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June 01, 2025

Summer Event Guide

Cool Off with our Seasonal Summer Events

This summer's heating up! Get your battle on... at the beach as all our seasonal Summer hubtown and rewards return in the /summerbreak map. Talk to Beleen to find all our summer shops, surf gear, and adventure zones around Lore.

Find all the returning seasonal items you guys love to battle through the beach in, and keep checking back as we continue to add more new gear all summer long! 

Summer Days Shop gear:

• Summer Style armor
• Summer Rave armor
• Prismatic Summer Rave armor
• Summer Rave accessories
• Victory and Battle Swimwear armors
• Robes of Knowledge

Seasonal surfboard staffs:

• Artix Dragon surfboard
• Treasure Map surfboard
• Surfboard of the Nation
• Surfboard of the Legion
• Surfboard of Destiny

Fire & Fury Take Flight

Journey to the Sunset Dunes for a fiery new boss battle against an Immortal (and judgemental) phoenix. 

Glorious New Reward Gear

Talk to Zhoom and Crulon in the Sunset Dunes map this weekend for a treasure chest full of hot new reward items. Defeat Anqa, the Immortal Phoenix to collect the resources needed to craft the Phoenix's Glory & Firebird's Fury items.

Sunset Treasures Merge Shop:

• Phoenix's Glory armor & helm
• Phoenix's Fury armor & helm
• Golden Phoenix Wings & Great Wings
• Golden Phoenix's Glory Blade (single + dual variant)
• Golden Phoenix's Fury Blade (single + dual variant)
• Firebird's Fury Blade (single + dual variant)
• Firebird's Fury Spear

Sunset Dunes Reward Drops:

• Golden Firebird's Spear
• Golden Firebird's Blade  (single + dual variant)

Burning Beach is Under Attack!

Fight fire with fire as we return to Burning Beach. Blazebeard (Lore's most notorious pirate) gained access to one of Pyromancy's greatest artifacts, the Magmanacles.

Now, he seeks to steal the ancient power trapped deep inside the island's volcano. If he succeeds, he'll have enough strength to rules the seas... the land... and beyond. Head to /blazingbeach as we continue the story of ArchMage Pyralis and the refugees of Feverfew Isle.

Or, if you're just joining us, begin the adventure in /burningbeach, where Pyralis seekst your help to save her people from an imminent volcanic eruption and the power of a raging (and trapped!) Storm Elemental.

November 08, 2024

EbilCorp Requires YOU

Trust Chairman Platinum.  Really. Honest.

Chairman Platinum, our favorite corporate villain, is back with a new plot to take over *COUGH* I mean plan to become a force for good, and he's convinced a squad of NPCs to help him share his message with the world. /join ebiltower to suss out his scheme... because you KNOW there's more to this than meets the eye.

EbilCorp: HOSTILE TAKEOVER IMMINENT

Everyone's favorite CEO, Chairman Platinum, is getting into trouble… again. 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 all-new rewards.

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

Ebil Employee Recognition Rewards

Chairman Platinum is a good, honest, GENEROUS employer. And if you do right by him, he'll make sure to reward you appropriately. Battle through /ebiltower to get the pieces of the Ebil Operative set, then merge them into color-custom variants

EbilCorp Boss: Cafeteria of HORRORS

Chairman Platinum is ALWAYS looking for new ways to optimize, commercialize, and terrorize his employees. By cutting costs + slashing the cafeteria food budget, he’s created a buffet of the profane. He needs YOU to help clean up the mess in /ebiltakeover.

Head to /ebilmech to take on Chairman Platinum's Ebil Mecha Dragon to collect the pieces of the PACV-EC Mach 1.0 set. Then complete the quests + collect merge resources in /ebiltakeover to create the PACV Mach 2.0 gear!

Ebil Mech Dragon drops in /ebilmech:

• PACV-EC Mach 1.0
• PACV-EC Helm
• PACV-EC Visor
• PACV-EC Guard
• PACV-EC Battle Wings
• PACV-EC Alien
• PACV-EC Battle Hammer
• PACV-EC Railgun

Merge Shop gear in /ebiltakeover:

• PACV Mach 2.0
• PACV Helm
• PACV Visor
• PACV Guard
• PACV Battle Wings
• PACV Alien
• PACV Battle Hammer
• PACV Railgun

EbilCorp Cafe AC Shop:

• PACV Space Traveler
• PACV Alien Unit
• PACV-EC Space Traveler
• PACV-EC Alien Unit
• PACV-EC Custom Energy Strikers
• Guncraft Artillery Combat Beast

Smorgasbord drops in /ebiltakeover:

• Ebil Cafeteria Worker's Hair + Locks
• Ebil Cafeteria Worker's Mask + Locks

September 06, 2024

Aranx & the Celestial Realm

Battle to save the Celestial Realm Once More!

