Design Notes

October 17, 2026

Kathool Adept Class

You Cannot Resist

The waters on Lore seethe with power. Kathool Adept Class will rise soon... and you cannot resist. On October 23rd, heed Kathool's call and join his collective consciousness in order to obtain AQW's newest class (don't worry you'll still have free will).

Kathool Adept

Kathool Adept plays as both a farmer and a debuffer, with the gameplay revolving around applying Madness stacks to its opponents. The more Madness stacks the opponent has, the more effective its debuffs are. In the spirit of Kathool, you're essentially driving your opponents mad enough to the brink of insanity, eventually rendering them (for the most part) ineffective against you. At rank 10, you unlock the ability to spread Kathool's influence to your allies as well, increasing their defenses!

How to Unlock the Class

If you are at least level 80 and have completed the Voice in the Sea saga, speak to Kathool in /callofkathool and complete one of his two??? quests in order to become a Kathool Adept. The requirements for each quest are as follows:

Quest 1 Requirements

• Level 80
• Completion of the Voice in the Sea saga
• Rank 10 in the Fishing and Somnia factions

Plus the following armors:

• Ashray Villager Armor
• Undine Defence Director Armor
• Evacuation Protocol Suit
• Ashray Elf Warden
• Elven Heritage Guardian
• DeepWater Drow
• Midnight Glaucus Sage
• Kathool Acolyte

And last but not least:

• ???

Item adjustments

Class Details

Description: Recommended enhancement, Wizard. You could not resist, and neither will they.
Stat Model: Defensive Caster
Mana Regen: Kathool Adepts gain mana from all hits landed in combat, and especially on critical hits. The amount depends on damage relative to *their own* HP total.

Combat Skills

Nightmare Gaze
Rank needed: 1 / Default Attack
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 3
Type: 35% Magical as Physical
Range: Infinite
Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 2 seconds

Your opponent cannot resist your influence. Applies Madness to your target, reducing Crit Chance and Dodge by 10% + 0.8% per stack for 10 seconds, stacks to 50.

Each hit from this attack applies a stack of Nightmare to your target, which makes them more susceptible to your other debuffs so you'll want to stack it as quickly as possible!

Tentacle Slam
Rank needed: 1
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 3
Type: 50% - 150% Magical
Range: Infinite
Mana Cost: 7
Cooldown: 3 seconds

Summon a tentacle that slams down on your target. Applies Feeding, an HoT that increases your Damage Resistance by 5% for 10 seconds, stacks to 10. While you have 5 stacks of Feeding, gain Writhe, increasing Physical Resistance, Magical Resistance, and Healing Power by 25%.

Your sustenance skill, the more you use it, the stronger your defenses and healing become!

Tidal
Rank needed: 2
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 3
Type: 50% Magical
Range: Infinite
Mana Cost: 15
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Send forth a Tidal Wave that crashes into your target, dealing critical damage and applying Red Tide, reducing Damage Resistance by 10% + 1% per stack of Madness on them for 10 seconds.

A fairly standard multitarget skill that also applies a sizable defence debuff once Madness is stacked up enough!

Frenzied Feast
Rank needed: 3
Target: Self/Friendly
Max Targets: 1/7
Range: Infinite
Mana Cost: 25
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Manifest Tentacles from the Depths. If you have at least 5 Feeding stacks, they're consumed to apply Frenzied Feast, increasing Crit Damage and the damage of Tentacle Slam by 100%, and causing Nightmare Gaze to apply an additional stack of Madness. Lasts 5 seconds and stacks to 2. If you don't have Frenzied Feast, applies Bottom Feeder, doubling the number of Feeding stacks you gain and reducing Crit Damage by 200% for 3 seconds.

Surprise, this class summons a tentacle battle pet as well! This skill serves two purposes, consuming up to five of your Feeding stacks to stack Nightmare faster and increase your damage, or if you don't have enough Feeding stacks, lets you stack them quicker at the cost of a temporary crit damage debuff. 

Call of Kathool!
Rank needed: 5
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 3
Type: 50 - 550% Magical
Range: Infinite
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 18 seconds

Call upon the God of the Depths, dealing unavoidable critical damage and applying effects based on your target's Madness stacks:

• 5: You Cannot Resist, reducing Physical and Magical Resistance by 25%
• 20: Come Join, reducing Outgoing Damage and Haste by 50%
• 50: Endless Nightmare, a DoT and reducing Hit Chance by 100%

Effects last 15 seconds.

