Eternal Return Masters Season 8 Phase 1 Registrations (Asia Server)

Hello everyone,

The Eternal Return Masters Season 8 Phase 1 Registrations are now open!

The Eternal Return Masters is an Esports tournament for players on the Asia Server. Players can earn Circuit Points in these tournaments, held twice each season, to qualify for the Season 8 Finals. The detailed schedule and circuit point details are as follows.

■ Event Name

- Eternal Return Masters Season 8 Phase 1

■ When

Online Qualifiers	2025-07-23 () 11 AM UTC	QUALIFIERS (4 Rounds)
DAY 1	2025-07-25 (Fri) 10 AM UTC	GROUP STAGE (A,B)
DAY 2	2025-07-26 (Sat) 8 AM UTC	GROUP STAGE (C,D)
DAY 3	2025-07-27 (Sun) 8 AM UTC	KNOCK OUT STAGE 1,2
DAY 4	2025-08-01 (Fri) 10 AM UTC	KNOCK OUT STAGE 3,4
DAY 5	2025-08-02 (Sat) 8 AM UTC	KNOCK OUT STAGE 5,6
DAY 6	2025-08-03 (Sun) 8 AM UTC	FINAL STAGE (Checkpoint)

■ Overview

Eternal Return Masters Season 8 uses the Enhanced 3-Pick-Ban system to encourage greater variety in playable characters during the tournament.

If a character is selected by 3 players, it will be banned for 1 round.
If selected by 4 players, it will be banned for the next 2 rounds.
If selected by 5 or more players, it will be banned for the next 3 rounds.

Following the addition of the Rift System on the 8.0 Update, the Checkpoint threshold has been set to 65 points.

Learn more about the changes to Eternal Return Masters in the ESPORTS HUB link below!

■ Prize Pool

CHAMPION			1,500,000 KRW
1st			1,500,000 KRW
2nd			1,200,000 KRW
3rd			900,000 KRW
4th			600,000 KRW
5-6th			450,000 KRW
7-8th			300,000 KRW
9-16th			200,000 KRW
17-24th			150,000 KRW
TOTAL			10,000,000 KRW

■ Circuit points by final placement

MASTERS SEASON 8 PHASE1 CIRCUIT POINTS
1st	550	9th	180
2nd	410	10th	160
3rd	370	11th	140
4th	330	12th	120
5th	290	13th	100
6th	260	14th	80
7th	230	15th	60
8th	200	16th	40

Registration and further information can be found in the Official ER ESPORTS HUB [Link].