Design Notes

October 28, 2021

13th Upholder Final Weekend

13th Upholder ends Tuesday, November 2nd

October's almost over! If you want to become a 13th Upholder and gain access to all of our new StarSwords, the class, and the all-new Upholder-only zone, be sure to upgrade your account before November 2nd.

Over 12 years ago, AdventureQuest Worlds went live and our game universe was never the same. For the first time, we were able to go on adventures together. We've added new events, battles, rewards, and more for you every week since 2008. If you are not already a Member in AdventureQuest Worlds, please consider supporting the game by becoming one during our 12th Anniversary event.

Upgrade your account with any membership until Monday, November 2nd and you'll automatically unlock...

24 Star Swords
Sentinel Class
Exclusive character page badge
and more

What does a 13th Upholder get?

As a 13th Upholder, you'll receive:

Exclusive Upholder Class: Sentinel Class!***
Sentinel armor set
Access to the exclusive Star Sword: Origins zone
13th Upholder exclusive Star Swords
13 Chaos Lord Star Swords
12 Lord of Order Star Swords
13th Upholder Character Page Badge
Infinite bragging rights

The 13th Upholder exclusive Star Swords are:

Glacial Star Sword
SoulWeaver Star Sword
Rainbow Star Sword
Alchemical + Classic Alchemical Star Sword
Bonebreaker + Classic Bonebreaker Star Sword
Fallen + Classic Fallen Star Sword
SkyGuard + Classic SkyGuard Star Sword

All Upholders Unlock: Chaos Lord Star Swords

Last year, to celebrate our 12th Upholder / AQWorlds anniversary event, we permanently released the 12 Lords of Order Star Swords for ALL upholders in the StarSword Merge Shop in /dragonroad. This year, we are releasing the 13 Lords of Chaos Star Swords for ALL upholders in the StarSword Merge Shop in /dragonroad!

The Chaos Lords and their Star Swords are:

1st: Escherion + Star Sword
2nd: Xiang + Star Sword
3rd: Vath + Star Sword
4th: Kitsune + Star Sword
5th: WolfWing + Star Sword
6th: Kimberly + Star Sword
7th: Ledgermayne + Star Sword
8th: Tibicenas + Star Sword
9th: Khasaanda + Star Sword
10th: Iadoa + Star Sword
11th: Lionfang + Star Sword
12th: Alteon + Star Sword
13th: Dragon + Star Sword

AdventureQuest Worlds Members make our games possible, and allow us to keep the majority of the game free to play for ALL heroes. Thank you for helping us keep AQWorlds online and updating since 2008. Artix, the AE team, and I /salute you!

2021 Founder Pets + Achievement Tracker Update

12 years ago, AdventureQuest Worlds went live and players jumped at the chance to become the first Members of AQW. These lucky, early supporters of the game became the game's Founders. Every year after that, we show our appreciation to them for being the first to support AQWorlds by giving them a new Platinum Dragon pet. This year's Founder Dragon pet will arrive in November, along with our 2021 Achievement Tracker rewards.

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Tags: Alina,

October 27, 2021

AQWorlds Servers Back Online

We now return to your regularly scheduled adventures

The server issues affecting logins and stability have been fixed thanks to the combined efforts of Captain Rhubarb and Zhoom! You should be able to log in and battle uninterrupted again. Thank you for your patience!

Yesterday's surprise 24 hour DOUBLE SERVER BOOST to Rep, Gold, XP, and Class Points has been extended through 12:01 AM EST tomorrow (October 28th) to help you get your farming back on track.

Wait, what happened?! O_O

Yesterday and the night before, we had been receiving ongoing reports of server issues. Captain Rhubarb worked tirelessly to track down the cause (related to some recent backend changes to optimize performance).

The server hamsters were enrolled in an intensive boot camp to improve endurance and performance. I'm happy to say, they have passed with flying colors and are now rolling in their hamster balls faster than ever!

Tags: Alina,

October 22, 2021

Queen of Chaos: Prison of Monsters

This Weekend: our 13th Birthday Origin Story Continues

Log in this weekend for the conclusion of our 13th birthday story event in... Queen of Chaos: Prison of Monsters! You've traveled back in time, battled alongside the 12 Heroes of Lore to recover the Elemental Orbs needed to seal away the Queen of Monsters. And now, the final battle is here. The Queen shows NO FEAR. There is no telling what tricks the Queen has up her sleeves... er, tentacles? O_O Stay alert at all times. To the very. Last. Second.

In Queen of Chaos: Elemental Orb Hunt, you fought to help the original Ledgermayne, Tibicenas, Xing & Xang, and more find the rest of the Elemental Orbs... the keys to saving Lore by imprisoning the Queen.

In the first chapter, Queen of Chaos: The First Reign, your adventure began in /queensreign as you traveled back in time to help the 12 Heroes of Balance in their quest to bind the Queen of Monsters.

/join orbhunt to continue your adventure!

Help Ledgermayne recover the Fire Orb
Complete Tibicenas' quests to secure the Light Orb
Fight through a frozen Mythsong to get the Ice Orb

Queen of Chaos Finale Reward Gear

Chaos is elemental. Fundamental. And has infected our world and heroes for centuries. That's why this week's rewards feature a selection of gear based on the Heroes of Lore...

