A schedule rundown for Blue Archive's October 28 event "START YOUR ENGINES! ~Forever, Room 183~", the new Total Assault "Nightmare Train", the "Gehenna Cup" minigame rules and the limited recruitment banners.
Event: START YOUR ENGINES! - after Oct 28 maintenance to Nov 11, 10:59 (KST)
Total Assault: Nightmare Train - Nov 4, 11:00 to Nov 11, 03:59 (KST)
Minigame: Gehenna Cup - playable until Nov 18, 10:59 (KST)
Limited recruitment: Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing), 3-star, same period as the event
November at a glance
After Oct 28 maintenance to Nov 11, 10:59 (KST): event "START YOUR ENGINES! ~Forever, Room 183~"
Nov 4, 11:00 to Nov 11, 03:59 (KST): new Total Assault "Nightmare Train"
After Oct 28 maintenance to Nov 18, 10:59 (KST): minigame "Gehenna Cup" (still playable after the main event ends)
During the event: limited recruitment for Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing)
Event and limited banners
Joining the event lets you recruit the 1-star student Lanna as an event reward. At the same time, the 3-star limited students Hifumi (Racing) and Azusa (Racing) are available in recruitment until the event ends at 10:59 on Nov 11. The story follows the Room 183 special squad as they chase the championship, and it is a sequel to a previous event.
Gehenna Cup minigame rules
You drive a tank and try to reach the goal before the fuel runs out.
Each run consumes one Player Pass.
Boss stages are a one-on-one tank duel against an opposing tank.
Stage-clear rewards were introduced as Player Passes, Gehenna Cup Tickets, a cheering flag and an OOPArt-type item (based on a Japan-server article; names are translated).
Japanese guide sites suggest clearing quests as far as possible first, then repeating the stages that drop exchange materials with a bonus squad.
New Total Assault: Nightmare Train
The Total Assault opens at 11:00 on Nov 4 and closes at 03:59 on Nov 11, about seven hours before the event ends at 10:59, so plan your ranked attempts and sweeps ahead of the deadline. Phase 1 and 2 gameplay was shown in the Japan broadcast on Oct 25, but boss patterns and reward numbers could not be confirmed, so they are left out here.
Deadline checklist
Around the Nov 10 maintenance: recruitment changes and the Unlimited Decisive Battle end, so check them together with this schedule.
Nov 11, 03:59 (KST): Total Assault Nightmare Train ends - the cutoff for rankings and score attempts.
Nov 11, 10:59 (KST): the main event and the Hifumi (Racing) / Azusa (Racing) banners end; recruit Lanna through the event before then.
Nov 18, 10:59 (KST): last moment to keep playing the Gehenna Cup (per the Inven summary); plan to spend your Player Passes by then.
Exchange deadlines can differ by notice, so confirm them in the in-game announcement.
Related dates
The Nov 10 recruitment overhaul (Stack 100 pity, 200 pickup guarantee) is covered in a separate article.
The Unlimited Decisive Battle (Tiferet) also runs until Nov 10.
The 5th Anniversary Festival (Nov 7-8, KINTEX) has already taken place.
💡 Tip: The event banners and the Total Assault end at different times (10:59 and 03:59), so check each deadline on the last day.
⚠ The Korean-server schedule follows an Inven summary. The Korean name of the Total Assault was not confirmed, so it is given as Nightmare Train (Japan-server name reads close to Nightmare Express), and minigame reward names are translated from a Japan-server article. Boss patterns and reward numbers are unconfirmed.
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