Design Notes

November 30, 2023

2024 Calendar Class: Chrono ShadowSlayer

Unlock the exclusive class when you get the 2024 Calendar

Introducing Chrono ShadowSlayer class, the newest addition to AdventureQuest Worlds! Unlock the class, armor set, and character page badge when you get the 2024 "The Game is Undead" Poster calendar.You can pre-order your 2024 Calendar NOW from HeroMart. A version will be added to the in-game HeroMart map in the later half of 2024 for HeroPoints or AdventureCoins.

Skill Breakdown

Chrono ShadowSlayer class is a fast-firing, time-traveling, monster slaying gunslinger. Its skills revolve around its trusty six-chambered sidearm, loading special rounds to create powerful effects. They can debuff their opponents, increase their own stats, and finish their opponents off with a powerful chronomancy magic silver bullet!

Unlike other classes, they don’t have an autoattack. Instead, you fire empowered shots through your skills or rapid-fire all your rounds at your opponents. However, you must pay attention to your ammo, needing to reload every six shots. You’ll need to manage your effects and your ammunition well to use this class to its full potential.

Description: Recommended enhancements: Lucky, Thief.
Stat Model: Luck Hybrid
Mana Regen: Chrono ShadowSlayers load and fire special ammunition with their firearms.

Fire!

Rank needed: 1 / Default Attack
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 105% Hybrid as Physical
Range: Medium
Mana Cost: 15
Cooldown: 0.15 seconds

Fire as fast as you can pull the trigger! Your shots are so fast that they're unavoidable. Your cylinder holds 6 shots, needing to be reloaded when empty.

A non-automatic auto attack! This one you have to fire manually, or using your other skills. Depending on the ammunition you load, your shots can have different effects. Or, enter Gunslinger stance and fan the hammer to your heart’s content.

Reload

Rank needed: 1
Target: Self
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Load 6 shots into your revolver and refill your mana. Removes Tracer rounds and FMJ rounds.

If you have 4 or more stacks of Temporal Rift, consume them and enter Gunslinger Stance for 2 seconds, granting you free shots and generating Chaos Rifts, which block Temporal Rift and increase your Crit Damage by 20% per stack for 10 seconds.

Reload your firearm, clearing your loaded rounds and refreshing your mana. This move can punctuate your firing combos, but using it can leave you vulnerable. This skill is also how you enter Chaos Rift mode, which focuses on longer combos and fast-firing.

Tracer Rounds

Rank needed: 2
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: Status
Range: Medium
Mana Cost: 5
Cooldown: 3 seconds

Load Tracers and fire one, increasing your Defense by 20% and Dodge by 40% until you reload. Gain a Temporal Rift, stacking to 4 and lasting 10 seconds, and a HoT for 4 seconds based on max health. Replaces FMJ rounds.

Firing with Tracer rounds Paints your opponent, reducing their damage, Dodge, and Crit Chance by 6% per stack, up to 4 stacks, for 12 seconds.

Tracer rounds are your “defensive” option, allowing you to debuff your opponents and increase your own survivability. Fires a shot when you use it, and comes with a handy heal.

FMJ Rounds

Rank needed: 3
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 147% Hybrid as Physical
Range: Medium
Mana Cost: 5
Cooldown: 1.5 seconds

Load Full Metal Jackets and fire an empowered shot, dealing additional damage and increasing your Physical Damage by 25% until you reload. Gain a Temporal Rift, stacking to 4 and lasting 10 seconds. Replaces Tracer rounds.

Firing with FMJ rounds shreds your opponent's defense by 6% per stack, up to 6 stacks, for 12 seconds.

FMJ rounds are your “offensive” option, increasing the damage your opponents take and dealing extra damage. Fires an empowered shot when you use it, doing bonus damage on top of the FMJ effect. Use this in conjunction with Tracer rounds to maintain your survivability while slowly expending ammunition.

Silver Bullet

Rank needed: 5
Target: Enemy
Max Targets: 1
Type: 15 - 45% recorded damage as Physical
Range: Long
Mana Cost: 5
Cooldown: 6 seconds

Fire a silver bullet, dealing powerful damage based on how much damage was dealt in the last 10 seconds while a Rift was present and emptying your rounds.

Your grand finale! This can do minor or massive damage depending on how much damage you’ve done while under a Rift aura. This class has two types of Rifts it can generate, in fact- playing around one or the other can allow you to explore different skill combos.

Passives

Reinforced Chamber

Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive

Your high-tech parts allow you to shoot faster and more powerful shots for +10% damage.

