THE HERALD

As Midwinter comes to an end, the Royal Cartographer is shaking off the cold and requires your assistance in resuming work on his masterpiece maps!

[Map Fragments] Plundering Maps

• Assist the Royal Cartographer in gathering intel for his work and be rewarded with 2,500 realm points for each completion, plus earn fragments that can be spent on your choice of valuable rewards! (max 5,000 fragments per character)
  • Earn the Ellan Vannin Map Trophy for your first quest completion – use it to plan out combat tactics or to bring just the right look to your favorite room in your house!
  • Want to build a full-blown war room? We’ve got you covered there too! Choose to unlock one, two, or all three of the realm Frontier Map trophies!
  • The Royal Cartographers store has been updated to include items such as a 10-charge 100% Realm Point bonus potion, new morph potions, trophy boxes, and more!
  • Trophy boxes info page will display the possible trophies in each box. 1 trophy per box /use.

• This quest is no longer a daily quest and is now repeatable.
• The quest requires players to kill 5 treasure hunters plus either 8 enemy players or 3 enemy players while solo. Gaheris note: On Gaheris this quest requires players to kill 15 treasure hunters.
• Treasure hunters are located at the maze and near the coast line of Caer Sursbrooke, Hlidskialf Faste, or Dun da Behnn.
• Credit for killing enemy players can be obtained anywhere in the Frontiers.
• The event area in which the event is active will rotate on a weekly basis, beginning with Albion’s maze and coast.

[Map Fragments] Treasure Hunting

This is a repeatable gather quest requiring players to find 7 treasure chests at the realm’s maze area.This quest awards realm and bounty points and will auto-complete, but will not auto-renew. 

Sometimes the cake is not a cake! Treasure chests can be deceiving. One may find a random surprise when gathering these chests in the form of a King’s Chest (2 /uses)!

• 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 using additional charges of the chest or collecting treasure on other characters. They do not stack!

The Trophy event will conclude on February 20th, 2025.

The 21st of December is here, and what better way to celebrate the holiday spirit than grabbing some gifts from our Twelve Days of Midwinter gift giveaway!

On the first day of Midwinter, Broadsword gave to me…
 

• Login to the game and visit the following NPCs to receive a special reward each day!
  • Albion: Santa Nicholas in Castle Sauvage
  • Midgard: Kris Kringle in Svasud Faste
  • Hibernia: Daidi na Nollag in Druim Ligen

• Speak with the above NPCs to reveal your reward for each day.
  • Each day’s reward will be revealed around 5:30 AM EST / 11:30 AM CET and last the remainder of that day.
  • In order to obtain your gifts, you must have the required number of inventory slots available for that day’s rewards.
  • In some cases, a multi-item reward will be stackable, and will require only one free inventory slot. Please refer to the list below for the days which will require more than 1 free slot:
    • Day 2 – Requires 2 free inventory slots
    • Day 4 – Requires 4 free inventory slots
    • Day 5 – Requires 5 free inventory slots
    • Day 9 – Requires 3 free inventory slots

• If you’ve skipped one or more days, you will be granted each previous missed day’s rewards in addition to the gifts for that day.
  • If you wait until the twelfth and last day of the giveaway to receive your gifts, you will need 22 available inventory slots, so please make sure that you have enough free space!

• These rewards are limited to level 50s on veteran accounts, and may only be obtained once per character.

• The Midwinter Giveaway will run from today December 21st, 2024 for the next twelve days,until January 1st, 2025!

Happy Midwinter to one and all from all of us here at Broadsword!

• Return of the mini event to defeat the chilling evil on Ellan Vannin!
• Help the dock Cargomaster recover his lost yuletide decorations!
• Merlof and yuletide hats return to our MTX store!
• The Frozen Medal of Honor and Frozen Cloaks of Midwinter are once again available!
• Battleground Presents are there to be gathered!
• The Frozen Cavern instance makes its return along with a new 2H Hammer: Frostbreaker!
• The Twelve Days of Midwinter gifts are being wrapped!

The Midwinter celebrations will start today and run until January 9th, 2025.
The 12 days of Midwinter event will begin on Saturday, December 21st!

Read on for more details!

Midwinter: Icy Dread

Venture across Ellan Vannin to where the cold now forms and shatter the icy grip that threatens to plunge the lands into eternal frost! Unite and brace yourselves, for the time has come to confront the evil that lurks in the heart of winter’s embrace.

Players can visit the following NPC’s to obtain the quest [Midwinter] Icy Dread:

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

This is a daily quest and is a battlegroup encounter. Defeating any one of these three mobs will complete the quest and award you with a useable crate where you can receive one of the following:

• Cross Realm Trophies
  • including the long lost DAoC round table housing decoration!
• Various Potions
  • including a new Cauldron of Restoration, Midwinter Effusion of Comprehension, and Midwinter Effusion of Omnipotence
• Midwinter themed MTX items
• Great-Lion, Great-Wolf, and Great-Elk mounts
  • own realm only
• Random Anniversary and Midwinter reward

Note: the quest mobs are tough, so bring friends!

