Design Notes

September 22, 2023

Avast! More RARE Pirate Loot

Quibble's got new Rare pirate gear just for you

Quibble Coinbit-ARRRR just got in a new shipment o' loot fer his best mates. Check out his shop for new pirate-themed gear from the past, present, and future for heroes. Rare-hunters can get all of the items in this year's collection for 10,000 ACs with the Grim Seas collection chest (unlocks over 175 items and a pet with a rare character page badge).

This year's Talk Like a Pirate Day collection features fan-favorite characters reimagined as seafaring NPCs (aka "Notorious Pirate Crew-members"). The chest unlocks over 175 items total, with over 100 arriving last week, more arriving tonight, and a final shipment next Friday, September 29th.

New gear in Quibble's Shop:

Plus, find the Grim Sails 2023 Collection Chest pet
Astravian Buccaneer armor set
Shub Thalassarath & Writhing Thalassarath Pirate armors
Thalassarath Pirate set accessories
Noxious Piranha pet
Seabutcher's weapons
Adroit Artillery Pirate armor set
Seaproof Rapid-fire Gatling Guns
Pirate Hook Shot Gauntlet
Gravelyn's Undead Pirate Dragon pet
and more!

Quibble's 2023 Grim Seas Collection Chest Details

Find the Grim Sails 2023 Chest pet in the Featured Collection Chest shop
Automatically unlock all the 2023 TLaPD collection items as they release
Complete the Grim Spectre pet's quest to unlock an exclusive character page badge

Last week, over 100 items released in Quibble's Chest + Shop:

Grim Sails 2023 Collection Chest
Eldritch Pirate Crewmember armor (AC + member versions)
Necro Skull helms and weapons
GrimBlight Naval Commander
DungeonMaster Naval Commander
GrimBlight helms, capes, and weapons
J6 Naval Commander armor set
Westion Naval Commander armor set
Galanoth's Naval Commander armor set
Gravelyn's Pirate Captain armor set
Beleen's Crimson Crewmember, Captain, and Admiral armor sets
Dage's Stygian Navigator armor set
Cysero's Naval Commander armor set
Doom Captain Capuchin Bank pet
DoomTech DeepSpace Cthulhu pet
Left Sock Parrot pet
Imminent Demise pet

Next Week

PaladinSlayer Pirate Captain armor set
Astravian Navigator armor set
Enchanted Pyromancer Pirate armor set (color-customizable)
and more

The Chaos Pirate Seasonal Collection Chest Returns

For AQWorlds' 13th anniversary, we added a seasonal Chaos Saga Pirate chest with over 100 items! Unlock them all when you get the Chaos Pirate Collection Chest, or buy individual items from the shop in your game menu.

The seasonal Chaos Pirate Collection Chest includes:

Mobius Naval Commander set: based on Escherion, the 1st Lord of Chaos
Duality Pirate Captain set: based on Xing and Xan, the 2nd Lords of Chaos
Chaos Dragon Pirate Captain set: inspired by Chaos DragonLord Vath, the 3rd Lord of Chaos
Ruby and Emerald Yokai Pirate Captain sets: inspired by Yokai Isle, the 4th Chaos Saga area
WerePyre-ate Captain set: inspired by Wolfwing, the 5th Lord of Chaos
Discordian Naval Commander set: inspired by Discordia, totally the 6th Lord of Chaos
Arboreal Pirate Captain set: inspired by Arcangrove, the 7th Chaos Saga area
Sandsea Naval Commander set: inspired by Zhoom, your main ally in the the 8th Lord of Chaos Saga
Horcish and Trollish Naval Commander sets: inspired by your allies in the 9th Lord of Chaos Saga
Chronomancer Pirate Captain set: inspired by Iadoa, the 10th Lord of Chaos
ChaosFang Naval Commander set: inspired by LionFang, the 11th Lord of Chaos
Swordhaven Naval Commander set: inspired by Alteon, ruler of the 12th Chaos Saga area
Eternal Dragon Naval Commander set: inspired by the Eternal Dragon of Time, the 13th Lord of Chaos
Ahoyrion Quest pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

Just want a couple of the items listed above? Apart from the exclusive pets, all of the gear contained inside the 2023 TLaPD Grim Sails Collection Chest shop will also be available to buy individually in Quibble's Event shop.

Cysero's Forge House Items Update: Accidental Early Release

These items mistakenly released too early. They were intended to release in October as farming quest reward items (along with a variant using the normal Cysero NPC art). The items will not be limited to the TLaPD 2023 collection chest owners.

