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Official RAID artwork of Sun Wukong holding his fiery staff

RAID:
Shadow Legends

A beginner’s guide to account levels, champion upgrades, and the Sacred Shard milestones in your EarnRally offer.

Sun Wukong · Official RAID artwork
Updated October 20, 2026

Getting started

For new RAID players in the US on desktop. View the RAID offer, check its requirements, and start there. Register, finish the tutorial, then play Campaign toward 20 battles and account level 15.
Kael shown in the official in-game champion screen at level 60

Choose Kael

Make him your first Campaign farmer. His area damage clears waves, and his poisons help in longer fights.

Sun Wukong shown in the official in-game champion screen at level 60

Sun Wukong

Sun Wukong can steal buffs and revive himself. If he is available to your account, he can help in Arena.

Check Plarium’s promo code rules before choosing a new-player promotion. New-player codes have a 72-hour window and are limited to one per account on a unique device. Use Plarium’s redemption page ↗ for a currently valid code.

Champion reference images show developed level-60 champions, not the levels you receive.

Upgrade a champion to 5★ and 6★

Focus your early resources on Kael. Level him, improve his gear, then use the Tavern’s Upgrade Rank tab. Once he can win reliably, bring three weaker champions along to level them for your next rank upgrade.

Official Tavern screenshot showing Kael and rank-up material champions selected in the Upgrade Rank tab
Tavern → Upgrade Rank. This screenshot shows a 3★ → 4★ example of the same mechanic.

Reach 5 stars

Within 7 days*

Level a 4★ champion to 40, then use four 4★ champions or matching Rank Chickens.

Reach 6 stars

Within 30 days*

Level a 5★ champion to 50, then use five 5★ champions or matching Rank Chickens.

  • Lifesteal gear, Speed, and enough damage help Kael survive and finish runs.
  • Use common and uncommon champions as “food,” keeping useful Rares, Epics, and Legendaries.
  • Purple stars mark ascension, which is separate from rank. Receiving a 5★ champion is different from performing a rank upgrade.

Farming Campaign

Account-level targets in this offer: 15 → 30 → 40 → 50 → 60.

Repeat a stage you can win consistently while working toward Brimstone Path on Brutal. These are the two usual farming choices once you get there.

Prioritize champion XP
12–6 BRUTAL

Brimstone Path, stage 6.
Focus on leveling your champions.

Silver + champion XP
12–3 BRUTAL

Brimstone Path, stage 3.
Sell shield drops for extra silver.

1 strong farmer + 3 food championsBuild your next rank-up while you farm.

Account level and champion level are different. The level-15 through level-60 milestones refer to your account. Champion XP boosts help train champions; they do not double account XP.

Gems can buy energy refills for more Campaign runs. The optional Daily Gem Pack supplies gems over time, so plan around what you’ve already claimed.

Super Raids

Super Raids save time farming champion XP and loot, using double energy per run. Their account XP is unverified: do not assume they double account XP or preserve the same account XP per energy as normal battles.

Daily routine
  • Claim your available energy and playtime rewards.
  • Complete daily quests and check your current Progress Missions.
  • Use champion XP boosts while leveling food.
  • Spend energy on consistent Campaign clears and needed progression.
  • Check your EarnRally offer deadlines before starting a longer milestone.

Sacred Shards

Offer targets: open 2 within 15 days, 4 within 30 days, then work toward 6 and 8 under your offer’s terms.

Sacred Shards are the yellow shards. You need to open them in the Portal; collecting or purchasing a shard alone does not complete an opening milestone.

Official RAID Summoning Portal screenshot with the yellow Sacred Shard selected and the Summon button visible
Portal → Sacred Shard → Summon. The pictured event overlay and offers may differ.
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Finish all stars on Hard Campaign

Earn the final Campaign star reward.

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Finish all stars on Brutal Campaign

A three-star clear uses no more than two champions, with no deaths, in under 10 minutes.

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Check Progress Mission rewards

Work toward missions that list a Sacred Shard in your account.

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Complete the monthly quests

Check the monthly checklist and reward in your account. Leave time before any offer deadline.

Hard and Brutal Campaign can supply your first two Sacred Shards. If you choose to spend, the two shard-containing packs below are additional sources.

Purchase packs

These purchases are optional. Compare each pack’s current contents, checkout price, and delivery calendar with your offer’s reward before buying. Each named pack has a separate purchase milestone; included Sacred Shards must be opened separately to count toward opening milestones.

Daily Gem Pack

Provides daily gems that you can spend on energy refills for account leveling and training champions for rank upgrades.

Claim daily items in Shop → Daily & Progression. Check the pack calendar for the delivery schedule.

Sacred Daily Pack

Includes one Sacred Shard. Open it in the Portal to add one to your opening total.

Check its calendar for the shard’s delivery date, then claim and open it before your milestone deadline.

Beginner Progress Pack

Includes one Sacred Shard, giving you two in total if you buy both shard-containing packs.

Check the pack’s claim requirements before buying and leave time to receive and open its shard.

A four-shard plan with optional purchases

  1. Hard Campaign star reward1 shard
  2. Brutal Campaign star reward1 shard
  3. Sacred Daily Pack1 shard
  4. Beginner Progress Pack1 shard

Open two within 15 days and four within 30 days. Allow time to earn the Campaign rewards and check that purchased shards will be claimable before the deadlines.

The 6- and 8-shard milestones need another two or four shards. Missions and monthly quests are further sources; use your offer’s terms for those deadlines.

Offer milestones

Use your live offer for payouts, eligibility, and the deadline clock.

RegisterSee offer terms
Complete the tutorialSee offer terms
Fight 20 battlesSee offer terms
Reach account level 15See offer terms
Reach account level 30See offer terms
Reach account level 40See offer terms
Upgrade a champion to 5★Within 7 days*
Upgrade a champion to 6★Within 30 days*
Reach account level 50See offer terms
Reach account level 60See offer terms

*Check your offer for the exact deadline and when its timer starts. Completion times depend on playtime, resources, and progress.

Progression milestones shown.