Mithril Shop 

 

Our Event Shop is back for the season with cool items!

• Get into the spirit of the season with our Yule Hat!
• Welcome back Merlof, your frosty waddling friend!
• Complete the Roaming with Friends quest for a feathery surprise!
• Three Midwinter consignment merchants have been added to let you sell your wares with a festive flair!

Note: these items are seasonal and will no longer be purchasable once the Midwinter event ends (but will still be usable if you have them!)

Midwinter Festival Event

The days grow short, a chill is in the air, and warm fires glow in our homes. The Midwinter Festival has come once again to the Realms! Visit the festival grounds to take part in the festivities and challenges.

• Level 50 characters can complete the following quest for the duration of the event:
  • Visit your realm’s Cargomaster at the Caer Benowyc, Bledmeer Faste, or Dun Crauchon docks to obtain the repeatable ‘[Midwinter] Yuletide Lost‘ quest!
    • This quest is a gather quest that awards realm points and bounty points per turn in.
    • This quest now auto completes.
• Vanity pets. a stylish Yuletide hat, and Consignment Merchants are available in the Event Shop in each realm’s capital city!
  • Celebrate Midwinter in style with the Yuletide hat!
  • Melt your heart with Merlof’s goofy gait!
  • Nothing can beat a trusty owl to guide you and none’s wiser than Athena!
    • Players who complete the [Daily] Roaming with Friends quest just once from now until the end of Midwinter Festival will earn this wise companion for free!
  • Three vendors have stepped up to serve as consignment merchants.
    • No longer limiting his reach to just the lands of Hibernia, Jack Frost seeks to spread his influence through the Market Boards.
    • Merlof’s ambitions have only grown, and now he wishes to help you sell your wares.
    • After years of practice, a Theurgist has successfully managed to teach one of his ice pets the basics of economics, and now is willing to lend you its services.

Olibar, the Midwinter Tomte, will be paying frequent visits to Castle Sauvage, Svasud Faste, and Druim Ligen seeking assistance. He seems to have lost some Midwinter presents throughout the battlegrounds. Speak to him if you wish to assist him. Players on Gaheris between the levels of 35 to 49 can speak to him to receive a special Frontier Gift Retrieval quest instead.

• Olibar’s Gift Retrieval quests can now be done an unlimited amount of times!

Santa Nicholas, Lucia of the Light, and Jack Frost will arrive with gifts for the people of the realms, but there’s been a bit of a crisis: their presents were hijacked and are now in the possession of dangerous enemies.  They will offer the Saving Midwinter quest to all adventurers level 48 and above. Save Midwinter and earn a Frozen Cloak of Midwinter and a Frozen Medal of Honor! Visit them at the Winter Villages outside of Ludlow, Ardee, and Vasudheim.

In Albion, Clara sets up a giant tree at the festival tents. Speak with her for information on obtaining an appropriately-sized one for your own home or yard (Note: this quest has been changed). Nearby, Sister Samantha is collecting toys for the children of Albion. She offers some fine holiday greenery as a reward to those generous souls who answer her call.

 

In Midgard, Kevin somehow manages to decorate a tree all for himself. Ask him about it and he may give you a few pointers regarding your own arboreal home decorating (Note: this quest has been changed). The Gythja of Frigg is taking donations of toys from passers-by and granting them wreaths and garlands in return.

In Hibernia, the rather small elf Noelle brings her tree to the festival grounds. She will help you start your own holiday tradition if you want one of your own (Note: this quest has been changed). Matron Elleweh is looking for assistance in gathering gifts for the children of Hibernia, with a promise of some festive decorations in return.

The Trinkets for Tots quest is available for all levels.

The Midwinter Tree quests start at level 35, however rumor has it that there may be a more advanced challenge to follow for those of level 48 and up.

• Venture to the Frozen Cavern and test yourself against the chill… and its cunning inhabitant: Jack Frost!
• Visit Njord in the following locations to enter the instance of your choice:
  • Albion: near Merlin’s Tower in Camelot
  • Midgard: near the Burial Grounds in Jordheim
  • Hibernia: near the Chamber of Magic in Tir na Nog
• Two modes exist for this instance: Normal and Challenging
  • The Normal mode has a chance to drop 1 of the following rewards:
    • Frozen chestpieces
    • Frozen and other mythirians
    • Infernal sleeves
    • Darkness Falls jewelry
    • New Extended potions
  • The Challenging mode has a chance to drop 1 of the following rewards:
    • Frozen weapons including the newly added 2H Hammer: Frostbreaker
    • Frozen chestpieces
    • Frozen mythirians only
    • Extended potions
    • In addition to having a chance at the weapons, the chance at the mythirians is much higher. The chest piece chance is the same in both modes.
• Loot does not drop directly from Jack Frost, instead a loot chest is spawned when he is defeated.
  • Players can interact with the chest and receive 1 guaranteed reward per day but can still participate in the instance as many times as desired.
  • This chest will despawn after 20 seconds, so be sure to grab your loot quickly!

