By the time you’re reading this, a new Anthem update today should have rolled out, and it brings a host of new challenges for the game’s Season of Skulls in-game event. For the full list of changes, head on over below. Note that this is a server-side update, and no download is required.
Anthem update today – Season of Skulls Week 2:
Happy Season of Skulls, Freelancers!
Though this is the first time all of you are partaking in the festivities of Bastion, the Season of Skulls is a time-honored tradition.
When darkness gathers across the lands, the wayfaring peoples of Bastion kindle torches, braziers, and bonfires to bring back the light. When painful memories cling to us about those who fell before their time, memories of joy, friendship, and camaraderie arise to take their place. When despair tries to take us and we feel more alone than ever, humanity comes together to cherish one another. It is a time of darkness and terrors, yes, but also a time of hope, remembrance, and light.
The world around us isn’t safe. That’s never been more apparent than it is now. But it is in the face of that danger—the constant challenges around us—that humanity has been forged to be strong and brave. The strength to fight and the bravery to stand back up when we fall, though, came at a cost. You’ve heard the stories. You’ve lived some of them yourselves. Few can say they haven’t lost someone, but the Season of Skulls is a time to remember what they stood for.
The world around us isn’t safe, but that’s why you’re here, Freelancers. You’re the heroes who protect us.
Season of Skulls
Though the first week of the Season of Skulls is about to end, there’s more to come! First, let’s look at what’s going to be active for the whole event.
Daily
- Foul Echoes
- Dark Arenas
- Discordant Notes
- Beast Slayer
Weekly
- Gloom Chaser
- Pack Hunter
One Time-Only
- Indomitable
- Night Hunter
- Defeat the Undying
- Bone Collector: Experience
- Bone Collector: Talented
- Bone Collector: Adept
- Score: Somber Courage
- Score: Bloody Purpose
- Score: Dark Resolve
- Deadly Ambush
- Swift Strike
- Grandmaster of Sorrow
- Grandmaster of Despair
- Grandmaster of Anguish
- Elimination: Dispel the Shades
- Elimination: Turn the Hordes
- Elimination: Banish the Monsters
- Dawn Patrol
- Lost in Darkness
There will also be recurring Freeplay events: Arcanist Research, Freelancer Pilgrimage, and Sentinel Bonfire. In addition to these, you’ll be able to obtain brand-new Season of Skulls Lore Collections, too!
Season of Skulls — Week 1
As a reminder, Week 1 of the Season of Skulls ends today, so be sure to complete the following activities while you can!
Freeplay
To unlock the weekly anomaly, complete the three previously mentioned seasonal events.
- Boss Event
- Escari Elder: Up Up and Away
Echoes of Reality Arenas
- Casja’s Forge
- Sea of Takaro
- Diana’s Landing
Inversions
- Turbo Gear – Gear recharge rate is increased
- Ultimate Boost – Ultimate meter from kills is increased
Challenges
Note that these are in addition to regular Daily/Weekly/Monthly challenges and are not the only ones active during this time.
- Daily: Vermin Fiend
- Daily: Dark Ranger III
- Daily: Monstrous Colossus III
- Daily: Unsettling Interceptor III
- Daily: Uncanny Storm III
Season of Skulls — Week 2
Starting on Tuesday, October 22, things will change up. Here’s what’s coming next…
Freeplay
Again, to unlock the weekly anomaly, complete the three previously mentioned seasonal events: Arcanist Research, Freelance Pilgrimage, and Sentinel Bonfire. If you completed them in a previous week, the anomaly will automatically be unlocked.
- Boss Event
- Fury: The Undying
Echoes of Reality Arenas
Each week, we’ll add another arena to the list, keeping any from previous weeks as we go.
- Crucible of Astrid (Added)
- Casja’s Forge
- Sea of Takaro
- Diana’s Landing
Inversions
- Close Encounters – Shotguns and SMGs deal increased damage
- Lightning Rod – Close-range kills chain lightning to nearby enemies
Challenges
- Daily: Howling Apparition
- Daily: Uncanny Storm II
- Daily: Dark Ranger II
- Daily: Monstrous Colossus II
- Daily: Unsettling Interceptor II
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.
Seasonal Store Items
| Seasonal Store Items | Crystal Cost |
|---|---|
| War Chest: Legendary | 5000 |
| War Chest: Ranger | 2500 |
| War Chest: Storm | 2500 |
| Kung Fu Bring It | 1100 |
| War Chest: Interceptor | 2500 |
| War Chest: Colossus | 2500 |
| Graphic: Night Lattice | 2300 |
| War Chest: Weapon | 2000 |
| War Chest: Melee | 1500 |
| War Chest: Gear | 1500 |
| War Chest: Support | 1000 |
The War Chest: Legendary is a new item to the game that guarantees a random Legendary drop upon opening.
Featured Store Items
| Featured Store Items | Coins | Shards |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday – Thursday | ||
| Wrap: Verdant Vertebrae | 61,000 | 850 |
| Wrap: Emperor’s Touch | 61,000 | 850 |
| The Shambling Dead | 16,000 | 375 |
| Layered: Carbon Fiber | 16,000 | 375 |
| Graphic: Skull Shriek | 36,000 | 600 |
| Decal: Banner of Bones | 12,000 | 300 |
| Friday – Monday | ||
| Skyborn Armor Pack | 61,000 | 850 |
| Howling Armor Pack | 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 |
We’ll be on the lookout for potential new gear and other datamined stuff as well/
Source: Reddit