Design Notes

January 01, 2021

January Seasonal Set: ArchFiend OverLord

Available every year from January 1st - 31st

January is a month of new beginnings and birthdays in AQWorlds! To help ALL our heroes celebrate the new year and Nulgath's birthday, this month's seasonal set features the ArchFiend OverLord. 

January Set: ArchFiend OverLord

Starting this Tuesday at 12:01 AM EST (that's server time), unlock the ArchFiend OverLord armor and all its accessories!

There are two ways to get the gear:

1) Total package: Buy the entire set directly through the website for $9.99 USD 

2) Individually: Buy each of the individual pieces from Garek the Traveling Gear Merchant in Battleon.

The total cost to buy all of the gear individually is 5,400 ACs, so getting all the gear from the Northern Wanderers pack is a pretty sweet deal (you save 3,400 ACs).

The set includes:

• ArchFiend OverLord Armor
• 5 helms 
• 7 capes
• 7 weapons
• character page badge

Seasonal Set Details

Each month, we'll feature a new set, available only during that month every year. 

Seasonal Sets
January: ArchFiend OverLord
February: Obsidian Samurai
March: Legion Warseeker
April: Bio-War Cultist
May: Lord of the J-Sixth + Lightning Lich Lord
June: ShadowZard Mount + Rider
July: Flameborn + Underworld Summoner
August: Urban Assassins
September: Celestial Naval Commander
October: ChronoStriker
November: Harvest Hunters
December: Northern Wanderer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the same as the monthly upgrade bonus? 

Monthly upgrade bonus gear is an extra reward for buying AdventureCoin or Membership packages. Seasonal set packs are bought separately. Just like the Flame Dragon Warrior pack, you can buy the entire set directly, for one price, on our site. You can ALSO buy the individual pieces in-game.

This set will return EVERY January, so if you can't get it now, you'll have another chance in 2019, or 2020, or 2021, etc.

What if I just want ONE of the items?

You're in luck! Talk to Garek in Battleon. He'll be selling the individual pieces of the set through January 31st.

Where do I get my gear if I buy the full set through the website?

You'll find it in your Book of Lore.

January 01, 2021

Unlock the ContractKeeper of Nulgath

Upgrade to unlock the exclusive armor sets

Once you sign Nulgath the ArchFiend's contract, you become a part of his Nation. FOREVER. The ContractKeepers are the warriors who enforce that rule. Get the ContractKeeper of Nulgath upgrade bonus pack when you buy any AdventureCoin or Membership package of $10 USD or more and unlock the full set and character page badge.

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 ContractKeeper of Nulgath pack to unlock the full armor set. 

• ContractKeeper of Nulgath armor
• ContractReaper of Nulgath armor
• Blood Leech of Nulgath helm
• ContractKeeper Hood of Nulgath
• Nulgatharian Knight Hair
• Zealot Hood of Nulgath
• ContractKeeper Cape
• Contract Wings of Nulgath
• Butcher BackBlades of Nulgath
• Nulgatharian Knight
• Unidentified 13 of Nulgath Staff
• Contract Butchers of Nulgath daggers
• Excalibur of Nulgath blade
• and a character page badge

Once you've chosen the ContractKeeper of Nulgath bonus on the Account Manager page, log in and find the set's shop in the Other Achievements tab in your Book of Lore. 

40000 AC package rewards:

• ALL the ContractKeeper of Nulgath gear
• Mythic Item of Donated Awesomeness (redeem for almost any rare item in the game!)
• 15 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.

12000 AC or 12 month membership package rewards:

• ALL the ContractKeeper of Nulgath 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 Upgrade Bonus Set gear
• 5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts 
• and a character page badge

Don't miss our other upgrade bonus sets

Maybe you prefer a more... thematic Nulgath set, since January is the start of the New Year.  We've got you covered. Check out the Void ChronoKnight Upgrade Bonus Set bonus set! You'll find it now in your Account Manager.

