Deep in the Nova, a colossal face gazes down upon the land. An unfamiliar frequency pierces through the ruins, weaving joy, enrage, sorrow, and fear into a single score—not a blessing for this world, but the final movement of destruction that the new Great One, "The Echo," seeks to perform.
The Visional Wheel spins once more. This time, the clue to confronting the Vision lies hidden within scattered Notes. Defeat the Deviants modified by the power of notes, rearrange and purify the broken Score, and turn the enemy's power into your own melody. As the Gulped in the sky casts its gaze, brave Metas will respond to this "performance" from the unknown in their own way.
Opening Time
Opens after the November 18, 2026 （PT ）version update
Affected scenarios:
Manibus (excluding Novice Scenario), Evolution's Call, Prismverse's Clash, The Way of Winter, Endless Dream, Deviation: Survive, Capture, Preserve, and Isles of Abyss. Metas can switch to the "Vision" world via the Worldstone to experience it.
Where The Echo's "Gospel" spreads, the will of fallen beings clings desperately to this land, transforming into a colossal calamity that yearns to speak—the Dissonant Husk. This Gulped suspended in the sky is composed of structures resembling copper pipes, its human-like yet inhuman face sending chills down the spine. Its massive form looms over the earth like a false god, and occasionally it notices the ant-like Metas below. Who says a "god" can't be amused by ants?
When Metas enter the Fundamental Tone Range and activate the Echo Bell, the Dissonant Husk reveals four faces across different regions—Delight, Wrath, Lament, and Terror—gazing upon every Meta who dares to intrude beneath an alien sky.
"The Echo" was originally an ancient relic slumbering in the ruins. After the Nova Vision descended, the surface was vaporized and Stardust poured underground; the relic awakened within the Stardust, merging with collapsed pipes and ancient instruments to become what it is now. No one can establish contact with it—all researchers who entered the region have gone missing. It merely emits a low, repeating hum, as if performing an unfinished overture.
Ever since Stardust poured into the Pioneer's acoustic ruins, the awakened "Echo" has loathed the clamor of the world. With storming sounds, it tears through space-time, condensing Phase Anchor Fundamental Tone Ranges, and drives the Dissonant Army—infused with dissonant notes—through the passages into Nalcott, spreading its "gospel" everywhere in an attempt to drag all beings into a hall of extreme emotion and destruction.
During the Vision, four types of Resonant Movements game mode regions will appear across Nalcott: Movement of Delight, Movement of Wrath, Movement of Lament, and Movement of Terror. Each movement region differs in difficulty and rules.
After entering the region, interact with the [Echo Bell] to start the Movement challenge. At this point, Metas will also receive a Score awaiting tuning.
Defeat Dissonant Army enemies carrying notes, and the corresponding notes will appear in the scene. Metas must refer to the prompts on the current score and fire at the required notes to fill them in sequence.
Notes will remain in the scene for a period of time and will give a prompt when they are about to disappear. When different notes appear simultaneously, accurately identifying and selecting them is just as important as killing speed.
Each Meta obtains their own notes and progresses their own score independently—they won't lose their chance to obtain notes because another Meta shot them. Everyone can clear enemies together, then each complete their own melody.
Each time you complete a line of the score, you'll receive the corresponding Phase Rewards. As the blanks are gradually filled in, the originally dissonant movement will become whole once again.
As the battle reaches its final stage, the Dissonant Emissary carrying the Movement Signature will become an opponent you must face. That is the key to completing the entire movement, and also an extension of The Echo's will within the soundscape.
After achieving victory on the battlefield and completing your personal score, Metas will receive a Legendary Movement. Use it to listen to the full piece and claim rewards; if your personal score is not yet complete when you achieve battlefield victory, you will receive an Incomplete Movement and claim a smaller corresponding reward.
Fifteen minutes after the Vision begins, The Echo will descend directly upon Nalcott in avatar form. Metas can enter The Echo War through The Echo's portal shown on the map.
The Echo War supports up to 4 players in a team and takes the form of a separate Dungeon. Metas, please make full preparations before entering. The Echo War also has two difficulty levels: Basic and Hard. Please choose the difficulty that suits you.
The Echo has multiple attack forms, such as sound wave attacks, summoning minions, wide-area impacts, and more. Metas must watch for battlefield cues, use the interactions in the arena to counter threats, and seize the moments when The Echo reveals its weakspots to focus fire. Promptly handling interference and responding to mechanics, then unleashing firepower during key windows, is a crucial part of this confrontation.