We will not remove them, but will adjust the rarity to reflect that they aren't exclusive, and will add the 0 AC tag that the items were intended to have upon launch next month.

So if you own the collection... grats! You get an early sneak-peek!

Tags: Alina,

September 22, 2023

This Weekend: Pirates vs Tyranny

Our Talk Like a Pirate Day Event Contin-YARRRRS!

Callin' all pirates, rogues, and water-mages hungry for adventure... and treasure! Log in now to blast and slash yer way through Part II of our 2023 Talk Like a Pirate Day event. You'll need to evade a fleet led by the Radiant Mirage, the legendary Admiral Zheng. He'll stop at NOTHING to capture Yokai's Empress... but he's never faced YOU before. The outcome will shake the very foundation of the Yokai Isles and intertwine its destiny to the Empire of Steel, Wuji.

New game release

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2023: Legends of Yokai, Pt 2
Quibble's TLaPD 2023 Collection Chest + Rare Gear Shop (update)
New quest + rewards in Deep Trobble Inn
Featured Gear Shop: Aelious' Eternal Flame + Sparkles of Love cape

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Double Reputation
Crafting Resource Boost: Dark Spirit Orbs
Saturday: Necro Pirate Loot drops from Admiral Zheng in /yokaitreasure
Sunday: Infernal Devourer Scythe drops from the Dark Devourax in /infernalarena

And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

New Reward Gear

This weekend, we've got host of new reward items for you to collect and create. Head to /yokaitreasure for monster drops, the Yokai Treasure Merge Shop, plus new gear added in /doompirate and /yokaipirate. Read on to see what you can unlock, and how, then head in-game and get your battle on!

New /YokaiTreasure Monster Drops:

9 pirate crew weapons
J6 + Westion Commander's Backup Shotguns
4 Dai Tengu set items
4 Stygian Navigator + 4 Stealthy Sea helms
2 Ninja Pirate capes + 4 weapons
Maurader's Monkey Helm + cape
House items: Wuji Zodiac Wheel, Golden Long Head & Statue

Yokai Treasure Merge shop

Tengu Admiral + Dai Tengu Admiral armors
2 Tengu Helms + Tengu Typhoon Blades
4 DragonSlayer Commander's weapons
Shinobi Pirate Master armor, 6 helms, 2 daggers

Bonus Pirate Drops:

Lovely Roger Flag cape drops off Disguised Pirates in /yokaipirate
Doom Captain Capuchin pet drops off Gallaeon in /doompirate

Deep Trobble Inn: New Quest + Item Buff

Make your way to the Deep Trobble Inn in the /pirates map and you'll see a dark Treasure Chest atop the barrels. Ask, and Lucia will tell you that this chest washed up on shore last Summer. It passed from sailor to dock-worker, from merchant to mage... until it was given to her in payment. If you're up for the challenge, accept the quest to open it and you'll unlock a bounty of new rewards!

Each time you complete the chest you'll get one of the Astravian Corsair set items plus a have a chance to get one of the other chest's treasures!

16 Deep Trobble Inn Treasure rewards:

Astravian Corsair armor
3 Astravian Corsair helms + 2 capes
Marauder's Monkey Mace
Lit Cannonball Stack house item
Gunpowder Beach ground rune
Pearl Dust Arm Shuriken gauntlet
Grim First Mort on Yer Back + Skull 'n Flag capes
Beleen's Balloon Cutelass (single + dual-wield)
Captain ChinchillARRRR cape and pet

Mid-Week Reward Updates

Based on your feedback, we have some some SEA-riously nice updates to the Higure weapon:

Now does 40% more damage to monsters
Damage range changed to static
Added a 30% Class, Rep, and EXP boost

New "Empowered Higure" weapon: this new weapon has been permanently added* to the /ultrdarkon merge shop. It does 51% more damage to monsters and can be purchased for x1 Higure, x20 Darkon Insignia, and x20 King Drago Insignia.

Plus: Lucia's Quest for the Bonebreaker is no longer a daily quest.

* Higure will remain a seasonal weapon, but Empowered Higure can be merged all year round.

Gear Leaving Soon

All our holiday loot 'n booty has to leave sometime! Make sure YOU don't miss out! If you haven't checked out our other seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day events yet, /join septhub (our September event hub town) to find all our seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day maps, birthday NPCs, and battle for loot, booty, and adventy-ARRRRR!

