Spiritforged is Riftbound’s second set, and it holds a position the first set could not: it is the first expansion built for a game that already had a player base. Where Origins established what the game was, Spiritforged widened it, adding a set of equipment and resource ideas to a card pool that had only just been defined. This page covers where the set sits, what it added, and the release pattern of the early sets, which is a story about two calendars rather than one.
Quick answer
Spiritforged is the second main Riftbound set, released in China on 12 December 2025 and in English on 13 February 2026. It is a larger set than the ones that followed it, and it is associated with equipment and gold as its design themes. Its role in the sequence is to be the first post-launch expansion, which makes it the set that showed whether the game would keep growing rather than the set that proved it could start.
Where Spiritforged sits
Spiritforged is the second of the main sets, following Origins and preceding Unleashed, Vendetta and Radiance. It is the first expansion built after launch, which is a structurally different job from the one Origins had.
A first set has to establish everything, and it is designed for an audience that does not exist yet. A second set inherits that audience and has to give it a reason to keep buying, which usually means widening the design space rather than restating it. the sets, from Origins to Radiance walks the whole sequence, and the Origins guide covers the first-set position that Spiritforged follows.
What it widened
The set is associated with equipment and with the game’s resource and gold ideas, and that association is the useful thing to hold on to. A card game’s second set is usually where the design space that the first set gestured at gets filled in.
For a collector this matters less than for a player, and it is worth being clear about why. A set’s mechanics date; they define the game at one moment. What lasts is the structure — the treatments, the numbering, the set order — because that is consistent across every set and is what a collection is catalogued against. the treatment page explains the part that did not change when Spiritforged arrived.
The set at a glance
The published size is worth noting alongside the sets on either side of it, because the sequence is not uniform.
| Item | Published figure |
|---|---|
| Main set | 221 cards |
| Overnumbered additions | 30 |
| Position in the sequence | Second main set |
The overnumbered cards are a numbering device rather than a separate rarity, and the treatment page covers how to read them off a card. what is in a pack explains how the set’s cards reach a player in the first place.
The two calendars
The early sets were released on a staggered schedule, with the Chinese version arriving first and the English version following weeks later. Spiritforged is a clear example: December for one market, February for the other.
That pattern is the reason the early competitive history of these sets reads oddly. The cards were known, discussed and played in one market before the other had them, which meant information flowed one way for a period. The pattern ended with Vendetta, when the two releases converged on a single date, and the decks page covers the products that shipped with the sets around that change.
Collecting it now
Three points, and they are the same for every set in this game.
- The premium space is the treatment ladder. It is consistent across sets, so a collection is catalogued by treatment and number rather than by set mechanics.
- Chasing one card through sealed product does not work. A box is built to open a set, not to deliver a named card, at any quantity.
- Condition work is the same everywhere. Riftbound cards are the standard size, so standard sleeves and holders fit, and the sleeves and holders page covers what to use.
the Ultimate Rare page covers the tier that arrived after Spiritforged, the Radiance guide covers the current set, and the Riftbound card index collects the rest of the structure.
For the rest of the game’s structure — the set list, the rules and the other article lines — the Riftbound card index is the place to start.
Frequently asked questions
When was Riftbound Spiritforged released?
In China on 12 December 2025 and in English on 13 February 2026. It was the first post-launch expansion for the game.
Where does Spiritforged sit in the set order?
It is the second main set, after Origins and before Unleashed, Vendetta and Radiance.
What did Spiritforged add?
It is associated with equipment and with the game’s resource and gold ideas, widening the design space the first set had established. Its mechanics date; the set’s structure does not.
How big is Spiritforged?
The published figure is 221 cards in the main set, plus 30 overnumbered additions.
Why did the Chinese and English releases have different dates?
The game’s first three sets used a staggered schedule with the Chinese release first. Vendetta ended that by releasing in both on the same day, and Radiance added French to the same date.
Sources
Sources and further reading
- Riot Games — Riftbound official product pages
- Riot Games — Riftbound State of the Game articles
- Riftbound official card gallery
- Third-party sealed-product previews (published set sizes and structure)
Game rules, product contents and card counts are quoted from the publisher’s own materials at the date stated and can change without notice. Prices quoted anywhere on this site are secondary-market observations and move quickly; nothing here is a valuation or an investment recommendation. Our own asking prices for the cards we hold are on each product page.
Where to go next
- The CardSpicy card index — every card we track, with its PSA 10 population and market history (195 cards).
- The illustrator index — every artist behind those cards, card by card (110 artists).
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