Design Notes

September 23, 2022

Talk Like a Pirate 2022 Collection Update

Unlock 200+ rare and seasonal items in our 2022 Dark Seas Collection

Talk Like a Pirate Day is one of the most popular holidays in AQWorlds. Every year, Quibble Coinbiter returns with new pirate-themed gear from the past, present, and future for heroes who don't ask too many questions about where their loot originated. Get all of Quibble's 2022 Talk Like a Pirate Day collection gear starting this weekend, including over 200 items and a rare character page badge for 10,000 ACs! (over 50,000 ACs worth of gear)

The 2022 TLaPD Dark Seas Collection Chest unlocks over 200 items total. Quibble's Shop and Chest will contain:

Available right now:

Exclusive Dark Seas 2022 Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop
ShadowFlame Naval Commander set
ShadowLord Naval Commander set **
ShadowFlame + ShadowLord Commander's Minions capes
ShadowFlame + ShadowLord Commander's Tentacle Guest capes
Abyssal Angel Naval Commander set
Wretched Debris Naval Commander set
Ammonite of Madness cape
Vindicator of Naval Commanders set
Duality Naval Commander set*
Seraphic Naval Commander set
DragonFlame Pirate Captain set
Eternal Flames of Akriloth ground item
Pirate Moglin pets: 13th Naval, Unlucky Pirate, Blizzard Naval, Galactic Naval, Inverted Naval moglin pets
Vindicator Naval Commander's Quest Pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)
Yokai Oni Naval Commander set **
Shadow Oni Naval Commander set
Tainted Naval Commander set
Paladin Pirate Captain set
Draconic Naval Commander set
Platinum DragonLord Commander set
Golden DragonLord Commander set **
Queen of the Sea Monsters set

Friday, September 30th:

Raven Naval Commander set (2021 Naval Design Contest Winner)

Several other 2021 contest winners' sets will be added as seasonal items in-game, outside of the event collection chest, as well!

The Chaos Pirate Seasonal Collection Chest Returns

Last year, for AQWorlds' 13th anniversary, we a seasonal Chaos Saga Pirate chest with over 100 items! Unlock them all when you get the Chaos Pirate Collection Chest, or buy individual items from the shop in your game menu.

Note: for a few days the Chaos Pirate Collection chest pet was accidentally re-named TLaPD Seasonal Collection Chest. That has been fixed and Captain Rhubarb will refund you if you bought it thinking it was something different.

The seasonal Chaos Pirate Collection Chest includes:

Mobius Naval Commander set: based on Escherion, the 1st Lord of Chaos
Duality Pirate Captain set: based on Xing and Xan, the 2nd Lords of Chaos
Chaos Dragon Pirate Captain set: inspired by Chaos DragonLord Vath, the 3rd Lord of Chaos
Ruby and Emerald Yokai Pirate Captain sets: inspired by Yokai Isle, the 4th Chaos Saga area
WerePyre-ate Captain set: inspired by Wolfwing, the 5th Lord of Chaos
Discordian Naval Commander set: inspired by Discordia, totally the 6th Lord of Chaos
Arboreal Pirate Captain set: inspired by Arcangrove, the 7th Chaos Saga area
Sandsea Naval Commander set: inspired by Zhoom, your main ally in the the 8th Lord of Chaos Saga
Horcish and Trollish Naval Commander sets: inspired by your allies in the 9th Lord of Chaos Saga
Chronomancer Pirate Captain set: inspired by Iadoa, the 10th Lord of Chaos
ChaosFang Naval Commander set: inspired by LionFang, the 11th Lord of Chaos
Swordhaven Naval Commander set: inspired by Alteon, ruler of the 12th Chaos Saga area
Eternal Dragon Naval Commander set: inspired by the Eternal Dragon of Time, the 13th Lord of Chaos
Ahoyrion Quest pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive pets, all of the gear contained inside the 2022 TLaPD Dark Seas Collection Chest shop will also be available to buy individually in Quibble's Event shop.

* Mirrored gender armor variant also available.
** This set will be seasonally available.

YARRRR! New Wheel of Doom Merge Set

Whether you want to tap into your inner darkness or terrify your opponents into submission... we've got new gear for you this weekend!

Find all-new gear in the...

Wheel of Doom Merge Shop: Solo Ship Captain set
Twilly's Treasure Chest Quest: Basilisk Ranger set

Solo Ship Captain set items:

1 armor
2 helms
2 capes
1 sword
1 dagger

Get your Free Wheel of Doom 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

Twilly's Treasure Chest: Basilisk Ranger set

The Basilisk is easily the most deadly of the four legendary beasts of Greenguard Forest. Its stare is as deadly as its venomous bite. No hunter would dare track this beast... until you proved it could be defeated.

