Ready, set … Slay!
Courage's Crucible tests your mettle against waves of enemies - and the clock. Grab buffs, keep the multiplier climbing, and earn bragging rights (and loot!) before the bell tolls.
For those of you who've played our first version, you'll feel the familiar time trial pressure alongside a bunch of tweaks and new surprises including new buffs and also the ability to earn Clashmarks just by playing - which allow you to unlock cosmetics and other goodies, including Writs!
Get ready for waves of enemies, a relentless ticking clock, and the glory (and gear) you'll earn if you can last … including the original Courage set and fresh class-specific gear, too.
How it works
- Race the clock. Endless waves, a relentless timer, and hourglasses you can smash for precious extra seconds.
- Score matters. Rapid kills stack a multiplier; hesitate too long and the bonus vanishes.
- Pick your poison. Easy, Medium, or Hard. Hard mode dials the rewards (and the panic) up a notch.
- Buff Up or Bow Out. Various permanent and/or temporary buffs can help you and you squad survive the onslaught.
- Limited Time: May 21 - June 4, 2025. The limited time mode will run from May 21 - June 4. Dive in before, well, time runs out!
To jump in, make sure that you've completed "Return to Form" to unlock Danger Level 2 and the Request Board. Then, talk to Courage…the limited time mode will run from May 21 - June 4.
Shrine Buffs
Shrine buffs are now Permanent. Lock in its power for the time you have left … choose wisely! Here's what you can expect:
- Extended Focus: Increases the Focus Meter by 1.
- Extra Time: Add 25 seconds to the clock!
- Airborne DMG Up: Increases damage of airborne combos by 5%.
- Break Bar DMG Up: Increases Break Bar DMG by 10%.
- Crit Chance Up: Increases the chance of scoring a critical hit by 10%.
- DMG Up: Increases damage dealt by 10%.
- DEF Up: Increases defense by 10%.
- Mending Potency: Flask Healing +10%.
- HP Up: Increases Max HP by 500.
- Extra Umbra Charge: Increases number of Umbra Charges by 1.
- Focus Gain Up: Increases Focus Gain per hit by 10%.
- Mender's Boon: Increases Flask Uses by 1.
- Speed Up: Permanently increases movement speed by 5%.
- Umbra Strength Up: Increases Umbra Strength by 10%.
Ebb Crystal Buffs
Ebb Crystals spawn mid-fight - for a temporary, 45 second boost. Smash one to ignite a short-lived, high-impact boon that can flip a bad run into a record breaker.
- Might – Grants Might.
- Explosive Dash! – Dashing and dodging leave explosions in your wake—great for crowd clearing.
- Focus Shockwave!: Focus Skills cause Shockwaves
- Haste! – Grants Haste, which temporarily cranks your movement and attack speed.
- Lightning Dash!: Dash and Dodge causes Lightning to spawn
- Lightning Jump!: Jumping causes Lightning to spawn
- Unlimited Umbra: Gives unlimited umbra use
- Projectile Strikes!: Attacks cause projectiles to spawn
- Stunny Strikes!: Strikes have a chance to stun enemies
- Focus Regen!: Focus meter auto regenerates
- Venom Strikes!: Attacks deal poison
- Fired Up!: Attacks deal fire
- Prickly Strikes!: Attacks deal bleed
- Stink Mist: Leaves poison cloud
The Crucible awaits … dive in, push these new systems to their limits, and let us know what lands—or what still needs tweaking. And if you like this game mode, we've got a few more headin' your way over the coming weeks . Join the community and conversation via Discord - and help us continue to tune this mode (and more!).