And a selection of updated versions of their Chaotic Counterparts.

Battle through the story in the /queenbattle map to unlock all 20 armors + their accessories.

New gear dropping from monsters this week:

ProtoChampion of Monsters set
1st Hero of Balance armor + items
Evil Hero of Balance armor + items
Good Hero of Balance armor + items
3rd Hero of Balance armor + items
4th Hero of Balance armor + items
5th Hero of Balance armor + items
7th Hero of Balance armor + items
8th Hero of Balance armor + items
9th Hero of Balance armor + items
10th Hero of Balance armor + items
11th Hero of Balance armor + items
12th Hero of Balance armor + items

New gear in the story merge shop:

1st ChaosLord Prime armor + items
Good ChaosLord Prime armor + items
Evil ChaosLord Prime armor + items
3rd ChaosLord Prime armor + items
4th ChaosLord Prime armor + items
5th ChaosLord Prime armor + items
6th ChaosLord Prime armor + items
7th ChaosLord Prime armor + items

13th Birthday Character Page Badge

Talk to Zorbak in Battleon, then complete his 13th Anniversary Gifts quest in the /birthday map by November 5th, 2021 to unlock this event exclusive character page badge!

Support AQWorlds and Become a Legend!

12 years ago, AdventureQuest Worlds went live and players jumped at the chance to become the first Members of AQW. These lucky, early supporters of the game became the game's Founders. Every October after that, we hold the Upholder promotion - anyone upgrading their account during that period (or whose membership ends in early November of that year) becomes an Upholder... making them one of our most Legendary supporters. AdventureQuest Worlds would not be what it is today without their support.

How to become a 13th Upholder

tarting now we are once again offering the chance to become an AQW Upholder. Upgrade your account with any membership package until 11:59 EST on November 1st and unlock:

Have an active membership that expires after November 2nd, 2021 or
Upgrade your AQW account with ANY membership ANYTIME during the month of October**

All 13th Upholder badges and gear will be unlocked with tonight's release.

What does a 13th Upholder get?

As a 13th Upholder, you'll receive:

Exclusive Upholder Class: Sentinel Class!***
Sentinel armor set
Access to the exclusive Star Sword: Origins zone
13th Upholder exclusive Star Swords
13 Chaos Lord Star Swords
12 Lord of Order Star Swords
13th Upholder Character Page Badge
Infinite bragging rights

The 13th Upholder exclusive Star Swords are:

Glacial Star Sword
SoulWeaver Star Sword
Rainbow Star Sword
Alchemical + Classic Alchemical Star Sword
Bonebreaker + Classic Bonebreaker Star Sword
Fallen + Classic Fallen Star Sword
SkyGuard + Classic SkyGuard Star Sword

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

October 15:

Daily gifts released between September 15 - 30th go rare

October 31:

Daily gifts released between October 1 - 17th go rare

November 5:

13th birthday events + rares leave

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.

Thank you

Our AQWorlds birthday celebration takes place all month long. YOU are the guest of honor, because you're the reason we're here. From Artix, the AE + AQW teams, and myself... thank you battling alongside us through THIRTEEN YEARS of adventure.

Tags: Alina,

October 22, 2021

Frostval Holiday Boss Design Contest

Design a Frostval Holiday Boss Monster Contest

For all of you artistic, creative, crazy monster hunters, beast masters, and mad scientists out there in the AQW community... this is your time to shine! Our "anything goes" AQWorlds Frostval holiday monster design contest begins now! We want to see your coolest creature creation, so grab a tablet, a drawing pad, or block of clay and get ready to rock. This contest will run until 11:59am (Noon) on Monday, November 1st.

Prize Details

The winning entry will be created and released in AdventureQuest Worlds as a Frostval Holiday reward farming boss this year.

Grand Prize Winner/s from each category will get:

Winning design created and released in-game
2,000 AC prize
Free 2021 Frostval Collection Chest
To choose a friend (or alt account) to also receive the free Frostval chest
Character page badge

Victory Circle Winner/s from each category will get:

2,000 AC prize
Character page badge

How to Enter

To submit your monster design for this contest, click where it say "Design a Holiday Boss Monster" on the widget below to upload your image entry.

AdventureQuest Worlds Frostval Boss Design Contest

Bonus information:

If your winning entry is submitted in Flash, we may reach out to work with you directly on creating the monster art for the game rather than having a team artist translate it.
As always, we reserve the right to reward contest entries that go above and beyond, or show incredible creativity or passion.

Official Rules

Artwork may be created using any medium: pen, pencil, Flash, crayon, chalk, etc.
Must be original. No Screenshots, no copy/paste, no stenciling or tracing.
Concept cannot be based on any existing monsters. This includes other games, tv shows, movies, anime, manga, comics, novels, other people’s concepts, your brother’s concept, and anything else not created by you.
You may only submit one monster.
Your submission must include the concept art (You can, but do not need to, suggest skills or animations)
Images entered must be in .jpg format.
All entries must be completed and uploaded by Monday, November 1st at 12:01 PM (noon) Eastern
Images must be no larger than "1920 x 1080"
Not following the above rules will warrant immediate disqualification.
Ultra scary monsters are fine, just please keep your submissions family-friendly!

