Hello,
Today we got the newest Ravenwood bulletin. Here is what we can read in it:
Dear Wizards,
Wizard City has once again donned its festive robes and Christmas merchant Felix Navidad will be in the Shopping District until 4th January 2016, with Nutcracker Wands, Santa Hats and lots more in his large bag! On top of this, we’ll be distributing coupon codes on Facebook. Read about everything else that’s coming up in December in this edition of the bulletin!
Happy holidays!
There’s magical offers to discover in each week of Advent in our Crown Shop and some amazing discounts on the most popular of items:
1st Week of Advent (1st to 7th December): fantastic mounts and pets, like the Charity Bah Humbug and Merle’s Holiday Rug
2nd Week of Advent (8th to 14th December): the newly arrived Winterland Pack, plus discounts on lots of cards
3rd Week of Advent (15th to 21st December): live more comfortably with the festive furnishings, the Avalon Castle Plot and new furniture sets
4th Week of Advent (22nd to 28th December): all elixirs are reduced by 25%, additionally the new Christmas Aquariums will be available
Between the years (29th December to 4th January): fine attire and glorious hairstyles for the fashion-concious magic students of today
New special offer bundles: Aztecan building and arena fun!
Two packed-full offer bundles are entering the limelight on our website in December: the Grand Tourney Arena Bundle and the Aztecan Builder’s Bundle..
In the builder’s bundle, young architects will not only get a castle plot and plenty of stones, but also the defiant Toucan’t, the Feathered Raptor and the Wild Wing Attire. Duelling masters amongst you can look forward to the Grand Tourney Arena as well as a Dyeable Destrier, the cute Squirerel and the Valiant Jouster’s Armor and Lance. Watch for the announcements in the forum and on our website!
Off to the Arena!
Hear ye, hear ye: from 1st December till 7th December, all PvP Duels (excluding tournaments) and pet races will cost you absolutely nothing! And, from 22nd to 28th December all tournaments will also be free. If that isn’t an excuse to collect Arena Tickets and exchange them for rewards, I don’t know what is! So c’mon! Send your pets out on the pistes and flick your wand like it is going out of fashion in duels and tournament arenas. May the best win!
Festive Crown deals, zone discounts and club advantages
Keep your eyes peeled: over the festive period we have prepared a bunch of happy hours for you. If you get Crowns during this period, you will save by the stocking-load! On top of this, we have reduced the prices of the zones in the spiral: from 15th till 21st December you’ll pay 30% less for zones in different worlds. Seize this opportunity for discoveries and new adventures! Exclusive for club members during this time: free training point refunds from Mr. Lincoln and doubled rewards from the pet mini-games and the harvest of plants in your garden.
Fishing till your line breaks
We would like to take a moment to present to you: the first ever Wizard101 Fishing Tournament! It starts on 21st December 2015 and will be running until 4th January 2016. There’s some fantastic prizes for the winners!
We will announce which fish you will need to catch in due time. These poor scaly fellows will then have to be caught before the end of the tournament in as big a number as you can catch. You can register for the fishing tournament from 14th December. You can read more in the forum
Magical Advent Calendar: door for door
Advent is beginning and with it, a magical event: open a door every day on the Wizard101 Advent Calendar from 1st December until 24th December and answer the question hiding behind it.
We’ll be raffling off great prizes amongst all the correct submissions! You can view more on the event in our forum.
Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!!!
Montag, 30. November 2015
Dienstag, 24. November 2015
Harvest Hannah back in UK
The leaves are falling and the wind is driving rain clouds across the land. The perfect time to sit down comfortably in front of the computer and celebrate the Autumnal festival with us: Harvest Hannah will be waiting for you in Wizard City's Shopping District from 24th November until 3rd December. Amongst other things, she has a jolly Turkey Hat on offer. Perhaps you might like one? It'll also keep you nice and warm. Now you're really prepared for winter!
Freitag, 20. November 2015
Polaris and new goodies in crown shop-USA
Our newest update included 7 brand new school themed jewel packs!
Jewels can be added to your Wizard to strengthen yourself in battle. These new jewel packs are based upon your school of choice to get jewels that are useful for your Wizard. These packs include a chance at Brume mounts, dual blade jewels, spell jewels with cool auras and epic jewels with a Morganthe spell! School Jewel Packs can be found in the Booster Pack section of the Crown Shop.
The crown shop offers and the new Cunning Seal Pup Pet. The price is 10000 crowns.
Donnerstag, 19. November 2015
Polaris live on USA server. Enjoy it!!!!
