1. Season Pass Convenience Updates
▶ After the maintenance on June 1, 2023, 'Upgrade', 'Experience', 'Reset' buttons will be added to the Season Pass UI.
- If there is an item available, it has been improved so that it can be used directly in the ‘Season Pass’ UI.
- Improvements have been made so that the ‘Purchase Now’ pop-up is displayed when there are no items in the inventory.

2. Special benefits of the Season Pass information
▶ Period: from 09:00 on June 1, 2023 to 08:59 on July 01, 2023 (UTC)
▶ Premium Battle Pass final stage reward will be changed only for the Season Pass in June.
- Free Battle Pass Stage 40 Reward: MDR (Permanent)
- Premium Battle Pass Stage 40 Reward: (GOLD) Cheryl (Permanent)

▶ (GOLD) Cheryl (Permanent)


● June BATTLE PASS Item List:


● June ATTENDACE PASS Item List:

Soldiers,

We would like to inform you that we will be conducting scheduled maintenance.
During this period, access to our game will be temporarily unavailable.

Maintenance Schedule:
SEOUL, South Korea
13:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 19:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

UTC, Coordinated Universal Time
04:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 10:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

CET/CEST, Central European Time
05:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 11:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

PDT/PST, Pacific Daylight Time (US)
21:00 Wed, May 31, 2023
to 03:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

SINGAPORE, Singapore
12:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 18:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

EDT/EST, Eastern Daylight Time (US)
00:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 06:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

SAO PAULO, Brazil
01:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023
to 07:00 Thurs, June 1, 2023

Duration: 6 Hours

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

1. Previous Super Match Season 8 Information
▶ Super Match Season 8 Period: April 6, 2023 to May 4, 2023 05:00 (UTC - Time Zone)
▶ Ranking Reward Information
- Ranking reward: BLZ, EX Copper, Winner Token, TP (Character)
- Lucky One Ranking Reward Prize Pool: 500,000,000 EX Copper, 200,000 Winner Token, and 25,000 TP (Weapon).

2. Reward Payout Schedule
▶ All rewards will be given to In-game Inbox during maintenance on May 18, 2023.
▶ For more detailed rewards, please refer to the Black Squad VFUN Lounge or Black Squad: Royal Road VFUN Lounge.

3. Ranking Winners List
▶ Some of the users were excluded from each ranking list due to operational policy violations, etc.
Also, some of the ranking data may differ from the in-game ranking data.

<Super Match America Region Ranking>


<Super Match Europe Region Ranking>


<Super Match Asia Region Ranking>


<Best Sponsor Ranking>


<Lucky One Ranking>

1. Character Costume Update

"The fatal charm of hiding poison"

▶ Sales of ‘Character Random Box(Owen)’ will be ended before maintenance on May 18.
▶ Sales of ‘Character Random Box(Elena B) will be started after maintenance on May 18, 2023.
- Sales Period: After the maintenance on 2023.05.18. ~ before maintenance on 2023.06.22.
- Price : 225 bullets / Steam 250 bullets
∴ ‘Elena B (Gold)’ will be appeared from the box as a pick-up character.
∴ Elena B has the highest possibility to be appeared from the box during the sales period.
▶ New costume running option of 'Elena B' will be added
- The new costume running option is available for the added costume tuning options are available from gold to platinum-grade characters.
∴ Costume can be opened by consuming characters of the same grade.
∴ e.g. gold grade character x2 + TP(C) = gold grade character costume open
[Random box: Character random box (Elena B)]





[Elena B : B&W]


[Elena B: Bride]


2. Add New Accessories
▶ [Head] Add decorations.
- The new 'Head Decoration' tuning option is available from Platinum-rated characters.
▶ [Head] A decorative random box will be added.
- Sales Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023 ~ Before maintenance on June 22, 2023
- Price: 150 Bullets

[Store]
* Angel Ring Package
Remark ㆍ This is a product that includes a box where you can choose one permanent accessory item from the Angel Ring series.


* Sprout Package
Remark ㆍ This is a product that includes a box where you can choose one permanent accessory item from the Sprout series.

3. Super Match Improvement
▶ Show Super Match ' Participants' Escape Information
- The Super Match escape count is initialized.
- Super match participants less than 10 times: Warnings will be added to the sponsorship UI.
- Runaway from Super Match more than 10 times: Card will be changed in sponsorship UI.
▶ Fix the phenomenon that the UI is not functioning in a short period of time when entering the Super Match lobby.
▶ Fixing the phenomenon that EX COPPER cannot be paid to the storage box if the value of EX COPPER is more than 2 billion won when exchanging Super Match tokens.
▶ Unpaid EX COPPER will be distributed after the maintenance.


4. Event Update History
▶ Special mission event on Buddha's birthday.
- Event Period: From 09: 00 on May 27th to 09:00 on May 28th (UTC)
[EVENT] Special mission for Buddha's birthday - Play once.


