RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains

RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains
Developer(s)	Morningwood Software Rooster Teeth Games
Publisher(s)	Morningwood Arts
Director(s)	Anakin Nakamura Thomas Loon
Platform(s)	Android iOS
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy Action
Age Rating(s)
Storage Needed	112.6MB

“In RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains, gather your favourite Huntsmen and antagonists across the world of Remnant. Create and customize your dream team of Characters from the show. Engage in turn-based action battles, confront giant Grimm and take your strategy to the next level in Heroes vs. Villains!”

— Official description

RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains, often abbreviated as RWBY: HvV and sometimes referred to simply as Heroes vs. Villains, is an action turn-based strategy mobile game based on the American anime web-series RWBY, and is developed jointly by Morningwood Software and Rooster Teeth Games, and published by Morningwood Arts.

While some of the gameplay mechanics are similar to NHN Entertainment's RWBY: Amity Arena, such as collecting cards to unlock characters and choosing a group of characters to fight with, the majority of the gameplay is different.

Game Tutorial

Once loading up the game for the first time, players will be greeted by Oscar Pine, who looks to be in his 40s, and welcomes them to a reconstructed Beacon Academy, though nothing has changed much. He introduces an application developed by Atlas called "Heroes vs. Villains" which could be accessed on a scroll. He explains, as headmaster, that students use it to learn about Beacon's history and all previous Students such as Teams RWBY and JNPR, Huntsmen like Qrow Branwen and Winter Schnee, and lastly Beacon's previous headmaster Ozpin.

Oscar then hands the player a Scroll with the "Heroes vs. Villains" app already had on it, and tells them that there is a Starter Pack for them; containing Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long, and are taken straight into a Battle against Grimm consisting of one Beowolf and two Creeps.

Once finishing this Battle and collecting the post-Battle rewards, Oscar tells the Player that he wishes them a good time at Beacon Academy and dismisses them; ending the Game Tutorial. After this ends, players are free to continue Battles and level up their Player Level and Characters.

Gameplay

Ranking

The ranking system in RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains is simple. Players can earn XP which goes towards their Player Level. Characters also have a Level tied to them, but can only be ranked up using Lien, which is earned from almost everywhere in the game. The Player Level cap is 85, this is also the same for Character Level.

Once reaching Player Level 8, players will gain access to Daily and Weekly Challenges. These are tasks that players can complete to earn rewards and sends players to most areas of the game. As players increase their Player Level, more Challenges become available for players.

The list of Daily Challenges:

Daily Challenges
Challenge	Rewards
Finish 3 Heroes Arena matches	50XP, 1000Ⱡ, 5 Schnee Dust Crystals & 1 Dust Upgrade Crate
Finish 3 Villains Arena matches	50XP, 1000Ⱡ, 5 Schnee Dust Crystals & 1 Dust Upgrade Crate
Finish 5 Huntsmen Arena matches	80XP, 1000Ⱡ, 5 Schnee Dust Crystals & 1 Dust Upgrade Crate
Finish 10 Battles matches	120XP, 2000Ⱡ, 10 Schnee Dust Crystals & 2 Dust Upgrade Crates
Complete 3 Academy Arena matches	50XP, 1500Ⱡ, 10 Schnee Dust Crystals & 1 Dust Upgrade Crate
Level up 1 Character	50XP, 1500Ⱡ & 2 Dust Crystals
Complete all Daily Challenges	250XP, 3000Ⱡ, 15 Schnee Dust Crystals & 3 Dust Upgrade Crates

The list of Weekly Challenges:

Weekly Challenges
Challenge	Rewards
Defeat 2000 Beacon Academy enemies	750XP, 10000Ⱡ & 100 Schnee Dust Crystals
Defeat 2000 White Fang enemies	750XP, 10000Ⱡ & 100 Schnee Dust Crystals
Complete 20 Heroes Arena matches	500XP, 15000Ⱡ, 50 Schnee Dust Crystals & 3 Dust Upgrade Crates
Complete 20 Villains Arena matches	500XP, 15000Ⱡ, 50 Schnee Dust Crystals & 3 Dust Upgrade Crates
Complete 20 Academy Arena matches	500XP, 15000Ⱡ, 100 Schnee Dust Crystals & 3 Dust Upgrade Crates
Level up 10 Characters	750XP, 10000Ⱡ & 100 Schnee Dust Crystals
Complete all Daily Challenges for 7 days	1500XP, 500000Ⱡ, 5000 Schnee Dust Crystals & 4 Dust Upgrade Crates

Dust Upgrade Crates reward two random Dust Upgrades once opened.

