Good morning. While the Professor is out of the office this month, he asked me to check his mail for anything relevant and to coordinate with Academy spokespeople if a comment might be necessary, particularly given his recent status as a public figure. I’ve been instructed to inform you that our institution has always supported…

It is Tuesday, the 14th of October, and the following changes have been implemented: – The Oniar Arena is now mapped. – When a mob drops gear the gear ID is now shown in the message. – GEAR LIST now has a column for the months left on the piece of gear. – There is…

Hi folks! I’m pleased to announce the debut of a long requested feature that has finally come to Achaea: [0;1;37mAUDIT[0;37m! Inspired by the Aetolia ability, AUDIT allows you to see a breakdown of various information related to your character, including critical hit bonuses, XP bonuses, resistances, and some other bits. Crucially, it also allows you…

It is Tuesday, the 14th of October, and the following changes have been implemented: – Cities are no longer able to transfer credits to retired players. Published by my decree on the 11th of Chronos, in the year 987 AF.

It is Tuesday, the 14th of October, and the following changes have been implemented: – There is now a suitable hint about what might be preventing the quicksand from dragging you into the scorpent nest. – The Istar sand trap now has a hint for those who might be avoiding it somehow. – Quest 640’s…

Hi folks, This is just a reminder that as per my last post, our ISP will be undertaking maintenance that will cause some amount of downtime around 22:00 CST tomorrow (Tuesday 14th October). This may last up to a maximum of eight hours but we hope it will be significantly shorter than that. Some quick…

The recently published points of our representative’s conclave gave me cause for elation. It is no secret that there have been regular fissures emerging within what we once assumed was the bedrock of a safe, secure society. I lost my own second-mother in the Vigilant uprisings, and the onslaught we suffered in our outposts and…

Hi folks, This is just a notice to inform you that our ISP has scheduled maintenance to occur on Tuesday 14th October at 22:00 CST which will potentially involve up to 8 hours of downtime. We hope that the downtime will not be anywhere near this long, and that this is a worst case scenario,…

Hey folks, While we do not generally publicise or announce administrative punishments, it is almost inevitable that you will end up hearing rumours about a recent high profile shrubbing. We want to clarify where we are coming from with this and hopefully avoid a game of telephone situation in the process. I mentioned recently that…

It is Tuesday, the 7th of October, and the following changes have been implemented: – Housing servants can no longer attack or damage players. These were never intended to have any combat effects, and while their individual damage was minor, it could scale to impactful levels with enough servants. Published by my decree on the…

I’m going to start including the classlead report numbers where relevant in these, just so people can review them. I’m Also going to stop deleting reports and keep the resolved ones around going forward so people can review things post fact more easily. I’ll set up some kind of archival before the next round so…

It is Tuesday, the 7th of October, and the following changes have been implemented: – There is now a suitable hint about what might be preventing the quicksand from dragging you into the scorpent nest. – The Istar sand trap now has a hint for those who might be avoiding it somehow. – Quest 640’s…

Some more changes. Artifice ——– * [0;1;37mASHBEAST[0;37m has undergone a rework. Elementalism ———– * [0;1;37mDESTROY[0;37m has been added to the skill. Emulation ——— * New servitor: Varthiis. This is to serve as a reflections counter. Occultism ——— * [0;1;37mTIMEWARP[0;37m must now hit a [0;1;37mCATACLYSM[0;37m vibration twice in order to destroy it. This timer resets after…

The rewards for the September daily quest have been distributed to all those who completed at least 15 riddles during the month! In cases where folks already owned a glass orb of writhing smoke, that existing orb has been updated with the new visions! Thank you for everyone who participated! Also a quick clarification for…

Hi folks! Birthday month comes to a close and those of who you completed the September daily quest at least 15 times will soon receive your reward! As always we have another busy month planned with Mayaween shenanigans and more on the calendar for the weeks ahead. In the meantime we’re welcoming back polymegahedral dice!…

It is Tuesday, the 30th of September, and the following changes have been implemented: – There is now a suitable hint about what might be preventing the quicksand from dragging you into the scorpent nest. – The Istar sand trap now has a hint for those who might be avoiding it somehow. – Quest 640’s…

I want to begin by thanking Matt. His creativity, vision, and persistence are the reason these worlds exist at all, and we are all in his debt. His legacy is everywhere in Iron Realms, and we are grateful for everything he has built. It is astonishing to think that our games have been running for…

Hello everyone, Thanks to Matt being ahead of his time in the 90’s, Achaea has always tried to be inclusive to people of all ethnicities, genders, and sexualities. It’s true that sometimes we have failed and had to correct course, and it’s also true that as times have changed, what was once progressive policy can…

Hi everyone, Some of you know me, and for others I was before your time, but I’m Matt Mihaly, the founder & CEO of Iron Realms. I started working on Achaea in 1995, 30 years ago, and we launched Achaea over 28 years ago. Back then, there was no Iron Realms – the company was…

Based on feedback, props in the Tournament of Names have had their wish for cost divided by five for participating jester-classed shells. If this really has inspired you to want to play jester for the tournament where the cost limitations put you off before, let me know in the next 24 hours and I’ll swap…