I didn’t hit the weekly gold reward this week for the first time in about 4-5 months. A friend’s engagement party took precedence, and a series of events thereafter made it borderline impossible to get those daily matches in without looking like an ignorant recluse.
But my 3-4 days away from Arena of Valor probably couldn’t have been timed better ? barely anything happened in the last week! It’s going to be a short and not-so-sweet Arena of Valor weekly roundup today. Though, with Valentine’s events in full-swing, we could argue it’s sweeter than ever before!
Let’s go, you love birds!
Valentine’s Event Brings Love Sworn Skins Back

The leaks were true ? and why wouldn’t they have been" ? Xeniel’s Codex Chapter 4 features new skins, and even a new hero. Kicked off at the start of the week, the new Xeniel’s Codex chapter is another 6-week affair that tasks players with completing certain quests and goals to earn a bunch of extra rewards over the next month and a half. Paid players get access to rewards with each level, whereas free players will see significantly smaller returns on their time investment. The good news is that Wiro, the game’s newest hero, can be had for free on both sides of the codex ? though paying players will unlock the ?212 Warrior? at a much earlier codex level; so expect him on the battlefield from here on out.
As for skins, paid players will get a second shot at a few choice s...