Uma Musume Banquet of Shadows Event Guide: Rewards and Mejiro McQueen

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby is a character-training sports simulation game that focuses on racing and idol performances.

Uma Musume Pretty Derby runs on a rhythm: a new story event every few weeks, a training scenario refresh every couple of months, and character updates that quietly reshape the meta. The next beat on that calendar is Banquet of Shadows, a story event that runs from September 30 at 12:00 to October 13 at 11:59. If you're still building your roster, this is a good window to bank support cards and resources before the late-October training scenario lands.

This guide covers what the event is, how story events work if you're new, what rewards are worth chasing, and why the same-day update to [Elegance Line] Mejiro McQueen matters for anyone running long-distance racers.

What Is the Banquet of Shadows Event?

Banquet of Shadows is a story event in Uma Musume: Pretty Derby, and it slots into the game's regular event cycle. It runs from September 30 at 12:00 to October 13 at 11:59, which gives you thirteen days to clear the event story, farm event points, and spend them in the exchange shop.

Story events are one of the most efficient sources of free progression in the game. They hand out support points, monies, and in most cases an exclusive support card that you can't pull from the gacha. The tradeoff is that they're time-limited: miss the window and the event story and its shop close until a rerun, if one ever comes.

The event landed alongside a broader game update. Cygames paired the story event with an awakening update for one of the game's most recognizable long-distance characters, which is the part competitive players are watching most closely.

How Uma Musume Story Events Work

If Banquet of Shadows is your first story event, the loop is straightforward, and it's worth understanding before you spend anything.

Play the event story chapters. The narrative unlocks in stages, and clearing each one grants event points and a small resource payout.
Run training as normal. Event points are earned by racing and training with your characters during the event period, so your daily Uma Musume routine doubles as event farming.
Bank point rewards. Event points open up tiered rewards, often including event-exclusive support cards, items, and currency.
Spend leftover currency in the exchange shop. The shop converts event points into support points, monies, and upgrade materials before the window closes.

The key habit is to check the shop a day or two before the event ends. Unspent event points usually don't carry over, so anything left on the table is gone.

The Uma Musume Mejiro McQueen Update

The same day Banquet of Shadows starts, [Elegance Line] Mejiro McQueen receives Awakening Levels 6 and 7, along with adjustments to her unique skill and her inherited skills. That's the detail to flag if you race long-distance.

Mejiro McQueen is built around stamina and late-race positioning, and she's one of the reliable options in long-distance and turf-focused races. Awakening levels raise her ceiling: they add stat gains and skill upgrades that push her past where a lower-awakened copy can go. Pushing a character from Awakening 5 to Awakening 7 changes more than her looks. It changes which races she can win against a strong field.

The unique skill adjustments matter just as much. Her signature ability, tied to her late-race burst, gets recalibrated, and her inherited skills shift with it. If you've built a Mejiro McQueen around the old numbers, this is the moment to revisit your support card lineup and skill picks, because the same build may not produce the same results.

A practical note on how to build her after the update:

Focus	Why It Matters for Mejiro McQueen
Speed	She still needs raw speed to convert her stamina into a finishing kick
Stamina	The core stat; long-distance races punish anyone who runs dry late
Power	Helps her break out of the pack and hold her lane in the final stretch
Guts	Supports her late-race burst when she's already tired
Turf aptitude	Keep her on turf tracks, where she's strongest

If you don't have [Elegance Line] Mejiro McQueen, you can still use the awakened original or other versions of her. The awakening update applies to the [Elegance Line] variant, so check which copy you own before investing training resources.

Rewards Worth Chasing in Banquet of Shadows

Story events rarely reinvent the reward table, and that's fine, because the standard payout is already valuable. Across the event you can expect:

Event-exclusive support cards, the main draw, since they can't be obtained elsewhere
Support points, which fuel your support card upgrades
Monies, the general currency for training and upgrades
Upgrade materials and items, useful for rounding out a build

The event points themselves usually scale with how much you play, so the reward ceiling tracks your activity rather than a hard grind wall. That means the best strategy is simply to keep playing your normal Uma Musume routine during the thirteen-day window and let the points accumulate.

Timing the Event Around the October Training Scenario

Here's a scheduling angle that isn't obvious from the event page alone. Banquet of Shadows ends October 13, and Cygames has a new training scenario slated for late October in Japan. Those two dates interact.

If you're a newer player, this is a good stretch to consolidate. Run the event, bank the support points, and don't over-invest in a training setup you'll want to rebuild once the new scenario arrives. If you're a veteran, the event is a chance to top up resources before you retool your teams for the scenario change.

Either way, the moral is the same: treat Banquet of Shadows as a resource bridge, not a destination. Collect what it offers, then hold your big investments until the training scenario settles.

How to Get Started on Android

Uma Musume: Pretty Derby is available on mobile, and getting set up is quick.

Install or update the game. Open Uma Musume: Pretty Derby on your Android device and apply any pending update before the event starts so you don't lose day-one time.
Clear any prerequisite story. Story events sometimes require you to have progressed past a certain point. If the event doesn't appear, finish the next main story node and check again.
Enter the event from the home screen. The event banner appears during the active window.
Read the event story first. Clearing chapters unlocks point rewards and gives context to the new content.
Check the exchange shop near the end. Spend leftover event points before October 13 at 11:59.

One disclaimer worth repeating: this game is built around gacha pulls, so real-money spending is always optional but always available. The event rewards here are free, but the characters and support cards you'd want to pair with them aren't. Budget accordingly.

Pros and Cons of the Banquet of Shadows Window

The event is a solid, standard Uma Musume offering. That cuts both ways.

Pros

Thirteen days is a comfortable window to clear the story and farm points
Free rewards include support points, monies, and typically an exclusive card
The Mejiro McQueen awakening update refreshes a long-standing meta character
Event farming rides on your normal training routine, so it costs little extra time

Cons

Event points and the shop close October 13, so unspent currency is lost
The Mejiro McQueen changes can invalidate older builds and force re-investment
The late-October training scenario may make some event-era investments short-lived
As always, the strongest characters remain gacha-locked behind spending

Nothing here is a dealbreaker, but the timing overlap with the training scenario is worth planning around.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is the Uma Musume Banquet of Shadows event? It runs from September 30 at 12:00 to October 13 at 11:59.
What does the event give you? Story event rewards, typically including support points, monies, upgrade materials, and an event-exclusive support card, plus an exchange shop for leftover event points.
What changes for Mejiro McQueen? [Elegance Line] Mejiro McQueen gets Awakening Levels 6 and 7, with adjustments to her unique and inherited skills, on the same day the event begins.
Do event points carry over? Typically no. Spend them in the exchange shop before the event ends on October 13.
Do I need Mejiro McQueen to play the event? No. The event is open to any player who meets its story prerequisite, regardless of which characters you own.

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