Characters

In RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains, Characters are unlocked by obtaining and collecting a fixed amount of Character Cards which can be earned from completing Battles, Academy Arena matches as well as doing Events. All Characters in the game will have a set of Abilities and Special Traits. Certain characters are classified as Leaders, and have a Leader Trait. With Characters having a Level progression, their Abilities and Traits will also have a Level which goes up to a maximum of 8, however some Character Traits will only go up to 3 or 7. In order to Level up these abilities and traits, players will need to use Dust Crystals, which are also earned from almost everywhere in the game.

Characters have two different types of HP: Health and Aura. Health is simple, this is how much HP the Character has and once this reaches 0, that Character will be defeated. This can also be increased as players increase that Character's Grade Tier as well as increasing their Character Level. Aura is an extra layer of protection against attacks from enemies. Once a Character's Aura is depleted, enemies will begin to deal damage to that Character's Health. Aura becomes available for Characters once reaching Grade Tier III, and will continue to increase with each Grade Tier reached. The Buff "Bonus Aura" will apply a second layer of Aura to a Character; Bonus Aura is much more resilient than regular Aura and can only be acquired from the "Bonus Aura" buff, which is given by certain Support Characters and is able to be stacked up to 10 stacks. With the exception of Penny Polendina; Grimm and Androids do not gain Aura but instead gain Protection, as to remain true to RWBY canon.

As mentioned, all Characters have a set of Abilities. Abilities come in three forms; Basic, Special & Partner. Basic Abilities do not require a cooldown and can be used an indefinite amount of times; no Special Abilities cannot increase or give a cooldown to these Basic Abilities. As for Special Abilities, they have a cooldown in between uses. When leveling up these Special Abilities with Dust Crystals, some will decrease the cooldown between uses. Partner Abilities are similar to Special Abilities; the difference being that Partner Abilities allow Characters to call their Partner to attack and they assist them afterwards. The Partner needs to be present in order to use, otherwise the Partner Ability will be disabled. Not all Characters in Heroes vs. Villains have a Partner Ability. Special Abilities deal either Physical or Special damage, depending on who the Character is and what their Special Ability is; Partner Abilities only deal Physical Damage. Physical damage is dealt by Abilities where Characters physically attack them with their Weapon whereas Special damage is dealt by Abilities where Characters use a Dust-infused Weapon or Dust to attack. In addition, all of these Abilities—Basic, Special and Partner—can also deal Critical Damage, which is dependent on the Character's Critical Hit Rating.

Characters also have Special Traits, and those classified as Leaders have their own Leader Trait. Special Traits are traits which affect a Character and/or other Characters within their given Character category: for an example, Salem's Special Trait "Your Guardians Have Failed You" gives her 25% Critical Avoidance and 25% Potency, and allows her to recover 10% Health if an enemy suffering a Debuff takes damage. As for Leader Traits, these will affect the Character in the Leader Slot and other Characters present in battle: for an example, Ruby Rose's Leader Trait "Team RWBY" gives Team RWBY Characters +20 Speed and whenever they inflict a negative status effect, that Character gains 15% bonus Turn Meter. Both Special and Leader Traits can be leveled up as well using Dust Crystals.

Players can equip Dust Upgrades to Characters, which are earned in Battles as rewards and from the Store. These Dust Upgrades can be applied to six Upgrade Slots: Wind, Fire, Lightning, Ice, Steam and Gravity. Wind, Fire and Lightning increases Potency by 0.15%, Ice increases Armour Penetration by 0.25%, and Steam & Gravity increases Dodge Rating by 0.50%. Once applying a Dust Upgrade to all six of these Upgrade Slots, players will be able to increase that Character's Grade Tier, which goes up to Grade Tier XII (12). As this Grade Tier is increased, more Abilities and Traits for that Character will unlock. For Leader Characters, their Leader Trait unlocks at Grade Tier IV.

All Characters will have a Rarity associated to them, which go from Common to Exotic. Once a Character is unlocked, they are given the Common rarity. In order to increase this Rarity, players will need to collect up more Character Cards to Promote them.

• Uncommon — 25 Cards for Promotion - 50,000 Lien
• Rare — 50 Cards for Promotion - 100,000 Lien
• Epic — 100 Cards for Promotion - 250,000 Lien
• Legendary — 150 Cards for Promotion - 500,000 Lien
• Ancient — 300 Cards for Promotion - 750,000 Lien
• Exotic — 450 Cards for Promotion - 1,000,000 Lien

Increasing a Character's Rarity will increase the overall Power of that Character, which is a measurement of their stats and Dust Upgrades. Characters with higher Rarities often have more stronger stats; both defense and offense, depending on their roles and Abilities. Characters that are unlocked at Exotic are considered to be very powerful, as their stats will continue to be increased as players increase their Grade Tier as well as receiving extra stats from Dust Upgrades.

Status Effects

In RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains, characters are able to inflict positive or negative status effects to other characters, which is dependent on their ability. Positive Status Effects are buffs that can be given to Characters either by an ally or themselves. Negative Status Effects are debuffs given to Characters by enemies. Some Abilities will grant one of these Effects that cannot be Dispelled or Copied. In addition, some Characters have a Unique Status Effect that only they could grant or inflict.

