Hello Realmers,

This update brings you the (almost complete) new shop experience. While we will still add new features to it, this is pretty much the new UI we wanted to present you with. Please let us know in the comments what are your thoughts on it.
You may be pleased to know that the bugs that affected the Kensei should be fixed. You can swoosh and slash at ease again. Also the new STs for the Bard, Summoner, and Kensei have started dropping. Check out the locations down below.

Here are the changes you can expect with this update:

Story of Love Campaign

This Valentine’s Day, we dream of the untold story of the King and Queen of the Shattered Kingdom. Their unfortunate fates are known today, but is anything recorded of their courtly life at the height of the Kingdom before Oryx the gladiator made his grab for power? The historians who unearthed the scrolls that told the tale of the Kingdom’s descent claim to have reason to speculate that life in the Court of the doomed Kingdom was a happy one and that the love the King and Queen had for each other may linger still… somewhere, in what remains untainted of their psyches. And, around this Festival of Love, the more romantic of these historians, mainly Knights and Paladins by trade, compose wistful poems and songs of what could’ve been. And of what remains. The Story of Love Campaign is an early experiment towards an actual Battlepass, where the real thing will of course be longer, more varied, and have free and purchased progression. Read more about it in our blog post.


Shop and Wardrobe Improvements

We continued our improvements in the UI/UX of RotMG and we are moving all purchasable items, either with Gold or with Fame, to the Shop menu, so they are easy to access and all in one place. For now, we will keep the items exposed in the Nexus and Bazaar but this might change in the future. The tabs should be very self explanatory and you can easily distinguish Mystery Boxes from Packages via the chest icon on the top-right.


To find out more about the full changes, have a look at our blog.

Romantic Realmers,
This Valentine’s Day, we dream of the untold story of the King and Queen of the Shattered Kingdom. Their unfortunate fates are known today, but is anything recorded of their courtly life at the height of the Kingdom, before Oryx the gladiator made his grab for power? The historians who unearthed the scrolls that told the tale of the Kingdom’s descent claim to have reason to speculate that life in the Court of the doomed Kingdom was a happy one and that the love the King and Queen had for each other may linger still… somewhere, in what remains untainted of their psyches. And, around this Festival of Love, the more romantic of these historians, mainly Knights and Paladins by trade, compose wistful poems and songs of what could’ve been. And of what remains.

Read the rest on our blog post

Realmers!

We wish you a most excellent Year of the Water Tiger. May it be a happy one. In honor of the Tiger, let’s go slay some Dragons.

As mentioned on Wednesday, today starts the next Community Campaign! While you might already know some of the details, here is a full rundown of everything you need to know!

Your goal during this event, which will last from January 28th until February 3rd (12 PM UTC), will be to slay 2000 Ivory Wyverns! Or the same Ivory Wyvern 2000 times, based on your perception of realmity… Depending on your prowess as a community in dragon-slaying, everyone will get a free Lunar New Year present at the end of the event. Should you manage to beat a total of 2000 Ivory Wyverins, your reward pack will contain:



Here is a breakdown of all of the tiers of rewards:

Tier 1: Community killed 400 Wyverns: Backpack, Adventurer's Belt, Lucky Clover
Tier 2: Community killed 800 Wyverns: Backpack, Adventurer's Belt, 2 Lucky Clovers, 5 Mystery Stat Pots
Tier 3: Community killed 1200 Wyverns: Backpack, Adventurer's Belt, 2 Lucky Clovers, 5 Mystery Stat Pots, Mystery Pet Skin, Mighty Quest Chest
Tier 4: Community killed 1600 Wyverns: 2 Backpacks, 2 Adventurer's Belts, 3 Lucky Clovers, 10 Mystery Stat Pots, Mystery Pet Skin, 2 Mighty Quest Chests
Tier 5: Community killed 2000 Wyverns: 2 Backpacks, 2 Adventurer's Belts, 3 Lucky Clovers, 10 Mystery Stat Pots, Zodiac Tiger Kensei Skin, Mystery Pet Skin, 3 Mighty Quest Chests

Go get 'em, tiger!

