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

News Announcements

• Deck Building Livestream Today!
• 7/12 Crown Shop Updates
• Lord British’s Birthday Make a Difference and Episode 2 Stretch Goal Stores 50% Price Drop!
• July Login Reward: Lord British Cake Slices with Unique Buff 
• Release 67 Reward Program Items: Heroes!
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• Release 67 & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win a Turreted City Home
• Community Event: Release 67 Dance Party Today (last one on Avatars Radio!)
• Community Event: Lily’s Summer High Tea in the Garden
• Community Event: Chateau du Lys Picture Contest!
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Deck Building Livestream Today!

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is today, Friday July 12, at 4 PM CT on Twitch! This week we are going to give some tips on how to build decks! This is invaluable in advanced combat as Shroud has an unconventional combat system. Don’t forget to join the Release 67 Dance Party after the livestream!

Read more…

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

News Announcements

• Last Day for Lord British Birthday 20% Crown Sale and Lord British Rares!
• Lord British’s Birthday Make a Difference and Episode 2 Stretch Goal Stores 50% Price Drop!
• R67 Livestream Today! (Lord British Birthday)
• July Login Reward: Lord British Cake Slices with Unique Buff 
• Release 67 Reward Program Items: Heroes!
• 7/4 Crown Shop Updates
• In the News: Arcade Attack Interviews Starr Long
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• New User Experience & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win a Turreted City Home
• Community Event: Release 67 Dance Party
• Community Event: 2019 BMC Fair
• Community Event: Gustball Games (Rescheduled)
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Last Day for Lord British Birthday 20% Crown Sale and Lord British Rares!

Today is the last day to buy Crowns for 20% off! In celebration of Lord British’s birthday on July 4th we are putting all crown packages on sale for approximately 20% off through July 5th! This is the deepest discount we offer on crowns and crowns only go on sale rarely so get them while you can! Read more…

Players really loved our hero themed stretchgoals from Release 65 so we decided to make the Rewards Program items for Release 67 be some of the items we did not reach during Release 65. Reward Program members will receive them immediately upon logging in during Release 67!

• Dragonfly Wings
• Round Striped Shield with Star
• Golden Jeweled Gauntlet

Read more…

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

News Announcements

• Release 67 On QA
• Lord British Birthday 20% Crown Sale!
• Final Week for June Login Rewards
• Freshwater Fishing Contest Livestream Today
• 6/21 Crown Shop Updates
• Rewards Program Update (+ R66 Rewards)
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• New User / New Dungeons  & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win an Stone Dragon Statue – Town Size
• Community Event: Midsommarblot Events (heavy RP)
• Community Event: NBTT Presents — Daggers In The Dark – The Video!
• Community Event: Grandmaster Tutoring Event for PRIDE
• Community Event: 5th Annual Soldier’s Memorial Ball
• Community Event: Shroudoftheavatar.net’s Monthly Raffle
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Release 67 On QA (Live next Thur)

An early version of R67 is on the QA server. R67 is full of new content and fixes, some of which is now on the QA server for early testing. An early version of the R67 Instructions is also available for review. We could really use everyone’s help to test all of this amazing content before it goes live next Thursday June 27!

• New User Experience Polish
• “Always Open” option for Doors
• Free Camera in POTs and Player Dungeons
• Material Bonuses for Crafted Rings and Necklaces
• Loot with Components & Enchantments
• Outskirts Loot Improvements
• “Hide Cloak” Option
• Patterns from Rusty Weapons
• Fishing Leaderboards
• Chat Text Color Polish
• R67 Login Rewards: Hero Theme!
• Performance Improvements
• More Bug Fixes
• and more!

Read more…

250,000 Adventuring XP + Obsidian Potion of Guidance!

As a special limited time promotion we are rewarding all players who login by the end of June with two rewards! Every player who logs in will receive an Obsidian Potion of Guidance (increases how fast your skills use experience out of our experience points pool) and 250,000 Adventuring Experience Points!

To receive the rewards simply login to the game before the end of June and check your rewards tab!

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

News Announcements

• Castle and Keep Sized Homes!
• New User Experience & New Dungeons Livestream Today
• 6/14 Crown Shop Updates
• June Login Rewards
• Rewards Program Update (+ R66 Rewards)
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• R66 & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win an Stone Dragon Statue – Town Size
• Community Event: Midsommarblot Events (heavy RP)
• Community Event: Welcome Quest Release 66
• Community Event: NBTT Presents — Daggers In The Dark – The Video!
• Community Event: Concert by the Sea (rescheduled)
• Community Event: Grandmaster Tutoring Event for PRIDE
• Community Event: 5th Annual Soldier’s Memorial Ball
• Community Event: Shroudoftheavatar.net’s Monthly Raffle
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Castle and Keep Sized Homes!

