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Catch Up in Caledonia Event Returns!

Posted by Community | 2023 Jul 24 11:03 -0400 GMT
Have you or your friends been thinking of coming back to Dark Age of Camelot? Or are you a veteran player just looking for a change of pace!? Now is a great time to return home to DAoC!

Our 8th Catch Up In Caledonia event begins today, Monday, July 24th at 3 PM EST / 9 PM CET!

Read on for the full details!

What is Catch Up in Caledonia?


It's a way to start fresh and rapidly progress to the end-game with players around your level!

The 7-day long event that will take place entirely in the Realm vs Realm-enabled Caledonia battleground zone.

Players will start at level 1 and rapidly progress to level 50 all while earning gear, master levels, champion levels, and realm ranks along the way!

By event's end participants will be ready to compete in the Frontier!



When does the event start and end?


The event starts precisely at 3 PM EST / 9 PM CET on Monday, July 24th a nd will end at 3 PM EST / 9 PM CET time on Monday, July 31st.



How does the event work?


  • For the duration of the week long event, newly created level 1 characters will be automatically zoned into the Caledonia battleground where they will vie for control against the enemy realms!
    • This will be the ONLY way to get inside the battleground zone. Once inside, characters can voluntarily leave but CANNOT return!
    • All monsters, center-keep guards, and siege weapons are removed for the event. The only way to progress is by defeating realm enemies in battle and completing the related quests.
    • Charm-pet classes will be able to create a pet to charm at their realm's portal keep.
  • Experience, bounty, and realm point bonuses will be granted to both free and subscribed accounts in the battleground to help them progress!
  • Earn bounty points for completing quests and defeating enemy realm players and use them to purchase level-appropriate gear as you strive to 50 and then master and champion levels!
  • All characters will begin and remain in the same Caledonia zone for the entirety of the event.
    • The following level caps will be in place for all characters in Caledonia and will increase as follows every 24 hours:
      • Day 1 (Monday): Level 19 maximum
      • Day 2 (Tuesday): Level 29 
      • Day 3 (Wednesday): Level 39 
      • Day 4 (Thursday) : Level 49
      • Days 5-7 (Fri-Mon): Level 50
    • Characters that reach the day's level cap will still be able to earn realm and bounty points. However, please note that there are realm point hard caps to each level and should you hit the realm point cap, you will stop gaining realm points until you progress in levels.
  • Characters that are 5 levels or more below the day's level cap will receive the Caledonia Boost buff.
    • This buff greatly increases the damage dealt and greatly reduces damage received from characters that do not have the buff (higher level characters)!
    • Characters with the Caledonia Boost buff active will also DOUBLE the XP and BP rewards for themselves and their group!
    • When the level cap reaches 49 the buff will be given out to characters 3 or more levels under the cap.
  • Overwhelming Force system:
    • When 1 realm outnumbers another by 3 to 1 odds or more and has at least 25+ members in the area of the kill(s), the deathspam will change to "killed by overwhelming force!" and the following restrictions will apply:
      • Quest kill-credit will not be given for overwhelming force kills.
      • Realm points are also drastically reduced for overwhelming force kills.
      • This system is designed to encourage groups to roam around separately more during the event!
      • These restrictions only apply within Caledonia and not in any other RvR zone.


How far will I be able to progress?


Players that start at the beginning of the event should be able to reach level 50, Champion level 15, Master level 10, and Realm Rank 5+ with the potential to earn much higher realm ranks! Characters will also be able to earn enough bounty points to not only obtain gear as they progress towards level 50 but also to use for end-game gear via Bountycrafting after reaching level 50!


We'll see you on the battlefields of Caledonia!

 

Tournament Winners Skins Now Available

Posted by Community | 2023 Jul 12 19:34 -0400 GMT
Exclusive skin rewards have now been added for each winner of the King's Tournament!

Winning players will need to speak to their class guild Weaponmaster in the King's throneroom to collect their helm reward, and select weapon type for their weapon skin reward.

Once again, we deeply apologise for the unavoidable delays in making these rewards available. 

As a reminder, the full winner's table is below.

Ywain Server Downtime, Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

Posted by Community | 2023 Jul 10 16:58 -0400 GMT
Update 09:15AM EDT / 15:15 CEST  - Ywain is back up and open to players. 

The Ywain server will be coming down tomorrow morning, Tuesday July 11th, 2023 at 05:45AM EDT / 11:45 AM CET for routine maintenance. Downtime will be approximately 5 hours.

We will provide notification when Ywain is back up!

Thank you!

Breach Event: The Mazes

Posted by Community | 2023 Jul 07 13:36 -0400 GMT
Adventurers around the ruins of the old maze are vanishing and scouting parties sent to investigate the ruins of other realms have not returned. We fear a larger evil is brewing deep within, and demons have found another way to enter our lands. Threats to our worlds must be crushed!


Adventurers should speak with the following NPC's to receive two new quests:
  • Albion: Lady Idris in Catterick Hamlet
  • Hibernia: Yda Llonwy in Crair Treflan
  • Midgard: Fathor in Godrborg
Harvesting Crystals

Harvest the crystals that have appeared at the ruins of the old mazes across the realms.

This quest is repeatable and awards 5,000 Bounty Points and 500 Realm Points (affected by bonuses) per turn in.

Further Breaches

The evil on Ellan Vannin has been halted, but the demons persist on trying to enter our world. Defeat these threats at the ancient maze ruins! 