Tlapd
Pirates
Piratewar
Hiddendepths
Blazebeard
Manacannon
Kaijuwar
Heartofthesea
cetoleonwar

Leaving Friday, September 29th:

August and September hub towns
Indonesia Independence events

Leaving Friday, October 6th:

Seasonal Talk Like a Pirate Day events
Quibble's 2023 Grim Seas Rares & Collection Chest

/Cheers for Two AQWorlds team members

We're very happily celebrating two real-life level-ups this week. Wish them much joy on Twitter!

Teka's seasonal birthday items drop from the Zard in Battleontown.

Find Aelious' rare Purple Eternal Flame cape (member-only gold) and Purple Sparkles of Love (gold) in your Featured Gear Shop until October 27th.

Tags: Alina,

September 21, 2023

15th Birthday Class Preview

Next Month... Prepare for DOOOOOOOOOOM!

Shadows are on the move. Leaves are beginning to fall. And... Doom is in the air. But why?! O_O On October 6th, we kick off Adventure Quest World's 15th anniversary event with the new Verus DoomKnight Class!

We are currently in the final stages of testing so you'll have to wait a little while longer for skill breakdown. There are still a few details we can share with you all now:

Verus DoomKnight is single-target focused, can apply some nasty defense debuffs to its target, and utilizes a new "Doom stacking" mechanic.
Requires level 80+ to acquire the class.
Can only be obtained after completing a series of quests.
The class and its True DoomKnight armor set are permanent, so they won't be going anywhere!

Quests to Unlock the Class?

That's right! Similar to the ArchPaladin and Dragon of Time classes, the 0 AC Verus DoomKnight Class can only be unlocked by completing its quests.

You'll need to be at least level 60 to begin the class quests. Some of the quest requirements will include:

Sepulchure's Original Helm
Arch DoomKnight Helm
ShadowReaper of Doom
Dragonlord of Evil armor

What Else is Happening for the 15th Birthday?

>_> *Looks at the October calendar*

<_< *Looks at the date for the next solar eclipse*

O_O

Oh... you know... the normal birthday shenanigans.

Fun stuff...

Gifts and things...

DOOM.

Tags: Alina,

September 15, 2023

Tonight: Talk Like a Pirate 2023 Collection

Unlock 175+ event items in our 2023 Grim Sails Collection

Talk Like a Pirate Day is one of the most popular holidays in AQWorlds. Every year, Quibble Coinbiter returns with new pirate-themed gear from the past, present, and future for heroes who don't ask too many questions about where their loot originated. Get all of Quibble's 2023 Talk Like a Pirate Day collection gear starting this weekend, including over 175 items and a rare character page badge for 10,000 ACs! (over 50,000 ACs worth of gear)

This year's Talk Like a Pirate Day collection features fan-favorite characters reimagined as seafaring NPCs (aka "Notorious Pirate Crew-members"). The chest unlocks over 175 items total, with over 100 arriving tonight. Get the collection to automatically unlock all of next week's chest additions.

This week, over 100 items arrive in Quibble's Chest + Shop:

Exclusive Grim Sails 2023 Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop
Eldritch Pirate Crewmember armor (AC + member versions)
Necro Skull helms and weapons
GrimBlight Naval Commander
DungeonMaster Naval Commander
GrimBlight helms, capes, and weapons
J6 Naval Commander armor set
Westion Naval Commander armor set
Galanoth's Naval Commander armor set
Gravelyn's Pirate Captain armor set
Beleen's Crimson Crewmember, Captain, and Admiral armor sets
Dage's Stygian Navigator armor set
Cysero's Naval Commander armor set
Doom Captain Capuchin Bank pet
DoomTech DeepSpace Cthulhu pet
Left Sock Parrot pet
Imminent Demise pet
Grim Spectre Quest Pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

Friday, September 22nd:

Astravian Buccaneer set*
SteelSeas Pirate set
and more!

The Chaos Pirate Seasonal Collection Chest Returns

The seasonal Chaos Pirate Collection Chest includes:

Mobius Naval Commander set: based on Escherion, the 1st Lord of Chaos
Duality Pirate Captain set: based on Xing and Xan, the 2nd Lords of Chaos
Chaos Dragon Pirate Captain set: inspired by Chaos DragonLord Vath, the 3rd Lord of Chaos
Ruby and Emerald Yokai Pirate Captain sets: inspired by Yokai Isle, the 4th Chaos Saga area
WerePyre-ate Captain set: inspired by Wolfwing, the 5th Lord of Chaos
Discordian Naval Commander set: inspired by Discordia, totally the 6th Lord of Chaos
Arboreal Pirate Captain set: inspired by Arcangrove, the 7th Chaos Saga area
Sandsea Naval Commander set: inspired by Zhoom, your main ally in the the 8th Lord of Chaos Saga
Horcish and Trollish Naval Commander sets: inspired by your allies in the 9th Lord of Chaos Saga
Chronomancer Pirate Captain set: inspired by Iadoa, the 10th Lord of Chaos
ChaosFang Naval Commander set: inspired by LionFang, the 11th Lord of Chaos
Swordhaven Naval Commander set: inspired by Alteon, ruler of the 12th Chaos Saga area
Eternal Dragon Naval Commander set: inspired by the Eternal Dragon of Time, the 13th Lord of Chaos
Ahoyrion Quest pet (with quest for exclusive character page badge)

* The seasonal Astravian Corsair set will be available next week, as well!