Venture into Polaris!
Get ready to venture into the frozen north of Polaris. Bartleby has fallen ill, and you must seek out the source of his illness before it’s too late! Along the way you’ll meet the Pingouins, currently under the tyrannical rule of Empress Antuskette. Join the Revolution and find the influence that has driven the Empress to such extremes. Ivan the Great, a former circus performer, is your guide as you search for a Wizard powerful enough to help you find the source of the foul magic that has fallen upon Bartleby.
Players who have reached level 100 and have completed the Khyrsalis quest “Light and Shadow” need to visit Merle Ambrose to take on the quest “Head of the Class.” Those who have completed the required quest will have the badge “Child of Light and Shadow” in the Khrysalis tab of the Badges screen.
For Crowns players, Polaris contains 5 separate Premium Zones, priced at 1995c each.
Journey to a New Level
Reach New Heights at Level 110
With the addition of Polaris, Wizards can now reach the maximum level of 110* and achieve the title of Prodigious!
Training Points will be awarded at level 105 and 110, plus there will be bonus Training Points available through quests in Polaris.
With increased levels also comes increased Gold!
• For Wizards under level 80 the maximum gold is 300,000
• For Wizards level 80-90 the maximum gold is 350,000
• For Wizards level 91-95 the maximum gold is 375,000
• For Wizards level 96-100 the maximum gold is 400,000
• For Wizards level 101-110 the maximum gold is 450,000
This also means that level 110 Henchmen are available from the Crown Shop.
*Please remember, when you were at the previous level maximum of 100 no experience was rewarded for duels and quests completed once you reached level 100. When a player reaches the maximum level, their experience bar disappears, indicating they are not gaining experience from their duels or quests. No experience is rewarded to those who are at the maximum level, which means that everyone who was level 100 before we raised the level cap will be level 100 to start. Now that we have raised the level cap, you can once again start earning new experience points from your adventures.
Powerful New Spells
Learn New Shadow-Enhanced Spells
Continue your magical studies with the ancient scholars of the Arcanum. Meet new professors, ready to impart their knowledge upon Wizards who reach level 108 and have completed the quest “Story of the Sky Anchor.”
Myth School: Witch’s Housecall attacks for 992-1132 Myth damage and summons a Myth minion. This spell costs 6 pips and one Shadow pip to cast.
Storm School: Rusalka’s Wrath attacks for 1445 Storm damage and applies a +30% Storm damage charm, with a reduced chance of applying a -30% Storm damage charm instead. This spell costs 6 pips and one Shadow pip to cast.
Balance School: Nested Fury attacks for 818-866 Fire, Ice or Storm damage to all enemies. This spell costs 6 pips and one Shadow pip to cast.
Life School: Wings of Fate attacks all targets for 525 Life damage and heals all teammates for 525 health over 3 rounds. This spell costs 6 pips and one Shadow pip to cast.
Death School: Winged Sorrow attacks for 850-1030 Death damage and applies a -30% damage charm to all enemies. This spell costs 6 pips and one Shadow pip to cast.
Fire School: Raging Bull attacks all enemies for 775-900 Fire damage and applies -25% accuracy reductions to all enemies. This spell costs 6 pips and one Shadow pip to cast.
Ice School: Snowball Barrage attacks for 85 Ice damage per pip to all enemies. This spell costs 1 Shadow pip to cast.
Make-a-Wish
Meet Daniel and Simon the Sayer!
In October, KingsIsle had the honor of working with the Make-a-Wish organization to grant the wish of an exceptional teen named Daniel who wanted to see how Wizard101 is made. Daniel plays a Necromancer of the same name, currently questing through Zafaria, and enjoys creatively decorating his Amber Estate house. Members of KingsIsle across all departments worked together to make Danny’s visit to the KingsIsle offices one to remember for everyone involved!
When Danny and his family arrived in our Austin offices in the morning, they were greeted with a hearty welcome from everyone in the studio. Throughout the day, representatives from many of the different disciplines that work together to make Wizard101, including art, animation, programming, sound and design, showed Danny their work. The community team also got the opportunity to play alongside Danny through part of Polaris, so he could see this new world first hand.
Before Danny’s visit, we learned that he is interested in becoming a game designer. This was the perfect opportunity to let Danny try out his skills and design a skeleton key boss for Wizard101! Early in the day, some of the Wizard101 designers sat with Danny to guide him through the process of creating a new boss. He chose the location where the duel would take place as well as the type of monster and minions that players would face off against. Danny had great ideas and took to his role as game designer with ease! He even helped design the cheats for this challenging duel and shared new spell ideas. But what’s a boss duel without awesome rewards? The designers and visual effects artist worked with Danny to create the stats for a unique, new wand and some shiny effects to make it stand out.