If you've been with us for a while, you might remember Aranx, AdventureQuest Worlds Artist and Celestial Guardian. But if you haven't battled through the Celestial Realm yet, and you're a fan of gold or Good-themed gear... hold on to your helms!

Now's the time to get explore Aranx's Celestial Realm. Later this month, we'll bring you a new boss battle and rewards as the team works on the final chapter of the Celestial Realm Saga finale (currently set to release early next year.) 

Battle to unlock monster drops and merge shop reward gear when you /join celestialpast.

Save the Celestial Realm before it's too late!

The three Celestial Avatars of Time, Death, and Life are missing. A portal to the Infernal Realm (two realms to the left of the Underworld) has been opened by Chamat, the Queen of Monsters’ talented Lieutenant. Infernal creatures are flooding into the Celestial Realm, and Aranx needs YOUR help to drive the dark beasts out and discover where the Avatars have gone -- if his world falls… Lore will be next!

War in the Celestial Realm

There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you, Hero — a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring... but failure is not an option for Aranx, and he will make it worth your while! 

If you battle for him, he'll give you the opportunity to earn gear from his Celestial Realm merge shop and purchase gear from the Rares shop. 

Next Week: Birthday Gear from Aranx

Aranx’s Celestial Birthday gear returns to the Featured Gear shop in your game menu next week! During his birthday month, we bring back the seasonal birthday gear long-time fans of the Celestial Realm know and love! These are some of the best Good and Evil-themed items of the year, but they're only available for a short time. 

Arriving in the Featured Gear Shop next week:

• Evolved LightCaster
• Silken Hood of Light
• Glowing Halo and Locks of Light
• Glowing Halo of Light
• Shining Blade of Glory
• Shining Blade of Glory (member gold version)

September 06, 2024

Obrigado, Brasil! We <3 You

Celebrate Brasil's Independence Day This Month

Celebrate Brasilian Independence Day this month with a host of bosses and zones inspired by Brasilian culture return! Head to /Mythperception Island in Terra da Festa and talk to Batista, the Folklore Spinner to begin your adventures. 

Take on the Trickster and more when you talk to Batista in /mythperceptions.

Unlock farming rewards crafted just for you by several our the AQWorlds Brasilian artists. 

Battle monsters in the /mythperceptions map to unlock:

• Monstrous Cuca armor set (monster form available from the Ultra Cuca monster)
• Cuca's Outfit armor set (human form available from the Cuca monster)
• Corpo Seco armor set
• Saci the Trickster armor set (human form)

Plus, talk to Batista to find even more gear in his merge shop!

Battle the bosses in /iara and /ultraiara to earn merge shop resources to create epic new reward items themed after Iara's tail (er... tale).

Battle the Boto Cor Rosa to collect all new reward drops, plus gather Pink Gems of the Sea to create the Pastel Privateer set in Batista's merge shop.

Then take on the bosses in /iara and /ultraiara to earn merge shop resources to create epic new reward items themed after Iara's tail (er... tale).

Enjoy your Dia de Independencia, Brasil! And thanks for your continued support and enjoyment of AQWorlds!

September 06, 2024

Avast! Talk Like a Pirate Day is Back

Yarrr! Talk Like a Pirate Day + Brasil Independence Events Return

Ahoy! Pirates, swashbucklers, and seadawgs alike... now's th' time to loot and pillage in preparation for th' Talk Like a Pirate Day event next week. Log in this weekend as all our SEA-sonal pirate events return.

2023: ShadowScythe vs SpacePirates!

Did you see that streak of red in the stars? That was left behind by the Hydra's Hark after its crew and Commander, Gallaeon, plundered one of Empress Gravelyn's fortresses, attacking from the sky. She sent one of her DoomKnights to bring Gallaeon to heel, and if you help him battle the crew + captain, he's got orders to let you pillage 'til your pack can't hold anymore rewards. 

• /join doompirate
• Talk to Dusk to begin your quest to help subdue the crew
• Defeat Commander Gallaeon
• Victory unlocks a bonus quest + challenge fight against the Captain and crew

Commander Gallaeon & Crew Challenge

After you defeat Gallaeon in /doompirate, take him and his entire crew on at once. This nine mob challenge might be difficult to overcome, but if you are victorious enough times, you can earn Dusk's DoomTech DoomKnight armor, a house guard, and the Shadowscythe Pirate Warship house for yourself!

