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  • Updates

    September 15, 2026

    Envenoming arrows received a large bug sweep, and you can now envenom inline with the SHOOT command, at one sip per arrow rather than five arrows per sip when envenoming separately.

  • Upcoming absence

    September 15, 2026

    An Achaea admin will be away from around the second of October through to around the fourteenth, so any requests that need attention should go in before then.

  • Updates

    September 15, 2026

    AUDIT CRITRATE shows a breakdown of your critical hit rate, adventurers who disconnect inside the Mnemosyne now return to their depths on reconnect, and tiny commodity lodes no longer spawn.

  • A spot of friendly murder.

    September 13, 2026

    The Dauntless queueing system gains a pairs queue and a tournament mode for long-lasting teams of up to six, fighting three against three, with new PAIRS and TEAMS rankings.

  • Updates

    September 9, 2026

    Alchemists can now strike out against the formicaries of Eleusis via ALCHEMY REPRESS and CALCINATE. High-level mobs no longer pay gold past the GOLDCAP, and denizen-given parasite now disables regeneration.

  • Happy Birthday Achaea!

    September 9, 2026

    Achaea is twenty-nine. Type HAPPYBIRTHDAYACHAEA once this month for a bound credit prize and a day of double XP, plus a daily quest, a Great Hunt and a CTF.

  • Updates

    September 8, 2026

    Corpses from denizens killed in the Mnemosyne now carry a cap on their maximum essence value.

  • More changes.

    September 8, 2026

    Crystalism gains a new DETUNE ability, Runelore adds RUNEBLADESLIST with per-weapon configurations, CLOTTING now takes an amount of bleeding to clot, and defences and rift comm checks see general improvements.

  • Updates

    September 8, 2026

    SHIPRETURN is no longer possible while phased, serverside curing now respects defences stripped during blackout, and various typo fixes ship alongside a new line for missing with a thrown weapon.

  • Plans within plans.

    September 6, 2026

    Pandora, the Wayward Heir, descended on Delos at inadvisable speed, wrecked the old marketplace, and struck an unknown bargain with Prospero, Lord of Wealth. Neither God announced the terms.

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