Archive 2024

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2024-11-29: Black Friday (Events)
In honor of Black Friday, November 29 - December 1, when buying from dealers, you will receive + 50% on platinum and palladium and +200% Mogash Marks! Thats not all:
  • Special potions have appeared in palladium shops (note, they do not stack with regular ones):
    - Remove Cooldown x15 for 1pd (usually x10 for 1pd)
    - Light Amphora x150 for 2pd (usually x100 for 2pd)
    - Alchemical Supplies Mage / Warrior x1.5 total content for 3 pd
    - Racial Ability to choose from x15 for 1p (usually x10 for 1pd)
  • Premium subscription costs 20pd / month.
  • Setting up a private store - 750pt / 1500pt / 2250pt (25% discount).
2024-11-28: Happy Thanksgiving Day! (Events)

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. So, we share you a new event. We offer you to cook a delicious turkey with cranberry sauce (look for the recipe in the shops) and give to other inhabitants of the world. There are 12 mobs in the game, who were still in the game and gave out other quests (you need to find them yourself). Now they have a quest "The Spirit of Thanksgiving". Quests will be available on 26 November - 1 December. Quests are repeated every 8 hours. Reward: a lottery with the following prizes:
Pet Energy Potion - Instantly restore the pet energy to 100%
Ice Fishing Set (2 items) - Same as Spincast, allows fishing at any dock.
Deportation to Isles (5 items) - box with deportations to Cronus, Centaurus and North.
Piece of Cake 15% - +15% HP/MP gift. Can be used over "spheres" limit. Only one simultaneously.
Dynamite Stick (5 items) - stuns all characters in the choosen location for 10 seconds. When used on a ship, immediately gives a catch like the result of 100 fishing rod throwings.
Prism of Spender - after opening gives one of bags with Sapphires.
100 Mogash Marks - gives currency Mogash Mark after usage.
Racial Ability to Choose (15 items) - Chest for choose with Race Ability potions.
2024-10-21: 20th Anniversary of DarkSwords! (Events)
Dear friends, exactly 20 years ago, on October 21, 2004, the first server of DarkSwords was launched in Alcar (Ukraine). This date marks the beginning of the games history. Weve been together for many years now. Many of our players, who were once children, now have children of their own. Thank you for staying with us all these years. Weve experienced some stagnation, but we are once again working to develop the game. We hope to breathe new life into the beloved DS. Good luck and prosperity to all players.
  • Only until October 27, get a 20% bonus in platinum and palladium from purchases with dealers (in addition to the permanent +30% bonus), as well as +100% Mogash Marks! (credited within 24 hours)
  • If youve logged in within the past year and your character is above level 360, use the promo code DS20 before the end of 2024 to receive 20 days of free PvP and PvM subscriptions.
  • From October 21-27, there will be x2 religious experience, x2 monster experience, x2 profession experience, x2 damage to monsters, and x2 clan experience (these bonuses do not stack with other bonuses).
  • On October 21 at 20:30 server time, there will be a festive cake distribution. All players online at that time will receive a gift: a piece of the festive cake, which grants an HP/MP gift (does not count toward the sphere limit, counts toward the 180% limit, only one cake can be used at a time, transferable).
  • On October 21 and 25, Dark Soul and Big Hunt events will be active throughout the day.
  • On October 26, Dark Soul will run all day.
  • On October 27, Big Hunt will run all day.
2024-10-13: Client and Server Update (Updates)
  • Client updated to version 3.0.3.1. Download
  • Fixed bugs that sometimes caused recipes to not load, windows to not open, issues with groups, etc.;
  • Improved protection against packet bots;
  • The "Dark Soul" quest now rewards Rubies instead of AP, and also grants double the religious experience;
  • Weekly PvM quests now grant double the Emeralds;
  • Added more checks to the crown transfer procedure, hoping this will fix the issue;
  • If you have a PvM or PvP subscription, you will receive more religious experience from mobs;
  • The ability to purchase an artifact subscription will be disabled in November without prior notice. The shop and artifacts in the PvP subscription are guaranteed to remain until the new year;
2024-07-04: Independence Day (Events)

If it wasn’t for the soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary war and all the other wars that protected our freedoms, America wouldnt be as free as it is today. DarkSwords wishes you a happy Independence Day, and thank you to all the veterans both living and dead. Happy 4th of July!

During the July 4-6 following bonuses will be on:
  • You can buy a new unique pet "Eagle" (Genie like) in platinum alchemical shops for 500pt.
  • No durability loss for artifacts from monsters
  • You do not lose relig experience in battle
  • x1.5 Clan EXP
  • x1.5 damage to monsters
  • x1.5 Religion EXP
2024-06-18: Summer Lottery 2024 (Events)
Friends, we are launching a summer lottery! You can buy tickets until June 23rd. On June 24th, the lottery tickets will be removed from the store and then they can be opened. Lottery tickets can be purchased for 15pt.

Lottery Prizes