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'''October 2000''' - [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory|Announcements Page]]
'''October 2000''' - [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine Announcements ==
=== Teaser Images ===
<gallery perrow=5>
File:Hollow Victory.jpg|
File:Teaser 200010 ACVault.jpg|
File:Tusker2-oct.jpg|
File:Teaser 200010 ACStratics.jpg|
</gallery>
=== Teasers ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octteaser.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Teaser
}}
=== Rollout ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octrollout.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Rollout Article
}}
=== Release Notes ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEnewscodestate1.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Release Notes
}}
=== November Heaume Preview ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = None
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#November Heaume Preview
}}
=== Permabuff Bug to be Fixed ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/ASHEpermabuff.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Permabuff Bug to be Fixed
}}
=== State of the Code ===
{{Patch Announcements Links
| Current = None
| Original = http://classic.zone.msn.com/asheronscall/news/octbuild.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#State of the Code
}}
== Discoveries ==
=== New Dialog ===
==== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ====
{{Dialog|
|Town Crier tells you, "The residents of Arwic have split the town into two separate settlements. Some refer to it as 'New Arwic,' or 'New'ic.'"
|Town Crier tells you, "News! The massive Shadow Spires that recently destroyed our settlements have begun to withdraw back into the earth. Sages are concerned this may herald the beginning of some dire new Shadow plot."
|Town Crier tells you, "Is it just me, or do you see lights on the moon of Alb'arel?"
|Town Crier tells you, "The night sky seems to have returned to normal. If you ask me, it's never looked better!"
|Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Alexander the Deft made it for me!"
|Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Tsua Kagemata made it for me!"
|Town Crier tells you, "Sir Candeth Martine of the Dereth Exploration Society recently went into the Blackmire west of Sawato, to research the habits of Mosswarts. A funny duck, that one. Me, all I need to about Mosswarts is how to make them do that squeak when they die!"
|Town Crier tells you, "I've heard a few reports of people suffering terrible visions when a Shadow is slain near them."
|Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead and the Shadows are both lying low for the time being. It is believed they are both searching for the last Soul Stone."
|Town Crier tells you, "Mages say that the areas around the old menhir rings are now gushing with magical power! Those who stand in them report high rates of mana replenishment."
|Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead are on our side for now. They're also fighting against the Shadows. So far it doesn't seem to have helped much."
|Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Fez that didn't have any enchantments. Odd, huh?"
|Town Crier tells you, "News! The scholars of Zaikhal recently recovered thousands of Yalaini texts from long-sealed caverns at Xarabydun. The Consortium of Archmages have begun to produce reagents in the Empyrean style, a compressed form mages have taken to calling 'peas.' Peas are small and lightweight, but can only be used with the aid of a special tool."
|Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that some of the scarecrows that came through the portals were animated by the vagaries of portalspace. But surely that's just a fairy-story for children!"
|Town Crier tells you, "It looks like some of our farmers found pumpkin seeds in the heads of some scarecrows. Aluvian legends say that carving a frightening visage into a pumpkin can ward off evil, but I don't think the Shadows will be impressed...
|Town Crier tells you, "I hear they destroyed three more of the Soul Stones imprisoning Bael'Zharon... That means there's only one left! Why would they do that?"
|Town Crier tells you, "News! Parties of adventurers discovered three Empyrean storage facilities last month, hidden away under rings of crystal."
|Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Janda Sulifiya made it for me!"
}}
==== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ====
{{Dialog|
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Xarabydun yesterday!"
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Want to buy the Obsidian Span? I got the deed to it from Asheron."
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That island off the coast of Eastham? Been there a million times. All you have to do is find the right portal. Try climbing into the pocket of a Tremendous Monouga. They pick up portals and carry them around, you know."
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Tuskers look healthier lately, but they still smell bad. Sometimes you can get a Tusker Tusk from their corpses. If you can collect twelve of them and use berimphur dye on each, you can string them together with drudge guts to make a Tusker Lure. Any Tusker that sees a Lure will follow you around grunting 'Naners! Naners!'"
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Distaster Maze yesterday. He was camping the Director."


