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.

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 

Categories

• Art
• Writing 
• Video / Animation
• Wildcard / Other 

There will be a 1st Place, 2nd Place, and 3rd Place winner chosen for each category. That way, everyone is encouraged to participate based on what they do best / enjoy the most! 

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) 👈

August 14, 2018

Moglin Kickstarter is LIVE!

Help us make our dream of moglin plush a reality!

Greetings and salutations friend... we're about to do something crazy together. Want to join us?

You've had moglins at your side in our video games. Now, help us bring Moglins to the real world!

Moglins like Twilly, Zorbak, Twig, & Quibble are magical forest creatures born in our video game worlds. Back our Moglin Kickstarter to help them escape and join you in the real one.

Of course, each Moglin also comes with a code to unlock an in-game pet of itself in multiple Artix Entertainment video games.

Unlock the Master of Moglins CLASS in AQWorlds with the $120 Ultimate Moglin Collection. The Class art shown above is a KickStarter exclusive. (You will still be able to get the class by purchasing all 12 moglins from HeroMart after the KickStarter ends, but the art will be different.)

Oh! Our new Artix Games Launcher lets you play our games (with your moglins) without needing a browser or the Flash plugin.

Put a Moglin on your desk to cheer you on. They’ll keep you company while writing, drawing, coding, and gaming. Moglins love to watch your favorite shows with you...even when no one else will. You can keep the joy for yourself, or give a Moglin to someone you love.

Moglins are the ultimate sidekicks for real life adventurers like you. Help us bring them from the fantasy world into the real one!

Check out all of the Moglins on our Kickstarter Page...

December 16, 2015

AQ3D Hits First THREE Stretch Goals

The power of our community is OVER 9000!

Thank you all so much for your support! We hit our first THREE stretch goals for the AdventureQuest 3D Kickstarter in the first 48 hours thanks to you guys. Let's keep this momentum going - together we're making AQ3D amazing!

December 09, 2015

$10 Kickstarter Package with AQW Rewards

Unlock AQW Gear with the AQ3D Kickstarter Hero Starter Pack!

By popular request, the AQ3D team has added Kickstarter backer package below the $25 Guardian package.  The $10 Hero Starter Pack will come with in-game items for AdventureQuest Worlds, DragonFable, and the original AdventureQuest!

You Get EVERYTHING!

If you're already a backer then you know that you get everything at your backer level AND everything in every backer package that came before it. 

EXAMPLE: If you're pledge $500 for the Design-A-Weapon Package, you also get everything that comes at the $120, $60, $50, $25, $10 and $1 backer levels. 

This INCLUDES the new $10 package. Everyone who has already backed us at the $25 Guardian level or higher will also get everything in the new $10 package.

We could have made it a $10 add-on but we're not trying to milk you guys. We need the funding to make AQ3D but we also want you to feel like you're getting a deal for your pledge, so we included this package for everyone who has already backed us and anyone who pledges $10 or more from now on. We hope that this added a little sugar on top of your existing pledges.  

To see all the rest of the news from Cysero's latest AQ3D Kickstarter update post, head to the AQ3D Design Notes!

December 08, 2015

AQ3D's Kickstarter hits 75% of its goal!

We are almost at 100% and full funding!

The AQ3D Kickstarter campaign just broke $150,000 raised! That means we're 75% of the way to our goal, and only need $50K to go until the finish line. Thanks to every backer and everyone who can't be a backer but is helping us spread the word and get this game the funding it needs!

Share News of AQ3D to unlock an evolvable sword in AQW!

Share our AQ3D Kickstarter announcement post on Facebook and retweet Artix's AQ3D Kickstarter announcement tweet! If we work together to complete the community quest, everyone in AQW, DF and AQ Classic will get a FREE SWORD designed by Dage. The higher the score, the bigger and crazier the weapon gets! See how many we can get before the Kickstarter ends on the first day of the new year! 

That's all there is to it. The Blade unlocks at 1000 TOTAL shares and re-tweets. (example: 500 shares + 500 re-tweets = 1000 total), and it evolves the more we share these two posts! This is great because you get something for doing almost nothing AND you're helping us spread the word about the AQ3D Kickstarter!

Below is the video where Dage found out that the AQWorlds community got 3,000+ shares... we did not expect his response:

This week, we'll be adding the first version of the sword. Then you can quest to evolve it to its additional forms!

More Ways to Help Spread the Word about AQ3D

Want to help ‪#‎AQ3D‬'s ‪#‎Kickstarter‬ become a staff pick? Email [email protected] with your AE stories and why AQ3D is important to you!

Becoming a staff pick would help AQ3D hit the goal before the deadline and become a reality, but they need to hear from YOU!

Other ways to share:

• Tweet or Facebook to your followers
• Tell your friends. And your friends' friends. And your friends' friends' mothers.
• Make videos of you playing in AQ3D and post them on Youtube
• Decorate desserts with AQ3D characters and logos (like in the AE Frostval Cookie contest... happening now!)

Check out Zach Storch's AQ3D Video!

Zach Storch, long-time friend of Artix Entertainment, author of Za'nar (a wicked-cool young adult fantasy novel), Lore's own King of the Nerds, and all-around great guy and gamer is super-hyped about AQ3D and created a video to help spread the word. You can check it out by clicking here or on the image below!