Season Merit Medals Guide — Spending in the Season Store (All Seasons)

Season Merit Medals & the Season Store

Season Merit Medals are a rare currency you'll find in your Inventory → Special tab. You exchange them in the Season Store — the game's one persistent, cross‑season shop, which stays open across every season (the medals aren't tied to the season you earned them in). It's the main non‑cash source of some permanent‑power items. (Some third‑party guides call the same currency "Merit Medals," "Season Medals" or "Season points" — but in‑game it's Season Merit Medal.)

Don't confuse it with the other "merit" currencies

Three different things get called "merit/medal" and players mix them up constantly:

1. Season Merit Medals (Season Store) (this guide): persistent, cross‑season, rare; live in Inventory → Special; buy gear blueprints, skill points, skins. 2. War Merit (Season 6): a per‑season faction‑rank currency spent in the War Merit Shop — different system, resets each season. 3. Honor Points: the weekly Honor Shop currency. If your currency is spent in a shop that closes at season end or is tied to your war rank, you want the War Merit guide instead, not this one.

How You Earn Season Medals

Season Medals are deliberately rare — this is not a currency you farm in bulk. The documented sources are:

End‑of‑season rewards, often distributed through the alliance (e.g. by the alliance leader) when a season settles.
Season missions / mini‑games — for example, Season 3 (Golden Kingdom) awards Merit Medals from the Desert Ruins radar‑run missions.

Because the supply is small and slow, how you spend them matters far more than how fast.

On names & prices

In‑game the currency is Season Merit Medal (Inventory → Special) — confirmed from Season 1. Some third‑party guides call the same thing "Merit Medals," "Season Medals" or "Season points"; it's all one currency. The mechanics and priorities below are well‑corroborated, but the full item list and exact medal prices aren't reliably published, so they're intentionally not quoted here — check current prices in your own client.

The Two Rules That Decide Everything

These two facts (both confirmed) drive the entire strategy:

The Season Store never closes. Your Season Medals do not expire and the store is available even during the off‑season — so there's no rush to spend the medals themselves.
But the store's stock resets at the start of each new season. The items on offer refresh when a new season begins. So any season‑locked item you want — especially Mythic Gear Blueprints — must be bought before that season ends, or it's gone with the refresh.

Net strategy: hold your medals patiently and spend with intent — but sweep every high‑value season‑locked item (Mythic Gear Blueprints first) before the season rolls over. The medals persist; the items don't.

What to Buy — Priority Order

Buy first (permanent power):

Mythic / Legendary Gear Blueprints — the headline reason to use the Season Store. Permanent gear power, and one of the few non‑cash sources. Prioritise these before a season ends (see Rule 2). Pair with the Mythic Gear Upgrade Guide.
Skill Points — permanent hero skill upgrades; high, lasting value.
Exclusive / Universal Weapon shards & UR hero shards (when offered) — feed your main carry first (see the Exclusive Weapons Guide).
Useful upgrade materials / profession items — situational but permanent.

Skip / buy last (vanity):

Base & HQ skins, decorations, avatar frames, prestige titles — cosmetic only, lowest value per medal. Only buy once everything above is cleared and you have a surplus.

Does It Change Per Season?

The mechanic is the same in every season — Season Merit Medals and the Season Store persist throughout, and only the item stock refreshes at each season start. The currency itself doesn't change:

Season	Notes
S1 Crimson Plague	Confirmed in‑game: Season Merit Medals appear in Inventory → Special and exchange in the Season Store from Season 1
S2 Polar Storm	Same Season Merit Medals + Season Store
S3 Golden Kingdom	Same medals; a notable earning source is the Desert Ruins radar‑run missions (some guides label them "Merit Medals" here)
S4 Evernight Isle	Same medals; this is where the never‑closes + stock‑resets rules are clearest (some guides label them "Season Medals")
S5 Wild West / S6 Lost Rainforest	Season Store continues unchanged — note these seasons also have their own resource shops (S5 CrystalGold, S6 War Merit) that are separate and reset each season

The takeaway is the same regardless of season: blueprints and skill points first, cosmetics last, and clear season‑locked items before the season ends.

Don't Mix It Up With the Season Resource Shops

Each season also has its own resource shop with a use‑it‑or‑lose‑it currency that does not carry over — the opposite of the Season Store. Spend those down before the season ends:

Season 5 — CrystalGold Shop (CrystalGold)
Season 6 — War Merit Shop (War Merit, tied to faction rank)

If the medals you're asking about live in one of those, spend them before the season closes; if they live in the persistent Season Store, you can hold them but must still grab season‑locked blueprints in time.