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Sightless Spring

By Nicola | December 8, 2018 | Comments Off on Sightless Spring

Two Archangels sought transcendence, one dying in the process while the other was blasted to the boughs of Yggdrasil. After much skirmishing between Ashtan and Targossas over custody, Iojian slavers captured the angel and took it away to be auctioned.

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Cast Your Vote!

By Nicola | December 7, 2018 | Comments Off on Cast Your Vote!

We have so many projects on the list of things we want to work on that we’re asking you to vote on what the coding team works on in the first quarter of 2019!

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Idea Implementation!

By Nicola | December 1, 2018 | Comments Off on Idea Implementation!

A stack of your ideas have been implemented! Read on to learn what’s what!

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Raiding Clarifications!

By Nicola | November 20, 2018 | Comments Off on Raiding Clarifications!

PK in Achaea is an ongoing and ever evolving thing, in recognition of this we’ve added some updates to clarify any confusion!

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Homeowners Rejoice!

By Nicola | November 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Homeowners Rejoice!

Furnishing is moving to a player design based tradeskill, like jewellery, tailoring, and cooking, and we’ve added a whole slew of new furniture types!

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From Pygmy Dungeon To Dragon Lair!

By Nicola | November 5, 2018 | Comments Off on From Pygmy Dungeon To Dragon Lair!

The machinations behind the pygmy conspiracy have been slowly unfolding across Sapience, with layers of the dubious plot being revealed for all to investigate. Today, the rotten core of it all and the reward for following to its twisted end is finally brought into the light…

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Auction Winners!

By Nicola | October 31, 2018 | Comments Off on Auction Winners!

As the Mayaween month draws to a close, so to do our in game Auctions! We have a host of lucky bidders taking home all sorts of prizes, from a custom built treehouse, to a translucent mask that won’t decay, and even a custom made pet. Read on to see the full list.

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The Wild Hunt Rides

By Nicola | October 27, 2018 | Comments Off on The Wild Hunt Rides

Who rides, so late, through night and wind? The Erl-king rides anew. Who rides, so late, bringing terrible fear? The Erl-king rides anew. Who flees, so late, clasping poor mundane child? For the Erl-king rides anew. Who would ride, so late, with terror half wild? For the Erl-king rides anew.

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Attainment!

By Nicola | October 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Attainment!

We realise that as you level up in Achaea you unlock all kinds of opportunities and passive effects, but these can be hard to keep track of, so we’ve morphed the Battlerage skill to become Attainment!

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Survival Instinct!

By Ictinus | October 16, 2018 | Comments Off on Survival Instinct!

No longer do you have to spend lessons to learn the various abilities in Survival, you now earn these as you level up! We’ve also made a change to how your health and mana scale, making the midbie life much less painful.  

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Talisman Changes

By Nicola | September 30, 2018 | Comments Off on Talisman Changes

The way in which we generate talisman pieces has remained the same since the first talisman set was released several years ago. We’re aware the random nature of this has been a source of frustration for people, so we have now made some changes to make this less frustrating (and to guarantee future uniform distribution…

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The Tournament Winners!

By Nicola | September 20, 2018 | Comments Off on The Tournament Winners!

As Lord Adryn’s tournament drew to a close, the Game of Eyes acted as both the final event and closing ceremony. For two Achaean days the six city states of Achaea deployed their full arsenal against each other, fighting relentlessly over each and every flag in order to claim not only the renowned Effigy of…

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21 Today!

By Nicola | September 9, 2018 | Comments Off on 21 Today!

September marks 21 years since Achaea first threw open its doors to the world and said “come and tell your character’s story”! This landmark in Iron Realms history signals over two decades of immersive roleplay, two decades of thrilling combat, two decades of raiding, of skirmishes, of bitter lifelong enmities and passionate, of unending friendships,…

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Lord Adryn’s Tournament!

By Nicola | September 8, 2018 | Comments Off on Lord Adryn’s Tournament!

The Most Esteemed Lord Adryn of Adryn’s Keep deigned to meet with the leaders of Achaea’s city states today, in order to explain the details of his tournament and place a contest attendant with each of the factions ready to assist with the ins and outs of the challenges ahead.

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Of Dwarves and Death!

By Nicola | August 24, 2018 | Comments Off on Of Dwarves and Death!

After struggling against and alongside the strange actions of the dwarf Doruan Ironhammer, the Chosen of Phaestus and other adventurers in Achaea managed to open the vault deep in the earth and find the key to sending on the lost souls left adrift by the death of Lord Thoth and His ancient pact with the…

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Let’s Talk About The Weather!

By Nicola | August 17, 2018 | Comments Off on Let’s Talk About The Weather!

Once an ancient relic of times best forgotten, Achaea’s weather system has now been completely overhauled! Every region in Achaea’s vast land now has its own unique fronts and climates, bringing with it a chance at rare phenomena ranging from cataclysmic storms (watch for lightning!) to iridescent rainbows and everything in between!

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Refinement For All!

By Nicola | August 6, 2018 | Comments Off on Refinement For All!

The ability to REFINE talismans has now been made available to all Achaeans! This new system allows you to refine your promotional talisman pieces into singular rare pieces, allowing those avid collectors a chance to clean out their hordes and gain something valuable in return!

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Introducing The Hall of Fame!

By Nicola | July 20, 2018 | Comments Off on Introducing The Hall of Fame!

Now that the swathe of new rankings have had time to bed in, we’re pleased to announce the opening of the Delos Hall of Fame! This is a new construction in Delos, honouring those who have claimed a #1 position across many of the various rankings!

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Ideas Grand and Small!

By Nicola | July 14, 2018 | Comments Off on Ideas Grand and Small!

It has always been the case that the IDEA system is something of a black hole. You all just have so many ideas that it quickly becomes unrealistic and incredibly unwieldy for us to find the proverbial diamonds amid the rough. Effective immediately, the old IDEA system has been retired and replaced with a new…

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City Morale!

By Nicola | July 12, 2018 | Comments Off on City Morale!

All members of a city can now check the morale level with the MORALE command. This will show a brief statement (themed for the faction in question) about the overall health and morale of the organisation.

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