Sunday 30 August 2009

Battle The Chaos Lord Vath


This boss fight requires 4-5 players. First, all attack stalagbite, when he's dead, attack Vath. Vath reduces your weapon damage alot (my weapon only does around 10-15 damage each time!) So be warned. There is a high chance that you'll get a drop as Vath drops 9 items:

  1. Chaos Dragonlord Armor
  2. Legendary Sword of Dragon Control
  3. Shattered Legendary Sword of Dragon Control
  4. Cloak of Vath (Color Customizable)
  5. Chaos Dragonlord Helm
  6. Chaos Dragonlord Axe
  7. Chaos Dragonlord Mace
  8. Chaotic Dragon Lance
  9. Vath's Hair
And Stalagbite drops a Mini-Stalagbite


Now, The design notes

Reens
Alchemical Bug Wrangler

August 29th, 2009
Bugs and other fun.
This is the way we squash the bugs...
Good news everyone! The bug with the minigame (free players not being able to advance after the minigame) has been fixed. You should be able to finish it up properly now.

Bank and Inventory Issues: 1. Some people have been posting about losing bag slots. What is happening is this - empty bag slots are no longer visible. Say you have 40 slots purchased, but items in 35 of them. You'll only see those 35. You haven't lost the other 5 - you can add items to them as necessary.

2. People are putting in AC items and are unable to find them in the bank. As you can see below, the bank now has 2 tabs. Click on the AC symbol to see your AC items.


2 Tabs in your Bank


Early release? Whatchoo wanna do?
New Skids On The Sock.

August 28th, 2009
Stragegery.
Fight With Your Head First. No. Don't Headbutt Him... Nevermind.
Vath is ready for you... or so he thinks.

Vath Bloodbath

Or maybe he's right.

This boss fight is unlike anything you've seen in AQ Worlds before. it requires a STRATEGY... I don't want to give away too much, but I will tell you this: If you find yourself getting stomped to death by Stalagbite for 3600 damage, UR DOIN IT WRONG!

With quick wits, good old-fashioned trial and error and a pinch of luck... you'll be able to figure it out. Don't give up! The dwarves are counting on you.

If you defeat Vath the dwarves will be waiting for you in Tavern. Speak to Snowbeard and you will be able to replay every single amazing cutscene from the entire Dwarfhold Quest Chain!

Vath is a Pinata. Hit him enough and candy will fall out. He will drop:

  1. Chaos Dragonlord Armor
  2. Legendary Sword of Dragon Control
  3. Shattered Legendary Sword of Dragon Control
  4. Cloak of Vath (Yeah, it's Color Customizable)
  5. Chaos Dragonlord Helm
  6. Chaos Dragonlord Axe
  7. Chaos Dragonlord Mace
  8. Chaotic Dragon Lance
  9. Vath's Hair

And Stalagbite drops a mini version of himself. The Stalagbite Pet.

Then, we've got the new additions to the Player Suggestion Shop, in Yulgar's Inn. (Just talk to Yulgar)

  1. AQW Player Dage666's Undead Warrior Armor
  2. AQW Player Dage666's Undead Warrior Armet (Helm)
  3. AQW Player Titanio's Sword
  4. AQW Player Rohan's Hashashin Armor
  5. AQW Player Rohan's Armored Hashashin Armor
  6. AQW Player Lavitz's Viking Armor

And lastly I am proud to announce that the BANK IS NOW FREE FOR ANY AC ITEM! Starting today, you can drop any AdventureCoin item into your bank for FREE, and it will hold an INFINITE number of AC items. If ytou want to use the bank for normal Items you still need to pay the initial 200 AC fee for your first 20 normal inventory spaces, AC items will slip right past that. If you want you can JUST use the bank to store your AC items and never pay a single AC for space.

This Bank upgrade is for ALL players, member and non-member alike.

To access your Bank, just talk to Valencia in Battleon, click the BANK button and just start moving Adventure Coin items into storage!

