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Players can now login and collect their March login reward! View the full article

This patch fixes some operational issue found Friday afternoon: * Fixed fish and fish tank accessories being equipable. Those that were equipped on characters will be back in inventory once they log in. Comparison tooltips with current equipment will no longer appear on the exotic fish and accessories. * Random Encounters: Fixed an issue that was sending players exiting the Mistrendur wandering merchant scene to Novia instead of Mistrendur. Also, the mounts of all three wandering merchants... R111: Patch2 (1639) View the full article

We have just published the first patch for Release 111. This patch addresses an issue where under certain circumstances players cannot place deco in their dungeons. Complete patch notes will be posted on the Release patch notes page shortly. View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 111 goes live February 23rd at 10:30 AM CST. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 111 (R111), we offer wildlife: fish to find and keep in fishtanks and new Brigade bugs to collect. Please note that the incremental client patch... Play Release 111!View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 111 goes live February 23rd at 10:30 AM CST. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 111 (R111), we offer wildlife: fish to find and keep in fishtanks and new Brigade bugs to collect. Please note that the incremental client patch going from build 1633 to 1635 may not apply correctly on Windows clients. This is a known issue. If this occurs, the game client will apply the core patch from 0 to 1635. We will publish the patch as soon as possible after R110’s closing so players may begin downloading and applying the update immediately. For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring community events have been announced! Be sure to also review the Player Guide and Known Issues for additional information on recent changes and upcoming fixes. News Announcements Go Fish and Catch a New Friend! New Bug Brigade Rewards Release 111 Patch Notes Latest News and Q&A February Livestream Sales and Bonus Events Release 111 Subscriber Login Rewards March Login Rewards Crown Store Updates Bug Brigade & Testing Directives Streamer Program Upcoming Release Dates Community Updates Community Events & Resources Project to Support: Avatar Relics Project to Support: Shard RPG Project to Support: Embers Adrift Project to Support: Avatar Express Resources: Players Helping Players Go Fish and Catch a New Friend! Devilcult has created a set of fish tanks that can house several species of new pet fish which Sannio has scattered throughout New Britannia. A craftable fish bowl is a magical watery habitat perfect for one fish and three larger tanks in the Crown Store can each host multiple fish as well as one of a pair of decorative accessories to give them an appealing underwater world. More tanks, accessories, and fish are planned for future releases! New Bug Brigade Rewards Ravalox has created a set of new rewards for the Bug Brigade which, together with this month’s new subscription reward item, will allow delivery of rewards to those who’d blown through all the previously-scheduled ones. These plaque-mounted insects are of a size to scare off any of their more-lively cousins! Each can be placed on horizontal or vertical surfaces seperately or in an upcoming display case. Release 111 Patch Notes Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 111 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R111 is a polish month, but the fish just wouldn’t wait any more! Polish, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R112 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 111! Reward Program Changes: The long-awaited fix for the dye 12-packs (one every six months) and quarterly subscriber titles has been completed. With Release 111, we will be delivering all overdue rewards to subscribers. Players who have accumulated more than 30 months of subscription up to this point should receive all missing titles and dye rewards to match their current count of subscribed months as documented on their account upon their next login after the reward fix is deployed. Crafting, Decoration, & Inventory Item Changes: The recipe for a new crafted fish bowl can now be found on a familiar travelling merchant along the Perennial Coast and on a pair of new ones in the snowy areas of Mistrendur and in a new encounter scene in the Hidden Vale. Slightly increased the chances that an Ancient Gold Necklace can be found from fishing. SOTA-71087 Gustballs can now be placed as POT deco. SOTA-71143 Fixed two letters from Penmawr Island that were pointing to the wrong content when placed as decorations. SOTA-70690 The “Krampus’ List: Naughty Boys and Girls” quest item now can be destroyed by avatars. SOTA-71090 Removed the mesh collider on the Castle Atos Teleporter and replaced with box colliders to improve placement performance. SOTA-70417 Combat & Skill Changes: Cuthbert’s Bane and Bogman Club weapons will now give 10% and 15% Melee damage against undead respectively. The obsidian blade component was 200% damage vs obsidian creatures and is now 10% damage vs obsidian creatures. This damage multiplier was not working and has been fixed. Obsidian weapons affect creatures that are made of obsidian (golems) OR have been corrupted by exposure to obsidian, such as many animals and the rare obsidian lich. Descriptions for these weapons and components previously said “Damage vs X” and have been corrected to “Melee Damage vs X”. Casting speed effects such as chaotic feedback won’t affect bard skill charging times anymore. This was previously giving weird results: sometimes faster or slower on certain bard skills and also creating a division by zero error. (Casting speed of the bard skill still remains in effect with it.) Atonal Aria: Slightly reduced the duration, cooldown, and critical damage debuff. Increased charging speed. Concussive Canticle: Increased charging speed. Mesmerizing Melody: Charge speed will now be faster depending on bard level. Duration has been reduced and cool-down increased. Added “chance and duration” instead of just “duration” in the tooltip. Savage Sonata: Decreased the weapon critical damage modifier a little. Increased charging speed. Blind: Fixed description to better reflect what it is actually doing. Gust: Changed “with” to “will” on tooltip. Pull: Changed the tooltip’s mention of dodge to damage avoidance. User Interface, Store Information, & Lua Changes: Temporary destinations on the compass marked from lot and vendor list interfaces will be now be light red. Added icons to craftable house in recipe book. Changed the slot named “Cloak” on the character sheet to “Back” to accomodate all the types of items a player can wear in that slot. Fixed a tooltip showing an overly-large icon for homes. World and Quest Changes: Seasonal Monsters: The Envy Angel will go dormant and the Arch Lapin will return on March 16th. Added fishtank fish to [REDACTED]. SOTA-71065 Fishing merchant titles have been standardized and there are now two types: Decorative Fish Merchant and Fishing Supplies Merchant. Fishing merchants in some scenes have had their inventories altered to limit redundancy. SOTA-70669, SOTA-70491 Control Points: Corrected an issue where Mages of Mystery asked for an amount of gold to cross the scene that didn’t match what was taken. SOTA-71117 Novia: Added a discovery marker on the map for the “Kobold Expeditionary Camp.” SOTA-66452 Desert Encounter: Fixed an issue where some wave battles used by this template were inappropriately resetting after a successful conclusion. SOTA-69712 Seasonal Monsters: The appearance of all aether creatures is now managed by the TimedEvents script. SOTA-69804 Seasonal Monsters: The appearances of the Luminous Atavist and Krampus are now managed by the TimedEvents script. Ardoris: Removed the line-of-sight conversation limitation from Fletcher Laoric. SOTA-71116 Ardoris: The quest-related paintings on the walls of Caravaggios Wolf’s shop now have proper tooltips. SOTA-71135 Artifice: Fixed a typo in the conversation of Kiakis. SOTA-71119 Blackblade Foothills: Moved a pickaxe from a breakable barrel to an unbreakable one. Reduced the distance that allowed someone to use a specific ladder. SOTA-71104, SOTA-71105 The Breach: Increased the chances of the Blackened Clockwork Dragon, K’kong shock monkey, and Dolorast Vrul daemon appearing in their same locations, while still keeping all three extremely rare. Brittany Alleys: Added numerous props to anti-theft protection. The Town Criers no longer mention a specific gold amount when awarding gold for visiting them for the first time. SOTA-71120, SOTA-71121 Brittany Alleys: Fixed several path grid and collider issues in the vicinity of the docks. SOTA-71107 Broken Echoes Silver Mine: Updated the “cold barrier” FX and it now uses the door script. Updated the VFX used by the Kugelgeist. SOTA-60236 Castle Atos: NPC “Visitors” within these scene no longer claim to live there when asked about their “job.” Castle Atos: Removed the nonfunctional public cache chest. Celestis: Removed a small section of water from sight that wasn’t meant to be visible. Moved a floating tree to a nearby flat area. Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71099, SOTA-71100 The Epitaph: Updated the loot used offered by a treasure chest that was sometimes empty. SOTA-71108 Graff Gem Mines Entrance: Updated the compass marker display text for the exit to Novia, now simply “Exit.” SOTA-71139 Graff Gem Mines: Moved a lantern to the top of an indestructible crate. SOTA-71097 Highvale Outskirts: The woodsman’s property is now fully covered by anti-theft protection. SOTA-71048 Highvale Outskirts: Fixed a logic issue that caused Horatio the Guard to indicate he had a quest when he didn’t. SOTA-71096 Highvale Outskirts: Milton’s official title is now Crafting Merchant, to match his wares. Midras Ruins: Fixed a stuck spot. Necropolis Barrens: Added an ankh within the Envy Angel’s house. SOTA-71114 Resolute Sewers: Added an extra room off the Cisterns (“spider room”) and moved some spiders to that new area. SOTA-71092 Solace Bridge Outskirts: Lady Langston no longer sweeps in her area. SOTA-71089 Soltown: Improved the logic which removes the “Find Ashton’s Keepsake” from the task list and compass. Soltown: Improved the logic which controls if the player can loot the Silver Necklace quest item. SOTA-71085 South Boundless Forest: Updated the stone archway where boiling water is dropped to better allow barbarian access. SOTA-71109 South Majestic Forest: Fixed an issue where handing Preben the shoemaker an ingot as a conversation choice would also pop up a trade window. SOTA-71095 Spectral Mines: When the Arch Lapin becomes active, it will now have a chance to spawn in one of two large caves. Also, the Arch Lapin’s activity is now managed by the “TimedEvents” script. SOTA-71093 Spectral Peaks: Slightly improved the spawning rate for Obsidian Lions. SOTA-71137 Spite: Added decorations near a gap in the palisade and a bridge over a palisade gate. Applied anti-theft protection to most props in the scene. Changed one of the fish merchants to be a Fishing Supplies Merchant. SOTA-71142, SOTA-71138, SOTA-71141 Tartarus: All chests in the barracks should now have at least one item inside. SOTA-71115 Vikland: Avatars should only get the non-daemon “buried treasure” instructions after completing the initial daemon treasure hunt. SOTA-71047 Vikland: Fixed typos in Hagen’s responses regarding Erica. SOTA-71144 Vikland: The kobold-themed treasure hunt instructions no longer include golem-themed directions. SOTA-71132 Xenos: Fixed a typo in the conversation of Notus. SOTA-71118 Yew: Added collision to roof of elevator. Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71103, SOTA-71102 Player-Owned Town Changes: POT Mountain Template: Fixed a floating collection of rocks by moving to the ground. SOTA-71098 Player Dungeon Changes: Fix for the player-created ‘void farms’ for player lots, dungeons, and basements. Adjusted some placement colliders on certain dungeon pieces (The Rise Library, Duke Throne Room, Challenge Dungeon 1,2, and 3; and Ravensmoor Lich room) Corrected the name of the Green Marble Dungeon Room 16×16 1 Entrance blueprint. SOTA-68135 Latest News and Q&A February Livestream The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, February 24th at 4PM CT on Twitch! Join Chris “Atos” Spears and other members of the development team for a 1-hour community livestream! To enter the prize drawings, type “Winter begone!” into any in-game chat channel OR make a purchase on the website Add-On Store. Please submit questions using in-game universal chat by typing “askadev” before your question. We’ll do our best to answer these questions live on the stream. Watch on Twitch, Friday at 4PM CT! Atos and other members of the Shroud of the Avatar development team stream on twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar — be sure to get the channel on follow for notifications so you can join us right as we go live! Also, if you’ve missed our latest streams, check out our archive of content at our YouTube Channel. Like! Follow! Subscribe! Prizes!!! Don’t forget to also join the Shroud of the Avatar team and community over at all our social media venues: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShroudoftheAvatar/ Catnip Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/catnipgames Shroud of the Avatar Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShroudofAvatar Shroud of the Avatar Discord: https://discord.gg/shroudoftheavatar Sales and Bonus Events Sales are committed to start at noon on the day we publish (due to requiring server deploy and/or client patch). Player Owned Town COTO Upgrade requests for the sale that come in a little earlier can be honored, of course. Sales end at the end of the calendar day New Britannia Time (Central Time) unless a required deploy or client patch fails to successfully publish in time, in which case the sales will end when the next patch is published. These sales and bonuses will be in place March 16th through the 21st: Double XP Crown Store Sales 30% off Deed Upgrades 20% off Crowns of the Obsidians 20% off POT Upgrades via COTOs 20% off (Contact support to initiate a POT upgrade and pay with COTOs) Release 111 Subscriber Login Rewards Make and keep new friends besides fish this Spring: the Rewards Program login items for Release 111 are a Giant Swallowtail Butterfly Decoration Pet and a Green Rock Staff with which to defend it! Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 111 to receive these special login items. The Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program lets you earn the best rate on purchasing Crowns, AND receive monthly reward items! For the low price of $9 USD per month you will receive the following: 900 Crowns of the Obsidians every month Monthly Login Reward Items (about 3 per month) Exclusive Title every 3 months 3 Months: Keeper of the Faith 6 Months: Keeper of the Word 9 Months: Keeper of the Vow 12 Months: Keeper of the Flame 15 Months: Keeper of the Oath 18 Months: Keeper of the Pledge 21 Months: Keeper of the Bond 24 Months: Keeper of the Promise 27 Months: Keeper of the Covenant 30 Months: Keeper of Countless Devotions 33 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Three Corpions 36 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Six Serpents 39 Months: Keeper of Thirty-Nine Tulips 42 Months: Keeper of Forty-Two Roses 45 Months: Keeper of Forty-Five Lilies 48 Months: Keeper of Forty-Eight Daisies 51 Months: Keeper of Fifty-One Staves 54 Months: Keeper of Fifty-Four Daggers 57 Months: Keeper of Fifty-Seven Arrows 60 Months: Keeper of Sixty Swords 63 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Three Coins 66 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Six Gems 69 Months: Keeper of Sixty-Nine Jewels 72 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Two Goblets 75 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Five Rings 78 Months: Keeper of Seventy-Eight Amulets Pick any Dye 12-Pack every 6 months Pick any three of these 7 Obsidian Potions every month: Potion of Capacity: Increases carrying capacity Potion of Conservation: Reduces reagent use chance Potion of Expedience: Swift gathering on all gathering skills Potion of Precision: Increases Meticulous Collection to all gathering skills Potion of Preservation: Reduces armor and weapon damage Potion of Reclamation: Increases Salvage and Repair to all production skills Potion of Stamina: Decreases focus use from sprinting While subscribed to the rewards program, players also receive these special bonuses: Obsidian Potions are significantly more powerful! 