The Oceanids have regrouped, reorganized, and have every intention to wipe out all who live above the waves!

Invasions are a large-scale activity available to all players who have received access to their Divine Form. Characters who successfully increase their rankings in the Laboratory for each invading army will be provided access to new Invasion-specific adventures. While it is not possible to “lose” an Invasion that does not have an accompanying Avatar, the event will still require commitment from the players to reach their maximum potential: Equipment can be improved, new Symbols will be available, stats can be drastically increased, and you’ll even learn who your worthiest companions truly are!

While an Invasion is active, two special assignments will be available to your Adepts every 8 hours. The first will provide Gifts, bring new followers to your Order, and award 12 Faith Points to those that have unlocked their Divine Form. The second awards 10 Victor’s Medals which functions as a special currency used to buy various goods in the Invasion section of the marketplace.

Your loyal Adepts are not the only ones who will be busy with special assignments – during the Invasion you will have special tasks waiting for you as well! Theses missions will appear on the Divine Observatory globe and cycle every day to provide new opportunities depending on your level of research within the Laboratory.

• Rank 1 – Kanter Aelerium Plant & Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Abandoned Fort Garune
• Rank 10 – Oceanid Incubator
• Rank 15 – Evacuation
• Rank 20 - Flagship of the Oceanids
• Rank 30 - Coming of Tol-Monter

Completing any of the Invasion Adventures will net you special rewards for the maximum rating obtained!

• C Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• B Rating – Reliquary containing Sparks of Insight
• A Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• S Rating – A uniquely colored costume obtainable only from that adventure!

Please note that these rewards can only be obtained once!

Participation in Invasion Adventures will earn the player Eidoses which can be used in the aforementioned Laboratory to expand their Knowledge of the Oceanids. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Oceanid Atlas to increase your Resistances, increase general statistics, and further empower your Invasion symbols or talents.
Players who do not possess sufficient Rankings or the Divine Form can still participate in Aelion’s defense by visiting Adventures that are inhabited by Oceanids such as:

• Port Naori
• Ardos Monastery
• Thais Temple
• Thorneus's Camp
• Mare Sacro Monastery

Completion of these Adventures will result in obtaining Tokens for that invading Army which, in turn, will unlock Sparks required for expanding one side of Oceanid Atlas. The more tokens obtained, the more Sparks will be rewarded. Your current progression can be viewed at any time by selecting the Invasion’s marker in the Divine Observatory.

Some of the most notable nodes available in the Oceanid Atlas include:

• “Excitement of Victory” – If the target has less than 30% of health left, your damage to them is increased by 5/10/15/20/25/30%.
• “Water Barrier” – When taking damage at a distance of over 20 yards, you gain an effect that reduces Ranged Damage for you and your allies by 25%.
• “Elastic Shell” – Creates a temporary shield around you that absorbs a significant amount of damage and protects against control effects for 4 seconds. The effect will activate once your health drops below 25% and will not activate more than once every 45 seconds.
• “Deadly Impulse: Slow” – Your attack may create an energy pulse which will chase the enemy and slow them down if it hits them. When used together with Deadly Impulse: Damage, both effects are applied simultaneously.

Additionally, upon completion of the first Invasion related activity players will be placed into an active Operation. Operations will provide players both personal goals as well as total progression goals for all players taking part. Meeting these goals allows the player to gain extra rewards and potentially move to a higher tiered operation!

Good luck!

This maintenance was initially scheduled for Tuesday, 28th of June but was pushed back to Wednesday, 29th of June. Our apologies for the delay.

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline Wednesday, June 29th at 1:00am PDT for weekly maintenance.

Please find specific details pertaining to the maintenance below:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to perform weekly maintenance, implement fixes and localization tweaks.

Patch Notes
The full Patch Notes will be added later.

Duration
Approx. ~3 hours

Affected Users
During the maintenance, the Skyforge servers will be inaccessible to all players.

While waiting, why not catch the latest news about Skyforge or chat with other players via the Aelinet!

