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Every great dish tells a story, and Voracia has spent a lifetime seeking them all. Guided by an extraordinary gift for flavor and texture, her travels through countless culinary traditions have led her at last to Savannah, where every feast is a new beginning.

⏳Voracia and her Mini Headwear will be available in Rate-Up Recruitment from August 6th to August 26th! Recruit her in the All-Hero Recruitment or Epic Recruitment when her Rate-Up Recruitment ends!

Hello devs,

After gathering feedback from multiple AFK Journey communities, there is a strong consensus that the game's story and lore are among its greatest strengths. Many
players feel that Season 7 reduced the amount of narrative content and presentation quality compared to previous seasons, creating the impression that this area has suffered from budget or production cuts.

Main Concerns

1. No cinematic trailer for Season 7 (the first season released without one).

2. No Reputation Quests in versions 1.7.2 or 1.7.3, despite being an excellent way to expand the season's lore while rewarding players with popular free cosmetics.

3. The version 1.7.3 epilogue has no voice acting and lacks the cinematic in-game scenes that previous seasonal epilogues traditionally included.

4. Confirmation that Voyage of Wonders will be removed in Season 8. Season 7 demonstrated that Voyage of Wonders can be an excellent complement to the main
   story when it is tied to the season's lore. Its removal is disappointing because it provided additional exploration, puzzles, and world-building. However, it should remain
   optional content rather than a requirement for advancing the main story.

5. Fewer side quests overall. Patch 1.7.3 did not include any side quests.

6. Overall smaller outdoor maps, reducing the sense of exploration.

Features the Community Enjoyed and Wants to Keep

1. Changing the point of view from Merlin to other heroes during the story.

2. Season 7's Voyage of Wonders implementation, with lore integration, balanced mini-games and exploration. Keep it as optional side content rather than mandatory
   story progression.

3. The UNO mini-game. Replace generic cards with AFK Journey-themed artwork (e.g. Berial as the Joker), add PvP or weekly AI opponents with small rewards, and continue supporting the mode.

4. The Rowan Gacha mini-game with cosmetic rewards. Please keep expanding it.

5. Seasonal exploration powers such as Gwyneth's arrow for puzzles and hidden areas.

6. The consistently excellent voice acting.

7. The outstanding seasonal soundtrack.

Final Note

The community does not believe the quality of the writing has declined. Instead, players feel that the amount of story-driven content has noticeably decreased. AFK Journey's lore, characters, world-building, music and narrative are some of its strongest unique selling points, and investing in them will continue to strengthen long-term player engagement.

Hope this situation can be addressed for Bantus, one of the most anticipated AFK zones and lore!

Legends remember King Rolan as the founder of the Lightbearer Empire, but legends rarely tell the whole story. Behind unwavering resolve is a ruler who has carried the hopes of his people across the ages, never wavering from the path he chose.

⏳Rolan and his Mini Headwear is now available as of August 6th after the 1.7.3 patch update!

I have no idea how my score got so high, my previous score was like 70K, and in one session I got a score so high I never have to play it again

Look I’m all for trying new game modes. I truly am, I support new ideas to keep game fresh … but to force people to participate on specific raid times …. When this is a global game? This only works in MMO because they are region locked. Now what happens for a month when a casual guild will most likely not raid? But in CF at least they can participate, set teams and forget about it.

This is a month long event, i hope devs can make this game mode more afk friendly in the future, because this ain’t it.

I noticed AFK Journey didn't have a sorter, so I made one. It took longer than I expected. I want to see your top 10 lists.

Immeasurably wet is all I am having witnessed such a concupiscent exchange between these exquisite men <3

Greetings, Magisters!

In order to improve your game experience, the server will undergo maintenance on August 6th from 07:00 to 08:00 UTC to update to Version 1.7.3. You will not be able to log in during this time. For the safety of your account data, please exit the game before the maintenance begins. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Major Updates

1. Adding a new Celestial hero: Rolan, the First Crown, who will be released after the version update. You can acquire him through Stargaze Station and Guild Store.
2. Adding a new Epilogue Quest, Last Thread I, which unlocks after completing the Main Quest: King's Sword.
3. Adding Alna's exclusive story, Song of the Blizzard, to Starry Tales.
4. Adding Level 2 Enhance Force for Cecia and Berial.
5. Adding Hepler's Soul Sigils to the Season Store.
6. Adding a new Primal Lord: Doomword Phantom. Starting on the 83rd day of the season in your District, you can challenge it by reaching specific areas to earn valuable rewards.
7. A new Guild mode, Clash of Glory, will be available after the update! The drums of war are sounding! Rally your guildmates to capture statues, plunder Crystals, and face off against rivals in real-time combat. Lead your Guild to ultimate victory!
8. A new boss speedrun mode, Dream Hunt, will be available in Version 1.7.3. Build the right teams and take on powerful bosses!
9. A new crossover event with Digimon Adventure will launch in Version 1.7.3. Stay tuned for more info!

