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January 23, 2025

Mischievous Moglins Contest Winners Announced

Meet our Moglin Mischief Makers

WOW! Just wow! Heroes, you’ve totally outdone yourselves! The Mischievous Moglins Contest has been a joy to judge from start to finish. Every entry reminded us how much passion, humor, and talent our community brings to the table. We laughed, we gasped, we got warm fuzzy feels, and we even questioned biology and anatomy at one point…

There are just tooooo many amazing winners to showcase here! Check them all out on Artix.com!

https://www.artix.com/posts/mischievous-moglins-contest-winners-announced/

Thank you all for making this contest AMAZING!

Battle on,
Beleen, the judges, and the Artix Entertainment team

Tags: Beleen, Moglin, contest, Winners,

January 21, 2025

Game News: January 20 - 26

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: Fiendish Trophy Gifts

Nulgath the ArchFiend has heard rumors of traitors in the Nation's ranks. That is unacceptable. They are an embarrassment and he needs YOU to get rid of them. Serve him well and he'll let reward you with trophies taken from those you defeat. And remember... the ArchFiend does not tolerate failure.

Talk to Nulgath in the /Eventhub now to begin his "Vanquish the Betrayers" quest. Take down Nation Outriders in /VoidRefuge, Scarvitas in /FiendPast, and the Shadowblade in /DarkAlliance as you investigate the rumors.

Complete the quest to choose from among the following 0 AC, seasonal rewards:

Fiend's Draconic Trophy Axe
Fiend's Draconic Trophy Axes (member-only)
Fiend's Trophy Backblade
Fiend's Trophy Backblades (member-only)
Fiend's Trophy Wrap

The quest and items will be available until March 7th, 2025.

Wednesday: Double Gold Boost

Get double Gold from battles and quests until Friday!

Thursday: Unidentified 34 & 35 Boost

Get double rewards as you quest to collect resources to create the ArchFiend DoomLord set all week long.

Read the full post for more details.

Friday Update Details

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

Story: Nulgath's Birthday Event, Part 2
Rewards: Contract Enforcer of Nulgath gear, color-customizable Nation base classes, and new boss drops
Collection Chest: the first shipment of Nubble's new Nulgath birthday rare items
Server Boost: Get double Reputation until Monday!

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Saturday: 0 AC rare Wise King Zedek and Pleione General Visage Witcher-inspired helm drops
Sunday: 0 AC rare Oblivion Fang sword + daggers

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.

Tags: Alina,

January 20, 2025

Frostval 2024 Gifting Rewards Arrive

Rewards for your Generosity are here

Our Frostval AC Gifting event ended last Tuesday night (January 14th). A horde of generous, and very patient, heroes have been waiting since then to unlock our rewards for their in-game generosity... and that time has come! Log in now and check your Book of Lore badge shops to get all your Frostval 2024 Gifting Event rewards.

Tier 7: 100,000 ACs Donated

color-customizable Atlas Lion armor sets (Heroic & Tribal)*
Festive Safiria & Constantin Companions Pet (Hero-sized, includes Hair + Armor customizers)
Festive Safiria Companion pet (Hero-sized)
Festive Constantin Companion pet (Hero-sized)
All item rewards from Tiers 1 - 6
All new Generosity Coin Merge gear
Tier 7 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

*The female helms from the Atlas Lion set are still en route. As soon as we get them in, set-up, and tested, they'll be added to your badge shop.

Tier 6: 75,000 ACs Donated

High Octane Agility Racer (checkered mount armor, color-custom)
High Octane Race Fan (checkered regular armor, color-custom)
Raceway Outfit Armor (unchecked regular armor, color-custom)
High Octane Agility Racer set accesories + house items
All item rewards from Tiers 1 - 5 + Generosity Coin Merge gear
Tier 6 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

Tier 5: 50,000 ACs Donated

Polar & Frigid Permanence armor sets + house items
All item rewards from Tiers 1 - 4 + Generosity Coin Merge gear
Tier 5 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

Tier 4: 25,000 ACs Donated

Apocalyptic Desert Warrior set + house items
All item rewards from Tiers 1 - 3 + Generosity Coin Merge gear
Tier 4 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