Contest Entry Gallery

Want to check out all the other entries? View them in the contest gallery here.

Have fun, and we look forward to seeing your viciously-creative creations!

Tags: Alina,

October 14, 2021

Queen's Chaos Collection Chest Update

Unlock 150+ items in our 13th Birthday Collection

We're celebrating AQWorlds 13th birthday all month long, and this weekend, we're adding even MORE gear to our event rare collection chest! Find the event shop full of 13th Birthday rare items in Battleon now, and then return when we add in Friday night's update to find even MORE gear. If you're a collector or rare hunter, pick up the Queen's Chaos Collection Chest to get ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins (that is over 50,000 ACs worth of gear)!

This week, the Fire, Darkness, Light, and Energy sets -- along with the Ancient Knight -- join all of the gear released last week.

The Queen's Chaos 13th birthday collection includes all 150+ items for 10,000 ACs (that's over 50,000 ACs worth of gear)
Find all of the new items automatically added to your collection chest shop with tomorrow night's release... or buy individual items from Quibble's shop in Battleon.

New gear available in the Queen's Chaos collection chest includes:

ShadowLight of Doom (dual + single-wield variants, with item bonus)
Boreal Warrior armor, Fists of the North Wind, and accessories
Ignus Warrior set
Ionic Warrior set
Umbral Warrior, Umbral Screams cape, and accessories

In addition to all of the new gear, the collection chest over 150 items, like:

Exclusive Queen's Chaos Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop
Monstrous Royal Chaos Garb set
Aquatic + Iridescent Nereidian Majesty sets
Elite, Legion, and Evolved ShadowReaver sets
Eternal Dragon of Time Caster set
Geodic, Glacial, Luminous, and Aquatic Warrior sets
Dark Dragon of Time set
2 Bank Pets
Chrono Wyvern pet
Chronomancer's Loyal Companion Quest Pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

Even more items will be added to the Queen's Chaos Collection chest next week, so keep an eye on the Design Notes for more news.

Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive pets, all of the gear contained inside the 2021 TLaPD Prime Collection Chest shop will also be available to buy individually in Quibble's Event shop.

Read on for important information

A few important tips to remember:

All of this year's holiday event rare items will be available individually from the shop in Battleon until the birthday event and Quibble's shop leave November 5th.
In order to prevent shop abuse, the Queen's Chaos Collection Chest cannot be sold.

Tags: Alina,

October 15, 2021

Queen of Chaos: Elemental Orb Hunt

This Weekend: our 13th Birthday Origin Story Continues

Our 13th birthday story event continues this weekend with Queen of Chaos: Elemental Orb Hunt! Last week, your adventure began in /queensreign as you traveled back in time to help the 12 Heroes of Balance in their quest to bind the Queen of Monsters. This weekend, log in and help the original Ledgermayne, Tibicenas, Xing & Xang, and more as you quest to find the rest of the Elemental Orbs you'll need to seal away the Queen.

/join orbhunt to continue your adventure!

Help Ledgermayne recover the Fire Orb
Complete Tibicenas' quests to secure the Light Orb
Fight through a frozen Mythsong to get the Ice Orb

Elemental Orb Hunt Reward Gear

Chaos is elemental... and so are this week's event farming rewards! Battle through the story in the /orbhunt map to unlock the pieces of the Light, Darkness, Energy, and Fire armor sets.

New armor sets this week:

Luminomancer
Tenebral Warrior
Pyroclastic Mage
Elegant Eternal Ice Outfit

Return next week as we release the "Good Hero Lords" armor sets and a selection of evolved + reworked chaos weapons!

Even MORE gifts for you this weekend!

We're increasing the sizes on max inventory and bank spaces, friends lists, guilds list, and the amount of starting inventory spaces. Plus, ALL accounts will get 10 free inventory and 10 free bank spaces.

The joint forces + skill of AQW programmers Spider and Captain Rhubarb (and our team of intrepid release testers) have been working VERY hard to bring you some much-requested features during our month-long birthday celebration!

Bank for your house items!!!
Stackable House Items can now be placed in your house! (E.g. Having 2x "Bunny" will let you place it in your house TWICE!)*
Extra xp from leveling up now carries over!
Music / Sound FX volume slider
New Bank! (Loading times exponentially faster!)
New House Shop/Inventory UI
Users in the same server as you on your friends list will be at very top
and more!
Plus... the team is working on even MORE feature and quality of life requests, to be announced in the near future.

* We are adding the functionality this week. It will take the team some time to go through and manually adjust the stack sizes on the house items to be increased. Which would YOU like to see first? (Columns, lamps, tables, chairs, rugs, etc are at the top of the list.)

Support AQWorlds and Become a Legend!

12 years ago, AdventureQuest Worlds went live and players jumped at the chance to become the first Members of AQW. These lucky, early supporters of the game became the game's Founders. Every October after that, we hold the Upholder promotion - anyone upgrading their account during that period (or whose membership ends in early November of that year) becomes an Upholder... making them one of our most Legendary supporters. AdventureQuest Worlds would not be what it is today without their support.

