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'''January 2004'''
'''January 2004''' - [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine Announcements ==
== Turbine Announcements ==
=== Teaser Images ===
=== Teaser Images ===
Click image for full size version.
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File:Teaser 200401 D.jpg|
File:Teaser 200401 ACVault.jpg|[http://acvault.ign.com/ ACVault]
File:Teaser 200401 JackCat.jpg|[http://www.thejackcat.com/ac/ Maggie the Jackcat]
File:Teaser 200401 Mystics.jpg|[http://ac.mystics.de/ Asheron's Call Mystics]
File:Teaser 200401 Stratics.jpg|[http://ac.stratics.com/ AC Stratics]
File:Teaser 200401 WarCry.jpg|[http://ac.warcry.com/ Warcry's Crossroads of Dereth]
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AC Mystics
=== Teaser ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149-mirror-mirror&catid=70-2004&Itemid=68
| Original = http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC1/jan04_teaser.htm
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ACvault
=== Rollout ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150-rollout-article&catid=70-2004&Itemid=68
| Original = http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC1/jan04rollout.htm
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Rollout Article
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Dereth.info
=== Release Notes ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
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| Original = http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC1/jan04_devnotes.htm
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Release Notes
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[http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Culture/Dereth/Mirror/AC1_ExclusiveShot3_0104.jpg Maggies]
=== Letter to the Players ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
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| Original = http://microsoftgamesinsider.com/AC1/dec_lttp.htm
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Letter to the Players
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Warcry's CoD
=== Allegiance Experience ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
|  Current = None
| Original = http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?page_id=37
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Allegiance Experience
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=== Teaser - [http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=158 Link] ===
=== Allegiance Experience Follow-Up ===
:''The cold black walls were home. There was no other explanation for the warmth that spread through him. Since Kaedrix had made him aware that the Virindi were leaving the home of his Lord, the Mirror had wanted to see the halls, the halls of Bael'Zharon, the Hopeslayer, the most fearsome entity that this world had ever known. His Lord.
{{Patch Announcements Links
A thin black smile stretched across his shadowy face, and his children began leaving him. They pulled themselves from his body and swarmed along the walls, into the shadows and along the floor. The children giggled and danced and played, as all good children should. Finally, he was home.
|  Current = None
| Original = http://ac.turbinegames.com/index.php?page_id=162
|  Archive = Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Allegiance Experience Follow-Up
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The Virindi had not been to this depth. They had not violated the sanctity of the deepest temple. Here he had stood so long ago with his lord and the other chosen, performing rites to call the black breath to scourge the world and bring about the destruction of it all.
== Discoveries ==
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Are you able to recall to the Singularity Caul? If you are, you might consider yourself lucky. I've heard that the island has become much more deadly. What can it all mean?"</font><br>


The children suddenly stopped dancing and playing and giggling. Playtime was done and the air grew colder as the Mirror's red eyes blazed and spilled red across the ebon floor. The thin smile turned to a dark scowl and the crown atop his head spilled shadowy fumes about him. The children gathered into a circle on the floor, sitting in silence -- no, not silence, reverence. The mirror made his way to an altar set into the wall. A basin filled with bubbling black blood was set within the stone altar and lit from above by some spectral form of crimson light. Here was the place it would begin again.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Have you been to the island that the Virindi invaded a few years back? No? Well from everything that I have been hearing, the Virindi have fled, and something else has taken their place. Something...not very nice."</font><br>


The children waited expectantly. The Mirror dipped a shadowy hand into the blood and lifted it to his lips. As he drank, strength flowed through him once more. Power flooded into his arms and his eyes burned brighter, flooding the cavern with radiant light he looked up to the ceiling, there gathered and huddled in the darkness were thousands of sleeping forms. The Mirror turned his attention to the children who waited, so patiently, such good children... they deserved a reward. They deserved a story.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I'll never get to that island in the southwest now. Why do I have to stand here and never hunt?"</font><br>


"Such precious children, obedient and silent. You have earned a story, children. But this story is unlike any other I have told you, for you shall live it." His hand dipped into the blood again, but this time his fingers extended, etching symbols onto the wall behind the altar. "It begins before the coming of our new Lord, when the world was dark with rain and the Black Breath reached to cleanse the Lightbringer's blight. It was then that our Lord, our First Lord, asked me of children.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I'm thinking that the island in the southwest is a diversion or something. But don't quote me on that. I've been parked here for over four years, and though I may talk about taking myself out into the wilderness to hunt, I think that we all know that I am more suited toward the art of talking more than fighting."</font><br>


"Such a painful wound on the mind, heart and soul of our Lord, as his own son had been taken from him. But still he spoke to me of children, asking how to teach them and speak to them as I had done. How to love children as I did, and how to mold them in his own image." The Mirror drew the face of his master in the blood and then a smaller form beside him. The images took on a ghostly white sheen and began to move about one another. "My master could not have the children he wanted, so I made children from him and for him." The images danced and combined and then parted splitting into several small winged outlines. The Mirror smiled. "Now it is time for Ler Rhan to revisit his master's children and wake them from their slumber. Would you children like to help?"
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard tell that a great warrior lost his way in the wilderness. I've also heard tell that he found his way again. It's said that his journey began in a place that bore two names."</font><br>


