NBA Infinite Season 3's release date has arrived, with new content and new patch notes to improve the experience. Overall, between new seasonal content, limited time epic players, a new lucky chest feature, and more, there's a lot to look forward too. Additionally, the developers compiled a huge list of patch notes that details a lot of important info. Therefore, we listed everything below for your convenience.

NBA Infinite Season 3 Release Date

The NBA Infinite Season 3 Release Date is June 13th, 2024. Overall, we can expect to see new seasonal content. However, Season 3 also adds a new lucky chest feature, as well as a new daily sign-in event for new players.

Firstly, NBA Infinite Season 3 adds a new MVP pass, which offers tons of free rewards. However, players can also pay for the Advanced or Premium Pass, which offers even more content. Overall, the Premium Pass comes with the most content, letting you earn rewards from the Free and Advanced Passes. Additionally, you receive more Diamonds as well as some limited time and even exclusive content.

Overall, the NBA Infinite Season 3 MVP Pass rewards include:

Free Pass

  • 540,000 Gold
  • 500 Diamonds
  • 10x Team Infinite Tickets
  • 36x Advanced Skill Manuals

Advanced Pass

  • All rewards in the Free Pass
  • 8,800 Diamonds
  • 25x Team Infinite Tickets
  • 78x Advanced Skill Manuals
  • MVP Pass S3 Exclusive Title
  • Boomer Mascot from Indiana Pacers
  • Casual Verdant Shirt and Shorts
  • Classic Trainers
  • MVP Pass Advanced Cycle Pack

Premium Pass

  • All rewards in the Advanced Pass
  • 8,800 Diamonds
  • MVP Pass S3 Exclusive Avatar Frame
  • Instant access to the new seasonal outfits (time-limited)
  • 20 MVP Pass level boost
  • +30% Weekly Mission Experience

Secondly, NBA Infinite Season 3 will let players add Anthony Edwards to their lineup during a limited time Epic player event. From June 13th-19th, you can earn one of the best players in the game.

Furthermore, NBA Infinite Season 3 adds a new Lucky Chest Mechanic. Once the player reaches level 10, they'll earn rewards based on their performance. While the patch notes below explain the drop rates in better detail, there are three main rules you need to know about Lucky Chests:

1. Chests come in three grades: Rare, Epic, and Legendary, with countdowns of 6, 12, and 24 hours respectively.
2. Opening Chests can yield items such as Gold, Diamonds, Skill Manuals, and Hoop Draft Tickets.
3. Players can obtain Chest Keys by purchasing them from the NBA Store.

Additionally, NBA Infinite is adding a new daily login event for new players who created an account on June 13th. In addition to the daily login rewards, new players can get their hands on:

  • R5 Anthony Edwards Trial Card
  • Star-Studded Ticket x 2

Lastly, with the NBA Infinite Season 3 Release Date comes the new Showdown with RJ Barrett. This new event comes with three total stages of content.

  • The first stage is a series of in-game challenges you can complete from June 10th to June 14th
  • The second stage lets you play with your Favorite Creators on June 17 @ 5 PM PT / 8 PM ET. The top 2 teams advance to Stage 3.
  • Stage 3 is the Showdown with RJ Barrett event, which takes place on June 24 @ 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET. Overall, the first place team plays with Barett, while the 2nd place team goes against him

NBA Infinite Season 3 Patch Notes

New Feature: Lucky Chests

Players at level 10 or above can unlock the new Lucky Chests feature. Once unlocked, players can obtain Chests by meeting drop conditions through completed games. Players can either wait for the countdown to end to open the Chest or use corresponding Keys to open them instantly.

Lucky Chest Rules

  •  Chests come in three grades: Rare, Epic, and Legendary, with countdowns of 6, 12, and 24 hours respectively.
  • Opening Chests can yield items such as Gold, Diamonds, Skill Manuals, and Hoop Draft Tickets.
  • Players can obtain Chest Keys by purchasing them from the NBA Store.

