It’s time for the Community Weekly!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkRVN4boLQ
New mounts, outfits and a map have arrived to the Arena in the latest patch. Read up the patch notes for Arena here and for Royale here.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Zeeboon with a wonderful sketch of our favorite faun.



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Thank you Khioni for sharing this lovely piece!



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Sometimes, Ashka is just the cutest little guy. Made by Bunny hopping.



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We’ve got more portraits this week, Melkaya is the artist behind these amazing pieces!





View the originals here and here.

Last up is Lucie with a wide smile on her face, thank you vivi!



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

In Good Company with more highlights, #5 and #6!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vck0uNTTv0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fp3C6dpXIc
John Phoelix goes over the new map and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9YklQaFMk

Battlerite Arena Patch 2.1.1 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, May 22nd, at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last up to one hour.


New Map - The Great Market

A brand-new arena is here for you to prove yourself in! Travel to the distant, southern lands of Trolobe and fight in the Great Market during the day and night - featuring large building, wide passages, centrally located shards, and plenty of fruit to smash!



New Cosmetics

What's a desert land without a genie? The following outfits have been permanently added to the game and can now be purchased for Gems or Tokens or found in Chests:

• Epic Trolobe Spear Dancer Shifu Outfit
  
• Epic Serpent Sage Pearl Outfit
  
• Epic Trolobian Impaler Shifu Weapon
  
• Epic Staff of the Golden Serpent Pearl Weapon
  
• Three new Magic Carpet Mounts

New Premium Cosmetics
New Premium cosmetics have been added to the game for Varesh:

• Legendary Azure Djinn Outfit
  
  • Purchasable for 950 Gems
• Epic Azure Katar Weapon
  
  • Purchasable for 250 Gems

Up until May 12th you will be able to purchase these cosmetics together in the Azure Djinn Bundle for 300 Gems.




Private Match Settings

You've asked for this feature! We're giving a lot more options to let you adjust your private match experience.

There are now a set of additional Private Match Lobby options for you to customize:

• Armory enabled/disabled
  
• Soul Orb enabled/disabled
  
• Death Vortex enabled/disabled
  
• Cooldown Reduction %

Tutorial

To make it easier to use Disabling Shot on the Junker minion during the tutorial, we've opted to enable the health and cast bars permanently on this minion type.

• Junker minion now has health bar and cast bar always displayed

Wait Time Changes

Waiting times have been reduced between each round to improve match flow. Less waiting, more action!

• Time between rounds from 30s to 20s

• Reduced draft picking times from 30s/20s/10s to 20s/15s/10s

AI Improvements

Sirius and Ruh Kaan didn't like to attack the center orb when their charged weapon was ready. This fix addresses that problem.

• Sirius and Ruh Kaan bots can now properly use their charged melee attack against the center orb.

Croak

Battlerites

• All Toxin Muck (M2) rites now use the proper Toxin Muck icon

[uRuh Kaan[/u]

• Various Victory Poses now have sound effects

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Don’t miss out on Battle Season 2! New pets, outfits, weapons and avatars. Head into the Arena or to Talon Island to unlock the rewards. Purchase the Battle Pass in-game for 950 Gems/Diamonds or head over to the Battle Pass website here.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Fire and Ice giving it a go. Made by JanGreen.



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Khioni is back with another wonderful art piece this week!



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Jade with Jade colored eyes! Made by WikiMia.



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Masters of fire! Made by BastaMarcin.



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SoClassic with an amazing portrait of Destiny!



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The Dark Apparition has entered the Arena. Made by YumiLouback98.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

More Egg Brawl highlights from The Good Company!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=558&v=nI2PuHVca1A
Teldo is back to play some Battlerite Royale, click the video below for Croak gameplay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe8HXq78WCg
Proxolol with more crazy fights and intense gameplay!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuflrZIW-fM

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHkeTfN9-Q
Battle Season 2 is available now! Complete a free Sponsor to rock the new Heavy Metal Shredder Weapon and Devotchka Outfit for Taya, or purchase the Premium Battle Pass this season to unlock the Thundertribe Trainer outfit for Freya and more! Purchase the Battle Pass in-game for 950 Gems/Diamonds or head over to the Battle Pass website here.



A new update hit the servers on Wednesday this week, read up on all the changes now. Click here for Arena and here for Royale.



We also answered some questions from the community this week in a Q&A stream. If you missed it, you can watch the VOD here.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

The mighty Ocean Sage, Pearl! Made by BITAH.



