2024 Frostval Season of Gifting:
Kibbles and his cousin Tibbles have returned to spread holiday cheer with new Season of Gifting contests! This merry elf duo collects gifts and randomly gives them to your fellow players - meaning you could receive gifts up to 5000 Z-Tokens or 100 million Gold just for playing! Embracing the generosity of the season, Kibbles is gathering gold to distribute community prizes to all! As Kibbles accumulates increasing amounts of gold, reaching every milestone will unlock incredible rewards for the entire AdventureQuest community, promoting a spirit of unity and shared accomplishment! The Gingerbrute community prizes will release at the same time as the Sovereign of Nightmares gear, after the contests end.

• This year Kibbles is crafting powerful Gingerbrute items for our amazing community, with a special Giftmaster variant for the top 100 generous players!
• Not to be outdone, Tibbles is introducing Sovereign of Nightmares gear exclusively for the top Z-Token Giftmasters.
• That means for crazy generous players there are 14 possible prizes to win!
• 10 new Verdant Frostval Crown Misc items are being given away DAILY for everyone that gifts either gold or Z-Tokens (5 daily for gold, 5 daily for Z-Token). You can double your chances of winning if you gift both gold and Z-Tokens in a single day!

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50% Off Z-Token Sale:
The weather may be getting colder... but AdventureQuest is heating up with blazing hot Z-Token discounts! AQ's massive Z-Token 50% off sale is LIVE! For a limited time, all Z-Token gear and Golden Giftboxes are 50% off! With these huge discounts, now is the perfect time to gear up for the approaching Frostval season. These amazing discounts will only be available until December 2nd, so grab them while you can!

Holiday Z-Token Bonus
Z-Token packages give 50% more Z-Tokens!

50% Bonus Z-Tokens on All Packages:
Power up your adventure with an incredible 50% bonus Z-Tokens on ALL packages! But wait... there's MORE! Choose from an arsenal of exclusive bonus items that are also included with your package purchase. Whether you're a battle-hardened warrior or a rising champion, you'll be equipped to conquer any challenge! Players who purchased Z-Token packages in the last 24 hours will also have their bonus Z-Tokens retroactively added to their account.

Our limited-time Z-Token bonus won't last forever, ending 11:59 PM EST January 6th!

Charcter Page Update:
We have integrated Ruffle into AQ's character pages, and updated their layout. Enabling the ability to view the Flash content directly in your browser! This is a temporary update while we continue development of our more comprehensive character page overhaul.

Mythical Warrior Armor Raffle Contest - Ends June 30th:
Get ready for a golden opportunity to claim your own Mythical Warrior Armor! We're holding another special raffle contest, where 250 lucky winners will be awarded with this legendary gear. Every day you log in, you'll automatically receive one entry into the raffle. But that's not all – our dedicated Guardians will earn double entries, with two chances per day, while X-Guardians will be granted three entries daily! Players who log in every day during the contest period will be rewarded with a massive 100 bonus entries, increasing their chances of emerging victorious.

The previous 25 winners of this coveted armor will be bestowed with a legendary tag, adding an extra layer of prestige for their armor. The contest ends on Sunday, June 30th, with prizes being awarded on the following Monday, July 1st.

UPDATE: The Mythical Warrior Armor raffle has concluded, and all prizes have been distributed. Be sure to check your inventory, as you might be one of the lucky winners of this legendary gear! A huge congratulations to all of our winners! May your newfound mythical armor serve you well in the battles to come.

The 2024 Summer Season of Gifting:
Tibbles the Merry Elf has made a joyous return to AdventureQuest's Summer Season of Gifting! This year's gifting contest promises double the excitement with two sets of prizes up for grabs. First, we have the coveted community prizes: the Fungibushi set. As players shower each other with gifts, specific gifting milestones will unlock fantastic rewards for the entire AdventureQuest community, fostering a sense of togetherness and shared accomplishment.

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Some required adjustments have been made to the Custom Face Z-Token Package bonus. Custom faces will now be included as a bonus with the new 250K Z-Token Package, and no longer available as a bonus with the 150K package. I understand this may come as an inconvenience, but it has become necessary due to the increasing costs associated with fulfilling orders. The current 150K package will still be available but solely as a means to acquire a larger quantity of Z-Tokens at a discounted rate. Additionally, please note that custom faces can only be redeemed by the character making the purchase, and can no longer be transferred or gifted. Rest assured that any outstanding orders that were previously gifted, or received as part of the old 150K package will continue to be fulfilled.

