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Reverse: 1999 4.0 Gatekeeper Guide: Box Parade Progression and Pull Planning
Reverse: 1999 version 4.0 **"The Gatekeeper"** is live alongside the 2026 Box Parade celebration. The official site lists the current version as 4.0.0 with an update date of 2026-09-24, and parade patches are the game's annual-scale window. Applicable version: 4.0.0 "The Gatekeeper" 
Love and Deepspace October Events Guide: Night Banquet Light and Rebate Planning
Love and Deepspace has three limited tracks ending at the same moment, 2026-10-10 04:59: the "Night Banquet Light" mode, the 14th Memory Training Rebate, and the 6th Illusion rotation. Because they close together, resource planning has to start before the final week. Applicable version: based on 6.0 "All Sounds Rise" (launched 2026-07-09) with the 2026-09-22 update environment; treat the version number as subject to official announcement
Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 Pearl Build Guide: Relics, Light Cones, and Event Windows
Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 "Before the Moon Rises, Dance with Beasts" updated on 2026-09-28 and runs to 2026-11-11 06:00. The new five-star Pearl (Elation, Ice)spends Bravado stacks to shield the whole team, and the new relic set Dream-Pointing Player grants 6% SPD on two pieces. Applicable version: 4.6 "Before the Moon Rises, Dance with Beasts"
Genshin Impact 7.1 Stygian Onslaught Guide: Three-Fight Teams and Vesna Teams
Genshin Impact 7.1's **Stygian Onslaught** "Disordered Ley Line Challenge" runs from 2026-09-30 10:00 to 2026-11-03 03:59 and asks you to clear three timed fights in a row. The disordered burst window is only the first 10 days, ending 2026-10-10 03:59. Applicable version: 7.1 "Requiem to the Netherworld"
Wuthering Waves 3.7 Echo Guide: Mirror-Locked World Rebuild Checks and Tower Teams
Wuthering Waves 3.7 "Mirror-Locked World, Heart Mirrors the Dust" opened on 2026-09-30 and runs to 2026-11-11 03:59. Whether you rebuild your main DPS echoes depends on how finished your current substats are, not on the version number itself. Applicable version: 3.7 "Mirror-Locked World, Heart Mirrors the Dust" (launched 2026-09-30; the official site is a JavaScript-rendered page, so always treat official announcements as the authority on version and numbers)
Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 Drive Disc Guide: Substats, 4+2 Sets, and Shiyu Defense Teams
Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 "Their Secret Histories" launched on 2026-09-09 with the same six-slot drive disc** frame: slots 1 to 3 have fixed main stats, crit rate and crit damage balance at roughly 1 to 2, and the new Rupture archetype scales off DEF instead. Applicable version: 3.2 "Their Secret Histories" (launched 2026-09-09; treat the version number as subject to official announcement)
Arknights Vector Breakthrough #3 Guide: VEC-01 to VEC-12 Auto-Clear Teams
Vector Breakthrough #3 "Simulated Ecology" runs from 2026-09-29 16:00 to 2026-10-20 03:59, and the Milestone Board stays open until 2026-10-23 03:59. Twelve Core Breakthrough floors plus Special Frontline stages can be cleared with three auto-clear squads. Applicable version: as of the 2026-09-29 update (Arknights has no version-number system; the official announcement date is the anchor)
Reverse: 1999 4.0 Gatekeeper Guide: Insight Teams, Red Arrow and Rhapsody 37 Builds
Reverse: 1999 version 4.0 "Gatekeeper" opened on September 24, 2026 as the 2026 Box Cruise celebration patch. Launch character Red Arrow evolved into Witch-Hunter Red Arrow and entered as the core damage dealer of the new Insight system, while 37 received a Rhapsody upgrade - together they form the patch's strongest team shell.
Love and Deepspace Memory and Core Guide: Stats, Deepspace Trial Teams and Bond Planning
Love and Deepspace splits progression across two tracks: the combat track of Memories and Cores, and the relationship track of Home and Bonds. Getting the order right saves real money. Memory levels and Core substats are raw power, while Home is where the patch concentrates its most reliable Diamond income - the 6.0 Home system alone offers more than 6,000 Diamonds in total rewards.
Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 Pearl Guide: Elation Ice Teams, Relic Stats and Memory of Chaos
Pearl is Honkai: Star Rail 4.6's limited 5-star, an Ice character on the Elation Path who spends her own Good Show stacks to shield the entire party from part of the incoming damage, and can enter a Deep Learning state that copies a chosen ally's combat data to gain an enhanced attack.
Genshin Impact 7.1 Vesna Build Guide: Star Swirl Carry Artifacts, Weapons and Abyss Teams
Vesna is Genshin Impact 7.1's new 5-star Anemo Sword character and the on-field carry for the Star Swirl reaction, with her full core kit available at C0. Her banner partner, Voyanisha, is a 5-star Hydro Catalyst who heals the whole party, shreds three elements and applies off-field Hydro - and she wants HP on everything.
Wuthering Waves 3.7 "Mirror-Locked Illusion" Guide: Hsin Build, Echo Stats and Tower of Adversity Teams
Wuthering Waves 3.7 "Mirror-Locked Illusion, Heart's Illumination" launched on September 30, 2026 and closes out the Xuanfang storyline. The new 5-star Hsin is an Electro Rectifier with a dual-mode kit built on "Electromagnetic Effect plus Unison", and the patch adds three new Echo sets alongside a new region, the Meng Zhou Simulacrum Nexus.
Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 Claret Guide: Fortis Defense Scaling, Drive Disc Stats and Endgame Teams
Claret Flint is Zenless Zone Zero's first Fortis agent - an S-rank Electric character whose damage scales off DEF. The practical consequence is blunt: push crit rate to roughly 100%, then dump every remaining substat into DEF instead of chasing attack. Version 3.2 "Her Hidden Past" went live on September 9, 2026, and she headlines the first half of the banner.
Arknights Vector Breakthrough #3 "Pseudo-Ecology" Guide: 12-Floor Core Breakthrough Squads and Special Front Tactics
Vector Breakthrough #3 "Pseudo-Ecology" opened on September 29 at 16:00 and its stages stay live until October 20 at 03:59. Core Breakthrough runs 12 floors, floors 1-5 unlock immediately, and floors 4, 8 and 12 bring instructor Misery onto the field in person.
Reverse: 1999 4.0 Gatekeeper: Two Free Six-Stars
Reverse: 1999 4.0 "Gatekeeper" opened September 24, 2026, and the version hands out two free six-star characters: the Wonder Invitation grants a guaranteed-new six-star, and Chest Friendship grants a self-selected Euphoria six-star. Pull priority inside the version runs SP Crossbow, then Beryl, then Drake . Anniversary-style versions change the reward structure, and 4.0 loads free characters, login pulls, and Euphoria upgrades into the same window, which is exactly when players spend resources they meant to hold. This guide sequences the claims from the official event overview, breaks down Drake's role and Psychube, and splits resources between the Insight and Afterglow archetypes.
Love and Deepspace Late September Freebies Guide
three time-limited items in Love and Deepspace deserve priority before October. The Ten Days With You cumulative login runs September 28, 05:00 to October 16, 04:59 and grants the 4-star Memory Qin Che - Autumn Light in Your Eyes after 10 days; the in-game survey runs September 26, 05:00 to October 10, 04:59 and pays one Wish Ticket on submission; and the Sugar Waffle 3-claw machine rate-up runs September 28 to October 11. If your main story progress is still short of Under the Deep Space 2-15, fix that first, because the survey entry does not appear otherwise. What follows is the order to do these in and the diamond budget to protect.
HSR 4.6 Pearl Build: DEF Sustain and Performer Relics
Honkai: Star Rail 4.6's Pearl is a 5-star Ice Elation sustain unit whose healing and shielding both scale off DEF, so speed and DEF are her core stats; her relic choice comes down to the Fortress 4-piece versus the new Performer 4-piece depending on whether you want team damage or a faster ultimate loop . Version 4.6, "Dance with Beasts Before the Moon Rises," went live September 28. Pearl is the version's sustain answer for the Elation archetype, and this guide covers her stat logic, the trace and ascension material lists, how the two relic sets differ, the Silver Wolf Lv.999 Elation loop, and how to read the 4.6 banner.
