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Greetings from the Summoners War Dev team!

It’s been a few months since our last dev note. 

Today, we have exciting news to share with all - upcoming new guild content update!

Summoners War has been introducing many different types of guild content throughout the service period - Guild Battle, Siege Battle and Tartarus’ Labyrinth. Many of you are actively engaged in your guild to enjoy such content.

Our team has been paying close attention to system and QoL improvement, content balance and more. But this time, we want to introduce the new guild content that we have been working on.

Before explaining all the details, please let us share the summary of the new guild content.

■ Three New Guild Content

: 【Guild Rival Battle】 - Battle against a guild of NPCs

: 【Monster Subjugation Battle】 - Fight together with your guild members in the new PvE content

: 【World Guild Battle】 - Become the strongest guild of all servers

■ Guild System Improvement

: 【Guild Tower】 - Enter all guild related content at once through the new building!

: Guild announcement related UI will be improved.

: 【Guild Battle】 will be revamped to 【Guild Rival Battle】.

Three new guild content - 【Guild Rival Battle】, 【Monster Subjugation Battle】, and 【World Guild Battle】 will be introduced to the game all at once! This update will not only bring new content into the game, but also improve and modify the existing content for a more reasonable and pleasant gameplay experience. If you haven’t paid that much attention to guild content, now is the time to engage in it more actively, as guild content will no longer be optional and gradually become a more important part of Summoners War!

We will now explain more about the content below. 

▶ 【Guild Battle】 Revamp: 【Guild Rival Battle】

We are sad to say that the 【Guild Battle】, which has been loved by Summoners for such a long time, will be revamped to 【Guild Rival Battle】.

As Siege Battle has secured its position as one of the main PvP content in Summoners War, we felt that 【Guild Battle】 needs to be less stressful and allow new users to actively take part in it.

Thus, our team decided to change the 【Guild Battle】 to 【Guild Rival Battle】 with some rules changed.

The new content will lessen the burden that you may have had in 【Guild Battle】 but still provide the same enjoyment.

▶ New Guild Content: 【Guild Rival Battle】

The rivals that appeared to challenge you in the Arena have made their debut in the Isle of Conquest with their own guild.

Are you ready to challenge their guilds to claim victory?

【Guild Rival Battle】 is the new content where your guild will fight against the virtual guilds named after NPC rivals in the Arena shown as follows:

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From Amir to Gready! You will notice familiar faces with their cool guild symbols.

Let us continue to explain about the battle details with another image.

Each rival guild has its own guild symbol, but generally looks very similar to the existing guild battle.

We want the 【Guild Rival Battle】 to be the content where new Summoners can participate in freely, thus the general system, structure, and rules are the same as that of the existing guild battle.

【Guild Rival Battle】 will have the following rules implied.

① How to Participate and How it Works 

Guild Master, Vice Guild Masters or Senior Guild Members can start the Guild Rival Battle.

Each member will have three battle chances, the same as the existing guild battle rule.

Each game consists of two rounds, and each round, your three Monsters will fight against the opponent’s three Monsters.

A battle will proceed for 23 hours, and your guild can have up to 7 matches per week.

The same number of rival guild bases will be created as the number of your guild members, and your guild can deduct the rival guild’s HP whenever each base is destroyed.

To put it simply, the existing guild battle rules are the same, and the opponent guild has been changed to rival guilds.

② What’s Different from the Existing Guild Battle?

We’ve made some changes to lower the entry barrier to the content for the new Summoners who join a guild.

- You don’t have to place your defense deck.

- There is no limit to the number of people participating.

- Monsters defeated from the battle can be used again in another battle.

The differences above will allow the new Summoners to try out and participate in the guild content.

③ Participation Rewards

You will earn guild points whenever you win a round battle, and you will still earn a small amount of points even if you failed to attack.

Also, the final rank will be determined based on the rival guild’s destroyed HP once the 23-hour battle is over. Different rewards will be given according to the rank.

We are still finalizing the reward type and its quantity, so please find the details on the rewards once the update goes live.

NPC guilds will have all kinds of defense decks placed at random. Since you won’t be fighting against other Summoner guilds, we believe that Summoners who don’t have enough experience in battling against other Summoners will gain more experience from it.

▶ New Guild Content: 【Monster Subjugation Battle】

【Monster Subjugation Battle】 is new PvE content where your guild members fight together to defeat as many Monsters as you can for a set period of time.

A new battlefield will be added to the Isle of Conquest, and your guild will have to defeat the silver-star Monsters that appear endlessly and defeat the final boss, King Slime.

We are calling this a rebellion of the silver-star Monsters - as such, you will see the silver-star Monsters that you haven’t encountered that much!

Let’s look at the image below and talk about the 【Monster Subjugation Battle】 in depth.