How to become a 13th Upholder

tarting now we are once again offering the chance to become an AQW Upholder. Upgrade your account with any membership package until 11:59 EST on November 1st and unlock:

Have an active membership that expires after November 2nd, 2021 or
Upgrade your AQW account with ANY membership ANYTIME during the month of October**

All 13th Upholder badges and gear will be unlocked with tonight's release.

What does a 13th Upholder get?

As a 13th Upholder, you'll receive:

Exclusive Upholder Class: Sentinel Class!***
Sentinel armor set
Access to the exclusive Star Sword: Origins zone
13th Upholder exclusive Star Swords
13 Chaos Lord Star Swords
12 Lord of Order Star Swords
13th Upholder Character Page Badge
Infinite bragging rights

The 13th Upholder exclusive Star Swords are:

Glacial Star Sword
SoulWeaver Star Sword
Rainbow Star Sword
Alchemical + Classic Alchemical Star Sword
Bonebreaker + Classic Bonebreaker Star Sword
Fallen + Classic Fallen Star Sword
SkyGuard + Classic SkyGuard Star Sword

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

October 15:

Daily gifts released between September 15 - 30th go rare

October 31:

Daily gifts released between October 1 - 17th go rare

November 5:

13th birthday events + rares leave

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.

Thank you

Tags: Alina,

October 08, 2021

Queen's Chaos Collection Chest

Unlock 150+ items in our 13th Birthday Collection

It's AQWorlds 13th Anniversary, and we're celebrating with an all-new, incredibly bright holiday event rare collection chest! Find the event shop full of 13th Birthday rare items in Battleon. And if you're a collector or rare hunter, pick up the Queen's Chaos Collection Chest to get ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins (that is over 50,000 ACs worth of gear)!

This week, the Queen's Chaos Collection Chest releases with Earth, Ice, Light, and Water elemental warrior sets. Next week: Dark, Air, Energy, and Fire elemental warrior sets arrive! All of the gear will be automatically added to your collection chest pet.

The Queen's Chaos 13th birthday collection includes all 150+ items for 10,000 ACs (that's over 50,000 ACs worth of gear)
Check Quibble's shop in your game menu to buy individual items from the collection

The collection chest unlocks over 150 items, including:

Exclusive Queen's Chaos Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop
Monstrous Royal Chaos Garb set
Aquatic + Iridescent Nereidian Majesty sets
Elite, Legion, and Evolved ShadowReaver sets
Eternal Dragon of Time Caster set
Geodic, Glacial, Luminous, and Aquatic Warrior sets
Dark Dragon of Time set
2 Bank Pets
Chrono Wyvern pet
Chronomancer's Loyal Companion Quest Pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

Even more items will be added to the Queen's Chaos Collection chest next week, so keep an eye on the Design Notes for more news.

Tags: Alina,

October 10, 2021

The 13th Birthday Event Continues

Log in for gifts, your /birthday party, and more!

Welcome to your AQWorlds' 12th Anniversary party, Hero, and thank you for battling alongside us! Another birthday event is here, and with it comes a dragon's hoard full of loot, gifts, and exciting adventures for you to journey on. /Party up with your friends and head in-game this weekend.

Head to Battleontown to /party with all your favorite NPCs and friends from across our game universe... like The Hollow, Tomix, Verylrus, and more! Each NPC has words of congratulations, shops, or quests for you to take.
"Sign" our Guest Book by posting on the Artix.com event page here: Sign the Guest Book
Head to the /birthday map to see even more friends, battle the 13th Anniversary Cake for delicious goodies and rare drops
Battle through first chapter of our Queen of Chaos: The First Reign origin story
Queen of Chaos Collection Chest + rares shop
The Elemental Blades of Awe have been added to Valencia's Merge Shop in /museum, along with Ethan Obi's NPC!*

13th Anniversary 3-part Origin Story

Our 13th birthday story event begins this weekend with Queen of Chaos: The First Reign! Before Drakath and his Chaos Lords... the Queen of Monsters ruled. Fight alongside 12 of Lore's greatest Heroes as you quest for the Elemental Orbs to seal her away. http://AQ.com

Queen's Reign Reward Gear

Chaos is elemental... and so are this week's event farming rewards! Battle through the story in the /queensreign map to unlock the pieces of the Earth, Energy, Air, and Water armor sets.

13th Birthday Collection chest

We're celebrating our 13th Birthday with an all-new, massive event rare collection chest! Get ALL 150+ items + a badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins (over 50,000 ACs worth of gear) or buy individual items from Quibble's shop in Battleon.

Return next week and the week after as the rest the items release. If you have the collection chest, they will be automatically added to your chest pet's shop.

Don't miss our newest class: Chaos Avenger

The member-only preview test is happening now! Pick yours up in the Featured Gear Shop in your game menu, then let share your thoughts with the Class Balance team on our official Discord. https://discord.gg/FQsFCGV http://AQ.com

Curious about this year's new Chaos Avenger class skills? Want details on the member-only public class testing next week? Check out the Design Notes!

Leaving Soon: mark your calendars

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

October 31:

October Daily gifts released from Oct 1 - 16

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.

