Design Notes

August 01, 2026

Benevolent Token Redemption Updates

Updated Benevolent Token Item Redemption List

If you backed the AdventureQuest Worlds: Infinity Kickstarter at the Benevolent Founder tier, your rewards included 5 Benevolent IoDA Tokens and a Golden IoDA Token. We put out a call for suggestions to help us create the final list of items available to unlock with the Benevolent Tokens. Those additions and an automated Benevolent Token Exchange system went live last week in the Account Manager.

Items of Digital Awesomeness vs Benevolent Tokens

Any IoDA Token can be redeemed through your Account Manager and exchanged for a select list of rare, hard-to-get items, or other popular items. Benevolent IoDA Tokens can be exchanged for a number of items that are not available with the existing IoDA Token list.

Any item available from the regular IoDA redemption pool: PLUS
Items that are not available with a regular IoDA (example: HeroMart exclusive and select endgame items)

Available for KBI (Benevolent Token Item)

Miscellaneous, requested items

Codebreaker Zorbak (glitch pet)
Hollowborn Wedding Invitation
Nightmare Carnax's Guardians
Sanguine Gift Giver item
Hebi Twintana
Cosmic Laplace Dream*
Armed Peacock*
Heavenly Hasher*
Black Hole Spectrum*
Archer Drow Helm*
Guild City Founder PTR house item

Classes

Corrupted Chronomancer Class (and Armor)
Dark Master of Moglins Class

HeroMart-Related Items

Individual items in the following sets or shops:

Items in the HeroMart HeroPoints merge shop
Enchanted Sepulchure Armor
Nulgath's Fiend of Ozul set items
PaintBender set items

* These items are variants that originally released with issues or with the incorrect price.

Available for any IoDA Token

Classes (changing to Rare rarity)

Abyssal Angel
Chaos Avenger Member Preview
Chunin
Dragon Shinobi
Glacial Berserker Test
Legion DoomKnight (Classic)
Legion DoomKnight
Legion DoomKnight Tester
Legion Revenant Member Test
Lightmage Test / LightCaster Test
PvP Test - Bard
Royal Vampire Lord
Ultra OmniKnight
Unlucky Leprechaun (Legend)
Vindicator of They
Void Highlord Tester
Warriorscythe General

Upgrade Packs (those not currently available w/ IoDA)
Items in the following sets change to have Upgrade Pack rarity to match the rest of the packs

LightCaster
Darknight Stalker
Infernal Pirate Captain
Midnight Plate of the North
Hollowborn Tamer
Chronomancer Paladin
Akiban BladeMaster
FireLord Summoner
Shadow Sorcerer

Mis-tagged Items, changed to Rare rarity

Leviathanius Golden Bow
Fierce Pie-Rate
Mazumi's Medusa

Other Item Changes

All items currently available from the Open Treasure Chests! Quest now have Epic Rarity.
Items in the Pie-rate Shop changed to Hidden Secret.
All LQS Set items changed to LQS rarity.
Danger's Edge (Old item which never released. It has also been added to the Wheel of Doom merge shop.)

Guest Band Event Items Now Available for IoDA

Alice in Chains, Korn, Breaking Benjamin
Individual rare items from band event collections + merge shops
Returning Concert Merge and VIP Event Merge shop items

Items featuring the logos or other IP of the bands/guests are still excluded for contractual reasons. They retain the Super Mega Ultra Rare Rarity.

Alice in Chains:

AIC Logo Armors / Cape / Drumset Pet
AIC Banshee Pet
Band Member Armor, Helms, Guitar (Jerry, Mike, Sean, William)

Korn:

Korn Logo items: Armor, T-Shirt Armor, Cape, House Items, Drumset, Drum Pet
Dollageddon Pet
Band Member Armor, Helms, Guitar (Fieldy, JD, Munky, Ray)

Breaking Benjamin:

Bass Drum Pet + Drumset house item
Breaking Benjamin Banner wall items

Automated Benevolent Token Exchange System

Because the list of items which could be redeemd for Benevolent Tokens was not complete. Player Support had been manually reverting Token Choices, but this wasn't something we could continue to do manually. Captain Rhubarb added a way for Benevolent backers to manually revert their Benevolent Token choice through the Account Manager.