Sharpshooter

Rank needed: 4
Type: Passive

You pinpoint critical weaknesses with ease, granting you +10% Crit Chance.

Blessed Ammunition

Rank needed: 10
Type: Passive

+20% Luck.

Conclusion

Chrono ShadowSlayer has a few new mechanics- making it very different from most classes. You can rapid fire your ammo, or carefully fire boosted shots with your third and fourth skills. Don’t panic- you don’t need to break your fingers to play this class well! Slower but more powerful shots with your skills can be just as effective as rapid firing your ammo, letting you pick how you play. Or, switch between them both to make full use of the class’s mechanics.

Chrono ShadowSlayer does what you expect a Calendar class to do- hit fast and hit hard with rift nukes. Unlike other Calendar classes however, it boasts strong effects and powerful base damage, being less reliant on its rift collapses. Your two ammo types let you play defensively or offensively, or mix between them to manage both benefits at once while building your Rifts.

Once you obtain your Temporal Rifts, you can choose to spend them on your finisher right away or enter Gunslinger stance, changing your Rift types and taking on a more vulnerable but more offensive playstyle. Plan your combos carefully, balance between your styles, and you’ll find a very powerful class.

November 24, 2023

Get ready to go DARKER

Our Black Friday 2023 Collection is HERE: Unlock 200+ items

Our Black Friday 2023 Collection got a huge update update at midnight, and we've just added even more!  Log in now and check out the 60+ new rare items in Quibble Coinbiter's Shop in Battleon. Find over 200 dark variants of your favorite gear in Quibble's shop, plus all-new sets created this year. And if you're a collector or rare hunter, pick up the Black Friday Collection Chest to get ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins! 

Quibble's First Shop Update

Get individual items from Quibble's Dark Holiday 2023 gear collection in his rares shop. Get the exclusive Black Friday 2023 Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop

• Vanta Shadow Knight + Shielded Shadow Knight armors
• Chained Chaos in Shadow armor, helm, cape
• Obsidian Highlord armor + helm
• Shadow Ball Formal + Artistocrat armors
• Imperial Lightscythe in Shadow armor, helm, cape, weapons
• Obsidian Samurai armor, helms, weapons
• Shadow Deathfiend of Nulgath se
• Crystal Roses & Royalty armor, 5 helms, 2 capes, 1 sword
• Dark Scientist J6 armor, helms, cape, guns
• Fierce Scientist J6 armor, helms, cape, guns
• Shadow Mayhelm Streetwear armor and weapons
• Lovely Nightmare Plate, helm, and mace
• Shadow Samurai armor

Quibble's Second + Third 2023 Shop Update: 

Color-custom gear:

• Hollowborn Paragon set*
• Shadow Technomancer armor
• Cyber Lycan Transformation armor
• Shadow Druid set
• Cyber Bound Devourer of Gods set

Dark Gear of Shadows:

• Shadow Solrac's Legacy set
• Obsidian Titanslayer set
• Shadow Witch set
• Evolved Shadow Exo Suit set
• Dark Vampire Slayer set
• Warpforce Cyber Sword
• Onyx Legion Wolf set**
• Dark Frost Wolf of Nulgath set
• Dark Frost Fang Katana (single + dual wield)
• Shadow Frost Fang Katana (single + dual wield)

And don't miss what we've got planned for the rest of the collection update! Even more techno-themed gear for Cyber Monday.

* 0 AC Merge shop version available now in the /underworld map for Legion Tokens and Hollowsouls.
** Legion Token merge shop version coming on Monday.

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

Black Friday 2023 Collection Notes

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

• All of this year's event rare items are available individually from the Black Friday Shop in your game menu until the event leaves December 8th.
• The Hollowborn Collection Chest is a seasonal item and will not be included in the Black Friday Collection Chest.
• The Shadow Deathfiend of Nulgath Blade (single + dual-wield) are 0 ACs in the collection chest. They are also available from Nulgath's Diamond merge shop until December 8th.
• If you purchased the Jade Samurai Uppgrade Pack (Design Notes) you will find the Obsidian variants for free in your Book of Lore badge shop. PLUS we've removed the member-only flag from the items. SURPRISE!
• Additional items will arrive next week as reward drops alongside our Black Friday update.

HollowBorn Collection Chest Returns

The Hollowborn Evoker set, created for Black Friday by AQW Community artist, Yo Lae, is a Black Friday seasonal collection chest. Unlock a TON of dark, deadly items for 5,000 AdventureCoins when you get the Hollowborn Chest pet (items available in the pet's shop).

