Reverse: 1999 4.0.0 Dongzhi Team Building: Huntmarked Witch Crossbow Rotation, Friend Support and Mane Bulletin Clears
Reverse: 1999 4.0.0 Snapshot: Box Tour and Gatekeeper
This is the 2026 Box Tour celebration patch, with a main story set between Arthurian Camelot and 1930s England .
Version number and update date
The official site lists the current version as 4.0.0 with an update date of 2026-09-24 . The Gatekeeper storyline travels to the Camelot castle ruins.
What the celebration hands out
Logging in grants 40 pulls in total, made up of 1 Tenfold Tuning, 20 Unilog and 10 Solo Tuning, plus a free guaranteed-new 6-star, a freely chosen Insight 6-star, a Sting-themed outfit called Loudest Note and the parade train rewards . Tier list order shifts whenever a new archetype lands, but the order in which you claim rewards does not.
Reverse: 1999 Dongzhi Archetype: What Makes It Come Together
The defining trait of Dongzhi is that it does not demand specific last-generation supports or sustain units.
What the two Dongzhi characters do
Two new Dongzhi characters form the double core, with Huntmarked Witch Crossbow carrying the damage . The bar for a functioning team drops from collecting named partners to simply owning two Dongzhi characters plus any generalist slots.
Why generalist slots are enough
A generalist support such as Little Rhiannon supplies amplification and tempo, while generalist sustain such as Marcia, Riddle or J keeps the team alive. The upside is low investment cost; the downside is that the ceiling tracks the investment in your two Dongzhi characters. In practice that means the two cores deserve the awakened Psychube and the best insight materials, while supports can stay on generic gear for a long time.
Reverse: 1999 Huntmarked Witch Crossbow: Rotation After the Awakening
Crossbow is a launch character, and the awakening raises his output substantially while shifting him from pure damage into a leader-style core .
What changed with the awakening
As the Dongzhi core damage dealer, Huntmarked Witch Crossbow gains noticeably stronger multipliers and self-buffing . His arc mirrors the Insight treatment given to 37 in the same patch.
How to run the rotation
For reverse 1999 team comps built on Dongzhi, the standard loop buffs and shreds first, then sends Huntmarked Witch Crossbow in to stack his own empowerment, and finally dumps the high-multiplier skills inside the empowerment window. Card movement and play order matter more than speed, and lining the empowerment window up with the ultimate is the whole game, because a misaligned window is the single biggest damage loss in the kit.
Reverse: 1999 Dongzhi Team Templates
| Team | Lineup | Gear / Psychubes | Rotation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Dongzhi | Two Dongzhi characters + Little Rhiannon + Marcia | Damage dealer on the awakened Psychube | Support buffs, core stacks empowerment, dump inside the ultimate window |
| Transition Dongzhi | Two Dongzhi characters + generalist support + Riddle | Sustain on survivability stats | Shorten the empowerment window and prioritise survival |
| Converted legacy team | Huntmarked Witch Crossbow + legacy support + J | Keep old Psychubes as a bridge | Swap the Dongzhi core into the old damage slot and leave the rest alone |
Fit with Mane Bulletin
Dongzhi is considered one of the best fits for Mane Bulletin this patch. The mode demands sustained damage and survivability at the same time, and Dongzhi packages both. Because the archetype leans on generic partners, a half-built roster can still bring a functional version of it rather than waiting for a specific support to rerun.
How Spotlight Flashback differs
Spotlight Flashback has a choppier rhythm with frequent transitions and interrupts, so the generalist sustain slot needs more investment . If your roster is thin, spend the free Insight 6-star pick on sustain first.
Reverse: 1999 Friend Support and Client Size Changes
For team-building context, the GameHub guides hub keeps prior Reverse: 1999 write-ups archived. Version 4.0.0 ships several quality-of-life changes, and the two that matter most are friend support and a smaller client .
How friend support works
Several modes now allow borrowing a friend unit, which lowers the difficulty of early progression . For a new account, borrowing one built damage dealer skips the early investment wall. Anyone starting now should read this alongside a broader reverse 1999 beginner guide 2026 and treat friend support as the bridge between the tutorial and the first real clear, because borrowing also lets you test a partner before committing pulls to them.
What the smaller client means
The patch trims the installed size of the game . For devices short on storage, that is the most practical change in the update, and it matters because a slimmer client also updates faster on patch days.
Reverse: 1999 Reward Claim Order
The opportunity cost of free picks
The guaranteed-new 6-star and the freely chosen Insight 6-star are different opportunities: the first fills collection gaps, the second patches a key archetype. Decide which gap matters more before spending either.
Outfit coupons
The outfit coupon takes 390 Clear Drop off the Nocturne Utopia outfit purchase . It is cosmetic only, so treat it as a taste decision rather than a resource question, and remember it expires with the celebration window.
Reverse: 1999 FAQ
Q: What is the version number and update date for this patch?
A: The official site lists 4.0.0 as the current version with a 2026-09-24 update.
Q: Which teammates does the Dongzhi archetype need?
A: Two Dongzhi characters plus a generalist support such as Little Rhiannon and generalist sustain such as Marcia, Riddle or J .
Q: How many pulls does the login campaign give?
A: 40 pulls in total, made up of 1 Tenfold Tuning, 20 Unilog and 10 Solo Tuning .
Q: Is Huntmarked Witch Crossbow a new character?
A: No. He is the awakened form of the launch character Crossbow, installed as the Dongzhi core damage dealer .
Action Checklist
- Secure the two Dongzhi characters before deciding on generalist slots.
- Invest in the generalist sustain slot first, because Spotlight Flashback is harsher on survival.
