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=== Teaser Images === | === Teaser Images === | ||
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File:Teaser 200311 C.jpg| | |||
File:Teaser 200311 D.jpg| | |||
| | File:Teaser 200311 ACVault.jpg|[http://acvault.ign.com/ ACVault] | ||
| | File:Teaser 200311 JackCat.jpg|[http://www.thejackcat.com/ac/ Maggie the Jackcat] | ||
| [ | File:Teaser 200311 Stratics.jpg|[http://ac.stratics.com/ AC Stratics] | ||
| | File:Teaser 200311 WarCry.jpg|[http://ac.warcry.com/ Warcry's Crossroads of Dereth] | ||
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=== Teaser === | === Teaser === | ||
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=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors === | === [[Town Crier]] Rumors === | ||
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "It's nice to relax and enjoy the Festival Season. I guarantee though, soon as we get comfortable and settled in all happy and tranquil, some nasty monster will start stompin' all over Dereth making a mess of things." | <font color=darkgoldenrod> | ||
:Town Crier tells you, "It's nice to relax and enjoy the Festival Season. I guarantee though, soon as we get comfortable and settled in all happy and tranquil, some nasty monster will start stompin' all over Dereth making a mess of things." | |||
Town Crier tells you, "I heard the Candeth Keep Archmage isn't running her store. She's been holed up in her tower for days." | :Town Crier tells you, "I heard the Candeth Keep Archmage isn't running her store. She's been holed up in her tower for days." | ||
Town Crier tells you, "It's the Festival Season again! I love this time of year. All of the masks, pumpkins, the food and the celebrations. Keep away from those scarecrows though, they give me the creeps." | :Town Crier tells you, "It's the Festival Season again! I love this time of year. All of the masks, pumpkins, the food and the celebrations. Keep away from those scarecrows though, they give me the creeps." | ||
Town Crier tells you, "Lady Dain asked me to send trustworthy adventurers to see her in Candeth Keep. A warrior she knows may have found a clue to her husband's disappearance." | :Town Crier tells you, "Lady Dain asked me to send trustworthy adventurers to see her in Candeth Keep. A warrior she knows may have found a clue to her husband's disappearance." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "I've seen an awful lot of eye injuries lately. People should be more careful with thier pointy weapons." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "A battle between the natural and unnatural has erupted in the heart of the Valley of Death!" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "I figured the lair the Ancient Olthoi Queen made for herself would have been abandoned after we succeeded in routing her. I thought wrong and received a visit to the lifestone for it." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Did you see? You can carry hundreds of alchemy gems now! No, THOUSANDS! It's amazing!!" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Who would have thought that Reedshark hide made such a comfortable robe?" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Seems as though Aerbax is up to no good in that valley of his. My cousin returned from a foray there recently. He said that there was an enclave of Banderlings fighting a battle against the drudges out there." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Robes! I tell you. Robes!" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen those new Olthoi Shields? They sure are something!" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Some folks say they have seen a rather shady-looking fellow loitering around the Obsidian Span. The fellow actually claims to have studied under Oswald, the infamous assassin!" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen my new leather jacket? I'm not much of a fan of hide armor, but this jacket is just so comfortable!" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "I used to be so worried about my enemies sneaking up on me! But I can tell you're not going to try to hurt me." | ||
Town Crier tells you, "I | :Town Crier tells you, "I hear tell of a dungeon being found in the middle of that valley in the direlands." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "I hear the weather in the deserts near Candeth Keep has gotten very windy." | ||