Open a Treasure Chest for a chance to get 1 of...

55+ armors
60+ weapons
70+ helms
10+ capes
or 3 house items (including the Altar of Caladbolg)
Plus 5 new items in the Faerie Guardian set

The Basilisk Ranger set includes:

1 armor
2 helms
1 cape
1 bow
1 dagger

Tags: Alina,

September 23, 2022

Shadows of War: Queen's Death Revealed

The Shadows of War Saga Finale Continues This Weekend

The war is over. Your allies have survived intact – for the most part – but your battle is not yet done. This weekend, fight your way though the depths of the Timestream and the remains of the timelines Malgor left behind. Hidden deep inside these dead cycles, the ShadowLord is waiting… and so is the full truth about how the Queen of Monsters really died.

This weekend, /join deadlines and prepare to:

Battle alongside Gravelyn as you explore deeper into the TimeStream
Visit timelines that happened... maybe... at some point... or didn't... O_O
See the truth of how the Queen of Monsters REALLY died
Discover what your allies would have done if the unthinkable happened

OMG PLOT PROGRESSION NOTE: do not skip the final cutscene. SURPRISE REVEAL INSIDE!

Monstrous Reward Gear

Those who can cross between times and worlds are the most dangerous of opponents... and the ones able to get the best loot. Battle monsters in /deadlines for new drops, then find even more new gear in the merge shop.

14 Boss Drops:

2 Monstrous helms, 1 Wing cape
Requiesat Regina armor, 2 helms, 2 capes, Cane
Enchanted Battle Gear
Timestream Ravager's Sigil
Dark Stars Cape
ShadowFlame Aura + Portal

Merge Shop:

Timestream Ravager armor
4 Timestream Ravager helms
1 Timestream Ravager cape
6 Timestream Ravager weapons
Enchanted ShadowFlame Portal

The Story so Far...

In the last chapter update, Fate of the Champipons, it waas WAR! The Avatars were willingto help you hunt Malgor, but to do so, four Elemental Champions needed to serve as their shields. You won the war, but the price was high... maybe too high? It is too soon to tell.

Shadows of War: ShadowFlame Finale

Chapter 1: begin the adventure in /ruinedcrown
Chapter 2: hunt Malgor in /timekeep
Chapter 3: battle through the Timestream war in /streamwar
Chapter 4: discover the truth NOW in /deadlines
Chapter 5: coming soon
Chapter 6: coming soon

The Shadows of War Saga

Malgor, Leader of the ShadowFlame army, seeks to destroy our world completely... by corrupting the ley lines of Lore -- the veins of magic running through our world. If he succeeds, he will be unstoppable, and we will all be very, VERY dead.

The First Encounter: /join shadowwar
Teja the Pirate Queen: /join granitecove
Jinx the Cat Burglar: /join junkhoard
Attack on Arcangrove: /join shadowgrove
Mahou the Spirit Mage: /join aozorahills
Attack on Mythsong: /join shadowsong
Alliance of Evil: /join darkally
The Chaos Twins: /join chaosamulet
Chaos & Shadows: /join lagunabeach
Attack on the Mirror Realm: /join shadowoff
Shadows of Chaos: /join forestreach
ShadowFlame Onslaught: /join fireplanewar
Shadows of War Finale: /join ruinedcrown

See the full Shadows of War Saga Guide here.

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

Friday, September 30:

rare Daily Gifts from 9/1 - 9/14
September National Day items

Saturday, October 1:

September Seasonal set

Friday, October 7:

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2022 collection chest + seasonal event maps/gear
Featured Gear Shop: Wrathful Lich + Celestial Healer sets

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.

Tags: Alina,

September 19, 2022

New Gear Sneak Peek

New Loot and Booty headed your way this weekend

YARRRR! It be Talk Like a Pirate Day today, an' we've got more loot headed yer way all week long. For Daily Login Gift drops, we've got: new Crystallis gear, graphic designer Teka's birthday gifts, a new farming boost, and the last of the water-themed weapons.

The Captain of One set arrives in the Wheel of Doom merge shop starting this Friday as we continue our month of Pirate-themed gear!

This weekend, the Basilisk Ranger reward set arrives. Find it dropping from Twilly's Treasure Chest quest in Battleon.

Find the Timestream Ravager set in the Deadlines Merge Shop during our ShadowFlame Finale Saga Chapter 4 update.

The Requiescat Regina set - themed after the Queen of Monsters - also arrives this weekend as a boss drop in the /Deadlines map.

