# Astral Party Astral Party Update (0124) - Product: Astral Party (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/astral-party) - Vendor: STAR ENGINE PROJECT - Date: 2025-01-21 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2622000/view/793296857397723879 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/astral-party/releases/2025-01-21-astral-party-update-0124 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — Added Co-op Challenge mode - **changed** — Redesigned most chips with affix design, where chips with the same affix trigger stronger effects - **changed** — Enhanced support chips to allow support characters to gain combat power through specific chips - **added** — Added new chip-acquiring panels and increased star coin quantity carried by monsters - **changed** — Improved the CPU - **added** — Added Marker feature allowing players to mark locations on the map - **changed** — Optimized UI for displaying monster information - **changed** — Reduced knocked-down character progress from 2 to 1 - **changed** — Balanced monsters and events for Dreama Battle and Soul Celebration with the new chip system - **changed** — Optimized UI for the character list - **changed** — Improved Japanese localization - **added** — Added new PvE passive skill for Cheongsam Girl that triggers when both she and Feng Shui Master are present - **changed** — Redesigned Slime's PvE active skills - **fixed** — Fixed incorrect star disc number display for pass upgrade - **fixed** — Fixed dice appearance display issue - **fixed** — Fixed HP incorrectly displayed after being hit by an elite monster in PvE mode - **fixed** — Fixed display issue where gift items showed negative values Dear players! Dear players, the game will undergo maintenance and update starting at 15:00 (UTC+8) on January 24. Please restart the game after the update is complete. **Update Time** 15:00 - 17:30 (UTC+8) on 2024/01/24 **Update Content** - Co-op Challenge - Redesigned most of the chips, adding affix design for the chips; chips with the same affix will trigger stronger effects. - Enhanced support chips, allowing support characters to gain combat power through specific chips. - Added new chip-acquiring panels and increased the star coin quantity carried by monsters; players can acquire more chips in a single game. - Improved the CPU. - Added the“Marker”feature, allowing players to mark on the map. - Optimized the UI for displaying monster information. - Reduced the knocked-down character progress from 2 to 1. - Balanced the monsters and events for Dreama Battle and Soul Celebration with the new chip system The Astral Party team will continue to monitor how adjustments in the Co-op Challenge mode impact the player experience. Thank you for your continued support of Astral Party! - Event【S3-Co-op Challenge First Half】 --- The Campfire Carnival - Daytime --- 2025-01-24 ~ 2025-02-21 Access the event from the main menu. Complete event tasks to earn various rewards. - Event --- Welcome to Longxing Hotel! --- 2025-01-24 ~ 2025-02-07 Access the event from the main screen. Complete event tasks to earn various rewards. - Event --- Splendor Royale - New Year Exclusive--- 2025-01-24 ~ 2025-02-07 Access the event from the main screen and use the Star Disc for Gacha. Prizes include: 【Splendor Royale-Nancy Lu X 1】【Profile Card - Splendor Royale (Animated) X 1】 【Splendor Royale Dice X 1】【Black & Gold Gift Card X 1】 【Character Select Box (Season 1+Season 2) X 1】, etc. - Event --- Collab Character Trial --- 2025-01-24 ~ 2025-01-29 During the event period, players can use the collaboration characters "KAngel" and "Ame" for a limited time. - Event --- Season 1& 2 Character Trial --- 2025-01-30 ~ 2025-02-05 During the event period, players can use all characters from Season 1 and Season 2 for a limited time. - Event --- New Character - Feng Shui Master UP! 2025-01-24 ~ 2025-02-07 Access the Gacha from the“Feng Shui Master UP!”tab for a higher chance of obtaining the new character. - Event --- Cyber Phantom UP!2025-01-24 ~ 2025-02-07 Access the Gacha from the“Cyber Phantom UP!”tab for a higher chance of obtaining the new character. - Event --- Cheongsam Girl UP!2025-01-24 ~ 2025-02-07 Access the Gacha from the“Cheongsam Girl UP!”tab for a higher chance of obtaining the new character. - Optimizations & Adjustments - Optimized the UI for the character list - In-game emoticon system: Added the map marker feature - Improved the Japanese localization - Balance Adjustments - Added a new PvE passive skill for Cheongsam Girl, which can be triggered when both she and Feng Shui Master are present. - Redesigned the Slime's PvE active skills. - Bug Fixes - Fixed the incorrect star disc number display for pass upgrade. - Fixed dice appearance display issue. - Fixed the issue where HP was incorrectly displayed after being hit by an elite monster in PvE mode. - Fixed the display issue where gift items were showing negative values. **Maintenance Reward** This update and maintenance will distribute --- 【Gacha Cassette X 3】. The mail is valid for 7X24 hours. Wish you a pleasant game, and thank you for your continued support of "Astral Party". Astral Party Operation Team