Design Notes

November 29, 2024

Phantom Chronomancer Class

Reap Your Rewards

Introducing the Phantom Chronomancer class, the newest addition to AdventureQuest Worlds! Unlock the class, armor set, and character page badge when you get the 2025 Poster calendar. You can pre-order your 2025 Calendar NOW from HeroMart. A version will be added to the in-game HeroMart map in the later half of 2025 for HeroPoints or AdventureCoins.

This year's calendar class combines time and death to create a dodge based calendar class that can dish out large amounts of damage.

Phantom Chronomancer Details

Description
Recommended enhancement: Wizard. When a Chronomancer refuses to die a natural death, a Phantom Chronomancer pays them a visit, carrying out their execution by draining them of their temporal powers.

Stat Model
Power Caster

Mana Regen
The Phantom Chronomancer gains mana when they:

• Strike an enemy in combat (more effective on crits)
• Are struck by an enemy in combat

Combat Skills

The Clock is Ticking

Rank needed: 1 / Auto Attack
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 40% - 280% Magical as Physical, static
Range: Medium
Cooldown: 1.8 seconds

Swing your scythe at your opponent, dealing unavoidable damage while applying No Escape From Death, reducing their Dodge by 30%, outgoing damage by 20%, and Crit Chance by 15% for 20 seconds. Damage dealt is based on the number of Seconds to Midnight stacks you have. 

An Auto Attack, but with a Scythe (and some hefty target debuffs)!

Reaping Rift

Rank needed: 1
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 40% Magical
Range: Medium
Mana Cost: 4
Cooldown: 3 seconds

Harvest your opponent's time to use against them. Applies Temporal Rift for 10 seconds, which stacks to 4 and is used by your other abilities.

If Death Sentence is active, it's consumed to apply Guillotine, reducing your opponent's Physical and Magical Resistance by 45% for 12 seconds.

The calendar class special, Temporal Rift. Stack this up, and you'll be doing lots of damage in no time. This skill also has an added effect of debuffing your target's resistance stats when certain conditions are met.

The Clock Strikes at Midnight

Rank needed: 2
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 55% - 385% Magical, static
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 10
Cooldown: 3 seconds

Begin the countdown to your opponent's demise. Applies Seconds to Midnight for 12 seconds, increasing the damage of each successive hit of this skill, up to 4 times. 

If Death Sentence is active, it's consumed to apply Impalement, increasing your outgoing damage by 20% for 12 seconds.

A fairly straightforward skill. The more you use it, the more damage it deals to contribute to your rift collapse skill. If Death Sentence is up, you'll also receive a nice boost to your damage output!

Final Hours

Rank needed: 3
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 290% Physical as Magical, static
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 45
Cooldown: 3 seconds

An unavoidable attack that signals the end for your opponent. If you don't have Temporal Rift, you Enshroud your presence, increasing your Dodge by 40% while healing you over time for 10 seconds.

If you have 4 stacks of Seconds to Midnight, applies Death Sentence, increasing your Crit Chance by 30% for 3 seconds.

A very expensive skill mana cost wise, but arguably your most important one. Firstly, using this skill while you don't have Temporal Rift grants you 40% Dodge, which is enough to max out your Dodge when paired with certain enhancement traits, and an HoT which is this class' only source of healing. Secondly, when you have 4 stacks of Seconds to Midnight and use this skill, you'll get the Death Sentence aura, which can either be used to increase the likelihood of your rift collapse skill critting, or can be consumed with Reaping Rift or Seconds to Midnight to apply a powerful effect, allowing for even more damage to be done. If you have enough mana to spare, you can benefit from multiple effects at the same time! 

Time of Death

Rank needed: 5
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 8% - 24% recorded damage as Magical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 0
Cooldown: 12 seconds

Carry out your opponent's execution, dealing damage based on the amount you've dealt in the last 10 seconds while Temporal Rift was active. Damage scales with each stack of Temporal Rift and consumes those stacks. Removes Seconds to Midnight and Death Sentence.

Last but not least, the rift collapse skill. The more damage you deal while under the effect of Temporal Rift, the more damage this skill does. When you use this skill, it consumes your Temporal Rift and Seconds to Midnight stacks, so if you want to want to balance your Dodge chance upkeep with your damage output, you might want to use this skill sooner than later.

Passive Skills

Sharpened Scythe 

Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive
Hit Chance and Crit Chance increased by 10%.

A Swift Death

Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive
Haste and Dodge increased by 20%.

Harvested Time

Rank needed: 10
Type: Passive
Outgoing magic damage increased by 25%.

Conclusion

Phantom Chronomancer has a fairly straightforward playstyle that involves balancing your dodge upkeep with your damage output. When you max out your Temporal Rift and Seconds to Midnight stacks, you can use Time of Death out the door to deal a fair amount of damage and refresh your Dodge buff reliably, or you can build your Time of Death damage even higher by applying your Guillotine and Impalement auras first, but at a severe cost to mana while also risking your dodge upkeep.

