Design Notes

May 28, 2021

Final Weekend: Ancient Nightmares Collection

Both armor sets available until May 31st

Deep in the shadows, the Queen's creatures stalk the realm. Waiting for the unwary to come closer... closer... before they strike. Unlock all 21 pieces of the color-customizable Ancient and Shadowed Nightmare sets when you get the Chest of Nightmares collection for for 5,000 AdventureCoins! 

Save 2,500 ACs when you get the chest pet and unlock all of the gear, or get individual items from the Rares Shop in Battleon.

Next week: Character Page Badge

By popular request, a character page badge will be added to the Chest of Nightmares collection next week. If you have the Ancient Nightmares Guardian cape from the collection chest, you'll be able to unlock a quest for the badge.

The Chest of Nightmares set contains:

• Shadowed Nightmare armor
• 3 Shadowed Nightmare helms
• Shadowed Nightmare armblades, reavers, sickles, spear
• Ancient Nightmare armor
• 4 Ancient Nightmare helms
• Ancient Nightmares Tentacle cape (animated)
• Ancient Nightmares Guardian cape
• Ancient Nightmares armblades, reavers, sickles, spear
• Ancient Nightmares Guardian pet
• Ancient Nightmares Guardian battlepet (member only)

May 28, 2021

Event Calendar

Upcoming Game Events: June 2021

This month, the Summer of Shadows is back and our game releases are heating up. You'll need to fight to stay cool, because later this month we're heading into the Plane of Fire itself as we return to our Shadows of War Saga. Don't miss our Summer Shop, new upgrade bonus, daily login gifts, and more arriving all month long!

June 1 June Seasonal Set returns: ShadowZard Rider Seasonal Set

June 4 Bright Armored Daimyo farming pet + Sanctified Paladin gear
           Mindbreaker Class update
           FireLord Summoner upgrade bonus set

June 11 Crystallis storyline update 

June 18 Shadows of War: Elemental Plane of Fire, Pt 1
             Father's Day returns
             Summer shop + Pride gear return

June 25 Shadows of War: Elemental Plane of Fire, Pt 2

May 28, 2021

Unlock the MonsterLord Drakath Set

Available from your Featured Gear Shop until June 18th!

Chaos reigns this weekend in AdventureQuest Worlds! Head to the Featured Gear Shop in your Game Menu to find the rare MonsterLord Drakath armor set, available for AdventureCoins until June 18th.

In a different world, a different timeline, Drakath -- Champion of Chaos -- would have been the MonsterLord, heir to the Queen of Monsters. But this is not that world, and he has seized his own power, and his own destiny.

The MonsterLord Drakath  set contains:

• MonsterLord Drakath armor
• 3 helms
• 1 cape
• 2 daggers
• 1 sword
• 1 polearm

May 28, 2021

Destroy the Chaos Usurper this weekend

Plane of Monsters Saga Finale

Log in this weekend for the final chapter in our 4-part Plane of Monsters storyline! After helping LoreMaster Anka find the ancient tome, the Queen of Monsters origins were revealed: How she was created... and how her human form died. O_O But what Anka DIDN'T tell you was what she was REALLY after... an artifact that would give her the Queen of Monsters' power! (Man, we really should have listened when Drakath warned us not to trust her.)

This weekend, join the battle against Queen Anka, the Chaorrupted Usurper in the Plane of Monsters saga finale! Fight alongside Drakth and the Chaos Twins to save Crownsreach and confirm a much-debated truth: did you REALLY kill the Queen of Monsters?

This weekend, /join downbelow to begin the final chapter of the Plane of Monsters storyline!

Monster Realm Reward Gear

The Queen of Monsters was a heartless manipulator, using her son - Drakath - as a pawn in her quest to return to our world. This weekend’s Chaos Puppetmaster reward set recognizes that skill and ruthlessness.

Complete the saga finale’s final quest by killing 1,000 of Anka’s followers to unlock the entire 0 AC set and a character page badge!