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13th atom with three superb portraits; Jade, Jamila and Alysia!





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Destiny takes a moment to relax after another victory in the Arena. Made by Kip.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Ever imagined Ruh Kaan on a blind date? The lads from In Good Company discusses when it’s a good time to bring up the whole “hunting souls” part.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vGBzm0BkQ4
Rocket Booster to the rescue! Proxolol has an intense Werebear encounter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWFey6sCXac
Vispa with another chill mix, this time featuring Egg Brawl!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeIN-XHy-rI

Battlerite Arena Patch 2.1 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, May 1st at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last up to one hour. This patch contains the end of Battle Season 1, the start of Battle Season 2, and various balance changes.


Battle Season 1

Battle Season 2 begins on May 1st, with brand new items for players to earn in the Season 2 Battle Pass. Upgrade to the Premium Pass and unlock more rewards by purchasing it here or in-game for 950 Gems.

Along with the new Pass, the five sponsors from last season return. The Stewards of the Arena are again available for all players to progress and will reward Taya and a unique Taya outfit and weapon. The Halls of Triumph sponsor is only available to purchasers of the Premium Pass and rewards a unique Ulric pose, outfit, and weapon.

View all new items in the Season 2 Battle Pass over on the Battle Pass Website.

End of Battle Season 1

Battle Season 1 concludes on May 1st. After this point rewards in the Season 1 Battle Pass will no longer be available to earn. If you are still signed with a sponsor from Battle Season 1 you will still be able to complete it. All sponsors from previous seasons will be marked with a star.

The avatar your receive this Season will reflect the highest league you've reached in Battlerite or Battlerite Royale.

Players Season Levels will be reset. Season Level history will be viewable in the player profile.

Matchmaking

Over the course of the past few weeks, we've rolled out various small updates to matchmaking. Now that we've had time to assess their effects on matchmaking data, we've found the following results:

• Average time to find a match has been improved in most regions by about ~15 seconds
  
• Matchmaking times have been slightly crunched, so super long and super short queue times occur less frequently
  
• Average match quality has been slightly improved, as the player pool has been expanded due to algorithm changes

However, players may still get longer queue times than we'd like due to these changes being counteracted by the decreasing player population. We'll continue to work on improving matchmaking as much as possible, but our upper cap is currently limited by concurrent users.

General

• Casual and VS AI is now played as a Best of 3

Bugfixes

• Otherside and Ice Block will no longer "stack" with Barbed Husk
  
• Emotes no longer trigger spellblock

Armory

• Aegis of Symphony
  
  • Added Passive effect - Max Health +10
• Heart of Boulder Pass
  • No longer takes shields into consideration when triggering
• Void Reaper
  
  • Healing debuff increased from 15% to 20%
    
  • Melee M1 attacks now apply Healing debuff for double duration
• Timestone Pendant
  
  • Every 100 Energy spent will refund 4s of your last ability cast

Overload

• No longer grants charges on ally death
  
• Soul Orb (the orb that allies leave behind when they die) now grants 1 Overload charge on pickup
  
• Can now be disabled in private games

Alysia

• Ice Crown (R)
  
  • No longer applies Chill on hit

Blossom

• Thwack! (M1)
  
  • Knockback reduced from 0.7 to 0.5
    
  • Knockback duration decreased from 0.35s to 0.25s
• Tree of Life (Q)
  
  • No longer grants energy on hit
• Forest Sanctuary (EX Q)
  
  • No longer grants energy on hit

Destiny

• Transform WEapon (EX M1)
  
  • Moved to EX M2

Ezmo

• Chaos Grip (M2)
  
  • Changed slowdown on and after cast to feel less sluggish when releasing M2 immediately

Iva

Battlerites

• EMP (E)
  
  • Now dispels on spellblock trigger instead of on hit

Jade

Battlerites

• Concussion Bomb (Space)
  
  • Removed
• Evasive Measures (New Space Rite)
  
  • Blast Vault now applies Lesser Stealth at the end of the jump
• Ambush (Q)
  
  • Cooldown reduction reduced from 4s to 3s

Jamila

• Phantom Strike (EX Space)
  
  • No longer incapacitates before the returning dash starts

Jumong

Battlerites

• Marksman (Space)
  
  • Now reapplies Seeker's Mark when consuming it

Oldur

Battlerite

• Stolen Power (Q)
  
  • Increased amplify power from 20% to 30%
    
  • Updated tooltip to more clearly indicate that the amplify affects the recasted projectile as well

