Every day you log in and join us in AdventureQuest 3D, you get a free treasure chest to open! Now there are even more items for you to discover including the new ones pictured above. Xur's Curse is one of our favorite new items you can score. There are two versions: one you can wield and a pet that floats and follows you. Both feature a creepy animated eyeball.



Wielded by a treacherous and deceptive rogue, legend says that Xur's Bane was the dagger which did Xur in. She was the only one who could get close enough to kill Xur. Others tried, oh, so many tried. But Xur's sword was all seeing, for at the center of its hilt is an inhuman, glaring eye.



If that horrifying blade had a name, it has been lost to history. Now the sword is simply known as Xur's Curse. It foresaw every attack, giving Xur an unstoppable advantage. Until, of course, the rogue appeared. Beguiled by her beauty and skill, Xur took her on as an apprentice. She got close to Xur... too close.

As Xur laid in bed, dying from her dagger wound, he looked into his apprentice's eyes and said, "Thank you... for freeing me from the sword..."

She must have lived long enough to tell that tale but after that, no one knew what happened to the rogue or the two weapons.

Until today.



Darkon has set up shop in town. He will only be around for a little while longer selling his suspicious "debris." He seems to have a few new ones you should check out... if you dare.


Watch the results last week's Artix Game Jam on Youtube! The last project is a fun upcoming surprise for AdventureQuest 3D :D


The Grim Reaper of Death has chosen you as his Champion (Lucky you!). Your unique abilities & skills make you the only one capable of solving the mystery of the elusive rune portal (which technically you have not seen yet... but it's coming) and using the ancient power within to defeat Vane and his pantheon of twisted villains.

Are you chomping at the bit to take on our world's new story? Do you want to explore the new Town of Battleon? Will you survive the new DoomWood? Or... will you enter the Tower of Necromancy and learn the dark arts for yourself?

Thank you for supporting our ongoing development. Our world is going to explode in size in 2019. Follow our progress by reading our anything-goes Design Notes each day at www.AQ3D.com.

Battle on!
Artix & the AdventureQuest 3D

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https://twitter.com/ArtixKrieger/status/1084298517760430080

Ever wonder why AdventureQuest 3D versions have so many numbers and periods? Me too. But this update is definitely the most "point five-iest" of them all.

• New Random Adventures!
  
• New Craft-able items (Use the battle gems you get from random adventures)
  
• Fixed that issue where your Daily Chest would not load properly (It was leaving the Chest unopened and still in your inventory.)
  
• Fixed that issue where fishing nodes could get stuck and stop working. (Go fish?)
  
• Fixed fullscreen images on certain resolutions where the close button was cut off.
  
• The item panel on a Dungeon Load screen will no longer be duplicated by triggering it multiple times.
  
• Gravity should now apply immediately on moving platforms (again).

Also, you can now craft these item's at Cyseros Forge from doing the random adventures.


One of our Ninja Warrior friends is using AQ3D to film his submission video... you can check out the full design notes post at
https://aq3d.com/news/reko_ninjawarrior/


My favorite new random adventure is the bar fight in yulgar's inn. Technically you can just stand back and let them punch each other to victory.


We were able to bring back a lot of our previous "orphaned" areas in this release. Places like Dragonwatch Keep that are no longer in the game will appear in the random rotation.



We did a thing last week! Read about it here...
http://www.artix.com/posts/gamejam2019/

Introducing Darkon-- former hero turned artifact collector. It has become a yearly tradition to sell off the dregs of his immense collection to make room for more valuable pieces. Good new for you. Until you look at the price tag at least. What the heck is Darkon thinking? ...and something feels "unusual" about these items he is peddling.



Do you wish you could look more warrior-y, or mage-y, or rogue-y? Well now you can! Visit the class trainer shop and take on some quests to earn new class specific armor. Disclaimer: Side effects may include: big mage hat, masked rogue hood, winged warrior helm, and a rash in the armpits and unspeakable places. Check with your healer if trainer class quests are right for you.