Town Crier tells you, "I | :Town Crier tells you, "I don't know what it is about late fall, but creatures are once again losing their heads. And other body parts, too..." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "You like my mask? Would you like one? Well go and find yourself a head and take it to the Mask Makers." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Who would have thought that Reedshark hide made such a comfortable robe?" | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Those Mask Crafters and their apprentices sure have been busy. But, I suppose they have to be, what with our festivals finally beginning." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "Here's a little secret: Do not eat chickens from Sawato! You'll thank me later." | ||
Town Crier tells you, " | :Town Crier tells you, "There's nothing like hammering down a drudge with a banderling arm!" | ||
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=== New UI and Game Changes === | |||
* [[Graphics]] | |||
** New animations for the lifestone and marketplace recall commands. | |||
** New animation for the player killer lite command. | |||
{| | |||
|[[File:Lifestone Recall Command Animation Live.jpg|thumb|100px]] | |||
|[[File:Marketplace Recall Animation Live.jpg|thumb|100px]] | |||
|[[File:Player Killer Lite Animation Live.jpg|thumb|100px]] | |||
|} | |||
* [[Radar]] | |||
** New context-sensitive radar blips for PK/PKL players. | |||
** Members of your fellowship will now appear on radar as green downward-pointing triangles. Your fellowship leader will still appear as a green upward-pointing triangle. | |||
** The charge radius has been removed from radar. | |||
{| | |||
|[[File:Radar Update (Visions in the Darkness) Live.jpg|thumb|100px]] | |||
|[[File:Radar Update (Visions in the Darkness) Live 2.jpg|thumb|100px]] | |||
|} | |||
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=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors === | |||
No new messages this month. | |||
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=== New [[NPCs]] === | === New [[NPCs]] === | ||
* [[Hemmik the Sly]] | * [[Dalius Kendmar]] - 87.2S, 67.5W in Candeth Keep | ||
* [[Harraag, Banderling Champion]] | * [[Hemmik the Sly]] - 34.0N, 39.7E near Holtburg | ||
* [[Harraag, Banderling Champion]] - 37.9S, 65.5W in the [[Hidden Cavern]] | |||
* [[Talira Dain]] - 87.2S, 67.5W in Candeth Keep | |||
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* [[Elemental Caverns]] | * [[Elemental Caverns]] | ||
* [[Hidden Cavern]] | * [[Hidden Cavern]] | ||
* [[Sclavus Temple]] | |||
==== Updated Locations ==== | |||
* [[Matron Hive West]] - Upper level restriction removed (was 60-90) | |||
* [[Matron Hive North]] - Upper level restriction removed (was 40-60) | |||
* [[Matron Hive South]] - Upper level restriction removed (was 20-50) | |||
* [[Gerent's Compound]] - Upper level restriction removed (was 40-70) | |||
* [[Aerbax's Holding]] - Upper level restriction removed (was 60-90) | |||
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=== New [[Items]] === | === New [[Items]] === | ||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Arcanum Furniture]] | |||
| Chalk Board | | Chalk Board | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Elemental Weeping Weapons]]: Elemental Pools | |||
| An Interesting Note | | An Interesting Note | ||
| Acidic Elemental Pool | | Acidic Elemental Pool | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Elemental Weeping Weapons]] | |||
| Acidic Weeping Axe | |||
| Electric Weeping Axe | |||
| Flaming Weeping Axe | |||
| Frozen Weeping Axe | |||
| Acidic Weeping Claw | |||
| Electric Weeping Claw | |||
| Flaming Weeping Claw | |||
| Frozen Weeping Claw | |||
| Acidic Weeping Dagger | |||
| Electric Weeping Dagger | |||
| Flaming Weeping Dagger | |||
| Frozen Weeping Dagger | |||
| Acidic Weeping Mace | |||
| Electric Weeping Mace | |||
| Flaming Weeping Mace | |||
| Frozen Weeping Mace | |||
| Acidic Weeping Spear | |||
| Electric Weeping Spear | |||
| Flaming Weeping Spear | |||
| Frozen Weeping Spear | |||
| Acidic Weeping Staff | |||
| Electric Weeping Staff | |||
| Flaming Weeping Staff | |||
| Frozen Weeping Staff | |||
| Acidic Weeping Sword | |||
| Electric Weeping Sword | |||
