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Legendary monsters have been sighted on the field, but are they real or just an illusion? Turn up those headlamps and shine a light on the myths (and moths) of Rocket League Season 16 starting September 4!
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⁠In Season 16, wade into the worrisome wilderness and compete in an all-new Arena, Drift Woods. And if things get too eerie, take comfort behind the wheel of Rocket League’s latest cars.
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⁠When you ⁠purchase Season 16’s Rocket Pass Premium, you’ll automatically unlock the BMW 1 Series Car Body. Venture up the Tiers to unlock the BMW 1 Series RLE Car Body, as well as folklore-inspired frights like the Chupacabra Topper, Sasquatch Print Wheels, and Mothman Decal! The woods await.


BMW1 Series
⁠NOTE: The BMW 1 Series and BMW 1 Series RLE Car Bodies use the Octane hitbox. They’ll be eligible for cross-game ownership between Rocket League and Fortnite at a later date!

[h3]⁠Drift into the Woods[/h3]
It’s time to head to the great outdoors! Wait, did we say great? We meant to say foreboding. The Drift Woods Arena is in a forest for those who drifted in the wrong, very wrong direction. But don’t worry — stay focused on the goal and you’ll soon find your way out of the darkness towards victory. ⁠


⁠You know what else can light up the dusk? Music. Season 16’s new theme song “Lie” is full of weird and wild electronic melodies curated by Monstercat artists Mr. Bill & Culprate. You’ll hear it on the Rocket League X Monstercat 2024 Playlist on Rocket League Radio, and it’ll be appearing in the Featured Shop as a Player Anthem!

[h3]⁠A New Perspective on Demolition[/h3]
One moment, you’re zooming towards the goal, and the next, BOOM! You’ve been demolished and are respawning who knows where. In Season 16, the post-demolition camera is improved, tracking the journey from where your vehicle was destroyed to your respawn point. Drift Woods is mysterious, so that your respawn point doesn’t have to be!


[h3]⁠Rocket Pass Premium[/h3]
Whether it’s monsters, ghouls, or witches — get ready to transform your vehicle into a mystical motor that brings an otherworldly aura wherever you drive. Here are supernatural surprises that lurk in Season 16’s Rocket Pass Premium Tiers:

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⁠Who says that looking out of this world has to come from myths and legends? The BMW 1 Series Car Body and BMW 1 Series RLE Car Body look so slick on the pitch you’d be forgiven for thinking that magical forces were involved in their making. Each car’s engine roars like the real thing too! Later this Season, all Rocket Pass Premium owners will receive a Decal for BMW 1 Series based on the winning entry from our Rocket League x BMW Decal Contest.
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⁠Let opponents know you’re watching them — and “they” are watching them — with the Creepshow Dominus Decal. Speaking of eyes, forget keeping your eyes on the goal. Have the goal keep eyes on the entire Arena with the takeover Eyescore Goal Explosion.
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⁠Like moths to a flame is Mothman to a light pole. Give Mothman a ride on a dying light with the Mothman Antenna! Or, show your affinity for the darkness with the gloom-oozing Darker Disc Wheels and Chupacabra Topper.⁠

⁠It’s not good to move the goalpost about what looks better in the light, but the Ghoulpost Antenna may be preferable to the Mothman Antenna if you prefer ghosts over bugs. The post it haunts is a city streetlight, so it’s no stranger to rocketing cars.
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⁠All the rewards mentioned above are just some of the rewards you can unlock. This Season’s Rocket Pass is crawling with rewards, with 70+ Tiers of rewards across free and Premium. Be a Happy Camper in Drift Woods!

[h3]⁠Tournament Rewards from the Underworld[/h3]
Season 16’s Tournament Rewards are delivered straight from the dark depths. If your performance on the pitch isn’t enough to give your rivals nightmares, show them an eyeball with wings (and a halo?) by equipping the Bateye Topper. Let ‘em know you have bite with the Gnaw’d Wheels and conjure up something fierce with the Rocketmancer Goal Explosion.


⁠These aren’t all the Tournament Rewards, so get ready to make the pitch your haunt.
⁠[h3]Competitive Tournament Schedule Updates![/h3]
Speaking of Tournaments, we’ll be adding extra Competitive Tournament time slots for every region — including weekend tournaments for players in South Africa! But that’s not all, we’ll also be introducing Heatseeker to the rotation. Heatseeker Tournaments will function like any other Competitive Tournament. Simply join a Competitive Tournament alone or with a teammate to enter into a 32-team bracket, and climb your way to victory!
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⁠All the new time slots, as well as some additional game mode changes, are listed below. We'll monitor the impact of these time slots and mode changes closely and adjust the schedule if necessary.

