- We will cherish every moment of our journey together with all Mercenaries - 30 January 2026
Hello, this is the Return Alive Operations Team. First of all, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to all Mercenaries who have braved the harsh battlegrounds of Return Alive alongside us. It took us a very long time to write this announcement. After long and careful discussions, we have come to the difficult decision to end the service of Return Alive. Every moment spent charging across the Matches with you, sharing the joy of victory, and fighting together against the monsters of the Party Queued Battleground has been an invaluable and deeply meaningful experience for us. Although the game service will be ending, the courage and passion you have shown in battle will forever remain in our hearts. The time we spent with all of you Mercenaries was truly an honor for every member of the Return Alive team. For more details regarding the service termination schedule and refund pro…
- Return Alive Service Termination Schedule and Refund Information - 30 January 2026
Hello, Mercenaries, We would like to inform you that the service for Return Alive will be coming to an end. Please check the details below for the service termination schedule and refund instructions. ■ Service Termination Schedule Game service shutdown: March 31, 2026 (Tue) 02:00 (UTC+0) Website closure: April 30, 2026 (Thu) 02:00 (UTC+0) ■ Refund Information Refund request period: January 30, 2026 (Fri) 10:00 (UTC+0) – April 30, 2026 (Thu) 02:00 (UTC+0) Eligible refunds: Unused credits as of January 30, 2026(Fri), 10:00 (UTC+0), excluding bonus cash. Refund amount: Based on the cash paid for the remaining purchased credits recorded in the logs. ■ How to Request a Refund 1. Contact us via the Return Alive Customer Support Center: https://kog.oqupie.com/portals/2561 2. Select , then choose under type of your inquiry. 3. Fill out all required information and include the following details…
- December 31, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 30 December 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on December 31 will bring the start of Season 6. 1. Maintenance Date: December 31, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 03:00 (1 Hour) (UTC+0) ■ Season 6 Update Season 5 will come to an end and Season 6 will begin. The new season will bring the following changes. 1. All Rank Score and Rank Rewards will reset. Players can newly claim rank rewards. With the reset on Rank Score, Top 1,000 players who have achieved high ranks will receive Seasonal Title by mail. Players will receive the following titles based on Ranks. Season 3 Rank Reward Rank 1 Prefix Title x1 Rank 2 Prefix Title x1 Rank 3 Prefix Title x1 Rank 4 - Rank 10 Prefix Title x1 Rank 11 - Rank 50 Prefix Title x1 Rank 51 - Rank 100 Prefix Title x1 Rank 101 - Rank 1000 Prefix Title x1 2. Contents of Attendance Log will be refreshed. Players can now claim new Login Rewards. Attendance Log Period: De…
- Notice regarding Game Access Issue Due to AWS Certificate Signing Method Change - 1 October 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! We would like to inform you that starting from October 1, 2025, the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) certificate signing method will change, which may affect game access to some players. The expected impact is minimal and will be limited to Windows players who do not have the Amazon Trust Services root CA in their certificate store. This certificate has been distributed via Windows Updates since 2010, but users who have not yet connected to web endpoints signed with this certificate may experience issues when using Epic Online Services (EOS). If you encounter problems with EOS services, please try the following solutions: 1. If the Epic Games Launcher is installed, update it and run it at least once after the update. 2. Install the latest Windows updates, which will add the required root certificate. 3. Run the following command in the Command Prompt to manually inst…
