Design Notes

November 26, 2021

Now available: Dark Holiday 2021 Gear

The darkest gear of the year is here!

Our Dark Holiday 2021 Collection, featuring a backpack FULL of new Black Friday rares, is now available in Battleon! Find dark variants of your favorite gear arrive, plus all-new sets created just for this shop. The seasonal Black Friday gear also returns. Read on for more information about the gear you'll find in the shop this weekend!

Dark Holiday 2021 Collection Chest: Unlock 175+ items

Rare collectors, take note! The Dark Holiday 2021 Collection Chest -- with all of the new seasonal and rare event items -- will be available for 10,000 ACs and contains ALL of the Dark Holiday 2021 rare + new seasonal shop items (over 50,000 ACs worth of gear).

Dark Holiday 2021 Collection Chest contains:

Dage the Obsidian armor, helm, cape, sword
Cyber J6 armor + helm
Dark Celestial Avenger armor, helms, capes, and weapons
Shadowed Gothika armor
Onyx Dragon of Time
Rose Warrior Coif
Enchanted Obsidian and Cyber Frostreaver blades
Dark Gothic Casket Mace
Dark Celestial Guardian armor
Obsidian T-421 armor
Dark Apocalyptic Conqueror's armor and helms
Onyx Mage Robes and Cowl
Onyx Vampire of Nulgath armor + helm
Onyx ZombieSlayer armor
Shadow's Costume
Shadow Witch + Warlock armor + helms
Royal Legion Vampire, Enchanted Shadow Vampire, Rosy Legion Vampire sets
Onyx Drone Pet
Dark Avenger's axes + Reaver
Onyx Monarch of Monsters armor + helms
Black Blood Fiend of Nulgath
Obsidian Halo of Nulgath
Onyx Wings of Nulgath
Shadow Leeches of Nulgath
Darkfiend Backblades of Nulgath
Dark Fangs of Nulgath
Obsidian Fury armor, helms, cape, and blade*
Neon Sage and Void of Revontheus
Onyx Shinobi armor, helms, capes, weapons
Shadow Vordred Armor + Sword
Shadowed Drow Helm
Shadow Ripper + Miasma Blades
Cyber Dread Paladin + Saw Variant
Dark McLuck armor + helm
Arata Gamer Gear armor, helms, capes, weapons
DeathWealker and Cloaked DeathWalker armor, helms, capes, weapons
plus more gear to come on Cyber Monday!

* If you purchased the Golden Fury upgrade pack, you will find these variants for free in your Book of Lore badge shop.

Undead Legion Token Merge:

Shadowed Legion Vampire armor
Shadowed Legion Vampire helm
Shadowed Legion Vampire bats

These items are available for Legion Tokens in the Undead Legion Merge shop, and will go rare on December 10th, 2021.

Dark Holiday 2021 drops from the BOGO DRONE Prime in /blackfridaywar:

Onyx Masquerade armor, helms, and fan (seasonal)
Chocolate Cake Helm + Pink Cake Helm (rare)
Rose Glasses and Rose Hunting Hood helms (seasonal)
Shadow Demonhunter + Demonhuntress Horns (rare)
Shadow Vordred Helm (seasonal)

Read on for important information

A few important tips to remember:

All of this year's event rare items are available individually from the Black Friday Shop in your game menu until the event leaves December 10th.
The Hollowborn Collection Chest is a seasonal item and will not be included in the Dark Holiday Collection Chest.
In order to prevent shop abuse, the Dark Holiday 2021 Collection Chest and DeadM0g pet cannot be sold.

New HollowBorn Boss Battle

This weekend, /join hbchallenge and find Hel Fö, the Hollowborn Judge's disciple. She passes judgements handed down by the ShadowFiend. No matter the outcome of the judgment, it will always be fair... and the Hollowborn Judge's sentence is final. Complete her quests to collect Hollowborn Writs, then use them in the merge shop to an all-new set of gear.

Next week: the pieces of the Hollowborn DoomKnight set will arrive, but you can begin farming for them now!
Note: The /shadowharvest map has been renamed to /shadowcliff. The maps are now permanently available. Happy Hollowborn reward farming!

HollowBorn Collection Chest

The Hollowborn Evoker set, created for Black Friday by AQW Community artist, Yo Lae, is a Black Friday seasonal collection chest. Unlock a TON of dark, deadly items for 5,000 AdventureCoins when you get the Hollowborn Chest pet (items available in the pet's shop).

