Jack T. Lamplighter

There was a service interruption that began shortly after midnight server time Yesterday (Friday). This outage was caused by a software upgrade event being performed by the ISP we use through the DataCenter. Initial investigation shows that the ISP had notified the DataCenter of the impending work, but the DataCenter did not forward that notification to us. The SotA team acted and were on the line with the DataCenter performing triage, isolation the issue to the Internet connectivity.... Game Server Access interruption May 19th circa Midnight CT: RCA View the full article

This patch includes a handful of fixes in addition to the lepus zombies were spawning in the wrong location and an issue with the Archlapin’s (and other seasonal boss) timed event settings. For a complete list of changes, please see the patch notes here. View the full article

We are in the process of building a patch that should correct the "unknown item" issue showing in some players' inventories. The unknown items are quest items that have been disassociated or unlinked erroneously. Once the patch is in place these items are expected to be correctly listed as yellow in the quest items list. This patch is expected to be ready around 4am CT. View the full article

This is a small patch that corrects an issue when progressing the main story quest line with obtaining the Shards of the Vermillion Lens. View the full article

The May login rewards have been deployed on the server. Players should get the rewards delivered if they log on to the game from this point forward. Reminder: The May Day COTO and Crown Store sales will be ending tonight at the end of the 1st Central Time. View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 113 goes live April 27th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 113 (R113), we offer the new scene of Port Harmony and newly-tameable reef spiders. For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring community events have... Play Release 113!View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 113 goes live April 27th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 113 (R113), we offer the new scene of Port Harmony and newly-tameable reef spiders. 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 New Scene: Port Harmony 2023 Roadmap Update Preparation and Announcement of Dev Events The Great New Britannian Mapping Project New Pets: Reef Spiders Release 113 Patch Notes Latest News and Q&A April Livestream May Day Sale Release 113 Subscriber Login Rewards May 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 New Scene: Port Harmony The Ministers of Port Harmony welcome all outlanders to their growing seaside community! With direct access by galleon from both Novia and Hidden Vale, and acting as a cultural hub for all of Mistrendur, Port Harmony is a thriving New Britannian colony with something for everyone. Shop in our bustling dockside marketplace, stroll past the fountain in the nearby town square, wander into our charming residential neighborhoods, chat with our friendly residents, or just relax on a lazy gondola ride in the canals. Our Virtuous city offers many of the amenities of the largest southern communities, including a hospital, a New You pavilion, and a militia that keeps everyone safe both inside our borders and out in the surrounding territory. So what are you waiting for? Come to Port Harmony, your home in Mistrendur! Port Harmony is a new Tier 8 adventure scene, available to Episode 2 players, featuring a large city with merchants, crafting stations, and quests. 2023 Roadmap Update So far we are pretty much on track to keep the roadmap schedule. The one item we have a delay on is implementing Unity 2021. We are now in process of migrating servers and applications to new Virtual Machines as well as adding new internal build and Dev/QA environments. This will eliminate the process bottleneck we currently have and allow for the parallel development work on our current Unity 2018 platform and Unity 2021 until it is ready to be deployed into production. The first phase of our Treasure Map system is currently in development. Devilcult is doing a great job of prototyping the maps and setting up the tech and systems that we will need to move forward with more advanced features. As detailed farther down in these release notes, we are in the final push to get the in-game scene maps completed. There is still much work to be done to catch up but we have met our commitment to ensure that any new qualifying scene released will have a map on day one. Work on the SotaMap server is still on the schedule as well but is blocked by server and infrastructure updates being done to our website datacenter. This will be an ongoing project and updates will be provided as we reach the next stage. Episode Two work continues and is progressing beautifully! Sannio (Keith Quinn) has created a unique and bright town in Port Harmony that will greet players as they first arrive on Mistrendur. Sannio has outdone himself again! Look for more roadmap updates at the end of June! – Ravalox Preparation and Announcement of Dev Events This last Release cycle we hosted