The Hollowborn Collection includes:

• Hollowborn Collection chest pet (has shop for all the gear)
• Hollowborn Lightning pet (with quest for character page badge)

The Hollowborn Chest is seasonal, and will return every Black Friday. (Please note, the Hollowborn Chest does not receive new items each year.)

November 24, 2023

Black Friday 2023: OMG UPDATE

Dark New Rewards, Hollowborn Boss, & Very Ebil Boss Battles

It's the darkest time of the year, and that means new Black Friday rewards are here! All heroes can battle monsters in /blackfridaywar for new rewards. For heroes eager to test their might... we've got new boss battles ready for you: Hollowborn ShadowSlayer D's Vampire + Lycan bosses PLUS Chairman Platinum's Very Ebil Mech Dragon. Read on for more details or charge into battle now!

New game release

• Reward drops from monsters in /blackfridaywar 
• Vampire + Lycan bosses in /hbchallenge (level 65+ recommended)
• Very Ebil Mech Dragon Boss in /ebilroof (level 75+ recommended)
• Black Friday 2023 Collection update: 60+ new items

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: double Rep, Class Points, Gold, XP
• Resource Boost: Legion Tokens + Binky Rib
• Saturday: Hollowborn Gween from Turdrakolich in /eventhub
• Sunday: Dark Moglin Cape from Executive Vordred in /blackfridaywar

Events + Gear Leaving

• December 1: November daily gifts from November 4th - 19th
• December 8: Harvest Fest 2023 + Black Friday 2023 rares

Hollowborn Rewards

New trials await, born from blood and darkness. The Hollowborn Shadowslayer D guards a Vampire and a Lycan cursed with the Shadow Fiend's gift, waiting for you to test your might against them in /hbchallenge.

ShadowSlayer D's Merge Shop:

• Hollowborn Vampire Knight set
• Hollowborn Lycan set
• Hollowborn Vampire Lord
• Hollowborn ShadowSlayer set

These rewards are permanently available, so if you need to level up to take these evil opponents down, never fear... you've got time!

Hollowdeep update: traditionally, we also update the Hollowdeep map at this time of year. Lae did a lot of the work needed for that, but I delayed the Hollowdeep addition to make sure the team had enough time and focus for each of the sections of the update.

The next Hollowdeep update is planned for March 2024, during our Month of Darkness and Evil. The Hollowborn Paragon set will return to Quibble's Shop + in the Hollowborn Merge Shop next March. After that, it will go permanently rare.

New Black Friday Reward Gear

Over 40 new rewards are now available for you to grab this weekend! Gear up and get ready to unlock the darkest gear of the year, then return on Monday for our Cyber Monday reward items!

Very Ebil Mech Dragon in /ebilmech:

• NeoBattleon Armor + accessories
• Even more drops coming on Cyber Monday

Executive Assistant Vordred in /blackfridaywar:

• Black Skull Cane
• Formal Grenwog Garb
• and more

Deal Bot 2.0 in /blackfridaywar:

• Lovely Celtic Warrior
• Dark Wraps Mummy armor + helm
• Lady Sora's Midnight Gown armor + helms
• Dark Celestial Priest set

Hypnotized Shopper in /blackfridaywar:

• Dark Valkyrie Helm (male + female)

The following Black Friday farming items were added on Wednesday!

2023 Achievement Tracker Rewards Next Week

Every time you log into AQWorlds, you've got some goal: meeting up with friends, ranking your newest class, or farming for the Blinding Light of Destiny. The sense of satisfaction when you accomplish that goal is one of the best things about playing AQW! But we want to give you even MORE rewards for playing... and that's where the Achievement Tracker comes in. 

Every achievement pack is a full item set; when you log in with this gear equipped, you'll have an immediate WOW factor. For now, read on to get a small teaser.

Achievement Tracker Rewards for 2023

1,250,000 AdventureCoins

• Exclusive armor set
• Platinum Trophy Zorbak pet with quest for the Golden Item of Donated Awesomeness
• Character page badge

15 Years Played

• Exclusive armor set
• Platinum Trophy Twilly pet with quest for the Golden Item of Donated Awesomeness*
• Character page badge

14 Years Membership 

• Exclusive armor set
• Platinum Trophy Twig pet with quest for the Golden Item of Donated Awesomeness
• Character page badge

This is the FINAL TIER of the Achievement Tracker; once you've reached any (or all) of these tiers, you've done it. You've WON the tracker!