Copper Void ChronoKnight set!

Command space and time when you become a Void ChronoKnight! Buy any AC or membership package worth $10 USD or more to unlock one of our upgrade bonus packs, then log in to your Account Manager and choose the Copper Void ChronoKnight set.

Pack Details

 Choose the Copper Void ChronoKnight pack to unlock:

• 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

Once you've chosen the Copper Void ChronoKnight set on the Account Manager page, log in and find the set's shop in the Other Achievements tab in your Book of Lore. 

Chromium Void ChronoKnight Add-On

Permanently unlock the color customizable Chromium Void Knight set when you buy the Chromium Canister for 6,000 ACs.

1. Buy any membership or AdventureCoin pack worth $10 USD or more.
2. Choose the Copper Void ChronoKnight upgrade bonus in your Account Manager.
3. Log in at www.AQ.com and find your Copper Void ChronoKnight badge shop.
4. Buy the Chromium Canister item.
5. /join battleontown and head to Vinara's Curio Shop. Click on the Chromium VoidKnight to unlock your gear.

The Chromium Void ChronoKnight set includes:

• Chromium Void ChronoKnight armor (Chromium armor is color-customizable)
• 5 helms
• 4 capes
• 10 weapons
• 3 pets

*During January 2019, the Chromium Void Knight set was available for players who purchased a 12,000 AC pack or 12 month membership. The Chromium Canister is priced to keep the total cost of the Chromium Void Knight set equivalent under our new system. This set will not be purchasable as a separate upgrade bonus.

December 31, 2020

2020 Honorable Hero Rewards

Log in to get your Honorable Hero Prize 

As a way of saying "thanks!" to the heroes who did not get muted or banned in 2020 (an even greater feat than in normal years!). In this year of unprecendented challenges, you kept your cool, followed the rules without fail, and emerged from the fires still standing strong. As an incentive for everyone to keep following the rules in 2021, we are awarding players who helped keep AdventureQuest Worlds a positive, fun, and family-friendly game!

What's an honorable hero, you ask? Good question! They are what true in-game heroes and role models are, and we want to reward them for a year's worth of good behavior... with 500 FREE AdventureCoins and a character page badge! 

Starting today, if your hero account meets the following requirements:

• Did not receive a 24 hour or longer in-game mute or ban in 2020
• Not currently disabled
• Logged in between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020
• Level 11 or higher 
• Created your account before January 1st, 2021

You've already been awarded your 500 AdventureCoins and should see your a character page badge now. 

December 30, 2020

Get 50% more FREE ACs

Our Holiday AdventureCoin Bonus is now available

NOW AVAILABLE! Get 50% more FREE bonus AdventureCoins with any Adventure or Membership package for a limited time! So if you want to get a gift for that special someone (or yourself) this is a great time to do it! And speaking of gifts... Tinsel's giftboxes open Friday, and the Honorable Hero badge arrives this week, too.

Wait...AdventureCoin Bonus?!

That's right! Several times each year, we have bonus AdventureCoin offers (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.

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

For the first time in years, we are adding a new 40,000 AdventureCoin package! Get 40,000 ACs for $99.95 and unlock your choice of upgrade bonus pack, 15x Rep, Gold, Class Points, and XP server boosts, and the new Mythic Item of Digital Awesomeness (IoDA). But while our 50% holiday bonus is on... get 60,000 ACs for $99.95!

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.

And in the spirit of the holiday season... we will award an MIoDA for every $100 USD spent on AC and membership packages* between November 18th, 2020 and 6 PM EST on December 4th, 2020. 

* Excluding the new 40k AC pack. If you bought that, you've already unlocked your MIoDA!

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

December 30, 2020

2020 is... OVER!

A Bright New Year is Waiting...

Tonight, /join newyear to replay all our holiday events and -- if you're impatient for 2021 to get here (I am pretty sure we ALL are…) take out your rage on the 2020 Ball monster. Head North from the Enter area and defeat it for a chance to get the pieces of the Name set. Battle your way through the first adventure of 2021 as you race to stop the rogue Chronomancer, Au'eir, from releasing the Chronocide and destroying time itself!