our annual Egg Hunt event. Special thanks goes out to Laney, Veepers, Devilcult, and Allium for taking the time to setup and run this year’s hunt! Many of our Developer-run events require time to plan and decorate the scene where the event is to be held. The Egg Hunt is one of the most laborious efforts; this year extra work was done to set up the entire scene with buildings, deco, and (of course) the eggs and other prizes. A number of players have asked why we did not advertise or otherwise announce the event prior to it occurring. This year, the event was moved from Hometown to Mount Midir because the popularity of the event had drawn excited players to come ‘watch’ the Dev Team prepare which, in the case of an Egg Hunt, rather defeats the purpose. Some of our events are scheduled and advertised and others are what are known as ‘pop-up’ events. By advertising the event, we would have had even more player detectives on our trail while we hopped around the scene setting things up. We are working on tech that will allow us to close a scene for ‘maintenance’ without a client patch. This will allow us to better prepare our events and surprises while keeping the players informed that something is coming, which in turn will allow us to plan and devise more somewhat-on-the-fly special events. More on that in the coming months! – Ravalox The Great New Britannian Mapping Project Progress with creating the last missing scene maps has been slow as of late. Recently there have been posts in the forums on this topic, and it was (rightfully) pointed out that some of the remaining missing maps are part of the main storyline. Up until now, I have been working on the maps in order of scenes most visited. Starting with this release I have pushed the priority up on map making overall and have changed the approach slightly, whereas I am now weighting the effort by in game region, and if the scene is part of the main story line. Region one (The Perennial Coast) has been completed with this release. This next Release I will concentrate on Region7 (Longfall) first and then on to Region6 (South Paladis) and beyond. As a reminder, Adventure Dungeons, Player Dungeons and Basements, along with a few other interior scenes will not have maps under our current mapping system. These scenes will have a “map card” with a (sometimes) witty note. Overall, providing a map that allows players to scroll through an entire dungeon provides an unfair advantage, and the various unions and caucuses ranging from the Kobolds against Outlanders to Undead forever (local 42) have lodged their concerns and indicated that if maps were provided that unprecedented events would certainly follow. Maps for these areas will be reconsidered when a sufficient fog of war system can be implemented. Fog of War is a method where in which only the area of the map that is visible to the player is the current surrounding area or areas that have been discovered by way of progress. At this time, the tech to implement either of these methods is not present and will need to be designed and a test implementation done. We will discuss this internally toward the end of 2023 for consideration for the 2024 roadmap plan. – Ravalox New Pets: Reef Spiders Prepared visitors to the beaches of Vikland can now abscond with the wildlife: the local reef spiders have become used to human presence enough that they can now be tamed. Like their wild counterparts, tamed reef spiders are (currently) visual variants of red spiders and have no unique skills of their own. Release 113 Patch Notes Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 113 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R113 is a content month. Polish, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R114 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 113! Crafting, Decoration, Gear, & Inventory Item Changes: Renamed exotic fish and accessories to have (Fish Tank) at the ends of their names so it’s easier to search in inventory and containers. Removed erroneous dye slots from Gothic Chair. SOTA-71261 Adjusted upgrade recipe names for Supple Gloves of Riding. SOTA-71277 Fixed naming discrepancy with One-Man Band hat/shirt recipes. SOTA-71278 When placing a decoration pet, the name will be facing correctly in the deco preview. Pets and conversationalists set to “Stay here” and “Patrol” will stick to what they were last set to when placing it again from inventory. Pets and conversationalists will stop going back to their last location when placed from inventory. Time will now reset correctly when kobold time machine decorations are picked up or the player changes scenes. Improved performance in POTs due to the time machines’ script which was creating a lag spike every 15 seconds. SOTA-69779 Fixed LOD warnings when placing a kobold time machine. Small Campfires will now clear weeds underneath them when placed. SOTA-71325 Fixed broken UI when dragging LB Chest onto a female paperdoll. Fixed additional chest pieces: Virtue Flame, Copper Clockwork, and Ancient Xenossian Plate. SOTA-67446 Corrected equipment channel for females on Egg Hunt 2023 Cloak. SOTA-71258 Fixed NPC/pet placement and deco surfaces