The more Mad your target is, the more debuffs they receive. Against certain enemies they won't be able to hit you at all once their Madness is maxed out!

Passive Skills

Risen
Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive

Endurance increased by 30% and Damage Resistance increased by 15%.

Lord of the Depths
Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive

Intellect and Hit Chance increased by 20%.

Symbiogenesis
Rank needed: 10
Type: Passive

Crit Chance increased by 25%. At 10 stacks of Feeding, applies Symbiogenesis, causing your next Frenzied Feast to share Writhe with your allies for 10 seconds.

Conclusion

Your enemies (and allies) cannot resist your influence. Spread Madness to your foes to make them susceptible to your effects, while also feeding off them to increase your own power, spread Madness quicker, and share your Kathoolian gifts with your allies.

Caveat Bellator: Kathool can be called upon at any time, but the more mad your opponent is, the more effective they become. So...

Are you ready to answer the call of Kathool?

Bug hai. Kadishtu 'aii. Wgah'nor. Athg.

Hrii.
Hrii.
Hrii.

October 16, 2026

18th Birthday Collection

Unlock event exclusice items in our 18th Birthday Collection

It's AQWorlds 18th birthday all month long! After last week's party in ShadowFall, we're continuing our descent into the shadows with this year's rare holiday sets: Safiria's Collection of Darkness!* Find Quibble's shop in Battleon now. Get all the gear event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins! 

Collection Details

If you're a collector, rare hunter, or fan of the Vampire Queen Safiria, don't miss this year's Royal Companion Collection Chest pet. 

What: the event rare gear collection contains over 80 items and unlocks an exclusive character page badge
When: Available through Friday, November 13th
Where: Talk to Quibble CoinBiter in Battleon
How: Get the full collection for 10,000 ACs or buy individual items from Quibble's Rares shop

Now Available

The 18th Birthday Collection Chest unlocks over 80 items. Right now, you can find the following items in Quibble's Shop and the Chest:

Collection Chest Companion Pet: Safiria's Collection of Darkness

Armor sets:

• Artix's Legacy & Battleworn Armor
• Lord of Demise
• Noire Tragique
• Screaming Spider Void Warrior
• ChaosWeaver Vaal
• Legendary Platinum Admiral**
• Aurum Admiral**

Featured Weapons + Capes:

• Demise Lord's Malevolent Star Blade
• Doomblade of the Fiend
• Vaal's Transcendence Blade
• Artix's Spirit Spear
• Corrupted Light of DOOM blade
• Demise Lord's Reaper Guardian cape

Pets + House Guests:

• Vampire Queen Companion Bank pet
• Demise Lord's Reaper house guest
• Artix vs the Undead animated house items

Still to Come...

• SoulWeaver Tomix armor set (book 3 variant)
• Arachnid Berserker armor set
• ArchGuardian armor set
• Misfortune Weaver armor set
• and more!

Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive pets, all of the gear contained inside the 18th Birthday Collection Chest shop will also be available to buy individually in Quibble's Event shop.

* Careful when you go to open the chest. The queen has been known to bite.
** These sets are also available in last month's Talk Like a Pirate Day collection. We announced they would be available in both as a special treat.

October 09, 2026

Birthday Party of DOOM

After 18 Years of Battle... You've Earned the Right to /PAAAAARTY!

Happy Birthday, Hero! Last year, Queen Victoria failed to invite Empress Gravelyn to your Royal Celebration in Swordhaven. (RUDE.) So THIS year she's throwing you a KILLER birthday party in ShadowFall.

HER Empire, HER rules.
Get to /FortressParty. NOW.

And enjoy yourself... Or else.

New Game Release

• Birthday Event: Party in ShadowFall
• Rewards: New drops in /CastleParty & /FortressParty
• Birthday Gift: Cysero's 500 free ACs quest
• Upgrade Bonus Pack: Hellbrand Knight set

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Double XP Boost
• Saturday: seasonal ShadowFall party decorations, plushie maces + house items drop from mobs in /fortressparty
• Sunday: even MORE seasonal ShadowFall party gifts drop from mobs in /fortressparty

Killer Party in ShadowFall

In the spirit of our 18th birthday, this year's rewards pay homage to light and dark, good and evil, and the old and new art styles. New drops are live in /CastleParty and UN-live in /FortressParty!