1. Dissonant Dust
Dissonant Dust is the crystallized form of The Echo's dissonant movement fragments, retaining lingering traces of bygone noise. This item can be used to open the Resonance Box, and can also be exchanged for certain items in the Visional Redemption Shop.
Metas can obtain Dissonant Dust through Vision-related game modes such as Resonant Movements and The Echo War, as well as the Visional Wheel event. This item has a weekly acquisition cap; once the cap is reached, the acquisition rate will decrease.
2. Resonance Box
The Resonance Box is a sonic crystallization left in the world by The Echo. It comes in three rarities: Epic, Legendary, and Mythic. The higher the rarity, the more precious the rewards. Opening a Resonance Box guarantees Divine Rhythm, though the exact amount varies. There is also a chance to obtain rare rewards such as precious Mods and high-level Deviations.
Metas can also consume varying amounts of Dissonant Dust to perform different tiers of Resonance. Among them, [Deep Resonance] has a chance to grant double rewards!
3. Divine Rhythm
Divine Rhythm is an exclusive item obtained when opening Resonance Boxes. After collecting Divine Rhythm, you can visit Event - Visional Redemption - Redeem Shop to redeem precious rewards such as Lightforge Ingots, selected Shop Fashion/Furniture/Weapon Skins, Shiny Mods, top-tier Deviations, and more.
4. Special Adjustments to This Season's Visional Shop
To meet Metas' redemption needs, this season's Visional Redemption Shop will add limited redemption opportunities for select past Visional Mod Crates.
New Combat Deviation: Silent Statue O-079
Deviation O-079 is a grayish-white stone humanoid statue, approximately 1.7 meters tall and weighing about 480 kg. The entire statue is covered in fine radial patterns that begin at O-079-A and spread along both arms across the whole body. Material analysis identifies it as ordinary granite, but all sampling attempts have ended in failure: drill bits shatter approximately 2 mm into the surface, with the fracture surfaces alternately showing traces of high-temperature melting and rapid freezing. The face is a blank, uncarved surface.
A spherical silence zone with a radius of approximately 15 meters surrounds O-079. Sound waves cannot propagate within this zone, and those who enter immediately notice that "the world has been muted". However, personnel inside the silence zone can still converse normally—post-incident interviews indicate that what they heard was not each other's voices. The vast majority of those affected describe the experience as "a choir without lyrics" and unanimously agree that its source is "in the sky".
O-079's primary Deviation trait is its periodic spreading fluctuation. From time to time, O-079-A emits a ring of visible ripples outward (hereinafter referred to as O-079-B). Wherever the ripples pass, all things briefly experience a violent Wrath of Nature—be it scorching heat, extreme cold, or crawling lightning. These three calamities cycle endlessly, with their order and intervals entirely unpredictable. Living targets touched by O-079-B are often left covered in wounds, yet those who have long accompanied it remain unharmed, as if the ripples recognize them.
Note that O-079 continuously spreads its "gospel" indiscriminately. Personnel who remain within its area of influence for extended periods will hear the lyrics of a choir in their dreams and report thoughts such as "Mother is watching us from the sky" along with an impulse to reach toward the sky. This mental influence subsides within approximately 3 weeks after breaking contact, with no permanent cases recorded.
Battle Skill "Elemental Shift"
Automatically cycles among three Keyword Effects: Burn, Power Surge, and Frost Vortex. When the battle skill is cast, a spreading wave is emitted centered on the target, dealing corresponding Status DMG and applying the Keyword Effect;
Ultimate "Elemental Resonance"
Summons a Silent Statue to bestow blessings upon the Metas. Each time an enemy receives an Elemental Keyword Effect, the Statue gains the corresponding Elemental Resonance, increasing Status DMG for the summoner and their teammates within range. Collecting all three Resonances greatly increases the Keyword DMG Rate.
How to Obtain
The Silent Statue can mainly be obtained by participating in The Echo War, and can also be obtained through the Visional Shop (current season) and by opening the Resonance Box.
After the current Vision season ends, this Deviation will be added to the standard Game Mode drop pool. Please refer to future announcements for details.
