Paladins News

While you’ve been enjoying your first full week of Radiant Stars, the team has been planning our first XP weekend and more for you all. As you continue to play through the Radiant Stars Battle Pass and enjoy our new addition of the Bounty Store, here’s what you can expect this week:

Champion Anniversaries

• It looks like you have all been enjoying celebrating our anniversaries for Champions on social media. So this week when we celebrate Makoa’s we’ll be making him free to play for 24 hours and continue this trend going forward with these shout outs.

Themed Fan Art Friday

• Everyone on the dev side and community side is LOVING the art our community has been doing when we make our themed fan art Fridays! So for this week make sure you submit to us your best art of any variant for Stellar Protector Io! Who knows what Stellar theme will make our next one? Make sure to use #PaladinsArt when posting on Instagram and Twitter!

Bonus XP Weekend

• This coming weekend we will be doing a Champion XP event for our players who are looking to level themselves up for a golden skin. In the new update you have 3 new ones to now get with Drogoz, Sha Lin, and Buck being added in gold. Look for details in our blog Friday and expect another surprise to be dropping this weekend for those of you playing.

[h2]Weekly Champion Rotation[/h2]
***Rotates every Wednesday at 4AM ET***

• Atlas
  
• Drogoz
  
• Zhin
  
• Grover

The week for Radiant Stars is upon us so make sure you Sa-TURN any frown upside down.

We will be starting your week off right with making sure you have a smooth transition into this new update as well as other fun content on our social to keep your week smooth sailing!

What’s coming up:

Radiant Stars Update

• That’s right! The Stellar Sisters are coming to Paladins this week. Get ready for takeoff with the expected launch date being Wednesday. Patch notes should be updated with any of the changes that took place in our Public Test Servers as well on Wednesday. Make sure to follow @Paladinsgame on twitter or other social media with notifications ON so that you can be ready to know when servers are live!

Themed Fan Art Friday

• The last few Fan Art Fridays have been fun seeing the creativity of our community shine! Make sure you tag us on Twitter with the hashtag #PaladinsArt this week with any of your art highlighting content from Radiant Stars.

Partner Discounts

• Our Partners at Sony (PlayStation) and Epic Games Store continue their 50% off sales on the Champions Pack, Season Pass 2019-2020, and Digital Deluxe Edition. Make sure you take advantage of these before they are gone again!

[h2]Weekly Champion Rotation[/h2]
***Rotates every Wednesday at 4AM ET***

• Ash
  
• Imani
  
• Zhin
  
• Grover

Champions!

The weekend is here and so is your last chance at leveling up your Darkness & Dragons Battle Pass. Not only are buying Battle Pass levels on sale for 60 Crystals, but you will be getting 2X Battle Pass XP all weekend long.

Here’s the details:

Who:
You and any other Paladins players!

What:
2X Battle Pass XP

When:
Starts at 4AM ET on Friday and ends Monday at 4AM ET.

[h2]We’ll see you in the Realm![/h2]

Last week may have been more quiet while our PC player base tested out the Radiant Stars update on our PTS, but we have more for you this week in Paladins!

From XP to Trivia, we got the Realm covered on entertainment this week while you continue to complete the Darkness & Dragons battle pass. And if you’re already done, there’s always something for you too!

Trivia Tuesday

• Just as any other - make sure to tune into the @PaladinsGame Twitter on Tuesday around 10AM ET for Trivia. If you reply with the correct skin and Champion name you can win 1 of 3 codes for that skin!

Fan Art Friday

• We want to finish up Darkness & Dragons with one last battle pass dedicated Fan Art Friday. Make sure to tag #PaladinsArt on twitter and instagram for your chance to get your art featured. We’re looking for any art related to the skins and content in this battle pass.

XP Bonus

• We will be doing one final 2X Battle Pass XP weekend so make sure to check Paladins social accounts on Thursday for a blog with time details on when this XP starts and ends. If you don’t already have the Battle Pass this is the perfect time to grind through.

