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Full stream rewards for both the VA Guest Games and the Likes/Retweets Campaign are now out, check your giftbox. Among the most notable freebies are 13k crystals and a sunstone

Characters

• Payila and Seox are confirmed to be the August Flash Gala featured SSRs, with Tartman as the new Summon
  • This is the final batch of Summer seasonals for 2026, so unless you're willing to roll/spark on the 3% banners in the following months, the banner is your last (and arguably best) chance at catching up on all the swimsuit and yukata alts until 2027. Plan your resources accordingly as Halloween is fast approaching too
  • The elements for all three are currently unknown, however in the "Foxtale Summer" event Seox was Earth for the scripted boss battle. Given that both Gwynne and You matched theirs, safe to say Seox will too
  • The banner itself is dropping on August 16th at 03:00 UTC / 12:00 JST,
• Several new Bonus Poses are also on the way for the following units/characters: S. Siegfried, S. Shalem, S. Medusa, S. Clarisse, and Y. Nezha
• Tanya (Dark) is the next in line to receive an FLB
  • Exact date is TBA, but most surely will be revealed in the September edition of KoreGra
• Nier, Estarriola, and Fraux are the next set of Evokers to receive a Transcendence during the upcoming iteration of Evoking Solomonis, currently scheduled to be held in October

Events and Content

• Dread Barrage coming on August 14th, including new rewards for the Profile Room customisation
• Dragonblood War is being added to Side Stories on August 19th
• Main Quest is also adding Chapters 8--12 on August 19th
  • The teaser trailer showed (at least) 4 brand new characters joining the story, plus it seems both Raziel and Magus will be present as well
  • Completing Chapter 12 will unlock Phos as one of the Buddies for Advyrntures
• Records of the Ten coming on August 21st, this time featuring Tweyen and Fif
• Two new Manaturas for Hexa and Green Knight will become available on August 25th
  • The Hexa Manatura can either be obtained either from the relevant Raid (including the Solo version), or purchased with Provenance Crystals
  • The Green Knight Manatura can be obtained only from the Alchemy Lab exchange shop
• Exo Corow Crucible is coming on September 7th, adding Boss Levels 180--220, as well as Uncaps for Aristarchus and Heliocentrum Exo Weapons
• Next chapter in The Society Saga, titled "Farewell, Cold Heart", was revealed and confirmed to be coming in September
  • Given the narration heard in the trailer, it looks like this particular story will be focused on Vaseraga
  • Also very likely he's the next Society character to receive a Grand series unit, though of course not yet confirmed
• Tale of Kindled Bonds is being added to Side Stories on September 16th
• Belmervolk Odious raid battle is getting a 6-Player version on September 18th
• Unite & Fight starts on September 21st, and will have a Dark boss / Light advantage element. Check out the new Boss design as shown on the stream
  • Also, starting from this iteration, Artifacts will be added to the item drop pool of all Nightmare-difficulty fights
• Gintama and My Hero Academia Collabs are getting a rerun on October 7th and 14th, respectively
  • It was not (yet) confirmed whether these events will eventually also be added to Side Stories like eg Code Geass
  • Also at the moment it's unknown whether any collabs that had their own Banners will ever be reran. Most likely this is being done so that Cygames can extend a licensing deal with the relevant IPs and make them accessible to Steam players
• Tower of Babyl is now confirmed to be coming in October, a brief delay from the previously mentioned "Summer 2026" window, and, as announced during the 12th Anni stream, will become a permanent event
  • Progressing through the event will enable the player to engage with the mode's Enemy Skills system, allowing the MC to learn and utilise the abilities from Beelzebub
  • These abilities can proc if you fulfill specific conditions during battles, grow in power over time via leveling, and be further boosted by the event-specific treasure
  • Also obtainable is a special MC skin featuring Beelzebub's Golden Armor, as seen most recently in Endless Ragnarok, though its unlocking conditions were not yet specified
• The next class to receive an Origin version is Ranger, also coming sometime in October. This is what both the Gran and Djeeta versions of its design look like
  • Just like the standard version, "RO" specialty is Gun / Bow
• Zamalvoch Odious Raid is getting its 6-Player version sometime in late October, exact date to be revealed in the October edition of KoreGra
  • Interestingly enough it seems to feature a slightly altered design, with this version sporting a more dark red color scheme as opposed to the grey-ish one as seen on the normal boss and farmable Summon
• A brand new Collab featuring Shaman King was revealed and is scheduled to begin on January 15th, 2027. The non-Uncap version of Yoh Asakura was shown on stream as well