| Flaming Weeping Sword | |||
| Frozen Weeping Sword | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table | {{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Hidden Cavern Quest]] | ||
| Pile of Stones | |||
| Pile of Rocks | |||
| Bone Key | | Bone Key | ||
| Bone Door | | Bone Door | ||
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| Sealed Door | | Sealed Door | ||
| Obsidian Shard (The Mirror) | | Obsidian Shard (The Mirror) | ||
| The Mirror | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Olthoi Shield Quest]] | |||
| Olthoi Abdomen Fragment | | Olthoi Abdomen Fragment | ||
| Good Olthoi Shield | | Good Olthoi Shield | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Search for Gareth Dain]] | |||
| Falatacot Tome (A Poorly Translated Journal) | | Falatacot Tome (A Poorly Translated Journal) | ||
| A Poorly Translated Journal | | A Poorly Translated Journal | ||
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| Scrap of Paper (Gareth Dain) | | Scrap of Paper (Gareth Dain) | ||
| Markings | | Markings | ||
| Polestar | |||
| Staff of Coercion | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Item Table|Caption=Banderling Trophy Rewards | |||
{{Item Table | |||
| Aggressor Token | | Aggressor Token | ||
| Predator Token | | Predator Token | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Masks]] | |||
| Whole Chicken | |||
| Mutilator Helm | | Mutilator Helm | ||
| Chicken Hat | | Chicken Hat | ||
| Skull Cap | | Skull Cap | ||
| Skeletal Helm | | Skeletal Helm | ||
| Moarsman Head | |||
| Scary Minion Mask | | Scary Minion Mask | ||
| Eye Patch | |||
| Moarsman Mask | | Moarsman Mask | ||
| Knath Husk | |||
| Knath Head | | Knath Head | ||
}} | }} | ||
== | {{Item Table Three|Caption=Drudge Charms | ||
| Bloodletter Charm Necklace | |||
| Cabalist Charm Necklace | |||
| Peerless Drudge Charm Necklace | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=Potions | |||
| Potion of Endless Vigor | |||
| Potion of Destiny's Wind | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Armoredillo Hide Armor]] | |||
| Armoredillo Hide Cuirass | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Reedshark Hide Armor]] | |||
| Hearty Reedshark Robe | |||
| Sturdy Reedshark Robe | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Shreth Hide Armor]] | |||
| Gauloth Leggings | |||
| Rendeath Coat | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table Three|Caption=Other | |||
| Dastardly Dirk | |||
| Tremendous Monouga Pack Doll | |||
}} | |||
{{Item Table|Caption=New [[Leather Armor]] | |||
| Leather Helm | |||
}} | |||
==== Updated Items ==== | |||
* {{Icon Link|Alchemy Gems}} - Can now be stacked up to 25. | |||
* New artwork and icons for [[Armoredillo Hide Armor]]: | |||
** {{Icon Link|Armoredillo Hide Coat}} | |||
** {{Icon Link|Armoredillo Hide Breastplate}} | |||
** {{Icon Link|Armoredillo Hide Bracers}} | |||
** {{Icon Link|Fine Armoredillo Hide Shirt}} | |||
* The following trophies can now be given in for rewards: | |||
{{Item Table | {{Item Table | ||
| Banderling Aggressor Scalp | |||
| Banderling Predator Scalp | |||
| Banderling Antagonist Scalp | |||
| Banderling Slayer Scalp | |||
| Banderling Savage Arm | |||
| Banderling Bone Ring (Trophy) | |||
| Bloodletter Drudge Charm | | Bloodletter Drudge Charm | ||
| Drudge Cabalist Charm | | Drudge Cabalist Charm | ||
| Drudge Sage Charm | |||
| Peerless Drudge Charm | | Peerless Drudge Charm | ||
| | | Essence of a Phantasm | ||
| | | Gloom Drudge Charm | ||
| | | Murk Drudge Charm | ||
| | | Mutilator Head | ||
| | | Mystic Drudge Charm | ||
| Plate Armoredillo Hide | | Plate Armoredillo Hide | ||
| Slasher Reedshark Hide | |||
| Reaper Reedshark Hide | | Reaper Reedshark Hide | ||
| Rendeath Shreth Hide | | Rendeath Shreth Hide | ||
| | | Gauloth Shreth Hide | ||
| Bloodthirsty Monouga Idol | |||
| Merciless Monouga Idol | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| Insidious Monouga Idol | | Insidious Monouga Idol | ||
| Skull of a Skeletal Hero | |||
| Skull of a Dark Master | |||
| Primeval Skeleton Shin Bone | | Primeval Skeleton Shin Bone | ||
| | | Telumiat Hollow Minion Essence | ||
}} | }} | ||
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=== | === Portal.dat === | ||
:[[File:Portaldat 200311.png|300px]] | |||
| | |||
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=== New [[Creatures]] === | === New [[Creatures]] === | ||
