Champions Online — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Story Bonus Week, New Auras and Free Tights Costumes! | 2026-06-16 | Greetings Champions!From now until Tuesday, June 23rd, we will be running the Story Bonus Week event. While this event is active, Comic Series, Adventure Packs, and Serial Stories missions and enemies give boosted rewards! Additionally, speak with the UNTIL Liaison Agent to get bonus missions that reward Gold Champion Recognition and Magical Residue!Play through Lemurian Intrigue, Demonflame, Serpent Lantern, Resistance, Aftershock, Steel Crusade, and Whiteout to level-up your heroes! Act quickly before this bonus goes away! New Starry Auras and 20% off Powers Sale!Looking to get a new travel power or try out a new Archetype? From now until T |
| Nightmare Invasion Week 2 and Corrupted Keypack! | 2026-06-10 | Champions! BEWARE! Strange otherworldly creatures have started invading Millennium City, and you need to stop them! A mysterious stranger called Golden Seraph has appeared in Renaissance Center, pleading for assistance in stopping this invasion. Who is behind this new invasion, and what does it ultimately mean?From now until Tuesday, June 16th, the Nightmare Invasion event will be available! To participate in this event, put together a team of 3 to 5 heroes, then talk to Golden Seraph in the Renaissance Center in Millennium City to learn more about the missions and special rewards!Week 2 of the Nightmare Invasion event is underway and new rew |
| The Collectors Lockbox and Key Sale! | 2026-06-02 | Collectors Lockbox!Looking for an item from a lockbox that was featured long ago? From now until Tuesday, June 30th, the Collectors Lockbox will be available! During this event the Collectors Lockbox, along with the past three lockboxes, can drop from any enemy ingame. They can also be purchased for Questionite from any of our Lockbox vendors.The Collectors Lockbox features Vouchers that can be used to purchase items from past lockboxes! Talk with Defender Fanboy in the Renaissance Center to exchange Vouchers. New to the store this week are the Champions Lockbox items!You can also visit the Lockbox Token Store to exchange Lockbox Costume Toke |
| The Nightmare Invasion is Here! | 2026-06-02 | Champions! BEWARE! Strange otherworldly creatures have started invading Millennium City, and you need to stop them! A mysterious stranger called Golden Seraph has appeared in Renaissance Center, pleading for assistance in stopping this invasion. Who is behind this new invasion, and what does it ultimately mean?From now until Tuesday, June 16th, the Nightmare Invasion event will be available! To participate in the Nightmare Invasion Event, put together a team of 3 to 5 heroes of levels 10+, then talk to Golden Seraph in Renaissance Center to learn more about the missions and special rewards!Here are a few of the new rewards added this week! Wa |
| The Rising Star Costume Contest! | 2026-05-22 | We'll be doing a live streamed costume contest on Friday, May 29th, judged by some of the developers that work on Champions Online! Head to the Powerhouse Theater to participate! Judging begins at 3:30pm PT, and the contest begins at 4! You can watch the show live on our Cryptic Studios Twitch!The theme this week is Bring Your Best! Just bring what you feel is your most awesome costume!There will be three winners and ten honorable mentions. Here's how the prizes break down:Our Top Three picks will win:Five Contest CoinsContest Heroic VoucherContest Special VoucherContest VoucherUnique Title: "Rising Star" And Ten Honorable Mentions will win:F |
| Onslaught Week And Services Sale! | 2026-05-21 | Hello, Champions!Have you been wondering what it's like to be the villain? Have you always wanted to bring a little (or a lot!) of chaos to Millennium City? Well, now is the time to unleash that inner evil and be the best villain you can be! Supervillain Onslaught Week will be active from now until June 2nd! During Onslaught Week you receive 40% MORE Villain and Guardian Tokens from Onslaught missions and engaging in Supervillain Onslaught battles! Stop by and visit vendors in the following four areas: Rencen, Westside, Citycenter, and Downtown.Onslaught Hotspots are also active during this event! These are areas that can be found around Mill |
| How To Play Supervillain Onslaught! | 2026-05-21 | Greetings, Champions!Supervillain Onslaught puts you in the role of a hero transformed into a powerful supervillain via an Onslaught Device, or a brave Guardian trying to defend against the rampage!To get started, go to Millennium City with a level 10+ hero. You will be granted a mission to investigate the mysterious Onslaught Agents showing up around the city. The Onslaught Agents will tell you everything you need to know to get started!Onslaught Supervillains can earn Villain Tokens by taking out Guardian Heroes and Onslaught Targets around Millennium City. These can be used to purchase powerful gear and powers for your hero. Guardian heroe |
