Design Notes

April 25, 2025

New Nature x Hunter Gear Sets

New Items in the Featured Gear Shop

Aria's quest for more dragons continues this weekend, so it's only natural that we'd feature these sets! Whether you're a wicked rare hunter or an online treasure-seeker, the Featured Gear Shop update is sure to have something that'll satisfy your desire for firey items.

Color Customizable Rare Gear

These items are color-customizable to base and accessory. They'll be available in your Featured Gear Shop in the game menu until May 30th.

• DragonCrest Seeker armor
• Hood + Masked Hood helms 
• DragonCrest Seeker Hair + Locks
• DragonCrest Seeker Hat + Masked Hat
• DragonCrest Seeker Tricorn + Masked Tricorn
• Wrap, giant Map on your Back, and combination Wrap + Map capes
• DragonCrest Seeking Light mace (single + dual-wield)
• Dragonseeker Cutlass (single + dual-wield)
• Dragonseeker Dagger (single + dual-wield)
• Dragonseeker Light and Cutlass
• Dragonseeker Light and Dagger 

Seasonal/Permanent Gear

These items are available in your Featured Gear Shop until May 30th and permanently in the DragonRune Alliance shop in /ariagreenhouse.

• Kagutsuchi Inori Katana (single + dual-wield)
• Backhand Kagutsuchi Inori (single + dual-wield)
• Unsheathed Kagutsuchi Inori
• Elaphinos Clan Druid armor
• Elaphinos Druid Hair+ Locks
• Horned Elaphinos Morph+ Visage
• Horned Elaphinos Locks (long backhair)
• Elaphinos Clan Morph + Visage
• Elaphinos Clan Hood + Horned Hood
• Veloudo Dryos cape
• Silverwind Quiver
• Campanula Staff
• Blooming Bellflower Staff
• Silverwind Bow
• Wyvis Grimoire
• Elaphinos Druid Implements

Wheel of Doom Merge Shop Update

Mech sure you don't miss this new bionic bunny themed set! There's no better gear to feature the weekend after Grenwog and before May the 4th.

Dark forces are hungry to feed on any hero unfortunate to wield these weapons. Will you risk great power and great rewards... if the cost is your life itself?!

Find the following set items in the Wheel of Doom merge shop:

• Hoptimus Prime armor
• Visor helm
• Booster Wings cape
• Bunny Drones cape
• Carotene Hull Breaker (single + dual-wield)
• Lagomorphic Lasgun rifle

Get your Free Wheel of Doom Spins

Everyone loves to get prizes... and that's why everyone in AdventureQuest Worlds will get at least one free spin on the Wheel of Doom per week.

• Members get one free spin a day while their upgrade is active
• All players get one free spin a week. 

Spin the Wheel, Collect Treasures, Choose Your Prize 

Each time you spin the Wheel of Doom, you'll get a Treasure Potion to spend in the Doom Merge Shop. Save up 1,000 and you'll be able to buy a Wicked Item of Donated Awesomeness. Each WIoDA lets you choose a rare or valuable item* straight from your account manager.

How to Claim your Prize

Make sure you have a confirmed email address attached to your game account, and then follow these steps:

1. Decide on the item you want
2. Log into your Account Manager
3. Click on the "Awesome Prizes" link on the sidebar
4. You'll see a list of the IoDA tokens you have available
5. Choose from a list of ALL the eligible item rewards  
6. You'll be taken to a verification page to confirm your choice

Redeem IoDA tokens to get even MORE bonuses

For each of the first six eligible IoDA tokens you receive , you'll get a FREE Bonus IoDA. The eligible tokens are the Ultimate, Epic, Platinum, Wicked  and Golden tokens. After that, you'll get a free Bonus IoDA for every 3 eligible IoDA you redeem, with no maximum stack. So if you have that dream set of gear you want to create... now you'll be able to.

After you redeem your...

• 1st IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
• 2nd IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
• 3rd IoDA, you'll unlock 1free bonus IoDA
• 4th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
• 5th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
• 6th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA

Then, for every 3 IoDA you redeem, you'll unlock another free bonus IoDA.

After you redeem your...

• 7th, 8th, and 9th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA
• 10th, 11th, and 12th IoDA, you'll unlock 1 free bonus IoDA

And so on. The 3:1 bonus IoDA ratio starts after you get your first 6 free BIoDA, regardless of when you received them. (Example: if you've redeemed a total of 21 IoDA tokens, you'll unlock 11 BIoDA total. The first 6 BIoDA at a 1:1 ratio, and then 5 more at the 3:1 ratio.)

