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Connections System - Version 3 vs Version 4
Sep 27, 2026, 05:56 AM
Added the Tingen's Old Dream limited banner for Klein Moretti, standard versus limited banner rules, the pull allowance recalculation, the October 1 shop rotation, Klein's affinity and display stand additions, and his Connection skill, bonds and upgrades
Oct 13, 2026, 04:47 PM
Recast the October 1 Connections shop rotation as a past scheduled date and noted the Leonard Connection appearance announced for version 1.3
11Overview22The Connections system (人脉) is the relationship and companion layer of Lord of Mysteries, and it is also the game's main randomised acquisition system. Connections are historical projections of figures from the world's past, pulled into the present so the player can recruit them, raise their affinity, and borrow their abilities in a fight. The studio's own framing for the campaign is that the player is the best connected newcomer in Loen rather than a self made one, and the Connections system is where that premise becomes a mechanic.44The system sits alongside the two other companion and power tracks: mystic puppets, and the artifacts covered under Sealed Artifacts. It is a relationship layer for named characters, not a standing meter for the Seven Orthodox Churches or the state organisations, and the two should not be read as the same thing.66Historical Projections88The in fiction explanation is that the game reaches back through history and places past era characters into the present, where the player can obtain them and use each one's distinct skill to push further into the Beyonder world. Every Connection therefore arrives with its own combat or utility ability rather than a generic stat block. Audrey Hall, for example, carries an active single target skill called 心灵漫游 on a thirty second cooldown.1010The premise is set up by the opening hours of the campaign. Mr. Fool grafts abilities onto the player through the mechanic covered under Mr. Fool's Grafting, Audrey Hall funds the player's first months, and Leonard Mitchell walks them into a Nighthawk post at Blackthorn Security Company without an interview. See Quests and Story for how those beats play out.1212Acquiring Connections1414Pulls consume Lamps of History (历史明灯). The default source is the shops attached to the game's various activity modes, and they can also be exchanged at a rate of 120 bound gold pounds each. Early progression hands them out steadily: the 往日瞬间 activity inside the Order World map awards them, deeper exploration tiers on some maps grant them on top of bound gold pounds, and clearing a recommended Hidden Space from the highlights panel awards them alongside golden spun thread. See Getting Started for where those activities sit in the opening days.1616Single pulls and five pulls follow identical rules. Once total pulls reach forty, a twenty pull button appears in the interface.1818Pity and Wish Rules2020The rules below are the figures published as launch build guidance in August 2026. They are player facing documentation rather than an in client rate sheet, so treat them as accurate for the launch build rather than as a permanent contract.2222RuleDetailGuaranteed epicA purple quality (epic) Connection within 5 pullsGuaranteed legendaryA gold quality (legendary) Connection within 40 pullsPity resetPity progress resets to zero after a gold Connection is pulledSingle versus multiA single pull and a five pull follow the same rulesInterfaceA 20 pull button unlocks once the account reaches 40 total pullsWish (许愿)Raises a chosen target's rate up to 80 percent, missing at most onceWish supply2 wishes per week, reset on Monday, with no carryoverBonus wishes1 extra wish for every 110 pulls made2424The wish structure described here is specific to Connections. Mystic Puppet (秘偶) pulls are a separate system running on a different currency, an escalating per-round cost, a daily cap and a Luck-based guarantee rather than a pull counter. The wider question of what the shop sells and what it costs is covered under Monetization.2525Standard and Limited Banners2727The Y1S1.2 update on September 17, 2026 added the first limited banner, Tingen's Old Dream (廷根旧梦), which features Klein Moretti. It needs no wish: 80 percent of Legendary results on it are Klein, and if a Legendary result is not Klein, the next Legendary result is guaranteed to be him. When the banner ends, Klein joins the standard banner, Beyonder History (非凡历史). The in-game pool details screen carries the full probability rules. The update notice also set out how the two kinds of banner differ:2929RuleStandard: Beyonder History (非凡历史)Limited: Tingen's Old Dream (廷根旧梦)TargetingA wish raises the rate of a Connection the player picksNo wish; the featured Connection's rate is raised automatically, like a fixed