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

May 31: 

• May seasonal set
• May the 4th seasonal events, rares shop, and seasonal gear
• Ancient Nightmares collection chest
• May daily login drops

Daily Gift Schedule

Log in each day for a new server-wide reward item, boost, or drop rate increase. Bookmark the Daily Gift page to keep up to date with all of daily gifts! And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

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.

May 21, 2021

Now Available: Oohyllab Destroyer

Available in the Wheel of Doom merge shop!

Spin the Wheel of Doom this weekend… survive to claim your prizes! Swaggy the Moglin is delighted to bring you a wicked new set perfect for fans of horror or heroes who just like terrifying their enemies. Unlock the Oohyllab set in the Doom merge shop!

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

• Oohyllab Destroyer armor
• 3 helms
• 3 capes
• 2 weapons

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:

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

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

May 21, 2021

The Queen's Heart... REVEALED

Plane of Monsters, Part 3

Log in this weekend and battle to discover the secret of how the Queen of Monsters was born as our Plane of Monsters Saga continues! Fight to find the artifact LoreMaster Anka desires as your journey takes you even deeper under Crownsreach.

This weekend, /join transformation to continue your adventure! And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

All-New Reward Gear

We've got an insane amount of new gear for you to collect! 50 new reward drops/merge shop items, 23 new color-customizable items in the Featured Gear Shop, and 9 new items in the Wheel of Doom merge shop. Happy battling this weekend, heroes!

Monster drops:

• Eldritch Abomination and Monstrite pets
• Statues from the boss

Transformation Merge Shop:

• Chaorrupted and Void Sorcerer sets
• Chaorrupted Usurper set

National Endangered Species Day Gear

Druids are Nature's guardians. That's why we're celebrating National Endangered Species Day with a new update in /arcangrove! This weekend, complete MoonWrath's rep quests to create two new armor sets. 

New Color-Customizable Sets

Head to your Featured Gear Shop in the Game Menu to find a host of new color-customizable armor sets for AdventureCoins! The Enchanted Lake and Grove Druid armor sets are also available in Moonwrath's shop in /arcangrove, and will be permanently available. The Enchanted Usurper gear leaves on May 31st.

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

May 31: 

• Rare items in the Featured Gear shop
• May seasonal set
• May the 4th seasonal events, rares shop, and seasonal gear

Daily Gift Schedule

Log in each day for a new server-wide reward item, boost, or drop rate increase. Bookmark the Daily Gift page to keep up to date with all of daily gifts! And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

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.

May 14, 2021

Limited Time Ancient Nightmares Collection

Both armor sets available until May 31st

Deep in the shadows, the Queen's creatures stalk the realm. Waiting for the unwary to come closer... closer... before they strike. Unlock all 21 pieces of the color-customizable Ancient and Shadowed Nightmare sets when you get the Chest of Nightmares collection for for 5,000 AdventureCoins! 

Save 2,500 ACs when you get the chest pet and unlock all of the gear, or get individual items from the Rares Shop in Battleon.

The Chest of Nightmares set contains:

• Shadowed Nightmare armor
• 3 Shadowed Nightmare helms
• Shadowed Nightmare armblades, reavers, sickles, spear
• Ancient Nightmare armor
• 4 Ancient Nightmare helms
• Ancient Nightmares Tentacle cape (animated)
• Ancient Nightmares Guardian cape
• Ancient Nightmares armblades, reavers, sickles, spear
• Ancient Nightmares Guardian pet
• Ancient Nightmares Guardian battlepet (member only)

May 14, 2021

Plane of Monsters: Seek the Truth

This weekend, our main story continues!

Log in and battle through the next chapter as we fight to locate the Plane of Monsters and an artifact LoreMaster Anka claims will reveal the truth about what happened to the Queen of Monsters!

This weekend, /join deepforest to begin your adventure:

• Talk to Loremaster Anka to begin your quests
• Slay Creeping Gazers, Eldritch Stalkers, Deep Truffles, and Terrarsites as you battle through the zone
• Unravel the riddle in a hidden text that will give you the information you need
• Fight to reveal the path that will lead you to the next stage of your adventure
• Xing, Xang, and Drakath return as you fight to help LoreMaster Anka... they're never far when trouble is near!