The Hollowborn Collection includes:

Hollowborn Collection chest pet (has shop for all the gear)
Hollowborn Lightning pet (with quest for character page badge)

The Hollowborn Chest is seasonal, and will return every Black Friday. (Please note, the Hollowborn Chest does not receive new items each year, and will not receive the 2021 Hollowborn Judge or DoomKnight farming items. You can battle the boss this weekend to unlock those.)

We’re very sorry, but we cannot offer exchanges or compensation or exchanges on IoDA choices when an item is recoloured and released for Black Friday or Cyber Monday anymore. The IoDA program allows you to access rare items you would not otherwise have access to. Due to this, and the fact that recolours are not the same as the original items, we can no longer give any additions bonus or compensation for these items.

Tags: Alina,

November 24, 2021

Happy Harvest Fest, Heroes!

New Boss Battle, New Rewards, and New Rare Items

Greetings and good eatings, hero! The Harvest Queen has finally arrived to help you, Oishii, and all your friends celebrate! She is fresh off the vine and ready to dine… on you! JUST KIDDING! (That's the job of her royal spouse, the Great Pumpking.) She's here with sweet treats to reward you for surviving another year, and to give you an opportunity to reap what you sow.

We've got a bountiful release for you this weekend:

/join harvestqueen to battle the boss + get reward drops
/join stonewood to complete VORDRED'S new quest for the Skullbreaker Knight gear
Return this Friday for our Black Friday Collection and seasonal event maps

Harvest Treats for Victorious Heroes

Talk to Gourdlin in /harvestqueen, then defeat his mistress to collect all of the pieces of this year's sweet new seasonal sets, the CandyCorn Sweater outfit, Pumpkin Magus set, and the Pumpkin House.

Featured Rare Gear Set: Vordred's Knight

Find the color-customizable rare Vordred's Knight armor, helms, DOOM Blade, spear, Reavers, and Vordred's Shadow Axe of Destiny in the Featured Gear Shop in your Game Menu until December 10th!

The shop contains:

Vordred's Knight armor
Hood, Shadow Hood, and Hooded Skull helms
Spikes, Cloak, and Spiked Cloak capes
Vordred's DOOM Blade
Vordred's Knight Spear
Vordred's Knight Reaver and Dual Reavers
Vordred's Knight Dagger
Vordred's Knight Axe + Blade
Vordred's Shadow Axe of Destiny

We've also got a permanent (non-color customizable) farming version of the Vordred's Knight set! Talk to VORDRED in /stonewood. He's got two new quests for you to unlock the pieces of the SkullBreaker Knight set.

Learn his ways of TALKING IN ALL CAPS AND BREAKING SKULLS! (Members: you have an exclusive quest to get double the amount of merge resources)

Server + Client Updates

Log in now to check out all of the new features, fixes, and Advanced Options menu updates from Spider and Captain Rhubarb! Thanks to all of the team testers (and last night's late night player testers) who gave early feedback and bug reports.

OMG 3.001 - 11/17/2021

# Additions
- Added a "search" box to the house inventory, house bank, and regular bank
- Added a new "Character Select" screen (Must be turned on in Advanced Options) (Does not work for users who log in through the blue Facebook button)
- Added an "equip" button for houses in the house inventory (no unequip button)
- Max stack counter for temporary items
- New Gun Animations (for HandGun and Rifle)
- New Item Type: Gauntlet
- New Item Type: HandGun
- New Item Type: Misc
- New Item Type: Rifle
- New Item Type: Whip
- New Whip Animations

# Fixes
- Fixed "Hide Ads" from Death not properly saving
- Fixed DoT resistance showing a negative value when it should be positive in the "Stats Panel"
- Fixed a full item inventory preventing you from picking up house items
- Fixed an issue with house items bypassing the inventory limit after transferring from bank
- Fixed bank <-> inventory item transfer being interrupted when the player closes the bank interface too fast
- Fixed friends list still being capped at 125 when it should be 225
- Fixed mount armors
- Fixed non-working link in the "Currency Help" interface
- Fixed the "search" term persisting for the bank
- Fixed the "search" term persisting for the inventory
- Fixed the issue of the "Item Inventory" button showing at the bottom of the shop interface
- Fixed the issue with the bank scrolling to the top when making changes to the bank items
- Fixed the options interface opening at the same time as other interfaces
- Fixed wrong backhairs showing in cutscenes (?)

