AdventureQuest Worlds

Return to the Mirror Realm: The Fell Beast

• Mirror Drakath has a VERY important quest for you - a deadly creature has stolen the Egg he believes contains the 13th Beast of Order.  If you do not get that back, we don't know WHAT will happen to the Mirror Realm... or our own!

  • Defeat the Cockatrice to rescue a VERY important artifact!

  • Find the Dragon Emperor Tier set in Battleon!

• The 2nd Hyper Crystal in the X-Treme Hero Merge Shop is live!

Epic Duel 

War

• Fortune City War hits midway point. Exiles pulling ahead. Legion need to rally to win.
• We're previewing the next war zone after Fortune City is decided: Frysteland. 
• The Exiles will have a chance to reclaim it from the Legion.

Arcade Update

• New Arcade Game featuring new weapons from our newest guest artists:
  • Hatred Cuirass
  • Assassin Order
  • Bidoof 
  • Juniu 
  • Vultex

Automation

• Rabblefroth is completing a tool that will allow testers to easily alter skills and stats to thoroughly test balance adjustments with minimal dev assistance. This means more thorough and useful balance updates.

Lionhart Preview

• Revontheus is offering another preview of his upcoming Lionhart event.

OverSoul

Fighting Spirit!  (Annouced last week, but had a dealy... now live!)

• Character Release: Robin Rev, Muay Thai Icarius, Muay Thai Azrael

AdventureQuest  

Mah Howse - Neko City part I

• At long last, the time has arrived for the Nekos to find their new home!
• Your donations helped bring this day to fruition, and now, quest along with the ElBhe and the Nekos to find them a place to live.
• This leads into the release of the Neko city coming soon!

May Golden Giftboxes - Juvenile Void Dragon Pet & Reflective Armor

• A powerful pet that deals Void damage!
• This armor can harness the rays of the sun to Blind your enemy!

May Guardian Bonus - Hydro Guardian Dragon Armor

• This awesome armor comes free if you Guardianize your account any time during the month of May!
• Existing Guardians can find the armor in the Guardian Tower at a super discounted price!
• Grab this armor while you can because it will only be available until the end of May and then gone forever!

DragonFable

The Void Ship is ready to set sail! Will you survive the voyage into the unknown?

HeroSmash

Randor the Red Birthday Part II!

• More items for Randor the Red Birthday Shop - MARShals inspired!

MechQuest

Bugs are fixed and a Mysterious Portal has opened in Soluna!

• Keep sending us Bug Reports!

• We've tracked down and fixed a few more bugs! Keep sending reports and we'll keep fixing them!
• A mysterious portal has opened into Soluna and cookie powered arm weapons are falling out of it! Make sure to log in and grab one for yourself!
• Great chance to find Richy the Rich Guy in Soluna East this weekend: save your credits for an upcoming o.Ops weapon!
• Please submit any bugs you find to http://www.artix.com/bugs 
•      Username: put character ID and character name here
•      Server: put location of bug here in a "planet"-"city" format

Battle On!

Permission to Photoshop, Burninate and stuff!

QUESTION! What would you do if I gave you a high res .PNG of ZardZilla and the BattleGems logo? I do not know about you-- but with Gozilla coming out this weekend I got into the spirit of crushing major cities under lizard-foot. Oh, um... incidentally, here are ZardZilla.png and BattleGems.png

AdventureQuest Worlds

Dragons’ Heart: Dragon Plague Cleansing

• The mysterious source of the Dragon’s Plague has been identified: Desolich the Eternal has risen once more!
• As attacks of Chaos increase around Lore, Desolich is taking advantage of the discord to conquer the dragons of Etherstorm once more nm… but THIS time, he plans to meld elemental magic with his newfound necromantic powers!

• Battle through the Dragon Plane to save the dragonkin and stop Desolich’s plan! 
• Battle Lavablast the Final to unlock the Dragon Plane reward gear!

• The winners of the Dage’s Dark Key and Birthday poster have been chosen! 
  • Congratulations, Armaghan and C99! 

