The Phytonides continue their relentless assault in an attempt to turn Aelion’s citizens into their personal fertilizer.

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 – Infected Territories & Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Defense of Fortifications
• Rank 8 – Crash Site
• Rank 10 - Abandoned Fort Garune
• Rank 12 – Phytonide Flagship
• Rank 15 – Coming of Machavann & Machavann’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 Phytonides. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Phytonide 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 Phytonides such as:

• Alakur Island
• Daren Facility

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 Phytonide 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 Phytonide Atlas include:

• “Deadly Impulse: Damage” – Your attacks may spawn an energy pulse that will chase your enemy and inflict damage.
• “Cultivation” – Your abilities that boost a target’s stats can create a few seeds on them. The seeds will be launched at their next target.
• “Regenerative Mechanism” – Regeneration is increased by 3% for each level of the Symbol.
• “Adaptive Shell” – For every 10% of health lost you gain an effect that reduces incoming damage by 20/24/28/32/36/40%, depending on the Symbol’s level. Duration of the effect is 4 seconds with an additional 0.5 seconds per level of the symbol.
• “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 20th at 1:00am PDT for the implementation of Battle of Equals Update:

Purpose
The purpose of taking the servers offline is to implement our new update, Battle of Equals.

Patch Notes
The full list of Battle of Equals Patch Notes can be read HERE.

Duration
Approx. ~5 hours

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

While waiting, why not catch up on all the latest news about Battle of Equals:

• Battle of Equals Tournament
• New Area: Antean Wasteland
• Increased Credit Cap
• New Improvements

Battle of Equals is upon us as well as the titular tournament itself. One particularly interesting feature we wanted to highlight on its own, which was mentioned in our Battle of Equals: PvP Contest overview, is the Spectator Mode! With this, you’ll be able to view any currently ongoing match you want and never miss your Pantheon member’s victories… or defeats.

Spectator Mode

• How do I access Spectator Mode?
  On the Community page (Y) in the menus, you’ll see a new tab called “Matches”. Clicking this will provide you with a list of currently ongoing Battle of Equals matches. Simply choose one or search for the name of a specific user and click “View” to begin spectating!

• What can I view in Spectator Mode?
  You’ll be able to view the match through a camera for each living player currently battling or from various fixed locations around the arena.

• How many players can spectate a single match?
  A maximum of 50!

• Is Spectator Mode available for the other Battles?
  Spectator Mode is only available for Battles of Equals matches, not regular Small or Massive battles.

Given spectator mode is an entirely brand new feature, we're aware that it may not be completely stable as of yet – this will be remedied in the near future.

Calling all Streamers

Now that we have this amazing feature for PvP, we want you guys to show us what you got! If you’re a streamer and plan on participating in the Battle of Equals (or merely rooting your friends on), be sure to let us know - We will have a playlist on Skyforge’s official Youtube channel to show off the community’s streams!

In addition, you can also post your Battle of Equals videos or channel in our official Battle of Equals stream thread on the Aelinet.

Now get out there and settle for nothing less than becoming a Diamond Cohort!

Well, it’s about time…

As some of you may know already, we have added a new Producer to Skyforge. The previous Producer, Fabien “Maeron” Alexandre, who drove Skyforge in its first year, has taken over the responsibility to prepare My.com’s upcoming game Revelation Online for launch. In his stead, I have taken over the helm of Skyforge.

Hi! My name is Volker “PoweredByPixels” Boenigk and as the new Producer I will be guiding Skyforge in the West through its second year and beyond. Previously, I have spent the last 12 years of my working life in various games, and I am looking forward to applying what I have learned in the past to make sure that the future of Skyforge is a bright one.

That being said, it’s finally time for another producer letter (even though it’s only been about a month and a half since the last one). We are currently celebrating the first anniversary of Skyforge. It is a time where we celebrate the persistence of things as much as we celebrate and embrace change. The progress that we have made together and the progress we will make in the future.

I am certain that we will have a great second year together and will watch Skyforge grow even more. I am very excited at the prospect of the journey ahead and I would like to take this opportunity to take a look back, but especially to glance ahead and see what’s coming for Skyforge on the horizon.