24 Additional Deck Slots! March Login Reward Something’s lurking among the greenery: each account that logs in during the month of March will receive a one-time gift of a Garden Leprechaun! Crown Store Updates New in the crown store for February 23rd: Tabletop Fish Tank Large Circular Fish Tank Large Rectangle Fish Tank Seaweed Fish Tank Accessory Coral Fish Tank Accessory …and for March 10th: Giant Swallowtail Butterfly Decoration Pet Green Rock Staff details summary > * { display: inline; } The Valentine’s Day store items are still available through Monday March 6th: List of Valentine’s Day items: 2016 Cupid Ensemble 2016 Cupid Heart Cloak 2016 Valentine Hearts Cloak Blank Valentine’s Day 2016 Card 5-Pack Blank Valentine’s Day 2017 Card 5-Pack Blank Valentine’s Day 2019 Card 5-Pack Breathe Hearts Emote Double Smoke Heart Emote Heart Hot Tub Heart Top Hat Heart-Shaped Footstool Heart-Shaped Spear Smoke Heart Emote Triple Smoke Heart Emote Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes 2017 3-Pack Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes 2018 3-Pack Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes 2019 3-Pack Although there are not currently enough items to make a whole new category for them, a few St. Patrick’s Day items (some of which were previously hidden in the vault) can be currently found in other categories (Wearables and Outdoor Decorations) until Monday May 1st: List of St. Patrick’s Day items: Garden Leprechaun Leprechaun Bowler Hat 2-Pack Leprechaun Hat Pot o’ Gold To celebrate his birthday, the Darkstarr Rares store items will be available from Monday February 27th until Monday May 29th: List of Darkstarr items: Darkstarr Basement Entrance Eternal Pattern Darkstarr Chaos Throne Darkstarr Chaos Throne (Reverse Colors) Darkstarr Clock Tower Darkstarr Clock Tower (Reverse Colors) Darkstarr Fur Collared Cloak Darkstarr Pavers Darkstarr Shield Darkstarr Shield Pattern Pack Lord British vs Darkstarr Battle Banner Mosh Emote The Spring Equinox store items will be available from Friday March 24th until Friday May 5th: List of Spring Equinox items: Bunny Ears & Slippers Set Decorative Dyeable Egg Pack Flower Crown Lepus Mask 2017 Lepus Mask 2018 Silver & Gold Lepus Mask White Lepus Mask Rabbit Tailed Bodice Ensemble Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2016 Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2017 Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2018 Replenishing Confetti Eggs Basket 2019 Spring Fountain w/ Floating Candles Bug Brigade & Testing Directives! The Bug Brigade was established to improve how the community and the development team work together to improve the game. Since the Brigade’s inception, the program has gone through a number of changes and was eventually placed on hold. The stability of the game is as important to the development team as it is to the players, therefore the program was revamped and was relaunched. The Brigade has been up and running and the volunteers (Alley Oop, Echondas, Flair Minamoto, and Justyn) are in a good rhythm for verifying and submitting bugs to the developers. If you have reported a bug that has not yet been addressed, please be patient while the backlog is being worked. The Brigade is working diligently to clean up the backlog of bug reports posted by players on the forums. Every month, a considerable amount of development time will be spent working many of the verified bugs which have been submitted to the team by the Bug Brigade. This focused effort on bug fixes would not be possible without the recent efforts of the Bug Brigade. Please take the time to thank these bug hunting aficionados when you encounter them in your travels! In turn, the development team would like to express a big thank you to the Bug Hunters! These community members are doing a fantastic job bringing so many bug reports to the team, and they’re doing it in a way which makes the process smooth and efficient. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Much improvement has been noticed by the development team and we’re so very excited to see the program’s continued success! The development team would also like to thank all of those who take time to participate in QA Testing Directives. Thanks to your hard work and dedication, many issues and bugs can be identified and fixed prior to content going to the Live Server! Keep up the great work! For those that wish to participate in future bug hunting endeavors, please check the forums regularly for upcoming QA Testing Directives. Don’t forget, the Bug Brigade is open to all players in good standing and bug rewards are SWEET! They will be awarded on a monthly progression basis with only minimal requirements to qualify. The available rewards to receive in progression via qualifying participation are as follows: Antennae Head Gear and Forum Title 1: “Bug Hunter” Single Ant Cloak Lady Bug Backpack Bug Painting A and In-Game Title 2: “Associate of Aphids” Ant Farm Insect Leg Table Many Ants Cloak and In-Game Title 3: “Bachelor of Beetles” Bug Painting B Bug Sprayer and /bugspray Emote Bug Painting C and In-Game Title 4: “Master of Moths” Butterfly Chair Corpion Chair (Pictured Below) Yellow Fireflies VFX and In-Game Title 5: “Doctor of Dragonflies” Hacked Oracle Flyer Giant Blue Butterfly Pet Butterfly Mask Dragonfly pet Fairy Wings Monarch Butterfly Pet Dragonfly Wings Hacked Oracle Crawler Blue Butterfly VFX Orange Fireflies VFX Orange Butterfly VFX Autumn Fairy Wings Green Fireflies VFX Landing Flies 3-pack Blue Fireflies Mounted Ladybug Specimen Mounted Rhinoceros Beetle Specimen Mounted Firebug Specimen Mounted Diving Bug Specimen Mounted Asian Ladybug Specimen Swallowtail Butterfly Pet Mounted Potato Beetle Silver Bug Sprayer Mounted Dung Beetle Specimen Mounted Hissing Cockroach Specimen Mounted Maybug Specimen Mounted Stag Beetle Specimen Mounted Flower Beetle Specimen If you’ve come to think of Shroud of the Avatar as your home, sign up and help make New Britannia a better place to live! To learn more about joining the Bug Brigade, please read the announcement thread by Ravalox in the main Bug/Feedback forums. Streamer Program Streamers of Shroud of the Avatar can participate in a program to showcase the game and be rewarded for their efforts. Any Streamer who wishes to be included in the Streamer Program can contact Laney via in-game mail with their Character Name and Twitch Channel information. If you have already signed up for the program in the past, fear not: you’re on the list and you don’t need to reapply. Streaming Rewards Program participants must adhere to our Terms of Service (TOS) and Community Rules while Streaming Shroud of the Avatar. Streaming Rewards Program participants must stream at least 10 hours of Shroud of the Avatar ACTIVE game play to remain in the program with reward accrual. Streamers will receive a one-time digital reward of in-game items after meeting the program’s requirements: Streamer’s Cloak, Streamer’s Camera, and the LIVESTREAMING title. Rules: To qualify for Streamer Rewards, each streamer must continue to meet the minimum requirements for 60 days after application. To accrue additional rewards, Streamers must stream SotA a minimum of 10 hours per month, tallied on the 1st day of each month, to remain in the program. Monthly Streamer Bundles: On the 1st of each month, qualifying streamers will be eligible to receive 50 Streamer Bundles. Bundles will be sent out to Streamers via in-game mail. A few things you need to know: Streamer Bundles are intended to be given away to stream viewers, not consumed by the streamer. Streamers are not allowed to put paywalls in place for the Streamer Bundles. (For example, giving away Streamer Bundles once the stream reaches a certain number of bits, subscriptions, or donations). Other Items of Note: Streamers in the program will be included in the SotAbot StreamPop function, appearing in the player-streaming channel in Discord. An optional “Streamers Kit” is available to the participating streamers as well as all players of Shroud of the Avatar, which includes graphics, overlays and other material. Streamers must be actively playing the game during their streams. Being away from the keyboard (AFK) for short periods is acceptable. If Twitch indicates the streamer is playing SotA but they are streaming other content or a timeout/login screen, they risk being removed from the program. Upcoming Release Dates Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events page for spotlighted events plus links to various areas to post or find events on our forums. The upcoming 2023 Release Schedule is as follows: This Release 111 – February 23 (Polish) Release 112 – March 30 (Polish) Release 113 – April 27 (Content) Release 114 – May 25 (Polish) Release 115 – June 29 (Polish) Release 116 – July 27 (Content) Release 117 – August 31 (Polish) Community Events & Resources Greetings event holders and event attendees! So many fun and exciting events are available in the upcoming weeks. Be sure to get out there and participate, make some new friends, perhaps make some great emote, recipe, or gear trades, or get some adventuring and role-playing into your mix! Here are spotlighted events or updated community resources that we’ve noticed popping up lately on the official forums. Recurring Events: Monthly Release Fishing Contests: This will be a rotating, multi-location contest sponsored and organised by Rajazel, The Town Museum and its Governor Diablotine. Trash to Treasure Dropped Items Turn-In: Some unscrupulous fella