November 29, 2024

Black Friday 2024: OMG UPDATE

Dark New Rewards, Hollowborn Boss, & Doom Merge

It's the darkest time of the year, and that means new Black Friday rewards are here! All heroes can battle monsters in /blackfridaywar for new rewards. For heroes eager to test their might... we've got new a new boss battle ready for you: take on the Hollowborn DragonLord. Read on for more details or charge into battle now!

New game release

Live at Midnight:

• Reward drops from the DealBot 2.0 and Executive Vordred monsters in /blackfridaywar 
• Reward drops from the Ebil Mech Dragon in /ebilmech
• Dark ArchFiend Cloak of Nulgath in the Diamond Merge Shop

Now Available:

• Hollowborn DragonLord boss in /hbchallenge (level 65+ recommended)
• Shadow Raider drops from the DealBot 2.0 in /blackfridaywar
• Party Night Star set from Quibble's Shop / Chest, Twilly's Treasure Chest, and the Wheel of Doom Merge Shop
• Black Friday 2024 Collection update: 60+ new items
• Frostval 2024 Gifting Event Opt-in Quest

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: double Rep, Class Points, Gold, XP
• Saturday: rare Dawk Pet from the BOGODrone Prime and Dark Dragon statues from /hbchallenge
• Sunday: Dawn Sanctum house items from Gramiel in /dawnsanctum

Hollowborn Rewards

New trials await, born from blood and darkness and insanity. Talk to Akaries, the Hollowborn Dragon, and aid him in bringing his DragonLord back to the battle companion he knew so well. Help him, and your rewards will be mighty enough to grace any dragon's hoard. 

Nameless DragonLord Drops:

• Drake Stingers
• Drake Flamberge
• DragonKnight Armet
• DragonBerserker Helm + Visor
• DragonLord Cloak
• DragonBlood Blade

Akaries's Merge Shop:

• Hollowborn WyvernSlayer armor
• Noble Hollowborn DragonKnight armor
• Noble Hollowborn Dragonlord armor
• Hollowborn DragonBerserker armor
• Hollowborn DragonBulwark armor
• Plumed + Noble Hollowborn Dragonknight Armets
• Hollowborn DragonBerserker Helms: Noble, Plumed, Fury, Plated, and Rage Helms
• Hollowborn Dragon's Curse
• Hollowborn Drake Halberd
• Hollowborn DragonLord Masterblade

These rewards are permanently available, so if you need to level up to take these evil opponents down, never fear... you've got time!

Post-Update Fixes and Additions

In the craziness of the short week, getting the midnight update live, and preparing to leave again for another family-related trip, I left a few things off the team's list to add into tonight's release. 

1) Adding two new houses to the Centaur 21 shop - DONE
2) Adding Party Star set to Quibble's Shop, Chest, and Twilly's Treasure Chest - DONE
3) Adding missing Obsidian Capes and helms to the collection chest + Quibble's shop - DONE
4) Armor fixes for Shadow Raider (released) + Obsidian Celestial Protector (not released yet) - In progress

Dark Holiday AdventureCoin Bonus

If you're gearing up for the holidays, this is the best time to check out our Holiday AC bonus so you don't miss a thing. Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or Membership pack.

November 29, 2024

New Black Friday Rares

Our Black Friday 2024 Collection Levels Up

Our Black Friday 2024 Collection, featuring a backpack FULL of new Black Friday and Cyber Monday rares, is now available in Battleon! Find over 200 dark variants of your favorite gear in Quibble's shop right now. If you're a collector or rare hunter, pick up the Black Friday Collection Chest to get ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins!

New to the Rares Shop and Collection this week:

• Obsidian Celestial Guardian armor + accessories*
• Cyber Hamster Server armor
• Cyber EbilCorp's Muscles armor
• Cyber Dragon Warrior armor + accessories 
• Anti-Kaiju Agent armor + accessories 
• Apocalypse Mecha OMGZilla pet (color-custom + calls animated FX)
• Apocalypse Mecha OMGZilla Battle Pet (color-custom)
• Multiverse Overdrive Traveller armor + accessories
• Reality Breaker armor + accessories

Check out Quibble's Black Friday Rares Shop to find:

• Exclusive Black Friday 2024 Collection Chest cape to unlock the full collection shop
• Cyber Assassin of Shadows set
• Fiendish Cyber Shinobi set
• Dark Crystallis Delinquent set
• Obsidian Dragon Ronin of OverSoul
• Cyber ShadowMage Assassin set
• Cyber DeathRider (Mount + Walking armors)
• Cyber Necro Snake armor
• Dark Doomwood DragonKnight set
• Dark Monday King armor, helm, and weapon
• Dark Priest of the Ignited Ones
• Umbral Constantine Bank pet
• Neon DrAEgon Bank pet
• Obsidian Void Dragon pet
• Cyber Matrix of Revontheus
• Cyber Shadow Assassin's Puppeteer an Blade
• Dark DragonKnight Guard floor item
• Parked Cyber DeathRider Bike floor item
• Obsidian Darkblood of Nulgath items
• Obsidian Paladin Commander items 
• Shadow Centaur Lord set
• Dark Glaceran Warlord Class, armor, and items
• Queen Iona's Funery Attire armor + helm
• floating Shadowed Iona Companion Bank pet
• Cyber + Shadow General Neesha sets
• Dark Doctor What + Onyx Unicorn Crooner armors

This is the final update to the Black Friday Collection Chest. Earlier in the month, several sets were shown by NCS which have not released (including the Cyber Drakath Prime and Empyrean Void), but those have been shifted to next year, as we needed to make additional changes to the art.