Thank you

* At long last, this 2017 contest winner's wish has been fully granted... because his wish was to share his prize with all of you!

Tags: Alina,

October 08, 2021

13th Birthday Collection Giveaway

Want to win a free Queen's Chaos Collection Chest? Read on!

This month is AdventureQuest Worlds' 13th birthday, and we've got a month FULL of adventures, gifts, and giveaways headed your way... and it all starts NOW with our first Queen's Chaos Collection Chest Giveaway!

To enter take any (or all!) of the actions below by October 31st:

Subscribe to our Newsletter
Visit our website and read THIS EXACT POST (You've already done that)
Visit AQWorlds on Facebook
Follow @Alina_AE on Twitter
Retweet a special tweet
Tweet with #AQWBirthdayGiveaway
Visit Artix on Instagram
Check out our YouTube Channel
Enter the super special secret code on this page
Share with your friends for extra entries
Join the official Artix Games Discord Server

SUPER (NOT SO) SECRET SPECIAL CODE: Chaos

AdventureQuest Worlds Queen's Chaos Collection Chest

Tags: Alina,

October 08, 2021

Get 500 Free AdventureCoins

Your First 13th Anniversary Gift is Here!

Happy birthday, AdventureQuest Worlds heroes! Starting today, we're giving out the first of our 13th anniversary gifts: 500 Free AdventureCoins to all our active adventurers!

Read on to make sure you meet all the requirements, then log in to grab your gift! If you're eligible, you'll see the free ACs added right to your account.

How to get your free ACs

Your account must...

Have logged in within the last 3 months
Be level 10 or higher
Have a confirmed email address* (Need help with this? See the guide here.)

The 500 free ACs gift will be awarded the first time you log in for the day. Not able to log in on October 8th? No worries! The 500 AC gift will be available until November 1st, 2021.

More gifts headed your way

Do you REALLY want to know? Are you SURE?! Then read on for a small spoiler.

13th Anniversary Gift, Part 2: free inventory, bank spaces, guilds slots
12th Anniversary Gift, Part 3: Chaos Hero Birthday character page badge

* Having a confirmed email address helps if you ever need to contact Player Support. It confirms you're the account creator, which lets them assist you more quickly.

Tags: Alina,

October 04, 2021

Introducing... the Hero Guild PVP Community

A New Community Project for PVP Fans

Over the last couple of weeks, you may have seen tweets about PVP and getting your ideas, but also retweets of PVP tournaments hosted by a player group called The Hero Guild. This group of crazy talented players has crafted an awesome new set way for fans of AQWorlds' PVP to enjoy the battles, and the feedback from your fellow players who have gotten to try it have been overwhelmingly positive. That's why, we're excited to announce that the Hero PVP System is now an official AE Community Project!*

What is Hero PvP?

Hero PvP is a new Player versus Player system aimed at making PvP more fun, competitive, and rewarding. Check out the video trailer here!

Using Hero PVP:

Matches are livestreamed, recorded and saved to the Hero PvP database
Receive stats like kills/deaths/assists, DPS, and more after matches
Global leaderboard tracker on the Hero PvP website

The Hero Community hosts tournaments, raffles, and contests for PvP. Over 100,000 APs worth have been won already, and we've received 52 weeks worth of Artix Points gift codes from the team to add even more prizes. Heromart items are also up as prizes, and even more may be coming in the future.

Check out Hero PVP:

Hero PvP is hosted out of the Hero PvP discord and website. **

How does Hero PvP work?

Most of you are familiar with the classic AQW PvP maps, like /bludrutbrawl, /chaosbrawl, and more. Recently, working with the Hero PVP team, Captain Rhubarb rolled out the /bludrutpvp map, centered strictly around player vs player combat.

With Hero PVP, players engage in 1v1 / 2v2 / 3v3 / or 4v4 battles with other players.
Each team tries to be the first to 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 kills (team deathmatch style)
The added mechanic of changing rooms / communicating with your teammates makes for an action-packed, high skill game

A full set of rules, guidelines, and allowed classes are available on the Hero PvP discord, along with the rest of the matchmaking functions.

Don’t see your favorite classes? Don’t worry, the AQWorlds Class team has already begun working to create PvP-specific versions of classes!

PvP versions of classes?

We will be working to optimize and lightly rebalance many of the classes used in Hero PvP in the upcoming months. We’d like to involve all of YOU in this process as well, so you can find the newest class undergoing testing available for Legends ingame starting later this week!

These rebalanced versions of classes will be separate from their normal versions, so we won’t affect progression in other parts of the game. You can find the testing class in the PvP rewards shop in the game menu, and it will be constantly updated with the newest class that we’re tweaking.

You can interact with other community members, our class testers, and the Hero PvP members in a special channel on the Artix Games discord, where you can give feedback and receive the latest updates for how the class is evolving. Simply join the Artix Games official discord and visit the #aqw-pvp-class-testing channel, and leave your feedback.