Realmers!

As always on Wednesdays, we are here to present to you our upcoming events and competitions.
There is no better time than now to start celebrating the Year of the Water Tiger! On Friday we are going to reveal our small upcoming Community Campaign. The goal? Slay enough Ivory Wyverns as a community to receive a reward pack. This pack is going to contain the following items:




But keep in mind. You only receive those items when beating enough flying chickens. In case you don't, we still have other rewards ready for you all. More on that on friday!

Events

Something we can already tell you in detail is our upcoming event in the Lair of Draconis. (Which might also be related to the campaign… FRIDAY!)

Starting Friday, 28th of January at 12PM UTC, you have a chance for some festive items in the Lair of Draconis! The Dungeon will also spawn with the Weak Boss II and XP Boost (Boss) III modifiers. The Event ends on the 3rd of February at 12PM UTC.


Lair of Draconis Drops:

Amulet of Drakefyre
Backpack
Celestial Blade
Chinese Dress Trickster Skin
Draconis Key
Fire Dragon Battle Armor
Grapes of Wrath
Helm of Draconic Dominance
Indomptable
Large Green Dragon Scale Cloth
Large Ivory Dragon Scale Cloth
Large Midnight Dragon Scale Cloth
Large Red Dragon Scale Cloth
Leaf Dragon Hide Armor
Loot Drop Potion
Loot Tier Potion
Lucky Clover
Midnight Star
Mini Nikao Pet Skin
Mystery Stat Pot
Potion of Max Level
Power Pizza
Shard of the Doorwarden
Small Green Dragon Scale Cloth
Small Ivory Dragon Scale Cloth
Small Midnight Dragon Scale Cloth
Small Red Dragon Scale Cloth
Superburger
Water Dragon Silk Robe
Wicked Dragon Wizard Skin
Wine Cellar Incantation
Zaarvox's Heart
Zodiac Dog Pet Skin
Zodiac Ox Pet Skin
Zodiac Pig Pet Skin
Zodiac Rat Pet Skin

During the same time, Rock Dragon will have the chance to drop:

Amulet of Drakefyre
Chinese Princess Warrior Skin
Helm of Draconic Dominance
Indomptable
Mini Chinese Dragon Pet Skin
Mini Paper Lantern Pet Skin
Zaarvox's Heart

Hello Realmers,

It’s the end of Oryxmas and the Nexus is now celebrating the Lunar New Year. Apart from removing everything related to Oryxmas, we are taking the chance to make a few tweaks on Dungeon Modifiers and Item forge and fix some bugs.
These are the changes you can expect:

A Blueprint that was before allowed to craft Fractured Gemstone Wakizashi, Star of Enlightenment, and Sporous Spray Spell will now only unlock Sporous Spray Spell. It is still dropped by Crystal Worm Mother and is also eventually available through the Schematics system.
Dungeon Modifiers
We have adjusted the frequency at which the S-Grade tier appears in naturally-spawned dungeons that appear very frequently in the realm (like Pirate Cave, Snake Pit, etc.). Of course, they are still possible, but they have an adjusted drop rate more adequate to the frequency in which they can be found.

‘Generous’ Dungeon Mod in Shatters was not functioning properly and it spawned the quest chest directly instead of the item, this has been fixed.

• Moon Nildrop had a problem where it didn’t buff your nearby allies, it behaves correctly now
  
• Tweaked the time with idle animations on the skins Grandma Necromancer; Cozy Blanket Sorcerer; Oryxmas Treeckster and Grandpa Paladin
  
• Fixed alignment for the idle animations of Grandma Necromancer, Grandpa Paladin and Cozy Blanket Sorcerer, as well as for their sprites in places in the UI
  
• Fixed a bug that caused changes not to take place immediately when the player tried to change options such as "Enemy Damage Text".
  