OverSoul

Fighting Spirit!

• Character Release: Robin Rev, Muay Thai Icarius, Muay Thai Azrael

AdventureQuest  

The Past Unravelled - Part III

• When Scion of the Nachtfee, uses the Abode against Tralin's warning it catches the attention of the powers, AND a new set of Sapient Transmorphers, a conflict that hurls you and Scion both toward an inevitable conflict, to answer life's most unsavory question; "Which between reigns supreme?"
• And just what is Drakath and Erebus' role in all this?
• For all players.
• Also don’t miss the special Randor birthday weapon coming to the Limited-Time Shop this week!

May Guardian Bonus - Hydro Guardian Dragon Armor

• This awesome armor comes free if you Guardianize your account any time during the month of May!
• Existing Guardians can find the armor in the Guardian Tower at a super discounted price!
• Grab this armor while you can because it will only be available until the end of May and then gone forever!

DragonFable

Tpyo Quest

• The people of Amityvale had a pretty nasty curse casted on them! Go there this week to find out how you can help them! 

HeroSmash

Randor the Red's Birthday!

• New Birthday Rares - Emerald Stone polearm, axe and throwing axe!
• Return of Cinco de Mayo items 

MechQuest

Gremlins Begone!

• Thank you so much for your reports! Log in tonight for the following fixes!

• Were you stuck on Planet Romero? Ash traced a major Gremlin and you should now be able to progress smoothly!
• The Starmap cursor also points properly to the planet instead of flying offscreen.
• Great chance to find Richy the Rich Guy in Soluna East this weekend: save your credits for an upcoming o.Ops weapon!
• Please submit any bugs you find to http://www.artix.com/bugs 
  • Username: put character ID and character name here
  • Server: put location of bug here in a "planet"-"city" format

Battle On!

AdventureQuest Worlds

Dragon’s Rise: A Plague of Zombie Dragons

• As more and more dragons fall to this mysterious illness, a new horror is rising! 
• Any dragons slain by the disease return to unlife…as zombies! 
• Batttle through Lore with Artix and Galanoth to find a cure for those affected by the zombie plague, then journey alongside Warlic.
• You’ll need to hunt down the disease’s source, because what he’s learned spells destruction for the purity of elemental dragon magic EVERYWHERE!

• Return to Etherstorm to stop a deadly plague of zombie dragons! 

Log in Friday at 6:30 PM server time for the first Limited Quantity Set!

• Details: http://www.aq.com/gamedesignnotes/lqs14preview-3870

New 1% drops in the Wheel of Doom and Destiny!

Epic Duel

Fortune City War Countdown

• We are a little more than a day away from the next EpicDuel War event! This time, the war will take place in the capital of Delta V's commerce and communication, Fortune City. This Saturday, Legion and Exile forces will pour in claim to the region for themselves. 
• Fortune City is powered by an Energy Core in Alydriah's Spire. The attackers will use Sappers to drain the Core of it's power to fuel their war effort. Defenders will protect the Core by bombing the Sappers.
• The Fortune City Regional Influence achievement will be reactivated. This will be players' opportunity to build influence in this region!
• The Dread Plains War prizes will no longer be able to be claimed after the Fortune City War goes live. 

AdventureQuest  

Big Monster Hunt!

• A new group of monsters have been terrorizing the Farthwark Woods - and we need you, hero to hunt them down!
• Not only for the glory but each special creature has a chance to drop an essence you can use to craft one of three different weapons!

May Z-Token Package - Blood Contract

• Replaces Ninemares as the bonus item that comes with the 7500 Z-Token package
• Sacrifice HP for a big boost in damage for all attack types!

May Guardian Bonus - Hydro Guardian Dragon Armor

• This awesome armor comes free if you Guardianize your account any time during the month of May!
• Existing Guardians can find the armor in the Guardian Tower at a super discounted price!
• Grab this armor while you can because it will only be available until the end of May and then gone forever!

DragonFable

The Codex

• Play as Aspar in this week's release, and make your way through the inner Ynnungaap Temple in order to find a way to manipulate the DeepVoid Core!