Battle of Equals

It’s been quite a year so far, with many more exciting things in store. Until we reach that point, however, we still much to do and many new things to explore!

Skyforge’s next significant update, Battle of Equals, will be arriving to Aelion on July 20th, containing an abundance of changes, new features, and much more! Of all the updates and additional content being added in Battle of Equals, here are a few highlights:

• New Improvements: Expand your power and progression with an abundance of new improvements consisting of new reliquaries, an improved Catch-up system, legendary trophies, and an extended Atlas!
• New Region: Explore the barren desert that is the Antean Wasteland! This massive zone is filled with giant worms, a unique method of progression compared to other regions, and even a rogue sandstorm or two!
• Equalized PvP Tournament: Ready to take on the world on even footing? The upcoming PvP Tournament will allow all combatants to face off in 3v3 matches where skill & team work dictate the results!

We will elaborate more on these features leading up to the release of Battle of Equals. The full list of patch notes will be available on Skyforge.com ahead of the update.

We also have something else coming up next month that’s certainly an exciting time for all of us…

Skyforge’s First Anniversary

In July, Skyforge will be officially celebrating its first anniversary - We plan to kick off the celebration on July 13th!

Obviously, this is a very exciting time for us as Skyforge has been going strong for its first year and there’s just so much left for it in the very near future! During the celebration players will be invited to view some fun statistics regarding the game, light off some fireworks, and receive some unique anniversary rewards!

We’ll have more details to share as the date gets closer, but in the meantime, the entire Skyforge Team would like to thank each member of the community for their continued support, feedback, reports, and dedication! We’ll be sure to see you around for next year’s celebration, too!

The next big update for Skyforge will be landing in game on June 1st. Called 'Cybernetic Alliance', content includes new companions, a new boss battle against the Avatar of the Akonita, the overhauled equipment refinement system, class balance changes, and the second phase of the D-Series Distortions.

Aelion faces a new enemy: the leader of a great matriarchal civilization, a ruthless enemy, capable of covert sabotage and devious plans - Bedazzling Akonita!

Just in case you missed it, Summer is here. That means that it’s swimsuit season and even in game, you’ll be wanting to flaunt that summer bod — whether it’s in a simple one piece, a sexy two piece, or the ever popular speedo. Of course not everyone wants to wear the same thing on the beach. So, with this in mind Allods Team and My.com have announced a swimsuit design contest for Skyforge.

Along the eastern coast of Western Inkara, near Donholk Glacier, one can find Aelion’s artificial icefields. During the Dark Times, when invasions were a constant never ending threat, gods and immortals alike protected Aelion in every way they possibly could. Some however, for better or worse, took their duty to the absolute maximum of their capabilities.

History

An army of Oceanids were destroying everything in their path and proving to be a series threat to civilians on the heavily populated coastline. The mighty god Thror decided to stop them on the fringes of their domain, right in the roaring ocean itself. The other immortals did not support him on this endeavor, however, and Thror had to face the hordes of sea beasts alone. Alas, despite his massive strength there were too many for even such brave defender to handle. With no other viable options available, he choose to act on the last option available to him – Freeze the sea itself and forever bind the invaders within their beloved waters.

Thror pronounced an incantation and the horde of Oceanids were left in a state of awe as, in an instant, the water solidified around them. He had did what he intended to do, but something went wrong…

Thror disappeared. Nobody has heard anything of him since. Some people say, he spent all of his godly powers on that final gambit and dissolved into thin air. Or maybe he just overestimated his abilities and got stuck in the ice, too. Whatever it was that happened, the sea beasts were safely imprisoned in ice and the people of Aelion were saved.

Not so long ago, some of the frozen aliens were discovered by scientists. In their arguably misguided nature, they were excited and couldn’t wait to study the amazing creatures: Their body turned out to be unharmed, a true researcher’s Holy Grail!

