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'''October 2000''' - [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory|Announcements Page]]
'''October 2000''' - [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine Announcements ==
== Turbine Announcements ==
=== Teaser Images ===
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File:Teaser 200010 ACStratics.jpg|
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=== Teasers ===
=== Teasers ===
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=== Release Notes ===
=== Release Notes ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEnewscodestate1.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Release Notes
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=== November Heaume Preview ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = None
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#November Heaume Preview
}}
=== State of the Code ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octbuild.asp
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octbuild.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Release Notes
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#State of the Code
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=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "The residents of Arwic have split the town into two separate settlements. Some refer to it as 'New Arwic,' or 'New'ic.'"</font><br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
 
:Town Crier tells you, "The residents of Arwic have split the town into two separate settlements. Some refer to it as 'New Arwic,' or 'New'ic.'"<br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! The massive Shadow Spires that recently destroyed our settlements have begun to withdraw back into the earth. Sages are concerned this may herald the beginning of some dire new Shadow plot."</font><br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Is it just me, or do you see lights on the moon of Alb'arel?"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! The massive Shadow Spires that recently destroyed our settlements have begun to withdraw back into the earth. Sages are concerned this may herald the beginning of some dire new Shadow plot."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "The night sky seems to have returned to normal. If you ask me, it's never looked better!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Is it just me, or do you see lights on the moon of Alb'arel?"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Alexander the Deft made it for me!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "The night sky seems to have returned to normal. If you ask me, it's never looked better!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Tsua Kagemata made it for me!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Alexander the Deft made it for me!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Sir Candeth Martine of the Dereth Exploration Society recently went into the Blackmire west of Sawato, to research the habits of Mosswarts. A funny duck, that one. Me, all I need to about Mosswarts is how to make them do that squeak when they die!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Tsua Kagemata made it for me!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard a few reports of people suffering terrible visions when a Shadow is slain near them."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Sir Candeth Martine of the Dereth Exploration Society recently went into the Blackmire west of Sawato, to research the habits of Mosswarts. A funny duck, that one. Me, all I need to about Mosswarts is how to make them do that squeak when they die!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead and the Shadows are both lying low for the time being. It is believed they are both searching for the last Soul Stone."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "I've heard a few reports of people suffering terrible visions when a Shadow is slain near them."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Mages say that the areas around the old menhir rings are now gushing with magical power! Those who stand in them report high rates of mana replenishment."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead and the Shadows are both lying low for the time being. It is believed they are both searching for the last Soul Stone."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead are on our side for now. They're also fighting against the Shadows. So far it doesn't seem to have helped much."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Mages say that the areas around the old menhir rings are now gushing with magical power! Those who stand in them report high rates of mana replenishment."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Fez that didn't have any enchantments. Odd, huh?"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead are on our side for now. They're also fighting against the Shadows. So far it doesn't seem to have helped much."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! The scholars of Zaikhal recently recovered thousands of Yalaini texts from long-sealed caverns at Xarabydun. The Consortium of Archmages have begun to produce reagents in the Empyrean style, a compressed form mages have taken to calling 'peas.' Peas are small and lightweight, but can only be used with the aid of a special tool."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Fez that didn't have any enchantments. Odd, huh?"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that some of the scarecrows that came through the portals were animated by the vagaries of portalspace. But surely that's just a fairy-story for children!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! The scholars of Zaikhal recently recovered thousands of Yalaini texts from long-sealed caverns at Xarabydun. The Consortium of Archmages have begun to produce reagents in the Empyrean style, a compressed form mages have taken to calling 'peas.' Peas are small and lightweight, but can only be used with the aid of a special tool."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "It looks like some of our farmers found pumpkin seeds in the heads of some scarecrows. Aluvian legends say that carving a frightening visage into a pumpkin can ward off evil, but I don't think the Shadows will be impressed...</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that some of the scarecrows that came through the portals were animated by the vagaries of portalspace. But surely that's just a fairy-story for children!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "I hear they destroyed three more of the Soul Stones imprisoning Bael'Zharon... That means there's only one left! Why would they do that?"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "It looks like some of our farmers found pumpkin seeds in the heads of some scarecrows. Aluvian legends say that carving a frightening visage into a pumpkin can ward off evil, but I don't think the Shadows will be impressed...<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "News! Parties of adventurers discovered three Empyrean storage facilities last month, hidden away under rings of crystal."</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "I hear they destroyed three more of the Soul Stones imprisoning Bael'Zharon... That means there's only one left! Why would they do that?"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Janda Sulifiya made it for me!"</font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "News! Parties of adventurers discovered three Empyrean storage facilities last month, hidden away under rings of crystal."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier tells you, "Hey, money! I appreciate it. Your contributions are welcome." </font><br>
:Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Janda Sulifiya made it for me!"<br></font>


