7DS Origin 1.8: Derieri, Hunting Event and What Ends 26 August

Version 1.8 went live on 5 August and closes on 26 August, and it's explicitly built as a bridge rather than a destination — the groundwork for the Half-Anniversary Version 2.0 update landing immediately after. That framing shapes every decision you make over the next fortnight. The patch brings Derieri of the Ten Commandments as its limited hero and a new 15-player Hunting Event, but the item most likely to cost you something is quieter: Timespace Junction Season I ends with this version, and Season II restarts from Sector 1 when 2.0 arrives. Clearing Sector 12 before the window shuts is your last chance at Season I completion rewards. Here's the full picture and how to sequence it.

The dates

• Version 1.8 live: 5 August, after regional maintenance
• Version 1.8 ends: 26 August
• Version 2.0 (Half-Anniversary): immediately after

North America updated overnight on 4–5 August, with Europe and Asia following on their own maintenance windows. That's a three-week version, shorter than a standard cycle, which is consistent with a bridge patch.

Derieri

Derieri of the Ten Commandments is Version 1.8's new playable limited hero.

Standard limited-banner rules apply, and they're worth restating because they decide your budget:

• An SSR is guaranteed within 80 draws, with a 50% chance it's the featured hero
• If your 80-draw SSR isn't Derieri, your next SSR is guaranteed to be her
• Derieri is guaranteed at 120 draws regardless of earlier pulls
• The 80-draw pity carries over to the next limited banner. The 120-draw bonus does not.

That last line is the whole strategy. Partial progress follows you into Version 2.0's banner; the hard guarantee doesn't. So the decision is binary: either commit to reaching 120 within this window, or treat your pulls as pity progress banked toward the anniversary and stop chasing.

Given what 2.0 is, the second option deserves serious weight.

The Hunting Event

A new 15-player large-group boss mode launches with the patch — a genuinely new content type rather than a reskinned raid.

Fifteen-player content is unusual in this genre, and it changes what your roster needs. Modes built for large groups typically reward specialisation over completeness: with fourteen other players covering other roles, bringing one thing you do exceptionally well often beats bringing a balanced team. If you've been building broadly, this is the content that rewards depth in one direction instead.

Timespace Junction Season I ends — this is the deadline

The item most likely to be missed, because it doesn't announce itself.

Season I of Timespace Junction concludes with Version 1.8. When Version 2.0 arrives, Season II restarts from Sector 1, which means the progress ladder resets entirely.

The practical consequence: clearing Sector 12 during the remaining window is your last opportunity at Season I completion rewards. Once 2.0 lands, that content is behind you regardless of how close you got.

If you're sitting at Sector 9 or 10 and telling yourself you'll finish it eventually — you won't. Finish it now or accept losing it.

Version 2.0 is the reason to hold your resources

Half-anniversary patches in Netmarble titles have consistently paired celebration rewards with a high-profile limited banner, and there's no reason to expect this one to break the pattern.

That makes keeping a Star Memory reserve through 1.8 a deliberate strategy rather than indecision. Two things follow:

• If Derieri isn't a roster need, banking pulls into 2.0 is the stronger play — especially since your 80-draw pity travels with you.
• If Derieri is a roster need, commit properly and reach the guarantee rather than stopping at 90 draws with nothing to show but carried pity.

The worst outcome available this month is spending most of a guarantee's worth of resources on a banner you weren't committed to, then arriving at the anniversary unable to pull for something you actually wanted.

Codes worth redeeming

Free resources that take under a minute. Reported as currently active:

• WELCOMEORIGIN — Regular Hero Draw Ticket x5, Supreme Mastery EXP x10, Supreme Enhancement Stone x10, Supreme Refinement Stone x10, Gold x50,000
• 100DAYCELEBRATION

Codes in 7DS Origin have been distributed through version livestreams, and several from earlier patches have already lapsed. Redeem rather than bookmark — and expect a fresh batch when the Version 2.0 livestream airs.

A two-week plan

Treat 1.8 as a sprint, with the anniversary immediately behind it:

1. Clear Timespace Junction Sector 12 before the season ends. This is the only genuinely irrecoverable item on the list.
2. Run the Hunting Event while it's new and groups are forming easily. Large-group content gets harder to fill as a patch ages.
3. Play the new story chapter — it's the first instalment of a story-heavy quest series, which usually means it sets up the anniversary narrative.
4. Decide on Derieri early, not on the 25th. A guarantee needs a plan, and half a guarantee is worse than none.
5. Redeem your codes.
6. Bank what's left for Version 2.0.

For newcomers

If you're arriving at 7DS Origin now, some orientation. It's an open-world MMORPG from Netmarble F&C — a different game from Grand Cross, not a sequel banner or an update to it. It launched 16 March 2026 on PS5 and Steam, with mobile following on 23 March, and it runs cross-platform on a unified Netmarble account.

New characters release roughly every 20 to 30 days, with banners running about 20 days each, and reruns arriving with most updates. That cadence matters for planning: a hero you skip is likely to return, which is another argument against panic-pulling on a bridge patch.

The permanent banner pool includes Diane, King, Elaine, Jericho, Drake, Guila and Mannie alongside the SR-tier roster, with limited banners covering new releases.

Prepare for the anniversary

A half-anniversary banner is where most accounts make their biggest commitment of the cycle — and arriving with resources banked is what separates a planned pull from a partial one. Browse the 7DS Origin marketplace for account and top-up options ahead of Version 2.0.

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