RAID Ascension Guide: Potions, Keeps and Who to Ascend First

Ascension is one of RAID’s quieter progression systems. It doesn’t change a champion’s skills, but it adds permanent stat boosts that make your core team noticeably tougher and faster to kill bosses.

What ascension needs

Ascending a champion requires potions from the Potion Keeps:

Potion type	Comes from
Arcane potions	The Arcane Keep – needed by every champion
Magic potions	The Magic Keep
Force potions	The Force Keep
Spirit potions	The Spirit Keep
Void potions	The Void Keep

Every ascension needs Arcane potions plus potions matching the champion’s affinity. Potions come in three grades – Lesser, Greater and Superior – with higher ascension levels needing the higher grades.

The keep schedule

The Arcane Keep is available every day, while the affinity keeps rotate through the week. Check the Potion Keeps screen in the dungeon menu to see which ones are open today, and plan your energy around the days you need.

Who to ascend first

1. Your main Clan Boss team – a long fight magnifies every stat boost.
2. Your key debuffer – extra survivability keeps debuffs flowing.
3. Dungeon carries – the champions every gear team depends on.
4. Your campaign farmer – only if they’re struggling with Brutal stages.

Don’t ascend champions you plan to replace soon. Potions take real energy to farm.

Farming tips

• Farm the Arcane Keep regularly – it’s the bottleneck for everyone.
• Line up affinity keep farming with the champions you’re working on that week.
• Higher stages drop better grades of potions, so push the keeps like any other dungeon.
• Events and tournaments sometimes reward potions; claim those first.

Ascension vs other upgrades

Upgrade	Power gain	Cost
Rank up to 6★	Very high	Lots of food
Gear	Very high	Energy and silver
Masteries	High	Scrolls
Ascension	Medium	Potions

Ascension usually comes after a champion is 6 stars, well geared and mastered. It’s the polish on a finished champion, not the first upgrade.

Common mistakes

• Ascending food or temporary champions.
• Skipping the Arcane Keep until you suddenly need hundreds of potions.
• Ignoring the keep schedule and wasting energy on the wrong affinity.

Treat ascension as a long-term project and it’ll steadily make your best champions even better. For the other big progression systems, read our guides on ranking up and masteries.