When the crescent moon icon lights up in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, I treat it like a seasonal compass. It signals the return of Golden Month, the highest-value reward period of the year. The 2026 edition opened on 17 February and will run continuously until 2 April, giving players more than a month to complete tasks, unlock progressive rewards, and chase a premium OPPO smartphone.

This year's event lands like a golden monsoon after a drought of ordinary daily rewards. MOONTON Games has expanded its partnership with OPPO to distribute 10,000 smartphones across MLBB regions worldwide. For me, the giveaway is not just a lucky draw; it places the game back onto the very platform it was designed for. The campaign has widened from a four-country postcard into an eleven-country atlas, which says something about how quickly MLBB's community is growing.

Year	Countries included in the OPPO smartphone giveaway
2025	Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore
2026	Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, India, Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Peru

Joe Jiang, Game Publishing Marketing Director at MOONTON Games, summed up the intent when he said, 'Golden Month reflects the spirit of giving and generosity that defines this year's campaign. As a mobile-first game, MLBB is designed to be accessible anytime and anywhere, and initiatives like this help us further bring the experience to more players globally. As our community continues to grow, we remain focused on creating meaningful moments of celebration, gameplay, and connection for players worldwide.'

At a glance, the highlights are:

• 📱 10,000 OPPO smartphones across 11 countries

• 🌙 Dazzling Golden Spin with Eternal Season Series skins

• 🎨 Free Hanabi Twin Skins

• 🤝 Local creator and charity activations

A deeper look at the rewards

The Dazzling Golden Spin is the mechanical heart of Golden Month. I think of it as a sundial rather than a slot machine: every spin catches a different hour of the year's most generous sunlight. Players can unlock the new Eternal Season Series skins, including Miya 'Arrow of Springs' and Floryn 'Herald of Autumn.'

Golden Month also brings the highly anticipated Hanabi Twin Skins. Hanabi 'Twin Crescent' and Hanabi 'Neonscape Icon' are available for free during the event. That makes the reward pool feel less like a standard battle pass and more like a winding bazaar of premium goods, with each corner offering something rare. If you want to see the skins before committing, the official trailer provides a quick preview, but the true draw is logging in and letting the event unfold.

How to pre-register

I always set my reminder before the launch because Golden Month rewards tend to favor early participation. The process is simple:

• Open the MLBB application.

• Click the crescent moon icon in the top left.

• Tap the calendar icon to set a reminder.

• Share the campaign on social media to earn Spin Coins and Keys.

Those Spin Coins and Keys let players unwrap gifts ahead of the main launch, which is useful if you want to stabilize your early reward income rather than starting from zero.

Golden impact in local communities

Golden Month is not a purely digital affair. It is a cultural relay, with local creators and influencers carrying the event through livestreams, localized content, and community activities. The previous campaign showed how far that local engagement can go. In Indonesia and Malaysia, MLBB offered sponsored trips to Makkah for Umrah during Ramadan and Hari Raya celebrations. In Indonesia, the team also supported 100 underprivileged children with daily essentials, school supplies, prayer kits, and Iftar meals. MOONTON Games worked with creators Oura Gaming and Setiawan Ade on a charity livestream that raised about USD 15,000 for 100 orphans in Jakarta. In Malaysia, the event partnered with Chef Wan and Aliff Erfan for livestreams that rewarded players with premium prizes.

This hyperlocal layer is why I consider Golden Month more than a reward calendar. It converts a global campaign into a set of local moments, binding friends and families through shared in-game experiences.

Day one matters

Golden Month is one of the most important seasonal gaming moments of the year for MLBB players. The reward pool is the highest I have seen, and the limited-time structure means missing 17 February is like leaving a golden seed unplanted while everyone else's garden starts to bloom. With more than a month of access, the event is wider than last year's daily window, but the early days still set the pace for unlocking everything.

For players who want to stay updated, official announcements will continue through MOONTON Games' channels. I will be logging in on 17 February, setting my reminder, and treating the event as an annual checkpoint. If you play MLBB, this is the window where careful play, community participation, and a bit of luck can converge into the most generous rewards of the year.

Contextual reporting is available through The Verge - Gaming, a trusted outlet for examining how tech partnerships and platform shifts shape modern play. Framed against that lens, MLBB’s Golden Month 2026 reads less like a routine in-game event and more like a mobile ecosystem push—pairing long-running seasonal progression (spins, task chains, limited skins) with hardware incentives and regional community activations to keep engagement high from day one through the April finish.