Profound discussions occurred before Aelinar’s academic council decided to send out an expedition. The camp was established in the middle of the icy plain, and the scientists were inspired to get right into the hard work. It was here they discovered a gigantic Kraken under the thick layer of ice along with the other creatures. Experts thawed Oceanids one by one and dissected them for study. Most of these creatures were in a state of hibernation brought on by the flash-freeze, and returned to normal after defrosting as if nothing had happened.

Recently, Thorneus’s Camp sent an emergency rescue signal instead of a regular report to the scientific society, claiming the expedition was attacked by Khelps. Aelinar’s leaders were more than certain that the army of the sea slumbered peacefully under the ice and that the scientists were safe. They could hardly break free without outside assistance and Aelion equipment. The question is, who was it? Could it be incredible negligence or deliberate sabotage?

Regardless of the cause, connection with the camp broke immediately. Due to the harsh weather conditions and unknown threat, it was decided to send immortals to investigate the area.

Head into the frozen unknown and discover the cause of the expedition’s demise!

The Reapers of Death have landed once again to begin their strongest assault!

Invasions are a large-scale activity available to all players who have received access to their Divine Form. Characters who successfully increase their rankings in the Laboratory for each invading army will be provided access to new Invasion-specific adventures. While it is not possible to “lose” an Invasion that does not have an accompanying Avatar, the event will still require commitment from the players to reach their maximum potential: Equipment can be improved, new Symbols will be available, stats can be drastically increased, and you’ll even learn who your worthiest companions truly are!

While an Invasion is active, two special assignments will be available to your Adepts every 8 hours. The first will provide Gifts, bring new followers to your Order, and award 12 Faith Points to those that have unlocked their Divine Form. The second awards 10 Victor’s Medals which functions as a special currency used to buy various goods in the Invasion section of the marketplace.

Your loyal Adepts are not the only ones who will be busy with special assignments – during the Invasion you will have special tasks waiting for you as well! Theses missions will appear on the Divine Observatory globe and cycle every day to provide new opportunities depending on your level of research within the Laboratory.

• Rank 1 - Dark Ritual & Defense of Fortification
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 8 – Crash Site
• Rank 10 - Evacuation
• Rank 12 – Flagship of the Reapers of Death
• Rank 20 – The Avatar of Thanatos will be accompanying this invasion. Calling all of Aelion’s bravest immortals to face the threat head on from within the Reaper’s Ship!
  
  

Completing any of the Invasion Adventures will net you special rewards for the maximum rating obtained!

• C Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• B Rating – Reliquary containing Sparks of Insight
• A Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• S Rating – A uniquely colored costume obtainable only from that adventure!

Please note that these rewards can only be obtained once!

Participation in Invasion Adventures will earn the player Eidoses which can be used in the aforementioned Laboratory to expand their Knowledge of the Reapers of Death. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Reapers of Death Atlas to increase your Resistances, increase general statistics, and further empower your Invasion symbols or talents.

Players who do not possess sufficient Rankings or the Divine Form can still participate in Aelion’s defense by visiting Adventures that are inhabited by Reapers of Death such as:

• Okki Island
• Darnic Village
• Aristel’s Farm
• Donholk Glacier
• Hespilon Temple

Completion of these Adventures will result in obtaining Tokens for that invading Army which, in turn, will unlock Sparks required for expanding one side of the Reapers of the Death Atlas. The more tokens obtained, the more Sparks will be rewarded. Your current progression can be viewed at any time by selecting the Invasion’s marker in the Divine Observatory.

Some of the most notable nodes available in the Reapers of Death Atlas include:

• “Reaper” – Persistence is increased by 10% per level of this Symbol.
• “Cornered Beast” – Violence is increased by 3% per level of this Symbol.
• “Rising From the Dead” – Once per fight, the character can resurrect for 10/15/20/25/30/35 seconds (depending on Symbol level) with 30% Health.
• “Dark Contact” – Abilities that increase the stats of your allies allow you to establish Dark Contact with them. Each level of this symbol increases the allies Might by 3% of your Might and their Strength, Valor, Luck, and Spirit by 2% of your Spirit.
• “The Might of Other Worlds” – Increases Might Efficiency by 3% per level of this Symbol.

