Rift Wars: New update & Season 6

Updates
Written By James Justice

Along with this update, we’ll also be rolling into Season 6 shortly!

In this update, you can expect to see the following changes (Among many others!):

  • New Rank environments

  • New player Portraits

  • New Home Screen background

  • Brand new event

  • much more!

Season 6 will begin on 3/9/2026 @12:00PM PDT

New environments:

Ruins

Available in Silver Rank

Village

Available in Gold Rank

Lava

Available in Legend Ranks

Gameplay Changes

All units can now appear as starters

  • The starter pool is no longer limited by rarity.

Shop cycling cost now scales

  • Starts at 1 energy, increases by 1 per use, resets at battle phase start.

Mech ability reworked

  • Deals damage based on a percentage of total Mech health to the 1–2 highest-health enemies. Stack health for big damage.

Hero no longer buffs health

  • Now only buffs attack speed and damage.

Mutant buff reduced

  • 25% per round (down from 50%), still caps at 200%.

Waterborn whirlpools no longer stack

  • Still slow enemies, but multiple whirlpools don't compound.

Plasma Bot stun is now time-based

  • Stuns every X seconds instead of every X attacks.

Events:

NEW EVENT: Punching Bag

Score the highest damage against other players!

Starts: Friday’s @12:00am PST

Ends: Monday’s @11:59pm PST

Piggy Bank

Collect as much gold as you can!

Starts: Wednesday’s @12:00am PST

Ends: Monday’s @11:59pm PST

Quest

Complete Quests to Earn Rewards!

Starts: Monday’s @12:00am PST

Ends: Friday’s @11:59pm PST

We hope you enjoy the new update!

- The Rift Wars team

James Justice
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