Updates

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 4-5 following bonuses will be on:

• We will add extra 25% for any platinum purchase via dealers!
• You can buy a new unique pet "Eagle" (Genie like) in platinum alchemical shops for 750pt.
• x1.5 Clan EXP
• No durability loss for artifacts from monsters
• You do not lose relig experience in battle

Do not forget that weekend bonuses work: x1.5 damage to monsters, x1.5 relig experience and x1.5 experience of professions.

4th July Lottery tickets are now available in the Artefact Alchemist Shop. There was a delay with their delivery and that's why tickets will be for sale even after 4th of July.
Have fun and please be careful with the fireworks!

Congratulations to all the people from Russian Federation In honor of this holiday from June 12th until June 14th the following discounts & special offers:

• We will add extra 25% for any platinum purchase via dealers!
• You can buy a new unique pet "Russian Bear" (Genie like) in platinum alchemical shops for 750pt.
• x1.5 Clan EXP
• No durability loss for artifacts from monsters
• You do not lose relig experience in battle

Do not forget that weekend bonuses work: x1.5 damage to monsters, x1.5 relig experience and x1.5 experience of professions.

• Fixed the bug where "Zodiac Dice" applied for the Zodiac weapon.
• The chance to get 5 items at a time by harvesting or brewing was removed from professions.
• The change of a player religion status will be made straight after the death in the religious conflict (before that it was only after a server restart).
• "Sudden death" effect will reduce characters HP and MP by 10% in a round at the tournament aria till it reaches 20% (used to be 10%).
• It is no longer possible to invite a player to become a studen from a "Golden Potion" shop.
• Fixed a bug that allow you to get a religion experience for a kill of another player in the tournament zone.

Please discuss the latest update on the forum.

• Fixed bug with sending presents;
• When installing a mirror, information about the mirror is seen by both players in a marriage / combat ally;
• Owners of private stores at the entrance to their store see the lease term;
• Owners of private stores, standing in their store, can use the \pay_rent "X" command where X is the number of days and pay the store’s rent ahead of schedule for any period.
• Members of same alliance do not receive points in PVP quests for killing each other;

• The Non-Intervention Sphere now lose time when a character is in a peace zone, and also does not update when you attack monster
• In quests, the display of the real HP/ MP of the enemy
• Now you can’t hide in quests
• If there are an odd number of players in the PVP quests, the latter player is now placed in a random team, and is not expelled from the quest as before
• In chat 18+, a limit on the number of messages per minute was added

Administration of Dark Swords congratulate you on the upcoming Victory Day! We wish you never know war, live in peace, without forgetting the great deeds of our ancestors.

From May 9-10 there will be following bonuses*:

• Damage vs Monsters X 2.0;
• Profession Experience: X 2.0;
• Religion Experience: X 2.0;
• Clan Experience: X 2.0;
• Combat Experience X 2.0;
• Bounty mission exp: X 2.0 (valid for missions started during event)

* Bonuses may not work for some time after restarts. Bonuses cannot be combined with quarantine and weekend bonuses.

Dear Players! 30 of May is a Memorial Day in United States of America, a day when people are remembering victims of misfortune and sacrifices for the freedom.
Today at 9pm London Time there will be a minute of silence at the Laodisee Memorial for those who are no longer with us. Everyone is welcomed to join and bring something with you that you will be able to put to the Memorial grounds.

Great news everyone!
The winners of the 6th Cross Server Tournament were from our server, team "Phantoms" and this victory have brought us the favor of the Gods! Here are the results of the event:

III & IV place result Elite Legion 3rd place The Fearless 4th place	Final result Phantoms 1st place RUS 2nd place

Tomorrow our World will be blessed with power and knowledge - for the whole week you will be dealing double damage on monsters and getting double amount of experience for the kill while on the hunt and for 3 days there will be no religious experience loss on death.

This event was very dramatic indeed, it had its ups and downs, but such a great result in the end!

Thank you to all participants! For all the others who could not make it, let's just cheer the victors, they deserved a pat on the back.

Our special thanks goes to team "The Underdogs", for keeping the spirit of the event.

Joining the alliance will not be possible if the clan, that wants to join, has a pending war. This applies to both, wars which were declared by the clan, and the wars that were declared to the clan.