Update 11:10 AM EST: The Ywain server is back up!
The Ywain server will be coming down tomorrow at 5:45 AM EST / 10:45 AM GMT for maintenance for Amazon server hosting.
Servers are expected back up by Noon EST / 5 PM GMT.
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Live Server Downtime – Amazon Maintenance
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Midwinter Celebration
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In celebration of the Midwinter Festival, we have the following notes for you:
- RP, BP, XP, and crafting bonuses are now live!
- The Frozen Medal of Honor and Frozen Cloaks of Midwinter are once again available!
- Battleground Presents are there to be gathered!
- The Traveling Merchants have made a surprise visit to the realms!
The Midwinter celebration will run until January 11th.
Read on for more details!
BonusesOn Ywain:- 25% bonus to RP gain in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls and Labyrinth)
- 25% bonus to RP gain in all battlegrounds
- 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
- 50% bonus to normal BP in all NF zones
- 100% bonus to normal BP in Thidranki
- 50% bonus to normal BP in all other battlegrounds.
On Gaheris:
- 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
- 50% bonus to normal BP gain in the capital cities
- 50% 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
Traveling MerchantsSeveral popular items have also made their return, including Darkness Falls Weapons and many more!
Players can find the merchants at the below locations. Happy Shopping!
In Albion: Just outside of gates of Castle Sauvage in Camelot Hills
In Midgard: Just outside of Svasud Faste in the Vale of Mularn
In Hibernia: Just outside of Druim Ligen in Connacht
Midwinter Festival
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.
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. Please note that the Ancient Trees quests in the battlegrounds will be disabled for the duration of the Midwinter event.
Players on Gaheris between the levels of 35 to 49 can speak to him to receive a special Frontier Gift Retrieval quest instead.
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 new 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. 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. 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. 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.
Midwinter will start today, December 21st, and will run until January 11th, 2016.
A Happy Midwinter to all from the Dark Age of Camelot team, and we’ll see you in the Frontiers!
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1.119 Hot Fix #2
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A big thanks to everyone for continuing to report issues and for your great feedback on patch 1.119!
The following notes are now live!
- Pet-pathing when crossing the Midgard bridge into Ellan Vannin should be corrected.
- Several collision improvements have been made to the milegates in Ellan Vannin.
- The Albion milegate’s gatehouse doors on Ellan Vannin and in Cathal Valley should now open when destroyed.
- The Hibernia milegate’s gatehouse doors now only let Hibernian players through until they are destroyed and opened.
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The Toor Braid, Toor Sumark, and Toor Broogh guards should now be patrolling on their correct paths.
- This should correct enemy-realm guards from spawning near Caer Boldiam’s tower.
- NPC guard hookpoints at keeps and towers should once again display and function properly.
- The [collapsed] section of the Labyrinth Obeliks’s should once again display its destination options.
- The Otherworldly Mighty and Adept Eyes’ VFX should now show up properly on Norse characters.
- The Entropic/Somatic Longbow and Entropic/Somatic Quarterstaff recipes should now work properly.
- The doors in the town of Ardee should once again be able to be targeted and opened.
- Players should once again be getting credit within the walls of Howth for the Otherworlds Chapter 6 encounter in Hibernia.
- The Otherworlds Chapter 7 encounter has had a few more guards surrounding the general removed, in all realms.
- The Otherworlds Chapter 9 encounter has been changed so that the boss can no longer be defeated by friendly realm guards.
- (Gaheris-only) Manannan mac Lir should spawn more consistently inside Knoc Meayll now.
- The Earth Horse quest in Hibernia should once again be able to be accepted.
- The 3 tutorial zones of Constantine’s Sound, Grenlock’s Sound, and Lamfhota’s Sound have been given a new terrain texture pass.
Please note that if you are currently logged in, you will need to log completely out of the game and run the patcher in order to see some of the collision and texture changes.
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MMORPG.com Sweepstakes
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The Holiday Season is in full swing and we’re teaming up with MMORPG.com to bring you some Dark Age of Camelot prizes!
Click the link below to enter into MMORPG.com’s Holiday Cheer Sweepstakes for a chance to win some great prizes, including Dark Age of Camelot game-time codes!
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1.119 Live Hot Fix
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1.119 is out and Ellan Vannin has been a huge hit so far! We’re thrilled to see everyone enjoying the new zone and have watched many an epic battle there!
Below are some fixes and notes that have just been put up to all live servers. Keep your feedback and bug reports coming!
- The hitpoints on the Obelisk Rubble have been reduced.
- The hitpoints on the Buggane’s Obelisks have been reduced slightly.
- The postern doors of Knoc Meayll, the underground keep on Ellan Vannin, now teleport players inside the inner gate of the keep instead of just onto the ledge inside the outer gate.