* Obsidian Celestial Protector armor file crashed yesterday. It will be remade and released ASAP.

And don't miss what we've got planned for the rest of the collection update! 

New Party Star Set!

Parties are where everyone can forget the stress of the real world and just... /DANCE. Get your /rave on together with Despera's RBG-inspired Party Star set. Rare variants in Quibble's shop & collection chest. 0 AC drops from Twilly's Chest and Doom Merge shop.

The set includes:

• Party Night Star Armor
• Party Night Morph & Visage
• Party Night Beret (male + female) 
• Rave Crystal cape
• Iridescent Star Tail
• Neon Stage ground rune
• Iridescent Party Flames 

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

Black Friday 2024 Collection Notes

Read on for important notes about this year's collection.

• All of this year's event rare items are available individually from the Black Friday Shop in your game menu until the event leaves December 10th.
• The Hollowborn Collection Chest is a seasonal item and will not be included in the Black Friday Collection Chest.
• If you purchased the Centaur Lord or Darkblood of Nulgath Upgrade Packs you will find the Obsidian variants for free in your Book of Lore shop once they arrive in the collection later this month. 
• Additional items will arrive next week as reward drops alongside our Black Friday update.

HollowBorn Collection Chest Returns

The Hollowborn Evoker set, created for Black Friday by AQW Community artist, Yo Lae, is a Black Friday seasonal collection chest. Unlock a TON of dark, deadly items for 5,000 AdventureCoins when you get the Hollowborn Chest pet (items available in the pet's shop).

The Hollowborn Collection includes:

• Hollowborn Collection chest pet (has shop for all the gear)
• Hollowborn Lightning pet (with quest for character page badge)

The Hollowborn Chest is seasonal, and will return every Black Friday. (Please note, the Hollowborn Chest does not receive new items each year.)

November 22, 2024

This Weekend: Hollowborn Saga Update

Chapter 3.5: Dawn Sanctum's Light

This weekend, your inevitable confrontation with Gramiel, the insane zealot, is almost upon you. His Dawn Vindicator army fights to prove the supremacy of humans, to destroy evil spawned in the wake of monsters, and in the name of... a Hollowborn Minx?! This weekend, fight to discover the truth of the Shadow Fiend. All will be revealed when the light of the heavens goes dark.

New Game Update

• New Story: chapter 3.5 of the Hollowborn Saga in the Dawn Sanctum
• Rewards: new Vindicator rewards... in shadow 
• Twilly's Treasure Chest: Black Light Party armor
• New Rares: Quibble Coinbiter's 2024 Black Friday shop update

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Get double EXP / Gold / Rep /Class Points until Monday!
• Saturday: Celebrate Wolfenoot with the Galactic Wolf pet, battle pet & house guard until December 14th!
• Sunday: Battle the boss in the Shadow Realm for the rare Shadow of Vengeance house guard* until December 31st!

For the Dawn Vindicators seek to purge beasts of all forms from Lore in the name of our Master's lost love. When the last of the fiend's fall, the world will finally become the sacred garden it was meant to be. A garden for the human race. - Genevieve, Dawn Vindicator Flag Bearer

Dawn Vindicator Gear

Whether you live in the light or prefer to fight through the shadows... we've got a host of new reward gear for you! If you've completed chapters 1, 2, and head to the /DawnSanctum map. Complete the story update, then battle monsters to collect drops and merge shop resources to make 6 new armor sets! 

New DawnSanctum Merge Shop Sets

New NeoTower Drops

The Hollowborn Saga

Chapter 1: Dawn vs Shadow 

 Explore the background Lae, First of the Hollowborn. He needs your help to save the villagers of a town where many of his brethren lived, died, and were reborn. The threat? A group of knights investigating rumors of a young girl possessed by a malicious spirit. The Dawn Vindicators dedicated to rooting out the evil and spreading their truth... at any cost.

Begin the adventure in /trygve.

Chapter 2: Vindication of Light 

 Your mission: infiltrate the Dawn Vindicator's fortress to villagers kidnapped by Lord Gramiel's soldiers. Keep to the shadows to avoid detection, search for the villagers, and get out alive. Be wary, Hero... something is not right here. There is darkness hidden inside the light.

Continue the adventure in /neofortress.

Have you explored the Hollowborn Faction yet?

A faction of warriors (or creatures?... or both?!) exists among the shadows of that dark realm. Known only as the Hollowborn, they appear to be lead by man named Lae. We do not know much about him... Yet. If you aren't familiar with them, find Kaselbel in the /shadowrealm and complete her quests to earn Hollowborn Rep and to unlock dark rewards in the merge shop. 