Shroud of the Avatar’s housing system has so far had 4 sizes of homes: Row, Village, Town, and City. At the same time there have been six sizes of lots that these homes could be placed on: Row, Village, Town, City, Keep, and Castle. Each lot was double the size of the lot below it. As long as a home could fit on the lot below it could fit on a larger lot. Therefore a Village sized home could fit on a Town lot (or any larger lot).

For the very first time, starting this week, we will be offering homes larger than City sized! The first of these homes are massive seven deck Giant Pirate Galleon Castle Homes. That is correct, they are so large they can only fit on Castle Lots! For now there is a Dry-dock and Water version of this gigantic ship. Read more…

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

News Announcements

• Play Release 66 Now!
• Rewards Program Update (+ R66 Rewards)
• New Houses Livestream Today
• 5/31 Crown Shop Updates
• R66 Livestream – June 7, 2019 (Dance)
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• New Skills & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win a Stone Dragon Statue
• Community Event: Release 66 Dance Party
• Community Event: Midsommarblot (heavy RP)
• Community Event: Welcome Quest Release 66
• Community Event: NBTT Presents — Daggers In The Dark – The Video!
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Play Release 66 Now!

Release 66 successfully launched yesterday, May 30, with thousands of backers downloading, patching, and logging in to check out the changes! There’s lots of new content to explore, including:

• 9 New Warding Skills
• 5 New Taming Skills
• New Top Tier Tameable Creatures
• Tameable Baby Dragons
• Artifact Combining
• Luminous Atavist Returns
• Clockwork Dragon Trophy Recipe
• Heraldry Polearm
• Leaderboards
• New User Experience Polish
• New Emotes
• Lord British Recurring Items
• R60, R62 , and R63 Livestream Items
• Release 66 Reward Program Items
• Performance Improvements
• More Bug Fixes
• and more!

Read more…

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

News Announcements

• May Login Rewards
• R60 Livestream Reward: Construction Set Update
• Deco Contest Finals Livestream Today
• 5/10 Crown Shop Updates
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• R65 & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win an Ancient Columned City Home
• Community Event: NBTT Presents — Daggers In The Dark – The Video!
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

May Login Rewards

As a special limited time promotion we are rewarding all players who login by the end of May with two rewards! The first reward is a miniature greyhound pet, inspired by the lovable “Mojito” (pet of Chris “Atos” Spears). The second reward is a 3-story Wood & Plaster Row Home which is an extra floor upgrade from the default home that comes with the free row lot that all players receive.

To receive the rewards, simply login to the game before the end of May and check your rewards tab! Read more…

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

News Announcements

• Release 65 on QA
• Deco Contest Preview Livestream Today
• Deco Contest
• Q2 2019 Update
• Darkstarr Recurring Items
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• R64 & Various Other Livestreams (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win a Pirate Galleon City Water Home
• Community Event: Spring Dance Party in Elementum
• Community Event: 1st Annual Novia Market Spring Equinox Egg Hunt!
• Community Event: NBTT Presents — Daggers In The Dark – The Video!
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Release 64 on QA (Live next Thur)

An early version of R65 is on the QA server. R65 is full of new content and fixes, some of which is now on the QA server for early testing. An early version of the R65 Instructions is also available for review. We could really use everyone’s help to test all of this amazing content before it goes live next Thursday April 25!

• Decoration Scaling
• Decoration Flipping
• Female Peasant Wearables
• New Rare Random Encounter Merchants
• The Vault
• Tamed Pet Balance
• More Young Dragons
• Wave Battle Improvements
• Lord British Cupcakes
• R60, R61, and R62 Livestream Items
• Performance Improvements
• More Bug Fixes
• and more!

Read more…

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

News Announcements

• Release 64 Livestream: Now April 12
• Q2 2019 Update
• Darkstarr Recurring Items
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• Ask Us Anything (+ Atos Livestreams) (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Community Event: R64 Dance Party
• Community Event: Daggers in the Dark
• Community Event: R64 Novia Market 1st Annual Fishing Contest!
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Release 64 Livestream: Now April 12

The Release 64 Livestream is now Friday April 12. We adjusted the date so we could focus today on addressing the ongoing graphical issues associated with our recent upgrade to the latest version of Unity. Thank you for your patience.

All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals. To celebrate Spring and the arrival of the Envy Angel our theme for Release 64 is Dark Spring!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, deep dives, prize giveaways, and more! Here is the schedule:

• 3 PM: Introductions
• 3:30 PM: Easter Egg Tour (tour of hidden things and pop culture references)
• 4:15 PM: Easter Egg Hunt (see below)
• 5 PM: Ending Announcements

Read more…