Design Notes
March 18, 2024
Tonight: Server Maintenance
Servers Offline Starting at 1 AM EST
Heads up for you Monday night marathon gamers... AQWorlds and the Artix Entertainment Portal site will go offline shortly after midnight tonight (also known as very, very early Tuesday morning). Current estimates put the downtime at about an hour. We apologize for the inconvenience!
1 AM USA Eastern Time
- AQ.COM web site Offline
- AQW Game Servers Offline
- Account Web Site Offline
- Portal web site Offline
- Bug Tracker Offline
3 AM USA Eastern Time
- Estimated time for everything back online
March 18, 2024
Game News: March 18 - 24
Read on for the latest news and information
Our Month of Evil continues this week with new rewards, rares, and much-needed maintenance updates. Get the latest details on this week's news, Treasure Hunt, Boosts, find out more about this weekend's new update.
March 18 / March 19: Server Maintenance
Heads up for you Monday night marathon gamers... AQWorlds and the Artix Entertainment Portal site will go offline shortly after midnight tonight (also known as very, very early Tuesday morning). Current estimates put the downtime at about an hour. We apologize for the inconvenience!
1 AM USA Eastern Time
- AQ.COM web site Offline
- AQW Game Servers Offline
- Account Web Site Offline
- Portal web site Offline
- Bug Tracker Offline
3 AM USA Eastern Time
- Estimated time for everything back online
Tuesday, March 19: Dark Viking Quest
Talk to the Legion Recruiter in /battleontown begin this week's bonus adventure. He'll send you on a quest to learn the story of Tyrnjal, one of the Undead Legion's greatest Vikings. Recover all the memories to unlock a dark new 0 AC reward.
Details:
- Level 50 required
- 1 Star Adventure
- Permanently available
Rewards include:
- Legion Viking Horn Mace
- Legion Vikin Horn Daggers
Thursday, March 21: Dark Spirit Orbs Boost
Get triple rewards as you battle to create Sepulchure's DoomKnight Armor until March 27th.
Dark Spirit Orb Quests:
- Dark Spirit Orbs
- Penny For Your Fought quests
Get x15, x30, x45 or x60 Dark Spirit Orbs while the boost is on!
(Regular reward quantity: x5, x10, x15, or x20)
Friday, March 22: Update Details
Get a first look at what's coming in this weekend's upcoming game release!
HollowDeep Expansion: Hollowborn x Legion quests*
ShadowRealm Expansion: Hollowborn LoveCaster set
Dage's Birthday Gear: monster drops + merge shop rewards**
Dage's Collection Chest: Hollowborn Paragon, Ravager of Souls, and more
Draw Your Weapon Contest: craft the first of 0 AC reward weapons
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
Server Boost: Dark Spirit Orbs
Resource Boost: Double Reputation
Saturday: Hollowborn Paragon House Guards from the Hollowborn Judge in /hbchallenge
Sunday: Hollowborn Raven's Beacon Lanterns from the Sentient Hollow in /hbchallenge
Leaving Soon
Events & Shops
- March 29: March Event Hub
- March 31: Legion Warseeker + Darkness Chronomancer sets
- April 5: Dage's Birthday + Lucky Day events, Dark Treasure Hunt rewards
- April 9: Dark AdventureCoin Bonus ends
- April 12: Dage's 2024 Birthday Rares
Daily Login Gifts Leaving March 31st
- Dragon's Diamond Hoard from Zakhvatchik in /hakuwar
- Holographic Futuristic Laken + Shogun Guards from Legionator in /futurelegion
- SoulEater Scythe from Frost Fang in the /eventhub
- Battleon Barbae Outfit from Heart Elemental in /beleensdream
- Underworld Sacrificer Helms + Enchained Oneiros cape from Legion Knight in /legionbarracks
- Overdriven Knight set from Overdriven Knight in /cocytusbarracks
- Underworld Chandalier Maces + Ivory Penitent Statue from Underworld Chest in /eventhub
* Requires Undead Legion membership
** Rewards available for all players
March 15, 2024
Dark Birthday x Spring AC Bonus
Get 50% more ACs with any Membership or AC Pack
Your luck is in! To help you celebrate Dage the Evil's real-life birthday today and make the most of all our March and Spring holiday events, for a limited time, get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AdventureCoin or Membership package you buy during our Dark Birthday x Spring AdventureCoin bonus!
Get 60,000 ACs while our Spring Bonus is on!
During our 2024 Spring AdventureCoin bonus, get 60,000 ACs for $99.95 (that's 20,000 ACs more than normal!) and unlock your choice of upgrade bonus pack, 15x Rep, Gold, Class Points, and XP server boosts, and the Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (IoDA).
Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness?!
The Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (or MIoDA for short) is a miscellaneous item you will get by purchasing the 40k AdventureCoin pakage. Like the other IoDA items, it allows you to choose any item in the game when you redeem it through your Account Manager.
How to Claim your MIoDA Prize
Make sure you have a confirmed email address attached to your game account, and then follow these steps:
- Decide on the item you want
- Log into your Account Manager
- Click on the "Awesome Prizes" link on the sidebar
- You'll see a list of the IoDA tokens you have available
- Choose from a list of ALL the eligible item rewards
- You'll be taken to a verification page to confirm your choice
Wait...AdventureCoin Bonus?!
