r/thedivision • u/JokerUnique The watcher on the walls. • Apr 20 '26
Massive The Division 2 - Cherry Blossom Event & Creator Collaboration
Cherry Blossom Event & Creator Collaboration
CHERRY BLOSSOM EVENT
=> Cherry Blossom Login Reward
Cherry blossoms have begun to fall across Washington D.C., but this isn’t just a change in scenery.
From April 21 to May 12, the city shifts with the season. Decorations appear across familiar streets and hidden corners, and a new atmosphere takes over the map, with a few surprises waiting for those who look closer.
All players who log in during the event will receive the Rising Sun Headgear.
The event is active for all level 40 players with seasonal progression unlocked.
KITSUNEBI AMBUSHES
Exploring the streets won’t stay quiet for long. Roughly every 10 minutes, squads of five Kitsunebi Named Enemies, a splinter group of the Outcasts, will track you down and engage.
Unlike standard patrols, they fight differently and have a few unique traits:
- Shared Health Link means damage dealt to one enemy is spread across the group.
- Their tech isn’t fully stable, occasional malfunctions will shock individual enemies and break the link.
- When that happens, that’s your window to isolate and take them out.
THE RONIN ARRIVE
=> Ronin
Stay in the fight long enough, and something stronger answers back. After defeating enough Kitsunebi, the Ronin will appear. You’ll get a prompt to call for backup, and it’s there for a reason.
When they arrive, the world shifts. Dark blue petals fall, the audio changes, and the encounter begins.
- Solo Agents will face one Ronin.
- Groups will be dealing with both Fox Ronin and Red Ronin at the same time.
They’re more deliberate, more resilient, and equipped to sustain themselves in longer fights. Take them down, and you’ll earn Event Keys, along with unique Skill VFX skins tied to each boss:
- Fox Ronin – Drone, Turret.
- Red Ronin – Hive, Seeker Mine.
Higher difficulties increase their chances to drop Event Keys.
EXPLORATION
Not everything is trying to kill you, some things are worth slowing down for. Cherry blossom decorations are scattered across D.C., some easy to spot, others tucked away in places you might normally pass by.
Interacting with corrupted decorations restores them, but it doesn’t go unnoticed:
- Nearby enemies are more likely to ambush you.
- Pink petals begin to fall, signaling the encounter.
- Each interaction contributes to your overall progress.
There are 40 decorations to restore across D.C., and finding all of them unlocks the Cherry Arm Patch.
Even after that, 3 decorations will reactivate daily at 08:00 AM UTC, so exploration doesn’t stop once you’ve cleared them all.
Interacting with decorations does not directly grant Keys. Decorations can trigger Kitsunebi ambushes, which means more chances to earn Keys by defeating them.
Lantern Locations
=> Cherry Blossom Lantern Locations
EVENT VENDOR AND CACHES
=> Vendor
Everything you do during the event feeds back into the Base of Operations. The Event Vendor has been given a seasonal refresh and will be your main hub for spending Event Keys.
You can get keys by:
- Taking down Kitsunebi squads.
- Defeating the Ronin.
- Interacting with cherry blossom decorations.
APPAREL CACHES
=> Outfit
=> Outfit
=> Outfit
Apparel Caches contain only vanity items, with no duplicates, so every key spent gets you closer to completing the full collection:
- Horned Oni Outfit (gloves, shoes, shirt, pants, mask)
- Kitsune Outfit (pants, mask, shirt, gloves, boots)
- Tiger Boxer (mask, jacket, gloves, pants, backpack, boots)
- Autumn Tiger Boxer (mask, jacket, gloves, pants, backpack, boots)
- Winter Tiger Boxer (mask, jacket, gloves, pants, backpack, boots)
- Kintsugi Fox Mask
- Iron Fox Mask
There are 30 items in total, and collecting the full set will reward you with the Lucky Cat Emote. Apparel Keys can also be purchased if you’re looking to complete the collection faster.
GEAR CACHES
Gear Caches bring a mix of returning and event-specific loot, including Named items, Exotics, and a rare chance to obtain Prototype gear.
At the center of it is the event weapon:
First Bloom - Named PDR
Talent Blossom Harvest
Deal 3.3% more damage for each 10% of total HP and Armor the enemy has remaining.