The small shadow forms nodded their heads in unison and Ler Rhan, the Mirror, smiled once again. Tendrils of darkness began pouring from his mouth and from the top of his crown. A web-work stretched over his children, reaching to the top of the giant cavern and touching the motionless forms.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard tell that an enigmatic sage has moved onto a mountaintop outside of Kara. I wonder if there is any truth to it?"</font><br>


"Such good children. Take his blood, take the blood of my master, and feed his children. We shall wake them and then we shall take what is ours."
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard tell that Ecorto has been a little more talkative than usual."</font><br>


The children clamored one by one, by the tens, the hundred, then by the thousands to carry the black blood through the webs to the cavern's ceiling. There they dripped the viscous liquid into sleeping mouths and then fled to the safety of the floor below. Ler Rhan cast his red gaze toward the ceiling and marveled as the forms started moving.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that the Virindi have reinforced their hold on the dungeon that leads to the Singularity Caul. Why would they do that?"</font><br>


"Good children, good." The tendrils retreated into his form and the children began clapping, leaping, dancing and playing again. The first Margul descended and landed before Ler Rhan. He bowed his head to the little creature and it spoke.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "If you're looking for the bracelet that Nuhmudira needed while trying to face down the Olthoi Queen, don't bother with the Singularity Caul. I've been told that the portal is now located on the Obsidian Plains. What caused that to happen?"</font><br>


"Where is father?" It tilted its head to the side. "We awake and do not feel his call."
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier Tells You " It Blew up! Huge columns of smoke blew into the sky and dropped hot ash from miles around....and....Okay...It didn't really "Blow Up" it just kind of Imploded"</font><br>


"Father is&resting." Ler Rhan responded and the children hushed. The little creature looked to the ceiling and his brethren. It looked back to Ler Rhan.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "It sat beneath the cover of brush. Stone still, until I approached, then it lunged at me, screaming and taunting me! I nearly died! What was it, you ask? I'm not certain, but it was terrifying!"</font><br>


"We remember you. You are the Creator. You are the teacher, and despoiler. We shall serve as father wishes." It bowed low pulling its wings about it as it did. Ler Rhan nodded.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "My little sister tells me that on her recent travels through the Shoushi she ran across several encampments of creatures guarding runed chests. I wonder what's going on?"</font><br>


"We have much to do." His shadowy children, staring in awe, began crawling toward him, toward the little creature. "These are my children. There are many others coming, children of the new master. They will arrive soon and then we take the land above and claim it once again."
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "My brother said he was standing on the coast south of Ayan Baqur when a bright flash of light rose from the horizon followed by a billowing black cloud. He wasn't close enough to be harmed by it, but I wonder what occurred in the ocean down there."</font><br>


The little creature bowed its head again. It let out a call and above Ler Rhan thousands of wings began flapping and cries echoed through the cavernous halls.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Rumors are pouring in the the Singularity Caul has been transformed. If the things that I have been hearing are true, portals disappeared and reappeared here on Dereth, the Virindi have shored up the access way with much stronger residents...but...they fled the island. Are they trying to keep whatever is there hidden?"</font><br>


:''Lord Aerbax, the children of the Hopeslayer are wakened.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "The undead seem to be armoring up. For as old as it is, their armor appears to have held remarkably well through the ages."</font><br>


:''Excellent. Continue with your efforts and rend the land asunder, drive out those who cling to the ideals of the Quiddity and loose my children on the world. Take back the home of your former master. Let me rest, the transformation is far from complete.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "They say in the Sho city that's rumored to have been an Aluvian settlement a great warrior removed his armor and left to find himself again."</font><br>


:''As you wish, Lord Aerbax.
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Yes, it's true. We saved all of those pyreals that you've been handing to us for years and we finally had enough to buy ourselves a little slice of the world. Now we just need to get more people to take notice. Think you can give us a hand?"</font><br>
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:''"Go!" Ler Rhan commanded.
=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
 
No new messages this month.
Through twisting tunnels and marred underworld, through darkness and through dampness they flew. To the surface, spreading like plague. Seeking a singular prey with efficient cruelty unseen to this world in millennia. Claw, tooth, spell and breath ripped and shredded the remaining forces of the Quiddity. They delved into strongholds built over long silenced geysers and tunnels of flame. As the purge neared its end Ler Rhan gathered his children close and brought them all back within his body, one by one.
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{|border=1 cellpadding=5
=== New UI and Game Changes ===
| [[Image:Mirror Mirror Teaser 1.jpg|150px]]
* The [[Singularity Caul]] has been revised and now has new locations, creatures and trophies! See the [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]] for more details.
| [[Image:Mirror Mirror Teaser 2.jpg|150px]]
* [[Shoushi]] and its surrounding content has also seen some revisions.
|-
* [[Fellowship XP]] across distances, and between dungeons, has been adjusted. See the [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]] for details.
| [[Image:Mirror Mirror Teaser 3.jpg|150px]]
* New allegiance chat channel added that lets you chat with everyone in your [[allegiance]].
| [[Image:Mirror Mirror Teaser 4.jpg|150px]]
: ''/a - chat to your allegiance''
|}
: ''/filter-allegiance - turns Allegiance Chat off''
: ''/unfilter-allegiance - turns Allegiance Chat back on''
* You can now change the color of Sharded [[Greater Shadow Armor]] using special dye pots.
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=== Rollout - [http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=161 Link] ===
=== New [[Quests]] ===
:Ayan Baqur saw it first, a black pillar billowing far to the southwest. It rose into the sky and threatened to block out the sun. The black pillar cleared and the ground shook as a wave approached the shore of the direlands. Water rose as the wave crashed just below the edge of the city and dragged the creatures on the western coast into the sea.
* [[Path of the Jojii Adherent]]


