Ver. 3.28 Update Note

Hello, this is the Vindictus team.

Below are the list of changes available after the version update on September 23rd, 2025.

Table of Contents

1. Character Utility Improvements

Fiona - Common

• Improved the appearance of the character's face.

  • You can read more about these improvements in the Developer's Notes. [Go to Developer's Notes]

• Due to the makeup improvements, you will no longer be able to use the makeup you had previously equipped.

  • You will be able to craft a "Fiona Makeup Coupon" via Quick Crafting by right-clicking on the item.

• The eyebrow improvements may slightly change the type and shape of your existing eyebrows.

  • Players who wish to change them will be able to earn a "Premium Appearance Alteration Coupon" in the upcoming event.

• With the addition of the new hair, mole, and scar, players who had Fiona before the appearance improvement update will receive a "Fiona Appearance Revamp Celebration Reward" in the mail.

  • The contents of the reward are as follows.

• Added the new status effect "Retribution" to the "Active: Taunt" skill.

  • While the status effect "Retribution" is active, you gain 1 stage for each successful "Shield Deflection."

  • The status effect "Retribution" increases your final damage by 3% per stage, up to a maximum of 5 stages (final damage increased by 15%).

  • The status effect "Retribution" lasts for the duration of the "Taunt" effect, and disappears when the status effect "Taunt" ends.

• Modified the effect duration for "Active: Taunt" to be as follows.

• Added an effect where hitting an enemy with "Stigma Hammer" while equipped with a Large Shield will increase the duration of the status effect "Taunt" by 5 seconds.

  • The duration can be increased up to four times (for a total increase of 20 seconds).

• Changed the "Active: Taunt" skill usage condition from "Available in normal raids" to "Available in all battles."

• Hitting an enemy with "Active: Taunt" triggers the status effect "Taunt" and instantly grants you 1 stage of the status effect "Retribution."

  • Added remaining duration to the status effect "Retribution" UI.

  • While the status effect "Taunt" is active, hitting an enemy with Stigma Hammer while equipped with a Large Shield restores 100 SP.

• Hitting an enemy with "Stigma Hammer" while equipped with a Large Shield will increase the duration of the status effect "Taunt" and the status effect "Retribution" by 5 seconds each.

  • The duration of the status effect "Retribution" can also be increased up to four times (for a total increase of 20 seconds).

• Adjusted the tooltip description for the "Active: Taunt" skill to match the changes above.

• Added new attack skill "Active: Taunt Strike."

  • This skill is a leap into the air followed by a slam into the ground, hitting enemies and attracting their attention for a short time.

  • "Active: Taunt Strike" also grants the "Taunt" effect when used, but the duration does not change with skill rank and is fixed at 5 seconds.

  • In this state, you cannot gain the "Retribution" status effect from a successful "Shield Deflection."

  • While the "Taunt" status effect gained from using the 'Active: Taunt' skill is active, using "Active: Taunt Strike" does not remove or renew the existing "Taunt" effect.

• Changed the Smash enhancement effect that is applied on a successful "Active: Shield Deflection" to not apply to "Active: Shield Bash."

• Changed "Active: Shield Deflection" so that even if you fail to deflect, you can still chain into a normal attack, smash attack, or active skill after 60 frames.

• Adjusted "Active: Shield Enhancement" and "Active: Tireless" SP consumption from 250 to 100 SP.

• Changed "Heavy Stander Counter" so that it can chain after the third hit of a normal attack after a successful attack.

• "Shield Mastery Rank 9" and "Large Shield Mastery" can now be learned without completing the Story "Skill Challenge: Shield Mastery."

• Fixed "Active: Iron Defense" so that it no longer consumes SP when used.

• Changed the skill so that it cannot have "Waking Stone: Efficient SP" applied, as the skill's SP consumption has been removed.

  • If the skill currently has the "Efficient SP" Waking Stone applied, the applied Waking Stone will be changed to Efficient SP (30) and the "awakening failure" state.