Characters with higher Potency will have much better chances to inflict a negative status effect to their enemies while Characters with higher Tenacity will be able to Resist negative status effects more often and can ward off these effects much faster, if they are inflicted with a Debuff.

Positive Status Effects Name Icon Description Accuracy Up 25% Accuracy. Advantage Guaranteed Critical Hit on next attack. Bonus Aura Extra layer of Aura. Critical Chance Up 25% increased Critical Chance. Critical Damage Up 50% increased Critical Damage. Critical Hit Immunity Cannot be Critically Hit. Damage Immunity Cannot be damaged. Defense Up 50% increased Defense. Evasion Up 15% increased Evasion. Foresight Evade next attack. Heal Over Time Recover Health each turn. Health Steal Up Increases health steal by 50%. Health Up 15% maximum Health. Offense Up 50% increased Offense. Potency Up 50% increased Potency. Retribution Counter-attack enemy. Speed Up 25% increased Speed. Taunt All enemies target this unit. Tenacity Up Increased chance to Resist all Debuffs.

Negative Status Effects Name Icon Description Ability Block Prevents the usage of Special Abilities. Accuracy Down Decreases Accuracy by 25%. Buff Immunity Cannot gain buffs from Allies or self. Burning Damaged over time and decreased Evade chance. Critical Chance Down Decreased Critical Chance. Damage Over Time 5% Health loss at start of each turn. Daze Cannot Counter, Assist or gain bonus Turn Meter. Deathmark Attackers deal 50% damage to this unit. Defense Down 50% decreased Defense. Evasion Down 15% decreased Evasion. Expose Lose 20% Health on next hit. Fracture Decreased Speed. Cannot gain buffs or bonus attacks. Healing Immunity Cannot gain Health or Aura. Health Steal Down Decreases health steal by 50%. Health Down Decreased Health. Marked Gain Taunt, all enemies assist when applied. Cannot be Dispelled. Offense Down 50% decreased Offense. Shock Cannot Heal or gain Buffs or Turn Meter. Speed Down 25% decreased Speed. Stagger Lose 100% turn meter when hit. Stun Skip next turn. Tenacity Down Decreased chance to Resist Debuffs.

Below is a list of unique buffs and debuffs granted by specific Characters.

Unique Status Effects
Character	Name	Icon	Description
Ozpin	Ancient Warrior		Effects dependent on Ancient Warrior Trait Rank.
Creep	Burrow		Cannot be targeted and can't be Dispelled.
Penny Polendina	Combat Ready		Abilities that utilize this buff has additional effects.
Vol. 1-3 Jaune Arc Vol. 4-6 Jaune Arc	Damage Immunity		Cannot be damaged. This effect cannot be Dispelled or prevented.
Vol. 1-3 Cinder Fall Vol. 4-5 Cinder Fall	Fall Maiden		Cinder ignores Taunts during her turn. When defeated, revive at 100% Health. Can't be Dispelled or prevented.
Vol. 1-3 Yang Xiao Long Vol. 4-6 Yang Xiao Long	Frenzy		100% Counter Chance and 50% Counter Damage. For every attack Yang suffers, her Critical Damage is increased by 25% (stacking 300% max). This effect resets upon the score of a Critical Hit.
White Fang Lieutenant	Hatred		Increases Offense and Defense by 100% and Critical Chance by 25%. When defeated, revive with 100% Health and gain 100% Turn Meter.
Salem	Isolate		Can’t attack, gain buffs, or gain other positive effects during another Character's turn. Allies can’t attack or gain buffs during this Character's turn.
Roman Torchwick	Master Plan		Reset cooldowns and gain 100% Turn Meter when a Special Ability is used. Cannot be Dispelled.
Salem	Plague		Character loses 5% (0.01% for raid bosses) each turn. This damage ignores Aura and Protection. Can't be Dispelled.
Vol. 4-6 Lie Ren	Lotus		Cannot be targeted by enemies and cannot be damaged by Grimm.
Androids	Target Lock		Androids deal increased damage to this unit and ignore Aura and Protection.

Salem is currently the only Character with two unique Status Effects. Some icons use the non-unique Damage Immunity icon.

Academies

Once reaching Player Level 5, Oscar introduces Academies which are clans that players can form and invite other players into. An Academy has a limit on how many members it can have, and Academy members can also donate Dust Crystals and Dust Upgrades to each other. Academies also have access to Field Trips, which are raids. Academies are led by a player known as a Headmaster, and second-in-commands are known as Professors while regular players are Students.

As mentioned above, Academies have a limit to how many players can join the Academy. This is set to 50 Students for each Academy; in order for new members to join, an existing Student will need to leave or be kicked. Inactive users who have not been online for more than 2 weeks will be kicked automatically; this can be turned off by Headmasters and Professors.

