Volume 1
2013 · 16 episodes · 2h 6m in all · 6.7/10
A young hero, an exalted heiress, a troubled rogue, and a party girl- These are the four members of RWBY, a team brought together and trained for the sole purpose of combating the rampant evils that plague the fantastic world of Remnant. If these four girls want to graduate Beacon Academy they'll have to learn to work together both on the battlefield and in the classroom.

Episodes

1. Ruby Rose
18 Jul 2013 · 12 min · 7.0/10
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.

2. The Shining Beacon (1)
25 Jul 2013 · 6 min · 6.0/10
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.

3. The Shining Beacon (2)
1 Aug 2013 · 6 min · 7.5/10
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.

4. The First Step (1)
8 Aug 2013 · 8 min · 7.0/10
The students are introduced to the initiation process.

5. The First Step (2)
15 Aug 2013 · 5 min · 7.0/10
The pairing of Ruby and Weiss gets off to a rocky start.

6. The Emerald Forest (1)
22 Aug 2013 · 7 min · 7.0/10
Yang teams up with Blake to fight Ursae while Pyrrha explains the concept of Aura to Jaune.

7. The Emerald Forest (2)
29 Aug 2013 · 5 min · 6.0/10
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.

8. Players and Pieces
5 Sept 2013 · 14 min · 8.0/10
Trapped between two huge Grimm, eight students split up into the nascent Teams RWBY and JNPR in a fight for survival.

9. The Badge and The Burden (1)
12 Sept 2013 · 6 min · 6.0/10
Team RWBY faces its first task together: creating bunk beds.

10. The Badge and The Burden (2)
19 Sept 2013 · 7 min · 6.0/10
Ruby and Weiss both struggle with Ruby's promotion to team leader.

11. Jaunedice (1)
26 Sept 2013 · 5 min · 6.5/10
Jaune struggles with combat lessons while Cardin makes a name for himself as a bully.

12. Jaunedice (2)
3 Oct 2013 · 7 min
Pyrrha offers to help Jaune with his combat lessons, but it doesn't go well.

13. Forever Fall (1)
10 Oct 2013 · 6 min
Team JNPR is disquieted by the amount of time Jaune is spending with Cardin.

14. Forever Fall (2)
17 Oct 2013 · 6 min · 6.0/10
Jaune decides to stand up to Cardin's bullying.

15. The Stray
31 Oct 2013 · 11 min · 6.5/10
Team RWBY's cohesion collapses when an argument about the White Fang becomes personal for both Weiss and Blake.

16. Black and White
7 Nov 2013 · 15 min
While the rest of Team RWBY search for the missing Blake, Blake and Sun investigate the local White Fang activities.
RWBY Volume 1: quick answers
How many episodes are in RWBY Volume 1?
Volume 1 of RWBY has 16 episodes, about 2 hours in total.
When did RWBY Volume 1 come out?
Volume 1 premiered on 18 Jul 2013.