v1.9 Update Details
Hello, Survivors!
Here is the patch note for the v1.9 update!
Before you jump into the game, please check out the details.
v1.9 Update Details
[New Survivor]
▪️ John, a brand-new Bystander character, has joined The Walking Dead: All-Stars.
- John can be added to your Survivor Wish List.
- Once acquired, he can be set as your profile icon.
- You can meet John in Hidden Survivor, Unexpected Help, and other parts of the game.
- John has been added to the Growth Pack and he can be selected from a character slot for a Perk item.
[Expanded World Stage]
▪️ Chapter 37 has been added to the World Stage.
[New/Updated Contents]
1. New Skin
▪️ You can purchase Kate’s Snow Hunter skin after the v1.9 update.
▪️ Once equipped, your character will sport a new look as well as different skill animations.
▪️ The new skin can be set as your profile icon.
▪️ The Snow Hunter skin will be available at an early offer discount for 2 weeks.
2. Benefit System
▪️ The Benefit system has been added to give Mythical characters additional stat boosts.
▪️ Benefits can be crafted and managed in Town > Workshop once you clear World Stage 17-40 and have at least 1 Mythical character.
▪️ Benefits can be obtained through crafting, which requires Benefit Materials.
- Benefit Materials can be obtained in Bonded Warehouse, Auto Search, Trading Post, Perks, and Total War.
- Unused Benefits can be retrieved and returned as Benefit Materials.
▪️ Benefits have three grades—Epic/Unique/Legendary. Grades are assigned randomly.
- You can add Alignment/Class/Character tags to Benefits based on their grade. Benefits can gain better effects if they are equipped with their corresponding tag types.
▪️ Obtained Benefits can be equipped and enhanced in the Manage menu.
▪️ If you have at least 1 Benefit equipped, you are eligible for Benefit Daily Rewards.
- You can obtain up to 3 Benefit Daily Rewards per day. Rewards are reset at 00:00 (Server Time) every day.
▪️ You can check grades and how many Benefits your opponent has in the Character Info screen.
▪️ Benefit Materials have been added to Total War Rank Rewards.
▪️ New quests—Obtain Benefit Daily Rewards and Craft Benefits—have been added to Daily/Weekly Quests.
▪️ Ally/Neutral character Benefits have been added in the v1.9 update.
- Benefits for other alignments—Bystander, Predator, Warlord, and Overseer—are planned to roll out in future updates.
3. Facility Management
▪️ The Facility Management system has been added to grant additional buffs, including increased rewards from content as well as Guaranteed Survivors.
▪️ Facility Management can be accessed in Town > Administration once you clear World Stage 11-40.
▪️ There are a total of 47 facilities in 5 buildings. After you activate a facility, you will receive its buff effects.
- You can unlock a facility by spending Canned Food. However, you need to wait 10 hours before the effects are activated.
- All effects will be active when their corresponding facilities are unlocked. You can instantly activate facilities by using Gold Bars.
4. Guaranteed Survivor
▪️ The Guaranteed Survivor system has been added. This system allows you to obtain characters you've selected when an Epic character appears in Recruit.
▪️ Guaranteed Survivor is unlocked after the Communication Vehicle > Generator is activated in Facility Management.
- Guaranteed Survivors can be recruited as long as you have enough Guaranteed Survivor Attempts.
- Attempts increase when more Antennas are activated or your VIP Level increases.
- Available attempts are reset every 30 days.
- If you fail to recruit your desired character up until your 29th attempt, they will be guaranteed on your 30th attempt.
5. New Survivor Record
▪️ Vol. 12 [Heading Home] has been added to Explore > Survival Record.
[Improvements]
▪️ When there are rewards available from Winner’s Loot, a red dot will now be displayed.
▪️ When Normal Gear is unequipped, all stat changes other than HP/ATK/DEF will now be displayed.
▪️ When Normal Gear is unequipped, it now displays up to the nearest tenths of the changed stats.
▪️ Gear Select Chests (Legendary) with the designated Alignment and Type now have type icons displayed in addition to alignment icons.
▪️ A character’s detailed stats now display Basic Attack SPD, CRIT DMG UP/DOWN, MISS, Restoration UP, and Received Restoration UP.
[Events]
▪️ The 2x Total War Reward event has been added where you can receive double the amount of Conduct Manuals and Benefit Materials as Total War Rank Rewards.
- During the 2x Total War Reward Event, you earn 3 points of Community EXP for every 1 Community AP.
- Every time you engage in a battle, you can earn 100 Community EXP.
▪️ For Version 1.9, we've revamped the rewards for the 7-Day Login Event and Town Management Event.
▪️ To celebrate the new survivor update, the Mysterious Survivor John event has been added.
- You can try out the new character, John, in this event.
▪️ The 14-Day Growth Support Event and 7-Day Survival Support Event rewards have been updated.
▪️ The Warehouse Clearance Event Rewards have been revamped, where you flip matching pairs of cards.
[Perks]
▪️ Special Perk Packs have been added.
▪️ More offers have been added to Limited Pack and Weekly Perk.
- Any items with Benefit Materials are limited-time special offers to celebrate the Benefit update.
- Please note that they will no longer be available after the March update.
▪️ After the v1.9 update, 1 item in the Beginner Pack has been replaced with 6 new items.
- New packs can be purchased by all users.
[Character Updates]
(1) Sophia
▪️ You can now select a character that Sophia follows in the combat prep screen.
- Tap the Speech Bubble icon on the right side of Sophia and select the character for her to follow.
- If you don’t select a character, she will follow a comrade with the highest CP.
▪️ The issue has been fixed where Small Support’s skill effects were sometimes not applied.
[Game System Update]
▪️ An issue has been fixed where the 5th digit of CP was hidden behind the Personal Gear icon, showing only 4 digits in the Survival Record’s combat prep screen.
▪️ An issue has been fixed where a display was not shown when a character was obtained for the first time through Headhunt, Mail, or Main Quests.
▪️ Character levels in the Mercenary Request pop-up will now be the same levels as when a request is accepted as intended.
▪️ An issue has been fixed where the CP of characters not registered to the Training Grounds was shown to other users without effects from Bond/Tactics Research applied.
▪️ An issue has been fixed where Survivors would appear in the "Used By the Following Characters" gear list even when they already have the gear equipped.
▪️ An issue has been fixed where a red dot appeared in your previous VIP information when you checked a VIP Level 2 levels higher than your current one even when there were no available rewards.
▪️ An issue has been fixed where CP was incorrectly displayed on devices that had the language set as French.
▪️ An issue has been fixed where new Survival Record stories could not be accessed or played on devices set to certain countries/languages.
