July 19, 2025

StarFest 2025: Tiger of Twilight

Seven Stars. One Guardian. Eternal Glory.

The seven wayward stars are whole again and ready to return to the sky. But before they ascend and restore the constellation Byakko, White Tiger of the West, they’ve got one last challenge for you. Ready or not, prepare to shine this weekend in a battle of brilliance, bravery, blazing glory.

Beware the beast built from starstuff. But if you're ready to battle, /join whitetigerpoint now!

Release Details

StarFest 2025: Tiger of Twilight
Brilliant New Rewards: new item drops + merge shop update
Featured Rare Sets: White Tiger Kimono + Rider gear coming Saturday

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Get double Class Points until Monday!
• Saturday: seasonal Star Cave graffitti house items from Byakku in /WhiteTigerPoint
• Sunday: rare Celestial Summer Empress houseguest from Byakku in /WhiteTigerPoint

Stellar Rewards 

We've got a dazzling array of new 0 AC gear dropping this weekend to help you shine bright as you face off against the celestial White Tiger! Head to /whitetigerpoint to battle Byakko and earn new boss drops, or collect merge resources to craft the fierce Aureate and Starbound White Tiger sets. The stars are watching... and your inventory is waiting.

Merge Shop

• Aureate White Tiger
• Starbound White Tiger
• White Tiger Mask + Morph (male + female)
• White Tiger Mask (male + female)
• Starbound Tiger Cape
• Starstruck Tiger Cape
• Komokuten's Star Spear

Boss Drops

• White Tiger Cape
• Byakko Morph *
• Byakko's Aura
• House Tiger Byakko *
• White Astral Banner
• White Tiger Hair + Locks
• Komokuten's Star Wand

Plus, battle the Byakku Cub for a chance to get Kitty McKittyface, a 0 AC pet variant of the monster inspired by Essence and named by Flying Mongoose, AQW heroes on the official Discord server, who helped keep morale high as I worked to tackle some of the release issues earlier tonight.

* These items are also available from the merge shop, for heroes who want to be able to track their progress on crafting the item, rather than trusting to the RNG.

Featured Rare Sets

Will you choose to walk the White Tiger's path as you guard the West, or embrace a future as one of the elite Empyrean Tiger Riders? Choose now, and find all the rare set items in your Featured Gear Shop for a limited time!

Armors

• Empyrean Tiger Kimono armor
• Empyrean Tiger Rider armor (with click-to-change tail)

Helms
(each with male + female variants)

• Empyrean Tiger Hair
• Empyrean Tiger Morph
• Empyrean Tiger Horned Hair
• Empyrean Tiger Horne Morph

Capes

• Byakko's Mystical Tail
• Byakko's Pristine Tail
• Byakko's Scattered Tail

Pet

• Amefuri Star Pet

Note: I appreciate everyone's patience as we worked to get the update out to you! This weekend's Featured Rare Gear sets arrived very very late on afternoon. For more info on why the release was so late, check out this post. 

Nova Empyrean Dragon Battle

Last year, for Empress Miko's celebration, 28 stars merged to form a Cosmic Dragon, and they descended to our world... to battle YOU! This stellar creature believes that by defeating the Eternal Dragon of Time, it will ascend to godhood, its place as a constellation permanently fixed in the cosmos. Return next week as we continue the adventure with another Empyrean boss battle!

Celestial Paladin & the Star Light of Destiny

Nothing shines quite as brightly as a Paladin on a mission... unless they've got plate armor made of starstuff! Battle the Cosmic Dragons in the /Novashrine or /AstralShrine maps to craft the pieces of the Celestial Paladin set. 

OUT OF THIS WORLD NEWS: the Star Light of Destiny axe is available in six of Artix Entertainment's games this month! Battle to unlock it in AQWorlds, AQ3D, AdventureQuest, DragonFable, EpicDuel and MechQuest.

Celestial Paladin Set
Armor deals 50% more damage to Undead when equipped

Requirements:

• ArchPaladin Armor
• Blinding Aura
• Star of the Empyrean x14
• Star Piece x50

Star Light of Destiny Axe
Weapon deals 75% more damage to both Undead and Dragonkin when equipped

Requirements:

• Ascended Light of Destiny
• Blackhole Light of Dread Space
• Void Light of Destiny
• Polished Blinding Light of Destiny
• Hollowborn Shadow of Fate
• Obsidian Light of Destiny
• Ultimate Blinding Light of Destiny
• Sanctified Light of Destiny
• Star of the Empyrean x28
• Star Piece x100
• Dragonblade of Nulgath OR Dark Dragon Slayer's Halberd

A stellar new bonus farming map is now available! Join /starfield to enter a pocket galaxy full of star-themed monsters. Yoshino built the map with enough room to let you shine on the battlefield by showing off your most explosive aggro skills. Cause enough star-death and you'll unlock the "Touch Mass" character page badge.*

Note: The Cosmic Dragon maps, bosses, and rewards are all permanently available.

Celebrate with all our returning Star Festival Events

Complete all of the Emissary's quests to make a wish of your own and change the night sky in /yokairiver! Along with our returning seasonal Star Festival events, the Frostval in July holiday is also back! If you're just joining us, you're in for a frosty treat in the middle of our summer heat!

For last year's celebration, we created an adventure featuring the Celestial Emissary, a living Daruma that traveled around our world to help the gods of Yokai Isle grant wishes. Help it and you'll be able to make a wish of your very own... that will change the shape of the very stars themselves!

Visit the Star Festival to:

• Decorate Akiba for the Star Festival
• Battle across Lore as you hunt for her wishes
• Unlock the Moon Bow Ninja reward armor set after completing the story
• Get the exclusive level 80 boss drop armor set
• Return to the event at any time with the hanging Star Festival Decoration house item

Shorinzan Merge Shop

Complete the Celestial Emissary's quests in /starfest to gather the merge shop resources for the Starry Samurai set + a selection of celestial weapons from AQW community artist, Mihuri!

• Starry Samurai armor
• Starry Samurai helm, capes, weapons
• Aurelian Sword, Dagger, Staff

Reward Drops

 Battle Ultra Uji No Hashihime in the Yokairiver map for a chance to get 4 new 0 AC house items.

• Wish for Love Constellation Wall item
• Wish for Peace Constellation Wall item
• Wish for Gold Constellation Wall item
• Wish for Happiness Constellation Wall item

Star Festival Character Page Background

If you are a member in AQWorlds, we've got some exclusive holiday event bonuses for you! 

• Star Festival Character page background: Unlock the holiday character page background in the first room in /Yokai River.
• Tanabata Fest Decoration Shortcut: Buy the house item from the Akiba House shop for 7,777 gold. When you click on this item, you'll be taken straight to a permanent version of Akiba, where you can continue to farm for the 0 AC Moon Bow Ninja armor set!

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.