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	March 27, 2026 Nightwraith's Dire Depot Can you complete Nightwraith's Dire Depot missions before April 13th and gain access to Empress' Epic auxiliaries? Nightwraith's Dire Depot A new mission chain has been added to Nightwraith "Dire Depot." Accept the first mission, "Legendary Resume" to being your quest to earn the Auxiliary Armor Key and unlock Nightwraith's ArmorBot! Rather than Nightwraith's typical stock, this merchant now contains Gifter Empress' Epic Rare Auxiliaries, Penelope's Precision and Dire's Deception, as limited quantity weapons as an homage to the original Bunnyzookas, which were a rare promotion that ran from March 26th to April 11th in 2010. We shifted the schedule a bit to accommodate the weekends for your convenience. These weapons will only be available from today until the end of the day on April 12th. The missions will still be available until we reboot the server but the items themselves will disappear. If you don't have enough Varium to purchase these items you will still be rewarded with substantial Credit prizes and an achievement for completing the missions! TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update TheAlonzoHarris' shop has been updated with new and returning Epic Rares! Cold Ignition: core added for this weekend Itachi's Pride: available one more weekend (last chance for now!) Zeus's Might: 50,000 Varium, available only for this weekend Katie's Replica Slayer CC P: 10,000 Varium / 10 Balance Tokens Katie's Infernal Slayer P: 5,000 Varium / 5 Balance Tokens Roman's Replica Interdictor CC E: 10,000 Varium / 10 Balance Tokens Roman's Infernal Interdictor E: 5,000 Varium / 5 Balance Tokens Quality of Life The NPC lists on the map interface now support scrolling so we can show more NPCs at once, giving you a more complete view of all the active NPCs in a region. Many mission-gated NPCs are still hidden, however. Tags: Nightwraith

	March 20, 2026 Archfiend's Arsenal Reinforced 2026 EpicDuel is LIVE with new Nulgath limited rares and a restocked Epic Rare shop! Nulgath Reinforced Nulgath has been stocked with even more delightfully devious limited rares! Will you collect them all? Archfiend Overlord Sword P Archfiend Overlord Sword E Archfiend Overlord Slayer P Archfiend Overlord Slayer E Archfiend Overlord Greatsword P Archfiend Overlord Greatsword E Archfiend Overlord Greatsword CC P Archfiend Overlord Greatsword CC E Archfiend Overlord Arsenal P Archfiend Overlord Arsenal E Archfiend Overlord Greatbow P Archfiend Overlord Greatbow E Archfiend Overlord Greatspear P Archfiend Overlord Greatspear E TheAlonzoHarris Shop Update TheAlonzoHarri's Epic Rare shop has been stocked with new and returning Epic Rares! Some of these are only available for a limited time. Have you been keeping up with your weekly missions? Zeus's Legacy - 25000 Varium - Available this weekend Accomplishment's Pirate Rep. - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens - Available this weekend Itachi's Pride - Returning for the weekend Cyber Frogzard - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens Brazilian Bunnyzooka P - 10000 Varium / No Tokens Brazilian Bunnyzooka E - 10000 Varium / No Tokens CC Hellfire Havoc Harrower P - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens CC Hellfire Havoc Harrower E - 10000 Varium / 10 Tokens Coming Attractions I am pleased to share with you a preview of the next Battlepass which will have an ancient Egypt theme! It's already shaping up to be one of the best-looking yet. Tags: Nightwraith

