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THE HERALD

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    Veterans Loyalty Chest

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Friends and realm mates. It’s been a dizzying several weeks of fun, thrill, and a bit of madness with this year’s Demon Event. To demonstrate our appreciation for your valuable input, great feedback, and dedicated participation, we’d like to offer you the following reward:

    All level 50 players on Veteran Accounts may visit Jain at your realm’s primary Border Keeps to browse and select a reward chest of your choice.

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


    Chest Options

    Starlight Chest

    1x 100% Realm Point Bonus Potion and a chance between either:

    • 200,000 Bounty Points Scroll or
    • 1x Starlight Weapon Token

    Enhancement Chest

    1x 100% Realm Point Bonus Potion and a chance between either:

    • 1x Extended Elixir of Omni-Regen Pot or
    • 1x Extended Draught of Celerity or
    • 1x Hallowed Effusion of Comprehension

    Crafters Chest

    1x 100% Realm Point Bonus Potion and a chance between either:

    • 1x Veteran’s Box of Alchemy (a new/updated box of crafting ingredients!) or
    • 2x Bountycrafting Recipes (Curse, Frozen, Otherworldly, Seasonal)

    Shroud Chest

    1x 100% Realm Point Bonus Potion and a chance for one of the two items:

    • 1x Final version new Mythirian or
    • 1x Cauldron of Supremacy

    Notes

    • You will need sufficient space in your quest journal and inventory to collect.
    • Chests are available to all level 50 characters on Veteran accounts.
    • Please note for the Shroud Chest: Players who are lucky enough to receive the Mythirian will get it in the form of a Gwynn’s Token, which they can then turn in to Gwynn to select their desired Mythirian. The Mythirian choice you’ll be offered will depend on the faction of that character. 
    • Stardust now stacks to 100.

    Don’t take too long to decide which chests you want! Jain has orders to end his offerings on Monday, September 2nd 2024!

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    Crossroads Covenant – Phase 3 Rewards

    Created by

    CarolK

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    As the mayhem and murder continues through Breifine, rewards for taking part in Phase 3 of the Crossroads Covenant – Lilith event are now live!

    Players who have completed any one of the Phase 3 quests can now speak with Gwynn’s Merchant in their realm’s relic town to obtain the following quest:

    • Albion: [Through the Shroud] Forging Starlight
    • Midgard: [Through the Shroud] Working Starlight 
    • Hibernia: [Through the Shroud] Weaving Starlight

    Continue speaking with Gwynn’s Merchant to complete this quest and obtain a Starlight Weapon Token. This token will allow you to now purchase your desired weapon from Gwynn’s Merchant’s store.

    Weapons are tradeable and you must have the token in your inventory (not vaults) in order to access the store.



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    Crossroads Covenant – Breifine

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Journey back to the past with Phase 3 of our Crossroads Covenant Liltih event as we revisit Old Frontiers: Breifine!


    Players can obtain the below new quests from the representatives of their path at their realm’s relic town. All quests auto complete and auto renew. 

    Once you have the quests, continue speaking with your path representative when you’re ‘ready’ to port into the Emain Macha staging area for your realm – you will now auto bind here. Use the Breifine Obelisk to port you and your group into Breifine!

    Quest Details

    Demonic Path:

    [Through the Shroud] Desperation – Slay 50 enemies / 10 enemies solo – awards realm and bounty points
    [Through the Shroud] Untwisting – Summon Lilith by killing other players and slay her – area credit (within range of Lilith) – awards realm and bounty points
    [Through the Shroud] Points of Strength – Capture 3 keeps in Old Breifine. Obtain a cache of hearts from killing players around keeps, then /use the cache (not every kill gives a heart) – requires inventory slot – keep credit is area credit within the area of the keep – awards realm and bounty points

    • Completing this quest also rewards you with a full stack of Starlight, which can then be /used to complete the [Through the Shroud] Forging Starlight quest

    [Through the Shroud] Forging Starlight – Use a full stack of Starlight in Old Breifine. Starlight spawns around the keeps. Collect Starlight in stacks of 10 then /use the stack – requires inventory slot – awards realm and bounty points 

    Vigilant Path:

    [Through the Shroud] Crusade Through Time – Slay 50 enemies / 10 enemies solo – awards realm and bounty points
    [Through the Shroud] Lilith’s Last – Summon Lilith by killing other players and slay her – area credit (within range of Lilith) – awards realm and bounty points
    [Through the Shroud] Old Strongholds – Capture 3 keeps in Old Breifine. Obtain a cache of hearts from killing players around keeps, then /use the cache (not every kill gives a soul) – requires inventory slot – keep credit is area credit within the area of the keep – awards realm and bounty points

    • Completing this quest also rewards you with a full stack of Starlight, which can then be /used to complete the [Through the Shroud] Ancient Weapons quest

    [Through the Shroud] Ancient Weapons – Use a full stack of Starlight in Old Breifine. Starlight spawns around the keeps. Collect Starlight in stacks of 10 then /use the stack – requires inventory slot – awards realm and bounty points

    Note: once you /use a stack of hearts, souls, or Starlight, it will use all of them in your inventory (all are vaultable)

    Breifine Keeps

    Dun Bolg, Dun Crimthain, Dun na nGed, and Dun Da Behnn will not act as regular keeps for this event. These 4 keeps have been taken over by the forces of the Demonic and Vigilant paths. Once a keep lord is killed, a new path lord spawns who is not attackable for 20 minutes. A broadcast message will announce when the keep lord is attackable around that keep. Quest step credit is awarded to anyone within the area of the keep.

    These keeps are not claimable by any realm, doors work for all realms, and there are no guards.
     

    Phase 3 Rewards

     



    In order to qualify for Phase 3 rewards, players must complete any Phase 3 quest at least once. Rewards will be offered at the end of Phase 3.

    Phase 3 ends August 13th, 2024.

    Phase 2 Rewards

    Players who completed Phase 2 can speak with Gwynn to collect their Mythirian reward.

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    Crossroads Covenant – Phase 3 – Old Frontiers

    Created by

    CarolK

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    On Thursday, August 1st, 2024, Phase 3 returns us to the past world of Old Frontiers – Breifine!


    Players will avail of Old Frontiers Emain as their zone in and spawn points. Hibernia’s base will be Dun Crauchon, while Albion and Midgard will use the realm Portal Keeps in Emain. The entirety of the Breifine zone will be the focus for Phase 3 and RvR!

    Phase 3 will conclude on Tuesday, August 13th, 2024. More details of Phase 3 will follow with the event notice on Thursday.

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    Crossroads Covenant – Lilith – Phase 2

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Lilith continues her incursion upon the realms, and as the Shroud weakens the barrier to her dark domain, broods of her minions spread throughout the Frontiers wreaking havoc and changing the tide of the war between the realms.

    Align yourself with the Order of the Vigilant to stand against evil and protect those who cannot fend for themselves. For those who favor the survival of only the strongest and most ruthless, cast your allegiance with the Demonic Order, take for yourself what cannot or will not be defended, and slaughter those who dare stand in defiance against you.Speak with your faction’s envoy to begin the next phase of your adventure as The Shroud Thins. 

    Phase 2 – Quest Details

    Phase 2 follows the same event outline as Phase 1 and consists of two main path quests with now five sub quests. The sub quests can be completed in any order or combination to complete the overall main path quests. All quests are repeatable. The main quests are offered by the representatives of both paths, continue speaking with them to obtain the sub quests. In order to qualify for the rewards of a phase, players must complete one of the main path quests within that phase at least once. It is not required to complete quests in a phase in order to take part or obtain the rewards in following phases.

    Players can now only switch paths once.

    Main Quests

    Demonic: 
    [Shroud Thins] Calculated Evil  – Complete 10 event sub quests – Awards realm points (every time) and a Midsummer Battlefield Potion (only on first completion), additional completions will auto renew.
    [Shroud Thins] Decimation  – Slay 30 enemies within the event rotation areas and on Ellan Vannin – Awards realm points, auto renews.

    Vigilant:
    [Shroud Thins] Hold the Dark – Complete 10 event sub quests – Awards realm points (every time) and a Midsummer Battlefield Potion (only on first completion), additional completions will auto renew.
    [Shroud Thins] Reckoning  – Slay 30 enemies within the event rotation areas and on Ellan Vannin – Awards realm points, auto renews.

    Sub Quests

    Speak with the representative of the Demonic or Vigilant paths at relic towns for updates on where the Shroud weakens. Once an objective is up, that area will have a 100% realm point bonus

    [Shroud Thins] Containing the Problem / A Final Line in the Sand – Capture Caer Benowyc, Bledmeer Faste, Dun Crauchon, and slay 10 interlopers. This quest is BG credit (keep steps), awards realm points, auto renews, and does not rotate with the shroud.