HeroSmash

Cosplay Shop Update!

• Block Defender Outfit and Helm
• Coming: Randor the Red Birthday Rare item
• Coming: Cinco de Mayo returns

MechQuest

Maypril is Here! And May the Fourth E With You

• Maypril Limited-time shop is open NOW! - and stays open until Monday May 5th
• f001 mecha with new specials - NOT identical to the 4pri1!
• New Seasonal Rare E-blade shop opens Sunday May 4 - and stays open until Friday May 9th
• New classic-styled designs!
• Revamped Lagos weapons and mechas arriving - these are permanent versions

• Please submit any bugs you find to http://www.artix.com/bugs
  • Username: put character ID and character name here
  • Server: put location of bug here in a "planet"-"city" format

Battle On!

Be the first to play Battle Gems for the Android: the 1st major mobile game created by the same friendly (and crazy) team that creates AdventureQuest Worlds. Battle Gems is available right now for free on Google Play's App Store for your Android device! 

The team and I are really proud to be releasing Battle Gems for you. As our first major mobile game, it took over 6 months to draw, animate, code and write the 450+ joke & pun filled levels for you. We think you will agree that it is our most crazy, addictive and fun game yet! Get Battle Gems and please help us spread the word. (P.S. We are working on the Android version as you read this.)

Battle Gems Features

• Over-the-top fantasy Puzzle/RPG
• 150+ monsters including BrutalCorn, Octobear and more!
• 450+ quests to Mount Death Dread Doom Skull
• 250+ items
• Every item you collect increases your total power!
• Fully customizable character
• Crazy monsters, epic battles, and… horrible puns (but get it anyway)

Limited Time Offer: Become a Founder!

Now is your only chance to become a Battle Gems Founder! Support the game during this launch and UNLOCK EVERYTHING with a one-time payment that is cheaper than a Pizza. …and our game comes with “extra-cheese” at no extra charge. Purchase the Founder Package during this limited time offer for $9.99, you shall receive:

• UNLIMITED turns! (Yeah. Unlimited. In your face Crushy Candy game!)
• Exclusive Dragon Knight Armor, Weapon, Wings & Helm
• Permanent Gold boost
• The Skeleton Key
• AdventureQuest Worlds MMO exclusive - Dragon Knight CLASS, Armor, 2 Helms, 3 Capes, & 2 Weapons

Battle Gems is already getting GREAT REVIEWS!

Thank you so much to everyone giving the game five stars to us on the app store. Battle Gems has been getting amazing feedback and reviews -- check out this KILLER game review from the game review site, Game Skinny! The humor is spot-on perfect "AE" and Battle Gems has the highest quality and most consistant art. I am really proud of the team, the testers, and our online community for all of the long and hard work that went into creating this amazing game. Thank you guys!!!

We are working hard on the Facebook version now! Even if you cannot play yet, please help us spread the word! 

Do not forge to LIKE the BattleGems Facebook page!

AdventureQuest Worlds

Dragon’s Descent: A Plague of Dragons

• Darkness has fallen over Etherstorm. The elemental dragons are dying mysteriously, and no magic is able to save them! Search through the homecity of the Elemental Dragons to discover where this plague came from and how it infects them.
• Time is running out, and as the dragons die one by one, so does Lore’s future! 
• Work with Warlic and Galanoth to discover who - or what - is killing them before dragons outside of Etherstorm are infected, or all of the dragons of Lore may die out… forever!

• • Return to Etherstorm to stop a deadly plague threatening all of dragonkind! 
  • Quest to earn the trust of Dragonhame’s citizens and search for a cure!

• Find the Dark ExoSuit in the Wheel of Doom and Destiny merge shops!

• Find new gear from the Epic Duel team in BattleCon!

• The "Design an AQW Release" contest has begun!

AdventureQuest  

Battle of Flowers!