Dage is famous for his dark and evil items... but it turns out he's not too shabby at making elegant & deadly things too. You will be able to craft these in next week's release-- which will add new random adventures to the travel crystal. Which is also, let's face it, is a filler quest week while the team participates in next week's game jam. #transparency



Check out the post I made for you that is filled to Llusions concept art of the upcoming Kingdom of Battleon. This is an important part of the bigger world of Lore we will be building together this year.
https://aq3d.com/news/kingdomofbattleon2019/



You can collect and switch between classes in AdventureQuest 3D. In testing now, is the system that will allow you to rank your class up. When you hit rank 10, you will unlock a "Cross Skill". This is a special skill that you can equip to any class. Read more about it at...
https://aq3d.com/news/classranksandcrossskills/



Hope your year is off to an amazing start. I posted a youtube video of the fireworks thingy we did on New Year's eve. If you missed it, or liked it, then good news-- I want to do a lot more events like this. On this topic, ff you are doing the New Year's resolution, be sure to check out the lengthy "ghoul setting" guide I posted for you. The undead slaying Paladin themed video game motivational success planning post you never knew you needed. See you in game!

Battle on!
Artix & the AdventureQuest 3D Team

P.S. MJ from MassivelyOverpowered is visiting the lab this weekend.
P.S.S. Ninja Warrior competitor Reko Rivera asked for our help building his submission video this year with segments of AdventureQuest 3D footage.

If you missed our hourly mini-live fireworks events on New Years, I put together a little fireworks youtube video for you. The fireworks Xero made were beautiful! A lot of players have been messaging me about doing more events like this... sounds like a plan to me! - Artix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxoob5cfbyc

For the full story and some of the things I use for goal setting, be sure to check out the "Ghoul Setting" post on AQ3D's website.

This year, we will be building a much bigger world of Lore together in AdventureQuest 3D.



In our previous games, the Town of Battleon has been a small town near a cross roads. How about an upgrade?



There are two notable things about our home town. First, Heroes seeking adventure, fame, and fortune are drawn to it... mostly because it is located smack dab in middle of our worlds most monster turbulent areas. Second, it is home to the Guardians... the sworn defenders of our world. The Guardian Tower has always been the central focal point of our town.



Llusion created concept drawings of our town as a Kingdom. A massive upgrade bringing stone roads, new shops, and even protective bridges leading outside of town.



The town square is re-imagined around the travel crystal (we actually have a different one not pictured here for spoiler reasons). The town would be split into several sections allowing it to be more dense with activity... npcs walking the streeths, outside seating like in Lolosia, and easier to access shops. And a lot.. more shops.



2019 is going to be a very interesting year. Battleon is the central hub of a large number of new areas (and revamped existing areas) coming in AdventureQuest 3D. Along with this we are designing our world map and re-doing how familiar areas are connected.

Here is an earlier concept without the town walls... which is decidedly less kingdom-like. In posting these screen shots it may appear that we have everything completely figured out. But other than creating assets we have not laid any bricks yet so if you have great ideas for what you really want in town (you know, when you come home from your adventures), this is a great place to let us know.

• Should the Kingdom of Battleon to have have a Castle and King? (Separate from Guardian Tower)
• Should you be able to enter every building you can walk to?
• What shops are the MOST vital -- the ones that should be in town square (Bank, Forge, Petshop, etc?)

Firework monsters are in town for a limit time which drop... fireworks!




There are barrels of fireworks walking around town... actually, they are Party Sneevils. Wack the barrel to unleash the chaos! They drop fireworks and defenders medals.




It is also Artix's birthday... so you know what he will be doing on his special day off. Logging into AdventureQuest 3D every few hours to do spontaneous live events to bring in the New Year of course!




Be sure to grab your daily Treasure Chest reward when you log in. You might get one of the new items we added including Thor's hammer, the Holly Knight set, and more.




Come join us in game as we celebrate, kapow-splody stuffs, and bring in the New Year. Comment below with your favorite memories, AdventureQuest 3D releases, items, parkour maps, live streams (Korin?), weirder design notes, live events... or whatever moments you can think of that gave you a little smile in 2018.

