# Gunfire Reborn Update Notes 5/16: Season 5 "Arcane Talisman" Released! - Product: Gunfire Reborn (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gunfire-reborn) - Vendor: Gunfire Reborn Studio - Date: 2025-05-16 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1217060/view/507328780882149430 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gunfire-reborn/releases/2025-05-16-update-notes-5-16-season-5-arcane-talisman-releas 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** — Introduce new difficulty Reincarnation Level 10 with enhanced monster stats, upgraded Elite and Boss skills, new Thunderblast Barrel traps, and automatically triggered Elite Gathering challenge events - **added** — Introduce Season 5 Arcane Talisman with collectible Talismans and Power Gems that can be combined for unique abilities - **added** — Add new Occult Scroll Take it all that displays a counter in the Mysterious Chest select interface - **changed** — Adjust Abyssal Serpent skill mechanisms to include phase transitions with invincibility periods, Spirit Snakes transformation with higher resistance, and difficulty-specific skill values - **changed** — Adjust Mission from Above Store Member Level 3 to reduce quest target from 5 items across 3 Peddlers to 2 items across 1 Peddler and change failure penalty to randomize last 3 items - **changed** — Adjust Mission from Above Dual Chance Level 1 to remove debuffs from all failed quests instead of 1, and change quest target to complete a random normal quality quest instead of failed quest - **changed** — Adjust Mission from Above Dual Chance Level 2 to remove debuffs from all failed quests instead of 2, and change quest target to complete 4 scenes instead of a random failed quest - **changed** — Adjust Mission from Above Dual Chance Level 3 to remove debuffs from all failed quests immediately with no quest target required - **changed** — Adjust Concealed Ammo base throw speed from 1.5s to 1s and max range from 25m to 40m - **changed** — Adjust Concealed Ammo exclusive inscription to trigger ammo and damage buff when hitting enemies instead of only on defeating enemies - **changed** — Adjust weapon skill mechanics so using Concealed Ammo weapon skill counts as magazine reload and triggers reload-related buffs - **changed** — Optimize spectator experience by allowing spectators to obtain unique shooting skills that apply control effects to enemies - **changed** — Optimize spectator revival mechanism to allow spectators to spend Soul Essence to actively revive after clearing a certain number of scenes - **changed** — Optimize Reincarnation Level 10 by significantly reducing rescue duration when knocked down and removing normal battle Vaults from Longling Tomb Level 3 onwards - **changed** — Update skill descriptions for heroes for clarity Hi, folks! The Season 5 "Arcane Talisman" will be released in this update, and the Season 4 "Star Link" will be closed. In this update, we'll introduce a new difficulty - the [Reincarnation Level 10]. We also adjusted the [Concealed Ammo] and and optimized the spectator experience. Have a blast! Additionally, the base game and DLCs of Gunfire Reborn will offer a limited-time discount from May 16th, 19:00 to May 22nd, 19:00 (UTC-8). Thanks again for everybody's concern and support! --- Gunfire Reborn Studio ##### Season ##### Season 5 is Now Live! ##### Season Gameplay—Arcane Talisman Demonic mists rise, tainting the world. As wind and cloud surge, the spirits of all beings transform into mysterious Talismans and Power Gems, scattered across the land. Legend whispers that when these artifacts unite, they will unleash wonderful spiritual power. Adventurers embark on a new journey to obtain this power, but monsters corrupted by the mists are coveting this power as well... Like in previous seasons, "Arcane Talisman" is only available in Nightmare and Reincarnation difficulty. You can collect various Talismans and Power Gems during the adventure. Try to combine them and experience their unique abilities. Also, enemies will be enhanced by Talismans, so get ready to challenge them! Please check out more gameplay details in-game. ##### Seasonal Rewards Complete season tasks and achieve higher season levels to earn more exclusive reward items! You can obtain the new avatar frame [Arcane Talisman], new idle pose of Qing Yan [Gale Sweep], new weapon skins: Thunder Storm [Magnetic Rotation], Concealed Ammo , and new emoticons, avatars, and other season rewards. ##### Stages ##### New Difficulty ##### New Reincarnation Difficulty - Level 10 - Unlock by clearing Reincarnation Level 9 - Monster will significantly boost their survival stats - The skill effects of Elite monsters and Bosses are enhanced—check more details in the prep page - New trap in level 10: Thunderblast Barrels - Challenge Event "Elite Gathering" will be automatically triggered when you defeat a certain number of enemies in a scene - The Vaults with normal battles will no longer appear since [Longling Tomb - Level 3] - The remaining rescue duration will be significantly reduced when you're knocked down ##### Monsters ##### [Abyssal Serpent] Adjustments To optimize the combat experience of Abyssal Serpent, we adjusted its skill mechanisms - Abyssal Serpent will enter the next battle phase when HP is below a certain level, and it will obtain a short period of Invincibility when the phase is switched - Added new mechanism "Spirit Snakes": In different phases, Abyssal Serpent may transform into Spirit Snakes when using skills; Spirit Snakes have higher resistance - Adjusted the skill value for Abyssal Serpent under different difficulties, making the battle experience smoother ##### Bizarre Dream ##### [Mission from Above] Effect Adjustments **[Store Member (Level 3)]** _Old effect:_ Quest Reward: +1 Peddler's Item Slot, with a small chance of enhanced items appearing Quest Target: Purchases no more than 5 items with the next 3 Peddlers Failure Penalty: There will be a 20% chance to obtain a Cursed Scroll when purchasing weapons or Occult Scrolls from Peddlers _New effect:_ Quest Reward: +1 Peddler's Item Slot, with a small chance of enhanced items appearing Quest Target: Purchases no more than 2 items with the next 1 Peddler Failure Penalty: During your next 2 Peddlers' visits, their last 3 items will become random items **[Daul Chance (Level 1)]** _Old effect:_ Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove the debuff effect of 1 failed quest Quest Target: Complete the quest target of a random failed quest _New effect:_ Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove debuffs from all failed quests Quest Target: Complete the quest target of a random normal quality quest **[Daul Chance (Level 2)]** _Old effect:_ Quest Reward: Upon completion, remove th _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1217060/view/507328780882149430]_