Drop Conditions and Drop Rates

  • Win 3 Games Daily: 60% Rare Chest, 30% Epic Chest, 10% Legendary Chest
  • Win 5 Games Daily: 30% Rare Chest, 40% Epic Chest, 30% Legendary Chest
  • Win 8 Games Daily: 20% Rare Chest, 20% Epic Chest, 60% Legendary Chest
  • Win 10 Games Daily: 100% Legendary Chest
  • Every 5 Wins After the First 10 Wins: 30% Rare Chest, 40% Epic Chest, 30% Legendary Chest
  • Every 10 Wins After the First 10 Wins: 100% Legendary Chest

Players can obtain up to 5 Rare Chests, 3 Epic Chests, and 3 Legendary Chests per day and up to 30 Rare Chests, 15 Epic Chests, and 15 Legendary Chests per week. Additionally, the maximum stock of Chests in the inventory is capped at 120 Rare Chests, 50 Epic Chests, and 50 Legendary Chests.

Chest Drop Rates By Rarity

Rare Chest

  • 22%: 10 Diamonds
  • 21%: 1,500 Gold
  • 20%: 15 Diamonds
  • 10%: 2,000 Gold
  • 10%: 3,000 Gold
  • 10%: 1x Skill Manual
  • 5%: 1x Team Infinite Ticket
  • 1%: 5,000 Gold
  • 1%: 20 Diamonds

Epic Chest

  • 20%: 50 Diamonds
  • 19.5%: 10,000 Gold
  • 10%: 80 Diamonds
  • 10%: 15,000 Gold
  • 10%: 1x Skill Manual
  • 8%: 1x Team Infinite Ticket
  • 5%: 100 Diamonds
  • 5%: 20,000 Gold
  • 5%: 2x Skill Manuals
  • 2.5%: 200 Diamonds
  • 2%: 30,000 Gold
  • 2%: 1x Star-Studded Pool Ticket
  • 1%: 50,000 Gold

Legendary Chest

  • 10%: 30,000 Gold
  • 10%: 40,000 Gold
  • 10%: 50,000 Gold
  • 10%: 50 Diamonds
  • 10%: 100 Diamonds
  • 10%: 1x Team Infinite Ticket
  • 9%: 2x Premium Skill Manual
  • 5%: 80,000 Gold
  • 5%: 150 Diamonds
  • 5%: 2x Team Infinite Ticket
  • 5%: 3x Premium Skill Manual
  • 3%: 5x Premium Skill Manual
  • 3%: 1x Game Changer Pool Ticket
  • 2%: 200 Diamonds
  • 2%: 300 Diamonds
  • 1%: 100,000 Gold

New Content: Season 3 MVP Pass

  • Removed the daily MVP Pass tasks and replaced them with weekly MVP Pass tasks that unlock over time.
    • Furthermore, the tasks will also be more diverse.
    • Additionally, the weekly tasks will unlock every Thursday server time and any unfinished tasks can still be completed within the current MVP Pass period.
  • Overall, simplified the conditions for seasonal challenge tasks and increased the experience points given for each challenge task.

Season Reset – 3v3 and Dynasty ranks will be reset when Season 3 begins. Furthermore, we have adjusted players’ initial ranks based on their rank from the previous season.

  • Rookie I/II/III, Reserve I/II/III, and Role Player II/III ranks are unchanged
  • Role Player I and Starter III/IV/V → Role Player II
  • Starter I/II → Role Player I
  • Star V → Starter V
  • Star II/III/IV → Starter IV
  • Star I and All-Star V → Starter II
  • All-Star I/II/III/IV → Starter I
  • Superstar IV/V → Star V
  • Superstar I/II/III → Star IV
  • Legend 1-24 → Star II
  • Legend 25-49 → Star I
  • Hall of Fame → All-Star V

New Event: Daily Login Events for New and Returning Players

  • New exclusive cumulative login events for new players (registered after 1:00 AM PT on June 13) and returning players.
    • Furthermore, during the event period, you can receive Epic and Legendary trial Player Cards as well as Diamonds, Gold, Hoop Draft tickets, rank protection cards, and other cumulative in-game resources just by logging into the game.

Feature Optimization: Mission System – After June 17 at 1:00 AM PT, weekly task-related content will be removed and the experience required for each level of task rewards will be reduced from 500 XP/level to 120 XP/level. Additionally, the overall rewards system cap remains at Level 60. Lastly, upon reaching this level, players can unlock active packs, Gold, Diamonds, and other in-game resources.

