AdventureQuest 3D News

[h2]Happy New Year! [/h2]
"We joked that you should get a badge for making it through 2021. Nobody is laughing now.... Come get it!"

Hindsight being 2020.... hop in AdventureQuest 3D and obtain your well earned badge, cape, and other presents. Then head to the door in the social district and protect the town from the Frost Summoner's Horde!

It is time to bring in the New Year. BATTLE ON!



[h2]The Hindsight is 2020 Cape & items!
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Leave the flaming wreckage of 2020 behind you... both figuratively, and literally. It is an epic cape earned only by triumphantly defying the year 2020.This rare collector's cape is free, and lit (literally).



[h2]Get your "I made it through 2020 badge"[/h2]

I (Artix) am waiting for you on the bridge in town! It is my honor to bestow upon you the a badge for making it through the craziness of 2020. Heroes can only be created during difficult times. They may see us struggle... but they will never see us quit. In addition to New Year's Eve, it is also my birthday. So I got you a few extra bonus things that you might like.



[h2]Return of the Frost Siege [/h2]
Protect Battleon from the Frost Summoner's Horde, and prepare for New Year's Eve chaos as Artix and the dev team join the game for live events to ring in 2021.



[h2]Defend the Town[/h2]

Build catapults, siege walls, and battle against invaders from the frozen north. Earn and use Defenders Medals to buy extra help rewards.

*If this is your first time playing the frost siege war, check out the full details here in the original design notes, Frost Siege War.



[h2]New Items! Snowflake Axe & Shield[/h2]
These exquisite Snowflake Mace and Shield weapons (created by Darkon) are new drops in the Frost Siege. These have a reasonable chance of dropping from the Siege Extreme Ice Dragon and the Siege Frost Warlord. You won't see this monster until the last waves of the war, so hang in there and you just might get it.


[h2]
Frostval 2020 Collection[/h2]
There is still time to get our 2020 Frostal collection. And our Get 50% bonus DragonCrystals with any purchase special offer is still available!



[h2]New Year's Eve Live Events
[/h2]We wish you a Happy New Year! Join the devs and Artix in AdventureQuest 3D on New Year's Eve for random, anything goes live events. We will be spawning monsters, telling stories, and spawning treasure chests to bring in the New Year. See www.AQ3D.com for an updated schedule of events.
See you in game

Battle on!
Artix and the AdvetureQuest 3D Team


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[h2]Happy Frostval![/h2]
May your days be warm, safe, and full of adventure.... unless you hate that sort of thing, in which case, from the deepest depths of all of our black hearts, "Bah humbug!" XD Either way, we are truly glad to be here with you. Thank you for being an important part of our online video game family.



My son made a book of his monsters. He wanted you to have a copy for the holidays.

Get the Monster Book here (PDF)



Meanwhile, AdventureQuest 3D's new wintery themed release is.... Erm... The Werewolf Coliseum story in Darkovia!? O_o



There is still time to enter this year's Holiday Cookie contest, which will be judged by the creators of Cookie Clicker.



They say that "Hindsight is 20/20."

Looking forward to celebrating when 2020 is hindsight XD ...and we are doing it with a special badge that pretty much says, "Yeah, you can handle anything the universe throws at you."

Happy Holidays and...

BATTLE ON!
Artix & all of your friends at Artix Entertainment

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[h2]Darkovia Part IV: the werewolf Coliseum is live![/h2]
Journey to the vampire and werewolf infested forest of Darkovia to begin your journey from Darkhurst, through the crypts of Vampire Castle, to the throne room of the Werewolf Coliseum.
https://aq3d.com/news/werewolf/



[h2]New Werewolf areas, cutscenes, quests, and items![/h2]
The original Darkovia was split into multiple questlines using our old system. We merged it all together into one, unified, easy to follow, story. this means, all players will need to start from the beginning. Which is great-- because you will get all of the story XP to help you level up, or gain level capstones.



[h2]The Werewolf Throne Room[/h2]
The Lycans are ruled by the Were-King and the council of Senators. They are in command of the legions of werewolves who battle against the vampires.

Fans of history may note the Roman Empire-like structure of the Lycans. From their military ranks to their love of the Coliseum, their laws & honor code supersede their feral instincts.



[h2]The Werewolf Coliseum[/h2]
To the Lycans, "might makes right". Theirs is a culture of strength and power. All matters are solved through combat in the arena.



