Kuro Games’ Punishing: Gray Raven has announced that it will be introducing a new chapter to the game called Fallen Star, and has released details for the same, including new Constructs, new events, new weapons, and more. The release of Fallen Star comes after the great reception of Fallen Darkness and also the craze for Alpha.

Released globally in July of 2021, Punishing: Gray Raven is set in a post-apocalyptic world in which is overrun by the Corrupted, who are cybernetic beings that have been infected by the Punishing Virus. In order to save humanity and retake the world, squads of elite fighters known as the Constructs routinely battle the Corrupted, and the user is the commandant of the Construct squad known as Gray Raven. Featuring hack-and-slash style combat but using the visual novel format for its storytelling, Punishing: Gray Raven brings an interesting mix of gameplay to the user.

New Constructs, Weapons, and Coatings

The Fallen Star update brings with it new characters known as Constructs and new weapons and coatings that are specific to these Constructs.

Watanabe: Astral

Watanabe is an A-Rank attacker, with a 100% rate up in A-Rank Targeted Mode. He will be permanently added at an 80% rate up after the 24th of September, 8:00 AM (UTC). Watanabe can also be acquired through the Heteromer Layer Experiment event. The exclusive 6-star weapon for Watanabe is called the Peacemaker and will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September. Lastly, the coating for Watanabe will also be available after maintenance and is available at a discount between September 10, 8:00 AM and October 11, 7:59 AM (UTC). The price for the Field Training coating will be 98 Rainbow Cards, with 30% off during the discount period, and 126 Rainbow Cards for the Skyline Trial coating, which will also be 30% off during the discount period.

Punishing: Gray Raven Announces Details For New “Fallen Star” Chapter

Ayla: Brilliance

The second new Construct available after the Fallen Star update is Ayla, who is an A-Rank Tank, with a 100% rate up in A-Rank Targeted Mode. She will be permanently added at an 80% rate up after the 10th of October, 8:00 AM (UTC). The exclusive 6-star weapon for Ayla is called the Purple Peony and will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September. The coating for Ayla will be available on the 24th of September and is available at a discount between September 24, 8:00 AM, and October 11, 7:59 AM (UTC). The price for the Adventurous Spirit coating will be 98 Rainbow Cards, with 30% off during the discount period, and 126 Rainbow Cards for the Aster Hare coating, which will also be 30% off during the discount period.

An additional coating will also be available for Kamui: Tenebrion, available after maintenance and with the discount period between September 9 and October 11, 7:59 AM (UTC). The price for the Shadow Vanguard coating will be 98 Rainbow Cards, with 30% off during the discount period.

Punishing: Gray Raven Announces Details For New “Fallen Star” Chapter

New Events

The Fallen Star update brings with it a swathe of new events, 11 in total, which are all described below.

New Main Story

The Main Story of the Fallen Star update will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 11th of October, 6:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more.

The Main Story event will take you through the story of Chapter 9- Fallen Star, and will allow you to try out the two new Constructs, Watanabe: Astral and Ayla: Brilliance, in certain parts of the story. After the completion of the event, users will have to complete the prerequisites of the Main Story Hidden in chapters 8 to 6, in order to access the Fallen Star chapter.

New Interlude

This event will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 11th of October, 6:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more.

This event will lead us into the stories of the two new Constructs, Watanabe: Astral and Ayla: Brilliance, and the secrets their lives have held. In order to obtain these Constructs, the user will also have to complete the prerequisites for this event, after the event is finished.

A-Rank Construct Research Targeted Mode

The third event will be available after maintenance on September 9 and has no requirements.

This event involves selecting your preferred A-Rank Construct set to get an 80% rate up.

Straylight Terminal

This event will be available on the 10th of September 8:00 AM (UTC) and will run until the 24th of September, 7:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 20 or more.

The Straylight Terminal event involves using the event token to collect rewards, with a chance of receiving a new coating called Volatile Priestess (for Lucia: Crimson Abyss), the portrait for Volatile Priestess, R&D Tickets and Enhance Materials. Unused event tickets, once the event ends, will not expire and will be stored in your inventory.

Mass Deterioration

This event will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 11th of October, 6:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more.

