Blue Archive Update: New Student Akari & Events Revealed – What’s Coming?

Blue Archive Update Notice Summary: Get Ready for Exciting New Content

Attention all Blue Archive players, a major update is just around the corner. Scheduled for **September 3 (Tuesday) 2:00 AM – 5:00 AM (UTC)**, this update promises to bring a plethora of exciting new content to the game. During this time, players will be unable to connect to the game due to maintenance, but the wait will be well worth it.

Among the key highlights of this update are the addition of **Akari (New Year)**, a brand-new student, as well as the introduction of **Pick-Up Recruitment**, featuring **Akari (New Year)**, **Haruna (New Year)**, **Fuuka (New Year)**, **Ui**, **Hinata**, and **Sakurako**. Players can also look forward to a new **Event Story**, **Joint Firing Drill**, and **Grand Assault**, each with its own set of rewards and challenges.

But that’s not all – this update also brings new furniture, interactions, and campaigns to the game. To stay up-to-date on all the latest developments, be sure to check out the official Blue Archive website or visit earlygg.com for more information. With so much new content on the horizon, it’s an exciting time to be a Blue Archive player.

Notice:

The following are the details for the 9/3 (Tue) Update.

All listed times are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) unless otherwise stated.

9/3 (Tue) Update Notice

1. Date: 9/3 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 5:00 AM (UTC)

2. Impact: Players will be unable to connect to the game during maintenance.

3. Rewards: Pyroxene x360

* You can claim maintenance rewards from your mailbox after maintenance until 9/10 (Tue) 2:59 PM (UTC). (Mailbox Storage Window: 7 days)

9/3 (Tue) Update Main Schedule
– The following is the release schedule for the content included in this update. Further details are available in the relevant categories.

– For more information on the upcoming campaigns, please refer to the “Upcoming Campaigns” section at the bottom of the notice as well as the “September Rewards Campaign Notice.”

Dates	Category	Content	Notes
9/3 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC)	Regular Maintenance	Maintenance Begins
9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)	Pick-Up Recruitment	Akari (New Year)	9/3 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) Recruitment Points Reset
9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)	Unique Pick-Up Recruitment	Haruna (New Year), Fuuka (New Year)	9/3 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) Recruitment Points Reset
9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)	Event Story	Returning: New Year’s Aperitif
9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/9 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)	Joint Firing Drill	Escort Drill
9/10 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) – 9/16 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)	Grand Assault	Binah (Urban Warfare)
9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) – 9/24 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)	Pick-Up Recruitment	Ui, Hinata, Sakurako	9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC) Recruitment Points Reset
9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM (UTC)	Event Story	The Clumsy Sister and the Magician of the Old Library Immortalized	Event participation and rewards will become available permanently.

9/3 (Tue) Update Highlights

Main Update Details

1. New Students

– Akari (3★, New Year)

2. Student Recruitment

– For information about probabilities, visit In Game → Recruit → Rate Info at the bottom left of each Recruitment area.
– During Pick-Up Recruitment, you can use Recruitment Points for Selective Acquisition of Pick-Up students.

– When the Pick-Up Recruitment ends, Recruitment Points are converted to Keystone Pieces at a 1:1 ratio and sent to your mailbox.

* Please check the 9/3 (Tue) Pick-Up Recruitment & Unique Pick-Up Recruitment Notice for more details.

– Akari (3★, New Year) Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– [Returning] Haruna (3★, New Year) Unique Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– [Returning] Fuuka (3★, New Year) Unique Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– [Returning] Ui (3★) Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 9/24 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– [Returning] Hinata (3★) Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 9/24 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– [Returning] Sakurako (3★) Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 9/24 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

9/3 (Tue) Pick-Up Recruitment – Akari (New Year)

* Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– Applied to the student’s Pick-Up Recruitment probability.

Ex: Akari (3★, New Year)’s Pick-Up Recruitment probability applies to the Pick-Up rates for Akari (3★, New Year)’s Recruitment.

– You can also recruit Akari (3★, New Year) via Regular Recruitment both during and after this Pick-Up period.

– You can use Recruitment Points to selectively acquire Akari (3★, New Year) during her Pick-Up Recruitment period.