That's right! Several times each year, we have bonus AdventureCoin offers, where we'll increase the amount of ACs you get with each pack. (example: Summer, Back to School, and during the holidays). Bonus amounts and dates may change from year to year, so keep an eye on the Design Notes and social media for more news of future bonuses.
March 15, 2024
2024 Dark Birthday Rares + Collection
Dage's Immortal Lich King Birthday Gear is HERE
Celebrate darkness, destruction, and Dage the Evil's birthday this weekend! For all you real-life rare hunters, this is the weekend you've been waiting for: Dage's 2024 Birthday gear is here. Log in now and check out the shop in Battleon to buy individual items. Get the Immortal Lich King Collection Chest to unlock ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins!
- Get the full collection for 10,000 ACs or
- Buy individual items from Nibble's Rares shop in Battleon
Check out Dage's 2024 Birthday Rares Shop to find over 60 new event items this week, with more to come later this month!
Available March 8th
- Exclusive Immortal Lich King 2024 Collection Pet (unlocks the full collection shop)
- Immortal Lich King armors
- Immortal Lich King helms + capes
- Ecliptica Kingdom Blade (single + dual-wield)
- Immortal + Underworld Sacrificer armors
- Black Sun Headdress helms
- Underworld Sacrificer Wraiths cape
- Deathly Prophecy Altar cape
- Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape
- Immortal Summoner + Forsaken Invoker armors
- Malignant Death companion cape (animated)
- Underworld Samurai armor set
- Mystical Samurai Blaze & Flame capes
- Underworld Eminence Titan armor set
- Immortal Lich Paragon pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)
- And more!
Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive Dage's Immortal Lich King Collection Chest and Paragon Quest pet, all of the gear contained inside the Collection shop will also be available individually in his Birthday Shop.
Available March 15th
- Underworld Spirit Summoner armor
- Underworld Spirit Host armor
- Corvus Moriorum Sword and Dagger
- Underworld Raven's Fury set
- Immortal LionSlayer armor
- LionSlayer's Soul Whip
- Nemean Soul Cape
- Immortal Sacrificial Skull pet (with quest for wall mural house item)
- and more!
Available March 22nd
- Ravager of Souls set (preview)
- Underworld Tactical Gear set (preview)
- Hollowborn Paragon set returns (preview)
Birthday Shop Items Notes
Undead Legion Member Special Gift
Get the exclusive, rare Legion Sacrificer armor + select set items from the Merge shop in /legionbarracks. The Undead Legion Tactical Gear set arrives next week.
Coming Soon: Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape variants
Teal and color-customizable variants of the Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape will be released for HeroPoints when Dage's Birthday Bundle arrives later this month.
Work in Progress
Danilo's wicked Underworld Spirit Summoner set is now available! He just sent in the animated pet, which will arrive next week.
Didn't the Hollowborn Paragon Set already release?!
It sure did! Back in November, we announced that it would also arrive this month, because we have both Dage and Hollowborn events on the schedule and were not able to finish all of the Hollowborn Paragon gear we had initially planned. This is the best of both worlds... especially for heroes who were not able to get the items back in November.
March 15, 2024
Battle for Control of the Underworld
Dage's Dark Birthday 2024 Event continues this weekend!
The Underworld was not meant for a Paladin's light. Dage the Evil is missing, and an old frenemy reappears. Log in this weekend as a rebellious Legion General threatens to flood the Underworld with his bright power in Part 2 of Dage's birthday event!
New game release
- New Story: Dage's Dark Birthday Pt 2, Legion General's Revenge
- Wicked Rewards: new gear for all heroes + Undead Legion exclusives
- 2024 Dark Birthday Rares: Underworld Spirit Summoner, Immortal LionSlayer, Underworld Raven's Fury, and more
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
- Server Boost: double Class Points
- Resource Boost: Spirit Orbs + Metals
- Saturday: rare Underworld House Items from the Chest in the /eventhub
- Sunday: rare Overdriven Knight set from the monster in /CocytusBarracks
New Dark Rewards
Dark rewards are waiting in the /cocytusbarracks map! All players can unlock the dark and light Penitent Underworld Keeper + Acheron Usurper sets after completing this weekend's new event. Undead Legion exclusive: the Void Vigilante gear!
Monster drops:
- Dimmed Overdriven Knight's Blade (single + dual wield)
- Usurper Lord Helms +Capes
- Vengeful Soul Sickle (single + dual wield)
- Sullied Blame Blade (single + dual wield)
- Penitent Keeper Helms
- Death's Requiem Spear & Staff
- Undeath Dominion Core
- Mourner's Hair + Ponytail
Cocytusbarracks Merge Shop:
- Penitent Underworld Keeper armor + accessories
- Acheron Usurper Lord armor + accessories
- Ivory Penitent Underworld Keeper armor + accessories
- Ivory Acheron Usurper Lord armor + accessories
New Undead Legion Exclusive Gear
- Overdriven Evocator armor + helms (in the Cocytusbarracks Merge Shop)
- Void Vigilante sets (in the Undead Legion Merge shop)
If you're not a member of the Undead Legion, never fear! You, too, can sell your soul to Dage the Evil and become a part of his immortal army.
Note: earlier this week, we announced the Lucky Day set would arrive this weekend. Unfortunately, I had a run of real-life bad luck was out sick most of the week, and did not have a chance to communicate with the team about the details for how it would release. It will arrive next week.