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

MonsterHunter Reward Gear

When you're hunting monsters, it's vital to have the proper equipment! This weekend, battle through /deepforest and defeat monsters create the pieces of the Fallen and Chaotic MonsterHunter sets! Plus, find a Legion version for Legion Tokens in the /underworld merge shop.

• Reward drops: Fallen MonsterHunter armor set, Eldritch Stalker pet, Deep Truffle pet, boss pet
• Merge shop: Chaotic MonsterHunter armor set 
• Merge shop: Polished Dragon Sword of Cjhaos, Necrotic Blade of Chaos, Chaotic Hanzamune, Arcane Staff of Chaos
• Legion Merge shop: Legion MonsterHunter

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

May 31: 

• Chest of Nightmares collection
• May seasonal set
• May the 4th seasonal events, rares shop, and seasonal gear

Daily Gift Schedule

Log in each day for a new server-wide reward item, boost, or drop rate increase. Bookmark the Daily Gift page to keep up to date with all of daily gifts! And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

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.

May 10, 2021

Server Update Release Notes

What's Happening?

This past few weeks, we have been working on fixing many old and hidden bugs in the current AQW game server code.  (Not the new AQW:Mobile server)

Along the way, we have been using a special "ServerTest" server to test the changes every few days.  Many of you have been playing on this server to find new bugs.

A big Thank You goes to: Joseph_Fire,  thechaostitanic, and Gorion. They reported an important bug, and provided detailed information and also verified that the problem was only on the test server.

I also want to thank our new staff member Yetsu for providing testing support for every change we worked on during the development phase.

Brief List of Changes: May 10, 2020

• Selling items when you are at the max gold cap, will refund zero gold, but the item will be removed from your inventory. Fixes house item selling bug.
• In PVP zones, it is no longer allowed to Get items from your Bank.  You can store items, but can not swap or pull items from Bank.
• Better warning messages when guild, party, and friend actions fail.
• Buying items that are higher than your character level are blocked.
• Item drops from monsters will now have enhancement level equal to your char level, unless the item is higher than your char level. It will not be enhanced.
• If you try to go to a player house that does not exist, and you already own a home, you will get an warning message, instead of going to the buyhouse map.
• Removed an old hidden process that would often lag the entire system every 15 minutes.
• Faster server reboot time.
• Many other behind-the-scenes performance and bug fixes.

May 07, 2021

Fifth Lord Sepulchure Challenge

Our May the Fourth Event Continues this weekend!

Fifth Lord Sepulchure is the most feared man in the galaxy, and has conquered countless worlds for the Fifth Order. He will NEVER stop until his master is satisfied. This weekend is the best chance to take him out. Log in and talk to Hammer Wateru; he needs your help to destroy the Fifth Order’s superweapon and ensure the Freedom Fighters' victory!

This weekend, /join murdermoon to begin your adventure:

• Battle Tempest Soldiers
• Sabotage the Murder Moon
• Take down Fifth Lord Sepulchure

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

Come to the Darker Side for New Rewards

Starting tonight, you'll find new seasonal and rare gear in the Featured Gear Shop in your game menu and in the May Fourth seasonal shop in /zorbaspalace.

New seasonal items for this year include:

• Necho Tech V2 armor set
• Gurgle pet
• Techno Light of Destiny laser axe (click to activate the laser blades + get 20% more Class Points when equipped)

New event rare items for this year include:

• Prismastic Dark Lord armor set
• The Way of the J6 armor set
• NULL Palapod pet

New This Year: DarkLord Class

Talk to Hammer in /murdermoon to begin the battle to create a cargo-hold's worth of new space-gear... including ALL of the items in the DarkLord Class.

Over the last couple of years, we've been bringing back previously rare class skills paired with new art so that ALL players can enjoy the gameplay. Previously, the DarkSide Class debuted in 2012*, as Vader Darkside's prize in Cysero's "Can I Has Mod" reward-giving extravaganza-of-craziness.

