extraction gear and Items, plus a chance to draw the Exclusive Weapon Skin Xu Furen's Dagger (徐夫人匕首, literal translation)!

VII. New Equipment and Rubrics

• New Celestia equipment:
  • Polesword Sumeru (须弥, literal translation)
  • Staff Rising Cloud (腾云)
  • Kaleidoscope Parasol Calm the Storm
• New Legendary and Extreme equipment:
  • Polesword Polesword·Honed (斩马刀·砺, literal translation)
  • Staff Staff·Restraint (棍·禁, literal translation)
  • Kaleidoscope Parasol Kaleidoscope Parasol·Blaze (千机伞·燃, literal translation)
  • Kaleidoscope Parasol Kaleidoscope Parasol·Soak (千机伞·浸, literal translation)
• New Rubrics:
  • Lingering Flame Force (回焰劲, literal translation)
  • Searing Wind Force (焚风劲, literal translation)
  • Throatseeker
  • Shattered Starpearl
  • Switch·Radiance (易武·千辉)

Hero Adjustments

I. Matari

1. Ultimate Invisible Assassin: The team-wide Attack bonus now lasts 15 seconds, down from 20 seconds.

II. Zenda Wu

1. During Ultimates Spiritbound Bow and Spiritbound Bow: Duskfall, the cooldown of Penetrating Arrows has been increased from 1 second to 4 seconds.

Dev Notes: Combining Matari's and Zenda's Ultimates proved stronger than expected, both in how fast it deals damage and in how long it keeps opponents suppressed. We want to keep this synergy viable while slightly reducing its strength so that playing against it feels healthier.

III. Underwater Combat

1. Some heroes wield special weapons after activating their Ultimate: Yoto Hime, Ye Xiu, Yueshan (Almighty General), and Inor Wan (Thunder Lord). For these weapons:
   • Optimized their basic underwater Horizontal and Vertical Strikes and some Charged moves.
   • Enabled up-and-down (pitch) aiming.
2. Optimized aiming for Tara Gan's Ultimate Fate Rewritten: Backtrack when cast underwater. It now provides assisted lock-on.

Weapon Adjustments

I. Spear

1. Fixed an issue where Charged Vertical Strike attacks sometimes failed to Clash correctly.

In-Match Adjustments

I. Feature Optimizations

1. Casual Mode: Martial Artist Duel·Competition Optimizations

1. The opening cutscene can now be skipped once all players have made their selections.
2. Shortened the waiting time between rounds in Solo.

2. Casual Mode: Neo-Mech Clash Rotation & Optimizations

1. New selectable hero: Yoto Hime
   1. Extended the slash range of Yoto's Ultimate Charged Vertical Strike.
   2. Increased the damage of the Ultimate finisher Blade Raid (刀袭, literal translation).
   3. Willpower can now be built up again a short while after the finisher is cast.
   4. Ultimate·Advancement enhancement: Extends the slash range of Blade Raid and increases its number of slashes.
2. Scene adjustments: The arena has received a light rework.
   • Added a more open central plaza.
   • Slightly increased the density of surrounding buildings.
   • These changes concentrate the fighting in the Central area for a more balanced match environment.
3. Spawn point optimization:
   • Spawn points are now more random and have more buildings for cover.
   • This reduces cases where one side gets pinned down in its Spawn Zone.

Out-of-Match Adjustments

I. Casual Mode Adjustments

1. To make way for the launch of Neo-Mech Clash, Capture the Spirit Well will be temporarily removed after this update. Its return date will be announced later.

Rift Traversal Adjustments

I. New Equipment

1) New Celestia Polesword: Sumeru

Arcane Effect (神韵): Earthshaker Slash (撼地斩, literal translation)

Alters the 3rd-stage Charged Horizontal Strike and the Horizontal Strike that follows Unyielding Hilt.

2) New Celestia Staff: Rising Cloud

Arcane Effect: Merciless Havoc (大闹天宫, unofficial)

The Vertical Strike following Onslaught or Heaven Uproar becomes Stanchion·Rising Cloud.

3) New Celestia Kaleidoscope Parasol: Calm the Storm

Arcane Effect: Myriad·Parasol·Wind Erosion (千机•伞•风蚀, literal translation)

Parasol-form Myriad Flow (千机流转, literal translation) moves apply Wind Erosion (风蚀, literal translation).

(Wind Erosion combines with Burning to trigger Explosive Burn (爆燃, literal translation).)

4) New Legendary and Extreme Kaleidoscope Parasol: Kaleidoscope Parasol·Blaze

Extreme Effect (极意): Myriad·Shield·Burning (千机•盾•灼烧)

Shield-form Myriad Flow moves apply Burning.

5) New Legendary and Extreme Kaleidoscope Parasol: Kaleidoscope Parasol·Soak

Extreme Effect: Myriad·Axe·Soaked (千机•斧•水浸)

Axe-form Myriad Flow moves apply Soaked.

(Soaked combines with Burning to trigger Vaporize (蒸发).)

