Design Notes

May 26, 2023

Baby Fluffy the Dracolich is waiting...

Log in now to get your free rare pet

We know you have been through a lot this year. As the saying goes, you fight fire with fire, so to combat  doom and dread, we're bringing you... an a-D'AWWW-rable new 0 AC pet: Baby Fluffy the Dracolich is rising to the occasion.

How to unlock your gift

• Log in and /join Museum
• Talk to Valencia and click button for Special Codes
• Enter code: DoomDracolich
• Claim your prize!

The pet will be available from Valencia until Friday, June 2nd, when the release rolls live.  

June 01, 2023

Summer AdventureCoin Bonus Starts NOW

Get 50% more ACs with any Membership or AC Pack

Summer officially begins on June 21st, but our holiday AC bonus starts NOW! Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or Membership pack. It's the perfect time to reload your ACs as we begin our Summer holiday event lineup begin.

Gear up and get ready, because all Summer long, we'll be adding new items for you! 

• Seasonal Summer Shop
• Featured Rare Shop 
• Wheel of Doom Merge Shop
• 2023 Summer Collection Chest

Also happening this Summer:

• New main story updates 
• Father's Day of DOOM 
• the next chapter of the Hollowborn Saga 
• Tanabata 
• and a permanent in-game concert event featuring the NPCs*

Note: if you purchased ACs during the 24 hours before the bonus began, you will be automatically awarded the extra AdventureCoins.

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

During our Summer AC 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). 

Wait...AdventureCoin Bonus?!

That's right! Several times each year, we have bonus AdventureCoin offers (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.

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

*if we can reach an agreement with their booking agent, that is...

June 01, 2023

ShadowZard Rider Set Returns

Seasonal Set available from June 1st - 30th

The Summer sun may be bright, but June's seasonal set channels the darkest forces on Lore! To help ALL our heroes ally with (or battle to defeat) the darkness, this month's seasonal set features the ShadowZard Mount + Rider gear.

Unlock the entire set: Buy pack on the website for $9.99 USD* then find all your gear in your Book of Lore badge shop.

Buy individual set items: Talk to Garek to get items from his shop in Battleon for AdventureCoins.

The ShadowZard Rider gear includes:

• ShadowZard Mount armor
• ShadowZard Rider armor
• 4 helms
• 3 capes
• 4 weapons
• 1 pet (with quest for house guard zards)

* Unlocks an exclusive character page badge 

Seasonal Set Schedule

Each month, we'll feature a new set, available only during that month every year. 

May 26, 2023

New Featured Rare Sets

This Weekend: Memes and Mastery

As May draws to a close, we have one final meme-themed set for you, along with a blindingly bright set for heroes dedicated to battling the darkness... and whatever waits deep below the waves. This weekend, find the Celestial Templar Guardian set in your Featured Gear Shop until June 30th, 2023.

Celestial Templar Guardian

Sworn to protect and serve, the Celestial Templar Guardians will defend any who seek refuge from the terrors that lurk in the Shadows.

• Celestial Templar Guardian armor
• Ascended + regular Aegis of Light Wings
• 3 helms
• Battle Staff of Strength
• Bright Glaive of Guardianship
• Purified Accoutrements of Protection
• Bright Blade of Protection (single + dual-wield)

Don't miss our May Meme Sets

You got 99 problems but your STONKS ain't one. You asked for it, so here they are, for a limited time: May Meme sets! Find the all-new Judgemental Spectator set, plus the Satisfied Hero + Villain sets, the GigaShad(owslayer) set, and more in your Geatured Gear Shop until June 9th.

Judgemental Spectator

Not bad, not bad. No monsters are attacking, no squires are dropping the ball in the latest football match... Things are going -- WHAT ARE YOU DOING. Ugh. I spoke too soon.

• Judgemental Spectator Form* 
• Contented Spectator armor
• Judgemental Spectator Morph helm
• Judgemental Spectator House Guard

* Armor has unique meme-themed pose while idle, changes on move.

Satisfied Meme Hero

Number go up! Number go down. RNG worst in town.

• Satisfied Trader Hero Suit 
• Dissatisfied Trader Hero Suit
• Satisfied Meme Moglin Morph Helm
• STONKS UP GOOD cape (animated)
• NOT STONKS BAD cape (animated)
• Satisfied Corporate Trader Suit
• Dissatisfied Corporate Trader Suit
• Smirking Meme Villain Morph
• Satisfied Trader and Corporate Trader House Guests
• STONKS UP and NOT STONKS display wall items

Plus, find the...