Relentless Onslaught on August 17

At this very moment, the celebrations for the 1st year anniversary are in full swing – a Log in for Loot Event, Anniversary Pack Sale, Investigation of Dr. Argus, and more to bring all players together to celebrate the time we have spent together and to anticipate the new things the future may hold. With Battle of Equals we have just released the next big update, which, among many other things, brought some major additions to the PvP landscape of Skyforge. Today we are extremely excited to announce our next update for Skyforge.

Relentless Onslaught will be released on the 17th of August 2016 and will bring exciting, new content for all our PvE players. The addition of a completely new game mode will test your abilities in new and exciting ways.
In the “Inghar Test Area” you will take a group of five players and try to persevere through one of the toughest challenges the game has to offer. In this special area you will find yourself facing hordes of enemies comprised of foes from all the different invading forces. Battle through increasingly difficult phases in an effort to achieve the highest ratings and reap the best rewards. Will you be able to achieve victory and climb to the top? You will be able to find out soon!

Make sure you follow our news and social media to stay up to date as we share more details on this new PvE mode and all the other changes and additions that will come to Skyforge in Relentless Onslaught. We are extremely excited at the prospect of this new update, and we hope that you will enjoy it playing as much as we do preparing it!

What was…

The first year of Skyforge has brought a lot of movement and progress. Since we opened the gates for our Open Beta on the 16th of July 2015, many things have changed. We have released a total of 8 major updates since Skyforge made its entry on the Western market. The latest of these expansions, Cybernetic Alliance and Battle of Equals, amongst many other things introduced a new type of companion and an equalized PvP mode, which made them two of the most well received major updates since the launch of Skyforge.

Over the past year, the game has been made more accessible for new players to ensure a constant flow of new Immortals to fight back the invading hordes , controller support was added, and numerous other changes and improvements to the overall gameplay have been made. We have also released a multitude of different in-game events that gave players the option to enhance their game experience in a variety of ways.

While we may not always have seen eye to eye when it came to the changes that were introduced to the game, and we even may have had constructive discussions on the Aelinet about the way the game was growing and how everyone felt about it, we have, like in any good family, always found a way through our differences.
We have always tried to take everyone’s feedback into account when it came to defining the future course of Skyforge, and whilst it is not possible to always implement all the ideas, wishes, and feedback, we will certainly continue to pursue a path of communication and exchange of ideas in the future.

What will be…

Now apart from these very specific things and very concrete additions to the game that have happened in the past and will happen in the near future, we are also always looking of expanding and improving the way that players access and interact with the game. We want to make it as easy as possible for players to take the role of a god of Aelion and enjoy the adventures that Skyforge has to offer and so we will continue to look into ways that can bring new players into our fantastic world.

The recent addition of controller support to the game for example, has made it possible for players to enjoy the exciting action combat of Skyforge whilst reclining in their chairs and on their couches, rather than being hunched over a mouse and keyboard. Aching gamer backs all around the globe have sighed in relief in the face of this improvement.
But even beyond that, this option has opened the game up to players that so far have not been comfortable (or able) to play the game with the traditional keyboard and mouse configuration.

With all these tumultuous developments and changes of the first year behind us, we now have a much clearer picture of what Skyforge really is, and what it will become in the future. And whilst the recent 8 expansions (soon to be 9) have constantly pushed the game forward, the development team is already working hard on the next major updates to the game, that will bring significant and fundamental changes and additions to some of Skyforge’s core concepts, as well as a lot of exciting new content.
Expect to experience the continuation of the epic storyline you have enjoyed in Skyforge so far, and prepare to test your skills and determination against a completely new Raid Boss. We are looking forward to bringing all this and more to you before autumn 2016, and we will be sharing more details in the coming weeks.

So as we are sailing into the second year of Skyforge, I would like you to rest assured that we are already thinking ahead, plotting our course through the treacherous waters of the online video games market. You will be seeing more of Skyforge out there in the wide world of the video games pretty soon!

Thank You!

