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The beautiful spring season is claiming its rightful place: nature, which only recently slumbered in a sweet dream under a soft white blanket of snow, has awakened and opened its arms to all the inhabitants of our little world!

On this wonderful and joyful day, the Dark Swords Administration wholeheartedly congratulates all ladies on International Womens Day. We wish the better half of humanity prosperity, wisdom, warmth, and patience. May all your desires come true even before you make them, may time be powerless against your beauty, and may the words "happiness" and "success" in encyclopedias always be accompanied by your portraits!

Stay as enchanting as ever, and stay with us! Happy March 8th, dear ladies!

In honor of this lovely holiday, we are launching a series of quests that can be picked up in Arkayakh. By completing them, you can purchase holiday gifts for your loved ones (Quests start at location #21920, Shop: #21935).



Thats not all. The Queen is ready to grant 5 Gratitude tokens to every winner in Religious or Clan War battles. The only condition is that battles must not be repeated. If you kill the same player a second time during the day, you will not receive a gift for that fight.

For 25 Gratitude tokens, you can purchase a Lottery ticket that opens instantly! Lottery Prizes:

	Pet Energy Potion - Instantly restores pet energy to 100%
	25 Platinum - Granted upon use
	10% Powerup 10% for choose - Grants a 10% bonus for 24 hours
	Dynamite Stick (5 units) - Stuns all characters in the current location for 10 seconds. If used on a ship, it instantly yields a catch equal to 100 fishing casts.
	Prism of Spender - When opened, provides one of the sapphire bags.
	30 Marks of Mogash - Grants Marks of Mogash currency upon use.

And if you want to give a truly special gift, we offer you the chance to buy Palladium and receive 20 Platinum for every dollar spent. Quests and the special offer will last until March 10th inclusive.

Attention! Today a build with a major rewrite of the clan storage (bar) system will be deployed. All backups have been completed before the restart. Please take screenshots of any valuable items you have there and compare them after the restart to make sure nothing is missing, and check again 30–60 minutes later after the save occurs. Hopefully everything will work correctly, but please take precautions just in case — a very large code refactor has been performed.

• Added display of logs for clan private shops if you are the clan leader but not the shop owner;
• Accumulative recipes are consumed in batches (as before), while reusable recipes are consumed once upon first learning and are not used again afterward (thanks to Seryoga on the forum);
• Attempted to fix Shadows for PvP events (not guaranteed);
• Fixed an issue with Hero’s Shield accumulation;
• Bar and clan bank usage logs have been moved to the Shop section on the website (and in the client). Logs are also available to the deputy clan leader;

• Markers around items with modifiers now display modification power in different colors;
• Fixed an issue where the guild list and the completed lessons list were sometimes not displayed;
• Removed “Zarg the Punisher”;
• Significant client performance optimizations.

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• Added code that grants platinum for capturing a neutral kingdom, but it is difficult to fully test on the test server. We will test it live :)
• The base experience gained from killing mobs has been increased and is now affected by the PvM subscription bonus;
• Religious experience gained in a group has been increased. It is still lower than solo, but noticeably higher now;
• The compass no longer detects players with the Outlaw status and disabled religion (PvM subscription);
• "Postcard" type gifts now also grant stats;
• Fixed bonus calculations in the gift shop;
• The clan list on the website now displays only clans whose members have logged into the game recently;

A number of changes to clan castles:

• The owner of the clan castle (the character) — and only they — can still change the castle ownership. This rule remains unchanged.
• The clan leader to whom the castle is bound (even if they are not the owner) can change the castle’s contents (everything described below).
• A new mob level limit has been set in the castle: 500.
• A new level limit for equipment items dropped by mobs has been set: 360.
• Monsters in the castle may now have a religion (assigned randomly according to the general rules; previously, castles did not receive this).
• Equipment items in a clan castle can drop with bonuses, but with a reduced chance.
• The castle may have a dock (but not a ship).
• The clan leader can change the number and placement of shops, stars, etc.
• The clan leader can change the entry and exit points of the castle.
• The clan leader can ask the administration, during a restart, to remove everyone, revoke or grant teleports / invitations to the castle.
• The cost of creating a large castle based on your custom design: 3000 green American presidents.
• Creating a castle from a copy of any existing location (old or new map) with custom mobs: 1000. For the same price, there are also several very small castles (up to 50 locations) with ready-made unique graphics. Ask your dealer.

Please note that implementing a castle takes 1 week or more.

For from 23.01.26 to 1.02.2026 — you can obtain the Whisperfang dagger!
Crafting recipes are available in scroll shops, and the ready-made dagger is now on sale for 1 PD. If, at the moment of a religious kill, you have Whisperfang in your backpack (no need to equip it), you can cut off the Ear of your defeated enemy — complete with their name. Collect a gruesome trophy set of your enemies’ ears, or use one to receive a Gift Slot bonus for 3 days and +5% to any stat (also showing the enemy’s name). After the Season ends, the daggers will no longer work, and Ears will become collectible items only — no longer granting bonus presents.

Attention! Due to numerous requests, until January 19 you can drop amphoras (non-personal) or fish soup on the ground — they will be sold to the shop at a reduced price. Please be careful when discarding items. This feature will also work when using the “Drop All” function.

If your cooking skills leave much to be desired, you can make Slop from the fish you catch. The recipes are already available in the shops. No one will want to drink it, but after the restart on January 14, it can be profitably sold at the Dump. They need it as a remedy against rats and mice.