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Farlight Games, the global publishing brand of China’s Lilith Games, announced Song of Strife, a major update to AFK Journey, an anime-style RPG.
The adventure game launched in December for testing and debuted in March. It’s getting a big update with new story content, game modes, battle mechanics, and much more, including two new playable heroes.
Farlight Games will release expansive content updates for AFK Journey on a roughly quarterly basis. As a live service title, players can expect a robust content offering and regular patch updates going forward. I saw a demo of the update and the game has a pretty anime look.
AFK Journey whisks players back to the magical world of Esperia, where they will recruit numerous heroes to their cause, take on powerful foes, and earn rewards both through in-game actions and idle (AFK) mechanics. Players can freely roam across Esperia’s rich and colorful world, exploring bustling towns and taking on quests from NPCs. The combat system has been revamped to add new abilities, including environmental traps and precision-timed ultimate moves to unleash on enemies.
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New story content
In this new season, players continue their journey as Magister Merlin, teaming up with a mysterious young companion in a new desert region. The player is drawn to the desert when rumors of a false Merlin roaming the region come to light. They’ll need to work with the desert’s Mauler tribe to uncover the truth as well as take part in the tribe’s Warsong Festival. There’s a rumor going around of copy of Merlin wandering around.
New map area: The Ashen Wastes
The desert landscape has a number of unique features, characterized by vast dunes stretching endlessly that resemble the waves of the sea, stretching endlessly. The direction and strength of the wind determine the shape and location of these dunes. The AFK Journey art team deliberately designed dynamic environments to simulate the most authentic desert ambiance, allowing players to feel the waves of sand as if they were in the desert.
New characters: Alsa and Soren
Alsa is a mage specializing in earth-based magic. With her skills, she can curl into a ball for both defense or offense. Soren is a fierce rogue, with strong warrior, with valuable knockback abilities and nimble reflexes on the battlefield.
Seasonal progression system: Magic Charms
Magic Charms offer a new way for players to develop their heroes. This feature is seasonal, meaning any charms players acquire during the Song of Strife season won’t work beyond that season. These charms provide heroes with stat bonuses and special effects. The higher the quality of the charms, the stronger the stat bonuses and effects.
New game mode: Dura’s Trials
Dura’s Trials is a new PvE mode where players can earn resources for Magic Charms. Each day, players will be able to challenge different types of trials, each boosting specific heroes and offering random charm drops. As they progress through the trials, players have a better chance of earning higher quality charms.
Seasonal skills
Each season brings unique seasonal skills that provide unique experiences. Players can unlock a hero’s seasonal skill once they reach Season Level 51, and enhance it by leveling up the hero throughout the season. Players’ season level and their progress in other seasonal modes will be factored in when determining the rewards they receive at the end of the season.
Supreme arena
Supreme Arena is open every Wednesday through Sunday. Players can compete against fellow Magisters from their District and win best-of-three matches to climb the ranks. Players can keep an eye out for special deployment tiles on the battlefield to gain a tactical advantage over your opponent.
The new Song of Strife update will be available for AFK Journey servers that have been active for 42 days. To unlock this and all future seasons, players need to reach Resonance Level 240, clear all AFK Stages, and complete the quest “The Last Leg”. Once they’ve gained access to the content, players can pick up the main quest in Holistone.
AFK Journey is now available for free on Windows PCs via the official website and on iOS and Android devices via the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Headquartered in Singapore, Farlight Games is a newly established game publishing company and the global publishing brand of Lilith Games, a developer based in Shanghai, China. In 2022, the company published Dislyte under the Farlight Games brand, and it has since been available in more than 200 countries with over 1.2 million downloads within the first week of launch. AFK Journey was released in March 2024.
To unlock the new season, players need to reach Resonance Level 240, clear all AFK Stages and complete The Last Leg quest.
Servers will be organized into districts during the Song of Strife season. Once the season begins, rankings for Battle Drills, Arcane Labyrinth, and Honor Duel will change from server-based to district-based.