But amongst all the talking of growing, expanding, reaching out and tapping new markets, I want to briefly take a step back and look at what is the most important thing for Skyforge and its continued success. And that isn’t a content update, an in-game event or a new invasion. It’s not a new class, an exciting new game mode or a new adventure. It’s you. The players.

You make the game what it is. With your actions in and outside of the game, you make Skyforge to what it is. A place where amazing people can meet and have fun playing a video game together. Players from all continents, social backgrounds and education. People of different age, gender and skin color. People with one common interest: Having a great time together in their video game of choice.

And that is something that I want to celebrate and honor even more than one year of Skyforge. I want to celebrate that we are coming together in this game every day to share experiences and to make memories that will stay with us our whole life. And I want us to be the architects of these memories together, to influence this world together, and to shape this game together.

While we of course have to run this virtual world of ours, and have to make sure that it rests on stable feet that ensure its continued existence, we will continue to listen to you. We will continue to get your opinions, ideas and feedback and make sure that the developers know of your wishes and concerns for the game. While we may not always share the same opinion when it comes to game features or specific changes, we always have the utmost respect for you and your opinions and we will always intently discuss all feedback.

So thank you for this opportunity to address you all. I hope we can make this a regular thing, and that I will be able to talk more details and answer some of your questions in the next edition of the Producer letter.

Thank you, for enjoying Skyforge. Thank you, for being awesome.

Keep rocking,
Volker “PoweredByPixels” Boenigk

Developer Allods Team and global publisher My.com are pleased to announce that Skyforge is celebrating its one year anniversary. On July 16, 2015, Skyforge opened its servers to all players and to celebrate, a selection of wonderful activities and gifts will be available from July 13-27 for all players.

Tearing through the fabric of reality itself, the Demons seek a new home on Aelion by any means necessary.

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 – Abandoned Fort Garune & Settlement Capture
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 10 – Demon Invasion
• Rank 15 – Evacuation

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 Demons. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Demon 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 Demons such as:

• Port Usuni
• Artonis Hollow
• Kuat-Lien Station

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 Demon 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 Demon Atlas include:

• “Astral Rift”– When there are no dashes left, the player is able to teleport to the current target or 15 yards forward if no target is selected. The character can then teleport back within 10 seconds.
• “Deliberate Destruction”– Crushing blow is increased by 2% per level of this Symbol
• “Emanation of Power”– Your Support aura gives allies 2% more Might per level of this Symbol
• “Astral Essence”– Using an attack skill accumulates an effect that increases Might, Strength, Luck, Valor, and Spirit by 0.25% per level of this Symbol but increases damage received by 1%.
• “Phase Shift”– Can reduce incoming damage by 15% and has a chance of restoring a dash charge if you receive damage that exceeds 10% of your maximum health.
• “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 27th 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.

Patch Notes

General:

• Sources of "Out of Memory" errors have been addressed, the client is a lot more stable now.
• Several quests have been updated or fixed, in particular tutorials related to the standard 3v3 battles (replaced by Battle of Equals).

Battle of Equals:

• Players who prematurely leave the battlefield more than 3 times in a day can no longer participate in Battle of Equal for 24 hours. (This was incorrectly implemented in last week's release)
• Miscellaneous fixes for Battle of Equals.

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!

Obtain various previously released collector's packs at up to 15% OFF!

Earn exclusive & uniquely colored costumes, add rare transport to your collection, master previously inaccessible classes, and replenish your stocks of game currency and useful consumables!

The Anniversary Packs will be available for purchase until tomorrow, July 27th, at 8am PDT!

Great Discounts on Packs

During our Anniversary Pack Special you can purchase all the packs that have been released in the past year of Skyforge – at a discount! The more packs you unlock on your account, the higher your personal discount.

Special Reward Pack

Unlocked all the packs on your account? Then let us show you our gratitude with a little Anniversary Reward Pack that contains a special Aelinet title and a number of useful currencies. This is a limited time offer and is valid until 27th July 2016!

To view the complete details or to purchase the Anniversary Packs, visit our dedicated Anniversary Packs Page.

