Events

In Granblue Fantasy, events are sets of quests that provide limited rewards and items, but are only available for a certain period of time. There is usually always at least one active event, and it isn't uncommon to have multiple active events concurrently. Between the rewards from these events being limited in availability and there being many SSR items available without using real money, taking part in events is important for the progress of the average player.

To see a list of current events, refer to the Main Page.

Showdowns

Showdowns consist of a simple set of solo quests. Typically, there are trash enemies followed by the event's featured boss. Drop chests contain items that can be exchanged in the Shop for rewards like consumables, Champion Merits and Supreme Merits, and event-exclusive weapons and summons. The bosses themselves have a low chance to drop these exclusives as well, with higher difficulties having higher chances. Rarely, upon the completion of a Hard or higher difficulty quest, a Nightmare quest may become available. This challenging battle costs 0 AP, features only the boss, and has a first-time completion reward of a Blue Sky Crystal. There may be multiple difficulties of Nightmare based on the event.

Originally, these events were run as sets with multiple bosses available at once. There have been eight showdown events to date: Ifrit, Sagittarius, and Corow as one set; Vohu Manah, Cocytus, and Diablo as another; and Cerberus and Fenrir as the last set.

As of the 2nd Anniversary update, Ifrit Showdown, Cocytus Showdown, Vohu Manah Showdown, Sagittarius Showdown, Corow Showdown, and Diablo Showdown are now permanently available on a 3-day rotation in the Special Quests tab, but they cannot proc Nightmare quests. Instead, the "Maniac" difficulty was introduced, which has limited attempts per day but can drop Urns and even Gold Bricks. Cerberus Showdown and Fenrir Showdown remain infrequent, limited-time events.

Introduced on Feburary 15, 2017, Xeno Showdowns were introduced, starting with Xeno Ifrit with Xeno Vohu Manah soon afterwards. Currently, Xeno Showdowns for the other elements have not been announced but plans have been made to run the remaining Xeno Clashes by the end of 2017. Xeno Showdowns are similar to the normal Showdowns of old, but possess elemental resistance and also contain raid battles that require co-op showdown items (which the Xeno battles drop, if the co-op battle is not available). These showdowns are the only way to obtain Xeno Weapons, notable for their "Massive"

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multiplier and ability to be upgraded to a True form, which enhances the Charge Attack and adds a unique second skill. While a Xeno Showdown runs, its normal counterpart will also be available for the entire event.

Rise of the Beasts

Rise of the Beasts also features battles with powerful bosses, but they instead are multiplayer raids. The event bosses are the mythological beasts Zhuque, Xuanwu, Baihu, and Qinglong. Repeatedly defeating these bosses will unlock a harder Extreme+ bosses- Zephyrus, Neptune, Titan and Agni. While a fight against Qinglong might typically involve three or four people, it isn't uncommon for one against Zephyrus to have 15 or more. As of June 2016, Rise of the Beasts appears to have permanently merged all four elements into one event, instead of each event featuring a single element.

Unite and Fight

Unite and Fight events are the only competitive events thus far, where crews compete to kill raid bosses for points. The top 3096 crews after the first day proceed to the finals to compete individually against other crews. These are highly competitive events, and a guild of new players should not expect to rank. However, there are still valuable rewards from earning honor and emptying the token draw boxes, primarily Revenant Weapons.

Story Events

Story events feature a voiced, extensive scenario with multiple starring characters. The main story quest costs 0 AP the first it is completed, and progression unlocks free quests and/or raid bosses. New story events feature a SR loyalty character, who joins you for free, takes part in the story, and has a loyalty gauge that, upon completion, binds the character to a player's roster for use outside the event. If the gauge isn't completely filled when the event ends, the unit will be removed from the player's inventory. Story events use any of a number of reward systems; solo battles usually have an item exchange shop while multiplayer battles usually have a ticket draw box and honor point rewards. There are typically event-exclusive SSR summons and weapons in the rewards.

Partway through the event, a Challenge Battle may be introduced. These battles have story-related characters join your party as guests and are typically used to showcase newly-released Draw character skills, so they are either extremely easy or require uncovering some kind of gimmick using the guest characters' skills. The Challenge Battle costs 0 AP the first time, and awards a Blue Sky Crystal when completed.