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=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===
=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Xarabydun yesterday!"</font><br>
<font color=darkgoldenrod>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Xarabydun yesterday!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Want to buy the Obsidian Span? I got the deed to it from Asheron."</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Want to buy the Obsidian Span? I got the deed to it from Asheron."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That island off the coast of Eastham? Been there a million times. All you have to do is find the right portal. Try climbing into the pocket of a Tremendous Monouga. They pick up portals and carry them around, you know."</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That island off the coast of Eastham? Been there a million times. All you have to do is find the right portal. Try climbing into the pocket of a Tremendous Monouga. They pick up portals and carry them around, you know."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Tuskers look healthier lately, but they still smell bad. Sometimes you can get a Tusker Tusk from their corpses. If you can collect twelve of them and use berimphur dye on each, you can string them together with drudge guts to make a Tusker Lure. Any Tusker that sees a Lure will follow you around grunting 'Naners! Naners!'"</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Tuskers look healthier lately, but they still smell bad. Sometimes you can get a Tusker Tusk from their corpses. If you can collect twelve of them and use berimphur dye on each, you can string them together with drudge guts to make a Tusker Lure. Any Tusker that sees a Lure will follow you around grunting 'Naners! Naners!'"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Distaster Maze yesterday. He was camping the Director."</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Distaster Maze yesterday. He was camping the Director."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw Claude practicing a waltz with a scarecrow the other day. He was muttering something about poetry."</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw Claude practicing a waltz with a scarecrow the other day. He was muttering something about poetry."<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't care what everyone else says - the moons didn't look like that before!"</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't care what everyone else says - the moons didn't look like that before!"<br>


<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That Virindi, Leopold, you want to watch out for him. Those masks he gives out will turn you into one of his people."</font><br>
:Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That Virindi, Leopold, you want to watch out for him. Those masks he gives out will turn you into one of his people."</font>
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=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* The underground town of [[Xarabydun]] has been discovered.
* Arrow and quarrel shafts have been greatly reduced in weight.
* Heritage Masks and creatures masks introduced.
* [[Archmage]]s and [[Master Mage]]s
** Certain archmages now provide varying [[Dispel (Spell)|dispel]] services ranging from level I up to level VI.
* [[Game Concepts]]
** Spell Component Peas have been introduced!
* [[Graphics]]
** Tuskers have received new improved artwork.
* Sounds
** There are now more ambient sounds for those running across the lands.
* [[Bugs]]
** The "permabuff" bug is finally fixed by devs.
:<font color=cornflowerblue>"You hear faint gleeful laughter as your enchantments fade away....."</font>
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=== New [[Quests]] ===
=== New [[Quests]] ===
* '''[[Gem of Impulse Quest]]'''
* [[Floating City Quest]]
* '''[[Mace of the Explorer Quest]]'''
* [[Gem of Impulse Quest]]
* [[Heritage Masks]]
* [[Mace of the Explorer Quest]]
* [[Mask Makers of Dereth]]
* [[Slaying Pooky]]


=== Updated Quests ===
==== Updated Quests ====
* [[Lady Aerfalle Quest]]
* [[Lady Aerfalle Quest]] - [[Lady of Aerlinthe's Chest]] now contains [[Aerfalle's Pallium]] and [[Ashbane]]
* [[Lost Distillery Quest]] - [[Distillery Dew]] added
 
==== Live Events ====
* 10/10/00 - The new improved [[White Rabbit]] attacks [[Ayan]] after Wi's [http://web.archive.org/web/20110717005956/http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Home/dailyblast.htm Buff the Bunny Campaign] is a success.