* The 15 Years Played IoDA quest will require a confirmed email address, 15 years played, and a selection of in-game sagas completed. Details announced next week.

Dark Holiday AdventureCoin Bonus

If you're gearing up for the holidays, this is the best time to check out our Holiday AC bonus so you don't miss a thing. Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or Membership pack.

November 22, 2023

Announcing Winners Next Week

The Design a HeroMart Poster Contest was a resounding success! The winning entries are testament to the talent within our amazing community… and will also make wonderful gifts to share with the world! 

Hiya heroes! We were overwhelmed by the incredible talent that poured into each submission for the HeroMart Poster Design Contest. A heartfelt thank you to all participants who turned their canvas into a kaleidoscope of creativity! We cannot believe how incredibly talented you all are! The diversity and originality of the entries left our judging panel in awe; even Dage himself was SUPER impressed.

With soooo many outstanding submissions, narrowing down the winners was no easy task. From vibrant designs that caught the eye to emotionally powerful pieces, each poster told a unique story. This is a mere testament to the rich tapestry of talent within our gaming community!

All these artistic endeavors have set the stage (and raised the bar) for a festive indulgence: the winner’s poster will be released just in time for the holidays, AND the runner-ups will have their art pieces made into prints! 
 

We will begin emailing our winners early next week to privately discuss getting their art up on HeroMart. Later that week, we will publicly announce all our winners and special mentions, so stay tuned for that!

A sincere thank you to every participant who poured their hearts and souls into the HeroMart Poster Design Contest. You are all so incredibly talented!! Your creativity made this competition a true celebration of art and our beloved community of gamers. The gift of your artistic expression will be one that keeps on giving, and we can't wait to share it with the world just in time for the holiday season 🎁🎄☃️

Get ready to unwrap the magic and stay tuned for the big announcement next week!

Battle on!
Beleen, the awe-struck judges, and the entire Artix Entertainment team including our lovely HeroMart helpers :)

November 17, 2023

Get ready to go DARK

Our Black Friday 2023 Collection is HERE: Unlock 125+ items

Our Black Friday 2023 Collection, featuring a backpack FULL of new Black Friday rares, is now available in Battleon! Find over 120 dark variants of your favorite gear in Quibble's shop, plus all-new sets created this year. And if you're a collector or rare hunter, pick up the Black Friday Collection Chest to get ALL of the event rares and a character page badge for 10,000 AdventureCoins! 

Check out Quibble's Black Friday Rares Shop to find:

• Exclusive Black Friday 2023 Collection Chest pet to unlock the full collection shop
• Vanta Shadow Knight + Shielded Shadow Knight armors
• Chained Chaos in Shadow armor, helm, cape
• Obsidian Highlord armor + helm
• Shadow Ball Formal + Artistocrat armors
• Imperial Lightscythe in Shadow armor, helm, cape, weapons
• Obsidian Samurai armor, helms, weapons*
• Shadow Deathfiend of Nulgath set**
• Crystal Roses & Royalty armor, 5 helms, 2 capes, 1 sword
• Dark Scientist J6 armor, helms, cape, guns
• Fierce Scientist J6 armor, helms, cape, guns
• Shadow Mayhelm Streetwear armor and weapons
• Lovely Nightmare Plate, helm, and mace
• Shadow Samurai armor
• and more!***

And don't miss what we've got planned for the rest of the collection update! More dark variants are on their way, plus techno-themed gear for Cyber Monday.

Collection variants still in progress:

• Evolved Exo Suit armor, helm, blades
• Mummy armor + mask
• Light Witch set
• Priest of the Ignited Ones set
• Legion Wolf set
• Titan Slayer set
• And more!

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

Black Friday 2023 Collection Notes

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

• All of this year's event rare items are available individually from the Black Friday Shop in your game menu until the event leaves December 8th.
• The Hollowborn Collection Chest is a seasonal item and will not be included in the Black Friday Collection Chest.
• The Shadow Deathfiend of Nulgath Blade (single + dual-wield) are 0 ACs in the collection chest. They are also available from Nulgath's Diamond merge shop until December 8th.
• If you purchased the Jade Samurai Uppgrade Pack (Design Notes) you will find the Obsidian variants for free in your Book of Lore badge shop. PLUS we've removed the member-only flag from the items. SURPRISE!
• Additional items will arrive next week as reward drops alongside our Black Friday update.

HollowBorn Collection Chest Returns

The Hollowborn Evoker set, created for Black Friday by AQW Community artist, Yo Lae, is a Black Friday seasonal collection chest. Unlock a TON of dark, deadly items for 5,000 AdventureCoins when you get the Hollowborn Chest pet (items available in the pet's shop).

