NGS Headline Wave Recap #12

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February 24th

AC Scratch: Sorcery Academia

  • Features magic and school themed outfits.
  • Lobby Actions: Studying & Creating a Barrier
  • Scratch Count Bonus: Camo: *Magia Fotitis & Idle Holding A Book EX & Idle: Rod EX

March 1st

Revival AC Scratch: Rewind Collection Mar 26

  • Contains items from past Marches
  • Get the PSO2-spec Weapon Camo: *Areus M23 and other motion changes from the Scratch Bonus.

March 4th

Limited-time Event: Spring '26

  • Central City will be decorated with spring decorations.
  • Hululu Rappy and Hululu Empe Rappy will appear.
  • Xiandy will be the navigator wearing a magic school attire.
  • Seasonal Point exchange shop feature Chocolate Fountain, Wall Wine Rack, and Deser's Rifle accessory.
  • Limited Time Tasks and Title Tasks will reward TA Customization Disk X/Omni, N-Master Cubes, and Arms Refiner II

Drill: Blue Sky Racer Skyscraper

  • Leaping from rooftop to rooftop in this 8 player Nameless City quest.
  • The Arklan Disruption Zone Enemy Suppression Trial and a battle with the new Ruine EX
  • Ruine EX uses a long sword like weapon to deliver powerful blows while protecting his head with its distinctive arms.
  • The battle takes place on rooftops with limited space to move, so be careful not to fall.
  • Complete Limited Tasks to receive:
    • Spring '26 Special Scratch tickets
    • Long Brutale/B3
    • Quiltier Hair
    • To The Nines Beret

New Equipment

  • You can upgrade your ★14 Spradio weapons into the new ★14 Leafladio series.
  • After upgrading, the weapon will have higher stats and improved potentials.
  • Required upgrade material: Spradiovolt I, will be available through Limited Quests and other content.

Special Scratch: Spring 26

  • *Sakura Asorti
  • *Curio Schrift Bilden
  • *Curio Floral Spring Joy
  • *Curio Skullderella
  • Some items from Spring '26 Special Scratch will be added to the regular Special Scratch after the event ends, but those items will be harder to receive.
  • You can get Scratch Tickets from the Seasonal Point Exchange Shop and Limited Quests.

AC Revival Scratch: 5th Anniv Thankful Mar

  • Re-release of AC Scratch Prizes from Sep ~ Dec 2021
  • A ticket version will be available where you can play for FREE.
  • You can get tickets from Weekly Tasks.
  • The Scratch Count Bonus features Star Gem and Big Bang Scratch Ticket (Silver)

AC Scratch: Mystical Reverie '26

  • A full dragon outfit and bunny wear with a tailcoat.
  • Lobby Action: Kneel 4, Weapon Display Pose 18
  • Scratch Count Bonus: *Dragn Hart & Idle – Cutesy Sit 2 EX, Idle – Sitting on Ground EX

March 10th

Drill: Ruine EX Battle

  • This is a solo quest where you fight one on one against Rune EX
  • ARKS Records will also be held, so aim for a high score.
  • There will also be new attack patterns.

Yurze Special Ability Select Mar '26

  • You can get Yurze-type and A-type EX Special Abilities.

Face Item Revival Mar '26

  • Has eyes, makeup patterns, eyebrows, eyelashes, accessories for face customizations.

March 18th

Drill: Scorching Fortress Clean-Up

  • Up to 8 players can participate in this progressive quest set in Dext Base.
  • Comfort Lilies and Skychargers will help you in battle along the way.
  • Complete Tasks to get Spring 26 Special Scratch Tickets, a hat accessory, Innovdent V2 Setwear, Marina Hair, and more
  • Seasonal Point Exchange Shop: Deser's Launcher, Color Variation of Glide Airboard motion, and more!

Limited Emergency Quest: Shadow of the Fallen Star

  • Investigate the emergence of the Crimson Realm in the entire Retem region.
  • Take on High Raveed again, with Pharia acting as the operator.

Mission Pass: Season 54

  • Lightning Bolt Tagatsuchi, Lighting Bolt Tagashiki
  • Bascinet Helm
  • Mag Form/Moony

AC Scratch: Tea Time Harmony

  • Cafe and Maid Themed Outifts
  • Lobby Actions: Server Pose, Coffee Break 3
  • MTN: Idle – Injection
  • Scratch Count Bonus: MTN: Idle – Injection RM (which hides the syringe) & Idle – Server EX

March 21st

Revival AC Scratch: PSO2 Memories Mar'26

  • Revival of previously released PSO2 items.
  • Scratch count bonus contains a Scratch Prize Slip every 15 draws, and the lobby action: Sit 7

March 24th

AC Scratch: Quaint Ensemble '26

  • Sexy Japanese-style outfits and elegant dresses.
  • Lobby Action: Join Hands 3 & Oil Paper Umbrella Pose 2
  • MTN: Idle – Sitting on a Box 2
  • Scratch Count Bonus: MTN: Glide – Refined Presence EX, Idle – Refined Presence EX

Letter From The Developers

New Story in April

There may be a hint about the new mysterious figure shown in the promo video during the Limited-Time Emergency Quest: Shadow of the Fallen Star scheduled for re-run in March. Please pay attention to the depictions and events seen in the quest as you wait for the story in April.

