Aberoth news & patch notes

- Happy Holidays! - Players with memberships who log on today will receive a special item (if they have not already received it in previous years). Say 'quests' for details.

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2024 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 50 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2024 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2025. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, are in a guild, or have completed any quests. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2025. - At the end of 2025 (Dec 23, noon PST), the top 40 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. Based on the number of players participating in 2025, the number of rewards may be greater than 40. - Players who enter the Arcane Realm of Creation and with a one year membership or longer may request a free name change by sending email to [email protected]. Free name changes will only be available until the castle opens on Jan 1, 2025. Players will only be given one free name change, so please decide carefully before requesting your free name change.

- Happy Holidays! - Players with memberships who log on today will receive a special item (if they have not already received it in previous years). Say 'quests' for details.

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2023 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 51 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2023 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2024. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, are in a guild, or have completed any quests. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2024. - At the end of 2024 (Dec 23, 8:00PM PST), the top 40 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. Based on the number of players participating in 2024, the number of rewards may be greater than 40. - Players who enter the Arcane Realm of Creation and with a one year membership or longer may request a free name change by sending email to [email protected]. Free name changes will only be available until the castle opens on Jan 1, 2024. Players will only be given one free name change, so please decide carefully before requesting your free name change.

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2023 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 51 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2023 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2024. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, are in a guild, or have completed any quests. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2024. - At the end of 2024 (Dec 23, 8:00PM PST), the top 40 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. Based on the number of players participating in 2024, the number of rewards may be greater than 40. - Players who enter the Arcane Realm of Creation and with a one year membership or longer may request a free name change by sending email to [email protected]. Free name changes will only be available until the castle opens on Jan 1, 2024. Players will only be given one free name change, so please decide carefully before requesting your free name change.

- The command 'guildlootlimitg X Y' has been added to set the limit on how much gold guild members can take per Aberoth day. - Much like the other guildlootlimit commands, X is the rank and Y is the number of gold pieces they are allowed to take from the guild. 'unlimited' is allowed for Y. - The defaults for all ranks for all guilds have been set to 0.

- The guildlootlimit command has been changed so that each guild rank can have a different loot limit. - The command is now 'guildlootlimit X Y' where X is the guild rank number and Y is the number of items a guild member of that rank may take from the guild per Aberoth day. The setting of 'unlimited' for Y disables the limit for that rank (not recommended). - The command 'guildlootlimit 3 20' would set the guild loot limit of rank 3 to 20 items. - The command 'guildlootlimit 4 0' would disable all guild item pickup for rank 4. - It is also possible to specify separate consumable and non-consumable pickup limits for each rank with the commands 'guildlootlimitc X Y' for consumables and 'guildlootlimitnc X Y' for non-consumables. As with the guildlootlimit command, X is the rank and Y is the number of items. - An item is considered a consumable to a player if it is a key, a potion equal to or less than the player's drink skill, or a scroll equal to or less than the player's magic skill. No skill bonuses are considered other than the school of magic bonus. All other items are considered non-consumable to that player. - The command 'guildpickuprank' has been removed. All guilds have been automatically configured so that ranks greater than the old guildpickuprank setting have their loot limits set to 0, and all other ranks have their loot limits set to the previous guild loot limit. The effect of this is that if a guild leader makes no changes, the guild will work exactly as before. - Any guild member may use the command 'guildlootlimit' to display the current guild loot limits.

- The guildlootlimit command has been changed so that each guild rank can have a different loot limit. - The command is now 'guildlootlimit X Y' where X is the guild rank number and Y is the number of items a guild member of that rank may take from the guild per Aberoth day. The setting of 'none' for Y disables the limit for that rank (not recommended). - The command 'guildlootlimit 3 20' would set the guild loot limit of rank 3 to 20 items. - The command 'guildlootlimit 4 0' would disable all guild item pickup for rank 4. - It is also possible to specify separate consumable and non-consumable pickup limits for each rank with the commands 'guildlootlimitc X Y' for consumables and 'guildlootlimitnc X Y' for non-consumables. As with the guildlootlimit command, X is the rank and Y is the number of items. - An item is considered a consumable to a player if it is a key, a potion equal to or less than the player's drink skill, or a scroll equal to or less than the player's magic skill. No skill bonuses are considered other than the school of magic bonus. All other items are considered non-consumable to that player. - The command 'guildpickuprank' has been removed. All guilds have been automatically configured so that ranks greater than the old guildpickuprank setting have their loot limits set to 0, and all other ranks have their loot limits set to the previous guild loot limit. The effect of this is that if a guild leader makes no changes, the guild will work exactly as before. - Any guild member may use the command 'guildlootlimit' to display the current guild loot limits.

