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Release 54 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 54 is our second release since launching out of Early Access. As promised, we are continuing our cadence of monthly releases, just as before. Release 54 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, May 31, at 10:30 AM US Central Daylight Time (15:30 UTC).

Release 54 is the second release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q2 2018 post). We were able to address most of the items on that list in some fashion. We made strong progress on performance, physical goods, improved reward cycle, user interface polish, player direction and story polish. We will be spending more time on enemy behaviors and repeatable content in the next release and in Q3. Read more…


Join us in Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues!

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues is a multiplayer fantasy role-playing game calling upon you to return to New Britannia as a fabled Avatar to fulfill the paths of Truth, Love, and Courage through a deep single-player storyline. Featuring a robust player housing and town system, Shroud of the Avatar is a perfect fit for players with a strong sense of community and teamwork. Embark on new adventures in the world of New Britannia and play alongside friends and family. Come join us to become a permanent resident in a persistent shared universe… (learn more)

Ravalox and other members of the Shroud of the Avatar development team go live very frequently on twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar. Please also join us on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter for Catnip Games, Twitter for Shroud of the Avatar, and the official Shroud of the Avatar Discord Server. Like! Follow! Subscribe! For the latest news from the team, please read our monthly updates and watch our latest livestreams on Twitch:


Avatar’s Update #281: Release 54 Next Week, and Zombie Children in Release 55!

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

Game Development

News Announcements

Community Updates

Zombie Children

When the undead rise the young will rise along with the old. While they might not have the reach of an adult zombie they make up for it in stealthiness and in making you hesitate before you strike, a hesitation that might cost you your life. Zombie Children will begin appearing in select locations in Release 55.

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Community Livestream – The Companions Revisited

A new Community Livestream is set for this Friday with several developers ready to show you the latest game content they’ve been working on!

We will be kicking off the livestream with Fletcher Kinnear and Brandon Cotton to show off the companion gear that will be made available to players via questing for it, and then Erik Touve and Brandon Cotton will dive deeper into the Companion abilities. And finally, we have some really cool new property decorations to show you!

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4pm CT! Also join the community’s Discord chat to ask questions about what’s presented:

 

 

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Community Spotlight – Rauchbier Platz

Welcome to another Community Spotlight! These spotlights are dedicated entirely to community content, usually about a player town and presented by a single individual or an entire guild.

For this week’s spotlight, we toured the player owned town of Rauchbier Platz. It is a town nested within Central Brittany that is dedicated to the art of brewing beer. In anticipation of brewing being added to the game, the governor of Rauchbier Platz, Hannah Alpenglow, provides a tour of this snowy festival town.

As told by Hannah Alpenglow:

Greetings, Avatars! Welcome to Rauchbier Platz – please, enjoy a mug of our finest beer while we walk through town. Rauchbier Platz was founded by my late husband and I in 517 PC to help establish our beer brewing business here in New Britannia. The main area of town is set up a bit like a civic square that one might find in Bavaria, as we wanted to bring a bit of our homeland to this world. Rauchbier Platz roughly translates to ‘Smoked Beer Place’ and is meant to be a happy, laid back town where one can enjoy time with friends old and new.

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Avatar’s Update #280: Female Peasant Wearables

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

Game Development

News Announcements

Community Updates

Female Peasant Wearables

In Release 50 we replaced all the art for our female peasants to upgrade the visuals and in Release 53 we did another iteration on their faces for further improvements. For Release 55 we are making wearable versions of the Female Peasant clothing that will be available in-game as either recipes or patterns. There will be eight dresses, two hats, and three shoes. All of the cloth items will be dye-able.

Plaid Shawl Peasant Dress

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Community Livestream – Westend & Store Housing

Another content packed Community Livestream coming this Friday! We will be kicking off the livestream with Bob Cooksey and Michael Hutchinson to show off the upcoming store housing! Then Esteben “SorcerousSteve” Zaldivar will be on to show off the new seaside scene of Westend.

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4pm CT! Also join the community’s Discord chat to ask questions about what’s presented:

 

 

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Personalize Your Avatar with Heraldry

Screenshot taken by community member Oakenhammer

Personalize your avatar and your home with custom imagery via our Heraldry system! Heraldry is a broad term that encompasses the design and display of coats of arms. Heraldry is can be added to various items worn by your Avatar including all four types of armor (Cloth, Leather, Chain, and Plate), Shields, and Cloaks. It can also be added to several decorations including Banners and Chests.

Heraldry can be created using our Blazon Generator or you can submit a custom image (providing it meets our visual guidelines). Once created you can then use the Heraldry patterns in the game on an item to turn it into a heraldry item and display your coat of arms. Note that the heraldry displayed is determined at the time the pattern is applied by the person who applies the pattern.

As of Release 53, heraldry is open for everyone through the sale of Heraldry Eternal Patterns in the Add-On Store and Crown Merchants! Note that these items are visually distinct from the Founder versions delivered in Release 52.

Did you know that our Blazon Generator and our rules for coat of arms generation were started by a player group called the College of Arms? They studied traditional heraldry and were instrumental in insuring that our heraldry followed traditional standards.

We have a large selection of Heraldry items to choose from and each release we add more. In Release 54 for example we are adding Standing Banners and Chests!

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Avatar’s Update #279: New Creatures! Skeleton Plunderers and Unicorns

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

Game Development

News Announcements

Community Updates

New Creatures: Skeleton Plunderers and Unicorns

New creatures will soon be appearing in Novia, some more rare than others!

Skeleton Plunderers are Undead Plunderers who are cursed to wander the land forever seeking treasure. Kevin “UglyFist” Wells built these latest additions to our Undead army by meshing our Plunderers (who Fletcher “Scathana” Kinnear built in R53) with our Skeleton Mages, Warriors, and Archers. Skeleton Plunderers should appear in R54 in areas like Blood Bay and Penmawr Island.

Plunderer Skeleton Warriors: 

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Community Livestream – LFG & Heraldry

Another content packed Community Livestream coming this Friday! We will be kicking off the show with a presentation by our design team of the new Looking For Group (LFG) feature.

After looking for a group (possibly in preparation for the dragon event on Saturday!), we will then show you a bunch of cool stuff about heraldry, including visiting a player town to have a look at some of the existing community heraldry on display!

Don’t know what heraldry is all about, or how to submit your designs? We’ll be explaining all of this on the livestream as well, so don’t miss the show!

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4pm CT! Also join the community’s Discord chat to ask questions about what’s presented:

 

 

Are You a Livestreamer?

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