Plus, even MORE sets arrive in the Talk Like a Pirate Day Quibble shop and Dark Seas collection chest!

Friday, September 23rd:

Paladin Pirate Captain set
Draconic Naval Commander set
Platinum DragonLord Commander set
Golden DragonLord Commander set
Queen of the Sea Monsters set

Tags: Alina,

September 16, 2022

Talk Like a Pirate 2022 Collection Update

Unlock 200+ rare and seasonal items in our 2022 Dark Seas Collection

The 2022 TLaPD Dark Seas Collection Chest unlocks over 200 items total. Quibble's Shop and Chest will contain:

Available right now:

Exclusive Dark Seas 2022 Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop
ShadowFlame Naval Commander set
ShadowLord Naval Commander set **
ShadowFlame + ShadowLord Commander's Minions capes
ShadowFlame + ShadowLord Commander's Tentacle Guest capes
Abyssal Angel Naval Commander set
Wretched Debris Naval Commander set
Ammonite of Madness cape
Vindicator of Naval Commanders set
Duality Naval Commander set*
Seraphic Naval Commander set
DragonFlame Pirate Captain set
Eternal Flames of Akriloth ground item
Pirate Moglin pets: 13th Naval, Unlucky Pirate, Blizzard Naval, Galactic Naval, Inverted Naval moglin pets
Vindicator Naval Commander's Quest Pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)
Yokai Oni Naval Commander set **
Shadow Oni Naval Commander set
Tainted Naval Commander set

Friday, September 23rd:

Paladin Pirate Captain set
Draconic Naval Commander set
Platinum DragonLord Commander set
Golden DragonLord Commander set **
Queen of the Sea Monsters set

The Chaos Pirate Seasonal Collection Chest Returns

The seasonal Chaos Pirate Collection Chest includes:

Mobius Naval Commander set: based on Escherion, the 1st Lord of Chaos
Duality Pirate Captain set: based on Xing and Xan, the 2nd Lords of Chaos
Chaos Dragon Pirate Captain set: inspired by Chaos DragonLord Vath, the 3rd Lord of Chaos
Ruby and Emerald Yokai Pirate Captain sets: inspired by Yokai Isle, the 4th Chaos Saga area
WerePyre-ate Captain set: inspired by Wolfwing, the 5th Lord of Chaos
Discordian Naval Commander set: inspired by Discordia, totally the 6th Lord of Chaos
Arboreal Pirate Captain set: inspired by Arcangrove, the 7th Chaos Saga area
Sandsea Naval Commander set: inspired by Zhoom, your main ally in the the 8th Lord of Chaos Saga
Horcish and Trollish Naval Commander sets: inspired by your allies in the 9th Lord of Chaos Saga
Chronomancer Pirate Captain set: inspired by Iadoa, the 10th Lord of Chaos
ChaosFang Naval Commander set: inspired by LionFang, the 11th Lord of Chaos
Swordhaven Naval Commander set: inspired by Alteon, ruler of the 12th Chaos Saga area
Eternal Dragon Naval Commander set: inspired by the Eternal Dragon of Time, the 13th Lord of Chaos
Ahoyrion Quest pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

* Mirrored gender armor variant also available.
** This set will be seasonally available.

New Featured Rares: Aranx's Birthday Gear

Aranx, defender of the Celestial Realm, leveled up in real life earlier this month. Find Aranx’s Celestial Birthday gear in the Featured Gear shop in your game menu! These are some of the best Good and Evil-themed items we’ll release this year, but they won't be available for long. On October 7th, they'll go rare... FOREVER!

Arriving in the Featured Gear Shop this weekend:

Celestial Healer armor
4 Celestial Healer helms
Celestial Healer Sparks cape (AC + member versions)
Celestial Healer Staff
Wrathful Lich armor
Wrathful Lich helm
2 Wrathful Lich capes
Wrathful Lich's Orb pet (AC + member versions)
Wrathful Lich's Staff
Evolved LightCaster armor
Silken Hood of Light
Glowing Halo and Locks of Light
Glowing Halo of Light
Shining Blade of Glory
Shining Blade of Glory (member gold version)

Who is Aranx?

The Archangel Aranx is shrouded in mystery. Not much is known about this Archangel… and he wants to keep it that way! His angelic attributes are expressed through his work and perhaps one day we will discover the past behind Aranx!

Aranx was born and raised in Denmark, and his artistic inspiration came from the beauty of art, cartoons, and the ocean. He is a huge fan Brenton Thwaites and loves to watch Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, and Nikita. Aranx started playing AdventureQuest a long, long time ago, and has worked with AQWorlds as an Assistant Artist for a year and a half now. Aranx’s favorite thing about AE is the art…and with his help, we are able to bestow unsurpassed beauty upon AQWorlds!