ARKS Operation Report

Please Display Critical Rates in the Stats Screen

They will expand the DPS display feature and add the option that displays your Critical Rate. Due to calculation restraints displaying critical rates on the stats screen is difficult. They are supporting it as part of DPS Display expansion instead. They plan to implement this in April.

When changing my play environment, the list of suggested item names in the Personal Shop search disappears. Please make it so the item name data is not lost.

They will improve the system that saves suggested search terms so that item names are more likely to appear even if your play environment changes. Please wait a little longer for this update.

Nameless City

They decided to turn Nameless City into a really glamorous field after talking about the possibility of making a field that seems to be bustling at night to contrast with the Nameless City update so far, which all have been set at day.

The placement of the neon and their reflections were areas they paid extra attention to refining in order to bring out that exhilarating feeling that really reminds you of entertainment districts.

It was especially crucial that a different hue was applied to the neon based on the area, as they wanted each area to draw out a different emotion from the players as they explore the field.

They were also careful to maintain a balance between flashiness and visibility for our players so that the area doesn't end up hurting your eyes.

Satellite Information

12 Million ARKS Celebration Login Bonus (March 12th~)

  • Get Star Gems and Thankful Scratch Tickets.

12 Million ARKS Celebration Boosts (March 25th~)

  • Boost campaign for all Emergency Quests

PSO2 Global 6th Anniversary: Slay to Slay Campaign (March 4th~)

  • Complete Tasks to get special outfits, hairstyles, accessories, and more!

PSO2 Global 6th Anniversary Weekly Gifts (March 4th~)

  • Log in to get tickets for the Thankful Scratch, Special Scratch, and 3 types of Weapon Camos.

Pre-Orders for Central! Volume 4

  • This volume will contain bonus items to be used in game
    • STP: CENTRAL! 4
    • STP: CENTRAL! – Dozer Close Up
    • STP: CENTRAL! – Yui Rewards
    • STP: CENTRAL! – Yui Greeting
    • SV: CENTRAL! B
    • Lobby Action: CENTRAL! 3
  • Release: March 25th for 10.99 USD

Japan Satellite Information

Early Spring! Game Livestream Spring 2026!!

  • Yui Hasegawa & Haruka Yanagawa will be live-streaming by playing quests, running a fashion show, and exploring Creative Spaces. They'll be playing on Ship 2 this time!
  • Date: March 13th @ 22:00 ~ March 14th @ 2:00 JST
  • Stream: Official NGS YouTube Channel

Next NGS Headline

March 31st 2026

11 thoughts on “NGS Headline Wave Recap #12”

  1. Gotta give credit where credit is due
    Looks like they are seriously trying to revive NGS
    (Fingers crossed that the new story update on April is a fully fleshed out multi quest and not just 2-3 missions)

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    • It would be more honest for SEGA JPN to announce that 2026 is indeed the last year for the PSO Genesis, and that they already have a next-gen PSO3 focused on Switch 2 and PS5 in development, to be released in 2027…

    • It would be even more honest if you just admit that you are an angry child that is impossible to please, so you try to ruin the fun for everybody else. Dude is hyped for the upcoming content, and all you do, for over a year now, is post shit about a game that you clearly hate instead of moving on to Fortnite.
      After investing years in base PSO2, they made NGS which a lot of fan didn't like because PSO2 had to be sacrificed for it to exist, now, after years of investing in NGS, and learning with their mistakes or at least some of them, how can you possibly think they gonna make PSO3 anytime soon?

  2. PSO2 stopped being a semi-open world action JRPG a long time ago… In fact, today it's an Anime Expo simulator, focused on cosplay parades and open chat among North American otaku…

    Another weak and completely dispensable month. It's no wonder the Western fanbase traded PSO2 for other anime MMOs from the Genshin family… PSO2 is an extremely dated J-MMORPG with poor interesting content, surviving on microtransactions and recycling old content…

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    • cry more about it and watch as ngs will probably outlive any of those gacha games without doing anything. I mean i don't like how things are going for ngs as much as the next guy, but just cause it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work.

  3. It should be noted that the 3 camos (*Gekitsnata, *Bullet Kunai, & *Rulyra) for the PSO2 Global 6th Anniversary Weekly Gifts do not appear in the Japanese NGS Headline.

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  4. It's really sad that they continue to recycle stuffs and also to use AI image for their promotional contents. The new character has a hand with only 3 fingers in the illustration, if really they want to use an AI, they should use one that makes illustration better, also Chat GPT could make it better. Honestly, this doesn't give you the feeling there will be good contents.

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    • You realize how disrespectful it is to call the image ai when the same artist has been doing these for awhile now?

    • Maybe Chat GPT should type your posts instead. The hand clearly shows at least 4 fingers and half the hand is covered up anyway so the artists didnt even have to put all that much detail into the hand in the first place. Don't project your own lack of care onto others.

    • I pray to Xion that it is. There's still so much potential for the NGS story what with all the blue balling about post base PSO2 Guardian.

      I miss matoi and Io…

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