18th Birthday Gifts: Free ACs & OMG Update

The second week of 18th birthday gifts is INSANE! Free ACs, AQWorlds on Android (experimental client) and more!!

• Check out the full list of patch notes with Spider's changes here: List of OMG changes O_O
• Experimental Android Client download page

Log in and get ready to /PARTY!

Your 18th Birthday Free AC Gift is HERE!

Happy birthday, AdventureQuest Worlds heroes! Log in now and talk to Cysero in the /eventhub map. Complete his quest to get 500 free AdventureCoins! 

Read on to make sure you meet all the requirements, then log in to grab your gift! If you're eligible, you'll see the free ACs added right to your account.

How to get your free ACs

Your account must...

• Be level 20 or higher
• Have a confirmed email address* (Need help with this? See the guide here.)

The quest will be available until November 1, 2026.

* Having a confirmed email address helps if you ever need to contact Player Support. It confirms you're the account creator, which lets them assist you more quickly. 

18th Birthday Badge

This week's gifts keep coming with a character page badge: the Birthday Hero of DOOM!

How to unlock:

• Complete Zorbak's quest in /birthday
• ONLY available during our the 18th birthday event 
• Next week: unlock a wicked new event title!

Get 50% more AdventureCoins During our Holiday AC Bonus

Talk about a double birthday surprise! Normally, our Holiday AdventureCoin bonus doesn't begin until November, but we've been flooded with requests to start early. Get your /party on and get 50% more bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or membership package as we continue our 18th Birthday Celebration!

Game News & Patch Notes

Artix Calendar: see what's coming and what just released
Patch Notes & Balance Changes: notice something different in-game? See what changed  
Bug Fixes: check out the running list of fixed issues

October 09, 2026

Unlock the HellBrand Knight

Embrace the Rage, unlock the color-custom gear

Never underestimate how strong the flames of fury and dedication will burn. Get both color customizable sets in the Hellbrand Knight upgrade bonus pack when you buy any AdventureCoin or Membership package of $10 USD or more and unlock all 70 items and a character page badge.

Pack Details

Choose the Hellbrand Knight on the Account Manager page to unlock the items and badge. Then log in and find the set's shop in the Other Achievements tab in your Book of Lore.

The pack contains 70 items:

1) Consecrated & HellBrand Knight sets (regular variants)
2) Flameborne & Blazing HellBrand Knight sets (color-customizable regular variants)

Armors:

• Hellbrand Knight
• Consecrated Hellbrand Knight
• Flameborne Hellbrand Knight
• Blazing Hellbrand Knight
  

Helms:

• Ashen Desire Hairs & Locks (7)
• Hellbrand Knight helmets (6)
• Consecrated Knight helmets (6)
• Flameborne helmets (5)
• Blazing Hellbrand helmets (6)

Capes

• Sacrificial Knight's Cloak
• Consecrated Hellbrand Cloak
• Flameborne Sacrifice Cloak
• Sacrificial Embers Cloak

Weapons

• Scorched Axe series (4)
• Scorched Ardor Hammer series (4)
• Scorched Ardor Blade series (4)
• Scorched Claymore series (4)
• Scorched & Devoted dagger series(4)
• Scorched Sword & Shield series (6)

Upgrade Pack Bonuses

After you purchase an account upgrade, select a bonus set of your choice from a list of options in your Account Manager.

Buy a 40000 AC pack to unlock:

• One Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness token
• Unlock one Upgrade Bonus pack*
• x15 each of our Rep / XP / Gold / and Class Points Boosts
• x10 Wheel of Doom Fortune Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs!)
• and a character page badge

Buy a 12000 AC or 12 month Membership pack to unlock:

• Unlock one Upgrade Bonus pack 
• x7 each of our Rep / XP / Gold / and Class Points boosts
• x10 Wheel of Doom Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs!)
• and a character page badge

Buy a 2000 or 5000 AC pack or a 1, 3, or 6 month Membership pack to unlock:

• Unlock one Upgrade Bonus pack 
• 5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts
• and a character page badge

Boosts and Doom Tickets will be added directly to your inventory.