• Hollowborn Thunderlord armor set
• Hollowborn Vampire armor set
• and more gear to come in the future

Once you find the enigmatic Lae, if you can convince him to talk, he'll tell you of a deep, dark fortress. Travel there and you'll find a series of quests that only the highest leveled heroes should begin. Complete them to unlock the exclusive Hollowborn Paladin 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.

November 15, 2024

Quibble's Back for Black Friday!

Our Black Friday 2024 Collection is HERE

Our Black Friday 2024 Collection, featuring a backpack FULL of new Black Friday and Cyber Monday rares, is now available in Battleon! Find over 80 dark variants of your favorite gear in Quibble's shop right now, and return next week as even more items arrive. If you're a collector or rare hunter, pick up the Black Friday Collection Chest to get ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins! 

Check out Quibble's Black Friday Rares Shop to find:

• Exclusive Black Friday 2024 Collection Chest cape to unlock the full collection shop
• Cyber Assassin of Shadows set
• Fiendish Cyber Shinobi set
• Dark Crystallis Delinquent set
• Obsidian Dragon Ronin of OverSoul
• Cyber ShadowMage Assassin set
• Cyber DeathRider (Mount + Walking armors)
• Cyber Necro Snake armor
• Dark Doomwood DragonKnight set
• Dark Monday King armor, helm, and weapon
• Dark Priest of the Ignited Ones
• Umbral Constantine Bank pet
• Neon DrAEgon Bank pet
• Obsidian Void Dragon pet
• Cyber Matrix of Revontheus
• Cyber Shadow Assassin's Puppeteer an Blade
• Dark DragonKnight Guard floor item
• Parked Cyber DeathRider Bike floor item
• and more!*

And don't miss what we've got planned for the rest of the collection update! More dark variants are on their way over the next two weeks. 

Still to come:

• Obsidian Celestial Protector items
• Obsidian Celestial Guardian items
• Cyber EbilCorp's Muscles items
• Obsidian Darkblood of Nulgath items
• Obsidian Paladin Commander items 
• Shadow Centaur Lord set
• Cyber Hamster Server armor
• Dark Glaceran Warlord Class, armor, and items
• Queen Iona's Funery Attire armor + helm
• floating Shadowed Iona Companion Bank pet
• Cyber General Neesha items
• Shadow General Neesha itetms
• Dark Doctor What + Onyx Unicorn Croone

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

Black Friday 2024 Collection Notes

Read on for important notes about this year's collection.

• All of this year's event rare items are available individually from the Black Friday Shop in your game menu until the event leaves December 10th.
• The Hollowborn Collection Chest is a seasonal item and will not be included in the Black Friday Collection Chest.
• If you purchased the Centuar Lord or Darkblood of Nulgath Upgrade Packs you will find the Obsidian variants for free in your Book of Lore shop once they arrive in the collection later this month. 
• Additional items will arrive next week as reward drops alongside our Black Friday update.

HollowBorn Collection Chest Returns

The Hollowborn Evoker set, created for Black Friday by AQW Community artist, Yo Lae, is a Black Friday seasonal collection chest. Unlock a TON of dark, deadly items for 5,000 AdventureCoins when you get the Hollowborn Chest pet (items available in the pet's shop).

The Hollowborn Collection includes:

• Hollowborn Collection chest pet (has shop for all the gear)
• Hollowborn Lightning pet (with quest for character page badge)

The Hollowborn Chest is seasonal, and will return every Black Friday. (Please note, the Hollowborn Chest does not receive new items each year.)

November 15, 2024

Harvest Fest Happening Now

You are Cordially invited to Princess Tara's Royal Feast

For the first time in years, Princess Tara has been reunited with her family and friends. She wanted to prepare a grand feast to celebrate... until the stress of preparations boosted her magic into overdrive... and spiked all the dishes she prepared. Before you can sit down to eat dinner, you'll need to DEFEAT dinner. /Join ManaHarvest to quell the culinary Chaos, save the Feast, and earn Princess Tara's eternal gratitude.

New Game Release

• Story Update: New Harvest Fest event with Tara, Oishii, and all your friends
• New Rewards: A bounty of ShadowSlayer items to collect and unlock
• Black Friday Rares, Pt 1: talk to Quibble to check out 80 new holiday items

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Get double EXP until Monday!
  Saturday: Battle the Turdrakolich in the /eventhub to get the 0 AC rare Dead Aim Bow.
  Sunday: Defeat the Leaf Painter in the /eventhub to collect new seasonal Harvest house items.

As the Harvest Festival approaches, the leaves turn a crisp shade of blue, baskets are filled with chrome apples and gourds, and --- wait, that's not right. O_O

As much as she loves avant garde cooking, Oishii knows you need to get the feast food back until control before anyone gets to eat. THEN you'll have earned dessert. Talk to Tara once you've eaten and complete her "Leftover Lunching" to earn merge resources. You'll use those to craft all the pieces of the ShadowSlayer Leathers reward set. 