[h3]⁠Monday - Friday[/h3]

• North America: 3 AM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• Europe: 6 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• South America: 11:30 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
  • The existing 8:30 PM UTC time slot will change to Extra Modes Playlist.
• Oceania: 11 AM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
  • The existing 7 AM UTC time slot will change to Extra Modes Playlist.
• Middle East: 2:30 PM UTC and 6:30 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• Asia: 2 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)

⁠[h3]Saturday - Sunday[/h3]

• North America: 3 AM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• Europe: 2 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• South America: 11:30 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
  • The existing 6:30 PM UTC time slot will be removed.
• Oceania: 11 AM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• Middle East: 6:30 PM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• Asia: 8 AM UTC (Soccar or Heatseeker)
  
• South Africa: 8 PM UTC (2v2 Soccar)

There’s one urban legend we haven’t mentioned yet — you. Show off your fabled Soccar skills in Season 16, running ‘til December 4, 2024!

Blog Link with Season Trailer

Also, Season 15’s Competitive Rewards are revealed!
Salty Fest is nearing its final set, but Season Rush is back to keep the party rockin’ all the way to the end! Complete Season Rush Challenges for a last-chance power slide towards Tier 70 of Season 15’s Rocket Pass, unlocking Premium rewards on the way like the Clashflash Boost, Demo Disc Decal, and Vol. 11 Goal Explosion.
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⁠Your Season Rush setlist is made up of five new Challenges. Each time you play one to completion, you’ll earn 10,000 XP!

• Play 5 Online Matches
  
• Get 7 First Touches in Online Matches
  
• Win 2 Matches of Beach Ball (Available as an Arcade Playlist beginning August 28 at 9 AM PT)
  
• Get 3,000 Total Points in Online Matches
  
• Get 7 Assists in Online Matches

For all you serious festival-goers, there’s also an unlimited Win 10 Online Matches Challenge that rewards a Level Up each time!
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⁠⁠Season Rush is pumping up the volume from now until September 2, 2024, at 6 PM PT.

[h3]⁠Season 15’s Competitive Rewards Revealed![/h3]
If you’ve been hitting the mosh pit every night, you may be able to fill it up with Season 15 Competitive Rewards when the next Season begins September 4 at 8 AM PT!
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⁠⁠There are eight sets of an Avatar Border + Player Banner to unlock — one set for each Rank Tier. Equip these animated Borders and Banners to be a reminder of the party every match! The Season 15 Rewards also include Titles for players who reach Grand Champion or Supersonic Legend Tier.


⁠Season 15’s Avatar Border Competitive Rewards.

⁠Forgotten how Competitive Rewards work? After completing ten Competitive Matches, you’ll be assigned a rank based on your performance. You can reach a higher rank by winning Competitive Matches. But be careful, as you can also be demoted if you lose too many!

⁠⁠After winning ten matches at a Rank Tier, you’ll become eligible for its Competitive Rewards, regardless of what Rank Tier you’re at when the Season ends.

[h3]⁠⁠Season 15 Rewards[/h3]
⁠Main Rewards

• Bronze I or higher: S15 - Bronze Avatar Border & Player Banner
• Silver I or higher: S15 - Silver Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards
• Gold I or higher: S15 - Gold Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards
• Platinum I or higher: S15 - Platinum Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards
• Diamond I or higher: S15 - Diamond Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards
• Champion I or higher: S15 - Champion Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards
• Grand Champion I: S15 - Grand Champion Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards
• Supersonic Legend: S15 - Supersonic Legend Avatar Border & Player Banner + previous rewards

⁠Grand Champion Title Rewards

• Competitive Grand Champion: "S15 GRAND CHAMPION" in Crimson text
• Rumble Grand Champion: "S15 RNG CHAMP" in Crimson text
• Hoops Grand Champion: "S15 DUNK MASTER" in Crimson text
• Snowday Grand Champion: "S15 BLIZZARD WIZARD" in Crimson text

⁠Supersonic Legend Title Rewards

• Competitive Supersonic Legend: "S15 SUPERSONIC LEGEND" in Titanium White text
• Rumble Supersonic Legend: "S15 RNGENIUS" in Titanium White text
• Hoops Supersonic Legend: "S15 LEGENDARY BALLER" in Titanium White text
• Snowday Supersonic Legend: "S15 ICE TITAN" in Titanium White text

⁠Season 15’s Player Banner Competitive Rewards.