has been flooding all of New Britannia with junk: Headdresses, Wings, Backpacks, assorted miscellany of every sort. It’s time to clean this trash up and so a bounty has been placed on all gear crafted by Coswald Dirthmire that is turned in each contest period! Lightbringer Isle Fishing Contest: Why not earn some extra prizes each month and participate in Lightbringer Isle’s monthly fishing tourney? Lots of fantastic prizes — don’t miss out! 500 Crown Leisurely Fishing: Sonja Solar and friends are running a continuous fishing contest in Brittany Fort “Now and Forever for All Eternity” which has wonderful prizes and objectives. You can now win 500 Crowns for record fishies caught in Brittany Fort by anybody at any time in history for display in Sonja Solar’s fishy aquarium museum. Be sure to watch the video indicated in the “Brittany Fort” link provided in the first post to see the full explanation of the contest rules. Lightbringer Isle Auction: Lightbringer Isle hosts a monthly auction held the Sunday after release at 11AM CT! Community Calendars: Avatars-Virtue Radio Calendar: Just when are all those talented DJ’s and streamers broadcasting? Don’t just guess, check out there very helpful calendar! Never again will you wonder when’s the best time to tune in! NBNN Calendar: This calendar provides a great schedule for NBNN and WRFB programing as well as many other community events. If you’re a fan of the Laz & Jack show or even if you’re hoping to catch them in action for the first time, this is the calendar for you! SotA Event Calendar: Event participants, take heed! Thoryk Omara has done a wondrous job creating a community event calendar which is available to all players of Shroud of the Avatar. Please make an effort to support this new calendar. The more resources players have at their disposable for event notifications, the better! Community Event Resources: Here are some fantastic resources for tracking down community events or posting your own events. Become involved! Create! Explore! Make friends! But most of all, have fun! One-Time Community Events Forum: Sometimes events happen only a single time, so you’ll not want to miss out on these events as they occur. Check out the forums routinely to spot these! Recurring Community Events Forum: Some events occur on weekly or monthly schedules which are a great way to routinely meet up with friends and to make new ones. Be sure to check this forum frequently for new events or time changes to existing ones. Game Master (GM) Potion Request Procedures: Shroud of the Avatar has an amazing in-game consumable for player event holders — the Potion of Temporary GM Powers! Players wishing to enhance their in-game community event by having GM Powers at their disposal need to simply follow the procedures outlined in this forum thread. Player Event Trophies and Special Item Requests: Would you like to request a special trophy or renamed item for a player event you’ve created? Head on over to this thread to see what’s available and to obtain more information about request procedures. Player Radio Station Forum: If you want to check out the latest and greatest from our in-game radio stations, go to the radio stations forum! If you’re a DJ, be sure to advertise your time slot and venue in this forum. Player Livestreams & Videos Forum: If you’re searching for a Shroud Streamer to watch, head on over to the streamer forum! If you are a live streamer for Shroud of the Avatar, be sure to advertise your Shroud stream by posting in this forum. Town Directory Forum: Want to find a town to live in or get your town listed in the directory, head over to the forums and check it out! Guild Directory Forum: Looking for a guild or want to get yours posted in the guild directory? Head on over to the forums and check it out! Fire Lotus Tavern: This wondrous role-playing and story writing forum is the spot to be if you love fan fiction and role-play. Community Resources: Looking for links to community and official resources for Shroud of the Avatar? Well look no further. On this page you’ll find links to a plethora of helpful resources created by the dev team or the community. SO many options to stay tuned-in with fellow community members. Please take advantage of all these wonderful options. Happy adventures, Avatars! Project to Support: Avatar Relics Community member Shawn Butts has opened a Shroud of the Avatar merchandise store with Catnip Games’ approval. Visit for pins, mugs, shirts, posters, and more here. Project to Support: Shard RPG Shard Studios invites you to enter the fantastic world Dárdünah, the vast shard of a shattered realm, as presented in the colorful pages of the SHARD RPG! Many years in the making, this system allows players to choose from a wide variety of animal people who are the main cast of the many adventures this otherworldly setting offers. Skyships glide through shimmering clouds past majestic crystal peaks. Giant insects prowl alien jungles or lurk in the sparkling emerald seas. Warriors with blades of diamond and amber duel across crimson sands. And mystics chant in shadowy chambers as their spirits wander abroad. Intro Sheet: For a quick glimpse into the world of Dárdünah, be sure to download the intro pdf! It’s packed with great information and features beautiful artwork, not unlike the artwork found throughout the many pages of this gaming system’s gorgeously designed manuals. Core System Manuals: It’s easier than ever to delve into Dárdünah, World of the False Dawn, with the Basic Compendium and the Magic and Martial Arts books! They contain everything you need to begin your adventures, and include instructions for the ritual magic and martial arts combat systems. These manuals also include 90 new Animal Templates upon which to base your character! Other Shard RPG Products: So many more manuals and gaming materials are available! Everything an avid tabletop role-player and game master needs to delve into the world of Dárdünah! So if you’re ready to experience a gaming world like no other, check out what Shard Studios has created for tabletop role-players on the Shard RPG official website! You’ll most certainly be immersed and amazed by the offerings of the Shard RPG! Project to Support: Embers Adrift! Help support one of our team members’ other projects, Embers Adrift! They officially launched September 30. Check out their official trailer here. Project to Support: Avatar Express [Forum post by Vladamir Begemot] I’m pleased to report that The Avatar Express is clacking away furiously. News is being delivered and we have established systems to deliver it directly to your brain. You can use one of those systems by following us on Twitter at @avatar_express. Even more reliable due to its fully automated nature is joining us on the Discord server. News items are posted there via RSS. Or you can subscribe to RSS directly on the site. If you run an event, quests, etc, please consider helping out by self reporting. The Shroud community is big, and many things are happening that are never seen by others. With 10k monthly users, we would need a full time staff to track down everything that is happening. You can fill out the contributor form, message @that_shawn_guy here or post in the Discord server that you would like to help. There is no commitment once signed up, you can post as much or little as you like. Writing up your own events has several benefits beyond the immediate exposure. It serves as a record for others to see the history of New Britannia as we create it, in an attractive format. Publishing in the Express also has a higher chance than the forums of being seen by search engines and random readers, thus bringing more eyeballs and new players to the game. It will even make posting in the forums easier! You can upload images to your news item, and then link to those images in your forum post. No more need for 3rd party image hosts! So if you have something going on in your guild or town, or want to be a Reporter, Cartographer or Historian, please join us! Resources: Players Helping Players The official SotA New Player Welcome Forum and the Player Created Resources Forum have the best player created resources for Shroud of the Avatar, whether it’s a Player Written Guide, a Video Walk-through, or a Wiki-type Website. Visit the official Community Resources page for a complete listing of all things community. View the full article

Release 111 goes live later this morning and we want to make sure that players are aware of the possibility of a longer patching time than normal. The incremental client patch going from build 1633 to 1635 may not apply correctly on Windows clients. This is a known issue. If this occurs, the game client will apply the core patch from 0 to 1635. We will publish the patch as soon as possible after R110's closing so players may begin downloading and applying the update immediately. Sorry for... Special note for Patching Release 111 View the full article

