A new update to NEXON’s mobile RPG Blue Archive is now live, introducing an event that became rather popular in Japan earlier this year due to the costume designs of the update’s featured characters. Running until 9 January 2024, players can now recruit three new playable characters – Miyu (Swimsuit), Miyako (Swimsuit) and Saki (Swimsuit), with their story surrounding the RABBIT Squad investigating a sudden shrimp shortage, taking them to Yatoura Village, where strange legends chill them to the bone.
Available through the event’s story instead of the gacha system, RABBIT Squad member Miyu (Swimsuit) is pitched as “a deadly force on the battlefield”. An Explosive-type Special Student, her distinctive feature lies in her personalized, powerful move, or EX-skill, which inflicts a fixed amount of Crit DMG proportional to her ATK to enemies in a straight line. In Blue Archive, Crit DMG represents the amount of extra damage characters deal when landing a critical hit. The more ATK a student has, the more damage they will deal.
Joining her in swimsuits are fellow RABBIT squad members Miyako (Swimsuit) and Saki (Swuimsuit) who are available via the in-game gacha for a limited time. A Piercing-type Striker, Miyako wields a submachine gun and a strong sense of initiative as the leader of the RABBIT Squad. Her EX Skill reduces the Crit DMG RES, or critical damage, of one enemy for 50 seconds and deals damage proportional to her ATK. Saki (Swimsuit) on the other hand is an explosive type striker who deals damage proportional to her ATK to 1 enemy and has an EX Skill that decreases the enemy’s DEF, ATK, and Crit RES, their critical hit rate, for 50 seconds.
This update also offers a number of reward-oriented events, including:
- “Summer Secret Mission! Capture a RABBIT!” Event – During this event, one story about the RABBIT Squad will be released every day through Sunday, Dec. 30. Available until Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 1:59 a.m. (UTC), players can tap the Snap button on the event page to earn rewards such as Frozen Shrimp and a 10-Recruitment Ticket that can be used in the Dice Race.
- “Climbing High! SRT-Style Bouldering” Minigame – Users can earn various items by climbing to the high ground with RABBIT Squad students in this precarious minigame until Monday, 19 February 2024 at 4:59 a.m. (UTC).