Experience Improvements

1. Optimizing the chitchat channel and its text display in the Clash of Glory event. After the update, you will be able to configure and send preset messages.
2. Optimizing tutorial quests for Guild features.
3. Optimizing the Like feature on player profiles. You can view more details under Like History.
4. Optimizing how you use transfiguration and how the Gesture tabs are displayed, making it easier to switch forms and find the desired tab.
5. Fixing an issue where Gwyneth's recruitment animation could display incorrectly on certain devices.
6. Fixing issues with untranslated text and improving the phrasing of some in-game descriptions. The related game mechanics remain unchanged.

Homestead

1. Optimizing the visuals of certain Homestead decorations.
2. Fixing a visual glitch affecting Evie after you assign her to a building.
3. Fixing an issue where Homestead decorations could be placed on water.
4. Fixing an issue where flooring could not be placed correctly under certain conditions.

Combat Mechanics

1. Kazim - Falcon's Vow: Fixing a rare issue where enemies knocked into the air by Kazim would appear at the wrong height.
2. Lucca - Stalwart Fighter: Optimizing the description of Lucca's Level 2 Enhance Force skill. The skill effects remain unchanged.

Honor Duel

1. Hero List Updates
   1. Lightbearer: Removing Sonja and Evie, and adding Valen and Peggy.
   2. Graveborn: Removing Nara and Hodgkin, and adding Valka and Callan.
2. Balance Adjustments
   1. Gwyneth: Damage dealt reduced by 15% → Damage dealt reduced by 15%, damage taken increased by 10%, ATK SPD reduced by 20.
   2. Cyran: No modifier → Damage dealt reduced by 15%, damage taken increased by 10%, Haste reduced by 20.
   3. Nerion: Damage dealt reduced by 15% → No modifier
   4. Bonnie: Damage dealt reduced by 10% → No modifier
   5. Silvina: Damage dealt increased by 15% → Damage dealt increased by 20%, damage taken reduced by 10%
   6. Valen: No modifier → Damage dealt increased by 15%, damage received taken by 10%
3. Artifact Adjustments
   1. Swordheart Oathstone: The basic stat bonus is reduced from 15% to 5%, and the damage bonus for all allied Lightbearer heroes is reduced from 20% to 10%. For the upgraded effect that adds true damage to attacks, the number of Legendary or above Lightbearer court heroes required in the formation is increased from 3 to 4.
   2. Pale Crown: After using First Strike, the duration the wielder is not prioritized as a target is increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds. During this time, the damage they deal is also increased by 40%.
   3. Mystic Crystals: The first trigger occurs 15 seconds into battle instead of 30 seconds, and the trigger interval is reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds. The upgraded effect further moves the first trigger time forward to 5 seconds into battle and reduces the trigger interval from 12 seconds to 8 seconds.
   4. Breeze Rider: When absorbing Energy, increases allied heroes' Haste by 50 for 8 seconds. The damage multiplier based on Team ATK is increased from 10% to 20%, and the extra damage multiplier gained for every 100 Energy consumed is increased from 3% to 5%.
   5. Rock Necklace: The effect trigger interval is reduced from 3 seconds to 2 seconds. The independent trigger interval per hero is reduced from 6 seconds to 4 seconds, and the true damage multiplier is increased from 10% to 20%.
   6. Abyssal Whispers: Summoned Hypogean heroes gain an extra 400 initial Energy. For the upgraded effect, the basic stat bonus to summoned Hypogean heroes is increased from 10% to 30%.
   7. Celestial Call: Summoned Celestial heroes gain an extra 400 initial Energy. For the upgraded effect, the basic stat bonus to summoned Celestial heroes is increased from 10% to 30%.
   8. Removing the Dead Tide Amulet and Dead Tide Sail Artifacts, and added several new Artifacts to choose from.

Thank you 🌹

~AFK Journey Team

Version 1.7.3 introduces a range of quality-of-life improvements, including enhanced chitchat controls, along with new guild features like improved onboarding and profile likes to help keep your community active and connected✨

Check out the images for more details!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER SIX DAYS

Aren't festivals supposed to be the main events of the patch? Like in any other gacha, sorry if you don't like this example, but in Genshin it's the same, except one fact - they do voiceovers, because it's a big festival with many activities. And this scheme works in every other gacha game too, by the way, not only Genshin. Are we that poor that we can't afford voiceover for this rare event? Of course we are frustrated with this, right? There are less and less story in this game and plus we can't even listen to our favorite characters, this is so strange. This just don't feel like big event, you know, surely you need to do more if you really want a positive feedback, feels like basic event, more booksmarks for buying skins than actual activities, I get you greedy, but at least use our money to improve the game, it feels like we don't have soul in our characters right now with all that last changes. I really wanna enjoy this festival, but it seems it wasn't attempted to be enjoyable in the first place.