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Identity V Thursday update at a glance (August 2026)
Updated on 2026-08-13: Essence 3 live, Herztier Tracking retuned, Cryptic Notes Qixi hand-hold window open through August 26.
Block | What landed | Window / cost | Do this first |
|---|---|---|---|
Season 43 Essence 3 | S-costume Fianna (Herztier), A-costumes Uaithne (Composer) and Sinann (Perfumer) | Login on Aug 13 for 10 free pulls | Claim the 10-pull, then spend Inspirations before Echoes |
Herztier Tracking (1st Presence) | Trail interval 20 s → 18 s; trail-step move speed 10% → 8% | Live with this patch | Recheck chase loops vs the Herztier Emil skills guide |
Vow of Silence | Daily story for 6 days; Undetermined Bud tokens from matches | Aug 13 after maintenance to Aug 26, 23:59 UTC+8 | Clear the story days, then farm tokens in matches |
Cryptic Notes Qixi | Special hand-hold VFX; extra 10% stamina drain cut and recovery; new Walk Together action | Same Aug 13 to 26 window | Duo a daily Verse task, then test Walk Together |
Cryptic Notes QoL | Green Hammer no longer refreshes in Monologue Narrative; anomalies skip unopened chambers; Messenger cannot dump Verses mid-flight | Permanent | Run Monologue on Hard without packing for a Green Hammer farm |
Illusion Hall | Soul Weaver Nameless Pursuer, Knight Wordless Exile, Night Watch Voiceless Rift | 2,888 Echoes or 12,888 Fragments each | Fragments if you have 12,888; Echoes if you do not |
Collection Mall | Velvet Summer Cat Nap furniture | 2,888 Echoes, permanent listing | Skip if you are saving for Essence pity |
Custom Lobby | NetEase Cloud Music player; layout share codes; furniture combo tools | Aug 13 | Copy a layout code before you buy a full set |
Essence 3 costs and pity
Essence 3 pull: 96 Inspirations or 318 Echoes. Ten-pull: 960 / 3,180.
Essence Special Package: 576 Echoes for 10 pulls, limit 3. Buy these before raw Echo pulls.
A-tier pity: 60 pulls. S-tier hard pity: 250 pulls (24,000 Inspirations or 79,500 Echoes at list rate).
Herztier unlock (reported): 4,508 Clues or 858 Echoes. Prefer Clues. Character shop date sits around August 18 on Global; confirm in-client.
Anonymous Intention bundle: 328 Echoes for the Anonymous Intention portrait frame, 100 Spyglasses, and 288 Fragments.
How to spend this Thursday without wasting Echoes
Step 1: Log in after maintenance and take the 10 Essence 3 pulls. Season 43 S-pity carries from Essence 1 and Essence 2, so these ten count.
Step 2: Open Tasks → Daily Tasks in Cryptic Notes, invite one friend (or an alt), and finish one Verse submission. Both accounts get Ink Marks and item drops. The submitter also gets friend XP.
Step 3: Read the six-day Vow of Silence story and play matches for Undetermined Buds. Redeem Imprisoned Heart (portrait) plus the three emotes: Knight “Watching Your Performance,” Night Watch “Enjoying Delicacy Alone,” Soul Weaver “Gratitude.”
Step 4: Check Illusion Hall prices live. If you own 12,888 Fragments, buy a Qixi S-costume on Fragments and keep Echoes for Essence packages. For bundle math, use the Identity V Echoes Guide 2026.
Step 5: Short on Echoes? Top up Identity V Echoes on BitTopup with User ID and Asia or NA/EU. Delivery is UID-based.
Herztier Tracking vs the test server
Heightened Senses / Tracking is a 45-second 1st Presence skill with a 30-meter detect. The live patch changes two numbers versus the test kit:
Value | Test server | Live (Aug 13) | Who feels it |
|---|---|---|---|
Trail interval | every 20 s | every 18 s | Hunter. Trails stamp sooner |
Move-speed buff on trail | +10% for 10 s | +8% for 10 s | Hunter. Chase speed is weaker |
Trail count / duration | 3 trails, 30 s each | Unchanged | Both |
Lunge cooldown cut | −6 s | Unchanged | Hunter |
Detect radius | 30 m | Unchanged | Survivor. Freeze to drop the ping |
Tap Tracking, stamp three scent trails, then step a trail to speed Lunge and Pounce. The 2-second tighter interval lets you refresh a trail during a long kite. The 2-point speed cut hits that same window. Play him as a mark-and-recommit hunter. Full kit numbers live in the Herztier Emil skills guide. After you learn the form swap, check the Season 42 Hunter Tier List.
Cryptic Notes: Walk Together, daily duo tasks, Green Hammer
Qixi in Cryptic Notes runs August 13 after maintenance through August 26, 23:59. While you hold hands, stamina drain drops and stamina recovery rises by an extra 10%, and the hold plays a limited VFX. Walk Together is a second linked action you swap to after two players hold hands. Treat it as a slow paired walk, like a public-map promenade. Both players may share movement input. Confirm in a Custom run before Hard.
Daily Team Tasks sit outside the match. At 00:00 the board rolls three Verse-submit jobs. Pick one. Invite a friend. One clear pays both of you. No friend list? Invite an alt. You can swap partners each day.
Green Hammer (elite Greedy Bandit) no longer refreshes under Monologue Narrative. That mode still replaces every anomaly with one bandit type, but you will not restock Green Hammers by looping the same spawn. Anomalies also stop appearing inside chambers you have not opened, so locked porcelain rooms stay empty until you spend the key. Messenger cannot discard Verses or items during flight form, which stops the mid-air dump that used to save a bag.
