Naraka: Bladepoint embraces cultural history with the launch of Season 12: Tenacity
NetEase Games and developer 24 Entertainment are excited to announce that Naraka: Bladepoint’s Season 12: ‘Tenacity’ launches. The battle royale celebrated for its fast-paced, tactical melee combat, introduces a range of new content that includes a new hero, new mode, new character reworks and more for players to enjoy.
Festival of Water Event
To celebrate the Songkran Festival, the weapon Swarm will be transformed into Hydro-Swarm. During the event from the 10th to 24th April. Players will be able to use Hydro-Swarm to hit enemies with a water gun attack and experience the festival atmosphere. Completing events will also allow you to obtain the legendary display emotes: Water Fight and Play in the Water.
New Potential System
The brand-new Potential System and casual mode will go live together after the season update on April 10th. The updated Potential System streamlines the Naraka: Bladepoint experience, lowering the skill barrier for entry and making Naraka: Bladepoint more welcoming for new players. The new Potential System gives players the ability to freely activate nodes that suit their playstyle, experience and skills, while also aiming to encourage variety in player approach to battles.
New Mode: Hot Potato Counter
The Hot Potato Counter is a new game mode introduced in season 12. After a thrilling and intense journey to climb the ranks, players can try out an entertaining variation on the core gameplay and experience a streamlined and more relaxed counter battle. This new mode aims at a more casual and fun experience, adding a ball to the arena, which players attack instead of each other. Attacks, Counters and Skills control the ball until it turns red, which indicates it can be shot towards an enemy or passed to an ally. But watch out: the ball speeds up with every exchange!
New Character Outfits for Season 12: Tenacity
Tenacity brings with it a range of new outfits for fan favourite characters on the Naraka: Bladepoint roster
The season 12 battle pass features new outfits for Zai, Tarka, and Matari.
The new costume designs for this season draw inspiration from historical weapons and rare treasures in Chinese history. The game will personify traditional melee weapons and treasures with rich historical characteristics, such as Zai’s new outfit inspired by the traditional weapon Gan Jiang Mo Ye (a famous ancient Chinese sword)
Yoto Hime will showcase a cheongsam outfit with a "blue and white porcelain" theme.
Additional outfits featuring the personification of precious weapons and treasures will be introduced to the game as Tenacity moves across the season
New Hero
A new hero, the Maven Magnetist, Lyam Liu, will join the character line-up during Season 12. Liu has the ability to control metal. More details will be shared on Lyam Liu when he enters the fray midway through the season.