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=== New [[NPCs]] ===
=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Olivier Rognath]]
* [[Aino Lunnan-Shin]]
* [[Leopold]]
* [[Alexander the Deft]]
* [[Alexander the Deft]]
* [[Archmage Zarri ibn Khaybi]]
* [[Barkeep Anarn]]
* [[Bowyer Hanra ibn Zarib]]
* [[Diyas al-Yat]] - 13.8N, 0.1E in [[Zaikhal]]
* [[Farmer Khurah al-Rujarkir]]
* [[Fazyad ibn Raymar]]
* [[Janda Sulifiya]]
* [[Janda Sulifiya]]
* [[Jeweler Jurraf al-Djiqidh]]
* [[Leopold]]
* [[Olivier Rognath]]
* [[Sifida bint Naril the Scribe]]
* [[Smith Ashaira bint Maisa]]
* [[Tsua Kagemata]]
* [[Tsua Kagemata]]


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=== New [[Locations]] ===
=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Xarabydun]]
* [[Golem Sanctum]] - random spawning landscape portal
* [[Linvak Tukal]]
* [[Linvak Tukal]] - Structure now found at 77.8S, 28.0E, but cannot be accessed yet.
* [[Banderling Conquest Dungeon]]
* [[Banderling Conquest Dungeon]] - 29.0S, 50.4E
* [[Mosswart Maze]]
* [[Mosswart Maze]] - 25.2S 19.4E
* [[Sotiris Dungeon]]
* [[Sotiris Dungeon]] - 68.0S, 69.2W
* [[Tumideon Fortress]]
* [[Tumideon Fortress]] - 56.0S, 60.7W
* [[Monster Training Camps|Monster Camps]]
** [[33.7N, 13.5E - Monster Training Camp]]
** [[36.9N, 47.1E - Monster Training Camp]]
** [[12.1S, 69.0E - Monster Training Camp]]
** [[31.7S, 70.2E - Banderling Camp]]
** [[36.2S, 54.4E - Banderling Camp]]
** [[47.3S 76.6E - Creature Camps]]
* [[The Floating City]] - random spawning landscape portal in [[Osteth]]
** [[The Floating City (Banderling Area)|Banderling Area]]
** [[The Floating City (Bar)|Bar]]
** [[The Floating City (Construction Area)|Construction Area]]
** [[The Floating City (Lost Chamber)|Lost Chamber]]
** [[The Floating City (Museum)|Museum]]
** [[The Floating City (Skyway)|Skyway]]
** [[The Floating City (Tunnels)|Tunnels]]
** [[Floating Spire]]
** [[Direlands Desert Northeast Portal]]
* [[Xarabydun]] - 41.9S, 16.1E (Level 1-25 restriction)
** [[Lightless Tunnels]]
** [[Xarabydun Lifestone]]
** [[Uninhabited Area]]