ManaHarvest Drops

ManaHarvest Merge Shop

Dark Holiday AdventureCoin Bonus

If you're gearing up for the holidays, this is the best time to check out our Holiday AC bonus so you don't miss a thing. Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or Membership pack.

November 13, 2024

Player Support Reminder

Botting Can Break Your Account... or Get it Banned

Earlier this week, we began getting bug reports about players not able to load when they tried to join a server. Captain Rhubarb found the cause after some digging -- while botting, each of the accounts attempted to save data that the game is not currently set up to accommodate. This broke their characters so completely, they could not join any server. Only about 40 players were affected -- this time -- but this is a good example of why you should not use bots or third party programs.

What is a "Bot"?

Players get banned for botting every week; this tells us a couple of things.

Many players don't know what a bot IS.

• A bot or "third party program" is a program built by someone else that plays the game for you. 
• ALL massively multiplayer games have a problem with them, and they are, and always have been against the rules. 

Many players don't know that botting is not allowed.

Our goal is to keep the game fair, safe and fun. NOT to ban players. We are all human, we all make mistakes. If you did not know before... that's why I'm posting! If you're not sure why we don't allow them, read on.

1. It is unfair to other players who put the time and effort into playing the game / achieving goals
2. It takes time away from building the game to deal with botting/cheating/hacking issues
3. It can seriously hurt your account -- either because it gets banned... or breaks, like in the example above.

We want you guys to enjoy playing AdventureQuest Worlds. Play right. Play fair. Play the game the way it was intended. Using third party programs is a good way to get your account banned or broken.

November 08, 2024

Secrets of the Past

Shadows Rising Saga, Chapter 2 Finale

Secrets hide in the hearts of men... and deep inside the sof the Hidden Palace of Duat. You only THINK you know what you'll find once you complete this saga finale. Log in now and battle through Part III of the Shadows Rising Saga, then check out the new reward set and rare sets from the elusive-but-incredibly-talented Kotaro!

New Game Release

• Story Update: Shadows Rising Saga: Chamber of Darkness
• New Rewards: Unlock the Apophis Medjai set + new drops
• Featured Gear Shop: new rare Soulsworn of Eos armor set
• Grand Pirate King set: available for free in the TLaPD collection chest + in the Game Menu shop

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Double Gold Boost
• Saturday: seasonal Autumn Fox weapons, house guards, and pet from the Autumn Fox in /eventhub*
• Sunday: rare + permanent Axes of Grimskull drop off Binky in /binky and /doomvault

You should make sure you're all caught up with the Doom Triad Saga to REALLY enjoy this week's update.
I'm just sayin'...
No reason. 💀

Shadows Rising Saga, Chapter 2 Finale

We began the Shadows Rising Saga last October, and continued the tale of the Doom Triad last month.

In Part I: Sandsea in Darkness, the Doom Triad's focus turned to a new land, rich in gold and history. Aid Pharoah Zhoom in battling the Condemned Shadows and the spreading Chaorruption tainting his beloved Sandsea.

In Part II: Shroud of Darkness, your skill in battle was needed to defend the Sandsea against the Doom Triad's dark chaotic forces or one of your other companions may need to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Now... Part III: Chamber of Darkness awaits. Venture into the hidden palace beneath the City of Duat. Keep your allies safe and the Sandsea secure. As Zhoom faces down the secrets of the past, he needs YOU to guard what matters to him most.

Can all these things be connected? Is it just the madness of the era, or your Eternal Dragon of Time powers attracting disaster to you? One thing is for sure: the Doom Triad will not stop until they have dominated our entire world.  

Hidden Chamber Rewards

/join HiddenDuat and talk to Zhoom, Pharoah of the Sandsea. Battle the Royal Mummies, overseers, and other denizens dwelling deep below the city. Defeat the boss lying in wait and complete this weekend's story to unlock a quest that will let you craft the Apophis Medjai set!

Featured Rare Set: Soulsworn of Eos

The Soulsworn are devoted to a memory they can't recall. They vow to make a mountain of bodies to reach the sun and tear it down... Will YOU climb with them, or be ground underfoot? Find the rare Follower of Eos armor set in your Featured Gear Shop until Friday, December 20th!

Find the items now in your Featured Gear Shop

• Soulsworn of Eos armor
• Soulsworn of Eos Hair, Locks, and Morph helms
• Eos' Prison cape
• Roots of Abundance ground rune 
• Enchanted Roots of Abundance (color-customizable)
• Domain of the Imugi
• Staff of Strangled Light
• Sunpiercer Uisun
• Sunpiercer Uisun Blade
  

Grand Pirate King Set Now Available

Back in September, we announced that Kotaro's Grand Pirate King gear -- one of the sets expected to release in Quibble Coinbiter's Abyssal Fortune collection -- would be delayed. I promised that once it was ready, we'd add it automatically to the chest and make it available for everyone else to buy in a limited-time shop. At long last, the cargo has been released and the items have hit the digital shelves! 