Tier 3: 10,000 ACs Donated

Winter Night House (winter version of existing in-game map)
Bank functionality*
Armor & Hair Customizer*
All item rewards from Tiers 1 - 2 + Generosity Coin Merge gear
Tier 3 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

* These are not locked to owner-only

Tier 2: 5,000 ACs Donated

Frostval Ballyhoo Hero-Sized Companion Pet
Frostval Ballyhoo armor set
Companion Pet has a quest to unlock the House Item**
All item rewards from Tier 1 + Generosity Coin Merge gear
Tier 2 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

** The quest is not locked to owner-only, so you can /party up with all your friends to get the reward... even if they don't have the pet.

Tier 1: 1,000 ACs Donated

Frostval Sepulchure & Baby Gravelyn Bank Pet (Hero-Sized Sepulchure carrying Baby Gravelyn)
Tier 1 Frostval 2024 Gifting character page + Book of Lore badge

All donators: 250 ACs Donated

Frostval 2024 Gifting character page

In addition to their exclusive prize packs, any hero that donates at least 5,000 ACs will automatically unlock all of the 2024 merge shop items in their Book of Lore badge shop at the end of the gifting event.

Tags: Alina,

January 18, 2025

New Year's Holiday Gift

Get Your 500 Free AdventureCoins Now

Every year, we award free AdventureCoins to all of our heroes who have been battling alongside us through the winter events... and this holiday season is no exception! Log in and get 500 free AdventureCoins* as our way of celebrating the end of 2024 and the start of an epic new year!

To unlock the free ACs, you'll need to:

Have a confirmed email address + a level 20 account
Log into the game through the Artix Games Launcher
Talk to Cysero in Yulgar's Inn and complete his Sweet 2024 AC Gift quest
Enjoy your free 500 ACs!

* The quest for the free AC gift will be available until Friday February 14, 2025.

Enjoy! From Artix, Alina, Yoshino and the entire AQWorlds Team!

Tags: Alina,

January 17, 2025

Nulgath's 2025 Birthday Rares

Unlock 100+ rare items in the Winter Void Collection

Nulgath’s birthday celebration begins this weekend, and we want everyone to get in on the /party! For all you real-life rare hunters, talk to Nubble the Dark Makai in Battleon to find Nulgath's new birthday rares shop. Get the Winter Void Collection Chest to unlock ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins!

There are two ways to get Nulgath's 2025 birthday rares:

Get the full collection for 10,000 ACs (worth over 25,000 ACs) or
Buy individual items from Nubble's Rares shop in Battleon

Over new 50 new event rares are available this week with even more to come next Friday.

Available now

Winter Void Collection Chest pet (unlocks the full collection)
Winter Void armor set
Eternal Contract Enforcer of Nulgath armor set (color-customizable)
Void Oni Samurai armor set (color-customizable)
Fiendish Abomination armor set
VoidSeeker armor set

Eternal Contract Enforcer of Nulgath

Malakai is known for being the relentless enforcer of the Archfiend's contracts. His service is so valued that it isn't wasted on mere traitorous filth. He waits in Nulgath's shadow for a chance to be unleashed.

Eternal Contract Enforcer of Nulgath armor
Contract Enforcer Morph & Horns helms
Contract Enforcer Wings
Contract Enforcer's Domain ground rune
Renunciation weapons: 2 swords, 2 daggers
Katana of Renunciation pet & battlePet
Thorn of Renunciation pet & pattle pet

Notes:

All set items were crafted by Nulgath, and are color-customizable + rare
Pets and Battle pets include 25% EXP + Class Points boosts
Member-only Battle Pets are available for gold in Nubble's shop and for 0 AC / non-member in the collection chest.
The Contract Enforcer of Nulgath armor and select accesories release next week. Set items are 0 AC, rare, non color-custom. Quest requirements will include a time-locked quest + various resources. Quests to unlock the items will be available until until January 2026.

Blue set on the left is color-customizable. Non-CC set on the right will be available for farming next Friday.

Winter Void Set Details

Cut and carved from the living Fiend Tundra known as the Deleuze, the blades share a mind with the Winter Void. They take pleasure in freezing and shattering foes.