of front stoops for the pledge stone row homes. SOTA-71025, SOTA-58996 Combat & Skill Changes: Reduced song duration buff from Wyvern Egg Salad. SOTA-70752 The previous removal of the PVP 25% experience bonus in player dungeons missed some dungeons. The rest have now been updated. Reminder: this was removed because players could just lock the dungeon entrances and get extra xp at no risk. Skills from taming tree, healing and frenzy, were previously usable from the utility bar while in combat, which is inconsistent with other skills. They have been made not usable while in combat. The only skills that should be used in combat mode from the utility bar are summons, resurrects, and night vision and light spells. User Interface, Store Information, Inky, & Lua Changes: Added spider essence to purchase orders. SOTA-71246 Added a new function for conversationalist scripts: “listEmotes” will list all the emotes available for that NPC. Conversationalists’ scripted emotes will now work for all humanoids (trolls and dragons don’t count.) Fixed a problem with variables from conversationalists displaying letters and numbers along with the correct names. Inky NPC function to load variable now works correctly with number of type int. Previously variables were saved by account, now it’s by character. SOTA-71231 Changed the message when items are sent back to users from a lot, basement, or dungeon to mention to look in the decoration palette for any missing items. Fixed the nameplates of NPCs being missing once back from editing character appearance in New You salons when conversation close-ups are enabled. SOTA-71291 Fixed a typo in the store description for Brown Bunny Ears and Slippers. SOTA-71307 World and Quest Changes: Seasonal Monsters: The Arch Lapin will go dormant and the Luminous Atavist will return on May 16th. Novia and Hidden Vale: The “Mistrendur” listing for the teleporter galleons now says “Mistrendur at Port Harmony.” Encounters: Fixed dragon encounters which were spawning aether dragons before their time. Adjusted how the aether monsters spawn based on the TimedEvent script. SOTA-71239 All guild registrars now have proper conversations while in offline mode, although you still can’t create or access guilds. Battle of Solace Bridge: Edvard now mentions the player will get a free row lot deed when Captain Kinsey’s tasks are done. The associated journals are updated with information. SOTA-71304 Blood River Outskirts: Vigilante guards Julius and Claude now eventually stop pulling you into their conversations. Fixed typos in their conversations. SOTA-71312 Blood River Outskirts: No NPCs in this scene will have Solace Bridge Outskirts Heirlooms in their loot anymore. SOTA-71350 The Clink: Updated Warden Tully’s “guard” and “Hamtooth” responses. SOTA-71236 Eastmarch: Kobold Landscapers report that the weeds in The Ventaceaster have been eliminated. As part of the service, they checked the other houses in the area as well. SOTA-71324 Eastmarch: The mysterious foam islands in the bay have vanished. SOTA-71323 Eastreach Gap: Added dangerous “tornado” hazard that appears during the highest-threat, repeatable wave. This tornado flies through parts of the control point area and does high damage to anyone on its path. When the control point is lost, the tornado disappears. SOTA-71253 The Fall: Updated the daemon battle with fewer repeating waves before the daemon appears and the second half of those preliminary waves are higher-threat than the starting enemies. None of the enemies should spawn in ambush position and they will now all randomly move around the room. The Fall: Added a few tier 10 ore nodes. SOTA-71235 Fishing Expedition: Replaced the rowboat and ladder next to the galleon. The ladder is now a 2-way teleporter. SOTA-71249 Jotungrund: Added repeatable quest for killing the frost giant, with a meager reward that includes the “Giant Killer” title on the first turn-in. SOTA-71234 Jotungrund: Added Wymond’s Token, with deco ability. Jotungrund: Adjusted the placement of the windwall for one of the Frost Giant platforms to ensure no gap at the bottom. Port Harmony: Updated Peregrine’s responses. SOTA-71290 Port Harmony: Added missing responses for many NPCs, mostly related to the ministers. SOTA-71293 Port Harmony: Fixed a typo in the graveyard caretaker’s responses. SOTA-71296 Port Harmony: Removed flora clipping through the floor of some buildings. Fixed two stuck spots. The tailoring shop no longer has a “real estate” sign. A guard tower now allows Avatars to enter and exit. The adventuring trainer’s sign now reads as such. Most commoners now refuse to give their name instead of stating it’s simply “commoner.” The NPC in the hospital now has a unique conversation. The baker now sells bakery items instead of meat. The produce merchant now sells produce. SOTA-71302, SOTA-71299, SOTA-71300, SOTA-71298, SOTA-71301, SOTA-71297, SOTA-71292, SOTA-71295, SOTA-71294 Port Harmony: Fixed z-fighting in floor of New You pavilion. Updated “pressure relief” assets, including improved dialogue, evidence quest item, and better compass markers. SOTA-71254 Port Harmony: You can no longer fish within the canals. Port Harmony: The overworld teleporter boat now sends players to their last known location in Mistrendur. The Merchants Dock is now an unlockable spawning entrance. The hawkers’ newsletters can now be freely taken. Fixed a typo shared by all hawkers. Fixed a path grid issue on a small island. SOTA-71311, SOTA-71309, SOTA-71310 Port Harmony: Added unique conversations for visitors and some commoners. Added assets for “Proper Greeting” quest, including QuestData for compass markers and visitor NPCs. SOTA-71313 Port Harmony: Fixed several early issues in the “Proper Greeting” quest which blocked its progression. Updated Peregrine, visitor, and Guild Registrar conversations. SOTA-71313 Port Harmony: Corrected spelling of “avowal” in all appropriate locations. Fixed a typo in Peregrine’s responses. Port Harmony: Removed overlapping real estate sign from tailor shop. Adjusted creature spawning and ensured all are accessible. Avatars should now remember Hawker Nuntium’s name. Other children no longer claim their name is “Child.” Fixed several typos in journal entries. SOTA-71300, SOTA-71330, SOTA-71332, SOTA-71297, SOTA-71331 Port Harmony: Moved floating carts to ground. Updated responses for visitors, Minister of the Hearth, and Guild Registrar. Minister’s “proper greeting” quest now properly progresses past awarding avowal to daily version. SOTA-71313 Port Harmony: For the “proper greeting” quest, updated journal entries and responses. SOTA-71335 Port Harmony: Changed the scene limit to allow 64 players. Serpent’s Spine Mines: Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71237 Solace Bridge Outskirts: Captain Kinsey now mentions the player will get a free row lot deed when her tasks are done. The associated journals are updated with information. SOTA-71304 The Rise: Added a few tier 10 ore nodes. SOTA-71235 Verdantis Mines: Five locked rooms now have special loot chests that restock when keys unlock the entry doors. SOTA-71225 Verdantis Shardfall: Removed a line in the water that was showing up near the edge of the scene. SOTA-71250 Vikland: Flattened ground that was clipping through a dye tub. SOTA-71238 Vikland: Changed the scene limit to allow 64 players. Created map for Port Harmony. SOTA-71063 Created map for Hallowed Plains. SOTA-71306 Converted Necropolis Barrens map to new system to fix offsets/marker drift. SOTA-71319 Converted Restless Woods map to new system to fix offsets/marker drift. SOTA-71318 Converted Solace Bridge Outskirts to new map system to fix offsets/marker drift. SOTA-68624 Converted Solania map to new system to fix offsets/marker drift. SOTA-71315 Converted Soltown map to new system to fix offsets/marker drift. SOTA-71317 Player-Owned Town Changes: Mistrendur: Moved several POTs that were slightly pushed into the terrain to ground level. SOTA-71051 POT Template Swamp 01 and Swamp 01a: Added extra waterfall effects. SOTA-71251 Avanish Hope: Changed biome to Swamp 01a. Solaris: Upgraded to Town. Player-Owned Dungeon and Basement Changes: Keep Stone Arena Basement: Aligned cell doors and switches on the far side of the arena. SOTA-71327 Latest News and Q&A April Livestream The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, April 28th at 4PM CT on Twitch! Join Stephen “Ravalox” Reinen and other members of the development team for a 1-hour community livestream! To enter the prize drawings, type “crawling purple people eater” 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! 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 May Day Sale Celebrate Spring, the time of flowers and renewal! May Day marks the (approximate) mid-point of the season so, as we prepare for the Summer to come, why not celebrate with your friends in the spirit of the Romans’ Floralia festival and cast a confetti egg in their direction! While enjoying their reactions, you can take advantage of these sales starting at noon on April 27th through May 1st. Crown Store sales will be 30% off. Crowns of the Obsidians will be 20% off. Release 113 Subscriber Login Rewards Everything’s gone green; time to eat outside. The Rewards Program login items for Release 113 are a pair of Elven Jewelry Boxes and a Rustic Wood Table with a pair of Rustic Wood Benches! Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 113 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! May Login Reward Even rustic pieces can use a bit of decoration: each account that logs in during the month of May will receive a one-time gift of a Small Rustic Wood Table! Crown Store Updates New in the crown store for May 1st: Small Rustic Wood Table …and for May 12th: Rustic Wood Table Set Fancy Geometric Wood Inlaid Elven Jewelry Box 2-Pack details summary > * { display: inline; } 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 The Spring Equinox store items will be available 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 To celebrate his birthday, the Darkstarr Rares store items will be available 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 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 Butterfly Pet (Blue) 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 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

