Year 1000: Yggdrasil, Memory, Uphimmin, and More!

Hi folks!

Before I get into the specifics of the exciting Year 1000 content, this is a reminder that until 23:59 on Saturday 28th March, renown caps will be doubled!

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Unleashed upon the world today is Uphimmin, the Sixth Tier of Yggdrasil! This tier of the World Tree is closely associated with memory and you may find its branches lead to the past in strange and interesting ways. Exploration is encouraged, and areas on the Plane of Memory are no longer excluded from explorer rankings to boot!

After a climb through a starry backdrop, emerging upon the collar of this great branch you’ll find yourself beneath the Crown of Uphimmin. There, the pull of memory is at its strongest and the Crown will likely be a common port of call for the MEMORY command.

Throughout the celebrations, all sorts of regular activities in Achaea will have a chance to yield fragments of divine memories which can be relinquished into Uphimmin’s Crown and eventually fully reconciled into a complete memory.

Memories are revealed over time as players reconcile them, and are available for viewing by anyone at the Crown. Reconciling fragments does not require you to be at the Crown.

All of the Gods, living and dead, are represented and in almost all cases have brand new stories and perspectives to share in a manner similar to the birthday orbs many of you enjoy so much!

However! Not all memories will be obtained this way. Some will not simply appear while going about your business and instead will form the basis of the various mystery events listed on UPCOMING. Shrewd eyes will be able to deduce which these shall be no doubt!

That’s not all!

While traversing the land you may also notice ethereal mist and pale echoes inhabiting certain locations. These are full memories which have attached themselves to the locale and may also be viewed with the MEMORY command while in that location.

In addition to the fifty or so memories in the Crown, in total there are over two hundred and fifty of these ‘local’ memories spanning vast swaths of Achaea’s history and lore. Many will be familiar recollections of events you may well have witnessed first hand. Many will be alien. Much will be lore thought lost or even tiny vignettes that barely anyone remembers. Some will provide wholly new perspectives on ‘settled’ lore, and a vast amount (around half) are entirely new content, hand written by the Garden team for your enjoyment and speculation.

These are a permanent addition to Achaea and will not be going away after the events end. Good luck finding them all!

This has been our labour of love for the past months and it’s finally my pleasure to set it loose into the world for you to find.

Those of you who have submitted recollections to the Asterian Restoration may also find your memories have permanently embedded themselves into the world!

HELP MEMORY or HELP UPHIMMIN (they are interchangable) will be of interest, and as always I’d highly recommend keeping an eye on UPCOMING for the various and vast celebration events to come.

I’d also like to personally thank Jurixe and the Restoration as a whole for their assistance and collaboration in organising the player side of the celebrations and corralling more and more memories on top of our already gigantic pile! They are indefatigable!

I would also like to give a shout out to Edra for his absolute devotion to making all of our ideas a reality for this new system & for plenty more to come in Year 1000. He is fantastic.

Enjoy and Happy Year 1000 from not only myself but Makarios, Edra, and the entire team!

PS: There may be a few more surprises as the weeks roll on… and Makesh’s shop is now also open with newly updated Year 1000 merchandise!
PPS: I have connected North of New Thera to Rageteeth Beach for the entirety of the celebrations!