【Monster Subjugation Battle】 will be added as the following icon in the World Map - Isle of Conquest.

Tap the icon to enter the battlefield, and this is where 【Monster Subjugation Battle】 will proceed.

【Monster Subjugation Battle】 will take place in two stages as follows.

▶ 【Monster Subjugation Battle】: Battle Round 1

You will see this image when you enter the content.

There are Fire/Water/Wind battle menus, and a bar that shows the target score and the remaining time.

We will go over them one by one below.

◈ Score High Points within 30 Minutes with Guild Members!

The first round of 【Monster Subjugation Battle】 will proceed for 12 hours. There is a target score, and guild members must obtain as many points as they can.

There is no limit on the number of battle you can play, but only your best score will be reflected for each dungeon.

It is important to score high individually, but getting as many guild members you can to participate will be very crucial.

Each round lasts for 30 minutes, meaning you will have one hour in total. You might be worrying that the time is too short for all guild members from different places to take part in together. 

Each guild can decide when to play 【Monster Subjugation Battle]!

​We have received feedback from many Summoners about the details we shared in our dev note.

We would like to talk about the schedule of Monster Subjugation Battle, which was one of the most mentioned topics of all.

As we explained, the Monster Subjugation Battle is focused on the fun that comes from guild members gathering at a specific time with active communication. However, we acknowledged the need of going over this factor as it may be difficult for all guild members to play one specific content at the limited time frame.

Thus, our team will be changing the time to 12 hours of each round (two rounds in total) for the Monster Subjugation Battle.

We sincerely thank you for your valuable feedback, and our team will work hard to provide you with well prepared and exciting content.

【Monster Subjugation Battle】 has a system where the guild master, guild vice masters or senior guild members can start the battle at their choice of time once a week.

You will be able discuss with your guild members and set the time so everyone can take part.

Once again, your guild can set a time between Monday 12am and Sunday 11pm to play the battle once a week.

◈ Round 1 - Time Attack

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In each dungeon divided into three attributes (Fire/Water/Wind), a time-attack battle will proceed where you have to defeat the silver-star Monsters that appear within the set time (90 seconds). You can think of this as the Time Limit Stages in Tartarus’ Labyrinth.

Once the first round ends, a battle against the King Slime will begin according to the results of the round.

The grade of the boss will be determined according to the total attack score of the guild members, and the attribute by the dungeon with the highest attack score.

▶【Monster Subjugation Battle】: Battle Round 2

A giant King Slime with its crown! It may think of itself as a deadly boss, but it sure looks cute. The boss in the image has a Fire attribute, which means this guild had the highest score in the Fire Monster Dungeon.

As you can see in the above bar, the boss has five silver stars! So we can say this guild will be fighting against the Fire King Slime with 5-star grade.

◈ Attack the King Slime and Stop it from Running Away!

: King Slime battle will also proceed for 12 hours.

: King Slime uses a certain skill when its attack bar gets filled up by a certain amount as follows.

Can you guess what the third skill does just by its name? Once its Attack Bar reaches MAX, the King Slime will run away and the battle will end.

: King Slime will fall under groggy state when its HP is fully deducted. When it's under groggy state, a certain number of reward boxes will be dropped according to each groggy state.

If the boss’ grade is 6-star, you can see up to 6 groggy states, and King Slime will fall at the 7th phase. We are excited to see which guild will be the first one to defeat King Slime in each server!

▶ 【Monster Subjugation Battle】: Rewards

You can obtain reward boxes as follows:

* One box is dropped each for every 5 waves you proceed in Round 1.

* A certain number of boxes are dropped whenever you clear a phase in Round 2.

The number of boxes dropped varies according to each phase cleared in King Slime round, and you can get up to 23 boxes.

* The reward boxes obtained in Round 1 and Round 2 can only be obtained upon clearing the battle for the first time. 

For example, if you have cleared up to the third phase in the first battle with King Slime, you will obtain 7 reward boxes from the first battle.

In the second battle, reward boxes will not drop until the third phase. Three additional reward boxes will drop if you clear the fourth phase. However, please be noted that Mana Stones will be dropped for the previous phases.

The more guild members that participate in 【Monster Subjugation Battle】, the better rewards you can obtain. This new content is not solely focused on individual skills, but more on cooperative and strategic gameplay. And the content does not require a high skill level to clear, so please feel free to try out different strategies and encourage other members to play together.

We believe it's a big plus that each guild can choose when to play 【Monster Subjugation Battle】 to maximize participation from all. We can already see the guild chat being more active when the battle is ongoing!

▶ New Guild Content: 【World Guild Battle】

There are many different servers in Summoners War. Some of you may have wondered, which guild is the strongest guild of all, or how strong our guild is compared to those in all servers.