The Hollowborn Collection includes:

• Hollowborn Collection chest pet (has shop for all the gear)
• Hollowborn Lightning pet (with quest for character page badge)

The Hollowborn Chest is seasonal, and will return every Black Friday. (Please note, the Hollowborn Chest does not receive new items each year.)

November 17, 2023

This Weekend: Oishii vs the Dark Rider

New Boss Battle, New Rewards, and New Rare Items

Greetings and good eatings, hero! Hungry for a Harvest Fest adventure? Log in now and belly up to the bar for Oishii's origin story. No trollin'! Relive her journey with Robina as they fight to defeat the Dark Rider's famine and began the most delicious tradition in Battleon!

New game release

• Harvest Fest 2023: Oishii vs the Black Rider
• Delicious and deadly new rewards
• Black Friday 2023 Collection, Pt 1

Events + Gear Leaving

• December 1: November daily gifts from November 4th - 19th
• December 8: Harvest Fest 2023 + Black Friday 2023 rares

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: double Reputation
• Saturday: Sweet Candymera pet from the Overgourd in /fearfeast
• Sunday: Cleavers of Truth from the Abomineater in /feastboss

Harvest Treats for Victorious Heroes

Head to /blightharvest and talk to Robina. Complete this weekend's new story update to unlock the "Fowl Feast" reward farming quest to create a new reward set. Then check out Oishii's Autumn Merge Shop in the /eventhub to see the Spirit of Autumn's gifts for you!

Blightharvest Monster Drops

Robina's Blightharvest Merge

Collect resources to create new items in the merge shop.

• Turdracolich Hunter and Stalker armors
• 6 Turdracolich Hunter helms
• Turdracolich Hunting Gear
• Gold-Touched Carver Blade (single + dual-wield)
• Gold-Touched Rifle
• Turdraken Carving Gear
• Cranberry Imp Pet

Oishii's Autumn Merge

To create the Spirit of Autumn set, you'll need Fallen Leaves, Gold Flakes, and Gnarled Wood. Check out the note in the merge shop for more information on how to get these items.

• Spirit of Autumn armor
• Visage of Autumn helm
• Breath of Autumn Wind cape (animated)
• Autumn Falls ground rune
• Whisper of Autumn blade (single + dual-wield)

Achievement Tracker Update

Every time you log into AQWorlds, you've got some goal: meeting up with friends, ranking your newest class, or farming for the Blinding Light of Destiny. The sense of satisfaction when you accomplish that goal is one of the best things about playing AQW! But we want to give you even MORE rewards for playing... and that's where the Achievement Tracker comes in. 

Every achievement pack is a full item set; when you log in with this gear equipped, you'll have an immediate WOW factor. For now, read on to get a small teaser.

Achievement Tracker Rewards for 2023

• 1,250,000 AdventureCoins: exclusive armor set + Item of Donated Awesomeness (as is traditional)
• 15 Years Played: exclusive armor set + ???
• 14 Years Membership: exclusive armor set + (as is traditional)

This is the FINAL TIER of the Achievement Tracker; once you've reached any (or all) of these tiers, you've done it. You've WON the tracker!

In addition to badges that will be displayed on your character page, each achievement will come with an exclusive armor set. And because these are the ultimate achievement tracker the rewards for each of the achievements will be incredibly shiny (literally and figuratively). Many of you will have been waiting for quite a while for what's coming up.

So whether you've been with us for years, or this is the first time you're seeing the Achievement Tracker update, you're in for a treat... NEXT MONTH! The new achievement rewards for 2023 will arrive next month. 

2023 Reward Release Date

The post above is from last month. We haven't given exact dates so we don't miss it and release them late. The rewards will arrive as soon as they're ready... fully ready. That way, we can make sure the heroes unlocking the final reward tier do not have to deal with major issues, missing art, etc.

Current plans are for the confirmed release date to be announced several days before it goes live. That way, we can be confident they will release as planned, with few (to no) issues. but should anything major change, we will post about that in the Design Notes as soon as possible!

November 14, 2023

AQW GIF Contest Winners Announced!

GIFs are the gifts that keep on giving! Join us in celebrating our 40 winners of AQW's GIF contest!

Greetings, adventurers! The moment we've all been waiting for has arrived! After weeks of fierce competition, creativity, and anticipation, we are thrilled to announce the winners of our "Create a GIF Contest" in honor of AQW’s 15th birthday.

