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Welcome Freelancers,

Apologies for the delay on this one, but I figured better late than never!

As the season of darkness continues on, shrouds of fog dance with kindled embers across Bastion. Are you partaking in any of the festivities, or do you prefer to venture out into the wilds and taken on the threats that lie beyond our walls?

Perhaps you saw, but late last week we shared the first of many stories that you might hear people speak of around the fires of Fort Tarsis. The story shared is of an everyday hero rather than a bold, stoic Freelancer (like yourselves). This custodian, the one we all know as Pirndel, may not be a fighter, but he does stand for what he believes in. Though, perhaps he can be a tad too strict about some things. Mind the cables.

We’ll share another story of heroism during times of darkness later this week. After all, that’s in part what the Season of Skulls is about. Anyone can be a hero, but we’re stronger together than we are alone. Without Pirndel, a lot of people could have gotten hurt that day. Without you...well, we all know what you’ve faced, Freelancer.

Let’s go in to what you can expect from this week.

Season of Skulls — Week 3

Freeplay

To unlock the weekly anomaly, complete the three seasonal events if you haven’t already: Arcanist Research, Freelance Pilgrimage, and Sentinel Bonfire. If you completed them in a previous week, the anomaly will automatically be unlocked.

  • Boss Event
    • Titan: Shaper Disturbance

Echoes of Reality Arenas

Each week, we’ll add another arena to the list, keeping any from previous weeks as we go.

  • Britaheim (Added)
  • Crucible of Astrid
  • Casja’s Forge
  • Sea of Takaro
  • Diana’s Landing

Inversions

Bring your ranged guns for this week.

  • Immunity Pack
    • Ammo pickups grant brief immunity to damage
  • Precision Operator
    • Snipers and Precision rifles do increased damage

Challenges

  • Daily: Nameless Behemoth
  • Daily: Uncanny Storm IV
  • Daily: Dark Ranger IV
  • Daily: Monstrous Colossus IV
  • Daily: Unsettling Interceptor IV

Store Refresh

Here’s what you’ll find in the Seasonal Store this week. As a reminder, Crystals can only be obtained from in-game events and activities, such as the Echoes of Reality or in Freeplay.

Seasonal Store Items Crystal Cost
War Chest: Legendary 5000
War Chest: Ranger 2500
War Chest: Storm 2500
Triple Axel 1100
War Chest: Interceptor 2500
War Chest: Colossus 2500
Painted: Amethyst Gemstone 700
War Chest: Weapon 2000
War Chest: Melee 1500
War Chest: Gear 1500
War Chest: Support 1000

As mentioned previously, the War Chest: Legendary is a new item to the game that guarantees a random Legendary drop upon opening it.

Featured Store Items Coins Shards
Tuesday – Thursday
Wrap: Decaying Haunt 61,000 850
Wrap: Gilded Gossamer 61,000 850
Fabric: Wyverns 12,000 300
Graphic: Teeth Bleed 23,000 475
The Vampire Awakens! 18,000 400
Painted: Dualtone Polish 12,000 300
Friday – Monday
Regal Armor Pack 61,000 850
Barrage Armor Pack 61,000 850
Fabric: Spider Webs 16,000 375
Decal: Battered Boon 12,000 300
Graphic: SkeleSkin 36,000 600
Painted: Obsidian 5,000 175

Leaderboard Refresh

With the leaderboards refreshing weekly, here are the top Freelancers on each platform for Week 2 of the Season of Skulls:

PC (8,267,999 total points):

  • Bomboom2
  • ElFishPreslyy
  • shwervy
  • TheNewDisease

Xbox One (8,141,457 total points):

  • UNDER PSYKOSIS
  • WakeNBakeJake85
  • RedReaper2019
  • ScooterX011

PlayStation 4 (8,151,374 total points):

  • ROBOWSKO
  • ccastilhos
  • emil051007
  • JoeyTyke

Let us know what you think of the Season of Skulls so far! As always, you can share your thoughts with us HERE.

Until next time, Freelancers.
-AJ

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