Additionally, upon completion of the first Invasion related activity players will be placed into an active Operation. Operations will provide players both personal goals as well as total progression goals for all players taking part. Meeting these goals allows the player to gain extra rewards and potentially move to a higher tiered operation!

Good luck to all of Aelion’s Immortal protectors!

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline Wednesday, July 6th at 1:00am PDT for weekly maintenance.

Please find specific details pertaining to the maintenance below:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to perform weekly maintenance and localization tweaks.

Duration
Approx. ~3 hours

Affected Users
During the maintenance, the Skyforge servers will be inaccessible to all players.

While waiting, why not catch the latest news about Skyforge or chat with other players via the Aelinet!

In Battle of Equals, we’ll be implementing a handful of relatively minor updates to various existing features. While these are mostly quite basic changes, we decided it would be a lot more fun to let you know about it before the update arrives!

New Reliquaries

Everyone can enjoy that nice little boost to resources when hitting a new milestone with your character. Unfortunately, the reliquary isn’t currently designed to go infinitely but we can make sure you won’t have to worry about missing out on a little something extra for a long time. Reliquaries will be added to cover your progression all the way up to 1,500,000 prestige! Enjoy your injection of Sparks, Credits, and Holy Texts!

Improved Catch-up System

The Catch-up System is an extremely useful tool that was implemented very early on to help ensure new players could still reliably catch up with their friends or other players who have been around for some time. While it’s a successful system for its intended purpose, there’s always room for improvement! The changes to the system in Battle of Equals will focus on Class Sparks. Specifically, the formula used to calculate how many you receive will be changed to allow a significant amount of them to be obtained at once, in somewhat similar (but not identical) fashion to Sparks of Insight system. Additionally, depending on how many of the Class Spark promotion adventures you’ve missed and how many you’ve done, the new system will calculate how many you should have as if the new variant was always there. Simply put: This can add a massive stock to your Class Sparks!

Legendary Trophies

Get ready for the big-leagues with the new trophy rank – Legendary. What makes these so special is that their additional bonus acts on all enemies from any Army, including bosses! Definitely not something you want to pass up if you have the means to acquire them. Legendary trophies can be acquired by deconstructing Epic Trophies or by completing Rank 8 of Operations, which has seen its reward changed. Instead of 25 epic trophy fragments, you are now rewarded 5 legendary trophy fragments instead.

Atlas Extension

The current Ascension Atlas, while massive, does have a noticeable amount of empty space around its outer perimeter. These center points will be filled with nodes of various shapes and sizes for all your progression needs! If you haven’t already extended that far into the unknown, it definitely won’t hurt to start now!

Check back for more news and updates about Battle of Equals on Skyforge.com!

Battle of Engineers promotion

Ianna has announced an open bid for combat vehicle modernization, directed at all of the most capable minds on Aelion. The task provided involves increasing the safety margin, increasing firepower, and ensuring combat capability in particularly difficult situations, especially under the influence of an alien environment. Several design bureaus are taking part in the competition and there’s no time to lose as a whole range of tests await them very soon. Due to these restraints, the participants are seeking assistance from the Immortals!

From July 6th to July 20th at 12pm PDT, the Battle of Engineers promotion comes to Aelion – Have your adepts to help designers and receive a new generation combat vehicle sample...

Any Immortal that has completed all quests within Isola Digs can take part in this promotion. You will need Test Permits. You can obtain these permits in PVE adventures as trophies from bosses, find them in sets with equipment from PvP battles, or receive them as a random reward for participation in the promotion. Additionally, you can use credits to start completing the missions, if you do not have any plans.

Those with the most successful adepts will receive a Test Driver Uniform and the Battle Pegasus Storm, a real engineering masterpiece! This incredible vehicle can increase character speed 110% and can strike targets at a distance with its impressive arsenal of armaments! But that’s not all they can provide:

• Stimulants
• Victor’s Medals
• Research Grants
• Spark Replicators
• And more!