NOTE: If you have the Abyssal Fortune Collection Chest, you do not need to buy the items from the Grand Pirate King shop in your game menu. The items are already in your collection pet chest shop.

NOTE 2: Back in September, I retweeted a post from Kotaro and said the set would arrive in the TLaPD collection chest. That was faulty on several levels. The image was a few years old, and it was of an NPC, not an armor set. I apologize for any upset my mistake caused.

Server / Game Launcher Issue Reports: Update & Resolution

Issue 1: We have seen increased reports of server lag. We're going to try lowering the server caps as a test this weekend as we look at the analytics. 

Issue 2: If you've been seeing a "Could not connect. Please try again." error when loading the Artix Games Launcher... GOOD NEWS! Captain Rhubarb was able to resolve the issue earlier this evening.

November 18, 2024

Game News: November 18 - 24

Read on for the latest news and information

Stay up to date with details on the new releases, server boosts, daily login gifts, art previews, balance updates, and more in this week's game digest post.

Monday: Double Gold Boost

Get double Gold from battles and quests until Wednesday!

Tuesday: Day of the Undead

Our Tuesday Treasure Hunt is live! Talk to Rutilans in the /graveyard to unlock new a new Muerto Viviente Skull cape and member-only pet.

Wednesday: Double Reputation Boost

Get double Rep from completing quests until Friday!

Thursday: Spirit Orbs Boost

Get double rewards as you battle to create your Blinding Light of Destiny Axe all week long.

Read the full post for more details. 

Friday Update Details

Read on for news about this weekend's new Hollowborn Saga + Black Friday Collection updates.

Story: chapter 3.5 of the Hollowborn Saga in the Dawn Sanctum
Rewards: Vindicator rewards... in shadow 
New Rares: Quibble Coinbiter's 2024 Black Friday shop update

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Get double EXP / Gold / Rep /Class Points until Monday!
Saturday: Celebrate Wolfenoot with the Galactic Wolf pet, battle pet, and house guard until November 14th!
Sunday: Battle the boss in the Shadow Realm for the rare Shadow of Vengeance house guard* until December 31st!

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.

* This is a shadowy house guard version of the Vengeance Pactdealer cape, released last month in our birthday collection chest.

November 12, 2024

Game News: November 11 - 17

Read on for the latest news and information

Stay up to date with details on the new releases, server boosts, daily login gifts, art previews, balance updates, and more in this week's game digest post.

Monday: Double Reputation Boost

Get double Rep from completing quests until Wednesday!

Tuesday: Midweek Update

Head to the /Oasis and talk to Fabyo Loso, iconic NPC designer. Complete his quests to gather resources, then craft Ballyhoo's armor, helms, axe, and a house guest.

Get more details in the full Design Notes post.

Wednesday: Double Class Points Boost

Get double Class Points from battles until Friday!

Thursday: Celestial Dungeon Resource Boost

Get double rewards as you battle to create your Greatblade of the Entwined Eclipse. Head to the /TempleShrine map and talk to Empress Ai no Miko for more information.

Celestial Dungeon: Read the full post for more details. 

Friday Update Details

Read on for news about this weekend's new updates.

Story: New Harvest Fest event with Tara, Oishii, and all your friends
Rewards: A bounty of new items to collect and unlock
Shop: Quibble Coinbiter's 2024 Black Friday Rares

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Get double EXP until Monday!
Saturday: Battle the Turdrakolich in the /eventhub to get the 0 AC rare Dead Aim Bow.
Sunday: Defeat the Leaf Painter in the /eventhub to collect new seasonal Harvest house items.

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.

November 01, 2024

It's No Trick, Harvest Fest is Back!

Get your Feast On this Weekend

Hungry for adventure? Then feast your eyes what the team has prepared for this weekend's update: our seasonal Harvest Fest + EbilCorp events are back, along with an Apocalyptic Trickster boss ready to confuse, confound, and CONTROL you. 

Log in now and /join MonaghanGorge to battle this weekend's newest boss. 

New Game Release

New Event: Trickster Boss Battles (not an illusion!)
Real Rewards: Trickster's Gifts armor sets 
New Upgrade Bonus Pack: Apocalyptic Illusionist sets

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Double Rep Boost
Saturday: Battle the Wraiths in /memento for 3 rare 0 AC new Dark Remembrance gifts
Sunday: Battle the Autumn Fox in the /eventhub to collect 8 weapons, 1 pet, and 1 houseguard

The Apocalyptic Trickster Awaits...

This weekend, head to DragonRune Hall. There, you'll find Seidel, the Magical Ace. He's got information you need about an Illusionist named Donegal, and the calamity he's wrought by summoning an Apocalyptic Entity. Find out what he knows, then head to Monaghan Grove and confront Duartaine, the Trickster. 

 Talk to Donegal in Monaghan Grove for his quest. Two versions of Duartaine are available to battle, each with exclusive drops.