	March 13, 2026 Primal Legion Arsenal New Nulgath Weapons New seasonal and limited rares have been added to Nulgath! Ancient Archfiend Sword P Ancient Archfiend Sword E Ancient Archfiend Greatsword P Ancient Archfiend Greatsword E Ancient Archfiend Spear P Ancient Archfiend Spear E Ancient Archfiend Arsenal P Ancient Archfiend Arsenal E New Dage the Evil Items New seasonal and limited rares have been added to Dage the Evil! Primal Legion Sickle P Primal Legion Sickle E Primal Legion Spear P Primal Legion Spear E Primal Legion Scythe P Primal Legion Scythe E Primal Legion Katana P Primal Legion Katana E Primal Legion Sword P Primal Legion Sword E Primal Legion Greatsword P Primal Legion Greatsword E Primal Legion Longsword P Primal Legion Longsword E Primal Legion Bow P Primal Legion Bow E Primal Legion Arsenal P Primal Legion Arsenal E Primal Legion Greatsword CC P Primal Legion Greatsword CC E Primal Legion Dagger P Primal Legion Dagger E New Nightmare Cores Shops Special VendBots containing anti-Nightmare cores have been added to several NPCs that offer Nightmare battles. Remember, you will need to defeat their Nightmare form at least once to unlock the shop! Nightmare Pumpkin Lord (appears after mission is triggered) Nightmare Dage the Evil Nightmare Acatriel Nightmare Azrael Friday the 13th Again? Seems like it was already Friday the 13th just last month. Weird! The Friday the 13th rares are available again along with a new achievement: Dage's Friday The 13th 2026. TheAlonzoHarris' Shop Restocked TheAlonzoHarris' shop has been restocked with new and returning Epic Rares! Some are only available for a limited time so you'd better hurry! Itachi's Pride (appearing for this weekend) Boreas Purgatory Sharingan Rinnegan Izanagi (appearing for this weekend) Izanami (appearing for this weekend) Polyxenes Replica (returning for this weekend) Zelicaon Replica (returning for this weekend) Butterfly Blessing (returning for this weekend) Butterfly Boost (returning for this weekend) Progress Report We're still hard at work on this year's Gifter rewards and so far we are more than halfway done! That's better progress than last year, but not as far ahead as we'd like. I hope to improve our efforts to deliver these items in a timely manner so we can resume development on new features and improvements. We have also made some progress on the next Battlepass so there won't be such a long wait for the next one. Tags: Nightwraith

	March 06, 2026 Archfiend's Arsenal 2026 This week’s update introduces new Nulgath seasonal rares, new missions, and the debut of Achievement-Locked Shops. This update also includes several balance adjustments to core mechanics, skills, and cores, and restocks TheAlonzoHarris’ Epic Rare shop. Nulgath Restocked Finally, the Nulgath rares have been released! Visit the Archfiend himself to check out his stock on new seasonal rares! Archfiend Overseer P Archfiend Overseer E Archfiend Toxic Blade P Archfiend Toxic Blade E Archfiend Archdemon P Archfiend Archdemon E Archfiend Toxic Battleaxe P Archfiend Toxic Battleaxe E Archfiend Archdemon Claws P Archfiend Archdemon Claws E Archfiend Archdemon Axe P Archfiend Archdemon Axe E Archfiend Archdemon Staff P Archfiend Archdemon Staff E Archfiend Archdemon Dagger P Archfiend Archdemon Dagger E We didn't get to the Dage the Evil seasonal rares this week, but the plan is to release the rest next week. Balance Changes General: Base Block chance reduced to 2% from 5% Base Deflect chance reduced to 4% from 7% Cores: Omega Override: Increase to 3 turns from 2. Reduce from 50 of highest stat to 40. (40 to 30 on Minor) Azrael’s Augment E/P: +13 stats for 2 turns from 1 Skills: Plasma Bolt (All): Level 1 to 285 from 165. Level 10 is 420 (15 per level instead of 20). Improves at a rate of 0.4 per tech up from 0.32. Improves at every level above 20 by 0.3 tech (No difference). Weakens at every level below 20 by 0.3 tech down from 0.8. (UA) Plasma Bolt: 15% Lifesteal --> 25% Lifesteal. (EA) Proton Cannon: 200 HP gain/200 Energy drain --> 200 HP gain/100 Energy drain (UA 2) Cyber Edge: 40% Rage Gain --> 25% Rage Gain Maul/(UA 2) Maul: Defense ignored at level 1 increased to 25% from 19% (UA 1) Maul: Rage reduction increased at level 1 to 50% from 19% TheAlonzoHarris Restocked So far TheAlonzoHarris' shop has been a big hit, allowing Gifters from previous Gifting Events to offer their rewards to the dueling public. Some of these rares have been so rarely seen that some barely knew they existed until now! Exempt's Inferno (Bot) Zelicaon Replica Polyxenes Replica Toji Ghost Cannon Spirit Reaper Cosmic Knight Dillbrazd's Delta Knight Armor Balance Token - Can be purchased for Varium (for those too impatient to wait for the next Weekly mission) Additionally, some rare hairstyles have finally been unlocked for the public: 323 333 466 895 899 952 954 What new Epic rares are on the horizon? You'll have to stick around to find out! New Missions The new mission chain Frogzard's Ferocity is available at Endless M4tr1x. Complete them to claim the prize generously offered by the Gifter Caddeus. These missions will remain in-game until next month. Achievement Locked Shops This update adds a new feature that allows unlocking special shops by earning Achievements. Our first implementation is for our many Nightmare boss NPCs. Defeating these bosses once will unlock at shop on their NPC (or nearby vendor) that make defeating the Nightmare Bosses much less stressful. We are rolling out only a few this time to make sure they're working correctly. We will do a full rollout next week. These are the NPCs in this update with achievement-locked shops: Nightmare Kartherax Nightmare Captain Shoggoth Nightmare Nightwraith Nightmare Charfade Black Abyss Spider Adjudicator Luthiel Azrael's Guardian Faction Restrictions To improve fairness in Faction competitions, other characters on the same account cannot join the same Faction. Tags: Nightwraith