# Changes
- "Target Random Monster" is smarter and makes sure that the next random monster isn't one you're already targetting
- Buying an item from a shop when said item is in the bank is now allowed
- Chat warning text color is now a darker shade of red
- Friends list refreshes after 30 seconds (open and close to trigger) (does not work in combat)
- Item Block List is now alphabetized
- Lowered "Cancel Combat" cooldown to match your class's auto attack cooldown (Minimum of 2 seconds)
- Monsters now face the player correctly after a respawn
- Tweaked Chat UI's "Minimal Mode" functionality and made messages disappear after 45 seconds

# Removals
- Removed inaccurate hover tooltip text for stats in the inventory

OMG 3.002 - 11/23/2021

# Changes
- Changed "Character Select Screen" into an Advanced Option
- Change "Character Select Screen"'s password box to white color
- Removed stacking UIs in "Character Select Screen"

# Fixes
- Removed new house code that accidentally rolled out
- Fixed "Character Select Screen" not obeying "Hide Helm" and "Hide Cloak"
- Fixed "back" button in the "Character Select Screen" going to the server select screen
- Fixed Server List button in options redirecting straight to the "Character Select Screen"
- Fixed "Add New Character" button in the "Character Select Screen" going directly to the server select screen
- Fixed Misc items not being able to be previewed in the bank

OMG 3.003 - 11/24/2021

# Changes
- Censor Profanity setting is now account based (will not save until friday)

# Fixes
- Fixed NaN display in the "Battle Analyzer"
- Fixed "Battle Analyzer" clearing on stop
- Fixed "Character Select Screen" not properly deleting characters
Players will have their Character Select Screen reset once for this fix

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

Don't miss out on your favorite limited time events, stories, and gear!

November 30:

Daily gifts released between Nov 1 - 15
Harvest Hunters seasonal set

December 10th:

Black Friday 2021 Collection Chest
Harvest Events and seasonal rewards

Flash is Dead. AQWorlds lives on with the Artix Games Launcher!

Adobe, the maker of the Flash Player plug-in, stopped supporting Flash. But never fear! We built the Artix Games Launcher so you can continue playing AdventureQuest Worlds and your other favorite Artix Entertainment games.

Download the Launcher at artix.com/launcher, then log in and get back to battling right from your computer. No Flash Player or web browser needed.

Tags: Alina,

November 24, 2021

Get 50% more FREE ACs

Our 2021 Holiday AdventureCoin Bonus Starts Now

NOW AVAILABLE! Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any Adventure or Membership package until January 10th! If you're excited about the upcoming Black Friday and Cyber Monday items, or are gearing up for all our December holiday items, now's the time to top up your ACs.

Note: If you purchased any AdventureCoins or Membership packs on November 18th, you'll ALSO get the bonus added to your account automatically.

Get 60,000 ACs while our Holiday Bonus is on!

During our 2021 Holiday AdventureCoin bonus, get 60,000 ACs for $99.95 (that's 20,000 ACs more than normal!) and unlock your choice of upgrade bonus pack, 15x Rep, Gold, Class Points, and XP server boosts, and the Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (IoDA).

Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness?!

The Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (or MIoDA for short) is a miscellaneous item you will get by purchasing the 40k AdventureCoin pakage. Like the other IoDA items, it allows you to choose any item in the game when you redeem it through your Account Manager.

How to Claim your MIoDA Prize

Make sure you have a confirmed email address attached to your game account, and then follow these steps:

Decide on the item you want
Log into your Account Manager
Click on the "Awesome Prizes" link on the sidebar
You'll see a list of the IoDA tokens you have available
Choose from a list of ALL the eligible item rewards
You'll be taken to a verification page to confirm your choice

Wait...AdventureCoin Bonus?!

That's right! Several times each year, we have bonus AdventureCoin offers, where we'll increase the amount of ACs you get with each pack. (example: Summer, Back to School, and during the holidays). Bonus amounts and dates may change from year to year, so keep an eye on the Design Notes and social media for more news of future bonuses.

Tags: Alina,

November 23, 2021

OMG Client Patch Notes

Running list of game client updates

Read on to see what we've added, what's been fixed, and stay up to date! Want to try out the new features, too? Log in using the Test Client (when available) then join any server.