Next, he moved on to the writer’s room to direct the story and dialogue for this new encounter. One of the most unique aspects of Danny’s boss duel is that his Wizard character is there in game to help players take on this challenge. Once the dialogue text was ready to go, Danny headed over to the sound department to record the voice over for his character’s lines. Danny’s creative ideas truly helped bring Simon the Sayer and his golem minions to life!
For Wizards ready to face the challenge of Danny’s creation (and get a chance at earning some unique rewards) visit Sunken City to take on the Stone Skeleton Key Boss, Simon the Sayer!
The fun of Danny’s day at KingsIsle didn’t stop with this in-game creation, however. Members of the KingsIsle team used their talents to make one-of-a-kind keepsakes for Danny. These custom gifts included a Ravenwood Graduation Certificate scroll, a poster with artwork of his character, a 3D printed miniature figure of his Wizard and a life sized replica sword to match the one he helped to design in game.
It was truly an honor for all of us at KingsIsle to get the opportunity to meet Danny and his family and make this wish come true. Thank you Danny, for sharing your awesome ideas and spirit with all of us!
New Bread Crumbs
Housing
Control the behavior of the pets and mounts in your home with Bread Crumbs. Bread Crumbs are invisible housing objects (only visible in “Place Object” mode) that you place in your home. Each Bread Crumb is automatically numbered when you place it in your house, so that you can distinguish one from another and place them in a sequence.
Bread Crumbs can be strung together to create a path for the assigned pets to follow. Click on a Bread Crumb and then choose “Select Next Bread Crumb” to define the sequence you’d like the path to follow. Once you’ve set the path, you can see this indicated with arrows by clicking back on the first one in the sequence. Then select a Bread Crumb to assign any nearby pet or mount to it. Each pet or mount can only be assigned to one Bread Crumb at a time. Click on the “Set Pet Behavior” tab to further customize the actions the pet will take when they reach the selected Bread Crumb. Bread Crumbs can be purchased from the Crown Shop or crafted using a recipe from Jackie Whisperflame in the Wizard City Pet Park.
Players can now ride their mount in the interior areas of the Avalon Castle Plot, Serpentine Escape, Midday Estate, Night Garden and Meadows at Dusk houses.
Petunia Floribund in Wysteria has new housing items for sale.
Rugs will now appear in the Furniture tab of housing items.
Additional housing sign options have been added, including: Open, Closed, Epic Fish, Rare Fish, Common Fish, Magical Fish, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday Wizard101 and “Player Name’s” Avalon Castle Plot.
An option has been added to the Advanced Gameplay Options screen to hide names on pets placed in your home.
Catch of the Day
Fishing
Earn extra gold when you sell fish with the Catch of the Day! Visit Lucky Hookline in the Commons each day to find out which fish will be featured that day. Each Catch of the Day fish that you sell will earn three times the normal price, plus a daily catching bonus. If you catch a fish when it is Catch of the Day, this bonus increases by 100, with a maximum of 3000 gold per fish! A new fish will be named Catch of the Day each day at midnight US Central time.
Fishing Tournaments are a new way to show your skill in Fishing! Each week a fish is selected as that week’s tournament fish, focusing on either small fry or whopper. Visit Lucky Hookline in the Commons to see which fish is the tournament fish for the week. When you catch the required fish type and size for that week’s tournament, a window will appear that will ask if you’d like to enter the fish into the tournament. If you choose to enter the fish, it will be removed from your fish basket and submitted for judging. To see your standings in the Fishing tournament, visit Lucky Hookline and view the Fish Tournament Leaderboard. Standings are based on fish size, with tournaments for small fry fish awarding those that are the smallest, and tournaments for whoppers awarding the largest. At the end of the week, if you placed a fish in the tournament you will receive rewards based on your standing on the leaderboard! And even if your fish doesn’t win a Medal in the Tournament, you’ll get a prize for participation.
Players can now fish in the waters of the Acropolis, Massive Fantasy Palace, Serpentine Escape, Winter Wind Tower, Pyramid of the Lost Horizon, Sun Palace, Sultan’s Palace, Midday Estate, Meadows at Dusk, Night Garden, Botanical Gardens and Amber Estate houses.
Aquariums in your backpack will now show a list of the fish inside.