==== Updated Locations ====
* [[45.6S, 87.0W - White Rabbit Cave]]
* [[Floating Spire|3.7S, 69.2W - Floating Advocate Tower]] - Now accessible from [[The Floating City (Lost Chamber)|The Floating City]].
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=== New [[Items]] ===
=== New [[Items]] ===
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Floating City Quest]]
| Distillery Dew
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Gem of Impulse Quest|Call for Adventurers!|Banderling Orders|Standing Orders}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Slaying Pooky]]
| Orb of the Bunny Booty
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Mace of the Explorer Quest|A Battered Leather Journal|A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Gem of Impulse Quest]]
| Armory Chest
| Call for Adventurers!
| Crystal Nodule
| Discus
| Forgotten Text
| Gem of Impulse
| Guard Post Key
| Standing Orders
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=The Floating City|A Stained Book}}
{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Mace of the Explorer Quest]]
| Banderling Orders
| A Battered Leather Journal
| A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal
| Banderling Mace Shaft
| Banderling Mace Head
| Banderling Ceremonial Weapon
| Mace of the Explorer
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Misc|The Breaking of the Crystal Core|Sotiris Note|Tumeidon Note}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Heritage Masks]] (Tier 1)
| Broken Virindi Mask
| Virindi Mask
| King's Helm
| Shadow's Garb
| Ogre Mask
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Spell Component Peas|Lead Pea|Iron Pea|Copper Pea|Silver Pea|Gold Pea|Pyreal Pea|Amaranth Pea|Bistort Pea|Comfrey Pea|Damiana Pea|Dragonsblood Pea|Eyebright Pea|Frankincense Pea|Ginseng Pea|Hawthorn Pea|Henbane Pea|Hyssop Pea|Mandrake Pea|Mugwort Pea|Myrrh Pea|Saffron Pea|Vervain Pea|Wormwood Pea|Yarrow Pea|Powdered Agate Pea|Powdered Amber Pea|Powdered Azurite Pea|Powdered Bloodstone Pea|Powdered Carnelian Pea|Powdered Hematite Pea|Powdered Lapis Lazuli Pea|Powdered Malachite Pea|Powdered Moonstone Pea|Powdered Onyx Pea|Powdered Quartz Pea|Powdered Turquoise Pea|Brimstone Pea|Cadmia Pea|Cinnabar Pea|Cobalt Pea|Colcothar Pea|Gypsum Pea|Quicksilver Pea|Realgar Pea|Stibnite Pea|Turpeth Pea|Verdigris Pea|Vitriol Pea|Alder Pea|Ashwood Pea|Birch Pea|Blackthorn Pea|Cedar Pea|Ebony Pea|Elder Pea|Hazel Pea|Hemlock Pea|Oak Pea|Poplar Pea|Rowan Pea|Willow Pea|Yew Pea|Blue Pea|Brown Pea|Green Pea|Grey Pea|Indigo Pea|Orange Pea|Pink Pea|Red Pea|Turquoise Pea|Violet Pea|White Pea|Yellow Pea}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Masks]]
| Banderling Head
| Drudge Head
| Mosswart Head
| Skeleton's Skull
| Banderling Mask (Old Style)
| Drudge Mask
| Mosswart Mask (Old Style)
| Skull Mask
| Tusker Head
| Tusker Mask
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Clothing|Kireth Gown with Band (Store) Holtburg|Kiyafa Robe (Store)|Yifan Dress (Store) Baishi}}
{{Item Table Three|Caption=Harvest Festival Items
| Pumpkin
| Cooked Pumpkin
| Sweetened Pumpkin
| Spiced Pumpkin
| Pumpkin Liquid
| Pumpkin Pie
| Pumpkin Soup
| Pumpkin Pie Filling
| Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
| Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
| Superior Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
| Superior Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
| Mangled Pumpkin
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Masks|Olthoi Helm|Skull Mask|Tusker Mask|Mosswart Mask|Drudge Mask|Banderling Mask}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[List of Texts|Texts]]
| A Stained Book
| The Breaking of the Crystal Core
| Sotiris Note
| Tumideon Note
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Hertitage Masks (Tier 1)|Broken Virindi Mask|Virindi Mask|King's Helm|Shadow's Garb|Ogre Mask}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Spell Components|Spell Component Peas]]
| Splitting Tool
| Lead Pea
| Mugwort Pea
| Powdered Lapis Lazuli Pea
| Vitriol Pea
| Cedar Pea
| Green Pea
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Aerlinthe Quest Update|Aerfalle's Pallium|Ashbane}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Clothing]]
 
| Kireth Gown with Band
{{Item Table|Caption=Weapons|Jack o' Lantern|Superior Jack o' Lantern|Discus}}
| Kireth Gown with Band (Altered)
 
| Kiyafa Robe
{{Item Table|Caption=Misc|Beer Keg|Filled Beer Stein|Distillery Dew}}
| Yifan Dress
}}


==== Updated Items ====
* {{Icon Link|Olthoi Helm}} - New artwork
* {{Icon Link|Armet|link=Heaume}}s - Updated with new "teapot" artwork style and icon.
* {{Icon Link|Black Boulder}} - Now [[Attuned]]
* {{Icon Link|Festival Stone}}s - Commemorate 1 Year of Asheron's Call with firework displays
* {{Icon Link|Specialty Cookbook}} - Updated with [[Pumpkin Soup]] and [[Pumpkin Pie]] recipes.
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=== Services ===
=== New [[Spells]] ===
 
* {{Icon Link|Evaporate All Magic Other}}
{{Item Table|Nullify All Magic Other|Purge All Magic Other|Devour All Magic Other|Cleanse All Magic Other|Extinguish All Magic Other|Evaporate All Magic Other}}
* {{Icon Link|Nullify All Magic Other}}
 
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=== Other Changes ===
=== Portal.dat ===
* ''Heaumes updated with new "bucket" artwork.''
[[File:Portaldat 200010.png]]
* ''[[Black Boulder]] is now [[attuned]].''
* ''Aerfalle's Chest now stores [[Aerfalle's Pallium]] and [[Ashbane]].''
* ''Festival Stones commemorate 1 Year of Asheron's Call.''