* Exceptions include staff personal items, custom weapon contest prizes, HeroMart items, etc

April 25, 2025

Aria x Valencia: Dragon Hunts II

New Game Update for April 25th, 2025

Your quest to uncover more information about the Great Elemental Dragons continues this weekend. It's a good thing Valencia's ready to lend her rank 10 TreasureHunting skills, because Aria's latest request is even more challenging than the last. Your goal? Discover more about the ambitions of Akriloth the Great Fire Dragon and the disappearance of Volgritian the Great Dragon of Energy. 

Team up with Valencia to discover more about the Great Dragon of Fire and Energy... and reap the rewards from the quests you complete along the way. Your adventure begins now in /AriaGreenhouse.

New Update Details

Story: Aria x Valencia's Great Dragon Artifact Hunt, Pt 2
Rewards: Fire, Energy, and TreasureHunter-themed items
Featured Gear: rare and permanent items in the Featured Gear Shop
Wheel of Doom Merge Shop: new Hoptimus Prime mech set 
Shinkansen expansion: battle the Kawaii Vending Machine for adorable rewards 

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Get double EXP / Gold / Rep /Class Points until Monday!
Saturday: Battle the Vending Machine in /Shinkansen for sheepishly adorable seasonal treats.
Sunday: Battle the Apophris Chantress in /lotustomb for two new lotus-themed house items.

Get Fired Up for New TreasureHunter Rewards

If you can't stand the heat... don't hunt for fire dragons! Unlock all new TreasureHunter-themed gear, plus new fire and energy weapons this weekend as you battle to complete part 2 of Aria's Great Dragon Hunt.  weekend to collect new nature and water themed rewards. Talk to her in /ariagreenhouse to continue your adventure!

Fire Dragon Quest drops:

• Sheathed Kagutsuchi Inori(single and dual-wield)
• King Eldfell House Guest
• Exalted Fire Dragon Pyre
• Fire Dragon PyreFiamme's Favor
• King Eldfell Tail cape
• Flame Tender Blade
• The Original Fire Hammer

Energy Dragon Quest drops:

• Epsilon Veselago (single and dual-wield)
• Energized Veselago (single and dual-wield)
• Lightning Helix (single and dual-wield)
• Lightning Helix Spear
• Azure Riflettore
• Biela's Crystallized Oath (single and dual-wield)
• Volgritian's Golden Chain
• Lightning Tender Blade

TreasureHunter Rep Shop:

• TreasureHunter Tycoon armor
• TreasureHunter Magnate armor
• TreasureHunter Kingpin armor
• TreasureHunter Tycoon Patch + Locks
• TreasureHunter Tycoon Hair + Locks
• Treasure Tycoon's Spyglass (single and dual-wield)
• Treasure Tycoon's Map
• Treasure Tycoon's Spyglass + Scroll
• Treasure Tycoon's Blade + Scroll
• All-Purpose Treasure Blade (single and dual-wield)

Stay up to date with new release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar and see what the latest Bug Fixes and Balance Changes are in their patch notes.

April 21, 2025

Game News: April 21 - 27

Read on for the latest news and information

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

Monday: Double EXP Boost

Get double EXP from battles and quests until Wednesday!

Tuesday: Fowl Magic + Earth Day Drops

Feelin' cooped up? Good news! Our magical Tuesday update is live now in /battlefowl, and it'll really MOO-ve you! Pluck up enough courage (and chickens) to trade Lart the Golden Feathers and Eggs he wants, and he'll give YOU an Archimoodes house guest from his Flock Shop. The 0 AC floor item also drops from the Zeuster Projection and level 26 Chickencow monsters.

The Archimoodes NPC originally appeared in DragonFable, one of Zeuster's magepriests. His name is a parody of the Greek mathematician Archimedes (just like Zeuster's name is a portmanteau of Zeus + Rooster). 

Celebrate EarthDay in the /LivingDungeon! We've got two new 0 AC seasonal house items for you, dropping off the Chia Warrior and the Weeping Widowmaker until May 22nd. 

Wednesday: Double Gold Boost

Get double Gold from battles and quests until Friday!

Thursday: Spirit Orbs Boost

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

Read the full post for more details. 