There are three Field Trips available for Academies to take part in:

• The Death Stalker - rewards Pyrrha Nikos & Jaune Arc cards
• The King Taijitu - rewards Lie Ren cards
• The Mighty Ursai - rewards Nora Valkyrie cards
• The Atlesian Paladin - rewards James Ironwood cards

Character Cards are only rewarded on raids launched on Heroic Tier. Morningwood Software confirmed that they may add additional raids over the game's life-span.

Enemies

There are numerous unnamed NPC enemies as well as some named enemies who are not playable or available for use by players.

Starting at Battle Arena 7 in Battles mode, players will begin to encounter Elite enemies. These Elite enemies will always have their own Elite-specific Special Ability or Special Trait, each depending on which enemy that is. Furthermore, Elite enemies are much more stronger than regular enemies and usually have more resilient Aura and higher Defense or Offense stats. In addition, some unnamed enemies will even be a Boss; as such, their Defense and Offense stats are much more higher than Elite enemies. In addition to their already Elite-specific Specials, their attack stats are more powerful and potent.

However, Bosses are usually Characters from the game's collectible Roster, meaning while playing in Heroes Arena, players will mainly encounter Villains like Cinder Fall acting as a Boss, and vice versa for the Villains Arena. Unnamed enemies don't appear as Bosses as often.

Achievements

Players will be able to complete Achievements to earn rewards, aside from Challenges and game modes. Certain Achievements reward Character Cards.

Achievements
Achievement	Rewards
Reach Player Level 10	1000 Lien, 10 Schnee Dust Crystals & 10 Atlas Soldier Character Cards
Reach Player Level 20	2000 Lien, 20 Schnee Dust Crystals & 25 Atlas Soldier Character Cards
Reach Player Level 30	3000 Lien, 30 Schnee Dust Crystals & 50 Atlas Soldier Character Cards
Reach Player Level 40	4000 Lien, 40 Schnee Dust Crystals & 100 Atlas Soldier Character Cards
Reach Player Level 50	5000 Lien, 50 Schnee Dust Crystals & 150 Atlas Soldier Character Cards
Reach Player Level 60	6000 Lien, 60 Schnee Dust Crystals & 25 Alpha Beowolf Character Cards
Reach Player Level 70	7000 Lien & 70 Schnee Dust Crystals
Reach Player Level 80	8000 Lien & 80 Schnee Dust Crystals
Reach Player Level 85	10000 Lien & 100 Schnee Dust Crystals
Collect 5 Heroes	5000 Lien, 50 Schnee Dust Crystals & 15 Atlas Soldier Character Cards
Collect 10 Heroes	10000 Lien, 100 Schnee Dust Crystals & 15 Atlas Soldier - Security Character Cards
Collect 15 Heroes	15000 Lien & 150 Schnee Dust Crystals
Collect 20 Heroes	20000 Lien & 200 Schnee Dust Crystals
Collect all 29 Heroes	30000 Lien & 300 Schnee Dust Crystals
Collect 5 Villains	5000 Lien, 50 Schnee Dust Crystals & 10 White Fang Gunner Character Cards
Collect 10 Villains	10000 Lien, 100 Schnee Dust Crystals & 15 White Fang Gunner Character Cards
Collect 15 Villains	15000 Lien, 150 Schnee Dust Crystals & 25 Alpha Beowolf Character Cards
Collect 20 Villains	20000 Lien & 200 Schnee Dust Crystals
Collect all 22 Villains	30000 Lien, 300 Schnee Dust Crystals & 450 Emerald Sustrai Character Cards
Achieve Student Rank Initiate	2000 Lien, 20 Schnee Dust Crystals & 10 Coco Adel Character Cards
Achieve Student Rank First Year	5000 Lien, 50 Schnee Dust Crystals & 10 Alpha Beowolf Character Cards
Defeat 100 opponents in Academy Arena	1000 Lien, 15 Schnee Dust Crystals & 10 Coco Adel Character Cards
Defeat 200 opponents in Academy Arena	2000 Lien, 25 Schnee Dust Crystals & 25 Merlot Android Character Cards
Complete all Daily Challenges 10 times	50000 Lien, 5000 Schnee Dust Crystals & 50 Emerald Sustrai Character Cards
Complete all Daily Challenges 20 times	75000 Lien, 7500 Schnee Dust Crystals & 50 Mercury Black Character Cards
Promote 3 Characters to Legendary	30000 Lien, 300 Schnee Dust Crystals & 25 Merlot Android Character Cards
Promote 5 Characters to Legendary	50000 Lien & 500 Schnee Dust Crystals
Promote 3 Characters to Ancient	30000 Lien & 300 Schnee Dust Crystals
Promote 5 Characters to Ancient	50000 Lien & 500 Schnee Dust Crystals
Promote 3 Characters to Exotic	30000 Lien & 300 Schnee Dust Crystals
Promote 5 Characters to Exotic	50000 Lien & 500 Schnee Dust Crystals
Complete all Heroes Journey Events	50000 Lien & 500 Schnee Dust Crystals
Complete both Villains Journey Events	50000 Lien & 500 Schnee Dust Crystals
Complete both Showdown Events	75000 Lien & 750 Schnee Dust Crystals
Complete both Mythic Events	120,000 Lien & 1500 Schnee Dust Crystals

