Free Fire NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Event: Dates and Grand Prize

The NARUTO SHIPPUDEN collaboration in Free Fire, called Chapter One: Nine Tails Strikes, runs from September 16 to October 15, 2026. It brings Nine Tails back into Battle Royale, adds Hinata Hyuga as a playable character and offers one grand prize that players choose from two bundles. The Free Fire official article gives no time zone for those dates, so the exact cutoff should be checked in the game itself.

What the collaboration brings back

The event returns players to the Hidden Leaf Village, which now includes a Ninja Academy. According to the official article, an interaction at Naruto's swing gives players extra buffs, and a hidden interaction in the event interface is tied to Hinata. Hinata Hyuga is the new character, and the Hinata Bundle is her first appearance in Free Fire.

The OB55 patch notes say the collaboration content reaches both Battle Royale and Clash Squad. The notes do not give a separate schedule for each mode, so both should be checked in the game.

The same patch notes also list four new weapons, the M7, Skorp, RPK and Hawk. According to the notes, the Clash Squad weapons arrive with the next Clash Squad season on October 1, while Battle Royale sales of some of the new weapons begin in early October. The notes give no time zone for either date, and "early October" is not a specific day. Those weapons are separate from the collaboration, but they land in the same weeks, so players who plan their spending around the event should keep both dates in view.

Nine Tails and the new skills

Nine Tails can appear during matches in the Bermuda event. The official article says the creature can be drawn in by targeting the aircraft, the arsenal or the ground. The article also describes a new skill, Sharingan: Control, which lets a player briefly command Nine Tails over a chosen area. The article does not say how players obtain that skill, so do not plan around it until the in-game skill list confirms it.

A second new skill, 8 Trigrams Palm Rotation, is a Ninjutsu that creates a rotating defensive barrier and repels incoming attacks. It joins six returning Ninjutsu skills, according to the same article.

The grand prize and what is still open

The official article calls this the first Pick-One Grand Prize in Free Fire. Players unlock it by completing missions, then choose either the Jiraiya Bundle or the Hinata Bundle. Only one bundle can be taken, so the choice matters if you want the Hinata content specifically.

The article does not list the mission requirements, and it does not explain how to earn the themed cosmetics or the other event rewards. Those details may be in the in-game mission screen, but this guide has not seen them, so treat any claim about cosmetic rewards from other sites as unconfirmed.

Regional availability is also missing from the official article. It lists regional language sites but does not say whether every region gets the same event on the same schedule.

Planning the last days

With five days left in the event, the practical step is to open the in-game mission list before spending time on other modes. The article does not list the missions, so the in-game mission screen is the place to check what the grand prize requires. Because the official article gives no time zone, use the in-game countdown as the reference for the end of the event.

The collaboration article is the best place to watch for any change to dates or rewards, and the two official YouTube uploads linked in this guide show the trailer and a Nine Tails clip. Neither upload replaces the article as a source for dates. If the two sources ever disagree, the article and the in-game countdown should be treated as the reference, and the video should be treated as promotional.

For a comparable mobile battle royale collab that runs into late October, read the PUBG Mobile One-Punch Man guide. For the game itself, see the Free Fire rewards page.

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