Friday Update Details

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

Story: Aria x Valencia's Great Dragon Artifact Hunt, Pt 2
Rewards: Fire, Energy, and TreasureHunter-themed items
Featured Gear: new rare items in the Featured Gear Shop
Shinkansen expansion: battle the Kawaii Vending Machine for adorable rewards 

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Get double EXP / Gold / Rep /Class Points until Monday!
Saturday: Battle the Vending Machine in /Shinkansen for sheepishly adorable seasonal treats.
Sunday: Battle the Apophris Chantress in /lotustomb for two new lotus-themed house items.

Stay up to date with new release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar and see what the latest Bug Fixes and Balance Changes are in their patch notes.

April 18, 2025

Featured Spring Items

Holiday Gear Available for a Limited Time

You're late... you're late... for a very important date! These new items will put a spring in your step... just make sure you get them in time. Find our new rare sets and items in your Featured Gear Shop through Friday, May 16th. 

Rare AdventureCoin Set: 

• Black Sheep armor
• Black Ram & Black Ewe's Goat Horns
• Black Ram & Black Eye's Big Horns
• Black Sheep Plush

The seasonal, bright, and much more polite Woolly Wonder set items will be available starting Sunday, April 20th as daily login gifts.

Seasonal Sheep Items:

• Pastoral and Picturesque Pasture ground runes
• Bouncy Black Sheep pet 
• Black Sheep Guard

Seasonal items will return next year. 

Rare color-custom AC Set:

• Enchanted Dynamo Bunny armor
• Enchanted Dynamo Bunny Morph (male + female variants)
• Enchanted Bunny Baton (dual + single wield)
• Enchanted Double Bunny Baton (dual + single wield)

Rare Member-only Gear: 

• Spring Dynamo Bunny
• Dynamo Bunny Morph (male + female variants)
• Dynamo Bunny Batons
• Double Bunny Batons

The Dynamo Bunny Hair + Locks, Dynamo Bunny Baton + Double Baton are available for all players.

Rares with Treasure Chest Variants

• Wonderland Hare's Harmony Blade (dual and single wield)

0 AC versions of the Wonderland Hare weapons are also permanently available from Twilly's Treasure Chest. The rare, ala-carte versions leave May 16th.

Don't Miss Last Week's Rare Gear

What the Featured Gear Shop?! We've got a host of crazy, insane, and adorable(?!) new items for you. From shredded moglin bank + quest pets to a house item that will copy what the house owner has equipped... if you like collecting unusual items, this is definitely the shop update for you.

NOT AN APRIL FOOLS ULTRA HELM (Rare) 
Don't buy this. It is a joke. A rainbow-hued, sneevil-tastic gag helm. If you DO buy it, you'll get 25% more Class Points, Gold, XP, and Rep when you equip it.

Ultra Twilly Bank & Quest Pet (Seasonal)
Who needs Undead minions when you're a one-Moglin army? Not THIS Moglin! /FLEX 

Ultra Twig Bank & Quest Pet (Seasonal)
Twig will accept fish and ice cream in exchange for mercy... and then carry it all home to eat. /FLEX 

Ultra Zorbak Bank & Quest Pet (Seasonal)
Twilly will heal you with the giant heart hidden in his humungous chest. /FLEX 

• Bank pets let you access your bank from anywhere in the game
• Quest pets come with a quest to collect 30 of each house guards
• Quest pets cannot be sold

Main Character House Guard (Permanent)
The house item copies what the owner has equipped to their player character).

Wayward Wolftale's Wanderer Set

Spring is here, and it's a perfect time for long, romantic walks in Greenguard Forest. Bring a picnic lunch with the one you love. Just... make sure YOU don't become dessert! It's a good thing that there are all those heroes ready and eager to save the day after visiting the Trainers in Battleon. 

Rare Set Items

• Wayward Wolftale's Wanderer
• Big Bad Wolf + Beast of Depravity Morph helms
• Refined + Dainty Wulf Morph helms
• Refined + Wulf Ears Morph helms
• Refined Wulf Hairs + Morph helms
• Refined Wulf Tail (color-customizable fur)
• Wolven Spirit of Depravity ground item
• Wulf Creek ground item
• Jaw of Depravity polearm (single + dual-wield)
• Wolf Heart Piercer gauntlet
• regular + XL Wolf Rivulet floor items
• Big Bad Wolf guest floor item
• Bigger, Badder Wolf guest floor item
• regular + XL Beast of Depravity guest floor items

Seasonal Set Items

• Shady Creek ground item
• Picnic Basket (single + dual-wield)
• Forest Creek + Grand Forest Creek floor items

April 18, 2025

Aria x Valencia: Dragon Hunts I

New Game Update for April 18th, 2025

As one of Dragonrune Hall's most promising students, Aria is in her element and excelling at her studies. She's been assigned a grand undertaking: searching for the Great Elemental Dragons! Naturally, she seeks out the help of Lore's two most talented treasure hunters! 

