Design Notes

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!

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. 

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? 

October 01, 2026

18th Birthday AdventureCoin Bonus

Get 50% more AdventureCoins as Our Holiday AC Bonus Begins

Birthday Bonus surprise! Heroes across Lore (and Discord, Twitter, and Facebook) have been flooding our feeds with requests to get the /party started off right... and what better way to celebrate than by starting our Holiday Coin Boost a month early?! Starting right now, (October 1st), get 50% more bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or membership package. 

* If you bought a membership or AC pack on or after 12:01 AM EST on September 30, 2025 Captain Rhubarb is awarding you the bonus ACs, too! 

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

During our 2026 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:

1. Decide on the item you want
2. Log into your Account Manager
3. Click on the "Awesome Prizes" link on the sidebar
4. You'll see a list of the IoDA tokens you have available
5. Choose from a list of ALL the eligible item rewards  
6. 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.

Support AQWorlds and Become a Legend!

Upgrade today and lock in 18th Upholder status! Instantly unlock exclusive items, badges, and all our membership perks. AdventureQuest Worlds has been built for (and with) heroes like YOU since 2008. The Founders and early Upholders carried us to the present, and and your support now makes our future updates possible... and to keep building what comes next.

How to become a 18th Upholder

Starting Thursday, October 1 at 12:01 AM EST, we are once again offering the chance to become an AQW Upholder.

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!)

Check out this Design Notes post to see everything you'll unlock as a 18th Upholder!

Note: only memberships count towards 18th Upholder.

October 01, 2026

Become an 18th Upholder

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!)

Important information:

• 18th Upholder starts Thursday, October 1 at 12:01 AM and ends Sunday, November 1 at 11:59 PM*
• Only memberships count towards 18th Upholder.

Want to know if you're already an Upholder? That's easy! Just click the Manage Account link on the left under the ACCOUNT section. As soon as you sign in you'll see when your membership expires. 

18th Upholder Rewards

In addition to bragging rights as one of Lore's elite heroes, all 18th Upholders receive:

2026 Star Swords

This year's Star Swords theme is: "Factions of Lore"

Inspiration came from the factions that have risen up across Lore over the last eighteen years.

DragonRoad Star Swords & Class For ALL Upholders

We wouldn't be here without your support, and we want to make sure you know it! The Sentinel Class will be available for ALL previous Upholders and Founders as our way of saying thanks for supporting us in the past! Over the last several years, we added new Star Swords available to every Upholder. You'll find them in the Star Sword Merge shop in /dragonroad.

Want to know if you're already an Upholder?

That's easy! Just click the Manage Account link on the left under the ACCOUNT section. As soon as you sign in you'll see when your membership expires. 

Thank you, sincerely, for your support

It takes all kinds of Heroes to make a videogame world the kind of place to want to log into each week. But takes exceptional Heroes to create a community that's lasted as long as AdventureQuest Worlds. Because of you, AdventureQuest Worlds has been online and updating every week since 2008!

So if you’re reading this right now… thank you. The entire team is deeply glad you’re here. We are grateful for all of the time you’ve chosen to spend with us and the support you've shown. Those it possible for us to release new game updates every week and to ensure the majority of the game remains free for ALL heroes.

And of course, we will never forget the original AQWorlds Founders. You believed in us before there was even a game to log into! As always, Founders will receive a special upgraded version of your Platinum Dragon pet. This year’s pet will be revealed soon... keep an eye on the Design Notes for previews!

Note: All dates and times are written in GMT +5 / Eastern United States. This is timezone where the AdventureQuest Worlds game headquarters are located. Want to see what the current server time is? Log in and check the server clock in your Options Menu.