We are in the process of activating the below bonus and sales. The Crown Store Sale will go into effect as soon as possible (client patch required). Double XP February 10th through the 13th Crown Store Sales 30% off February 10th through the 19th Crowns of the Obsidians 20% off February 10th through the 19th Note: Sales usually start and end at Noon. If I am able to, I will activate them early on the date they are supposed to start on and leave them up a little... Double XP and Sales for Valentines day!View the full article

Please check the patch notes for the QA server in the Player Test Environment area here. New stuff coming into the game, we are looking to have players test. Skill Balance The fix for orphaned items (items that ended up being placed in areas that are not accessible or are not intended to be accessible) is on QA with final adjustments. Please be sure to... New QA Server build up and Testing Directive in place!View the full article

An issue with the delivery of the February Login reward has been corrected. The reward will be delivered on next login. For more information on this patch, please see the R110 Patch note page here: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=32989 View the full article

Player can expect to get a "Instance Ending" message when the login rewards are live on the server. No other changes are being made (no client patch required). View the full article

I have updated the forums a bit over the weekend... I have created a few new forum sections: Developer Work and Blog posts - This is where the team will be posting blogs, work in progress updates for upcoming content. I have moved all of the old blog and upcoming content posts the team posted over the years into this section. This includes "making of" and similar threads from the... Forum Structure changes update View the full article

AskADev is a tool we created for players to ask questions about game mechanics from within the game. To use this feature, type /u (then space or enter) in the chat interface. This will move you into the Universal chat channel. once in Universal, type in askadev, a space and your question. Like this: askadev If I ask a question using this example will I get in trouble? NOTE: Be sure that the universal chat channel... AskADev - Answers View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 110 goes live January 26th at 10:30 AM CST. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 110 (R110), we offer a roadmap for 2023, a couple of new craftables, and more new event trophies. For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring... Play Release 110!View the full article

Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! This past year has certainly been a roller coaster for many of us, and Shroud of the Avatar (SotA) is looking forward to a much better new year. In 2022, we added lots of Episode 2 content, including Grusk, Grusk Factory, Vikland, and Vikland’s Obsidian Valley adventure areas. We’ve also made many improvements, including offering many new items in... Shroud of the Avatar: State of the Game and Roadmap for 2023View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 110 goes live January 26th at 10:30 AM CST. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 110 (R110), we offer a roadmap for 2023, a couple of new craftables, and more new event trophies. For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring community events have been announced! Be sure to also review the Player Guide and Known Issues for additional information on recent changes and upcoming fixes. News Announcements State of the Game and Roadmap for 2023 New Lava-Fishing Trophies Release 110 Patch Notes Latest News and Q&A January Livestream Sales and Bonus Events Release 110 Subscriber Login Rewards February Login Rewards Crown Store Updates Bug Brigade & Testing Directives Streamer Program Upcoming Release Dates Community Updates Community Events & Resources Project to Support: Avatar Relics Project to Support: Shard RPG Project to Support: Embers Adrift Project to Support: Avatar Express Resources: Players Helping Players State of the Game and Roadmap for 2023 Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! This past year has certainly been a roller coaster for many of us, and Shroud of the Avatar (SotA) is looking forward to a much better new year. In 2022, we added lots of Episode 2 content, including Grusk, Grusk Factory, Vikland, and Vikland’s Obsidian Valley adventure areas. We’ve also made many improvements, including offering many new items in our in-game store, removing the Heritage (“account bound”) flag from all store items, and adding a new Emote Hotbar to the UI. On our website, we’ve restored our “Make a Difference” Store — 20% of any purchase from our website charity store will be donated to the charity associated with each category. Shroud of the Avatar supports Water.org, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Breast Cancer, Movember, Children’s Miracle Network of Hospitals, and Doctors Without Borders. Our “Make a Difference” Store can be found here. Continue reading in the forums New Lava-Fishing Trophies To add to last month’s treasure-hunting trophies, Ravalox has made a shiny new set of trophies for lava-fishing contests! Details on requesting them for your events are here. (Thanks, Diablotine!) Release 110 Patch Notes Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 110 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R110 is a content month, but some of the content was snuck in early last month with Vikland’s Obsidian Valley. Polish, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R111 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 110! Crafting, Decoration, & Inventory Item Changes: Recipes for new Gold and Copper Banded Chests are now on deco merchants along the Perennial Coast and will be on carpenters everywhere after the first patch. Added the recipe for croctails to merchants fed up with the crocs in swampy areas: Merriweather in Solania, Zoe Cornelly in Aerie, the General Stores in Mud, Tanglemire, and Westend; the Innkeepers in Smaragar and Grumridge, and Shandy Chapman traveling along the Perennial Coast. SOTA-71004 Cloaks will again appear while mounted if the player is displaying their cloak. It was previously removed because the cloak would be seen cutting through the mount and created problems when starting to swim while mounted. Now the cloak will cover the back of the mount. (This has a few exceptions that will be corrected for individual cloaks going forward, but even these should no longer go THROUGH the poor horse.) Created PaxLair 25th anniversary cloak. SOTA-71057 Corrected the reward bag for the Glowing Pink Dye. It will no longer supply Pirate Gear. SOTA-71064 Fixed LOD and z-fighting issues in the Stone Five-Story Wizard’s Tower (Village Home). SOTA-70179 Scootched the roof sections of several wood and plaster homes because they were offset and you could see a hole in them when looking up from the ground. Corrected offset locations for sounds used by shutters of the Citizen Founder village home. Set all wax cylinder music files to load in background instead of pre-load, which was causing performance issues when opening a container full of them. SOTA-71016 Removed weight from Player Guide book and Noble’s Magical Discourse Orb. Removed weight from mounts. User Interface, Store Information, & Lua Changes: Town bans will now work properly. This was a bug created from a previous fix to stewards being able to ban a governor from their own town. SOTA-71013 The position of party nameplates will be saved after checking/unchecking “Show Party Member Effects Icon” in the Options > Interface. If any of you still have spacing problem between nameplates please click the Reset Position button then reset your “Show Party Member Effects Icon” option. This will set them correctly. Fixed an exception from the player feedback form while quitting the game without having logged in which prevented the user from quitting properly. Fixed a typo in the message shown when two party members are not on same client version. World and Quest Changes: Snow has ended for the winter. Here comes the rain again… Mistrendur: Adjusted some collision, mostly for mountains on the eastern island. SOTA-66425 Hills Encounter: Improved the logic which causes unicorns to spawn. SOTA-70925 Devotional Caretakers: Mentioning Truth, Love, or Courage will give avatars broad feedback as to their current scores in those respective Virtues. The caretakers have responses for extremely low, very low, low, neutral, high, very high, and extremely high scores. SOTA-71038 