- October 1, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 30 September 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on October 1 will bring the start of Season 5. 1. Maintenance Date: October 1, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 03:00 (1 Hour) (UTC+0) ■ Season 5 Update Season 4 will come to an end and Season 5 will begin. The new season will bring the following changes. 1. All Rank Score and Rank Rewards will reset. Players can newly claim rank rewards. With the reset on Rank Score, Top 1,000 players who have achieved high ranks will receive Seasonal Title by mail. Players will receive the following titles based on Ranks. Season 3 Rank Reward Rank 1 Prefix Title x1 Rank 2 Prefix Title x1 Rank 3 Prefix Title x1 Rank 4 - Rank 10 Prefix Title x1 Rank 11 - Rank 50 Prefix Title x1 Rank 51 - Rank 100 Prefix Title x1 Rank 101 - Rank 1000 Prefix Title x1 2. Contents of Attendance Log will be refreshed. Players can now claim new Login Rewards. Attendance Log Period: Octobe…
- August 20, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 19 August 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on August 20 will introduce a decoration item box that contains battlesuit, emote, emoji, and title. Also, daily mission related price will be adjusted with the changes to daily missions. Also, credit charge will be removed and balance will be adjusted. 1. Maintenance Date: August 20, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 05:00 (3 Hours) (UTC+0) ■ Decoration Item Box Update The update on August 20 will introduce a decoration item box that contains battlesuit, emote, emoji, and title. The box will include various pre-existing decoration items and also new items. The box can be purchased with 750 Gold in the shop. Upon opening the decoration box, acquire 1 random item out of the following list. Decoration Item Box Normal Emote Select Box Rare Emote Select Box Epic Emote Select Box Legendary Emote Select Box Normal Emoji Select Box Rare Emoji Select Box Epi…
- August 8, 2025 (Fri) Update Patch Notes (No server downtime) - 8 August 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! Following bug has been fixed without any server downtime. 1. Fixed a bug where the descriptions of some daily missions appeared in Korean. Thank you.
- August 7, 2025 (Thu) Patch Notes - 6 August 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! We will have a maintenance for a bug fix. Please check below for details. Maintenance Date: August 7, 2025 (Thu) Maintenance Time: 02:00 – 03:00 (1 Hour) (UTC+0) 1. Fixed a bug where only one match per round was counted as a win in the tournament
- [Updated on 2025-08-06]August 6, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 5 August 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on August 6, 2025 will bring improvements to Rust, revamp to Elvacia weapons, and new Conquest map: Isolated Supply Lines. On top of that, new tournament mode update and skill/module UX improvements will be made. 1. Maintenance Date: August 6, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 06:00 (4 Hours) (UTC+0) ■ Rust Character Improvement Rust will be improved so that the complexity of the character will be eased while there are some controls involved to fit the nature of shooter games. Please check out the details below. 1. The following weapons will be adjusted. Weapon Changes Hand Cannon Added as Normal Weapon. Song of Iron Added as Normal Weapon. Recharging Drone Changed to Special Weapon. Beam Turret Changed to Special Weapon. Shield Bash Turret The weapon will be removed. Shield Bash Turret Weapon Ticket will be changed to Hand Cannon Weapon Ticket. Reca…
- August 6, 2025 Update Preview - 30 July 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on August 6 will bring improvements to Rust, a new character introduced in July. Also 3 weapons will be added/removed for Elvacia, a new Conquest match map will be introduced, and Skill/Module Page UX will be improved as well. Please check out the details below. 1. Rust Character Improvement Rust will be improved so that the complexity of the character will be eased while there are some controls involved to fit the nature of shooter games. To bring this change, we plan to provide 2 new basic weapons that can directly attack enemies and change Recharging Drone and Beam Turret to Special Weapon. Also, weapons with low usage such as Shield Bash and Recall Drone will be removed. With the improvements to Rust, we expect that the base skill will also see some low usage. Therefore, we plan to change Rust’s Mercenary Skills as well. 2. 3 Elvacia Weapons Added/Remo…
- [Updated on 2025-08-06]Summer Event - 22 July 2025