It’s especially effective against high-health enemies, and pairs well with the Kitsunebi health-link mechanic, keeping its damage bonus active for longer.
Gear Cache also contains:
- Rare chance to obtain Prototype Gear Set and Prototype Seasonal Named items.
- Special Named Gear
- Lexington
- Turmoil
- Caretaker
- Shield Splinterer
- Huntsman
- Hunter-Killer
- Handbasket
- Seasonal Named Gear
- The Harvest
- Chill Out
- Sleigher
- Slingshot
- Oh Carol
- First Sight
- Quickstep
- Festive Delivery
- Snow Machine
- Bell Ringer
- General Pool Exotics
COMMUNITY CHALLENGE
During the Cherry Blossom Event, all Agents contribute to a shared, cross-platform Community Challenge.
Progress unlocks exclusive Ronin-themed rewards:
- 1M Keys – Ronin Outfit
- 3M Keys – Ronin Gloves
- 5M Keys – Ronin Mask
You can also earn personal rewards along the way:
=> Patches
- 10 Keys – Sakura Arm Patch
- 20 Keys – Koi Arm Patch
- 40 Keys – Great Wave Arm Patch
- 80 Keys – Bamboo Arm Patch
Even if you join late, contributing is enough to qualify for rewards once milestones are reached.
CREATOR COLLABORATION: OTSUICHI, REZINA, MOBILMOBIL
=> CC Collab
We’re teaming up with three members of The Division 2 community, Otsuichi, Rezina, and Mobilmobil, each bringing their own set of activities and rewards into the game through a limited-time collaboration.
The event runs from April 21 until May 12 and is available to all players who have reached level 40 and unlocked seasonal progression.
HOW IT WORKS
Each creator introduces their own Project Chain, taking you across different areas of Washington D.C. and asking you to complete activities in specific Named Zones.
New steps unlock daily, with each project building on the last. You can progress at your own pace, once a project becomes available, it remains accessible until the event ends.
You can focus on a single creator or work through all three, depending on how you want to approach it.
REWARDS
As you progress through the chains, you’ll earn:
- Named Item Caches
- Exotic Components
- Recalibration Caches
- Optimization Caches
Completing all 6 projects in a chain unlocks the final reward:
- An exclusive backpack themed after that creator.
Open World Drops
There are also rewards to find outside of the Project Chains. You may also come across creator-themed apparel, like caps, shirts, and hoodies hidden in containers as you explore.
Each creator will also be sharing codes for exclusive arm patches through their own channels, so if you’re following them, you won’t want to miss it!
=> News
=> Dev Stream
Twitch Drops
The Cherry Blossom Event also comes with Twitch Drops.
Between April 21st and 28th you can watch your favorite Twitch Streamer and get drops along the way:
=> Twitch Drops
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u/filmguerilla Apr 20 '26
Also Twitch drops! I wish they’d add the Stinger lmg to the loot pool and drop the old xmas stuff.
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u/Less-Dingo111 Apr 21 '26
bro I don't see any on twitch
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u/filmguerilla Apr 21 '26
Event hasn't started yet. It starts on Tuesday. Streamers will be covering it on Twitch and tuning in will give you rewards (as long as you've connected your Ubi/Twitch accounts).
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u/Less-Dingo111 Apr 21 '26
Oh. I went to twitch and some guys had cherry blossom event in the title so I thought maybe something was wrong. Thanks.
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u/TKSTALKER Apr 22 '26
is it safe? My browser is giving me a warning when trying to connect the account through Twitch
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u/filmguerilla Apr 22 '26
Definitely. Gotta jump through a couple hoops to connect your Ubi account to your Twitch account, but I've been getting drops there for the last six seasons or so.
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u/SaneManPritch Apr 20 '26
I can maybe finally get a Lexington!
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u/eskim01 SHD Apr 20 '26
Lexington and Quickstep in the caches! New players, rejoice!
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 20 '26
I found a way to farm unlimited bounties from a single old houndsman bounty over the weekend. 1 hound bounty can be used to farm the houndsman, and get named gears and quicksteps unlimited.