Aerie, Ardoris, Resolute: Fixed an issue where the devotional caretakers were not giving avatars feedback related to their respective Virtues. SOTA-71077 Red Sash Bandits: Applied variant colors and “sash” motif to the melee, ranged, and caster “bandit” versions of these NPCs. SOTA-22089 Aerie: Corrected Venatus’ dialogue so he now refers to South Longfall Wetland being east of Aerie. SOTA-71020 Ardoris: Fixed a typo in the “Mention Keystone to Min Liang Tan” task. SOTA-71082 Blackblade Foothills: The peaceful oasis campsites now have anti-theft protection. SOTA-71037 Blood River: Toned down the river sounds to better suit a slower river. SOTA-60421 Blood River Outskirts: Adjusted compass marker discover position and renamed to “Spider Lair Entrance.” Added POI music to the cave lair. SOTA-59088 Braemar: The Town Crier icon should now show correctly on map and compass. SOTA-70882 Brittany Fields: Fixed a typo in Dupre’s rumors responses. Updated the path grid to accommodate larger NPCs. SOTA-71019, SOTA-71028 Brittany Graveyard: Added compass marker to the Brittany Sewers entrance. SOTA-71044 Broochash: Umberjack no longer asks for the wrong item when you say “package” to him. SOTA-71039 Castle Atos: Updated the logic for the Bakery Chef and Grill Chef so you can’t bypass their conversations if you are on their quest. Castle Atos: Yebin the guild master should now be able to register new guilds. SOTA-71054 Castle Atos: Added Mylo the dog to castle area. Central Brittany: Added ladders to access balconies in a large hall. SOTA-71032 Central Brittany: Closed a hole in the castle wall. SOTA-71043 Central Brittany: Travelers will now give their names when asked. SOTA-71040 Central Brittany: Shopkeeper Tarassa Rohandas no longer suggests players buy an item that she doesn’t sell. SOTA-71058 Central Brittany: Phoebe’s favorite has changed from cinnamon rolls to lemon buns. SOTA-71035 Crooked Shank: Re-added visibility to a river section above a waterfall. You can now collect more than one of the IOU notes from the mayor’s house. SOTA-71059, SOTA-71060 Desolis: Corrected a typo in Martella’s responses. SOTA-71049 Grusk: Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71030 Grusk: Corrected an issue with the beggar’s conversation prefab. Harvest: The watchtowers in Harvest should no longer allow precipitation to come through their roofs. SOTA-71041 Highvale: Fixed a typo in one of the bandit leader’s responses. SOTA-71014 Highvale Outskirts: The Woodsman’s house is now protected by anti-theft. SOTA-71048 Highvale Outskirts: Fixed a typo in the “commander” response from Cyannis. SOTA-71015 Jotungrund: Barbarians now have a chance to drop a Jotungrund Runestone. The runestones can be used to activate either of two special teleporter sets within the scene. Groups of barbarians may now spawn alongside polar bears that are friendly to them (but not to avatars). The path grid has been regenerated. Jotungrund: The runestone teleporters now properly consume Jotungrund Runestones. Also, added compass marker discoveries for each teleporter pad. SOTA-71075 Libris Ruins: Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71033 Malice: Improved the logic for completing the “Find Samael in Malice” and “Talk to Yama Outside Malice” tasks. Players that have completed these tasks but still have them as active journal entries should say “hello” to Samael in Spite to archive them. SOTA-71021 Necropolis Barrens: Envy Angel and some of her Imps are now being managed by a “Timed Events” script and became active on January 16th. SOTA-70127 Northwood: Improved Rhonwyn Pendragon’s mention of the gold she gives newcomers and fixed it so she actually gives the gold she mentions. SOTA-71023 Opalis Vault: Fixed a pile of rubble that was shiny. SOTA-71080 Owl’s Head: Added ambient sound effects along the river. SOTA-2295 Solace Bridge Outskirts: Fixed location of bad iron ore node. SOTA-71079 Spite: Fixed z-fighting on the floor of the mortuarium. SOTA-71029 Tanglemire: Blocked sight of a bad material at a cliff base. SOTA-71078 Verdantis Mines: Male Archers incorrectly labeled as fighters now have the correct names. SOTA-71027 Vikland: Added “sour revenge” quest, including crates within the village. SOTA-71002 Vikland: Increased the drop rate for the treasure hunt instructions and keys. SOTA-71036 Vikland: Improved logic which removes “Search Area for Yellow Vikland Crystal” while on the Erica’s Amulet quest. SOTA-70986 Vikland: Fixed typo in Nechtan’s “New Britannia” response. Vikland: Fixed an issue where children had no response for “Hagen.” SOTA-71076 Vikland: The virtue monoliths in this and other scenes can no longer be triggered with ranged attacks. Vikland: Fixed typos in the treasure hunt instructions related to the troll statue. SOTA-71018 Wyrmsands: Updated the path grid at a water well. SOTA-71042 Player-Owned Town Changes: Solaris: Added new crossroads village south of Brittany. SOTA-71056, SOTA-71055 Latest News and Q&A January Livestream The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, January 27th at 4PM CT on Twitch! Join Chris “Atos” Spears and other members of the development team for a 1-hour community livestream! To enter the prize drawings, type “Love is in the air” into any in-game chat channel OR make a purchase on the website Add-On Store. Please submit questions using in-game universal chat by typing “askadev” before your question. We’ll do our best to answer these questions live on the stream. Watch on Twitch, Friday at 4PM CT! Atos and other members of the Shroud of the Avatar development team stream on twitch.tv/shroudoftheavatar — be sure to get the channel on follow for notifications so you can join us right as we go live! Also, if you’ve missed our latest streams, check out our archive of content at our YouTube Channel. Like! Follow! Subscribe! Prizes!!! Don’t forget to also join the Shroud of the Avatar team and community over at all our social media venues: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShroudoftheAvatar/ Catnip Games Twitter: https://twitter.com/catnipgames Shroud of the Avatar Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShroudofAvatar Shroud of the Avatar Discord: https://discord.gg/shroudoftheavatar Sales and Bonus Events For Valentine’s Day, these sales and bonuses will be in place: Double XP February 10th through the 13th Crown Store Sales 30% off February 10th through the 19th Crowns of the Obsidians 20% off February 10th through the 19th Release 110 Subscriber Login Rewards Bring your heart to the table: the Rewards Program login items for Release 110 are a Heart-Themed White Coffee Table and a pair of Heart-Shaped White End Tables! Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 110 to receive these special login items. The Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program lets you earn the best rate on purchasing Crowns, AND receive monthly reward items! For the low price of $9 USD per month you will receive the following: 900 Crowns of the Obsidians every month Monthly Login Reward Items (about 3 per month) Exclusive Title every 3 months 3 Months: Keeper of the Faith 6 Months: Keeper of the Word 9 Months: Keeper of the Vow 12 Months: Keeper of the Flame 15 Months: Keeper of the Oath 18 Months: Keeper of the Pledge 21 Months: Keeper of the Bond 24 Months: Keeper of the Promise 27 Months: Keeper of the Covenant Pick any Dye 12-Pack every 6 months Pick any three of these 7 Obsidian Potions every month: Potion of Capacity: Increases carrying capacity Potion of Conservation: Reduces reagent use chance Potion of Expedience: Swift gathering on all gathering skills Potion of Precision: Increases Meticulous Collection to all gathering skills Potion of Preservation: Reduces armor and weapon damage Potion of Reclamation: Increases Salvage and Repair to all production skills Potion of Stamina: Decreases focus use from sprinting While subscribed to the rewards program, players also receive these special bonuses: Obsidian Potions are significantly more powerful! 