The Mass Deterioration event will have two modes, the Normal mode, and the Challenge mode, and users are allowed to complete both modes as many times as they want. Rewards such as Heteromer Crystals, Space Station Battlelogs, and Black Cards will be received by users upon the first completion of the modes. The stages also have drops, and will mostly drop Heteromer Samples, but Stage 3 and Stage 4 will also drop Memories along with Heteromer Samples.

Battlelog

This event will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 12th of October, 1:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more. 

The Battlelog event involves collecting a specified number of Space Station Battlelogs, which will lead to unlocking the corresponding rewards as per the number of Battlelogs collected. Users can also collect Battlelogs through the first stage clearance of Mass Deterioration, Black Flash, and other events.

Heteromer Layer Experiment

This event will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 12th of October, 1:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more. 

The Heteromer Layer Experiment event involves using Heteromer Crystals to have a chance at collecting the new Construct, Watanabe: Astral, 6-star Memory Set: Bathlon, Memory and Weapon Shards, and Enhance Materials.

Black Flash

This event will be available on the 13th of September, 7:00 AM (UTC), and will run until the 11th of October, 6:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more.

The Black Flash event involves the users fighting against bosses along with their team of Constructs, and the event includes five different difficulty levels which can be cleared as many times as the user wishes. The rewards for the first clearance of these five levels include Heteromer Crystals, Space Station Battlelogs, and Black Cards.

Event Shop & Mission

This event will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 12th of October, 1:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 40 or more.

For this, the user can exchange their Heteromer Sample at the event shop for rewards. The main rewards that are available are the coating Spring Breeze (for Liv: Lux), a 6-star Memory Set: Bathlon, and Memory 10 Arrow/Gun.

Babel Tower

This event will be available after maintenance on the 9th of September and will run until the 11th of October, 6:59 AM (UTC). To unlock this event, the game requires you to have a Commandant Level of 60 or more.

The Babel Tower event allows you to test out different tactics in the challenge stage which has several difficulty levels. Clearing the Challenge Missions will lead to the user earning rewards which include Black Cards, a 6-star Memory Set/Shard, and Enhance Materials.

Rising Star

This event will be available after the 17th of September 7:00 AM and will run until the 27th of September, 6:59 AM (UTC). There are no requirements for this event.

The Rising Star event involves completing all the relevant missions related to the event, which will then lead you to progress in the event. After a particular point of progression rewards can be unlocked for this event.

Other Updates

Apart from the main updates described above, the game has also had several minor changes and adjustments in order to make the gameplay experience of users as smooth as possible. 

General

  1. Monthly Pass C pack will be available in the “Pop-up Shop” in the Fallen Star version.
  2. Added a “Switch Internet Connection” option to the login screen. Commandants can try to switch the connection mode when you have a login error issue under some specific situations.
  3.  Added Quick Equip Memory button.
  4. Added Manual Lock feature for the visual perspective in the battle.
  5. Added red notification badge for the weekly refresh of bounty missions.
  6. Added an expired reminder for Monthly Pass. It will now pop up when the Monthly Pass is nearly expired.
  7. Optimized the character image for some Memories.
  8. Optimized the translation for some texts.
  9. Fixed the abnormal issue of the “Voice” in “Interact” for some Constructs.
  10. Fixed the missing “Voice” in “Interact” for Karenina: Blast.
  11. Custom leader positions are supported.
  12. Formation once used in Stronghold will now be saved automatically.

Phantom Pain Cage

  1. Temporarily removed “Riot” in Advanced Phantom Pain Cage.
  2. Auto Clear can no longer be used at “Chaos” and “Hell” difficulty levels in Phantom Pain Cage.
  3. Increased the challenge attempts of Phantom Pain Cage from 3 to 4.

Dorm

  1. Added a new type of member — Corrupted.
  2. Added Quick Chore feature.
  3. Added a partition wall.
  4. Added gender icon for the Dorm. The icon will display when all members in a single Dorm are of the same gender.
  5. Optimized the objective of daily Dorm Mission “Warmth Indicator” from “Complete 4 Dormitory Missions” to “Complete 2 Dormitory Missions”.