• Duartaine, Level 30
• Trickster Duartaine, Level 60

Defeat each (... IF you can find the level 60 version) and collect the drops. Complete Donegal's quest for the merge shop resources used to craft color-customizable versions of the rewards.

Trickster Drops

Trickster Merge Shop

Harvest Fest (and seasonal rewards) Return

Every year, the Harvest Fest is a time to relax and celebrate another year of prosperity with your loved ones. A time to forget about the horrors of Mogloween and look forward to another happy Frostval in the coming weeks as you digest the giant feast that Oishii the Troll Chef has prepared for you.

Head to the /eventhub to easily access all our November events from one map! Talk to Oishii the Lunch Lady for information on Harvest Fest Politely approach Yes, Ma'am the Executive Secretary for details on EbilCorp.

Don't BECOME the Feast!

The Stymphalian Terror – a giant, ravenous predatory bird – has flown straight out of the mythology scrolls and into the marsh next to the Brethwren. The beast is loud, destructive, and leaving poisonous fluid scattered across the area. But worst of all… the beast is known to be cannibalistic! O_O; Battle this fowl fiend and restore peace to our feather-headed friends. 

Free as a Bird Merge Shop

• GryphonClaw Warrior + Knight armors
• 2 Wing capes
• 4 helms
• 5 weapons

New Monster Drops

Stymphmalian Terror

• Spirit of the Gryphon cape (1% drop rate)
• Pitchfork polearms
• Harvester's Mask helms (male and female)
• Li'l GryphonClaw Mascot pet

Leaf Painter

• Falling Leaves Bow
• Autumnal Kiwi pet
• Expressive Morph Helms (male and female, click to change expression)

Turdrakolich

• Dracolich Onesie armor, helms, and tail
• Dragon Onesie armor, helms, and tail

Chickenlord

• Candy pets
• Whipped Slime Helm
• Rainbow Unicorn Onesie amor, helms, and tail

Chaotic Chicken

• 3 Helms
• 2 Daggers

Talk to Samba in /harvest to find her new merge shop, then battle bosses from our returning Harvest Fest holiday zones to collect merge shop resources. Return to her to create the Candy Corn Crusher and Headless Pumpkin sets. See all the Harvest events in our Lorepedia Guide!

EbilCorp: HOSTILE TAKEOVER IMMINENT

Everyone's favorite CEO, Chairman Platinum, seems to always get into trouble at this time of year. Turns out, his investors are disgruntled with his recent failed attempts and are looking to replace him. He needs your help to stay in power, STAT. Log in this weekend to optimize his corporate defense methodologies this weekend in /ebilcorptakever... OR ELSE.

Chairman Platinum is a good, honest, GENEROUS employer. And if you do right by him, he'll make sure to reward you appropriately. Battle the enemies in /ebiltakever to collect your rewards. He owes you.

Item Drops:

• Ebil Administrator armor + Locks Helm
• The Hostile Takeover Sword + Daggers
• EbilCorp Boss House Guards
• EbilCorp Porkon Axe
• EbilCorp Fishman Tail, Helm, Pet, Trident
• Making a Point Daggers
• Ebil Kuro Sword + Pet, BattlePet
• Rusted Ebil Agent's Shotgun 
• Ebil Agent's Shotgun
• Ebil Agent's Tactical Rifle
• 8 Agent Helms
• Agent's Emblazoned Phone
• EbilCorp Plague Spear

Black Friday Suggestion Requests

AQWorlds artist NCS will be creating a host of new dark + cyber-themed variants of fan-favorite items for Quibble's 2024 Black Friday Rares shop and Collection Chest, but we want YOUR help deciding which items to evolve. 

Share your ideas on:

• the Black Friday Thread on Discord
• this post on Twitter
• this post on Facebook

Please include the following with your suggestion:

• item name/s
• links to the entries on http://aqwwiki.wikidot.com 
• the hashtag #AQWBlackFriday2024

October 31, 2024

Last Chance to Unlock 16th Upholder

Support AQWorlds and Become a Legend!

October's almost over! If you want to become a 16th Upholder and gain access to all of this year's exclusive StarSwords, gifts, Sentinel Class, and the Upholder-only DragonRoad zone, be sure to upgrade your account by 11:59 PM EST tonight.

How to become a 16th Upholder

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

• Have an active membership that expires on or after 11:59 PM November 1st or
• Upgrade your AQW account with ANY membership during the month of October

Note: only memberships count towards 16th Upholder.

16th Upholder Rewards

As a 16th Upholder, you'll receive:

This year's Star Swords are loosely-based on a "back to the basics / origins" theme. Inspiration came from the elements that make up Lore, the Good/Evil capital cities new heroes first encounter, and the technological origins of videogaming itself.

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

We appreciate every single upgrade and AC that you pay for. We know many of you prefer different types of upgrades, and art, and stories, and battle difficulty. It takes all kinds of people to make a world... and to make a game... and to make a gaming community. For you reading this right now... the entire team is grateful you are here.