• Professor Akamu has been messing around with some strange new compounds he created to give Aria a special gift.
• While experimenting in his lab, a gift from Aria causes an accident that creates over-stimulated, emotional plants.
• On top of that, the Truphma have been sent to capture Professor Akamu!
• Also don’t miss the Harbinger Blade coming to the Limited-Time Shop this week!

May Z-Token Package - Blood Contract

• Replaces Ninemares as the bonus item that comes with the 7500 Z-Token package
• Sacrifice HP for a big boost in damage for all attack types!

DragonFable

The Spam Fighters

• The people of Falconreach can no longer receive their mail! It’s up to you to solve that problem!

HeroSmash

Easter and Earth Day!

• Easter Shop!
• Love your Planet (Earth Day) Shop
• Charpage Fixes
• Server improvements

MechQuest

Introducing the Uber Nubertron! And Maypril is Coming!

• Limited-time shop opens TODAY - Friday April 25 - and stays open until Wednesday April 30th
• All-new U.B.E.R. Core special body effect! 

• Maypril Limited-time shop opens Thursday May 1st! - and stays open until Monday May 5th
• f001 mecha with new specials - NOT identical to the 4pri1! 
• Revamped Lagos weapons and mechas arriving - these are permanent versions
• Please submit any bugs you find to http://www.artix.com/bugs
  • Username: put character ID and character name here
  • Server: put location of bug here in a "planet"-"city" format 

Battle On!

AdventureQuest Worlds

Tower of Doom: Hunt for the Eternity Blade

• What dark and deadly creatures wait at the top and bottom of this death-trap? 
• Battle increasingly-difficult monsters on your way to the top of the Tower of Terror or take on more and more challengers as you fight your way to the lowest level of the Tower! 
• Unlock the Eternity Blade quest at level 30 for a chance to battle in the most brutal fight of your life!

• • Battle through 100 levels of terror in the Tower of Doom
  • Slay minibosses to reach the top and bottom… and the beastliest bosses around 
  • Slay monsters to earn merge shop resources for exlusive gear

Epic Duel

War Aftermath

• The Dread War is nearly over. Unfortunately, the planet is a mess! Visit Hank in Fortune City for an epic quest of global cleanliness with amazing rewards!
• Celebrate the War's end with a POWER WEEKEND! Double XP and Credits all weekend long!  Power up before the next war region!
• War loot will be available as soon as the Dread War concludes.
• Remember to get in the holiday spirit! Bunny/egg-themed weapons are available at Xraal and Cinderella in the Biological Preserve!
• New one-size fits all suggestion armor designed by Vectos_AE!
  • 6 new styles 

OverSoul

Easter Character Release:

• Bunny Berserker
• Bunnytheus
• Clan Warrior
• Clan Archer

AdventureQuest  

Grenwog 2014 - Missing Eggs!

• Our annual festival of eggs returns!
• Something this year isn’t right - eggs are coming up missing and all that remains are scattered shells. You will never guess who or what is behind it!
• Can you track down the missing eggs and save Grenwog Festival?
• Also don’t miss the Hockey Glaive coming to the Limited-Time Shop this week! 

April Golden Giftboxes - DragonFire Sword, Waterdrop Mace, & Poelala Guest

• DragonFire Sword becomes even more powerful when used against dragons and dragon-kind!
• Waterdrop Mace will decimate Energy monsters!
• Summon Poelala Guest is the first Ultra-Rare permanent!

Good Friday Bonus!

• Gain an extra 10% gold/xp from battles 4/17-4/21!

DragonFable

On Broken Wings

• Intelligence reports say that Akanthus is meeting with Seallah, the rogue Dragonrider, to plan something nefarious. 
• Your sources haven't been wrong yet, so you need to find out what is going on. 
• You must play as Kara and infiltrate the camp and gather information. Whatever you do, stay away from Zadd. He's not a happy guy right now.

MechQuest

 Log in to get your DOuBLE XP and credits all weekend!

• Replay Easter now and don't forget the Earth Day Shop this upcoming Tuesday!

