Shadow Arena News

The event Battle Pass update is here!

All you have to do is play and you’ll get tons of rewards!

[h2]Event 1. Battle Pass![/h2]
■ Event Period

August 6, 2020 (Thu) after maintenance – September 17, 2020 (Thu) before maintenance


* Check the Battle Pass at the top-right of the Lobby.




* You can click on the reward icon to receive the item upon reaching the necessary Battle Points for each tier.


■ How to Earn Battle Points



■ Battle Pass Rewards

* Items that can be taken into a game will be sent to your Loot Storage, while the other rewards will be sent to your Shop Storage.





[Jordine Ducas] Serendia's Young Lion / [Lahn] Sanguine Petal



[h2]Event 2. Get those Tickets[/h2]
■ Event Period

August 6, 2020 (Thu) after maintenance – September 17, 2020 (Wed) before maintenance


■ Eligible Servers

All Servers

■ How to Participate

① Login to Shadow Arena.

② Earn Battle Points by playing Shadow Arena.

③ Receive the “[Event] Ticket” from the Battle Pass with the Battle Points you earned.

④ If you have at least 1 “[Event] Ticket, you will be automatically entered for the event.

* You can earn up to 5 [Event] Ticket through the Battle Pass.

- If you’ve received the [Event] Ticket on multiple servers, your event entry will be based on the server where you have the highest number of [Event] Tickets.

* Only [Event] Tickets received during the event period will be counted for the event entry.



Tip: The more “[Event] Tickets” you have, the greater chance you have of winning!


■ Event Rewards




Additional Notices

[Event 2]

- You may only participate in this event with one account and cannot win multiple times. If we discover you participated in the event with more than one account, you may be disqualified even after the winners announcement.(added)

- Special skins are excluded for the [Event] Hero Skin x1 reward.

- The winners announcement will be within 2 weeks after the end of the event on the official website.

- Please note that the specifics (color, etc.) of the event prizes cannot be selected by the winner and will be arbitrarily decided by Pearly Abyss.

- Pearl Abyss may request documents and/or information that is necessary to deliver the event prizes. If the requested documents and/or information are not submitted to Pearl Abyss, the winner understand that they are forfeiting the event prizes.

- Pearl Abyss may collect the personal information of the winners with their agreement/consent in order to deliver the event prizes.

- Depending on the circumstances, Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change/alter the event prizes with a prize of similar value without prior notice.

- More details regarding the event prize delivery, etc. Will be provided in the winners announcement.

- Winner privileges cannot be transferred or given to another individual, and the specified prize cannot be exchanged for monetary value or other prizes.


[All]

- The [Event] Ticket will be deleted after the end of the event period.

- Rewards not received within the event period will be deleted after the maintenance on September 16, 2020 (Wed), so please make sure to receive the rewards within the event period.

- Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change/cancel the event depending on mitigating circumstances. If changes are made, they can be found on this event page.

- Participating in the event with inappropriate methods may result in cancellation of event participation, withdrawal of item rewards, and account restrictions from the game.

- If your account is restricted for violating the Terms of Service, you may be disqualified and have any prizes withdrawn even after being selected as a winner.

- If you have any other questions or concerns related to the event, please contact us via [Support].

- Any matters not listed on this page will follow the [Shadow Arena Event Rules].

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.

We will be performing our maintenance on August 6 (Thu).

During the maintenance, you will be unable to access the game service and website.

■ Game Maintenance Schedule

■ Game Maintenance Impact

- Unable to access the game



■ Reason

- Update, fixes, and improvements to certain content



■ Website Maintenance Schedule
■ Website Maintenance Impact

- Unable to access the website



■ Reason

- Update, fixes, and improvements to certain content



* Additional Notices

- The maintenance times are subject to change, extension, and/or early completion. Any changes will be provided as an update on this page.


- Once the maintenance begins, you will be automatically disconnected from the game, even if you are waiting in-queue or in a match.





Thank you

It’s here! The sign-ups for the 2020 Asia Champions Showdown – August are now open!

Check out the news and event schedule below.


See if you have what it takes to be crowned the champion of Beta Season Round 2!

[h2]2020 Asia Champions Showdown – August Information[/h2]
* Players selected as participants will be sent a Discord channel URL by in-game mail after the participants announcement. Please make sure to enter this Discord channel as further event communication and information will be provided through it.

※ Participant Selection Criteria
1) Participant selections will be based on the Solo ranking of the Asia server.
* How to Check Ranking: At the top of the Lobby screen [Battle History] > [Rank] > [Team] > [World Ranking]
* Solo ranking for selection will be based on your Solo rank at the start of the maintenance on August 14, 2020 (Fri) 00:00.
2) Even if you have a high ranking, you will not be automatically selected as a participant if you do not sign up.
3) Up to 40 participants will be selected from everyone that sign ups to participate.
■ Event Format and Scoring System
① Participating players must log in to the Asia server 30 minutes before the start of the competition and wait in the main lobby.
② Participants who are waiting in the Lobby will be invited to the arena.
③ The round will start once all participants have entered.
④ Once the round is over, the next round will follow steps ① - ③ again until all rounds are completed.
⑤ There will be a total of 4 rounds, and the total combined points earned from round will determine the final placements.
* If you enter or are in a different menu (storage, etc.) besides the main screen, you may not receive the room invite, so please make sure to wait in the “Main Screen” menu for your invitation.

■ Scoring System
- If you fail to participate in a round after the match begins, you will be penalized –50 points per round.
* If two or more players have the same amount of total points, the points of the last round will determine the final placements.
- However, if the points of the last round are tied, the final placements will be determined by the survival ranking for that round.