Hero PVP Features

Match queue and private match builder through Discord
Individual and team statistics report
Match livestream and replay post-match
Comsumables and Awe use detection
Live score updates on Discord
Ranking system with tiers (Bronze III through Legend) and a global leaderboard
Website where this ALL comes together: you can watch matches, even if you aren't playing them

Hero PVP Team

The Hero PVP team is made up of a mix of crazy-talented and dedicated players, programmers, and an AQWorlds game moderator.

Python: Lead programmer
Rebel: Flash programmer
Corsa: Statistics programmer
Sweet Vayne: community organizer
Aku: community organizer

They've joined forces to make something incredible for you and the rest of the AQWorlds community. (And a bonus tip of the hat to Jester Nalgon, an AQWorlds player and artist for making the sweet character art used in the image above. Check his art out on Twitter!)

You Said PRIZES?

The Hero Community has put on a BUNCH of events including 1v1 and 3v3 contests, TLAPD giveaways, and even a bounty hunter mode for taking down top players!

40,000 AP Giveaway to the first player into Legend Tier
Ongoing 3v3 Tourney with a prize pool of 105,000 Aps (registration closed)
Ongoing 1v1 Tourney with 2021 Calendar Code for the Top 6 players (registration closed)
Battle Bard testing (Start Date coming soon – October 28) – 8,000 AP raffle
Seasonal rewards (October 4 – Jan 1) – 10,000 AP for top ranked 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4 player. 20,000 AP raffle for high-ranked players.
Fan art contest (October 4 – November 15) – create items for PvP! (10,000 AP first prize, 5,000 AP second prize, 2,000 AP third prize)

Follow Hero PVP on Twitter to stay up to date with current and upcoming tournaments and events.

How to Get Started

Join the Hero Discord Server
Once you have completed verification, type $pvproles
Read the #pvp-rules and #list-of-pvp-bot-commands to get an idea for what comes next
Feel free to ask anyone in the server for help

Answering your questions!

After the above post was put out, we began receiving a lot of questions on Discord and other platforms... and I've got answers! The class team is creating several PVP-focused variants to help enhance the Hero PVP community's experience, but their main focus will continue to be on rebalancing existing classes and creating new one.

The non-OP PVP community is a very specific, dedicated and passionate one, with a hardcore group of super-fans. Captain Rhubarb has made changes to assist the Hero PVP team's efforts (and in doing so, created functionality that will be useful elsewhere in the game!)

The vast majority of the team's time is still dedicated to the weekly releases + feature additions that will benefit all our players. We're helping promote the group because we appreciate the work they're putting in towards making the experience better for those who enjoy it.

Also exciting: our community managers -- Rellik and Taini -- have been working on new ways and methods to recognize and reward other community groups that are very active and helping their friends and followers enjoy Artix Entertainment's games and community! Stay tuned for more news on this in the near future.

* AQWorlds currently has two official community projects: the AQWorlds official wiki, a community-maintained wiki where players chronicle the AQWorlds releases and world, and now the Hero PVP Community.

Interested in more groups like this? Stay tuned for news as our community managers continue growing and expanding our officlal community group universe.

** The website and Discord are not owned by Artix Entertainment, but the Hero PVP team has been working closely with Artix Entertainment. They will not receive any of your personal information or game account information. They do not collect or store any data.

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October 04, 2021

This Friday: 13th Anniversary Gift

Find out how to get 500 Free AdventureCoins!

This Friday, we're giving out the first of our 13th anniversary gifts: 500 Free AdventureCoins to all our active heroes! Read on to make sure you meet all the requirements so you can get the gift as soon as we award it. Otherwise... you'll need to wait (or contact Player Support to get help with your account)!

How to get your free ACs

Your account must...

Have logged in within the last 3 months
Be level 10 or higher
Have a confirmed email address* (Need help with this? See the guide here.)

The 500 free ACs gift will be awarded the first time you log in for the day. Not able to log in on October 8th? No worries! The 500 AC gift will be available until November 1st, 2021.

More gifts headed your way

Do you REALLY want to know? Are you SURE?! Then read on for a small spoiler.

13th Anniversary Gift, Part 2: free inventory, bank spaces, guilds slots
12th Anniversary Gift, Part 3: Chaos Hero Birthday character page badge

* Having a confirmed email address helps if you ever need to contact Player Support. It confirms you're the account creator, which lets them assist you more quickly.

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October 01, 2021

New Weekly Challenge Boss: Champion Drakath

Battle Drakath One on One and Reap the Rewards

If you fought Drakath at the end of the Chaos Lord Saga, you know that you haven’t REALLY faced him. Not in a fair fight! This week, if you’ve finished the Lords of Chaos Saga, and are at least level 80, return to the Inn at the Edge of Time to face Drakath at his full power!

Champion Drakath can be defeated once a week* for 5 of his Insignias, which can be used to unlock new Chaos-themed items, as well as merge upgrades to existing ones!

Parallel Chaos Amulet: Used to acquire the Chaos Avenger Class
Empowered Drakath's Armor: Deals 50% more damage to Chaos monsters when equipped.
Requires level 80.
Empowered Original Drakath's Armor: Deals 50% more damage to Chaos monsters when equipped.
Requires level 80.
Empowered Blade of Chaos: Deals 75% more damage to Chaos monsters when equipped.
Requires level 80.

Chaos Avenger Class?