• Fixed a bug where, on rare occasions, Exalted Oryx would not transition correctly to his final phase if too much damage was applied during the Tornado phase.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused the tooltip to remain on the cursor until the player hovered over a new item when hovering over rewards in the campaign and trying to close by pressing the ESC key.
  
• Lady of Locks Ninja, Miss Shamrock Wizard, and Cozy Blanket Sorcerer are now displaying correctly in the down attack animation.

• The dye mask of Pearl Moon Kensei Skin now appears properly in attacking downwards and upwards animations
  
• Dye/cloth mask now applies to the Lil' Carrot Ninja and Season Spring Huntress skins
  
• One hair pixel was overridden by a dye/cloth mask on Red Prismed Trickster skin
  
• Shortened Supermodel of Swordsmanship Kensei Skin's name

• Added information on how much time is left until the end of event quests
  
• Maxed stat should be displayed properly in all cases
  
• Some stability and performance improvements
  
• Defeating The Forgotten King in Shatters dungeon with Generous mod active is spawning the quest chest directly instead of dropping it in a bag.
  
• Magic potions cannot be consumed while a player is under Quiet effect or when they use the ability.
  
• Volcanic Sheath, Spider Shuriken, and Davy's Sheath are now tradable.
  
• Axolotl Pet Skin is now appearing under Exotic family in the pet wardrobe
  
• Snowman's Sheath and Great Shinobi Sheath now both cost 125 mana
  
• Added the Wand of the Fallen and the Orb of Aether to the Mountain Temple treasure room.

We gave a new meaning to Crystals of Fortune so you can get a chance to get a random skin from Basic to Exalted for cheaper. The Mystery Skin item will give you an equal chance to get one skin from all skins in the game( excluding ones deemed exclusive). You will be able to exchange 3 X 20 Crystals of Fortune at the Tinkerer for a Mystery Skin and try your luck again.

We are planning to update the Mystery [Class] Skins pool soon, so you can also exchange Crystals of Fortune for your preferred class Mystery Skin or some selected skins that will rotate from time to time. Also, we are working on a system to make usage out of repeatable skins. Let’s know if you have any ideas or feedback.

Check out the New Cloths and New Skins.

Realmers!

While Oryxmas is slowly coming to an end and you just have some time left to finish your endeavors, here is a quick reminder on our events that are currently running or coming up.
Events
We have a chest event currently running in Davy Jones' Locker!
The event ends at 12PM UTC on the 15th of January.

The Oryxmas spirit is still going strong. Oryx's Sanctuary is still going to be unlocked until the 18th of January, 12:00 PM UTC.

Did someone say “Chest Event” in the Cursed Library with Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skins?
The event ends at 12PM UTC on the 15th of January.

Starting on the 13th of January 12PM UTC until the 18th of January, 12:00PM UTC we are running another Chest Event! But this time in O3!



Davy Jones Locker drops:

Adventurer's Belt
Amaranth Nildrop
Aquarius Pet Skin
Archer Mystery Skin
Azure Nildrop
Backpack
Captain's Ring
Christmas Tree Cupcake
Christmas Turkey Leg
Davy's Key
Ghostly Prism
Glazed Apple
Loot Drop Potion
Loot Tier Potion
Lucky Clover
Mini Whale Pet Skin
Mystery Cloth (Large)
Mystery Cloth (Small)
Mystery Dye (Accessory)
Mystery Dye (Clothing)
Mystery Stat Pot
Naval Uniform
Necro of Christmas Yet-to-Come Skin
Potion of Attack (SB)
Potion of Max Level
Potion of Wisdom (SB)
Quartermaster Scabbard
Quiver of Shrieking Specters
Revenant Ring
Shard of the Doorwarden x1
Spectral Cloth Armor
Spirit Dagger
Swashbuckler's Sickle
Wine Cellar Incantation