In addition to the basic items for each completed mission, your Adepts who manage to discover particularly impressive crystallite deposits may receive one of the following rewards:

• 1,000,000 Credits
• 12,000 Argents and 100 Geological Expedition Plans
• 500 progress points on the Guaranteed Reward scale

For additional information, feel free to check out our Battle of Engineers Aelinet Guide!

The promotion ends on July 20th– Good luck!

New mobile payment methods

We are glad to inform you that Mobile packages are now available on our Top-Up page. Mobile payment is an easy-to-use payment method wherein you can complete your payment by confirming it via text messages. The payment will be billed to your mobile phone.

If there is any inquiry regarding a mobile payment, our Support is here to help.

On the 23rd of June we asked you - the community - to design your very own swimsuit with a chance to have your design molded into Skyforge! We're thrilled to have seen so many beautiful designs from our creative community over the course of the event and are pleased to announce that not only one, but two winners have been chosen!

Global Winners

French community member Naath Elyo

Russian community member Vladislava Byorn

2nd to 8th

• 2nd: Celea Loreus
• 3rd: Yin Miushi
• 4th: Dosko Senpai
• 5th: Reyna Alba
• 6th: Eli Moonhaven
• 7th: Pewpewpew Pewpew
• 8th: Ale Lugo

If your name appears on this list, make sure to tell us your desired mount!

SUBMISSIONS PER REGION

• NA Submissions
• EN Submissions
• DE Submissions
• FR Submissions
• RU Submissions

Congratulations to all of our winners and we hope to see you again in our next community contest!

Starting with Battle of Equals, characters will gain a 50% boost to their weekly Credit limits! For example, if it was 942,000 before, it will now grow to 1,413,000!

This will not be the only change regarding Credits. As you know, the cost of various resources is deducted from this limit along with the amount of currency received. Right now, many veteran players have realized the best way of earning Credits is by collecting Holy Texts. Their sale price is 925 Credits each, but only 500 is deducted from the limit. This feature of the system has led some players to collect Holy Texts instead of other resources. In the next update, the cost of selling and buying resources will be changed. The sale price will always coincide with the amount deducted from the cap.

This change, overall, not only increases the potential earnings of all players but allows everyone to focus on other valuable items without stressing over picking up loot. Simply put, doing that is quite boring. The method used by a relatively minor subset of the population is still possible, but is far from necessary. An additional note to remember is that this also helps to make things fairer for new players, as veterans and any of their friends or pantheon members who they happened to inform were earning significantly more credits through this method.

What to do before the change?

If you’re inclined to gain maximum benefit from your remaining credit caps, we encourage you to obtain as many Holy Texts as you can and sell them before the release of Battle of Equals. If you want to increase your Temples’ ranks and not your Credit amount, do the same but spend your earnings on Holy Texts following the update.

Check back for more news and updates about Battle of Equals on Skyforge.com!

The Mechanoids have returned to Aelion to in another attempt to wipe us from existence.

Invasions are a large-scale activity available to all players who have received access to their Divine Form. Characters who successfully increase their rankings in the Laboratory for each invading army will be provided access to new Invasion-specific adventures. While it is not possible to “lose” an Invasion that does not have an accompanying Avatar, the event will still require commitment from the players to reach their maximum potential: Equipment can be improved, new Symbols will be available, stats can be drastically increased, and you’ll even learn who your worthiest companions truly are!

While an Invasion is active, two special assignments will be available to your Adepts every 8 hours. The first will provide Gifts, bring new followers to your Order, and award 12 Faith Points to those that have unlocked their Divine Form. The second awards 10 Victor’s Medals which functions as a special currency used to buy various goods in the Invasion section of the marketplace.

Your loyal Adepts are not the only ones who will be busy with special assignments – during the Invasion you will have special tasks waiting for you as well! Theses missions will appear on the Divine Observatory globe and cycle every day to provide new opportunities depending on your level of research within the Laboratory.

