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Shugo Festival
October 2, 2026 at 03:54 AM
Corrected the rewards section, which wrongly said all rewards are cosmetic; added the Korean schedule, entry rules, reward keys and a table of the minigames
The Shugo Festival is a recurring event layer of minigames staged across Atreia, hosted by the Shugo, the franchise's merchant-minded little traders. It sits alongside the dungeon and PvP loops rather than inside them, and it is one of the few features NCsoft has described for the global build specifically rather than carrying over from Korean and Taiwanese patch notes.
On the Korean and Taiwanese service, and in NCsoft's English announcements about that service, the same content is called the Shugo Festa. It has run there since launch on November 19, 2025, and most of what is known about how it works comes from that service's patch notes, summarised below.
Activity | Shape |
|---|---|
Shugo defence | Protect the Shugo from waves of incoming enemies |
Pet racing | Race your pets against other players |
Laser dodging | An obstacle challenge built around avoiding laser hazards |
Others | The published description is open-ended and lists these as examples rather than a full roster |
The global store page lists wings, skins, pets and decor among the Festival's rewards. On the Korean service the Festa pays out more than cosmetics: each event opens monster cubes that can contain gear, it pays Abyss Points, two of its minigames give painting remnants that craft into decorations, and it pays a token currency for the Shugo Festa shop. That shop has kept purchase history across seasons, added new products for Chapter 1, and began selling higher-grade manastones and spiritstones on September 16, 2026.
On the Korean service the Festival is a standing, recurring part of the game rather than a one-off event: every Shugo Festa activates every hour on the hour (since April 22, 2026), and new minigames arrive with major updates, such as one added with Chapter 1 on July 1, 2026.
As of October 2, 2026 NCsoft has not published a calendar for the global Festival, a list of every minigame in it, or the reward table for any individual instalment.
Festas spawned at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour until April 8, 2026, then alternated between even and odd hours, and since April 22 every Festa opens every hour on the hour. NCsoft's English announcement of the Season 3 update mentions the adjusted spawn intervals.
Since July 1, 2026 each event is played on its own instanced map. You enter at once without talking to an NPC, return to where you were afterwards, and no longer spend a return scroll.
Characters using a Spacetime Rift cannot enter (since July 29, 2026).
A minimum score guards against idle play: players below it are ranked last (since December 3, 2025).
Rewards are claimed with Shugo Festa reward keys. Since April 8, 2026 the base supply is seven keys per server per week, or 14 with a Korean membership, and keys added from the reward key item count across the server and can go past the recharge cap of 30.
Keys are issued per season and expire with it; the Chapter 1 keys are valid until November 4, 2026.
Since July 1, 2026 every event opens at least two monster cubes, or four with a membership.
NCsoft's announcement of the global Special Quai Membership lists no Festival bonus.
The names below are translations of the Korean names.
Minigame | How it plays | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Shugo Merchant Protection | Defend a Shugo merchant against waves of bandits, including a bandit cannon | Matches the global description of protecting the Shugos from waves of enemies. Since July 1, 2026 rewards need a contribution of at least 1,500, and the top two players open three cubes (six with a membership). |
Mysterious Track | A pet race past whirlwinds, updraft jump pads and speed pads | Matches the global description of racing pets. Pet possession effects do not change speed (since January 21, 2026), and whirlwinds slow racers instead of knocking them back since August 12, 2026. |
Jump Jump | A balloon game | Laser balloons were added on January 28, 2026 and balloons that must be grabbed before they explode on April 8, 2026 |
Hidden Lugi | A chase between Shugo and Lugi players | When a Shugo catches a Lugi they swap roles (since January 21, 2026); rounds last about three and a half minutes |
Isn't It This Tile? | A tile game | Flight is disabled (since December 24, 2025) |
Goldrin's Treasure | A treasure hunt against a thief | Some treasure spawn points are random since April 8, 2026 |
Odyle Droplet Collection | Collect droplets | Droplets respawn faster since December 3, 2025 |
Wraith Evasion | An evasion game built around wraiths | Running since Season 1 |
Higher Higher | A climb up floating islands | Back in rotation since February 11, 2026 after a barrier fault |
Bang Bang Bang | Added January 21, 2026; a special supply object grants rapid fire | Gives a painting remnant that crafts into a town painting |
Shugo's Dilemma | Score by gathering exactly as many players as the number shown on a randomly placed platform | Added July 1, 2026; rounds 5 and 6 have double-score platforms since July 15 |
AION 2 Overview for the rest of the launch feature set. Character Creation and Customization for the cosmetic layer the rewards feed into. Pets and Mounts for the pets raced in Mysterious Track. Achievements and Titles for the Festa achievements.