RWBY: Season 3

2015 · 12 episodes · ★ 10.0

Volume 3

What Season 3 of RWBY

Season three kicks off with the Vytal Festival Tournament, the great test of skill where the most powerful students in training across Remnant face off. Ruby, Weiss, Blake and Yang return to Beacon Academy and take on team ABRN on the first day of the fortieth edition. Alongside the new fighters, who arrive from different kingdoms to bring glory to their nations, are competitors chasing a much darker goal. As the battles fill the screen, shadows begin to move beneath the event's lights. Tensions between Ironwood, Ozpin and Qrow rise, and Ruby's family, along with the Schnee sisters, takes up much of the story.

12episodes

Oct 25, 2015aired

Feb 14, 2016last episode

3.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Round One
Oct 25, 2015 · 16 min
We open to Ruby giving her mother's monument the run down of the past two seasons and after a few reveals and lampshading the naming choice of the writers, Ruby is off. It's the first day of the 40th annual Vytal Festival Tournament and its team RWBY vs. team ABRN. But while this battle occurs, there are shadows beginning to stir under the light of this event.
Starring: Joel Heyman, Jessica Nigri, Ryan Haywood, Katie Newville
3x02 New Challengers...
Nov 1, 2015 · 14 min
It's Team JNPR vs. Team BRNZ and Team SSSN vs. Team NDGO.
Starring: Michael Jones, Joel Heyman, Ryan Haywood, Kerry Shawcross
3x03 It's Brawl in the Family
Nov 15, 2015 · 16 min
Starting the last episode ends, Ruby follows Weiss as she races across Vale to greet a woman who turns out to be Weiss's older sister, Winter. As the sisters begin their journey back to the school, they're interrupted when a drunkard picks a fight with Winter. He turns out to be Ruby's uncle, Qrow. Awesome fight and property damage ensue, until it's broken up when Ironwood shows up followed by Ozpin and Glynda.Later, Qrow, Ironwood, Glynda, and Ozpin have a meeting where a lot of harsh words ensue.
Starring: Shannon McCormick, Kathleen Zuelch, Jessica Nigri, Ryan Haywood
3x04 Lessons Learned
Nov 29, 2015 · 14 min
The first doubles match of the tournament puts Mercury and Emerald against Yatsuhashi and Coco. Later Qrow and Winter spend some quality time with their families.
Starring: Michael Jones, Joel Heyman, Ryan Haywood, Caiti Ward
3x05 Never Miss a Beat
Dec 6, 2015 · 12 min
Penny reveals to Ruby that she wants to remain at Beacon and mentions that she has a plan to make that happen.Yang and Weiss fight Team FNKI representatives, Flynt Coal and Neon Katt.Qrow and Ozpin discuss Ironwood's recent actions and Qrow asks Ozpin if he's chosen the "guardian" yet.
Starring: Joel Heyman, Shannon McCormick, Jessica Nigri, Taylor McNee
3x06 Fall
Dec 13, 2015 · 17 min
We open to Pyrrha getting her world rocked as Ozpin and co. tell her the secret history of Remnant. Later we start the opening of the singles matches with Yang vs. Mercury.
Starring: Joel Heyman, Shannon McCormick, Kathleen Zuelch, Ryan Haywood
3x07 Beginning of the End
Jan 3, 2016 · 16 min
The episode gives a glimpse into the past about Cinder's motivations, how she recruits Emerald and Mercury, how she connected with the White Fang, and how she managed to steal the Fall Maiden's power. We also cut back to the present to see the immediate aftermath of what happened after Yang's victory against Mercury in the tournament.
Starring: Joel Heyman, Gray Haddock, Jessica Nigri, Jen Brown
3x08 Destiny
Jan 10, 2016 · 16 min
Team RWBY rally around Yang when Ironwood tells her she's been disqualified then Qrow and Yang discuss Yang's mother. Jaune and Pyrrha have a heart-to-heart which distresses Pyrrha due to her confusion about Ozpin's offer. The next fight is confirmed to be Penny versus Pyrrha while Ruby finds herself confronting Mercury, who is supposed to be on his way back to Haven.
Starring: Joel Heyman, Ryan Haywood, Caiti Ward, Jason Rose
3x09 PvP
Jan 17, 2016 · 11 min
Mercury fights Ruby to prevent her interfering with Penny and Pyrrha's fight. The tournament match ends in disaster and Cinder hijacks the airwaves with a grim message for the world's audience.Roman and Neo sabotage the Atlesian military ships while the Grimm and the White Fang begin their attack on Vale.
Starring: Michael Jones, Joel Heyman, Shannon McCormick, Gray Haddock
3x10 Battle of Beacon
Jan 31, 2016 · 16 min
War breaks out with battles occurring on the tournament field, the city and the school. Formerly adversarial tournament teams unite to fight the Grimm together while Ruby goes after a rogue airship that has turned on the rest of the fleet. Cinder's virus makes things worse by turning the robotic Atlesian army against both the city and its defenders.And then the Grimm Dragon appears...
Starring: Michael Jones, Joel Heyman, Gray Haddock, Kathleen Zuelch
3x11 Heroes and Monsters
Feb 7, 2016 · 17 min
On the airship, Ruby fights Roman and Neo while Ironwood joins Glynda and Qrow on the battlefield below. The students fight Atlesian Paladins while Blake confronts Adam in the school's cafeteria, leading to a showdown between Yang and Adam.Meanwhile, in the secret vault, Ozpin, Jaune and Pyrrha attempt to transfer Amber's Aura to Pyrrha... and Cinder shows up.
Starring: Michael Jones, Shannon McCormick, Gray Haddock, Jessica Nigri
3x12 End of the Beginning Season Finale
Feb 14, 2016 · 27 min
While Oobleck and Port oversee the evacuation, Ruby and Weiss hunt for the missing Jaune and Pyrrha.At Beacon Tower, Cinder appears to defeat Ozpin so Pyrrha fights her alone to try and save the tower. Ruby's arrival just in time to see the end of the fight triggers a mysterious power she didn't know she had.The episode ends with Ruby deciding to travel to Haven in search of answers.
Starring: Michael Jones, Joel Heyman, Jessica Nigri, Jen Brown