1. Log in to your Account Manager and go to the Awesome Items tab.

2. Eligible items redeemed with a Benevolent Token will show a Remove this Item button.

Important Notes

The "Remove this Item" button is only available for those exchanged with a Benevolent Token.
You can exchange each Benevolent Token one time only. (That means you have a total of 5 exchanges total per account.)
If an item cannot be undone, the "Remove this Item" button will not appear
Player Support cannot offer manual reversals of regular IoDA prizes. Limited reversals are available for Benevolent Tokens only, and can only be done in your Account Manager page.

Tags: Alina, Infinity, Kickstarter, IoDA,

March 03, 2026

Win up to 100,000 AdventureCoins in the AdventureQuest Worlds "Anything-Goes" Contest!

Yup. We literally mean ANYTHING.

If you’re looking at the AdventureQuest Worlds’ Kickstarter and thinking things like, “oh yeah, I could totally make something AMAZING for AQW Infinity” then GOOD! This is the contest for YOU. Starting today and throughout the duration of the Infinity Kickstarter campaign, we are unleashing the most chaotic & creative community contest we’ve ever done in Artix Entertainment history with not only the longest run-on sentences ~but~ also the highest payout EVER: 100,000 AdventureCoins for the Grand Prize winner!!

This is so much more than just an art contest… this is a CREATIVITY EXPLOSION COMPETITION!!!

If it’s inspired by AdventureQuest Worlds and/or Infinity ~and~ it shows your creative effort… IT 100% BELONGS HERE.

What can I make?

Yes.

More specifically, but not limited to:

*takes a big deep breath*

Fan Art, Fan Fic / Short Stories, Comics, Poetry, Music / Songs, Music Videos, Memes, GIFs, Animations, Videos (could be long-form, short-form, funny, chaotic, action-packed, an 80s-inspired Kung-Fu movie starring Moglins, a DragonSlayer Soap Opera, or legit anything you can possibly imagine), ASMR (like the gentle brushing of a Dracolich, or the whispering of affirmations to a Sneevil, or…?), V-Tuber Rigs, Cosplay, Cosplaying your pets, IRL Armor / Weapon Builds, Prop Replicas, Foam Smithing, Metal Working (forge your own metal moglin?? hello!!!), Woodworking (Infinity-themed doors are so unhinged, so to speak), 3D Prints / Models, Resin Art, Dioramas, Miniature Builds, Mega Builds, Crochet, Cross-stitch, Quilting, Fashion Design, Custom Sneakers!!!, T-shirt Mockups, Nail Art, Makeup Transformations, Cake Decorating 🎂, Cookie Art, Bread (if you decide to “rise” to the challenge), Latte Art, Potion Mixology (non-explosive preferred, but not required), Game Trailers, TikToks / YouTube Shorts, Actual Shorts decorated in an AQW-theme, Fake Commercials, Real Commercials?, Mock Documentaries, NatGeo-style Moglin Geographic Documentaries, Lore Theories… or Conspiracies 👀, Conspiracy Boards with all those red strings everywhere, Character Sheets in 2D, 3D, or hecc, why not 4D, Trading Card Concepts, “Crossovers” with other games (Minecraft builds, Roblox adaptations, etc), Dance Choreography, Stop-Motion, Plushies, Custom Figures, Papercraft, Origami, LEGO Builds, Playing Cards / Tarot Card Sets, Sticker Packs, Discord Emoji Sets, Phone Wallpaper Packs, Infinity-themed Workout Videos (those DoomKnight Deadlifts are brutal), Cooking Tutorials… with or without chaos, of course, Parody Songs… with or without Weird Al, of course, or maybe something so whacky we never even imagined was possible?!