Your support makes all of our daily and weekly releases possible. It allows us to keep updating and expanding AQWorlds, and lets us keep most of the game free to play for ALL heroes. Thank you for helping us keep AQWorlds online and updating since 2008, and working on the early development phases that will bring AQ: Infinity to life.

Without you there supporting AdventureQuest Worlds' development, we could not keep the game running. Full stop.

The original AdventureQuest Worlds Founders will always hold a special place in our hearts for believing in us and supporting the game before we even had a game to support. As always, Founders will recieve a special upgraded version of your Platinum Dragon pet. This year is the 0 AC Platinum Armored Celestial Dragon Pet (non-member).

November 01, 2024

The Apocalyptic Illusionist Appears

Upgrade to unlock the exclusive armor sets

The magic of the Apocalyptic Illusionist slowly unravels the fabric of reality, and weaving spells out of wishes and dreams. When one is near... question everything.  The Apocalyptic Illusionist upgrade bonus pack is now available, and contains almost 40 items, with 30 fully color-customizable armors, capes, pets, and a character page badge! Unlock the entire pack when you buy any AdventureCoin or Membership pack of $10 USD or more.

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 new upgrade bonus set to unlock all the gear from the set's badge shop in your Book of Lore. The set includes the following color-custom items:

• Enchanted Illusionist + Conjurer armors 
• Mask, Morph, Top Hat, and Hood helms
• Illusionist Unmasked helm
• Chained Illusionary + Trickster's Tendrils capes
• Illusionary Tentacles cape
• Fluctuating Mirror cape
• Array + Gallery of Mirrors capes
• Illusionist's Minions cape
• Apocalyptic Entity's Interest cape
• Trickster's Pocket Watch cape
• Dimensional Trick scythe
• Illusionary Trick Card, Royal Flush, & Pocket Watch maces
• Apocalyptic Tendril Hands
• Illusionist's Stage ground rune
• Illusionary Stage Props floor dagger
• Apocalyptic Trickster House Guest

And non-CC items in the classic Apocalyptic color scheme:

• Illusionist + Conjurer armors
• Illusionist Morph helm
• Trickster's Tendrils + Mirror capes
• Trick Card Mace
• Illusionist's Cane
• and a character page badge

Apocalyptic Color Palette

• Eye: #FFB809 
• Base: #09171F
• Trim: #AA8622 
• Accessory: #0F2836

Once you've chosen the Apocalyptic Illusionist pack on the Account Manager page, log in and open your Book of Lore. You'll find the badge shop in the Other Achievements tab.

12000 AC or 12 month membership package rewards:

• ALL the new upgrade bonus pack gear
• 7 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.

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

• ALL the new upgrade bonus pack gear
• 5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts
• and a character page badge

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

During our 2024 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.

November 14, 2024

A Feast of Bonus ACs

Get 50% more ACs with any Membership or AC Pack

If you're gearing up for the holidays, this is the best time to check out our Holiday AC bonus so you don't miss a thing. Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or Membership pack while our holiday AC bonus is on. 

Keep an eye on the Design Notes, because we've got a bounty of rare items heading your way this Holiday Season!

• Next Friday: Harvest Fest + Quibble's Black Friday 2024 rare gear (1st shipment)
• Friday, November 22: Hollowborn Saga + Black Friday rares (2nd shipment)
• Friday, November 29: Hollowborn Farming, Black Friday rewards + Black Friday rares gear (3rd shipment)

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

During our Holiday 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

November 01, 2024

Harvest Hunters Return

Seasonal Set available from November 1st - 30th

November is when the Fall season REALLY hits in the United States. This is harvest time in the Northern Hemisphere, and countries around the world celebrate a Thanksgiving of some kind. To help ALL our heroes prepare for their coming feasts, this month's seasonal set features the Harvest Hunters: the HeroHunter and Lycan Stalker armors.

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 Harvest Hunter gear includes:

• Hero Hunter Armor
• Lycan Stalker Armor
• 3 helms 
• 3 capes
• 5 weapons

* Unlocks an exclusive character page badge 

Seasonal Set Schedule

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

This Weekend: November's Elemental Chronomancer of the Void

As Autumn's darkness falls over the land, it's time to get ELEMENTAL with the Chronomancer of the Void! Find our newest addition to the seasonal Elemental Chronomancer series in your Featured Gear Shop until November 31st. Plus, because this month is the start of our holiday event lineup, we're also bringing you the Elemental Chronomancer of Dessert!

The Elemental Chronomancer of the Void and Dessert sets each contain:

• 1 Armor
• 2 Helms**
• 1 Rune back cape
• 1 Ground rune
• 1 Polearm

The Rune back cape each month will be available for free players so you can collect them all! 

Seasonal Set Schedule

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

* Have you noticed the Elemental Lords growing more involved in our world... and with your Hero? O_O
**You can click to show/hide the goggles and mask on each helm in the Darkness set.
*** And as an added bonus during the holidays... the Elemental Chronomancer of Dessert will also arrive. Because Twig's Plane of Breakfast is riddled with boulders of ice cream and rivers of hot fudge... just to help you stay in the /party mood.