THE HERALD

After battling with blood sworn enemies, and against our own, the realms have begun to settle. But it’s in times like this, this preoccupation, that sees another foe poised to take advantage to increase its power, and strike!

Recent Doppelgangers behavior has puzzled researchers across the land. Long-time veteran realm guards in Breifine, Pennine Mountains, and Jamtland report that they have not seen or heard reports of Doppelgangers these past few days. A call to arms is made, and a bounty awaits those who would muster their courage, summon their realm mates, to find out what this evil is planning and rid the land of this foul menace.

 

Alerted to the danger, the kings of the realms have placed a bounty on Doppelgangers in order to dispel these forces, before it’s too late. 

• Players are once again tasked to hunt down and cull the Doppelganger numbers for a reward of 10 Invader Seals.
  • Doppelgangers have a rare chance to drop additional Invader Seals regardless of the quest being active or not.
  • Each character can only benefit from a max of 300 seals.
  • Doppelganger spawn rates have been increased in Hadrian’s Wall, Odin’s Gate, Emain Macha, and Ellan Vannin.
  • Additional Doppelganger spawn locations have been added to Hadrian’s Wall, Odin’s Gate, Emain Macha, and Ellan Vannin.
  • Doppelgangers have been removed from the areas of Breifine, Pennine Mountains, and Jamtland Mountains for the duration of the event.
    • This quest is no longer a daily quest.
• Rewards can be claimed at the Doppelganger Traitor at the strength relic town or in capital cities, and are unlocked at the following thresholds:
  • 10 seals = 1x Cauldron of Supremacy
  • 25 seals = 1x Cauldron of Celerity
  • 75 seals = 1x 50% Realm Point Bonus potion (3 charges)
  • 125 seals = 1x Box of Event Potions (1 use, 1 item)
    • Potions include: Black Lion Potion, Wolf Potion, Sobekite Potion, Potent Effusion of Comprehension, Potent Effusion of Omnipotence, Potent Effusion of Warding, Extended Draught of Tenacity, Draught of the Arcane, and Draught of Resilience. Players will receive one potion.
  • 175 seals = 1x 100% Realm Point Bonus potion (3 charges)
  • 225 seals = 1x Starlight Weapon Token
  • 300 seals = 1 50% Realm Point Bonus potion (30 charges)
• Invader Seals earned from the previous Doppelganger Invasion event will not count towards this event.
• The Doppelganger Traitor NPC found in the capital cities (only this one!) is also offering a way to expedite the event at a significant discount to the normal price of the event’s mithril rewards!

Doppelganger Lord

• This quest is repeatable, group credit within the Crossroads regions, and awards realm points. Does not auto renew.

Note: This quest is to kill the Doppelganger Lord and provides a separate reward. The quest is not necessary to spawn and kill the Doppelganger Lord, as killing Doppelgangers and realm enemies is the objective of the event. You may spawn the Lord, and receive area rewards with or without the quest. 

• Killing players and Doppelgangers within Ellan Vannin will cause a Progenitor Doppelganger Lord to spawn on Ellan Vannin center.
• Once the Progenitor Doppelganger has been defeated, players killed within the region of Ellan Vannin will be worth more realm points for 15 minutes.
• This Realm Point boost can be refreshed by killing the Doppelganger Lord again. Note: players may need to leave and re-enter Ellan Vannin through the milegates if they aren’t getting the buff.
• Killing a Doppelganger Lord awards area credit realm points. On Ellan Vannin, this area has a radius around the center that does not extend beyond the milegates. The area is quite large, but be aware that it does not reach the outskirts of the map.
• Credit is not awarded if you are stealthed at the time the Progenitor Doppelganger dies.

Ruined Keeps and Knoc Meayll
 

• The merchant keeps of Caer Benowyc, Bledmeer Faste, and Dun Crauchon have reverted to their ruined state for the duration of the event.
• Knoc Meayll has been made un-captureable for the duration of the event.

Players should speak with the Doppelganger Traitor at relic towns or in their capital cities to start these quests.

• All event rewards and invader seals are no-trade, no-drop, and no-sell. They are destroyable, however are required in order to turn in for rewards.
• Any leftover invader seals on a character will be removed at the end of the event and cannot be transferred to other characters.
• The Doppelganger Invasion event will come to an end on Tuesday, August 19th, 2025.