Starting tonight, you'll also be able to re-play through all our previous New Year's events in...

• newyears
• newyearlab
• darksun
• frostmane
• grimattack
• cathedral
• everfrost
• chronophoenix
• and now timeritual

Then return on Friday, January 1st for new 2021 rare drops, shop gear, our January seasonal set, and the ContractKeeper of Nulgath upgrade bonus pack! Plus, Tinsel's Giftboxes will open and the Honorable Hero 2020 character page badge arrives this week!

New Year's Rare Gear

And don't miss the New Year's 2021 Rares gear! Find the Duality Sorceress set in your Game Menu starting tonight. 

New Year's Rewards

We have 13 new holiday monster drops ready and waiting for you tonight, and another 13 arriving on January 1st! Battle the 2021 Ball Monster in /newyear and the boss in /timeritual to collect them all!

Tomorrow: "Made it Through 2020" Badge

It is January 1, 2020. Through a year of unprecedented challenges, you kept going. You didn’t stop. That’s what heroes do. 

As 2021 begins, the heroes of Lore and all of you in our video game community will battle through new adventures, face unfamiliar challenges, and achieve even greater victories the way we always have. Together. 

We had jokingly promised that you deserved a badge just for making it through the craziness of 2020. No one is laughing now, but you crossed the finish line. 

 Your badge is waiting for you. Talk to Valencia in Battleon tomorrow and complete her quest for your badge.

Happy new year, everyone, and thank you for making Artix Entertainment’s video games possible!

January 2021 Event Calendar

January is a month of new beginnings and birthdays in AQWorlds! To help ALL our heroes celebrate the new year and our many team birthdays, we’ve got a host of new events, new rewards, and new daily login gifts! 

See the full release lineup here: AdventureQuest Worlds calendar.

Daily Gift Schedule

Log in each day for a new server-wide reward item, boost, or drop rate increase.

Coming next week:

• Thursday: Party Time Twig pet
• Friday: 72 hour Gold, Rep, XP, and Class Points server boosts
• Saturday: Timeseeker Staff
• Sunday: Timeseeker Daggers

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December 30, 2020

Donated Item of Awesomeness Update

IoDA Redemption “Undo” Phase Out

Hi everyone!  This is Zohrah!  A lot of you know me as the IoDA Lady.  Today, I’ve asked Alina to post the next phase of the IoDA changes for me, but I wanted to write to you all myself.

First of all, thank you all for your support of the IoDA system.  I’m so glad that so many of you enjoy it so much!  It’s been fun and interesting helping everyone out these past 2 years!

The IoDA system was always intended to become strictly automated, player’s being able to get their own prizes, since it was conceived.  It’s had to go through some seemingly wild changes to get to that point as we tested everything, from the Wheel of Doom spin security, to how to go about automating the prize placement.

On our last update, we got the automated prize placement working and out to everyone.  At that time, we allowed a one time only Undo choice per account.  This was due to how I had previously not awarded prizes until 24 hours after the request came in, in case players changed their mind on what they wanted.  

There have never been any time limits on when you can turn these wonderful little tokens in. You have all the time you want to look at items, check the Wiki, ask your friends questions, and make a decision on what the exact item you want is.

And now for the sad news.  As of February 1, 2021, we will no longer be doing any Undo requests for items you chose.  Having to Undo prize placements was still a manual process, and we’ve found that it is not a sustainable option we can continue to offer. So just make sure you take as much time as you need to check… and double-check… (even triple-check!!!) the item you want before you choose it!  

We will still honor any requests which come in between now and January 31st, but after that, we'll begin following this new policy and will not be able to undo any mistakes.   

Please, take your time and make sure you are getting the EXACT prize you want!

I hope to see you all again soon on an even more exciting project!