Due to data center power maintenance, we will need to bring the servers offline for a brief period of time starting just before 11am CT. The outage should only last for a short period while the data center personnel make their adjustments. We have set a Message of the Day in game alerting everyone and started the countdown to taking the server offline. Sorry for any inconvenience. View the full article

Greetings! Thanks to all the feedback on our 2023 April Fools' Day joke event! For those who did not login on April 1st, and missed the follow up stream, here's a summary of what happened... for the purposes of our event, April 1st started at midnight GMT (UK time) through to midnight April 2nd. (This translated to 7pm Central time March 31st to 7pm Central Time April 1st.) We re-routed anyone who logged in on April 1st to a redux of the original Chicken Room. This was the very first... April Fools Reprise, reprise View the full article

Build Number 1648 – April 2nd, 01:40 AM Fixed baby dragons’ walk animation. Adult dragon and troll conversationalists can also now patrol. Fixed renamed POT NPC names not showing correctly. Fixed typo in the rewards window. Stone basement 2-story village stairway will be able to be decorated again. Fixed naming for the jester scepter and enabled the pattern. Fixed the jester scepter’s placement collision for walls. This patch is a server side and... Release 112, Patch1 has been released!View the full article

We hope you enjoyed our time travel experiment! What a reminder of how far we have come in 10 years! Players were hijacked the first time they logged into the game and went to resume where they left off. The 'event' started at 00:00 GMT (7pm CT) on the first and lasted 24 hours. New players who had not yet completed the Battle of Solace Bridge scene were not sent... What!? - Remnant of the PastView the full article

Working on deploying a server side only update to activate the April Login Rewards. This update will not require a client patch, but will prompt players that the instance is closing. View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 112 goes live March 30th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 112 (R112), we offer a preview of Port Harmony, where is not appropriate to throw eggs at your friends. For those wishing to participate in any community activities, upcoming one-time and recurring... Play Release 112!View the full article

