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✔️ Added new exchange options to the Incarnation Shard Exchange, which can be accessed by speaking to the Enigma Broker at North Centoria.
10 Incarnation Shard M → 100 Incarnation Shard S
10 Incarnation Shard L → 100 Incarnation Shard M

✔️ Increased the number of Incarnation Shards that can be obtained from quest rewards and treasure chest drops in the Mutated Beast Quests.

✔️ Fixed other minor bugs and issues.

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✔️ Added playable character: Eydis
*Eydis will be added to the Friend List after the main scenario is completed.

✔️ Added Incarnation Shards exchange system
Incarnation Shards can now be exchanged with a different sized shard of the same color peaking to the Enigma Broker at North Centoria.

✔️ Added new items in “Memory Exchange”
• New accessory: Recollection Jewel
• 100 Incarnation Shards L
*Players can exchange above items for "Memory Badge" which can be obtained by defeating "Ultimate Kirito" in the Memory Arena.
*The newly added accessory is an exclusive equipment for Kirito.

✔️ The number of Shards required to reach the "+61" enhancement has been reduced.
✔️ Fixed other minor bugs and issues.

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✔️ Added four new Arcane Arsenal quests that focus on new playable characters; “Premiere”, “Tia”, “Kureha”, and “Zeliska”.
• Completing all four quests will unlock the final quest “The Ties That Bind”.

✔️ Added “Ultimate Kirito” to the Memory Arena.
✔️ Added three new SP weapons that can be exchanged at the Memory Exchange.
• You can exchange it for an eligible weapon of the same name, enhanced to +99.
*SP Weapons that has been added to the Memory Exchange cannot be strengthened.
*Exchangeable weapons will be unique weapons where enhancement values cannot be transferred to other weapons.

✔️ Added more options for using “Exchange Tickets”.
• “Exchange Tickets" in the SAO SHOP can be exchanged for "CUBE Tickets" or "Incarnation Shard Tickets”.
• CUBE Tickets can be exchanged in the SAO Shop.
• You can now trade in Incarnation Shard Tickets for Incarnation Shards by speaking to the Enigma Broker at North Centoria.
✔️ Added new Attachments.

✔️ Reduced the number of "Incarnation Shards" required to strengthen equipment.
• The number of Shards required to reach the "+50" enhancement has been reduced.
✔️ Elimination of "Recommended Level" and change of notation to "Enemy Lv.”
✔️ The Enemy Lv. on the first playthrough of Blooming of Matricaria and on the "+" difficulty level has been reduced.
• To make it easier for beginner and intermediate players to play, the Enemy Lv. for the first time playing Blooming of Matricaria has been reduced from 100 to 95.
• The Enemy Lv. for difficulty level "+" has been changed from 146 to 136.
✔️ The newly added map in Blooming of Matricaria has been modified for easier access to certain locations.

✔️ Changed the benefits when controlling party members other than Kirito.
• When using other the other squads led by characters such as Asuna or Bercouli, buff effects such as increased EXP have been added.
• When controlling Bercouli’s party, treasure chests have been improved to contain more valuable items.

✔️ Boss areas and save points have been placed in the middle layers of the "Central Nimarivera".
• In order to eliminate the repetitive feel of the dungeon and expand the scope of gameplay, the dungeon has been modified so that bosses appear in the 10th, 30th, 50th, 70th, and 90th layers of the dungeon.
• In addition, save points have been installed as fast travel points to enhance usability.
• In conjunction with this change, the starting points for events that used to occur in the certain layers have been changed.

✔️ The contents of the treasure chests in "Central Nimarivera” have been adjusted further depending on the difficulty level.
• To increase the value of treasure chests in dungeons and to encourage users to enjoy exploring dungeons, the contents of treasure chests have been modified so that they become better as the difficulty level increases.

✔️ The location of the entrance and exit points on the map of "Central Nimarivera" has been corrected.
• In the lower layers, the entrances and exits of the dungeon map, where it is easy to get lost in some areas, have been changed so that the distances are closer together. In addition, some walls have been removed.