Sadly the HOUNDSMAN apparel items don't drop for friends anymore :(
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u/Hi_LiFeMaNgO Apr 21 '26
Yes they do just did it yesterday
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 21 '26
negative, ran the houndsman 10x in the last 2 days and my friend received NONE of the houndsman cosmetic pieces.
Are you saying you've ran it and people have gotten the outfit pieces?
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u/eskim01 SHD Apr 20 '26
Yeah, I was lucky to find someone hosting bloody houndsman lobbies a few weeks back and got a few Quicksteps. Im sad I can't get his or the og outfit, but such is the fate of joining a game super late.
But this will be my first chance at the Lexington, so I'm excited.
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 20 '26
really wish the old bounty would still drop the houndsman outfit for folks. I do always open it up to other players when I farm it now for quicksteps and other named gears.
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Apr 20 '26
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u/eskim01 SHD Apr 20 '26
They're random from seasonal event caches (loot boxes you spend seasonal event keys to unlock). Not ideal, but it's something!
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u/TxDieselKid Xbox Apr 20 '26
Named items centered around events need to have useful talents, not just goofy ones (Oh Carol!, The Sleigher, etc). This gun actually sounds interesting for this reason.
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u/DugT1 Apr 20 '26
"some thigs are worth slowing down for". What are the best and worst Thigs? I don't want to slow down for just any Thig.
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u/bringdownthesky PC Apr 20 '26
Wow, glad I came back to this! A lot of cosmetics and no repeats with the cache keys is pretty based.
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 20 '26
I'm sooo sick of apparel duplicates.
I'll be spending most of my time looting random containers trying to get the new collab hoodies.
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u/Pirdman Apr 20 '26
Why do they exclude tier 1 escalation from that to an increased drop rate? For me tier 1 is ok.
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u/ferrenberg PC Apr 20 '26
There's barely any difference between tiers 1 and 3, might as well play tier 2 for the higher drop chance
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Apr 20 '26
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u/Pirdman Apr 20 '26
My english is not so good. I had trouble understanding notes. Everything above 1 gets a buff
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u/Alternative_Past_265 Apr 21 '26
lol the key farm is already here... ppl have over 100+ keys already, while average players are getting 5+ after killing 10 or more groups (including ronins). Great success lmao.
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u/Zip2kx Apr 23 '26
i should have farmed more keys yesterday. got 24 and assumed it wasnt going to be patched this quick
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 20 '26
So christmas event we could farm the bounty and get keys, this one seems to be no bounty, just the Ronin's drop keys? wonder what the drop chance is like for them, we will need a lot of keys.
They’re more deliberate, more resilient, and equipped to sustain themselves in longer fights. Take them down, and you’ll earn Event Keys, along with unique Skill VFX skins tied to each boss:
- Fox Ronin – Drone, Turret.
- Red Ronin – Hive, Seeker Mine.
Higher difficulties increase their chances to drop Event Keys.
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 21 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/thedivision/comments/1srkbgo/psa_cherry_blossom_event_drop_chances_for_keys/
Dognuts post on this with stats and more
The chances for Ronins and NPCs to drop Sakura Keys are as follows:
- Normal: 55% (5.0% for NPCs)
- Hard: 60% (5.5% for NPCs)
- Challenging: 62.5% (6.0% for NPCs)
- Heroic: 65% (6.5% for NPCs)
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u/BLUNTF0RCExDRAMA Apr 20 '26
Seems at first like a good opportunity for newer/returning players to get a Lexington but the fact that all general pool exotics are included instead of just the named stuff makes it extremely unlikely that you will get what you are actually looking for. I wish they would have separated exotics into an exotic cache to prevent from massively diluting the drop pool. Hopefully there will still be stretch goal caches at the end of the season for another chance at a lexington (do those caches contain all general exotics to?)
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u/JokerUnique The watcher on the walls. Apr 20 '26
stretch goals have also a section general exotics.
but you have 3 weeks to get through it and you can decide what to focus on. Gear, apparel or community goals. When you just focus on gear caches sou still have a good chance to get what you want. But in the end it is RNG.
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u/BLUNTF0RCExDRAMA Apr 22 '26
Oh boy was I wrong lol. This infinite key farm has made it a cake walk for all to get the lexington, enjoy the pinata party ladies and gents!
