THE HERALD

The bloodshed across Ellan Vannin has awakened the Mournful King, who has escaped the dungeon that once held him. Drawn to the chaos, he has emerged within the heart of the island, seeking vengeance on all who stand before him. Those brave enough to face the Mournful King will find great rewards, if they survive.

Ellan Vannin has once again become a battleground for all realms.
Players can speak to Lenore within the throne room of Ellan Vannin to obtain the event quests below.

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It’s time for the Pumpkin moon to rise again! Haunted cities, candy and costumes, pumpkin patches in the Frontiers, and the return of the Mournful King instance await you!

Mounts galore this Halloween as we introduce the new Spectral Mount, Pink Unicorn, and Enchanted Fire, Smoke, and Witchfire Brooms!

Festivities begin today, October 24th and will conclude on Wednesday, November 5th.

• Defeat the hallowed ghost, mummy, night bat, walking dead, or gooey slime at the pumpkin patches for a rare chance to get Trick or Treat or Keep-Chest potions!
  • These rewards drop without needing to be on any quest!
  • Trick or Treat potions can be used on your realm-mates to give them randomized costumes!
    • These potions will be usable in RvR for the three days surrounding and including Halloween!

Haunt or Be Haunted

• John Tobin in Cotswold, Foa Muldisson in Mularn, and Nera in Mag Mell have studies to conduct.
  • Be rewarded handsomely with gold, realm points, and the Wings of Haunting cosmetic effect! What lengths will you go to get your hands on a free pair of the wings!?
    • NOTE: This quest can be completed again this year but characters who already have the wings will not get another pair.
• Completed [Halloween] Haunt or Be Haunted quests that are not turned in by November 5th will be forcibly removed!

Event Shop

• New Enchanted Broom options have been added to the Event Shop and Mithril General Merchants (Page4)! Zip around the frontiers with a broom alight in flames, smoke, or witchfire!
• Pumpkin Head pre-set patterns, spooky Consignment Merchant costumes, and the Wings of Haunting cosmetic spell effect are now for sale for mithril at your realm’s capital city’s Event Shop!
  • Visit the Event Shop soon because it disappears on November 5th!

If the witchy feeling is not your style, perhaps a Pink Unicorn is! Now available from our Mithril General Merchants!

A Ghostly Harvest quest

• The Ghostly Harvest Quest offers players level 45 and up a dangerous adventure in the frontiers. Speak with John Tobin on the Cotswold Bridge, Foa Muldisson outside the Jordheim North Gates, or Nera by the road in Mag Mell to begin the quest. (Note: Players who completed this quest last year will now be offered it again.)
• Treat sellers have been spotted selling sugary confections inside Meath, Erikstaad, and Caerwent.
• The consignment merchants would like to show you their Halloween spirit! Pick up the merchant and place it back down on your house porch and he will change into a Halloween outfit for you!
• Be aware adventurers! Ghosts haunt the streets of your capital cities as the pumpkin moon rises! Ghosts have also been spotted in Mag Mell, Aegirhamn, and Campacorentin Station.
• The horses you once rode have joined the spirit realm. (This affects stable and merchant horses only – not player controlled horses.)
• Something strange has happened to all of the puppies.
• The pumpkins have been carved into jack o’ lanterns!
• A trio of crazy old women have been spotted selling costume potions inside Camelot, Jordheim, and Tir na Nog.
  • The costume potions last 15 minutes each and come in a variety of flavors.
  • The costume potions work best if you remove your helm and armor.
  • You cannot digest another costume potion if you are transformed into any of the monster forms.
  • The costume potions’ magics are short-lived and the potions will be useless after the festivities end so don’t horde them.
  • Some of the costume potions allow you to take the form of the enemy, so don’t be scared if you see some in your capital city or housing zones, it’s just your realm mates playing dress up!
  • The costumes and potions only work while you are in the capital cities or housing zones. You cannot use them outside of these zones and if you leave the zone while in costume, you will lose the effect.
  • As always, the days before, during, and after Halloween these potions can be used in RvR (With exception to pixies and ghosts potions, which are not usable in the frontiers ever)
• NOTE: Players will need to logout and re-run the patcher in order to see the pumpkin moon, loot bags, and pumpkin patches

