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September 20, 2019

New Talk Like a Pirate Day Rare Gear

Find over 150 rare holiday items in Quibble's Shop + Collection Chest

Friday the 13th and Talk Like a Pirate Day are two of our most popular holiday events in AQWorlds. Every year, Quibble Coinbiter returns with new doom or pirate-themed gear from the past, present, and future for heroes who don't ask too many questions about where their loot came from. This year, to celebrate the double holiday, we have enough naval and pirate sets to crew a warship!

Starting tonight, talk to Quibble Coinbiter in Battleon to find his Cursed Collection Chest, containing over 150 rare holiday items! This week, we've added four additional sets:

• Abyssal Naval Commander (with clickable shoulder/belt)
• xXGothicXx Pirate Captain 
• Crimson Naval Commander
• Crimson Captain + Crewmember

Plus, last week's gear is still available!

• Pyromancer + Abyssal Flame Naval Commanders 
• 13th Naval + Pirate Captain
• Underworld Naval Commander (with an Undead Legion exclusive set) 
• Kitsune Commander 

If you've already purchased the Cursed Collection chest, the new gear will be automatically added to your chest.

Available Until October 7th

All of this year's Quibble's Friday the 13th x Talk Like a Pirate Day rare items will be available individually from his shop in Battleon until the event leaves on Monday, October 7th, or you can unlock all 150+ items from the Cursed Collection Chest.

• Abyssal Naval Commander
• xXGothicXx Pirate Captain
• Crimson Naval Commander
• Crimson Captain + Crewmember
• Abyssal Orb pet (w/ quests for additional set accessories)
• Crimson Cutlass pet (w/ quests for additional set accessories)
• Abyssal Flame Naval Commander set
• Pyroclastic Naval Commander set
• 13th Naval Commander set
• 13th Pirate Captain set
• Kitsune Commander set (with color-custom trim)
• Underworld Pirate Caster set
• 2 bank pets: Abyssal and Pyroclastic Quibble pets
• Underworld Pirate Caster Pet (w/ quest for even more set accessories)
• and more!

The Legion Pirate Caster pet is also available in the Undead Legion Merge Shop for 5,000 Legion Tokens. It unlocks a quest for the exclusive Legion Lieutenant armor set (plus the other drops the Underworld Pirate Caster pet has).

Cursed Collection Chest: Unlock all 150+ items

Rare collectors, take note! The Cursed Collection Chest will be available for 10,000 ACs and contains ALL of Quibble Coinbiter's 2019 Friday the 13th x Talk Like a Pirate Day rare items (over 44,000 ACs worth of gear). This magic chest comes from the very depths of the dark sea, and has over 150+ items from all of Quibble's rare sets.

Cursed Collection Chest pet: 10,000 ACs

• 8 Naval Commander armor sets
• 3 Pirate Captain armor sets
• Crimson Captain + Crewmember set
• 100+ accessories and weapons 
• 3 pets with quests for additional accessories
• 2 Bank pets: Abyssal and Pyroclastic Quibble pets
• Unlucky Parrot of DOOM Pet w/ quest for exclusive character page badge

This is a BOATLOAD of loot, but for you collectors (and would-be denizens of the sea) out there, the Cursed Collection treasure chest will overflow! 

YARRR! Read on for important information

A few important tips to remember:

• All of this year's double-holiday event rare items will be available individually from Quibble's shop in Battleon until the event leaves on October 7th.
• In order to prevent shop abuse, the Cursed Collection Chest, pets with quests, and Unlucky Parrot of DOOM Pet cannot be sold.

September 20, 2019

Beware the Sea Witch's Cuse

Join us for the finale of our Friday the 13th X Talk Like a Pirate Day event!

AHOY! The paranormal storm begun last week on Friday the 13th has only gotten fiercer. After exploring the wreckage of his sunken ship, you and Aurelio Voltaire discover his candy-loving companion, Hargoyle, has fallen prey to... The Curse of the Sea Witch! This weekend, log in and battle through a ghostly pirate ship to rescue Candy Claws and recover their lost treasure! 

If you thought Friday the 13 superstitions were scary, prepare yourself, because what you're about to face will have your hook hands shaking and your peg legs knocking! 

/join ghostship to continue your cursed holiday adventure and...

• Battle alongside Aurelio Voltaire through a ghostly pirate ship to rescue Candy Claws
• Fight monsters to get 36 MORE event-exclusive reward drops
• Rock out to killer tunes as you take down spooky sailors and sea wraiths
• Face down the curse of the Sea Witch as you fight to survive 
• Escape with your life... if you can...

Event reward drops include the seasonal Oeanic Treasure Hunter set, the DeckMaster and DeckHand set, a boss-themed armor set, pirate accessories, and more!

Aurelio Voltaire Returns for Friday the 13th!

Aurelio Voltaire is the maker of music, films, books, comics, toys and... mayhem. He has appeared in almost ALL of the AQWorlds Friday the 13th events... and has become a fan-favorite for our players (not to mention beloved by goths, trekkies, and music-lovers in general). If you aren't familiar with his music or other works, you should check his site out here. This weekend, he returns to to rock out with your favorite sea chanties. This month's event also features She's Glowing, a track from his 2019 album, What Are the Oddz.

In addition to being an incredible artist, he's a downright amazing person to work with, and we're incredibly grateful for the time and energy he spent helping us with the release. (Especially since a few email gremlins sent most of his messages to our spam boxes! O_O) On behalf of the entire AQWorlds team, we want to thank Aurelio Voltaire for being a part of this special event! 

September 17, 2019

In Memory of Saiacosta

Dear AdventureQuest Worlds players...

It is with our deepest regret that we write to inform you that rising star guest artist Saiacosta was killed alongside several of his family members earlier this month.

Earlier today, we received rumors of his tragic passing. We were deeply concerned because we had not heard from him since late August. Our community is very close and as you know, word travels fast. We posted a tweet which led to a response from his friends, which included a link to this news article.

What is so terrible about this is that Sai was so young and so talented. We first saw his art several years ago, as he shared it on Twitter. We’ve watched his talent grow over time until, earlier this year, we were so impressed with his skill, that we began working with him. 

For those who did not know him personally or in-game, you may remember when his first set - the Hanzo Void - finally released in-game back in January of this year. His latest sets - the Pyromancer and Underworld Naval Commanders -  released this past Friday; he built them last year and was so excited for them to be available for everyone. Unfortunately, he never got to see how many of our community members were able to enjoy his work.

This is one of the most terrible events our community has faced. It is important for us to bind together at this time and be supportive of one another, perhaps moreso now than ever. The best way to honor the memory of someone who has fallen while achieving their dreams is to follow your own. Do not wait. Take action, right now. 

We are waiting to hear back from the family, to see what we can do to help. In the meantime, we are reaching out to the community artists who worked with his so closely. We will create an in-game item, available for everyone, to honor his memory and commemorate his contributions to the game.

UPDATE: 

Though we discovered this heartbreaking new yesterday, the events had transpired at the beginning of the month. The funeral passed. We reached out to the family; they have been overwhelmed by your support and kind words. 

None of us can imagine what going through this is like. So we took the best and only action that we could. On behalf of you and the team, we sent a monetary gift to the family taken from the proceeds of this year's Talk Like a Pirate Day shop. The family never asked for this, but it is the least we could to help ease their incredible burden.

I am very proud of this community and how we've come together to handle this very serious, sad event. 

September 13, 2019

Double Holiday Collection Chest

Quibble Coinbiter + the Cursed Collection Chest

Friday the 13th and Talk Like a Pirate Day are two of our most popular holiday events in AQWorlds. Every year, Quibble Coinbiter returns with new doom or pirate-themed gear from the past, present, and future for heroes who don't ask too many questions about where their loot came from. This year, to celebrate the double holiday, we have enough naval and pirate sets to crew a warship!

All of this year's Quibble's Friday the 13th x Talk Like a Pirate Day rare items will be available individually from his shop in Battleon until the event leaves on Monday, October 7th, or you can unlock all 130+ items from the Cursed Collection Chest.

• Abyssal Flame Naval Commander set
• Pyroclastic Naval Commander set
• 13th Naval Commander set
• 13th Pirate Captain set
• Kitsune Commander set (with color-custom trim)
• Underworld Pirate Caster set
• 2 bank pets: Abyssal and Pyroclastic Quibble pets
• Underworld Pirate Caster Pet (w/ quest for even more set accessories)
• and more!

The Legion Pirate Caster pet is also available in the Undead Legion Merge Shop for 5,000 Legion Tokens. It unlocks a quest for the exclusive Legion Lieutenant armor set (plus the other drops the Underworld Pirate Caster pet has).

Cursed Collection Chest: Unlock all 130+ items

Rare collectors, take note! The Cursed Collection Chest will be available for 10,000 ACs and contains ALL of Quibble Coinbiter's 2019 Friday the 13th x Talk Like a Pirate Day rare items (over 42,000 ACs worth of gear). This magic chest comes from the very depths of the dark sea, and has over 130+ items from all of Quibble's rare sets.

Cursed Collection Chest pet: 10,000 ACs

• 6 Naval Commander armor sets
• 2 Pirate Captain armor sets
• 100+ accessories and weapons 
• 2 Bank pets: Abyssal and Pyroclastic Quibble pets
• Unlucky Parrot of DOOM Pet w/ quest for exclusive character page badge

This is a BOATLOAD of loot, but for you collectors (and would-be denizens of the sea) out there, the Cursed Collection treasure chest will overflow! And even MORE gear will be added to Quibble's Shop and the Cursed Collection Chest next week, including:

• Gothic XXX Pirate Captain
• Nulgath Naval Commander (including an updated design for 2019 by guest artist, Noire)
• Dage's crimson captain and crewmember (an AQ3D set translated into 2D by guest artist, Lae)
• The "soon to be named" Naval Commander

YARRR! Read on for important information

A few important tips to remember:

• All of this year's double-holiday event rare items will be available individually from Quibble's shop in Battleon until the event leaves at the end of September.
• More gear will be added to the chest during the second week of the event. If you buy the chest, you will automatically unlock the new gear.
• In order to prevent shop abuse, the Cursed Collection Chest and Unlucky Parrot of DOOM Pets cannot be sold.

September 13, 2019

This Weekend: Special Double Holiday Guest Event

Two weeks of Friday the 13th AND Talk Like a Pirate Day start tonight!

YARRRRR! Friday the 13th is making landfall RIGHT NOW! Back in 2012, Aurelio Voltaire sailed to Pirate’s Bay, but his ship sunk just off the coast. The wreckage has lain at the bottom of the sea, undisturbed (?!), ever since... and so has the treasure it carried. His candy-loving companion, Hargoyle, set off to recover it, and hasn't been seen since. This year, log in and battle through a sunken pirate ship alongside Aurelio Voltaire in our double holiday event: the Sea Witch's Curse! 

You think Friday the 13 superstitions are scary? Just wait until you battle these bloodthirsty sea monsters—THEN you’ll know the true definition of scary! And brace yourself… because the Wicked Item of Donated Awesomeness is live in the Wheel of Doom Merge Shop!

This weekend, /join merrowtrench to begin a cursed underwater adventure and...

• Battle alongside Aurelio Voltaire through a sunken pirate as you search for Candy Claws
• Fight monsters to get 36 event-exclusive reward drops
• Rock out to killer tunes as you take down the waterlogged merdraconian pirates 
• Defeat a boss so heartless that mermaids can barely whisper in her presence
• Escape with your life... if you can...
• How lucky—you can play through all previous Friday the 13th events!*

Event reward drops include the seasonal Cursed DeckStalker set, the rare Doomed DeckStalker set, the Waterlogged Zombie armor, a boss-themed armor set, unlucky 13th pirate accessories, and the Cursed Guitar of DOOM!

Aurelio Voltaire Returns for Friday the 13th!

Aurelio Voltaire is the maker of music, films, books, comics, toys and... mayhem. He has appeared in almost ALL of the AQWorlds Friday the 13th events... and has become a fan-favorite for our players (not to mention beloved by goths, trekkies, and music-lovers in general). If you aren't familiar with his music or other works, you should check his site out here.

In addition to being an incredible artist, he's a downright amazing person to work with, and we're incredibly grateful for the time and energy he spent helping us with the release. (Especially since a few email gremlins sent most of his messages to our spam boxes! O_O) On behalf of the entire AQWorlds team, we want to thank Aurelio Voltaire for being a part of this special event! 

Wheel of Doom Update: Wicked Item of Donated Awesomeness

Last week, we talked about some upcoming changes to the Wheel of Doom, to make how Treasure Potion drops work clearer. 

Live this week: 

• We added 200 free Treasure Potions to your account if you spun the Wheel between April 26th and September 6th, as our way of apologizing for any issues related to the Monster Priestess set's double release
• Replaced the Platinum Item of Donated Awesomeness (max stack: x5 items) with the Wicked Item of Donated Awesomeness. The new item will allow you to claim as many IoDA items (you can only have 1 in your inventory at a time, but each time you redeem it, you'll be able to get another.)

Still to come: 

• Updates to the in-game information on Treasure Potions (when they drop, how many, and why) to clear up some confusion*
• Separating out the Wheel of Doom Merge Shop exclusive items into a separate shop so it is easier to see which items have Merge Shop and Wheel drop variants

Check this post for more information on the Wicked Item of Donated Awesomeness.

PS: the Underworld Berry Mug has been added to Dage X Faith's Wedding Rares shop!

* The seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day event maps, items, and class will arrive next Friday, September 20th.

** Treasure Potions are dropping as intended, but after reading many of your messages, we see that the information in-game could be clearer and will update it to be more explanatory.

September 13, 2019

Final Weekend: Get up to 50% more FREE ACs

Back to School AC Bonus: September 1 - 16th

Our Back to School AC bonus is now available and runs through Monday, September 16th. Get up to 50% more free AdventureCoins! (That is 6,000 more free ACs with the 12,000 AC package!) 

If you're excited about our upcoming Talk Like a Pirate Day and the 11th anniversary events - or the rare gear they'll bring - this is the best time to stock up!

The bigger the AC package you buy, the more free AdventureCoins you'll get!

12,000 AC pack: 6,000 extra ACs (50% more ACs)

5,000 AC pack: 2,000 extra ACs (40% more ACs)

2,000 AC pack: 500 extra ACs (25% more ACs)

900 AC pack: 100 extra ACs (11% more ACs)

Note: bonus AdventureCoins are only available with AdventureCoin packages. The special bonus offer does not apply to membership packages.