Pestilus

• Queen (Q)
  
  • No longer grants energy on hit

Taya

• Zephyr (EX Q)
  
  • Post cast in increased from 0.2s to 0.3s

Battlerites

• Wind Fury (Q)
  
  • Now increases the duration of your active Haste by 1.5s
    
  • No longer reapplies your active Haste buff

Thorn

• Burrow (Space)
  
  • Cooldown increased by 1s

Varesh

Battlerites

• Ruin (Q)
  
  • Now reduces the cooldown of Shatter for 1.5s per buff consumed
    
  • No longer applies Judgement

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uHkeTfN9-Q
Battle Season 2 is right around the corner, check out the teaser now!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CG130e3co&t=1s
Don’t miss out on the Easter event in Battlerite, head into the Arena or onto Talon Island now!

Earn double experience in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale for the remainder of the Easter event!

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Pearl is ready to head into the Arena for another battle! Made by Rezlie The Scout.



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Defiant Drills with an impressive Zander cosplay! And it looks like someone has had a few bites off Raigon’s carrot...




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Khionih has used their MS Paint skills to make this wonderful portrait of Destiny.



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Raigon in his brand new bunny outfit! Made by MooseLord.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!


In Good Company is back this week with more highlights from the Arena!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PO6vTZftA
Proxolol dominates the Arena with Poloma and brings more chaos to Talon Island with Jumong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJMbqkjD8y8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UbPgzuyacQ

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CG130e3co&t=1s
Celebrate Easter in Battlerite! Watch the trailer and read the patch notes for all the information you need on the Easter Event.

Patch notes for Arena here and for Royale here.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

The young faun is always full of life and kindness, thank you KittyHerz!



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Never has Battlerite been so bright and colorful! Made by icaropio.



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Zander in marvelous pixel art, with a tip of the hat and a friendly smile. Made by witchunic.



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Last up is BastaMarcin, with an amazing piece!



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!


A great escape and a great comeback, Proxolol is wreaking havoc on Talon Island with Freya.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXRRWKsA4WA&t=1s
Khioni is back with another in-depth guide, learn the ways of the Psychopomp now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKV6Za3L9Ts

Battlerite Arena Patch 2.0.3 will contain the traditional Spring event, the return of the Egg Brawl, and new cosmetics. This patch is scheduled it go live on Wednesday, April 17th at 8:00 AM UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last one hour.


The seasons are turning and the snow is melting - it's Spring in Battlerite!



The Egg Brawl Returns!

Magical Eggs have been hidden within the Arena, find them with your teammates and throw them at your enemies - the infamous Egg Brawl is back! This year Bakko has a challenger in Raigon - try out both and jump into the egg-slinging fun, discovering what all of the colored eggs do. The old Battlerite system (choosing one per round) has returned for this mode. For those who were here last year, a couple of changes have been made to update the brawl:

• All maps and their Day/Night variants are included in the map pool
  
• Armory and Overload are both disabled for Egg Brawl
  
• Purple Egg always panics enemies directly away from you, rather than picking a random direction
  
• Egg behavior when bouncing off walls has been made more consistent

Egg Brawl Champion Updates

Bakko

• Bulwark (Q)
  
  • Cooldown has been reduced from 5s to 4.5s
• Battlerites
  
  • Egg Deflector
    
    • Cooldown reduction has been reduced from 1.5s to 1s
  • Shield Rush
    
    • Haste has been increased from 40% to 50%
  • New Tier 2 Battlerites:
    
    • Egg Tosser
      
    • Egg Specialist
      
    • Egg Marauder
  • New Tier 3 Battlerites:
    
    • Egg Punch
      
    • Egg Thief
      
    • Manly Punch

Raigon

• Palm Slap (M1)
  
  • Raigon takes a quick step forward, slapping enemies with his palm. This move has a weighty follow-through!
• Parry (Q)
  
  • Raigon blocks a single melee or ranged attack, stunning melee attackers and reflecting eggs in the aimed direction
• Battlerites
  
  • Raigon's Battlerites Mirror Bakko's

Spring Outfits Return

Chicken Suit Bakko and the Roosters from last year are back, and this time can be purchased individually with Tokens or Gems. The Chicken Suit Outfit and it's color variations can be purchased for 500 Gems or 12,000 Tokens each, and the Golden Rooster and it's color variations can be purchased for 650 Gems or 20,000 Tokens.