✔️ Certain appearances of "Central Nimarivera" have been modified.

✔️ The visibility of the enemies to be defeated in "Central Nimarivera" has been improved.
• In order to differentiate the enemies to be defeated, we have unified the enemies that appear in the dungeon to be the same as those in the main levels.
(The differences between Mutated Beasts and Named Monsters that appear in the dungeon have been made easier to understand.)

✔️ The enemies in "Central Nimarivera" now drop "Incarnation Shards".
• Enemies in the dungeon will now drop multiple Incarnation Shards.
✔️ In order to prevent falling while moving through the mountains on the 40th layer and the surface layer of "Saxdus Ravine", an invisible barrier has been installed.

✔️ Certain RTE events in Blooming of Matricaria have been modified.
✔️ Certain models of Blooming of Matricaria bosses, such as the model for the "Generate Servant" skill, have been modified.

✔️ Modification of event flows: Improvement of usability for each event
□ Prologue skip
• In Blooming of Matricaria+ (from the second run), a part of the prologue can now be skipped at once. In addition, a dialog box is displayed at the beginning of the prologue to prompt the user to confirm whether to skip the prologue.
□ Modification of the event flow in the chapter "Pruning”
• In order to improve usability, a part of the dungeon exploration in "Central Nimarivera" has been deleted. Scene flow has been adjusted due to this deletion. In addition, the dungeon exploration part with Asuna’s party has been modified so that players have a choice on whether they want to explore or not in and after the second run and on.

□ Modification of the event flow in the chapter “Axillary Bud”
• Some playable parts have been removed to improve usability.

□ Added an option to skip a part of the Round Robin battle in the normal route of Blooming of Matricaria.

✔️ Fixed other minor bugs and issues.

Thank you again for your continued support, patience, and feedback.

*The story of Blooming of Matricaria takes place after the events of the Ancient Apostles series and the Blooming of Forget-me-not.

• “Blooming of Matricaria” will be accessible from the title menu for users who purchased DLC #2 or the Premium Pass and has completed the main story
  
• The DLC is composed from multiple chapters
  
• Once the DLC scenario begins, certain contents from the main game will be limited for an extended period until the DLC is cleared
  
• As the party members are fixed in the DLC, multiplayer will not be available to progress the story
  
• When the story of the DLC is in progress, players will not be able to access the Memory Arena, Raid Dungeons, and Raid quests
  *Completing the DLC will bring back access to the multiplayer and each of the modes listed above
  
• During the story, there are restrictions on organizing party members, saving, and fast travel
  
• The recommended level for progressing the story for this DLC is 100

*We recommend playing “Blooming of Matricaria” after clearing the "Ancient Apostles" quests and DLC #1, "Blooming of Forget-Me-Not", to upgrade your level and prepare your equipment items for the challenge.
*Changing the difficulty will not increase the enemy level.

• Blooming of Matricaria+ can be accessed from the title menu after completing the story of Blooming of Matricaria
  
• In Blooming of Matricaria+, you can carry over your stats and equipment and replay the story from the beginning. It can be replayed endlessly after completing or abandoning the story.
  *The basic contents of Blooming of Matricaria+ are similar to Blooming of Matricaria
  
• You can select the difficulty on the title screen; some rewards will vary depending on the difficulty.
  