|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw Claude practicing a waltz with a scarecrow the other day. He was muttering something about poetry."
== Game Changes ==
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't care what everyone else says - the moons didn't look like that before!"
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That Virindi, Leopold, you want to watch out for him. Those masks he gives out will turn you into one of his people."
}}
----
 
=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* The underground town of [[Xarabydun]] has been discovered.
* The underground town of [[Xarabydun]] has been discovered.
* Heritage Masks and creatures masks introduced.
* Spell Component Peas have been introduced!
* Tuskers have received new improved artwork.
* Armets updated with new "teapot" artwork style.
* Arrow and quarrel shafts have been greatly reduced in weight.
* Arrow and quarrel shafts have been greatly reduced in weight.
* Heritage Masks and creatures masks introduced.
* Certain archmages now provide varying [[Dispel (Spell)|dispel]] services ranging from level I up to level VI.
* [[Archmage]]s and [[Master Mage]]s
* There are now more ambient sounds for those running across the lands.
** Certain archmages now provide varying [[Dispel (Spell)|dispel]] services ranging from level I up to level VI.
* The "permabuff" bug is finally fixed by devs.
* [[Game Concepts]]
** Spell Component Peas have been introduced!
* [[Graphics]]
** Tuskers have received new improved artwork.
* Sounds
** There are now more ambient sounds for those running across the lands.
* [[Bugs]]
** The "permabuff" bug is finally fixed by devs.
{{Magic|"You hear faint gleeful laughter as your enchantments fade away....."}}
{{Magic|"You hear faint gleeful laughter as your enchantments fade away....."}}
* Beer kegs and beer steins can now be found at your local taverns.
* Beer kegs and beer steins can now be found at your local taverns.
----


=== New [[Quests]] ===
== New Quests ==
* [[Floating City Quest]]
* [[Floating City Quest]]
* [[Gem of Impulse Quest]]
* [[Gem of Impulse Quest]]
* [[Mace of the Explorer Quest]]
* [[Mace of the Explorer Quest]]


==== Updated Quests ====
== Updated Quests ==
* [[Lady Aerfalle Quest]] - [[Lady of Aerlinthe's Chest]] now contains [[Aerfalle's Pallium]] and [[Ashbane]]
* [[Lady Aerfalle Quest]] - [[Lady of Aerlinthe's Chest]] now contains [[Aerfalle's Pallium]] and [[Ashbane]]
* [[Lost Distillery Quest]] - [[Distillery Dew]] added
* [[Lost Distillery Quest]] - [[Distillery Dew]] added


==== Live Events ====
== New Events ==
* 10/10/00 - The new improved [[White Rabbit]] attacks [[Ayan]] after Wi's [http://web.archive.org/web/20110717005956/http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Home/dailyblast.htm Buff the Bunny Campaign] is a success.
* 10/10/00 - updated [[White Rabbit]] attacks [[Ayan]]
 
----


=== New [[NPCs]] ===
== New NPCs ==
* [[Aino Lunnan-Shin]]
* [[Aino Lunnan-Shin]]
* [[Alexander the Deft]]
* [[Alexander the Deft]]
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* [[Tsua Kagemata]]
* [[Tsua Kagemata]]