That's right, this year's birthday class can only be obtained by those who challenge Champion Drakath, and win! Read on to see theclass breakdown for more details.

Champion Drakath battle tips:

He will not go down without a fight, this may very well be your toughest battle yet!
This may be a real fight against Drakath, but it won’t be a fair one! He gets stronger with every

TIPS WON'T SAVE YOU, HERO. DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME?

*Weekly quests reset every Friday at 12:01 AM EST. If you complete a weekly quest on a Thursday, it will be available again on Friday!

Chaos Avenger Class Skills

A Chaos Amulet is Yours to Wield!AdventureQuest Worlds turns 13 this year, and our month of Chaos begins October 1st with a new challenge boss, [Champion] Drakath! Then, return on Friday, October 8th for our new class, Chaos Avenger!

How to Unlock the Class

What if Drakath's Chaos Amulet was yours to wield? Time to find out! To unlock the class, you'll have to defeat the Champion of Chaos himself and obtain his Insignias to earn a Chaos Amulet of your own. There is no Adventure Coin variant of the Chaos Avenger class.

Chaos Avenger Details

Recommended enhancement: Lucky. In one timeline, The Hero managed to defeat Drakath and get a hold of their Chaos Amulet. Instead of becoming the Slayer who tried to destroy Lore, The Hero ended up becoming the Avenger that saved it.

Mana Regen: The Chaos Avenger regains 50 mana when they strike a target with Chaos Greatsword.

Skill Breakdown

Chaos Greatsword
Rank needed: 1 / Auto Attack
Target: Enemy
Type: Physical
Range: MeleeCooldown: 3 seconds

Swing your Greatsword down on your target for massive damage. Applies a stack of Chaos Fury, increasing your Crit Chance and Crit Damage by 6% for 12 seconds, stacks to 15. Deals double damage to Branded targets.

The Chaos Avenger's weapon of choice is the greatsword! This auto attack is your main source of damage on this class. What is a Branded target you may ask? We'll get to that soon enough.

Chaos Siphon
Rank needed: 1
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: Physical
Range: Melee
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Impale your target with your Greatsword to drain life from them. Deals damage and chaorrupts your target's defenses, increasing the damage they take by 8% for 15 seconds, stacks to 5.
One of your sources of healing on the class, with an added defense debuff to really leave an impact on your opponent!

Flux
Rank needed: 2
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: Physical
Range: InfiniteMana Cost: 50Cooldown: 8 seconds

Chaos manifests itself, dealing damage while randomly reducing your target's Dodge, Crit Chance, Hit Chance, Haste, and outgoing damage. Each debuff reduces its respective stat by 30% for 15 seconds. Can’t miss and always crits.

It wouldn't be Chaos without a bit of randomness. The activation chance for each debuff is as follows:

Evasion Chaorrupted - (100% Chance)
Crit Chance Chaorrupted - (70% Chance)
Accuracy Chaorrupted - (50% Chance)
Damage Chaorrupted - (40% Chance)
Haste Chaorrupted - (30% Chance)

Chaos Bulwark
Rank needed: 3
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: Physical
Range: Melee
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 8 seconds

Chaorrupt the raw energy around you and release a portion of it at your target, dealing damage while absorbing the remainder into your armor. Applies a stack of Chaotic Armor, reducing the damage you take by 30%, plus 5% for each additional stack (up to 55% total), and a stack of Chaotic Regeneration, which heals you over time and stacks to 5. Both effects last 15 seconds.

A very defense based skill. Not only does this skill contain your second source of healing, it also contains a hefty defense buff to yourself. The bulk of the buff is applied on the skill's initial use, but you'll have to use it a few more times if you want to get the full effect!

Fury Unleashed
Rank needed: 5
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Range: Infinite
Mana Cost: 50
Cooldown: 35 seconds

Deals damage and channels your fury into your greatsword, increasing your outgoing damage by 50%. Also increases your Haste by 5%, plus an additional 5% for each stack of Ravaged your target has (up to 45% total) for 15 seconds.

The longer your battles last, the stronger the Haste buff on this skill becomes. A flat 50% increase to your outgoing damage isn't too bad to have either!

Passives:

Brand of Chaos
Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive

Starting at rank 1, all skills (except Chaos Greatsword) Brand your target. Whenever your Chaos Greatsword strikes a Branded target, the Brand is consumed to deal double damage to them and apply Ravaged, which stacks to 8 and is used for Fury Unleashed.

This is the passive that ties the class together. Each time you use a skill, your next auto attack will be empowered to deal DOUBLE the damage. The timing for doing this is quite forgiving, but there may be times where you'll have to decide on which skill to use next.

Unending Rage
Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive

Strength increased by 50%, but INT reduced to 0.

Death Defiant
Rank needed: 10
Type: Passive
Physical Damage taken reduced by 35% and Endurance increased by 200%.

Conclusion

The Chaos Avenger has harnessed a power that only one other has wielded before it. With its powerful attacks, great survivability stats, and crippling debuffs, the class is able to take on the toughest of bosses. So unsheath your greatsword, and show your opponents the true power of Chaos!

Bonus: Chaos Avenger Member Preview From October 8th to October 22nd, members can purchase a preview version of the Chaos Avenger class from the Featured Gear shop!