9/3 (Tue) Unique Pick-Up Recruitment – Haruna (New Year), Fuuka (New Year)

* Unique Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– Applied to the student’s Pick-Up Recruitment probability.

Ex: Haruna (3★, New Year)’s Pick-Up Recruitment probability applies to the Pick-Up rates for Haruna (3★, New Year)’s Recruitment.

– The only time you can also get Unique Pick-Up Recruitment Students in Regular Recruitment is during their Unique Pick-Up Recruitment.

– You can use Recruitment Points to selectively acquire Haruna (3★, New Year) and Fuuka (3★, New Year) during their Pick-Up Recruitment period.

– Though the specific dates have not been determined, their Unique Pick-Up Recruitment may return at a later time.

9/17 (Tue) Pick-Up Recruitment – Ui, Hinata, Sakurako

* Pick-Up Recruitment Schedule: 9/17 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 9/24 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– Applied to the student’s Pick-Up Recruitment probability.

Example: Ui (3★)’s Pick-Up Recruitment probability applies to the Pick-Up rates for Ui (3★)’s Recruitment.

– You can also recruit Ui (3★) via Regular Recruitment both during and after this Pick-Up period.

– You can use Recruitment Points to selectively acquire Ui (3★), Hinata (3★), and Sakurako (3★) during their Pick-Up Recruitment period.

3. [Returning] Event Story: New Year’s Aperitif

🔹 Event Schedule

– Event Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/17 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

– Shop, Task, and Event Reward Claim/Exchange Schedule: 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/24 (Tue) 1:59 AM (UTC)

🔹 Event Details

* Clear Mission 2-3 (Normal) to participate in the New Year’s Aperitif event.

* When the event ends, unused event currencies are changed to Credit Points on a 1:1 ratio and sent to your mailbox.

Story

– Clear Stories to earn various rewards, like Pyroxenes and event currency.

ㄴ Clear Story – 01 Commercial District Entrance to recruit Junko (1★, New Year).

ㄴ If you already have Junko(New Year), you will receive Junko(New Year)’s Eleph x1, and Eligma x1 instead.

– Once you clear the story, you can re-watch the unlocked episodes in the Story menu.

Quests

– Clear Quests to earn various rewards, like Credit Points and Artifacts.

Challenges

– Challenges open 9/3 (Tue) 7:00 PM (UTC).

– Event Challenges only have 3★ and First Clear Rewards. Clearing Challenges more than once will not grant additional rewards.

Specialized Student Effects

– Specialized Students grant bonuses for each event currency.

ㄴ Go to Specialized Student → Event Currency in the event screen to view details.

– Specialized Effects apply to stages in both Story and Quests.

– Specialized Effects are only applied to repeat rewards.

– Once a Specialized Effect is applied, it is permanently applied to that stage. The effect also applies to Sweeps.

Shop

– You can trade event currencies you earn from Story and Quest stages for items in the event shop.

– You can get different rewards depending on how many Event Points you earn.

Tasks

– Clear Event Tasks to earn Pyroxenes and Credit Points.

Omikuji

– Use the “Omikuji Exchange Ticket” you get from the event shop.

– Choose an Omikuji to try your luck and get rewards.

4. Event Recap: The Clumsy Sister and the Magician of the Old Library Immortalized

– The Event Story “The Clumsy Sister and the Magician of the Old Library” will be added to Event Recap on 9/17 (Tue) at 2:00 AM (UTC) and will be available permanently.

* You can play the Event Story in Event Recap once you clear Mission 2-3 (Normal).

* You can clear Story Stages and get first-time rewards from regular Event Stories, though some content may be restricted.

* Immortalized Event Stories will be a common occurrence in future updates.

* Please check in game for details.

5. Joint Firing Drill (Escort Drill)

Welcome to the Kivotos Joint Firing Drill, Sensei!
Participate in 1 Joint Firing Drill and complete 3 Escort Drills.
The combined scores from the 3 drills will be your total score, so plan carefully to get the highest score possible.
You can trade the Joint Firing Drill Coins you earn for various items in the Shop.