Divine Specializations

Even after an Immortal ascends, gaining their Divine Form and all the magnificent powers that come with it, there is still so much more they have yet to learn. Deep within the Divine Atlas awaits the glorious Divine Specializations – unique extensions of a God’s abilities that empower them through different means ranging from battling other Immortals to managing their Order.

However such magnificent rewards must be earned, either through the acquisition of Secret Knowledge (God of Travels & God of Knowledge) or by defeating the Avatars of the invading gods to earn the highly coveted Divine Revelations. You can learn a little more about the Divine Specializations via our Journey of the Divine: Divine Specializations news!

Continue your journey, young Immortals, and unlock the true potential burning within yourself!

High-Value Transport Sale

As part of our promotions, we commonly include a unique mount that can only be obtained through the aforementioned activity. As a way to allow players to obtain a slick new ride they either were unable to obtain, or merely weren’t actively playing Skyforge at the time, we’re introducing a small selection of them into the market for a limited time- at up to a 50% discount!

From July 27th until August 10th, take this opportunity to pick up a fantastic new mode of transportation that’s sure to make your Pantheon jealous! Each option can be purchased with either Argents or Credits.

The list of prices & discounts (In Argents) for each of the mounts can be found below.

In our next update, Relentless Onslaught, pantheons will be able to continue their battles against the Death Dealers in the D3 Distortion!

This time you’ll find yourself face to face with Melegh – an extremely powerful Reaper. Melegh is a dangerous opponent, requiring careful selection of classes for the adventure. Simply grouping up and devastating Melegh in a short time will not be possible as your opponent is invulnerable to attacks by characters not in the Divine Form and he can only be damaged when in a state of Rage.

During the battle with Melegh, two phases alternate, each repeating five times. This reaper can subjugate immortals to his will. What that means is, be prepared to fight your own allies or, more precisely, their enslaved bodies. After the boss accumulates 4 points of Rage, one member of the group can assume their Divine Form and fight Melegh one on one.

Melegh’s Abilities

First Phase

• Subjugation
  Selects one opponent and divides their body and spirit. The enslaved body, subjugated to the will of the reaper, starts walking towards him obediently. If the body reaches Melegh, its spirit will be destroyed until the end of the battle, and the body will completely yield to the boss and attack its former allies. The spirit loses all its abilities, becomes the main target of the Test of Tenacity ability, and with a 2 second frequency, bursts of negative energy form in a 5-yard radius of it, inflicting damage to all characters in the area.
  Killing the enslaved body frees the spirit and gives the reaper one point of Rage. The death of the spirit takes one point of Rage away from the boss.

• Test of Tenacity
  If there are no other characters in a 10 yard radius of the spirit, Melegh only inflicts damage to the spirit itself. The longer Melegh attacks the spirit, the greater the damage it receives. If there is at least one character in a 10 yard radius of the spirit, Melegh will inflict the same damage to everyone within a 10 yard radius of the spirit. The longer Melegh attacks several characters around the spirit, the greater the damage to them.
  If the number of targets attacked at the same time changes (just spirit or spirit and allies), the boss loses 1 point of Rage.

• Otherworldly Pull (ability is used during the second cycle of the battle and in all subsequent cycles)
  Used if Melegh only attacks the spirit during the Test of Tenacity stage.
  A negative effect is applied to all characters for 2.5 seconds, after which they will be pulled towards the spirit. The effect is removed by dashing.

• Necrotic Aura (used in the second cycle of the battle and in all subsequent cycles)
  Used if Melegh attacks several characters at the same time during the Test of Tenacity stage.
  A negative effect from the aura is applied to all characters in a 10 yard radius, knocking other characters away. The effect is removed by the cleansing abilities of the support classes.

• Grave Bond (used in the third cycle of the battle and in all subsequent cycles)
  Melegh selects two characters and binds them with grave energy for 10 seconds. If the energy is red in color, the characters must stay close to each other, and if blue, they should be no closer than 10 yards away from each other.