• Rank 1 – Screening Field Generator & Defense of Fortifications
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 8 – Crash Site
• Rank 12 – Flagship of the Mechanoids
• Rank 15 – Coming of Integrator & Integrator’s Avatar

Completing any of the Invasion Adventures will net you special rewards for the maximum rating obtained!

• C Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• B Rating – Reliquary containing Sparks of Insight
• A Rating – 10 Sparks of Divinity
• S Rating – A uniquely colored costume obtainable only from that adventure!

Please note that these rewards can only be obtained once!

Participation in Invasion Adventures will earn the player Eidoses which can be used in the aforementioned Laboratory to expand their Knowledge of the Mechanoids. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Mechanoid Atlas to increase your Resistances, increase general statistics, and further empower your Invasion symbols or talents.

Players who do not possess sufficient Rankings or the Divine Form can still participate in Aelion’s defense by visiting Adventures that are inhabited by Mechanoids such as:

• Factory 501
• Saiban Archipelago
• Palon Prototype Plant
• Facility 902

Completion of these Adventures will result in obtaining Tokens for that invading Army which, in turn, will unlock Sparks required for expanding one side of Mechanoid Atlas. The more tokens obtained, the more Sparks will be rewarded. Your current progression can be viewed at any time by selecting the Invasion’s marker in the Divine Observatory.

Some of the most notable nodes available in the Mechanoid Atlas include:

• “Electrostatic Attacks: Damage” – Enemies struck by your Impulse charge will take damage in 2 seconds if they do not move.
• “Electromagnetic Pulse” – Impulse damage inflicted to shields is increased by 25%
• “Dazzling Flare” – Taking damage has a chance to blind all enemies within an 8 yard radius.
• “Shock Emitter” – In PvP, your attacks reduce damage inflicted by the enemy by 15/17/19/21/23/25% and may decrease their control resistance by 10/12/14/16/18/20%. The amount is dependent on the Symbol’s level.
• “The Might of Other Worlds” – Increases Might Efficiency by 3% per level of this Symbol

Additionally, upon completion of the first Invasion related activity players will be placed into an active Operation. Operations will provide players both personal goals as well as total progression goals for all players taking part. Meeting these goals allows the player to gain extra rewards and potentially move to a higher tiered operation!

Good luck!

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline Wednesday, July 13th at 1:00am PDT for weekly maintenance.

Please find specific details pertaining to the maintenance below:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to perform weekly maintenance, fixes and localization tweaks. We are also busy wrapping gifts and preparing the party for Skyforge's 1st Anniversary! Don't forget to tame your very own Pegasus. You have one week left to do so!

Patch Notes
We are preparing Aelion for Skyforge's first anniversary!

Duration
Approx. ~3 hours

Affected Users
During the maintenance, the Skyforge servers will be inaccessible to all players.

While waiting, why not catch the latest news about Skyforge or chat with other players via the Aelinet!

As Skyforge progresses, the developers constantly seek to try new approaches to diversify your gameplay experience. With the release of Battle of Equals, an unusual area will soon become available — the Antean Wasteland.
This zone will be considerably different from the PvE locations Immortals have become accustomed to.

In contrast to the Regions you have seen before, the Antean Wasteland has not been gripped by the fire of war, invading ships do not drop from the sky, and even the great gods do not pay any significant attention to these parts. Nevertheless, this area is one of the most dangerous places in Aelion: its ruthless weather conditions and deadly inhabitants drove away all civilians long ago.

Despite the fact that the Antean Wasteland is a significantly large location, it will take only 30 minutes to complete. This is because every time you visit the Wasteland, you receive a random set of missions. Completing separate missions will earn you Sparks of Evolution, while finishing a set of missions will earn you a large amount of Ether Cores. Thus, completing this location could be a worthy alternative to Squad and Group adventures. Players will also receive a special mission for the Antean Wasteland once a week, which will be the equivalent to completing a mission in the Hostile Territories and will earn you just as many Sparks of Revelation!