	March 03, 2026 The AQW: Infinity Kickstarter is Live! Join us and become a part of history Back the AdventureQuestWorlds: Infinity Kickstarter. See the rewards, watch the trailer video, and see if we are able to hit our insane funding goal! Become a Founder in the next evolution of AdventureQuest Worlds! Tags: Alina

	February 27, 2026 Going Potato Mode EpicDuel is LIVE with new balance changes, achievements, and quality-of-life improvements! Balance Changes Skills: (UA 1) Mania: -3% HP/MP/Rage gain to all levels (UA 1) Terrify: +5 --> +10 Energy cost per level; -3 stat debuff to all levels Fire Rain: 7% --> 5% of target's max HP as bonus damage Frenzy (all augments): +15 --> +5 Energy cost per level Suppressing Fire: 7% --> 5% of target's max HP as bonus damage Barbed Grenade: 10% --> 15% defense ignore (PA) Barbed Grenade: 10% --> 15% defense ignore (EA) Barbed Grenade: +1 damage per 0.29 --> 0.31 Technology Tactical Grenade (all augments): -20 Energy gain to all levels (UA) Annihilation: +1 damage per 0.32 --> 0.34 Technology Field Commander: +3 --> +2 Support per level (DA) Field Commander: +4 --> +3 Support per level Kernel Panic (all augments): +15 energy cost to all levels Static Charge: Reverted to allow user to gain full amount of Energy, regardless of target's current Energy (UA) Smoke Screen: 1 Dexterity per 6.9 --> 7.5 Technology Hybrid Armor: 7% --> 10% damage to user's Energy (EA) Hybrid Armor: 12% --> 15% damage to user's Energy (UA) Hybrid Armor: Added 15 Def/Res per level (+50 at max level) (UA 1) Deadly Precision: Sidearm --> Primary & Sidearm damage boost; 3% boost at level 1, 8% at max level Cores: Feast of Flesh: Removed bonus crit chance Infernal Offering: 80 --> 100 HP cost Infernal Overload: +5% --> +10% damage per round (max. 125% at round 5) Revenant's Wall/Infernal Fortitude: Removeable --> Not removeable Bug fixes: Azrael's Chimera Curse still does 85% damage instead of 100% New Achievements At visit the Achievement shop to get the Year of the Fire Horse and the Seventeen Year Alpha achievements! Going Potato Mode Now available in Settings, choose "Potato (Low Detail) Mode" to render all other characters as basic, flat, grey player models. This should be a huge boost to performance in Battle where gear with complex animations and detailed artwork can still drag framerates to a crawl. Arcade Token Overdraft We identified and fixed an issue where Arcade Tokens were unintentionally capped at 100,000. In rare cases, players exceeding this amount may have had their balance reset to the cap. The issue has now been resolved. As compensation and a reward for your for your dedication and patience, players who maintained high Arcade Token balances (over 50,000) will receive a one-time bonus of 40,000 Arcade Tokens. Additionally, as an early Player Appreciation reward, we would like to gift all players who have at least 1 Arcade Token, an extra 5,000 Arcade Tokens! This Arcade Token award will be distributed by the time you read this post! Next Week! Next week, in addition to more rewards being distributed to this year's Gifters, we will be introducing new Nulgath and Dage the Evil seasonal rares for everyone! AQW: Infinity Kickstarter Starts Next Tuesday! The funding goal & reward tiers for the AQWorlds: Infinity Kickstarter has officially been announced. Join us next week on Tuesday (March 3rd, 2026) at noon (12:00pm EST). Bring popcorn and watch as our video game community attempts to break a world record. Needless to say, the team has been burning the midnight oil on both the game development and also preparing the Kickstarter. Artix just updated the game's Progress Update with the latest report. Tags: Nightwraith