• Disarmament (used in the fourth and fifth battle cycles)
  Melegh takes away the weapon from one of the characters and hides it in one of three ghostly orbs. The other two conceal his Vird minions.

Second Phase (RAGE)

As soon as Melegh has accumulated 4 points of Rage, he throws his scythe aside and starts attacking characters with a new set of abilities.
A player using the Necromancer class can pick up the scythe and, after getting divine form for 1 minute (or until they lower the boss’s health by 20%), start attacking the boss.
While in divine form, characters cannot change class and use special divine abilities.

• Explosion
  Melegh knocks all characters back 30 yards.

• Phantom Hand
  The reaper sends a ghostly hand after each opponent that will inflict increased damage on impact.

• Phantom Skull
  Ghostly skulls start flying around Melegh, inflicting increased damage to characters on impact.

• Assistants
  Virds will occasionally appear on the platform, carrying healing orbs to the reaper.

• Basic Attack (ability is activated 15 minutes into the battle)
  Inflicts damage to a random target and leaves a permanent negative effect on them that inflicts damage over time.
  
  

Requirements

All participants with at least 719.864 Prestige, 4.600 Tactical Sense, and Divine Form can join the adventure.

We are already working with the developers to find a way to enable as many players as possible to participate in this content. We did this for the past distortions and we hope to be able to provide a similar solution for the D3 Distortion.

Be sure to keep an eye on Skyforge.com for all the latest news & updates surrounding Relentless Onslaught and more!

Our travels across Aelion find at the gates of a temple within Artonis Valley, one of the Ithanos Archipelago isles located near the Targo Islands and Ardos Monastery. This tropical valley is full of religious structures dating back to the age of Aeli, which have gone untouched for quite until recently.

History

No human has set foot on Ithanos Archipelago for a very long time, with active exploration only beginning following the Idala-Naire war. Archeological data, gathered during one of the expeditions to the area, suggests that there were a few of Aeli’s temples located in Artonis Valley. They were evidently abandoned during the early ages of the Dark Times. The island stood deserted, with jungle consuming almost all of these great constructions during its extended vacancy. The scientific researchers didn’t stay long, only making a brief list of existing buildings. We can only guess what artifacts of Aeli’s long gone époque can be found within the temple grounds.

Artonis jungle never was as dangerous as it is today. Air reconnaissance recently began to notice groups of strange creatures on the isle that, from their position, very much fit the appearance of Demons. Back in the day, they used to enter Aelion through portals located in areas with thinned matter. Aeli stopped their invasion attempts and pushed them back into their own world. A few demons were left on Aelion, doomed to wander about the planet. As is their nature, they managed to make themselves busy with what they do best: destruction and murder.

Judging from the pictures, Demons had made themselves comfortable in vestiges of old temples and erected obelisks for summoning other Demons. Any wildlife that had inhabited this place before the Demons arrived had either fled in terror, or were the unfortunate victim of some voracious imps.

It goes without saying, but we were very lucky to discover demons in a deserted solitary area before they managed to reach some human settlements. The immortals have a good chance to destroy them without fear of doing harm to any nearby civilians. Volunteers are being recruited for a mission to Artonis Valley.

Let loose and devastate these remaining imps for the safety of Aelion!

The Gorgonides return in full force, resulting in certain Aelion archaeologists becoming uncomfortable!

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. The event will 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 – Sabotage In Reactor & Crashed Aircraft
• Rank 4 – Lending a Hand
• Rank 6 – Abandoned Fort Garune
• Rank 8 – Icy Wasteland
• Rank 10 – Defense of Fortifications
• Rank 12 – Gorgonide Flagship
• Rank 21 – Coming of Bedazzling Akonita

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 Gorgonides. This Knowledge, in turn, can be used on one half of the Gorgonide 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 Gorgonides such as:

• Taron Power Station
• Tarlen Aquifer
• Fort Darlek

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 Gorgonide 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 Gorgonide Atlas include:

• “Deadly Trap” – Your attacks can cause a ring of exploding arrows to appear around the enemy. In 4 seconds, they will close and explode in the center.
• “Corrosive Coating” – When inflicting critical damage, you can apply an effect to the enemy that inflicts traumatic damage equal to 100/110/120/130% of your Luck, depending on the level of the Symbol. If used alongside Lacerated Wounds, the damage is equal to 200/220/240/260% of your Luck in total.
• “Summon Enhanced Companion” – Using attacking abilities in combat, your companion may attack your target, drawing enemy fire to itself for 20 seconds. If used in conjunction with Summon Companion, a stronger version will appear that is able to use Energy Spike which inflicts significant damage to stunned enemies.
• “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!