The Coliseum is a place of blood and sand. There, one can earn their place with victory... or perhaps even ascend to the throne.



[h2]The Werewolf Alcove[/h2]
Darkovia forest is a place of perpetual darkness... but it has hidden beauty. Upon completing the Vampire's story, you will gain the ability to enter the giant stone wolf-head doors to this place... the Werewolf Alcove. I would not recommend eating the mushrooms.



[h2]Lycan Armor Sets[/h2]
Whether you intend to embrace the curse of lycanthropy or merely ally yourself with the wolves, craft these items to show your loyalty.



[h2]The Werewolves have an alternative History[/h2]
Protected by their ghostly ancestors, deep with in the Lycan's library... you will find the old laws inscribed on stones. I am not saying you could stage a take-over with these rules... but, you probably will. Also, the werewolves have an alternative description of the prophecy of the Blood Moon. Things are getting interesting.



[h2]Werewolf or Lycan?[/h2]
Werewolf and Lycan... they mean the same thing. Lycan is a word that comes from "Lycanthrope", which is the curse that makes you into a Werewolf. In our world, it is appropriate to call them by either title.



[h2]3 Werewolves howling at the moon[/h2]
We hope you enjoy this new storyline release. Next up, will be the Werewolf Coliseum challenge fights with new gear. Then, it is time for the climatic finale. Werewolves and vampires will embrace their true destiny in the climatic finale.... Darkovia 5: The Blood Moon.

Also, as promised... you are roughly one week away from officially earning the "I made it through 2020" badge!

You got this.

Battle on!
Artix & all your friend at AdventureQuest 3D

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The 2020 Frostval collection is now live in game, platyers are spawning gift monsters, new daily tasks have been introduced, Level Capstones have been added for players to earn when they hit max level, and guilds are available for all players to create!
Read more at https://aq3d.com/news/frostval_collection_2020/

Humbug the Moglin says, "Bah. Hope this year's collection brings you discomfort, joylessness, and the tears of all who dare oppose you." As a chaotic evil moglin, the whole spirit of Frostval sorta flies right over his head. Maybe his heart stat is 3 sizes too small?




[h2]Gift'thulu[/h2]

Beware of players spawning Gift'thulu across the game! This gift-filled creature is summoned from an item purchased from Blizzy the Moglin. Read the full details...
https://aq3d.com/news/giftthulu/



[h2]Guild Creation for All![/h2]

All players are now able to create guilds in AdventureQuest 3D! (Valencia art by Jon Eve)



[h2]2020 Frostval Collection[/h2]

The 2020 Frostval Collection features four new weapon and armor sets by AdventureQuest 3D's top artists. Also 3 new pets and 1 new travel form! Here is what you will find inside the collection:

Read more at https://aq3d.com/news/frostval_collection_2020/

• Humbug the Moglin (Pet & Travel Form)
  
• Cuddly Blizzy (Pet)
  
• Frost Vampragon (Pet)
  
• Frozen Warrior Armor Set
  
• Frozen Warrior Sword
  
• Frozen Warrior Icicles Crown (alternate helm)
  
• Frost Tzar Armor Set
  
• Frost Tzar Saber
  
• Cold Steel Armor Set
  
• Cold Steel Masked Crown (alt helm)
  
• Cold Steel Hooded Crown (alt helm)
  
• Cold Steel Sword
  
• Cold Steel Sword and Shield
  

As per tradition, you can buy any piece individually using DragonCrystals. Or, you can unlock the entire 2020 Frostval Collection for 4900 DragonCrystals. Not only will this give you year-round access saving you bank space, save you a ton of DCs, and give you the warm and fuzzy feeling of supporting our ongoing releases... you will also unlock the 2020 Frostval Collector Badge and title "Humbug".



