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2009

10 October 2009

One year anniversary for AQW.

9 October 2009

Undead war against Lionfang's Golden Onslaught begins.

2 October 2009

Gravelyn claims to want to help rescue the good NPCs from the Golden Onslaught. New birthday zone.

29 September 2009

Staff NPCs begin "disappearing" two weeks before AQ Worlds' birthday.

25 September 2009

Yokai Isle zone is released. The DragonKoi Tournament has begun.

18 September 2009

Talk Like a Pirate weekend. Pirates vs Ninja War begins. Quibble Coinbiter returns with lots of pirate themed items including a rare pirate ship house.

11 September 2009

Elder's Day items available. New zone underneath Battleon accessed by secret passages.

8 September 2009

Sock dragon pets released for people who went to DragonCon.

4 September 2009

DoomKnight released. Good and Evil Reputation Shops open. Final boss fight with Vath available to non-members.

28 August 2009

Boss fight against Chaos Lord Vath in Dwarfhold. Chaos DragonLord items drop from Vath and Stalagbite pet drops from Stalagbite.

21 August 2009

New Rock Roc minigame in Dwarfhold. New Dwarven items available. Dwarves vs the Drows War starts.

14 August 2009

Visit Lord Vath's chamber in Dwarfhold. Meet Mick Guyver the inventive dwarf. Get new drow head morphs and there is a new cave house for sale.

7 August 2009

Artix sends greetings from Japan. He's over there on a "secret mission". Drow Assassins are released in Dwarfhold, along with new quests in Upper City.

31 July 2009

Dwarfhold is released. Lots of new quests including a mining cart mini-game. Meet Geopetal the Mountain Spirit.

24 July 2009

New zone released: the Pine Forest and Inn Ternet is sheltering a dwarf called Snowbeard from Dwarfhold. New reputation quests.

21 July 2009

In honour of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, a rare Moon shop has opened in Battleon for a limited time.

17 July 2009

New monsters to discover in the Greenguard Forest. Quibble Coinbiter returns. New Samurai items in the Suggestions shop. New badges in Book of Lore.

10 July 2009

Battleon teleported to Greenguard Forest. New Keep available from Centaur 21 Housing.

2 July 2009

Artix accidentally locks some of the staff in the secret underground lab. New Map of Lore released. Special 4th of July items and housing items. Sneeviltron returns to the box fort.

28 June 2009

Daimyo's birthday (Artix's dog). Pet Daimyo available in Pet Shop today only.

26 June 2009

Housing released. 28,000 players help to teleport Battleon out of the way of the meteorites. Battleon lands near Shadowfall.

19 June 2009

More bank space available from Valencia. Skystalker from Warpforce is visiting with his shop in Battleon. Book of Lore updated with badges. New Father's Day shop and a Suggestions Shop in Yulgar's Inn. New AE Games portal website.

18 June 2009

New Phaedra pet to celebrate Safiria's birthday. Quibble leaves Battleon.

12 June 2009

Save Chuckles t-shirts on sale at Jinx (unlocks pet and special quest). SleuthHound Inn released. Book of Lore updated.

10 June 2009

Upgrade via mobile phone option available.

5 June 2009

Quibble Coinbiter returns to Battleon. Sneevil war followed him. Cysero redecorated the Clubhouse. Dresses and centurion armour available. Book of Lore updated.

1 June 2009

1st Anniversary of Alpha testing.

30 May 2009

First random mini-war against the undead and horcs ended.

29 May 2009

New AQWorlds Battle Bar (toolbar) available for download. Random mini-wars added. Summer Break items added in Battleon.

22 May 2009

Final showdown against the 1st Chaos Lord. Lots of new battle-related items too.

20 May 2009

Character pages get some improvements.

15 May 2009

Hydra boss fight in the Chiral Valley. New rare Darkness Dragon in the petshop. New good and evil items in aligned shops.

8 May 2009

Enter the Tower of Relativity and meet Escherion. New Mother's Day webpage.

5 May 2009

A special shop has opened to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

1 May 2009

16 new quests in Mobius. Weapon enhancements for level 13, 15 and 17 fixed.

28 April 2009

Try out the Konami Code on the AQ.com homepage. Hint: U U D D L R L R B A B A.

24 April 2009

Valencia offers a "Quest of the Day". A new shop opened in the Swordhaven castle for importing items from other games.

22 April 2009

A special Earth Day recycled armour is released.

20 April 2009

All upgraded members get 250 adventure coins credited to their account.

17 April 2009

The boss fight for the war against the 1st Lord of Chaos is released. Weekend-only chainsaw sale on.

13 April 2009

The 1st Lord of Chaos is called Escherion, named after MC Escher, the inspiration for Mobius.