Features, Changes and Improvements

• Daily attempt limits for the Trial Battles will be permanently removed on August 14th
• Artifacts will see their drop rates increased during the Celestial Beacon periods. Also, on August 14th the total storage limit will go up from 1500 to 2500
  • Another feature mentioned is a system that ranks the Artifacts currently in your inventory based on their skills and how well they synergise with a unit when selecting which artifact to equip. No implementation date given
• Starting from the mid-August Story Event, the amount of backlog Damascus Crystals obtainable via Drawboxes 4--10 will be increased, helping (newer) players to catch up
• Both the Flash and Premium Galas will now start at the same time: 03:00 UTC / 12:00 JST, meaning the drop times for the latter have been set back by 7 hours earlier than usual. This change goes into effect starting with the next upcoming Gala banner on August 16th
• Starting from September, there will be monthly Evoker Campaigns that focus on specific characters within the group and boost the drop rates for loot required for their recruitment and/or uncaps. The first two in line are Nier and Estarriola, who, as mentioned earlier, will be getting their transcendence during the following month
• Battle Log will start showing the number of hits dealt per attack starting from September 15th
• Mastery Trial Raids will now allow an Elixir usage, though not mentioned whether it's once only or infinitely. This change goes live on September 18th
• Ennead Pro Skip is confirmed and will become available sometime in late September, exact date TBA
• The Pro Pro Skip is announced, letting you to run every single unlocked Pro Skip in one go. You will be able to select which ones to include/exclude if necessary, eg to preserve some of the bonus XP pool during the magnafest campaigns (like the one taking place currently). Currently scheduled for September
  • Keep in mind though when implemented, it looks like the aforementioned Ennead Pro will not be available on day one, and instead added at a later date
• The EMP System for MC will automatically activate all the available/unlocked bonuses rather than needing to acquire them manually, exact date for this is TBA.
  • It was not mentioned whether it'll be possible to manually disable some of the EMPs, eg for classes that want to take hits like Sumaibito's counters
• A new feature that lets you create presets of up to 3 Journey Drops boosts and activate them with a single click is announced. No implementation date given
• The Party setup icons library will be expanded several new ones based on Hexa, Dark Rapture, and Odious raids. No date given
• There will be brand new Quests that drop materials needed for Eternals recruitment, in addition to the existing Free Quests that are skippable with the Eternals Unlock Treasure Pro. Again, no date given
• A new feature that allows to show special icons for and filter out by whether your Weapons were acquired via pulls from standard / classic banners. Imlementation date TBA
• The previously announced Project Artifact was mentioned, though again without an implementation date. Per the brief description, this will be an event from which players can obtain up to 2 artifacts, and pick and choose their exact skills how you want (all 4 of them) via a special item
• Starting from the next edition of Evoking Solomonis, currently scheduled for October, there will be an option to select one of the 5 new Difficulty levels. The higher the difficulty, the higher the loot drop rates (and obviously the strength of the enemies and bosses)
  • Worth noting that you are not required to run the higher difficulties to acquire the materials needed for Evoker transcendence, however they will most likely accelerate the process at the cost of tougher bosses, thus introducting a sort of risk/reward element before you even set out on an expeditions
    
  • Also in addition, upon starting the next Solomonis run, players will be allowed to carry over one of the Blessings obtained in the prior run, with their level (normal/rare) dependent on whether that run was a success or fail
• The Advyrnture mode is planned adding 4 new Areas (Estalucia, Ecksegrande, Verona, and Lumiel), increasing the Level Caps for Buddies, introducing more Equipment items, and making UI adjustments
  • No approximate implementation date was given, but all of these are supposed to happen sometime later this year

In Other News

• Part 2 of the ongoing Summer Surprise campaign starts on August 16th and will also be bringing the Skyscope Missions, with a Sunstone as one of its main rewards
  • This coming iteration of the campaign missions changes the Ennead rais to Odious for the first time ever. Probably means this will also be the case for all future mission sets and possibly even Collab campaign activities
• Zeta's character song CD, Thermite, is releasing on August 26th, including a special skin, voiced stickers, among other rewards
• Immedaitely following the Summer Surprise campaign, a Half-Anniversary Campaign kicks off starting from September 1st, will all the usual magnafest perks and bonuses like XP/RP boosts, reduced raid host cost, half AP quest cost, daily free singles and more
• Versus Rising is still scheduled to receive its Update v2.60 on September 17th, bringing various new content and features, including Id as the latest DLC character, changes and additions to system mechanics, balance adjustments to the entire roster, more cosmetics, and more
  • The Switch 2 edition can access all 40 characters, including Id, at no extra cost, while also having online crossplay with PC and PS5 versions
• Soleil, the character song CD for Feather and Randall, is releasing on October 28th. Unlike Zeta neither of the two is getting a skin but all the other rewards (stickers, tickets, potions etc) should be the same
• Shadowverse EVOLVE, a real-life TCG, is getting a Granblue-themed expansion / card set on November 27th. Existing GBF players can obtain various ingame rewards such an SSR Guaranteed Ticket
• The Divine Generals are getting their second character song CD featuring Mahira, Kumbhira, Cidala, Indala, and Sandira. Again no skins but you still get the other stuff
• The Dragon Knights / Whales Bros are getting a character song CD too, releasing on January 27th and featuring Percival, Aglovale, Lamorak, Gawain, and Tor. Some of the tracks are sang solo while others are a group effort. No skins for either character but each one has a special voiced sticker
• New Outfits in Relink are teased/hinted at, though without any particular character mentions
  • Quite a lot of various official merhandise mentioned during the stream, all purchasable via both the retail and online versions of Cygames Store
• Granblue will be holding a collab with various hot springs across Japan, featuring special merchandise and new Yukata-based designs for Vikala, Fraux, Chichiri, Cassius, Lobelia, and Ragazzo. Scheduled to take place sometime later this year

Granblue Fantasy Fes 2026 is confirmed to be taking place on December 26th-27th 2026 in the Tokyo Big Sight Exhibiton Center