You will now see 2 tabs in your bank...

One is for your normal items and the other is for your AC items!

Vath showdown for members, Last week's Rock Roc fight and minigame released for non-members, New cutscenes with music and sound effects, a HUGE number of items dropping fron Vath (some member and some non-member), A Stalagbite Pet, A number of new additions to the Suggestion Shop (Some AC, some member and some non-member), and the FREE AC BANK upgrade this is by far the largest update that AQW has EVER SEEN!

Have fun with Vath and Stalagbite, guys. Good luck. You're going to need it.

Friday 28 August 2009

Piles

August 27th, 2009
Piles.
It Seems To Be A Law Of Nature.
Things always seem to happen in piles. Sometimes it's bad things (You dog runs off with your homework, your cell phone company charges you for talking 2,761,131.3 minutes more than you actually talked, you step in a puddle, you accidentally shave off an eyebrow, the puddle comes back for revenge, your computer runs off with your dog and your dinner tries to eat you), and sometimes it's AWESOME things...

This seems to be one of those times for us. The good kind.

This weekend the non-members get to fight the Rock Roc, while the members face down Chaos Dragonlord Vath with his extremely large number of item drops (His armor, 2 versiosn of his sword, Chaos drow cloak, Chaos Dragonlord helm, Chaos Dragonlord mace Chaos Dragonlance, Stalagbite pet.... pretty sure he's even dropping his hairstyle).

We are also adding 5 or 6 new items to the Player Suggestion shop in Yulgar's Inn.

thankyouver'much

That Armored Hashasin Armor makes me look like a rhinestone Elvis... but how is that a bad thing?! There will be 4 new armors, 1 new sword and possibly a new helm. These new items were thought up and suggested by players just like you on our suggestion forums, and brought into AdventureQuest Worlds!

Got an idea for an item or armor? The AQW Suggestion Forumis the place to let us know about it!

On top of all that, this week Mechquest is releasing its Dragonguard Bonus Packages for Veteran Star Captains!

Then next week, we've got Dragoncon in Atlanta, GA where we will be hosting a live panel on AQW and the other AE games, meeting some old friends (Stratos, Shawn and Violet), meeting new players, giving out prizes like the Sock Dragon pet and releasing the AQW Good and Evil rep shops, opening the Vath fight for ALL AQW players and the making the DragonFable Doom Knight Bonus Offer live for veteran Dragonlords in DragonFable!

I just tried to read that run-on sentence out loud and ran out of breath. Nice.

I'm going to test the Vath battle, now. Later.

Upgrade Cards in UK and Canada

Hey UK and CANADA!
Got some good news for ya.
Starting in October, you will be able to buy our Artix Entertainment Upgrade Cards in both the UK and Canada!

I don't have a list of the stores yet but as soon as I do i'll post them here for ya.

Let's see, what else...? Oh, I can show you the Chaos Evolved Dragonlord Armor.

CEDL Armor

Vath WILL drop this, it WILL be for members only (so will both swords shown) and it WILL go live this week during the member preview of the battle aginst Chaos Dragonlord Vath!

No, you can't have Beleen's chinchilla pet. (correction: she said you CAN but she's only selling it for 1 day on her birthday, Dec 14th)

No, you can't be a mod.

No, that's not cheese in the background, it's lava. Dragon + Rocks =/= cheese.

Check out the AQW General Discussion Forums for a list of what ELSE Vath and Stalagbite will drop for members and non-members!

Artix is back in the lab and he says HI to everyone *Artix: /wave*. I'm sure he'll want his design notes back pretty soon.

He also says that Ballyhoo in the originial AQ is feeling neglected. Could you go show her some love? She's still giving away Z-tokens and she will keep giving them away, but she needs people to watch her ads so advertisers will keep paying for those Z-tokens for her to give away.

It's a viscious cycle of free stuff.

INFINITE AC BANK!

