The launch of Dark Age of Camelot: Endless Conquest, a way to play permanently without a paid subscription, is just around the corner and we are excited to provide you all with this detailed update!

First, we are making excellent headway in our testing phase of Endless Conquest (EC) as well as the rest of Patch 1.126. Further, because the bulk of EC features will not be testable by player accounts prior to the live launch, we expect a relatively short stay on the Pendragon test-server before bringing Endless Conquest to Ywain and Gaheris (yep, both servers!). As you know, anything can come up during the development process but we're very excited to announce that we are currently on track for a live launch in the latter-half of October!

Next, we have continued to iterate on the various privileges and restrictions involved with EC and are excited to announce our planned list for launch! EC accounts will be able to earn max character level and realm rank, Champion and Master Levels, all end-game gear, and so much more! Please follow the link to our Endless Conquest page and FAQ which includes in-depth information and a handy table of all the privileges and restrictions for both EC and Veteran (subscribed) accounts!

We'll follow this announcement up with a special, EC-centered Grab Bag this Friday, so be sure to submit your questions before then!

Thank you to all for the great feedback we've received on the official Item Search tool. The following updates should address most of the requests we've received, with any further updates/fixes to come after the Template Builder tool is released.

Item Search

• Added 900+ items to the item database.
  • Please note that the item database is currently only for equipment and not for consumable or quest items, though they may be added at a later time.
• Sub-menus now appear when selecting Weapon, Armor, or Shield categories.
  • Only one of the following weapon types may be filtered at a time:
    • Any
    • One Hand (includes Left/Off Hand)
    • Two Hand
    • Left/Off Hand
    • Ranged
  • Multiple armor types may be filtered at once:
    • Cloth
    • Leather
    • Studded (includes Reinforced)
    • Chain (includes Scale)
    • Plate
  • Multiple shield sizes may be filtered at once:
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
• Users can now also filter weapons by their skill type.
  • To filter by a weapon skill, the weapon category must be selected and applied first, then a separate "Weapon Skill" dropdown will appear underneath the "Category" dropdown and above the "Realm" dropdown.
  • Multiple weapon skills may be filtered at once.
• Users can now filter and search for item-based abilities.
  • Use the Advanced Filter form to select for Item Bonuses or Item Abilities then choose the relevant Bonus or Ability you wish to filter.
• Improved the display of item abilities on item-view pages with short ability tags, descriptions, level, and expandable detailed delves.
  • Re-exported ability delves to update to their current values.
• Users can now filter items by Bonus Level.
• Removed duplicate magic resistance choices in their filter list.
• Added a "clear filters" button that will clear all filters with a single click!
  • Clearing filters will NOT reset active search results until the "Apply Filters" button is used.

Welcome to the Grab Bag!

Our July newsletter, which went out earlier in the week, contained an update regarding Endless Conquest, a new mask pattern, and much more. Make sure you are signed up to get our newsletter direct to your inbox! In the meantime you can view July's newsletter in your browser here :)

As always, thanks everyone for your questions, do please keep sending them in! You can submit any game related questions you have for our DAoC Devs through our Grab Bag submission form. Please note this is for game mechanic questions. Feedback/ideas/suggestions should be sent in through our feedback form.

On to the questions :)