wish targetWish supply2 wishes per week, reset on Monday, plus 1 extra wish for every 110 pullsNot used, and not limited by the standard wish countPityCounted separately from limited bannersCounted separately from the standard banner; all limited banners share one pity counterAfter the bannerNot applicableThe featured Connection may move into the standard banner, as shown in game; for Klein this is confirmed3131Pull Allowance Recalculation3232The same update changed how a banner's available pull count (可结交次数) is worked out, to make it easier for newer players to catch up. The count is now measured from the server's opening time rather than from when the feature unlocked for the player, and the cap on how many can build up was loosened. Remaining counts were recalculated under the new rule, and the studio stated that no one's remaining count would go down, with some players gaining more.3434Duplicates and Projection Fragments3636Duplicate pulls are not wasted. Each duplicate returns upgrade points, and six duplicates (seven copies in total) take a Connection's skill to its maximum rank of five. Duplicates also return Projection Fragments (投影片段).3838QualityFragments per duplicateFragments once past the capPurple (epic)24Gold (legendary)10504040The published spend priority is to put Projection Fragments straight back into the Connections shop and buy more Lamps of History with them, looping the currency back into pulls.4141The Connections shop rotates its stock. Daly Simone (戴莉·西蒙妮) and Frye Oken (弗莱·奥肯) are scheduled to leave the shop at 07:59 on October 1, 2026, and historical projections of other Connections are due to go on sale from 08:00 that day. The notice does not say which Connections come next.42+The Connections shop rotates its stock. Daly Simone (戴莉·西蒙妮) and Frye Oken (弗莱·奥肯) were scheduled to leave the shop at 07:59 on October 1, 2026, with historical projections of other Connections due to go on sale from 08:00 that day. The notice did not say which Connections come next, and as of October 13, 2026 the studio's site notices and official posts checked for this page have not named them. Separately, the version 1.3 preview of October 8, 2026 lists a new unisex Connection appearance (人脉外观) for 伦纳德, Leonard Mitchell, among that version's cosmetics.4343Affinity4545Every Connection has an affinity track that runs in parallel with its combat use. Affinity is raised through daily interactions and is the route to a Connection's cosmetic rewards.4747ElementDetailCapAffinity level 7Daily interactionsStroll (漫步), Invite (邀约) and Dance (共舞)Free interactionThe first Invite of the day costs nothingFurther interactionsCost Letters of Reminiscence (漫忆请柬), whose weekly supply is sized for exactly one Connection over seven daysMonthly cardAdds 5 letter interactions per daySecond copyEvery gold quality Connection grants a second copy of itself at affinity level 6RewardsFurniture, emotes, frames and titles, plus Memory Caskets (记忆珍匣) that exchange for cosmetics at the Gallery of Bygone Things (往事陈列馆)4949Raising affinity far enough also unlocks the ability to transform into a Connection's appearance.5050The September 17, 2026 update added Klein to the affinity system: players who own his Connection can invite him to Stroll, Invite and Dance like the others. It also added a display stand feature. Any Connection at affinity level 4 or higher can be invited onto the player's personal display stand, sharing a cap with invited friends, although stand layouts that include a Connection cannot yet be uploaded for sharing; the studio says that will open in a later version. Invitation topics can now be picked straight from a side menu on entering the invitation scene, without talking to the Connection first.5252History Research Value and Bonds5454Connections are a power system as well as a social one. Activating the bonds that link Connections together accumulates History Research Value (历史研究值), and reaching certain thresholds grants a substantial increase to overall combat power. Two bond groups are named in the launch guidance: 茶歇午后 (the afternoon tea break group) and 守护者们 (the guardians group).5656Because a free Audrey Hall is granted for completing the seven days of newcomer tasks, the afternoon tea break bond is reachable by day seven at the latest without spending anything.5858Named Connections and Draw Guidance6060The launch guidance names four Connections as the practical early targets, with recommendations split by what the player intends to do rather than by which Pathway they picked.6262ConnectionWho they arePublished guidance奥黛丽 Audrey HallThe Tarot Club's Justice, a Sequence 3 Beyonder of the Spectator line and the first character the player meets in TingenGranted free after seven days of newcomer tasks. The general healing recommendation, and the safe first bond piece邓恩 Dunn