----
== New Locations ==
 
* [[Golem Sanctum]]
=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Linvak Tukal]] (cannot be accessed yet)
* [[Golem Sanctum]] - random spawning landscape portal
* [[Banderling Conquest Dungeon]]
* [[Linvak Tukal]] - Structure now found at 77.8S, 28.0E, but cannot be accessed yet.
* [[Mosswart Maze]]
* [[Banderling Conquest Dungeon]] - 29.0S, 50.4E
* [[Sotiris Dungeon]]
* [[Mosswart Maze]] - 25.2S 19.4E
* [[Tumideon Fortress]]
* [[Sotiris Dungeon]] - 68.0S, 69.2W
* [[Tumideon Fortress]] - 56.0S, 60.7W
* [[Monster Training Camps|Monster Camps]]
* [[Monster Training Camps|Monster Camps]]
** [[33.7N, 13.5E - Monster Training Camp]]
** [[33.7N, 13.5E - Monster Training Camp]]
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** [[36.2S, 54.4E - Banderling Camp]]
** [[36.2S, 54.4E - Banderling Camp]]
** [[47.3S 76.6E - Creature Camps]]
** [[47.3S 76.6E - Creature Camps]]
* [[The Floating City]] - random spawning landscape portal in [[Osteth]]
* [[The Floating City]]
** [[The Floating City (Banderling Area)|Banderling Area]]
** [[The Floating City (Banderling Area)|Banderling Area]]
** [[The Floating City (Bar)|Bar]]
** [[The Floating City (Bar)|Bar]]
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** [[Floating Spire]]
** [[Floating Spire]]
** [[Direlands Desert Northeast Portal]]
** [[Direlands Desert Northeast Portal]]
* [[Xarabydun]] - 41.9S, 16.1E (Level 1-25 restriction)
* [[Xarabydun]]
** [[Lightless Tunnels]]
** [[Lightless Tunnels]]
** [[Xarabydun Lifestone]]
** [[Xarabydun Lifestone]]
** [[Uninhabited Area]]
** [[Uninhabited Area]]


==== Updated Locations ====
== Updated Locations ==
* [[45.6S, 87.0W - White Rabbit Cave]]
* [[45.6S, 87.0W - White Rabbit Cave]]
* [[Floating Spire|3.7S, 69.2W - Floating Advocate Tower]] - Now accessible from [[The Floating City (Lost Chamber)|The Floating City]].
* [[Floating Spire|3.7S, 69.2W - Floating Advocate Tower]] - Now accessible from [[The Floating City (Lost Chamber)|The Floating City]].
----
=== New [[Items]] ===
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Floating City Quest]]
| Distillery Dew
}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Gem of Impulse Quest]]
| Armory Chest
| Call for Adventurers!
| Crystal Nodule
| Discus
| Forgotten Text
| Gem of Impulse
| Guard Post Key
| Standing Orders
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=[[Mace of the Explorer Quest]]
== New Items ==
| Banderling Orders
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Armor]]
| A Battered Leather Journal
| A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal
| Banderling Mace Shaft
| Banderling Mace Head
| Banderling Ceremonial Weapon
| Mace of the Explorer
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Heritage Masks]] (Tier 1)
  | Broken Virindi Mask
  | Broken Virindi Mask
  | Virindi Mask
  | Virindi Mask
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}}
}}


 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Clothing]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[White Rabbit]] trophy
  | Kireth Gown with Band
  | Orb of the Bunny Booty
| Kireth Gown with Band (Altered)
| Kiyafa Robe
| Yifan Dress
}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=[[Masks]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Costume Items]]
| Banderling Head
  | Banderling Mask
| Drudge Head
| Mosswart Head
| Skeleton's Skull
  | Banderling Mask (Old Style)
  | Drudge Mask
  | Drudge Mask
  | Mosswart Mask (Old Style)
  | Mosswart Mask
  | Skull Mask
  | Skull Mask
| Tusker Head
  | Tusker Mask
  | Tusker Mask
}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Beer Kegs
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Gems]]
  | Beer Keg
  | Gem of Impulse
| Beer Stein
| Filled Beer Stein
}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Harvest Festival Items
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Cooking Items]]
  | Pumpkin  
  | Pumpkin  
  | Cooked Pumpkin
  | Cooked Pumpkin
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  | Spiced Pumpkin
  | Spiced Pumpkin
  | Pumpkin Liquid
  | Pumpkin Liquid
| Pumpkin Pie Filling
| Mangled Pumpkin
}}
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Food Items]]
| Filled Beer Stein
  | Pumpkin Pie
  | Pumpkin Pie
  | Pumpkin Soup
  | Pumpkin Soup
| Pumpkin Pie Filling
| Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
| Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
| Superior Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
| Superior Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
| Mangled Pumpkin
}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Untranslated Text Items
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Keys]]
  | Sotiris Obsidian Shard
| Guard Post Key
  | Tumideon Obsidian Shard
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Objects]]
| Armory Chest
  | Beer Keg
}}
 
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Misc Items]]
  | Beer Stein
}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=Text Items
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Quest Items]]
  | A Stained Book
  | Crystal Nodule
  | The Breaking of the Crystal Core
  | Distillery Dew
  | Sotiris Note
| Banderling Mace Shaft
  | Tumideon Note
  | Banderling Mace Head
  | Banderling Ceremonial Weapon
}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=[[Spell Components|Spell Component Peas]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Spell Components]]
  | Splitting Tool
  | Splitting Tool
  | Lead Pea
  | Lead Pea
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}}
}}


{{Item Table|Caption=[[Clothing]]
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Text Items]]
  | Kireth Gown with Band
  | Sotiris Obsidian Shard
  | Kireth Gown with Band (Altered)
  | Tumideon Obsidian Shard
  | Kiyafa Robe
  | A Stained Book
  | Yifan Dress
  | The Breaking of the Crystal Core
| Sotiris Note
| Tumideon Note
| Banderling Orders
| A Battered Leather Journal
| Call for Adventurers!
| A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal
| Forgotten Text
| Standing Orders
}}
}}


==== Updated Items ====
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Trophy Items]]
* {{Itemlink|Olthoi Helm}} - New artwork
| Banderling Head
* {{Itemlink|Armet|link=Heaume}}s - Updated with new "teapot" artwork style and icon.
| Drudge Head
* {{Itemlink|Black Boulder}} - Now [[Attuned]]
| Mosswart Head
* {{Itemlink|Festival Stone}}s - Commemorate 1 Year of Asheron's Call with firework displays
| Tusker Head
* {{Itemlink|Specialty Cookbook}} - Updated with [[Pumpkin Soup]] and [[Pumpkin Pie]] recipes.
| Skeleton's Skull
----
}}


=== New [[Spells]] ===
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Weapons]]
* {{Itemlink|Evaporate All Magic Other}}
| Discus
* {{Itemlink|Nullify All Magic Other}}
| Mace of the Explorer
----
| Orb of the Bunny Booty
| Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
| Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
| Superior Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife)
| Superior Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)
}}


=== Portal.dat ===
== Updated Items ==
[[File:Portaldat 200010.png]]
{{Item Table|
| Olthoi Helm
| Armet
| Black Boulder
| Festival Stone
| Specialty Cookbook
}}


----
== New Spells ==
* [[Evaporate All Magic Other]]
* [[Nullify All Magic Other]]


=== New [[Creatures]] ===
== New Creatures ==
{|cellpadding=5
|-valign=top
|
{{Creature Class|Hollow Minion
{{Creature Class|Hollow Minion
  | Sotiris Hollow Minion
  | Sotiris Hollow Minion
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  | Lithos Raider
  | Lithos Raider
}}
}}
|
{{Creature Class|Mite
{{Creature Class|Mite
  | Mite Warrior Princess
  | Mite Warrior Princess
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  | Shady Scarecrow
  | Shady Scarecrow
}}
}}
|
{{Creature Class|Virindi
{{Creature Class|Virindi
  | Sotiris Virindi Director
  | Sotiris Virindi Director
  | Tumideon Virindi Director
  | Tumideon Virindi Director
}}
}}
|}


==== Updated Creatures ====
== Updated Creatures ==
* [[White Rabbit]] - New level, stats and powers
* [[White Rabbit]] - New level, stats and powers
* [[Tusker]] - New artwork for all Tuskers
----