August 25th, 2009
INFINITE AC BANK! And muffins.
Actually Cupcakes.
HAHAHAHA! I have direct access to the AQW design notes now! No more handing over a well written DNs post to Ai No Miko to post for me!

Let's talk. It's been a while. How have you been?

Oh, I guess you can't answer. Ok, let's talk about something else.

How about AC items. You guys know that Adventure Coins are real money. You can earn and spend as much gold as you like and it has no real effect on AQW but every AC that you spend goes to supporting the game, paying for the servers, paying for the bandwidth and supporting the staff who makes the games so we can dedicate all of our professional time to making you more releases and instead of all of us getting second (or in some cases third) jobs at Fatburger. I mean, I think it would be awesome if AE ran it's own Fatburger and we all worked there, but the less I have to make fast food the happier I am.

Sorry, back to Adventure Coins.

As I was saying, you spend REAL money on ACs and that money all goes to supporting the game, and inventory space is limited for cost reasons BUT AC INVENTORY doesn't have to be. You already spent the money to support the game. We don't want you to have to pick and choose which AC items to save or delete... we don't want you to delete ANY of them... they cost you real cash! SO... here's what we're going to do.

Very soon, the bank will be able to hold an UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF AC ITEMS! This upgrade to your bank will cost you no additional ACs. It comes with the Bank. This upgrade to your bank is for everyone, member and non-member alike.

If you haven't opened your bank yet talk to Valencia in Battleon.

Where Valencia Is

As soon as this update happens (maybe this Friday, maybe not... but soon) ...if you decide to buy every single AC item in the entire game then you will be able to fit ALL of them in your bank. AC weapons, AC Armors, AC helms, AC Cloaks, AC Pets... AC ANYTHING.

This was only fair to you guys. We really appreciate all of your support, without member support AND AC support, AQW would never make it. We love this game, and we love you being able to play it... thanks for keeping it alive and going strong!

On to Cupcakes. One of my very best friends, who has been since my first month of college (she broke my watch) and she and her entire family play AQW. I hang out with them in game when I can because they live 4 hours away and I don't get to see them much in real life but LAST WEEKEND they all came to visit. She is good at a lot of things but she cooks like nobody's business (Actually she cooks like it's HER business. Because it IS her business. She runs a catering business) and she made me cupcakes.

Oooooh cupcakes.

Now, MOST cupcakes are pretty good. It's hard to mess up cupcakes, but THESE were SERIOUS cupcakes. The cakes themselves had berries, and they were moist and perfect but the frosting... it was some sort of magical mixture made of confectioner's sugar, cream cheese, raspberry jam and love. I've never tasted anything like it.

Normally my fiancee and I share everything. When we share something I always save the last bite of it for her. She does the same for me. We obviously encounter some problems in that respect. We end up with a lot of "last bites" sitting around. But these magical cupcakes had a different effect on us. We fought over the last one.

I mean fought.

She hit me with a chair. I was forced to turn a fire hose on her. She drove her car through a wall to cut me off on my way to the kitchen. I threw a shark at her. She blew up the sun. It was a MESS.

Man those were some good cupcakes.

So, how about that AC bank, huh?


Sunday 23 August 2009

The Dwarf war

Dwarves vs. Drow: the War begins!

As if taking down a massively foul Fowl isn’t dangerous enough, Dwarves have declared War against the Drow! Dwarfhold Mountains belong to the Dwarves and you and your friends must do everything in your power to see that their home is returned! But Wars are no picnics (if they were, everyone would be a lot happier!); the Drow have called their comrades to battle as well! Taking down Chaos Draconians amongst the Drow is not going to be an easy task… especially since Vath's most trusted general, D'wain Jonsen the King Scorpion Lord, is leading the crusade! YIPES!