:{|cellpadding=5 | |||
|-valign=top | |||
| | |||
{{Creature Class|Drudge | {{Creature Class|Drudge | ||
| Drudge Seraph Mystic | | Drudge Seraph Mystic | ||
| Scrum, Drudge Seraph Mystic | | Scrum, Drudge Seraph Mystic | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Creature Class|Banderling | {{Creature Class|Banderling | ||
| Banderling Champion | | Banderling Champion | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Creature Class|Gromnie | {{Creature Class|Gromnie | ||
| Ruby Gromnie | | Ruby Gromnie | ||
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| Emerald Gromnie | | Emerald Gromnie | ||
}} | }} | ||
| | |||
{{Creature Class|Human | {{Creature Class|Human | ||
| Sister Vitriaka | | Sister Vitriaka | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Creature Class|No Class | {{Creature Class|No Class | ||
| Sarcophagus (Dareth Gain Quest) | | Sarcophagus (Dareth Gain Quest) | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Creature Class|Olthoi | {{Creature Class|Olthoi | ||
| Olthoi Sentinel | | Olthoi Sentinel | ||
| Olthoi Sentinel (Ancient Queen) | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{Creature Class|Sclavus | {{Creature Class|Sclavus | ||
| Strange Sclavus | | Strange Sclavus | ||
}} | }} | ||
|} | |||
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-- | === Images === | ||
Click image for full size. | |||
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3> | |||
File:Armoredillo Hide Coat (Retired) Live.jpg|Armoredillo Hide Coat - Old style | |||
File:Armoredillo Hide Coat Live.jpg|Armoredillo Hide Coat - New style | |||
File: Live.jpg| | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Splash Screen === | === Splash Screen === |
Latest revision as of 01:58, 5 August 2012
November 2003 - Announcements Page
Turbine Announcements
Click image for full size version.
Rollout
Release Notes
Letter to the Players
Discoveries
Town Crier Rumors
- Town Crier tells you, "It's nice to relax and enjoy the Festival Season. I guarantee though, soon as we get comfortable and settled in all happy and tranquil, some nasty monster will start stompin' all over Dereth making a mess of things."
- Town Crier tells you, "I heard the Candeth Keep Archmage isn't running her store. She's been holed up in her tower for days."
- Town Crier tells you, "It's the Festival Season again! I love this time of year. All of the masks, pumpkins, the food and the celebrations. Keep away from those scarecrows though, they give me the creeps."
- Town Crier tells you, "Lady Dain asked me to send trustworthy adventurers to see her in Candeth Keep. A warrior she knows may have found a clue to her husband's disappearance."
- Town Crier tells you, "I've seen an awful lot of eye injuries lately. People should be more careful with thier pointy weapons."
- Town Crier tells you, "A battle between the natural and unnatural has erupted in the heart of the Valley of Death!"
- Town Crier tells you, "I figured the lair the Ancient Olthoi Queen made for herself would have been abandoned after we succeeded in routing her. I thought wrong and received a visit to the lifestone for it."
- Town Crier tells you, "Did you see? You can carry hundreds of alchemy gems now! No, THOUSANDS! It's amazing!!"
- Town Crier tells you, "Who would have thought that Reedshark hide made such a comfortable robe?"
- Town Crier tells you, "Seems as though Aerbax is up to no good in that valley of his. My cousin returned from a foray there recently. He said that there was an enclave of Banderlings fighting a battle against the drudges out there."
- Town Crier tells you, "Robes! I tell you. Robes!"
- Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen those new Olthoi Shields? They sure are something!"
- Town Crier tells you, "Some folks say they have seen a rather shady-looking fellow loitering around the Obsidian Span. The fellow actually claims to have studied under Oswald, the infamous assassin!"
- Town Crier tells you, "Have you seen my new leather jacket? I'm not much of a fan of hide armor, but this jacket is just so comfortable!"
- Town Crier tells you, "I used to be so worried about my enemies sneaking up on me! But I can tell you're not going to try to hurt me."
- Town Crier tells you, "I hear tell of a dungeon being found in the middle of that valley in the direlands."