Modes

All Characters and Enemies, Raid bosses included, all take a turn when attacking. After their turn, their Turn Meter resets to 0 and will regenerate overtime as other Characters and enemies take their turns. Characters with higher Speed stats or with Speed Up have an increased rate at which their Turn Meters refill. There are debuffs and certain Characters who can reduce, or completely wipe this Turn Meter. Some Characters can grant bonus Turn Meter to either themselves or other allies through Special Abilities. Characters with lower Speed stats or Speed Down will have decreased Turn Meter gain rates.

Turn Meter is essential to victory, as Characters with high damage output, powerful Abilities and extreme Ally synergies can potentially wipe an entire team with a single turn. However, there are also Characters with high Speed stats and grant Speed Up more often. One such example would be Ruby Rose, who has the highest Speed stat in the game. Strategies should be created for dealing with powerful or high Speed Characters.

Battles

In the Battles mode, there are two types of battles: Heroes Arena and Villains Arena. In Heroes Arena, only Heroes can partake in these Battles, and only Villains can be used in Villains Arena. Battles consist of three Encounters and the last Encounter will always contain a Boss. Once completing a Battle Arena, players will also unlock a "Huntsmen" variant of that Arena. These enemies will also have their own Level, Grade Tier and Rarity, which becomes more higher as players progress further in Battles.

As mentioned above, there are three Encounters for every single Battle. Each Encounter can have up to 6 enemies present; these enemies will sometimes either be unnamed NPCs or existing Characters of the game's Heroes or Villains roster; depending on which Arena players are playing in. As players progress further in the Battles mode and increase their Rank higher, the more challenging and harder these Battles become. Starting at Battle Arena 7, every first Encounter in a Battle will contain an Elite enemy; some have an Elite specific Special Ability or Special Trait. Starting at Battle Arena 9, every third Encounter in a Battle will have two Elite enemies supporting the Boss; these Elite enemies are usually Healers and Support. Starting at Battle Arena 11, every Battles' Encounters will contain a Boss supported by four Elite enemies.

As mentioned above, once players complete all Battles within a Battle Arena, they'll unlock the Huntsmen variant of that Arena. In the Huntsmen variants of these Arenas, each Battle will reward Player XP and Lien, and have a chance to reward Dust Crystals and Character-specific Cards. Players can only play these Huntsmen variants five times a day before they reset every 24 hours.

As mentioned above, all enemies that are present within Battles' Encounters will have a set Level, Grade Tier and Rarity of their own. Below is a chart displaying each Battle Arena and enemies' Grade Tier and Rarity.

Battle Arenas
Battle Arena	Battles	Enemy Level	Grade Tier	Rarity	Player Level Requirement
1	12	1-10	Grade Tier I	Common	N/A
2	12	11-15	Grade Tier II	Common	10
3	12	16-20	Grade Tier III	Common	15
4	12	21-25	Grade Tier IV	Uncommon	20
5	12	26-30	Grade Tier V	Uncommon	25
6	12	31-40	Grade Tier VI	Uncommon	30
7	12	41-50	Grade Tier VII	Rare	40
8	12	51-60	Grade Tier VIII	Rare	50
9	12	61-70	Grade Tier IX	Epic	60
10	12	71-75	Grade Tier X	Legendary	70
11	12	76-80	Grade Tier XI	Ancient	75
12	12	81-85	Grade Tier XII	Exotic	80

Academy Arena

After being introduced to Academies by Oscar, he'll also introduce players to the Academy Arena, which is the game's PvP mode. These matches are similar to Battles, only difference is that players are restricted to only choose Characters they own. Players will form a team of five Characters to compete against another player's team for Student Ranking.

As mentioned above, these matches are similar to Battles. However there is only one Encounter each match and players will not battle against NPC enemies but rather a team of Characters belonging to another player. Once searching for a match, players will be paired against another player of similar skill.

As mentioned above, Academy Arena has a ranking system that is based upon Student Ranking by defeating other players in the Academy Arena. Players will be rewarded with Lien, Dust Crystals and Crates of Dust Upgrades based upon their Student Rank. Reaching a new Student Rank grants players the aforementioned rewards as well as a new icon beside their username of their Student Rank. Players will be given rewards daily based upon their Student Rank.