• Gigashadowslayer set
• Cool, Cooler, and Coolest Swords
• EXTREMELY ENTHUSIASTIC HERO morph helm
• Mutated Blade of the Truth*
• Apocryphal Nightmare Hunter Blade*

May 26, 2023

Safety in the Sunlight...?

The Age of Ruin Saga continues this weekend

Beware the whispers from the deep, reaching for your mind... Something is not right in Sea Base Undine, but never fear! Queen Victoria's underwater research lab is completely safe. Staffed by a host of scientists and clerics, they serve the greater good by seeking advances in medical and defensive technology. Log in this weekend and journey deep below the waves as the Age of Ruin Saga continues in the /sunlightzone! 

WARNING: Information regarding experimental subject Kathool is restricted. Situation Normal. Base Defenses: 100%

This weekend, log in for:

• Age of Ruin Saga: Voice in the Sea II in /sunlightzone
• New reward sets in Termina Temple and Genesis Garden, new reward drop in Ashray
• New Featured Rares: Celestial Templar Guardian + the final meme set, the Judgemental Spectator
• Saturday's Daily Gifts: Righteous Paladin Wings
• Sunday's Daily Gifts: Twig's Totally FUN-ctional Fishmatronic house item
• Get double Gold, Rep, EXP, and Class Points all weekend long!

Don't miss the any of our upcoming events and releases of this month's update. Bookmark our weekly event  here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

Voice in the Sea Reward Gear

This weekend, we've got a bounty of new rewards for you, in each of the Age of Ruin: Voice of the Sea zones released so far! Read on to see what you can unlock, and how, then head in-game and get your battle on!

Sea Base Undine Sets

Collect Sunzone Chits and Undine Base Scrip to create:

• Fa's Casual Ensemble armor (color-customizable)
• Mi's Casual Ensemble armor (color-customizable)
• Mi, Fa, and Song's helms
• Undine Doctor armor
• Undine Defence Director armor
• Undine Researcher armor
• Stern Song House Guest floor item
• Tara's Temporary Rest Guest floor item
• Disgruntled Mi Guest floor item
• Disgruntled Song Guest floor item

Battle Cleric of the Dragon Set

Talk to Lady Celestia in /terminatemple. Complete her quests and defeat Termina Defenders to gather Termina Sigils and DragonGuard Badges, then create the pieces of the set in her merge shop. 

Jus Divinum Lieutentant Set

Head to the /genesisgarden to unlock the Jus Divinum Lieutenant armor, helm, and cloak! The set is in the Genesis Garden Merge shop and will require the base armor/helm/cape to create, plus the Jus Divinum Scale from the Wheel of Fortune quest.

New Member-only pet drops

• Defeat the Spectral Jellyfish in the /sunlightzone 
• Defeat the Ghostly Eel in /ashray

May 26, 2023

May the Fourth Be With You

Final Weekend to battle through May holiday events

Our out-of-this-world MogWars gear and seasonal adventures returned earlier this month, along with an all-new adventure featuring Baby Twiggu. This weekend is your last chance to battle through all our May the Fourth holiday zones to collect the seasonal gear and battle the bosses. Running out, time is. Log in, you must. 

Conquer our holiday + pop-culture parody before it is too late!

1. /join Mayhub: new hub town with links to this month's holiday events + May staff birthday NPCs!
2. /join murdermoon for this year's Baby Twiggu farming quests 
3. Fight the Frogzard in /battleontown to get our new Cinco de Mayo set

Don't miss any of our May the Fourth maps:

• Murdermoon: expanded with this weekend's reward farming adventure!
• Zorbaspalace
• Zorbaspit

This is the Way... to Wicked Rewards

All of the items below were crafted for you by AQW artist, D Black Star to help you celebrate this one-of-a-kind holiday. Each of the sets below draws inspiration from the Star Wars universe and then fuses it with elements from AdventureQuest Worlds. 

• Zardian Pilot set: monster drop from this weekend's new event in /murdermoon
• Astravian Enforcer set: merge shop set in /murdermooon
• Grievous Fiend set: available for a limited time in the Featured Gear Shop
• Galactic Gladinster set: a rare daily gift drops arriving this weekend 
• Galactic Makai pet + Grievous Spear: daily gift items arriving later this month