To ensure the game's stability and enhance overall service quality and user experience, "Blood of Steel" will undergo maintenance on November 6th from 08:00 to 10:00 (UTC+8). During this period, the game world will be temporarily closed, and game matchmaking will be disabled around 07:45. Additionally, comprehensive maintenance and backup of the account database will be performed. Please notice that the maintenance time may change based on specific work conditions. We kindly ask all players to plan the game time accordingly.

Update Details:

1 .Red Gemstone Selection Box and 【Arrival of the Phoenix】series Set added to the "Shop-Special Offer" section:

• Red Gemstone Selection Box: Contains selectable red-quality Shining Stones for Hua Mulan, Joan , and Fan Lihua. Limited to 2 purchases per month.

• 【Arrival of the Phoenix】Series Sets: Includes Long Cry·Phoenix Set (Price: 70,000 YP, contains Huang Wudian hero skin, primary and secondary weapons, accessories, soldiers, mount, actions), Long Cry·Azure Luan Set (Price: 20,000 YP, contains Cai Wenji hero skin, primary and secondary weapons, accessories, soldiers, mount, actions), Long Cry·Yuanchu Set (Price: 20,000 YP, contains Bu Lianshi hero skin, primary and secondary weapons, accessories, soldiers, actions), Long Cry·Yue Zhuo Set (Price: 20,000 YP, contains Liang Hongyu hero skin, primary and secondary weapons, accessories, soldiers, actions). Each set is sold separately. If you already own the corresponding skin, the system will automatically convert it (no voucher refund). Please check before purchasing.

• The primary and secondary weapons of the Long Cry·Phoenix Set (Huang Wudian) feature exclusive blade effects: "Holding Fire" and "Drifting Ash".

2 .5 New skins added to the Diamond Awakening Shop for exchange:

• Hattori Hanzo - Mikawa Demon Samurai, Xiahou Yuan - Shadow Stalker, Xiao Qiao - Peerless Imperial Consort, Stephanie - Goddess of Wisdom, Huang Yueying - Peerless Ink Jade.

• Exchange for these skins will no longer be available in the "Lord Growth Diary" event and has been changed to Awakening Diamonds.

3 .Tactics System Adjustments:

• In Gameplay Lab mode, the Armor System and Tactics System can now coexist. In this mode, you can freely combine armor attributes and tactical strategies to test various combat combinations.

• The Tactics Library for all heroes has been reduced to 10 entries. The system-recommended loadouts have been adjusted to 1 set.

• All hero-related tactical skills have been removed.

4 .Hero HUD Display Optimization: Added hero name display to the right of the hero portrait on the battlefield. For Inherited Heroes, the original hero's name is additionally displayed below for easier distinction.

5 .Adjusted the selectable heroes at the 20,000 YP tier in the cumulative recharge event.

6 .Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug during the All Heroes Free period where duplicate heroes (involving Qin Qiong, Deng Ai, Arthur) appeared during the hero filter and search phase in Legion 5v5 Ranked matches. After this maintenance update, the "Mount & Blade Festival: All Heroes Free" event will be reopened and extended until December 4th, 23:59.

• Fixed a bug in Event Center-Profit-Daily Sigh in that prevented normal collection of daily rewards. The check-in function will fully resume normal operation the day after the update. After this maintenance update, all players will be compensated with 15 days of check-in rewards.

• Fixed a bug where the strikethrough price was not displayed in the Battle Pass purchase interface when Battle Pass Vouchers were present in the Warehouse.

• Fixed a bug with Wang Yangming's skill "\[Flying Crow Rocket]" where the first fire ring would disappear when the second fire ring was generated.

• Fixed a bug with Chiyome Mochizuki's legion where shurikens could not be fully thrown within the skill's duration.

• Fixed a bug where Octavian's tent could be summoned inside the city through the gate, allowing the killing of gate-guarding officers.

• Fixed a bug causing a large number of horse corpse models to appear in the Drill Grounds.

• Fixed a bug with Tomoe Gozen's accessories "Blue Moon Flag" and "Crimson Dusk Flag" where they were displayed at her feet.

• Fixed a bug where, on very high graphics settings, the model of Sith Soldiers equipped with the "Shadow of the Quicksand" skin would not render when near Xerxes.

• Fixed a bug where Zhao Yun's helmet was missing its tassel when using the "Soaring Dragon General" skin.

• Fixed a bug where clicking "Send Battle Info" for Caesar's Inherited Hero, Calpurnia, would cause an abnormal system prompt.

• Fixed a bug in the hero interface where the name of Trajan's cloak "Gate of the Divine Court" was displayed incorrectly.

• Fixed a bug where firecracker sounds were present in the big world city.

• Fixed a bug for Steam players where they could not complete the "Follow the Official WeChat Account" task in the Beginner Benefits

In the DARKEST DAYS, Trust No One!

Hello Survivors,

This is the DARKEST DAYS.

DARKEST DAYS will be having a scheduled maintenance on Wednesday, 11/5 to update to the latest version.

