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This Week in the Realm | February 1-7

Welcome everyone to another week in Paladins!

This week we’re going to be making some big announcements with our Assembly of Champions as well as welcoming in our Season 4 update!

Here’s what to expect:

Assembly of Champions Announcement:
  • You all voted and your voices have been heard! We’ll be announcing later today at 12 PM EST the 2021 winners for the Assembly of Champions council! Make sure to stay glued to social to see who ends up winning the nominations.
Season 4: Calamity Update
  • This Wednesday we will be welcoming not only Yagorath, but a whole new Season Pass and more into the Realm. Servers will be going down between 6 AM - 7 AM EST on Wednesday for maintenance as we bring them back up with the new update. You will still be able to level your Eternal Pyre Battle Pass throughout this update as well.
Bonus Weekend
  • This weekend we will be having an XP bonus and giving away an avatar to celebrate Yagorath entering Paladins. Make sure to look out for a blog with details on what you will be able to receive and how to get it coming out Thursday.

We’ll see you in the Realm!

[h3]Weekly Champion Rotation[/h3]
***Rotates every Wednesday at 4AM ET***
  • Barik
  • Willo
  • Evie
  • Mal'Damba

This Week in the Realm | January 25-31

Greetings Champions!

We’re starting the week back up with some excitement as we move closer to our live release of Yagorath. This week not only will you be able to get a different skin with Prime Gaming but you’ll also get some XP for the weekend if you’re playing Paladins!

Here’s what’s going on:

Prime Gaming Skin
  • Kunoichi Skye is coming to you for free if you have a Prime Gaming account! Make sure to look out for this drop on Thursday in the afternoon.
2X Champion XP Weekend
  • You heard it here! Ready to grind a certain Champion quickly? This weekend you’ll get 2X XP so you can get even closer to the gold skins we have and those coming up. Don’t forget, Golden Jenos and Terminus release soon!
Themed Fan Art Friday
  • Are you a Paladins fan artist? Well make sure you tag us on social media with #PaladinsArt for a chance to be featured this Friday. We want to see the best of your Torvald art. Bonus points if it’s fan art of his new skin coming out next week!

We’ll see you in the Realm!

[h3]Weekly Champion Rotation[/h3]
***Rotates every Wednesday at 4AM ET***
  • Terminus
  • Drogoz
  • Evie
  • Mal’Damba

The Eternal Pyre Update is Live!

Development Update
Paladins will be moving from a 3-month update cycle to a 2-month update cycle in 2021. This first patch of the year - The Eternal Pyre - will be a smaller update focused on new content, while our team works toward our larger Season 4 patch that will drop in early February.

Eternal Pyre Battle Pass


The Arcane Pacts Battle Pass will become unpurchaseable with the release of Patch 1 – The Eternal Pyre. The Eternal Pyre Battle Pass will be available for purchase with the release of patch 1.

Receive instant rewards for purchasing, and unlock over 100 more goodies just by playing and leveling up your Battle Pass. All players start earning Eternal Pyre Battle Pass experience as soon as the update is live. Battle Pass purchasers unlock premium rewards every level, along with the free track rewards.

The Eternal Pyre Battle Pass costs 600 Crystals, and rewards you just for playing. You can now unlock up to 450 Crystals through the Battle Pass Free Track, and an additional 150 through the Premium Track, making the Battle Pass FREE once completed. Explore our expanded content for each Champion featured in this Battle Pass.

Dive into this awesome Battle Pass with the Battle Passport, a one-time purchase that not only unlocks the new Battle Pass itself but the next 30 Battle Pass Levels so you can start playing with the Eternal Retribution Koga, Eternal Conflict Lian, and Eternal Guardian Khan right away!
The Battle Passport costs 1500 Crystals, saving you over 1000 Crystals!
Battle Pass Content
Instant Unlocks (Exclusive to Battle Pass Purchasers)

  • Eternal Retribution Koga
  • Forged Destiny, Death Card
  • Ikonic Depiction, Spray
  • 50% Experience and Gold Boost


INSTANT UNLOCK - Eternal Retribution Koga

Level 10 - Eternal Conflict Lian

Level 30 - Eternal Guardian Khan

Level 50 - Eternal Fervor Jenos

Battle Pass Plus Rewards
Level 70 - Dark Retribution Koga

Level 90 - Dark Conflict Lian

Level 110 - Dark Guardian Khan

Level 120 - Dark Fervor Jenos [h3]Other Battle Pass Exclusive Unlocks[/h3]
Sprays




