MLBB 10th Anniversary: How to Claim the Free Layla Collector Skin

Layla's second Collector skin becomes claimable for free on October 9, 2026, and unlike the other 10th Anniversary giveaways it is not tied to a battle pass or a login streak. It is earned through a dedicated mini-game, and test-server builds now show exactly how that mini-game feeds into the reward track. The short version: you need roughly 360 event points, the panel caps how many you can bank per day, and the fastest possible completion sits at around 14 days — which means a player who starts on release day and skips nothing still finishes right around the deadline window. Late starters are the ones at risk.

Two layers of information are covered below. The dates and claim methods come from Moonton's official announcements. The panel layouts, point thresholds and mini-game details come from Advance Server builds, Moonton's public test environment where events run one to two patches ahead of the live game. Test-server numbers routinely change before release, so treat that second layer as a preview rather than a specification.

The confirmed anniversary schedule

Three heroes have official free anniversary skins, and each uses a different claim route — which matters, because there is no single event page that hands you all three.

• Nana, Epic anniversary skin, free through the Anniversary Battle Pass, from September 9, 2026.
• Chou, special anniversary skin, free through the Anniversary Jigsaw Puzzle event, from September 18, 2026.
• Layla, her second Collector skin — the game's top cosmetic tier — free from October 9, 2026, earned by collecting exchange items in a mini-game.

Early October also lines up with a competitive break marked on the MPL Malaysia Season 18 calendar, which points to the celebration peaking around Layla's release rather than at the September kickoff. Practically, that gives you September to clear the easier Nana and Chou claims and October to focus on the grind that actually needs daily attention. If you want the full breakdown of confirmed dates versus what is still community speculation, our MLBB 10th Anniversary 2026 schedule guide covers it in detail.

How the event hub is laid out

On the test server, everything sits under one hub called Youth Festival, split into two panels that do not share progress. Knowing which panel does what saves you from grinding the wrong one.

A Decade of Legends: the nostalgia panel

This panel is a grid of 12 numbered slots that unlock in stages, fed by a Progress Rewards bar (shown at 9/23 in testing) and a linked Quest list. It is a collection track, not the skin track. Slots visible so far:

• No. 1 — Physical Album: a 10-year themed collectible occupying the largest slot on the board.
• No. 2 — Ten Years Together: a commemorative avatar frame.
• No. 3 — Personal 10-Year Recap: an in-client summary of your own account history.
• No. 4 — 10th Anniversary Title: an exclusive title carrying the anniversary mark.
• No. 5 — Veteran's Anthem: an audio and emote item aimed at returning players.
• No. 7 — Bloodlust Axe: a cosmetic nod to one of the game's long-running items.
• No. 6 and No. 8–12 — Memorabilia: still locked in testing, contents undisclosed.

Layla's Starlit Gala: the skin track

This is the panel that decides whether you get the skin. It runs as a point track with five checkpoints — 20, 100, 180, 260 and 360 — with the skin sitting at the far end and carrying a Free Skin tag, confirming it is not a Diamond purchase. The earlier checkpoints pay out hero fragments, tickets and event items, so there is something to collect even if you fall short of the top.

The line that matters most on this panel reads "obtainable in as little as 14 days." That phrasing only makes sense with a daily point cap, which means the track cannot be rushed in a single sitting no matter how well you play. Consistency decides the outcome here, not session length: a player logging in for fifteen minutes daily beats a player who grinds eight hours on day one and disappears.

Starfall Breaker: where the points come from

Points on the Starlit Gala track are earned in an arcade mini-game called Starfall Breaker, built as an endless dodge-and-shoot run rather than a MOBA match — so hero mastery and rank do not carry any advantage into it.

• You control Layla riding her weapon through a space corridor while magma-cracked asteroids stream toward you.
• You start with three lives, tracked as heart icons, alongside a countdown timer.
• Blue bubble pickups grant temporary weapons and effects.
• A limited-charge skill sits in the corner with a per-round counter, seen as 1/2 and 0/2 in testing, so it is a resource to spend rather than a cooldown to spam.
• High Score and Current Score display side by side throughout the run, so you always know how far you are from beating your own record.

Each round ends on a Detail screen reporting Match Points and Survival Time, stamped New Record when you beat your previous best. One recorded attempt jumped from 8,372 to 11,742 points at 2 minutes 49 seconds survived — a useful reference point, because it shows scores scaling with time alive rather than with kills. A Play Again button restarts immediately, which is what makes clearing a daily allowance quick.

How to score higher in Starfall Breaker

Because the score follows survival time, the optimal play style is more cautious than the game's presentation suggests.

• Treat survival as the scoring stat. Two to three clean minutes outperforms an aggressive run that ends early, every time.
• Only take power-ups on a safe line. Trading a life for one bubble is a losing exchange when lives are the run's real currency.
• Save the limited-charge skill for genuine emergencies, not for clearing an opening wave that is already easy to weave through.
• Hold a centre-left position. It buys the most reaction time against objects entering from the right.
• Spend your full daily allowance. With a per-day cap, a round skipped today cannot be recovered tomorrow — this is the single most common way players miss the 360 threshold.

What to prepare before October 9

Nothing here requires spending, and that is deliberate: the point track cannot be bought outright.

• Check your account level. Anniversary events commonly carry a minimum level requirement, and finding out on release day costs you grinding days you cannot get back.
• Block out the daily window. With a 14-day floor and a hard end date, missing three or four days can put 360 points out of reach entirely.
• Hold off on other Layla skin purchases if this Collector is the target, since community discussion around a possible anniversary Diamond promotion has not been confirmed through official channels.
• Ignore "skin generator" links. Event skins are only claimable through the in-game event panel, and no third party can deliver one.

If your Diamonds are earmarked for other cosmetics in the meantime, our walkthrough on unlocking the Wanwan Gingko's Grace skin covers a discounted route worth checking first. And if the anniversary period is also when you plan to climb, the current objective meta shifted this season — our breakdown of why Retribution changed the jungle maths explains what that means for rotations.

Questions players are asking

Is the skin genuinely free? Based on the event layout, yes. It sits at the end of a point track tagged Free Skin, and the points come from the mini-game and its missions. Diamonds typically buy optional support items or mission refreshes in events like this, not the reward itself.

Can late starters still finish the track? It gets difficult quickly. Between the daily cap and the 14-day floor, falling more than a few days behind leaves very little margin before the event closes.

Why does test-server footage look different from my client? Advance Server builds run ahead of the live game and use placeholder names and unfinished art. Final naming, point values and durations are set when the event reaches the live servers.

Will the skin be sold later? Collector skins are generally limited and are not freely resold after their event window, which is why a free claim period is usually the cheapest opportunity to own one.

Does skill in ranked help in the mini-game? No. Starfall Breaker is a self-contained arcade mode, so results depend on reflexes and daily consistency rather than hero pool or rank.

Get your account ready for the anniversary

The anniversary is essentially a trade of time for a Collector skin, and time is the one thing a busy October tends to take away. If you would rather not lose the track to a schedule gap:

• Browse Mobile Legends accounts from verified sellers if you want a collection that already carries rare skins.
• Hire Mobile Legends hourly services for event farming and daily mission clears during the busiest stretch.
• Order Mobile Legends boosting to hit your rank target before the anniversary eats your play sessions.
• Use Mobile Legends top up for Diamonds when the anniversary shop opens.

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