- Tavelor no longer reveals the names of everyone currently playing the game. When you say "who", "elsewhere", or "seen", he now only reports how many champions are in the current realm, other realms, or logged off in the past game week. He will privately tell you the names of any of your allies or guild members who are in the current realm, other realms, or recently played. - Gomald also no longer reveals names, but will give the number of players in their vaults instead. As with Tavelor, he will privately tell you the names of your allies and guildmates who are in their vaults. - Detect creature no longer returns the location of a target who is in a different realm. - Unnamed players may no longer enter the grassy field.

- Happy Holidays! - Players with memberships who log on today will receive a special item (if they have not already received it in previous years). Say 'quests' for details.

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2022 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 48 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2022 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2023. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, are in a guild, or have completed any quests. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2023. - At the end of 2023 (Dec 23, 8:00PM PST), the top 40 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. Based on the number of players participating in 2023, the number of rewards may be greater than 40.

- The full Arcane Realm of Creation is now open for 2022. - The top 40 most skillful players at the end of the year will receive a special award. - The number of awards planned may be raised during the year (but not lowered), depending on the participation in the realm. - New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, are in a guild, or have completed any quests.

Players with memberships who log on today will receive a special item (if they have not already received it in previous years). Say 'quests' for details.

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2021 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 43 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2021 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2022. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, are in a guild, or have completed any quests. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2022. - At the end of 2022 (Dec 23, 11:59PM), the top 40 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. Based on the number of players participating in 2022, the number of rewards may be greater than 40.

- The full Arcane Realm of Creation is now open for 2021. - Since there are more players than last year, the top 35 most skillful players at the end of the year will receive an award. - The number of awards planned may be raised during the year (but not lowered), depending on the participation in the realm. - New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, or are in a guild.

Players with memberships who log on today will receive a special item (if they have not already received it in previous years). Say 'quests' for details.

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2020 has now ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 31 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2020 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2021. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, or are in a guild. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2021. - At the end of 2021 (Dec 23, 11:59PM), the top 25 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. If there are significantly more players in 2021 than 2020, the number of rewards may be greater than 25.

- Players may now only commend or condemn other players that they have seen in game in the past 3 real life hours. - This change makes it so you actually have to have dealings with another player before commending or condemning them.

- Happy Holidays! - Players with memberships who log on today will receive a special item (if they have not already received it in previous years). Say 'quests' for details. - The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2019 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 30 most skillful players have been given a special reward. All participants received a gold nugget. - The top players for 2019 can be seen here. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is a fresh realm that resets every year, only allows new players, and is not connected to any other realm. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2020. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, or are in a guild. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2020. - At the end of 2020 (Dec 23, 11:59 PM), the top 25 most skillful players will receive a reward. The reward will be based on the magic school of the top most skillful player. If there are significantly more players in 2020 than 2019, the number of rewards may be greater than 25.

- Just a reminder that this year's Arcane Realm of Creation will end on Dec 23, 11:59 PM Pacific US time. - When the realm ends, all players in that realm will be moved to the Common Realm of Creation. - The top 25 most skillful players (as seen on this page) will be awarded a special item determined by the highest magic school of the most skillful champion. - All players in that realm will receive a gold nugget for participation. - Next year's Arcane Realm of Creation will open up immediately, but players will not be able to exit town until Jan 1, 2020.

- Some players have been asking about the award this year for the top 25 most skillful champions in the Arcane Realm of Creation. - The 25 most skillful champions will all receive the exact same item. - The item will be determined by and based on the school of magic of the one champion who is most skillful when the realm ends. - For example, if the top most skillful champions's school of magic is Conjuration (yellow), then the award will be the Conjuring Hat. - If the top most skillful champion's school of magic is something else, the award will be a new item customized to that school of magic. - The school of magic will be determined by the top champions's highest magic school, not current magic school, so changing schools at the last minute will have no effect on the award. - All champions remaining in the Arcane Realm of Creation at the end of the year (including the top 25) will also get a gold nugget for participation. - Future years of the Arcane Realm of Creation will use this same method to determine the award.