Legion Quest Updates
A new set of daily quests has been added to Dage the Evil in /underworld. These quests serve as a replacement to the Legion Soul Collector quests and involve defeating bosses of varying difficulty for large amounts of Legion Tokens.
Legion Soul Collector
The Legion Soul Collector has been replaced with a new item called "Legion Promotion".
- Legion Promotion costs 1,000 Legion Tokens and requires completion of the "The Beast" quest in /sevencircleswar.
- If you already have the Legion Soul Collector, you will receive the Legion Promotion item for free.
Legion Promotion Quests
Six new daily quests have been added to Dage the Evil in /underworld.
Daily Exercise 1: Ultra Aeacus
Defeat the boss for x100 Legion Tokens, 50000 XP + 50000 gold
Daily Exercise 2: Legion Lich Lord
Defeat the boss for x150 Legion Tokens, 75000 XP + 75000 gold
Daily Exercise 3: The Beast
Defeat the boss for x150 Legion Tokens, 100000 XP + 75000 gold
Daily Exercise 4: Devastator Deimos
Defeat the boss for x150 Legion Tokens, 150000 XP + 100000 gold
Daily Exercise 5: God of the Depths
Defeat the boss for x250 Legion Tokens, 200000 XP + 100000 gold
Daily Exercise 6: Dage the Dark Lord
Defeat the boss for x250 Legion Tokens, 200000 XP + 150000 gold
Legion Exercise Quest Changes
- Legion Token rewards for Legion Exercise 1, 2, 3, and 4 increased to x25
- Legion Exercise 1 no longer requires Chaotic DracoHeart
- Increased drop rates for Flawless DracoHorns and DracoHearts
- Increased drop rate of Charred Skull and Intact Tiger Leech Hide on Legion Exercise 2
- Increased drop rate of Chaorrupted Essence and Chaos Egg on Legion Exercise 3
Souls Quests Removed
The following quests are no longer available from Dage the Evil NPC: Gateway to the Souls, Ghostly Zardman Souls, Cyclops Warlord Ghost Souls, Escaped Wendighost Souls, Belrot the Ghost Souls, Ghostly Deathgazer Souls, Escaped Dai Tenghost Souls, Mercutio's Souls, Ghostly Aracara Souls, Ghostly Grizzlespit Souls
Miscellaneous
- Updated Dage the Evil's NPC in /underworld and /darkbirthday
- Owners of the original Dark Caster, Evolved Dark Caster, Legion Evolved Dark Caster, Arcane Dark Caster, and Mystical Dark Caster classes can now access the quests for the 2019 versions of the classes year round
March 11, 2024
Game News: March 11 - 17
Coming to AdventureQuest Worlds this Week
Our Month of Evil celebration continues all month long! Get the latest details on this week's news, Treasure Hunt, Boosts, find out more about this weekend's new update.
Monday, March 11: Dark Poster Sneak Peek
Get the first look at Lae's new poster, coming to HeroMart as part of Dage's 2024 Birthday Bundle later this month!
In-game Reward
A teal variant of the Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape will be released for HeroPoints when Dage's Birthday Bundle arrives later this month.
Rare item variant update
Coming soon: a color-custom version of the Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape that released last week in Dage's birthday shop + collection. It arrives later this month, available for AdventureCoins and in the 2024 Collection Chest.
Tuesday, March 12: Dark Treasure Hunt
Talk to Valencia in the Museum to get the first clue in your search for the Gorgon's Gaze artifacts! These mystical objects are rumored to be able to turn creatures to stone. (Sounds like they would make excellent weapons... and burglar deterrents.) Discover their location and you'll unlock both the 0 AC rare Gauntlet and Wall Plaque!
Rewards include:
- Gorgon's Gaze Gauntlet
- Gorgon's Gaze Shield (wall item)
Rewards will be available until April 5th.
Other updates going live:
The default heads in the Immortal Lich King + Lich King's Gift armors will be updated to show the Immortal Lich Skull undead face.
(Note: The Immortal Lich Skull morph helm will be available later this month as a 0 AC seasonal daily login gift.)
Thursday, March 14: Spirit Orbs + Metals
Get double rewards as you battle to create your Blinding Light of Destiny Axe until March 20th.
Spirit Orb Quests
- Essential Essences
- Bust Some Dust
Get x10, x20, x30, or x40 Spirit Orbs while the boost is on!
(Regular reward quantity: x5, x10, x15, or x20)
Minecrafting Metal Quest
Choose your reward from the list of Metal resources; get x2 Metals while the boost is on.
(Regular reward quantity: x1 Metals)
Friday, March 15: Update Details
New Story: Dage's Dark Birthday Pt 2, Legion General's Revenge
Wicked Rewards: new gear for all heroes + Undead Legion exclusives
2024 Dark Birthday Rares: new gear added to the shop + collection chest
Holiday set: new gear to help you celebrate Lucky Day 2024
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
Server Boost: double Class Points
Resource Boost: Spirit Orbs + Metals
Saturday: rare Underworld House Items from the Chest in the /eventhub
Sunday: rare Overdriven Knight set from the monster in /CocytusBarracks
March 08, 2024
2024 Dark Birthday Rares + Collection
Dage's Immortal Lich King Birthday Gear is HERE
Celebrate darkness, destruction, and Dage the Evil's birthday this weekend! For all you real-life rare hunters, this is the weekend you've been waiting for: Dage's 2024 Birthday gear is here. Log in now and check out the shop in Battleon to buy individual items. Get the Immortal Lich King Collection Chest to unlock ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins!