- Town Crier tells you, "I hear the weather in the deserts near Candeth Keep has gotten very windy."
- Town Crier tells you, "I don't know what it is about late fall, but creatures are once again losing their heads. And other body parts, too..."
- Town Crier tells you, "You like my mask? Would you like one? Well go and find yourself a head and take it to the Mask Makers."
- Town Crier tells you, "Who would have thought that Reedshark hide made such a comfortable robe?"
- Town Crier tells you, "Those Mask Crafters and their apprentices sure have been busy. But, I suppose they have to be, what with our festivals finally beginning."
- Town Crier tells you, "Here's a little secret: Do not eat chickens from Sawato! You'll thank me later."
- Town Crier tells you, "There's nothing like hammering down a drudge with a banderling arm!"
New UI and Game Changes
- Graphics
- New animations for the lifestone and marketplace recall commands.
- New animation for the player killer lite command.
- Radar
- New context-sensitive radar blips for PK/PKL players.
- Members of your fellowship will now appear on radar as green downward-pointing triangles. Your fellowship leader will still appear as a green upward-pointing triangle.
- The charge radius has been removed from radar.
Ulgrim Rumors
No new messages this month.
New Quests
Updated Quests
New NPCs
- Dalius Kendmar - 87.2S, 67.5W in Candeth Keep
- Hemmik the Sly - 34.0N, 39.7E near Holtburg
- Harraag, Banderling Champion - 37.9S, 65.5W in the Hidden Cavern
- Talira Dain - 87.2S, 67.5W in Candeth Keep
New Locations
Updated Locations
- Matron Hive West - Upper level restriction removed (was 60-90)
- Matron Hive North - Upper level restriction removed (was 40-60)
- Matron Hive South - Upper level restriction removed (was 20-50)
- Gerent's Compound - Upper level restriction removed (was 40-70)
- Aerbax's Holding - Upper level restriction removed (was 60-90)
New Items
Arcanum Furniture | ||||||||
Chalk Board |
Elemental Weeping Weapons: Elemental Pools | ||||||||
An Interesting Note | Acidic Elemental Pool | Electric Elemental Pool | ||||||
Flaming Elemental Pool | Freezing Elemental Pool |
Hidden Cavern Quest | ||||||||
Pile of Stones | Pile of Rocks | Bone Key | ||||||
Bone Door | Glittering Key | Sealed Door | ||||||
Obsidian Shard (The Mirror) | The Mirror |
Olthoi Shield Quest | ||||||||
Olthoi Abdomen Fragment | Good Olthoi Shield | Lesser Olthoi Shield | ||||||
Fine Olthoi Shield | Greater Olthoi Shield |
Search for Gareth Dain | ||||||||
Falatacot Tome (A Poorly Translated Journal) | A Poorly Translated Journal | Book of Memories | ||||||
Scrap of Paper (Gareth Dain) | Markings | Polestar | ||||||
Staff of Coercion |
Masks | ||||||||
Whole Chicken | Mutilator Helm | Chicken Hat | ||||||
Skull Cap | Skeletal Helm | Moarsman Head | ||||||
Scary Minion Mask | Eye Patch | Moarsman Mask | ||||||
Knath Husk | Knath Head |
Drudge Charms | ||||||||
Bloodletter Charm Necklace | Cabalist Charm Necklace | Peerless Drudge Charm Necklace |
Potions | ||||||||
Potion of Endless Vigor | Potion of Destiny's Wind |
Armoredillo Hide Armor | ||||||||
Armoredillo Hide Cuirass |
Reedshark Hide Armor | ||||||||
Hearty Reedshark Robe | Sturdy Reedshark Robe |
Shreth Hide Armor | ||||||||
Gauloth Leggings | Rendeath Coat |
Other | ||||||||
Dastardly Dirk | Tremendous Monouga Pack Doll |
New Leather Armor | ||||||||
Leather Helm |
Updated Items
- Alchemy Gems - Can now be stacked up to 25.
- New artwork and icons for Armoredillo Hide Armor:
- The following trophies can now be given in for rewards:
Portal.dat
New Creatures
Images
Click image for full size.
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Armoredillo Hide Coat - Old style
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Armoredillo Hide Coat - New style
-