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THE HERALD

  • Patch Notes

    Anniversary Month Update

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Greetings friends!

    We’re a little over halfway through the Anniversary month and we couldn’t be more excited about how things are going. Turnout has been spectacular for the first ever King’s RvR Tournament and with the addition of the Pumpkin Patches from the Halloween Event this week, RvR action has picked up even more!

    Be sure to check out the Tournament Leaderboard and Rules pages to see who the current leaders are and to take another gander at that epic statue you could win!

    In other news, the newly released DAoC t-shirts are still available for purchase HERE. So far, Midgard is winning handidly!

    Unfortunately, this round of shirts is only available within the US. For those of you outside the US, we are hard at work on a more permanent solution that will be able to ship to North American and International players and one that will provide more options and styles, so sit tight, we’ll have plenty of swag available for you soon!

    Don’t forget, all returning players receive 13 free days during the Month of October and all characters that visit the Royal Accountant during the month get the 13th Anniversary Tapestry for their house! Visit the Come Back to Camelot page for more details and the Camelot Newsletter page for information on what’s new to Dark Age of Camelot!

  • General

    Halloween Event – 2014

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    UPDATE: The Halloween Event has come to a close.

    October is not just our favorite month because of the Anniversary, it’s also Halloween! And that means haunted cities, candy and costumes, pumpkin patches in the Frontiers, and of course… the Pumpkin Moon!

    Festivities begin Tuesday, October 14 2014 and will conclude Monday, November 3 2014.

    Follow  the jump for a list of all the activities happening this year:


    • 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)

         
  • General

    13th Anniversary Bonus Weekend

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Oct. 14th Update: The weekend bonuses have returned to normal.

    Hail friends!

    It’s been a fabulous 13th Anniversary Month so far but today is the actual birthday of our beloved Dark Age of Camelot! To celebrate, the following bonuses have been applied and will run until the morning of Tuesday, October 14th.

    On Ywain:
    50% bonus to RP in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls and The Labyrinth)
    100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons.
    100% bonus to normal BP in all NF zones.

    On Gaheris:
    100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons.
    100% bonus to normal BP gain in the capital cities.
    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

    Good Hunting this weekend, and we’ll see you in the Frontiers!

  • General

    Come Back to Camelot and Game Time Codes

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Greetings friends!

    We’ve had lots of requests to show how to receive the 13 free days for re-activating after 9/24/14 with Game Time Codes during the Anniversary Month’s Come Back to Camelot Campaign. Well, here’s a video outlining the process:

    For those of you who have already re-activated after 9/24/14 with Game Time Codes by using the “Activate Key” option on the Account Center and did not receive your free days, fear not! Your accounts have been flagged and will receive the 13 Free days prior to your new subscription running out.

    Happy Hunting!

  • General

    Account Center Down for Maintenance

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Update: The Account Center is back online! Thank you for your patience!
    Friends,

    The Dark Age of Camelot Account Center is coming down for a brief maintenance at 2:30pm EDT/5:30pm GMT

    Service will be restored as quickly as possible but is not expected to be down for more than 30 minutes. Thank you for your patience while we resolve the issue!

  • General

    Get your DAoC T-Shirts Here!

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Greetings friends!

    We’ve been receiving feedback for a while now asking when DAoC T-shirts would be available again. With the 13th Anniversary month here, we decided it would be the perfect time to offer them!

    We are offering three different versions of the shirt – one for each realm – through Custom Ink’s Booster program. This means the shirts are only available for purchase for the next 25 days, or until November 1st, and in order to get your realm’s shirt, at least 50 others must be sold. All proceeds will go towards future Event Rewards.

    Which realm will get their shirts ordered first!?

    Albion                        Midgard                        Hibernia
                        

    *Please note that the shirts will look slightly different than they appear in these links. The Cup, Hammer, and Tree will actually be located on the left sleeve and the Broadsword logo on the back will be plain white text like the rest of the shirt.
  • General

    King’s Tournament Leaderboard Correction Notice

    Created by

    tsaad

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    Players, since this is our first King’s Tournament, we expect there will be a few kinks to work out. Here’s the first of hopefully few.

    We’ve been tracking and checking the leaderboard numbers all day and we recently discovered a mistake in our script such that it considered RPs earned by some players yesterday as valid for the tournament. This isn’t fair and we’re going to correct the situation now.

    To be clear: no data is changing; no earned RPs have been lost. We’re simply making a change to our tournament script to ensure that we exclude any RPs earned before 12:00 AM October 1, 2014 from consideration.

    When we make the change, you’ll notice a big shift in the current King’s Tournament rankings on the next hourly update. This is expected and the new rankings will be correct and official.
     

  • General

    Announcing the Come Back to Camelot Campaign and September Newsletter

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Friends,

    We’re happy to announce our Come Back to Camelot campaign in celebration of the 13th Anniversary of Dark Age of Camelot! We aren’t just celebrating the game though, we’re also thanking every one of you for a splendid 13 years, here’s to 13 more!

    All accounts that were inactive on or before September 24th, 2014 are eligible for 13 free days! Simply login to the account center, re-subscribe, and the 13 free days will be applied to your account automatically! This campaign will run until October 31st.

    In conjunction with the campaign, the newsletter makes its return with tidbits on what we’re doing for the month of October and on what we have planned for the upcoming 1.116 patch. Be sure to visit both the Come Back to Camelot Campaign and the Camelot Newletter for more information!

    All the best and thank you again!
    -The Camelot Team 

  • Patch Notes

    October Anniversary Rewards and New Race/Class Pairings

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Greetings all!

    Today marks the beginning of our 13th Anniversary month. In celebration of our birthday, we have instituted the following Hot Fix notes on Ywain and Gaheris:

    • Players can visit the Royal Accountant outside their realm’s Throne Room in the capital cities to receive the 13th Anniversary Housing Tapestry.

    Albion characters can visit Traurig in Camelot for the trophy.
    Midgard characters can visit Oropyehho in Jordheim for the trophy.
    Hibernia characters can visit Droevig in TIr na Nog for the trophy.

    • Players can now make the following Race/Class Pairings:

    Albion
    Avalonian/Necromancer
    Highlander/Heretic
    Inconnu/Wizard
    Korazh/Reaver

    Midgard
    Troll/Warlock
    Valkyn/Thane
    Frostalf/Bonedancer
    Deifrang/Skald

    Hibernia
    Sylvan/Champion
    Shar/Warden
    Elf/Animist
    Graoch/Valewalker

    NOTE: If currently logged in, players will need to log out and run the patcher to be able to obtain the tapestry or create the new race/class pairings.

  • General

    Celebrating the 13th Anniversary with the first ever King’s RvR Tournament!

    Created by

    Jthornhill

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    Friends and Realm mates,

    In celebration of our 13th Year Anniversary, the Dark Age of Camelot team is pleased to announce our first-ever King’s Tournament!

    Sponsored by King Constantine of Albion, King Eirik of Midgard, and King Lamfhota of Hibernia, winners of the tournament will win their very own statue in-game, stylized after their character and placed in their realm’s capital city!

    The Kings are looking for champions to inspire their realm to even greater glory! Will you be one of them!?

    Interested? Find out more HERE!