- Get the full collection for 10,000 ACs or
- Buy individual items from Nibble's Rares shop in Battleon
Check out Dage's 2024 Birthday Rares Shop to find over 60 new event items this week, with more to come later this month!
Available March 8th
- Exclusive Immortal Lich King 2024 Collection Pet (unlocks the full collection shop)
- Immortal Lich King armors
- Immortal Lich King helms + capes
- Ecliptica Kingdom Blade (single + dual-wield)
- Immortal + Underworld Sacrificer armors
- Black Sun Headdress helms
- Underworld Sacrificer Wraiths cape
- Deathly Prophecy Altar cape
- Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape
- Immortal Summoner + Forsaken Invoker armors
- Malignant Death companion cape (animated)
- Underworld Samurai armor set
- Mystical Samurai Blaze & Flame capes
- Underworld Eminence Titan armor set
- Immortal Lich Paragon pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)
- And more!
Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive Dage's Immortal Lich King Collection Chest and Paragon Quest pet, all of the gear contained inside the Collection shop will also be available individually in his Birthday Shop.
Available March 15th
- Underworld Spirit Summoner set
- Underworld Raven's Fury set
- Immortal Sacrificial Skull pet (with quest for wall mural house item)
- and more!
Available March 22nd
- Hollowborn Paragon set returns
Birthday Shop Items Notes
Undead Legion Member Special Gift
Get the exclusive, rare Legion Sacrificer armor + select set items from the Merge shop in /legionbarracks
Coming Soon: Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape variants
Teal and color-customizable variants of the Immortal Bloodletter Deity cape will be released for HeroPoints when Dage's Birthday Bundle arrives later this month.
Work in Progress
Danilo's wicked Underworld Spirit Summoner was recently sent in and has not received all the final item names. You can check out a preview of the art below, but please note: the name is not final and may change before release.
Didn't the Hollowborn Paragon Set already release?!
It sure did! Back in November, we announced that it would also arrive this month, because we have both Dage and Hollowborn events on the schedule and were not able to finish all of the Hollowborn Paragon gear we had initially planned. This is the best of both worlds... especially for heroes who were not able to get the items back in November.
March 08, 2024
What Dark Fate awaits the Undead Legion?
Dage's Dark Birthday 2024 Event continues this weekend!
Our Month of Evil continues with Part 1 of our "Legion General's Rise" story! The Legion must have capable, trustworthy Generals if Dage the Evil is going to forge a dark new future. But the undead are restless, and he needs your help to discover what drives their discontent. Is it Cowardice? Apathy? Or something... darker? /join legionbarracks to begin your adventure!
New game release
- New Story: Dage's Dark Birthday Pt 1, Legion General's Rise
- Wicked Rewards: new gear for all heroes + Undead Legion exclusives
- 2024 Dark Birthday Rares: Dage's Immortal Lich King, Underworld Titan, and more
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
- Server Boost: double EXP
- Resource Boost: Legion Token + Dark Unicorn Rib
- Saturday: rare color-custom Battleon Barbae set + seasonal color-custom Rollerblade Hero from the Heart Elemental in /beleensdream
- Sunday: rare Enchained Oneiros cape + Underworld Sacrificer helms from the Legion Knight in /legionbarracks
New Dark Rewards
All month long, we'll be releasing new Legion and Underworld-themed reward sets for you to collect. All players can complete this weekend's release to unlock the Underworld Sentinel and Ptolomea Necromancer sets!
Monster drops:
- Underworld Sentinel Skull
- Underworld Sentinel Shroud
- Resting Decima Render cape
- Decima Soul Bow
Legion Barracks Merge Shop:
- Ptolomea Necromancer armor
- Necromancer + Blindfold Morph helms
- Possessed Kokytos Staff
- Underworld Sentinel armor + helms
- Underworld Sentinel Shroud and Blade cape
- Decima Render Blade (single + dual wield)
Undead Legion Exclusive Gear
Available in the Legion Barracks merge shop
- Skeletal Sacrificer armor
- Scowling Black Sun Penacho Skull
- Immortal Sacrificer Tepoztopilli
- Grand Antaeus Spear
The rare Grand Antaeus Spear is available from Dage's birthday shop for 3 million gold. Members of the Undead Legion can craft a 0 AC variant to store it for free... FOREVER!
If you're not a member of the Undead Legion, never fear! You, too, can sell your soul to Dage the Evil and become a part of his immortal army.
Join us to celebrate in the Underworld this weekend! OR ELSE.
Battle through all of Dage the Evil's returning birthday zones, take on wicked bosses, and check out his seasonal birthday gear shop. Return next Friday, March 15th for the next update in our birthday event!
Log in and battle through the following zones to get wicked reward drops:
- /darkbirthday
- /undervoid
- /futurewar
- /futurelegion
- /futurewardage
- /legionarena
- /sevencircles - NEW!
Who is Dage the Evil?
