Look, let's be honest: on October 7, the Raven 2 Moon Festival event finally bowed out, and the Kyone event series gracefully stepped up to take the baton. It consists of four distinct activities, with massive piles of Special Relic Summon Boxes and enhancement stones immediately catching the eye. This whole affair is designed to give you a solid nudge through those tedious step-by-step mission chains currently running. If you are still grinding away at those milestones, you really shouldn't skip this. We have broken down the core rewards and how everything connects right here, so let's dive in.

Q. What are the core rewards of the Kyone event series?
A. Special Relic Selection Boxes and a helping hand with existing step-by-step missions.

The main prizes of the Raven 2 Kyone event are the Special Relic Summon Boxes and Relic Enhancement Stones. You can grab them by participating in any of the events, barring the Kyone's Subjugation Grace Mission.The reason these two reward items matter so much is that they directly feed into clearing the ongoing Raven 2 step-by-step mission events, namely the 'Legendary Transcendentalist's Gift - Special Force Member Growth Event'.

These step-by-step missions let you tackle all tasks simultaneously, but to actually claim the rewards, you have to clear the preceding steps one by one. Players frequently point to hurdles like 'Successfully enhance a relic to +4 or higher 5 times' as major roadbumps simply because relic enhancement stones are such a pain to acquire. If you have been banging your head against the wall over these specific requirements, joining the Kyone event is practically mandatory.

Among them, the Legendary Transcendentalist's Gift is well worth doing just for the 20th mission: successfully enhancing a relic to +4 or higher 5 times. The ultimate goal here is hoarding Legendary Transcendentalist's Gift Tickets from mission rewards to purchase either a Legendary Celestial Stance 1-Draw Ticket or a Supreme Celestial Stance 11-Draw Ticket. Buying that Legendary Celestial Stance 1-Draw Ticket costs 40 tickets. If you scrape by with the bare minimum mission completions, out of tasks 1 through 40, the relic requirement pops up only once at number 20. It is a guaranteed shot at a Legendary Celestial Stance, so do not miss out.

For the Special Force Member Growth Event, task number 65—'Successfully enhance a relic to +6 or higher 10 times'—is the final relic-related hurdle. Naturally, reaching that point means you have cleared all previous prerequisites along the way. The rewards for tasks 66 through 70 include '1 Hero Familiar / Stella / Weapon Resonance 1-Draw Ticket each, 1 Radiant Hero Armor 3 Selection Box, and 2 Hero Remaking Orbs'. You will definitely want to finish mission 65 to get your hands on those.Both events wrap up on November 18 at 04:59.

Q. You will want to get stuck into these events then. How is the difficulty?
A. Aside from finishing the Special Force duties, it is generally a walk in the park.

As you can see, the Kyone event series greases the wheels for grabbing Hero and Legendary gear in Raven 2. So, just how rewarding and difficult are these Kyone events? On the whole, the difficulty is quite modest. Let's break it down.

There are four Kyone events in total, running until October 21 at 04:59. First up, 'Kyone's Special 7-Day Attendance' simply requires you to log in for seven days within the period. Doing so nets you 33 Special Relic Summon Boxes, 90 Relic Enhancement Stones, and 1 +4 Dazzling Relic Selection Box.'Kyone's Relic Training' asks you to tackle seven missions to claim the grand prize. The tasks are split into two types: opening Special Relic Summon Boxes and enhancing relics, with target quantities set at 80 and 50 respectively. Completing the entire list grants 32 Special Relic Summon Boxes and 140 Relic Enhancement Stones.

Raven 2 gear has a safe zone where enhancements never fail, and for relics, that safe zone stretches up to +1. In other words, you can make at least two enhancement attempts per relic. Since the Special 7-Day Attendance hands you 33 relic summon boxes, you are guaranteed 66 enhancement attempts. That alone practically finishes all the relic enhancement tasks for Kyone's Relic Training, which in turn unlocks another 32 Special Relic Summon Boxes. That brings your total haul of Special Relic Summon Boxes to 65.

The third event, 'Kyone's Growth Support', is a tiny bit more hands-on because it demands completing 40 Special Force missions. Since the daily cap for taking on Special Force duties is eight, it takes five days to clear the board entirely. The reward is a tidy 15 Special Relic Summon Boxes, bringing our running total to 80. You can comfortably clear out the entire Kyone event without scrambling for extra Special Relic Summon Boxes on the side.

Finally, Kyone's Subjugation Grace Mission sticks out like a sore thumb because it has nothing whatsoever to do with relics. The setup involves hunting specified quantities of targeted monsters to clear missions and secure the final payout. The spoils include '600 Seal Essences, 200 Oath Medals, 300 Malice Shards, and 30 Abyss Bloodstone Fragments', culminating in 1 Special Material Selection Box. A bit of extra focus while out farming mobs is all it takes.

Q. Where should we spend the Dazzling Relic Selection Box?
A. We recommend using it either for equipping or for wrapping up those stubborn step-by-step missions.

Both the Raven 2 Kyone's Special 7-Day Attendance and Kyone's Relic Training events hand out +4 and +5 Dazzling Relic Selection Boxes as final rewards. Opening one lets you pick and choose from the 'Dazzling Goddess Statue, Dazzling Purifying Bell, Dazzling Guardian Crest, or Dazzling Discipline Chalice', enhanced to the stated value. We recommend deciding based on two criteria: first, grab an item with stats you actually need or something worth swapping out. Using it as crafting material for Noble Relics is also a viable shout.

The second option is feeding it into the Legendary Transcendentalist's Gift and Special Force Member Growth Event we looked at earlier. Both events share a pesky 'Successfully enhance a relic to +6 or higher ○ times' requirement, demanding 5 and 10 successes respectively. Since relics are only safe up to +1, it is no walk in the park. The Dazzling Relic Selection Box softens that blow quite nicely.