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=== New [[Creatures]] ===
=== New [[Creatures]] ===
{|cellpadding=5
|-valign=top
|
{{Creature Class|Hollow Minion
| Sotiris Hollow Minion
| Tumideon Hollow Minion
}}
{{Creature Class|Lugian
| Amploth Raider
| Tiatus Raider
| Obeloth Raider
| Lithos Raider
}}
|
{{Creature Class|Mite
| Mite Warrior Princess
}}
{{Creature Class|Scarecrow
| Rickety Scarecrow
| Suspicious Scarecrow
| Shifty Scarecrow
| Shady Scarecrow
}}
|
{{Creature Class|Virindi
| Sotiris Virindi Director
| Tumideon Virindi Director
}}
|}


{{Creature Class|Lugian}}
==== Updated Creatures ====
:* [[Amploth Raider]]
* [[White Rabbit]] - New level, stats and powers
:* [[Tiatus Raider]]
* [[Tusker]] - New artwork for all Tuskers
:* [[Obeloth Raider]]
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:* [[Lithos Raider]]


{{Creature Class|Mite}}
=== Images ===
:* [[Mite Warrior Princess]]


{{Creature Class|Hollow Minion}}
Click image for full size version.
:* [[Sotiris Hollow Minion]]
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4>
:* [[Tumideon Hollow Minion]]
File:Male Tusker (Old) Live.jpg|Male Tusker - Before Update
File:Male Tusker Live.jpg|Male Tusker - After Update
File:Tusker Slave (Old) Live.jpg|Tusker Slave - Before Update
File:Tusker Slave Live.jpg|Tusker Slave - After Update
File:45.6S, 87.0W - White Rabbit Cave Live 2.jpg|The White Rabbit increases in power.<br><font color=gray>White Rabbit says, "I feel the devil inside."</font>
File:Orb of the Bunny Booty Live.jpg|Orb of the Bunny Booty
File:The Floating City (Tunnels) Live.jpg|Floating City: Tunnels
File:The Floating City (Banderling Area) Live.jpg|Floating City: Banderling Section
File:The Floating City (Bar) Live 2.jpg|Floating City: The Bar
File:The Floating City (Lost Chamber) Live 2.jpg|Floating City: The Lost Chamber
File:Virindi Mask Live.jpg|Virindi Masks & Heritage Masks introduced
File:Ogre Mask Live.jpg|Sho Heritage Mask: Ogre Mask
File:Shadow's Garb Live.jpg|Gharu'ndim Heritage Mask: Shadow's Garb
File:Xarabydun_(Hollow_Victory)_Live.jpg|Xarabydun
</gallery>


{{Creature Class|Scarecrow}}
=== Splash Screen ===
:* [[Rickety Scarecrow]]
[[File:Hollow Victory Splash Screen.jpg]]
:* [[Suspicious Scarecrow]]
:* [[Shifty Scarecrow]]
:* [[Shady Scarecrow]]
 
{{Creature Class|Virindi}}
:* [[Sotiris Virindi Director]]
:* [[Tumideon Virindi Director]]
 
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Town Crier Rumors

Town Crier tells you, "The residents of Arwic have split the town into two separate settlements. Some refer to it as 'New Arwic,' or 'New'ic.'"
Town Crier tells you, "News! The massive Shadow Spires that recently destroyed our settlements have begun to withdraw back into the earth. Sages are concerned this may herald the beginning of some dire new Shadow plot."
Town Crier tells you, "Is it just me, or do you see lights on the moon of Alb'arel?"
Town Crier tells you, "The night sky seems to have returned to normal. If you ask me, it's never looked better!"
Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Alexander the Deft made it for me!"
Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Tsua Kagemata made it for me!"
Town Crier tells you, "Sir Candeth Martine of the Dereth Exploration Society recently went into the Blackmire west of Sawato, to research the habits of Mosswarts. A funny duck, that one. Me, all I need to about Mosswarts is how to make them do that squeak when they die!"
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard a few reports of people suffering terrible visions when a Shadow is slain near them."
Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead and the Shadows are both lying low for the time being. It is believed they are both searching for the last Soul Stone."
Town Crier tells you, "Mages say that the areas around the old menhir rings are now gushing with magical power! Those who stand in them report high rates of mana replenishment."
Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead are on our side for now. They're also fighting against the Shadows. So far it doesn't seem to have helped much."
Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Fez that didn't have any enchantments. Odd, huh?"
Town Crier tells you, "News! The scholars of Zaikhal recently recovered thousands of Yalaini texts from long-sealed caverns at Xarabydun. The Consortium of Archmages have begun to produce reagents in the Empyrean style, a compressed form mages have taken to calling 'peas.' Peas are small and lightweight, but can only be used with the aid of a special tool."
Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that some of the scarecrows that came through the portals were animated by the vagaries of portalspace. But surely that's just a fairy-story for children!"
Town Crier tells you, "It looks like some of our farmers found pumpkin seeds in the heads of some scarecrows. Aluvian legends say that carving a frightening visage into a pumpkin can ward off evil, but I don't think the Shadows will be impressed...
Town Crier tells you, "I hear they destroyed three more of the Soul Stones imprisoning Bael'Zharon... That means there's only one left! Why would they do that?"
Town Crier tells you, "News! Parties of adventurers discovered three Empyrean storage facilities last month, hidden away under rings of crystal."
Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Janda Sulifiya made it for me!"