| Circus Malvanum Week 2 and Phoenix Key Pack! | 2026-05-12 | Do you want to take to the air on wings of fire, shadow, or light itself? Now it your chance, Champions! The Phoenix Key Pack is available now in Champions Online! For 3000 Zen, you'll get your hands on 35 Cosmic Keys of Power, a Legendary Magical Residue Crystal, and the following travel powers: Phoenix Flight, Shadow Phoenix Flight, and Radiant Phoenix Flight! These beautiful wings are going to be the highlight of your flights around Millennium City. But get to it now, these powers will only be available until Thursday, May 21st, 7am PST! Take to the skies, and blast off into a new adventure! The Jetwing Keypack is also available for a limi |
| Circus Malvanum and Lifetime Subscription Sale! | 2026-05-05 | Circus Malvanum and Lifetime Subscription Sale!Lifetime Subscription Sale!From May 5th 8am Pacific Time, to May 7th 12pm Pacific Time, you can save 50% on a Lifetime Subscription! What a deal!From May 7th 12:01pm Pacific Time, to May 11th 12pm Pacific Time, you can save 33% on a Lifetime Subscription!Curious what you get for going Lifetime? Check out the benefits here!Vehicle Sale!From May 5th 7am Pacific Time, to May 11th 7am Pacific Time, all vehicles in the ZEN Store are 20% off! Circus Malvanum Event!From now until May 18th, 7am Pacific Time, the Circus Malvanum Event will be running! Read on to find out more about the event! Check out to |
| Champions Online Lifetime Subscription! | 2026-05-05 | Hello Champions!Now is the perfect time to get a Lifetime Subscription!With multiple character slots that come free with your subscription, you can get to work on your new hero right away! All the powers of the premium Archetypes unlocked means you'll have loads to pick and choose from! Want to make your own completely unique hero? You will be able to make Freeform Characters, allowing you to freely pick and choose your powers! Along with all the amazing archetypes that come free with being a Lifetime Member, you'll be able to enjoy multiple travel powers. These powers are unlocked for all your characters, opening up tons of possibilities! Wi |
| Defender's National Training Program and Quick Start Event! | 2026-04-23 | Defender's National Training Program!Champions: Defender wants you! The leader of the Champions has noticed that there are a lot of new heroes in Millennium City, and he wants them trained up, pronto! He's looking for the city's best hero trainers to help him bring the newest crop of heroes up to his standards. Are you up for the challenge? Can you prove your hero training skills?During this event, when you create a new character after April 21st 7 AM PT, and get that character to level 40 before May 21st 7:00 AM PT, Defender will have new rewards for you! Complete this challenge in time, and you'll receive the Awe-Inspiring title and 3 Event |
| The Unconventional Heroes Costume Contest! | 2026-04-22 | It's time to show off your craziest superpowers! Can your superhero only be invisible if no one can see them? Do they wear stilts, fly a kite, or shoot condiments at their enemies? Than this is the contest for you!**Those are all copyrighted heroes, don't make those.We'll be doing a live streamed costume contest on April 24th, judged by some of the developers that work on Champions Online! Head to the Powerhouse Theater in Millennium City to participate! Judging begins at 3:30pm PT, and the contest begins at 4!You can watch the show live on our Cryptic Studios Twitch!There will be three winners and ten honorable mentions. Here's how the prize |
| A Letter From Jack Emmert, CEO | 2026-01-27 | When I left Cryptic Studios in 2016, I thought it was to seek new challenges and adventures – to prove that I could do more than just Cryptic. I had been there for sixteen years; I was one of its founders. I was the Lead Designer on City of Heroes/Villains, the Chief Creative Officer for Champions Online, the COO for Star Trek Online and ultimately the CEO when Neverwinter launched. Cryptic Studios was my very first job in the video game industry – and to be frank, when I first started, I really had zero clue of things outside my little corner. But most of all, after sixteen years at Cryptic, I’d become stale. I’d pretty much given what I cou |