May the Fourth is the thematically PERFECT time for the class to return, and it will only be available by farming! The blue variant of the seasonal DarkSide 2.0 class will be available for ALL players to farm. A diabolically-evil red armor set variant will be locked to higher-level heroes. No OG Darkside class required.**

Check out these Design Notes for more news about balance and skill updates. 

* OG Darkside Class owners, you'll keep your original, exclusive class just as-is, with the same art, battle pet, and skills as you've come to know and love. And if you check out the Darkside Orb's quest in /curio, you'll find a permanent, 0 AC version of the Hate Wolf battle pet PLUS a free version of the class have been added as a quest reward.

Battle through our seasonal May the Fourth maps now

Login now as our out of this world Lore Wars gear and seasonal adventures return! Check out the all-new, rare Way of the J6 armor set in your game menu, plus find all our May 4th event items in the shop in the /zorbaspalace map.

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

May 14: 

• Devourer of Gods rare set
• Executioner of Gods rare set

May 30: 

• May seasonal set
• May the 4th seasonal events, rares shop, and seasonal gear

Daily Gift Schedule

Log in each day for a new server-wide reward item, boost, or drop rate increase. Bookmark the Daily Gift page to keep up to date with all of daily gifts! And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

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.

May 07, 2021

Become a Galactic General

Upgrade to unlock our new, exclusive armor sets

When the Fifth Lords clash with NaNdroid General, nowhere in the galaxy is safe... unless you use the power of the Fourth to save the day! Get the Galactic General upgrade bonus pack when you buy any AdventureCoin or Membership package of $10 USD or more and unlock 4 armor sets, the Crystallis Space Station House, and a character page badge.

After you purchase an account upgrade, select a bonus set of your choice from a list of options in your Account Manager. 

Pack Details

Choose the Galactic General to unlock all four armor sets + new house* with armor and character customization room.

• NaNdroid General armor set
• Dark Lord of the Fifth armor set
• Fourth Count armor set
• Galactic Warrior Monk armor set
• Galactic Space Shield cape with a quest for the...
• Crystallis Space Station house (with character and armor customization room)
• and a character page badge

Unlock the Crystallis Space Station House: Click on the Galactic Space Shield cape and complete the 'Crystallis Ship Quest' quest to unlock your 0 AC house.

Once you've chosen the Galactic General Upgrade Bonus Set bonus on the Account Manager page, log in and find the set's shop in the Other Achievements tab in your Book of Lore. 

40000 AC package rewards:

• ALL the Galactic General Upgrade Bonus Set gear
• Mythic Item of Donated Awesomeness (redeem for almost any rare item in the game!)
• 15 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts 
• 10 Wheel of Doom Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs!)
• and a character page badge

Boosts and Doom Tickets will be added directly to your inventory.

12000 AC or 12 month membership package rewards:

• ALL the Galactic General Upgrade Bonus Set gear
• 7 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts 
• 10 Wheel of Doom Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs!)
• and a character page badge

12,000 AC pack exclusive: MindBreaker Class and armor set
Boosts and Doom Tickets will be added directly to your inventory.

2k and 5k AC or 1, 3, or 6 month membership package rewards:

• ALL the Galactic General Upgrade Bonus Set gear
• 5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts 
• and a character page badge

Don't miss our other upgrade bonus sets

Maybe you prefer a more... Marvelous intergalactic theme. We've got you covered. Check out the Infinity Titan upgrade bonus set! You'll find it now in your Account Manager.

Infinity Titan Upgrade Bonus

The hardest choices require the strongest will, but YOU have the strength to act on those choices and save the Universe. Starting this Friday night, get the Infinity Titan class variant, mount armor, regular armor, house, and more when you buy any AdventureCoin or Membership package of $10 USD or more.

Pack Details

 Choose the Infinity Titan to unlock two full armor sets, a class variant, house, and more. 