Version 3.003 - 11/24/2021

- Censor Profanity setting is now account based (will not save until friday)
- Fixed NaN display in the "Battle Analyzer"
- Fixed "Battle Analyzer" clearing on stop
- Fixed "Character Select Screen" not properly deleting characters
Players will have their Character Select Screen reset once for this fix

Version 3.002 - 11/23/2021

- Changed "Character Select Screen" into an Advanced Option
- Change "Character Select Screen"'s password box to white color
- Removed stacking UIs in "Character Select Screen"
- Removed new house code that accidentally rolled out
- Fixed "Character Select Screen" not obeying "Hide Helm" and "Hide Cloak"
- Fixed "back" button in the "Character Select Screen" going to the server select screen
- Fixed Server List button in options redirecting straight to the "Character Select Screen"
- Fixed "Add New Character" button in the "Character Select Screen" going directly to the server select screen
- Fixed Misc items not being able to be previewed in the bank

Version 3.001 - 11/17/2021

# Additions
- Added a "search" box to the house inventory, house bank, and regular bank
- Added a new "Character Select" screen (Must be turned on in Advanced Options) (Does not work for users who log in through the blue Facebook button)
- Added an "equip" button for houses in the house inventory (no unequip button)
- Max stack counter for temporary items
- New Gun Animations (for HandGun and Rifle)
- More New Item Types Coming soon!

# Fixes
- Fixed "Hide Ads" from Death not properly saving
- Fixed DoT resistance showing a negative value when it should be positive in the "Stats Panel"
- Fixed a full item inventory preventing you from picking up house items
- Fixed friends list still being capped at 125 when it should be 225
- Fixed mount armors
- Fixed non-working link in the "Currency Help" interface
- Fixed the "search" term persisting for the bank
- Fixed the "search" term persisting for the inventory
- Fixed the issue of the "Item Inventory" button showing at the bottom of the shop interface
- Fixed the issue with the bank scrolling to the top when making changes to the bank items
- Fixed the options interface opening at the same time as other interfaces
- Fixed wrong backhairs showing in cutscenes (?)

# Changes
- "Target Random Monster" is smarter and makes sure that the next random monster isn't one you're already targetting
- Buying an item from a shop when said item is in the bank is now allowed
- Chat warning text color is now a darker shade of red
- Friends list refreshes after 30 seconds (open and close to trigger) (does not work in combat)
- Item Block List is now alphabetized
- Monsters now face the player correctly after a respawn
- Tweaked Chat UI's "Minimal Mode" functionality and made messages disappear after 45 seconds
- Removed inaccurate hover tooltip text for stats in the inventory

Version 2.008 - 10/13/2021

# Additions
- Added Visual Skill CD in advanced options
- Added keybind for Battle Analyzer Start/Stop
- Added keybind for Stats Panel/Overview
- Added "Disable Damage Strobe"
- Alt+Clicking a player will select the bottom-most player
- Bankable House Items
- Extra xp from leveling up now carries over!
- Music / Sound FX volume slider
- New Bank! (Loading times exponentially faster!)
- New House Shop/Inventory UI
- New Stats Panel

# Changes
- "Options" graphic on target monsters will now be visible
- "To " whisper message will be darker on the new Chat UI
- Battle Analyzer gets a new look!
- Custom Drops UI will be gray when hidden & gold when showing
- Updated skill tooltips to be more descriptive
- Users in the same server as you on your friends list will be at very top

# Fixes
- Fixed Chat UI mispositioning on relogin
- Fixed black block appearing after using World Camera
- Fixed item from inventory -> bank not showing bug
- Fixed wrong "Unlock at rank" text

Version 2.005 - Sept 30, 2021

Game Menu small improvements to button layout
Fixed bugs in Book of Lore

OMG 2.002 - 9/5/2021

- Added "Chat UI" Minimal Mode!
- Added a "Lock Position" setting for "Custom Drops UI"'s draggable mode

- "Custom Drops UI"'s draggable mode will now layer over other interfaces

- Tidied up quest reward previews a bit
- Fixed temporary drop's background width on items with names shorter than their item type

> OMG 2.001 - 9/2/2021

- Slightly Faster login time
- Optimized Book of Lore and Travel Map data retrieval

- Fixed backhair stuff
- Fixed inventory search functionality
- Fixed disable monster animations setting messing up monster walks- Fixed house bugging out if closing out of options
- Fixed player models bugging out for the feature 'cache players animations'
- Fixed hide other pets not working

> OMG 1.0060 - 8/23/2021

- Changed wiki button on items to open their respective wiki page directly
- The complete message for "Quest Progress Notifications" has returned and now only disables the complete quest sound when the feature is turned on
- Repositioned some buttons in the options for clarity
- Added helmet backhairs for item drop previews

> OMG 1.0059 - 8/16/2021

- Fixed "Quest Progress Notifications" not working if quest is fully completed
- Fixed helmet back hairs not showing in item previews
- Fixed helmet back hairs not showing in character portrait

> OMG 1.0058 - 8/16/2021

- Advanced Options is no longer visible by default, however it will remember if you left it last opened or closed
- Changed "Allow Quest Log Turn-Ins" into an option instead of being on by default
- Changed various advanced option descriptions
- Redirected "Reset Password" screen to open the Account Website instead
- Removed the warning popup box in "Custom Drops UI" if you try to accept the drop more than once
- Fixed the double punctuation on the warning message "Your ignore list is empty."

