[From a forum post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

Avatars,

Please read this entire message, as well as the linked Player Guide and Known Issues.

Release 65 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, April 25, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC).

Release 65 is the first release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q2 2019 Schedule Update). While we made some progress on these priorities we had to spend a significant amount of time patching issues with Release 64 related to our upgrade to the latest version of Unity compounded with the vacations of two of our engineers. This caused us to have to delay some of the goals for Release 65 to a later date.

I want to express a huge amount of gratitude to the players who tested the items listed below on our QA server. They found many bugs and also provided editorial feedback on this post so that it is easy to read and actually matches what is in the game.

Before offering feedback and/or reporting a bug, we kindly ask that you read this whole message and the linked Player Guide and Known Issues to get up to date on the current game state. To keep up to date, please check out the Patch Notes.

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Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday April 19 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to preview the progress on the POT deco contest going on in Mount Midir. First place will win their very own overworld player owned town and a tax free town deed! There is still plenty of time to enter as the contest runs until Saturday May 4th!

If we have time we will also show off some of the new Release 65 home decoration features like decoration scaling and decoration 180 flipping.

You can still earn Release 64 Dark Spring stretch goals for the next week before Release 65 goes live by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program!

• ACHIEVED $15K: Flower Hairpiece
• ACHIEVED $30K: Dark Leaf Spear
• ACHIEVED $45K: Flower Bed
• $60K: Dark Thorn Wand & Dark Thorn 1H Sword
• $75K: Redthorn (Shardfall Plant) Decoration Pack
• $90K: Dark Thorn Mace & Dark Leaf Shield
• $105K: Cenote Player Dungeon Room (open to sky with water and plants)
• $125K: Dark Thorn 2H Sword and Dark Thorn Staff

As usual we will be giving out prizes at 4:15 and 4:45! To be eligible all you need to do is either make any purchase in the store or log into the game and type “Dark Spring has Sprung” in the chat window (no purchase necessary).

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4 PM CDT

Are You a Livestreamer?

Get this exclusive in-game Streamer Camera for being a veteran of our Livestreamer Program!

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

News Announcements

• Release 64 Livestream Today
• Q2 2019 Update
• Darkstarr Recurring Items
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• Various Livestreams (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win a Pirate Galleon City Water Home
• Community Event: R64 Novia Market 1st Annual Fishing Contest!
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Release 64 Livestream Today

The Release 64 Livestream is now Friday April 12. We adjusted the date so we could focus today on addressing the ongoing graphical issues associated with our recent upgrade to the latest version of Unity. Thank you for your patience.

All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals. To celebrate Spring and the arrival of the Envy Angel our theme for Release 64 is Dark Spring!

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: Easter Egg Tour (tour of hidden things and pop culture references)
• 4:15 PM: Easter Egg Hunt (see below)
• 5 PM: Ending Announcements

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

News Announcements

• Play Release 64 Now!
• Ask Us Anything Livestream Today
• Release 64 Livestream: Dark Spring
• Q2 2019 Update
• Darkstarr Recurring Items
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• Arch Lapin Livestream (+ Atos Livestreams) (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Community Event: R64 Dance Party
• Community Event: Daggers in the Dark
• Meretz: Win a Circle of Stones Dungeon Entrance
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Play Release 64 Now!

Release 64 successfully launched yesterday, March 28, with thousands of backers downloading, patching, and logging in to check out the changes! There’s lots of new content to explore, including:

• Arch Lapin Returns with new loot!
• Spring Equinox Items
• Food Decoration Items (beyond just fruit and veggies)
• Universal Trade Channel
• POT MOTD
• Guild MOTD
• More Pirate Items
• More Player Dungeon Encounters & Totems
• R60 & R61 Livestream Items
• Performance Improvements
• More Bug Fixes
• and more!

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[From a forum post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

Greetings Avatars,

The first quarter kicked off 2019 with a huge bang! We added the Envy Angel (another seasonal boss), more expansions to the Player Made Dungeons (including Encounters!), Back Slot Items, Pronged Weapons, Pirate Items, Massive Repricing, Fertilizer for Agriculture, Crown Store Polish, Baby Dragons and Tons of Quality of Life Improvements!

The second quarter is going to be just as amazing as Q1! We will have Crafting Specializations (choose your effect!), the ability to flag your Row Lots as empty (crops!), the return of the Atavists of Purity (seasonal boss/creature), Episode 2 areas, Raid groups (groups of groups) and more quality of life improvements.

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[From a forum post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

Avatars,

Please read this entire message, as well as the linked Player Guide and Known Issues.

Release 64 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, March 28, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC).

Release 64 is the final release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q1 2019 Schedule Update). We made progress on many of these priorities including Quality of Life (Player-Owned Town Message of the Day, Guild Message of the Day, Universal Trade Channel), User Interface Polish (In-Game Crown Shop Improvements), Seasonal Content (Arch Lapin, Spring Items), bug fixes, and more work on Player-Made Dungeon Encounters!

Please note that Release 63 was our first release since moving to a distributed working model (no office). This meant a larger than normal number of post release patches and a larger than expected impact on Release 64 deliverables. Additionally, two of our engineers and one designer had vacations during Release 64 which greatly reduced our capacity.

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