Update Notes 5/16: Season 5 "Arcane Talisman" Released!

16 May 2025Developer post

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Hi, folks!
The Season 5 "Arcane Talisman" will be released in this update, and the Season 4 "Star Link" will be closed. In this update, we'll introduce a new difficulty - the [Reincarnation Level 10]. We also adjusted the [Concealed Ammo] and [Shrieker] and optimized the spectator experience. Have a blast!

Additionally, the base game and DLCs of Gunfire Reborn will offer a limited-time discount from May 16th, 19:00 to May 22nd, 19:00 (UTC-8). Thanks again for everybody's concern and support!

--- Gunfire Reborn Studio

Season

Season 5 is Now Live!

Season Gameplay—Arcane Talisman

Demonic mists rise, tainting the world. As wind and cloud surge, the spirits of all beings transform into mysterious Talismans and Power Gems, scattered across the land. Legend whispers that when these artifacts unite, they will unleash wonderful spiritual power. Adventurers embark on a new journey to obtain this power, but monsters corrupted by the mists are coveting this power as well...

Like in previous seasons, "Arcane Talisman" is only available in Nightmare and Reincarnation difficulty. You can collect various Talismans and Power Gems during the adventure. Try to combine them and experience their unique abilities. Also, enemies will be enhanced by Talismans, so get ready to challenge them!
Please check out more gameplay details in-game.

Seasonal Rewards

Complete season tasks and achieve higher season levels to earn more exclusive reward items! You can obtain the new avatar frame [Arcane Talisman], new idle pose of Qing Yan [Gale Sweep], new
weapon skins: Thunder Storm [Magnetic Rotation], Concealed Ammo [Lamune], and new emoticons, avatars, and other season rewards.

Stages

New Difficulty

New Reincarnation Difficulty - Level 10

Unlock by clearing Reincarnation Level 9

Monster will significantly boost their survival stats

The skill effects of Elite monsters and Bosses are enhanced—check more details in the prep page

New trap in level 10: Thunderblast Barrels

Challenge Event "Elite Gathering" will be automatically triggered when you defeat a certain number of enemies in a scene

The Vaults with normal battles will no longer appear since [Longling Tomb - Level 3]

The remaining rescue duration will be significantly reduced when you're knocked down

Monsters

[Abyssal Serpent] Adjustments

To optimize the combat experience of Abyssal Serpent, we adjusted its skill mechanisms

Abyssal Serpent will enter the next battle phase when HP is below a certain level, and it will obtain a short period of Invincibility when the phase is switched

Added new mechanism "Spirit Snakes": In different phases, Abyssal Serpent may transform into Spirit Snakes when using skills; Spirit Snakes have higher resistance

Adjusted the skill value for Abyssal Serpent under different difficulties, making the battle experience smoother

Bizarre Dream

[Mission from Above] Effect Adjustments

[Store Member (Level 3)]
Old effect:
Quest Reward: +1 Peddler's Item Slot, with a small chance of enhanced items appearing
Quest Target: Purchases no more than 5 items with the next 3 Peddlers
Failure Penalty: There will be a 20% chance to obtain a Cursed Scroll when purchasing weapons or Occult Scrolls from Peddlers
New effect:
Quest Reward: +1 Peddler's Item Slot, with a small chance of enhanced items appearing
Quest Target: Purchases no more than 2 items with the next 1 Peddler
Failure Penalty: During your next 2 Peddlers' visits, their last 3 items will become random items

[Daul Chance (Level 1)]
Old effect:
Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove the debuff effect of 1 failed quest
Quest Target: Complete the quest target of a random failed quest
New effect:
Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove debuffs from all failed quests
Quest Target: Complete the quest target of a random normal quality quest

[Daul Chance (Level 2)]
Old effect:
Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove the debuff effect of 2 failed quests
Quest Target: Complete the quest target of a random failed quest
New effect:
Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove debuffs from all failed quests
Quest Target: Complete 4 scenes

[Daul Chance (Level 3)]
Old effect:
Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove the debuff effect of 3 failed quests
Quest Target: Complete the quest target of a random failed quest
New effect:
Quest Reward: Remove debuffs from all failed quests immediately
Quest Target: None

Hero

Updated skill descriptions for clarity

Weapon

Weapon Adjustments

[Shrieker] Adjustments

Adjusted basic mechanisms
Hitting a weakness or barrier will cause a massive explosion

Optimized shooting performance
Optimized charging performance
Adjusted the sound effect for the weakness spot hitting

Adjusted Exclusive Inscription effect
"+1 Piercing. The explosion DMG after piercing a weakness can be critical." Now it will properly generate 1 exlosion when piercing a target

[Concealed Ammo] Adjustments

Weapon skill adjustments
Base throw speed: 1.5s→1s
Max Range: 25m→40m
Using weapon skills is considered a magazine reload, which can trigger various reload-related buffs. Additionally, the throwing speed can gain the bonus from reload speed boosts

Exclusive Inscription Effect adjustment
Old effect: When your weapon skills defeat an enemy, resume half of the ammo spent to reserves and increase your next weapon skill damage by 30%
New effect: Using weapon skill to hit an enemy will resume half of the ammo spent to reserves and increase your next weapon skill damage by 30%

Occult Scroll

Added [Take it all] now displays a counter in the Mysterious Chest select interface

System

Spectator Experience Optimization

To make spectating more interactive, spectators can now obtain unique shooting skills—hitting enemies will apply control effects

Optimized the revival mechanism: Spectators now can spend Soul Essence to actively revive after clearing a certain number of scenes

Optimized the spectator UI

Bug Fixes

Fixed multiple issues in the game

Hot Fix 5/16

Fixed the issue where resolution settings abnormally changed on some devices

Fixed the issue where Conditions and Power Gems unlock status were abnormally displayed in the Talisman Gallery

Fixed the issue where clearing Reincarnation Level 9 did not unlock Reincarnation Level 10 in some cases

Fixed multiple issues in the game

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