1. Receive Event Currency: July 23, 2025 (Wed) After Maintenance - August 13, 2025 (Wed) 02:00 (UTC+0) 2. Event Reward Exchange: July 23, 2025 (Wed) After Maintenance - August 20, 2025 (Wed) Before Maintenance (UTC+0) 3. Credit Shop Item Sale: August 13, 2025 (Wed) 02:00 - August 20, 2025 (Wed) Before Maintenance (UTC+0) During the event period, players can play Rush Battleground to collect event currency that can be exchanged for Summer-themed Swimsuit Legendary Battlesuits, 6 Types Limited Time Emoji, and other various items. 1. Receive Event Currency Event Currency Available Period: July 23, 2025 (Wed) After Maintenance - August 13, 2025 (Wed) 02:00 (UTC+0) During the Event Period, players can defeat monsters in Rush Battleground to acquire Frozen Water Bottle, Sparkling Sand Bottle, and Ivory Clamshell on a set chance in addition to the usual loot. These items will be converted to e…
- July 23, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 22 July 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on July 23 will bring improvements to 2 weapons and introduce Summer Event where players can acquire a Legendary Battlesuit. Please check out the details below. 1. Maintenance Date: July 23, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 05:00 (3 Hours) (UTC+0) ■ Balance Adjustments 1. The following weapons will be adjusted. Mercenary Weapon Weapon Tau Electric Shock The weapon attack will be changed as follows. Before: Upon hit, create a electric current to 1 enemy nearby to attack. After: Attack 2 nearby enemies at once. Reduced the damage from 154 to 130. Urth Exploding Iron Reduced the HP of the mine from 350 to 250. Removed the ally marker at the bottom of the installed mine. ■ Summer-themed Lobby Update The lobby background will be displayed in the summer theme until the update on August 20th in celebration of the summer. ■ Summer Event Event Period: July 2…
- July 16, Developer’s Notes - 16 July 2025
Hello Mercenaries! We’d like to share some update information that players have been waiting for. In this update, we have prepared various contents that allow more actions and tactical choices in battle. 1. New Match Map A new Conquest Map will be added. This map will be smaller than other maps to allow even more fiery close-range, quick combat. With its level design far separated from the existing maps, players will need new tactics and quick decision-making to fend off the enemies. Battle against enemies in new terrain. 2. Mercenary ‘Elvacia’ Weapon Revamp Some weapons will be revamped for Elvacia. Triple Barrel, Shotgun Pistol, and Explosive Shotgun Pistol will be swapped out for weapons specialized in ranged battle. With this revamp, Elvacia will have more tactical option for enemies at varying distances, allowing more tactical gameplay and new gameplay style. 3. UI and System Quali…
- Summer Event Advance Notice - 8 July 2025
1. Event Period: July 9, 2025 (Wed) After Maintenance ~ July 22, 2025 (Tue) 23:59(UTC+0) 2. Event Info 1) Event Notice A Notice will be added to the Announcements & Event tab announcing the summer event. 2) Login Mailbox Reward Event Logging in during the following dates during the event will provide rewards by mail. Date Reward 2025.07.09 (Wed) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.10 (Thu) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.11 (Fri) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.12 (Sat) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.13 (Sun) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.14 (Mon) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.15 (Tue) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.16 (Wed) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.17 (Thu) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.18 (Fri) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets x2 2025.07.19 (Sat) Rush Battleground Entry Tickets…
- July 9, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 8 July 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on July 9 will bring the start of Season 4 and introduce a new character: Rust. Also, a new mercenary challenge system and VK Play Portal will be updated as well. 1. Maintenance Date: July 9, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 06:00 (4 Hours) (UTC+0) ■ Season 4 Update Season 3 will come to an end and Season 4 will begin. The new season will bring the following changes. 1. All Rank Score and Rank Rewards will reset. Players can newly claim rank rewards. Players can now receive new seasonal Emojis and Emotes. Matchmaking will not be affected by Rank Score Reset. With the reset on Rank Score, Top 1,000 players who have achieved high ranks will receive Seasonal Title by mail. Players will receive the following titles based on Ranks. Season 3 Rank Reward Rank 1 Suffix Title x1 Rank 2 Prefix Title x1 Rank 3 Prefix Title x1 Rank 4 - Rank 10 Suffix Title x1 R…
