How do raids work in Valiant?

A guild leader or officer forms a 20-seat roster for a raid, assigns roles, and launches once at least 15 seats are filled with at least 12 guild members. The run lasts three hours, resolving over twelve 15-minute ticks, and killing any boss locks every participant and the hosting guild out of that raid for seven days.

What level do I need to raid in Valiant?

Level 60. The Nethrax Vigil is the current raid, tuned so a fresh level 60 roster will not clear it - a prepared at-level roster has a real chance, and a well-geared roster in the 78-86 range can clear reliably.

Artifacts, the game's top rarity above legendary, at four to five per boss kill. Every boss also drops exactly one ancient inscription, the only inscriptions that fit an item's sixth socket. A full clear also grants an ascension point, which is the only way to reach rank 5 on a talent.

Raids

Raids are Valiant's 20-player guild endgame. One raid is live — The Nethrax Vigil, nine encounters deep, level 60 and up. It is the only source of artifacts, ancient inscriptions, and ascension points.

Forming a roster

A guild leader or officer opens a roster. They choose the loot rule and visibility up front, so everyone knows the terms before they commit a seat.

Requirement	Detail
Seats	20 total
Minimum to launch	15 filled
Guild members required	At least 12 from the hosting guild
Outside pickups allowed	Up to 8
Level	60+
Run length	3 hours (twelve 15-minute ticks)

Guild members are seated instantly; outside pickups must accept an invite or apply to a public roster. Empty seats are legal — a 15-strong raid can still launch, it is simply harder.

The ten roles

Unlike the rest of the game, raid roles are mechanically distinct. Each one owns specific checks:

Role	What they do
Main tank	Holds the boss, makes the positioning check
Off tank	Second threat holder, handles adds mechanics
Puller	Makes the pull check; a bad pull brings a train
Caller	Assists everyone else's mechanic checks
Crowd control (x2)	Locks part of a trash train out of the fight
Main healer	Makes the triage check
Backup healer	Redundancy when the main healer is pressured
Raid healer (x2)	Sustains the raid through unavoidable damage
Buffer (x2)	Throughput support
DPS (x8)	Kills things; must pass discipline and enrage checks

Tip

Every one of these seats makes World Sense checks. A raid stacked with damage but no awareness fails at the pull and dies at the enrage. See Raid Combat.

The Nethrax Vigil

Nine encounters: four trash segments alternating with five bosses, escalating in level and cruelty.

Boss	What defines the fight
Warden of the First Terrace	A positioning-gated sweep; punishes a bad tank read
The Choir Unbound	Corruption damage and a refrain that locks healing entirely
Keeper Ilvess	A floor redraw every raider must answer, plus summoned adds
The Sixth Watcher	Corruption and fire resistant; wipes the threat table mid-fight
Vessel of Nethrax	Unavoidable corruption, and a gaze that kills outright on a failed call

Tuning is honest about the wall: a fresh level 60 roster is not expected to clear, a prepared at-level roster clears sometimes, and a well-geared roster clears reliably.

Rewards

Reward	How much
Artifacts	4 per boss, with a chance of a 5th (final boss always 5)
Ancient inscriptions	Exactly 1 per boss kill
Sigils	Per trash wave and per boss; split among the raid
Ascension point	1 for a full clear, once per raid tier
Experience and gold	None - raids pay in gear and prestige

Artifacts are the sixth and highest rarity: six affixes, four of them fixed at the very top of their band, plus a unique ability. They bind to you. Ancient inscriptions are tier-5 and the only ones that fit an item's reserved sixth socket — and unlike artifacts, they are tradeable.

Loot rules

The host picks at roster creation: fair random (every drop assigned randomly and verifiably) or leader decides (the leader distributes, with anything unassigned after seven days auto-assigned so loot can never be held hostage).

Ascension points

Every talent's rank 5 costs an ascension point rather than a talent point, and a full raid clear is the only source: one per raid tier, three in a character's lifetime. Raiding is the only path to a fully-realized build.

Lockouts

Killing at least one boss locks every participant and the hosting guild out of that raid for seven days. Wipe without a kill and there is no lockout — you are free to regroup and try again. Pickups never burn their own guild's lockout, so guilds can trade help freely.