Archive 2012 — Dark Swords

2012-01-25: Snowball contest results (Events)

Snowball contest results are in.
Congrats go to Waineworld, with 1453 snowballs.
Runner-ups: Red Baron (453 snowballs) and Outlawd (258 snowballs). Awesome job!

2012-01-25: Quests, China, Subscriptions, Ratings (Updates)

Recently updated quests have increased rewards. You can execute them again
Updated quests that were previously issued in the City in the Clouds (more than 20 quests). Most of them now give Sapphires. You can do them again. Details in this thread on the forum
In Ancient China, peaceful zones at the gates and in the 1st court have been removed. Scroll shop moved to Heavenly Office
Fixed bug with catching anchors in PVM subscription and with setting traps and mirrors in PVP subscription
Fixed a bug with displaying the position in the tournament rating with the same number of TP

2012-01-25: Sapphires and quests (Events)

Virtual Platinum renamed to Sapphires
The quests "Runaway Prisoner", "Components", "Tribes at War", "Feast", "Dragon Tongues", "Kani Miso Shiro", "Hellish Errand", "Poisoned Lover", "Way to Atlantis", "Marids Gift" and "Treasure Hunter" have been reworked and moved to a new map
Instead of gold in some of these quests, EXP and Sapphires are added as a reward
All players can complete these quests again

More info in this forum post

2012-01-23: Chests and platinum shops (Updates)

Chests are now introduced into the game, you can read more about them in the Library: Items section.
The "Hunt" quest will now give "Bag of Herbs for selection" reward.
All platinum shops should be working fine.

2012-01-19: 2x gold (Updates)

2x gold from Friday January 20 until Monday January 23.
Effective from and until server restart, respectively.
Enjoy!

2012-01-19: Updates 11/29/2020 (Updates)

Due to popular demand, we kept items for palladium non soulbound
It is now possible to deport players with a low religious level, not only during sieges, but also from Ancient China
Updated all existing achievements, removed irrelevant ones and added to new kingdoms
Fixed a bug due to which it was impossible to capture some regions of Gale Domain
Fixed a bug due to which it was impossible to plant plants in some regions of Gale Domain
Ships have appeared: Black City (#5441) - Ocean Shore (#23633), Black City (#5443) - Twilight Bay(#4877), Emerald Cape (#7578) - Twilight Bay (#4875), Last Harbour (#7009) - Ocean Shore (#23742)
Fixed fishing with premium PVM subscription
Fixed a bug with premium subscription granted titles lingering after the subscription expired

2012-01-17: Black Friday (Updates)

2012-01-03: Premium Subscription, Palladium, Scanner (Updates)

All players who made or will make a platinum purchase from November 1 to 22 of at least 150 pt will receive 3 days of premium subscription free of charge to test features. In case of errors and to activate the subscription (any of your choice), please contact the dealer you made the purchase from. So, what do subscriptions give:
PVM Subscription

If your religion is disabled, it will not be enabled when you receive outlaw status
Mortal enemyes are selected by region of birth and appear every 3 hours
Any fishing rod works like a spinning rod. You can fish from ports
Insurance is always enabled
The road home always works
You are not visible on the world map (as with Magical Cloud Sphere)
You cannot be deported
Gold from monsters is always maximum (all multipliers are counted from the maximum gold)
Combat experience is always x1.5
Shackles Keys always drop 3 pieces
Guild and Religion Reset are active. After use, you need to relogin for a new activation
Pet "Imp" can be summoned. He instantly sells all received equipment with a coefficient below 1.0 at a price of 60% of the cost
You can summon "Junker" pet. He tries to sell everything that you throw on the ground at a price of 60% of the cost (only for things for gold)
Titles included: V.I.P., Trashmaster, King, Potions Master, Rich
You can change the background on the page for viewing information about the character on the site (done in the "Settings" on the site)

PVP-Subscription

Religion experience is always x1.5
All mirrors detect the group (works like a Big Mirror)
All Magic Scanners work as High Tier Magical Scanner
Pets regenerate 3 times faster
Doppelganger effect (by command or at the entrance) can be turned on or off for free
You can go to Ancient China without keys
Artifact Subscription 1.0 is enabled and works with no purchase required
Guild and Religion Reset are active. After use, you need to relogin for a new activation
Reduce Combat Level potion is not spent on use (bought once and use)
Pet "Imp" can be summoned. He instantly sells all received equipment with a coefficient below 1.0 at a price of 60% of the cost
You can summon "Junker" pet. He tries to sell everything that you throw on the ground at a price of 60% of the cost (only for things for gold)
Titles included: V.I.P., Soul Catcher, Punisher, Immortal, Death Stalker
You can change the background on the page for viewing information about the character on the site (done in the "Settings" on the site)
After the end of the testing period, the cost of a premium PVM subscription will be 30pd for 30 days, the cost of a PVP subscription will be 30pd for 14 days or 50pd for 30 days

Thats not all. Palladium has regained its title of premium currency since November 23rd. It is removed from the roulette wheel, and items from the palladium store become personal (in the clan-store and private shops - The player that obtained the item first is the soulbound owner), in return, we are now increasing the amount of palladium that you can get from purchases:
- 150pt + 10pd
- 500pt + 40pd
- 1000pt + 100pd
- 2000pt + 250pd

High Tier Magical Scanners are now noiseless, but they no longer detect players below level relegion 65. The price of High Tier Magical Scanner has also changed and is now 2pd (was 4pd).