And to maintain consistency, the following faces in the Custom Face Shop will be removed this week and will return with updated pricing, levels and names to match up with the other faces in the shop (Lvl 25 and 1000 Z-Tokens).

• SOUP
• Googly Gogg
• Hooded Skull
• M'Scythe
• Vampire Knight
• Mango No Mango

We've also introduced a new 300K package, offering the best value if you're just looking for a massive haul of Z-Tokens!

Ready to work with one of AQ's uh-mazing artists to create the ultimate player face? While Custom Faces may be purely cosmetic, you are going to score some serious style points! This Z-Token Package includes 250K Z-Tokens plus one Custom Face.

After your payment is complete, please email [email protected] and make sure to include the following info.

• Your character's name and character id#. This is important as your name will be listed as part of the face description in-game, if you choose to share your face with the public. The character id# ensures the face is delivered to the correct player faster.
  
  
• What you want your face to be called ie. Helm of Majestic Rainbows.
  
  
• Tell us what you want your new face to look like! Feel free to include images to illustrate your idea.*

• Whether you want your custom face to be shared with other players by adding it to the Custom Face shop. (See below for details.) Please note that custom faces can only be redeemed by the character making the purchase, and cannot be transferred or gifted.

• Do not worry if you are having trouble with any area of your idea. We will work with you!
  
  
• Custom Faces generally take between 2-4 months to complete. Depending on the complexity of your idea and our total current orders. You will be notified by email once your new face has been delivered!

Sharing in the Custom Face Shop:
After your new face has been delivered to your character's inventory, an exact copy of your face will be added to a special Custom Face Shop to show off your creation to other players - where they can purchase their own copy! Your face will include an "*" next to the name to mark you as the original creator, and also tagged as a Rare item.

*We cannot make anything copyrighted, but we can do an AQ version inspired by your idea ie. favorite character from a game or your favorite tv show.

Doomlight Dawnbreaker 50K Z-Token Package: As Champions of Doom, the Doomlight are able to return incoming damage back to their enemies! This sinister Light package features:

• Armor
• Shield
• 3-in-1 Weapon
• 6 player faces
• 2 Titles

The following Z-Token package bonuses also return for a limited time:

• Doomlight Eternal Set
• Doomlight Shadowspark Set
• Doomlight Frostripper Set
• Doomlight Tremorhide Set
• Doomlight Skyshattered Set

Don't miss out on these powerful, new and returning Doomlight sets as they will only be available until June 3rd!

Spring 2024 Z-Token Bonus:
AdventureQuest is heating up with scorching Z-Token bonuses, so it's time to thaw out and join the fun! For a limited time, you can get up to 35% extra Z-Tokens, as well as unlock a hoard of bonus items with selected packages. Don't miss out on this blossoming opportunity to level up your gameplay! Players who purchased a Z-Token Package on March 1st will also have their bonus Z-Tokens retroactively added to their account.

Our limited-time Z-Token bonus won't last forever, ending 11:59 PM EST April 9th!

However, as feedback showed, these steps were not a strong enough foundation to fully establish STR, DEX, and INT as sufficiently distinct stats. Further, the old and incomplete paradigm for accuracy remained in place for pets and guests, needing the secondary stat phase to be completed before being implemented. In order to have time to properly distinguish the main stats, tackle this accuracy issue, and address secondary stats as well, we needed to set a release aside to work on everything in one go. Unfortunately, we hit a major obstacle... old files.

Any changes to Charisma, particularly the guest changes detailed below, would require affecting guests in some manner, but guest costs and stats have always been handled by their individual files, not by the game engine. Before we could continue, Ianthe had to manually adjust hundreds of files (revamping many in the process) to incorporate them into new code that allows the engine to dynamically manage guest parameters. That effort required many small releases on our part, and was disrupted by health matters, but it is now complete.

With the preliminary work now out of the way, we're now prepared to announce the complete stat revamp release and explain the upcoming changes in full!

Due to the critical nature of the stat overhaul, it has been given top priority and is set to commence at the earliest availability on the calendar in February. This will however require rescheduling the cross-game GGBs to April. We appreciate all of your continued suggestions in the ongoing thread, but kindly limit your suggestions to 3.

The following is a summary of the changes to each upcoming stat:

STRENGTH

Base Behavior Changes:

Enable "Warrior Lean": FD armours deal 100% outdoing damage and take 80% incoming damage.

