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