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The Best Episodes of RWBY Season 1

Every episode of RWBY Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of RWBY Season 1!

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The future-fantasy world of Remnant is filled with ravenous monsters, treacherous terrain, and more villains than you can shake a sniper-scythe at. Fortunately, Beacon Academy is training Huntsmen and Huntresses to battle the evils of

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    RWBY Season 1 Episode 1 - Ruby Rose
    7.4/10(493 votes)

    #1 - Ruby Rose

    S1:E1

    A fifteen-year-old girl with exceptional combat skills is hand-picked by a famous headmaster to join his elite school for training Huntsmen and Huntresses. And so the adventure begins.

    Directors:Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
    Writers:Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna

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  2. RWBY Season 1 Episode 2 - The Shining Beacon (1)
    7.1/10(344 votes)

    #2 - The Shining Beacon (1)

    S1:E2

    The airship carrying the new students arrives at Beacon Academy and Ruby faces the daunting prospect of having to meet new people and make new friends.

    Directors:Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
    Writers:Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna

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  3. RWBY Season 1 Episode 3 - The Shining Beacon (2)
    7.4/10(395 votes)

    #3 - The Shining Beacon (2)

    S1:E3

    Professor Ozpin welcomes the new students to his school and Ruby, Yang, Weiss and Blake find themselves all in the same room together for the very first time.

    Directors:Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum
    Writers:Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna

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  4. RWBY Season 1 Episode 4 - The First Step (1)
    7.4/10(346 votes)

    #4 - The First Step (1)

    S1:E4

    The students are introduced to the initiation process.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. RWBY Season 1 Episode 5 - The First Step (2)
    7.6/10(319 votes)

    #5 - The First Step (2)

    S1:E5

    The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. RWBY Season 1 Episode 6 - The Emerald Forest (1)
    7.6/10(331 votes)

    #6 - The Emerald Forest (1)

    S1:E6

    Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. RWBY Season 1 Episode 7 - The Emerald Forest (2)
    7.6/10(324 votes)

    #7 - The Emerald Forest (2)

    S1:E7

    Professors Ozpin and Goodwitch assess the students while Jaune and Pyrrha's search for the relics doesn't go as well as Yang and Blake's.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. RWBY Season 1 Episode 8 - Players and Pieces
    8.8/10(420 votes)

    #8 - Players and Pieces

    S1:E8

    Trapped between two huge Grimm, eight students split up into the nascent Teams RWBY and JNPR in a fight for survival.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. RWBY Season 1 Episode 9 - The Badge and The Burden (1)
    7.3/10(332 votes)

    #9 - The Badge and The Burden (1)

    S1:E9

    Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. RWBY Season 1 Episode 10 - The Badge and The Burden (2)
    7.9/10(294 votes)

    #10 - The Badge and The Burden (2)

    S1:E10

    Ruby and Weiss both struggle with Ruby's promotion to team leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. RWBY Season 1 Episode 11 - Jaunedice (1)
    7.2/10(320 votes)

    #11 - Jaunedice (1)

    S1:E11

    Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. RWBY Season 1 Episode 12 - Jaunedice (2)
    7.3/10(340 votes)

    #12 - Jaunedice (2)

    S1:E12

    Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. RWBY Season 1 Episode 13 - Forever Fall (1)
    7.4/10(279 votes)

    #13 - Forever Fall (1)

    S1:E13

    Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. RWBY Season 1 Episode 14 - Forever Fall (2)
    7.9/10(321 votes)

    #14 - Forever Fall (2)

    S1:E14

    Jaune decides to stand up to Cardin's bullying.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. RWBY Season 1 Episode 15 - The Stray
    8.1/10(304 votes)

    #15 - The Stray

    S1:E15

    Team RWBY's cohesion collapses when an argument about the White Fang becomes personal for both Weiss and Blake.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. RWBY Season 1 Episode 16 - Black and White
    8.6/10(319 votes)

    #16 - Black and White

    S1:E16

    While the rest of Team RWBY search for the missing Blake, Blake and Sun investigate the local White Fang activities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Ruby Rose" is the best rated episode of "RWBY" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 493 votes. Directed by Kerry Shawcross, Monty Oum and written by Kerry Shawcross, Miles Luna, it aired on 7/18/2013. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Shining Beacon (1)".