The following Student Ranks in Academy Arena:

Divisions
Division	Daily Rewards
Initiate	500Ⱡ 10 Schnee Dust Crystals 1 Dust Upgrade Crate
First Year	1500Ⱡ 20 Schnee Dust Crystals 2 Dust Upgrade Crates
Second Year	2500Ⱡ 30 Schnee Dust Crystals 3 Dust Upgrade Crates
Third Year	5000Ⱡ 50 Schnee Dust Crystals 4 Dust Upgrade Crates
Fourth Year	7500Ⱡ 70 Schnee Dust Crystals 5 Dust Upgrade Crates
Graduate	15000Ⱡ 100 Schnee Dust Crystals 6 Dust Upgrade Crates

Events

Once reaching Player Level 20, Oscar introduces players to Events which is a mode that features three types: Hero/Villain Journey, Showdown, and Mythic. These Events require a full team of certain high-level and high-Grade Tier Characters. Enemies in these Events scale as high as Character Level 85 with Grade Tiers as high as 12 with maxed out Abilities and Traits. These Special Events usually consist of several Tiers that are only a singe Encounter.

Hero/Villain Journey Events will allow players to unlock another variant of a Character. Showdown Events are special Events where players will battle against the highlight Character in order to unlock them. Mythic Events require Characters at Max Level and Max Grade Tier to unlock powerful Characters at Exotic rarity.

All events rotate on a basis. Heroes/Villains Journey rotate monthly and are available for a week's duration. Showdown rotate monthly and are available during a single weekend. Mythic Events are the more rarer type of Event as both appear every two months but are available for two weeks.

There are ten Events available in the game.

• White Rose - Heroes Journey — Unlocks Volume 4-6 Ruby Rose & Weiss Schnee
• Bumbleby - Heroes Journey — Unlocks Volume 4-6 Blake Belladonna & Yang Xiao Long
• ReNora - Heroes Journey — Unlocks Volume 4-6 Lie Ren & Nora Valkyrie
• Crocea Mors - Hero Journey — Unlocks Volume 4-6 Jaune Arc
• Damsel in Disguise - Villain Journey — Unlocks Volume 1-3 Cinder Fall
• My Dum Dum - Villain Journey — Unlocks Volume 6 Neo Politan
• Melodic Cudgel - Showdown — Unlocks Roman Torchwick
• The Fall Maiden - Showdown — Unlocks Volume 4-5 Cinder Fall
• The Witch's Demise - Mythic — Unlocks Salem
• The Headmaster's Curse - Mythic — Unlocks Ozpin & Oscar Pine

There are also several Basic Training Events available at Player Level 5.

• Beacon Academy — Features Beacon Academy Characters
• Atlas Military — Features Atlas Military Characters
• Creatures of Grimm — Features Grimm Characters
• Cinder's Faction — Features Cinder's Faction Characters
• The Faunus — Features Faunus Characters
• Android Uprising — Features Android Characters

Introduced in the Scarlet Festivals! update, a new Event type called "Seasonal" sees players battling against a pair of two enemy Characters, but can only choose two Characters.

• Scarlet Festival

Introduced in the Terror in Beacon! Seasonal Update, a new Event type called "Arrival" sees the introduction of several Characters whom are Halloween-themed and can be unlocked through this Event. There is currently only one Arrival Event.

• Terror in Beacon — Unlocks Terror in Beacon! Characters.

Morningwood Software confirmed that future Characters will get their own Arrival Event, however some will instead have their own Showdown or Mythic Event, depending on their role and importance to the storyline of RWBY.

Characters

Once the roster table is completed for all Characters, this section will be removed.

Characters are divided into two sides: Heroes and Villains. All characters that associate with the Heroes are categorized into this side, as does characters associated with the Villains. There are also other categories than just Heroes and Villains. Each Character also have their own individual amount of Character Cards in order to be unlocked, but all Characters have the same fixed amount of Cards in order to be promoted.

Before starting a Battle, a match of Academy Arena, Event or an Academy Raid, players can choose a max of up to six Characters. The first slot is the Leader Slot and should be filled with a Leader Character, as placing a non-Leader in it and then choosing a Leader in the second or subsequent slots, their Leader Trait will not be active. Once choosing six Characters, players will need be able to choose a seventh Character which fills the Ally Slot, borrowed from Friends and fellow Academy Students; if available. If this borrowed Character is a Leader, their Leader Trait will be active, regardless of being in the Ally Slot. However, this Ally selection is only present in Battles and is restricted in all other modes.

