Season 5: Moonlight Elegy

Season 5 introduces a dark, gothic overhaul to the core layouts popularized in preceding cold and prehistoric operational loops. While core elements like glory wars and milestone targets remain grounded, the combat layers have evolved dramatically.

Commanders must adapt to deal with new non-linear resource filters, build networks with a shadow merchant system, and master specialized card decks that provide substantial temporary combat enhancements throughout the 71-day window.

Season 5 of Last Z does not bring brand new heroes; instead, it massively increases the stats of previous foundational units. In this season, you can attach powerful Red Stars to Evelyn, Oliveira, and Scarlett to heavily upgrade their skill factors:

Evelyn Boosts:

• Heavy Armor Soldier Skill: Red Star increases damage factor by an additional 300.
• Potential Unleashed Skill: Red Stars increase Potential Unleashed effect by 50%.
• Queen’s Orders Skill: Red Stars increase troop damage by 10%.
• Fire Suppression Skill: Red Stars increase damage factor by an additional 450.

Scarlett Boosts:

• Shadow Assault Skill: Red Star increases damage factor by an additional 300.
• EM Pulse Skill: Red Stars increase damage factor by an additional 450.
• Power of Dominance Skill: Red Stars increase troop damage by 10%.
• Potential Unleashed Skill: Red Stars increase Potential Unleashed effect by 50%.

Oliveira Boosts:

• Fatal Blow Skill: Red Star increases damage factor by an additional 300.
• Blade Storm Skill: Red Stars increase damage factor by an additional 450.
• Gifted Girl Skill: Red Stars increase troop damage by 10%.
• Potential Unleashed Skill: Red Stars increase Potential Unleashed effect by 50%.

• 💧 Holy Water: Generated passively through the Shadow Spring. Foundational element for all structural upgrades.
• 🩸 Shadow Blood Crystal: Extracted directly from Werewolf and Scubus field targets. Required alongside Holy Water to advance base infrastructure.
• 🪨 Demonic Stone: Awarded exclusively for achieving the "First Kill" milestone on field threats. Spent to raise affection levels with the Mystery Witch.
• 🌙 Moon Token: Acquired automatically whenever you draw a duplicate Moonlight Card. Serves as currency for the elite Night Market.

Threat routing in Season 5 features distinctive stamina costs and operational windows:

• Werewolves (8 Fuel): Highly cost-efficient entry-level targets. Farm these while working to upgrade your Serum Lab resistance metrics.
• Scubus / Knight Scubus (16 Fuel): High-yield elite targets that drop massive volumes of Shadow Blood Crystals. Requires a well-developed Serum Lab.

🌙 Night Falls Windows (00:00, 08:00 & 16:00 Apocalypse Time Daily)

In this event, players must defeat evil Night Succubi that appear on the World Map at specific times. Players can attack Succubi alone or team up with their alliance allies.

Rules of Night Falls:

• Each Night Fall lasts for at least 1h. Until the following Monday, the duration of each Night Fall will be extended by 1h compared to the previous week. By Monday on Week 8, the world enters a state of endless night.
• Player ranking is based on the highest numbers of Night Succubus they slain. In case of a tie, the player who achieved the kill earlier ranks higher.
• The player who initiates the team-up rally and slays the Night Succubus will secure the ranking position. Rankings settle weekly, and rewards are sent via mail on the following Monday.

In Mysterious Witch you have to deliver Demon Stones if you want to increase your Witch Affection Level and earn premium rewards. This mechanic is divided into 3 main branches:

1. Moonlight Collection Cards

These are special cards that can be attached to your heroes to increase their stats (Attack and Defense). The effects of these cards remain with your troops only during Season 5 and vanish automatically when the season ends.

Rarity Distributions:

• 🥇 Gold (Legendary): Provides maximum combat stat increases. Focus your primary card draws here.
• 🟣 Purple (Epic): Offers great mid-tier stat distribution and dependable baseline performance.
• 🔵 Blue (Rare): Common drops, ideal for filling open equipment slots early on.

2. Moonlight Blessing

The Moonlight Blessing framework has 4 distinct deployment slots that unlock at specific Witch Affection levels:

• Slot 1: Unlocks at Affection Level 3 (Unlocks Moonlight Watchers, granting baseline access).
• Slot 2: Unlocks at Affection Level 10 (Activates the Blessing system to equip cards to formations).
• Slot 3: Unlocks at Affection Level 21 (Grants additional tactical card slots).
• Slot 4: Unlocks at Affection Level 33 (Enables all 12 card slots to fully maximize buffs).

Players can equip obtained cards to the corresponding troop slots to either add specific blessing stats to that troop type or increase global blessing stats.

3. Moonlight Operation

In this section, you can launch targeted operations against the Succubi on the world map to earn scaled rewards. Hunting higher-level Succubi yields bigger reward chests.

The maximum specialization ceiling has been increased to Level 90. Accounts under Level 30 remain automatically assigned to the Support Tree, while higher levels gain full optimization choices:

🤝 Support Tree (Macro Economy Focus)

• Research Reduction: Instantly cuts 30 minutes from active project timers across all lines.
• Bounty Double Take: Adds a 15% chance to double your rewards when completing S-rank or higher bounties.
• VIP Limit Break: Increases purchase limits in the VIP Store by +50% for high-value development items.

⚔️ Combat Tree (PvP Focus)

• Battlefield Reorganization: If defeated in open-field combat, your surviving units regroup on the spot for 2 seconds, healing injuries and immediately returning to the fight.
• Casualty Mitigation: Cuts permanent troop losses (perished units) by 1% during intense city sieges.
• Instant Convoy: Instantly completes an active logistical delivery once per day.

The season tasks change dynamically as the season progresses. Currently, the core strategic roadmap requires clearing the following tasks: