Greetings Fellow Avatars! Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

News Announcements

• Play Release 62 Now!
• Release 62 Livestream Today
• Lord Forged Items now Duke Dungeon Throne Room & Duke Heraldry Paver
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• Crown Store and Web Store Changes in Early 2019
• 50% Items and 20% Crowns
• Shipping Phase 2 Update – December 2018
• Winter 2018 Items Expire Today!
• Winter Recurring Items Expire Today!
• UPDATED: Automatic Redemption of Rewards Release 63 (was 62)
• Player Quests Livestream (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Community Event: R62 Dance Party
• Meretz: Win an Obsidian Tower Town Water Home
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Play Release 62 Now!

Release 62 successfully launched yesterday, January 31 , with thousands of backers downloading, patching, and logging in to check out the changes! There’s lots of new content to explore, including:

• Back Slot Item Enchanting
• Row Lot Deed for Completing the Outskirts Quests
• Village Lot Deed for Completing Story
• Masks as Patterns for Helms
• Young Dragons
• Valentine Items
• Natural Caverns Player Dungeon Rooms and Hallways
• In-Game Store Improvements
• Upgrading Lot Deeds with Crowns
• Taxes Lowered
• R58, R59, and R60 Livestream Items
• More Bug Fixes
• and more!

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[From a forum post by Starr “Darkstarr” Long]

Avatars,

Please read this entire message, as well as the linked Player Guide and Known Issues.

Release 62 of Shroud of the Avatar goes live this Thursday, January 31, at 10:30 AM US Central Time (15:30 UTC).

Release 62 is the first release in which we focused on the current iteration of our Top 10 Priorities (from Q1 2019 post). We made progress on almost every single priority including Quality of Life (Reduced Lot Deed Taxes), Improved Reward Cycle (Row Lot Deed for completing Outskirts, Village Lot and House Deeds for Story Completion), User Interface Polish (In-Game Store Improvements), Seasonal Content (Valentine’s Items), Systems Polish (Back Slot Item Enchanting/Masterworking, Mask Patterns, Pet Balance), bug fixes, more Player-Made Dungeon pieces, and hundreds of Collectors’ Boxes were shipped before the holiday break.

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The Release 62 Livestream is set for Friday February 1! All Avatars from around the world are welcome to join us in the livestream activities. We will be doing deep dives, answering questions, having sales, handing out prizes, and tracking towards stretch goals. To celebrate the upcoming holidays of Mardi Gras and Carnival our theme for Release 62 is Carnival!

LIVESTREAM SCHEDULE (Central Time Zone)

Monthly livestreams are on Twitch and include answers to your gameplay questions, world building tours, prize giveaways, sales on items, and more! Here is the schedule:

• 3 PM: Introductions
• 3:30 PM: Player Dungeons
• 4:00 PM: Fetid Water Fishing Contest
• 5 PM: Ending Announcements

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Greetings Fellow Avatars! Here’s what we have for you in this week’s edition of Update of the Avatar:

News Announcements

• Player Created Quests Livestream Today
• Release 62 on QA, Goes Live Next Thur
• Lord Forged Items now Duke Dungeon Throne Room & Duke Heraldry Paver
• Lord of the Isle Episode 2 Bundles
• Crown Store and Web Store Changes in Early 2019
• Last Weekend to Login for free R61 Respec!
• 50% Items and 20% Crowns
• Shipping Phase 2 Update – December 2018
• Winter 2018 Items
• Winter Recurring Items (now with Yule Hat)!
• UPDATED: Automatic Redemption of Rewards Release 63 (was 62)
• Ask Us Anything Livestream (YouTube)
• Shroud of the Avatar Rewards Program
• Upcoming Events Calendar

Community Updates

• Meretz: Win a Topiary Keep Dragon Statue
• Project to Support: Avatars Radio
• Resources: Players Helping Players

Player Created Quests Livestream Today!

Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday January 25 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to show the incredible work that some of our players have done to create quests for our other players. Travis “Vas Corp Por” Koleski and Keith “Sannio” Quinn have started a thread in the forums where you can submit any quest / experience you have created in the game that you might want to have us show in the livestream. Be sure to include the starting point and some basic run through information.

This is the final Friday to earn the Release 61 Dark Winter stretch goals (in honor of Krampus) by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program!

• ACHIEVED $10K: Black Ice Wings
• ACHIEVED $25K: Black Ice Building Blocks Set
• ACHIEVED $35K: Haunted Snowman Mask
• ACHIEVED $50K: Black Ice Bow & Black Ice Sword
• ACHIEVED $65K: Haunted Snow Family
• ACHIEVED $75K: Black Ice Staff & Black Ice Wand
• ACHIEVED $85K: Haunted Yule Tree Set
• ACHIEVED $95K: Icy Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
• ACHIEVED $105K: Dark Leather & Fur Yule Outfit
• ACHIEVED $120K: Krampus Mask & Black Ice Shield
• ACHIEVED $135K: Haunted Sleigh & Black Ice Elemental Statue 
• ACHIEVED $150K: Icy Dungeon Cathedral Room
• $170K: Icy Dungeon Hallway Set

As usual we will be giving out prizes at 4:15 and 4:45! To be eligible all you need to do is either make any purchase in the store or log into the game and type “Its Cold Outside” in the chat window (no purchase necessary).

