Happy New Year, everyone! As we kick off 2026, we’d love your help shaping what comes next for Iron Realms and helping us bring more new adventurers into the realms. If you have a few minutes, please take our short player survey and share your thoughts. Your feedback helps us prioritise updates, events, and improvements,…

Hi folks! 2026 has arrived! Platinum stockings are now filled! Happy New Year from the Achaea team and let’s hope it’s a good one! Before I dive into the monthly promotion stuff, I have the winners of the Ironbeard lottery to announce: First place is Laras, winning 1000 credits! Second place is Sobriquet, winning 500…

Some classleads to round out 2025 (have a great new year!): Charnel Elementalism Excision Formulation Oppression Pervasion Survival Twoarts Misc Enjoy!

Hi folks! As 2025 draws to a close and the new year approaches amid the remnants of the holiday season, it’s time for my end of year post! Looking back it’s been something of a whirlwind from start to finish. When we began the year I did not expect that we would be saying goodbye…

Hi folks! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, and festive joy to you all! Gold stockings are now filled and any that were not hung have been converted to platinums. Enjoy your goodies! Those of you who sent at least one present (there are 397 of you, what an amazing number of people!) through the…

How many years have I stood quietly in Eleusis, shuddering in my memories and not facing my fears? I lingered in the past, much like you did. Lost, broken, forgetting who and what I am. Blaming others for what I had become, when I should have been looking forward to what I could grow into.…

It is Tuesday, the 23rd of December, and the following changes have been implemented: – Formicaries will now only have an upkeep cost if they are empowered.

Twelve and twelve sit about a great fire in advancing night, their meeting one surrounded by the watching tribes. “The time is now,” Noyan Thoksikh roars, slapping a bowl of milk ferment against his thigh. “Noyan Tokhta issued the summons! He must take his title, lead us in war!” Noyan Tokhta only chuckles, taking a…

Three figures stand upon a hillock, their gaze overlooking a growing crowd below. Further out, new emissaries, new riders, join the expanding encampment. Each of the three is titled Noyan, each of mighty call among the tribes of the Daoric. “I must know. You have been silent, but I can be silent no more. Did…

The trees are bright tonight, bright enough that the light slips beneath doors and into corners. From where I sit, I can hear the celebration as a living thing: the scrape of chairs on wood, a burst of singing that cannot find its tune, the clatter of cups, the sudden roar of laughter when someone…

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It is Tuesday, the 16th of December, and the following changes have been implemented:

It is Sunday, the 14th of December, and the following changes have been implemented:

The Tsol’aa known affectionally among his peers as Embertail reclined in his chair, fingers pressing the bridge of his nose while the parchment rested open upon his lap. Ink smeared the page in a hurried crawl, Ponder’s hand racing ahead of sense. The missive spoke of Ashtan, where citizens laboured through sleepless days to retrieve…

A slow pulse rolls through the walls again. The latticed surface wrinkles under the infinity of my touch and pulls away before settling into place. The cage remembers every strike I ever made against it, and it enjoys the memory. I hear the mocking laughter of He in the vibrations. A seam opens near my…

Hi folks! As December rolls on, it will soon be time for Makesh to open his doors and for Merrywick to once again invite adventurers to play! So far we’ve seen a fantastic reception to the Iron Realms Logosmas event and to Flintbeard. Be sure to send at least one present and you’ll receive a…

Here is the first batch of classleads from the last round of 2025: Aeonics Anathema Apostasy Charnel Composition Groves Kaido Physiology Psionics Reclamation Runelore Sculpting Shikudo Spirituality Tekura Twoarts Warrior tertiaries Weaponmastery Woe Misc Enjoy!

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As many of you have now seen, when the global cheer reaches maximum (see my last post for details!), Flintbeard, the Malignant will arrive! Flintbeard is the irascible relative of our magnanimous Ironbeard and will stalk the land until defeated! Everyone who participates in the fight will have their renown instantly capped for the day,…

Ironbeard has done it again! In a fit of questionable holiday cheer, the old dwarf drank a bit too much halfnog and scared off his entire crew of helpers. Now he needs YOUR assistance to keep the celebrations alive! Throughout the month of December, this festive event will let you send anonymous gifts and custom…