“A plague raged wherever Imenad passed. It destroyed those who miraculously escaped the clutches of the carrion and eluded the curses of the reapers. Luckily, Imenad is locked into a distortion until the end of his days. But woe betide anyone who falls into his spatial dungeon. The ravaging plague will doom them to a slow and painful death.” - Asterius Encyclopedia

In our next update, Relentless Onslaught, we’ll be adding the final two phases of the D-Series Distortion for all challengers!
If you happened to miss it, you can read more about the D3 in our Relentless Onslaught: D3 Distortion news!

The D4 Distortion will face Imenad – a spreader of plague and disease. It’s in your best interest to be wary of the fetid piles of corpses, spreading infections, and those resurrected by Imenad. When these risen bodies are approached, they will explode and infect everyone nearby. Fret not, as a sacred relic is available on the battlefield that will allow you to escape an otherwise inevitable, and slow, demise. A group member that picks up the relic will receive complete immunity from the infection and can heal others. So if you happen to become infected, make sure you go straight to the one member who can save you!

To provide some additional help, we’ve provided the bosses’ abilities below:

Imenad’s Abilities

• Dark Ritual
  Imenad condenses the darkness around him and destroys all infected characters.

• Earthquake
  Imenad creates a powerful earthquake, causing waves of fire to ripple across the platform. Those hit by it get knocked back.

• Destruction of the Relic
  Imenad breaks the sacred relic into multiple pieces. It can be restored if you pick up the pieces before they disappear.

• Plague Skull
  Plague skulls occasionally appear from the piles of corpses. The skull chases a player and will infect them if it reaches them before it disappears.

• Pandemic
  Wounded Imenad loses a divine spark. After that, he hides behind an impenetrable shield, and all the space around him becomes infected. The relic protects against the infection and so does the aura, which can be activated by the god that picks up the relic.
  During this phase, corpses are revived in great numbers.

Requirements

All participants with at least 826,257 Prestige, 4,800 Tactical Sense, and the Divine Form can join the adventure.

Be sure to keep an eye on Skyforge.com for all the latest news & updates surrounding Relentless Onslaught and more!

The Skyforge EU/NA servers will be taken offline **Wednesday, July 3rd 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.

Patch Notes

General:

• The Antean Wasteland population has been reduced to 50
• Tactical sense requirements have been adjusted for D-series distortions

Battle of Equals:

• The qualification is extended until August 9th due to the recent technical issues

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!

Cloud City promotion

The mysterious Cloud City, a mountain fortress home to Giant Tobi-riding mages, has yet to be found and remains a thing of myth. The adepts of Aelion’s gods are embarking on a search for the legendary city in hopes of discovering the wonders that wait within!

Starting today, from August 3rd to August 17th at 12pm PDT, the Cloud City promotion comes to Aelion – Send your adepts to find this lost temple and unlock wonders not known to the rest of the world!

Any Immortal that has reached 1,000 Prestige can take part in this promotion. To begin, you will need Search Area Maps which can be obtained from PvE adventures from bosses, found in sets with equipment from PvP battles, or as a random reward for participation in the promotion itself.
Those that manage to contribute the most to the search efforts will receive the Emperor Tobi mount and Aeronaut Costume! But that’s not all that can be provided:

• Holy Texts
• Victor’s Medals
• Enhancement Stones
• Stimulants
• And more!