Vow of Silence, Qixi shop, and returning cosmetics
Vow of Silence (缄默之约) is the story layer on top of the shop wave. The event copy describes a manor gathering where three figures stay missing. You read a new story slice each day for six days, fight matches, and cash Undetermined Buds.
Illusion Hall lists three Qixi S-costumes at 2,888 Echoes or 12,888 Fragments:
Character | Costume | Theme |
|---|---|---|
Soul Weaver | Nameless Pursuer | Thorns, lilies, mechanical limbs |
Knight | Wordless Exile | Petals over ruined armor |
Night Watch | Voiceless Rift | Roses, chains, bat-wing silhouette |
Psychologist Everlasting Night and Patient Luminary return in the same gothic set, with Night Star and Stargazer accessories and the Geri / Freki pets. Spyglass Shop rotates chase tracks (Pixel Peeker Polka, Movement Proposition, Brightly Fancy, Robo-Western) and a long Custom Lobby music list. The Anonymous Intention package at 328 Echoes is the cheap portrait-frame pickup if a small top-up is already on your list.
Custom Lobby, furniture, and free event tracks
Collection Mall adds Velvet Summer Cat Nap as a permanent 2,888 Echo listing: a button-eyed cat in an orange armchair under a yarn-ball tree. A separate Summer Ripple Flower Bath set (hydrangeas, tub, goldfish beads) hits the limited summer furniture wave. Buy Cat Nap after Essence packages and any S-costume you wear.
Custom Lobby on August 13:
NetEase Cloud Music widget in the lobby. Build a playlist and share it with visitors.
Layout Square now has two tabs: Full Lobby Setup and Furniture Combination. Each published plan gets a share code.
Furniture combo save cap 50, publish cap 30, collection cap 100. Full setups publish cap 10, collection cap 100.
Subscribe to out-of-stock furniture for a shop restock ping. Send friend requests from other players’ plans.
Multi-select furniture to move, rotate, or delete as a group, then save a partial copy from someone else’s layout if you already own those pieces.
Ten Days of Memories returns. Finish check-ins, quizzes, and matches for Flying Kiss (male and female). The game converts a duplicate emote to 288 Fragments, and duplicate Psychologist / Patient graffiti to 30 Clues. Dream Invitation public map returns with paired boats, tacit minigames, duo dance, and wish stars.
Combat score:
Entomologist’s swarm-push point cap goes up.
Shadow’s spore hits now bank as Prowess.
Kit damage stays the same.
IVL Summer Finals predictions pay Golden Apples: 2,000 for champion, 2,000 for FMVP, 500 floor per miss on that board. Round winners pay 900 plus 300 support points. Label rarity scales with how many series you call.
Sketch Thoughts adds player-count triggers, faction-blocked zones, item-only lanes (Elbow Pads, Rugby Ball, Canister), and a Dragon Bone Bow target. You can filter guild chat by recruitment, shares, and general chat. Editing or playing Sketch Thoughts maps grants 5 guild activity per minute, weekly cap 1,500.
CN listed a no-downtime patch at 07:30 Thursday. Global Thursday work clusters around 08:00 UTC+8. Convert that with the Identity V reset times guide before you queue Ranked.
How to get more Echoes, Inspirations, and Ink Marks
Spend Logic Path Inspirations on Essence 3 before you tap Echoes. One Inspiration pull is 96. One Echo pull is 318.
Buy the three 576-Echo Essence Special Packages (1,728 Echoes total for 30 pulls) if you have decided to chase Fianna.
Farm Cryptic Notes weekly free tickets, then convert Verses to Ink Marks. Daily duo tasks are the extra Ink Mark tap this patch.
Unlock Herztier with Clues if the shop lists 4,508. Keep Echoes for Fianna or a Qixi S-costume.
Short on Echoes? Identity V Echoes on BitTopup takes UID plus server. Pair it with the Echo Top-Up Guide if a first-purchase double remains on a pack.
FAQ
When does the Identity V Thursday update go live in August 2026?
August 13, 2026 after Thursday maintenance. CN listed a 07:30 no-downtime patch. Global players should treat 08:00 UTC+8 as the usual maintenance clock and confirm the in-game notice.
What is in Season 43 Essence 3?
Fianna (S, Herztier), Uaithne (A, Composer), and Sinann (A, Perfumer). Login on drop day grants 10 pulls. A-tiers guarantee inside 60 pulls. Fianna hard-pities at 250.
Did Herztier get nerfed in this Thursday update?
Two Tracking values moved off the test kit. Trails stamp every 18 seconds instead of 20. The trail-step speed buff is 8% instead of 10%. Detect range, trail count, trail duration, and the 6-second Lunge cut stayed.
How does Walk Together work in Cryptic Notes?
Hold hands first. Swap to Walk Together for the paired walk. During the Qixi window the hold also plays a special effect and adds 10% stamina drain cut plus 10% stamina recovery. You can invite an alt for Daily Team Tasks if you play solo.
Should I buy Qixi S-costumes or pull Essence 3?
Shop S-costumes are a fixed 2,888 Echoes or 12,888 Fragments and may rerun. Fianna is essence-locked and leaves with Season 43. If you main Herztier, Inspirations and the 576-Echo packages beat a third gothic shop skin.
Conclusion
This Identity V Thursday update is an Essence 3 login, a two-point Herztier speed trim, and a two-week Cryptic Notes duo window. Claim the 10 pulls, finish one Verse task with a partner, then spend Fragments on a Qixi costume if you banked 12,888. Come back next Thursday. We will replace the table when the next patch lands. If the shop or the 250-pity track needs Echoes, top up Identity V on BitTopup before the Qixi shop closes on August 26.
