A new Legend hero from the Pentagon, Orca, has been added to Seven Knights Re:BIRTH. As an offensive hero, Orca specializes in inflicting 'malicious debt' on enemies to lower their Defense and increase their vulnerability to Physical damage.

The passive skill 'Cruel Deal' handles both Orca's survival and ally support. It grants Orca immunity to all damage and resurrection upon death, while increasing the Effect Accuracy of all allies. Additionally, it applies the 'Unfair Contract' effect to offensive allies other than Orca. This effect triggers when an ally (including Orca) uses a skill twice, providing different benefits based on whether the ally is in the front or back row, such as Cooldown reduction, healing, increased Physical damage, or increased damage nullification. At Transcendence level 2, Orca also gains increased Effect Resistance.

Orca's basic attack deals damage to a single enemy and inflicts 'malicious debt.' Malicious debt applies Defense reduction and Physical vulnerability once the target is hit a specified number of times (4). While this does not apply to boss monsters, it is expected to be a powerful tool for pressuring enemies in standard combat and PVP.

Skill 1, 'Unfair Trade,' deals piercing damage twice to four enemies, while reducing their effect application probability and inflicting malicious debt. Skill 2, 'Ruthless Exploitation,' reduces the turn-based buffs of four enemies and deals damage twice. Both skills gain a Defense-piercing effect at Transcendence level 6, significantly increasing their damage output.

The new hero Orca can be ascended immediately upon release. Ascended Orca features enhanced damage on basic attacks and existing skills, along with a reinforced passive. The duration of the immortality effect is increased by 1 turn, and the Ascension gauge increases when immortality is triggered. The Ascension skill, 'Ultimatum,' targets all enemies, reduces their turn-based buffs, and deals damage twice, with additional damage dealt on every critical hit. A Defense-piercing effect is added at Transcendence level 6.

Unique heroes Hellenia and Hevnia have also joined the list of heroes available for Ascension. Both can elevate their existing concepts through this process. Hellenia's Skill 1, 'Light of the Sky,' attacks three enemies, applies a reduction to their Weak Point attack probability, and removes debuffs from three allies. Skill 2, 'Shield of the Sky,' grants Hellenia immunity to Magic damage and Taunt, while providing Magic damage reduction to three allies.

The passive 'Valkyrie's Potential' focuses on Hellenia's sustainability and protective capabilities. It provides constant Magic damage reduction, and a healing effect triggers when her HP drops below a certain threshold. Furthermore, after being hit by enemy attacks a certain number of times, she heals the ally with the lowest current HP and grants protection to back-row Universal-type allies. The Ascension skill, 'Blessing of Salvation,' removes all debuffs from three allies, resets their skill Cooldowns, and provides a Defense-based shield.

Hevnia's Ascension skill, 'Meteor Explosion,' grants increased Physical damage to herself and the two allies with the highest Attack, then attacks a single enemy. Skill enhancement increases the Physical damage bonus and adds critical damage. It will be interesting to see how Hellenia and Hevnia perform, as they are the first Unique grade heroes to receive an Ascension.

Hero balance adjustments have also been implemented for Sylvesta, Hellenia, and Hevnia. For Sylvesta, the first hero to receive an Ascension, some skill structures have been changed, including adjustments to attack range, damage composition, and survivability. 'Condemnation of Justice' now hits four targets instead of one, with increased damage and enhanced bloodsucking effects. 'Strike of Purification' maintains its multi-target structure but now scales with both Magic attack power and the target's max HP. The turn-based buff reduction, previously a basic effect, has been moved to a skill enhancement effect. The passive retains 'Blessing' and 'Authority,' with the addition of a shield scaling with Magic attack power upon triggering 'Authority,' as well as HP recovery upon skill activation.

New content has been added. The 28th adventure region, 'Haven of Darkness,' is now open, along with its Nightmare difficulty. The Growth Expedition has also been expanded to accommodate the new region.

The maximum floor of the Tower of Infinite has been increased from 350 to 400. Floors 351 and above feature restrictions on specific hero roles, requiring strategic adjustments. Floors 351–360 restrict the use of Universal, Support, and Defense types, with restrictions changing every 10 floors thereafter. The reward for clearing floor 400 is a 5-star Legend Accessory Chest. Note that the stats of monsters from floors 1 to 350 have been lowered, reducing the difficulty of clearing existing stages.

As previously announced, hero Ascension requirements have been improved. Previously, players needed 6-star status, 6-Transcendence, all skills fully enhanced, and Ascension Stones. Now, only 6-star status, all skills fully enhanced, and Ascension Stones are required. Removing the 6-Transcendence requirement significantly lowers the barrier to entry for Ascension.

Notably, skill enhancement history is now preserved upon Ascension. If all four skills were previously enhanced, players only need to enhance the new Ascension skill. Skill enhancement stones and gold used for additional skill enhancements after Ascension between the May 28 (Thu) maintenance and today's update will be refunded.

Improvements to exclusive equipment have also been applied. A 'Batch Equip' function has been added to the exclusive equipment menu in the inventory, allowing players to automatically equip gear to eligible heroes after selecting preferences for each content type. Exclusive equipment combination and selection chests have also been improved. When registering materials for combination, enhanced materials are now automatically included in the registration list, and players can now check their current inventory status within the acquisition lists of equipment chests and selection chests.

Four new costumes are being added: Orca's Rare costume 'Big Brother,' Rin's Rare grade costume 'Guild Guardian,' and two costumes for Ryan, 'Duel's Guide.' The Orca costume can be purchased in the Costume Shop, and Rin's 'Guild Guardian' can be purchased for 2000 Glory Pendants. Note that the Rin costume will be available for purchase starting July 2 at 9:00 AM.

Ryan's 'Duel's Guide' is a Real-time Arena reward costume. The Rare grade version is awarded to players who finish the Real-time Arena season at Master III or higher, while the Rare grade version is provided as a reward for ranks from Platinum III to Diamond I. Although added to the Costume Shop after the June 25 maintenance, it will only be available for preview initially, with actual distribution based on the Real-time Arena season ending on July 9.

An attendance event has begun in anticipation of the upcoming 'Seven Knights Month' in July. The event lasts for 7 days, and completing it grants 30 Hero Summon cards, 10 Pet Summon cards, 30 Key Chests, and 1 Shining Skill Enhancement Stone, so don't miss out.

A new scenario event has also opened. Participation in the 'Only One Wish' scenario event, the second part of the Pentagon story, follows the same method as before. Players enjoy the story, clear challenge stages, and use repeat battles to collect 'Broken Monument Fragments.' These resources can be exchanged in the event shop for Legend Hero Summon cards, Pick-up Hero Summon cards, Hero Summon cards, and Key Chests. For items excluding the 1k Gold reward, players should play stage A 6 Nightmare 231 times.