This is a daily quest and is a Battlegroup encounter. Completing the quest by defeating all three mobs awards you with 10,000 Realm Points (affected by bonuses) and a useable crate which will provide one of the following:
  • Various Trophies
  • Realm Point Bonus Pots
  • Recently Added Extended Potions
  • Wares from Dungeons of Old
Note: the quest mobs will not give previous quest credits or drops. The rewards also have a very small chance to drop Catacombs bows.

The Breach mini event will run until Tuesday July 25th, 2023.

Cathal Valley BG Weekend and Caledonia Dates

Posted by Community | 2023 Jun 20 15:09 -0400 GMT
June's Battleground event brings us back into Cathal Valley for the coming weekend! 

Cathal Valley will be open to all toons from Friday, June 23rd to Monday, June 26th. Please note, the current 50% bonus RP in NF will carry into Cathal Valley for the event!



Catch Up in Caledonia Event

Our Catch Up in Caledonia event will return to Caledonia on Monday, July 24th at 3PM EST / 9PM CET, and run until Monday, July 31st at 3PM EST / 9PM CET.

This event will follow the same format as our previous event with the following level caps in place for all characters, increasing as follows every 24 hours:
  • Day 1 (Monday): Level 19 maximum
  • Day 2 (Tuesday): Level 29
  • Day 3 (Wednesday): Level 39
  • Day 4 (Thursday) : Level 49
  • Days 5-7 (Fri-Mon): Level 50

Note: Overwhelming Force will be enabled for this event


Memorial March

We were very sorry to hear about the recent passing of one of our long time players, Navratil.

Navratil's son, Vergibtnix, will be leading a memorial march on Saturday, June 24th at 8PM CET / 2PM EDT. Any who wish to attend to pay their respects is asked to meet on the center hill of Ellan Vannin. Our thoughts are with Vergibtnix, his mother, Narkomedfortes, and grandmother, Mamuusas, during this difficult time. May he Rest in Peace.

Breach: Mini Event

Posted by Community | 2023 Jun 16 08:48 -0400 GMT
The barriers between worlds is fading. Rumblings have been reported across the island of Ellan Vannin and with them strange crystals have started to form. Tales of old warn speak of these crystals as portents of something to come. Something for which we are not prepared..



Adventurers should speak with the following NPC's to receive two new quests:
  • Albion: Lady Idris in Catterick Hamlet
  • Hibernia: Yda Llonwy in Crair Treflan
  • Midgard: Fathor in Godrborg
Investigate Crystals

Aid your realm in investigating the cause of the breach by collecting  samples of the crystal formations found on Ellan Vannin.

This quest is repeatable and awards 5,000 bounty points and 500 realm points (affected by bonuses) per turn in.

Breached Enemies

Defeat the mobs breaching through the walls between worlds on Ellan Vannin! 

This is a daily quest and is a battlegroup encounter. Defeating any one of these five mobs will complete the quest and award you with a useable crate where you can receive one of the following:
  • Ghostly Weapons
  • Realm Point Bonus Pots
  • Recently Added Extended Potions
  • Old Darkness Falls fashionable items
Note: the quest mobs will also drop their regular loot, however will not give previous quest credits.

The Breach mini event will run until Tuesday, July 4th, 2023.

Pendragon Update - Patch 1.128

Posted by Community | 2023 May 18 16:44 -0400 GMT
We're delighted to announce that Patch 1.128 is now on the Pendragon test server!

Highlights
  • Less used damage RA's buffed
  • Light tanks no longer gain charge for free
  • Heavy tanks can no longer climb walls
  • First Aid changed
  • Warlock and Vamp r5s reworked
  • Assorted balance changes and bug fixes
Please hop on Pendragon and check out the below changes! Let us know your thoughts and report any issues you may find in the 1.128 patch channels in our official DAoC Discord, thank you!

Important Note:
  • We highly suggest separating out your normal game directory from your Pendragon game directory *before* patching and testing on Pendragon.
    • If you do not do this, you *will* experience issues when patching back to live.
      • To force the live client to fix these issues, you will need to delete the mft.myp in your game's directory and run the patcher again.

For those interested in testing on Pendragon, follow the character copy process here!

Molvik BG Weekend - Flowers, Merchants, and Doppelganger Updates

Posted by Community | 2023 May 17 13:58 -0400 GMT


Join us for another weekend of Battleground fun!

Molvik Battleground will be open to all from Friday, May 19th, until Monday, May 22nd! A 75% RP bonus and 100% BP bonus will be enabled in Molvik for the duration of the event.



The following changes will take effect on Ywain from Monday, May 22nd.

Gaheris Server Downtime, Tuesday April 18th, 2023

Posted by Community | 2023 Apr 17 10:53 -0400 GMT
Update : 10:50AM EDT / 16:50 CET - Gaheris server is back online! Thank you!

Gaheris server will be coming down Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 at 08:45AM EDT / 14:45PM CET for scheduled maintenance.

Downtime is expected to be approximately 5 hours. We will provide notification as to when Gaheris is back up.

Thank you!

Killaloe Battlegrounds Event

Posted by Community | 2023 Apr 14 11:05 -0400 GMT
Spring into Killaloe for a hopping time of fun and fights!

The carnage and mayhem is just what the Dread Harbinger thrives on. Pick up the new Quest from the Commanders at your realm's portal keep to earn your very own killer bunny!

A 200% RP Bonus and 150% BP bonus will be enabled in Killaloe for the duration of the weekend's event.
 

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