A Hallowed Lost Quest

• Level 50 players should visit the ghostly queen, Lenore, in each realm’s capital city to receive the quest ‘A Hallowed Lost’ so long as they haven’t already completed it.
  • Visit the pumpkin patches in the frontier to find the buttertoe candy pieces Lenore needs.
    • Only the pumpkin patches in Ellan Vannin, Pennine Mountains, Jamtland Mountains, and Breifine drop the five buttertoe candy pieces she needs.
      • You’ll want to get this year’s Ghostly Harvest quest to help guide you to the pumpkin patches!
      • Defeat the hallowed ghost, mummy, night bat, walking dead, or gooey slime at the pumpkin patches to get the candy pieces.
        • Buttertoe candy pieces no longer drop unless the player has the ‘A Hallowed Lost’ quest and hasn’t completed it yet.
      • Different patches have different candy pieces available.
  • Earn a new friend for your efforts!
  • Please note that this quest is only able to be completed once per character, including characters that completed it in previous years.

• The instance dungeon, the Castle of the Mournful King, awaits those willing to brave its powerful ruler’s fury!
  • Level 50 players should speak with Lenore to teleport to the instance.
  • This instance is meant to be extremely challenging and is therefore entirely optional and not required to complete any quest.
  • Note: Once the Mournful King is defeated, a Frozen Wind will spawn at the entrance until the rewards chest despawns.
  • Rewards include (note Otherworldly rewards have been removed):
    • • Re-skinned hallowed weapons and armor
      • Hallowed Potions
      • Book of Recall
      • Greater Revealing Potion
      • Black Lion/Wolf/Sobekite Potions
      • Supreme Draught of Invigoration
      • New Dark Hallowed Weapons!
      • New Spectral Mount!

• The Castle of the Mournful King instance uses the Loot Chest system:
  • The Mournful King and Nevermore monsters do not drop rewards directly other than the king’s remains.
  • The Mournful King spawns the Mournful King’s Loot Chest in the center of the Hallowed Ruins when defeated.
    • This chest will despawn after 20 seconds, so be sure to grab your loot quickly!
  • Characters can interact with the chest and receive 1 guaranteed reward per day but can still participate in the instance as many times as desired.
    • There is a greater than 50% chance to receive a re-skinned hallowed armor or weapon each day!

• Lenore can be found in the following locations within the capital cities:
  • Camelot: The Church of Albion
  • Jordheim: The Temple of the Aesir
  • Tir na Nog: Alainn Cuir’s courtyard

The barriers between worlds tremble once more. Deep beneath the realms, ancient seals fracture and the fiery abyss reawakens, allowing demonic entities to claw their way back into our lands. Terrifying lords of flame and shadow surge forth through unstable breaches, threatening to engulf the frontiers in chaos once again.

But this time… they test our defenses, realm by realm.

For the next three weeks, a powerful demonic boss will take root within a different frontier. Their arrival will shatter the skies with fire and fury – bringing danger, challenge, and opportunity to all who dare face them. Whether friend or foe, all realms may strike these monstrosities down… if they can survive the onslaught.

Week 1 begins in Albion, where the demonic presence has corrupted Hadrian’s Wall and Pennine Mountains. Prepare your forces, rally your allies, and confront the abyssal threat head-on.

Adventurers should speak with the following NPC’s to receive two quests:

• Albion: Lady Idris in Catterick Hamlet
• Hibernia: Yda Llonwy in Crair Treflan
• Midgard: Fathor in Godrborg

Harvesting Crystals

Harvest the crystals that have appeared at the ruins of the old maze of Pennine Mountains. This quest is repeatable and awards 5,000 Bounty Points and 500 Realm Points (affected by bonuses) per turn in.

[Breach] Further Breaches

The rifts have reopened, the demons have returned. Defeat these threats and put a stop to their encroachment to our world!

