
Abyssal Cruise is a Game mode introduced in Metal Slug: Awakening.
Information[]
A woman named Eugenia is implementing the Lost Cruise program in town. She wants an experienced Regular Army Commander as Captain of the fleet for exploration.
In the brand-new Abyssal Cruise, your Abyss Score will determine your base attributes. The attributes of your Characters, weapons, and Core levels will also be inherited in the gameplay by a certain proportion. Moreover, each island is set up with two different routes. You must put together two teams with different lineups, and these two teams will take on challenges on different routes. Only by clearing both routes can you unlock the next island and start new challenges!
Chapter Information[]
In each chapter, the island will have Route 1 and Route 2. You will need to clear both routes to unlock the next chapter. The battle preparations of each route are mutually exclusive. Characters and weapons used in a route can't be used in the other route, which means you'll need to build separate parties based on your own buildings.
You will receive a First Clear Reward after clearing each mini-stage in the routes of the chapter. You will not be able to claim this reward again when you clear the stage after resetting the route. You will be able to claim a generous First Clear Reward after clearing the chapter for the first time.
Treasure Search[]
Experienced sailors will search for treasures in the waters around you, and the Hadar Meteorite search speed will increase as the chapter progresses. Treasure Search rewards keep accumulating over time, but the ship has limited capacity and can only store treasure rewards for up to 48 hours!
Deep Sea Detection[]
The Hadar Meteorite found near islands can be used to conduct deep-sea explorations. The fleet's detection results will be converted into military resources of an equivalent value and shared with the Commander. At each sea area depth are some key detection content, and Commanders will win a corresponding grand prize after detecting this key content. After winning the grand prize, Commanders can choose to finish exploring the current depth to obtain all rewards in the prize pool or proceed to the next depth for more explorations.
Please note that Commanders will not be able to return to the previous prize pool to explore and obtain the rewards in that prize pool.
Partners and Blessings[]
Partners: When entering a route for the first time, Commanders can choose a partner to accompany them. When exploring the island with this partner, the partner's blessings have a significantly higher chance of appearing.Style ability: Each blessing will increase the Commander's Partner's Style and Specialized Style proficiency. Accumulating proficiency to a certain number of stacks will unlock new abilities.
Ranking Rewards[]
Abyssal Cruise will be settled at 04:45 every Monday morning, and matches can't be started during this time. Rewards will be issued at 05:00 every Monday based on Commanders' ranking in the Leaderboard. The rankings will be cleared after the rewards are issued. 2. After the rankings are cleared, Commanders can complete challenges in this mode again to be ranked again on the Leaderboard. Commanders will be ranked based on their best stage clear progress in the current season.
Match Attributes[]
In Abyssal Cruise, Commanders will have ATK, DEF, and HP based on their Abyss Score. Commanders' own base attributes, such as ATK, DEF, and HP are ineffective in Abyssal Cruise, but their CRIT, PEN, and other secondary attributes will all be applied. Cores will not need to be additionally developed, and secondary attributes and set effects will be fully applied at the highest level. The bonuses of Abyssal Cruise Talents will be fully applied in matches.
Weather System[]
In the new Abyssal Cruise, the weather system will be your new obstacle. Due to the abnormal island weather, adjustments to your lineup are necessary to use skills to avoid being stunned and losing HP during extreme weather conditions.
Match Information[]
1. There are four types of areas: Normal, Hard, Encounter, and Boss.
2. The conditions for clearing Hard areas include defeating all enemy units, surviving until the countdown ends, delivering corrupted cores, and preventing enemies from getting close to Cursed Urns. Commanders will get to make 2 Blessing selections after clearing a Hard area.
3. In Encounter areas, Commanders can talk to their partner and can skip battles directly based on the dialogue options. Commanders will get to choose 1 Blessing out of 3 options. Battles can also be triggered by the dialogue options, and 1 Blessing will be randomly awarded after the battle.
Specialized Styles[]
There are five main specialized styles: Enhanced Weapon, Summon Expertise, Overload Expertise, Firepower Expertise, and Skill Expertise.
The abilities of each specialized style are as follows:
- Enhanced Weapon: Activation significantly boosts the Enhanced Weapon.
- Summon Expertise: Activation significantly boosts the Summons Effect.
- Overload Expertise: Activation significantly boosts the Overload Effect.
- Firepower Expertise: Activation significantly boosts the Weapon Shot.
- Skill Expertise: Activation significantly boosts the Skill Effect.
Combine the cards, match different effects, and stack the buffs of Partner's Style and Specialized Style. In this way, you can continuously enhance the strength of your Abyssal abilities, making your cruise smoother.
Partner's Style and Specialized Style bring a rich variety of card abilities, and their combinations are variable.
Sea Djinn paired with Summon Expertise is most suitable for Characters like Lyla and Eiserner, who rely on summons and continuous barrage to continuously deal damage.
Berserker Beauty paired with Enhanced Weapon is great for Characters like Trevor, who rely on Enhanced Weapon for burst damage. Apart from these, there are versatile combinations like Debuff Expert & Firepower Expertise. Discover and explore more powerful combinations by yourself!