  • It will be changed to an "awakening failure" state to prevent the skill's max awakening info from being removed if the skill's Waking Stone info is also removed.

  • Also changed the lowest rank's Efficient SP (30) so that there is no limit for applicable ranks if you switch to a different Skill Awakening Stone in the future.

  • Based on the changes above, the following rewards will be distributed via mail to players who meet the distribution criteria below.

• Changed "Honeybee Sting" and "Rose Thorns" (0-hit smash) to not apply the "Shield Deflection" status effect when used without charging.

  • Using "Honeybee Sting" and "Rose Thorns" after charging will continue to apply the "Shield Deflection" status effect as before.

• Modified the "Active: Shield Charge" skill to have critical applied.

• Revised tooltip descriptions so that skills can align with the character utility improvements.

Fiona - Longsword

• Modified the additional attack frame length for "Amaranth Kick" from 160 frames to 100 frames.

• Modified the additional attack of "Amaranth Kick" so that the start of the attack hitbox is now at 23 frames instead of 29 frames.

• Modified the additional attack of "Amaranth Kick" to consume 6 STA instead of 17 STA at max rank.

• Changed the "50 SP recovery effect" to "50 STA recovery effect" when "Amaranth Kick" additional attack hits.

• Modified the point at which an "Amaranth Kick" additional attack can be chained to a guard action from "after 54 frames" to "after 40 frames."

• Modified the point at which an "Amaranth Kick" additional attack can be chained to "Active: Shield Dash," activated by using the kick button, from "after 55 frames" to "after 41 frames."

• Increased the damage of "Ivy Sweep" by 7%.

• "Ivy Sweep" recovers 25 SP and 25 STA on successful hits.

• Increased the damage of counterattacks used after "Active: Shield Enhancement" by 6%.

• Increased the damage of "Active: Focal Point" by 5%.

Vella

• Modified the duration of Cross Stance from "72 frames" to "42 frames" at max rank.

2. Skill Damage Adjustment

Hurk - Greatsword

• Increased the damage of "Crescent" by 10%.

• Increased the damage of "Full Moon" by 6%.

Letty

• Increased the damage of "Kradie Blast" by 20%.

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 10%.

Evie - Staff

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 11%.

Delia

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 11%.

Danah

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 9%.

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 10%. 

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 15%.

Lann - Twin Spears

• Increased the damage of "Moon Splitter" by 5%. 

• Increased the damage of the following skills by 8%.

  • The adjustments will not be applied to skills used while equipped with "Twin Swords."

3. Wardrobe

• Added new outfits and hair to the Wardrobe that can be exchanged in the upcoming Mileage Exchange Shop.

• Fiona has new hair and makeup available for purchase.

New Hair

New Makeup

4. Mileage System

• Added the Mileage Shop.

  • For more information, including mileage accumulation criteria and exchangeable products, please check the following event page. [Go to Event Page]

• Added a component to the "Supply Depot" UI where you can check how much Mileage you have.

• Added the "Mileage Accumulation Icon" to products that are available for sale in the "Supply Depot" and "Wardrobe" that are eligible for Mileage accumulation.

• Added Mileage accumulation information to the bottom of the "Supply Depot" and "Wardrobe" purchase/payment windows.

  • Added Mileage accumulation information to various UIs where products able to accumulate Mileage can be purchased.

• NX prices for items available from the supply depot will be changed.

  • Items with prices that cause decimal points when transfered to Mileage(under tens digit) will be rounded down.

  • Temporal items available for purchase from the wardrobe are not subject to this change, and Mileage accumulation of these items will still be rounded down.

5. Other Changes

Expertise

• Added a text input method to the "Confirm Crafting" pop-up that appears when using enchanted equipment as a crafting material without using an Extraction Rune to prevent mistakes.

  • Added the same text input method for both crafting and crafting requests.

Items

• Modified the "Comrade Destiny Box" item tooltip as shown below.

  • (Previous) An airtight box full of happy helpers. Right-click to claim one of the comrades below.