The war features a new shop (id 84) which will probally never be available again unless you enter this in an aqw trainer:%xt%zm%loadShop%4%84% .Anyway here are the new items:

  • Red Dwarf Warrior Armor:

  • Description:The scent of vindaloo hangs heavy in the air around you
  • Price: 25,000 Gold
  • Sell: 6,250 Gold
  • Member Only: Yes

Dwarf Warrior

Description:Standard dwarven armor

  • Price: 40,000 Gold
  • Sell: 10,000 Gold
  • Member Only: No

Scorpion Spear

Description:This weapon is made from left-over scorpion parts. It is resourceful and powerful!

  • Price: 10,000 Gold
  • Sell: 2.500 Gold
  • Member Only: Yes
A post about the new minigame and stuff will come soon

Wednesday 19 August 2009

Awww

August 17th, 2009
Stats, PvP, New Classes and Level Cap Raises...
So What's The Hold Up?
Hi Guys,
I just wanted to let you know what is going on and why we haven't told you about all the progress that we've been making toward our goals.

It's because there hasn't been any.

That's not actually true but the truth is less fun to say.

It all comes down to Stats. Needless to say giving your character stat points that effect your HP, Mana, Damage, Crit, Hit, Miss and other attributes will change the game in very dramatic way. Your build will become a very large part of who you are and how you play your classes.

It will also create a lot of problems. How do we gap the level differences when your friend makes a new character and wants to play with your uber, maxed-out, top-shelf, godlike character? How can you stick with one build when you can change classes at the drop of a hat? Do we let you rebuild your character every time you change clothes? These are only a few of the several very large roadblocks that have stopped up from beginning member-only testing of Stats.

Which stops us from doing everything else.

Stats will have a HUGE effect on Player Versus Player (PvP) combat... how long you survive in a fight with another player, how much you can heal yourself, maybe your attack speed, maybe how often you crit on another player, maybe how often you resist crits. Until stats are finished and released we can't move forward on PvP.

How about some new classes, then? *sigh* Those depends on stats too. Every new skill has to be balanced so that no new class is redonkulously overpowered compared to the others. Creating a new class takes some serious effort and thought as well as testing and If we made a new one now, we'd spend a week or more balancing it out only to have to REbalance it when stats are released, along with all the existing classes, which would mean it would take longer to get to YOU. Until stats are released we're stuck there too.

Ok then, Can you just raise the level cap by 10 or even 5? *cries* We can't. Aside from keeping the power levels reasonable so that any player can play new content without finding it too terribly easy or impossible, we still have the New Player Teams With Maxed Player thing to deal with. When we add stats that will make that gap even wider, and break everything. Until we know how stats are going to effect leveling up, then we can't raise the cap.

So we're kinda stuck. No luck. Sitting ducks. Which... stinks.

That's not to say that we haven't made HUGE strides in base functionality. I mean, PvP works... and it's AWESOME. Beleen, Ai No Miko, Llussion and I spent a good hour or two on the mod server whacking each other and knocking each other out. It was Girls versus Boys. We won. But don't tell them that. It was a LOT of fun but also VERY broken.

You guys will get to see, when we get the member only testing servers up and you faithful AQW members can help us iron out some of the bugs, but we MUST get stats out before that can happen.

Believe me, we are racking our brains trying to solve all the game breaking issues having to do with stats... sometimes we are even racking each others brains, whatever that means. We are getting closer and closer to a working solution every day and soon.... very soon, we'll have one.

After that, you'd better be ready for the awesome-sauce that follows... or else you'll drown in that sauce. Not a pretty picture.

Back to work... This week Vath tries to awaken the next Chaos Beast. If you're going to stop him you're going to need a little more firepower than what the dwarves can offer. If only you could gets your hands on a big, purple dragon somehow....

Heh.

Ai No Miko: P.S. They did NOT win

Friday 14 August 2009

Intresting.....