On the first day of Midwinter, Broadsword gave to me…
 

• Login to the game and visit the following NPCs to receive a special reward each day!
  • Albion: Santa Nicholas in Castle Sauvage
  • Midgard: Kris Kringle in Svasud Faste
  • Hibernia: Daidi na Nollag in Druim Ligen
• Speak with the above NPCs to reveal your reward for each day.
  • Each day’s reward will be revealed around 5:30 AM EST / 10:30 AM GMT and last the remainder of that day.
  • If you miss a day, you will be able to catch up and receive the missed rewards by visiting the NPC on subsequent days.
    • This means if you simply login on the twelfth day, you’ll receive all 12 rewards!
      • Make sure you have room in your inventory!
• These rewards are limited to level 50, Veteran (subscribed) account characters and can only be obtained once per character.
• This event will run from Saturday, December 21st, 2024 for the next twelve days, with the last day being January 1st, 2025!

Midwinter celebrations will start today and run until January 9th, 2024.
The 12 days of Midwinter event will begin on Saturday, December 21st!

Other Notes:

• Doppelganger realm points and spawns have been increased slightly

A Happy Midwinter to all from the Dark Age of Camelot team, and we’ll see you in the Frontiers!

Long thought defeated and forgotten, the Picts have risen up and come seeking vengeance! Striking down any who dare interfere with their attempt to establish a foothold in Old Breifine. Reclaim Breifine and prove your worth but beware, with each Pictish death their rage grows stronger, if enough of them fall, their king will rise – a relentless warrior seeking to annihilate all who dare oppose him.

The Picts

Slay Pictish Raiders, Marauders, and Beastmasters across Breifine. Dispatch the Pictish King Cruithne when he appears!

• Picts are spread out across Old Breifine and will award realm points on death, similar to Doppelgangers
• Once enough Picts and players are slain, King Cruithne will spawn in either Dun Bolg or Dun da Behnn
• Defeating King Cruithne will award realm and bounty points to the group who kill him, and a reduced amount of realm and bounty points to those within his spawn radius.

Dun Crimthainn

Dun Crimthainn is now capture-able! Take this keep for your realm and reap the rewards!

• Both Dun Crimthainn doors are closed and can be sieged with a War Ram
• Gatekeepers have been stationed around the doors for entry and exit for the realm who owns Dun Crimthainn
• Dun Crimthainn Lord has returned to the keep’s Lord Room
• Siege merchants have been added to each realm’s Portal Keep

Dun nGed

Dun nGed offers power to the realm who captures Dun Crimthainn. Control Dun Crimthainn and you control Dun nGed!

• An Obelisk is housed within Dun nGed which grants the realm owning Dun Crimthainn 10% bonus to their damage and heals, however also a 10% defense debuff
• Players must interact with the Obelisk in Dun nGed’s Lord Room to receive this buff

Turkey Legs

Players can speak with the Emain Macha Teleporter to receive the quest: [Breifine] Turkey Heist.

• This is a Turkey Leg gather quest
• Turkey Legs can be found within and outside Dun nGed
• This quest auto completes and auto renews, however the realm and bounty point reward has been reduced to reflect the quest being auto renewable

Player Kill Quests

Players can speak with the Emain Macha Teleporter to receive the quest: [Breifine] Pictish Call to Fury. This quest auto completes and players will receive the next quest in this quest chain:

• [Breifine] Pictish Call to Fury – kill 15 enemies while grouped, or 5 enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 5,000 RPS and 2,000 BPS
• [Breifine] Pictish Call to Chaos – kill 30 enemies while grouped, or 10 enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 10,000 RPS and 5,000 BPS
• [Breifine] Pictish Call to Reckoning – kill 75 enemies while grouped, or 25enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 25,000 RPS and 8,000 BPS
• [Breifine] Pictish Call to Supremacy – kill 100 enemies while grouped, or 35 enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 34,000 RPS and 15,000 BPS – starts quest chain over again

Note: Solo players will receive double quest credit for each enemy player kill in and around Dun Bolg and Dun da Behnn.

Old Breifine Bonuses

The following bonuses and buffs will be active throughout the zone of Old Breifine:

• 50% Realm Point Bonus zone wide
• 5% bonus damage for all players below Realm Rank 8
• Damage reduction to players as follows:
  • R1L0 – R3L9 – 15%
  • R4L0 – R5L9 – 10%
  • R6L0 – R7L9 – 5%

It’s time to settle old scores, create new allegiances, and unleash the bloodshed as our PvP event goes live!