Style Bonus:

+15% to all weapon damage.

First weapon attack of a battle inflicts Choke (-12.5% damage/4 turns) with no save and a 10 turn cooldown. We MAY change this to require a Melee attack if we find that it tips STR toward only being taken for the bonus and not for melee attacks.


DEXTERITY

Base Behavior Changes:

Ranged damage starts at 80%. Whether or not you're using a Ranged weapon on a given turn, it increases by +7% per turn until it hits 101%, then +3.5% per turn until turn 20.

Style bonus:

Enable BTH lean expertise: the downside of BTH leans is mitigated by up to 25% on all weapon attacks and spells.
>> Example: at +20 BTH lean, you normally gain +20 BTH and deal 81% damage. With full DEX, this becomes +20 BTH and deal 86% damage.
>> Example: at -20 BTH lean, you normally deal 131% damage and take -20 BTH. With full DEX, this becomes 131% damage and take -15 BTH.

+6 Blocking


INTELLECT

Base Behavior Changes: None.

Style Bonus:

Wallbreaker: Spells pierce enemy elemental resistances and gain +[(INT/ExpectedINT)*(100-MonsterEleMod)/200]%
>> Example: Against 90% resistance, spells deal +5% damage. Equivalent of hitting 95% resistance.
>> Example: Against 50% resistance, spells deal +25% damage. Equivalent of hitting 62.5% resistance.
>> Example: Against 10% resistnace, spells deal +45% damage. Equivalent of hitting 14.5% resistance.


ENDURANCE

Base Behavior Changes:

ENEMY ONLY: Reduced health scaling.

Style Bonus:

[Implemented] Increased status resistance

[Implemented] Increased heal resistance


CHARISMA

Base Behavior Changes:

Pet and guest accuracy is now based on [Mainstat+CHA] instead of DEX+CHA.

Guest stats adjusted to account for paying a third of the actual cost of their output:

Base guest output reduced to 45% Melee from 60%

Base guest Cost increased to 30% Melee from 21%

Style Bonus:

Guests gain Ferocious Strikes: A flat 22.2% chance to have double output (Damage, status effects, boosting features, etc).
Note: After style bonus, average guest output becomes 55% melee*


LUCK

Base Behavior Changes:

Removed: Bonuses to BTH and blocking

Added: Global 5% chance of hitting, regardless of defence. Player-only: with 250 LUK, this can increase to 10%.

Style Bonus:

20% chance per turn to flip one status debuff on the player into a status buff.

STRENGTH

Warrior Lean is a community suggestion that we thought was perfect for providing a defensive Warrior identity without subsuming the FD Ranger niche. To answer a frequent question, this would not be the addition of a new lean. Instead, all FD armors would lose their player damage penalty when wielded with Melee weapons. Warriors would then deal normal damage with attacks, while continuing to take reduced damage.

The originally proposed style bonus of a small boost to all weapon damage was underwhelming, so we're scaling it up to +15% to all weapon damage. This should play into STR's core niche while making the stat appealing to hybridize into while getting to have a mix of weapons. The remaining 5% Melee value is spent on a guaranteed choke on the first successful attack in order to further solidify the Warrior niche of the steady attacker through long bouts without stepping into END's role.


DEXTERITY

The original iteration of a ramping damage identity was initially negatively received, but testing produced a much more favorable reception once it didn't take so long to achieve parity. The finished version will still ramp up quickly, giving it a strong setup-and-blast identity that could be leveraged for both offensive and defensive builds. Final values cap out at turn 20 so as to keep from outperforming STR at its own niche -- It would defeat the point of the revamp to reverse the problematic linking of the two stats instead of actually fixing it by giving them two distinct roles.

The style bonus allows DEX to play with a wider range of damage leans, quickly overturning the disadvantages of accurate weapons or doubling down on raw damage with inaccurate ones. Part of it is dedicated to blocking, making DEX more of a stat that gives a headstart to blocking as opposed to the blocking stat.


INTELLECT

Due to its place as the sole stat with a functional identity, INT will receive no changes to its base behavior. INT is at the level quality we want other stats to be at, and very much didn't need any vertical power growth, so its style bonus is focused on versatility. Low resistances have a much harder time denying elemental damage from spells, making those pesky tank mobs less of an obstacle to a caster with a diverse toolkit.