Enhanced Weapons[]
- When shooting with a weapon, there is a 20% chance to acquire Enhanced Weapon.
- This only applies to Characters that have Enhanced Weapons. When shooting with a weapon, there is a 40% chance to acquire Enhanced Weapon.
- Gain an additional skill: Launch a destructive missile after every 4 Enhanced Weapon shots, dealing 500% Weapon multiplier damage.
Summon Expertise[]
- Gain Lightning Turret, generate lightning orb every 2.5 seconds that deals 900% damage.
- When creating a summons, generate 1 additional lightning orb.
- Gain an additional skill: Gain charge every time a lightning orb is generated. Consume all charges to launch a lightning strike nearby and stack 15% of ATK.
Overload Expertise[]
- Lose HP continuously during overload. each stack increases weapon DMG by 8%.
- Each stack of overload increases weapon DMG by 15%
- Gain an additional skill: Remove 1 stack of overload, recover 20% HP, and increase weapon RoF by 50%
Firepower Expertise[]
- At the beginning of the battle, summon a Copy Barrage turret that last for 20s.
- At the beginning of the battle, summon a Copy Barrage wingman that last until the battle ends.
Skill Expertise[]
- Instantly refresh the skill CD after every 7 uses.
- After using a skill, recover 8% Ultimate Skill energy.
- Gain an additional Skill: Replicate the previous skill attack. this replication effect triggers once every 10s.
Flight Expertise[]
- After entering the Flight state, increase ATK by 25% for 10s.
- While in the Flight state, fire 2 missiles per second, dealing 250% DMG. Immediately reload the weapon at the end of the flight.
- Gain an additional Skill: While in the Flight state, charge 1 point of energy per second. the active use of this skill consumes all charges to launch explosive barrels, dealing 500% DMG and increasing ATK by 15%, up to 3 Stacks, When the Squad is eqipped with IGNITE weapons, increase the ATK bonus of each stace to 18%.
General Expertise[]
- At the beginning of the battle, summon a Copy Barrage turret that last for 20s.
- After using a skill, recover 8% Ultimate Skill energy. this effect triggers onces every 2s.
- When the character recieves lethal DMG, they instantly recover 100% HP. this effect can occur once per stage.
Completion Rewards[]
With the boost of card abilities and affinity buffs, you need only to pass the first 5 stages to receive a generous First Clear Reward. You'll also earn talent points for activating your Abyss Talents. Use them to enhance your global bonus attributes, and increase your Abyss Score.
At the same time, Abyssal Cruise will calculate rewards weekly based on your progress and score, with higher ranks bringing richer rewards. Mythic Flame Shot: Astral Fire Fragments, Core Parts, and more are waiting for you!
Besides, you can also conduct a Treasure Search in the waters around you, finding precious Hadar Meteorites. The search speed will increase as the sea area progresses, and the treasure search rewards will keep accumulating over time. But remember, the ship has limited capacity and can only store treasure rewards accumulated in the last 48 hours!
The Hadar Meteorites can be used to conduct Deep Sea Detections, and will be converted into military resources of an equivalent value. Increase the exploration area progress for a large amount of Tidal Pearls, Core development materials, Legendary Flame Shot: Moltor Fragments, and other detection rewards. Mythic Flame Shot: Astral Fire Fragments and other rare rewards are waiting for you!
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Partners and Blessing[]
Neso[]
Weapon shots activate a powerful water blast.
Partner Style: Sea Djinn
- Every 60 shots, Shark Turret shots deal 1,000% damage.
- Shark Turret shots have a chance to drop magazines and activate Water Barrage shooting, increasing Shot DMG by 30% during this time.
- Reduce the trigger requirement to 30 Shots.
Ajax[]
Provide continuous healing and protection.
Partner Style: Water Guardian
- Every 30s, gain Ajax's Protection. all teammates within range activate Water Barrage Shooting and deal 30% additional Shot DMG.
- Recover 4% HP every second while within range.
- Increase the duration by 100%
Mia[]
One lucky card draw that wins the jackpot!
Partner Style: Lucky Star
- Increase the chance of a Gold card appearing by 40%.
- 1 Gold Card are guaranteed to appear each time.
Eve[]
Activate Berserker Shooting in combat.
Partner Style: Berserker Beauty
- When using a skill, there is a 20% chance to trigger Moment of Frenzy.
- Increase the duration of Moment of Frenzy by 100%
Madoka Aikawa[]
Greatly enhance Debuff DMG.
Partner Style: Debuff Expert
- Increase the damage of Triggered debuffs by 30%
- Increase the duration of debuffs by 8s.
Lambert[]
Versatile mastery for skills of different styles.
Partner Style: Style Master
- Significantly enhance all cards effects with style master keywords.
- Increase ATK and HP by 5% for each style master card.
Djinn[]
Activate the Character's talent potential.
Partner Style: Djinn Blessing
- Activates all locked Talent Skills of characters on the Battlefield.