Cursed Library drops:

Adventurer's Belt
Amaranth Nildrop
Armored Orc Pet Skin
Azure Nildrop
Backpack
Celtic Spearwoman Paladin Skin
Christmas Tree Cupcake
Christmas Turkey Leg
Corruption Cutter
Cursed Library Key
Deathless Crossbow
Glazed Apple
Loot Drop Potion
Loot Tier Potion
Lucky Clover
Mystery Cloth (Large)
Mystery Cloth (Small)
Mystery Dye (Accessory)
Mystery Dye (Clothing)
Mystery Stat Pot
Necronomicon
Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skin
Playful Spirit Summoner Skin
Potion of Attack (SB)
Potion of Max Level
Potion of Wisdom (SB)
Ronin's Wakizashi
Scholar's Seal
Shard of the Doorwarden x1
Wine Cellar Incantation
Wizard Mystery Skin
Wraith's Brigandine


Oryx’s Sanctuary drops:

Angel's Fanfare
Avarice
Backpack
Ballistic Star
Battalion Banner
Centaur's Shielding
Chancellor's Cranium
Chaotic Scripture
Collector's Monocle
Diplomatic Robe
Divine Coronation
Divinity
Enforcer
Exalted God's Horn
Gambler's Fate
Genesis Spell
Gladiator Guard
Greater Potion of Life
Greater Potion of Mana
Harmonious Harp
Heavenly Halo
Helmet Rune
Large Plate Cloth
Large Sanctuary Cloth
Large Steel Cloth
Legendary Mystery Skin
Loot Drop Potion
Loot Tier Potion
Lucky Clover
Lumiaire
Mystery Cloth (Large)
Mystery Cloth (Small)
Mystery Dye (Accessory)
Mystery Dye (Clothing)
Mystery Stat Pot
Night Elf Summoner Skin
Oryx's Escutcheon
Potion of Max Level
Shard of the Doorwarden x1
Shield Rune
Small Plate Cloth
Small Sanctuary Cloth
Small Steel Cloth
Superior
Sword Rune
Turncoat Cape
Vesture of Duality
Wine Cellar Incantation
Wings of Sanctity

Realmers,
This weekend we are opening the gates of the Sanctuary and placing them in the Nexus (of the testing server) for you to practice your O3s. Why practice? Because next week, starting on Tuesday, the 11th, at 12 PM UTC, and until the 18th at the same time, you won’t need runes to enter the Sanctuary on production.

Yes, a whole week of “free” O3s on production is coming. So start training now on the testing server. All you need to do is to select “Testing” from the upper right launcher menu. Remember: if you don’t have a Testing account you’ll need to create one. Your regular production account will not be of any use there.

• Maxed stat should be displayed properly in all cases
  
• Some stability and performance improvements
  
• Removing Oryxmas event
  
• Enemy Damage Text on NPC and XP Gain on user should appear correctly (Realm and dungeons) at all times.
  
• Mana potion cannot be consumed while a player is under Quiet effect or when they use the ability
  
• New Cosmetics

Check out the blog to see the new cosmetics available for testing.

Realmers!

A new year has started and it is time for us to tell you about our upcoming events in January. While we have already announced and told you some stuff about them, here is a quick reminder regarding next week's events. Go check out our event calendar to stay up to date.

Events

Starting on January 10th, we have a chest event coming up in Davy Jones' Locker!
The event starts at 12 PM UTC and ends on the 15th of January at the same time.

The Oryxmas spirit hasn’t left the building yet, so we decided to start the year with a treat: unlocking Oryx's Sanctuary from the 11th of January, 12:00 PM UTC until the 18th of January, 12:00 PM UTC.

The Cursed Library is going to have another Chest Event with Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skins.
The event starts at 12 PM UTC on the 13th and ends on the 15th of January at the same time.