• The Spring Holidays are here! 
• Get your seasonal rare mechas
• Easter - Heads/Shoulders/Arms up to level 50!
• Earth Day shop unlocks TUESDAY, April 22nd and stays for 9 days. Closes THURSDAY May 1st
• Lagos - Updates to Prince Robert's Hideout shops! 
  • New levels of Mechs AND weapons! B.A.M.'s and Pirate weapons come next week!

Battle On!

Prepare to take your Guild to the next level!

I have exciting news to report: Guild Launch has just launched inside AdventureQuest Worlds!

You can log in now and speak with Elise in Battleon Town (north of Battleon, by the Guardian Tower) to begin your Guild Launch adventures.

BUUUT since knowledge is power, I suggest you continue reading to buff your Guild Launch INT stats. Or you can watch my goofy video tutorial showing you how to create your free Guild Launch Account and sync it with your AQW account =D

Watch the Guild Launch Tutorial Video

Click here to watch the full-sized Video Tutorial on YouTube

What is Guild Launch?

Imagine if Paladins, Elves, Wizards, and Dragons ruled Facebook… the end result would be Guild Launch! Guild Launch is an epic social networking and website hosting tool that will take you and your Guild to the next level.

Guild Launch lets you connect with your Guildmates in the real world, and offers new ways to come together & battle harder in game. With Guild Launch, you can create and customize your own Guild forum, set challenges and achievements, chat across AQW servers, enable voice chat, and more (translation: endless possibilities here, folks).

Oh yeah… and it’s FREE to create your own Guild Launch account! It seems the best things in life ARE free, after all =)

Guild Launch Features

• Always available, use wherever you can use a web browser 
• Custom forums and layouts
• Recruitment and Guild search tools
• Guild news
• Customizable challenges and achievements
• Guild calendar
• Voice and cross-server chat (coming soon!)

Guild Leaders, listen up!

If you are the Guild Leader of your AQW Guild, it’s up to you to create your very own Guild Launch Hub to make communicating, recruiting, expanding, sharing adventures, and battling with your Guildmates easier than ever before. Here's an AWESOME example of the Tercessuinotlim Guild page!

Spoiler Alert: in the near future, AQWorlds and Guild Launch will be showcasing the BEST Guilds (major shout outs to you and your Guildmates), hosting our 1st ever Guild Contest, and releasing exclusive Guild Launch quests and item rewards. So be proactive and create your free Guild Launch account now!

Got Guild Launch Bugs, Probelms, or Issues?

Never fear, the Bug Tracker is here!

We hope that you have a flawless victory with Guild Launch, but should you encounter any problems, please send the AQW team a bug report and we will fix it as soon as we can!

Guilds 101

Need some help with your Guild inside AQWorlds? Check out the Guilds Chapter in the Lorepedia here!

As soon as time allows, I will post a video tutorial on how to create a new guild, how to invite Guildmates, show you all the perks of being in a Guild, and delve deeper into Guild Launch goodies =)

So what are you still doing reading this? Log in to AQWorlds now and prepare to take your game to the next level with Guild Launch!

Battle On!

xoxo Beleen =D

Amazing Fan Art lands a Critical Hit on the Artix Team!

The Battle Gems Fan Art Contest was a HUGE success! Undoubtedly our best contest ever!

Over 1,000 entries were submitted to @AQWContests, and it was an incredibly difficult quest to narrow down our favorites (because there were sooooo many awesome submissions)! But, alas, this was a contest, and as such, we had to select the best-of-the-best.

Aaaaaaand here they are!

Grand Prize Winner

Congratulations, Jultane_x! You won the 1st Place Grand Prize!

Jultane_x will be awarded with an exclusive Battle Gems Battle Pet for AQWorlds, the 2^nd and 3^rd place Pets, and a bonus of 1,000 AdventureCoins! Keep up the FANTASTIC work, Jultane_x!

2^nd Place Winners

Let’s give 5 rounds of applause to our five 2^nd Place Winners!

SoulKnight

Jokercard53

Pinwheel

Anoebis

Sukoi

You guys will receive the 2^nd and 3^rd place AQW Pets, plus 750 ACs! Woohoo!