July 7th, 2025 Update: We’re very happy to hear the positive feedback and response to the current PvP event on Ellan Vannin! We will be extending the event once more until Tuesday, July 15th, 2025.

Additionally, the Shattered Sigils limit characters can earn has been increased further to 15,000.

Update: The Ellan Vannin PVP Event has been extended until Tuesday, July 8th, 2025.

The ancient power of the Sigils stirs across Ellan Vannin. Enemies become allies, and allies become enemies as you fight the energies of the Sigils.

The Sigilbound event enters its next stage, a fully PvP-enabled battle on the island of Ellan Vannin, where traditional realm boundaries are lifted and danger comes from every direction.The event will move to Ellan Vannin on Friday, June 20th, 2025.

The following changes have been made to facilitate PvP on Ellan Vannin:

• Ellan Vannin island has been turned into a PvP area.
• The throne room of Knoc Meayll is now a safe area where players from all three realms can buff up and teleport above ground via the Obelisk in the center of the room.
• Players can teleport from their realm’s relic town into Knoc Meayll’s throne room via the Sigil Teleporter NPC on the portal pad.
• Trainers and necessary NPC’s have been added to the throne room.
• A 25% Realm Point bonus has been enabled on the island of Ellan Vannin.

[Sigilbound] Sigil’s Echo

The Sigil gather quest is now located around the center circle of Ellan Vannin

[Sigilbound] Sigil’s Guardian

The Guardian of the Sigils is now located on the pad in the center of Ellan Vannin.

• This quest awards full area credit (not range restricted).
• Credit is not awarded within the throne room of Knoc Meayll or:
  • If you are stealthed at the time the Guardian dies
  • Past a certain time on the release timer

[Sigilbound] The Sigilbreaker

The locations the Sigilbreaker will spawn at include either dock, and any 2 of the 6 tower locations on Ellan Vannin island (milegate towers, and the three ruined tower locations surrounding the center of Ellan Vannin). 

• This quest awards full area credit (not range restricted).
• Credit is not awarded within the throne room of Knoc Meayll or:
  • If you are stealthed at the time the Guardian dies
  • Past a certain time on the release timer

PvP Specific Notes

The PvP nature of this event includes the following:

• Players may create and join cross realm groups
• Everyone not in your group is considered an enemy, and may be attacked
• Chat channels such as Region, LFG, and Advice will be visible to all realms on Ellan Vannin (only)
• Battlegroups and Chat groups will be unavailable on Ellan Vannin for the PvP event
• Trading between realms is not allowed
• Certain spells and abilities have been updated to affect home realms, and will be reverted at the conclusion of the event
• Please note: group porting is not allowed from Ellan Vannin unless you are bound on Ellan Vannin. Single self port remains unchanged.

Additional Notes:

• The maximum amount of Shattered Sigils a character can earn has been increased to 10,000 Shattered Sigils  (including any who hit the previous 5,000 cap).
• An event store NPC has been added to the Mithril Merchants in the capital cities. This merchant has Shattered Sigils available for Mithril (on page 2).

Ellan Vannin PvP event will conclude on Tuesday, July 1st, 2025.

Players who completed the full race hunting quest chain during our Old Frontiers Hadrian’s Wall event can now visit Jain at their realm’s border keep to accept the quest: [Headhunting] Spoils of War 
 

• [Hadrians Wall] March for Valor
• [Hadrians Wall] Strike for Triumph

Hibernia players who completed the below quests will receive the Midgard and Albion Headhunting Shrine trophies:

• [Hadrians Wall] Rise for Dominance
• [Hadrians Wall] March for Valor

Midgard players who completed the below quests will receive the Albion and Hibernia Headhunting Shrine trophies:

• [Hadrians Wall] Rise for Dominance
• [Hadrians Wall] Strike for Triumph

Note: players can check if your character is eligible to receive the trophies via typing “/quest” ingame to view your completed quest log (on the character who took part in the OF Hadrian’s Wall event). 

As an added bonus, eligible players (as above) can obtain and complete the additional trophy quest, Bring Me Their Heads, to earn your realm’s own unique trophy, a symbol of your loyalty to home and kin.
Note: eligible players who have already turned in this quest will not get in again but can visit Jain to collect the additional trophies.

Your hunts have not gone unnoticed. With the enemy races cut down and your realm’s will enforced, it’s time to reap the rewards of your effort, and display it proudly in your home!