| The 10th Anniversary of Champions Online! | 2019-08-30 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/1078271/3ee782543ecaf8b6e43c00ac464d02620ba9564b.jpg Happy Anniversary, Champions! For ten years, you've defended Millenium City from the ravages of alien threats, gangsters, ninjas, monsters and more, and it's time to take a load off and celebrate! For the next four weeks, we're celebrating a full decade of Champions Online, and we want you to be a part of it. We've got a brand new activity for you, and tons of new rewards! Head to Millenium City, and get your celebration on! This first week of events and rewards runs from August 29th at 8am PT to September 5th at 8am PT. htt |
| Death Rattle, Part 2! | 2019-07-20 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/1078271/fd80e7c2ebc135c87a0b1e672e0977b6a018ed0b.jpg In the first episode of Death Rattle, our new Serialized Story, you faced a threat from Cobra Lords with mysterious new powers. This week, in our second episode, you'll begin to unravel the mystery at the heart of this new story. Ladyhawke has analyzed the mysterious pearl you found at the end of the last mission, but it's not a complete message. It's giving off a mysterious signal, and one that leads to other points around the city. Can you locate the other pearls, and defeat those who might be protecting them? Death Rattle |
| Shadow of Destruction is Live! | 2016-10-28 | http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/4f/53/4f53ed5277cf73b0b805591bae5d46e11475708321.png “The recent Nightmare Invasion of our world was just the prelude to something far worse. It wasn’t just random attacks by horrific monsters, but calculated strikes intended to cause terror in us. What’s worse, they were harvesting that fear for some dark purpose. I have traced it to its source; we need to return to the Qliphothic Realm.” -Witchcraft, addressing the Mage Council The new Shadow of Destruction Content Update is now live! Shadow of Destruction brings us the Qliphothic Warzone, a new epic end-game zone set in an eerie otherworld where force |
| Shadow of Destruction is Live! | 2016-10-28 | http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/4f/53/4f53ed5277cf73b0b805591bae5d46e11475708321.png “The recent Nightmare Invasion of our world was just the prelude to something far worse. It wasn’t just random attacks by horrific monsters, but calculated strikes intended to cause terror in us. What’s worse, they were harvesting that fear for some dark purpose. I have traced it to its source; we need to return to the Qliphothic Realm.” -Witchcraft, addressing the Mage Council The new Shadow of Destruction Content Update is now live! Shadow of Destruction brings us the Qliphothic Warzone, a new epic end-game zone set in an eerie otherworld where force |
| Teleios Ascendant is Live! | 2016-02-04 | http://i.imgur.com/5Hhwzgs.png Teleios Ascendant, the newest content update for Champions Online, is now live! Teleios Ascendant is a new level 40 Epic Villain Lair containing some of Teleios’ newest cloning creations. This lair is the biggest challenge in Champions Online to date, with lots of new rewards for your heroes! In the wake of Supervillain Onslaught and the resulting rampage of super-powered clones, UNTIL has activated "Project Frankenstein". This new UNTIL Special Project under the command of Major Paul Mason keeps watch on the activities of the mad cloning genius, Teleios. Recently, UNTIL agents have discovered Teleios was nearin |
| Teleios Ascendant is Live! | 2016-02-04 | http://i.imgur.com/5Hhwzgs.png Teleios Ascendant, the newest content update for Champions Online, is now live! Teleios Ascendant is a new level 40 Epic Villain Lair containing some of Teleios’ newest cloning creations. This lair is the biggest challenge in Champions Online to date, with lots of new rewards for your heroes! In the wake of Supervillain Onslaught and the resulting rampage of super-powered clones, UNTIL has activated "Project Frankenstein". This new UNTIL Special Project under the command of Major Paul Mason keeps watch on the activities of the mad cloning genius, Teleios. Recently, UNTIL agents have discovered Teleios was nearin |
| Champions Online: Supervillain Onslaught is Live! | 2015-09-18 | http://images-cdn.perfectworld.com/arc/7a/9f/7a9fe7e5418512b4530b393b770dea6b1442466187.png Greetings Champions! It's time to ditch those tights for something more nefarious. Teleios has perfected a method of duplicating super-villain powers bringing waves of villains into Millenium City. In Champions Online: Supervillain Onslaught, players will take part in a brand-new in-game event where heroes become villains and battle against champions around Millennium City in open-world PvP! Play as classic Champions Online villains like Gravitar, Grond and Medusa. Which villain do you want to play as? Learn more about Supervillain Onslaught here. |