=== Images ===
== New Dialog ==
;Town Crier
{{Dialog|
|Town Crier tells you, "The residents of Arwic have split the town into two separate settlements. Some refer to it as 'New Arwic,' or 'New'ic.'"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "News! The massive Shadow Spires that recently destroyed our settlements have begun to withdraw back into the earth. Sages are concerned this may herald the beginning of some dire new Shadow plot."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Is it just me, or do you see lights on the moon of Alb'arel?"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "The night sky seems to have returned to normal. If you ask me, it's never looked better!"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Alexander the Deft made it for me!"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Tsua Kagemata made it for me!"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Sir Candeth Martine of the Dereth Exploration Society recently went into the Blackmire west of Sawato, to research the habits of Mosswarts. A funny duck, that one. Me, all I need to about Mosswarts is how to make them do that squeak when they die!"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "I've heard a few reports of people suffering terrible visions when a Shadow is slain near them."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead and the Shadows are both lying low for the time being. It is believed they are both searching for the last Soul Stone."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Mages say that the areas around the old menhir rings are now gushing with magical power! Those who stand in them report high rates of mana replenishment."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead are on our side for now. They're also fighting against the Shadows. So far it doesn't seem to have helped much."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Fez that didn't have any enchantments. Odd, huh?"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "News! The scholars of Zaikhal recently recovered thousands of Yalaini texts from long-sealed caverns at Xarabydun. The Consortium of Archmages have begun to produce reagents in the Empyrean style, a compressed form mages have taken to calling 'peas.' Peas are small and lightweight, but can only be used with the aid of a special tool."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that some of the scarecrows that came through the portals were animated by the vagaries of portalspace. But surely that's just a fairy-story for children!"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "It looks like some of our farmers found pumpkin seeds in the heads of some scarecrows. Aluvian legends say that carving a frightening visage into a pumpkin can ward off evil, but I don't think the Shadows will be impressed...
 
|Town Crier tells you, "I hear they destroyed three more of the Soul Stones imprisoning Bael'Zharon... That means there's only one left! Why would they do that?"
 
|Town Crier tells you, "News! Parties of adventurers discovered three Empyrean storage facilities last month, hidden away under rings of crystal."
 
|Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Janda Sulifiya made it for me!"
 
;Ulgrim the Unpleasant
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Xarabydun yesterday!"
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Want to buy the Obsidian Span? I got the deed to it from Asheron."
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That island off the coast of Eastham? Been there a million times. All you have to do is find the right portal. Try climbing into the pocket of a Tremendous Monouga. They pick up portals and carry them around, you know."
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Tuskers look healthier lately, but they still smell bad. Sometimes you can get a Tusker Tusk from their corpses. If you can collect twelve of them and use berimphur dye on each, you can string them together with drudge guts to make a Tusker Lure. Any Tusker that sees a Lure will follow you around grunting 'Naners! Naners!'"
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Distaster Maze yesterday. He was camping the Director."
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw Claude practicing a waltz with a scarecrow the other day. He was muttering something about poetry."
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't care what everyone else says - the moons didn't look like that before!"
 
|Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That Virindi, Leopold, you want to watch out for him. Those masks he gives out will turn you into one of his people."
}}
 
== Related Articles ==
* [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Teaser|Teaser]]
* [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Rollout Article|Rollout Article]]
* [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Release Notes|Release Notes]]
* [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#November Heaume Preview|November Heaume Preview]]
* [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#Permabuff Bug to be Fixed|Permabuff Bug to be Fixed]]
* [[Announcements - 2000/10 - Hollow Victory#State of the Code|State of the Code]]


Click image for full size version.
== Media ==
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=4>
<gallery perrow=3>
File:Male Tusker (Old) Live.jpg|Male Tusker - Before Update
File:Hollow Victory.jpg|Teaser (Turbine)
File:Male Tusker Live.jpg|Male Tusker - After Update
File:Teaser 200010 ACVault.jpg|Teaser (ACVault)
File:Tusker Slave (Old) Live.jpg|Tusker Slave - Before Update
File:Tusker2-oct.jpg|Teaser (Turbine)
File:Tusker Slave Live.jpg|Tusker Slave - After Update
File:Teaser 200010 ACStratics.jpg|Teaser (ACStratics)
File:45.6S, 87.0W - White Rabbit Cave Live 2.jpg|The White Rabbit increases in power.White Rabbit says, "I feel the devil inside."
File:Portaldat 200010.png|Portal.dat
File:Orb of the Bunny Booty Live.jpg|Orb of the Bunny Booty
File:The Floating City (Tunnels) Live.jpg|Floating City| Tunnels
File:The Floating City (Banderling Area) Live.jpg|Floating City| Banderling Section
File:The Floating City (Bar) Live 2.jpg|Floating City| The Bar
File:The Floating City (Lost Chamber) Live 2.jpg|Floating City| The Lost Chamber
File:Virindi Mask Live.jpg|Virindi Masks & Heritage Masks introduced
File:Ogre Mask Live.jpg|Sho Heritage Mask| Ogre Mask
File:Shadow's Garb Live.jpg|Gharu'ndim Heritage Mask| Shadow's Garb
File:Xarabydun_(Hollow_Victory)_Live.jpg|Xarabydun
</gallery>
</gallery>


=== Splash Screen ===
== Splash Screen ==
[[File:Hollow Victory Splash Screen.jpg]]
[[File:Hollow Victory Splash Screen.jpg]]


[[Category:Patches]]
[[Category:Patches]]

Revision as of 23:00, 24 October 2015

October 2000 - Announcements Page

Game Changes

  • The underground town of Xarabydun has been discovered.
  • Heritage Masks and creatures masks introduced.
  • Spell Component Peas have been introduced!
  • Tuskers have received new improved artwork.
  • Armets updated with new "teapot" artwork style.
  • Arrow and quarrel shafts have been greatly reduced in weight.
  • Certain archmages now provide varying dispel services ranging from level I up to level VI.
  • There are now more ambient sounds for those running across the lands.
  • The "permabuff" bug is finally fixed by devs.

"You hear faint gleeful laughter as your enchantments fade away....."
  • Beer kegs and beer steins can now be found at your local taverns.

New Quests

Updated Quests

New Events

New NPCs

New Locations

Updated Locations

New Items

Broken Virindi Mask Virindi Mask King's Helm Shadow's Garb Ogre Mask

Kireth Gown with Band Kireth Gown with Band (Altered) Kiyafa Robe Yifan Dress

Banderling Mask Drudge Mask Mosswart Mask Skull Mask Tusker Mask

Gem of Impulse

Pumpkin Cooked Pumpkin Sweetened Pumpkin Spiced Pumpkin Pumpkin Liquid Pumpkin Pie Filling Mangled Pumpkin

Filled Beer Stein Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin Soup

Guard Post Key

Armory Chest Beer Keg

Beer Stein

Crystal Nodule Distillery Dew Banderling Mace Shaft Banderling Mace Head Banderling Ceremonial Weapon

Splitting Tool Lead Pea Mugwort Pea Powdered Lapis Lazuli Pea Vitriol Pea Cedar Pea Green Pea

Sotiris Obsidian Shard Tumideon Obsidian Shard A Stained Book The Breaking of the Crystal CoreFile:Sotiris Note Icon.png Sotiris NoteFile:Tumideon Note Icon.png Tumideon Note Banderling Orders A Battered Leather Journal Call for Adventurers! A Dry Withered Leather Bound Journal Forgotten Text Standing Orders

Banderling Head Drudge Head Mosswart Head Tusker Head Skeleton's Skull

Discus Mace of the Explorer Orb of the Bunny Booty Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife) Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife) Superior Jack o' Lantern (Carving Knife) Superior Jack o' Lantern (Whittling Knife)

Updated Items

Olthoi Helm Armet Black Boulder Festival Stone Specialty Cookbook

New Spells

New Creatures

Hollow Minion

Lugian

Mite

Scarecrow

Virindi

Updated Creatures

New Dialog

Town Crier

Town Crier tells you, "The residents of Arwic have split the town into two separate settlements. Some refer to it as 'New Arwic,' or 'New'ic.'"