Renewal Events

Renewal events are old, reissued story events utilizing a new event reward format. Former raid battles are converted to solo battles that are listed under Special Quests. This means you can no longer join other people's event boss battles using your EP. The Special Quest solo battles are unlocked after completing the event story quests. Honor and badge rewards are eliminated. Instead, rewards can be obtained by trading event treasure in the event's shop. Honor can still be earned, but it is only for obtaining event-specific Trophies. Renewal events are a source for Damascus Crystals and may also introduce a 4th uncap star to the event-exclusive SSR summon or SSR weapon.

All other aspects of the original story event are the same such as the free loyalty character, voiced story, and general rewards. One notable exception is that the required boss battles for the event story quests are much weaker than their Special Quest counterpart.

Collaborations

Collaborations feature story and characters from other games/franchises. They are typically Showdown-style events with short story quests, but reward "Unknown"-type weapons, which are desirable due to how damage is calculated in Granblue Fantasy.

Holiday Promos

During certain holidays of the year (and the date entered in as the player's birthday) there are special cutscenes available for viewing. These cutscenes are usually just a couple of celebratory lines from each character part of the player's crew, although sometimes gift items can be given or received. They can be viewed by looking at the character's profile and clicking a button while the promo is ongoing. The scenes can be viewed outside of these promo times, but only by entering in the url of the cutscene while having the character in their crew. (Not all characters have these special cutscenes.)

Event	Dates
Happy Birthday	Player's birth date*
Happy New Year	January 1-7
Valentine's Day	February 14-17
White Day	March 14-17
Trick or Treat	October 29-31
Happy Holidays	December 25

* Happy Birthday messages stay available for about a week past the date.

Defense Order

Defense Order is an ongoing, periodic world raid-style event. Players have a limited amount of time to defeat invading enemies and bosses, culminating in a final boss that has multiple health bars. Instead of honor, players earn Siege Shields, used as currency in the Defense Order shop.

Due to negative player feedback, Defense Orders were suspended indefinitely after the Order of the Lord event ended on September 21, 2016. It may be brought back as a crew-only quest/event in the future.

A somewhat similar type of event, Arcarum: The World Beyond, was introduced in September 2016 as well, but quickly ended due to negative feedback and many issues. It is not clear if and when it might make a return at this point.

Side Stories

Main article: Side Stories

Old Events

2014

Event	Dates
Festival of Falling Flame	March 31 - April 16
	April 24 - April 30
The Cowardly Hero and the Captive Princess	April 30 - May 7
The Dauntless Hero and the Restless Sands	May 8 - May 14
	May 15 - May 22
Priestess of the Dunes	May 31 - June 8
Veiled Conspirator	June 9 - June 16
	June 17 - June 21
	June 23 - June 30
Song of Serpent Island	June 30 - July 11
	July 10 - July 15
	July 23 - July 27
	July 31 - August 11
	August 8 - August 14
	August 20 - August 24
	August 25 - August 31
The Sleeping Island Giant	August 31 - September 11
	September 12 - September 18
	September 19 - September 23
Festival of Falling Flame	September 24 - September 30
	September 30 - October 7
	October 8 - October 13
	October 14 - October 23
	October 24 - October 30
	October 31 - November 7
	November 7 - November 13
The Cowardly Hero and the Captive Princess The Dauntless Hero and the Restless Sands	November 13 - November 21
	November 21 - November 25
	November 30 - December 8
	December 10 - December 15
	December 16 - December 25
	December 26 - December 30
	December 31 - January 7