If you have the ShadowScythe Pirate Commander Upgrade Bonus pack, you've automatically unlocked a version of the house with a color-customization room!)

Hydra Swabbie Drops:

• Hydra's Hark Crewman armor
• Shadowspace Skull + Hydra's Hark Bandana helms
• Space Buccaneer Bag

Hydra Crew Drops:

• Undead Buccaneer Skull
• Hydra's Hark Handcannon

Merge Shop:

• Shadowspace Empire Crewman armor
• ShadowScythe Admiral armor
• Shadowspace Crewman
• 2 capes + 4 helms
• Serrated Cutlass + Crimson Cutlass (single + dual-wield)
• Empire Fleet Flintlock (single + dual-wield)

If you haven't checked out our other seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day events yet, /join septhub (our September event hub town) to find all our seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day maps, birthday NPCs, and battle for loot, booty, and adventy-ARRRRR!

• Tlapd
• Pirates
• Piratewar
• Hiddendepths
• Blazebeard
• Manacannon
• Kaijuwar 
• Heartofthesea
• cetoleonwar

September 06, 2024

Next Week: Friday the 13th

Aurelio Voltaire Returns Next Week for an all-new Friday the 13th Event!

What is undead can never die… Not when there is always another Friday the 13th. The eternally dark holiday is almost here once again... and just as in years past, something dark, deadly, and VERY strange is happening on Lore. /join Voltairetown now to battle through all our previous Friday the 13th seasonal events.

This weekend, log in to battle through all our returning Friday the 13th events. Then join special guest Aurelio Voltaire next Friday for Part 1 an all-new double holiday adventure as we continue the tale of the Midnight Crown War between the Vampires, Lycans... and Kurok Gravefang! 

Friday the 13th: Odder Things

While you wait, why not join Aurelio Voltaire as he browses through Mysterious Johnson's Oddities Shop. And to help you get in the SPIRIT of the event *cough* - just a note of caution: Don't. Touch. The. Doll. O_O 

• WHO: Gothic Pirate Oddities Collector + Musician Aurelio Voltaire, the AQWorlds Team + your fellow Heroes
• WHAT: Fight to escape the Inside Out and recapture the Cursed Spirit loosed inside Mysterious Johnson's Oddities Shop

After you complete tonight's event, talk to Mysterious Johnson and complete his quest to farm for wicked new reward gear. Plus, battle this weekend's boss monster to unlock the pieces of the Spooky Spirit Hunter armor set!

His mysterious merge shop includes:

• Gothic Thief's gear
• Neo Necromantress' set
• Mysterious Johnson's set
• Magical Johnson's set (member-only color-custom variant)

Unluck + Evil = ADVENTURE

Head to Aurelio Voltaire's library for a story of fear and horror... of underworlds and lost souls... and creatures pulled straight from your nightmares. Of Dage the Evil vs SHRADE in the Splatter Realm!

The adventure begins as you battle through the Underworld to help Dage the Evil unlock the mystery of a Puzzle Box that promises to take him to a world even deeper and darker than the one he rules.. But to take control of it, he'll need to take out the creature guarding its gateway: SHRADE.

/join puzzlebox to begin your cursed underworld adventure and...

• Battle through Aurelio Voltaire's tale of terror
• Fight through the Underworld to help Dage the Evil unlock the mystery of the Dark Enigma puzzlebox
• Complete the story quests to begin the Dage vs Shrade WAR in the Splatter Realm
• Rock out to Aurelio Voltaire's sweet songs of darkness
• How lucky—you can play through all previous Friday the 13th events!

Aurelio Voltaire Returns for Friday the 13th!

Friday the 13th and Aurelio Voltaire go together like Evil Armies of Undead and Horror Movies. So of course, as we prepare for another Friday the 13th event, our always-positive, family-friendly game team and community want to welcome him back with a goblet of moglinberry juice and a dark grimoire of terrifying tales. 

Aurelio Voltaire is the maker of music, films, books, comics, toys and... mayhem. He has appeared in almost ALL of the AQWorlds Friday the 13th events... and has become a fan-favorite for our players (not to mention beloved by goths, trekkies, and music-lovers in general). 

Stay up to date with all his music, art, and news updates on his site and once you've finished the event, make sure you check out his Youtube series, "Gothic Homemaking with Aurelio Voltaire." 

On behalf of the entire AdventureQuest Worlds team, we want to thank Aurelio Voltaire for being a part of this special event!