    [Shroud Thins] Her Approach / Stop the Tear – Lilith’s power has grown allowing her to summon more of her power through the shroud. Slay Lilith’s children to draw her out and defeat her. Awards realm points, area credit excluding the center of Ellan Vannin, auto renews, and does not rotate with the shroud. 

    The following sub quests rotate based on the where the Shroud is thinest:

    [Shroud Thins] The Daughter Answers / No Family Reunions – The Demonic Princess Nahemah has been spotted making her way from the maze like ruins up the river towards Ellan Vannin. Slay her succubuses to uncover her and defeat her (3 times). Area credit, awards realm points and does not auto renew upon completion. 

    [Shroud Thins] The Handmaiden’s Maze / The Handmaiden’s Post – Princess Naheman’s Handmaiden, Mahgrat, now holds court at the mazes. Draw out Mahgrat by defeating her soultorns and defeat her. Solo quest, awards realm points, and does not auto renew upon completion. 

    Gathering Quests
    Collect Dark Crystals around Caer Benowyc docks, Bledmeer Faste docks, or Dun Crauchon graveyard. Awards bounty and realm points, auto renews upon completion.

    Demonic:
    [Shroud Thins] Harvester of Sorrow
    [Shroud Thins] Breaking Bled
    [Shroud Thins] Darkness Within

    Vigilant:
    [Shroud Thins] Fading Embers
    [Shroud Thins] Locked Away
    [Shroud Thins] Vital Essence

    Phase One Rewards

    Players who have completed any one of the two main event quests from Phase 1 can now speak with Gwynn at your realm’s Relic Town to receive the Wings, Cloak, and Mask from previous Crossroad events. The rewards received from these quests will be tradeable, however existing versions of these items received during previous events will remain no-trade.

    To receive Phase 1 rewards, those aligned with Demonic faction may obtain the quest: 
    [The Shroud] The Black Echo

    To receive Phase 1 rewards, those who belong to the Order of the Vigilant may obtain the quest:
    [The Shroud] Lost Light

    Phase Two Rewards

    Completing Phase 2 will reward the Tome of Fiends or Circlet of Rhiannon (depending on path, fully leveled). Stats can be found here. Rewards are offered at the start of Phase 3.

    Phase 2 of Crossroads Covenants – Lilith will end on August 1st, 2024 with the start of Phase 3.

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    Crossroads Covenant – Event Update

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Friends and Realm Mates, 

    In gratitude for your patience and valuable feedback during Phase 1 of the Crossroads Covenant event, the Dark Age of Camelot team is offering a token of our appreciation. 

    On Ywain, Level 50 characters on veteran accounts may now visit the King in their capital city’s Throne Room to receive a Crossroads Crate. This mysterious contains surprises to suit the variety of players that makes DAoC so special!

    Some notes and reminders:

    • We suggest that you have 4 free inventory slots available when receiving/opening the Crossroads Crate
    • Please remember that accounts can only have one MTX respec active at a time. If you should be awarded this item, it is recommended that you use it prior to obtaining your gift on other characters
    • Albion note: the King’s Royal guard has been moved closer to the main Camelot teleporter in order to facilitate easier access to the Throne Room.
    • This offering will be available through Tuesday, July 16th 2024

    Crossroads Covenant – Phase One Extension & Changes

    Elements of Phase 1 of the Crossroads Covenant – Lilith event has been updated, and will conclude on Tuesday, July 16th 2024. The following changes to phase 1 have been made and are now live:

     [The Shroud] Caer Benowyc or Bledmeer Faste or Dun Crauchon 

    • Quests will now auto complete

    [The Shroud] Distracting a Princess

    • Succubuses will now respawn more rapidly
    • The level of the succubuses has been reduced

    We are truly grateful for the feedback that you’ve provided, and we look forward to bringing you the next phases of the Crossroad Covenant event. 

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    Crossroads Covenant – Lilith

    Created by

    CarolK

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    The Shroud thins and Demonic power waxes in the realms! Surely, it is time to join the winning side? The rewards will be great, the power even greater, and of course there’s nothing quite like power is there? Time grows short, it is time to choose a side and dedicate your very being, your soul, to power! What is your choice?

    Now, it’s not that I lied per se, I would of course never lie to you, however; I may have slightly exaggerated how well things are going for us at the moment. You of course remember that business with the Tome of Fiends and borrowing the Demonic Court’s power to restore it yes? As it happens, in what can truly be called an unforeseeable mishap, the court is rather displeased with us at the moment. I’m sure everything will blow over in the next few centuries don’t you worry! Until then though it might be best if we keep The Shroud intact with Her Majesty on the other side yes?

    Notice from the Vigilant Order

    Demons have been spotted all over the frontiers. After the disaster that was the Tome of Fiends, The Shroud has been getting thinner and thinner and I fear if nothing is done it might truly fall. We still have a chance for a miracle but it requires every available hand. Please lend us your strength, we might not have another chance.

    Things are dire out there. The demon’s are encroaching and I’ve heard rumors that the Queen herself has been sighted. Luckily, if we can still get lucky, she can’t bring her full might to bear through the Shroud as of yet. And it’s our job to make sure that never happens. We can do this, we have no other option.

    Phase One Quest Details

    Players alignment to the Demonic and Vigilant paths have been reset from previous Crossroads Covenant events and you are now free to pledge yourself to either path and strengthen yourself against the other. Speak with the representative of the Demonic or Vigilant paths at relic towns to choose. In order to qualify for the rewards of a phase, players must complete one of the main path quests within that phase at least once. It is not required to complete quests in a phase in order to take part or obtain the rewards in following phases.

    • Hand in Unloveable Hand – Join the Demonic path
    • One Last Crusade – Join the Vigilant path

    This event consists of two main path quests with four sub quests. The sub quests can be completed in any order or combination to complete the overall main path quests. All quests are repeatable. The main quests are offered by the representatives, continue speaking with them to obtain the sub quests.

    Main Demonic Path Quests

    • [The Shroud] A Selfserving About-face – Complete 15 event quests – Awards realm points (every time) and both Breach event crates (only on first completion)
    • [The Shroud] A Little Off the Top – Slay 50 enemies where the Shroud thins – Awards realm points

    Main Vigilant Order Quests

    • [The Shroud] A Desperate Stemming of the Tide – Complete 15 event quests – Awards realm points (every time) and both Breach event crates (only on first completion)
    • [The Shroud] Clear the Area – Slay 50 enemies around the Shroud areas – Awards realm points

    Sub Quests

    These quests rotate based on areas where the Shroud between realms is weaker. Only one location will be up at a time. These quests auto complete and re-new upon completion. Speak with the representative of the Demonic or Vigilant paths at relic towns for updates on where the Shroud weakens. Once an objective is up, that area will have a 100% realm point bonus.

    • [The Shroud] Caer Benowyc or Bledmeer Faste or Dun Crauchon – Capture the keep in the area where the event is active and slay 15 enemies – Awards realm points
    • [The Shroud] Deep Cleaning Caer Benowyc or Bledmeer Faste or Dun Crauchon – Gather Dark Crystals around the keep where the event is active – Awards realm and bounty points
    • [The Shroud] Distracting a Princess – Slay demons and enemies (while solo) at the maze in which the event is active to summon Princess Nahemah, then dispose of her – Area credit (all realms) – Awards realm points
    • [The Shroud] The Dark Mother – Slay Lilith’s followers on Ellan Vannin to force her out of hiding and defeat her – Area credit (all realms) – Awards realm points

    Phase Rewards

    • Completing Phase 1 will reward the previous events cosmetic items including Wings, Cloak, and Mask. Rewards are offered at the start of Phase 2.
    • Completing Phase 2 will reward the Tome of Fiends or Circlet of Rhiannon (depending on path, fully leveled). Stats can be found here. Rewards are offered at the start of Phase 3.
    • Completing Phase 3 will reward the new weapon looks. More details on weapons to follow. Rewards are offered at the event end.

    In order to qualify for the rewards of a phase, players must complete one of the main path quests within that phase at least once. It is not required to complete quests in a phase in order to take part or obtain the rewards in following phases. 

    Phase 1 of Crossroads Covenants – Lilith will end on July 11th July 15th, 2024 with the start of Phase 2.

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    Ruined Keeps – Head Hunting Event

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Adventurers, dire times have fallen upon the realms. The once mighty strongholds now lie in ruins, the walls reduced to rubble and all defenders scattered. This loss has emboldened enemies who now swarm the areas, seeking to claim the strategic keeps for themselves. Venture into the perilous battlefield surrounding the shattered keep and strike down your foes. With each enemy you defeat, claim their slain head as proof of your valor and prowess in combat.