• Infinity Titan Class (new skill animations, icons, names + StoneCrusher Class functionality)
• Infinity Titan armor
• Infinity Titan's Throne armor (floating throne morph)
• 7 Infinity Titan helms
• Infinity Titan Fangs cape
• Infinity Titan's Reality Gauntlet daggers (pictured above)
• 6 more Infinity Titan weapons: sword, shield, axe, mace, polearm
• Infinity Titan House (with armor / hair customizer)
• Infinity Titan Gauntlet house item
• Mysterious Stranger NPC house item (with bank functionality)
• Infinity Titan BattlePet (member-only)
• Infinity Titan Pet (with quest for house + house items)
• Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts added straight to your inventory
• and a character page badge

May 04, 2021

May the Fourth Be With You

Fan-Favorite Space Gear is BACK

Login now as our out of this world Lore Wars gear and seasonal adventures return! Check out the all-new, rare Way of the J6 armor set in your game menu, plus find all our May 4th event items in the shop in the /zorbaspalace map.

Then return this Friday for the Fifth Lord Sepulchure boss fight, new farming rewards, new upgrade pack and... the DarkSide 2.0 Class (name TBD)! 

DarkSide 2.0 Class?

Over the last couple of years, we've been bringing back previously rare class skills paired with new art so that ALL players can enjoy the gameplay. Previously, the DarkSide Class debuted in 2012*, as Vader Darkside's prize in Cysero's "Can I Has Mod" reward-giving extravaganza-of-craziness.

May the Fourth is the thematically PERFECT time for the class to return, and it will only be available by farming! The blue variant of the seasonal DarkSide 2.0 class will be available for ALL players to farm in this Friday's event. A diabolically-evil red armor set variant will be locked to higher-level heroes. No OG Darkside class required.** 

Want to help choose the class's name? Vote in the poll on my Twitter account until Wednesday at 11:59 PM EST.

* OG Darkside Class owners, you'll keep your original, exclusive class just as-is, with the same art, battle pet, and skills as you've come to know and love. And if you check out the Darkside Orb's quest in /curio, you'll find a permanent, 0 AC version of the Hate Wolf battle pet has been added as a quest reward.

** Because this class is available via farming, and won't require end-game levels of time investment, we're making all of the new class art available for all players.

Zorba the WUT?!

On a planet far, far away... your quest to help Memet the Scruffy-Looking Nightmare Herder begins as we start our May event line-off with a BLAST(er). She owes intergalactic crime lord Zorba the Bakk, and if she's going to pay him back, she needs YOUR help. Find new bosses, rewards, and more this weekend!

Head to /zorbaspalace to begin your quests. 

• Battle Palace Enforcers + Cactus Creepers
• Fight Thwompcats
• Take on Zorba the Bakk

May the 4th Seasonal Gear

Here at the Secret Underground Lab, we are all game developers but also HUGE nerds, and I have to say... these ARE the Mog Wars-themed items you're looking for! Head in game now and find the seasonal May 4th (sci-fi/space-themed) gear in your game menu under the Featured Shops tab! 

Plus, find a merge shop full of space combat-ready items.

The Mawa's Stand Merge Shop includes:

• Galactic Shadow Trooper minion armor/helm
• Twicket, Twig Fortuna, and Twill-ek pets
• StarCrasher armor set
• and more to come on Monday!

May the 4th holiday... wait, what?

Well... it's not, really. Unless you're a particular breed of nerd. As the Intergalactic Space Wiki (run by wookies, of course) tells us:

"May 4 is considered a holiday by Star Wars fans to celebrate the franchise's films series, books, and culture as well as strict religious rituals. The date was chosen for the easy pun on the catchphrase "May the Force be with you" — "May the fourth be with you". Even though the holiday was not actually created or declared by Lucasfilm many Star Wars fans across the world choose to celebrate the holiday."

May 01, 2021

Claim your two free Treasure Chest Keys

Upgrade to unlock this member-only perk!

April showers bring May flowers, and May 1st brings Twilly's monthly gift! Members, log in and talk to Twilly in Battleon to get your two free Treasure Chest keys on the first of every month, then turn them in to get free gear!

Want to get in on this?

If you are not already a member in AdventureQuest Worlds, please consider supporting the game by becoming one, or by purchasing AdventureCoins.

You make our games possible, and for that Artix,the AE team, and I /salute you!