Updates

(UPDATED) Release 61 Livestream – Dec 21, 2018 (Dark Winter)

The Release 61 Livestream is set for Friday December 21! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, having sales, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals. To celebrate the appearance of Krampus our theme is Dark Winter!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, world building tours, prize giveaways, sales on items, and more! Here is the schedule:

  • 3PM: Introductions
  • 3:30PM: Deep Dive 1: Krampus
  • 4:00PM: Deep Dive 2: Lava Fishing & Lava Fishing Contest
  • 5PM: Ending Announcements

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Q1 2019 Schedule Update

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

Greetings Avatars,

2018 was a fantastic year for Shroud of the Avatar! We moved out of Early Access in March and Collector’s Boxes shipped in Q3! We made serious progress on improvements to quality of life and fixed huge numbers of bugs! In the final quarter of 2018 alone we added Player Made Dungeons, Fishing Phase 2, Pumpkin Head, and Krampus! Q1 of 2019 is going to kick us off with a bang! Envy Angel (another seasonal boss), more expansions to the Player Made Dungeons, Back Slot Item Stats, Fertilizer for Agriculture, Episode 2 kickoff, Baby Dragons and more polish!

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Release 61 Instructions

[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 61 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, December 13, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC). “What? Already?” you might ask. As noted in our Q4 2018 post “The last two releases of the year (Nov/R60 and Dec/R61) will be very early in their respective months so that they are released well ahead of the US winter holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).”

Release 61 is the final release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q4 2018 post). We made progress on several of these priorities including various quality of life fixes (automatic redemption of rewards & teleport to zone), bug fixes, seasonal content (Krampus!), more Fishing Phase 2 (lava fishing, lava fish, fishing skills), and more rooms for Player-Made Dungeons.

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Community Livestream – Caroling (Dec 14)

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday December 14 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to go caroling through the game! Travis “Vas Corp Por” Koleski and Sarah “Serafina” Dworken will use our amazing in-game music system to serenade players in their homes.

This is the first Friday to earn the Release 61 Dark Winter stretch goals (in honor of Krampus) by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program! As a reminder we will be having massive sales (up to 50% off!) all weekend to help us hit those stretch goals.

  • ACHIEVED $10K: Black Ice Wings
  • ACHIEVED $25K: Black Ice Building Blocks Set
  • ACHIEVED $35K: Haunted Snowman Mask
  • $50K: Black Ice Bow & Black Ice Sword
  • $65K: Haunted Snow Family
  • $75K: Black Ice Staff & Black Ice Wand
  • $85K: Haunted Yule Tree Set
  • $95K: Icy Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
  • $105K: Dark Leather & Fur Yule Outfit

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Avatar’s Update #309: Release 61 on QA & Dungeon Tour 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

Release 61 on QA with more Testing Rewards!

An early version of R61 is on the QA server. “So soon after Release 60?” you ask. As noted in our Q4 2018 Schedule Update: “PLEASE NOTE: The last two releases of the year (Nov/R60 and Dec/R61) will be very early in their respective months so that they are released well ahead of the US winter holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).” R61 is full of new content and fixes, some of which is now on the QA server for early testing. We could really use everyone’s help to test all of this amazing content before it goes live!

  • Fishing Phase 2:
    • Lava Fishing
    • Lava Fish
    • Fishing Skills
  • Krampus
  • Teleport to Scene
  • Ornate Vile Longbow
  • More Player Dungeon Rooms
  • R58 Livestream Items
  • More Bug Fixes
  • and more!

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Community Livestream – Player Made Dungeon Tour (Dec 7)

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday December 7 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to continue exploring Player Made Dungeons! We did not have time to visit all of the amazing creations assembled by our players this past Friday during the Release 60 Livestream so we are going to continue the tour this Friday. Join Chris “Atos” Spears and Travis “Vas Corp Por” Koleski as they journey through more Player Made Dungeons.

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Avatar’s Update #308: R60 Livestream Today + Viking, Kobold, & Spooky Expirations Last Day!

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 60 Livestream Today (Cornucopia)

The Release 60 Livestream is set for Friday November 30! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, having sales, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals.  By popular demand we have resurrected a set of stretch goals we missed from previous releases (and added a few new roleplay ones) to make a Cornucopia of Dragons, Dungeons and Roleplay in honor of the harvest season!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, world building tours, prize giveaways, sales on items, and more! Here is the schedule:

  • 3PM: Introductions
  • 3:30PM: Deep Dive 1: Story
  • 4:00PM: Deep Dive 2: Combat
  • 4:30PM: Deep Dive 3: Player Made Dungeons
  • 5PM: Ending Announcements

STRETCH GOALS (Cornucopia of Dragons, Dungeons, and Roleplay!) Read more…


Avatar’s Update #307: Black Friday Sale + Final Week for Viking & Kobold Bundles!

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

News Announcements

Community Updates

Black Friday Sale!

The day after Thanksgiving in the United States is traditionally a day of rest from eating too much and of course HUGE sales! To honor those traditions we are going to extend our Friday 50% items sale through Cyber Monday (November 26). We are also going to extend the stretch goal tracker for that time as well so all purchases from Friday through Monday will count towards the Release 60 Cornucopia stretch goals! In addition the Amazon Boxed Version is on sale for $19 (a $70 discount from full price)!

  • ACHIEVED $10K: Dragon Mask Set (multiple color variants) with smoke VFX
  • ACHIEVED $25K: Aether Axe, Aether 1H Spear, Aether 2H Bludgeon
  • ACHIEVED $35K: Construction Decorations (Crane, Pulley, etc)
  • ACHIEVED $50K: Torture Set: Torture Chair, Torture Table, Rack
  • ACHIEVED $65K: Traveller Wagon
  • $75K: Dragon Sword & Dragon Polearm
  • $85K: Unique Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
  • $95K: Celestial Themed Wizard Robes

Viking & Kobold Expirations (1 week left!)

This is the last week to purchase the Viking and Kobold Bundles and select items! To celebrate our first holiday season since launching the Viking and Kobold Bundles are expiring at 11:59 PM CT on November 30. As a limited time bonus we have added Episode 2 access to these bundles! We will also be expiring several of the items that are included in those bundles including pets, weapons, decorations and homes. We are also discounting these items, some as much as 30% For City level bundles this means a $1000 discount!

NOTE: This is a final expiration. Upgrades will not be allowed after these bundles expire. Read more…


Avatar’s Update #306: Play Release 60 Now & Beach Party Fishing Contest 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

Play Release 60 Now! 

Release 60 successfully launched yesterday, November , with thousands of backers downloading, patching, and logging in to check out the changes! There’s lots of new content to explore, including:

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Release 60 Livestream – Nov 30, 2018 (Cornucopia of Dragons, Dungeons, Roleplay)

The Release 60 Livestream is set for Friday November 30! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, having sales, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals.  By popular demand we have resurrected a set of stretch goals we missed from previous releases (and added a few new roleplay ones) to make a Cornucopia of Dragons, Dungeons and Roleplay in honor of the harvest season!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, world building tours, prize giveaways, sales on items, and more! Here is the schedule:

  • 3PM: Introductions
  • 3:30PM: Deep Dive 1: Story
  • 4:00PM: Deep Dive 2: Combat
  • 4:30PM: Deep Dive 3: Player Made Dungeons
  • 5PM: Ending Announcements

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