Riot Runway

Event · Minigame

A card game that looks like a race. You race prisoners, not troops — there are no troop types, ratios or hero skills in it. Playing cards gives you speed, and that’s the whole game.

Four of a kind gives the most speed per card; long straights give the biggest single boost. And never break up a pair of Jokers.

3

Races, one prisoner each — and each prisoner runs only once

15

Best possible total. Even last place scores points, so the lowest possible total is 3

5s

Wait time between card plays, no matter what you play

Scoring — four racers per race

Place	Points
1st	5
2nd	3
3rd	2
4th	1

Your final ranking is the total across all three races. Because fourth place still scores a point, there’s no reason to give up on a race you’re losing.

Prisoners — how many cards they can hold

Prisoner	Max cards in hand
Prisoner 1	10
Prisoner 2	9
Prisoner 3	8

Between races, everyone can hold up to 8 cards. During a race, your limit depends on your prisoner. You can’t draw past your limit.

Where cards come from

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You start race 1 with 8 cards.
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Draw 3 before you pick your prisoner for races 2 and 3.
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Draw 3 every time your prisoner reaches a Supply Point mid-race.
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Some cards have a skill that triggers as soon as you play them.

How a combination becomes speed

Every card you play speeds your prisoner up. The game calculates it like this:

speed = ( 145 × cards + 5 × rank total ) × combo bonus

The rank total is the card numbers added up — and Jokers count high (the Rhino Joker is 15, the Elephant Joker is 17). The combo bonus is the multiplier in the table below. The key point: every card adds a flat 145, so playing more cards is never wasted — the biggest single boosts come from the combinations that use the most cards.

Combinations — speed multiplier, sorted by number of cards used

Cards	Combination	Multiplier
1	Any single card	1.1×
2	Joker Bomb two Jokers	12×
2	Pair	1.5×
3	Three of a kind	3×
4	Four of a kind	6×
4	Two consecutive pairs	2.5×
4	Four-card straight	1.4×
5	Five-card straight	2.4×
6	Double triplets	5×
6	Three consecutive pairs	3.6×
6	Six-card straight	3.5×
7	Seven-card straight	3.9×
8	Eight-card straight	4.2×
8	Four consecutive pairs	4×
9	Nine-card straight	4.6×
10	Ten-card straight	5×

A Joker can replace any card to complete a combination — a Joker plus three 2s counts as four 2s. Two Jokers played together are the 12× Joker Bomb.

What the numbers tell you

1
Four of a kind is the most speed per card. A 6× bonus for just four cards — when you’re low on cards, nothing beats it.
2
Long straights give the biggest single boost. Their multiplier looks weak, but every card also adds a flat 145 — so a ten-card straight gives far more speed in one play than four of a kind. When the 5-second wait between plays is what slows you down (not a lack of cards), play big. (Avoid short four- and five-card straights: too few cards to add much, and too low a multiplier to matter.)
3
Never break up a pair of Jokers. A Joker can replace any card, and two together make the best two-card play in the game — worth far more than using them separately.

Best play at each hand size

Cards	Play this	Multiplier	Instead of
2	Joker Bomb	12×	Pair 1.5×
4	Four of a kind	6×	Two consecutive pairs 2.5× · four-card straight 1.4×
6	Double triplets	5×	Three consecutive pairs 3.6× · six-card straight 3.5×
8	Eight-card straight	4.2×	Four consecutive pairs 4×
3	Three of a kind	3×	—
1	Any single	1.1×	—

A bigger hand means bigger plays. Because every card adds a flat 145 to your speed, long straights are the biggest single plays in the game — and only Prisoner 1 (10-card limit) can hold a ten-card straight. When you’re short on cards, four of a kind is the best value; when you can hold more cards, long straights hit hardest.

Card skills — these trigger when played

Skill	What it does	When it is worth most
Forced Burden	Slows the leading opponent	When you’re in second place. Points come from where you finish, so slowing down first place is worth more than speeding yourself up.
Team Burden	Slows every opponent	When you are already leading and want to keep the gap.
Second Wind	Speeds your prisoner up briefly	When you can actually catch the racer ahead of you.
Victory Spirit	Blocks one enemy effect	When you’re in the lead — opponents can slow you down, and this blocks it once.
Double Draw	Draws 2 cards right away	Early, while you still have room in your hand.