If you're just joining us, you might not know who Dage the Evil is. In-game, Dage the Evil is the leader of the Undead Legion, ruler of the Underworld, and the Dark Weaponsmith. Many years ago, in the real world, the artist behind the NPC started releasing more and more rewards for his birthday until it became an annual, fan-favorite holiday. But the zones for his one, true love... PVP... are availalbe all year long!
Underworld PVP zones:
- Underworld Team PVP: /join dagepvp and choose which team you want to fight for
- Underworld 1v1 PVP: /join dage1v1 and go head to head with your friend... or a stranger
- Collect Legion Combat Trophies in the Team PVP map
- Complete Dumoose's daily quest in the 1v1 map to get Legion PVP Trophies
- Spend your trophies on all-new undead-themed rewards
March 01, 2024
Dark Birthday x Spring AC Bonus
Get 50% more ACs with any Membership or AC Pack
Your luck is in! To help you celebrate Dage the Evil's real-life birthday today and make the most of all our March and Spring holiday events, for a limited time, get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AdventureCoin or Membership package you buy during our Dark Birthday x Spring AdventureCoin bonus!
If you bought any AdventureCoin or Membership package starting at 12:01 AM EST on Friday, March 1st (that's the 24 hours before the bonus began), good news! Captain Rhubarb ran a query to give you the extra ACs, so it's like you got the AC bonus, too!
Get 60,000 ACs while our Spring Bonus is on!
During our 2024 Spring AdventureCoin bonus, get 60,000 ACs for $99.95 (that's 20,000 ACs more than normal!) and unlock your choice of upgrade bonus pack, 15x Rep, Gold, Class Points, and XP server boosts, and the Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (IoDA).
Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness?!
The Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (or MIoDA for short) is a miscellaneous item you will get by purchasing the 40k AdventureCoin pakage. Like the other IoDA items, it allows you to choose any item in the game when you redeem it through your Account Manager.
How to Claim your MIoDA Prize
Make sure you have a confirmed email address attached to your game account, and then follow these steps:
- Decide on the item you want
- Log into your Account Manager
- Click on the "Awesome Prizes" link on the sidebar
- You'll see a list of the IoDA tokens you have available
- Choose from a list of ALL the eligible item rewards
- You'll be taken to a verification page to confirm your choice
Wait...AdventureCoin Bonus?!
That's right! Several times each year, we have bonus AdventureCoin offers, where we'll increase the amount of ACs you get with each pack. (example: Summer, Back to School, and during the holidays). Bonus amounts and dates may change from year to year, so keep an eye on the Design Notes and social media for more news of future bonuses.
March 01, 2024
Dage's Dark Birthday Returns
Join us to celebrate in the Underworld this weekend! OR ELSE.
The month of EVIL begins now! Log in and battle through all of Dage the Evil's returning birthday zones, take on the Devastator Deimos boss in the /legionarena, and check out his seasonal birthday gear shop. Then join us on March 8th and 15th as we continue our celebration with two new story events exploring the future of the Undead Legion
- Holiday Events return: Dage's Dark Birthday and Lucky Day seasonal events return
- March Seasonal Set: Legion Warseeker returns
- New Battles: New Underworld Boss + Rewards
- New Bonus Pack: color-customizable Underworld SoulSeeker upgrade bonus sets*
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
- Server Boost: double Gold Boost
- Resource Boost: Legion Token and Rib Boost
- Saturday: Futuristic Holographic Guards from the Legionator in /futurewardage
- Sunday: SoulEater's Scythe from Frost Fang in the Event Hub
Log in and battle through the following zones to get wicked reward drops:
- /darkbirthday
- /undervoid
- /futurewar
- /futurelegion
- /futurewardage
- /legionarena
- /dage
- /ultradage
Dark New Rewards
All month long, we'll release dark new rewards for you to collect. All heroes: defeat the Devastator Deimos boss to unlock gear in the /legionarena Merge Shop. Legion Members: the original, never-released Soul Eater Blade can be yours for Legion Token
Who is Dage the Evil?
If you're just joining us, you might not know who Dage the Evil is. In-game, Dage the Evil is the leader of the Undead Legion, ruler of the Underworld, and the Dark Weaponsmith. Many years ago, in the real world, the artist behind the NPC started releasing more and more rewards for his birthday until it became an annual, fan-favorite holiday. But the zones for his one, true love... PVP... are availalbe all year long!
Underworld PVP zones:
- Underworld Team PVP: /join dagepvp and choose which team you want to fight for
- Underworld 1v1 PVP: /join dage1v1 and go head to head with your friend... or a stranger
- Collect Legion Combat Trophies in the Team PVP map
- Complete Dumoose's daily quest in the 1v1 map to get Legion PVP Trophies
- Spend your trophies on all-new undead-themed rewards
All month long, we'll be releasing new Legion and Underworld-themed reward farming sets for you to collect.
Members of the Undead Legion will also be able to craft items for gear exclusive to Dage the Evil's most loyal followers. If you're not a member of the Undead Legion, never fear! You, too, can sell your soul to Dage the Evil and become a part of his immortal army.
Dark Caster Class Series Returns
The Undead Legion is made up of Lore's finest undead (and not-undead-yet) warriors. That is why last year, we brought back ALL the Dark Caster Class skills, tied to art created by Dage just for his birthday. Each class is available from Dage's Dark Birthday Shop for 2,000 ACs and will return each year for his birthday.