Tags: Alina,

September 16, 2022

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2022 Event

Battle for epic loot and to save the Prime Water Dragon

Ahoy, me hearties! Log in this weekend for Part II of our Talk Like a Pirate Day 2022 event! Your quest for an ancient artifact continues with a fundamental, elemental twist: the treasure you've been hunting is the Exiled Champion of Earth?!* Now you have a new goal: defeat Neso's Guardian and free the exiled Champion of Earth from their underwater prison.

Complete last week's story update in /lowtide, then continue your adventure in /aluteanursey! If you haven't checked them out yet, /join all our seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day maps and battle for loot, booty, and adventy-ARRRRR!

Tlapd
Pirates
Piratewar
Hiddendepths
Blazebeard
Manacannon
Kaijuwar
Heartofthesea
cetoleonwar
dragonpirate
dragoncapital
lowtide

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

* Tremblor and Neso, the Avatars of Earth and Water, have some explaining to do!

The Story So Far: The Sea Witch's Treasure...

Last week, we released part 1 of our TLaPD 2022 holiday event story in /lowtide. You and your fellow heroes had to battle alongside Captain Rhubarb to recover an ancient artifact from a powerful Sea Witch bent on revenge. After investigating, the looming question was... did her treasure REALLY remain trapped in the sea? O_O

Loot, Pillage, and Plunder!

Battle monsters and the boss in this weekend's event in /aluteanursery to collect all 35 of our new boss + quest drops, plus unlock 36 new items in the merge shop (including the color-custom pieces of the Naval Guard and DeepSea Star Pirate sets).

26 Monster Drops:

Diabolical Fleet Cruiser House
6 Diabolical Fleet house items
1 Diabolical Treasure pet
3 Diabolical weapons
1 House Guard
1 Fishling pet
1 Smol Wave ground item
DeepSea Star Pirate armor **
4 DeepSea Star Pirate helms **
1 DeepSea Star Pirate cape **
6 DeepSea Star Pirate weapons **

12 Quest Drops:

Naval Guard armor
5 Naval Guard helms
1 Naval Guard cape
5 Naval Guard weapons

36 Merge Shop items:

Malevolent Marauder armor
6 Marauder helms
2 Marauder capes
9 Marauder weapons
DeepSea Tidal Wave ground item
Magical DeepSea Star Pirate armor **
4 DeepSea Star Pirate helms **
4 DeepSea Star Pirate weapons **
Enchanted Naval Guard armor **
2 Enchanted Naval Guard helms **
5 Enchanted Naval Guard weapons **

** Items are color-customizable.

And don't miss all of the rewards in last week's story update in the /lowtide map.

25 Seasonal Monster Drops:

Dark Seas Corsair armor set (17 items)
Galleon Crew moglin pet
Debris Commander's Hair + Bangs
Debris Commander's Pistol (single + dual wield)
ShadowFlame Commander's Pistol (single + dual wield)
ShadowLord Commander's Pistol (single + dual wield)

15 Merge Shop items:

Enchanted Corsair armor set (10 items)
Dark Sea Fleet Captain armor set (5 items)

4 Rare Monster Drops: Available until October 7th

Abyssal Commander Tricorn + Tricorn / Locks
Vindicator Naval's Armblade + blades

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

Friday, September 23:

Featured Gear Shop: Corrupted Mana set

Friday, September 30:

rare Daily Gifts from 9/1 - 9/14
September National Day items

Saturday, October 1:

September Seasonal set

Friday, October 7:

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2022 collection chest + seasonal event maps/gear
Featured Gear Shop: Wrathful Lich + Celestial Healer sets

Daily Gift Schedule

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

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,

September 15, 2022

AQWorlds Updates: Sept 15th

News from around Lore (and Social Media)

Several of the winning sets from last year's TLaPD 2021 Pirate Set contest, announced to arrive this year, have not yet been created. We are still planning for most of them to release in some way this year!

One of the sets was found to be too closely modeled on art from another game, and will not be added into AQWorlds. Thank you to Twitter Hero nrhaleav for the heads up about the similarities.

Bido is currently translating the rest of the winning sets into Flash. Not all of them will be exclusive to the collection chest. At least one will be available all year long, by farming. Check out this "work in progress" shot of where he's at with Shy / Emulon's set!

Deep Sea Denizen Art Preview

The water making up Deep Sea elementals is dark, frigid, and stagnant. Their eyes and gems are milky-white and blind. The water is cold, devoid of the nutrient-rich life you see swimming closer to the surface. Encounter them this weekend... if you dare.