Raid’s Anniversary Week Is a Farming and Shard-Opening Sweet Spot

Plarium’s anniversary week is shaping up to be one of the most efficient windows of the year for account growth. The headline combination is simple but powerful: a first-ever 5x Speed artifact farming event paired with a 2x Primal event. For players who plan properly, that means better gear progression on one side and better champion acquisition odds on the other.

Why the 5x Speed event matters

Speed remains the most universal stat in Raid: Shadow Legends. It drives turn order in Arena, improves consistency in Clan Boss, and makes nearly every dungeon team safer and faster. A 5x Speed farming event is especially valuable because Speed sets are among the most sought-after pieces in the game, and even a small improvement can reshape an account.

The best approach is to farm this event with intent. Don’t just burn energy randomly. Focus on the dungeon that gives your account the best mix of speed set efficiency and usable secondary stats. For early and midgame accounts, any upgrade that helps key champions reach speed thresholds is worth more than a flashy damage roll. For endgame accounts, the target is usually high-quality Speed pieces with triple or quad-roll potential, especially on boots, chest, and banner-adjacent stat spreads.

How to prepare for 2x Primal

A 2x Primal event is different from a fusion or guaranteed-champion chase. It is pure shard value. Primal shards are rare, so the event is most attractive to players who already planned a pull window or are sitting on a stash. If you’re free-to-play, this is usually not the moment to empty every resource unless your roster is already strong and you have a clear reason to gamble.

P2W players get the most obvious edge here: more shards means more attempts at high-end pulls, and the doubled event value makes that spending more efficient than opening outside the window. For everyone else, the smart move is patience. Only pull if the event meaningfully advances your roster, your mercy strategy, or an active summon-based objective.

What this means for the broader meta

Speed continues to define the game’s most important content, and that makes this anniversary combo unusually relevant. Even a strong roster can feel sluggish without the right gear. That’s why Speed farming is often a better long-term investment than chasing one-off damage pieces.

Champion quality still matters, of course, and support anchors like Mavara the Web Diviner show how valuable turn control and tempo tools can be in Arena. She brings a 28 SPD Arena aura, which is a clean reminder that initiative wins fights. But gear is what lets those champions function at their best.

Bottom line

If your account needs speed gear, this is a high-priority farming week. If your shard inventory is ready, the 2x Primal event adds a second layer of value. The strongest players will treat the week as a resource-management test: farm Speed with discipline, pull Primals with purpose, and avoid wasting premium currency outside your real goals.