Atelier Lydie & Suelle version 1.01 out now in Japan, lots of DLC incoming

In Japan, Gust has announced a ton of DLC for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: Alchemists of the Mysterious Painting. Players will be able to purchase content featuring music from other Atelier games, a collaboration with Nights of Azure 2, a boss battle against Sophie, and more.

Coinciding with the DLC news, a 1.01 update has been issued. This increases the level cap and more.

You can find a full recap of the new update and all upcoming DLC below.

Update Ver. 1.01 (currently available)

• Player level cap increase, from 50 to 100.
• 3 new skills for every playable character
• Palmyra and Termina boss fight level caps increase from 100 to 200

February 1, 2018

• BGM pack of music from legacy Gust games (free)
• Atelier series BGM pack (free)
• Atelier Lydie & Suelle Season Pass goes on sale (8,800 yen)

February 22, 2018

• Item attribute addition – several new attributes will be available to be added to items (free)
• Adventure pack 1: A new painting world, called ‘Nightless Ruins’, collaboration armor items with Nights of Azure 2, and a new ‘Cherry Blossom Swamp’ area will be available together. (1,200 yen)
• Secret recipe notebook: New weapon part recipes, Atelier series item recipes, and new activators will be added. (500 yen)
• Nights of Azure 2 BGM Pack (500 yen)
• Explorer’s Logbook: Adds higher tier exploration equipment recipes. (200 yen)
• Rare Item Pack: 5 items with rare attributes will be available. (free)

March 8, 2018

• Rare item merchant will be added to the game (free)
• Lucia as a playable character: Combination Arts with Lucia and other party members will be added as well, as well as additional events. (1,000 yen)
• Adventure Pack 2: ‘The Garden of Blue Feelings’, a collaboration map with Blue Reflection, will be added. 3 types of ‘Magical Girl Rings’ will be added as equippable items. New ‘Ventus Mines’ area added. (1,200 yen)
• Blue Reflection BGM Pack (500 yen)
• Lydie’s swimsuit, ‘Smart & Sweet’ (300 yen)
• Suelle’s swimsuit, Active ☆ Lovely (300 yen)
• EXP grinding quest (100 yen)
• Money grinding quest (100 yen)

March 22, 2018

• Small character events added to the game. (free)
• Rematch with a stronger version of Thunder Demon Falgiore added. (free)
• ‘Sophie’s Test of Strength’: A fight against the great alchemist, Sophie Neuenmuller. (free)
• Illumeria von Leinweber will be available as a playable character, along with her related events and Combination Arts. (1,000 yen)
• ‘Claudel Prairie’ from Atelier Firis will be available as a new map. Character events for Firis will also be added. (1,000 yen)
• Battle Mix Mastery: New battle recipes that utilize Battle Mix will be added. (300 yen)
• Sophie’s outfit, ‘Best Partner’. (300 yen)
• Firis’ outfit, ‘Teacher’s Favorite’. (300 yen)
• Lucia’s outfit, ‘Rabbit Tail’. (300 yen)
• Illumeria’s outfit, ‘Collumellia?’. (300 yen)

When Atelier Lydie & Suelle heads west in March, Koei Tecmo should eventually make this DLC available. For now, view some screenshots below.

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