Now, this 【World Guild Battle】 is new content that will answer all those curiosities!

【World Guild Battle】 is PvP content where the guild of all servers in Summoners War will come to one place to compete. This means that you will now have a chance to compete against guilds of other servers!

【World Guild Battle】 will require more in-depth discussion and strategy for attack and defense than the two content introduced before. We believe that your dedication will pay off with a greater sense of achievement upon victory!

① The victory condition is simple. Attack the opponent guild’s bases within the set period of time and destroy as much HP as you can to win.

One guild will be matched to another guild, and unlike Guild Battle, the attack and defense guilds are not separated but will be carried out together. This will be a new type of fun that’s completely different from existing Guild Battle or Siege Battle.

② You can go to the opponent battlefield and check the status of your guild bases.

③ Attack members will have up to two attack chances, and each battle consists of five rounds in total.

We know this information is not enough to understand this new content completely. Here, we have prepared more explanations along with some images.

▶ 【World Guild Battle】: Battle Details

Attack members will have two attack chances maximum, and each battle consists of five rounds in total.

Since you cannot use the same Monster in one battle of five rounds, you will need a careful approach on building five defense decks.

However, note that you will be able to use the Monsters that were defeated in battle for the next battle.

Once the battle of five rounds is over, you can check the battle’s win/loss and rewards from a result screen. The first screen shows the entire results of five rounds, and an additional pop-up will show the detailed battle results of each round.

You will get battle victory/defeat rewards when the 【World Guild Battle】 ends, and there will be a special reward that can only be obtained from the 【World Guild Battle】!"

▶ 【World Guild Battle】: Rewards

There are two types of rewards: round victory reward and battle end reward.

The round victory reward will be given according to the current 【World Guild Battle】 grade whenever you win in a round.

- Round Victory Reward (Upon winning battle)

The battle end reward offers guild points, Summoning Stones and the new item called Legendary Summoning Stones.

Legendary Summoning Stone is an exclusive reward that can only be obtained from 【World Guild Battle】. This will summon a default 4-5★ Monster only from the list of exclusive summon that resets every week.

In addition, you will need 300 Legendary Summoning Stones to summon one Monster.

The following amount of rewards will be given upon your victory/defeat and guild grade.

To summarize, 【World Guild Battle】 rules are as follows.

▶ 【World Guild Battle】: Rules

① How to Participate

Any guilds with 10 or more members can participate, and up to 25 attack members can be assigned. Guilds that registered to participate will begin battle at 12am PDT, and the battle will end at 9pm PDT, 45 hours after.

② Detailed Timeline

One 【World Guild Battle】 consists of 48 hours: 45 hours of battle and 3 hours of matchmaking and tallying

Battles will be held twice per week.

Please refer to the below table for your understanding.

③ How it Works

The number of attack members can be set by the number of defense members. Each member will have two attack chances. Each battle will have five rounds in total, and the attack members can use one attack chance to deduct up to 50% of the base HP.

The guild that deducts more HP from the opponent guild will win.

We hope you and your guild members are excited to play the new 【World Guild Battle】!

Lastly, we would like to talk about some improvements on guild activities.

▶ Guild System Improvement

◈ 【Guild Tower Building】

Through this building, you can access the guild content all at once.

Not only that, you will be able to check the schedule of each guild content and the progress.

◈ Guild Announcement UI Improvement

- You will now be able to recognize messages and announcements of guild masters more clearly.

: An exclamation mark will be displayed when there is a change in the announcement. Make sure to check guild master’s messages!

◈ Guild Battle Content Schedule

The last Guild Battle will be carried out until Aug. 6th, and no further Guild Battle will be available after Aug. 7th.

We would like to send a big thank you to everyone who has been enjoying the Guild Battle, and we promise to present to you more exciting guild content.

This is all we have for today’s dev note!

Our team believes that this kind of big update must follow up with the appropriate improvements.

We will make sure to listen to your words to polish the content and take appropriate actions based on the statistics and internal indicators.

Please feel free to share your ideas and suggestions on our new update.

We hope you are excited to try out the new content and improvements we will make, which will be implemented via the next update.

The developer’s note is intended to help you understand the upcoming update in advance.

As development and testing are still underway, we ask you to understand that the actual update may be different from what we have shared in this note.

Lastly, we want to thank you for the great interest you have shown to SWC2022.

The journey of SWC2022 embarks starting with the Asia-Pacific Group A match on August 6th (local time) and will last for four months. Our team is excited to see all the fun and thrilling matches that will be played by our players. There will be a SWC2022 Preliminary Prediction Event for everyone to enjoy while watching the matches, so make sure to participate in the event and get many rewards.

We will be back with another exciting dev note to share. Thank you.