Team up with Valencia to discover more about the Great Dragon of Nature and Water... and reap the rewards from the quests you complete along the way. Your adventure begins now in /AriaGreenhouse.

Friday, April 11: Update Details

Adventure: Aria x Valencia's Great Dragon Artifact Hunt, Pt 1

Rewards: 

• Natural + Water-themed items in /AriaGreenhouse
• New drops in the /Eventhub
• New drops on Alpha Cabdury in /Grenwogwarren

Holiday Rare Gear: 

• Dark Wooly Wonder set
• Enchanted Dynamo Bunny (color-custom, AdventureCoins)
• Spring Dynamo Bunny set (gold, member-only)
• Wonderland Hare weapons (perm 0 AC versions available in the Treasure Chest)

Dage's Birthday Rares: 

• color-custom Grim Necromancer armor + helms available in the shop, collection chest, and 600k AC achievement tracker badge shop

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Get double Class Points until Monday!
Saturday: Battle General Pollution in /pollution for a new helm, gauntlets, and ground rune.
Sunday: seasonal Bright Woolly Wonder armor + accessories drop from /goatfield quest

Unbe-LEAF-able Nature & Water Rewards 

Branch out and explore the wilderness this weekend to collect new nature and water themed rewards. Talk to Aria in /ariagreenhouse to begin your quest!

/AriaGreenhouse set drops:

• Rosenschwert Knight armor & helms
• Dornröschen Blade (single and dual-wield)
• Rose Carabosse

/AriaGreenhouse weapon drops:

• Water Weaver Sword (single and dual-wield)
• Water Weaver Staff
• Water Weaver Scythe
• Facet of Hyonix polearm
• The Garden's Sphere staff
• Natural Jade Cleaver (single and dual-wield)
• Cleaver of the Lone Tree (single and dual-wield)
• Thawsprout Staff

This week's nature and water artifact weapons were imported from our single-player RPG, DragonFable!

/AriaGreenhouse house item drops:

• Burning Pyre
• Golden Bough
• Golden Zinnia Vines
• Amaranth Bed
• Garden of Herbs, Patch of Nature, and Herb Cluster
• Pearl Dragon Amulet Display
• Flowering Arbor
• Natural Circle
• Oceanic Blue, Verdant, Pink, and Baby Shells
• Violet Cove Shell*
• The Ideal Maiden
• Pearl Dragon Amulet

* Merpeople like to use these as beds or treasure chests. It looks like the perfect place to store a treasure the Great Water Dragon Hyonix adores. Hmm. I wonder what happens if a bit of Hyonix's magic is applied... ?

Stay up to date with new release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar and see what the latest Bug Fixes and Balance Changes are in their patch notes.

April 15, 2025

Game News: April 14 - 20

Read on for the latest news and information

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

Monday: Double Gold Boost

Get double Gold from battles and quests until Wednesday!

Tuesday: Midweek Update

Our Tuesday Treasure Hunt is live! Visit Valencia in the /eventhub now to find her new Cheep Chase quest for sweet Grenwog treats! Let your sugar craving lead you across Lore as you seek out the four Marshmallow Cheeps she's hidden around. Complete it, and you'll unlock two new 0 AC seasonal Bunny Plushie weapons! 

(Note: After you find each Cheep, check the temp item description for the clue for the next Cheep)

Wednesday: Double Reputation Points Boost

Get double Rep Points from battles until Friday!

Thursday: Blood Gems Boost

Get double rewards as you battle to collect Blood Gems of the Archfiend all week long.

Read the full post for more details. 

Friday Update Details

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

Story: Aria x Valencia's Great Dragon Artifact Hunt, Pt 1
Rewards: Natural + Water-themed items, Event hub drops
Featured Gear: rare Dark Wooly Wonder set + Dynamo Bunny sets + Treasure Chest update
Dage Birthday Rares: color-custom Grim Necromancer armor + helms

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Get double Class Points until Monday!
Saturday: Battle General Pollution in /pollution for a new helm, gauntlets, and ground rune.
Sunday: seasonal Bright Woolly Wonder armor + accessories drop from /goatfield quest

Stay up to date with new release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar and see what the latest Bug Fixes and Balance Changes are in their patch notes.