On July 7, Super Creative held a live broadcast ahead of the Season 4 pre-season update for its collectible deck-building RPG, ‘Chaos Zero Nightmare.’ The stream featured Miss Navi, Live Director Choi Seung-hyun, and combat team member Kim Ki-bum, who introduced the upcoming pre-season content and story revisions.
The update begins with the reveal of a new combatant, ‘Faye.’ As a Void-attribute Ranger, Faye’s gameplay centers on the ‘Flame Dance’ buff, gained by using the 0-cost card ‘Flame Dance Song,’ and the ‘Advent’ buff, gained whenever an ally draws a card. When the Flame Dance buff reaches 3 stacks, she deals 120% additional damage to the last attacked enemy. If Advent reaches 8 or higher, she generates the ‘Falling Sky’ card, which deals 100% damage three times at 0 cost. Her kit emphasizes core card management, such as generating eight ‘Flame Dance Song’ cards when drawing with the starting card ‘Form of Exorcism’ and using the Ego Skill ‘Blue Wall’ to increase ‘Falling Sky’ damage by 100%.
The new partner, ‘Luixiang,’ increases the assigned combatant’s Attack and grants one stack of the ‘Subtle Reverberation’ buff whenever a Void-attribute attack card is created. At 5 stacks, this buff increases the combatant’s Critical Damage by 20–40% (depending on the partner card’s breakthrough level) and boosts overall damage by 5–10% based on the number of stacks. The partner’s Ego Skill draws one of the combatant’s attack cards and then draws two additional cards, making it highly specialized for accumulating Advent buffs and utilizing Flame Dance Song cards.
Faye’s Trauma Code and Inheritor’s Milestone will also be updated. Although initially introduced as a criminal with a massive bounty, the Trauma Code will reveal Faye’s past and the circumstances behind her dangerous choices.
New elements are coming to the ‘Sortie’ content.
“` In Hardcore mode, players can unlock the hidden ‘Chaos Core Decisive Battle’ by defeating three or more Elite Unique monsters and destroying a Chaos Anchor. This battle, which can be accessed by clearing the depths after destroying three or more anchors, offers rewards such as Black Matter and Tactical Data. However, players must be aware that obtaining these additional rewards will consume Sanity.
A new Hardcore ranking system has been introduced to track scores achieved in Hardcore mode over specific periods. This system will display the top 100 players and will reset weekly. It serves as a non-reward feature for record-keeping purposes. Additionally, an ‘Engagement Data’ achievement system has been added, which includes Sortie Data and Combat Data. Achievements specific to combatants require selecting that combatant at the start of a Sortie. Furthermore, a ‘Sortie Archive’ will be available to track information related to Fates, cards, equipment, monsters, and bosses.
The three new Season 4 characters—Hilde, Arabella, and Olga—have had their uncensored images revealed. While these characters were initially introduced at the Anime Expo panel in LA (July 2–5), certain parts of Arabella and Olga’s outfits had to be censored due to PG-13 rating constraints at the event. Full details were shared via broadcast and social media to reflect the higher service rating in domestic and global markets.
The Chaos Zero Nightmare Season 4 pre-season update is set to launch on July 8, with the full Season 4 content releasing three weeks later on July 29. For more information, players can visit the official community website.