Somehow, there are only three months left in 2024! October arrives with the promise of Mayaween on the horizon, and then we're only a hop, skip, and a jump away from Logosmas and the end of the year!

First of all though, congratulations to Veldrin, the newest Champion bearing the Staff of Nicator. And a hearty well done to all who contended for the Staff in the Games, it was a ride!

For October's promotion, keys to the caskets are available at www.achaea.com/credits then you can visit the graveyard in Tomacula and open one to see what you can rob from the grave!

When there are no prizes left, when the special prize has been claimed, or on the first of the month, the restless dead will reset the casket contents to full once more! There is a game announce when this happens!

CASKETS OPEN NUMBER <#> - open a specific unopened casket
CASKETS OPEN - open an unopened casket by coordinates
CASKETS OPENED - list all opened caskets
CASKETS CLOSED - list caskets still to be opened
CASKETS / - view a specific casket

See HELP CASKETS for all of the details on prizes and commands!

In the renown shop you will find a magnificent pumpkin available to be purchased once per character this month.

AND, also in the Tomacula Graveyard, you can now purchase magnificent pumpkins for bound credits. Every five purchased from the graveyard will reward a free magnificent carved pumpkin which contains increased prizes!

HELP PUMPKINS contains all the information on these!

It's our birthday! We're going to play games!

This month over at www.achaea.com/credits you can get lesson packages, talisman caches, and a 40% credit bonus sale! That's a 50% credit bonus if you have an Iron Elite membership and are logged into the website!
(This does not include no-brainer lesson or credit packages.)

Talisman piece purchases give caches.
Every ten caches (this is tracked per set, so four Moderngods and six Eldergods won't work):

• If you have elite, you get another cache
• In addition, you get either:
• A random rarer piece if its a specific set.
• Another random piece cache if its your tenth random cache.

This month in Achaea:

Use the HAPPYBIRTHDAYACHAEA command once per character to earn 27 credits, and 24 hours of double XP! The double XP activates when you use the command, so don't do it just before QQing!

Visit Stian in the Wander Inn to begin a daily quest! Complete this 20 times and you'll earn a prize!

The 16th through the 20th of September will have double experience activated for everyone! This is the Mon-Fri between the two XP event weekends.

Achaea's actual birthday is September 9th and we have an expansion to our customisation system to announce on that day, keep your eyes peeled!

Next, the Championship Games. Again.

These dates are all on UPCOMING, but we start on Saturday the 6th with the Race Around The World, and the World Games Extravaganza. See HELP RACE AROUND THE WORLD and HELP CHAMPS WORLDGAMES for the details!

Sunday the 7th will be the riddle! HELP GROUP RIDDLES has all of the information you'll need to get started!

CHAMPFAQ has a list of questions and answers for other information regarding all of the games, and we will have a new scoreboard for tracking points via the CHAMPS command!

Good luck to all of our contenders and their supporting crew, we'll see you at sea on Saturday!

Finally, it's the first of the month (at the time of posting - obvs), don't forget your resolutions, especially if you are planning on winning the Staff of Nicator!

It's time to say hello again to the Wheel of Fortune which has returned to the Ace of Spades Casino in New Thera. You can purchase prismatic tokens from the website at www.achaea.com/credits and there is also a token available from the renown shop.

Simply WALK TO WHEEL if you can't find it!

You can find the full list of what is available from the wheel under HELP WHEEL OF FORTUNE.

Talisman caches this month open for Eldergods, Moderngods, and Memory talismans.

We're looking forward to the last foray bounty, the design contest entries, and the Twins tournament still to come this week! Plus the CTF for the Effigy of Victory on Sunday!

We're going to be spending August focussing on the Championship games, getting information and fixes setup ready for September's month of birthday and Championship madness!

For those currently competing in the games for a chance at an auction item, the list to choose from is:

Everything on the current AUCTION LIST
AND

Phylactery of Sixth Sense

• Mindnet
  Cloak of Many Feathers
• Tracking cloak
  Any colour inkbrush
• Replaces ink for that colour when tattooing. (Winner will choose which colour inkbrush.)
  Staff of Garash
• This staff will allow you to raise stonewalls across all exits of a room once every 15 minutes. It also serves as a magi staff and a level 3 Shikudo staff. It does NOT work as a Druidic quarterstaff.
  Pyramidian boots
• Wearing these legendary boots will allow you to BOUND in any direction, just like a practitioner of Shindo.
  Breathstealer ring
• This ring holds the power to bring down a room-wide silence effect for 20 seconds. This is instant and not subject to being dampened or dispelled.
• It does require balance and equilibrium to use, will consume balance, and will incur a five minute cooldown before it can be called on again.
  Campfire kit
• Build and stoke a campfire with this handy kit. While lit, the campfire will increase the regeneration of willpower and endurance of all those in the room.
  Gavel of Etheric Revelation
• POUND GROUND to reveal phased serpents!

Good luck to our competitors!

Running for 10 days,(keep an eye on AUCTIONS!) the following items are available to be bid upon.

Please read HELP AUCTIONS in full for instructions on how to bid!

Remember, there is no day 0, at the end of day 1 the auctions close!