In addition to the basic items for each completed mission, Adepts that manage to find something incredible will be given significant rewards such as:

• 1,000,000 Credits
• 12,000 Argents and 100 Search Area Maps
• 500 progress points on the Guaranteed Reward scale

Alongside the Cloud City promotion, we’re introducing another set of three nodes for the Vectors of Destruction, Balance, and Creation. In contrast to regular nodes, and identically to the existing ones, they do not require Ether Cores to upgrade! These items can be found in the Invasion tab of the Market. Got lost? No Worries! Our Aelinet Guide has got you covered!

The promotion ends on August 17th - good luck to your adepts on their adventure!

Mystery Box Sale

While travelling across Aelion, Immortals require an abundance of various resources to help advance all aspects of their abilities. While these can be obtained through normal progression, it’s sometimes nice to receive a boost, no matter how minor. That said, we’ve prepared a special item to provide players with a nice assortment of items for all of Skyforge’s various forms of progression!

Making its debut on the market – the Mystery Box! For one week, from August 3rd until August 10th, get more bang for your buck with a special 50% OFF discount!

Every time you open a box you’ll receive a reward worth more than the box’s 500 Argent purchase price!
The Mystery Box can be found within the Events tab of the Market (N). Inside the box you have the possibility to receive one of the following:

• At least 600 Ether Cores
• At least 250 Improved Ether Cores
• At least 300 Enhancement Stones
• At least 100 Special Holy Texts
• At least +3 days of Premium Account Status
• 10,000 Victor’s Medals

This bundle of resources won’t be around for too long – so take advantage of it while you can!

Developer Allods Team and global publisher My.com announce the Battle of Equals Tournament has begun! Fight on equal footing, with or against your friends, to prove who truly has the skills to become the best player in Skyforge. In the upcoming weeks, players will be participating in 3 vs 3 matches in which the playing field is normalized, where skill is the true deciding factor.

Anyone in Skyforge can be immortal. Only the greatest can rise up and gain divine specialization!

For Skyforge’s first anniversary we invited you, the community, to create birthday cards involving your character in some fashion from when you started Skyforge until now! The results were as creative as always. After going through all of the entries, we’ve picked out our favorites:

First Place - Noob Player

Second Place - Naemyis Hwuer

Third Place - Orbo Diaz

Place four to ten

• Jackie Nguyen
• Pewpewpew Pewpew
• Rebecca Lynn
• Void Singer
• Miss Sprinklez
• Eli Moonhaven
• Sparky Gallanoil

All submissions

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

WINNERS: Don't forget to post your chosen reward in the winners thread. For reference, you can find a description of the packs HERE

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who participated! We’ll see you for our next community contest!

Our travels find us returning to the northern region of Eastern Inkara to explore the current happenings at the Palon Prototype Plant.

History

Several centuries ago, a demand appeared for the construction of a large enterprise that would create the latest in military technology and combat machinery. The plant began by assembling serial and experimental machinery units: Tanks, Pegasus, and Titans, to name a few. Many scientific laboratories across Aelion ordered limited editions of various devices for their own needs. The plant’s primary client has always been the Order of Templars, with about seventy percent of their production going towards their requests. As the Templars always prefer to use the latest technologies, Palon Prototype Plant always runs day and night to keep supplies available.

A recent incident will inevitably compromise the machinery supply chain.

Workers within the Palon Prototype Plant discovered weird disorders in the manufacturing lines and a main control core needed a thorough check-up. As soon as people approached it, they were attacked by combat machines that were assembled right there within the plant. Pegasus, various Tanks, and Titans lined up to attack. At the front of the formation, workers noticed unusual devices, recognized by some as Mechanoids. It’s assumed that the Mechanoid intruders snuck inside under the cover of darkness, disabled the alarm, and reprogrammed the assembly line’s computers. The workers managed to escape to a secure location and send an emergency signal via a channel the Mechanoids did not yet gain control over – Now they are waiting for a rescue.

The situation at the plant must be fixed immediately, or else the Templar forces will be gravely weakened. Without their combat vehicles, which have more than proven themselves in Aelion’s defense, the Templars ability to provide significant protection will be nearly nonexistent.

Immortals! Head to the Palon Prototype Plant and secure the area as soon as possible!