Running from now until 12 January 2022, the fourth Iron Blood Major event, the Tower of Transcendence, has started in the naval shoot ’em up mobile game Azur Lane. This comes as a new version of the game goes live, also introducing five new ship girls to add to your roster (including one Ultra Rare), improved combat strength of the Iron Blood faction and a range of goodies available during this current event.
You can read more about each of this update’s promoted features below:
Mini Events & Rewards
Four mini-events are introduced in Tower of Transcendence update; by completing these events’ missions, players would receive different exclusive rewards such as free characters, skin, and furniture pieces.
As long as players participate in the Fireworks Workshop mini-event, the limited character, Z28, can be obtained for free.
The Afternoon Impromptu skin for the character Southampton is redeemable in the Manjuu Curling after completing the event. Furniture Pieces “Model Royal Navy Teahouse” and “Model Iron Blood Café” can also be acquired in the Tonic and Tea mini-event.
Meanwhile, through the Blessing and New Year’s Invitation 2022 event, players can get “New Year’s Invitation (New Year 2022)”, which could be used to redeem one of the 7 Super Rare shipgirls: Illustrious, Le Malin, Victorious, Tirpitz, Essex, Shoukaku or Zuikaku.
Players also can fully limit break the event characters and complete missions using Call to Arms: Iron Blood phase 1 characters (Prinz Eugen, Peter Strasser, Tirpitz, U-47) to obtain enough points to receive the limited portrait frame, Mark of Transcendence.
Five New Characters
Five new shipgirls show up as Iron Blood members. The Ultra Rare shipgirl from the Iron Blood faction, Ulrich von Hutten, can fire a special barrage and inflict a speed debuff to enemies. Her skill can also increase Crit Damage dealt by Iron Blood ships, as well as decrease her faction’s damage taken.
Two Super Rare characters Prinz Adalbert and Magdeburg together with two Elite characters Elbe and U-1206 will begin their journey in Tower of Transcendence. Most characters can be obtained through the construction pool, where Ulrich von Hutten, Prinz Adalberti, and Elbe have rate up. Players can also exchange for Magdeburg in the event shop or obtain her as a drop in event maps.
Event Shop and Skins
In this update, the newly added furniture set is Port Café, letting your shipgirls to have a deep relaxation after battles. Resource supply packs will also be available for purchase.
Up to 20 new maid-themed skins go live including 3 Live2D ones, “Yes, Your Maidness” for Queen Elizabeth, “Mayhem Maid” for Ulrich von Hutten, and “After-Hours Service” for Prinz Adalbert. Players can earn 2 rental outfit vouchers when they log in to Azur Lane during the event. Each voucher can be used on the following skins: Ulrich von Hutten – Mayhem Maid (L2D), Prinz Adalbert – After-Hours Service (L2D), Howe – Pastry Princess.
Azur Lane is a free-to-play (F2P) mobile game supported by gacha-based microtransactions, which is now available on iOS and Android mobile/smartdevice platforms.
