Dear Lords: 
Pennon and Battle will undergo maintenance at 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on November 7th. During this maintenance, there will be an expected downtime of 1 hour. It is recommended that all players log out of the game in advance and log back in after the maintenance is complete.

Challenge Campaign 
Added a new campaign gameplay for testing. Players can create the challenge campaign in single-player mode with "Normal" and "Nightmare" modes. In this campaign, you can choose Challenge Convenant to increase difficulty, and your challenge level will be recorded upon success

Campaign
Added a building "Black Market". Able to buy and sell equipment in the "Black Market", applying in new-created campaigns only
Supported the "Mineral" locations displaying on the Mini-map, which could be adjusted in 'Map Settings"

Soldiers
Added a new upgrade route for Sacred Oath Alliance soldiers (temporary models and graph resources, will be replaced in the future)
- Tier 1: Marksman
- Tier 2: Special Corps
- Tier 3: Construction Master
- Tier 4: Laser Turret
- Tier 5: Destroyer
- Tier 6: Transport Helicopter
- Tier 7: Cannon Spaceship

Town
Added Elven Empire  Alignment-limited buildings: "Arcane Society" and "Deployment Center"
Added Sacred Oath Alliance Alignment-limited buildings: "Rest Post" and "Missile Base"
Added Barbarian Tribes Alignment-limited buildings: "Trading Center" and "Baggage Camp"
Added Eternight Council Alignment-limited buildings: "Wagon Workshop" and "Aether Node"
Added Ancient Swarm Alignment-limited buildings: "Psionic Mine" and  "Logistics Camp"

Equipment
Changed "Droplet Ring" to "Revival Ring", enhancing all healing spells' effects

Intelligence Station
Added "Special Soldier" to the Soldier page, including the information about the Summoning and Shapeshift soldiers

Other Optimizations
Restored the previous data about the Hero unlocking by Stellaris Pieces and Stellaris Crystals. For the players who are affected by the previous adjustments, heroes not unlocked by Stellaris Pieces, and Stellaris Crystals can continue to unlock and obtain corresponding Hero Soulstones
Optimized loading speed of the Barbarian Tribes soldier recruitment interface
Continued optimization and improvement of interface display and interaction

Issue Fixes
Fixed some player-reported issues and other known issues

Finally, thank you for all the feedback and suggestions on the game. They are precious to us! We will listen carefully to everyone's opinions and continue to work hard to improve and optimize the game content. Thank you!