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.