Maintenance ended on September 2, 2026 at 19:00 JST, an hour later than the window Konami first posted, and it carries more than the extension suggested. It opens a new bounty series, the second chapter of the running event, and a new banner, and — more quietly — it delivers the whole first half of September’s improvement list at once.
What Opened
- Event Bounties, a new series on the bounty board that sits beside the numbered danger levels rather than in them.
- Under the Liberation Army Flag, Chapter 2 — the episode the event’s strategy notes were written for, including the level cap of 30 and the end of field respawns.
- Under the Liberation Army Flag Login Bonus Part 2.
- A new pickup banner.
The Balance List, Now Live
Most of what Konami listed for the first half of September landed with this update. Two items are more specific than the plan was:
Bounty board. Rank B quality 1 drops increase on bounties 9-1 through 9-6. On 10-1 through 10-6, both Rank B and Rank A quality 1 drops increase. These are the two deepest bands on the board, and quality 1 is the tier a crafting queue burns fastest.
Town item shops. Every town’s item shop now stocks ingredients and other goods — except Rockland.
The rest matches what was announced: more sale slots at the Trading Post from the next refresh, a draw that repeats goods less often, more material types at the Kaku Town trading post, quality 1 and quality 2 gems added to the Orhan Coin exchange, targeted fishing and hunting by layer and stage, a more even vegetable spread, softer guard-trait enemies, fewer unbalance attacks and fewer calls for reinforcements, and better Chinchirorin odds.
One addition was not on the list at all: the Scarlet Moon Imperial Army disguise set, now available from both the Great Tree Coin exchange and the accessory shop.
What Everyone Receives
Two separate payouts arrive in the in-game mail. For the balance changes:
- Stamina Recovery Medicine ×10
- Vitality tonic for the Great Tree ×10
- Potch ×140,000
And for the maintenance running long:
- Fantasy Stones ×150
Both have a claim deadline listed in the in-game notice.
What Players Should Know
The gathering changes are the ones that alter a daily routine rather than a number. Fishing now spreads each species across the Great Tree’s layers, and hunting fixes which beast appears on which stage — which means a specific material is something to go and get rather than something to wait for. Combined with the higher-quality yields across every stage, the case for a long gathering session is better than it was on September 1.
The bounty drop increases point the other way: they land on the board’s last two bands, so they reward a party already deep enough to farm there and change nothing for one that is not.