For Credits

1. Dual Elemental Citizenship:
   The winner of this auction will be able to claim a second Elemental Lord type without needing to complete the various quests. This second type can be changed every 24 hours.
2. Chenubian Wings:
   These wings grant the owner access to a customised skies room with exits of their choice. Outer Islands are not allowed.
3. Eurilla's Paw:
   Eurilla's paw grants one of five effects when you manipulate one of its fingers. These can include:
   a boon of fire, creating periodic firewalls around you.
   a boon of healing, passively healing all in room.
   a boon of mirrors, passively granting reflections to random players in the room.
   a boon of knives, creating passive room-wide bleeding,
   AND
   a curse, periodically stunning or blacking out the user.
   These effects last fifteen minutes with a one hour cooldown between uses.
4. Resilient Translucent Mask:
   A non-decaying version of the translucent mask. This has five charges which regenerate every 24 hours.
5. Custom Deathsight:
   Work with the design team to create your own custom deathsight. This can trigger on your kills OR your deaths!
6. Ankh of Vitality:
   The Ankh of Vitality grants access to the VITALITY defence regardless of class.
7. Innate Morphing Armour:
   This armour set is the equivalent of three-slotted armour with innate morphing capabilities that do not require use of one of the three slots.

8/9/10. Any Completed Talisman:
Obtain any completed talisman of your choice from any promotional set. This does not include the forays set.

11. Black Inkbrush:
    This rare inkbrush removes the need for the holder to possess black ink when sketching runes or inking tattoos.
12. Gold Inkbrush:
    This rare inkbrush removes the need for the holder to possess gold ink when sketching runes or inking tattoos.
13. Orb of Sllshya's Wrath:
    THROW ORB to summon a magical snowstorm in the room. Grants all of the same benefits as the Groves ability SNOWSTORM.
14. Gloves of Arrowcatching:
    These gloves grant arrowcatching! If you are Shaman, Jester, or Bard, the proc chance for catching arrows is increased!
15. Algiz on a Stick:
    A simple FLOURISH of this wand will allow you to sketch an algiz rune on yourself no matter what class you are in and without an ink cost! The rune lasts one hour before fading.

For Gold

16/17/18. Legend Deck Card:
Choose any Legend Deck Card from HELP LEGENDDECK!

19/20/21. Level 1 Talisman Piece:
Choose any level 1 talisman piece from any of the promotional sets.

22/23/24. 5 Mayan Crowns
Receive 5 Mayan crowns to spend in the Shop or House of Wonders!

25. A giant ghost crab (Bazaar)
    This giant ghost crab is a magnificent mount returning from an ancient Itinerant Bazaar and comes with a collar of Lupus, ensuring it will reset to you!

Please read HELP AUCTIONS in full for all details on how to bid!

Hi everyone!

It's time to say hello again to the Wheel of Fortune which has returned to the Ace of Spades Casino in New Thera. You can purchase prismatic tokens from the website at www.achaea.com/credits and there is also a token available from the renown shop.

Simply WALK TO WHEEL if you can't find it!

You can find the full list of what is available from the wheel under HELP WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Talisman caches this month open for Wanderer, Underworld, and Death talismans.

Dev-wise we're in the middle of a few projects this month, including the first stage of our House update which will roll out later in the year, preparations for the upcoming Championship Games, and our ongoing expansion to customisations (which did get briefly derailed by the crafting updates.)

We are still accepting applications for Guides. Guides earn unbound credits and renown for their time spent as Romeo and Juliet as they help to foster a welcoming environment for those taking their shaky first steps here in our world! See HELP BECOMING A GUIDE for more information!

Our new design handlers are getting up to speed, and we're working with them to smooth out the system they're learning.

As always, please check your designs (see HELP PROOFREADING and HELP DESIGN) and use our proofing system to double check your designs before you submit. We also recommend seeking out other crafters for another pair of eyes! If you get feedback on a design that you do not understand, you are welcome to use ISSUE ME for clarification!

Enjoy!

It's April and that means no more globes, but we welcome back the artefact cart with several new artefacts available!

Lessons and talisman caches (Invasion, Eldergods, and Moderngods) will also be available at www.achaea.com!

For those of you unfamiliar (or who just want a refresher), the Artefact Cart lets you add your artefacts to your shopping cart on the website and purchase them at a discounted rate directly (30% discount by default, 40% if the purchaser has an Iron Elite membership).

Do note that you do need to be logged in on the website to buy artefacts in this way, so to be sure that your elite bonus always applies if applicable!

On top of the standard 30/40% discount offered by the artefact cart, we're also further discounting select artefact categories throughout the month:

1st through 10th - All class artefacts.
11th through 20th - Stat and regen artefacts, and all things artefact armour.
21st through 30th - All offensive and defensive category artefacts.
These dates are listed on UPCOMING.

Available on the cart for April these new artefacts can be found in the New Artefacts section! (These are not subject to the additional rolling discount.)

• a wyrmskin patch; APPLY PATCH TO PACK to an existing artefact or resetting pack to expand its capacity by 50. This item is consumed on use and only one can be applied to a pack. Artecart Exclusive!
  100 credit value
• a writ of higher education; with this writ in hand, you can LEARN lessons instantly! Artecart Exclusive!
  Learning will only be instant if you have already learned at least one batch of lessons in the skill.
  200 credit value
• a ponderous plume; this will allow you to GLIDE without needing to be in dragonform. (Glide)
  500 credit value
• an ampoule of starlight; for Alchemists, this will allow you to change fields between Sublimation and Formulation every hour instead of every 24, and for free. (master_of_science)
  500 credit value
• an Atlantian quiver and a moon-bright quiver; these are level two and three versions of artefact quivers respectively, holding far more arrows (15 meteors and 1500 standard arrow for level 2, 25 meteors and 2000 standard arrows for level 3.)
  300 and 600 credit value respectively.
• a matrix of primal energy; with this in hand, the time taken to PREVAIL into your elemental form will be reduced by 30%. (Faster_prevail)
  1000 credit value

As always, you can find the artefact cart, credits, and members on the Achaea website at www.achaea.com/credits.

Enjoy!