What changed?
- 4 brand new Trials: powerful bosses and challenging encounters across 4 unique raids.
- Weekly Ultimate Raid: rotating Extreme Bosses with devastating mechanics that test your teamwork.
- New abilities to unlock.
- New armor sets and weapons.
- A new skill points branch in the skill tree.
- New rebirth tiers and new titles.
- More Survival rounds, “with the final rounds reaching INSANE difficulty”.
- Exclusive Mythic rewards: earn Aether Shards and powerful Mythic weapons.
- Improvements, optimizations and fixes based on player feedback.
- Game description after the update: Trial bosses Ignis, Glaucus, the Hydra of Lerna and Janus; the first Weekly Raid is the Hydra of Lerna Extreme.
- Game description after the update: Survival runs through 60 waves; wave 21 turns the arena blood red and wave 41 goes Insane.
- Game description after the update: the Crystal of Fortuna rolls blessings and secret powers; titles can be worn over your head; complete armor sets give bonuses.
Official patch notes Source: Official Roblox event “UPDATE 3 – Trials & Raids” and the Nov 5 group announcement. Quoted parts are the developer’s own words.
The update in context
Update 3, “Trials & Raids”, went live on November 7, 2026 as an official Roblox event. SphereX Studio called it the biggest update so far, and it moved GloryBound’s endgame from “survive as long as possible” to a ladder of boss fights.
We tested the game four days after this update, so most of what it added is in our data: the Trials menu, the raid requirement, the Crystal of Fortuna and its odds, new titles and the new codes. The one thing we could not do on a fresh account is fight the Trials themselves, because they need level 10.
What it changed for players
Four Trials, in order
Ignis, Glaucus, the Hydra of Lerna and Janus. The menu says “Four great bosses. Clear them in order.” and each card shows the gear rarity it is set to: Rare, Epic, Legendary, Legendary.
A weekly raid gated behind the Trials
The Hydra of Lerna Extreme needs “0 / 4 Trials cleared” to open. Its card promises “Sigils and mythics”, and the Mythic Imperator’s regalia set is “Earned in the Weekly raid”.
Blessings got deeper
Update 3 added new abilities. Today the Crystal of Fortuna lists 19 Blessings across six rarities, with a Legendary+ guarantee in 50 spins and a Secret guarantee in 100 Lucky spins.
More Survival
The final rounds now reach Insane difficulty: the game description says wave 41 “goes Insane” and runs go to 60 waves.
New skill branch and titles
The skill tree now has four paths; Numen, the Blessing path, opens at level 15. Titles grew to 87, including “Smoke breaker” for defeating Ignis.
What we checked in game
- Trials menu: four locked cards, each “Reach level 10”, with taglines such as “The smoke of the Aventine” (Ignis).
- Codes for this update: ABILITY and UPDATE_3 each gave 5 Lucky spins; TRIALS gave 1 Legendary chest.
- Crystal odds: Legendary 1.95% per Spin and 12% per Lucky spin; Mythic 0.4% and 2.5%.
- Skill tree: four paths with “Toward the capstones 0 / 20” for each.
Seen on our test account · Nov 11, 2026
Still to retest
- Each Trial fight: boss attacks, health and the exact rewards.
- The Weekly Raid reset day and how many Sigils it pays.
Related guides: Trials & Weekly Raid · Blessings · Codes
What should you do now?
- Redeem ABILITY, UPDATE_3 and TRIALS: 10 Lucky spins and a Legendary chest, all tested on November 11.
- Reach level 10 to unlock the first Trial, Ignis; then clear Glaucus, the Hydra and Janus in order.
- Fill both free Blessing slots at the Crystal and aim for level 15 to open the Numen skill path.