:When the waves ceased to crash they saw them, teeth that rose toward the sky. The mountains of the island in the southwest had risen to be like knives. The island was changed and only the heartiest and most adventurous would dare travel there now.
==== Updated Quests ====
* [[Caul Recall]] - Dungeon moved, spawns updated, and new ring rewards.
* [[Green Mire Grave Quest]] - Items updated.


:While this transpired in the west, High Queen Elysa approved the work of the council in enhancing the methods of communications within monarchies. The work of months came to fruition as the whispers of all sworn to her could speak amongst themselves at last.
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:The Sho town of Shoushi saw the first of her improvements as a lifestone was anchored in the center of the town. Asheron and Nuhmudira remained apart from the endeavor. The work instead fell to Shoyanen Kenchu, Master of the Right Hand, who also completed the task of reworking the portal space beacon. The town saw an increased interest from the bestial inhabitants of Dereth, their curiosity piqued by the attention the town received.
=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Han Rin-Jo, Jojii Adherent]] - 28.0S 95.5E in [[Tou-Tou]]
* [[Honshu Takeda]] - 77.7S 59.2E
* [[Ikomi Ra, Jojii Adherent]] - 49.1S 81.7E near [[Nanto]]
* [[Jalina al-Hajj]] - 31.1S, 13.9E in Al-Arqas
* [[Miko Li, Jojii Adherent]] - 83.3S 47.2E in [[Kara]]
* [[Samuel, Former Guardian]] - 17.7N 63.1E in [[Eastham]]


==== The Ongoing Saga ====
==== Updated NPCs ====
* [[Starter Quests|Starter Quest]] NPCs and and some others found in towns no longer collect monster trophies. For example: [[Lou Ka]] in Shoushi no longer collects Drudge charms and Phyntos Wasp wings.
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:The High Queen continues her work with the same intensity that she has shown since awakening from her coma. As the newly restructured High Council sits down to business, the eruption of darkness in the southwest reminds all that Dereth still has many dangers.
=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Dragon's Power]] - 82.3S 41.4E
* [[Firebird's Splendor]] - 53.6S 66.7E
* [[Unicorn's Grace]] - 38.0S 60.2E
* [[Singularity Caul]]
** [[Caulcano]]
** [[91.4S, 93.2W - Empyrean Temple Ruin]]
** [[94.0S, 91.8W - Advocate Spire Bridge]]
** [[99.1S, 93.5W - Empyrean Ruins]]
** [[99.4S, 97.6W - Floating Spires]]
** [[93.2S, 99.9W - Defunct Lifestone]]
** [[96.8S, 98.7W - Empyrean Ruins]]
** [[89.5S, 95.8W - Burned Out Light House]]
** [[89.8S, 96.6W - Empyrean Temple Ruin]]
** [[97.1S, 96.5W - Empyrean Stone Tower]]
** [[91.4S, 96.5W - Empyrean Ruins]]
** [[90.6S, 97.5W - Statue of Bael'Zharon]]
** [[92.5S, 97.9W - Statue of Bael'Zharon]]
** [[97.4S, 93.0W - Empyrean Temple Ruin]]
** [[96.8S, 93.4W - Double Statue of Bael'Zharon]]
** [[98.2S, 91.4W - Floating Spire]]
** [[94.9S, 91.3W - Statue of Bael'Zharon]]
** [[92.4S, 90.6W - Empyrean Ruins]]
** [[94.6S, 90.1W - Empyrean Ruins]]
** [[94.4S, 94.6W - Empyrean Stone Towers]]
** [[94.7S, 94.3W - Statue of Bael'Zharon]]