24 Additional Deck Slots! February Login Reward Spring is not here yet so here’s some blooms to tide you over: each account that logs in during the month of February will receive a one-time gift of a Fancy Vase of Red Roses! Crown Store Updates New in the crown store for January 26th: Heraldry Gustball Jersey Pattern Pack Chest with Copper Bands Full of Gold Chest with Gold Bands Full of Gold Treasure Chest with Copper Bands Treasure Chest with Gold Bands …for a patch soon after release: Fancy Vase of White Roses …for February 1st: Fancy Vase of Red Roses …and for February 10th: Heart-Themed White Coffee Table with Two End Tables Heart-Themed White Coffee Tables Heart-Shaped White End Tables details summary > * { display: inline; } The Valentine store items are available from Friday January 27th through Wednesday March 6th: List of Valentine items: 2016 Cupid Ensemble 2016 Cupid Heart Cloak 2016 Valentine Hearts Cloak Blank Valentine’s Day 2016 Card 5-Pack Blank Valentine’s Day 2017 Card 5-Pack Blank Valentine’s Day 2019 Card 5-Pack Breathe Hearts Emote Double Smoke Heart Emote Heart Hot Tub Heart Top Hat Heart-Shaped Footstool Heart-Shaped Spear Smoke Heart Emote Triple Smoke Heart Emote Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes 2017 3-Pack Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes 2018 3-Pack Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes 2019 3-Pack The Winter Holidays store items are available until Wednesday February 8th: List of Winter Holidays items: Blank Yule Card 2017 5-Pack Blank Yule Card 2018 5-Pack Blank Yule Card 2020 A 5-Pack Blank Yule Card 2020 B 5-Pack Candy Cane Wand Ceiling Yule Tree Giant Haunted Yule Tree Giant Yule Tree 2015 Giant Yule Tree 2016 Giant Yule Tree 2017 Giant Yule Tree 2018 Giant Yule Tree 2022 Haunted Sleigh Haunted Snow Family Haunted Snowman Mask Haunted Yule Tree Krampus Mask Krampus Statue Kwanzaa Table Decorations Large Haunted Yule Tree Large Yule Tree 2016 Large Yule Tree 2017 Large Yule Tree 2018 Large Yule Tree 2022 Menorah 2014 Menorah 2015 Menorah 2016 Menorah 2017 Menorah 2018 Menorah 2020 Menorah 2021 Ornate Mantle Garland 2017 12-Pack Ornate Mantle Garland 2018 12-Pack Ornate Replenishing Snowball Box 2014 Ornate Replenishing Snowball Box 2015 Ornate Replenishing Snowball Box 2016 Ornate Sled Ornate Sleigh Ornate Snow Family 2015 Ornate Snow Family 2016 Ornate Snow Family 2017 Ornate Snow Family 2018 Ornate Wall Garland 2017 12-Pack Ornate Wall Garland 2018 12-Pack Ornate Yule Music Box Ornate Yule Wreath 2015 3-Pack Ornate Yule Wreath 2016 3-Pack Ornate Yule Wreath 2017 3-Pack Ornate Yule Wreath 2018 3-Pack Red-Nosed Reindeer Mount Small Ornate Wall Garland 2017 12-Pack Small Ornate Wall Garland 2018 12-Pack Snow Globe 2020 Snow Globe 2022 Snowman Mask 2015 Snowman Mask with Hat & Moustache 2018 Snowman Mask with Stovepipe Hat 2016 Snowman Mask with Stovepipe Hat 2017 Tabletop Haunted Yule Tree Tabletop Yule Tree 2014 Tabletop Yule Tree 2015 Tabletop Yule Tree 2016 Tabletop Yule Tree 2017 Tabletop Yule Tree 2018 Tabletop Yule Tree 2022 Yule Elf Outfit Yule Gift Box 2016 3-Pack Yule Gift Box 2017 3-Pack Yule Gift Box 2018 3-Pack Yule Gift Box 2020 3-Pack Yule Gift Box 2021 3-Pack Yule Stockings 2016 3-Pack Yule Stockings 2017 3-Pack Yule Stockings 2018 3-Pack Yule Stockings 2020 3-Pack Yule Stockings 2021 3-Pack Yule Stockings 2022 3-Pack Yule Tree 2014 Yule Tree 2015 Yule Tree 2016 Yule Tree 2017 Yule Tree 2018 Yule Tree 2022 Bug Brigade & Testing Directives! The Bug Brigade was established to improve how the community and the development team work together to improve the game. Since the Brigade’s inception, the program has gone through a number of changes and was eventually placed on hold. The stability of the game is as important to the development team as it is to the players, therefore the program was revamped and was relaunched. The Brigade has been up and running and the volunteers (Alley Oop, Echondas, Flair Minamoto, and Justyn) are in a good rhythm for verifying and submitting bugs to the developers. If you have reported a bug that has not yet been addressed, please be patient while the backlog is being worked. The Brigade is working diligently to clean up the backlog of bug reports posted by players on the forums. Every month, a considerable amount of development time will be spent working many of the verified bugs which have been submitted to the team by the Bug Brigade. This focused effort on bug fixes would not be possible without the recent efforts of the Bug Brigade. Please take the time to thank these bug hunting aficionados when you encounter them in your travels! In turn, the development team would like to express a big thank you to the Bug Hunters! These community members are doing a fantastic job bringing so many bug reports to the team, and they’re doing it in a way which makes the process smooth and efficient. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Much improvement has been noticed by the development team and we’re so very excited to see the program’s continued success! The development team would also like to thank all of those who take time to participate in QA Testing Directives. Thanks to your hard work and dedication, many issues and bugs can be identified and fixed prior to content going to the Live Server! Keep up the great work! For those that wish to participate in future bug hunting endeavors, please check the forums regularly for upcoming QA Testing Directives. Don’t forget, the Bug Brigade is open to all players in good standing and bug rewards are SWEET! They will be awarded on a monthly progression basis with only minimal requirements to qualify. The available rewards to receive in progression via qualifying participation are as follows: Antennae Head Gear and Forum Title 1: “Bug Hunter” Single Ant Cloak Lady Bug Backpack Bug Painting A and In-Game Title 2: “Associate of Aphids” Ant Farm Insect Leg Table Many Ants Cloak and In-Game Title 3: “Bachelor of Beetles” Bug Painting B Bug Sprayer and /bugspray Emote Bug Painting C and In-Game Title 4: “Master of Moths” Butterfly Chair Corpion Chair (Pictured Below) Yellow Fireflies VFX and In-Game Title 5: “Doctor of Dragonflies” Hacked Oracle Flyer Giant Blue Butterfly Pet Butterfly Mask Dragonfly pet Fairy Wings Monarch Butterfly Pet Dragonfly Wings Hacked Oracle Crawler Blue Butterfly VFX Orange Fireflies VFX Orange Butterfly VFX Autumn Fairy Wings Green Fireflies VFX Landing Flies 3-pack Blue Fireflies If you’ve come to think of Shroud of the Avatar as your home, sign up and help make New Britannia a better place to live! To learn more about joining the Bug Brigade, please read the announcement thread by Ravalox in the main Bug/Feedback forums. Streamer Program Streamers of Shroud of the Avatar can participate in a program to showcase the game and be rewarded for their efforts. Any Streamer who wishes to be included in the Streamer Program can contact Laney via in-game mail with their Character Name and Twitch Channel information. If you have already signed up for the program in the past, fear not: you’re on the list and you don’t need to reapply. Streaming Rewards Program participants must adhere to our Terms of Service (TOS) and Community Rules while Streaming Shroud of the Avatar. Streaming Rewards Program participants must stream at least 10 hours of Shroud of the Avatar ACTIVE game play to remain in the program with reward accrual. Streamers will receive a one-time digital reward of in-game items after meeting the program’s requirements: Streamer’s Cloak, Streamer’s Camera, and the LIVESTREAMING title. Rules: To qualify for Streamer Rewards, each streamer must continue to meet the minimum requirements for 60 days after application. To accrue additional rewards, Streamers must stream SotA a minimum of 10 hours per month, tallied on the 1st day of each month, to remain in the program. Monthly Streamer Bundles: On the 1st of each month, qualifying streamers will be eligible to receive 50 Streamer Bundles. Bundles will be sent out to Streamers via in-game mail. A few things you need to know: Streamer Bundles are intended to be given away to stream viewers, not consumed by the streamer. Streamers are not allowed to put paywalls in place for the Streamer Bundles. (For example, giving away Streamer Bundles once the stream reaches a certain number of bits, subscriptions, or donations). Other Items of Note: Streamers in the program will be included in the SotAbot StreamPop function, appearing in the player-streaming channel in Discord. An optional “Streamers Kit” is available to the participating streamers as well as all players of Shroud of the Avatar, which includes graphics, overlays and other material. Streamers must be actively playing the game during their streams. Being away from the keyboard (AFK) for short periods is acceptable. If Twitch indicates the streamer is playing SotA but they are streaming other content or a timeout/login screen, they risk being removed from the program. Upcoming Release Dates Be sure to check out the Upcoming Events page for spotlighted events plus links to various areas to post or find events on our forums. The upcoming 2023 Release Schedule is as follows: This Release 110 – January 26 (Content) Release 111 – February 23 (Polish) Release 112 – March 30 (Polish) Release 113 – April 27 (Content) Community Events & Resources Greetings event holders and event attendees! So many fun and exciting events are available in the upcoming weeks. Be sure to get out there and participate, make some new friends, perhaps make some great emote, recipe, or gear trades, or get