Tags: Alina,

September 15, 2023

TLaPD 2023: Yokai Isle Invasion

Yarrr! Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy! Pirates, swashbucklers, and scurvy scallywags, log in now and battle through this year's new Talk Like a Pirate Day event. Yokai Isle is under attack from the Empire of Steel. Empress Miko needs your help to pull off a ruse that should provide the cover she needs to smuggle her people to safety... unless your disguises work TOO well! O_O

New game release

Talk Like a Pirate Day 2023: Legends of Yokai, Pt 1
Quibble's TLaPD 2023 Collection Chest + Rare Gear Shop

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: Double Class Points
Crafting Resource Boost: Spirit Orbs + Metals
Saturday: Orb of Na'al pet drops from Na'al* and the Infernal Mage* in /infernalarena
Sunday: Captain Kiwi + Undead Parrot drops from the Cursed Cecaelia in /septhub

And don't miss the rest of this month's update. See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

New Reward Gear

This weekend, we've got host of new reward items for you to collect and create. Read on to see what you can unlock, and how, then head in-game and get your battle on!

15 New Monster Drops: 7 helms, 5 capes, 2 weapons, and 1 floor item

Merge Shop Items: Collect resources to create new items in the merge shop.

Coastal Raider armor + accessories
CannonBlast Gunner + Powder Monkey armors
Disguised Pirate's accessories

Leaving Next Week

Featured Gear Sets: August Anime sets (Underworld Magia, Scion of Embers)

*100% drop from Na'al, 2% drop from the Infernal Mage

New for 2023: ShadowScythe vs SpacePirates!

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

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

Commander Gallaeon & Crew Challenge

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

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

Hydra Swabbie Drops:

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

Hydra Crew Drops:

Undead Buccaneer Skull
Hydra's Hark Handcannon

Merge Shop:

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

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

Tlapd
Pirates
Piratewar
Hiddendepths
Blazebeard
Manacannon
Kaijuwar
Heartofthesea
cetoleonwar

Tags: Alina,

September 12, 2023

Tuesday, September 12th Updates

New News For You to Use

With so many players on so many different platforms, the team and I found that our information had become really scattered over the last few years. Earlier this year, we began these "round-up" Design Notes posts make sure everyone has access to all of the same info, no matter which platform you use. Read on to get all the latest news on updates, fixes, and sneak peeks.

You've Got Questions...

We've got answers! A few rapid-fire FAQs we've been seeing lately, and the answers you're after.

Where are the rest of the new helms + morph helms? ... Will any be for ACs? Good questions! The answer is... right now there is a boatload of helms and member-only morph helms dropping off the lavazard in Augusthub. This is their temporary location.

In the near future, they'll be moved to a quest from Bev in battleontown. At that time, we'll add the next batch of the morph helms (with the changing expressions), available for AdventureCoins.

When will we get the next update in the Lost Guardian Blade quests? VERY soon! Take a look at the AdventureQuest Worlds release calendar and you'll see the final update arrives at the end of this month.

Tomorrow: Aranx's Birthday Drops!

Aranx's birthday pet drops -- the 0 AC Celestial and Infernal Fenrir -- arrive tomorrow. Keep an eye on the Design Notes for more details!

Midweek Update: New Quests in Lolosia

Yarrrr! We be preparin' fer Talk Like a Pirate Day by expandin' one of th' most-loved maps in-game: Lolosia! /Join Pirates and talk to Lucia, outside the Deep Trobble Inn. She has new quests for you; finish them and she'll reward you with two new weapons!*

Then return next Tuesday for a few new seasonal quests with even MORE loot, including a merge shop that'll enchant one of this week's rewards!

* That there description of the "Here There Be Dragons" scythe looks right interestin'... O_O

Support Ticket Update

Due to the rush of heroes writing in for help after the latest AQW: Infinity news post*, our ticket volume has skyrocketed. Nythera & the team are replying to everyone as fast as possible. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the delay!