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Avatar’s Update #342: Play R68 Now, R68 Livestream Today

July 26, 2019

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

News Announcements

Community Updates

Play Release 68 Now!

Release 68 successfully launched yesterday, July 25, with thousands of backers downloading, patching, and logging in to check out the changes! There’s lots of new content to explore, including:

New Brittany Graveyard Quest
Mannequins
Crafting Masteries
Persistent State for Lights
Free Camera Mode for POT Stewards
More Top Tier Tameable Creatures in Scenes
Fishing Trophy Length Display Increase
Combat Balance
Consumable Leaderboards
Player Lot Permissions Restructure
New User Experience Polish
Release 64 Livestream Items: Dark Spring
R68 Rewards Program Items: Lord British Theme!
Performance Improvements
More Bug Fixes
and more!

Check out the Release 68 Instructions update for detailed information about all the new content.

If you have not downloaded the game yet, go to www.shroudoftheavatar.com and click the “Play Now” button. The game is also available on Steam.

Release 68 Player Instructions

Release 68 Known Issues

Release 68 Instructions

July 24, 2019

[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 68 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, July 25, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC). Release 68 includes lots of exciting updates including Crafting Masteries, a new quest in New Brittany Graveyard, Mannequins, more Top Tier Tameable Creatures, extended display for Fishing Trophies, Combat Balance, and more!

As mentioned in the Release 67 post we have been transitioning our development to a continuous integration model of development where we are pushing content out weekly, sometimes even daily. This of course disrupts the concept of a regular monthly update and is why you will see many items below with tags like “This was patched into Release 67.” This also means we will no longer be releasing a Quarterly Schedule Update because our schedule is so flexible that it no longer makes sense to present that forecast when so many things are changing on a constant basis. Read more…

UPDATED: Release 68 Livestream – July 26, 2019 (Lava Fishing Contest)

July 22, 2019

The Release 68 Livestream is set for Friday July 26! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be having a Crafting deep dive, answering questions, and handing out prizes. We will also be having a Lava Fishing Contest to celebrate the extra decimal place being displayed on trophy fish that we added for Release 68! For Release 68 the exclusive monthly rewards are Lord British themed!

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: Crafting Deep Dive: Weighted Chance, Display Power, Specialization
4:15 PM: Lava Fishing Contest (Oracle Colossus)
5 PM: Ending Announcements

To participate in the Lava Fishing Contest go to Oracle Colossus and start fishing at 4:15 PM (you can also try whispering one of the devs for a teleport). The best trophy fish (longest) caught by 5 PM will win a prize! NOTE: We will be verifying location and time!

Runners Up (2): Ornate Fish Throne + Desktop Fish Trophy
- Engineer: Mosasaurus 6.38
- Vetatrix: Lacus Mosasaurus 6
3rd Prize: Ornate Fish Pavers + Bronze Fish Trophy
- Gwendolyn Obscuro: Mosasaurus 6.55
2nd Prize: Viking Village Water Home + Silver Fish Trophy
- Cathy Earnshaw: Mosasaurus 6.74
1st Prize: Player Owned Town Village Water Lot Property Deed (digital) + Gold Fish Trophy
- Terrestria Aquatica: Large Mosasaurus 7.35

Release 68 Exclusive Rewards Program Items: Lord British Themed!

July 22, 2019

Lord British’s birthday was July 4th so we decided to make the Rewards Program items for Release 68 be Lord British themed in his honor! Reward Program members will receive these exclusive items immediately upon logging in during Release 68 (starting July 25)!

- Lord British Round Shield
- Lord British Leather Helm
- Lord British Silver Serpent Spear

Avatar’s Update #341: Release 68 on QA, Tech Talk Livestream Today, Summer Crown Shop Updates

July 19, 2019

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

News Announcements

Community Updates

Release 68 On QA (Live next Thur)

An early version of Release 68 is on the QA server. Release 68 is full of new content and fixes, some of which is now on the QA server for early testing. An early version of the Release 68 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 Brittany Graveyard Quest
Mannequins
Persistent State for Lights
Free Camera Mode for POT Stewards
More Top Tier Tameable Creatures in Scenes
Fishing Trophy Length Display Increase
Consumable Leaderboards
Player Lot Permissions Restructure
New User Experience Polish
Release 64 Livestream Items: Dark Spring
R68 Rewards Program Items: Lord British Theme!
Performance Improvements
More Bug Fixes
and more!

Community Livestream – Tech Talk (July 19)

July 17, 2019

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday July 19, at 4 PM CT on Twitch! This week Chris “Atos” Spears is going to give a talk about the technology side of Shroud of the Avatar including the ongoing performance optimizations, the migration to the latest version of Unity, the rework of the map system, and more!

Avatar’s Update #340: Deck Building Livestream and R67 Dance Party Today

July 12, 2019

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

News Announcements

Community Updates

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!

Community Livestream – Deck Building (July 12)

July 8, 2019

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this 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!

Avatar’s Update #339: Last Day for Crown Sale, Web Store Price Drops, R67 Livestream Today

July 5, 2019

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

News Announcements

Community Updates

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…

Lord British’s Birthday Make a Difference and Episode 2 Stretch Goal Stores 50% Price Drop!

July 3, 2019

To celebrate Lord British’s birthday on July 4 we have reduced the prices on every item in the Make a Difference and Episode 2 Stretch Goal Store by 50%! Check out the stores for all the amazing items including the Reaper Sapling Pet, Water.org Glowing Mug, Pink Dual Wax Cylinder Phonograph with Emotes, Barn Two-Story Village Home and more!

Episode 2 Stretch Goal Store