Challenge Mode update
One of the most regular feedback we receive is that the difficulty level of TWD: No Man’s Land went down after the introduction of several new heroes and weapons. Our first step of listening to these concerns is by adding 10 more rounds to our Challenge mode. We would like to introduce “Plight” as our ‘round 81 to 90-feature’, where we went all out to make Challenge as challenging as possible without affecting the first 80 rounds.
Plight (round 81 -90)
The addition of “Plight” in the Challenge mode involves unexpected changes within situations familiar to players, like the abnormal behavior of the enemies.
Plight consists of various debuff effects. Each Challenge period will employ one or multiple debuffs (selected based on the mapset’s difficulty and frequent-used strategies of the player) to form a “Plight”.
Plight will be activated upon the start of Challenge round 81, and will act as a permanent effect impacting the battles from rounds 81 to 90.
Examples of debuffs forming a Plight below:
It’s possible to check the Plight debuffs in the menu by scrolling over them, or in-game by tapping the new icon on top of the screen:
Rewards
Getting 5358 stars in the challenge and the rewards related to that will be of equal difficulty as before. The new Plight rounds will be on top of this as an extension to the current challenge. You’re now able to obtain 6,210 stars.
The Ones Who Live Missions
We added 6 new Season missions for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. They will be available on the Monday after each episode. The first chapter can be expected on Monday, February 26.
Jadis (Hunter)
Jadis divides everyone into two categories and reports to a mysterious organization via radio. While you are still hesitating whether to trust her, she has already decided your fate.
Leader Trait: A/B Tester
The Main Target of Jadis' Charge Attack will be tagged as 'A'. An ‘A’ enemy won't move, but is still able to attack. If there are other walkers around an 'A', up to {0} of them will target and attack ‘A’, dealing {1}% of full damage each.
The target(s) of Jadis' normal attack has a {2}% chance to be tagged as 'B'. When a survivor attacks B, Jadis and that survivor has {3}% chance to get a Charge Point.
'A' and 'B' tags last for 1 turn.
As a leader, this Leader Trait is shared with all ranged teammates.
Leader Trait Values
Remaining Traits
Ruthless, Sure Shot, Protective, Revenge
Video
Want to see Jadis in action? Then check RealScotticus' video on Jadis on YouTube!
Bruiser weapon: Rick's CRM Axe
Special Functionality
Attacks in a 3-space arc ahead of the user. Non-bodyshot attacks stun the enemies. The main target of your attack never results in a Body Shot. Movement Speed is increased by 2 spaces. When you pass a walker, you have a 100% chance to not be attacked. The same applies for passing a human enemy, with a 60% chance to not be attacked. Deals extra damage.
Charge attack is a bonus attack that damages in a circular area and stuns all targets. Inflicts guaranteed critical hit.
Traits
Silver Lucky, Golden Destructive, Golden Razor
Availability
After the TWD: The Ones Who Live premiere in February, you can pick up Rick's CRM Axe in the The Ones Who Live Campaign!
Video
Check out the video DarkDestination made about Rick's CRM Axe!
Heirloom: Rick (6.7)
Rick will be the second hero ever to receive an Heirloom, just in time before TWD: The Ones Who Live starts! To use Rick's Heirloom, 'Rick and Michonne's Phone Portrait', both Rick and Michonne need to be unlocked. You can find Rick and Michonne's Phone Portrait on Rick's detailed page. Upon activation, the buff is activated for Rick.
Phone Portrait
After Rick kills {0} enemies, if Rick attacks a walker twice during your turn, he has a {1}% chance to kill it instantly (up to {2} insta-killed walkers). Attacks deal {z}% more total damage.
Special mark
Whenever you have a chance to instantly kill an enemy, a mark will be shown above the target:
Heirloom values
Upgrade costs
Heirloom Videos
- RealScotticus explained Rick's Heirloom in this video!
- Need a reminder of how Heirlooms work? He also made a video about that!
Changing Rick
With the earlier introduction of Heirlooms, our goal is to give a boost to underappreciated heroes. This time we have Rick as the buffed hero.
Leader Trait 'Inspiration'
Note: the Leader Trait has remained as is, but it has been buffed.
New Leader Trait values
Skins
Rick (Shooter) and Michonne (Warrior) now have new skins, to stay in the theme of TWD: The Ones Who Live. You will be able to obtain Consignee Rick and Believer Michonne starting Mid March!
Other changes
Borders and Profile Icons
The Challenge Mode’s Plight rounds offer you the opportunity to tune your Profile more! We currently have 8 new icon images and 4 new borders available, and for each Challenge you have the opportunity to unlock 2 new icons and 1 new border.
You can change your Profile by clicking the Border- and Icon- images.
Distance Rewards (6.7)
It’s been a long time since The Distance had any reward changes. There are a lot of new heroes, and there even are some older heroes that have been unobtainable through The Distance. Starting from February 26, 2024, you can enjoy the below Distance changes.
- Normal: Princess, Fighter Rosita, Guardian Carol, Hershel, Connie, Outlaw Negan, Glenn, Quinn, Magna, Jadis, and Tyreese were added to Normal Distance rewards
- Hard: Fighter Rosita, Hershel, Maggie, Sniper Morgan, Connie, Outlaw Negan, Glenn, Gabriel, Quinn, Magna, Jadis, and Tyreese were added to Hard Distance rewards
- Nightmare: Fighter Rosita, Hershel, Dwight, Connie, Outlaw Negan, Glenn, Quinn, Tyreese, Magna, Jadis, and Jerry were added to Nightmare Distance rewards
- Some reward positions were swapped around for an overall better balance that is easier to update for us
Last Stand Rewards (6.7)
For Normal Mode, we fixed a small issue where Fighter Rosita tokens were distributed less frequent than other tokens. Also, Outlaw Negan/Quinn/Magna/Jadis were added to the reward pools.
For Expert Mode, we fixed a small issue where Beth and Mercer tokens were distributed more frequent than other tokens. Also, Outlaw Negan/Quinn/Magna/Jadis were added to the reward pools.
Last Stand Hero Pool (6.7)
We will change all our hero line-ups for each week for variation and balance purposes. Sasha, Fighter Rosita, T-Dog, Riot Gear Glenn, Outlaw Negan, Quinn, and Magna were added added to these line-ups as well.
Bug fixes and visual improvements
- Fixed the duplicated notifications when the News function is first unlocked for new players.
- Fixed the issue with the wrong trait icon for weapons on the mission and result interface of Tutorial Chapter 1 mission 4.
- Fixed the issue that restarting the game will have the Star Hero appear for 1 second during the tutorials stage.
- Fixed the bug that the total challenge stars for a guild were counted twice and exceeded the limit.
Work in progress
Speed Up Tokens
We are currently reworking Speed Up tokens and while you are already able to see some visuals for that, it’s not yet working as intended. We are working hard to finish this change as soon as we can.
Meanwhile, healing/upgrading now requires one extra click:
If you want to check your Speed Up Tokens in your Tool Bag, you need to scroll right to see it:
