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January 17, 2020

Treasures of the Djinn Guardian

Log in and celebrate Crulon's Birthday!

Crulon is one of the guardians of the Djinn Realm... and also one of AQWorlds top item artists. He celebrated his real-life birthday earlier this month, and to share in the joy he felt, he’s created a host of new treasures for you! This weekend, log in and battle to find 12 elemental keys; find them all and the rewards are yours!

Plus, log in this weekend and find…

New gear in Nulgath’s Birthday Shop/Collection
New ArchFiend farming reward sets
Permanent gallery shops added in /artistalley for item artist, Crulon, and map artist, Arlette

More Adventures in the Djinn Realm

Being a Djinn Guardian, you come across a LOT of mystical chests. Last year, Crulon found one locked with three magical seals. Decipher his riddles, locate the monsters, and fight to get the seals you need.

Talk to him in /djinn to begin his quests. Complete his Seal of Approval quest and to collect the pieces of the Serpent Knight gear. Find his Sandsea Enchanter set in his birthday shop or the Featured Gear shop in your game menu.

Real Life Quest: Wish him a happy birthday on Twitter!

Crulon, Guardian of the Djinn Realm, summons you!

Long ago, the Guardians of the Djinn Realm fought - and defeated - a powerful evil. But now, the seal binding Gedoz the Malignant has been shattered, and the Realm is once more under attack. Quest to recover the Guardians’ weapons and answer Crulon’s call to battle!

Djinn Realm Guardian Armor Sets

After you complete the story, battle to create the Djinn Realm Guardian armor sets shown below! Talk to Crulon to begin his Unseen Essences farming quest. There is a 10% chance to get the merge item resources from the quest, and an additional chance to get even more from each monster you kill!

Artist Alley Showcase: 2020 Edition

You cannot make a game without art! And some of the most talented artists I have ever met make (or have made) gear for you in AdventureQuest Worlds. We wanted to recognize their talent by giving each of them a space in-game to craft gear that they felt most showed who they are as artists. So /artistalley was born! The shops in our Featured Artist Alley contain gear by individual AQW team and community artists.

This weekend, /join artistalley to meet them and see all of the items they've crafted escpecially for you! We found Crulon, Arlette, Lae, Darkon, Kotaru, Dage the Evil, J6, Ghost, and many of our other artists when they began playing our games, just like you and all of the artists featured this weekend.

This weekend's artist alley update features:

Crulon, Item Artist Extraordinaire
Arlette, J6's landscape/map background apprentice

And if you're new to Artist Alley, don't miss the shops by our other artists:

Aegis, Aranx, and Arklen
Blade, Dage, and Diozz
Ghost, Hizu, J6, and Jemini
Memet, Mido, and Nulgath
Roroth, Solrac, and Veneeria
Vokun and Zoshi
Lae, Tyronius, Kotaro
Bido, Ferozakh, PP2, and Hikari

Tags: Alina,

January 13, 2020

AQWorlds Patch Notes

Check the list of bug fixes to see what the team has addressed

Reens, Cemaros and the AQW Bug Hunter team are busy squashing the bugs you submit each week to the Bug Tracker at www.Artix.com/bugs.

Please do not send non-release bugs on Twitter. They will get lost. Make sure you send bug report forms!

Check back weekly to see if the bug you reported has been addressed. Please remember that not all bugs are "easy fixes" so some reported and confirmed bugs from each week may not be on the fixed list as they will require more time or a different person to fix them.

If you would like to know how the reports go from you to fixed, check this page:
http://www.aq.com/lore/guides/BugReportFAQ

Bug Fixes:

Cutscene at /darksun typo fixed.
Robina has been lectured about flirting and has agreed to stop winking at folks in the Infernal Invasion travel map.
Crested TideWalker's Wrap can now be bought in the collection chest.

A few items had to be removed from from Yulgar’s Dual Wield Shop. The Dual Wield and Dual Wield Drop Off shops now match for items in them.

Blade of the Fallen
Destiny Dragon Blade
Grimlord Blade of Nulgath
Legion Flesh Ripper
Oblivion Blade of Nulgath
Ragnarok
Sanguine
Soul Ripper
WarpForce Black Beamsword
Golden Flintlock Pistol
J6 Wedding Shotgun
Legion Vampire Scythe
Soul Harvester Spear
Vampwing

Tags: Patch Notes, Cemaros,

January 13, 2020

2019 Honorable Hero Rewards

Log in to get your Honorable Hero Prize

As a way of saying "thanks!" to the AQWorlds heroes who did not get muted or banned in 2018, and as an incentive to keep following the rules in 2020, we are awarding players who helped keep AQWorlds a positive, fun, and family-friendly game!

What's an honorable hero, you ask? Good question! They are what true in-game heroes and role models are, and we want to reward them for a year's worth of good behavior... with 500 FREE AdventureCoins and a character page badge!

Starting today, if your hero account meets the following requirements:

Did not receive a 24 hour or longer in-game mute or ban in 2019
Not currently disabled
Logged in between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2019
Level 11 or higher
Created your account before January 1st, 2020

You'll get 500 AdventureCoins and a character page badge on your next daily login (automatic awards are added the first time you log in for the day).

When will I get my prize?

The fastest, easiest way to get you your rewards is to automatically give them to you the next time you log in after the daily server reset. Servers reset at midnight EST. So if you are logging into AQWorlds for the first time today, you'll see your award. If you already logged into the game today, you'll get your rewards when you log in tomorrow.

Tags: Alina,

January 10, 2020

Nulgath's Birthday Shop + Collection

Unlock 60+ rare items in Nulgath's Birthday Collection

Nulgath the ArchFiend’s birthday celebration is this weekend, and we want everyone to get in on the /party! Join us as we bring back his seasonal birthday gear and a new shop FULL of wicked rare items! And for all you real-life rare hunters, the first-ever Nulgath Collection Chest is here! Get all of the event rare gear, including bank pets, 8 armor sets, and a rare character page badge for 10,000 ACs! (Over 20,000 ACs worth of gear)

This week, Nulgath's Collection Chest unlocks over 45 items, including:

Nulgath's Larvae Gift Pet (with a quest for the exclusive character page badge)
Nulgath's Fiendish Gift Bank Pet
Trascendent of Tercessuinotlim armor set
Dragon Tamer of Tercessuinotlim armor set
HypeFiend of Nulgath armor set
Underworld Heretic armor set
Void TideWalker armor set

Next week, the rest of Nulgath's Birthday rare gear will be added to your chest:

Jolly Void Pirate armor set
OverSoul Paladin armor set (with and without shield variants)
Evolved Legacy of Nulgath armor set

Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive pets, all of the gear contained inside the Frostval Collection chest will also be available to buy individually in Nulgath's birthday shop.

Rare Farming sets

Next week, several additional farming sets will be added as we continue celebrating Nulgath's birthday! The following sets will be available in Nulgath's Birthday Rares Shop / collection chest OR by completing Nulgath's quests (so if you've been stocking up on your Diamonds and other resources... get ready)!

Evolved Legacy of Nulgath armor set
Transcendent of Tercessuinotlim armor set
Void Cowboy armor set
Hypefiend of Nulgath armor set*

* This armor set was accidentally left off of the list last week. The chest/shop variants will receive boosts to the existing set. (edited 14 jan 20)

Tags: Alina,

January 10, 2020

Nulgath's Birthday Returns

New Birthday Rares, Farming Rewards, and a new Story!

Nulgath the ArchFiend, lord of the OverSoul, has gathered around him many followers, creatures, and allies over the centuries. This weekend, as we celebrate Nulgath’s birthday once more, log in and battle to uncover more information about one of his mysteriously silently minions, the sentient Rock Beast known only as… Crag.

Talk to Bamboozle in /cragglerock to begin your quest. Collect special gems for his best boulder bud to earn the special gear that only a powered-up Crag can create.

Complete Bamboozle's quests to reawaken (or at least... partially /heal) Crag to collect stones for his merge shop and to rank up the new CraggleRock faction.

And if you're a true member of Nulgath's Nation, you'll want to find Lae in the /tercessuinotlim zone! He's got a bounty of new gear for you... IF you can pay his price. All crafted by Yo Lae for members of Nulgath's Nation to celebrate the ArchFiend's birthday!

Nulgath's Seasonal Birthday Shop Returns

Last year, in honor of the Flame Dragon Invasion, we brought 1Nulgath's Void Rebirth and Void Awakening sets from OverSoul into AQWorlds. These sets will return every year for his birthday, as our way of helping all his fans celebrate!

Nulgath's seasonal Birthday Shop features:

Void Rebirth armor set
Void Awakening armor set
Shielded variants of both armors
Nulgath's Bounty Hunter Drone Pet (with two quests)
Nulgath's Birthday Gift Pet (with one quest)

Next week, even more gear will be added to celebrate Nulgath's birthday, including the Void Jolly Roger set, the OverSoul Paladin, the Void Cowboy, and more!

Not sure who Nulgath is? Read on!

Nulgath the ArchFiend is the in-game persona for Nulgath-the-team-member, one of AQWorlds' original artists. Though he no longer works regularly for Artix Entertainment, his art style (prevalent in early AQW and featured in Oversoul) and the character itself remain hugely popular with many of our long-time heroes. To recognize their dedication and enjoyment, we hold an event in-game each year to celebrate the character and give them a hefty dose of the gear they love.

Honorable Hero 2020 moved to next week

It has been a CRAZY week! Reens (the dev in charge of weekly releases, item set-up, and testing) set up over 150 items sent in by our artists, updated 11 in-game maps, and set-up 24 quests... Her gift to Nulgath's Nation and the ArchFiend himself is a mighty one. Now, all that's left is for you to enjoy it!

But because of just how huge this week was, to keep the team sane, we've shifted the Honorable Hero 2019 awards to next week.

Tags: Alina,

January 03, 2020

It's Time to Bring in the New Year

But the Spirit of 2019 is NOT READY to let go

The Chrono-Phoenix is a part-organic, part-mechanical creature created to track the cyclical death and re-birth of the year. But its gears are going haywire, and if you don't help Lucca the Chronomancer fix it, 2020 might NEVER arrive!

Once you finish battling the 2020 Ball monster in our /newyear map, head to /chronophoenix to begin our new New Year event!

Help Lucca the Chronomancer extinguish the rampant Chrono Phoenix flames
Stabilize the rift in spacetime
Defeat rogue Chrono Assistants
Battle the Spirit of 2019 and the ChronoPhoenix itself!

Our Featured New Year Gear: Monster Drops + Holiday Shops

We have 32 (!!!) new holiday monster drops ready and waiting for you this weekend! Plus, find 31 more RARE holiday items in our Featured Gear and New Year's shops, only available until January 31st!