RAID: Shadow Legends – Update 11.00.0

The Grim Forest Arrives — New Game Mode, 7 Bosses, Curios, Mercurial Gear & More

Update 11.00 introduces one of the largest gameplay expansions RAID has ever released. The Grim Forest, a shifting roguelite adventure with rotating maps, powerful bosses, new currency systems, and unique rewards, now becomes a core monthly challenge alongside Doom Tower and Cursed City.

Below is a complete breakdown of the new mode, its systems, bosses, and other update changes.

The Grim Forest unlocks once players reach Level 55, introducing a rotating monthly adventure similar in scale to Doom Tower or Cursed City. Each rotation brings a new layout, meaning paths, encounters, and exploration routes shift every month. The mode features both Normal and Hard difficulties, each with its own map and progression.

At the start of a rotation, you’ll assemble a dedicated Squad of Champions to explore the Gloom Lands. On Normal difficulty, your Squad includes two Decks of ten Champions each, while Hard difficulty expands this to two Decks of twenty. Once these Decks are locked in, they cannot be altered unless you use a special Reshuffle item obtained within the mode. Every battle selects a random subset of Champions from your Decks, forcing you to adapt and build teams from whatever options appear. To help manage bad rolls, you receive two daily Redraw Tokens, which can increase to four if you locate Redraw Altars on the map. Your progress through the Forest also depends on Distorted Energy—thirty units granted each day and shared across both difficulties. This resource does not carry over, making daily exploration an important habit.

Movement across the map slowly lifts the supernatural fog that conceals the Gloom Lands. Each tile may hide something different: enemy formations, minibosses, or even Mythical foes guarding valuable items. Some tiles contain Mimics disguised as treasure, while others reveal Grim Chests or Curio Chests packed with rewards. You may also encounter a variety of Altars—Curio Altars that unlock additional Curio slots, Aid Altars that allow an extra Champion to be drawn before battle, or Redraw Altars that enhance your daily redraw limit. Scattered throughout the Forest are the coveted Grim Crowns; collecting three of them unlocks the path to the final boss.

Progressing through The Grim Forest awards a wide range of valuable resources. Mercurial Gear is one of the highlights, offering Total Guard stacks that completely prevent single instances of damage or negative effects—an extremely powerful tool for Arena. You’ll also gather Grim Coins and Grim Gold, as well as materials like Gemstones, Basalt, Soulstones, and Cursed Remnants. Most notably, The Grim Forest is the exclusive source of fragments for Anaxia the Reborn, a Mythical Champion unique to this mode.

Within The Grim Forest, there are a total of 7 new bosses we will face on our journey, however, there is far too much information surrounding these bosses that we have detailed in the seperate articles linked to the buttons below.

In these posts, you will find full skill information for each of the new challenges we will need to conquer.

Two very festive Champions have been rebalanced in what has been a generally well-received update, taking both of their kits, maintaining their core foundation and turning up their value tenfold.

As with the new bosses, full information on these changes can be found in the article linked below.