Ulgrim Rumors

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Xarabydun yesterday!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Want to buy the Obsidian Span? I got the deed to it from Asheron."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That island off the coast of Eastham? Been there a million times. All you have to do is find the right portal. Try climbing into the pocket of a Tremendous Monouga. They pick up portals and carry them around, you know."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Tuskers look healthier lately, but they still smell bad. Sometimes you can get a Tusker Tusk from their corpses. If you can collect twelve of them and use berimphur dye on each, you can string them together with drudge guts to make a Tusker Lure. Any Tusker that sees a Lure will follow you around grunting 'Naners! Naners!'"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Distaster Maze yesterday. He was camping the Director."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw Claude practicing a waltz with a scarecrow the other day. He was muttering something about poetry."
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't care what everyone else says - the moons didn't look like that before!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That Virindi, Leopold, you want to watch out for him. Those masks he gives out will turn you into one of his people."

New UI and Game Changes

  • The underground town of Xarabydun has been discovered.
  • Arrow and quarrel shafts have been greatly reduced in weight.
  • Heritage Masks and creatures masks introduced.
  • Archmages and Master Mages
    • Certain archmages now provide varying dispel services ranging from level I up to level VI.
  • Game Concepts
    • Spell Component Peas have been introduced!
  • Graphics
    • Tuskers have received new improved artwork.
  • Sounds
    • There are now more ambient sounds for those running across the lands.
  • Bugs
    • The "permabuff" bug is finally fixed by devs.
"You hear faint gleeful laughter as your enchantments fade away....."

New Quests

Updated Quests

Live Events


New NPCs


New Locations

Updated Locations


New Items

Floating City Quest
Distillery Dew


Slaying Pooky
Orb of the Bunny Booty


Gem of Impulse Quest
Armory Chest
Call for Adventurers!
Crystal Nodule
Discus
Forgotten Text
Gem of Impulse
Guard Post Key
Standing Orders


Mace of the Explorer Quest
Banderling Orders
A Battered Leather Journal
A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal
Banderling Mace Shaft
Banderling Mace Head
Banderling Ceremonial Weapon
Mace of the Explorer


Heritage Masks (Tier 1)
Broken Virindi Mask
Virindi Mask
King's Helm
Shadow's Garb
Ogre Mask


Masks
Banderling Head
Drudge Head
Mosswart Head
Skeleton's Skull
Banderling Mask (Old Style)
Drudge Mask
Mosswart Mask (Old Style)
Skull Mask
Tusker Head
Tusker Mask


Harvest Festival Items
Pumpkin
Cooked Pumpkin
Sweetened Pumpkin
Spiced Pumpkin
Pumpkin Liquid
Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkin Soup
Pumpkin Pie Filling
Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
Superior Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
Superior Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
Mangled Pumpkin


Texts
A Stained Book
The Breaking of the Crystal Core
Sotiris Note
Tumideon Note


Spell Component Peas
Splitting Tool
Lead Pea
Mugwort Pea
Powdered Lapis Lazuli Pea
Vitriol Pea
Cedar Pea
Green Pea


Clothing
Kireth Gown with Band
Kireth Gown with Band (Altered)
Kiyafa Robe
Yifan Dress


Updated Items


New Spells


Portal.dat


New Creatures

Hollow Minion

Lugian

Mite

Scarecrow

Virindi

Updated Creatures


Images

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