- Infinite Dark Caster Class uses the Evolved DC class skills
- Timeless Dark Caster Class uses the Arcane DC class skills
- Immortal Dark Caster Class uses the original DC class skills
Original Class owners:
If you have the original Dark Caster Class, you will get the Immortal Dark Caster Class for FREE. Talk to Dage in the /darkbirthday map to complete his quest to claim your free class.
February 23, 2024
Dragons of Yokai Saga WAR
The Blood of the Dragon is Strong in Yokai Isle
The Dragons of Yokai saga continues this weekend as WAR comes to Haku! Danger looms on two fronts: an army of invading dragons threatens the land while the Yokai themselves seek to kill Empress Miko. Battle alongside her loyal warriors to defend the Empress and her home. If she dies at the Shrine of the Great Yokai Spirit, all of Yokai Isle will fall back into the claws of ancient beasts.
Friday, February 23: Update Details
- New Event: Dragons of Yokai Saga WAR!
- Rewards: Yokai DragonSlayer sets (regular + color-customizable)
- Featured Gear Shop: rare, color-customizable Draconic Assassin set
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
- Server Boost: double Gold, XP, Rep, Class Points
- Resource Boost: Celestial Dungeon + triple Void Orbs boost
- Saturday: Dragon's Diamond Hoard cape drops from the war boss in /hakuwar
- Sunday: Diabolical house items drop from the Diabolical Hoard in Lost Villa
War Rewards: Yokai DragonSlayer Sets
There are enough enough rewards in the Haku War merge shop to fill a greedy dragon's hoard... you just need to kill it first! Battle through the war to unlock the resources to craft the Yokai DragonSlayer (regular + color-customizable).
Hakuwar Merge Shop
Complete the War Medal quests to raise the meter and collect merge shop resources. You'll use the Village's Grace tokens to craft the pieces of the Yokai DragonSlayer set.
- Yokai Dragonslayer armor
- Noble & Yokai Dragonslayer Helms
- Noble & Yokai Dragonslayer Beards
- Yokai Dragonslayer Quiver Cloak & War Cloaks
- Kisshoten Naginata
- Luminous Mikazuki (single + dual-wield)
- Seven Fang Blade (single + dual-wield)
- Dragonbane Tanto (single + dual-wield)
Save your set pieces and combine them with even more tokens to make the color-customizable version of the Yokai DragonSlayer set!
Dragons of Yokai Saga Order
- Prologue: head to YokaiPirate + YokaiTreasure
- Chapter 1: battle through /HakuVillage
- Chapter 2: fight through in /HakuWar
- Chapter 3 + 4 arrive later this Spring!
Featured Rare Set: Draconic Assassin
This weekend's featured rare set combines two of the coolest themes in all of Yokai Isle: dragons + assassins! Find the rare color-customizable Draconic Assassin armor sets & the Storm of Kunai cape in your Featured Gear Shop until April 26th!
This week's set includes:
- Armed Draconic Yokai Assassin armor
- Draconic Yokai Assassin armor
- Draconic Yokai Assassin Ponytail & Masked PonyTail
- Draconic Yokai Assassin Mask
- Draconic Yokai Assassin Sheathed Katana
- Storm of Kunai cape
- Bladed Destiny Circle ground rune
- Dragon's Breath Katana
- Sheathed Dragon's Breath Katana
- Backhanded Dragon's Breath Katana (single + dual-wield)
- Kaminari Kunai (single + dual-wield)
Guide to War in AQWorlds
Battle alongside your fellow heroes to defeat the dragons attacking Yokai; Empress Miko is counting on you to defend her home! For many of you, this will be the first war you've ever fought in, so we've got a few tips to help guide you through this coming encounter:
- Complete Chapter 1 Quests: if you haven't finished the quests in /hakuvillage, head there now and complete the quests*. Then /join hakuwar.
- War Meter: Defeat your opponents to earn war tokens, then turn them in to increase the war meter. When the meter hits 100%, it unlocks the war boss.
- War Tokens: There are two different kinds of tokens. Turning in 5 regular tokens to increases the meter by a regular amount. Turn in mega tokens to increase the meter by DOUBLE the normal amount.
- Goals: Raising the war meter unlocks special achievements. Depending on the war, this could be a special shop, challenge fight, cutscene, or the war boss (once the meter hits 100%).
- War Boss: Defeat the war boss to unlocks the final cutscene, then battle him to earn reward drops
You and the rest of the heroes in Lore will all be fighting together to reach a common goal: victory! With every additional hero who battles in the war, you'll reach the 100% mark that much faster... and that means you'll unlock the rewards and final cinematic cutscene sooner, too!
War Exclusives
During the War event only...
- Completing the one-time only quests in /hakuvillage will also increase the war meter
- Increased gold and XP rewards on non-boss quests in /hakuwar
Commanders:
While battling in the war, you may notice that a couple of the monsters are notably different than the rest. We're calling these monsters "Commanders," and here's what you need to know about them:
- Considerably stronger than other monsters on the battlefield
- Have increased stats, sometimes skills, and a damage shield*
- Drop more rewards than other monsters when killed. Any items dropped won't be exclusive to them, and will also be obtainable from regular mobs.
- Have a longer respawn time**
* Adding increased stats and damage shield gives other players in the map time to reach them before they are defeated.