August 14th, 2009
Tonight's Release
Meet Lord Vath face-to-face!...Kinda
Do you have what it takes to enter Lord Vath’s chamber? Are you prepared to face what is inside? You do realize what will happen if you get caught, right? Are you sure you wanna go in there? …Alright. Just keep in mind that Vath is a Lord of Chaos after all, and he is bound to have a few tricks up his DragonLord armored sleeve! Let’s just hope that everyone you met along the way isn’t a traitor… *shudder* oh, I have a bad feeling about this… Let’s say hypothetically that you do get caught by Lord Vath. The outcome will not be pretty. You’ll probably get thrown into Prison… but hey, spending quality time behind bars has its perks. You can always meet the inmates and help devise an escape plan! But where there is a Prison, there is always a Prison Warden… and Prison Wardens are the boss (hypothetically, of course)!

Mick Guyver, the Dwarven Engineer
Best known for creating amazing concoctions out of odd-ball things, Mick Guyver is one dwarf to have on your side. His whereabouts are currently unknown*, but if you do find him, take the time to say hello; you never know what crazy inventions he might need your help with! He also has a secret shop that sells 14 brand-new Dwarfhold-themed house items, including:

  • Stalactite Chandelier
  • Mine Cart Bathtub
  • Dwarfhold Door Replica
  • Stone Throne
  • Potty-Trained Llamas

A new Cave House has been added to Penny’s Real Estate Shop, too! This two-room home is built into the side of a mountain and features a scenic view!

Cave House

*We actually know where Mick Guyver is, but we are sworn to secrecy by the Dwarf himself.

New Items!
How monsters get a hold of Gold and Weapons? Beats me. Regardless, the monsters of Dwarfhold have somehow acquired a new shipment of weapons! We did, however, find a wrinkled-balled-up-slightly-torn Shipping Invoice in Vath’s trashcan that listed the monsters’ orders! Convenient, right?

  • Amadeus ordered a new dagger: Claw of the Shrew
  • Albino Bats received 2 new types of Cricket Bats
  • Glow Worms now have 5 multiple-colored GlowSticks
  • Balboas received 2 new Rocky Clubs
  • Axe of the Prospector was also ordered for Balboas

Snowbeard also got a new shipment in (Fed-Axe must be working double time)! A new Dwarven Engineering Armor is available for purchase, but you will have to be pretty reputable with Dwarfhold to wear this gear!

Dwarf Warden

Drow Heads?
Well… not quite. Well… kinda. The Drow in Dwarfhold are dropping what we like to call “head morphs.” When placed upon your head, these magical helms transform your face, eyes, ears, and hair into that of a Drow! There are 5 new Drow Head Morphs to collect; some would say that this is one way to get a head in life!

Monday 10 August 2009

Lots of new design notes

Artix
Wipes-Away-A-Tear-adin

August 9th, 2009
The Story of Hachi
Legend of the statue at Shibuya Station
Before I share with you the overwhelming amount of information on the supernatural creatures known as Yokai here in Japan, please hear this incredible tale. It is of a loyal dog named Hachikō (Hachi.) This true story takes place only 83 years ago. Every day Hachi would follow his master, a Univerisity Professor, to the Shibuya Station. When his master would return from work, Hachi would be there, waiting, to anxiously greet him. Every day Hachi would wait for him at the train station. Sadly, one day, the Professor did not return from work. He had passed away. However, his loyal dog, Hachi, continued to wait for his Master to return. For 9 years, the rest of his life, Hatchi waited... sitting in his famous spot here at Shibuya Station.

Harchi at Shibuya Station

Today, a statue of Hatchi sits in the exact same place that he faithfully waited for his master. It is the ultimate symbol of loyalty and a very popular meeting place for friends.

Hachi Facts

  1. Yes, that one episode of Futurama about Fry's dog was definately a Hachi reference.
  2. Hachi means 8 in Japanese.
  3. Yes, Shibuya Station is that famous, super busy intersection that always show in movies and documentaries featuring Japan.
  4. There have been two movies made about Hachi including one that is about to be released in the States called "Hachi" starring Richard Gear.
  5. Yes I miss Daimyo a lot. I wonder if he is at home waiting for me to return?