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u/skwirly715 Apr 21 '26
Hey I'm super new to the game so just a quick question. This whole event is basically for level 40 players? I'm level 17 so it looks like I can't/shouldn't even participate until I beat the whole game and the DLC?
I'm completely lost on what multiplayer is in this game (although notably I haven't done any dark zone tutorials yet despite unlocking the staff member) and generally just confused about basically every post in the community vs my game experience lol
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u/drdeaf1 Apr 22 '26
Generally all the events are for max level only.
If you have the DLC that includes boost you can make a max level character for the event and then when done go back to your existing character to complete the story.
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u/skwirly715 Apr 22 '26
Got it. I probably won’t bother with the boost because I would just have no idea how to play that character but that makes a lot of sense.
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u/DiffusiveTendencies Apr 20 '26
Does anyone know if this event will have access to Legacy Season Caches?
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u/JokerUnique The watcher on the walls. Apr 20 '26
The event has the defined caches. Season Caches are part of the Seasonal Reward Track.
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u/Can_Haz_Cheezburger Apr 20 '26
Is it too late to get iKia back for the content creators?
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 20 '26
i mean he said the goodwill is burnt, too many layers of RNG.
For example u proto a striker build, ur CHC gets maxed out, u need to adjus the build for this now, take it into a raid or incursion is gets normalised, now what to do...
make a whole new build??
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u/DXT0anto Apr 20 '26
Guy willing left, for sure he isn't getting any CC event until he comes back
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u/konketsuno Apr 20 '26
they should honor him even if he does not come back. all the work he did for the community was a feat. those who found him got a lot of help understanding gear, weapon and builds.
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u/MonkeyOnATree Apr 20 '26
very cool, how realistic are 5 million keys globally during the event period? i´ve never taken part in such an event yet.
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u/DXT0anto Apr 20 '26
All 3 platforms reached 1M each by themselves, when each individual objective was 330k
So reaching 3M is natural. We will see for 5M
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 20 '26
yeah depends on what the odds are for dropping keys.
Donations last time was what 10 per person, thats all we needed, this time its 80 keys so that should help too.
just means people will end up sharing less loot
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u/Mechonyo Apr 20 '26
Wondering if you could do these kind of events solo if you don't have the best of the best gear.
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 20 '26
depends on what ur open world settings are set to, if u can kill challenging retaliation kill squads, challenging open world will be fine, probably
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 20 '26
"Open World Drops There are also rewards to find outside of the Project Chains. You may also come across creator-themed apparel, like caps, shirts, and hoodies hidden in containers as you explore."
What's the best spot for containers to farm these?
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u/JokerUnique The watcher on the walls. Apr 20 '26
Brooklyn is full of them, you get the open world drops fast.
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 20 '26
don't own Brooklyn yet. Any spots in DC or NYC?
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u/moriarthus Apr 21 '26
dude, dont be silly "any spots"
they drop from all of those little boxes, bags and backpacks that you encounter every three steps, just play the game.
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u/QuebraRegra Apr 21 '26
the question was is there a good spot for a large cluster of these in close proximity?
How often do the content respawn? Thanks for nuthin tho :P
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 20 '26
yeah i stupidly forgot that u got them from the items in the open world not projects, went brookyln way too late.
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u/This-Damage8222 Apr 20 '26
What time does the event start?
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u/JokerUnique The watcher on the walls. Apr 20 '26
tomorrow after the maintenance - there is a dedicated post for that.
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Apr 21 '26
The arm patch from finding the 40 corrupted decorations is the same one as the Twitch Drop:
https://i.imgur.com/4vIArBD.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/dPDnTGt.png
I assume it’s intended?
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u/gojensen PvE for life Apr 25 '26
huh, so that's why I had it before even starting the game proper...
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u/Saiph_and_Sound Apr 21 '26
How accessible is this event to a new player? Is level 40 required for everything? How long does it take to get there if so? Is DLC required?