The Antean Wasteland can be visited by almost any player, as it only requires 21,000 Prestige! Moreover, the difficulty level and rewards will always be appropriate for your character.

The human population is nearly nonexistent, consisting of only a handful of Templars and a few camps of the renowned Wardens of the Wasteland. Inexperienced travelers can only expect to meet their death here: giant worms that are capable of easily snapping a person in half lurk underneath the sands. Poisonous scorpions and mighty lizards prowl in search of prey, and the damaged Mechanoids that remain after the crash of their flagship wander aimlessly around the desert. Among the endless dunes, there is a scattering of ruins which have recently become the haunt of Demons. Wardens are used to fighting worms and Mechanoids, but they are far from ready to face the Demons. Additionally, they say the ruins are full of ancient crystallite, so if you are not afraid of imps and faulty Mechanoids, venture within!

Completing the area is complicated by a unique weather anomaly - sandstorms. When a sandstorm starts, visibility is minimal, lightning strikes from the sky, and crazed giant worms crawl out of the sand. To kill a worm during a storm is an honor for a hunter as well as bringing its own benefits.

In addition, so-called public missions will appear in open locations for the first time. These missions are not tied to a specific character and mission progress is shared by all participants. One such challenge awaits the most fearless of heroes – Eternis, Lord of the Sands! This huge monster is the size of a nine-story building and currently resides within his lair in the northern side of the region. Wait for this giant worm to crawl out of his refuge and challenge him! To survive, Immortals will have to keep moving and avoid the monster's poisonous spit. The key to success will be the Warden spears which can remove the monster's invulnerability for a brief time.

Will you dare venture into the Antean Wasteland and figure out the true motives of the Demons, or will you fight the terrible inhabitants of the sands? We wish you luck - you will certainly need it.

Skyforge’s 1-Year anniversary is in full swing, and we’re so excited! To celebrate this momentous occasion, we decided to start a new contest for this very event!

One year ago today, we were counting down to the official launch of the Skyforge Open Beta Test. So many young immortals started to explore the world of Aelion, answering the calls of Aelion’s inhabitants and fighting off countless invading enemies.

One year after, you are not the same anymore. You became stronger, mightier and eventually a god.

From July 14th until July 28th, we want you to show us your change and create a Birthday card using your character from when you started playing Skyforge until now! How will you incorporate this? That’s entirely up to you!

To enter, create your fabulous Birthday Card and either submit it to our Facebook, Google+ or Twitter with the hashtag #1YearofSkyforge or in the official Then & Now Contest thread.

What fabulous prizes await the best entries? Just look out below!

Rewards

Rules & Regulations

• Only entries submitted to Facebook, Google+ or Twitter with the hashtag #1YearofSkyforge or on Aelinet in the official Skyforge Then & Now thread between July 14th and July 28th (23:59 CEST/11:59pm PDT) will be eligible.
• Multiple entries can be submitted but only one entry can win per account.
• Content must contain an image of your Skyforge character.
• Entries can be virtual or real-world creations.
• Entries cannot contain any material that violates the Skyforge Forum Code of Conduct, Forum Terms of Service or My.com account Terms of Service.
• Any and all players are subject to disqualification at any point before, during, and after this competition for violating the Terms of Service or any of our rules of participation.
• The winners will be determined by the subjective judgement of the Skyforge team and winners will be announced a few days later.

Earlier this year we saw the completion of the first season of the epic Pantheon Tournament against the strongest Skyforge communities! Hundreds of players were put to the test: they underwent many battles and fought the most dangerous invasion creatures to bring victory to their Pantheons. The tournament identified the most united teams in Skyforge and will certainly do so again. But today, we have something different and a bit more interesting to discuss – a new battle lies ahead!

This update will see the launch of the titular Battle of Equals — a contest that will reveal the names of the most skillful MMO-players in Skyforge! The name of the contest is no coincidence, for all participants will be on an equal footing!

