Updates

UPDATED: Release 68 Livestream – July 26, 2019 (Lava Fishing Contest)


The Release 68 Livestream is set for Friday July 26! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be having a Crafting deep dive, answering questions, and handing out prizes. We will also be having a Lava Fishing Contest to celebrate the extra decimal place being displayed on trophy fish that we added for Release 68! For Release 68 the exclusive monthly rewards are Lord British themed!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, deep dives, prize giveaways, and more! Here is the schedule:

  • 3 PM: Introductions
  • 3:30 PM: Crafting Deep Dive: Weighted Chance, Display Power, Specialization
  • 4:15 PM: Lava Fishing Contest (Oracle Colossus)
  • 5 PM: Ending Announcements

To participate in the Lava Fishing Contest go to Oracle Colossus and start fishing at 4:15 PM (you can also try whispering one of the devs for a teleport). The best trophy fish (longest) caught by 5 PM will win a prize! NOTE: We will be verifying location and time!

  • Runners Up (2): Ornate Fish Throne + Desktop Fish Trophy
    • Engineer: Mosasaurus 6.38
    • Vetatrix: Lacus Mosasaurus 6
  • 3rd Prize: Ornate Fish Pavers + Bronze Fish Trophy
    • Gwendolyn Obscuro: Mosasaurus 6.55
  • 2nd Prize: Viking Village Water Home + Silver Fish Trophy
    • Cathy Earnshaw: Mosasaurus 6.74
  • 1st Prize: Player Owned Town Village Water Lot Property Deed (digital) + Gold Fish Trophy
    • Terrestria Aquatica: Large Mosasaurus 7.35

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Avatar’s Update #341: Release 68 on QA, Tech Talk Livestream Today, Summer Crown Shop Updates


Greetings Fellow Avatars! Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

News Announcements

Community Updates


Release 68 On QA (Live next Thur)

An early version of Release 68 is on the QA server. Release 68 is full of new content and fixes, some of which is now on the QA server for early testing. An early version of the Release 68 Instructions is also available for review. We could really use everyone’s help to test all of this amazing content before it goes live next Thursday June 27!

  • New Brittany Graveyard Quest
  • Mannequins
  • Persistent State for Lights
  • Free Camera Mode for POT Stewards
  • More Top Tier Tameable Creatures in Scenes
  • Fishing Trophy Length Display Increase
  • Consumable Leaderboards
  • Player Lot Permissions Restructure
  • New User Experience Polish
  • Release 64 Livestream Items: Dark Spring
  • R68 Rewards Program Items: Lord British Theme!
  • Performance Improvements
  • More Bug Fixes
  • and more!

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Community Livestream – Tech Talk (July 19)


Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday July 19, at 4 PM CT on Twitch! This week Chris “Atos” Spears is going to give a talk about the technology side of Shroud of the Avatar including the ongoing performance optimizations, the migration to the latest version of Unity, the rework of the map system, and more!

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Avatar’s Update #339: Last Day for Crown Sale, Web Store Price Drops, R67 Livestream Today


Greetings Fellow Avatars! Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

News Announcements

Community Updates


Last Day for Lord British Birthday 20% Crown Sale and Lord British Rares!

Today is the last day to buy Crowns for 20% off! In celebration of Lord British’s birthday on July 4th we are putting all crown packages on sale for approximately 20% off through July 5th! This is the deepest discount we offer on crowns and crowns only go on sale rarely so get them while you can! Read more…



July Login Reward: Lord British Cake Slices with Unique Buff


We are excited to announce the the July login reward! To celebrate Lord British’s birthday on July Fourth every player who logs in during the month of July will receive a set of 8 Lord British Cake Slices that when consumed convey a unique buff (two hours of increased focus and health regeneration plus a 100% speed learning buff)!

To receive the rewards simply login to the game before the end of July and check your rewards tab!