▶Weekend mission event in May.
- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 20th to 23:59 on May 21st (UTC)
[EVENT] Weekend Twinkle Mission - Play 300 minutes game

- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 27 to 23:59 on May 28 (UTC)
[EVENT] Weekend Twinkle Mission - Play 300 minutes game

▶ Weekend Booster Event in May
- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 20th to 23:59 on May 21st (UTC)
- Channel Booster
- Applied Channels: All Channels
- Boosting effect: Experience obtained by competition results + 300%

- Event Period: From 00:00 on May 27 to 23:59 on May 28 (UTC)
- Channel Booster
- Applied Channels : All Channels
- Boosting effect: Gold + 150% earned, experience + 150% earned by competition results


5. Shop Improvement
▶ The sale of some products in the BS coin store will end.
- Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Target: Accessories
▶ Some products in EX COPPER store will be closed.
- Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Target: Card, spray, silver grade or higher weapons
▶ Some products that can be purchased with EX COPPER will be changed.
- STORE: EX COPPER STORE
- Duration: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Content: Change of restriction - on purchase of extension kits
> Once a week → Once a day
- Store: Random Box Store (P2E)
- Period: After maintenance on May 18, 2023
- Content: General Item Permanent Random Box
> Add Available Goods: EX COPPER
> Increase in Daily Purchases
▶ Purchase limit display will be improved.


6. Other Modifications
▶ Modifying UI to expose reward pop-ups on access if there is an earned mileage reward
▶ Add an image of a Steam Market item that is missing an image
▶ Added continuous use of extension rights
- Cancel button input, if no extension kits are left, continuous use will be stopped upon successful permanent transition.
- Continuous use 2 seconds cool time is applied.

Soldiers,

We would like to inform you that we will be conducting scheduled maintenance.
During this period, access to our game will be temporarily unavailable.

Maintenance Schedule:

SEOUL, South Korea
13:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 19:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

UTC, Coordinated Universal Time
04:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 10:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

CET/CEST, Central European Time
05:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 11:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

PDT/PST, Pacific Daylight Time (US)
21:00 Wed, May 17, 2023
to 03:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

SINGAPORE, Singapore
12:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 18:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

EDT/EST, Eastern Daylight Time (US)
00:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 06:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

SAO PAULO, Brazil
01:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023
to 07:00 Thurs, May 18, 2023

Duration: 6 Hours

Maintenance Reward:
1x Normal Weapon Permanent random box

Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Soldiers! With the emergency maintenance finished, it should now be possible to log in and play the game as usual. If you were experiencing any issues before, they should now be resolved. Enjoy your game!

Emergency Maintenance Completion: 15:00 KST 
Emergency Maintenance Compensation: Silver character permanent random box x1.

Thank you for your patience and we apologize for the inconvenience that this may have caused.

-Black Squad team

Hello, this is Valofe's Black Squad.

As per the incident mentioned on yesterday's announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/550650/view/3694684194530521377

We have discovered server issues since 8:00 AM today after the maintenance on May 4th, and we are currently undergoing emergency maintenance. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
We are currently investigating the cause and will do our best to allow you to use the game normally as soon as possible.

[Maintenance Schedule]
● Date: May 5th (Fri) 08:00 (KST) ~ TBA
● Maintenance contents:
Server stabilization

We ask for your understanding that you may not be able to enjoy the game for a while due to the sudden maintenance.

Thank you.

Hello, this is Black Squad.

We have identified that the server issue is related to the sponsorship reservation function and have temporarily suspended the feature. We will make every effort to resolve the problem as soon as possible so that the sponsorship reservation function can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you.

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Hello, this is Black Squad.

After the maintenance on May 4th, there was an issue where players were unable to access the game due to periodic server problems. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
We are currently investigating the cause and will do our best to restore normal gameplay as soon as possible.
Thank you.

1. Super Match Season 9
- Season Period: After maintenance on May 4th ~ June 8th 05:00 (UTC Time Zone)
- Reward Payout Schedule: During maintenance on June 22, 2023

2. Super Match Season 9 Changes
- Super Match Season 9 duration will be 5 weeks, and the rewards for all category will be same this season.
- The reward ingame items are EX Copper, Winner Token, and TP(Weapon)
- Users with atleast 1 completed Sponsorship will be eligible for Lucky Ones

3. Super Match Season 9 Rewards by Ranking
- Super Match ranking and Best Sponsor ranking rewards will be given the same as the image below.
- Top 100 Lucky Ones will also receive the same rewards.

▶ Starting from May 4th, 2023 after maintenance check, you will be able to use the Black Squad Steam Market.
▶ Only sealed items can be registered and purchased, and the purchased items can be viewed in the Steam Inventory and game inventory.

"According to the weapon merchant, weapons freshly produced from the factory are said to have the highest value. Meet skilled craftsmen who can create valuable weapons for Weapon new beginning!"

▶ To maintain the value of items, a sealing system has been added.
▶ Sealing vouchers of the same grade as the item can be used to seal the items.
※ Items obtainable through Winner tokens, clan battles, and competitive battles cannot be sealed.
※ 'Special' grade items cannot be sealed using the sealing system.
※ Sealing can be used for 'Normal' to 'Platinum' grade items.
▶ Note: Tuning options and numbering will be reset when an item is sealed.

▶ Daily Free Random Box Event
- Event period: (From maintenance on) May 4th, 2023 to (before maintenance) June 1st, 2023.
- Once a day! You can obtain a free random box to get a permanent item for free

Note: This box can be obtained once a day for free.

▶ Seal Kit Special Discount Event
- Event Period: After maintenance on May 4, 2023 ~ 05:00 (UTC) on May 7, 2023
- 10% discount applied
- Product List

▶ Seal Kit Special Random Box
- Event Period: After maintenance on May 4, 2023 ~ before maintenance on June 1, 2023
- Product List


Note: ㆍ Can be purchased up to 3 times
ㆍ A product that includes all types of Seal Kits

▶ Bullet Charge Event
- Event Period: After maintenance on May 4, 2023 ~ before maintenance on June 1, 2023
- This is a product that can be purchased only once.
- Bullet product list