The Critical Node is a recurring combat challenge in Shiyu Defense. Players must create two separate teams of Agents and Combat Bangboo to tackle challenging stages that refresh on Friday every two weeks.
Requires two separate combat teams, three in the fifth frontier
Features unique combat buffs and stage effects
Refreshes with new challenges every 15 days
Players have a time limit of 10 minutes to complete each stage
Event Rules
[Critical Node] The current operation focuses on defending the Shiyu at the Critical Nodes. The combat zone is affected by Ether activity, which generates various special effects. Every 14 days at 04:00, Ether activity cycles will cause changes to special effects and enemy setups. Players still challenging Critical Node during the update will fail the stage. Each Frontier contains different types of enemies. You can check the enemies' weakness and resistance types in Details. Please arrange your Agents correspondingly.
[Quick Sweep] Achieving an S rating on the fifth Frontier allows you to automatically receive an S rating on the first three Frontiers during the next season. If you achieve an S on the fourth Frontier, you can skip the first two and start from the third Frontier next time.
[Frontier Effects] There are currently five Frontiers at Critical Nodes. Each Critical Node season has its special buff effects. Utilizing these effects can lead to better completion of defense missions.
Fifth Frontier Rules
[Introduction] · This Frontier challenge is divided into 3 separate rooms, where Agents for each individual room must be different. · In each room, accumulate combat score by having Agents perform combat actions against enemies. The final rating for the Frontier depends on the scores earned in each room.
[Scoring Rules] · In combat, dealing damage until defeating a single Normal/Elite/Boss enemy will reward 100/500/8,000 DMG Score. Defeating a single Normal/Elite enemy will grant a one-time 100/500 Elimination Score. Without considering score multipliers, the maximum score is 10,000. · In this stage, scores earned within 60/70/80/90/105/120/135/150s will receive a 4/3.2/2.5/2.0/1.5/1.0/0.6/0.3 multiplier bonus. After applying the bonus, the maximum total score is 50,000.
[W-Engine/Drive Disc Locking] · Deployed Agents' W-Engines and Drive Discs will be locked. Other Agents cannot use the same W-Engines or Drive Discs to challenge other rooms in the same Frontier. · If Agents have already locked W-Engines or Drive Discs equipped, confirming their deployment will reset the challenge record for the corresponding room.
Adjusts the number of stages in Shiyu Defense. The number of Critical Nodes has been adjusted from a total of seven Frontiers to four Frontiers, and a new fifth Frontier has been added. The newly added fifth Frontier contains three Challenge stages, and the system will provide an overall rating for the fifth Frontier based on the combined clear ratings of the three stages.