:Now let's take a look at some of the changes coming in this month's event.
==== Updated Locations ====
* [[Singularity Caul]] - The island has undergone radical changes in terrain, creatures, and dungeons.
** [[Caul Asylum]] coordinates changed to 94.8S 91.1W and the level req changed from 60 to 90+.
** [[Caul Athenaeum]]
** [[Caul Sanatorium]]
** [[Aerbax's Holding]] - Moved from Caul to the west [[Obsidian Plains]] at 62.2S 71.2W near a fallen shadow spire, otherwise the same.
** The [[Virindi Shroud]] exit portal no longer drops on Caul and instead drops in [[Zaikhal]] by [[Ecorto the Lost Director]].
* [[Singularity Bore]] - Spawns upgraded significantly.
* Shoushi Area Updates
** Lifestone added to middle of town and Shoushi portals now drop at the LS instead of outside town.
** [[Dungeon Muddy]] - creature updated.
** [[Fort Aimaru]] - creatures updated. Runed Chest added.
** [[Fycheck Outpost]] updated - Lugians added, lifestone moved. Runed Chest added.
** [[Fycheck Ruins]] updated -  creatures upgraded. Runed Chest added.
** [[35.4S, 68.1E - Golem Cave|Golem Cave]] - creatures updated.
** [[25.3S, 74.4E - Mosswart Bunker]] - Creatures updated. Runed Chest added.
** [[29.3S, 66.7E - Mosswart Platform|Mosswart Platform]] updated - mosswarts added. Runed Chest added.
** [[34.5S, 68.3E - Shreth Cave]] -
** [[38.5S, 70.2E - Rat Cave]] -
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==== Content Revisions ====
=== New [[Items]] ===
<font color=cornflowerblue>
The High Queen has deemed that all citizens of Dereth be awarded a pennant!<br>
Make sure that you have free space in your pack and speak to Jalina al-Hajj of Al-Arqas.</font>
{{Item Table
| Homecoming Pennant
}}


:As we've hinted at all month, the Singularity Caul and many of the quests associated with it have been revised. Hopefully you took our warning and didn't leave any characters logged off on the Caul, otherwise they may be in for a nasty fall, followed by an encounter with some of its new inhabitants.
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Green Mire Grave Quest]] Update
| Personal note
| Piece of parchment
}}


:In addition, we've revised much of the content around the starter town of Shoushi, rebalancing and tweaking where we felt it was necessary. Over time, we plan on retouching all of the older towns in this manner, as well as making other changes and improvements to make them more fun and valuable to spend time in.
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Font of Jojii]]
| Unicorn's Grace (Text)
| Unicorn's Cavern (Text)
| Firebird's Splendor (Text)
| Stone of the Firebird (Text)
| Nanto Jojii Shrine
| Sawato Jojii Shrine
| Lin Jojii Shrine
| Journey's End
| Scrawled Note (Jojii)
| Pure Water
| Crystals of Grace
| Rock of Splendor
| Brazier of Power
| Grace and Power
| Power, Grace and Splendor
| Smoldering Brazier
| Crystal Formation
| Smooth Rocks
| Font of Jojii
| Orb of Splendor
| Shield of Power
| Sollerets of Grace
}}


==== Fellowship XP ====
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Singularity Caul]]
| Atakir's Blade
| Dark Amber Ring
| Dark Ruby Ring
| Dark Sapphire Ring
| Doll's Eye
| Carenzi Fangs
| Doomshark Hide
| Doomshark Hide Coat
| Gikar's Dream
| Mace of Dissonance
| Mite Leg Bone
| Needletooth
| Nefane Pearl
| Nefane Shell
| Nefane Shield
| Plaguefang's Hide
| Plaguefang's Robe
| Puppeteer's Skull
| Scourge's Hide
| Scourge's Hide Leggings
| Snarl's Hide
| Snarl's Jerkin
}}


:In the December event, we made a change to the location of the Marketplace to prevent players from gaining fellowship XP while trading or idling there. In the December Rollout Article, we said, "We intend to fix the code that allows fellowship XP to be shared between players who are not in the same dungeon." This month, we've made good on that intention.
{{Item Table|Caption=Sharded Greater Shadow Armor Dye
| Violet Armor Paint
| Blue Armor Paint
| Red Armor Paint
}}


:As of this event, you will no longer receive fellowship XP from fellowship members:
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Rumors]]
:* If they are indoors while you are outdoors, or vice-versa.
| Disturbing Rumor
:* If you are both indoors but in different landblocks.
}}


:"Indoors" means inside a dungeon, or inside a building or cave on the surface. As almost all dungeons are in different landblocks, this means that you can no longer gain fellowship XP if you are in a different dungeon than the rest of your fellowship.
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Small Belt Pouch]]es
| Small Belt Pouch (Aqua)
| Small Belt Pouch (Black)
| Small Belt Pouch (Blue)
| Small Belt Pouch (Green)
| Small Belt Pouch (Olive)
| Small Belt Pouch (Purple)
| Small Belt Pouch (Red)
| Small Belt Pouch (Teal)
| Small Belt Pouch (White)
}}


:In addition, we have decreased the maximum distance between fellowship members at which you can share fellowship XP. In the past, you could be about 8 map units away from each other and still receive full fellowship XP. (8 map units is the distance between 0.0N, 0.0W, and 8.0N, 0.0W.) After that, the amount that you receive would decrease slowly. For example, you could be about 48 map units away approximately the distance between Lytelthorpe and Al-Jalima and still receive 50% of fellowship XP.
==== Updated Items ====
* {{Icon Link|Green Mire Yoroi Cuirass}}
** New icon
** AL increased from 108 to 120.
** New spells: [[Endurance Other III]], [[Impenetrability III]].
* {{Icon Link|Green Mire Yari}}
** Dmg increased from 6 - 11 to 7 - 14 damage
** +2% attack added.
** [[Blood Drinker III]], [[Invulnerability Other III]]. [[Heart Seeker II]] raised to level III.
* {{Icon Link|Key (Green Key)}} - No longer has a use.
* {{Icon Link|Quintessence Sickle}}
** Dmg increased from 9 - 18 to 25 - 50.
** Attack/melee modifiers updated from +8%, +4% to +12%, +8%.
** New spells: [[Axe Mastery Other VI]] and [[Minor Blood Thirst]].
** [[Biting Strike]] added.