Support AQWorlds and Become a Legend!

Every October, we celebrate AdventureQuest Worlds’ birthday, and honor the heroes who help support the game by becoming Upholders. To show our appreciation, every Upholder instantly unlocks exclusive gifts, badges, an adventurezone, and more.

18th Upholder Dates & Details

Upholders are a core part of why we're able to create updates every week and can keep the game free to play. Become an 18th Upholder now to help keep AQWorlds growing and expanding!

There are two ways to unlock the 18th Upholder bonus:

1. Upgrade your AQW account with any membership during the month of October
2. Have an active membership that expires on or after 11:59 PM November 1st
   (If this is you... Grats! You are already a 18th Upholder!)

October 02, 2026

Happy 18th Birthday, Hero!

Log in for gifts, your /birthday party, and more!

This weekend, log in and get this /party started as we celebrate 18 years of legends, lore, and VICTORY! Find all our seasonal holiday and birthday maps in the Event Hub, plus a dark new boss and wicked rewards. 

This Weekend's Update

Birthday Event: Talk to NPCs, battle monsters, and unlock new rewards in /eventhub & /birthday
Holiday Event: Mogloween is back! /join Mystcraft to battle through our spookiest zone
BattleOn Coliseum: our October coliseum monsters are back with new seasonal & rare reward dropps
Quibble's Pirate Rares: 40+ new event items (final update)

Weekend Gift Drops

Saturday: Black Cat helms + Snowvers' birthday gifts drop from the boss in /DoomKitten
Sunday: A-DAWW-rable pup presents drop from the boss in /DoomKitten

The ShadowEater: Were-Boss Battle

The Tyrant King who ruled Swordhaven before Alteon despised the Vampires and Werewolves of Darkovia. To him, they were an infestation on the border of his Kingdom that needed to be exterminated. And what better way to get rid of pests than by sending in a predator designed to devour them?

But nature is famously hard to contain, and so... one of King Dethrix's deadliest legacies is a hybrid were-beast that's stalked his maze for years. Now YOU need to do what he couldn't: hunt it down and chain it upbefore it sinks its fangs into one of Swordhaven's elite.

/join DivorarePass to battle the beast and reap the rewards!

Dark Reward Hoard

It is common knowledge that the presence of Darkovian creatures is guaranteed to draw ShadowSlayers from far and near. If you're prefer rolling into battle dressed to kill, then this weekend's rewards will help you /slay. Literally.

Boss Drops

• Divorare Morph
• Divorare House Guard + House Guest
• Divorare Tail cape
• Divorare ShadowSlayer Cape
• Awakened Divorare's Hunger*
  

Merge Shop

• Chosen Divorare ShadowSlayer Armor
• Divorare ShadowSlayer Armor
• Divorare ShadowSlayer Morph**
• Divorare ShadowSlayer Scarf**
• Divorare ShadowSlayer Hat**
• Divorare's Hunger*
• Divorare's Pseudo-Talons
• Divorare's Pseudo-Claws

* Single + Dual-wield
** Male + Female variants

Mogloween Returns with Tricks & Treats for Halloween!

A sliver of moon rises in the darkening sky.... Shadows creep and fog rolls over the land. It can only mean one this... the haunted town of Mystcroft has reopened. Log in this weekend as all our seasonal Halloween zones, bosses, and rewards return. /join mystcroft to talk to the Cauldron Sisters to learn the lay of the land, then /join abbadoncave to battle a new boss born of old fears and inspired by the original Abbadon monster!

Our seasonal Mogloween events are back RIGHT NOW, but later this month, we'll bring you an all-new adventure. Like last year, you'll be able to enjoy trick-or-treating (and monster-beating) at other players' houses. (Time to clean and decorate your /house!)

Spooky Spectral Reward Gear

Even the soul of an underhanded coward can take on the form of a relentless beast if steeped in enough curses and anguish. Death becomes a new beginning. Battle Royce in /crescentmoon and collect his drops, then create color custom versions of the gear in Constantine's merge shop!

Boss Drops:

• Spectral Lycan armor
• Spectral Lycan accessories: 2 helms, 2 capes, 2 weapons
• Spectral Ground Flames (1% drop)
• WitchBlade armor (imported from OverSoul)
• Webbed Blade

Merge Shop: 8 color-customizable versions of the Spectral Lycan gear!