2015

Event	Dates
Priestess of the Dunes	January 8 - January 16
Veiled Conspirator	January 8 - January 16
	January 9 - January 19
	January 16 - January 25
	January 26 - January 30
Teardrop in the Sand	January 31 - February 7
	February 7 - February 13
	February 13 - February 23
Scattering Magic	February 28 - March 9
Anniversary Showdown	March 10 - March 10
	March 10 - March 17
	March 14 - March 17
	March 17 - March 25
	March 20 - March 30
Detective Barawa ~The Jewel Resort Incident~	March 31 - April 9
	April 1 - April 1
	April 8 - April 15
	April 16 - April 20
	April 20 - April 28
The Inner Light	April 30 - May 8
	May 3 - May 22
	May 3 - May 22
	May 11 - May 22
	May 25 - May 30
	May 31 - June 9
	June 10 - June 16
	June 17 - June 24
	June 25 - June 30
	June 25 - June 30
	June 25 - June 30
Robomi	June 30 - July 9
	July 10 - July 21
Dark Giant of the Blue Sea	July 14 - July 23
	July 23 - July 31
	July 23 - July 31
	July 23 - July 31
Balmy Breeze and Foamy Deep	July 31 - August 7
	August 7 - August 14
	August 12 - August 21
	August 12 - August 21
	August 12 - August 21
	August 22 - August 30
Fall of the Dragon	August 31 - September 8
	September 9 - September 14
	September 9 - September 14
	September 9 - September 14
	September 15 - September 21
	September 17 - September 20
	September 22 - September 29
Hero's Return	September 30 - October 9
	October 7 - October 19
The Sleeping Iron Giant	October 14 - October 22
	October 23 - October 30
Trick or Treat	October 29 - October 31
	October 31 - November 9
	November 5 - November 12
	November 13 - November 23
Defender's Oath	November 17 - November 22
	November 22 - November 29
	November 30 - December 9
	December 4 - December 11
	December 4 - December 11
	December 11 - December 15
	December 18 - December 25
Happy Holidays	December 25 - December 25
Granblue Channel! Knickknack Shack Siero's "Adult Christmas Lyria Can't Be Allowed To See Edition"	December 25 - December 25
	December 26 - December 31

2016

Event	Dates
	December 31 - January 8
	January 8 - January 17
	January 8 - January 17
	January 8 - January 17
	January 14 - January 20
	January 22 - January 30
	January 31 - February 8
	February 8 - February 17
	February 8 - February 17
	February 8 - February 17
	February 14 - February 17
	February 17 - February 22
	February 24 - February 28
	February 29 - March 8
	March 11 - March 21
	March 14 - March 17
	March 23 - March 30
	March 31 - April 8
	April 1 - April 1
	April 8 - April 15
	April 15 - April 25
	April 15 - April 25
	April 25 - May 1
	May 2 - May 11
	May 13 - May 23
	May 17 - July 31
	May 23 - May 30
	May 31 - June 8
	June 6 - June 16
	June 13 - June 23
	June 23 - June 30
	June 30 - July 8
Dark Giant of the Blue Sea	July 8 - July 15
Balmy Breeze and Foamy Deep	July 15 - July 22
	July 23 - July 30
	July 31 - August 8
	August 8 - August 15
	August 12 - October 13
	August 16 - August 22
	August 23 - August 30
	August 25 - August 25
	August 31 - September 8
	September 1 - September 21
Fall of the Dragon	September 7 - September 15
	September 16 - September 17
	September 22 - September 29
	September 30 - October 8
	October 7 - October 13
	October 14 - October 24
	October 14 - October 24
	October 24 - October 31
Trick or Treat	October 29 - October 31
	November 1 - November 9
	November 9 - November 14
	November 14 - November 21
	November 21 - November 28
	November 25 - December 2
	November 30 - December 8
	December 8 - December 13
	December 14 - December 19
	December 18 - December 25
Happy Holidays	December 25 - December 25
	December 26 - December 31
	December 31 - January 8

2017

Event	Dates
Happy New Year	January 1 - January 7
	January 8 - January 13
	January 13 - January 23
	January 23 - January 30
	January 31 - February 8
	February 9 - February 14
	February 14 - February 21
	February 15 - February 21
	February 22 - February 28
	March 1 - March 11
	March 11 - March 17
	March 14 - March 21
	March 18 - March 25
	March 26 - March 31
	April 1 - April 2
	April 1 - April 9
	April 10 - April 15
	April 16 - April 21
The Inner Light	April 16 - April 21
	April 22 - April 29
	April 30 - May 9
	May 10 - May 15
	May 17 - May 24
Hero's Return	May 25 - May 30
	May 25 - May 30
	May 31 - June 8
	June 9 - June 21
	June 22 - June 29
	June 30 - July 8
	July 9 - July 14
	July 12 - July 17

Event	Dates
	July 18 - July 24
	July 25 - July 30
New Story Event	July 31 - January 1
Unite and Fight	August 17 - August 24
Unite and Fight	September 23 - September 30