List of all categories:

Roles Category Abbreviation Attacker A Healer H Support S Tank T

Affiliations Category Abbreviation Vale VL Atlas ATLS Huntsmen HUNT Beacon Academy BA Team RWBY RWBY Team JNPR JNPR Atlas Military ATSM Android ANRD Faunus FNUS Cinder's Faction CF White Fang WHFG Grimm GRM Corrupted CRR

Heroes Leader Ruby Rose (A, VL, BA, RWBY) Volume 4-6 Ruby Rose (A, VL, HUNT, RWBY) Jaune Arc (S, VL, BA, JNPR) Volume 4-6 Jaune Arc (S, HUNT, JNPR) Velvet Scarlatina (VL, BA, FNUS) Ozpin (S, VL, HUNT, BA) Glynda Goodwitch (S, VL, HUNT, BA,) James Ironwood (S, ATLS, ATSM) Atlas Soldier - Squad Leader (A, ATLS, ATSM) Penny Polendina (T, ATLS, ANRD) Oscar Pine (A) Attacker Blake Belladonna (VL, BA, RWBY, MNGE, FNUS) Volume 4-6 Blake Belladonna (VL, HUNT, RWBY, MNGE, FNUS) Pyrrha Nikos (VL, BA, JNPR) Volume 4-6 Nora Valkyrie (HUNT, JNPR) Lie Ren (VL, BA, JNPR) Volume 4-6 Lie Ren (HUNT, JNPR) Coco Adel (VL, BA) Atlas Soldier - Airship (ATLS, ATSM) AK-130 (ATLS, ATSM, ANRD) AK-200 (ATLS, ATSM, ANRD) Healer Weiss Schnee (ATLS, BA, RWBY) Winter Schnee (ATLS, ATSM, HUNT) Support Volume 4-6 Weiss Schnee (ATLS, HUNT, RWBY) Atlas Soldier - Security (ATLS, ATSM) Tank Yang Xiao Long (VL, BA, RWBY) Volume 4-6 Yang Xiao Long (HUNT, RWBY) Nora Valkyrie (VL, BA, JNPR) Atlas Soldier (ATLS, ATSM) Atlesian Sentinel-4 (ATLS, ATSM, ANRD)

Villains Leader Salem (S, GRM) Corrupted Ozpin (S, VL, GRM, CRR) Cinder Fall (A, CF, WHFG) Volume 4-5 Cinder Fall (A, CF) Adam Taurus (VL, FNUS, WHFG) Alpha Beowolf (GRM) Attacker Corrupted Ruby Rose (VL, GRM, CRR) Corrupted Blake Belladonna (VL, FNUS, GRM, CRR) Emerald Sustrai (VL, CF) Mercury Black (VL, CF) Roman Torchwick (VL, CF, WHFG) Neo Politan (VL, CF, WHFG) Volume 6 Neo Politan Merlot Android (ANRD) Ilia Amitola (ATLS, FNUS, WHFG) Perry (VL, FNUS, WHFG) Deery (VL, FNUS, WHFG) White Fang Thug (VL, FNUS, WHFG) White Fang Gunner (VL, FNUS, WHFG) Beringel (GRM) Boarbatusk (GRM) Creep (GRM) Support Corrupted Weiss Schnee (ATLS, GRM, CRR) Tank Corrupted Yang Xiao Long (VL, GRM, CRR) Rogue AK-200 (ATLS, CF, ANRD) White Fang Lieutenant (VL, FNUS, WHFG) Beowolf (GRM)

Store

The Store in Heroes vs. Villains is where players can make purchases using Schnee Dust Crystals.

Schnee Dust Crystals

Schnee Dust Crystals are available for purchase with real-world currency. The only current use that Schnee Dust Crystals have as of right now are purchasing Lien from the Store.

Schnee Dust Crystals can be purchased at different values.

Schnee Dust Crystals
Name	Amount	Price
Box of Crystals	220	$2.79
Chest of Crystals	610	$6.99
Crate of Crystals	1340	$13.99
Shipment of Crystals	2800	$27.99

Resources

Dust Crystals and Dust Upgrade Crates are available for purchase in the Store, however can only be bought using Lien and once every 12 hours. The option to purchase Lien with Schnee Dust Crystals is also available. The following lists all resources for purchase at different values.

Resources
Name	Amount	Price
Dust Crystals	5	10000 Lien
Dust Crystals	10	20000 Lien
Shopkeep's Dust Upgrade Crate	1	50000 Lien
Shopkeep's Dust Upgrade Crate	2	100000 Lien
Shopkeep's Dust Upgrade Crate	3	150000 Lien
Shopkeep's Dust Upgrade Crate	4	200000 Lien

Unlike Dust Upgrade Crates earned from Challenges and Academy Division rewards, Shopkeep's Crates only reward one Dust Upgrade.