** For this war, Commander mobs will respawn when a new map instance is created, this may change in future wars.
February 26, 2024
Game News: February 26 - March 3
Read on for the latest news and information
Don't miss a battle, boost, or boss drop! Read on to stay up to date with the latest details about what's happening this week in AQWorlds!
Tuesday, February 27: Yokai Thief's Heist
While Valencia was traveling around Yokai Island, she learned of a merchant's stolen supply of weapons. Talk to her in the Museum and she'll be able to give you enough information to begin the hunt to recover it. Find them and you'll be rewarded with the valuable Yokai Sky Ripper Kamas!
Rewards include:
- Sky Ripper Kama (single and dual-wield)
- Backhanded Sky Ripper Kama (single and dual-wield)
Rewards will be permanently available.
Wednesday, February 28: Balance Update Preview
Several balance updates are planned to arrive this Friday, including a rework of the Legion Paladin Class Skills. You can check out the changes in this post, and read on to see what else is on the balance team's list.*
Class Updates
- Legion Paladin: full skill rework, new icons and animations
- Enforcer / Protosartorium: light rework
- Chunin: Quality of Life updates / buff
Enhancements
- Ravenous: added base damage, MP recovery, small stat buffs for self and stat debuffs for target, slightly reduced Execute damage bonus
- Dauntless: slightly reduced damage
- Smite: damage increase
- Avarice: reduced stat penalties
- Absolution: adjusted stat penalties
- Hearty: removed stat penalties
Monsters
- Ultra Exos: Touch of Chaos skill adjustment
Quest Updates
- Quests in /Crashsite
- Various Forge quests
* List is subject to change.
Thursday, February 29: Legion Token + Rib Boost
Get double rewards from select Legion Token quests and 2x Dark Unicorn Rib drops from Binky until March 13th in this special two-week Legion Token boost!
Legion Token Quests:
- Spring Cleaning
- First Class Entertainment
- Legion Quest: Light vs Dark
- Coal for the Legion
- Hearts and Souls
- Hearts and Souls (Member)
- Legion Castle Quest
- Research Materials
- Suffering is Magic
Dark Unicorn Rib
- Battle Binky in the /binky or /doomvault map to get x2 Dark Unicorn Ribs instead of x1
Friday, March 1: Update Details
Evil takes over Lore this weekend! Dage's seasonal Dark Birthday zones and gear return along with the oh-so-evil RNG-themed minigames in the Lucky Day Fair.
- Holiday Events return: Dage's Dark Birthday and Lucky Day seasonal events return
- March Seasonal Set: Legion Warseeker returns
- New Battles: New Underworld Boss + Rewards
- New Bonus Pack: color-customizable Underworld SoulSeeker upgrade bonus sets*
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
- Server Boost: double Gold Boost
- Resource Boost: Legion Token and Rib Boost
- Saturday: Futuristic Holographic Guards from the Legionator in /futurewardage
- Sunday: SoulEater's Scythe from Frost Fang in the Event Hub
Leaving This Friday
Seasonal Event Maps
- Hero's Heart Day event maps + gear
- Yokai New Year event maps + gear
- Carnaval event maps + gear
- Superbowl /punt map
- Pancake day gear
- February Seasonal set + Chronomancer
- Nulgath's Birthday Collection Chest
Rare Daily Login Gifts
- Mutou Hong drops in /yokaihunt
- Lovely Mask drops in /yguasu
- Stolen Heart drops in /lovespell
- Paladin Ascendant drops in /voidrefuge + /voidchasm
Stay up to date with upcoming release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar.
* Note: an earlier version of the text listed Dage the Evil as the set artist. His newest set will be included in the birthday collection, not the upgrade bonus pack. My apologies for the error.
February 19, 2024
Game News: February 19 - 25
Read on for the latest news and information
Don't miss a battle, boost, or boss drop! Read on to stay up to date with the latest details about what's happening this week in AQWorlds!
Tuesday, February 20: Treasure Hunt
Talk to Samba in the /yguasu map. Complete her quest to choose from one of three Queen of the Waves artifacts!
0 AC, seasonal Quest drops:
- Queen of Waves Mirror
- Queen of Waves Pendant (dual + single-wield)
Once you have the mirror, head to /yguasu to craft the color-customizable Enchanted Queen of Waves Mirror in the merge shop!
Quest and rewards are available until Friday, March 1st.
Birthday Badger Brigade Update
For all you heroes wondering why you haven't gotten the BEST seasonal birthday house item drop, never fear, it's not bugged, it just has a very low drop rate.* As of today, 3 heroes have gotten the item from the Wind Elemental in /fableforest, so it IS dropping for everyone.
To give more people a chance to obtain it, we're extending the time it will be available; instead of leaving March 2nd, it will now be available until June 2nd. (That would be the definition of irony, if the BugSmasher's item were borked.)
Gravelyn's ShadowFall Quest Fix Update
While working on porting over early areas of the game for AQ: Infinity, last week Reens found and fixed an issue for heroes who skipped the second half of the prologue. This meant many heroes were seeing two quests they'd previously missed. There were a few more issues that appeared related to this bug, which lead to another round of fixes.
NOW:If you had not previously done the Recover Sepulchure's Armor or Unlife Insurance quest, you should see them and be able to complete them.
Make sure you clear your cache first, then log back in and /join shadowfall to try again.