* Some parts of the Shadow Arena Competitive Rules were revised. Please make sure to carefully read the changes and additions before signing up to participate in order to avoid any inconveniences.



Shadow Arena Competitive Rules

■ Rewards
* The exclusive skin reward will be for one of the Heroes played during the event.

Additional Notices
- There will be a total of 4 rounds, and it may take more than 2 hours to complete all the rounds. We recommend having extra time to continue playing on that day if the time takes longer than expected.
- Pearl Abyss reserves the right to change/cancel the event depending on mitigating circumstances. If changes are made, they can be found on this event page.
- If you have any other questions or concerns related to the event, please contact us via [Support].
- Any matters not listed on this page will follow the [Shadow Arena Competitive Rules] and[Shadow Arena Terms of Service].

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena



The maintenance is now finished, and you can now access the game.

Thank you for your patience during the maintenance; we have sent you compensation as a token of our apology for the inconvenience you may have experienced.


Maintenance Compensation Details

- Who is Eligible: Accounts created before the maintenance
- Compensation: 1,000 silver
- Expiration Date: August 12, 2020 (Thu) 23:59



* Note

- If you do not receive the compensation enclosed in the in-game mail before the expiration date, the compensation will expire and no longer be receivable.





Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.



We will be performing our maintenance on August 5 (Wed).



- During the maintenance, you will be unable to access the game service.



■ Maintenance Schedule


■ Maintenance Impact
- Unable to access the game



■ Reason

- Perform service stabilization



※ Notices
- The maintenance times are subject to change, extension, and/or early completion. Any changes will be provided as an update on this page.

- You will be automatically disconnected from the game once the maintenance begins, even if you are waiting in-queue or playing the game.





We apologize for the inconvenience, and we will do our best to provide a more stable service.



Thank you

Greetings, this is Shadow Arena.

With 10 million KRW in cash prizes, the Regional Cup – Asia came to a long-awaited end after an intense and thrilling weekend of matches. We want to thank all the players who participated for showcasing their skills and the exciting experiences offered by Shadow Arena with their superb performances.

We hope it was as exciting for everyone watching as it was for the Shadow Arena team as we all spectated and cheered on together the intense action-packed combat of players battling it out for victory in the battlefield of Shadow Arena.

Now, some players may wonder what kind of competitive events are planned for the future, given that said events are a chance for them to showcase their skills and serve as additional motivation/goal for playing the game.

As Shadow Arena is a game designed with competitive events and esports in mind, we wanted to validate this by hosting several competitive events during the Beta Season Round 1. The Champions Showdown, an event to determine the best of the top ranking players, gave the highest ranker the honor of a special in-game title and skin, while the Regional Cup, open to anyone above a set criteria, gave players a chance at not only honor and fame, but plenty of rewards and experience as well.

We’ll be taking this kind of direction further during the remainder of the Beta Season Round 2 and the eventual Round 3 by presenting these competitive events in a somewhat newer form.



1. Champions Showdown

The Champions Showdown, an event to determine the best of the top ranking players, will be held at the end of each round as the final highlight for the players who ceaselessly compete in ranked matches throughout that round.

As an event with only 40 of the highest ranking players as participants, it will be a chance to go even further beyond the rankings and scores built up during the round and to truly see who the strongest player at the very end is.

The 2nd Champion Showdown will begin the day before the end of Round 2 on August 19 (Wed), and participant sign-ups will open tomorrow. We look forward to seeing who will be the last one standing at the top spot of round 2.


2. Regional Cup

The Regional Cup continues the competition for cash prizes. However, there was much to be desired regarding the amount of time that the current format required by having a couple of days to sign-up, and then having player play all the way through the group preliminaries until the playoffs.

Thus, we want to provide you with competitive experience more often by presenting a new Regional Cup which encompasses an entire process rather than just ending in one stroke.

First off, there’ll be weekly matches called the Regional Cup – Tryouts that will coincide with the start of Round 3. Through this new entry system, anyone can directly take up the challenge of the group preliminaries in-game regardless of signing up beforehand or a selection process. The Tryout events will take place every week with a preliminaries and playoffs, and of course, there will also be cash prizes on the line.

The Tryouts will have other benefits besides cash prizes as well. The winner of the weekly Tryout playoffs will be seeded to the Regional Cup and go directly to the playoffs.

After a total of 4 weekly Tryouts, the same kind of Regional Cup that took place a couple of days ago will return with 40 players who advance through a separate preliminaries and the players seeded from the Tryouts.


3. 1v1 Challenger Series (EU/RU, NA, SA Server)

We know that most of recent official competitive events are being held in the Asia server, and we’ve received feedback from many players of other regions regarding the progress of these events.

As we believe this is the right time, we are currently planning on competitive events for the EU/RU, NA, and SA servers.

We hope you’ll understand that the competitive events held on the Asia server are in a testing phase for us to establish the rules and way we’ll run these sort of events.

To somewhat alleviate this desire for competitive events, we’ll be holding separate events consecutively on the EU/RU, NA, and SA servers during the months of August and September. It’ll be a little different that just Solo mode, but there will be a 1v1 tournament where players can truly compete with skills, so please stay tuned.



Shadow Arena is still in its Early Access, but it will continue to develop as a game and a source of enjoyment while evolving as an esport with competitive events. The details we’ve previewed today are the current state of this process. We’ll do our best by keep trying to give our players more interesting and diverse experiences. Please stay tuned!