Watcher of Realms Patch Notes – May 25th, 2026

Here are the official Watcher of Realms update notes for May 25, 2026. Update Duration: 05/25/2026, 17:00 – 05/25/2026, 20:00 (UTC-8). Compensation: Diamond x400.

Patch Overview

New Hero Equipment System: Commanders can now save heroes’ current gear and Artifacts into equipment plans, then quickly switch between those plans in supported team interfaces.
Elf Pass Revamp: The Elf Pass receives a major upgrade on 06/01/2026, including a new Supreme Edition, upgraded Free Edition rewards, pricing adjustments, and rotating Exclusive Gear Choice Chest sets.
Hero Updates: Several heroes received fixes, tags, icon additions, description optimizations, and interaction adjustments, including Carnelian, Gretchen, Violetta Vane, Ghan, Vlad Draculea, Nerissa, Sun Wukong, and Solcadens.
Stage & Raid Adjustments: Immortal Codex receives a new Conquest Challenge Mode, Faction Trial expands to Stage 18, Endless Ascent is added, and Demon Soldier rewards are increased.
System Optimizations: Refining Crystal and Transmutation Gem rules were improved, Arena weekly reset behavior was adjusted, Quick Clear was optimized, private message restrictions were added, and multiple shop/reward improvements were made.

I. New Hero Equipment System

Unlocked by clearing any of the following stages: Gear Raid I Stage 13, Gear Raid II Stage 10, or Gear Raid III Stage 10.
You can save the heroes’ current gear and Artifacts into a plan as equipment data. Once saved, the data will not change if the hero changes gear or Artifact.
Gear and Artifacts saved in the plan will be synchronized when performing operations like upgrade, Gem enhancement, and augmentation.
You can update the equipment of an individual hero in a plan by overwriting the data with the hero’s current actual equipment.
You can also update the entire plan by overwriting the plan data with the current actual equipment of all heroes in the plan.
You can switch to a specified plan at any time. When switching, the gear and Artifacts for the heroes in the plan will be changed according to the new plan’s data.
In the Team interface of various game modes, you can quickly create a plan with the heroes in the current team and their equipped gear and Artifacts.
In the Team interface, you can quickly switch to a specified plan and fill the team slots with the heroes in the plan in order.

II. Elf Pass Revamp

The brand-new Elf Pass season will receive a massive revamp on 06/01/2026.

1. Elf Pass Edition Upgrade

Starting from 06/01/2026, in addition to the original two reward editions, the Elf Pass will introduce a new Supreme Edition that contains exclusive rewards.
The Supreme Edition can only be purchased after unlocking the Sacred Edition.
Free Edition rewards have also been upgraded to provide Commanders with more benefits.

2. Price Adjustments

Unlocking Sacred Edition costs USD 14.99.
An additional unlock of the Supreme Edition costs USD 9.99.
Unlocking both the Sacred Edition and Supreme Edition simultaneously costs USD 19.99.

3. Exclusive Gear Choice Chest Set Rotation Rules

The Lvl. 45 exclusive reward for the Sacred Edition, the Exclusive Gear Choice Chest, will now follow a periodic rotation of different gear sets.
In the June Elf Pass, the chest will feature exclusive gear from the [Hell’s Lament] set.
In the July Elf Pass, it will rotate to exclusive gear from the [Cataclysm] set.
This rotation will alternate every month thereafter.

III. Heroes

Carnelian, The Soul Soother

Optimized the trigger timing of [Soul Essence] when existing simultaneously with other Unyielding effects.

Gretchen, The Crimson Inquisitor

Fixed an issue where the Rage Regen ratio of [Mark of Betrayal] was incorrect at Lvl. 3 and Lvl. 4.

Violetta Vane, The Velvet Blade

Added the [Anti-Air] tag.
Added status icons for [Infernal Blaze] and [Soul Burn].
Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, her Ultimate’s healing effect would incorrectly heal allied heroes from a different faction.

Ghan, Bloodaxe Khagan

Optimized the skill animation when the Ultimate is triggered.

Vlad Draculea, The Impaler

Optimized the description of his Ultimate.

Updated [Impaling Charge] Description:
Can choose and charge to an unoccupied ground tile within 3 tiles, dealing 400%/450%/450%/500%/500% AoE DMG to up to 7 enemies in path. If cast in place, deals 260%/310%/310%/360%/360% AoE DMG to up to 10 enemies within 2 tiles. For 15 sec after casting the Ultimate, increases the hero’s Block by 2, and the hero gains up to 15%/15%/30%/30%/30% DMG Increase and DMG Reduction based on the number of enemies within 2 tiles. Max effect at 5 units.