Since the permanent version of the class will take a few weeks to obtain, we wanted to give you guys a way to try out the class ahead of time! The class skills on the preview version will change to Berserker's after the preview period ends.

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October 15, 2021

AQW Client Update Patch Notes

Release Notes for AQW Game Client 2.008

The AQ Lite client features have been merged with the AQWorlds official game client and rolled live!

Latest Big Changes

Faster Bank Item List
House Items can be added to Bank
New Stats Panel
Extra xp from leveling up now carries over!
Music / Sound FX volume slider
Updated skill tooltips to be more descriptive

Top 10 New Features

Auto-Untarget
Battle Analyzer
New Chat UI
Class Actives/Auras UI
Custom Drops UI
Custom Keybinds
Quest Pinner
Reaccept Quest After Turn-In
Smooth Background
Travel Menu

List of Advanced Customization Options

Want to tailor your gameplay experience? Head to the Options menu and check out all of the different ways you can customize the AQWorlds game client.

Advanced Options Guide

Patch Notes

Read on to see the details of what's been added, fixed, and updated.

View Detailed Patch Notes for Test Client Releases

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October 13, 2021

OMG Client Patch Notes

Running list of game client updates

Read on to see what we've added, what's been fixed, and stay up to date! Want to try out the new features, too? Log in using the Test Client (when available) then join any server.

Version 2.008 - 10/13/2021

# Additions
- Added Visual Skill CD in advanced options
- Added keybind for Battle Analyzer Start/Stop
- Added keybind for Stats Panel/Overview
- Added "Disable Damage Strobe"
- Alt+Clicking a player will select the bottom-most player
- Bankable House Items
- Extra xp from leveling up now carries over!
- Music / Sound FX volume slider
- New Bank! (Loading times exponentially faster!)
- New House Shop/Inventory UI
- New Stats Panel

# Changes
- "Options" graphic on target monsters will now be visible
- "To " whisper message will be darker on the new Chat UI
- Battle Analyzer gets a new look!
- Custom Drops UI will be gray when hidden & gold when showing
- Updated skill tooltips to be more descriptive
- Users in the same server as you on your friends list will be at very top

# Fixes
- Fixed Chat UI mispositioning on relogin
- Fixed black block appearing after using World Camera
- Fixed item from inventory -> bank not showing bug
- Fixed wrong "Unlock at rank" text

Version 2.005 - Sept 30, 2021

Game Menu small improvements to button layout
Fixed bugs in Book of Lore

OMG 2.002 - 9/5/2021

- Added "Chat UI" Minimal Mode!
- Added a "Lock Position" setting for "Custom Drops UI"'s draggable mode

- "Custom Drops UI"'s draggable mode will now layer over other interfaces

- Tidied up quest reward previews a bit
- Fixed temporary drop's background width on items with names shorter than their item type

> OMG 2.001 - 9/2/2021

- Slightly Faster login time
- Optimized Book of Lore and Travel Map data retrieval

- Fixed backhair stuff
- Fixed inventory search functionality
- Fixed disable monster animations setting messing up monster walks- Fixed house bugging out if closing out of options
- Fixed player models bugging out for the feature 'cache players animations'
- Fixed hide other pets not working

> OMG 1.0060 - 8/23/2021

- Changed wiki button on items to open their respective wiki page directly
- The complete message for "Quest Progress Notifications" has returned and now only disables the complete quest sound when the feature is turned on
- Repositioned some buttons in the options for clarity
- Added helmet backhairs for item drop previews

> OMG 1.0059 - 8/16/2021

- Fixed "Quest Progress Notifications" not working if quest is fully completed
- Fixed helmet back hairs not showing in item previews
- Fixed helmet back hairs not showing in character portrait

> OMG 1.0058 - 8/16/2021

- Advanced Options is no longer visible by default, however it will remember if you left it last opened or closed
- Changed "Allow Quest Log Turn-Ins" into an option instead of being on by default
- Changed various advanced option descriptions
- Redirected "Reset Password" screen to open the Account Website instead
- Removed the warning popup box in "Custom Drops UI" if you try to accept the drop more than once
- Fixed the double punctuation on the warning message "Your ignore list is empty."

> OMG 1.0057 - 8/14/2021

- You can now target monsters/players through the new "Chat UI"
- Added an option to "Disable AutoScroll to Bottom" for "Chat UI"

> OMG 1.0055 - 8/12/2021

- Added "Reset Position" for "Custom Drops UI" if the menu somehow goes off screen
- Readjusted how "Target Random Monster" works
- "Weapon Rotation" in Camera Tool now does a full 360 degrees

> OMG 1.0054 - 8/11/2021

- Fixed the Server List Refresh button and added a 2 second cooldown

> OMG 1.0053 - 8/10/2021

- "Hide Player Names" now has a new option: "Hide Your Name Only"
- "Travel Menu" now saves locations
- Added a shortcut for "Camera Tool": "["
- Added a shortcut for "World Camera": "]"
- Added a visual for maximum stacks for items with a maximum stack greater than 1
- Fixed overlapping DoT placements by having them repositioned randomly

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