Town Crier tells you, "News! The massive Shadow Spires that recently destroyed our settlements have begun to withdraw back into the earth. Sages are concerned this may herald the beginning of some dire new Shadow plot."

Town Crier tells you, "Is it just me, or do you see lights on the moon of Alb'arel?"

Town Crier tells you, "The night sky seems to have returned to normal. If you ask me, it's never looked better!"

Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Alexander the Deft made it for me!"

Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Tsua Kagemata made it for me!"

Town Crier tells you, "Sir Candeth Martine of the Dereth Exploration Society recently went into the Blackmire west of Sawato, to research the habits of Mosswarts. A funny duck, that one. Me, all I need to about Mosswarts is how to make them do that squeak when they die!"

Town Crier tells you, "I've heard a few reports of people suffering terrible visions when a Shadow is slain near them."

Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead and the Shadows are both lying low for the time being. It is believed they are both searching for the last Soul Stone."

Town Crier tells you, "Mages say that the areas around the old menhir rings are now gushing with magical power! Those who stand in them report high rates of mana replenishment."

Town Crier tells you, "It seems the undead are on our side for now. They're also fighting against the Shadows. So far it doesn't seem to have helped much."

Town Crier tells you, "Yesterday I found a Fez that didn't have any enchantments. Odd, huh?"

Town Crier tells you, "News! The scholars of Zaikhal recently recovered thousands of Yalaini texts from long-sealed caverns at Xarabydun. The Consortium of Archmages have begun to produce reagents in the Empyrean style, a compressed form mages have taken to calling 'peas.' Peas are small and lightweight, but can only be used with the aid of a special tool."

Town Crier tells you, "I've heard that some of the scarecrows that came through the portals were animated by the vagaries of portalspace. But surely that's just a fairy-story for children!"

Town Crier tells you, "It looks like some of our farmers found pumpkin seeds in the heads of some scarecrows. Aluvian legends say that carving a frightening visage into a pumpkin can ward off evil, but I don't think the Shadows will be impressed...

Town Crier tells you, "I hear they destroyed three more of the Soul Stones imprisoning Bael'Zharon... That means there's only one left! Why would they do that?"

Town Crier tells you, "News! Parties of adventurers discovered three Empyrean storage facilities last month, hidden away under rings of crystal."

Town Crier tells you, "Do you like my mask? Janda Sulifiya made it for me!"
Ulgrim the Unpleasant

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Xarabydun yesterday!"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Want to buy the Obsidian Span? I got the deed to it from Asheron."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That island off the coast of Eastham? Been there a million times. All you have to do is find the right portal. Try climbing into the pocket of a Tremendous Monouga. They pick up portals and carry them around, you know."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "The Tuskers look healthier lately, but they still smell bad. Sometimes you can get a Tusker Tusk from their corpses. If you can collect twelve of them and use berimphur dye on each, you can string them together with drudge guts to make a Tusker Lure. Any Tusker that sees a Lure will follow you around grunting 'Naners! Naners!'"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "Oswald was sighted in Distaster Maze yesterday. He was camping the Director."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I saw Claude practicing a waltz with a scarecrow the other day. He was muttering something about poetry."

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "I don't care what everyone else says - the moons didn't look like that before!"

Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you, "That Virindi, Leopold, you want to watch out for him. Those masks he gives out will turn you into one of his people."

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