3^rd Place Winners

If only we had more room in the 2^nd place category for these stellar submissions! Check ‘em out and you’ll see why!

Akkiles

Lupus the Wolf

mikejestic

DannyG64

s0shimi

Caedwyn

RATHALOS_king

Chen2812809638

Xiorus

The Lightness 

3^rd place winners will receive a Battle Gems pet in AQWorlds, 500 ACs, and serious bragging rights =)

MORE WINNERS!!!

Yes, yes. Caps lock and 3 exclamation marks are totally necessary! I bet you’re wondering how we contain so much awesomeness? Glad you asked!

Our wonderful Mods & Volunteer Staff Members created a DropBox where all the winners are posted—including runner-ups and special categories! Check out the full list with full sized photos here! 

(Note: we are working on a way to showcase all the photos, but we need your help! Should we make a YouTube video? Create a new Board on Pinterest? Add them to Facebook? Tweet your suggestions to @BeleenAE or @AQWContest!)

Super Special Thank You!

Speaking of our wonderful Mods & Volunteers… they helped collect EVERY single Battle Gems Fan Art Entry! All 1,085 of them!!! When you see them in-game, be sure to /cheer them on for a job well done =)

• Aqua Dragon Master
• Sora to Hoshi
• Tendou no mazo
• Capn Cio
• Rysox
• Gjappy
• Soki
• Ichigo Kurosaki
• Taini Flaremist
• RelaxBleu
• Asuka
• Dropju
• Eonaleth
• Gjappy
• Judge Accumen
• Morlock
• Roooooow
• Zereldo

And a super Thank You to you too!

Thank you everyone who evented the Battle Gems Fan Art Contest! Every one has amazing artistic abilities (so long as you didn’t steal your artwork!), and even if you didn’t win this contest, we are looking forward to seeing your submissions in future contests! /hugs!

On behalf of the entire Artix Entertainment Team, we are honored to have YOU as a friend, and cannot wait to see what new art you conjure up =D

Battle on, my heroes!

xoxo Beleen

AdventureQuest Worlds

• Save the Princess: Battle in Breakstone

• • Princess Tara of Swordhaven has been kidnapped by the Dread Red Dragon… and we need a Hero to save her! Help us help the Princess AND new heroes by playing through our new tutorial, then let us know what you think! 
  • High-level versions of the boss are available, too! 

• • Battle through Breakstone to save Princess Tara
  • High level challenge: Take on the Dread Red Dragon at levels 30, 45, or 60 for exclusive gear!
  • Dark Dragomancer Morph Limited time shop!

Epic Duel 

• EpicDuel Earth (Delta) Day

• • While the war in the Dread Plains comes to a conclusion, Fortune City prepares for the next round.  
  • However, the Dread War is not over and Legion could still rally back! 
  • There's a celebration in the Biological Preserve as players will have a chance to check out some Earth Day weapons created by the players Tomcat and Hatred Cuirass! 

OverSoul

• Character Release:

  • Clan Warrior
  • Clan Archer

• Other Updates:

• • AQW Characters and Monster
  • Easter Release

AdventureQuest  

• Edge of Extinction II - Facing the Darkness! 

  • You will now witness the aftermath of the war and it effects, particularly upon the Brilhado.
  • Also don’t miss the Gleaming Lt. Lore Shield coming to the Limited-Time Shop this week!

DragonFable

• Stay Tuned - Tomix is sick and Geo is working on a release for you... so it should be live Saturday :)

HeroSmash

• Fool's Day

  • Wonderp Bread created a new Fools Day cutscene
  • Paintball theme items added to Fools day shop

MechQuest

• Log in to get your DOuBLE XP and credits all weekend!

  • TGIF: Turning Gremlins Into Fixes
    • We're removing the Gremlins! 
    • Golden Steampunk models and reported weapons now scale as intended
    • Please submit any bugs you find to http://www.artix.com/bugs
      • Username: put character ID and character name here
      • Server: put location of bug here in a "planet"-"city" format

Battle On!