[h2]Level Capstones[/h2]
Normally, when you get to max level you stop earning XP. But not any more. With level capstones, you will continue earning XP from quests, monsters, and daily tasks. But instead of leveling up, you will earn "Capstones". In fact, you will get 20 Capstones each time you level up. Use these to acquire exclusive level-cap armor and weapons.
https://aq3d.com/news/capstones/

[h2]Daily Tasks[/h2]
"The goal is to make everything more rewarding"
Yup, simple goal-- make everything more rewarding. Every day when you log in, you will be able to do tasks to earn a big chunk of XP and gold... including non-combat tasks!
https://aq3d.com/news/capstones/




[h2]Breaking news! Creators of Cookie Clicker to just this year's Artix Cookie Contest![/h2]
The creators of Cookie Clicker, Orteil and Opti will be justing this year's cookie contest. Bake some monster cookies and join in!
Cookie Contest details at https://www.artix.com/posts/holiday_cookie_contest_2020/




[h2]2021 Artix Calendar now shipping![/h2]

This year's new calendar is shipping now from HeroMart!
Get yours --> https://www.heromart.com/



[h2]Thank you & coming next![/h2]

What better way to get into the spirit of wintery festivities.... than to head to the Vampire and Werewolf infested forest of Darkovia! O_o Wait, what? Yes! At long last, next week's AdventureQuest 3D release is .... Darkovia Part IV: The Werewolf Collisium. (If you beat down some Lycan gladiators with a wreath, you better be posting me screenshots!)

Also, rumor has it a snowy force of monsters is on route to town. Roland and Defenders are preparing defenses for the Frost Siege!

See you in game and...

Happy Frostval!
Artix & all of your friends here at AdventureQuest 3D

[h2]It's that time of year again. It's Frostval![/h2]

Happy Frostval! New emotes, speech bubbles, players gift spawning bushes with loot, and the return of Blizzy the Frostmoglin and our seasonal areas... let the wintery madness begin.



[h2]Seasonal Frostval areas are now open![/h2]
Find Blizzy the Frostval Moglin at the Travel Portal and you'll find...

• Frostval Labyrinth - Quick travel to the Frostval Holiday map, complete with story, dungeons, and special crafts.
  
• Frostlorn Raiders - Quick travel to the front of this seasonal dungeon in Frostvale.
  
• Previous collections are back! You can purchase the items from these collections individually.
  

Also...

• Seasonal items are back in your daily treasure chests!
  
• You can head to the storyline of Frostval too!
  

[h2]Speech Bubbles![/h2]
Yes! Yes! Yes! I have wanted this feature forever. By default, you will now see speech bubbles above players heads then whey talk. (And yes, you can turn this off in the options. Very thoughtful of the devs to always allow us to immediately turn off their new features XD)




[h2]New Emotes[/h2]
Everyone is saying their favorite is /sus ... you can also access these all on your emotes menu.

• /sus
  
• /lol
  
• /honor
  
• /nod
  
• /cheer
  

[h2]Players are summoning Bush monsters that drop loot?[/h2]
How and why are players summoning bushes full of loot!? It's the giving season... and what screams "holiday gifting" more than spawning hostile shrubbery for your friends and fellow heroes?

Read more about the Giving Shrub on AQ3D.com



[h2]2020 Cookie Contest[/h2]
Just got word that the creators of the game Cookie Clicker (Ortiel and Opti) will be judging this year's Artix Entertainment 2020 Cookie contest.
Check it out.



[h2]2021 Artix Entertainment Calendar pre-order on HeroMart.com[/h2]
You can now pre-order this year's new calendar at www.HeroMart.com



[h2]Coming Next[/h2]
Korin is putting the finishing touches on the next Darkovia cutscenes as the team merges all of the Darkovia quests onto one, single, easy to follow quest chain. We will be releasing all of Darkovia part IV along with the new daily test system and Max Level "Cap Stones" so that the experience you earn will be used to the fullest!

• Darkovia IV: The Werewolf Coliseum
  
• Daily Task system and Max Level "Cap Stones"
  
• Frostval 2020 Collection and Badge (with purchase of the Collection Chest)
  

[h2]Happy Frostval![/h2]
Hope you have been enjoying our releases and looking forward to the new things that are coming up. Some of the most interesting things seem to happen in-between our big releases while the animators and map builders are doing the part that takes longer. We are very grateful that you are a part of our video game community and with more devs logging on the live server than ever.... I really hope to see you in game.

Battle on!
Artix, Glisel, and the AdventureQuest 3D Team


P.S. We've updated the Battleon Chess "Gamemaster" title to "Chess Gamemaster"... just in case ;)

P.P.S. Got messages from a few players about needing just a weeee bit more time to finish up Camp Shrade-- which had shut down this week. We are re-opening it for one extra week for you. You can access it by typing /join campshrade

P.P.P.S. We are 100% doing the "You made it through 2020" badge... you are almost there. Keep going!