Avatars



General
Speeder Mount Updates This patch we are introducing an overhaul to our speeder mount animation system. While riding the speeder mounts each Champion has gone from a single pose system to having 5 animated sequences, significantly improving the quality of all our speeder mounts.
[h3]Customizations[/h3]
Static Sprays

  • Equality
  • Unlockable during weekend event in February


MVP Poses
Balance

Strix

  • Talon Rifle/Pistol

    • Talon Rifle

      • Post-hit delay increased 1s -> 1.25s





Vivian

  • Light machine Gun

    • Damage per shot decreased 170 -> 160


  • Unfair Advantage

    • Reduced the duration increase 1|1 -> 0.8|0.8


  • Nowhere to Hide

    • Reduced duration of Reveal 1|1 -> 0.7|0.7



Khan

  • Heavy Repeater

    • Damage increased per shot 180 -> 190


  • Battle Shout

    • Increased Healing done 1000 -> 1100



Sha Lin

  • Sand Trap

    • NEW: Duration of Cripple reduced by 1s



Koga

  • Submachine Guns

    • Damage decreased per shot 40 -> 36



Zhin

  • Billow

    • Reduced Movement Speed increase 30% -> 10%


  • Up in Smoke

    • Increased Movement Speed during Billow 8|8 -> 11|11%



Barik

  • Base Health 3400 -> 4000
Bug Fixes

2020 Patch 5 Hotfix
Champions

Evie

  • Fixed an issue where the Star Glam Blaster was not unlocked when the Star Glam skin was obtained in the Bounty Store.

Imani

  • Fixed an issue where the Mana UI was not centered on the UI.

Khan

  • Fixed an issue where Vortex Grip would not apply an increased Stun duration to enemies.

Lian

  • Fixed an issue where the challenge “Kill Players with Presence after hitting them with Valor” could not be completed.
  • Fixed an issue where the Merrymaker skin was not unlocked properly when obtained in the Bounty Store.

Vora

  • Fixed an issue where the client would crash when Vora stood on the elevator in Foreman’s Rise or in the Wind on Warder’s Gate while using her Ultimate.
  • Fixed an issue where the Darkness UI was not centered on the UI.
  • Fixed an issue where Obliteration would not make Vora immune to Executes.
  • Fixed an issue where the Inevitability card was missing 2D art.
  • Fixed an issue where Vora was not damage-immune during the damage portion of her Ultimate.
  • Fixed an issue where Vora’s Ultimate could execute enemies through certain damage-immune states.

Zhin

  • Fixed an issue where the challenge “Kill Players with Spite after hitting them with Counter” could not be completed.

General

  • Fixed several collision issues on the updated Frozen Guard map.
  • Fixed an issue where an item would be selected on Gamepad if hovered twice in quick succession.
  • Fixed a number of potential crash cases that would occur in various menus.
  • Fixed an issue where the Ranked UI scene displayed an incorrect number of days remaining for the Season.
  • Fixed an issue where the incorrect prompts for menus could display on screen when using Gamepad in certain situations.
  • Fixed an issue where the Unlock button could improperly display on certain Chests after everything in the Chest was obtained.

2021 Patch 1
Champions

Drogoz

  • Fixed an issue where the Condescension card would activate multiple times when used with the Combustible talent.
  • Fixed an issue where the Dominator and Mastery MVP Poses were using the incorrect poses.

Fernando

  • Fixed an issue where enemies could shoot through Shield in specific circumstances.
  • Fixed an issue where rotating Fernando’s model slightly while Shield is active could cause some visual desync between where the shield is physically and visually.

Imani

  • Fixed an issue where Jenos’ Astral Mark and Corvus’ Mark of Fate would have incorrect visual behavior on the Dragon.

Vora

  • Fixed an issue where Vora could cancel her Ultimate animation early in certain circumstances.
  • Fixed issues with Vora’s weapon shots not registering correctly against Terminus’ Power Siphon and Androxus’ Reversal.
General

  • Fixed further collision issues with the updated Frozen Guard map.

2X Battle Pass XP & Equality Weekend

Greetings Champions!

This weekend we’re giving you a chance at 2X Battle Pass XP to level up your Eternal Pyre Battle Pass. And on top of that we’re giving away our brand new “Equality” spray in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the 18th!

