ATTENTION! The websites darkswords.net and darkswords.in.ua, the shops hosted on these domains, and the forum are being migrated to a new platform. The new platform will eliminate delays when opening pages and graphics loading issues. The migration may take up to 24 hours. Thank you for your patience!

v.4.1.0.1

• Numerous changes to shops;
• Further improvements for private shop owners, including a configuration window. Be careful when putting items up for sale!
• The maximum item sale price has been increased to 2 billion;
• New hint system;
• Added support for large amounts when buying and selling Platinum at the exchange;
• Region names are now displayed on the world map. You must visit a region to reveal its name;
• Added CAPTCHA. In the future, it will appear if the server suspects you are using a bot;
• Added a progress bar for graphics cleanup;
• Fixed graphics loading issues in the backpack;
• The translation button's label is no longer copied along with the translated chat text. Clicking the translation button again restores the original text.

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The server went down overnight. The issue was complex and had existed for a long time. It took several hours to identify and resolve it. Thank you all for your patience.

As compensation, the following bonuses will be active from October 13 until the server restart on October 14:

• Religious Experience ×2.5
• Clan Experience ×2.5
• Combat Experience ×2.5

• The chat rules have been updated. They are now clearer and include the duration of penalties for violations.
• Starting from 13 October 2026, after the server restart, GRA messages will cost 30 PT. Prices in the client will be updated with the release of the new version.
• Weekly PvP events (Fri, Sat, Sun) will now start at 23:00 to avoid interfering with the Heroes’ Arenas.
• Traps and mirrors no longer lose durability during unscheduled restarts or server crashes. Durability is reduced only during the daily scheduled restart.

The client version is older than 4.0.9.1 and will not let you enter the game. Please update the client if you can't get into the game!

Our entire moderation team is tired of all the arguing in chat, so I'm launching a social experiment for one week. From October 5 to October 11, we are completely suspending the chat rules and introducing strict censorship in the General chat:

1. Several temporary moderators will join the game for the duration of the experiment. They will strengthen the team and help improve moderation.
2. Moderators' actions are not open to discussion. At all.
3. Any insults, hints at insults, or anything that moderators perceive as an insult are prohibited in the General and Trade chats. Even if a word is perfectly acceptable in a literary context, if a moderator considers it insulting to another player, they may mute you.
4. Warnings are suspended. The duration of a mute is determined by the moderator at their discretion and in accordance with our internal guidelines.
5. Private messages will be moderated for insults involving relatives, but the final decision also rests with the moderator.
6. If you are unhappy with a moderator's decision — see point 2.

Have a good game and keep it civil. After the 10th, you can message me or the Senior Moderator privately and share your opinion about our little experiment.

Our hosting provider experienced a failure during an equipment upgrade. As a result, the server was offline for 3 hours during the night until I woke up. I will take measures to respond more quickly in the future.

The following compensation bonuses are active until the restart on 03.10.26:

• x2.5 Combat Experience
• x2.5 Religious Experience
• x2.5 Clan Experience

1. In the new client, the alliance leader can view the territory control color options. If you select a color and members of your alliance control any regions, those regions will be colored in the selected color right on the world map. Let’s see if you can conquer the whole world! ;) Alliances with zero prestige cannot choose a color (alliances with positive or negative prestige can).
2. Hero Arenas will now be open every Day from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM server time.
3. We’re running a small promotion on palladium purchases (it’s been a while). For every dollar spent before October 7, you’ll receive 25 pt.
4. The client has been updated. See List below. You may need to update it manually. Future updates will be automatic.

Attention! The current client may not update automatically. Please download the installer manually!

• Added support for displaying region control;
• Chat and log analyzer performance has been significantly improved;
• Emoji animations have been disabled in the log analyzer. Also, if there are more than 20 emojis in the chat, older emojis will not be animated;
• Graphics loading and storage have been redesigned. Memory usage when working with graphics has been optimized;
  (Unfortunately, the graphics will have to be downloaded again. The client will do this automatically.)
• Added a smart location image preloading system, so you will see location images more often instead of the loading placeholder;
• Removed automatic monthly graphics cleanup;
• Fixed graphics loading for the Russian language;
• Updated the recommended guild lessons for the new balance;
• Added support for the Ukrainian tutorial;
• Fixed an issue with automatic client updates and made other adaptations for the new website;
• Fixed several issues causing “List index of bounds” errors;
• Fixed an issue with the “Loading...” text getting stuck in item tooltips;
• The test server now has its own shop accessible from the client;

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We invite you to take part in the new seasonal event, "Pilgrims."
Read the details here.

The season runs from Sept 26 to Oct 2, 2026