6) New Legendary and Extreme Polesword: Polesword·Honed

Extreme Effect: Stone Form·Dominator

Using War Step (战步, literal translation) or entering Stone Form grants +5% Attack for 10 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

7) New Legendary and Extreme Staff: Staff·Restraint

Extreme Effect: Relentless Lunge·Lockdown (追风棍•封禁, literal translation)

Relentless Lunge damage is increased by 88% and it applies Silence.

8) New Rubrics

• Lingering Flame Force: Increases the duration of Burning, Wind Erosion, and Soaked.
• Searing Wind Force: Increases the damage of Burning and Wind Erosion.
• Throatseeker: Adds a second stage to the Kaleidoscope Parasol's Parasol-form Charged Horizontal Strike. The first hit briefly Silences enemies it strikes.
• Shattered Starpearl: Alters the Crouch and Slide Horizontal Strike moves in every Kaleidoscope Parasol form. Using either move in any form switches the weapon to Parasol form.
• Switch·Radiance: Switch to a congeneric weapon after attacking or while charging to unleash a strike that overpowers the enemy's Normal and Focus Strike attacks. A successful overpower grants Recovery and lets you immediately unleash a powerful move.

II. New Amulets

1. Taichu Soul Anchor·Keen Edge (太初固神符·锋刃, literal translation)

During the Ultimate of non-Transform heroes, damage dealt by their special weapons is increased by 36%.

2. Taichu Soul Anchor·Everlit (太初固神符·长明, literal translation)

During the Ultimate of Transform heroes, every 1,350 damage dealt extends the Ultimate's duration by 3 seconds.

3. Spirit Seal·Maven Magnetist (聚灵符·司南星)

• While Metal Fusion is active, Auric Sword Imprints (流金剑印, literal translation) can block enemy weapon attacks.
• While Metal Fusion is active, Auric Sword Imprints apply Vulnerable to enemies they hit.

4. Spirit Seal·The Powderkeg (聚灵符·神机)

• While Mech Mayhem: Co-pilot is active, Enhanced Cannon hits restore extra Energy.

5. Spirit Seal·Little Li the Scholar (聚灵符·小李探花, literal translation)

• While Untouched Leaf is active, target lock-on speed is increased.
• While Untouched Leaf is active, Resolve (化解, unofficial) restores extra Stamina and Divine Intent (神意).

III. In-Match Gameplay Optimizations

1. Stormchant Bulletin Board Update

1. Bulletin Board quests on the Stormchant map have been fully refreshed for the new season. New quests are no longer added mid-match.

2. Old Sophora Adjustments and Optimizations

1. Adjusted Old Sophora's Blessing II trigger. The Blessing II thresholds for Tranquil Path, Perilous Path, and Doomed Path are now 2M, 3.6M, and 5M respectively.
2. Old Sophora Tributes now support one-click multi-select.
3. The former Blessing II effect "Chance to find an extra Relic when opening a new container" has moved down to Blessing I, with its values adjusted accordingly.
4. New Blessing II effect:
   • Once it activates, every player who contributed to the Blessing can activate the Treasure-Dropping Sophora (落宝槐, literal translation) mechanism.
   • Every player who made a Tribute can interact with it for a Prize Draw, with a chance at high-value Relics.

3. Other Optimizations

1. In the quest Rescue·Find Liu Bang, if the Terracotta General is still undefeated with 7 minutes left in the match, Liu Bang will spawn automatically and you can interact with him directly.
2. Optimized the buildings in the Preparing the Hongmen Banquet area of the Stormchant map, with some Lootable Containers adjusted to match.
3. Adjusted some spawn points in the Preparing the Hongmen Banquet area of the Stormchant map.
4. Adjusted some Crate·Legendary spawn points on the River Runs Red map.

IV. In-Match Reward Distribution Optimizations

1. Increased the extra drops of high-value Season Collections from Green Skies Crate·Legendary obtained from the following sources:

   • Interrupting Fan Zeng's cup-smash in the new Hongmen Banquet activity.
   • Completing Hongmen Banquet.
   • Completing Escape from Hongmen.

2. On the Stormchant map, slightly lowered the extra-drop weight of White Emperor Crate·Legendary from these activities:

   • The Nightglow Pearl puzzle.
   • Defeating the Terracotta General.
   • Awakening Liu Bang.
   • Defeating the Snake Guardian.

   That weight has been redistributed to other activities. Overall, extra drops from White Emperor Crate·Legendary across the map's activities are still slightly higher after the change.

V. Perilous Path Unlock Level Adjustment

1. Perilous Path now unlocks at Prestige Level 1.

VI. Forge Recast

1. Added help text and feature demo videos to the Forge and Reforge screens. They explain how Forging works, attribute effects and expiry rules, Reforge output, and what Tokens are used for.

VII. Training Ground Optimization

1. Added the Forge feature to the Training Ground.

Bug Fixes

I. Hero-Related Bugs

1. Optimized target acquisition for Matari's Skill Flash when it is enhanced in Ultimate Status. This fixes an issue where the second strike could fail to land in some situations.
2. Adjusted the foot posture in the Debut Pose of Cyra's Extreme Hairstyle Shimmering Plumes (华鸾流辉) so it looks correct with Outfits that include high heels.

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