Thursday, February 22: Celestial Dungeon Boost
Get double rewards as you battle to create your Greatblade of the Entwined Eclipse until February 28th.
- Temple of the Midnight Sun: 2x Sliver of Sunlight
- Temple of the Solstice Moon: 2x Sliver of Moonlight
- Ascension of the Eclipse: 2x Ecliptic Offering
- All Dungeons: 2x Hallowed Remains
We've heard your feedback and thrown in a surprise Triple Void Aura Boost along side the Celestial Dungeon Boost until February 28th.
Friday, February 23: New Update Details
WAR comes to Yokai Isle! The Dragons of Yokai Saga continues this weekend.
- Yokai Dragon Invation, Part 2
- New Rewards: Yokai DragonSlayer set and more
- Featured Gear Shop update: color-customizable Dragon Assassin and more
Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts
- Server Boost: double EXP, Gold, Class Points, and Rep
- Resource Boost: Celestial Dungeon items + Triple Void Auras
- Saturday: rare Dragon's Diamond Hoard cape
- Sunday: permanent Diabolical house items
Leaving This Friday
Daily Login Gift drops from January 27 + 28
- ArchFiend Stormbringer Eyes + Fiendish Stormbringer Spear from Carnage in /voidchasm
- Fiendish Magus capes from Carcano in /voidchasm
Stay up to date with upcoming release plans and boosts on the Artix Calendar.
March 01, 2024
Answer the Underworld Soulseeker's Call
Upgrade to unlock all the exclusive new bonus gear
The SoulSeekers roam the Underworld in solitude, twisted by devouring the souls of fallen gods. Unlock all 28 pieces of the color-customizable Underworld Soulseeker sets when you upgrade your account any AdventureCoin or Membership package of $10 USD or more.
After you purchase an account upgrade, select a bonus set of your choice from a list of options in your Account Manager.
Pack Details
Choose the new upgrade bonus set to unlock all the color-customizable gear from the set's badge shop in your Book of Lore. The set includes:
- Underworld Soulseeker armor
- Elite Underworld Soulseeker armor
- Soulseeker Vulture Morph helm
- Soulseeker Skull, Halo, and Horned helms
- Suffering Skulls cape (animated)
- Soulseeker Wings, Death Defier Array, and 3 more capes
- Soulseeker Claws, Armblades, Hooked Blades
- and a character page badge
Once you've chosen the new pack on the Account Manager page, log in and open your Book of Lore. You'll find the badge shop in the Other Achievements tab.
12000 AC or 12 month membership package rewards:
- ALL the new upgrade bonus pack gear
- 7 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts
- 10 Wheel of Doom Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs!)
- and a character page badge
Boosts and Doom Tickets will be added directly to your inventory.
2k and 5k AC or 1, 3, or 6 month membership package rewards:
- ALL the new upgrade bonus pack gear
- 5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts
- and a character page badge
March 01, 2024
Legion WarSeeker Returns
Seasonal Set available from March 1st - 31st
March is the month of EVIL! Warriors around Lore channel their inner darkness, rage, and embrace the war-like spirit that lives within. This month's seasonal set honors that drive, featuring a set straight out of the Underworld: the Legion Warseeker.
Unlock the entire set: Buy pack on the website for $9.99 USD* then find all your gear in your Book of Lore badge shop.
Buy individual set items: Talk to Garek to get items from his shop in Battleon for AdventureCoins.
The Legion Warseeker gear includes:
- Legion WarSeeker armor
- Warseeker's Skull pet (with quests for house items)
- 5 helms
- 4 capes
- 5 weapons
* Unlocks an exclusive character page badge
Seasonal Set Schedule
Each month, we'll feature a new set, available only during that month every year.
January: | ArchFiend OverLord set |
February: | Obsidian Samurai set |
March: | Legion Warseeker set |
April: | Bio-War Cultist set |
May: | Lightning Lich Lord set |
June: | ShadowZard Mount + Rider set |
July: | Flameborn Summoner set |
August: | Urban Assassins set |
September: | Celestial Naval Commander set |
October: | ChronoStriker set |
November: | Harvest Hunters set |
December: | Northern Wanderer set |
Now Available: March's Elemental Chronomancer of Darkness
As we prepare for the next main saga, it's time to get ELEMENTAL!* Find the Chronomancer of Darkness, the first of our seasonal Elemental Chronomancer themes, in your Featured Gear Shop until March 31st.
The Elemental Darkness Chronomancer set contains:
- 1 Armor
- 2 Helms**
- 1 Rune back cape
- 1 Ground rune
- 1 Polearm
The Rune back cape each month will be available for free players so you can collect them all!
Calendar of Chronomancers
There will be a new set available every month until February 2024, when the Chronomancer of Darkness will return.
January: Time
February: Heart
March: Darkness
April: Energy
May: Earth
June: Light
July: Fire
August: Wind
September: Water
October: Chaos***
November: Void***
December: Ice***
* Have you noticed the Elemental Lords growing more involved in our world... and with your Hero? O_O
**You can click to show/hide the goggles and mask on each helm in the Darkness set.
*** And as an added bonus during the holidays... the Elemental Chronomancer of Dessert will also arrive. Because Twig's Plane of Breakfast is riddled with boulders of ice cream and rivers of hot fudge... just to help you stay in the /party mood.