:Starting with this event, you must be within a little less than 2.5 map units to receive 100% of fellowship XP. After that it will drop off quickly when you are more than 5 map units away from your fellows, your fellowship XP will be at 0%.
* {{Icon|Basket (Brown)}} [[Basket]] - Now available in all colors:
** {{Icons | Basket (Black) | Basket (Dark Blue) | Basket (Blue) | Basket (Olive) | Basket (Purple) | Basket (Red) | Basket (Teal) | Basket (White)}}


:These changes are intended to reinforce the design of fellowships as groups of allied players, working together either in hunting or questing.
* {{Icon|Belt Pouch (Brown)}} [[Belt Pouch]] - Now available in all colors:
** {{Icons | Belt Pouch (Black) | Belt Pouch (Blue) | Belt Pouch (Green) | Belt Pouch (Olive) | Belt Pouch (Purple) | Belt Pouch (Red) | Belt Pouch (Teal) | Belt Pouch (White)}}
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==== PK/L Radar Blips ====
=== New [[Spells]] ===
==== Updated Spells ====
* {{Icon Link|Recall to the Singularity Caul (Spell)}} - Now drops you at 98.0S, 94.7W instead of sending you to the middle of the island.
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:We listened to the negative feedback that we received regarding the PK/L radar blip changes that were made in the November 2003 event. To improve the ability to correctly identify friend from foe, as well as determine the number of possible opponents, we're making the following tweaks:
=== New [[Titles]] ===
 
* No new titles this month.
:* Threat blips the X's have been made smaller so that they no longer overlap in confusing ways. They are now the same size as the standard blips.
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:* Allegiance threat blips the X's on top of squares have been removed as they did not have the intended effect. Allegiance members are squares, no matter what their PK/L status may be.
 
==== Max Mana Spells ====  


:There are several spells in the game that either increase or decrease a player's maximum mana. Many of these spells did not stack properly. This has now been fixed. Spells that increase or decrease your maximum mana should now stack based on the amount of their effect.
=== Portal.dat ===
:[[File:Portaldat 200401.png]]


:Here's an example of how things should work now: If you have two spells cast on you, one which increases your maximum mana by 50 and one which decreases your maximum mana by 20, your total increase should be 30. If you then had another spell cast on you which increased your maximum mana by 80, it would override the increase of 50, and you would have a total increase of 60.
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=== Release Notes - [http://ac.turbine.com/?page_id=160 Link] ===
=== New [[Creatures]] ===
==== New Functionality and Content ====
:{|cellpadding=5
 
|-valign=top
:*Allegiance chat! See the Letter to the Players for details. Please note that the old allegiance broadcasts can still be done with the /allegiance command, just type /allegiance, . Don't forget the comma!
|
:*The Singularity Caul has been revised. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
{{Creature Class|Carenzi
:*Shoushi and its surrounding content has seen some revisions. Please see the Rollout Article for details.
| Mangy Carenzi
:*Fellowship XP across distances, and between dungeons, has been adjusted. Please see the Rollout Articlefor details.
| Mottled Carenzi
| Ravager
| Snarl
| Tainted Carenzi
}}


==== Miscellaneous Improvements and Changes ====
{{Creature Class|Doll
| Befouled Doll
| Cosseted Doll
| Defiled Doll
| Desecrated Doll
| Soiled Doll
}}


:*Radar blips for PK and PKL players have been changed. Please see the Rollout Articlefor details.
{{Creature Class|Margul
:*The color of direct tells has been adjusted. Tells that you receive are still bright yellow, but tells that you send are now a dull yellow.
| Biaka
:*The spells that increase or decrease your maximum mana now stack in a more logical manner. Please see the Rollout Articlefor details.
| Creeping Margul
:*Signs in town can now be read simply by examining them no more need to double-click them.
| Gikar
:*Some NPCs in towns, particularly those tied to starter quests or the Explorer quests, no longer collect monster trophies.
| Graal Margul
:*The body parts for guises and masks have stopped dropping from creatures. Look for their return next Festival season!
| Helcan Margul
:*The appearance of the sleek dress has been improved, particularly when dyed.
| Hellion
:*Poison is now house-hookable.
| Stalking Margul
:*The translated Missives to the World Shaper are no longer droppable or giveable.
}}
:*The trees on Aerlinthe have been decreased in number to improve graphics performance.
:*Belt pouches and baskets can now be purchased in multiple colors.
:*Baskets, belt pouches, and sacks now have the same value and burden as backpacks. Regular and small Tusker backpacks now have the same value and burden as the large Tusker backpack.
:*The new leather boots can now be tinkered and dyed properly.
:*The new leather gauntlets can now be dyed winter blue.
:*You will no longer see house guest or storage messages from characters that you have squelched.


