# Astral Party December 05 Update Notice - Product: Astral Party (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/astral-party) - Vendor: STAR ENGINE PROJECT - Date: 2025-12-01 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2622000/view/530990439685161171 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/astral-party/releases/2025-12-01-december-05-update-notice 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** — CN Server and Global Server separation for Steam requiring players to download and bind accounts to their chosen server - **added** — New character Jiao of the Mire with dedicated gacha event banner - **added** — Extreme Difficulty added to Soul Celebration Co-op Challenge Mode - **added** — New monsters Martial Spirit - Murder and Martial Spirit - Enmity - **added** — New card Quirky Enchanted - **added** — Soul Dominion event with avatar and finisher rewards - **added** — Potential Activation for Lord of Commerce, Red Hot, and Robot Maid characters - **added** — Matchmaking system for Co-op Challenge Mode with mode, map, and difficulty selection - **added** — Co-op Challenge 7-Day Support Pack and Magic Gem Pack to the store - **added** — All players receive Gacha Cassette x3 via in-game mail as maintenance reward - **changed** — Account data is now separate and independent across different servers with planned future unavailability of cross-server matchmaking - **changed** — Increased penalty duration for early exit during matchmaking in Co-op Challenge Mode - **changed** — Matchmaking mode in Co-op Challenge displays only a rotating selection of available maps - **changed** — Updated User Agreement and Privacy Policy now live following change of operating entity - **fixed** — Fixed difficulty lock not refreshing after switching accounts in Co-op Challenge Mode - **fixed** — Fixed Survey Satellite effect not working after reconnection **“Welcome to Astral Party!”** **Dear players,** Due to additional server maintenance required following the change of operating entity for Astral Party, the game will undergo an update starting December 05, 2025 at 10:00 (UTC+8). The maintenance is expected to take approximately 8 hours. Please log back into the game after the update is completed. ##### **Update Schedule** December 05, 2025 - 10:00 (UTC+8) ##### **Update Details** - Important Notice According to China’s video game-related regulatory policies, the Steam server will be separated into a **CN Server** and a **Global Server**. After this update, players must download the client for the server they intend to continue playing on, then log in and bind their account to that server. An updated User Agreement and Privacy Policy are now live. ※ After selecting the appropriate server and completing the login process, your account will be bound to that server and cannot be used to access another server. ※ Account data is separate and independent across different servers. While matchmaking will initially remain shared for a period of time, it will gradually become unavailable for cross-server interactions in the future due to server mergers. - New Character Debut — **Jiao of the Mire** “Will you stay by my side… and watch me grow into a true dragon, Adventurers?” During “Jiao of the Mire UP” event banner, players will have a higher chance to obtain Mamushi via the Gacha tab. - Co-op Challenge Mode — New **\** Difficulty added to **[Soul Celebration]** “The festival feels even more high spirited this time!” - Extreme Difficulty available: 2025/12/05 ~ 2026/01/16 - New Monsters: Martial Spirit - Murder, Martial Spirit - Enmity - New Card: Quirky Enchanted - Event Live — Soul Dominion — 2025/12/05 ~ 2026/01/16 Access via the Main Menu. Complete missions to receive:**Avatar – Soul Dominion**，**Finisher – Soul Shock** ×1，**Avatar – Pixel Murder** ×1，**Avatar – Pixel Enmity** ×1，**Shiyu-Shiyu Chip** ×500 and more rewards! - Event Live — New Character: **Jiao of the Mire** UP! — 2025/12/05 ~ 2026/01/09 Available from the Gacha menu. Higher chance to obtain “Jiao of the Mire”. - Event Live — **Lord of Commerce** UP! — 2025/12/05 ~ 2026/01/09 Higher chance to obtain Parunan on the Lord of Commerce UP banner. - Event Live — **Red Hot** UP! — 2025/12/05 ~ 2026/01/09 Higher chance to obtain Papara on the Red Hot UP banner. - **Potential Activation** New characters available for Potential activation:**Lord of Commerce, Red Hot, Robot Maid** - Lord of Commerce - Potential Effect - All characters’ shops stock one additional battle card, and each card has a 10% chance to cost only 1 Star Coin. - After **Parunan** transfers coins, one card in the current shop costs 1 coin. - Red Hot - Potential Effect - While your active skill is active, your current HP is always treated as below half, regardless of the actual value. - Robot Maid - Potential Effect - After you use your active skill, if your next movement is 10 or higher, gain +2 ATK this turn. Otherwise, gain +2 DEF. - After triggering a **Haste panel**, reduce your active skill cooldown by 2. - Preview content is for reference only. Actual effects may vary when released. - Shop Updates - Co-op Challenge 7-Day Support Pack now available 2025/12/05 ~ 2025/12/21 - **Magic Gem Pack** added to the Gift Pack Store 2025/12/05 ~ 2026/01/05 - Optimizations & Adjustments - Added matchmaking for Co-op Challenge Mode. Players can now choose the mode (PVE or PVP), and select map & difficulty to match with others. - In matchmaking mode, only a rotating selection of maps will be available. - Co-op Challenge Mode (PVE) allows inviting friends to form a team before matching; PVP currently supports solo matching only for balance. - Increased penalty duration for early exit during matchmaking. - Higher difficulties in matchmaking require clearing the previous difficulty to unlock. - Room Lobby remains availabl _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2622000/view/530990439685161171]_