History of Encounter Challenges

Encounter Challenges are optional extra mechanical objectives in Raid encounters, and in The Desert Perpetual they are a Feat modifier.

Raids before Feats

In older raids, such as Leviathan and Leviathan, Eater of Worlds, challenges are special objectives (completion, performance and special-condition challenges) that grant extra rewards. In King's Fall each encounter had a rotating weekly challenge plus an always-available triumph.

Feat version

In The Desert Perpetual, five Encounter Challenges Feats each add an enforced mechanical challenge to an encounter. A Feat can only be added once the raid has been completed. It is required for the Challenging Victory triumph of the Atemporal seal, and running more Feats raises loot tier (Kyber's Corner, July 2025 update: three Feats guarantee Tier 2 loot with a chance at Tier 3).