==== Minor Details ====
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{{Creature Class|Marionette
| Cursed Marionette
| Damned Marionette
| Malignant Marionette
| Puppeteer
}}


:*The Tusker Obliterator and Olthoi Sentinel have been changed for balance.
{{Creature Class|Mite
:*Valley of Death creatures should no longer spawn in the extreme Direlands.
| Colossal Mite
:*The Olthoi Abdomen Fragment should drop more reliably, and three of them should drop instead of just one.
| Giant Mite
:*The icon for Moderate Item Enchantment is now correct.
| Misshapen Mite
:*Last month's new housing tables should properly fall to the ground when dropped.
| Monstrous Mite
:*The Electric Weeping Axe now has the correct name.
| Mutated Mite
:*The higher level of the two Koji's Beast masks is now called Koji's Fiend, and the crafter who makes them no longer refers to "Kojii".
}}


January 2004: Mirror, Mirror
{{Creature Class|Niffis
| Glissnal Nefane
| Listris Nefane
| Parfal Nefane
| Sephal Nefane
}}


=== Letter to the Players ===
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:Welcome to the first Letter to the Players of 2004! This will be a very exciting and challenging year for Asheron's Call. Hopefully by now you've seen the announcement that Turbine is purchasing the Asheron's Call franchise from Microsoft. If you've missed that somehow, just check out the announcements on Turbine's [http://ac.turbine.com/ Asheron's Call website].
|
{{Creature Class|Rat
| Contagion Rat
| Infested Rat
| Pestilence Rat
| Scourge (Caul)
}}


:One thing that you'll be seeing more of in the next few months is information from us. In addition to updates regarding the transition of services from Microsoft to Turbine, you'll be seeing more information from the Live Team regarding where the game is and where it's going. Some of these articles will be questions that we ask you, the fans, similar to our PK Lite request for feedback. Other articles won't focus as much on questions, but will be more like informal essays on our plans and goals for various game mechanics and content. We look forward to sharing our ideas with you, and we know we'll get a lot of great feedback either way.
{{Creature Class|Reedshark
| Doomshark
| Plaguefang
}}


:In Dereth, things have been equally as busy. To the surprise of many, High Queen Elysa Strathelar awoke from her coma with a new drive and determination. The High Council has been restructured, and Nuhmudira is no longer a member.
{{Creature Class|Virindi
| Ebon Rift
| Schism
| Tenebrous Rift
| Umbral Rift
}}


:Many have sought the identity of the High Queen's assassin and have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Meanwhile, the Undead fight the Olthoi deep in the bowels of Dereth.
{{Creature Class|Zefir
 
| Atakir, the Dark Prince
:It is a new year both in our world and in Dereth, and this new year brings many changes. We believe you'll be very excited about them, we know we are!
| Dark Zefir
 
| Dusk Zefir
==== Allegiance Chat ====
| Infernal Zefir
 
| Malevolent Zefir
:In the January event, we'll be introducing a feature that many of you have been asking about for some time server-wide allegiance chat!
}}
 
|}
:Our initial implementation of allegiance chat is very straightforward if I am in an allegiance, and I type @a Hi! or /a Hi!, all the members of my allegiance will see [Allegiance] Ibn says, "Hi!"
 
:If you are in an allegiance, you will be added into your allegiance chat channel as soon as you log in. If you aren't in an allegiance, you'll be added as soon as you swear to a patron, or have someone swear to you.
 
:If you do not wish to see Allegiance chat, type @filter allegiance, just like any other message type. When you want to see it again, type @unfilter allegiance. If you @squelch a character, you will no longer see that character's speech in Allegiance chat.
 
:There are a number of additional features that we plan to add to Allegiance chat as time permits. For example, currently there is no way for a monarch to remove someone from the Allegiance chat channel other than removing that character from the allegiance completely. We hope to introduce that feature as well as other options shortly.
 
:We're very excited about other possible uses for this technology. Zyrca, srand, and Gator our server engineer worked very hard to make this possible, and it creates a number of opportunities. You should see more information from us on this soon.
 
==== January Event Delayed ====
 
:So, those are two bits of good news... here's the bad news. You will have to wait a little longer than expected to get these two new features, as well as the rest of the great content we have planned for the January event. We are moving our event date back in order to allow for the AC1 server datacenter move, currently planned for January 20 through January 23. (Click [http://forums.turbinegames.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=695 here] for more information on the move.)
 
:You might be thinking, "Why not just make the January event live during the move downtime?" This is something that we did consider. However, we want to make sure that the worlds are running normally after the move before we make any changes to them. To that end, the January event is now currently scheduled for Tuesday, January 27.
 
==== AC1 ACCMTY Forums ====
 
:As per this [http://www.accmty.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=52378 post], as of February 1, we'll be moving official support from the AC1 ACCMTY forums to the Turbine AC1 forums located [http://forums.ac.turbinegames.com/ here]. We will not be doing any live team support on the ACCMTY forums after that. Update your bookmarks!
 
==== The Singularity Caul ====
 
:[http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?page_id=143 Recent events] have hinted at some major changes in store for the Caul. With that in mind, I bring you a warning:
 
:DO NOT leave any characters logged off ANYWHERE on the Caul when the worlds come down for the January event! Not if you value their lives and death items, that is!
 