- July 9, 2025 Update Preview - 2 July 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on July 9 will bring the end of Season 3 and the start of Season 4. Also, a new mercenary who summons mechanical devices in combat: Rust will be added. New Mercenary Challenge System that gives purpose and reward in games will be updated as well. Please check out the details below. 1. Season 4 Update The long 3 month journey will end and a new season will begin. The new season will have Rank and Rank Rewards reset. New Attendance Log Rewards and Battle Pass will begin. On top of that, Weapon Balance, Play Rewards, and many other improvements will be made. Title Rewards will be given out based on Season 3 Ranks. Strive for higher ranks to achieve the highest ranks in Season 3. 2. New Mercenary: Rust Rust can summon turrets, drones, and other machine devices to attack enemies or assist allies. This new mercenary will be released along with the update. The ne…
- June 25, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 24 June 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on June 25 will bring 2 New Achievements and Improvements to 3 Weapons. Please check out the details below. 1. Maintenance Date: June 25, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 04:00 (2 Hours) (UTC+0) ■ 2 New Achievements and Adjustments 2 New Achievements below will be added. AchievementContentRewardCombat MasterPurchase Mercenary Skill 3 TimesGold x2,100Combat MasterPurchase Mercenary Skill 10 TimesGold x3,600Combat MasterPurchase Mercenary Skill 25 TimesGold x4,800Beginner MercenaryReach 500 Total Mercenary Rank ScoreGold x2,100Expert MercenaryReach 1,500 Total Mercenary Rank ScoreGold x3,600Elite MercenaryReach 5,000 Total Mercenary Rank ScoreGold x4,800Legendary MercenaryReach 12,000 Total Mercenary Rank ScoreTitle “Legendary” ■ 3 Balance Adjustments 1. The following weapons will be adjusted. MercenaryWeaponChangesNedElectric StrikerIncreased the spe…
- June 18, 2025 (Wed) Update Patch Notes (No server downtime) - 18 June 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! Following bug has been fixed without any server downtime. 1. Fixed the issue where the shield did not disappear and dealt damage upon contact when used in the Battleground. Thank you.
- June 18, Developer’s Notes - 18 June 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! We’re here to provide new information on New Season and Updates! In this patch, a new season will start and rewards will be improved. Also, a new mercenary will join our ranks and a balance adjustment patch will roll out as well. 1. Start of Season 4 A new season will begin. With the start of the new season, challenge yourself to various rewards that will be added as well. Various event rewards are in store along with the Battle Pass. A title reward will be sent out for all top ranked players of season 3. 2. New Mercenary: Rust A new mercenary Rust will be added to the game. Rust uses a completely new system separate from the existing mercenaries. Rust is a mercenary that can engage in combat without complicated maneuver. Rust can summon turrets, drones, and other machine devices to attack enemies or assist allies. Rust can empower the machine devices through skills…
- June 11, 2025 (Wed) Patch Notes - 10 June 2025
Hello, Mercenaries! The update on June 11 will bring Tournament System, Spectator Function, and new Team Deathmatch Map. Please check out the details below. 1. Maintenance Date: June 11, 2025 (Wed) 2. Maintenance Time: 02:00 - 06:00 (4 Hours) (UTC+0) ■ Tournament System Update The tournament system will be updated where players will compete against each other to acquire special rewards exclusive to the tournament. The tournament will be held 1 time per week on each server. Please check out the details below. 1. Tournament Period The tournament will be held in each server at the following times. ServerRound 1 Start TimeAsiaEvery Friday 08:00 (UTC+0)GlobalEvery Friday 04:00 (UTC+0) 2. How to Participate: Players can apply as party of 1 to 3 during the event period. To register, select the Tournament mode from the game selection menu and press “Start Game” before Round 1 begins. 3. Tournam…