P.S. Next post will feature Yokai and GIANT MECHA! (Robots)
P.P.S. Reens just fixed the travel map. Reload if you are still getting the bugged version (People who were supposed to be seeing Shadowfall were not, and those who should not have were! Yikes!)

Cysero

Beleen

Weekly Update

August 7th, 2009
What's up in UpperCity?
Jorxlol and his band of assassins!
It's always funny when you find yourself fighting next to your enemies, but in the case of the Breethen D'irt drow assassin clan you should just count your lucky stars that they are on your side.

This fearsome band of assassins are so feared amongst the drow that even whispering their name is considered bad luck. For them no job is too big and no fee is too big.

The clan has been lead by Jorxlol for many years and under his guidance the clan has prospered, mostly due to his knack for staying free of any political ties. Jorxlol has kept Breethen D'irt a free agent in a very difficult business, and business was booming.... until Chaos Dragonlord Vath.

With his undeniable power, Vath terrified even the largest drow houses into joining him on his crusade for Drakath. Through fear, Vath unified the warring drow families and now all of them march as one beneath his chaos banner... and nothing spoils an assassin's mood like peace and unity. It's just bad for business.

Jorxlol is as afraid of Vath as anyone else but the Breethen D'irt clan has mastered moving in the shadows unnoticed until the time to strike presents itself, and you know the old saying... “My enemy's enemy is my friend,”.

Once Geopetal has given you to key to enter Uppercity, speak to Jorxlol and see how he can help you reach Vath, and stop his plans!

Dwarfhold continues to be one of the largest releases that we have ever done for AQW, this week we set loose:

  • 4 new monsters, with some new item drops including hard-to-find pets!
  • A new AC shop with 11 new items, including 2 new armors and a new AC pet (talk to Jorxlol in Uppercity or Sejeth in Battleon)!
  • 4 new items in Snowbeard's Dwarfhold Reputation shop, including the Dwarven Ironcrusher armor!
  • 7 Brand new quests in one of our largest and coolest maps ever!
  • The Cloak of Disapoofing! The Draconians guarding Vath's keep will attack on sight.... so it's best not to be seen. You can go invisible for any of Uppercity's quests!

It's a big release with a lot of new stuff to play with. Enjoy yourself, because next week we enter Chaos Dragonlord Vath's keep!

The AE Assassin Clan!
Check this out—could this be any cooler? Ai No Miko, Cysero, Reens and I have formed our own little Drow Assassin Clan! By day, we are just simple Gamers who spend most of our time playing AQ Worlds and browsing the web. By day, we are just simple Gamers who spend most of our time playing (making) AQ Worlds and browsing the web. By night, we hide in the shadows of our metropolitan cities, plotting our next assassination (usually against spiders and rambunctious city-dwelling insects). Some people would say that we have the best job in the world, and those people are TOTALLY RIGHT!

AEAssassins!

Join us this weekend as we play the role of assassins in Lore! You can get sweet Drow Assassin loot from Sejeth in Battleon and from Jorxlol in the UpperCity. You can uncover the history of Drow Assassins by talking to Jorxlol, or just by reading Cysero’s Release Post on the Design Notes! I type much faster than him, so keep checking back… his post will be up in no time! *fades into the shadows*

Artix
Yokai-adin

August 7th, 2009
Greetings from Japan!
Questing in the land of the rising sun
I have missed you! For quite some time now Twilly, Zorbak and myself have been on a secret mission* in the far, far, far, far, far East.

Konnichiwa from Tokyo, Japan!

At first, I was surprised when the secret order of undead slayers assigned me to this mission. Here in Japan the undead are mearly a footnote in the HUGE collection of supernatural creatures known as Yokai. These Yokai come in so many shapes, forms... some are like ghosts, others goblins, some are formed from skeletons of fallen warriors on a battlefield... some are even the manifistation of grudges and puns***! While October is the spookiest time in the West, the Summer is the spookiest time here in Japan! So in between your battles against the Chaos DragonLord, I would like to send you stories of Yokai from specific regions here in Japan. Have a great release and I will write to you again soon! (Also, I will post some special photos for you!)