This is a repeatable (does not auto renew) quest and is a Battlegroup encounter. Completing the quest by defeating all three mobs awards you with 5,000 Realm Points (affected by bonuses) and a usable crate which will provide one of the following:

• Various Trophies
• Realm Point Bonus Potions
• Extended Potions
• Wares from Dungeons of Old

The demonic mobs now drop Magic Head Orbs. The rewards also have a very small chance to drop Catacombs bows.

The Breach mini event will run until Tuesday November 4th, 2025.

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Today marks 24 incredible years since the gates to Albion, Midgard, and Hibernia first opened.
From epic relic battles to friendships forged across realms, DAoC has stood the test of time – thanks entirely to you, our passionate and loyal community!

Whether you’ve been with us since day one or joined the war more recently, we want to say thank you for being part of this journey. Your dedication, creativity, and love for the game keeps Camelot’s spirit alive year after year!

Here’s to the heroes, the rivalries, the victories, and the memories — and to many more years of realm vs. realm adventure ahead!

Happy 24th Anniversary, Dark Age of Camelot!

Level 50 characters on Veteran accounts can now visit the King in their capital city’s Throne Room to receive their Anniversary Gift – a thank you to our players to mark 24 years of Dark Age of Camelot! The Anniversary Gift contains many surprises to suit the variety of players that make DAoC so special.

Some notes and reminders:

• *You will need 4 free inventory spaces – so please ensure that you have the available inventory slots prior to picking up your Anniversary Gift! *
• Gifts have been reviewed to slightly increase the chance at higher tier items, add additional items, and remove some common items.
• A note about MTX Race/Name/Gender Respecs: Please remember that accounts can only have one of each respec active at a time. If you should be awarded a Race, Name, or Gender respec, it is recommended that you use it prior to obtaining the Anniversary Gift on other characters. They do not stack!
• Albion note: the King’s Royal guard remains close to the main Camelot teleporter in order to facilitate easier port in to the Throne Room.
• Anniversary Gifts will be available until October 10th.

Additionally, in celebration of Dark Age of Camelot’s 24th anniversary, we are including a 3 charge 100% Realm Point Bonus potion on the quest turn in. 

Friends and Realm mates,

In celebration of our 24th Year Anniversary, we are pleased to start the celebrations today with the below bonuses!

Bonuses

On Ywain:

• 100% bonus to RPs gained from RvR kills
• 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons

On Gaheris:

• 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
• 100% bonus to normal RP gain in the capital cities

In each Capital City:

• 40% Bonus to Crafting Speed
• 20% Bonus to Crafting Skill Gain

In all Housing Zones:

• 20% Bonus to Crafting Speed
• 10% Bonus to Crafting Skill Gain

Keep your eyes here on the Herald throughout the month as we celebrate Dark Age of Camelot’s birthday with events and more!

Bonuses will be active until November 3rd, 2025.

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The following event updates are now live:

Boating

• The docks at Caer Benowyc, Bledmeer Faste, and Dun Crauchon can now be used by players from any realm.
  • Note: The Trackers have been removed, however each realm’s Prescience Node will remain.

Player Kills

• Players killed within the event areas of Hadrian’s Wall, Odin’s Gate, Emain Macha, and Ellan Vannin now have a chance to drop a Magic Head Orb. When used, this item will create a RoG item in the players inventory.
  • Magic Head Orbs stack, and can be /used from stacks.

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The Camelot Herald Character Search tool will be unavailable for the time being. We will let you know when the site is restored.

Thank you for your understanding and patience.

The Camelot Herald will be undergoing some maintenance this week starting from tomorrow, Tuesday, September 23rd, as we update the backend systems of the website.

This update may mean some features of the site will be unavailable during the process, and connection will be interrmittent.

Please use our official Discord server for all things DAoC until this process is complete!

Thank you.

From the shadows the Master Assassin Head Hunters have emerged, their encampments bristling with steel and grim purpose. They have no interest in glory, only results. The heads of the enemy, keeps torn from rival hands, and the downfall of the evil that stirs within these keeps. Prove yourself, step forward and accept their commands: slay your foes, sieze the strongholds, and bring down the Headless Paladin, Warrior, and Champion before this evil claims the battlefield!

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