The hunt is on! Friday Night Fights is almost here.

This week, 12 teams of 3 start on Floor 1. Here’s the twist: the only active Anchor Ability is Vision Pulse. Control the map on early floors, conquer your enemies, and claim victory.

But while you’re at it, keep an eye out for “Something Fishy…” on Floor 1.

New to Friday Night Fights? 

• Get your Key: We’re currently playable on our Experimental Client! Grab your key here to download, and start practicing in training, bots, and custom games before the Friday queues go live. See queue times for your region here!

• Join our Discord: A lot of the action - including Dev Q&As, custom games, and team finding - takes place on Discord! Join the Arkheron Discord here!

Here’s what’s going on this week:

• Limited Mode: Seek and Destroy

• Fishing

• Destroyer Crown

• Dev Stream & Custom Games

Limited Mode: Seek and Destroy

Seek and Destroy is the Friday Night Fights queue this week, and it’s all about hunting… or being hunted. Expect fast and scrappy matches with plenty of multi-team fights, wrapping far before the final floor.

What’s New?

We’re returning to the first floor for some hunt or hide action! Gear up and head to a shrine. There, you’ll find that the only Anchor Ability available for purchase is Vision Pulse: for a few seconds, the player who uses Vision Pulse gives themselves and their allies vision of all enemy players on the map. 

Use this power wisely: seek out the path of least resistance, or make a beeline straight into the fray! Seek and Destroy is this week’s primary queue for Friday Night Fights. 

Details: 

• Floor 1 Start

• 12 Teams of 3

• Anchors Available: Vision Pulse (that’s it!)

Fishing

This week’s game mode is fast-paced, so if you need a moment to slow down, keep an eye out for the secret fishing spot. If you’re lucky enough to find it, you’ll get a “Something Fishy Here” prompt – interacting with it graces you with the coveted Fishing Amulet. When equipped, you can cast an ability that turns you into a fish. You’ll flop around, taking no damage. Each flop does 12 damage. Our earliest playtest community started an ongoing joke around fishing. Fish Eternal When? While we’re not quite ready to answer that particular question, we were definitely baited into becoming caught up in their net of absurdity and now you can cast your fishy desires into Arkheron. Try not to get hooked.  

The Destroyer Crown

Heavy is the head… but if you didn’t get a chance to pick up the Destroyer Crown last week, keep your eyes and ears open on Floor 2 and claim it for yourself.

As you drop in on Floor 2, you’ll see a segment of the map highlighted pink. This is where the Destroyer Crown will spawn mid way through the level, in a mythic chest. Careful - the location is revealed once the Crown spawns, and you may not be the only team looking to pick it up. 

DESTROYER CROWN

• [Active - Doppelganger] Summon a doppelganger and become Invisible. Taking an action causes the doppelganger to disappear. 

• [Passive] This item is a Destroyer Relic. While carrying, players automatically unlock the respective set Bonus for Each Eternal Relic that they carry - culminating in a possible 3 set bonuses.

Solo Queue Leaderboard Returns

We’re bringing back the Solo Queue Leaderboard, tailored for Seek and Destroy - points by floor are flipped this week, leaning in on the expected floor 1 blood bath. Earn more points by taking out enemies early. 

Here’s How Scoring Works:

Queue up solo and rack up points based on your top three games. Points are earned by racking up Major Eliminations (awarded to the player who dealt the highest percentage of damage to a downed target). 

Scoring Breakdown:

• Floor 1 Major Eliminations - 4 points each

• Floor 2 Major Eliminations - 3 points each

• Floor 3 Major Eliminations - 2 points each 

• Floor 4 Major Eliminations - 1 point each

But Wait, Something’s Fishy: A certain amount of extra points will be rewarded for the “catch of the day”...  hmm…

Leaver Penalty: Solo players who leave matches will earn a score of zero for that match. This penalty score will not be replaced by a higher-scoring game later; it is automatically tracked as one of your "top" scores for the night.

Pro Tip: Your overall score is based on your highest scoring three individual games. If you play a fourth game and out perform your lowest score, it’ll be replaced automatically. Note, leaver penalties scores will not be replaced. 

Join our Discord to keep up with the leaderboard as the night goes. 

Developer Livestream - Come Hang Out with Bonfire

We’re back with another dev livestream during our NA Queues!

This week, we’ll be kicking things off with custom games at 6PM PT, hosted by Arkheron’s Lead Producer, Reilena. Then at 7PM PT, Arkheron Character Artist, Elliot “Tetragon” will be streaming his matches with QA Analysts Rocco “Nocco” and Noah “pairodice”.

Jump into chat, ask questions, or roast our gameplay - we’d love to have you.

• Where: Bonfire-Presents Discord Channel & Arkheron’s Twitch 

• When: Friday, from 6PM - 9PM PT 

Dev-Hosted Customs

Before and after our NA queues (6PM PT / 9PM ET and 9PM PT / 12AM ET), join the Bonfire team and our community in the #Bonfire-Presents channel of our Discord for custom games! 

Come play with us, or sit back and watch on the livestream.

Looking for a Group? 

Interested in learning from a dev? We’ll have team members across many skill levels playing alongside you during the NA queues again. Drop a request in the #looking-for-group channel and, if someone is available, they’ll buddy up with you.

See you in the Tower!

Arkheron’s Friday Night Fights is how we play, learn, and grow alongside our community, while testing out exciting new features and fine-tuning the game to its optimal state.

During these playtests, you can expect us to experiment with a variety of limited modes and activities to help us better tailor the experience, understand how you all like to play Arkheron, and help us beat up new additions to the game. We’re learning as you play, so expect quick iterations and changes that feel very work-in-progress.