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Players that have obtained Uther’s, Ymir’s, or Cliodna’s Otherworldly Resilient Cloak can now visit the Royal Illuminator in their realm’s throne room to trade in their Resilient cloak for any of the 4 Chapter 9 cloak rewards.
- Players need only have a Resilient cloak in their inventory in order to initiate the trade-in quest.
- Personally placed scout boats, galleons, and warships can once again be driven in the frontier zones.
- Trials of Atlantis ferry boats once again move along their pre-determined routes.
- (Gaheris-only) Manannan mac Lir has been made more difficult.
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Live Server Downtime for Patch 1.119
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Update 12:10 PM EST: All Live servers are back online!
All servers will be coming down tomorrow, Wednesday 12/2/15, at 5:55AM EST / 10:55AM GMT for patch 1.119!
Check out the patch notes below!
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Please be aware that this patch will update the /realmwar map in the User Interface.
- Custom UIs that have not been updated *should* still work but will not show the new outposts that have been added to the /realmwar map.
- If you’d like to update your Custom UI files, please read the patch notes carefully for the files affected.
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Please be aware that this patch will update the /realmwar map in the User Interface.
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Two Pendragon Test Events – Monday
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On Monday, November 30th Pendragon will be changed to the Gaheris ruleset. The Battlegroup will be started by Nickspally, and open for all to join and help test starting at 3PM EST / 9PM CET. The test will run for two to three hours, and members of the Dark Age of Camelot team will also be present. Gaheris and Ywain will not be taken offline for this test.
On Monday, November 30th, the ruleset will be switched back to normal at 7PM EDT / 1AM CET. The Dark Age of Camelot team with the help of some volunteers will be conducting a test event on Pendragon. The test will run for two to three hours. Ywain will not be taken offline for this test.
We will be testing all aspects of the newly revamped island, Ellan Vannin, and giving away some great prizes!
Test NPCs will be available in the Strength Relic Towns in the New Frontiers. These NPCs will provide Experience, Realm Ranks (with a cap at Realm Rank 5), Platinum, Master Levels, Epic Armor, and more! You’ll be able to create an RvR–ready character in just a few short minutes!
It is our hope, however, that you will /charcopy from Ywain, as we would like to for you to feel comfortable with your character as we conduct the test. For information on how to copy your character to Pendragon, please click HERE!
All players that join us through the entirety of the Pendragon tests will be eligible to win a free Game Time Code!
During the Gaheris ruleset test:
· First Prize – One 3 Month DAoC Game Time Code!
· Second and Third Prize – One 1 Month DaoC Game Time Code!During the normal ruleset test:
· First Prize – One 6 Month DAoC Game Time Code!
· Second Prize – One 3 Month DAoC Game Time Code!
· Third and Fourth Prize – One 1 Month DaoC Game Time Code!The drawing for the prizes will be held toward the end of the event, so be sure to stick around! Keep an eye on the Camelot Herald for additional updates on the test event.
We are very grateful for the assistance of the community, and we look forward to seeing you on Ellan Vannin!
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Thanksgiving Weekend Battleground Event and Bonuses
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Thanksgiving is a time of thanks and so we’re thanking our community and players with these RvR bonuses and Thidranki level 50 Battleground event!
Notes
- TheThidranki Battleground will be open to level 50 players from Wednesday, November 25th through Sunday, November 29th.
Bonuses
On Ywain:
- 25% bonus to RP gain in all NF zones (including the Labyrinth)
- 50% bonus to RP gain in Thidranki
- 25% bonus to RP gain in all other battlegrounds
- 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
- 50% bonus to normal BP in all NF zones
- 100% bonus to normal BP in Thidranki
- 50% bonus to normal BP in all other battlegrounds.
On Gaheris:
- 100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons
- 50% bonus to normal BP gain in the capital cities
- 50% 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
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Pendragon Downtime for Patch 1.119a
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Update: Pendragon is now up, check out the 1.119 Notes here or by clicking the image below!
The Pendragon server will be coming down today, Wednesday 11/25/15, at 2PM EST / 7PM GMT for patch 1.119a!
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We highly suggest separating out your normal game directory from your Pendragon game directory *before* patching and testing on Pendragon.
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If you do not do this, you *will* experience issues when patching back to live.
- To force the live client to fix these issues, you will need to delete the mft.myp in your game’s directory and run the patcher again.
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If you do not do this, you *will* experience issues when patching back to live.
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We highly suggest separating out your normal game directory from your Pendragon game directory *before* patching and testing on Pendragon.
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Developer Q&A Video & Transcript
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We had an amount of questions submitted for our live Twitch Q&A last week – thanks to everyone who sent in! We had questions ranging from emblems, name & race changes, class balance, to realm timers & loyalty, macro groups, what’s coming next, and many more!
In addition to the video, Carol, Lea, and Knight Fugo have transcribed the questions and answers in English, German, and French for you to enjoy below!