Chicken Emote

If you're eggcited to get clucking during Spring, the Chicken Emote is here for you! For a limited time the Chicken Emote is purchasable for 1400 Gems, unlocked on all Champions and complete with sound effects and music, so that you can out-dance and out-swag all your opponents. This bundle is available only until May 1st.

Spring Quests

Quest for new Egg Mounts in both Battlerite Arena and Battlerite Royale! Collect all of the limited-time mounts by completing Event Quests in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale. Check out the Battlerite Royale Patch Notes to see what eggs you can unlock there!

• Deflect 100 Eggs
  
  • Reward: Free-Range Egg Epic Mount
    
  • Available from April 17th at 8:00 UTC until May 1st at 8:00 UTC
• Hit Enemies with Colored Eggs 75 Times
  
  • Reward: Eggniter Egg Epic Mount
    
  • Available from April 24th at 8:00 UTC until May 1st at 8:00 UTC

Bringer of Spring Bundle

Who makes the flowers bloom after winter? It's the Bringer of Spring, of course! For a limited time, the Bringer of Spring Bundle is available to purchase for 400 Gems in game. This bundle contains the Bringer of Spring Legendary Outfit and Staff of Spring Epic Weapon for Blossom, and is purchasable until May 1st.

And More on the Horizon...

A mysterious new bunny appears, available for a limited time at the low price of 750 Gems. This bundle will be revealed (and available) April 24th, and be purchasable until May 1st - but you might have a clue at who's hopping in next!


UI

• Bakko's Egg Brawl is now available to play in the Private Lobby again
  
• Fixed an alignment error where the name of an item dropped in a chest was overflowing the background.
  
• Fixed a bug where the "You have unsigned sponsors" prompt would be triggered when no sponsor were available.
  
• Fixed a bug where some cosmetic items that are currently unavailable was included in the Owned Items / Total Items count in various areas in the UI.

Gameplay Bugfixes

• Holy Flame no longer dispels buffs on self
  
• Alysia's Ice Lance (M2) now correctly applies bonus damage when Chilled if both Cryogenic Lance and Piercing Cold rites are taken
  
• Visual indicator for Bakko's Valiant Leap (Space) is now correct

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8CG130e3co&t=1s
Spring and Easter are coming to Battlerite! New outfits and the return of Egg Brawl, see the trailer now!



Head over to our Book of Lore website to explore the world of Battlerite, find out where the Champions are from and read their stories.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Ruh Kaan watching from above, an ever-present evil lurking in the shadows. Thank you hudinsantos for this amazing piece.



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Let's wreak chaos, as Ezmo would say. Thank you icaropio!



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ByteSizeArt has found inspiration in Battlerite and made several character concepts!



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The deadly assassin has a warm side to her as well, thank you Sigma!



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Prepare for another episode of Proxolol’s Fails and Funny Moments! Pearl vs Pearl, Explosive Barrels and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV2Fx4cbpGg
Card tricks, portals and sheep, a truly magnificent Zander montage by Fuzzy Fabulous coming right up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHIZ9jQV2zs

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



The winners of the Concept Art Contest has been announced! The community determined the top 8 placements by voting on their favorites, and Grand Champion of the contest is Milva with Corrupted Treant Ruh Kaan. Read more here.

Congratulations Milva! This winning concept will be added to the game, progress images will be posted in the Battlerite Official Discord #artwork channel while it's being worked on.



The Covenant and the Heir has been added to the Book of Lore. Learn more about the Spearmaster, Shifu, in this chapter. Read it here.

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Eeeekkk is hosting a tournament this weekend in Battlerite Royale, for both NA and EU regions! Click here to find all the information you need.

You can watch the tournament on Eeeekkk’s Twitch channel at these times:

The NA tournament will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, starting at 5:00 PM EST
The EU tournament will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2019, starting at 19:00 CET

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on Twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

Gatsbunny is back with another wonderful piece, good lad Raigon shows off his graceful and deadly moves.



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The most nimble and poisonous Champion to set foot in the Arena! Thank you Artndy!



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The Concept Art Contest had many amazing entries. This piece was made by GaddTheThief, who loves toxic things and cute characters. A combination that created Lucie the Plague Spreader.



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MsiBekon has combined some of their works into one big, awesome piece.



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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Proxolol shares some tips on how to improve in Royale, and takes another victory on Talon island.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnCerEoWmoY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm09JLfnXZE
Skywind555 fights his way to the top, all without the Space ability.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d0eYC8M_XQ
Vispa is back this week with another combination of chill music and stunning cinematics from the Arena.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iALlNjwVUwc&t