Anime Expeditions Villain Chest: How to Get It Fast

The Villain Chest is Anime Expeditions’ newest Legendary Reward Box, and it’s the fastest way to stock up on reroll materials and chase the exclusive Crow (Rider) skin right now. It launched on July 25, 2026, as the centerpiece reward of the Villain Update (0.5), tied to a time-limited loot event called Villain Hunt.

Here’s exactly how to earn Villain Chests, where to open them, and what’s actually inside.

What Is the Villain Chest in Anime Expeditions

The Villain Chest is a Legendary Reward Box tied to the Villain Hunt event, and it’s the main reward system built around defeating villain bosses in non-competitive game modes. Each chest holds one randomized prize, ranging from Villain Coins and upgrade materials to the rare Crow (Rider) skin.

[NOTE] The Villain Chest is separate from the Villain Invasion game mode. That mix-up trips up a lot of players searching for where these chests actually drop, so don’t waste time farming Villain Invasion expecting chests to fall out of it.

How to Get Villain Chests — Step by Step

There are two ways to earn Villain Chests, and they stack with each other:

1. Play a non-competitive mode. Load into Story, Infinite, Challenge, or Mastery.
2. Wait for a villain boss alert. A pop-up will read something like “[Villain Name] (Boss) Appeared! Defeat them to obtain Villain Chests.” Spawn timing is random, so you may see several alerts in one session.
3. Defeat the villain boss. Killing it banks 5 Villain Chests directly into your inventory. There’s no extra menu step to claim them.
4. Track your daily kills. The Villain Hunt event also pays out bonus chests for hitting daily boss-kill milestones, up to a cap of 15 villain kills per day.

[PRO TIP] Infinite mode tends to be the fastest farm since it skips the stage-restart loop that Story and Challenge modes require between runs, letting you rack up more villain encounters per session.

How to Open Villain Chests

Once you’ve got chests banked, you can open them from either of two places:

1. From the Villain Hunt event page: Click Events on the left menu, select Villain Hunt, click a Villain Chest, then press Open.
2. From your Items Bag: Click Items on the left menu, find the Villain Chest, and press the open button directly, no need to visit the Events page at all.

Each chest opened returns exactly one reward pulled at random from the pool below.

What’s Inside a Villain Chest

Opening a Villain Chest can reward any one of the following:

• Villain Coins, used to summon villain units, buy evolution items, and purchase unit equipment
• Trait Crystals, used for rerolling a unit’s traits
• Stat Rerolls and Stat Locks, used to change or preserve individual unit stats
• Equipment Rerolls and Equipment Locks, used to reroll or protect equipment stats
• The exclusive Crow (Rider) skin, a rare cosmetic drop with an undisclosed drop rate

Tips to Farm Villain Chests Faster

Since the Crow (Rider) skin is a rare pull rather than a guaranteed one, opening as many chests as possible is the only reliable path to it. Stack both chest sources every day: fight villain bosses during regular runs, and make sure you clear the daily kill milestone in the Villain Hunt event before logging off. The event runs only through the Villain Update (0.5) window, so there’s a hard deadline before Villain Chests disappear entirely.

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