[h3]Weekly Champion Rotation[/h3]
***Rotates every Wednesday at 4AM ET***

• Ash
  
• Imani
  
• Androxus
  
• Grohk

Following our latest Update Showcase, we’re ready to begin a two week PTS testing period where players can help us test everything coming to the Realm!

Radiant Stars is bringing plenty of power to the Realm with our first set of interchangeable variant skins for Io, Imani, Inara, and Seris in the latest Battle Pass! Complete with a new set of Balance Changes, the introduction of the Bounty Store, and more - Radiant Stars is packed with content for you to enjoy.

For a complete outline of everything coming in the Radiant Stars Update, please read through our Update Notes currently available on Paladins.com

Once you’ve read through everything and are ready to hop into PTS, check below for our testing goals this cycle and how you can help us make the latest update the best it can be before launching on live servers!

[h2]Table of Contents[/h2]

• How to Participate in PTS
  
• Radiant Stars PTS Testing Schedule
  
• Radiant Stars PTS Testing Goals
  
  • Balance Feedback
    
  • Bounty Store
    
  • Color Picker (for Radiant Stars skins)

[h2]How to Participate in PTS[/h2]

To participate in this public test, you must have the Paladins Public Test client installed on your computer through Steam. If you have not already done so, you can find it on the Paladins Steam Store page.

Step 1: Visit the Steam Store page for Paladins using the Steam client or your internet browser of choice.

Step 2: Scroll down this page until you find the Paladins game installer. Above our regular installer, you should see a “Notice” alert asking if you would like to participate in the Paladins Public Test. Click this to begin the PTS download process.

Step 3: The Steam client should automatically carry you to your Steam Library, where you will be prompted to install the Paladins Public Test Server.

Step 4: Select your preferred download location, and complete the installation.

Once the Paladins PTS has been installed, login as you normally would. A PTS account will already be created for you using your live account information for the game to help you unlock (and test) all the latest features in the Realm.

Please be aware our PTS is designed for testing purposes only, so be sure to anticipate performance issues, server restarts, and unexpected downtime as we continue to hotfix content, tune various pieces of the update, and more based on your feedback.

Stay tuned to @PaladinsGame on Twitter and keep up with these changes as they occur.

[h2]Testing Schedule for Radiant Stars PTS [/h2]

Much like we did with our Darkness & Dragons PTS, we are going to have dedicated testing windows for the Radiant Starrs PTS so you know when servers will be live! Please be aware that these times are always subject to change depending on how PTS is progressing, and we’ll keep you posted across social media regarding any changes to the testing schedule.

[h2]Testing Goals for Radiant Stars PTS [/h2]

While testing during our PTS cycle, please leave feedback for our development team in our official Paladins Discord and on our dedicated forums post to help track down and eliminate any bugs you notice. By using these avenues to provide you feedback and bug reports, we’re able to track down and get them hotfixed quicker!

We also maintain a Trello board with currently known PTS issues, so don’t forget to keep up with anything already known there. We may already have your bugs and issues on file!

For our Radiant Stars testing period, we’re looking for extensive feedback on a few key areas while you’re playing. These include:

• Balance Changes
  • As you're accustomed to seeing alongside our updates, we have a new series of Balance changes for various Champions in the Realm we’re looking for your feedback on! Be sure to read through our Radiant Stars Update Notes on Paladins.com to catch up on our latest ones yet so you can give them a whirl in PTS!

• Bounty Store
  • Please report any issues with the functionality of this as it is a new feature. The team will add more info here if there are specifics we decide need looked at as PTS progresses.

• Variant Picker (for Radiant Stars skins)
  • The team is looking to make sure not only are the variants working when selected but that on different settings (graphics) and in general that it functions.

As always, thank you for helping us test the latest update Champions, we look forward to hearing what you think about everything coming in the Radiant Stars PTS!