⁠⁠Season Rush + Competitive Rewards means it’s time to get as amped as Salty Fest! Get jammin’ before Season 15 ends September 4.

Earlier this summer, we talked about players experiencing poor online match quality caused by DDOS attacks targeting our game servers, along with other server performance-related issues. Released across multiple game and server client updates over the last several weeks, we have deployed a series of fixes designed to neutralize popular DDOS attack methods, while ensuring that the bad actors behind these attacks are not rewarded for match disruption.
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⁠First, we made adjustments to how incoming connections are treated by the server. With this change, many of the most popular DDOS attack methods, which involve flooding a server with hundreds or thousands of connections at once, are ineffective right from the start. Second, we changed our server infrastructure to dramatically reduce the chance of a targeted match being affected.
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⁠Along with these improvements, we also changed how our game servers treat player disconnections associated with DDOS attacks. The game server will now disconnect all players in this scenario at the same time, and award everyone with a No Contest. This means attack victims no longer see an MMR loss — which is especially important in Competitive lobbies — and bad actors don’t see an MMR gain.
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⁠With these changes now live for several weeks, some players may have already noticed an improvement in match quality. DDOS attacks not only target a specific match, but have the potential to impact other matches hosted on the same server hardware, also known as the “noisy neighbor effect.” By neutralizing these DDOS attack methods, we’ve seen a major improvement in online match quality for all players — regardless of if their match was being targeted or not.
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⁠We are keeping a close watch on new attack methods if they appear and become popular so we can neutralize them as quickly as possible. We are also still mid-stream on some server hardware changes and improvements that we’ll complete later this month.
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⁠We appreciate everyone’s patience as we’ve worked on and implemented these changes, and we hope you make the most of them through the last weeks of Season 15 and beyond.

The winning Decal will be granted to all owners of the car in-game. Read more on the prizes!

There’s nothing quite like putting a fresh new Decal on your car… except putting on a Decal that you made.
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⁠Next Season’s Rocket Pass Premium will feature the BMW 1 Series Car Body as the auto-unlock, and you have the opportunity to design a Decal that’ll be granted to all BMW 1 Series owners in Rocket League! The Rocket League x BMW Decal Contest runs August 9 until August 30.
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⁠⁠An early heads-up! BMW 1 Series uses the Octane hitbox.

[h3]How the Decal Design Contest Works[/h3]
Your design can come in the form of a drawing, a fancy render, or anything in between! Submit your design on X or Instagram by posting it with the hashtags #RocketLeagueBMWDecalContest and #contest. All contest entries must be submitted August 9 at 12 AM PT through August 30, 2024, at 11:59 PM PT, and each participant is limited to one entry.
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The judges will be two experts from BMW and two Rocket League designers, and the winner will be announced in October 2024! Shortly after, the winning design will be turned into a Decal that’ll be granted to all owners of next Season’s Rocket Pass Premium. This Decal will be cross-game eligible with Fortnite!
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⁠Contest participants must be at least 13 years old to participate. For the complete contest details and requirements, see the Rocket League x BMW Decal Contest Official Rules.

[h3]Prizing Breakdown[/h3]

1st place

• $3,000 USD
  
• Rocket Pass Premium grant
  
• Design made into a Decal that’ll be granted to all owners of next Season’s Rocket Pass Premium

2nd place

• $2,000 USD
  
• Rocket Pass Premium grant

3rd place

• $1,000 USD
  
• Rocket Pass Premium grant

Pitch your idea by August 30, and you just might see it on the pitch!

Get Challenge and Shop items… including Anthems from DJ Alan Walker himself!
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⁠⁠Rocket League’s in-game music festival Neon Nights is back with a new headline act: Alan Walker! The incognito EDM producer and DJ is ready to mix up your Rocket League matches with his most high-octane songs yet… Turn on Alan Walker Player Anthems and bump up the volume 🔊
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⁠While taking in the sounds of four Alan Walker Player Anthems from the Shop, complete Neon Nights Challenges for more Alan Walker items, including yet another Anthem and the A.W. Mask Topper! Who said festival season was over? Neon Nights takes over the arena from August 7 at 9 AM PT to August 21, 2024, at 6 PM PT.