No surprise here, but our community went above and beyond and embraced the challenge, sharing their passion and love for our game through awesome GIFs. These little animated marvels captured the heart and soul of our beloved world (and one entry even brought a tear to our eye!). Although it was hard narrowing down our favorites – since there were over 300 entries, ermahgerd! – the judging panel has tallied all the scores, and now comes the time to reveal the winners at Artix.com ...

... because I can't figure out how to upload GIFs here, lol!

👆 Click to see our amazing winners! 👆

Thank you all for being a part of our incredible community, and thank you for joining us for AQW’s 15th Birthday bash. Fifteen cheers to many more years of unforgettable quests and epic adventures! 

Happy Birthday AQW, and battle on!
Beleen, Yoshino, the judges, and the AQW team! 

November 10, 2023

Survive Grimskull's Dungeon... AGAIN

Welcome to the Gaol of Eternal Torment and Misery

*GULP* According to the brochure in his gift shop, Grimskull is *ahem* "The master of the world's most evil, vile, death trap filled dungeons. His first "adventure" for you in DoomVault was barely survivable. And now, his high-level dungeon, the GAOL OF ETERNAL TORMENT AND MISERY! is OPEN! Plus, new rewards for all heroes in Doomvault, new Featured Rare sets, and more!

New game release

• New Dungeon: Grimskull’s Gaol of Eternal Torment & Misery
• Grim rare sets in the Featured Gear Shop
• New monster drops in /doomvault, /doomvaultb, /memento, and /fearfeast
• Evolved Crimson Fiend seasonal set in Aranx's Artist Showcase in /artistalley

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Double Class Points
• Resource Boost: Dark Spirit Orbs
• Saturday: Kigurumi pets from monsters in /eventhub
• Sunday: J6’s Birthday Shotguns from Space Raptor in /j6moon

Dungeon Details of DOOM

The Gaol of Eternal Torment of Misery is not for the faint of heart. In order to enter it, you'll need to have met the following requirements:

• Must have completed /doomvaultb
• Be at least level 80
• Have the Level 60 Smite enhancement from the /forge map in your inventory (Buy & Hold)
• Have the Scythe of Azalith from /infernalarena in your possession

Finish the story quests to unlock four repeatable quests; complete them to earn Grimskull Trolling Rep:

• Gaol Rerun: 500 rep
• Legend only Gaol Rerun: 1,000 rep
• Daily Gaol Rerun: 1,000 rep
• Weekly, super secret challenge boss fight (level 100): 5,000 rep and an exclusive weapon

If you aren't familiar with dungeons, you can read about them here. However, there are some key differences with Grimskull's newest dungeon:

• This is a ONE PLAYER dungeon, so you will have to escape it yourself!
• This is a high level, high difficulty dungeon that's comparable to the final fights of the /infernalarena map.
• The dungeon will be filled with Grimskull's shenanigans, though this time they're more so focused on monster mechanics, rather than the trap filled rooms found in his Doom Vault.

New Dungeon Rewards

There'll be rewards all right. When you complete the dungeon, you'll earn Grimskull Trolling rep (yep, you can finally get it) which can be used to obtain some wicked gear. 

• Rank 5: Guardian of Grimskull
  Gives 40% more Class Points and EXP when equipped
• Rank 6: Raxgore's Skull Crushing Axe
  Does 40% more damage to all monsters when equipped
• Rank 7: The Hearty Helmet Enhancement
  Raises END by a large amount, but reduces STR, DEX, INT, WIS, LUK, and reduces outgoing damage and incoming healing by 15%
• Rank 8: ArchLich's Crown
  Does 40% more damage to humans when equipped
• Rank 9: REDACTED Pet
  Does 30% more damage to all tagged monsters when equipped
• Rank 10: Binky's Man Eating Unihorn
  Does 75% more damage to humans when equipped and has a chance to play a special animation when auto attacking.

