NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Aug 13 update: The King's Avatar Brawl

Servers go offline Aug. 12, 23:00 – Aug. 13, 04:00 UTC; log out early. The Aug. 13 patch adds The King's Avatar crossover PvP, the Skyfall Cataclysm Showdown event, Ye Xiu and water-combat changes, and a big store refresh.

Pick a The King's Avatar Account Card (skills from Event Center - A Single Fire Spark - Character Training), then queue for Arena Match or Team Battle. Arena winners stay on and buff teammates, with 1v2/1v3 bonuses; Team Battle has infinite revives and bonus points for consecutive kills and Bounty targets; the Spirit Well grants big rewards. One score decides the winner; rewards are in the same Event Center tab. Capture the Spirit Well returns when the event ends.

Fight through Shadow Corruption in Lin'an, clear strongholds, then defeat the Enchanted boss in the Nexus Gate. No Showdown progression carries into the mode. The boss has a random Melee/Element/Ranged weakness; plan around spawn and stronghold drops. Clearing strongholds or Elite/Boss monsters drops Souljades; kills grant EXP and team Level. Realm of Eclipse and a late Nexus Gate inside the safe zone add late-game challenges.

Mode-only progression: Calamity Crystals from matches/quests feed the Skyfall Fateboard; Lingering Artifacts (one per match) add strong effects; Fatigue still spends on Showdown materials. Two difficulties share Souljade drop rates. First clear rewards: Threefold Gathering and Four Spirits Converge; stage drops add exclusive Souljades including Spear·Azure Dragon Break, Katana·Thunderstorm, and Dual Blades·Octa-Slash Blade — each alters charged/finisher chains, adds Frostbite Accumulation, and can chain from Perfect Dodge/Defuse hits.

• All Tribulations Fade (Aug. 13 – Sep. 2, 20:00 UTC): daily quests earn Passage Scrolls; each submission gives a Violet-gold Bowl, Myriad Treasure5, Serene Treasure Choice Gift5, Imprint Roller, and Kite.
• Formless Heavenfall (Aug. 13 – Aug. 26, 20:00 UTC): five quest sets unlock one per day and must be completed in order.
• Official Team Shopping (Aug. 27, 04:00 – Sep. 9, 20:00 UTC): presale builds Server Cheer Point to cut The Harvest Matron Pack's price; a 240 Gold deposit adds a Serene Treasure Choice Gift. Deposits are non-refundable if unpaid.
• Crossover collectibles (Aug. 12, 20:00 – Sep. 2, 23:00 UTC): searching Lootable Containers fills a progress bar for a guaranteed The King's Avatar collectible; still obtainable after the event.

Ye Xiu: Soaring Dragon Ultimate lasts 25s in Trios (was 22s). In Unspecialized Blitz, Cannon Charged Attack damage drops to 1.2/1.3 (non-enhanced was 1.3/1.5; enhanced was 1.3/1.8) and no longer staggers Blue Focus Strikes; Scythe Charged Attack is up to 1.5/1.5. Counterstrike Combo in Ultimate grants 65% recovery; Soaring Dragon's knockback no longer triggers Shayol Wei's Black Tortoise Block.

Kaleidoscope Parasol: charged Horizontal damage areas up across forms, Shield 2nd-stage and Axe charged Horizontal included; charged Horizontal launches downed enemies. Quick Counter animation and sprinting charged Vertical Strike distance improved.

Water combat: ascending keeps you at the surface; Dodge during Ascend/Descend no longer triggers special dodges; Space spam can't cause Double Jump; surface attacks match diving attacks; Water Skimming adds a 2nd Horizontal Strike; Ascend/Descend VFX optimized.

Easy Battle: Business Acumen now pays 100/300/600 Dark Tide Coins over time; Soothing Boon gives melee a high chance not to consume durability; Battle Ready armor is Rare and Omens apply on Rebirth. Free Training adds the Ye Xiu Unspecialized Blitz·Soaring Dragon practice. New accounts need Lv. 8 for The Evolution. Wanchu: Starry Night weather, Seaward Bastion-to-Dark Pearl Abyss waterway, lowered Valley of the Colossus. Rift Traversal spawn/enemy logic tweaks included.

Store: Equal to Heaven·Akos Hu 4,200 Gold (was 7,800); Great Sage·Akos Hu 2,400 (was 3,800); Golden Cicada·Tianhai 1,900 (was 2,800); Stormflare Core·Inor Wan 2,000 (was 3,000); Hall of Fame·Mike and Hall of Fame·Spider 1,040 each (were 3,600). Lunar Pavilion: Tianhai's Tome of Journey·Karmic Seal (240 Jade Disks); Kylin Zhang's Notes on Tomb Robbing returns (160).

Tech: AMD FidelityFX SDK 2.3.0 improves FSR Super Resolution and Frame Generation; Ray Regeneration is added for RX 9000 GPUs. Bug fixes cover Ye Xiu Ultimate timing and camera, Charge after Grappling Hook on poor networks, Lyam Liu's auto weapon-switch, and Feria Shen's hairstyle display.