* Artix's skill at keeping secrets is only slightly better than his skill at not getting lost on the Tokyo subway.
** Translates to: Lost, Dark, Hopeless...
*** No need to worry. Artix's Japanese is too weaksauce to make puns.... yet. Although, he has been finding other ways to communicate.

ArtixJuly 31st, 2009
Tonight’s Mountainous Release!
The Stone of Memory
As the name states, the Stone of Memory is a special rock that records a profound memory. When you hold the Stone in your hands, visions from the past come into view. This type of rock is incredibly rare and has never been seen before… until now! Legend says that there is a Stone of Memory hidden somewhere in Dwarfhold Keep. And I have a hunch that this might be our first glimpse at the Chaos Dragonlord Vath! Someone in Dwarfhold Keep HAS to know a thing or two about it!

Vath

Dwarfhold Keep: A Rocky Start!
The fence around Dwarfhold Mountains has been removed! And you know what that means: a new map! Yep, the time has come for you to journey up the rocky mountain path to the entrance of Dwarfhold Keep! But don’t forget to bring Snowbeard’s Battleaxe with you… it acts like a key to get through the giant Golden Ram Doors! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, I suggest you visit Snowbeard in the Tavern.
Dwarfhold Keep

The inside of Dwarfhold Keep is amazing… despite the multiple brand-new monsters that have invaded! Fight through Glow Worms, Drow Soldiers, Albino Bats and more as you travel deeper and deeper within the caves! I hope you have your sword drawn because these beasts don’t take too kindly to strangers! Also… whatever you do… DON’T FALL down that hole! (What hole?.....ahhhhhh!)

Big Bad Boss
Look at what you’ve done. I just told you to stay away from that huge hole, and now you’re in for one rough battle. Legend always spoke of a giant cave beast that slumbers in the deepest cave of Dwarfhold Keep. And now you’ve found him. Get out while you still can—he is SO NOT a morning person… er, morning mole. (Is there such a thing? Well, now there is.)

Amedaus

New Dwarven Items!
Snowbeard has gotten SIX new Dwarven items in his shop! And these items ROCK (no pun intended)! I just hope your Dwarfhold Reputation is high enough to get these brand-new weapons—if not, there are PLENTY of quests in Dwarfhold to level up your Rep!
  • Karag Battleaxe
  • Battleaxe of the Angaz
  • Hammer of Drung
  • Thag War Hammer
  • Grund Dwarven Broadsword
  • Grundmir Master Dwarven Broadsword

Mini Game!

Mini Game

What are Dwarven games called? Heh… Mini Games! And guess what… AQ Worlds now has its FIRST real Mini Game! This side-scroller Mini Game takes you through Dwarfhold Mines as you collect rare Gems in a Mine Cart! But there’s a catch: some of the tracks have holes in them! And that’s a looooonnng fall. The tracks are also littered with debris that will destroy your cart if you hit them. It took me multiple tries to get all the Gems (51 attempts to be exact) but OH it is so much fun! Can you beat my record?

GeopetalGeopetal & IronFist
New NPCs are the best, especially when one of them is AE Staff! A legend in DragonFable, Geopetal makes her first-ever cameo appearance in AQ Worlds! YAY! She and a Dwarven friend named IronFist are ready to keep you busy with brand new quests! With each quest you complete, your Dwarfhold Reputation increases, allowing you to purchase Dwarven items from Snowbeard!


You might not have noticed, but this is my first time posting on the Design Notes! Sure, I sometimes help Artix and Cysero out with them (editing, taking pictures, etc) but this is my FIRSTtime actually posting one of my own! Yaaay! And I also got an uber sweet Avatar in the process, thanks to Ai No Miko! Okay, I’m done rambling. Off to Dwarfhold Keep! See you there!