10 April 2009

Rare Easter Egg hunt begins. Special Easter armour and quest-giving pet (Vorpal Bunny) available.

8 April 2009

War against the 1st Lord of Chaos begins at Mobius.

5 April 2009

Trial war complete with mini-boss (Slugfit).

3 April 2009

Chapter 3 of the Main Story released: the 1st Lord of Chaos is causing chaos in Mobius. Trial war in Mobius for members.

1 April 2009

Zorbak redrew parts of Lore with a Mystic Pencil of Endless Scribbles for April Fools. Quibble Coinbiter leaves Battleon.

27 March 2009

Quibble Coinbiter visits Battleon. New inventory tabs, bank and Chaos Marsh zone.

17 March 2009

New St Patrick's Day themed mini-zone.

13 March 2009

Live Friday the 13th event starring Voltaire and the cursed guitar of Skull Punch Island. 32,000 players logged on and servers were full.

11 March 2009

AQW Wiki has been released by a group of forum members (Angelique, Burn, Paperclip, Stardot, Azami, Versilaryan and Kitsukaru).

6 March 2009

New quest from King Alteon in Swordhaven - explore the Forest of Chaos.

27 February 2009

New quest from Gravelyn in Shadowfall.

24 February 2009

Character pages are live. For example: Artix's Page.

20 February 2009

Chapter 2 of the main story is released: Shadowfall.

14 February 2009

Get your special Valentines Day card.

13 February 2009

Chapter 1 of the Main Story is released. Heroes Heart Day items available. Over 20K players online.

6 February 2009

Part 3 of the Citadel saga released: battle against the Inquistor.

5 February 2009

New Zorbak server (moglin-safe for all ages).

1 February 2009

Superbowl Sunday shop opened at half-time. Almost 18,000 players online.

30 January 2009

New boss fight against the Beast at the Citadel.

23 January 2009

New Introduction to the Epic Saga launched for testing.

19 January 2009

19 new armours released! Nythera server replaced Warlic server and now supports chat.

12 January 2009

Bug fixes for problems with armour/classes released.

9 January 2009

Dragonslayer class released. New rare Golden Phoenix pet. Game screen enlarged. New Theatre zone added as preview).

2008

31 December 2008

Frostval gift boxes open. Fireworks lighht up the sky above Battleon.

29 December 2008

Bello and Merca get married in-game with 11K players online for the live event.

25 December 2008

Upgraded members receive an extra week of upgraded game time free.

19 December 2008

The first AQW Frostval event begins. Friends and parties functionality added.

5 December 2008

2 new zones added: The Citadel (and the start of the Grand Inquisition), and meet Death who will convert pet dragons to dracolichs. Also, Frostvale presents arrive, and new rare member-only pet Armoured Frost Dragon.

26 November 2008

Thanksgiving harvest with Oishii and the Cornycopia zone released.

21 November 2008

Dwakel Crash Site zone released with monsters that attack if you get too close.

18 November 2008

Rare member-only pet added: Armoured Red Dragon.

14 November 2008

New games servers added including one with chat enable for everyone.

10 November 2008

Swordfall, Sepulchure's fortress, is under development.

20 November 2008

Vasalkar's Lair released. New game engine released with some great upgrades: separate armour inventory added. New trainer quests and leveling up class armours just got easier.

4 November 2008

Pumpkins seeds from the Pumpkin King sprout, revealing rewards.

31 October 2008

The Great Pumpkin King is revealed for Mogloween finale.

24 October 2008

The Lore Grimoire is announced.

22 October 2008

Bludrut Keep released plus lots of bug fixes.

17 October 2008

First Mogloween: town of Mystcroft released.

10 October 2008

AQ Worlds live to the public. Five servers and lots of content and functionality added.

28 August 2008

Capes and helms added in game.

18 August 2008

Beta launched. Sir Ver was overloaded with players so Zhoom got a second server - now dubbed Evil Sir Ver online quickly. A few bugs, but mostly working well.

21 July 2008

Alpha 0.006 test. Quests are working. Everything went well.

12 June 2008

Alpha 0.005 test. Sir Ver stable for more than 6 hours online.

10 June 2008

Alpha 0.004 test. Over 3000 players online simultaneously with little lag. Monsters died and stayed down, lol.

9 June 2008

Alpha 0.003 test. Lag issue fixed but the combat system broke.

4 June 2008

Alpha 0.002 test. Everyone creates new accounts for Mulligan Day. Server is officially named Sir Ver. Still some problems with lag, but much improved.

3 June 2008

Captain Rhubarb accidentally renames 10,000 accounts after himself.

2 June 2008

Alpha 0.001 test. Lots of lag.

29 May 2008

New website goes live.