And even more gear, including the:

• Grimstone weapon series
• Grimskull's Price weapon series
• Knight of Grimskull set

New Monster Drops

3 New House items in /Grimgaol drop from:

• Grimskull?
• Empress Angler
• Emperor Angler

New weapon with world animation in /Grimchallenge drops from:

• SUPER SECRET BOSS

Even more rewards in /doomvault & /doomvaultb:

• Grim Skull Pet from Highbiscus + Lowtus
• Grim Rose from the Princess Angler (single + dual-wield)
• Grim Roses Bouquet (single + dual-wield)
• GrimSkull's Throne and Ghostly Obelisk Blade from Ghostly King Angler
• Binky Pet and Battle-pet (member-only) from Binky
• Raxgore's Axe from Undead Raxgore and Ultra Undead Raxgore

Dark  Rewards in /memento and /fearfeast:

• Ragged Nightmare wings from Malevolent Wraith
• Rotten Grip Gauntlet from Zombie
• Rotten Grasp Mace + Dagger from Crypt Zombie
• 5 new weapons from Catrina
• Haggard Beard + Shaded Haggard Beard Morph helms from Spiced Knight
• Brimmed Hat Skull +  Undead Blood Tinted Glasses helms from Spiced Zombie
• Moonridge Villager armor, 3 hair helms, Moonridge Sally helm from Spiced Villager

And still to come: 

• 15th Birthday Badge
• Grimskull Dungeon Badge 

November 09, 2023

Black Friday 2023 Collection Poll

Help decide themes for two of our Black Friday Collection sets

AQWorlds artist Aciel will be creating variants of the Vampire Slayer & Lycan Transformation gear for our Black Friday 2023 collection, but we want YOUR help deciding which will be for Black Friday, and which for Cyber Monday. 

• Choice 1: Dark Vampire Slayer + Cyber Lycan Transformation
• Choice 2: Shadow Lycan Transformation + Cyber Vampire Slayer

Vote in-game, on Twitter, or on Discord. Voting ends this Sunday.

November 04, 2023

This Weekend: a Fowl Harvest

Get ready to get your Feast On: Harvest Fest is BACK!

New for November 4th:

• Event Hub: join /eventhub for the Harvest Fest and EbilCorp events
• New Boss: Stymphmalian Terror battle in /birdswithharms
• New Rewards in the /eventhub and /birdswithharms maps
• Featured Gear: November Elemental Chronomancer sets 
• Upgrade Bonus: Apocalyptic DeathLord pack

Weekend Daily Gifts & Boosts

• Server Boost: Double EXP
• Resource Boost: Spirit Orbs + Metals
• Saturday: Ungourdly Wrath Blades 
• Sunday: Sword of Misfortune (single + dual-wield)

Reminders:

• Friday, November 10: seasonal birthday maps + collection chest leave. Midnight Zilla set le
• Monday, November 13: Mogloween leaves, Friday the 13th maps revert to member-only, Sword of Misfortune drops leave

Harvest Fest (and seasonal rewards) Return

Every year, the Harvest Fest is a time to relax and celebrate another year of prosperity with your loved ones. A time to forget about the horrors of Mogloween and look forward to another happy Frostval in the coming weeks as you digest the giant feast that Oishii the Troll Chef has prepared for you.

Free as a Bird Merge Shop

• GryphonClaw Warrior + Knight armors
• 2 Wing capes
• 4 helms
• 5 weapons

New Monster Drops

Stymphmalian Terror

• Spirit of the Gryphon cape (1% drop rate)
• Pitchfork polearms
• Harvester's Mask helms (male and female)
• Li'l GryphonClaw Mascot pet

Leaf Painter

• Falling Leaves Bow
• Autumnal Kiwi pet
• Expressive Morph Helms (male and female, click to change expression)

Turdrakolich

• Dracolich Onesie armor, helms, and tail
• Dragon Onesie armor, helms, and tail

Chickenlord

• Candy pets
• Whipped Slime Helm
• Rainbow Unicorn Onesie amor, helms, and tail

Chaotic Chicken

• 3 Helms
• 2 Daggers

Talk to Samba in /harvest to find her new merge shop, then battle bosses from our returning Harvest Fest holiday zones to collect merge shop resources. Return to her to create the Candy Corn Crusher and Headless Pumpkin sets. See all the Harvest events in our Lorepedia Guide!

EbilCorp: HOSTILE TAKEOVER IMMINENT

Everyone's favorite CEO, Chairman Platinum, seems to always get into trouble at this time of year. Turns out, his investors are disgruntled with his recent failed attempts and are looking to replace him. He needs your help to stay in power, STAT. Log in this weekend to optimize his corporate defense methodologies this weekend in /ebilcorptakever... OR ELSE.

Chairman Platinum is a good, honest, GENEROUS employer. And if you do right by him, he'll make sure to reward you appropriately. Battle the enemies in /ebiltakever to collect your rewards. He owes you.