Mission Rewards List

  • Levels 1-9: 1x Basic Activity Pack
  • Level 10: 2x Medium Activity Pack and 10,000 Gold
  • Levels 11-19: 1x Basic Activity Pack
  • Level 20: 2x Medium Activity Packs and 20,000 Gold
  • Levels 21-29: 2x Basic Activity Packs
  • Level 30: 3x Medium Activity Packs, 10,000 Gold, and 100x Diamonds
  • Levels 31-39: 2x Basic Activity Packs
  • Level 40: 1x Popular Player Pack
  • Levels 41-49: 3x Basic Activity Packs
  • Level 50: 1x Advanced Activity Pack, 40,000 Gold, and 200x Diamonds
  • Levels 51-59: 3x Basic Activity Packs
  • Level 60: 2x Advanced Activity Packs, 50,000 Gold, and 300x Diamonds

Feature Optimization: Team Infinite Missions – Team Infinite missions will be updated after June 13 at 1:00 AM PT. After the update, players can claim the daily reward by completing 5 missions instead of 6.

Hoop Draft and Card Pool Adjustments – The changes in this section will go live in-game on June 13 at 1:00 AM PT.

Hoop Draft New Rules

  • Updated Drop Items: There will be an update to the items dropped from the in-game Hoop Draft card pool. After the update, all new packs will include a chance to drop not only player cards but also Gold. For specific reward drop rates, please refer to the display information for each pack in the game.
  • Season 3 Card Pools and Tickets: The Season 3 card pools will require Season 3 tickets for draws. Season 2 tickets will no longer be redeemable after the Season 2 card pools are removed on June 26 at 1:00 AM PT.
  • Season 2 Tickets Available for Exchange: 1:1 exchanges from the Season 2 tickets to Season 3 tickets will be available in the NBA Store’s exchange screen. Tickets available for exchange include Team Infinite Tickets, Star-Studded Tickets, Game Changers Tickets, and Cover Classic Tickets. Cover Classic Tickets can be exchanged for Limited-Time Epic Player Tickets. Season 2 tickets will always be able to be exchanged for Season 3 tickets.
  • Increased Purchase Limit: The weekly purchase limit for Star-Studded Tickets will be increased to 50.

Limited-Time Epic Card Pool – A wishlisted Epic Card is now guaranteed every 60 draws.

Card Pool Rotation Schedule Adjustment – The card pool update frequency will decrease from twice a week to once a week, alternating between Epic Player and Game Changer.

Article Continues Below

Star-Studded Pool Adjustment

  • After the update, the guaranteed draw rules for the Star-Studded pool will change from one guaranteed random Legendary Card every 30 draws to one guaranteed Epic or Legendary Card every 15 draws with an equal 50% chance for both.
  • The mechanism that guaranteed an Epic Card every 20 draws has been removed.
  • Starting in Season 3, the price of Star-Studded Tickets will be reduced from 200 Diamonds to 180 Diamonds.

Game Changers Pool Adjustment

  • The mechanism that guaranteed an Epic Card every 10 draws has been removed.
  • If a Limited-Time Legendary Card does not drop after 90 draws, it will then be guaranteed.

Balance-Related Adjustments

3-Point Pull-Up Pro

  • Level 3: Increased additional open 3PT FG% increase when attributes are met from 5% to 4%.
  • Level 5: Decreased additional open 3PT FG% increase when attributes are met from 10% to 8%.

Tough Shot Finisher – This skill is changing from a single FG% chance to a split chance for Mid-Range and 3PT FG%.

  • Level 1: 4% FG% → 6% Mid-Range FG% and 4% 3PT FG%
  • Level 2: 8% FG% → 9% Mid-Range FG% and 6% 3PT FG%
  • Level 3: 12% FG% → 15% Mid-Range FG% and 10% 3PT FG%
  • Level 4: 16% FG% → 18% Mid-Range FG% and 12% 3PT FG%
  • Level 5: 20% FG% → 24% Mid-Range FG% and 16% 3PT FG%

Off-Screen Shooter – This skill is changing FG% chances at all five levels.

  • Level 1: Increased Mid-Range FG% to 3%.
  • Level 2: Increased Mid-Range FG% to 6%.
  • Level 3: Increased Mid-Range FG% to 9%.
  • Level 4: Increased Mid-Range FG% to 12%, decreased 3PT FG% to 8%.
  • Level 5: Increased Mid-Range FG% to 15%, decreased 3PT FG% to 10%.