SmithThe former captain of the Tingen NighthawksThe recommendation for players who prioritise player versus player damage佛尔思The Tarot Club's Magician, a high Sequence Beyonder of the 门 (Door) line whose work produced the travel obelisks scattered across LoenThe first wish priority for damage focused play. No official romanisation of the name has been published戴莉A Sequence 6 necromancer mentor and a former Night Watcher, tied to the Dunn Smith side storyPart of the guardians bond. A direct exchange for a copy is explicitly not recommended for ordinary players6464Player versus player focused players are told to alternate draws between 佛尔思 and 邓恩 with an occasional 戴莉 draw to complete the guardians bond. Spectator players, who fill the healer slot, are told to alternate 佛尔思 and Audrey Hall while prioritising 佛尔思, because the free day seven Audrey Hall would otherwise overflow, and then push the afternoon tea break bond to a higher rank once it forms.6565One point of that guidance is easy to misread. It groups every damage dealing class, the Warrior included, under a single first week recommendation, and gives the Spectator its own separate line. That grouping is about which companion skill supports a damage rotation, not a statement about party role. The Warrior remains the party's frontline protection role, as set out under Pathway Roles.6767Klein Moretti's Connection6969Klein's Connection is an in-game character card, like the others: it lends a skill and bonds, and it does not make Klein a playable Pathway. His skill is 转运仪式 (Fortune-Turning Ritual). It lays out a ritual around the player that has to be walked four steps in reverse order, 4, 3, 2 and then 1, within 20 seconds. Completing it turns the skill into a second stage, 灰雾加持 (Gray Fog Blessing); pressing that triggers the ritual and gives the player a damage increase for a set time. If the ritual is not finished in time, part of the cooldown is refunded.7171BondTypeConnections永远的守护者 (Eternal Guardians)Co-battle (协战)Klein, Leonard Mitchell and Dunn Smith塔罗会元老 (Tarot Club Elders)History (历史)Klein, Audrey Hall and Alger Wilson时代的主角们 (Protagonists of the Era)History (历史)Klein and Leonard Mitchell7373UpgradeEffect1While Gray Fog Blessing is active, each skill or basic attack grants a small shield based on maximum health, at most once every 2 seconds2Gray Fog Blessing also raises attack3Each ritual step grants 5 seconds of increased defence4The attack increase from Gray Fog Blessing is raised by 100 percent5The four reverse steps complete automatically over a set time, and the defence gained per step rises further7474The Corridor of History7575The Corridor of History (「历史回廊」) is a named sealed artifact tied directly to the Connections system. When a fight turns against the player, it lets them borrow power from the past versions of their Connections, granting skills that sit beyond their own Pathway and Sequence limits. That makes it one of the few documented ways to act outside the ladder described under Sequences and Pathways.7777Three borrowed abilities are named in official material, and each is written in the character's own idiom rather than as a generic skill.7979ConnectionBorrowed ability老尼尔 (Old Neil)Attacks a target by spending debt苏茜 (Susie)Restores health by eating a Backlund pet biscuit弗兰克·李 (Frank Lee)Summons a magic mushroom and detonates it for damage8181A Naming Caution8282Two different things sit one character apart, and they are routinely confused. The Corridor of History (历史回廊) is the sealed artifact described above. The Echo of History (历史回响) is a separate item entirely: it is the upgrade currency that raises a sealed artifact's quality tier from character level 46, bought on the exchange with unbound sol. Neither name is a misprint of the other, and neither should be substituted for the other. The upgrade currency is covered under Sealed Artifacts.8484Connections in Other Systems8686Club Brawl (俱乐部乱斗), the daily club match that opens at noon from the second day onward, requires the player to field a projection before the match begins. See Divination Clubs for the club structure it sits inside.Lamps of History are one of the two currencies that exploration and Hidden Space rewards funnel toward, which ties the Connections economy to exploration rather than to the shop alone.Because History Research Value feeds combat power, Connections progress carries into instanced group content and into the ladders covered under Dungeons and Raids and Faction Warfare and PvP.8888What Has Not Been Published9090Per Connection pull rates outside the pity guarantees, the full roster of obtainable Connections, and the rate at which new Connections are added have not been published. The figures on this page are those the studio's own launch build guidance sets out, and nothing further should be inferred from them.