Event Schedule

– 9/3 (Tue) After Maintenance – 9/9 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)

Event Details
– Earn Joint Firing Drill Coins and Credit Points based on your final score.

Drill Types and Special Rules

– Escort Drill (Stages 1-4)

– Joint Firing Drills rotate between 3 types of drills: Shooting, Defense, Escort, and Breakthrough.

Category	Drill Terrain	Enemy Defense Type	Special Rule 1	Special Rule 2
Stage 1	Urban Warfare	Heavy	–	–
Stage 2	Urban Warfare	Heavy	–	–
Stage 3	Urban Warfare	Heavy	When a stat-altering buff is applied to the Avant Guard, the same effect is replicated on all allies other than Special students.	–
Stage 4	Urban Warfare	Heavy	When a stat-altering buff is applied to the Avant Guard, the same effect is replicated on all allies other than Special students.	Avant Guard Recovery Rate Decrease Enemy ATK Decrease

Participation Requirements

– Clear Normal Mission 5-3

Escort Drill Details

Drill Summary

– Each Joint Firing Drill consists of 3 Escort Drills. Your total score is the combined scores from the 3 Escort Drills.

– Drill scores are calculated based on the number of stages you clear.

– Choose 1 of 4 stages. You can clear the same stage more than once.

– Students used in previous battles cannot be assigned to the same drill again.

ㄴ However, if you attempt a battle and do not clear it, you can try again with the same students.

How to Participate

– Use 1 Drill Ticket to begin the drill.

– You can receive up to 3 Drill Tickets every day at 7:00 PM (UTC).

– Unused tickets do not roll over.

Example: If you already have 2 tickets before the daily recharge, it will only recharge to 3, not 5.

Drill Time Restrictions

– The total drill time is 1 hour, and you can complete the drill up to 3 times until time is up.

– If the 1 hour runs out before you complete the drill 3 times, you will automatically exit the drill, and your score will be calculated based on your progress up to that point.

– Even if the game exits due to network problems or other issues, you can always re-enter the Joint Firing Drill as long as it is within the time limit.

Rewards

– You will earn Joint Firing Drill Coins and Credit Points based on the total of your 3 scores.

Sweep

– When you use 1 Drill Ticket to sweep, you will earn Joint Firing Drill Coins and Credit Points based on the day’s top score.

– Sweep is only available once, and only on the same day the drill was cleared.

Quitting

– Your reward will be based on your score when you quit.

Mock Battle

– You can practice before you use a Drill Ticket, but you won’t earn a reward.

6. Grand Assault: Binah (Urban Warfare)

Devise unique strategies to overcome the different defense types deployed by Binah!

You can challenge Torment difficulty with an alternate defense type!

🔹 Event Schedule

– Season Schedule: 9/10 (Tue) 2:00 AM – 9/16 (Mon) 6:59 PM (UTC)

🔹 Event Details

– Defeat the Grand Assault boss during the event to earn a Total Points Reward and Rank Reward.

Terrain, Attack Type (Insane and Torment only)

– Urban Warfare / Piercing

* All 3 defense types are available up to Insane difficulty. Only Special Armor is available in Torment difficulty.

* Other than the defense type, boss info and specs are the same as the existing Total Assault for each difficulty.

Participation Requirements

– Clear Normal Mission 4-5

Grand Assault Ticket Reset Time

– One Grand Assault ticket is distributed every day at 7:00 PM (UTC) for each defense type. You can own up to 7 tickets at a time.

– It costs 1 Grand Assault Ticket per defense type to enter, and you will have 1 hour to clear the boss.

– While you are fighting a boss of a certain defense type, you cannot begin a fight with a boss of a different defense type.

– Even if you lose, you can re-enter during the 1-hour time period and continue fighting.

– You can re-enter at any time within the time limit without having to use additional Grand Assault tickets.

– Even if the game closes during battle due to network or other issues, you can always re-enter the Grand Assault as long as it is within the time limit.

– Once the 1-hour time limit has passed, you cannot re-enter. The score will be calculated based on the boss’s remaining HP, and you won’t receive the Boss Clear Reward.