ENDURANCE

Although it's not as hard of a rule as with STR, taking away from END's HP value to dedicate it to something else would still require extensive rebalances and risk flipping the stat into an underpowered status. Therefore, this is a difficult stat to make interesting, though we are of course open to feedback on the matter. However, player feedback and low level testing made it clear that this stat scales way too aggressively at lower levels, so the prior step of this revamp featured a separation of health scaling to address this. If there are any similar problems with other stats, please let us now in the replies!

Style bonuses remain the same as the prior iteration.

CHARISMA

Guests have always provided several times the power they paid for, as they were originally designed based on a damage and accuracy model that was never implemented. Their cost discount was meant to be a decompression bonus for using Beastmaster weapons, as part of this model in which CHA would have been a main stat and DEX a secondary one. Since this old model was never completed, and guest costs couldn't be dynamically adjusted, the end result is essentially a spell being cast every turn that only pays part of its actual cost. That really isn't fair to any other build.

However, reducing guest power to what is being paid for would feel awful, and just increasing the cost would be just as harsh. The adjustment needed to be split, with a further way to mitigate the resource cost increase. We sourced the above value adjustment from mixed community feedback in June 2023, and the Style Bonus is fully dedicated to guest Ferocious Strikes, so that keeping costs manageable can be part of the stat behavior itself.

LUCK

Instead of having a mandatory role in accuracy and blocking, LUK now has a unique role in a new accuracy system. Attacks always having a hit chance floor should address the frequently reported issue that blocking armors are a one-and-done deal. It was widely recognized that blocking builds could make the game uninteresting by only getting hit by rare autohit attacks, making them only really need one armor. Now these builds can be catered to with a full spread of evasive equipment, and LUK allows players to double their own hit chance floor to increase reliability against dodgy mobs.

The style bonus had to be something entirely new so as to not make any one function of a generalist stat overtake others, while not further powercreeping lucky strikes in a situation where they can be easily guaranteed. The opposite idea practically wrote itself. Now LUK will give you both lucky strikes and lucky breaks!

For the entire run of the prior stat paradigm, the only main stat that could be said to have an identity of its own was INT through paying weapon damage in exchange for mana to frontload damage with. STR builds had the vague identity of a steady damage dealer, but gear support and booster disparity made INT builds better at STR's own niche. Any gear meant for all builds, even if Warrior-oriented, was better at dealing steady in the hands of Mages. Warriors had no interesting baseline stat functionality, as the fact that STR dedicates all of its power to damage made it the root of the game's mathematical valuations.

As of Rangers: Even while being the primary stat for Ranged damage, DEX was still dependent on Strength for its damage component, while pulling double duty as a requisite secondary stat for Melee and Magic accuracy. Even pet attacks required it for accuracy (They no longer will as of the next update).

Consequently, offensive Rangers functionally couldn't have a niche of their own. They required the same stat spreads as warriors, and the accuracy leans of Ranged weapons meant that STR+DEX builds were generally better off choosing melee weapons. Defensive Rangers had a small niche of their own in a focus on resource efficiency over time efficiency, but this could still be infringed on by defensive spellcasting builds and to this day needs fleshed out gear support.

In short, main stats were in such a state of crisis that only INT could receive truly unique gear support, STR's identity was being subsumed into INT, and DEX's identity was nonexistent outside of what small niche couldn't be subsumed into STR.

Secondary stats had a schism of their own:

END being mathematically overpowered but exceedingly unpopular even against lengthier boss fights made for an understandable but nonetheless frustrating situation. The stat did one visible thing, adding health. This one thing would have to be weakened if some of its power were to shift towards doing something more interesting, at which point it could easily turn very underpowered. This intersected with the DEX situation, as END could have at least been recommendable for new and returning players if not for the stat point tax that DEX represented. Most egregiously of all, END scaling on enemies was exceptionally punishing for lower level characters.

LUK has a less generic role due to being a mix of the crit stat and the "Jack of all trades" stat, but doing a lot of things at once meant that it was difficult to buff any one of these things, leaving it largely as the former. Modern issues with it are largely outside of the stat revamp proper, as making critical hits more interesting would require a separate status effects and critical hit project.

CHA was coded in a way that was a vestige of another, completely different stat plan that never came to pass. Combined with old file issues, this led to both being tied to DEX and guests getting a cost discount in exchange for a weapon requirement that was not even possible to apply at the time.

