Eternal Return Dev Tracker

Eternal Return will undergo temporary maintenance for an estimated time of 4 hours on June 7th at 7 PM (PT) to update Patch 0.86.0.

* The game will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
* Please restart your client after the update.
* Use of the event page may be limited during maintenance.

Thank you for your patience!

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello Lumia Island survivors!
Today’s Dev Journal will cover changes to Saved Plans.
Saved Plans are one of Eternal Return’s most complicated systems, but also an integral part of the game that makes it stand apart from others. Many of Eternal Return’s core players find a ton of fun in figuring out the perfect Saved Plan. As we plan to change a lot of elements in the game for official launch, we knew we had to do more research into not only how to change Saved Plans for the better, but also how to make sure our players continued to have fun with the research process.

However, for players brand new to the game, Saved Plans can be an overwhelmingly difficult system to understand. At the end of last year, we conducted a play test with about 50 new players. What we found was that many players were frustrated because as soon as they finished the tutorials, they were thrown straight into their first match. Even before they played a single round, there was too... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Servers will be temporarily offline for an estimated time of 4 hours on June 7th from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM (PT) to update Patch 0.86.0.



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Hello Lumia Island survivors!
As mentioned in the last Dev Journal, today’s journal will go over the upcoming changes to accessories. Let’s get started!

Changes to Accessories

We started the change to accessories by simplifying farming and changing Day 1 play to be a little more dynamic. We know that the players' current goals during Day 1 are always to complete their equipment crafting set. Put more simply, the current process comes down to how quickly you can find the 25-30 needed materials to complete your equipment.

The thing that sets Eternal Return apart from other games is our unique materials search and crafting processes. Without the building process, the three-quarter view Battle Royale genre itself may have been difficult to establish. However, if you play games from the Battle Royale genre hundreds or thousands of times, the same, repeated building process becomes stale and boring.

Figuring out the shorte... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello Lumia Island survivors!

Are you ready for another fun event as part of our Season 9 FREE ER PASS?



Nathapon's compass has broken and its up to you to fix it!

Complete the daily missions and help spin Nathapon's broken compass. By doing so, you can get map pieces (but watch out for those Bears—they're sneaky!) Complete the map to receive a variety of rewards that Nathapon has prepared just for you.

Additionally, you can enter to win a raffle for Nathapon's Luggage Tag! Will you be one of the lucky winners?

* Please note that winners of the raffle will have their in-game nicknames displayed on the event webpage.

For more information, check out the link below!

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello Lumia Island survivors!
Our newest attendance event, June's Case Log, is here!

June's Case Log will take place from Thurs, June 1st - Fri, June 30th 07:59 AM (PT).
Participate in this event to get a variety of rewards, including the Problem Solver Aiden skin!

For more information, check out the link below.

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A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello Lumia Island survivors!
Welcome to the 2nd Update for changes to Lumia Island.

Like we mentioned in the 1st Update, today’s Dev Journal will focus on the areas and their connected movement.

The design of maps and terrain is often referred to as “level design.” When we were first making Lumia Island, we referenced a lot of different level design from various games in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre. This is due to the abundance of FPS-type games in the Battle Royale genre at that time, which shared common features like buildings, roads, and obstacles plastered on modern backgrounds. Additionally, our limited experience in designing levels for three-quarter view games was also a factor.

One of the most disappointing factors of level design for Lumia Island was long roads without any branches in them. In a FPS with that type of terrain, these long roads are good for detours or sniping. But applying them to Lumia Island leads to pl... Read more

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Hello Lumia Island survivors!
Today’s Dev Journal will focus on changes to a few different characters.

Over the years, we’ve received a ton of feedback on the structure of character skills. That feedback can be roughly broken down into the following points:

1. Kits that are not interactive from the enemy's perspective
   
2. Excessive utility
   
3. Skills that are too simple or underutilized
   
4. Low accessibility due to high difficulty
   
5. The desire for the addition of more exciting gimmicks

Solving all of these problems at the same time is extremely difficult. When it comes to characters, we believe the best course of action is to make them fun with as little changes as possible. If we make huge character changes, even if it is considered a “good direction”, it could feel like a brand new character and cause players to lose affection or attachment to the existing characters they alread... Read more

hello Lumia Island survivors!
Today’s Dev Journal will cover the changes to Wild Animals on Lumia Island.

Hunting Wild Animals is one of the most utilized parts of playing Eternal Return.

Although it’s not as exciting or intense as battling with other test subjects, we wanted to beef it up to make it even better as players spend a lot more time hunting compared to PvP.

(Note: All example images are still in development and are subject to change.)

We’ve added a small pattern for Wild Animals, which will make them slightly more rhythmical.

Let’s start with Bats. Bats are a way for the organizers of the experiment to keep an eye on all test subjects. This is why you’re able to get cameras when you slay them.

Now, as soon as you slay a bat, an Eye of the Beholder will be installed where its carcus is. Eye of the Beholder is a special camera that cannot be destroyed by attacks but that disappears ... Read more

Hello Lumia Island survivors!

Are you worried about not having enough points for your ER Pass before deactivation? Well, here's your chance to score more points!

We'll be running an ER Point Boost event from May 25th - July 16th (PT) for you to achieve an ER Pass level as smoothly as possible!

Check below for more details.

[ER Point Boost Event]
By logging in every day during the event, you can get an ER Point Boost (1-day).
The Boost will be immediately sent to your in-game mailbox and you will have one day to claim it.

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*Boosts are immediately applied upon claiming.
*If you do not receive an ER Point Boost, please reconnect to the game and try again.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

A lil somethin somethin: You can find the details for this event on the announcement page here.

Maintenance is done!
Please restart the client to download the update.
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Eternal Return will undergo temporary maintenance for an estimated time of 4 hours on May 24th at 7 PM (PT) to update Patch 0.85.0.

* The game will be unavailable during the maintenance period.
* Please restart your client after the update.
* Use of the event page may be limited during maintenance.

Thank you for your patience!