Lien
Name	Amount	Price
Lien Purse	10,000 Lien	30 Schnee Dust Crystals
Lien Pallet	200,000 Lien	200 Schnee Dust Crystals
Lien Vault	900,000 Lien	600 Schnee Dust Crystals

Updates

The game will have four types of Updates: Factions, Activities, Inspection and Seasonal. Faction Updates will mainly focus on Characters and their affiliated Factions. Activities Updates will focus on the addition of new game modes and/or changes/improvements to already existing game modes. Inspection Updates focus primarily on quality of life, bug fixes, improvements and changes or complete reworks to Character Kits, which refer to the Abilities and Traits of a Character. Seasonal Updates will be primarily themed around holiday celebrations and will usually be held annually, and will most likely introduce new content into the game such as Characters and special Events.

Academy Inspection 1

Academy Inspection 1 is the first update released to RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains that focuses on quality of life changes, improvements, and the inclusion of Glynda Goodwitch as a collectible Character, whom was exclusively an NPC enemy in The Headmaster's Curse Mythic Event. Her Character Kit from the Event remains mostly unchanged but has additions.

Some of the QoL include the introduction of Weekly Challenges that unlock at Player Level 8 alongside Daily Challenges, certain Achievements which reward Character Cards and reduction of Character promotion from Ancient to Exotic.

Terror in Beacon!

Terror in Beacon! is the second update released to RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains that introduces new content such as Characters and the game's first Arrival Event which is where players will earn the update's new Characters, provided they meet requirements.

Scarlet Festivals!

Scarlet Festivals! is the third update released to RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains that introduces a new type of Event called "Seasonal". This new Seasonal Event is titled "Scarlet Festival" where players will battle against a team of two enemies but are also restricted to only two Characters. This update does not include new Characters.

Patch Notes

Each update that is released will include Patch Notes that will detail what has been added, changed or removed.

Soundtrack

The RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains Soundtrack features music from the official RWBY soundtracks as well as various fan-remixes and are played as battle music during Battles, Academy Arena, Events and Field Trips.

Track listing:

• Main Menu — Roman Torchwick
• Main Menu — Pyrrha Nikos - Forever Fall
• Main Menu — Cold
• Main Menu — Cold - Piano
• Main Menu — Home
• Main Menu — All Our Days
• Main Menu — All Our Days - Instrumental
• Main Menu — Mirror Mirror - Instrumental
• Main Menu — Mirror Mirror, Part II - Instrumental
• Main Menu — Arkos (Dream Come True - Instrumental)
• Main Menu — Gold - Acoustic
• Main Menu — Time To Say Goodbye - Acoustic
• Battle Music 1 — Red Like Roses (Red Trailer)
• Battle Music 2 — Mirror Mirror (Hingamo Remix)
• Battle Music 3 — From Shadows (Black Trailer)
• Battle Music 4 — I Burn
• Battle Music 5 — Red Like Roses, Part II
• Battle Music 6 — I May Fall
• Battle Music 7 — I Burn (Yellow Trailer)
• Battle Music 8 — This Time (From Shadows, Part II)
• Battle Music 9 — Ignite
• Battle Music 10 — Time To Say Goodbye
• Battle Music 11 — Shine
• Battle Music 12 — Caffeine
• Battle Music 13 — Dream Come True
• Battle Music 14 — Boop
• Battle Music 15 — I Burn (Remix)
• Battle Music 16 — I Burn (Remix) - Instrumental
• Battle Music 17 — Die
• Battle Music 18 — Die - Instrumental
• Battle Music 19 — I Burn - Instrumental
• Battle Music 20 — Red Like Roses, Part II - Instrumental
• Battle Music 21 — Time To Say Goodbye - Instrumental
• Battle Music 22 — This Will Be The Day
• Battle Music 23 — This Will Be The Day - Instrumental
• Battle Music 24 — Sacrifice
• Battle Music 25 — Gold
• Battle Music 26 — Gold - Instrumental
• Battle Music 27 — Time To Say Goodbye - Beach Bae Remix
• Battle Music 28 — This Will Be The Day - Magical Girl Remix
• Battle Music 29 — When It Falls
• Battle Music 30 — Nevermore
• Battle Music 31 — Divide
• Heroes Journey: White Rose — Red Likes Roses + Mirror Mirror (Remix)
• Heroes Journey: Bumbleby — Bmblb
• Heroes Journey: ReNora — Boop (Duel Remix)
• Hero Journey: Crocea Mors — Cold (Orchestral Battle Arrange)
• Villain Journey: Damsel in Disguise — Sacrifice (Orchestral Battle Arrange)
• Villain Journey: My Dum Dum — One Thing
• Showdown: Melodic Cudgel — Roman Torchwick + Die Remix
• Mythic: The Witch's Demise — Divide (Orchestral Battle Arrange)
• Mythic: The Headmaster's Curse — Indomitable

Gallery

RWBY: HvV Loading Screen

Trivia

• The game's narrative takes place after the events of the main series.
• The icons for the Student Ranking Division are taken from Destiny 2 and the Status Effects and their icons being taken from Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
• RWBY: Heroes vs. Villains was heavily inspired by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.