Events calendar
Arcane Familiars: Verdant Grimoire runs a four-week cycle of live events by itself: a featured rift familiar, an elite hunt week, a gold rush and luminous rifts, each with a weekend of double essence or luminous odds. This week: Gold rush.
Frostfall · 2026-12-19 – 2027-01-02 (UTC)
MITTENKIN 
MUFFLER
A festival: MITTENKIN appears in every land, GLACIAL familiars are luminous three times as often, and every one met earns snowflakes toward prizes, up to a luminous MUFFLER.
| WEEK OF | THE WEEK | THE WEEKEND |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | Gold rush Trainers and rifts pay half again as much gold this week. | Double essence weekend Every battle gives twice the essence this weekend. |
| 2026-11-16 | Luminous rifts Rift bosses are luminous twice as often this week. | Luminous weekend Wild familiars and rift bosses are luminous three times as often this weekend. |
| 2026-11-23 |  SCARABKING Featured rift: SCARABKINGSCARABKING waits in every glowing rift this week. | Double essence weekend Every battle gives twice the essence this weekend. |
| 2026-11-30 |  SCALEROOF Elite hunt week: SCALEROOFEvery elite this week is a SCALEROOF. | Luminous weekend Wild familiars and rift bosses are luminous three times as often this weekend. |
| 2026-12-07 | Gold rush Trainers and rifts pay half again as much gold this week. | Double essence weekend Every battle gives twice the essence this weekend. |
| 2026-12-14 | Luminous rifts Rift bosses are luminous twice as often this week. | Luminous weekend Wild familiars and rift bosses are luminous three times as often this weekend. |
| 2026-12-21 |  METEORKITE Featured rift: METEORKITEMETEORKITE waits in every glowing rift this week. | Double essence weekend Every battle gives twice the essence this weekend. |
| 2026-12-28 |  SPARKSWARM Elite hunt week: SPARKSWARMEvery elite this week is a SPARKSWARM. | Luminous weekend Wild familiars and rift bosses are luminous three times as often this weekend. |
Weeks begin on Monday and weekends on Friday, at midnight UTC. A new ranked PVP season, on the first of each month, brings a gift for every Spellbinder in its first week. In the game: PORTAL > EVENTS.
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