:That's all for now. Remember, we've still got a long road ahead of us as the transition continues. We'll provide more information whenever we can. Thanks for sticking with us. I hope you're as excited as we are!
 
:See you in Dereth!
 
:-- Ibn
 
:[http://ac.turbine.com/index.php?page_id=153 January 2004: Mirror, Mirror]
== Discoveries ==
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
'''Viamontian Town Criers'''
 
<font color=goldenrod>Rumor 1<br><br>
Rumor 2<br><br>
 
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
Pyreal Rumor 1<br><br>
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
Pyreal Rumor 2<br><br></font>
 
'''Mainland Town Criers'''
 
<font color=goldenrod>Rumor 1<br><br>
Rumor 2<br><br>
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
Pyreal Rumor 1<br><br>
<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
Pyreal Rumor 2<br><br></font>


==== Updated Creatures ====
* Armored Skeletons and Undead now have new armor artwork.
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=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
<font color=goldenrod>Rumor 1<br><br>
Rumor 2<br><br>
<font color=green>You give Ulgrim the Unpleasant Stout.</font><br>
Stout Rumor 1<br><br>
<font color=green>You give Ulgrim the Unpleasant Stout.</font><br>
Stout Rumor 2<br><br></font>
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=== New [[Quests]] ===


=== Images ===
Click image for full size.
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4>
File:Armored Skeleton Lord (Old) Live.jpg|Armored Skeleton Lord Artwork - Before
File:Armored Skeleton Lord (Old) 2 Live.jpg|Armored Skeleton Lord Artwork - After
File:Dark Revenant (Shadows of the Past) Live.jpg|Dark Revenant Artwork - Before
File:Dark Revenant (Mirror, Mirror) Live.jpg|Dark Revenant Artwork - After
File:Plaguefang's Robe Live.jpg|Plaguefang's Robe
File:Nefane Shield Live.jpg|Nefane Shield
File:Gikar's Dream Live.jpg|Gikar's Dream
File:Caul rares map.jpg|Map of the Caul's new rare creature spawns
File:Cosseted Doll Live.jpg|Cosseted Doll
File:Puppeteer Live.jpg|Puppeteer
File:Tenebrous Rift Live.jpg|Tenebrous Rift
File:Font of Jojii Live.jpg|Font of Jojii
File:Shield of Power Live.jpg|Shield of Power
File:Homecoming Pennant Live.jpg|Homecoming Pennant
File:Sharded Greater Celdon Armor (Blue) Live.jpg|Sharded Greater Celdon dyed blue
File:Sharded Greater Celdon Armor (Red) Live.jpg|Sharded Greater Celdon dyed red
</gallery>
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=== New NPCs ===


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=== Splash Screen ===
=== New Locations ===
[[File:Mirror, Mirror Splash Screen.jpg]]


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=== New Items ===
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=== New Creatures ===
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January 2004 - Announcements Page

Turbine Announcements

Teaser Images

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Teaser

Rollout

Release Notes

Letter to the Players

Allegiance Experience

  • No Current Link Available

Allegiance Experience Follow-Up

  • No Current Link Available

Discoveries

Town Crier Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "Are you able to recall to the Singularity Caul? If you are, you might consider yourself lucky. I've heard that the island has become much more deadly. What can it all mean?"
Town Crier tells you, "Have you been to the island that the Virindi invaded a few years back? No? Well from everything that I have been hearing, the Virindi have fled, and something else has taken their place. Something...not very nice."
Town Crier tells you, "I'll never get to that island in the southwest now. Why do I have to stand here and never hunt?"
Town Crier tells you, "I'm thinking that the island in the southwest is a diversion or something. But don't quote me on that. I've been parked here for over four years, and though I may talk about taking myself out into the wilderness to hunt, I think that we all know that I am more suited toward the art of talking more than fighting."
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard tell that a great warrior lost his way in the wilderness. I've also heard tell that he found his way again. It's said that his journey began in a place that bore two names."
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard tell that an enigmatic sage has moved onto a mountaintop outside of Kara. I wonder if there is any truth to it?"
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard tell that Ecorto has been a little more talkative than usual."
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that the Virindi have reinforced their hold on the dungeon that leads to the Singularity Caul. Why would they do that?"
Town Crier tells you, "If you're looking for the bracelet that Nuhmudira needed while trying to face down the Olthoi Queen, don't bother with the Singularity Caul. I've been told that the portal is now located on the Obsidian Plains. What caused that to happen?"
Town Crier Tells You " It Blew up! Huge columns of smoke blew into the sky and dropped hot ash from miles around....and....Okay...It didn't really "Blow Up" it just kind of Imploded"
Town Crier tells you, "It sat beneath the cover of brush. Stone still, until I approached, then it lunged at me, screaming and taunting me! I nearly died! What was it, you ask? I'm not certain, but it was terrifying!"
Town Crier tells you, "My little sister tells me that on her recent travels through the Shoushi she ran across several encampments of creatures guarding runed chests. I wonder what's going on?"
Town Crier tells you, "My brother said he was standing on the coast south of Ayan Baqur when a bright flash of light rose from the horizon followed by a billowing black cloud. He wasn't close enough to be harmed by it, but I wonder what occurred in the ocean down there."
Town Crier tells you, "Rumors are pouring in the the Singularity Caul has been transformed. If the things that I have been hearing are true, portals disappeared and reappeared here on Dereth, the Virindi have shored up the access way with much stronger residents...but...they fled the island. Are they trying to keep whatever is there hidden?"
Town Crier tells you, "The undead seem to be armoring up. For as old as it is, their armor appears to have held remarkably well through the ages."
Town Crier tells you, "They say in the Sho city that's rumored to have been an Aluvian settlement a great warrior removed his armor and left to find himself again."
Town Crier tells you, "Yes, it's true. We saved all of those pyreals that you've been handing to us for years and we finally had enough to buy ourselves a little slice of the world. Now we just need to get more people to take notice. Think you can give us a hand?"