For this event there are no allies, no loyalties, only death and chaos!

Will you answer Mordred’s call, or will you cower in the safety of order? The choice is yours. Choose chaos. Choose betrayal. Choose Mordred.

Players can now teleport into Old Frontiers Breifine via the Emissary of Bloodshed NPC at their realm’s relic town.

Event Quests

4 new quests have been added inside Old Breifine for this event. Speak with the Emain Macha Teleporter NPC to receive the first of these quests: [PvP in OF Breifine] Mordred’s Call to Fury. This quest auto completes and players will receive the next quest in the series.

• [PvP in OF Breifine] Mordred’s Call to Fury – kill 15 enemies while grouped, or 5 enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 5,000 RPS and 2,000 BPS
• [PvP in OF Breifine] Mordred’s Call to Chaos – kill 30 enemies while grouped, or 10 enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 10,000 RPS and 5,000 BPS
• [PvP in OF Breifine] Mordred’s Call to Reckoning – kill 75 enemies while grouped, or 25enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 25,000 RPS and 8,000 BPS
• [PvP in OF Breifine] Mordred’s Call to Supremacy – kill 100 enemies while grouped, or 35 enemies while solo – auto completes – awards 34,000 RPS and 15,000 BPS – starts quest chain over again 

Once [PvP in OF Breifine] Mordred’s Call to Chaos has been completed once, players can obtain the quest Kinslayer from the Emain Macha Teleporter. This quest requires players to kill 1 same realm enemy player to receive the title: Kinslayer.

Mordred

Killing enemy players, including betraying your own realm, fuels Mordred’s thirst for blood, drawing him to the battlefield. Those who do not reach his high standards for bloodshed will be empowered, those he deems unworthy will be punished, but all will revel in death. 

The following boons will be active within Mordred’s radius:

• Additional 50% Realm Point Bonus – note this buff stacks with any 50% OR 100% potion + a Battlefield OR Buggane potion. Battlefield + Buggane will not stack with each other, as is it in NF
• Each single kill within Mordred’s radius counts as two kills for quest credit

Mordred will initially spawn in the center of Old Breifine and make his way between all 4 keeps.

Breifine Bonuses

The following bonuses and buffs will be active throughout the zone of Old Breifine:

• 50% Realm Point Bonus
• 5% damage to all players below Realm Rank 8
• Damage reduction to players as follows:
  • R1L0 – R3L9 – 15%
  • R4L0 – R5L9 – 10%
  • R6L0 – R7L9 – 5%

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
• Those who fall in combat will release to one of the 3 staging areas which function as safe zones where players may regroup, ready-up, and re-enter the fight
• Players may port between all 3 safe zones via the group port Obelisk
• Chat channels such as Region, LFG, and Advice will be visible to all realms
• Battlegroups and Chat groups will be unavailable 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

Other Updates

• The Proof of Strength event has now ended

Thanks to your courage and skill, the Doppelganger Uprising has been quelled!

To honor your bravery and dedication, every level 50 veteran character can receive a Doppelganger Trophy – a special decoration for your home to commemorate this hard-won victory. 

• Albion: Jain in Castle Sauvage
• Midgard: Jain in Svasud Faste
• Hibernia: Jain in Druim Ligen

Display this trophy proudly as a symbol of your valor!

Revisit Old Frontiers Breifine once more, but this time, it’s personal. Settle some scores, go toe to toe with frenemies, or just go straight up vigilante as Breifine goes PvP, Mordred-style!

Players will be able to return to Breifine next Friday, November 15th on existing characters, group with the other realms, and face them as a group. The PvP ruleset is specific to only Breifine for the duration of the event.

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
• Those who fall in combat will release to one of the 3 staging areas which function as safe zones where players may regroup, ready-up, and re-enter the fight
• Players may port between all 3 safe zones via the group port Obelisk
• Chat channels such as Region, LFG, and Advice will be visible to all realms
• Battlegroups and Chat groups will be unavailable for the PvP event
• Trading between realms is not allowed
• Certain spells and abilities have been updated, and will be reverted at the conclusion of the event

Further event specifics will follow with the event live notice next week.

Recover from the sales and the turkey with our next Caledonia event!

Caledonia starts on Wednesday, December 4th at 3PM EST / 9PM CET, and runs until Monday, December 9th at 3PM EST / 9PM CET!

• Day 1 (Wednesday): Level 39 maximum
• Day 2 (Thursday): Level 49
• Days 3-6 (Fri-Mon): Level 50

Please note that this will be a normal RvR rules Caledonia, NOT PvP!

Be there or be square!