TL;DR:

If it’s creative, ✅
if it oozes effort, ✅✅
and if it screams “I love AQW ~and~ I have TALENT… or CHAOS… OR BOTH!!!” ✅✅✅ then YES, it absolutely belongs here.

The Rules & How to Enter

You can use any medium ~and~ any tool in your creative toolbox (or inventory bag) to create your creation(s). It’s called “anything-goes” for a reason! Your submission(s) must:

1. Directly reference AQWorlds and/or AQW: Infinity
2. Showcase your creative talent; no commissions
3. Be posted on social platforms like FB, X, YT, etc
4. Include:

Your AQW character name
Title of your work
Short description that describes your workflow, the IRL story behind your creation(s), and/or the totally made-up in-game lore revolving around your masterpiece!
Use the hashtags:
#AQW #Infinity #Kickstarter

5. For every major social platform you post on, a +1 point will be added to your score. Example: if you post your entry on Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, you will get +5 points added to your final score!

6. After uploading to social(s), link us on AQW’s Anything-Goes Contest Form so it doesn’t get lost in the THOUSANDS of other entires

The Prizes

The #1 Grand Prize Winner

This prize is ABSURD.

• 100,000 AdventureCoins
• 12 Month Membership
• An exclusive, 1-of-a-kind “Anything-Goes” Character Badge

We are NOT playing around. But you certainly will be! The Grand Prize will go to that special (or slightly unhinged) someone who absolutely obliterates our brains with the most amazing thing ever.

Basically make us do this, and that Grand Prize might be yours 🤯

1st Place Winners

The top winner in each category (art, writing, video, wildcard) receives:

• 50,000 AdventureCoins
• 12 Month Membership
• The “Anything-Goes Contest Winner” Character Badge

2nd Place Winners

• 20,000 AdventureCoins
• 6 Month Membership
• The “Anything-Goes Contest Winner” Character Badge

3rd Place Winners

• 10,000 AdventureCoins
• 3 Month Membership
• The “Anything-Goes Contest Winner” Character Badge

Runner Ups

I’m expecting unsafe levels of pandemonium at this point, so the judging process will probably become mighty messy (no complaints!). Therefore, our Runner Ups will receive a payout of AdventureCoins based on the scores given by our judges.

*peeks at judges panicking already*

Judging

We are judging based on

creativity
effort
originality
artistic expression
AQW / Infinity theme (obviously)
and the creative use of tools that are available to you.

Bring your A-game. And your AE-game. Both are valid ~and~ required to win.

Remember: post your entry on all 5 major platforms (FB, X, IG, YT, and TkTk) to earn +5 bonus points added to the judges’ scores.

Think your drawing or writing can’t be on YouTube or TikTok? Think again! Record a time-lapse, upload a voice over, use TikTok’s Photo Mode to tell your story, or get creative with the presentation. Your art is just the beginning… and how you showcase it can totally boost your score!

A note on creativity

This contest celebrates imagination and creativity in all its forms.

Your submission MUST reflect meaningful creative input and transformation. We’re here to spotlight creators, storytellers, editors, artists, composers, meme lords, blacksmiths, chaos gremlins, dreamers, dragons, and legitimately everyone in-between.

If you poured time, effort, and creativity into your creation, it 100% belongs here. Full stop.

Let's go!

Timeframe

🏁 Begins Tuesday, March 3, 2026
⏰ Ends Monday, April 6, 2026, at 11:59pm EST

Yes, this timeframe perfectly coincides with the AQW Infinity Kickstarter.
Yes, we will be featuring entries constantly across socials.
No, you will not escape our retweets, mwahaha!