Greetings Fellow Avatars! Release 112 goes live March 30th at 10:30 AM CDT. Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 112 (R112), we offer a preview of Port Harmony, where is not appropriate to throw eggs at your friends. 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 Sneak Preview: Port Harmony Release 112 Patch Notes Latest News and Q&A March Livestream Release 112 Subscriber Login Rewards April 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 Sneak Preview: Port Harmony Port Harmony is not yet open to Outlanders, but Sannio has provided a few preview images. Release 112 Patch Notes Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 112 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R112 is a polish month. Content, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R113 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 112! Crafting, Decoration, & Inventory Item Changes: Four new rustic cabinet recipes can be found at deco merchants in the Verdantis region: Large Rustic Cabinet, Tall Rustic Cabinet, Small Rustic Cabinet, and Short Rustic Cabinet. SOTA-70597 The Fancy Storage Shed is now placeable on POT Land by a Governor or Steward. SOTA-71190 Baby Dragon Conversationalists are now no longer unable to move. (If set to patrol, they slide now. A proper walking animation will be added in a future patch.) Fixed the materials used by the lid of the Nautical Basement Entrance to be metal instead of wood. SOTA-69651 Adjusted max size of the Bug Brigade cloaks and new Bug Rewards. SOTA-70902 Fixed ankle skin color for both brown and white bunny slippers. SOTA-71208 Fixed the height of planting areas and cherry blossom pavers to be a little bit higher to stop the Z-fighting glitch and possibly fix the area farming skills with the planting area. The descriptions of ephemeral pet equipment mention that the items cannot be repaired, but users could drop a repair kit on them to repair. This has been fixed and these kinds of items won’t be repairable anymore. Basement colliders have been tightened to avoid void farms. Pets should no longer clone themselves when placed on a rug/paver that is then moved. SOTA-68075 Conversationalist Barbarian Fighter Male 1 has his head back. SOTA-70131 Fixed rotation of moondial when a player interacts with it. Adjusted Air and Water Elemental visuals. Combat & Skill Changes: Confetti eggs, snowballs, and cupid bows can now be thrown/fired at all players and at neutral and hostile NPCs. (A cupid bow will only use the manual attack; autoattack must be toggled off.) Made cupid bow FX bigger so we can see the hearts a little more. Now you can also shoot an arrow of love at your favorite (summoned) pet! Fixed a bug with the harvesting animation scythe for female characters that broke the client. SOTA-70910 Chaotic clone will no longer show all tools and instruments equipped. SOTA-69035 Fixed the wild cats’ nameplate being offset when knocked down. SOTA-70053 User Interface, Store Information, & Lua Changes: Right-clicking on a placed decoration pet or conversationalist now provides a menu with options for Pick up NPC, Stay here, and Patrol. These options will only be seen by the person who placed it on the lot so as to avoid conflict with the lot owner or other co-owners; lot owners will see Send to player’s bank instead. Clicking “Stay here” and “Patrol” should now make the pet stay here or go wandering around, even if the lot owner is not present. Deco pets can now only be renamed from within inventory or when summoned as a personal pet instead of placed. SOTA-66464 All deco pets, including conversationalists, will now have nameplates even if the lot owner is not present. The second line with the name of the lot owner has been removed. SOTA-66785 New journal entries will be shown after the conversation. SOTA-71149 Fixed fish tank accessory still showing Equip in the right-click menu. Updated some of the moon skill descriptions to stay consistent between them. Corrected names in store for back-slung harp and lute. SOTA-71211 Corrected names in store of Heart-Themed White Coffee Table 2-Pack and Heart-Shaped White End Table 2-Pack. Deco fish catches have been removed from the public API. World and Quest Changes: Added new decoration fish into fishing loot tables. SOTA-71202 Some children now have hair and clothing variations. Improved loot acquired from skinning Juvenile Dragons. SOTA-71205 Updated some Fishing Supplies Merchant shop bundles. Forest Road Encounter: Shandy’s wagon no longer clips with large rocks. SOTA-71155 Plains Road Encounter: The undead/skeleton scenario no longer gives the “great threat” message more than once. SOTA-71181 Swamp Road Encounter: Exiting Hidden Vale’s tiger scenario now properly sends you to the Hidden Vale overworld. SOTA-71152 Jaanaford and Vertas: Replaced a rug that used the wrong prefab. Aerie: Updated the logic by which avatars can obtain the key from Lord Harcourt Drumplemouth. SOTA-71195 Ardoris: Dredged all the canals and some of the open water. SOTA-71200 Battle of Solace Bridge: Removed obsolete quest data from the new player handbook found in this scene. SOTA-71191 Blackblade Foothills: Reduced damage and updated sound effects for “dustdevil” tornado hazard. Made similar updates to other tornadoes. Blood Bay: Fixed a small bed with a bad display name. SOTA-48761 Blood Bay: The “high jump” fumaroles now toggle on and off and have enhanced effects. SOTA-40554 Blood River Outskirts: Paeon no longer claims to be a member of the Whiteguard. SOTA-71187 Bramble: Changed the carpentry merchant to use a commoner body type. SOTA-71134 Broochash: Corrected typos in Umberjack’s responses for Albreda. SOTA-71199 Brookside: Moved several floating world objects to the ground. SOTA-71207 Castle Atos: Added some extra