Update 8.6 Patch Notes

We have given the Campaign system an update to allow players to focus more on playing the game, and less about completing a lot of side-tasks – similar to PvP Seasons.

For a quick explanation, please check out our updated Campaign article, here!

General Changes

• We have separated the Campaign Pass into 2 parts:
  • A Reward Track, which requires “Stars” to progress
  • 8 Campaign Tasks that can be completed in any order to Bronze, Silver & Gold level over the course of the 10-week Campaign.
• The Campaign Menu has received a visual update to reflect the new system, and keep it aligned with PvP Seasons.
• Tapping the Campaign button on the World Map will take players directly to the Campaign menu (the old popup was no longer meaningful).

Campaign Rewards

• The total rewards available from the 10-week campaign are identical to – or in many cases better than the previous system. New rewards include:
  • The 121 rewards on the main track (including Elite+ Pass rewards)
  • The addition of 24 rewards from the updated Campaign Tasks
    

Campaign Pre 8.6	8.6 Campaigns
A total of 100 rewards for free players	40 rewards for free players in the Reward Track
100 extra rewards for Elite pass holders	61 extra rewards for Elite pass holders in the Reward Track
20 extra rewards for Elite+ pass holders & 20 bonus stars per week	20 extra rewards for Elite+ pass holders in the Reward Track & 200 bonus Stars on purchase.
	An additional 24 rewards can be earned from the updated Campaign Tasks

We have also updated the types of rewards players can earn:

• The Free Rewards track has been updated and now includes rarer items such as Orbs of Glory
• The Elite pass track now includes extra books of deeds, shiny mythic tokens, and more.
• The Elite+ Pass track rewards now include additional shiny mythic tokens.
• Elite Pass and Elite+ Pass have not changed in price.

Campaign Pass Reward Track

• Players can now earn 1 Campaign Star when playing most game modes ( Event Battles, PvP Battles, Quests, Explores at Difficulty IV or Higher).
• Players can still only earn up to 100 Stars each week.
• Like PvP Seasons, the new Campaign system has a single reward track with a mix of Free and Elite Pass Rewards.

Campaign Tasks

Similar to PvP Seasons, Campaigns now have a set of 8 Tasks, each with 3 Star Levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold). These can be earned over the course of a Campaign.

Earning a Campaign Task Star (Bronze, Silver, or Gold) will give a reward. These rewards are available to all players, and are not part of the Elite or Elite+ passes.

Campaign Tasks have been simplified, so players should progress in the ordinary course of playing battles (there are no longer tasks like earning Glory, or spending resources).

The new Campaign Tasks are:

• Slayer: Kill Enemies in any battle (except Training)
• Brawler: Win any battle (except Training)
• Grave Keeper: Match Skull Gems in any battle (except Training)
• Mana Master: Match Mana Gems in any battle (except Training)
• Match Master: Match 4 or more Gems in any battle (except Training)
• Heroic Master: Destroy Heroic Gems in any battle (except Training)
• Archmage: Cast Spells in any battle (except Training)
• Favored Enemy: Kill Enemies in any battle (except Training)
  • The specific Troop Type to kill will change between Campaigns.

• Campaign Tasks reset with each new Campaign.

Shiny Mythic Troop

We are introducing a Shiny Mythic Troop in each new campaign.

Tokens for the new Shiny Mythic Troop will be in the Elite and Elite+ rewards in the Reward Track. This will allow players to upgrade the Campaign Mythic Troop to a shiny version.

Elite Pass Players will be able to earn Shiny Mythic Tokens to get the Campaign Mythic to Shiny Level 1, while Elite+ Players will be able to earn Shiny Mythic Tokens to get the Campaign Mythic to level 3 (if they complete the reward track).

Shiny Mythic Tokens will go into Shiny Chests 3-4 weeks after the Campaign ends

Please Note: The new Campaign starting next week will use this new System

We have a new Achievement for this update:

• Taken To Task: Fully complete 2 Campaign Tasks (to Gold level) in a single Campaign.

We are also updating several older achievements to work with recently-updated systems (like the Campaigns and Guild Wars):

• The Other Side of Dawn: Complete all of your Guild Wars battles in a single event.
• Olympus Has Fallen: Defeat an opponent in the Palace in a Guild Wars Keep
• Kingdom Crusher: Reach Tier 5 in a single Legends Reborn event.
• Defender: Win a PvP Defence Battle in Central Spire.
• The Midas Touch: Earn 50 Stars in a single Campaign.
• Hard Taskmaster: Earn 1000 Stars in a single Campaign.
• Quarter Pounder: Earn 250 Stars in a single Campaign.
• You Just Have To Task: Earn 2 Stars in a single Campaign.
• Bronzed and Beautiful: Earn 10 Stars in a single Campaign.

• We have made some further improvements to Xbox behaviour with how it interacts with the Shop to address the issues that some players were seeing.
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• Guild Wars defence team were causing the location’s team restrictions to apply to other game modes.
• We have made some further improvements to Guild Wars to optimize performance.
• We have fixed an assortment of smaller issues.