Davy Jones Locker drops:

Adventurer's Belt
Amaranth Nildrop
Aquarius Pet Skin
Archer Mystery Skin
Azure Nildrop
Backpack
Captain's Ring
Christmas Tree Cupcake
Christmas Turkey Leg
Davy's Key
Ghostly Prism
Glazed Apple
Loot Drop Potion
Loot Tier Potion
Lucky Clover
Mini Whale Pet Skin
Mystery Cloth (Large)
Mystery Cloth (Small)
Mystery Dye (Accessory)
Mystery Dye (Clothing)
Mystery Stat Pot
Naval Uniform
Necro of Christmas Yet-to-Come Skin
Potion of Attack (SB)
Potion of Max Level
Potion of Wisdom (SB)
Quartermaster Scabbard
Quiver of Shrieking Specters
Revenant Ring
Shard of the Doorwarden x1
Spectral Cloth Armor
Spirit Dagger
Swashbuckler's Sickle
Wine Cellar Incantation



Cursed Library drops:

Adventurer's Belt
Amaranth Nildrop
Armored Orc Pet Skin
Azure Nildrop
Backpack
Celtic Spearwoman Paladin Skin
Christmas Tree Cupcake
Christmas Turkey Leg
Corruption Cutter
Cursed Library Key
Deathless Crossbow
Glazed Apple
Loot Drop Potion
Loot Tier Potion
Lucky Clover
Mystery Cloth (Large)
Mystery Cloth (Small)
Mystery Dye (Accessory)
Mystery Dye (Clothing)
Mystery Stat Pot
Necronomicon
Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skin
Playful Spirit Summoner Skin
Potion of Attack (SB)
Potion of Max Level
Potion of Wisdom (SB)
Ronin's Wakizashi
Scholar's Seal
Shard of the Doorwarden x1
Wine Cellar Incantation
Wizard Mystery Skin
Wraith's Brigandine

Hello Realmers,

Can you see this paragraph? You can because our transparency is set to 100%. Yes, we have much-awaited news about this in these release notes. Apart from that QOL improvement, it is mainly a release that aims at bug fixes and small changes. Enjoy!

• Jack Frost has returned! Go collect his parts and put them together on the snow patches in the mountains.
  
• The Snowman Gods in the mountains will drop Snowman Body, as well as different Carrots, Coals and Top Hats. Activate the Body first on the snow patch (marked blue on your map), and then build your own icy horror.
  
• Jack Frost drops Oryxmas UT Weapons.
  
• Buffs from Reindeer Reins have been activated.

• You are now able to set the opacity down to 10% directly from the options menu
  
• Skin Fixes
  
• The Dye Mask of the Graceful Kensei Skin is now appearing properly in its front and side attack and side walk frames.
  
• Changed the Tier of the Graceful Kensei Skin from Superior to the correct Greater.

• Fixed an issue with certain items requiring the wrong mark while crafting.

The following items now require Mark of the Forgotten King:

• Warmonger
  
• Dusky Catalyst
  
• Valor
  
• Primal Arcana
  
• Sentinel's Sidearm
  
• Polarity Poison
  
• Noble Mandolin
  
• Vanguard's Visage
  
• Peacekeeper

• The Forgotten Craftsmanship quest is therefore back to its intended rotation pre-bug discovery.
  
• Fixed a problem with quicksand, sinking the character quicker than normal in the Tomb of the Ancients and the Ancient Ruins.
  
• Permafrost Lord now has correct messages in chat after defeating him.

He’s one of the most joyful members of the community. You can find him streaming on Twitch and here, in this interview. Meed Deivian aka Deiviamos.

Deivian, Finland, 35 (born 1985)

I wish it would be one day. My day job is to be working in a small factory as a foreman + IT specialist who keeps all computer/network status as it should be in the company.

Wow, any hidden talents uuum… First skill: I can whistle very loud. Second: I am “always” happy :).

(...)

Read the rest of the interview at the blog