Nerissa, Song of the Siren

Added the effect icon for [Abyssal Favor].

Sun Wukong, Heaven’s Equal

Added the effect icon for [Monkey Business].

Solcadens, Hellfire Emperor

Fixed an issue where, in certain situations, allied heroes from a different faction would also become immune to Burning DMG.

Other Hero Optimizations

Optimized the Awaken texts for some heroes.
Added a Basic ATK DMG type tag for heroes. Skill DMG with this tag can be affected by the “Basic ATK DMG Increase” effect.

IV. Stage & Raid Adjustments

Added a Conquest Challenge Mode to [Immortal Codex]. New Challenge Stage [Spear of Judgment] and Boss [Erisdelle of Dawn] are now available for challenge, where the Boss can summon two Shades of herself.
Added new stages to [Faction Trial]. Both [Basic Trial] and [Trial of the Piercers] have been expanded to Stage 18.
Added a new [Endless Ascent] mode.
Endless Ascent Requirements: Clear Demon Soldier [Training Stages] and Stage 18 of 3 Gear Raids to unlock.
Endless Ascent Access: [War Room] – [Demon Trials] – [Endless Ascent].
Commanders need to use system-provided or their own Demon Soldiers to clear various stages defended by heroes for rewards. Stages in Endless Ascent will update periodically.
Rewards for Demon Soldier [Training Stages] and [Demonic Crusade] Main Stages have been increased. Commanders who have cleared the stages will receive the difference in rewards via mail.
Optimized [Titanic Ruins] Matrix I. The amount of [Mech Fragments] obtained from defeating monsters has been adjusted from a fixed amount to a bonus based on current [Energy Transfer] stacks. The higher the Energy Transfer stacks, the more Mech Fragments are obtained from defeating monsters.
Optimized the team-saving mechanics for [Titanic Ruins] Matrix I. When gear is updated, the exact hero and gear attributes at that time are fully saved.
Changes such as hero awakenings, upgrades, gear/Artifact enhancements, or refinements will not affect the saved data.
When viewing hero stats on the team overview screen, actions like awakening or gear refinement will still affect the display, but the actual battle data remains unchanged.

V. W-Gold Gift Event Optimizations

Added an extra guaranteed reward for the highest-tier chest.
Once all rewards in the highest-tier chest have been claimed, the chest owner can claim an extra gift on the [Chest Sharing] interface.
This gift is guaranteed to be the best reward of the highest-tier chest.
Adjusted and optimized chest rewards in the W-Gold Gift event.

VI. Other Optimizations and Adjustments

1. Refining Crystal and Transmutation Gem

Optimized the refine lock mechanism for [Refining Crystal] and [Transmutation Gem].
After optimization, the restriction that [Refining Crystal] and [Transmutation Gem] can only refine the same attribute of a gear piece is removed.
[Refining Crystal] and [Transmutation Gem] can now refine different attributes on the same gear piece.
For a gear piece that had used [Refining Crystal] or [Transmutation Gem] to refine/transmute an attribute before optimization, that refined/transmuted attribute can only be refined and no longer be transmuted.

2. Arena Weekly Reset Rules

Optimized Arena weekly reset rules.
To reduce issues with incorrect points during the weekly reset, the Arena will no longer update points or rankings starting from 23:59:50 every Sunday.
For full details, please refer to the in-game rules.

3. DMG and Healing Details

Added a [View Details] feature to the heroes’ DMG and healing in DMG Stats.
You can now view a breakdown of effective DMG and overkill DMG, as well as effective healing and overhealing.
Only battle records after the update will show the new details. Records of previous battles or Auto-fights won’t display them.

4. Quick Clear Optimization

Optimized the Quick Clear mechanism.
You can now perform Quick Clears in other stages while Auto-fight is running in the background.

5. Awakening Shop Updates

Increased the exchange limit for [Mystery Demon Chest] and [Gear Recasting Hammer] in the [Awakening Shop].

6. Private Message Restrictions

Improved anti-harassment measures for Private Messages.
Only Commanders at Lvl. 30 or above can send private messages to strangers.

7. Immortal Codex Shop

Added new items to the Immortal Codex Shop.

8. Trading Hall Skins

Added skins and a skin-changing feature to the [Trading Hall] in the [Camp].
[Trading Hall] skins can be obtained through future in-game events.

9. Empyrean Trove Gold Rewards

Increased the amount of Gold obtained from claiming [Empyrean Trove] in [Malrik’s Halls of Illusion].
The probability for Gold rewards remains unchanged.

10. Guild Boss Reward Visuals

Optimized the visual effect colors of some Guild Boss rewards.

Source: Official Watcher of Realms update announcement.