Spell Changes
Treasure Cards and Spells
Item cards granted from equipment can now be deactivated, so they will not show up in your hand while in combat. To deactivate cards, go to the Spell Deck Screen and click on the item cards at the bottom of the screen. Once clicked, they will show a red “X” to indicate that they are no longer active.
Strong, Keen Eyes, Giant, Accurate, Sniper and Monstrous Treasure Cards are now labeled with the correct Astral magic icon.
The Siphon Health pet spell card from the Rude Goblin will now cast from the pet rather than the Wizard.
Damage over time and drains spells will now count as damage against Armored Shane Von Shane in order to interrupt the Monster Mash cheat.
Shadow pips now cost mana to use, equal to the regular pip cost of the spell. For example, a spell that costs 5 pips plus one Shadow pip will cost 10 mana to cast.
Treasure Cards for Age of Reckoning, Astraphobia, Combustion, Counterforce, Katabatic Wind, Namaste and Saga of Heroes are now No Trade and No Auction.
Corrected the description on the Efreet spell card to accurately reflect the spell effect.
Fixes Galore
Miscellaneous
The system for calculating Critical and Block has been altered to provide more balance in gameplay. Previously, if a Wizard’s Critical Rating was lower than the opponent’s block rating, they would almost never land a Critical hit against that opponent. The calculation has been altered as follows. When a Wizard casts a spell, the system will calculate a chance for them to achieve a Critical hit with a higher chance to succeed based on their Critical rating. Then the system will calculate a chance for the opponent to Block the Critical hit based on their Block rating. These new calculations will show a reduction in Critical and Block percentages overall. While this means that you may achieve a Critical cast less often than you previously may have, when you do land a Critical hit on an opponent, it is less likely to always be blocked. This should provide more variety in gameplay, and give Wizards the opportunity to continue to improve to level 110 and beyond in the future. As an added benefit to the system, Critical heals will now receive a minor bonus beyond the doubled healing amount.
A button has been added to the bottom of the Spell Deck screen that can be used to remove all spells currently in that deck. This button only appears for Wizards level 20 and above.
Gear from Shangri-Ba, Barkingham Palace, House of Scales and Darkmoor can now be traded through the shared bank.
The badge for completing 100 Way of the Ninja Pig games is now named “Ninja Grandmaster.”
Descriptions for the Blooded Battler and Notorious Dueler badges have been updated to reflect the correct number of Tournament wins required to earn them.
Defeating Maelstrom Elementals now correctly counts toward Elemental badges.
The Merle’s Whisker reagent now has a rank and school icon.
The quests “As the Bone Turns,” “Young and the Boneless” and “Bone and the Beautiful” have had their prerequisite requirement changed to the quest “Out of Control.”
Minions will no longer respawn after defeating Ghalak Poisontooth for the quest “Cry Havoc.”
Eloise Merryweather in Azteca and Khrysalis now has clothing items available to purchase for stitching.
The character Torrek in Khrysalis will now have their name referred to consistently.
The henchmen Matthias JabTail’s natural attack will now use the death casting animation to match its death damage.
Additional phrases related to musical instruments have been added to Menu Chat.
Timers to use Home, Hub and Marked Location teleports have been reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds.
NPCs that accompany players for certain quests will only be visible to the player, not those around them.
Various spelling errors throughout the Spiral have been corrected.
Fixed an issue that caused players exiting the Bountiful Mine to be in the wrong house.
Fixed an issue that prevented seeds from being transferred from the attic to the backpack.
Due to popular request, second chance chests have been added to Shangri-Baa, Barkingham Palace, House of Scales, Tartarus and Malistaire in Darkmoor.
The second chance chest for the Pendragon will only appear after the boss is defeated.
Level 110 items have been added to the Terror’s Hoard Pack.
Rockhammer’s Jewel Pack has been updated with Level 100+ Jewels.
Dienstag, 17. November 2015
Storm school celebration UK
The Storm School is celebrating their big school fête from 17th to 24th November 2015 – join in on the fun! Just in time for the fête: loads of Storm pets and numerous equipment items for the Diviners amongst you! Also on offer: Storm Battle Elixir, Storm Mastery Amulet, Storm House and all Storm Henchmen!
Dienstag, 10. November 2015
Polarian Explorer's Bundle -USA
Polarian Explorer's Bundle is live on USA server. The bundle can be described with only one world AMAZING.
Thank you Blaze Lifehammer for sharing the new bundle with us!
Watch the video and enjoy the bundle!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQZs6tQFACs