Genshin 7.1 Visna Build: Star Swirl and Bloodstained Oath
Genshin Impact 7.1's Visna is a 5-star Anemo sword user who carries the Star Swirl reaction archetype, and her best artifact set is Bloodstained Oath 4-piece, which grants 16% crit rate and 40% Star Swirl reaction damage for 10 seconds after triggering the reaction Her core team is Visna plus Voyanisa, plus an off-field Cryo applier, plus an Anemo buffer. Visna arrived September 21, 2026 with the banner, and her real value is not her own multipliers, it is that she converts your team's Cryo Swirls into Star Swirl reactions . This guide covers how the reaction settles, her artifact and weapon criteria, the four-slot team logic, and why her Goblet should not default to Anemo DMG.
Wuthering Waves 3.6 Wrap-Up: Astrites and 3.7 Prep
Wuthering Waves 3.6 "Lamplight in Mirage, Sword's Resolve in Heart" launched August 20, 2026 and runs a 42-day cycle, which puts its close around September 29 to 30. A free-to-play account can bank roughly 11,240 Astrites across the full version, about 70 pulls, so finish Tower of Adversity, the weekly boss, and your material gaps before the version flips. 3.6 is a two-new-character version: Qingxiao in the first phase and Jingran in the second, with the signature weapons Yunlang and Qianbandu. Two mistakes dominate the final week, spending Astrites on a banner you will not use long term, and farming the wrong materials so the next version starts stuck. This is the checklist version.
ZZZ 3.2 Shiyu Defense Guide: The 25,000-Point S Floor
the ZZZ 3.2 Shiyu Defense cycle refreshed on September 18 and ends October 2. The final stage scores three separate teams, and 25,000 points per room is the S-rank floor, so three S-rank rooms is what actually pays out Polychromes. The 100,000-point aggregate target is a leaderboard number, not a reward threshold Shiyu Defense is the most predictable Polychrome income in every ZZZ version, and the difficulty is not the fight, it is splitting your account across three teams. This guide covers the 3.2 window, how scoring works, where the per-room floor sits, and how to choose stunners, support slots, and drive discs without farming extra materials.
Arknights Vector Break #3 Guide: Self-Pick 3 Six-Stars
Arknights Vector Break #3 "Mimetic Ecology" opens today at 16:00 server time and runs until October 20, 03:59, with only one entry requirement, clearing Main Story 2-10. The same-day Targeted Selection banner lets you pick three 6-star operators, and all of the 2% six-star rate is split between those three, so the banner pool is exactly the three you lock in. Vector Break #3 is the main non-story content sink between late September and mid-October. This guide lays out the official schedule, the "Watch Your Step" event currency, what the Breakthrough Milestone actually pays out, how the Targeted Selection probability split works, and how to spend sanity across the 17-day window without wasting the free all-day Resource Search opening.
Love and Deepspace Sleepless Midnight: Outfits and Pity
Love and Deepspace's limited wish event runs from 22 September until 10 October 04:59. You pick three of five limited 5-star Memories, and the three you select share 75% of the 5-star drop rate. Advancing a limited Memory to rank 1 unlocks that LI's chroma outfit, and both the outfit and its ear accessory can be mixed and matched separately.
Reverse: 1999 4.0 Welfare Plan: 40 Pulls and Psychubes
Reverse: 1999 version 4.0 "The Answerer" finished updating on 24 September with a carnival welfare package: 40 pulls from limited sign-in, a guaranteed new 6-star, a self-select 6-star Euphoria character and a Regulus outfit. The three new 6-star Psychubes arrive on different schedules, one is free during the Coastal Pickings event, one is exchanged during the King's Jubilee Banquet, and one cannot be obtained until 15 October 05:00.
Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 Launch Plan: Pearl, Free Pet Pulls
Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 "Dance With Beasts Before the Moon Rises" went live on 28 September 2026 at 07:00 and runs to 11 November 07:00. Do three things first: claim the 10-pull login reward, spend the 24 free pulls in the new pet gacha, and only then decide whether Pearl, the Ice Elation sustain, is worth your Stellar Jade.