Please check below for details:

- November 5 (Wed) 23:50 ~ November 6 (Thu) 04:00 UTC (4 hours 10 minutes)

- New Mode: Custom Conquest at Coal Tomb Power Plant added

- New Special Zombies added

- Guild Contribution Ranking Rewards added

- Free Camera View feature added

- Automatic Nickname Generation feature added

- Early-stage gameplay experience improved

※ Full detailed patch notes will be released at the start of maintenance.

- Maintenance schedule is subject to change depending on store and market review processes.

- The game will be unavailable during maintenance. Please log in after the maintenance is complete.

- Please make sure to log out from the game in a safe location before maintenance begins.

This maintenance is aimed at providing a more stable gaming environment.

We kindly ask for your understanding and patience.

Thank you.

DARKEST DAYS Team

We plan to perform a regular maintenance("MA") to update new content as in following.
Please note that you're unable to play the game while MA.

Server Downtime
- November 5@8 PM –11 PM (3h) (Pacific Time, In-game Time)
- November 6@5AM - 8AM (3h) (Central European Time)
- November 6@12PM - 3PM (3h) (Philippines Time)

*The end time is subject to change depending on the situation.
*You can enter #time in the game to check the current in-game time.

1. NEW FASHION ITEM
- 18 items for the female teen body type
- 17 items for the male teen body type
- 4 items for the female kid body type
- 4 items for the male kid body type
- 4 items for the female idol body type
- 4 items for the male idol body type

2. NEW MUSIC
- Bewitched by Onoe Caponoe ( Difficulty 2,5,7 )
- It's Just Me by John Runefelt ( Difficulty 4,6 )
- Asteroid by Maybe ( Difficulty 2,5,7 )

Hello Survivors Around the World,

First of all, we want to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who joined the recent Steam Next Fest (SNF) and showed such incredible support for The Midnight Walkers.

Today, we have a difficult announcement to share.

The release schedule has been postponed by approximately two months.
The new release date is now set for January 29, 2026 (PST: January 28, 2026).
We deeply apologize for the delay in communicating this update.

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The development team has carefully reviewed all feedback from both the Steam Next Fest and the July Tech Test.
After assessing the remaining time and the scale of work required, we concluded that we need more development time to properly reflect key feedback, tune gameplay, and improve overall stability.

During the October SNF, we focused on introducing new content and features. However, this also meant we couldn’t dedicate enough time to fine-tuning gameplay balance and polish.
As the director, I take full responsibility for not meeting the expectations of some of our players and take this feedback seriously.

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The recent playtests allowed us to verify server stability, and we’ve already fixed an issue where certain sessions would abruptly close as if the server had shut down.
We also resolved numerous bugs and crash issues, while continuing to work on client-side optimization.

Beyond that, we are reinforcing anti-cheat and abnormal play detection systems to ensure a fair experience in Early Access.
Appropriate reward and response solutions are also being prepared.

Our top priority remains improving the game’s overall quality and sincerely implementing your feedback into the build.
Here are the main areas we’re focusing on during this extended development period:

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• Class balance adjustments and weapon usability improvements

• Improving smoking feature (first step)

• Ranking system

• Item drop and looting experience improvements

• Enhanced item and gear information display

• Improved item discard function

• Trade and mailbox upgrades

• UI and mission UX improvements

• Item restoration system for unfair play victims

• Auto-fill and matchmaking pool management

• New smart ping system and Discord SDK (voice chat) integration

• New Food Court Floor added

• Replacing more objects to destructible

• Overall optimization and sound polishing

• Advanced anti-cheat measures

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This delay is not just a schedule adjustment.
It’s a decision to honor our commitment not to use Early Access as a shield for incomplete quality.

We believe taking more time to deliver a truly refined experience is our responsibility as developers.
In the coming weeks, we’ll devote all our energy to meaningful improvements and gameplay tuning.

There’s still much we haven’t shown you yet, but we’re determined to meet and hopefully exceed your expectations.

Your feedback continues to be our most valuable guide.
We’ll keep listening, keep improving, and make sure the final experience of The Midnight Walkers earns your trust and enjoyment.

Thank you for your continued support.

- At the request of some testers, I've added Tree Knockdown.
- Not terribly difficult to implement, but it does take a while since I have to place and scale them all by hand. So for the moment, the mechanic only exists in Pine Lake
- Thoughts on difficulty appreciated!

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Crown's Labyrinth now has a demo.

Please feel free to try the demo and let us know what you think.

• Fixed a bug where the game would not progress after the ghost appeared in front of the door and the door opened.

(The game previously required the player to be looking at the ghost that appears in front of the door for the sequence to continue. Due to a bug in that requirement, we have removed the check and changed the behavior so the game now progresses automatically after a short delay.)

If you have any bug reports or comments, please post them on the Community Hub and we will review and respond.
Thank you.

Request from the Development Team

We kindly ask for your cooperation in testing FireAlpaca SE 3.0 Beta (ver.23).
If you were able to export an MP4 file successfully, or if you encountered any issues, please report them in the following discussion thread:
🔗 https://steamcommunity.com/app/458750/discussions/0/840610807207312916/

Your feedback will greatly assist us in improving the software.
Thank you for your continued support!