- Use the guaranteed-new pick for collection gaps and the free Insight pick for archetypes, never interchangeably.
- Borrow a friend unit to skip the early investment wall.
- Treat the outfit coupon as a cosmetic-only decision.
Game Guides
- Palworld 1.0.5 Breeding Guide: Passive Inheritance Pools, Four-Slot Combos and Work Suitability Roles
Palworld is currently on v1.0.5 (2026-09-15). Since the 1.0 launch on 2026-07-10 ended early access, the Pal roster has grown to 287, the player level cap has risen from 65 to 80, and two new systems, Awakening and Mutation, have joined the game . The breeding rules themselves did not change: an egg inherits from the combined passive pool of both parents, every Pal carries at most 4 passives, and the reliable way to hand a specific trait to a child is to have both parents carry it.
- Love and Deepspace Midnight Sleepless Guide: Rank 1 Outfit Unlock, the 75% Wish Split and Event Shop Priorities
Love and Deepspace limited banner for the Midnight Sleepless event opened after the 2026-09-22 update and closes at 04:59 on 2026-10-10. You pick 3 of the 5 limited-5-star Memoria, and the ones you pick take 75% of the 5-star drop rate while the unselected event Memoria and the permanent pool split the remaining 25%. The Moonlit Pour event shop runs a day longer, closing at 04:59 on 2026-10-11.
- Honkai Star Rail 4.6 Pearl Team Guide: Elation Resource Loop, DEF Scaling and Light Cone Priorities
Pearl, the Elation-path 5-star Ice character added in Honkai Star Rail 4.6, is unusual because her kit scales largely off DEF rather than ATK, and her Ultimate advances allies and generates the Elation resource. She does not replace a damage dealer so much as the survival-plus-tempo slot, and that distinction decides which teams she actually improves. Pearl is available for the whole of 4.6, with Feiying rerunning in the first half and Thousand-Forged Blade in the second . Version 4.6 "Dance With the Beast Before Moonrise" went live on 2026-09-28 . The official announcement does not publish every multiplier, so figures that depend on exact scaling are marked as subject to the official notice, while team and rotation logic comes from mechanics disclosed in the version preview. Applicable version: 4.6 "Dance With the Beast Before Moonrise" 
- Genshin Impact 7.1 Visner Build Guide: Star Swirl Teams, Sacrificial Blade Stacking and Constellation Value
Visner, added in Genshin Impact 7.1, is a 5-star Anemo sword user built as a Star Swirl main DPS. Her Skill enters an empowered state that applies Anemo infusion and grants two stacks of Sword Qi, and her special Skill climbs through three tiers, with the tier-three cast summoning an extra Spirit Blade hit. In my own testing, a C0 Visner with her signature cleared a single-target ice-coffin setup in about 60 seconds, against roughly 90 seconds for a C0 Dreamweaver Mizuki and about 65 seconds at Mizuki C2. So C0 plus signature edges out C2 Mizuki, but not by a landslide. Version 7.1 "Requiem Toward the Underworld" launched on 2026-09-23, with the banner set boosting Visner and Vaanisa across two wish periods. Every figure below carries its source. Applicable version: 7.1 "Requiem Toward the Underworld" 
- Wuthering Waves 3.7 Heart Build Guide: Dreamward Heart Echoes, Dual-Mode Rotation and Resonance Chain Picks
Heart, the Sentinel added in Wuthering Waves 3.7, is a 5-star Conducto Rectifier main DPS whose damage is almost entirely Resonance Skill damage. Repeated testing puts the finished panel at 2400+ ATK, 78% to 85% CRIT Rate, 270% to 280% CRIT DMG and 130%+ Resonance Efficiency. Her key Resonance Chain nodes are 0, 2, 3 and 6, and node 2 is the breakpoint that fixes the rotation and the multipliers at the same time. Version 3.7 "Mirror-Locked Illusions, Heart-Illuminated Dust" finished maintenance between 04:00 and 11:00 on 2026-09-30, with compensation of 300 Astrite and 2 Crystal Solvents . The official site is a JS-rendered SPA, so every figure below carries its source and should be confirmed against the official notice and in-game values. Applicable version: 3.7 "Mirror-Locked Illusions, Heart-Illuminated Dust" 
- Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 Claret Build Guide: Vanguard Defense Scaling, Crimson Yearning W-Engine and Drive Disc Stats
Claret, Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 first Vanguard agent, scales every damage multiplier off DEF. ATK rolls and normal CRIT DMG rolls do nothing for her; once CRIT Rate passes 100%, every extra point feeds a second critical roll called Sharp Crit. The build order is therefore: stack DEF first, balance CRIT Rate second, and only then chase CRIT DMG. Version 3.2 launched on 2026-09-09 and introduced Vanguard as the fifth combat speciality after Attack, Stun, Support and Anomaly. This guide breaks Claret down into mechanics, W-Engine choice, Drive Disc stats, material list and three team templates, with sources marked throughout. Applicable version: 3.2 "Her Hidden Past" 
- Arknights October 2026 Progression Plan: Picking 3 of 6 in the Targeted Recruitment and Cracking Vector Breakthrough 3 Supplies
Three things matter most in Arknights this October: clearing enough of Vector Breakthrough 3 "Mimicry" to unlock all 6 supply slots, locking in 3 of the 6 six-star options in the Targeted Recruitment banner, and setting aside 1200+ Sanity for the Iberian Side Story arriving in early October. This plan is written for doctors who have finished the main story and are short on Sanity. The event stages themselves cost 0 Sanity, so the real cost sits in operator locking and material queues. That means planning order affects your October progress more than banner luck does. Applicable version: as of 2026-09-29 
- 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"