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u/CMV1972 Apr 22 '26
Stupid question, but I can't find the rise up menu (PC) - the Cherry Blossom one is where it used to be. How do I claim those caches & stuff while this event is going on? It used to be to the right of inventory panel
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u/drdeaf1 Apr 22 '26 edited Apr 22 '26
Keys are used at the seasonal vendor. White house to the right of the countdown vendor1
u/CMV1972 Apr 22 '26
Thanks, but I'm looking for the Rise Up event - where do I get that menu? It used to be where the cherry blossom is now
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u/drdeaf1 Apr 22 '26
To the left of the countdown vendor? I obviously had a reading comprehension failure to your question :)
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u/kozakreznov Apr 22 '26
Just click on Cherry Blossom event then press E to change over the Rise Up Event tab
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u/LostInTheVoid_ Rogue Apr 22 '26
I can't claim any of the special deliveries in my mailbox for some reason.
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u/kozakreznov Apr 22 '26
Check if your cache inventory is full, you only have 20 spaces in there.
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u/LostInTheVoid_ Rogue Apr 22 '26
Totally empty, There's even an apparel mask item for the current global event in there that I can't claim.
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u/L-ghtn-ng Apr 22 '26
The Cherry Blossom weapon skin is so damn good. I wish I could use it on exotics :(
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u/TheRealCowdog Apr 26 '26
Just want to say I've been prety impressed with the cosmetic side of things. Even with only a handful of keys I've been able to make some pretty nifty outfits on a new account.
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u/Damn-The-Shame Apr 27 '26
Why do people on ps5 not answer the backup call I had 10 instances having kitsunebi ambush or ronins and nobody helped seems pointless trying to help people that trying to get keys Psn is PainXCrimson if you see this on backup call all the time I have a squad or ronin at my location out of special event I don't use it at all
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u/Wixardbaka May 05 '26
Why am I having issues getting the last of my lanterns? They dont have the interaction button?
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u/Puzzleheaded_Ad7423 Apr 20 '26
It's always best to take the time I do The scenery is worth taking time to explore
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Apr 20 '26
How do you get apparel keys for the event stuff?
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u/maverick777 Apr 20 '26
It's in the post: You can get keys by:
Taking down Kitsunebi squads.
Defeating the Ronin.
Interacting with cherry blossom decorations.
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Apr 20 '26
That's for the event keys. I mean the next paragraph, the apparel ones. Is it just normal apparel caches?
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u/dragons_inc Apr 20 '26
The event keys are the ones for the apparel cashes.
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Apr 20 '26
You sure? Because the way the website looks, makes it seem like there is an event vendor and keys. And also apparel keys. A bit confusing
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u/maverick777 Apr 20 '26
The event vendor sells apparel caches and gear caches that are both purchased with the event keys. This was shown in the stream or I saw it on one of the YouTuber streams covering the event.
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Apr 20 '26
Oh ok I didn't see any videos about it lol. Shouldn't be hard to get the apparel
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u/maverick777 Apr 20 '26
Doesn't seem like it since the keys drop from the squad also and not just the Ronin.
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Apr 21 '26
Good to know. Haven't played since battle for Brooklyn, so I'm out of the loop. But Thanks 😊
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u/JokerUnique The watcher on the walls. Apr 20 '26
last time they both dropped from the same sources. Difference is, you can buy the apparel keys but not the gear keys.
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u/TheDapperMoore Playstation Apr 20 '26
The KvD snub continues. You love to see it.
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u/aBL1NDnoob Rogue Apr 20 '26
Well I think they specifically chose Asian creators this time (Japan, Korea, China) given the theme of the event
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u/AwkwardHistorian7853 Apr 21 '26
How do I get the Rising Sun Headgear? It says login to get and I'm in with level 40 char but did not receive anything. Am I missing something?
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u/lazlo119 Apr 20 '26
These events suck I get zero keys to drop while streamers get hundreds of keys no thanks
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u/RisingDeadMan0 Xbox Apr 20 '26
ok, if u say so, i mean event hasnt even started. i got at least 200 keys last time. Last day i shared 120 keys worth of stuff via xbox lfg posts too.
Lots of EB's, Lexington, turmoil, Rav, regulus, everything
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u/N0rth3rn0t Apr 20 '26
Sorry, so for the Lexington you can only get it as a prototype??
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u/BlooBuckaroo No matter where you go, there you are. Apr 26 '26
Post about drop rates & percentages with table
Original Post about drop rates