RAID: Shadow Legends: How to Farm 6-Star Champions F2P

To farm 6-star Champions quickly in RAID: Shadow Legends as a free-to-play player, run your primary campaign farmer solo alongside three food champions on stage 12-3 of Brutal difficulty, saving your major energy pushes for active Champion Training events. Upgrading a single high-impact champion to 6 stars yields a far greater power boost than building multiple 5-star heroes.

Setting Up Campaign Food Farming

Efficient experience farming relies on clearing high-difficulty campaign stages with a single dedicated farmer so that all extra experience goes directly toward fodder heroes.

Primary Stage: Run stage 12-3 on Brutal difficulty. This stage offers the most efficient balance of experience and silver returns for energy spent.
Team Structure: Bring your strongest campaign farmer—typically your starter champion—and fill the remaining three team slots with low-rank "food" champions.
Fodder Leveling: Level 1-star and 2-star champions quickly on low-energy runs, and always level 3-star and 4-star food champions to their maximum level cap before sacrificing them to rank up your main hero.
Preserve Utility Rares: Check the kit of every Rare champion before using them as rank-up fodder. Keep Rares that provide utility for Faction Wars or Secret Rooms.

Synchronizing Farming with Champion Training Events

Leveling heroes outside of active events wastes potential progression rewards. Wait for active Champion Training events or tournaments before spending large stockpiles of energy or using timed experience boosts.

Milestone Progression: Leveling and ascending heroes during events earns tournament points, returning energy refills, shards, and skill books to help sustain your F2P account economy.
XP Boost Efficiency: Only activate timed XP Boosts when you have full energy and enough time to run campaign battles repeatedly.
Gem Refills: Save your gems for energy refills when reaching high-value event milestones, such as legendary tomes or premium shards.

Champion Selection and Resource Management

Focusing your resources on the right targets prevents wasted energy and keeps your progression moving into higher dungeon levels.

Focus Area	Strategy & Criteria
First 6-Star Target	Prioritize your campaign farmer or a versatile hero with broad utility across Clan Boss and Dungeons.
Key Skill Priorities	Look for Area of Effect (AoE) attacks for fast wave clearing, Decrease Defense/Weaken debuffs, or team shields and heals.
Investment Strategy	Fully rank one core hero to 6 stars rather than spreading resources across multiple 5-star heroes.
Gem Allocation	Spend gems on energy refills or unlock full Masteries for primary champions rather than buying summoning shards.