Item Drops:

• Ebil Administrator armor + Locks Helm
• The Hostile Takeover Sword + Daggers
• EbilCorp Boss House Guards
• EbilCorp Porkon Axe
• EbilCorp Fishman Tail, Helm, Pet, Trident
• Making a Point Daggers
• Ebil Kuro Sword + Pet, BattlePet
• Rusted Ebil Agent's Shotgun 
• Ebil Agent's Shotgun
• Ebil Agent's Tactical Rifle
• 8 Agent Helms
• Agent's Emblazoned Phone
• EbilCorp Plague Spear

Next Friday: Grimskull Returns

HELLO BOILS AND GHOULS, Immortal Joe here. On Friday, November 10th, Grimskull invites you to his newest dungeon, the GAOL OF ETERNAL TORMENT AND MISERY!

Grimskull?

According to the brochure in his gift shop, Grimskull is *ahem* "The master of the world's most evil, vile, death trap filled dugeons. If that doesn't cut it... play through the /doomvault map. It's easier to explain by doing.

Dungeon?

If you aren't familiar with dungeons, you can read about them here. However, there are some key differences with Grimskull's newest dungeon:

• This is a ONE PLAYER dungeon, so you will have to escape it yourself!
• This is a high level, high difficulty dungeon that's comparable to the final fights of the /infernalarena map.
• The dungeon will be filled with Grimskull's shenanigans, though this time they're more so focused on monster mechanics, rather than the trap filled rooms found in his Doom Vault.

Entry Requirements

The Gaol of Eternal Torment of Misery is not for the faint of heart. In order to enter it, you'll need to have met the following requirements:

• Must have completed /doomvaultb
• Be at least level 80
• Have the Smite enhancement from the /forge map
• Have the Scythe of Azalith from /infernalarena in your possession

Previous challenge areas haven't had much of an entry barrier aside from a level requirement. In the future, we'd like to introduce other entry requirements to challenge areas so that the expectations of their difficulty are better set ahead of time.

Rewards

There'll be rewards all right. When you complete the dungeon, you'll earn Grimskull Trolling rep (yep, you can finally get it) which can be used to obtain:

• Exclusive gear
• The Grim Weapon Enhancement (This has always just been a level 100 Fighter Enhancement with a few bonus stats, but you can get it know if you'd really like)
• The best-worst helmet enhancement in the game???

Alina note: For heroes who don't meet the requirements for this new dungeon, we've got more rewards planned for the original dungeon, plus a few more sweet treats in our Harvest maps.

And still to come: 

• Chibi Maid pets in the Featured Gear Shop + on the Noble Ghost
• Ghostly Kiwi pet on the Stymphmalion Terror
• Gothic Necromancer Sally set 
• 15th Birthday Badge 

November 03, 2023

Now Available: Apocalyptic DeathLord

Upgrade to unlock the exclusive armor sets

To seize the power you seek, many sacrifices will be required. To dominate vast armies of the living and undead, you will need to destroy your humanity and defy Death itself.
The Apocalyptic DeathLord upgrade bonus pack is now available, and contains over 50 items, including three fully color-customizable armor sets, house items, and a character page badge! Unlock the entire pack when you buy any AdventureCoin or Membership pack 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 gear from the set's badge shop in your Book of Lore. The set includes:

• 3 Apocalyptic DeathLord armors
• 3 color-custom Apocalyptic DeathLord armors
• DeathLord's Enchanted Wight
• DeathLord's Enchanted Knight
• 18 helms (9 regular, 9 color custom)
• 8 capes (4 regular, 4 color custom)
• 14 weapons (2 Swords, 2 Axes, 2 Gauntlets, 4 daggers, 2 maces, 2 staves)
• Immortal DeathHound pet
• Monument to the DeathLord pyramids ground rune
• Apocalyptic DeathLord's Emblem and Lantern wall items
• Apocalyptic Pyramids floor item
• and a character page badge

Apocalyptic Color Palette

• Apocalyptic DeathLord set (Lich body)
• Apocalyptic DeathLord's Wight (Skeletal body)
• Apocalyptic DeathLord's Knight (Human body)

Color Customizable

• DeathLord's Enchanted Armor (Lich body)
• DeathLord's Enchanted Wight (Skeletal body)
• DeathLord's Enchanted Knight (Human body)

Once you've chosen the Apocalyptic DeathLord 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

Get 50% more AdventureCoins as Our Holiday AC Bonus Begins

Talk about a birthday surprise! Normally, our Holiday AdventureCoin bonus doesn't begin until November, but we've been flooded with requests to start early.* Get your /party on and get 50% more bonus AdventureCoins with any AC or membership package. 

Get 60,000 ACs while our Holiday Bonus is on!

During our 2023 Holiday 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:

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

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.