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Defender's National Training Program and Quick Start Event!

Defender's National Training Program! Champions: Defender wants you! The leader of the Champions has noticed that there are a lot of new heroes in Millennium City, and he wants them trained up, pronto!

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addedDefender's National Training Program!Champions: Defender wants you! The leader of the Champions has noticed that there are a lot of new heroes in Millennium City, and he wants them trained up, pronto! He's looking for the city's best hero trainers to help him bring the newest crop of heroes up to his standards. Are you up for the challenge? Can you prove your hero training skills?

addedDefender's National Training Program!During this event, when you create a new character after April 21st 7 AM PT , and get that character to level 40 before May 21st 7:00 AM PT, Defender will have new rewards for you! Complete this challenge in time, and you'll receive the Awe-Inspiring title and 3 Event Tokens . You can use those event tokens to purchase special emotes and costumes! And hey, after all that workout, you should sit and take a break, so there's 12 new sitting emotes available to purchase!

addedDefender's National Training Program!You will get 3 Event Tokens for every new character you get to level 40 within the event dates!

changedQuick Start Event!We know restarting your Champions Online journey can be daunting. That's why, for a limited time, you can login and get a FREE level 30 Archetype Hero (which you can keep permanently!).

changedQuick Start Event!The Champions Online Quick Start Event will be available until May 21st , 7:00 AM PT . One Quick Start character per account.

changedQuick Start Event!How the Quick Start Event works!

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addedChampions: Defender wants you! The leader of the Champions has noticed that there are a lot of new heroes in Millennium City, and he wants them trained up, pronto! He's looking for the city's best hero trainers to help him bring the newest crop of heroes up to his standards. Are you up for the challenge? Can you prove your hero training skills?

addedDuring this event, when you create a new character after April 21st 7 AM PT , and get that character to level 40 before May 21st 7:00 AM PT, Defender will have new rewards for you! Complete this challenge in time, and you'll receive the Awe-Inspiring title and 3 Event Tokens . You can use those event tokens to purchase special emotes and costumes! And hey, after all that workout, you should sit and take a break, so there's 12 new sitting emotes available to purchase!

addedYou will get 3 Event Tokens for every new character you get to level 40 within the event dates!

changedWe know restarting your Champions Online journey can be daunting. That's why, for a limited time, you can login and get a FREE level 30 Archetype Hero (which you can keep permanently!).

changedThe Champions Online Quick Start Event will be available until May 21st , 7:00 AM PT . One Quick Start character per account.

Defender's National Training Program!

Champions: Defender wants you! The leader of the Champions has noticed that there are a lot of new heroes in Millennium City, and he wants them trained up, pronto! He's looking for the city's best hero trainers to help him bring the newest crop of heroes up to his standards. Are you up for the challenge? Can you prove your hero training skills?

During this event, when you create a new character after April 21st 7 AM PT, and get that character to level 40 before May 21st 7:00 AM PT, Defender will have new rewards for you! Complete this challenge in time, and you'll receive the Awe-Inspiring title and 3 Event Tokens. You can use those event tokens to purchase special emotes and costumes! And hey, after all that workout, you should sit and take a break, so there's 12 new sitting emotes available to purchase!

You will get 3 Event Tokens for every new character you get to level 40 within the event dates!

Quick Start Event!

We know restarting your Champions Online journey can be daunting. That's why, for a limited time, you can login and get a FREE level 30 Archetype Hero (which you can keep permanently!).

The Champions Online Quick Start Event will be available until May 21st, 7:00 AM PT. One Quick Start character per account.

How the Quick Start Event works!

Create a Behemoth, Icicle or Inventor archetype and get that character to level 6 (you will automatically be level 6 once you complete or skip the tutorial).

Once you are level 6, claim the A Boost Fit For a Hero! pack from the landing page or ZEN store! This pack will automatically boost you to level 30 and grant you a set of Head Start gear!

If you get to level 40 with that character within the event dates, you can claim the Quick Start: Freeform Character Slot! pack from the landing page or ZEN store. This pack will grant you a Freeform Character Slot to completely customize your hero, or make a brand new one!

ZEN Store Promotion!

The Head Start Key Pack kicks off your next adventure in style! Purchasing this pack grants you gorgeous new armor for your hero, several boosts to make your character even more super, and a Freeform Character Slot - so you can build exactly the type of character you want! This pack will be available from now until May 21st, 7AM PT, and can be purchased once per account.

Purchase this pack for 900 Zen to gain:

10x Cosmic Keys of Power
1x Freeform Character Slot
1x Splendid Costume
1x Power Training Gear Set
1x Legendary Magical Residue Crystal
10x +1 Level Power-up Pack

You can also claim a free Character Slot and XP Boost from the ZEN store until May 21st, 7AM PT!

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Steam News / 23 April 2026

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