Winter Void armor
Winter Void Horns helm
Winter Void & Auxiliary Deleuze Ice capes
Deleuze Ice Blade pet & Battle Pet
Deleuze Ice Spear pet
Deleuze Ice weapons: sword, daggers, spear, axes

This set was crafted by Nulgath the ArchFiend for this year's birthday rares shop.

Available Friday, January 24

Fiendish Hunger set (preview)
Dark Angel of the Void set (preview)
color-custom Nightmare Fiend set (preview)
Evolved Legacy set (preview)

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

Winter Void Collection Notes

Read on for important notes about this year's collection.

All of this year's event rare items are available individually from Nubble's Birthday Rares Shop until February 7th
Additional items will arrive later this month as we continue the birthday celebration!

Tags: Alina, Nulgath,

January 17, 2025

Nulgath's Birthday Returns

New Birthday Rares, Farming Rewards, and Story!

Log in this weekend as we celebrate Nulgath the ArchFiend's birthday with an all-new story expansion in "Nulgath's Nation: Blood Betrayal, Stolen Secret"! Battle to unlock wicked rewards, level up your Betrayal Blades, and check out the evil and epic new rare items in his birthday collection. Then return next Friday for Part 2!

New game release

New Story: "Hunt for Oblivion" Pt 1
???: Information redacted. No details or hints available at this time. >:::D
New Rewards: complete the event for wicked new rewards
Collection Chest: the first shipment of Nubble's new Nulgath birthday rare items

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

Server Boost: double Class Points boost
Resource Boost: Void Aura + Starfield boosts
Saturday: rare Void's Bile Sword/s from ??? in /DeleuzeTundra
Sunday: rare Fiendish Abomination Morph & Void's Arsenal Armblades from the boss in /DeleuzeTundra

Wicked New Reward Gear

Battle the event boss in /DeleuzeTundra for his new helm and weapon drops and collect resources to craft even more dark and deadly gear.

If you're fiending for that deadly dracomancer-themed set shown in the image below, well... no one said Nulgath was kind, or that unlocking his rewards was easy. If you complete the story event AND you're lucky enough to encounter what you need... you'll be able to unlock all the 0 AC Fiendish Dracomancer set item drops.

Evolved Nulgath Nation Gear Crafting

If you've been fortunate (and determined) enough to craft the Betrayal Blades of Nulgath, now you'll be able to evolve them!

To craft the Evolved Betrayal Blades, you'll need:

the original weapon
Dark Crystal Shards
Diamonds of Nulgath
Gems of Nulgath
Blood Gems of Nulgath
Tainted Gems

Nulgath's Birthday Events

We've been celebrating Nulgath's birthday for many years now, and over time, you've battled through countless lands and defeated hordes of enemies... unless you're just joining us. And in that case, prepare for a host of dark adventures as you battle to earn the respect of Nulgath the ArchFiend... and the dark rewards he gives to those who serve him well!

Nulgath the ArchFiend, lord of the OverSoul, has gathered around him many followers, creatures, and allies over the centuries. This weekend, as we celebrate Nulgath’s birthday once more, log in and battle to uncover more information about one of his mysteriously silently minions, the sentient Rock Beast known only as… Crag.

Fiend Champion of Adimonde
Evolved Worshipper of Nulgath
Arcane Warfiend of Nulgath

Talk to Bamboozle in /cragglerock to begin your quest. Collect special gems for his best boulder bud to earn the special gear that only a powered-up Crag can create.

Complete Bamboozle's quests to reawaken (or at least... partially /heal) Crag to collect stones for his merge shop and to rank up the new CraggleRock faction.

Not sure who Nulgath is? Read on!

Nulgath the ArchFiend is the in-game persona for Nulgath-the-team-member, one of AQWorlds' original artists. He's currently hard at work animating AdventureQuest Worlds: Infinity, but he took time out of his schedule to craft two new sets of gear for everyone this week!

His art style helped define AdventureQuest Worlds, and the character itself remains hugely popular with many of our long-time heroes. To recognize their dedication and the love they feel for his Nation, we hold an event in-game each year to celebrate

Tags: Alina,