Any one of these issues, on its own, would severely hinder our ability to provide cool rewards for a build. The interwoven combination of them was therefore a huge call to come up with a way to leave every single build at a stage where it could stand on its own and was ready to be fleshed out in the long term by build support. To that end, the revamp includes a new addition to every stat:

While we will need a separate tutorial revamp to have adequate in-game introductions to the game's mechanics, it's not enough to simply tell players what each stat's purpose is. Especially if it seems like their gear encourages a different style. Each stat itself should reward playing by its style by being fun and powerful in its own unique way. However, as mentioned above, STR and END could only do one thing, since STR can't shift any of its power and END could easily become underpowered if it did.

To that end, we're implementing the Style Bonus: A small budget of 20% Melee in power, added to every stat in the shape of small boosts that reward its core behavior or shore up its transitional issues. In the case of main stats, these bonuses are meant to reward both pure and hybrid builds by making each stat equally appealing as a primary or additional main stat. The Style Bonus is unlocked upon reaching 150 in a stat, beginning at a quarter of its power, and scales up to its full value with every 5 points until reaching its full 20% melee value at 250.

The Style Bonus is a major boost to the power of each stat, and thus constitutes quite a jolt of power creep. However, this is a calculated addition meant to be specifically leveraged towards making each stat more fun to play in its intended niche. Because of this, the Style Bonus is a player-only feature. These advantages are based on player playstyles, and not meant for mobs. We recognize that it's not always fair for enemies to play by the exact same rules as the players, and are exploring other divergences that could make things more fair and fun without being too hard or too easy.

Thorough as this may be, this revamp is still a work in progress! If you have any feedback or general ideas, please let us know! Is there anything we missed? Are there other stats in need of an enemy scaling adjustment? Any wild ideas that you think would improve the game?

If you'd like to weigh in on the balance of the changes, be sure to familiarize yourself with this explanation of what balance means and how we apply it as essential reading before posting. Make sure to post in a friendly and constructive manner as per the forum rules as well -- Moderation will be stricter with any hostility in this thread in order to be able to keep it open, as we really do want your feedback.

As a final note, we do realize that stat changes alone, no matter how massive, can't solve all early game hurdles by themselves. Old quests that predate scaling and issues specific to mobs are a matter for future projects and announcements, but we are absolutely exploring solutions!

Holiday Z-Token Bonus
Z-Token packages give 50% more Z-Tokens!

Huge +50% Holiday Z-Token Bonus:
Can the holiday Z-Token bonus start early? Shuriken! AdventureQuest has ninja'd the start date for the highly anticipated holiday Z-Token bonus! Our sneaky team of developers couldn't wait to start spreading the holiday cheer, so we've unlocked the bonus early! Don't miss out on this unexpected treat as you gear up for a holiday season filled with epic adventures and fantastic rewards! All players who purchased a Z-Token Package back to October 1st will also have their bonus Z-Tokens retroactively added to their account.

Our limited-time Z-Token bonus won't last forever, ending 11:59 PM EST January 9th!

Nickelclad Guardian Dragon Jr Pet:
We're launching our 21st Anniversary celebration with a fantastic giveaway – the limited-time Nickelclad Edition of the Guardian Dragon Jr. Pet! To claim this exclusive pet, simply redeem the code in-game directly through Ballyhoo!

AQ-NICK-DRAGON-PET

You can redeem this code once per character, and it will expire at 11:59 PM EST on October 31st. Join us in celebrating 21 incredible years of BattlingOn and claim your pet dragon today!

The 2023 Summer Season of Gifting:
Tibbles the Merry Elf has returned with a wave of joy and gifting extravaganza to AdventureQuest's 2023 Summer Season of Gifting. In this year's gifting contest, Tibbles brings double the excitement with two sets of prizes! First, there are coveted community prizes, The Mermazon Champion Set. As players generously shower each other with gifts, specific gifting milestones will be reached. With each milestone, the entire AdventureQuest community unlocks fantastic rewards, fostering a sense of togetherness and shared accomplishment!

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Summer 2023 Z-Token Bonus:
Get ready to make a splash with the scorching summer Z-Token Bonus in AdventureQuest! Earn up to a sizzling 35% extra tokens, with a higher percentage of bonus tokens awaiting those who dive into bigger and bolder token packages. The more you buy, the greater the bonus you'll receive, unlocking epic power-ups and exclusive rewards that will ignite your summer adventure like never before.

Don't let the summer sun set on this sizzling deal as this bonus is only available until Sept 5th 11:59PM EST.