Design Notes

January 04, 2019

Unlock the Void ChronoKnight Sets

Upgrade to unlock new exclusive gear sets!

Unlock the all-new Void ChronoKnight upgrade bonus gear starting Friday, January 4th at 6 PM EST! Buy any AC or membership package worth $10 USD or more to unlock the Copper Void ChronoKnight set or get the bonus color-custom Chromium Void ChronoKnight armor and accessories with the 12,000 AC or 12 month membership packs!

Pack Details

The Void ChronoKnight sets will be permanently available as one of the upgrade bonus set choices when you buy membership or AdventureCoins.
All packages also come with the Void ChronoKnight character page badge

12000 AC or 12 month membership packages: ALL 40+ Void ChronoKnight Items

Get more gear and save more of your real-world gold with our largest upgrade packages! Unlock the Copper Void ChronoKnight and the color-custom Chromium Void ChronoKnight sets with our 12000 AdventureCoin or 12 month membership packages, plus all the accessories:

Copper and Chromium Void ChronoKnight armors (Chromium armor is color-customizable)
10 helms
6 capes
20 weapons
6 pets
7 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts added straight to your inventory
and a character page badge

2000 and 5000 AC or 3 and 6 month membership package: Copper Void ChronoKnight

Unlock the Copper Void ChronoKnight armor set with the above packages, plus their accessories:

Copper Void ChronoKnight armor
5 helms
2 capes
10 weapons
3 pets
5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts added straight to your inventory
and a character page badge

Our Upgrade Bonuses Level Up... Choose your Reward!

In the past, our upgrade bonus sets would only be available for a single month, and then would become permanently rare. We made some really incredible gear... that no one can get now. I've talked with many of you individually to brainstorm and get feedback, and starting this month, our upgrade bonuses will become permanently available. We will continue to add new upgrade bonuses regularly* - the big difference is...

You'll be able to choose WHICH upgrade bonus set you want!

Next month, when we add another upgrade bonus pack, the Void ChronoKnight will still be available. So as you select the membership or AdventureCoin pack you want, you'll also choose which upgrade bonus reward you want. You'll unlock the character page badge and Book of Lore Shop like normal.

* We still plan to add a new pack each month.

New for 2019: Upgrade Set Series

We know many of you love that feeling of unlocking exclusive items, and feel really special when you have something that only a handful of other players can equip. We're bringing that to our Upgrade Packs with Upgrade Set series.

Going forward, each time we do a new upgrade pack in a given theme (like "Nulgath's Void" or "Yokai" or "ShadowFall"), we’ll add it to the series. You'll need to get the first set in a series before you can unlock the next.

Upgrade Pack Changes: Why Now?

As I talked with many of your fellow AQW players about these changes, one question repeated itself over and over: "why do we need to do this? Why now?"

Development for AQW:Mobile is going to go into overdrive in January. With AQW:Mobile, we will not be able to do nearly as many rare items (this is in large part for game performance reasons, like managing asset loading, just like in AQ3D).

It is also a pretty big blow to the artists and future players to lose access to entire sets of gear every month (one reason we did not make the Northlands Royalty upgrade sets rare).

We want to avoid that. We want to keep all the incredible art the team makes available for everyone, no matter when they start playing. And as we move into new platforms (mobile devices, Steam, ... maybe consoles?!) we want to make sure that art is available for the new heroes who will join you.

2018 Holiday AC Bonus: Get up to 50% More Free ACs

Get up to 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins when you buy any Adventure package until January 10th! If you're excited about all our new January birthday events, new gear in the Wheel of Doom, or our 2019 holiday rare gear, now's the time to top up your ACs and get even more for free.