Be sure to check the design notes on https://www.AQ3D.com tomorrow for the VERY first post of 2019!

We have just added several brand new items to the daily login reward Treasure Chests, but some of them wonl be around forever.


These items will be leaving end of February, 2019.

• Holly Knight Sword - crackling with holiday spirit
• Gingerbread Pet - In case you get hungry on the run.
• Ice Mist Cape - Flowing sheets of frost cascading down your back with a layer on icy mist on top.

These items will be leaving end of February, 2019.

• Holly Knight Armor - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).
• Holly Knight Helm - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).
• Holly Knight Shoulders - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).
• Holly Knight Cape - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).
• Holly Knight Gloves - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).
• Holly Knight Boots - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).
• Holly Knight Belt - (Seasonal, leaving end of Feb).

These Asgardian items are permanent additions to the Treasure Chest items.

• Hel's Scythe - Weapon of the ruler of the Asgardian underworld.
• Loki's Dagger - Weapon of the Asgardian trickster god.
• Odin's Spear - Weapon of the All-Father, leader of the Aesir.
• Thor's Hammer - Weapon of the God of Thunder, protector of Asgard.

You have two full months to get any of the new seasonal items out of your Daily Login Reward Treasure Chests with a better chance at the end of 7 days and your best chance at the end of a 28 day login streak. You can also use your Treasure Shards to buy specific items in that time.

If you don't get what you want, don't sweat it. These seasonals will be returning next year and every Frostval season from here on out.

Battleon is getting ready to blow you away with an explosive end of the year party.

Because fireworks blow up. Geddit?

Around New Years Eve, the Party Sneevil will arrive in Battleon and shoot of a massive fireworks show every time you defeat him. He will also drop a number of consumable fireworks that you can shoot off or save up for your own celebration!

It'll be a ... blast.

Sorry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_igAkPKu_4&feature=youtu.be

Enter the Frost Castle. Yes, the one you could see in the skyline of Frostvale. But beware... *the rest of the note is torn, bitten, and shredded by giant monster teeth*



"He knows if you've been naughty or ice."
All three parts of our wintery event are now live. Explore the moglin-filled town of Frostvale, play the special events from previous years, and at long last... enter the looming Frostlorn Castle.



Centered around the idea of letting a Frostlorn Necromancer reanimate gingerbread cookies & toy soldiers, this collection features two 160% speed travel form, a ton of new items, special RARE badge and title, "The Sleigher". Talk to Blizzy in town to get the items separately-- or, get the ENTIRE Frostval 2018 Collection which includes permanent access to the items which frees up your inventory space and saves you over 50% (Save 7,900 DCs). This is also a great way to support AdventureQuest 3D's ongoing development and new releases.

The Collection Includes

• Title "The Sleigher"
  
• Rare Character Page Badge
  
• Blizzy's Gift - 160% speed Blizzy Travel Form
  
• Gingerbread Person- 160% speed Gingerbread Person Travel Form
  
• Long Red Frostval Hat
  
• Full item Set - Frostlorn Necromancer
  
• Full item Set - Toy Soldier & horrifying head morph
  
• Full item Set - Gingerbread & equally horrifying head morph
  
• Frostlorn Necromancer's Frost Dragonskull staff
  
• Tangled Lights Cape- wraps lights around your body
  
• Wreath On Your Back
  
• Wreath Chakram

Players with verified email addresses were just given a red Vampragon pet, the Doomhero Scythe, and also 250 more Dragon Crystals. Did you just miss out? You can verify your email in the account section of https://www.AQ3D.com to get your reward. Please note I only write you an email once a week and just like our other games, we never, ever, give or sell your email to anyone else.



Next week new seasonal items are being added to the the Treasure Chests. Then... on New Year's Eve, we'll be running a special event to bring in the new year with a kabang! :D Hope to see you in game.

On behalf of all of us here at Artix Entertainment, we wish you & your family fun, safe, and adventure filled holidays.

Battle on!
Artix & The AdventureQuest 3D Team