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  • Updates

    August 6, 2026

    Ceylon’s Resolve now carries only critical-hit damage, three boons set health to 200 percent once per ripple, and underwater resistance values have been halved.

  • Changes.

    August 4, 2026

    August classleads land across twelve skillsets: balance-free Harrying switches, a plane-wide Convergence, a reworked Agony cure loop, and a new Physiology ability in Cascade.

  • Updates

    August 4, 2026

    Serverside now holds its refusal to focus under guilt, boon afflictions can no longer mask themselves, and ancient whetstones now cover bows, elemental staffs and stilettos.

  • Iron Carnival Bugfix

    August 3, 2026

    An Iron Carnival quest cooldown was running shorter than intended. It is fixed, and Carnival rankings have been adjusted to remove completions tracked inside that window.

  • Newbie Guides

    August 3, 2026

    Newbie Guide applications are open again. Guides earn unbound credits and renown for their time as Romeo and Juliet, helping new players find their footing in Achaea.

  • The Iron Carnival Is In Town!

    August 1, 2026

    The Iron Carnival has opened north of the Delos Bridge. Help Grimbeard and Percivale restore the fairground through September, and every five days the best-supported attraction opens.

  • August in Achaea!

    August 1, 2026

    Globes of Shifting Continents return with new Moderngods, Empires, and Seafaring talismans, including a contract that lets you post to the news under a pseudonym.

  • Updates

    July 31, 2026

    Reckless conditions no longer force health sips over mana priority in serverside curing. Paragons can now be referenced by name, and training dummies can no longer be critically hit.

  • Updates

    July 26, 2026

    Battlerage charm has been reworked into a defensive option: denizens miss 20% of attacks and deal 20% less damage. Mnemosyne denizens also lose their high-level immunities.

  • Updates

    July 24, 2026

    Balance and equilibrium boons now compound multiplicatively rather than adding together, weakening heavy stacking. Priest’s Celestial, Occultist’s Entropic Unmaking, and Apostate’s Daemonform all changed too.

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