Here’s how and when we’re doing this:

2X Battle Pass XP
  • Begins Friday, January 15th at 4 AM EST
  • Ends Monday, January 18th at 4 AM EST
Equality Static Spray
  • Begins Friday, January 15th at 4 AM EST
  • Ends Tuesday, January 19th at 4 AM EST
  • Obtained by playing 2 (non-bot) games in a row

We’ll see you in the Realm!

Paladins Anniversary 2021 Avatar Submission Program

Champions of the Realm!

We love to see all of the incredible fan art tons of our community members create (especially with all of this extra free time this year), and we wanted to give you another chance at getting your art into the game! As we gear up for our Birthday in May of 2021, we wanted to open up submissions for you to enter your own fan art in hopes of your art pieces being turned into Avatars for everyone to earn for free during our Birthday celebration!

Starting now, you can submit your fan art for our Evil Mojo team to review and select to be a part of our Paladins Anniversary event in the spring! Submissions close on January 29, 2021, so make sure to get your art in before the submission form closes! Bring out the big guns and show us what you’ve got! We simply can’t wait to see what you come up with!

The chosen submissions will receive our newly unveiled “Community Creator” spray and title as well as 10 codes for their in-game Avatar!

Make your submissions here, and become familiar with all the rules listed below.

Best of luck to all our community artists!

Program Details

The official rules for this program consist of both this Program Page and the Paladins® Community Submission Program General Rules, Terms and Conditions (“General Rules”) available here!
 
[h3]Program: [/h3]
  • 2021 Paladins® Community Submission Program

[h3]Theme: [/h3]
  • Paladins® 3rd Anniversary!

[h3]Age Requirement: [/h3]
  • You must be at least 13 years of age in order to participate. Additionally, if you are a minor in your jurisdiction of residence, you must have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to participate.

[h3]Submission Period: [/h3]
  • Submissions will be accepted beginning as January 11, 2021 at 10:00am Eastern Time and ending on January 29, 2021 at 6:00pm Eastern Time. You can submit your submission here. You may submit as many submissions as you like during the submission period.

[h3]Submission Selection: [/h3]
  • The Evil Mojo Team will review submissions based on the following factors: originality, technical feasibility, player appeal, overall theme, and quality. The team will select up to 10 submissions after review for potential implementation in the game, subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Program Rules, including without limitation completion of a declaration of eligibility and acknowledgment of Hi-Rez’s rights in the submission. Hi-Rez reserves the right to increase/decrease the number of submissions to implement in-game based on the overall quality of the Submissions.

[h3]Program Content:[/h3]
  • Implementation of the selected submission in-game; the in-game title “Community Creator”; the “Community Creator” spray; and 10 codes for in-game downloads of the avatar created using your Submission. Hi-Rez will not be obligated to award such title or spray to you again if you have already unlocked it.

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Please also note the following reminders on program rules:
  • Submissions must be consistent with the Theme for the program (in this case, Paladins).
  • Submissions must be submitted in PNG format with a 128×128 pixel size.
  • Your submission must not have been submitted in any other Paladins community submission program.
  • Your submission must be your original work. This means the submission must be conceived, designed, and drawn solely by you.
  • If any submissions other than final selected submission(s) in this Program stand out to us, we may choose to implement such submission at some point in the future.
  • In the event your submission is selected for potential implementation, you will be notified via e-mail with additional instructions by Hi-Rez Studios, which may include requests to provide additional information or documents. Failure to respond to such notification or follow such instructions by the deadline (or if no deadline is provided, then within a reasonable time) may result in disqualification.
  • Submissions must be appropriate for the Paladins universe. Entries will be disqualified if deemed inappropriate for implementation in the game. As an initial matter, entries that are obscene, offensive, vulgar, or discriminatory will be removed from the program. We reserve the right to disqualify submissions, including, without limitation, submissions that (a) are incomplete or unclear; (b) violate any applicable laws, including without limitation, infringement of intellectual property or publicity rights; (c) contain fraudulent, false, or misleading information; or (d) are otherwise detrimental or damaging to Hi-Rez Studios and its affiliates. We reserve the right to disqualify submissions that do not comply with program rules.
  • In exchange for the license set forth in the General Rules for use of our materials in your submission, submissions are the sole and exclusive property of Hi-Rez as set forth in the General Rules.
    Any opportunity to have a Submission implemented in-game has no cash value, and no award of any kind is offered beyond the honor of having the top Submission(s) considered for implementation in-game by Hi-Rez Studios.