Super important stuff (do NOT skip)

• By entering this contest, you grant Artix Entertainment permission to use your work across socials, websites, and the like
• Your submission(s) MUST reflect your creativity
• You may enter as many submissions as you want, but note that low quality entries will not win a prize
• In the event a player has multiple winning entries, only the highest payout will be awarded (AdventureCoins do not stack)
• No NSFW (shouldn't have to say this, but there’s been…surprises…in the past)
• No hate content, and that includes hateful comments to other participants
• Must post your submission(s) on at least 1 major social media platform
• Use the hashtags:
#AQW #Infinity #Kickstarter
• You’ll get +1 point added to your final score depending on how many social platforms you post on; max of +5 points awarded per submission
• After posting on social(s), include the link(s) to your post(s) on
AQW’s Anything-Goes Contest Form

AQWorlds has been the “anything-goes” game for 18 years…

…and we’re honoring that tradition right now with our Anything-Goes Contest!

AQWorlds reimagined MMOs back in 2008, and now AQW: Infinity is the exciting remaster rebuilt for mobile, launching on Steam, and evolving EVERYTHING we love into something even bigger and better.

And the best way to celebrate? Alongside the amazing community that helped build it, shape it, meme it, and stayed with it for nearly two decades 🥰

So load up your toolbox. Prepare your medium. Add glitter... and sprinkles! Or maybe not. Show off what happens when your imagination gets cranked to infinity...literally! Unleash that "Anything-Goes" mindset. And give us everything but the kitchen sink!

Actually… you can give us that too.

On behalf of everyone at Artix Entertainment and AdventureQuest players worldwide, we cannot wait to see what you create!

Battle on to Infinity, creativity, and beyond!
Beleen, our excited (perhaps nervous) panel of judges, and the entire AQWorlds team

#AQW #Infinity #Kickstarter

📘 Facebook
🕊️ X / Twitter
🖼️ Instagram
🍿 YouTube
🎬 TikTok

👉 AQW’s Anything-Goes Contest Form, where you link your social post(s) 👈

Tags: Beleen, contest, creative contest, anything-goes, community, AQW Infinity, Infinity, Kickstarter, AdventureCoins,

April 23, 2024

AQWorlds: Infinity For Dummies Guide Book

Excruciatingly Available at Bones & Gnomefells

Peek inside (read on) for an Infinity progress update, new animation sneaky peeks, intentionally confusing tech mumbo jumbo, and (REDACTED).

The "Dummy" is called... Mr. Guy

You may already know Mr. Guy. We have covered him before in previous posts. He is the "dummy" character. Sorta like a digital mannequin. He is a placeholder that is replaced my all player pieces in the game, cutscenes, and for previewing items in your inventory. His skin is gray and his hair is white for color customization reasons. He has one of every possible piece of equipment that a character to can wear. When creating a new animation, they must use Mr. Guy to create it. This is why you will almost always see Mr. Guy in animation previews.

While appearing to spend a lot of time at the digital gym on his 8-pack, Mr. Guy thinks that every body type is beautiful. Probably because he is... literally.... every-body. Also, sometimes Monsters. One way of thinking about it... everyone has some Mr. Guy (or Ms. Girl) deep within us.

We discovered a number of problems with Mr. Guy across the various projects that form together like Voltron to make AdventureQuest: Infinity. (Does anyone even know what Voltron is any more? Originally I was going to go with Transformer Constructicons forming Devastator or enough skulls forming Vordred... shared pop cultural references are in such a weird place these days) Now that we have cinematic cutscenes working, we started finding issues when making them. Mr. Guy needs rebuilt. So, Ghost is biting the bullet and rebuilding Mr. Guy as you ready this. (Sorry Ghost!) ...also, Ms. Girl.

New Animation Sneak Peeks!

The DragonSlayer class (Infinity version) is getting some new animations. Spider & Immortal Joe have the Skill Forge (a tool to build new classes & monsters) functional. Nulgath just sent in these new animations.

Spinning like a large Hadron Collider.... potential risk of creating a DPS black hole.