• Progressing through the scenario in less time will strengthen some enemies, but will earn better rewards
  
• In addition, meeting certain conditions will change the ending and players can earn special rewards

* This option is for Friend list members, but not wayfares
* Players can always level up using the monument located in North Centoria


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✔️ Increased the level cap of the playable characters from 120 to 199.
*The level cap will be upgradable after updating the game to Ver. 3.01.
✔️ Increased the level cap of the SYSTEM CONTROL AUTHORITY level from 120 to 199.
*The level cap will be upgradable after updating the game to Ver. 3.01.
✔️ Increased the level of weapons from 50 to 99.
*In order to level up, the player must complete Mutated Beast Quest to obtain the required resources.
*For equipment with low basic parameters, there are occasions where the parameters will not change when strengthening after +50.
✔️ Increased the level cap of enemies from 780 to 999.
✔️ Five new Series Equipment has been added
• Series equipment activates a passive skill that greatly increases your status by equipping three different types of equipment of the same series.
✔️Added new weapon: “Shield & Axe”
• Added new skill tree for Shield & Axe
*This weapon combines the tank-like role of gathering enemy attention and preventing attacks with the attacker's role of overwhelming the enemy with firepower.
*Can be obtained from stores, crafting, and treasure chests when completing raid dungeons.
*Currently the weapon can only be equipped by Kirito and Rogu, who will join Kirito’s party in the Blooming of Matricaria update.
✔️ Added new Equipment

✔️ Raid Quest Reborn series: Changed the max level from 500 to 999.
• Special rewards will be awarded for the first defeat of a level 999 boss.
✔️ Partial adjustment of quest rewards for the "Reborn" series up to level 500.
System
✔️ Added the ability to preferentially update Play Avatars.
• The ability to "reserve update" for Play Avatars that have already been added to your friends list and are locked.
*Only one avatar can be reserved at a time, and the reservation will be cancelled when the avatar is updated.
✔️ The number of items required to strengthen equipment +6 to +50 has been adjusted.
✔️ CUBE Vol. 1 to Vol. 3 has been released.

✔️ Fixed the issue in which the effects of buffs/debuffs were not correctly reflected in the custom skill for the battle skill “Mindbreak”.
✔️ Fixed the issue in which the stone Trial Statues quests in certain maps could not be accepted after completing "Blooming of Forget-me-not".
✔️ Fixed the issue where Rain's weapon, "The Dancer's Sword," would change to another weapon under certain conditions.
✔️ Fixed the issue where the Stone Statues that were required to be collected in the quest "Stone Statue Substitution" were located behind a wall.
✔️ Fixed other minor bugs and issues.

Thank you again for your continued support, patience, and feedback.

We have been diligently working on the major DLC part 2, Blooming of Matricaria.

The second major DLC part 2 is currently planned to be released by summer of 2022.

The development staff will continue to work hard to ensure that everyone can play the game in the best quality we can provide.

When the specific release date is fixed, we will make an official announcement to notify the fans.
Thank you very much for your understanding and patience.

Bandai Namco Entertainment

The latest patch “Ver. 2.12” has been released to fix major / minor bugs and improve overall gameplay. Please see below for details.

✔️ Fixed the issue where activating the “Beginnings” chapter in Blooming of Forget-me-not while playing the additional story update part #5 Ancient Apostles: The Bound Angel, #6 Ancient Apostles: The Dark Piscine, #7 Ancient Apostles: The Final Corpse, and #8 Ancient Apostles: The Clown of Confusion, would cause the player to be unable to proceed the game.
✔️ Fixed the issue where Leafa would become unable to leave the party when updating the game from Ver. 2.10 to Ver. 2.11 under certain occasions.


✔️ Fixed other minor bugs and issues.

Thank you again for your continued support, patience, and feedback.

The latest patch “Ver.2.11” has been released to add new contents, fix major / minor bugs, and improve overall gameplay. Please see below for details.

✔️ Fixed a temporary loss of control when the player character is down.
✔️ Fixed the issue where the HP of certain enemies in the raid dungeon "Beastsnare Grotto" was abnormally high.
✔️ Fixed the issue where Kirito's status was not recovering in some of the consecutive event battles in "Ancient Apostles: The Bound Angel".
✔️ Adjusted the HP regeneration rate of the new skill "Shared Fate+".
✔️ Adjusted the target of the new skill "Sky Dancer+".
✔️ Fixed the issue in which some of Rain's skills becomes unavailable when Rain joins the player’s party.


✔️ Fixed other minor bugs and issues.


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