> OMG 1.0057 - 8/14/2021

- You can now target monsters/players through the new "Chat UI"
- Added an option to "Disable AutoScroll to Bottom" for "Chat UI"

> OMG 1.0055 - 8/12/2021

- Added "Reset Position" for "Custom Drops UI" if the menu somehow goes off screen
- Readjusted how "Target Random Monster" works
- "Weapon Rotation" in Camera Tool now does a full 360 degrees

> OMG 1.0054 - 8/11/2021

- Fixed the Server List Refresh button and added a 2 second cooldown

> OMG 1.0053 - 8/10/2021

- "Hide Player Names" now has a new option: "Hide Your Name Only"
- "Travel Menu" now saves locations
- Added a shortcut for "Camera Tool": "["
- Added a shortcut for "World Camera": "]"
- Added a visual for maximum stacks for items with a maximum stack greater than 1
- Fixed overlapping DoT placements by having them repositioned randomly

Tags: Alina,

November 19, 2021

New Set: Dark + Virtual Criminals

Now available in the Wheel of Doom merge shop!

Time to SPIN THE WHEEL OF DOOM! Then use your Treasure Potions to unlock a dark new set in the Wheel of Doom merge shop as we prepare for Black Friday next week! /join Doom to check out the Virtual Criminal + Dark Virtual Criminal sets tonight!

Find all of the set gear in the Wheel of Doom merge shop:

Virtual Criminal armor, helms, cape, and weapons
Dark Virtual Criminal armor, helms, and weapon

Get your Free Spins

Everyone loves to get prizes... and that's why everyone in AdventureQuest Worlds will get at least one free spin on the Wheel of Doom per week.

Members get one free spin a day while their upgrade is active
All players get one free spin a week.

Spin the Wheel, Collect Treasures, Choose Your Prize

Each time you spin the Wheel of Doom, you'll get a Treasure Potion to spend in the Doom Merge Shop. Save up 1,000 and you'll be able to buy a Wicked Item of Donated Awesomeness. Each WIoDA lets you choose a rare or valuable item* straight from your account manager.

How to Claim your Prize

Make sure you have a confirmed email address attached to your game account, and then follow these steps:

Decide on the item you want
Log into your Account Manager
Click on the "Awesome Prizes" link on the sidebar
You'll see a list of the IoDA tokens you have available
Choose from a list of ALL the eligible item rewards
You'll be taken to a verification page to confirm your choice

Redeem IoDA tokens to get even MORE bonuses

For each of the first six eligible IoDA tokens you receive, you'll get a FREE Bonus IoDA. The eligible tokens are the Ultimate, Epic, Platinum, Wicked and Golden tokens. After that, you'll get a free Bonus IoDA for every 3 eligible IoDA you redeem, with no maximum stack. So if you have that dream set of gear you want to create... now you'll be able to.

After you redeem your...

1st IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
2nd IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
3rd IoDA, you'll unlock 1free bonus IoDA
4th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
5th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
6th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA

Then, for every 3 IoDA you redeem, you'll unlock another free bonus IoDA.

After you redeem your...

7th, 8th, and 9th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
10th, 11th, and 12th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA

And so on. The 3:1 bonus IoDA ratio starts after you get your first 6 free BIoDA, regardless of when you received them. (Example: if you've redeemed a total of 21 IoDA tokens, you'll unlock 11 BIoDA total. The first 6 BIoDA at a 1:1 ratio, and then 5 more at the 3:1 ratio.)

* Exceptions include staff personal items, custom weapon contest prizes, HeroMart items, etc

Tags: Alina,

November 19, 2021

EbilCorp Returns... For GOOD

Trust Chairman Platinum. Really. Honest.

Chairman Platinum, our favorite corporate villain, is back with a new plot to take over *COUGH* I mean plan to become a force for good, and he's convinced a squad of NPCs to help him share his message with the world. /join ebiltower to suss out his scheme... because you KNOW there's more to this than meets the eye.

And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

Ebil Employee Recognition Rewards

Chairman Platinum is a good, honest, GENEROUS employer. And if you do right by him, he'll make sure to reward you appropriately. Battle through /ebiltower to get the pieces of the Ebil Operative set, then merge them into color-custom variants