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After a poll of the community on our official Discord server, Braemar is where we’ll be wreaking havoc for the next BG weekend event!

Braemar event will run from Friday, February 23rd at 2 PM EST / 8PM CET through Monday, February 26th.

Porters will be added to the border keeps mainland side at approx 2PM EDT/ 8PM CET.

See you in the battleground! 🙂

Love is in the air as we celebrate the return of our Valentine’s Day event! Defeat the Golden Lovers in our new Ellan Vannin mini event and earn your new heart shield!

Valentine’s event will run from today, Tuesday February 13th, until Tuesday, February 20th. 

 

Read on for full event details!

Valentine’s Day Event 

• A Matter of the Heart: This quest will give players of all realms the chance find the imp, Russel, located mainland side of Castle Sauvage/Druim Ligen/Svasud Faste. Complete the offered tasks from the local imp’s union in return for a Lawn Cupid trophy, experience, and coin. Be sure to speak to Lady Payne and earn your ROG Valentine’s Ring or Bracer as well!
  • ​Whitman will only provide the One-Time-Drop Valentine’s Day Present to characters who have not completed the quest: “[OTD] Valentine’s Day Present”.
• Keeping Company: This quest will be offered to characters level 45 and above and will have a unique challenge for players in Albion, Midgard, and Hibernia.  As a reward, players will receive a Tiny Compatriot Crate, experience, and coin. Visit Lailen in Jordheim, Pondar Cully in Camelot, and Harris MacCullogh in Tir na Nog to start the quest.
• Valentine’s Traditions: These quests will offer three old style quests which were part of the original Dark Age of Camelot Valentine’s Day content. Players will be able to complete the quest up to eight times, which is based on the number of times the original quest has been offered.  Players will be rewarded with a Hearts Cloak, Heart-Shaped Box, experience, and coin. Visit  Rumdor in Mag Mell, Hrolf in Mularn, or Sir Prescott in Camelot Hills to begin the quest!

Valentine’s Day: Love’s Shield
 

As the Valentine’s Day festivities spread across the realm, whispers of a sinister presence emanating from the isle of Ellan Vannin have begun to surface. Tales tell of a malevolent pair, their love steeped in darkness, spreading chaos and corruption as they revel in their twisted affection.

A new Ellan Vannin mini event has begun! Players can visit the following NPC’s to obtain the quest [Valentine’s] Love’s Shield:

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

This quest may be completed once per character, and is a battlegroup encounter. Defeat Solerila 5 times, or finish the [Daily] Roaming with Friends quest twice to complete the quest.

Quest rewards:

• Our new heart shaped shield!
• 50% Realm Point Bonus Potion (3 charges)
• 5,000 Bounty Points
• 5,000 Realm Points

Additionally, Solabas drops the ROG Solabas’ Bracer, and Solerila drops the ROG Solerila’s Ring. These ROG’s are similar to the St. Patrick’s Day event ROGs.

Ellan Vannin will have a 50% bonus to Realm Points for the duration of the Valentine’s Day Event.
 

Note: players will need to repatch their client to embrace the love in all it’s glory!

• The Ghost Keep event has begun and will last until February 20th!
• RvR bonuses will remain through the duration of the Ghost Keep event!
• An additional 50% RP Bonuses will be active in the areas of Hadrian’s Wall, Emain Macha, and Odin’s Gate 
• 4 new Ghostly weapons have been added!

Ghost Keep Event

• Members of each realm should make haste to their ghostly ambassador to strengthen their realm’s cause:
  • Albion – See the Ancient Paladin in the Catterick Hamlet relic town
  • Midgard – See the Ancient Thane in the Godrborg relic town
  • Hibernia – See the Ancient Champion in the Crair Treflan relic town
• Players should ask the ‘Ancient’ NPCs for a [progress] report to be directed to the current task at hand.
  • These NPCs offer two quests during the ‘supply’ phase of the event that can only be obtained and completed during that phase.
  • Once a ghost keep has been triggered by a realm, the ‘supply’ phase ends for all three realms and these NPCs will direct players to defend or attack the appropriate ghostly keep lord!
  • Be sure to visit this NPC at each phase to ensure you pick up any available quests.
• Earn extra realm and bounty points for completing the tasks throughout each phase of the event!
• A successfully summoned ghostly keep lord will offer the Ring of the Summoned reward, along with a quest for the Ghostly Medal of Valor!
  • Please note that players who have already completed the Ring of the Summoned quest can obtain another one or exchange their existing one for another at the ghostly keep lord.
  • Players who obtained the Ghostly Medal of Valor last year can obtain one more with this event.
• The Dynamic Keep Channelers at Caer Berkstead, Nottmoor Faste, and Dun Crimthainn that can teleport players into the inner keep of their respective keeps make their return for the event.
  • The channelers will spawn when their Ghost Keep Lord is active AND the keep is actively under siege (flames on the realmwar map).
• Speak to the ghostly ambassador at the relic towns to obtain the additional quest [Ghost Keep] Ghosts of Enemies Past. Complete this quest to earn a Ghostly Weapon token to turn in for a weapon of your choice!
  • Can only be completed once per toon
  • Note players who have last year’s quest pending will be able to complete it, but will not receive a weapon token.
  • 4 new Ghostly weapons have been added:
    • • Ghostly Fang (H2H)
      • Ghostly Drum
      • Ghostly Quarterstaff
      • Ghostly Axe
• For more in-depth information, our handy guide explains the phases of this event in detail!
• The Ghost Keep event will be available until February 20th, 2024.

Welcoming in the New Year with the first of the year’s battleground weekends!

Leirvik event will run from next Friday, January 12th through Monday, January 15th. Please note, the current 50% bonus RP in NF will carry into Leirvik for the event!

Porters will be added to the border keeps mainland side at approx 2PM EDT/ 8PM CET.

Ghost Keep Event

Adding an additional quick note that the Ghost Keep event will return to the frontiers on Thursday, January 18th!

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 simultaneously 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 December 21st, 2023 for the next twelve days,until January 1st, 2024!

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

• A new mini event to defeat the chilling evil on Ellan Vannin has been added!
• Help the dock Cargomaster recover his lost yuletide decorations!
• Traveling Merchants return!
• 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!
• The Twelve Days of Midwinter gifts are being wrapped!
• Enjoy a stroll through housing to see the wreath and candle-adorned doors and windows backlighting the lovely decorations and layouts of your fellow realm-mates!

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

Read on for more details!

Midwinter: Icy Dredd

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.

A new Ellan Vannin mini event has begun! Players can visit the following NPC’s to obtain the quest [Midwinter] Icy Dredd:

• 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 new 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.
• 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.
    • After his successful debut last year, 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
    • Frozen chestpieces
    • Frozen mythirians only
    • Darkness Falls jewelry
    • New Extended potions
    • In addition to having a chance at the weapons, the chance at the mythirians and darkness falls jewelry 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!

Traveling Merchants

 

Traveling Merchants have returned! 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

Twelve Days of Midwinter

 

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 Thursday, December 21st, 2023 for the next twelve days, with the last day being January 1st, 2024!

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

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