Spring's Renewal — Season 8 Preview

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Hey Commanders —

Season 8 opens on April 1st. Before the gates open we want to give you the full picture — what's coming, what it means for your squad, and how to make the most of the four weeks ahead.

Spring's Renewal is a season built around the Legendary rarity upgrade path. The Legendary Potion of Awakening is one of the rarest resources in Elderym, and the upgrades it unlocks are designed to feel like genuine milestones — the moment a Guardian you've been working toward for months becomes something more. This season, two of GoG's most established Guardians cross that threshold. Prielle and Dribb are both reaching Legendary rarity, and what unlocks is something we've been looking forward to sharing with you.

Alongside the upgrades, four strong Guardians return to the banners at precisely the right moments in the season, Class Skills opens its second season on the leaderboard, and a balance pass reshapes what's viable across a wide range of squads. Here's everything that's coming.

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Prielle and Dribb Reach Legendary Rarity

If you've been working toward either of these Guardians, Season 8 is when that effort pays off in a meaningful way. Both Prielle and Dribb are unlocking Legendary rarity this season — and for both of them, the upgrade goes well beyond a stat increase. Their existing abilities evolve, new skills unlock, and the Exclusive Equipment effects shift how you'll want to build around them.

Prielle — Light of the North

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Prielle's Legendary upgrade builds on her Valkyrie Shield identity, extending it in every direction. The shield she already wields will now also detonate as True Damage on nearby enemies if broken before its duration expires — turning it from a protective layer into a tactical pressure point. Her existing ultimate, Righteous Fury, remains but gains a powerful new edge: it will now also strip all buffs from the target when it strikes.

At Legendary, Prielle unlocks a new skill entirely. Periodically, she places a Penance Mark on the nearest enemy Guardian. While that mark is active, a portion of all damage she deals to the marked target flows back as healing to your entire team. The more aggressively you play her, the more your squad sustains. It's a combination that turns her into a dual-threat anchor — an offensive warrior who simultaneously holds your team together. That opens up formations we haven't seen at the top of the meta before.

Her Exclusive Equipment pushes both edges further. Righteous Fury strips all buffs before striking. The Penance Mark reduces the marked enemy's Defense for its full duration, meaning every hit during the window lands harder.

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Dribb — Goblin Champion

Dribb's Legendary upgrade leans into the aggressive, high-risk identity his existing abilities have always had. At Legendary he unlocks a new skill — Evil Gaze places a persistent debuff on the nearest enemy. Each time that enemy takes damage, the debuff deepens, gradually eroding their speed and evasion. When it reaches its peak, the target is gripped by Fear and locked out of the fight at precisely the moment they're most compromised.

The Exclusive Equipment rewards the way you're already likely playing him. Scoring a kill while Instability is active resets the buff's full duration, keeping the power window running across a chain of takedowns. Evil Gaze's Exclusive Equipment ensures that when the debuff peaks, Fear is guaranteed to trigger.

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Returning to the Banners

All four banner Guardians this season are returning faces. Each one is back at a moment in the season where their particular strengths are well positioned — whether that's an event running in the same window, a balance update arriving with them, or an encounter designed around exactly what they do.

Calling Crystal — Weeks 1 and 2: Lisca (Apr 1–15)

Lisca returns to the Calling Crystal for the first two weeks. Her crowd control and burst damage abilities make her a natural fit for the Call of Prielle event running in the same window — if you're running Prielle across Endless and Arena, having Lisca in that squad will make several of those encounters significantly cleaner. She's one of the more genuinely flexible carries in the roster, and this window is a strong time to bring her in if she's a gap in your squad.

Calling Crystal — Weeks 3 and 4: TianLong (Apr 15–29)

TianLong returns to the Calling Crystal for Weeks 3 and 4, arriving alongside meaningful updates to his abilities and the Twisted Medicine event — an encounter whose mechanic is built specifically to reward Lifesteal-based sustain over conventional healing. TianLong's design makes him the natural answer to that encounter. His banner and event windows are aligned, and his buff-upp will be performing at a noticeably stronger level than Commanders last saw.

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Summon Stone — Weeks 1 and 2: Kuro (Apr 1–15)

Kuro returns to the Summon Stone for the first half of the season. His burst-absorbing, damage-reflecting abilities make him one of the most effective defensive picks in high-burst PvP environments, and he does important work protecting fragile backline Guardians in the hardest matchups.

Summon Stone — Weeks 3 and 4: Lorroh (Apr 15–29)

Lorroh takes over the Summon Stone for Weeks 3 and 4. A synergy assassin who locks onto a single target and pursues them relentlessly from stealth, he fits naturally into CC-heavy squad setups and pairs well with the Dribb leaderboard running in the same window.

Spring's Renewal Season Pass — April 1 to April 29

Commanders progressing on the free pass this season: at Tier 40, you'll receive Lisca's Legendary Exclusive Equipment. No upgrade required — complete the pass across four weeks and that item is yours.

Across all 40 tiers, the pass delivers EXP Scrolls, Gold, Power Stones, Legendary XP Boost Potions, Summoning Stones, Star Stones, and Faction Soul Boxes. There's meaningful progression available at every tier.

Commanders who unlock the premium pass will receive significantly more across every resource category, along with a Core 1 Legendary Guardian at Tier 25 and Lisca's Seasonal Chroma Voucher at Tier 40. The bundle option delivers additional resources and the Chroma immediately. If you want Lisca's full collection — Exclusive Equipment, Chroma, and a copy — the premium pass gives you a path to all three within the season window.