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Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday January 25 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we are going to show the incredible work some of our players have done to create quests for our other players. Travis “Vas Corp Por” Koleski and Keith “Sannio” Quinn have started a thread in the forums where you can submit any quest or experience you have created in the game that you might want to have us show in the livestream. Be sure to include the starting point and some basic run through information.

This is the final Friday to earn the Release 61 Dark Winter stretch goals (in honor of Krampus) by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program!

• ACHIEVED $10K: Black Ice Wings
• ACHIEVED $25K: Black Ice Building Blocks Set
• ACHIEVED $35K: Haunted Snowman Mask
• ACHIEVED $50K: Black Ice Bow & Black Ice Sword
• ACHIEVED $65K: Haunted Snow Family
• ACHIEVED $75K: Black Ice Staff & Black Ice Wand
• ACHIEVED $85K: Haunted Yule Tree Set
• ACHIEVED $95K: Icy Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
• ACHIEVED $105K: Dark Leather & Fur Yule Outfit
• ACHIEVED $120K: Krampus Mask & Black Ice Shield
• ACHIEVED $135K: Haunted Sleigh & Black Ice Elemental Statue 
• $150K: Icy Dungeon Cathedral Room
• $170K: Icy Dungeon Hallway Set

As usual we will be giving out prizes at 4:15 and 4:45! To be eligible all you need to do is either make any purchase in the store or log into the game and type “Its Cold Outside” in the chat window (no purchase necessary).

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4 PM CDT

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Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday January 18 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

After such positive response from our last couple of AMAs we are doing another one! Post your questions below or in Twitch chat during the stream and Chris “Atos” Spears and Starr “Darkstarr” Long will do their best to answer as many as they can. We may also show off some content coming up in Release 62 if there is time.

This is the sixth Friday to earn the Release 61 Dark Winter stretch goals (in honor of Krampus) by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program!

• ACHIEVED $10K: Black Ice Wings
• ACHIEVED $25K: Black Ice Building Blocks Set
• ACHIEVED $35K: Haunted Snowman Mask
• ACHIEVED $50K: Black Ice Bow & Black Ice Sword
• ACHIEVED $65K: Haunted Snow Family
• ACHIEVED $75K: Black Ice Staff & Black Ice Wand
• ACHIEVED $85K: Haunted Yule Tree Set
• ACHIEVED $95K: Icy Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
• ACHIEVED $105K: Dark Leather & Fur Yule Outfit
• ACHIEVED $120K: Krampus Mask & Black Ice Shield
• ACHIEVED $135K: Haunted Sleigh & Black Ice Elemental Statue 
• $150K: Icy Dungeon Cathedral Room
• $170K: Icy Dungeon Hallway Set

As usual we will be giving out prizes at 4:15 and 4:45! To be eligible all you need to do is either make any purchase in the store or log into the game and type “Its Cold Outside” in the chat window (no purchase necessary).

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4 PM CDT

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Another content packed weekly Community Livestream is this Friday January 11 at 4 PM CT on Twitch!

This week we will be showing how the Player Housing system works including how to Lot Deeds work when claiming property, property taxes, Houses, player decorations, and Player Owned Towns. Remember every player receives a free Row Lot Deed for completing the story!

This is the fifth Friday to earn the Release 61 Dark Winter stretch goals (in honor of Krampus) by making a purchase or by participating in the Rewards program! Last weekend we blew past the Dungeon Room and the Dark Leather Yule Outfit so we had to create more stretch goals!

• ACHIEVED $10K: Black Ice Wings
• ACHIEVED $25K: Black Ice Building Blocks Set
• ACHIEVED $35K: Haunted Snowman Mask
• ACHIEVED $50K: Black Ice Bow & Black Ice Sword
• ACHIEVED $65K: Haunted Snow Family
• ACHIEVED $75K: Black Ice Staff & Black Ice Wand
• ACHIEVED $85K: Haunted Yule Tree Set
• ACHIEVED $95K: Icy Dungeon Encounter Room with Fishing Spot
• ACHIEVED $105K: Dark Leather & Fur Yule Outfit
• ACHIEVED $120K: Krampus Mask & Black Ice Shield
• $135K: Haunted Sleigh & Black Ice Elemental Statue 
• $150K: Icy Dungeon Cathedral Room
• $170K: Icy Dungeon Hallway Set

As usual we will be giving out prizes at 4:15 and 4:45! To be eligible all you need to do is either make any purchase in the store or log into the game and type “Its Cold Outside” in the chat window (no purchase necessary).

Watch on Twitch this Friday at 4 PM CDT

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