[h3]Neon Nights ft. Alan Walker [/h3]

⁠⁠⁠Alan Walker’s music has sounded in virtual worlds, dystopian sci-fi videos, and even his own mobile game! Some of Walker’s earliest tunes found a home in viral gameplay montages on YouTube, helping him amass a global audience of more than 125 million “Walkers”. Now, his latest songs on Monstercat are finding a home in Rocket League!
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⁠Four brand new tracks from Alan Walker will be blastable as Player Anthems, starting with the Wake Up (feat. MRD) Player Anthem Challenge reward. The other three Anthems are available to purchase in the Item Shop and will be in regular rotation on Rocket League Radio.

[h3]Neon Nights Challenge Rewards [/h3]

⁠It’s not just the beat that’s dropping. In addition to the Wake Up (feat. MRD) Player Anthem, players can earn Alan Walker-themed items for completing Neon Nights Challenges. Score ten goals in Online Matches to unlock the A.W. Mask Topper, and get two Aerial Hits to unlock the A.W. Octane Decal. Fancy taking some Walker Wheels for a spin (literally)? The Walkzz Wheels are yours if you can get 50 Centers or Clears in Online Matches.
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⁠Going for gold? Golden rewards get a musical makeover as Golden Records. Play 15 Online Matches to add a new Golden Record to your collection, repeatable five times. Open these records in your inventory to unlock items from the Impact, Zephyr, and Victory Series. If you need some extra XP, rinse and repeat the unlimited Win 10 Online Matches Challenge for 20,000 XP each time.
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⁠These all are just some of the rewards you can net from Neon Nights!

[h3]Walkin’ to the Shop[/h3]
Alan Walker Anthem Bundle (900 Credits)

⁠Dream big, chase your passions, and let the music guide you. Before you bag Wake Up (feat. MRD) as a Challenge Reward, head to the Item Shop to check out the other three songs, available in the Alan Walker Anthem Bundle!

• Lifeline (feat. Lova) Player Anthem (300 Credits individually)
  
• Club Leclerc (Racers Mix) Player Anthem (300 Credits individually)
  
• Beautiful Nightmare (feat. bludnymph) Player Anthem (300 Credits individually)

Jäger 619 Alan Walker Bundle (1500 Credits)
⁠Take a walk on the dark side with the Jäger 619 Alan Walker Bundle, which includes the Jäger 619 Car Body and the new Walker World Jäger 619 Decal inspired by Walker’s signature style.

• Jäger 619 Car Body (has 13 paint colors)
  
• Walker World Jäger 619 Decal
  Circuit Pro Jäger 619 Decal
  Euphoria Jäger 619 Decal
  Kraken Jäger 619 Decal
  Storm Warning Jäger 619 Decal
  Stripes Jäger 619 Decal
  The Summit Jäger 619 Decal

During the event, players who own all the painted variants for the Jäger 619 Car Body will be able to claim the Walker World Decal for free from the Shop.
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Make Every Match a Show
⁠Keep those wheels spinning while the records are spinning with more Alan Walker items in the Shop

• Walker Drone Topper (200 Credits)
  
• Darkerside Wheels (400 Credits)
  
• Diamond Hearted Wheels (400 Credits)
  
• Front Row Boost (400 Credits)
  
• Walker World Goal Explosion (800 Credits)

⁠[h3]Neon Nights Content Creation[/h3]
Make these nights ones to remember! You’ll be able to host VOD content featuring the Alan Walker Player Anthems — and the Alan Walker songs on Rocket League Radio — on YouTube from August 7, 2024, at 9 AM PT to July 31, 2029, at 9 AM PT. You’ll be able to monetize this content from August 7, 2024, at 9 AM PT to July 31, 2025, at 9 AM PT. No takedown notifications should occur during this time.
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⁠More info:

• When uploading the content to YouTube, be sure to upload it as Unlisted or Public. If you upload the video as Private, it's possible you could receive a monetization claim on your video.
  
• For uploading the content on other platforms, refer to the channel’s platform policies for tips on how to avoid copyright strikes.

Although unlikely, if you do receive a claim on your content, there may be a short delay in YouTube processing the release of the claim. During this time, please do not dispute the claim.

Please note: For Twitch creators streaming content featuring the Player Anthems, we cannot prevent your VODs or clips from getting flagged by third-party copyright detection systems. The general recommendation is to disable VODs/clips when streaming this content. For more information, see Twitch’s DMCA & Copyright FAQs help page.