    Adventurers should speak with the following NPC’s to receive the new quest Head Hunting:

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

    Ruined Keeps

    For the duration of the event, the center keeps of Caer Boldiam, Glenlock Faste, and Dun nGed have reverted to their ruined state and will feature the following temporary changes:

    • Keep walls will remain destroyed, keep gates and postern doors will remain open, and guards and other keep NPCs will not spawn
    • The Protection Obelisk will be disabled and unavailable
    • Supply Boxes will spawn within the keeps

    Please note that the towers of all 3 keeps have not been ruined.

    Head Hunting

    Roam the areas of the ruined center keeps of Pennine Mountains (including the maze area), Breifine (including the maze area), and Jamtland Mountains. Kill 20 enemies for their heads, 5 enemies if solo.

    • This is a repeatable quest which will auto renew once completed.
    • /use the heads once you have 20 collected.

      • Note: once you /use a stack of 20 heads, it will use all heads in your inventory (heads are vaultable)
    • Heads will only drop in the event areas noted above.
    • This quest awards 5,000 Realm Points (affected by bonuses) and 3,000 Bounty Points.

    50% Realm Point bonus is in effect in the event areas.

     

    Gaheris – Lords of the Ruins

    Defeat the boss encounters in the ruined keeps of Caer Boldiam, Dun nGed, and Glenlock Faste!

    • This is a repeatable quest and BG credit.
    • Spawn timers on the 3 lords have been reduced.
    • This quest awards 5 Lambent Dreaded Seals

    Ruined Keeps and Head Hunting/Lords of the Ruins event will last until Tuesday, June 11th, 2024.
     

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    Thidranki Battleground Weekend Event

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Beginning on Friday May 17th, the Thidranki battleground will be open to all from 2PM EST / 8PM CET!


    For access to Thidranki please speak with:

    • In Albion – Master Truji in Castle Sauvage
    • In Midgard – Stor Gothi Acheren in Svasud Faste
    • In Hibernia – Channeler Inarea in Druim Ligen

    There will be a 100% RP bonus in Thidranki for the duration of the event.

    The event will conclude on Monday, May 20th, at 2PM EST/ 8PM CET, so get in on the action while you can!

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    Breach: The Mazes & Traveling Merchants

    Created by

    CarolK

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    Our Caledonia event has come to a close but the events don’t stop there! Our Breach event in the mazes returns along with the Traveling Merchants!

    • Defeat the Maze bosses to earn realm points and an item reward!
    • New Artifact Level 10 Token reward!
    • Maze Crystals gather quest returns!
    • Travelling Merchants have set up shop once again! 
    • Enjoy a 50% RP bonus in the areas of Pennine Mountains, Breifine, and Jamtland Mountains!

    Maze event, Merchants, and RP bonus lasts until Tuesday, May 14th, 2024! Friday, May 17th, 2024! (extended)

    Adventurers around the ruins of the old maze are vanishing and scouting parties sent to investigate the ruins of other realms have not returned. We fear a larger evil is brewing deep within, and demons have found another way to enter our lands. Threats to our worlds must be crushed!




    Adventurers should speak with the following NPC’s to receive two new 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 mazes across the realms.

    This quest is repeatable, auto completes, and awards 5,000 Bounty Points and 500 Realm Points (affected by bonuses).

    Further Breaches

    The evil on Ellan Vannin has been halted, but the demons persist on trying to enter our world. Defeat these threats at the ancient maze ruins! 

    This is a daily quest and is a Battlegroup encounter. Completing the quest by defeating all three mobs awards you with 10,000 Realm Points (affected by bonuses) and a useable crate which will provide one of the following:

    • Various Trophies
    • Realm Point Bonus Pots
    • Recently Added Extended Potions
    • Wares from Dungeons of Old
    • Artifact Level 10 Token

    Note: the quest mobs will not give previous quest credits or drops. The rewards also have a very small chance to drop Catacombs bows. The Artifact Level 10 Token must be handed into an NPC in the Hall of Heroes and does not include the new Mythirians at this time.

    Traveling Merchants

    The traveling merchants have returned to the realms.

    The Merchants have set up shop in their usual areas, so be sure to pay them a visit and stock up before they take their leave!

    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

    Maze event, Merchants, and RP bonus lasts until Tuesday, May 14th, 2024! Friday, May 17th, 2024! (extended)