Morphed Deviation
This update adds three new Morphed Deviations: Artisan's Touch - Dissonant Resonance, Wish Box - Dissonant Resonance, and Gazocchio - Dissonant Resonance.
How to Obtain
Morphed Deviations can mainly be obtained by participating in Resonant Movements, The Echo War, and Vision events. They can also be obtained through the Visional Shop (current season) and by opening the Resonance Box.
<Rhythm> Suffix
Increases Weapon DMG. Increases further when HP is high.
Increases Crit DMG. Increases further when HP is high.
Max HP Boost.
Increases damage dealt to all enemies.
<Rhythm Deviant Energy> Suffix
Increases Status DMG. Increases further when HP is high.
Increases Elemental DMG. Increases further when HP is high.
Max HP Boost.
Increases damage dealt to all enemies.
Previously, the Bastille Set had harsh trigger and maintenance conditions, making it difficult to perform reliably in common combat. This adjustment relaxes the trigger and maintenance conditions for the Bastille state and adds a continuous recovery effect during combat, alleviating the HP cap suppression caused by low sanity and allowing Metas to handle certain combat environments with greater ease.
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When HP is high, Weapon DMG and Status DMG are increased. |
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2 Pieces |
Reload Efficiency is increased. |
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3 Pieces |
After completing a reload or using a healing syringe, enter the Bastille state for a duration. During Bastille, Weapon DMG and Status DMG are increased, with an additional boost when HP is high. Hitting an enemy refreshes the duration of the Bastille state. |
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4 Pieces |
During Bastille, the Max HP reduction from low sanity is alleviated, and you continuously gain armor. When armor is at max stacks, consume all armor to restore a portion of HP and gain an equal amount of shield. |
We have observed that the synergy between Tactical Combat Boots and the SN700 - Finale allows Finale to continuously fire multiple enhanced tail bullets, which somewhat exceeded our expectations for Finale's power ceiling. Additionally, considering server performance and the multiplayer alpha battle experience in the wilderness, this update adjusts the auto-loading mechanism of Tactical Combat Boots.
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Tactical Combat Boots Key Effects |
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Before |
While in Fortress Warfare, automatically refill 1 bullet per second and Fire Rate boosts by 15%. |
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After |
While in Fortress Warfare, consume Bullet Stock every 2.5 seconds to randomly refill 1–10 bullets. Fire Rate boosts by 15%. |
Events accompanying the Vision will also revolve around gameplay experience and phase objectives, allowing everyone to accumulate rewards as they gradually become familiar with the Movements. Metas can challenge different emotional Echoes in the Tone Range combat, complete the hero's challenge, or collect various Echo Scores to complete the scattered Scores of "The Echo".
Click "Event Interface - Visional Wheel" to participate in the current Vision-related events. The following content will be available this season:
Dissonant Resonance: Metas can learn about the basic rules for this Vision and claim rewards on this page.
Movement Rotation: A weekly event. Challenge each region of the main game mode of this Vision, "Resonant Movements," to accumulate Active Progress and earn rewards such as Weapon Skins and Lightforge Ingots.
Movement Collection: Collect and listen to various scores from different emotional Movements through the Resonant Movements Game Mode. Earn rare rewards based on Collection Progress.
Echoes into Verses: Accumulate Progress by collecting Dissonant Dust to obtain precious rewards such as rare Territory Collectibles and Character Namecard Themes.
Tuning Journey: Complete the Vision's achievement challenges to earn rare rewards such as Mod Crates and Deviations.
Specific event rules, reward content, and claim conditions will be explained in subsequent announcements and on the in-game event page.
As the S5 Visional Wheel opens, the S4 Vision [Gravity Abyss] will also come to an end. The S4 Visional Redemption Shop will close on December 2 PT. Metas, please make sure to open your corresponding [Abyssal Cores] in time and redeem your remaining [Gravity Crystals] and [Abyssal Essence].
After the Shop closes, unredeemed [Abyssal Essence] and [Gravity Crystals] can no longer be used. Please keep track of the time to avoid any losses.
On November 18（ PT）, Visional Wheel S5 [Dissonant Resonance] opens. Let us rescore the lost movement in the frequency of The Echo.
That's all for this Dev Blog. Metas, you are welcome to share your experiences and thoughts with us through the Feedback Platform (Once Human Feedback Platform). Thank you all for your continued support, and we look forward to meeting you again in [Dissonant Resonance].
Once Human Development Team