Ulgrim Rumors

No new messages this month.

New UI and Game Changes

  • The Singularity Caul has been revised and now has new locations, creatures and trophies! See the Rollout Article for more details.
  • Shoushi and its surrounding content has also seen some revisions.
  • Fellowship XP across distances, and between dungeons, has been adjusted. See the Rollout Article for details.
  • New allegiance chat channel added that lets you chat with everyone in your allegiance.
/a - chat to your allegiance
/filter-allegiance - turns Allegiance Chat off
/unfilter-allegiance - turns Allegiance Chat back on

New Quests

Updated Quests

New NPCs

Updated NPCs

  • Starter Quest NPCs and and some others found in towns no longer collect monster trophies. For example: Lou Ka in Shoushi no longer collects Drudge charms and Phyntos Wasp wings.

New Locations

Updated Locations

New Items

The High Queen has deemed that all citizens of Dereth be awarded a pennant!
Make sure that you have free space in your pack and speak to Jalina al-Hajj of Al-Arqas.

Homecoming Pennant


Green Mire Grave Quest Update
Personal note
Piece of parchment


Font of Jojii
Unicorn's Grace (Text)
Unicorn's Cavern (Text)
Firebird's Splendor (Text)
Stone of the Firebird (Text)
Nanto Jojii Shrine Sawato Jojii Shrine Lin Jojii Shrine
Journey's End
Scrawled Note (Jojii)
Pure Water
Crystals of Grace
Rock of Splendor
Brazier of Power
Grace and Power
Power, Grace and Splendor
Smoldering Brazier
Crystal Formation
Smooth Rocks
Font of Jojii
Orb of Splendor
Shield of Power
Sollerets of Grace


Singularity Caul
Atakir's Blade
Dark Amber Ring
Dark Ruby Ring
Dark Sapphire Ring
Doll's Eye
Carenzi Fangs
Doomshark Hide
Doomshark Hide Coat
Gikar's Dream
Mace of Dissonance
Mite Leg Bone
Needletooth
Nefane Pearl
Nefane Shell
Nefane Shield
Plaguefang's Hide
Plaguefang's Robe
Puppeteer's Skull
Scourge's Hide
Scourge's Hide Leggings
Snarl's Hide
Snarl's Jerkin


Sharded Greater Shadow Armor Dye
Violet Armor Paint
Blue Armor Paint
Red Armor Paint


Rumors
Disturbing Rumor


Small Belt Pouches
Small Belt Pouch (Aqua)
Small Belt Pouch (Black)
Small Belt Pouch (Blue)
Small Belt Pouch (Green)
Small Belt Pouch (Olive)
Small Belt Pouch (Purple)
Small Belt Pouch (Red)
Small Belt Pouch (Teal)
Small Belt Pouch (White)


Updated Items

  • Basket - Now available in all colors:

New Spells

Updated Spells

New Titles

  • No new titles this month.

Portal.dat

New Creatures

Carenzi

Doll

Margul

Marionette

Mite

Niffis

Rat

Reedshark

Virindi

Zefir

Updated Creatures

  • Armored Skeletons and Undead now have new armor artwork.

Images

Click image for full size.

  • Armored Skeleton Lord Artwork - Before
    Armored Skeleton Lord Artwork - Before
  • Armored Skeleton Lord Artwork - After
    Armored Skeleton Lord Artwork - After
  • Dark Revenant Artwork - Before
    Dark Revenant Artwork - Before
  • Dark Revenant Artwork - After
    Dark Revenant Artwork - After
  • Plaguefang's Robe
    Plaguefang's Robe
  • Nefane Shield
    Nefane Shield
  • Gikar's Dream
    Gikar's Dream
  • Map of the Caul's new rare creature spawns
    Map of the Caul's new rare creature spawns
  • Cosseted Doll
    Cosseted Doll
  • Puppeteer
    Puppeteer
  • Tenebrous Rift
    Tenebrous Rift
  • Font of Jojii
    Font of Jojii
  • Shield of Power
    Shield of Power
  • Homecoming Pennant
    Homecoming Pennant
  • Sharded Greater Celdon dyed blue
    Sharded Greater Celdon dyed blue
  • Sharded Greater Celdon dyed red
    Sharded Greater Celdon dyed red

Splash Screen

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