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# Lunar New Year Update (January 2023)

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The Lunar New Year Update was released on January 16 2023. The update features new crafting equipment that focuses on class-specific items, the new "cleanse" mechanism, and a new Adventure Mode boss.

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Gong Xi Fa Cai! The Lunar New Year event will run from **January 16 to Feb 8, 2023**!

During this period, players will be able to craft and collect new equipment. We are also introducing new mechanics and new NPCs into the game!

**New Mechanics:**\
**A. Class-specific weapons** — Some weapons can only be equipped by certain Anito classes.\
**B. Cleanse** — Equipment that removes status effects from other Anitos.\
**C. New Equipment:**

* Garlic Mace — (Sarangay only) ATK: 5–7, +10% evasion, deals splash damage
* Leap — (Tikbalang only) ATK: 6–8, +10% evasion, ambush
* Listen — (Siyokoy only) ATK: 4–6, +10% evasion, lifesteal
* Jade Rabbit Staff — (Kiwig only) ATK: 4–6, +10% evasion, removes all status effects from one random party member with each attak
* Lucky Band — (Duende only) Shield, +20% evasion, adds a random stat boost to wielder: +10 ATK, +10 DEF or +10 HP (still capped at MAX 25)
* Ceremonial Vest — Body armor, DEF: 4–6, +7.5% evasion
* Ceremonial Pauldrons — Shoulder armor, DEF: 3–5, +5% evasion, +50% burn resistance
* Jade Rabbit Vest — Body armor, DEF: 4–6, +7.5% evasion
* Jade Rabbit Pauldrons — Shoulder armor, DEF: 3–5, +5% evasion, +50% sleep resistance

We have a new boss that you can encounter during Tower runs! This is the Hwacha Lumot!

The Hwacha Lumot is a permanent addition to Adventure Mode (PvE), so don’t worry about missing out. :)

**Arena and Raid Ticket Drops**

We’ve Added Arena and Raid ticket drops to Boss Towers in Adventure Mode (PvE).

**Food for the Duendes**

Yes, you can now feed the Duendes! From the Lobby, just choose the food icon from the character menu and give it a try! Feeding will earn half a heart and allow players to easily level up the Anitocare meter. Food items that can be fed include Taho (Legendary), Turon, Castanas, and Puto.

**New Loading Screen**

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**QUALITY-OF-LIFE / MAINTENANCE UPDATES:**

1. Players can now view their current Battle Points score from the Arena Menu.
2. Fixed bug where Victory/Defeat text was missing from the popups.
3. Fixed bug on fast forward option during Anito battle.
4. More cloud API optimizations.
5. Minor in-game optimizations (to fix crashing on some devices).