Player Balance Adjustments

Jayson Tatum:

  • Reduced initial Strength attribute from 654 to 630.
  • Reduced initial 3-Pointer attribute from 734 to 710.
  • Increased initial Mid-Range attribute 573 to 583.
  • Reduced the maximum level for the 3-Point Pull-Up Pro skill from Level 5 to Level 4 with unlock levels at R1/R2/R5/R6.
  • Increased the Strength attribute required to trigger the Exclusive Skill effect from 100/75/40 to 100/85/60.
  • Increased Shot Contest Resistance from 7%/10%/25% to 8%/10%/15% in the Exclusive Skill effect.
  • Reduced the strength bonus from 50/100/230 to 50/75/125 and reduced the open 3PT FG% bonus from 5%/10%/15% to 5%/8%/12% in the Dominance Skill effect.

Anthony Davis

  • Slightly reduced Defense Movement Speed.
  • Slightly reduced Breakaway Speed.
  • Decreased the bonus for Off-Ball Movement Speed within 5m of the basket from 0.2m/0.3m/0.4m to 0.2m/0.25m/0.3m in Exclusive Skill effect.
  • Decreased the bonus for Defense Movement Speed within 5m of the basket from 0.2m/0.3m/0.4m to 0.2m/0.25m/0.3m in Exclusive Skill effect.

Paul George

  • Reduced initial 3-Pointer attribute from 686 to 663.
  • Reduced initial defense attribute from 702 to 687.
  • Slightly reduced the Defense Movement Speed.
  • Slightly reduced the Off-Ball Movement Speed.
  • Reduced the maximum level for the Shifty Master skill from Level 4 to Level 3 with unlock levels at R1/R3/R5.
  • Reduced the maximum level for the Unlimited Range skill from Level 3 to Level 1 with unlock level at R5.
  • Reduced the maximum level for the 3-Point Pull-up Pro skill from Level 4 to Level 3 with unlock levels at R3/R5/R7

Karl Anthony Towns

  • Slightly reduced Movement Speed.
  • Reduced the maximum level for the 3-Point Pull-Up Pro skill from level 4 to level 2 with unlock levels at R3/R6.

Kyrie Irving

  • Increased the maximum level for the Giant Slayer skill from Level 4 to Level 5 with unlock levels at R1/R2/R4/R5/R7.
  • Added a Level 2 for the Steal Specialist skill with unlock levels at R3/R5.

Luka Dončić

  • Increased initial 3-Pointer attribute from 687 to 702.
  • Increased the maximum level for the Clutch Shooter skill from Level 4 to Level 5 with unlock levels at R2/R3/R5/R6/R7.

Nikola Jokić

  • Increased initial Mid-Range attributes from 509 to 557.
  • Increased the maximum level for the Glue Hands skill from Level 2 to Level 3 with unlock levels at R3/R5/R7.

Jaylen Brown

  • Increased initial Steal attribute from 388 to 438.
  • Increased the maximum level of Clutch Shooter skill from Level 3 to Level 4 with unlock levels at R3/R5/R6/R7.

Jrue Holiday

  • Increased initial Steal attribute from 725 to 734.
  • Increased initial Strength attribute from 313 to 566.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the shooting special effects changed position after the latest update, making it impossible to change equipment.
  • Fixed an issue where the scoreboard was not displayed.
  • Fixed an issue where Team Infinite tasks could not be completed.
  • Fixed an issue of jumbled text in chat in multiple languages.
  • Fixed an issue where monthly card rewards were not received after renewing a monthly card.
  • Fixed an issue preventing corresponding players from being traded in the Player Market due to holding trial players from Clubs.
  • Fixed an issue where candidate opponents appeared repeatedly in the Hoop Hustle mode.
  • Fixed an issue where releasing skills during a dead ball situation would cause AI to freeze in the Hoop Hustle mode.
  • Fixed several localization issues.

Overall, that wraps up everything you need to know about the NBA Infinite Season 3 Release Date. If you're new to the game, check out our beginner's guide on how the game works. Furthermore, always check to see if there are any new redeemable locker codes.

Lastly, for more gaming and NBA news, visit ClutchPoints. Furthermore, subscribe to our gaming newsletter for more weekly info. Overall