[From a forum post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

Greetings Avatars,

2018 was a fantastic year for Shroud of the Avatar! We moved out of Early Access in March and Collector’s Boxes shipped in Q3! We made serious progress on improvements to quality of life and fixed huge numbers of bugs! In the final quarter of 2018 alone we added Player Made Dungeons, Fishing Phase 2, Pumpkin Head, and Krampus! Q1 of 2019 is going to kick us off with a bang! Envy Angel (another seasonal boss), more expansions to the Player Made Dungeons, Back Slot Item Stats, Fertilizer for Agriculture, Episode 2 kickoff, Baby Dragons and more polish!

Read more…

[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 61 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, December 13, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC). “What? Already?” you might ask. As noted in our Q4 2018 post “The last two releases of the year (Nov/R60 and Dec/R61) will be very early in their respective months so that they are released well ahead of the US winter holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).”

Release 61 is the final release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q4 2018 post). We made progress on several of these priorities including various quality of life fixes (automatic redemption of rewards & teleport to zone), bug fixes, seasonal content (Krampus!), more Fishing Phase 2 (lava fishing, lava fish, fishing skills), and more rooms for Player-Made Dungeons.

Read more…

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday December 14 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to go caroling through the game! Travis “Vas Corp Por” Koleski and Sarah “Serafina” Dworken will use our amazing in-game music system to serenade players in their homes.

This is the first Friday to earn the Release 61 Dark Winter stretch goals (in honor of Krampus) by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program! As a reminder we will be having massive sales (up to 50% off!) all weekend to help us hit those stretch goals.

• ACHIEVED $10K: Black Ice Wings
• ACHIEVED $25K: Black Ice Building Blocks Set
• ACHIEVED $35K: Haunted Snowman Mask
• $50K: Black Ice Bow & Black Ice Sword
• $65K: Haunted Snow Family
• $75K: Black Ice Staff & Black Ice Wand
• $85K: Haunted Yule Tree Set
• $95K: Icy Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
• $105K: Dark Leather & Fur Yule Outfit

Read more…

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday December 7 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to continue exploring Player Made Dungeons! We did not have time to visit all of the amazing creations assembled by our players this past Friday during the Release 60 Livestream so we are going to continue the tour this Friday. Join Chris “Atos” Spears and Travis “Vas Corp Por” Koleski as they journey through more Player Made Dungeons.

Read more…

The Release 60 Livestream is set for Friday November 30! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, having sales, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals.  By popular demand we have resurrected a set of stretch goals we missed from previous releases (and added a few new roleplay ones) to make a Cornucopia of Dragons, Dungeons and Roleplay in honor of the harvest season!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, world building tours, prize giveaways, sales on items, and more! Here is the schedule:

• 3PM: Introductions
• 3:30PM: Deep Dive 1: Story
• 4:00PM: Deep Dive 2: Combat
• 4:30PM: Deep Dive 3: Player Made Dungeons
• 5PM: Ending Announcements

Read more…

[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 60 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, Nov 15, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC).

“What? Already?” you might ask. As noted in our Q4 2018 post “The last two releases of the year (Nov/R60 and Dec/R61) will be very early in their respective months so that they are released well ahead of the US winter holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas).”

Release 60 is the second release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q4 2018 post). We made progress on several of these priorities including various quality of life fixes (easier access to Crown Merchants), loot improvements (increased salvage rates for patterns, more player items in loot), bug fixes, seasonal content (2018 Winter Holiday Items), and Fishing Phase 2 (more fish recipes, POT bonus, fishing while sitting, etc.).

Read more…