- When a guild leader loses leadership due to their Aberoth membership expiring, the game now automatically picks a new leader (prior to this change the guild would become leaderless, and anyone in the guild could claim leadership). The guild member with the highest guild rank who also has an Aberoth membership becomes the new leader. If there is a tie, then the player who joined the guild the longest time ago becomes the leader (if a player left and then rejoined the guild, the most recent join date is used to determine how long ago the player joined the guild). - If a guild member does not have enough rank to pick up items in the guild vault, that player can no longer pick up guild engraved items in the lost and found.

- Added the Arcane Realm of Knowledge. The Arcane Realm of Knowledge is a new realm that is accessed through the bookshelf in the inn. The rules are the same as the common realms, but experience in your focused skill is doubled when divination (white) scrolls are glowing. This doubling stacks with the well rested and recovering bonuses. - The valor 1000 day membership reward is now available for purchase in the Aberoth store. - All player conditions (polymorph, drunkenness, mental fatigue from casting scrolls, charm cooldowns, etc) now wear off while logged off. When you log back in, the time you spent logged off will count against the condition duration as if you were playing the game for the same amount of time.

The rules for the Arcane Realm of Power have changed. The new rules are as follows: - There is no experience loss on death. - All player kills inside the realm are considered justified. There is no wanted time or infamy. - No engraved items are allowed anywhere in the realm. Engraved items that were already in that realm that were in vaults are no longer stuck in that realm. Engraved items that were not in vaults (for example, in the tavern) remain where they are, but have been moved to the home realm of the owner. - Players who die will respawn in their home realm, and may not re-enter the Arcane Realm of Power for ten real life minutes.

- To prevent account sharing in the Arcane Realm of Creation, players must now wait 24 hours between logging on to a character from distant physical locations. - This restriction is necessary because shared accounts have an unfair advantage over accounts played only by one person.

- When potently feared, you are now only restricted from picking up items you already fumbled and dropped. You may pick up any other item. - Fumbled and dropped items may now be picked up by anyone else immediately.

- Added the 1000 day membership reward. - This reward will probably be available for purchase in the Aberoth store later, but it may be a few weeks to let members with 1000 days have a chance to play with it first. - Sholop now requires 6 pelts to craft a small sack, large sack, or backpack (up from 3 pelts). - The werewolf pelt drop rate has been increased so that the average number of werewolf kills required to get enough pelts for a backpack is about the same as before. - Sholop no longer crafts the 3 slot alchemist bag (to prevent players from accidentally crafting it).

The brand new 2019 Arcane Realm of Creation is now live. If you ever wanted to try Aberoth where everyone is low level, now is your chance. The realm is only open to new players with memberships. You enter by striking the painting in the inn, and must not have any gold, items, or skills. It is also possible to leave the realm during the year if you decide it is not for you. However, once a player leaves, they may never return. The Arcane Realm of Creation does not allow players to play more than one character at the same time. On December 23, 2019, all players remaining will receive a reward (the top 25 most skillful get a special reward). Then all players will be moved to the normal realms, and the Arcane Realm of Creation will be reset for the next year. Good Luck!

- The Arcane Realm of Creation for 2018 has ended. All players who were in that realm have been moved to the Common Realm of Creation. The top 25 most skillful players have been given a reward quest. The other five high score boards for the realm have also been archived, and will be made available for viewing early next year. - The Arcane Realm of Creation is now reset and open for 2019. New characters may enter the realm by striking the painting in the inn. No one may enter if they have any skills, gold, items, vault, or are in a guild. Players may enter the realm now, but may not leave the castle until January 1, 2019. - At the end of 2019 (Dec 23, 11:59PM), the top 25 most skillful players will receive a reward, all players will be moved out, and the realm will reset again. If there are signifigcantly more players in 2019 than 2018, the number of rewards may be greater than 25. The reward will probably be the same one that was given in 2018, so if you did not get it in 2018, you will have another chance to try for it in 2019.