  • (Changed) A box full of happy helpers. Right-click to claim one of the comrades below.

• Removed [NX Reward] from the names of the "Outfit Destiny Box" and "Wings" items earned from previous NX Reward Events and replaced them with [Mileage].

Battle

• Fixed an issue where "Lucian's" name is incorrectly displayed when the "Alt" key is pressed during the cutscene at the start of the "Unjust Cathedral" battle.

• Fixed an issue where the wings on "Macha's" back appear abnormally in the cutscene that plays at the start of the "Red Stigma" battle.

• Fixed an issue where "Comrade: Jordra" would intermittently disappear during combat.

• Fixed an issue that caused the status effect UI to be intermittently blank during combat.

• During the Royal Army Battle "Frosted Omen," the following attacks used by "Ancient Stribog" will now have 50% less movement distance and slightly longer cooldowns than before.

  • "Ancient Stribog" pattern where it jumps backwards, lands, and attacks

  • "Ancient Stribog" pattern where it lunges forward and attacks once

  • "Ancient Stribog" pattern where it lunges forward and attacks twice consecutively

  • "Ancient Stribog" pattern where it attacks with an upward thrust, followed by a downward thrust

• During the Royal Army Battle "Frosted Omen," the following attacks used by "Ancient Stribog" will now have cooldowns twice as long as before.

  • "Ancient Stribog" pattern where it roars and deals damage to the area around it

  • "Ancient Stribog" pattern where it breathes out in front of it and attacks

Redeemers

• Changed the condition to earn [Full Force] from the battles "Sea of Reflection," "Dark Side of the Moon," "Tempering the Sword" and "Tree of Life" from completing the battles 30 times to 5 times.

  • If a character has completed 5 or more battles previously, then they can immediately use Full Force.

• Changing the number of battles that need to be completed to earn Redeemers Seals and Mission Seals from 30 to 5.

• Redeemers-related changes will be added to the play guide's "Guide Missions" descriptions and Help descriptions.

Story

• Fixed an issue where the "Artisan's Stone" could not be obtained in the "Unjust Cathedral" battle during the "High Expertise Artisan" story.

• Fixed an issue where some characters using "Jumping Potion" were unable to obtain the "High Expertise Artisan" story.

4. Misc.

• Fixed an issue where the graphics on the cape part appeared broken when a character was moving while wearing the "Special Nordic Prime Set."

• Fixed an issue where the graphics appeared broken when Lynn's "Pointy Twin Tails" and the "Noblesse Helm" were equipped together.

• Fixed an issue where the graphics on the arms appeared broken when striking certain poses after equipping the "Special Mystic Mage Set."

• Fixed an issue where the graphics on the boots appeared broken when the "Special Nordic Prime Greaves" and "Special Nordic Prime Boots" were equipped together on certain characters.

• Fixed an issue where the head part appeared hollow when equipping the "Special Nordic Prime Helm" on certain characters.

• Fixed an issue with Grimden's "Bandage Inner Armor" outfit icon displayed the wrong colors.

• Fixed an issue with Grimden's "Bandage Inner Armor" outfit tooltip not displaying RGB information.

• Fixed an issue where Achel's "Beach Party Inner Armor" outfit had a different color than other male characters.

• Fixed an issue where mouse scrolling did not work on the character selection screen when "Options → Video → Advanced → UI Size" was set to 120%.

• Fixed an issue where dyeing Fusion Eriu Auxiliary Equipment would not reflect the color correctly.

• Fixed an issue where Evie's head being adjusted to be slightly smaller caused her to look awkward in certain situations.

• Fixed an issue where when "Arisha" smiles, the shape of her mouth looked awkward.

• Fixed an issue where the ends of "Tessa's" hair looked awkward when equipping the "Cygne Rouge" hair.

• Fixed an issue where toggling "Hide Other Players' Mini-Windows" in "Options → Video → Advanced → Hide Mini" would reset the setting in certain situations.

We will always strive to do our best and provide you with the best Vindictus experience that we can.

Thank you!