Watcher of Realms Patch Notes – September 15, 2025

Here are the official Watcher of Realms update notes for September 15, 2025, including hero balance changes and fixes, new Faction Trial and Tower of Deception stages, the new Storage System, and additional gameplay improvements.

Patch Overview

• Heroes: Malvira, Zelus, Lyra, Moriden, and Faelin receive skill and awakening adjustments, while several other heroes receive fixes and optimizations.
• New Stages: Faction Trial expands with Northerners and Cultists stages, and Tower of Deception gains new stages.
• Storage System: A brand new Storage interface is now live with batch functions and updated previews.
• Other Updates: Gear Storage expanded, Arena population cap increased, new achievements added, and multiple interface improvements applied.

Heroes

Malvira, Keeper of the Dead

Skill Adjustments

• [Oath of the Damned] Trigger Interval adjusted from “80/70/70/60/60 sec” to “75/65/65/55/55 sec”.

Awakening Adjustments

• [Awakened I] Shield Duration increased from 5 sec to 8 sec.
• [Awakened III] Added extra effect: During Call of the Reaper, increases Max HP by 10%. When casting skills, each stack of Resentment consumed additionally increases Max HP by 2%.
• [Awakened V] “Each enemy kill increases the hero’s Max HP by 2%, stacking up to 10 times.” adjusted to “Each enemy kill increases the hero’s Max HP by 2% and DMG Reduction by 1%, stacking up to 10 times.”

• Fixed an issue where [Call of the Reaper] sometimes failed to prioritize pulling the farthest target.

Zelus, Lord of Styx

Skill Adjustments

• [Running Styx] Burst DMG Multiplier enhanced from 100/110/110/120/120% to 140/160/160/180/180%. Continuous DMG Multiplier enhanced from 50/50/55/55/60% to 70/70/80/80/90%.
• [Soul Corruption] Vulnerability (M. DMG) inflicted on all enemies within the Ground Effect Area enhanced from 10/11/12/13/14% to 15/16/17/18/20%.

Awakening Adjustments

• [Awakened I] “Ground Effect Area created by Basic ATK lasts 1 sec longer” adjusted to “Ground Effect Area created by Basic ATK lasts 1 sec longer. When the Ground Effect Area damages enemy units, it inflicts 50% Slow on them.”

Exclusive Artifact

• [Graveyard Opus] effect adjusted from “DMG Increase +15%, during Ultimate, reduces enemy Healing Effect by 30%-50%” to “DMG Increase +15/17/19/21/23/25%, during Ultimate, inflicts Anti-Healing on affected enemies.”

Lyra, The Cosmic Seer

Skill Adjustments

[Rift Resonance]

Before:
When Ultimate meteors hit: If at least 1 Cosmic Rift exists, grants 15/17/19/21/25% ATK Increase to the hero for 10 sec; If 2 Cosmic Rifts exist, dispel 1 buff from the target.

After:
When Ultimate meteors hit: Grants 22/25/28/31/35% ATK Increase for 15 sec and dispels 1 buff from the target.

• [Celestial Confluence] “Bonus disappears after attacking different enemies” adjusted to “Bonus decreases by 1 stack after attacking a different enemy.”
• [Talent] Cosmic Rift duration increased from 15 sec to 18 sec.

Awakening Adjustments

• [Awakened III] Added additional effect: [Starfall Strike] meteors inflict Stun for 1 sec on hit.

Moriden, The Wraithborn Rider

Skill Adjustments

• [Ultimate Talent] Time to gain Dark Infusion while charging adjusted from 5 sec to 4 sec.
• [Black Wind] During the Prince of Darkness state, Basic ATK becomes Soul Strike. Increases DMG from 260/260/260/320/320% to 300/300/300/360/360%.
• [Awakened I] New effect: Casting Soul Strike during the Ultimate restores 10% Max HP.

Faelin, The Buckthorn Druid

• [Spectral Rot] adjusted to: When an enemy inflicted with Poison by this hero dies, deals AoE DMG equal to 150/170/190/210/230% to up to 8 surrounding enemies 1 time. This effect can only be triggered 1 time every 3 sec.

Kigiri, The Undying Ronin

• Fixed an issue where activating [Tranquil Reflection] and immediately triggering Parry could sometimes prevent the Ultimate from ending early.

Ymiret, Frostbourne Leviathan

• Fixed an issue where Ymiret’s Basic ATK occasionally had inconsistent attack timing.

Valara, Soul’s Guide

• Fixed an issue where Valara’s Basic ATK occasionally had inconsistent attack timing.

Ne Zha, The Crimson Lotus

• Optimized Ne Zha’s tag: Removed [True DMG] since Ne Zha’s True DMG skill is at Awakened III; added [AoE P. DMG].

Anora, The Silver Seraphim

• Optimized pathfinding logic performance for summoned units.

Beatrix, The Shadow Collector

• Optimized pathfinding logic performance for summoned units.

New Stages

• 6 new Trial of the Northerners stages and 6 new Trial of the Cultists stages have been added to Faction Trial gameplay.
• In Tower of Deception gameplay, 5 new Challenge Stages and 1 Hidden Chamber stage have been added between the original stages 15 and 16.

New Storage System Now Live!

• Added a new Storage entrance to the main interface while removing the original Storage entrance.
• The new Storage includes all the hero gear previews, gear Storage, Artifact Storage, material Storage, shard Storage, and other functions.
• In all hero gear previews, you can perform operations such as removing all gear and Artifacts from all heroes with one tap.
• In the gear and Artifact Storage, you can perform batch operations such as batch enhancement, batch lock, batch unlock, and batch sell.
• Optimized the categorization and arrangement logic for various items in the original Storage.
• Optimized the gear bulk enhancement feature. Successfully enhanced gear will have its results displayed collectively.
• Optimized the return to gear list after gear enhancement; the list will maintain its previous position.

Other Updates

• Added 500 slots to gear Storage.
• The population cap for Arena’s Apex Overlord has been increased to 500 players.
• Removed the drop of 5-star Psychic Power and its shards from Drake’s Chasm – Abyss I.
• Fixed an issue where some heroes’ AoE DMG sometimes failed to affect invisible monsters.

New Achievements

• [Advanced Trialist]: Clear a trial unlocked by Mossy Crystal III or above of Legendary rarity or rarer and eliminate all monsters in Malrik’s Halls of Illusion. Grants a Bronze Medal reward.
• [Conqueror III]: Clear Stage 19 in Gear Raid I, II, and III. Achievement Reward: Legendary Lord Hero Pick x1.
• [Commander of Demon Soldiers II]: Launch 5 successful attacks in Guild War. Achievement reward: Demon Soldier – Frost Guardian x1 and Demon Soldier – Grotesque Fiend x1.
• [Nightmare Harbinger]: Clear Stage 15 in Trial of Nightmare.
• [Lord of the Night]: Clear Stage 18 in Trial of Nightmare.
• [King of the North]: Clear Stage 15 in Trial of the Northerners.
• [Winter Overlord]: Clear Stage 18 in Trial of the Northerners.
• [Spellbreaker]: Clear Stage 15 in Trial of the Cultists.
• [Lord of Annihilation]: Clear Stage 18 in Trial of the Cultists.

• Optimized the animation effects for Malrik’s Halls of Illusion.
• Added Hero ratings to Tower of Deception and Malrik’s Halls of Illusion.
• Optimized the art assets for the reward chests in [Titanic Ruins].

Source: Official Watcher of Realms update announcement.