Candied Costume Merge Shop

Bubble (the cat) went on a candy binge and ate ALL of the ingredients Toil and Trouble saved for the Cauldron Sister's super-delicious Candy Batch Deluxe. If they find out, Bubble’s going to be turned into an animatronic, and I’ll have to help. Robots are the CREEPIEST things out there. Even worse than that Necromancer wannabe, Sally.

For helping Bubble (the Girl), you'll be able to pick up a cauldron full of new Mogloween costumes! Just keep completing quests to earn Bubble (the Cat)'s favorite candy, and she’ll let you choose your prizes.

Complete quests to earn the pieces of our seasonal sets:

• Super Scion Ninja
• Force Guardian
• Flesh Ripper
• Fairy Tale Wanderer
• Taco Day Costume gear
• Lady Vayle 

Getting a Head(less) Start on Halloween!

If you haven't joined us for this event before, Mogloween is the fall seasonal event where you Trick or BEAT your way through the spookiest, creepiest releases we've put out over the last fifteen years! 

Returning Mogloween zones this year:

• /mogloween
• /mogloweengrave
• /candyshop
• /voltabolt
• /candycorn
• /pie
• /asylum
• /franken
• /ultrafranken
• /poehub
• /crusher
• /cask
• /wyvern
• /necronaut
• /mystcroftforest
• /bloodmoon
• /chromafection
• /twigsarcade
• /zorbot
• /masquerade
• /that

Check out our Mogloween Event Guide to see all the maps, bosses, and quests waiting for you: Mogloween Guide. 

Game News & Patch Notes

Artix Calendar: see what's coming and what just released
Patch Notes & Balance Changes: notice something different in-game? See what changed  
Bug Fixes: check out the running list of fixed issues

October 02, 2026

18th Birthday Gift List

Celebrate with more spaces, free ACs, and some BIG surprises 

We've adventured together for 18 years... it's hard to believe, but it's all there, scribed into the Book of Lore! O_O 18 years is a CRAZY milestone for a videogame. That is almost two decades of stories, memories, chaos, and loot... and with the latest dragon's hoard we depleted, there's enough loot to give everyone on Lore a new gift every week in October! Log in now for the first of our 18th birthday gifts: FREE SPACES!

To celebrate, we're sharing even more gifts to help you keep playing, collecting, and storing all your treasures. Log in now to claim the first of your free gifts, and get ready, because even more surprises are on the way!

October 2: Free bank, inventory, house item spaces + buyable caps increased

October 9: 

• Android Test Client for AQWorlds (Experimental O_O)
• Massive inventory & UI update*
• 500 Free AC Gift**
• 18th Birthday character page badge

October 16: 

• 18th Birthday title for all players
• Permanent 10% Gold / XP / Rep / Class Points boost on Sir Ver
  (Stacks with other boosts)

October 23: 

• 3X Gold / XP / Rep / Class Points boost
• 18th Birthday Class + map 

October 30: ?????***

Now Available: Free Spaces!

We don't want you to miss out on any of the loot drops you deserve! That's why the first of this month's birthday gifts is... more free spaces!

The next time you log in, you'll receive:

• +25 free Bank Slots
• +10 free Bag Slots
• +10 free House Slots

We've increased the on each type, too! Starting tonight, you can buy up to:

• 900 Bank Slots
• 520 Bag Slots 
• 320 House Slots

Up Next: 500 Free ACs, AQW Android Test Client, and more

Next Friday, complete Cysero's quest to claim your 500 free AdventureCoins by October 31st.**

How to get your free ACs

Your account must...

• Be level 20 or higher
• Have a confirmed email address (Need help with this? See the guide here.)

Having a confirmed email address helps if you ever need to contact Player Support. It confirms you're the account creator, which lets them assist you more quickly. 

* Details redacted. Spoilers! - Alina
** Quest goes rare on Friday, November 1st.
*** What kind of gift could we have planned for a magical, mystical, Mogloween night, when heroes gather to go house-to-house playing tricks and collecting treats? 

Stay Up to Date

Stay up to date with new release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar and see what the latest Bug Fixes and Balance Changes are in their patch notes.