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Gold Foil is a Limited S-Tier Costume for the Hermit, Alva Lorenz. It was introduced in Season 38 Essence 1 ("Pact" in the Secret Tunnel). The costume's essence was obtainable between July 10th and September 17th, 2025.
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Smash the lies and restore the truth! More valuable than gold is the motto leading to the truth.
Hiding in lies, seeking the truth
A bounty for a robbery case attracts marginal figures from various cities. They gather from different places to the crime scene just to solve the unsolved case and get the reward. However, someone with ulterior motives secretly hides in the team, covering up the truth with lies and misleading everyone in the direction of solving the case.
With the participation of Lady Truth, the case gradually becomes clearer and the murderer is about to surface...
Truth is priceless, proverbs are eternal
Upon this cold, unyielding metal, ambition and desire are cast—enough to upend right and wrong, to blur the lines between good and evil. Yet from its crucible, glory is forged, and a new order begins.
[S Costume] Hermit - Gold Foil's wide black hat hides his expression well, the sharp metal mask is like the fangs of a beast, and one of his pupils emits a gilded brilliance. His eyes can always see through this undercurrent city. The black leather coat is covered with golden lines, and fine golden powder is scattered from the ribbon in front of him. The waist straps and fingerless gloves provide convenience for his actions. He is already at the top of the rules, but he is still ready to throw himself into it. On the slender cane, a sculpture of a ferret is quietly curled up at the top, looking at the floating golden beads beside it vividly.
Behind the undercurrent, the fog is shrouded. The turmoil under the ground, the conspiracy deep in the dark alley, the lies and the truth, who is the real murderer...
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Design Idea Plans
This season's essence unfolds in the city's underground. Lady Truth is commissioned to investigate a bank robbery. Following clues uncovered at the scene, she journeys deep into the gloomy underground, navigating abandoned tunnels in an attempt to apprehend the robbers and recover the stolen goods. Based on this abandoned, underground industrial setting, we aim to create differentiated costume designs based on the characters' status, living environment, and personality traits, while maintaining an overall sense of ease of movement within the workwear base.
To reflect the high-value property found in bank heists, we selected metal equivalents of varying hues as embellishments for each character's costumes. Hermit, the master of the underworld and leader of an intelligence organization, features a visually more subdued black palette, accented with gold, a universally cherished color. He is mysterious, powerful, and dangerous. For his costume design, we wanted the overall silhouette to be easy to move, while also incorporating decorative details that create a sense of distance and danger, hinting at his inherent contrasting qualities.
The other two characters also hold different perspectives. Doctor is a lurker disguised in disguise. While her underground identity is a disguise, it also allows her to unleash and highlight her personality, making it more distinct than her past as a specimen collector on a research vessel. Therefore, we chose the silvery-white metal antimony as her symbolic element. Its silvery sheen may evoke silver, its equivalent, but its inherent toxicity. Furthermore, we used surgical sutures as embellishment to create a slightly deranged image of the Doctor.
In the story, Gravekeeper is Pastor, a former acquaintance of Lady Truth. He has now made a secret pact with Miss Sway and lives alone in the underground world. For his costume, we chose toned with sepia and copper, creating a transitional effect like a metallic paint finish. The design is supplemented with small exploration tools, such as a lantern, to shape the image of a lone explorer.
Design Idea Sketch
The story of Essence takes place underground in the city, and the characters are those in the gray area who, for various reasons, have lived underground for a long time. Their clothing style is more free-spirited, with the functional and practical style of criminals, and some mixed and matched styles appear, which contrasts with the more neatly dressed investigators from the surface.
The costume is primarily black and gold, with touches of red, silver, and other hues. A mix of workwear and leather accessories creates a visually appealing image of a powerful actor, a mastermind of the underground market. Based on the setting, a first draft was created.
The second draft adjusted details such as patterns and accessories.
The final version perfected the cold flame corsage and the gradient of the inner wear.
Model Details Description
More valuable than gold are the words that lead to the truth.
- The wide black hat concealed his expression well, the sharp metal mask was like the fangs of a wild beast, and one of his eyes emitted a gilded light. His gaze could always see through this undercurrent city.
- The black leather coat is covered with golden lines, and fine golden powder is scattered from the ribbon in front of him. The waist straps and fingerless gloves provide convenience for his actions. He is already at the top of the rules, but he is still ready to throw himself into them at any time.
- On the slender cane, a sculpture of a ferret lies quietly at the top, looking at the golden beads suspended beside it in a lifelike manner.
Showroom Interface Design
He looked at himself on the wanted poster with interest, as if he was used to it. After bowing gracefully, the flying pieces of paper melted in the flames.
Some businesses do not need shelves full of goods. Their "goods" are circulated between people's mouths and ears. They only need to ensure that they are delivered to the right people in order to realize their due value.
In-Game Display
The rose on his chest blooms in the flames, the fangs and chains are hidden behind, and in the shadows where the sun cannot reach, the broken gold foil is even more dazzling.
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![[Portrait] Hermit - Gold Foil (180 Pulls)](/wiki/File:GoldFoilPortraitSpriteHD.png "GoldFoilPortraitSpriteHD.png (1.85 MB)"){kind=icon}
![[Graffiti] Awaiting Reply](/wiki/File:AwaitingReply.png "AwaitingReply.png (35 KB)")
![[Portrait] Do Not Approach](/wiki/File:DoNotApproachSprite.png "DoNotApproachSprite.png (21 KB)"){kind=icon}
References[]
- ↑ Gold Foil Design Notes - Official Website
- ↑ Gold Foil Design Notes - Weibo, WeChat
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