Available Difficulties

– There are 7 difficulties: Normal, Hard, Very Hard, Hardcore, Extreme, Insane, and Torment.

* Only Special Armor is available in Torment difficulty.

Clear Rewards

– You will earn Grand Assault Coins based on the difficulty you clear.

– The Sweep feature is available on bosses that have been cleared at least once during the season.

Difficulty	Rewards
Normal	Grand Assault Coin x40
Hard	Grand Assault Coin x60
Very Hard	Grand Assault Coin x80
Hardcore	Grand Assault Coin x100 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x10
Extreme	Grand Assault Coin x120 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x20
Insane	Grand Assault Coin x140 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x40
Torment	Grand Assault Coin x160 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x60

Rank Rewards

– You will earn Rank Rewards based on your season rank when the season ends.

– In Grand Assault, you must clear a boss of each defense type at least once to rank.

– Your rank is determined by the sum of your clear scores for each type.

– You can claim Rank Rewards once the settlement period ends.

– Rank Rewards are not available unless you have cleared at least one Grand Assault.

– 10-Recruitment Tickets you own can be used until 10/31 (Thu) 2:59 PM (UTC).

Rank	Ranking	Rewards
Platinum	Rank 1–5,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x300 / Grand Assault Coin x575 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze Trophy (4 total)
Gold	Rank 5,001–25,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x250 / Grand Assault Coin x500 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Gold, Silver, Bronze Trophy (3 total)
Silver	Rank 25,001–50,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x200 / Grand Assault Coin x425 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Silver and Bronze Trophy (2 total)
Bronze	Rank 50,001+	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x150 / Grand Assault Coin x325 1 Binah (Urban Warfare) Bronze Trophy (1 total)

Asia

Rank	Ranking	Rewards
Platinum	Rank 1–10,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x300 / Grand Assault Coin x575 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze Trophy (4 total)
Gold	Rank 10,001–50,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x250 / Grand Assault Coin x500 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Gold, Silver, Bronze Trophy (3 total)
Silver	Rank 50,001–100,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x200 / Grand Assault Coin x425 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Silver and Bronze Trophy (2 total)
Bronze	Rank 100,001+	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x150 / Grand Assault Coin x325 1 Binah (Urban Warfare) Bronze Trophy (1 total)

Global

Rank	Ranking	Rewards
Platinum	Rank 1–2,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x300 / Grand Assault Coin x575 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze Trophy (4 total)
Gold	Rank 2,001–10,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x250 / Grand Assault Coin x500 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Gold, Silver, Bronze Trophy (3 total)
Silver	Rank 10,001–20,000	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x200 / Grand Assault Coin x425 1 of each Binah (Urban Warfare) Silver and Bronze Trophy (2 total)
Bronze	Rank 20,001+	10-Recruitment Ticket x1 / Advanced Grand Assault Coin x150 / Grand Assault Coin x325 1 Binah (Urban Warfare) Bronze Trophy (1 total)

Total Point Rewards

– At the end of the battle, Total Points will be determined based on the time remaining or on the boss’s remaining HP and difficulty level.

– The faster the boss is defeated, the more Total Points you earn.

– You can earn rewards based on the accumulated Total Points you earn.

– Rank Points you earn after the end of the Grand Assault Season don’t count.

– You can’t earn Rank Points and rewards once you exceed the time limit.

* Please check in game for further details regarding Total Points and rewards.

Reward Title

– You can earn special reward titles for clearing Grand Assault bosses on certain difficulties.

* Please check in-game for detailed reward titles.

Unit Formation

– You can use up to 4 units to face the Grand Assault boss.

– Swap units that are unavailable for battle with unused students to utilize more units.

– Students who have participated in a battle will be listed as unavailable.

– In Grand Assault, you can use any Assistants registered in the Total Assault Assistants slot by Friends or Club Members.

7. New Furniture Added

– “Mortar and Pestle” furniture item will be added.

ㄴ Furniture can be acquired through the Event Story: New Year’s Aperitif.

8. New Interactions

– See Akari (New Year)’s interaction with the Mortar and Pestle.

9. Misc Additions

– Added new titles.

10. Campaigns

1) Lesson Double Rewards Campaign