Events This Season

Six events across four weeks. Here's what each one asks of you and what you're competing for.

Champions of the World (Apr 1–8): Battle through a series of event rooms — Base, Combat, Elite, Shadow, and Boss — using a roster built around GoG's competitive Guardians. Higher room tiers earn more points, so pushing into the harder rooms is where leaderboard positions are made. The boss this season is Huurk, whose Flame Cloak punishes sustained melee approaches. Top-ranked Commanders will earn Calling Crystals and Faction Souls.

Call of Prielle (Apr 1–15): Earn leaderboard points by running Prielle in Endless, Arena, and 15v15. In Endless, points scale with room difficulty. In Arena and 15v15, each win earns a flat reward. Complete daily and season quests alongside your runs for bonus progress. Chase rewards at the top of the leaderboard include an Adamantine Contract, a Mythril Contract, and a Champion Legendary Prielle Chroma voucher — with Calling Crystals available across a wide range of ranks.

Kuro's Training (Apr 1–15): Each interaction with the Summon Stone banner earns one milestone point — whether you use a Summon Stone or spend Rubies on the banner. Accumulate points to unlock milestone rewards at set thresholds: Keeper Souls, Kuro's Exclusive Equipment, Legendary Refinement Stones, and Star Stones. This one runs alongside your normal banner activity.

Twisted Medicine (Apr 15–22): Allied healing is inverted in this encounter — heals actively damage the recipient rather than restoring them. Lifesteal is the correct sustain approach, making Guardians who generate recovery through their own damage output the right choice for this event. Battle through event rooms in this format and score across difficulty tiers. TianLong's Recolor Chroma is the top chase reward for the highest-ranked Commanders.

Call of Dribb (Apr 15–29): Mirrors the Call of Prielle structure in the second half of the season. Earn points by running Dribb in Endless, Arena, and 15v15. Points scale with room difficulty in Endless and per win in Arena modes. The milestone track within this event includes Dribb's Exclusive Equipment at the final checkpoint — worth pursuing if you're working toward his Legendary upgrade this season.

Endless Guild Supremacy (Apr 15–22): Guild members earn contribution points through Endless, which pool into your guild's bracket leaderboard — Mythic, Legend, Warrior, or Adventurer. The top contributors from each winning guild earn Adamantine Contracts. All members of the winning guild in each bracket receive a custom-themed title, with the theme nominated by the guild owner after the competition closes. Contribution points accumulate from Day 1 — coordinate with your guild before the event opens.

Class Skills — Season 2

Season 2 of Class Skills is open, and the leaderboard is yours to climb.

Three classes rotate across the season — Mage, Assassin, and Warrior. Your scores across all three rotations contribute to a seasonal leaderboard. The Commanders who understand when and how to use each skill will score consistently higher — and every Commander has the same tool available to them. That's what makes this leaderboard genuinely competitive and worth entering regardless of where your squad is right now.

Week 1 is unranked — use it to find your approach with the system before the leaderboard goes live in Week 2. The table below covers each class rotation, what the active skill does, and what will put you ahead in each encounter.

Class Mastery chase rewards for each rotation will be confirmed and shared before that window opens.

Balance Changes

Season 8 brings one of the more comprehensive balance passes we've put together in a while. A number of Founders and Early Adopter Guardians had been falling behind as the meta developed, and we felt the timing was right to address that broadly. The result is a competitive field that should feel noticeably more open heading into the season — more Guardians are strong, more squad compositions are viable, and if you've been looking for a reason to shift your approach, this pass gives you one.

TianLong receives the most significant individual overhaul, with updates across three abilities that sharpen his burst windows and his disruption capability. Stratos sees the largest uptime improvement of any Guardian this season. And Rufus, who we felt was underperforming given how naturally he fits into Solas-modifier compositions, receives updates across nearly his entire set of abilities.

Gruff's Vault — Season 8

Gruff's Vault is back with a new seasonal reward pool, and this season's offering is worth paying attention to if you have gGoG — GoG's in-game currency — ready to go.

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As always, Gruff's Vault works across two tracks. Lock your gGoG for the season and you'll earn passive rewards simply for participating — no additional spend required. Reach higher tiers and those passive rewards grow, with Ascension Seals, an Adamantine Dwarf Contract bundle, and exclusive cosmetics including an Animated Title, an Animated Avatar Frame, and a unique Animated Avatar waiting at the top of the ladder.

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The perks track is where Season 8 shows its hand. Alongside staples like Calling Crystals, Star Stones, and Radiance Souls, this season's Gruff's Vault includes a Legendary Potion of Awakening as an unlockable perk — the same rare resource at the heart of the Prielle and Dribb upgrades this season. 

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Higher up sits a Blessing Stone capable of upgrading a Gen1 or Core1 Legendary Guardian to Enlightenment 15 and Radiance 10, a perk with limited availability. At the very top tier, Commanders can unlock a Champion Lisca at 15/10 — a highly enhanced version of the season's featured Guardian, with only two available across the entire season.

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Several of the higher-tier perks are limited in quantity. If any of these are on your radar, Gruff's Vault is worth planning around before the season opens.

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Find Gruff's Vault in-game under Events, or look for it on the Haven banners from April 1st.

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Season 8 Opens April 1st

You've got a week to plan your pulls, set your leaderboard priorities, and decide where Prielle and Dribb fit into your squad heading into the season.

Twisted Medicine is the event we're most curious to see Commanders approach — the inverted healing mechanic is a new direction for us in encounter design, and we're genuinely looking forward to seeing how squads adapt. Let us know what you think once it's live.

See you in Elderym, Commanders.

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