lights. Castle Atos: Fixed a stuck spot in the stables. SOTA-71216 Castle Atos: Fixed collision at the inner gateway. SOTA-71192 Castle Atos: Standing in the fire at the tavern will burn you. SOTA-71173 The Crags: Fixed a stuck spot. SOTA-71218 Crooked Shank: Villagers now have alternate barks after you wrong them. Removed elements of an archway that was floating over water. SOTA-71189 Eastmarch: Adjusted the water material, removed collision from the water surface, and updated the path grid in the swamp cave. SOTA-58002 Grusk: Fixed issues with the lighthouse rock base where players were able to see underneath the stairs. SOTA-71154 Grusk: Vishpop should no longer move from his spawn location. SOTA-71177 Halls of Artifice: Reset Kiakis back to his correct character model. SOTA-71176 Jaanaford: Caretaker Euridice’s “shrine” response now properly refers to Justice instead of Honor. SOTA-71185 Jaanaford: Fixed a typo in caretaker Zed’s “shrine” response. SOTA-71178 K’rul: Added high fire damage to a lava pool at the bottom of a ravine. SOTA-71174 Kiln: Caretaker Caden’s “shrine” response now properly refers to Honor instead of Justice. SOTA-71184 Kingsport: Fixed a typo in Powell’s “rumors” response. Removed a duplicate keyword from guard Powell’s responses to stop a build error. SOTA-71186 Owl’s Head: Improved the “closure” responses when telling Marisol about her late husband. Added a chaplain at the Virtue temple. SOTA-70664, SOTA-10600 Port Graff: Removed the line-of-sight requirement for conversations with the Ebon Dawn prisoner. The Rise: The Orange Pit Dragon is now the Ferocious Orange Pit Dragon, has white wings, and is the only dragon that offers blueprints for the Rise rooms as loot. Also, corrected scale of small dragon colliders and moved overhead names closer to their bodies. Solace Bridge Outskirts: Fixed a small bed with a bad display name. SOTA-48761 Solace Bridge Outskirts: No location in the abandoned village should have anti-theft protection anymore. SOTA-71180 Solace Bridge Outskirts: Reduced the size of the damage volume for Filmore’s spike trap. SOTA-71150 Solace Bridge Outskirts: Removed redundant textile station from farmer’s attic. SOTA-71172 Southmarsh: The two locations with deep water now allow swimming and fishing. SOTA-71179 Spectral Mines: Put some rocks under a floating column in a new arch-lapin cavern. SOTA-71215 Spectral Mines: Updated the path grid. Added reverb and ambient sounds to new arch-lapin caves. Spectral Peaks: Added webs to spider boss cavern. SOTA-62814 Troll’s Bridge: Fixed a path grid issue that was preventing the trolls from walking across the bridge steps. SOTA-71188 Verdantis Shardfall: Added visual effects to the water within the crater. SOTA-71182 Vikland: Adjusted size of fish school volumes to help keep them from swimming above the surface of the water. SOTA-70956 Vikland: Moved a floating mandrake root to the ground. Added 2 seconds to each chime’s timer in the tunnels to the Obsidian valley. SOTA-71151, SOTA-71148 Well of Aldur: Fixed a pathing issue with some stairs. Rebaked the NavMesh. Well of Aldur: Reduced collision of a column that was extending too far into a walkway. SOTA-68507 Yew: Modified the conversation for Eve Moonflower to remove some responses she shared with another character. SOTA-71171 Player-Owned Town Changes: The Barren Shores: Removed dev-owned POT from Mistrendur. SOTA-71157 Latest News and Q&A March Livestream The post-release Community Livestream is Friday, March 31st 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 “It could be bunnies” 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 Release 112 Subscriber Login Rewards Decorate yourself and your friends with new Spring gear: the Rewards Program login items for Release 112 are a Yellow Ladybug Backpack, a pair of Brown Bunny Slippers, and half a dozen Confetti Eggs! (The decoration of your friends with the eggs is, unfortunately, temporary.) Subscribers to the Rewards Program must log in during Release 112 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! April Login Reward You’d think they’d be more aerodynamic: each account that logs in during the month of April will receive a one-time gift of a pair of Brown Bunny Ears! Crown Store Updates New in the crown store for April 14th: Brown Bunny Ears & Slippers Set Yellow Ladybug Backpack details summary > * { display: inline; } 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 The Spring Equinox store items will be available 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 To celebrate his birthday, the Darkstarr Rares store items will be available 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 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 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

All good things... The patch is being deployed now, Purchases in the Crown Store may not complete properly until both the server and your client are patched to build 1643. The following sales and bonuses have now ended: Double XP Crown Store Sales are back to the usual 20% In game deed upgrades Website purchases of SotA's Crowns of the Obsidians Player Owned Town upgrades via COTOs View the full article

These sales and bonuses will be in place March 16th through the 21st: Tonight (around Midnight), we will be deploying a small patch to activate the St Patrick's Day/Spring Equinox Sales! The following sales and bonuses will be in place once the patch goes live. They will remain in effect at least through the 21st of March CT Earn double experience Crown Store Sales will be 30% off instead of the usual 20% In game deed upgrades will be 20% off Website purchases of SotA's... Client Patch Pending for March Sales and Double XP!View the full article

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