- Upgrades all Talent Skill to Max level.
"Monkey"[]
A mysterious and somehow vicious arms dealer.
Partner Style: Chest Recommender
- The damage of weapons increases by 2% for each increase in Star Level.
- The damage of weapons increases by 8% for each increase in quality.
Caesarenes[]
Gather weather energy to launch lightnings!
Partner Style: Thunderclap
- Chances are that an Energy Orb would drop when releasing an attack. Release lightning at enemies when picking up an Energy Orb, dealing 200% of ATK as DMG.
- Increase the DMG dealt by lightning to 300%, capable of hitting up to 3 targets.
- For every 4 Energy Orbs picked up, summon an additional lightning strike, dealing 1,000% DMG.
Ishtar[]
Provides protection such as Shield and Healing.
Partner Style: Storm Guardian
- Every 10s, gain a Shield equal to 15% of HP and increase Melee DMG Bonus by 20% while the Shield is active.
- Increase the Shield is active.
- When the receiving lethal DMG, trigger 4s of Persistence: HP will not drop below 1 during this duration. This effect can be used once per battle.
Mia[]
One lucky card draw that wins the jackpot!
Partner Style: Lucky Star
- Increase the chance of a Gold card appearing by 40%.
- 1 Gold Card are guaranteed to appear each time.
Eve[]
Activate Berserker Shooting in combat.
Partner Style: Berserker Beauty
- When using a skill, there is a 20% chance to trigger Moment of Frenzy.
- Increase the duration of Moment of Frenzy by 100%
Madoka Aikawa[]
Greatly enhance Debuff DMG.
Partner Style: Debuff Expert
- Increase the damage of Triggered debuffs by 30%
- Increase the duration of debuffs by 8s.
Lambert[]
Versatile mastery for skills of different styles.
Partner Style: Style Master
- Significantly enhance all cards effects with style master keywords.
- Increase ATK and HP by 5% for each style master card.
Djinn[]
Activate the Character's talent potential.
Partner Style: Djinn Blessing
- Activates all locked Talent Skills of characters on the Battlefield.
- Upgrades all Talent Skill to Max level.
Eileen[]
Mysterious New Character
Partner Style: Frost Ray Support
- Each time using Skills/Ultimate Skills, there is a 25% possibility to summon Laser Support to attack, causing 900% damage. Built-in CD: 4s.
- When a Penetrating Laser hits an enemy, it will add 4% vulnerability effect, lasting 5s, stackable up to 5 stacks.
Charles[]
Mysterious New Character
Partner Style: Realm Support
- Each time using Skills/Ultimate Skills, there is a 25% possibility to summon Realm Support to attack, adding 3 stacks of Ice Mark and causing 1200% damage. Built-in CD: 5s.
- Triggering the Frost Mark grants the player 4%DMG Bonus for 8s, stacking up to 5 layers.
Bucara[]
Weapons can create absorption! Partner Style: Scientific Power
- All explosion damage increased by 20%.
- Weapon Enchantment: Every 3 sec, the weapon's next hit has a chance to trigger [Black Hole], dealing damage equal to 500% of the weapon's single damage and applying 10% Vulnerability.
- Weapon Enchantment: Vulnerability effect increased to 50%.
Elia[]
Single weapon gains explosion effect.
Partner Style: Power Ritual
- Increases the mag capacity limit by 50%, with damage increasing by 3% for every 50 rounds, up to a maximum of 10 layers.
Comma
- Geomagnetic Enchantment: Hits from your shots have a 15% chance to trigger a geomagnetic, dealing damage equal to 500% of attack power, benefiting from explosion buffs.
- Geomagnetic Enchantment: Hits from your shots have a 25% chance to trigger a geomagnetic, dealing damage equal to 700% of attack power, benefiting from explosion buffs.
Crow[]
HP Recovered!
Partner Style: Mysterious Gentlemen
- Weapon Enchantment: Every 6 sec, the weapon has a 25% chance to trigger [Bite], which deals 4000% of ATK damage and restores 5 HP.
- Weapon Enchantment: Every 4 sec, the weapon has a 50% chance to trigger [Bite], which deals 2000% of ATK damage and restores 5 HP.
- Maintaining more than 60% HP, Weapon Single DMG +40%
Djinn[]
Activate the Character's talent potential.
Partner Style: Djinn Blessing
- Activates all locked Talent Skills of characters on the Battlefield.
- Upgrades all Talent Skill to Max level.
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Violent Gunfire | Gold | Djinn Blessing | Stun Field
When hitting the enemy, there is a 50% chance to acquire Enhanced Weapon every 3s. This only applies to Characters that have Enhanced Weapons. |
"Monkey"[]
A mysterious and somehow vicious arms dealer.
Partner Style: Chest Recommender
- The damage of weapons increases by 2% for each increase in Star Level.
- The damage of weapons increases by 8% for each increase in quality.
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Enhanced Timepiece | Silver | Chest Recommender | Stun Field | When getting an Enhanced Weapon, shooting damage +20% for 5s. |