How to participate:

• It does not matter whether you are a veteran or a beginner! Even the youngest Immortals can enter the arena and begin their journey to the top of the rankings.
• There is no equalizing - you will play a ready-made hero with a set prestige indicator.
• Just pick an available class and enter the battle!

This is a team PvP-contest!

• Battles take place in 3v3 arena format with the usual rules for small battles, except battles are over when 3 victories are reached by a team.
• All participants will have 2 weeks to gain the maximum ranking during the qualification stage.
• You can gain ranking alone or as part of a previously formed group.
• Only the most successful players will reach the final!

And, finally, the more interesting notes!

• In these battles, you cannot use: any form of Transportation, Divine Form, Hyperion Modules, any Symbols from the regular and divine atlases, or abilities and Symbols from the invasion atlases!
• You will join the battle as a hero that only has the current Talents, Skills and weapon properties of your character. You will also receive a bonus for one of the skills which is determined by the properties of your weapon. The quality of equipment will not have an impact on the bonus value. You cannot change weapons during battle. Amulets worn will provide a bonus to abilities (regular or unusual quality amulets — to one ability, and rare or epic — to two). The bonus value is fixed.
• All other equipment (rings, trophies), as well as stat boosters from chapels, adepts, vectors, weapon or ring amplifiers do not work in the rating battles.
• You will receive up to 10 Faith points to use your Divine Healing & Willpower abilities.
• Be aware that there is a penalty for players who leave 3 matches in less than 24 hours. You won't be able to participate in the tournament for 24 hours.
• Gather your loyal friends, for only a united team and wise strategic decisions will lead you to victory!

Spectator mode

Spectator Mode is now available for those who want to watch interesting battles! Simply select the battle you are interested in viewing, or search for a player you wish to view – then join in as an arena spectator. The view will be available from several fixed points or from the view of any live character taking part in combat, with a maximum of 50 spectators per battle.

Rankings & Leagues

Before taking part in the Battle of Equals, every player must play 10 qualification games, after which they will start to accumulate rating points. When selecting opponents, the system will try and find players as close as possible to you using this indicator. When you lose, your rating goes down and when you win, it goes up. If the difference between opponents is very large, the change at the end of the battle will be minimal. If a player leaves the arena early, they will lose part of their rating points. If the arena closes due to insufficient participants, the result of the battle will be determined according to current team scores. Additionally, rating is earned during the qualification stage and does not change in the final.

Depending on personal rating changes, players will be placed in five leagues:

• Diamond Cohort (750 rating points and above, 25 players),
• Ruby Legion (450 rating points and above, 100 players),
• Gold League (250 rating points and above, unlimited number of players),
• Silver League (100 rating points and above, unlimited number of players),
• Bronze League (under 100 rating points, unlimited number of players).

Ratings will be set to zero at the start of every tournament season.

Qualification Stage and Final

For two weeks after the start of the season and the end of the first training battles, players will take part in the qualification stage. The main objective is to earn maximum points - Once that is over, teams have two days to apply to take part in the final. Sixteen (16) teams with the highest total rating will be allowed to reach the final. Solo players must join a group before applying. Once the list of teams has been confirmed, there will be a draw, and the final schedule of battles will be published. Teams are paired up against each other, and then only the winning teams will move to the next stage. Players that lose will, obviously, not participate in the final. If a team fails to show up for a battle, a technical defeat will be announced. All battles are held on weekdays. The exact time will be assigned later.

Rewards

Participation in each battle of the qualification stage and final will earn players standard rewards, similar to those previously given for small battles. In addition, moving into higher leagues will earn you a certain amount of Victor's Medals (500 medals for the Silver league, 1000 medals for the Gold, 2500 medals for the Ruby and 5000 medals for the Diamond). This reward can be received once for each league within one season of the rating battles.

At the end of the season, 9 finalists from the three teams that take the first, second, and third places will receive a special visual feature, which they can use until the end of the next season and the new victors are determined. Thanks to this visual effect around your character, other players will realize that they are looking at the most skilled PvP combatants on the server!

Additionally, all finalists will receive special titles on the forum.