some adventuring and role-playing into your mix! Here are spotlighted events or updated community resources that we’ve noticed popping up lately on the official forums. Recurring Events: Monthly Release Fishing Contests: This will be a rotating, multi-location contest sponsored and organised by Rajazel, The Town Museum and its Governor Diablotine. Trash to Treasure Dropped Items Turn-In: Some unscrupulous fella has been flooding all of New Britannia with junk: Headdresses, Wings, Backpacks, assorted miscellany of every sort. It’s time to clean this trash up and so a bounty has been placed on all gear crafted by Coswald Dirthmire that is turned in each contest period! Lightbringer Isle Fishing Contest: Why not earn some extra prizes each month and participate in Lightbringer Isle’s monthly fishing tourney? Lots of fantastic prizes — don’t miss out! 500 Crown Leisurely Fishing: Sonja Solar and friends are running a continuous fishing contest in Brittany Fort “Now and Forever for All Eternity” which has wonderful prizes and objectives. You can now win 500 Crowns for record fishies caught in Brittany Fort by anybody at any time in history for display in Sonja Solar’s fishy aquarium museum. Be sure to watch the video indicated in the “Brittany Fort” link provided in the first post to see the full explanation of the contest rules. Lightbringer Isle Auction: Lightbringer Isle hosts a monthly auction held the Sunday after release at 11AM CT! Community Calendars: Avatars-Virtue Radio Calendar: Just when are all those talented DJ’s and streamers broadcasting? Don’t just guess, check out there very helpful calendar! Never again will you wonder when’s the best time to tune in! NBNN Calendar: This calendar provides a great schedule for NBNN and WRFB programing as well as many other community events. If you’re a fan of the Laz & Jack show or even if you’re hoping to catch them in action for the first time, this is the calendar for you! SotA Event Calendar: Event participants, take heed! Thoryk Omara has done a wondrous job creating a community event calendar which is available to all players of Shroud of the Avatar. Please make an effort to support this new calendar. The more resources players have at their disposable for event notifications, the better! Community Event Resources: Here are some fantastic resources for tracking down community events or posting your own events. Become involved! Create! Explore! Make friends! But most of all, have fun! One-Time Community Events Forum: Sometimes events happen only a single time, so you’ll not want to miss out on these events as they occur. Check out the forums routinely to spot these! Recurring Community Events Forum: Some events occur on weekly or monthly schedules which are a great way to routinely meet up with friends and to make new ones. Be sure to check this forum frequently for new events or time changes to existing ones. Game Master (GM) Potion Request Procedures: Shroud of the Avatar has an amazing in-game consumable for player event holders — the Potion of Temporary GM Powers! Players wishing to enhance their in-game community event by having GM Powers at their disposal need to simply follow the procedures outlined in this forum thread. Player Event Trophies and Special Item Requests: Would you like to request a special trophy or renamed item for a player event you’ve created? Head on over to this thread to see what’s available and to obtain more information about request procedures. Player Radio Station Forum: If you want to check out the latest and greatest from our in-game radio stations, go to the radio stations forum! If you’re a DJ, be sure to advertise your time slot and venue in this forum. Player Livestreams & Videos Forum: If you’re searching for a Shroud Streamer to watch, head on over to the streamer forum! If you are a live streamer for Shroud of the Avatar, be sure to advertise your Shroud stream by posting in this forum. Town Directory Forum: Want to find a town to live in or get your town listed in the directory, head over to the forums and check it out! Guild Directory Forum: Looking for a guild or want to get yours posted in the guild directory? Head on over to the forums and check it out! Fire Lotus Tavern: This wondrous role-playing and story writing forum is the spot to be if you love fan fiction and role-play. Community Resources: Looking for links to community and official resources for Shroud of the Avatar? Well look no further. On this page you’ll find links to a plethora of helpful resources created by the dev team or the community. SO many options to stay tuned-in with fellow community members. Please take advantage of all these wonderful options. Happy adventures, Avatars! Project to Support: Avatar Relics Community member Shawn Butts has opened a Shroud of the Avatar merchandise store with Catnip Games’ approval. Visit for pins, mugs, shirts, posters, and more here. Project to Support: Shard RPG Shard Studios invites you to enter the fantastic world Dárdünah, the vast shard of a shattered realm, as presented in the colorful pages of the SHARD RPG! Many years in the making, this system allows players to choose from a wide variety of animal people who are the main cast of the many adventures this otherworldly setting offers. Skyships glide through shimmering clouds past majestic crystal peaks. Giant insects prowl alien jungles or lurk in the sparkling emerald seas. Warriors with blades of diamond and amber duel across crimson sands. And mystics chant in shadowy chambers as their spirits wander abroad. Intro Sheet: For a quick glimpse into the world of Dárdünah, be sure to download the intro pdf! It’s packed with great information and features beautiful artwork, not unlike the artwork found throughout the many pages of this gaming system’s gorgeously designed manuals. Core System Manuals: It’s easier than ever to delve into Dárdünah, World of the False Dawn, with the Basic Compendium and the Magic and Martial Arts books! They contain everything you need to begin your adventures, and include instructions for the ritual magic and martial arts combat systems. These manuals also include 90 new Animal Templates upon which to base your character! Other Shard RPG Products: So many more manuals and gaming materials are available! Everything an avid tabletop role-player and game master needs to delve into the world of Dárdünah! So if you’re ready to experience a gaming world like no other, check out what Shard Studios has created for tabletop role-players on the Shard RPG official website! You’ll most certainly be immersed and amazed by the offerings of the Shard RPG! Project to Support: Embers Adrift! Help support one of our team members’ other projects, Embers Adrift! They officially launched September 30. Check out their official trailer here. Project to Support: Avatar Express [Forum post by Vladamir Begemot] I’m pleased to report that The Avatar Express is clacking away furiously. News is being delivered and we have established systems to deliver it directly to your brain. You can use one of those systems by following us on Twitter at @avatar_express. Even more reliable due to its fully automated nature is joining us on the Discord server. News items are posted there via RSS. Or you can subscribe to RSS directly on the site. If you run an event, quests, etc, please consider helping out by self reporting. The Shroud community is big, and many things are happening that are never seen by others. With 10k monthly users, we would need a full time staff to track down everything that is happening. You can fill out the contributor form, message @that_shawn_guy here or post in the Discord server that you would like to help. There is no commitment once signed up, you can post as much or little as you like. Writing up your own events has several benefits beyond the immediate exposure. It serves as a record for others to see the history of New Britannia as we create it, in an attractive format. Publishing in the Express also has a higher chance than the forums of being seen by search engines and random readers, thus bringing more eyeballs and new players to the game. It will even make posting in the forums easier! You can upload images to your news item, and then link to those images in your forum post. No more need for 3rd party image hosts! So if you have something going on in your guild or town, or want to be a Reporter, Cartographer or Historian, please join us! Resources: Players Helping Players The official SotA New Player Welcome Forum and the Player Created Resources Forum have the best player created resources for Shroud of the Avatar, whether it’s a Player Written Guide, a Video Walk-through, or a Wiki-type Website. Visit the official Community Resources page for a complete listing of all things community. View the full article