Bladed upper cut. This technique is probably barred from the upcoming Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul fight. But you will be able to perform it in game without having to wear mandatory head gear.

Rolling a 1 when attempting to start your camp fire. Use this technique to smoke the competition.

Sticking your knife into the electrical outlook.

"DragonSphere Y power up!" OK... so my kids watched Goku go Super Saiyan for the first time last weekend. But since we always do everything out of order, it was the one where he went Super Saiyan 3 against Majin Buu. The power up goes on for quite a while in that episode. My oldest son turned to me and said, "Seriously... how long is this going to go on?" My wife glanced at the TV, worked on something in the house, went outside to water her plants, came back in, looked at the TV and said, "Is he STILL powering up?" As Goku powered up the Earth started shaking and breaking apart. The other two kids are watching unblinkingly as Goku's hair starts getting awkwardly rock-star big. I was sitting there on the couch thinking, "Ah, now this is peak parenting!"

Running to get groceries during a multi-episode power up.

Mr. Guy got lonely. So, our animator, Ghost, started working on Ms. Girl. This is important because these two models are animated differently.

Why... the Green!?

"To mess with green screens, of course!"

Some armors and skins are color customizable. To make sure they work, we often test using extreme colors. Reens, for example, really likes using green. As the saying goes, "It is not easy being green..." when "...the color customizer breaks."

New Loot Inventory System

When you get items, they will go into a special loot bag. This means you can pick up a bunch of stuff and then decide what to do with it later.... with previews. The loot inventory persists when you log out. We limited it to 20 items... and as you get more items, it should auto destroy the oldest ones. It would be nice to make an option to prioritize rare items over trash drops. But I think you will agree, we need to get the base functionality working and get the game up for you to play before adding those sort of quality of life features.

Destruction to all Dialog Boxes!

I hate modals (those pop up dialog boxes). Sometimes, they serve a purpose... but as a general rule, we should get rid of them whenever possible. This was put here to make sure you knew you got an item. Instead, we are going to move the item from your loot bag to your inventory... and have the new item be up at the top of the list where you can instantly see and use it. If you close and re-open your inventory, everything will go back to being in alphabetical order.

"Use this skill when the fighting is starting to Drag-on!"

Techno Mumbo Jumbo Engage!

There are two major topics we did not discuss in today's update. The biggest one is major issue with the armor importer. Warlic & Spider built a system to automatically import (most) AQWorlds armors. They will not have animations or any special features, but hey, at least you will have the art when you login! But Unity's default way of importing things was not designed to handle importing the insane volume (Hundreds of thousands?) of individual armor parts through the sprite packer to export asset bundles. During some tests of the armor importer, the process said it would take 60 hours for just the armors starting with an "A"! ...but the process would never actually finish. Honestly, there are a lot of things I do not understand about the importer and its complex set of daisy-chained systems. Anything I am writing now is probably oversimplified and inaccurate. Warlic & Spider (and now Zhoom, too) have been experimenting and working on potential solutions. As of Monday's full team sync up, things are finally looking promising.

A More Lively Undead Game

The second thing.... while working on Willow Creek, the team noticed that the new game did not look "as alive" as the existing AQWorlds. The NPCs are not animated and do not blink. So the the content team lost their minds and started rebuilding the NPCs as fully functional actors with all of the player animations. (I love this about this team so much.) This happened while I was out of the country. Both Zhoom and I were out of the country-- hence the eerie radio silence. The original AQWorlds has a whole lot of super weird bugs baked into it. Things that we did when we were first making the game that would haunt us for the decade and a half that followed. We only get one shot at making the base of AQWorlds Infinity right. Once the game is live and you are playing it, it will be too late to change the core stuff. We are already running super late... so we are going to get these things right now, while we still can.

We are currently preparing the DragonSlayer Class and updated Dragon's Lair for the next Tech Demo.