This page generally only reports changes to the client, and not additions to the world. You will have to explore to find the additions to the world.

If you’re having difficulties downloading the new update, look at the Troubleshooting page.

The v669 update is scheduled for Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

9/1/2010 v666
Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate. — Dante Alighieri

• Some types of inadvertent “health poisoning” should now be fixed. “Advertent” health poisoning is a whole ’nother matter, of course.
• For those transitioning Arindal players who had registered with GygesGM, your characters should start receiving accelerated ranks this update.
• Development continues on new projects.
• No crashes in 572 days and counting.
• You’ll have to explore to discover the rest of this Chaos Storm’s changes... if you dare!

For Mac users, here is the most recent v666 Universal-Binary Client (requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later).

The traditional PPC/Carbon client once again remains available for v666, but its days are severely numbered.

8/11/2010 v663
What we anticipate seldom occurs, what we least expected generally happens. — Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)

• Pebbles, in the temple, has been dismissed for gross incompetence. Luckily we were able to hire a replacement, her identical twin sister, also (confusingly) named Pebbles. Despite the apparent similarities, the new Pebbles is expected to be much more helpful than the old.
• Many minor bug fixes.

7/21/2010 v660
Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get. — Mark Twain (1835–1910)

• Welcome Arindal players!
• Splash screen now 134% splashier.
• Mannequins should now remember the /name of stored clothing, and also display belts properly.
• Whiteout snow conditions no longer cause whiteout visibility.

6/30/2010 v657
Community cannot for long feed on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers. — Howard Thurman (1900–1981)

• If you don’t like the weather... wait a minute.

6/9/2010 v654
Some people change their ways when they see the light; others when they feel the heat.— Caroline Schoeder

• Lava hurts... but only when it’s supposed to. (All you need is lava?)
• Mac client:
  • Character Manager dialog now more reliable
  • Movies should now record and play back correctly.

For older news, see What’s New from 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, or 1998.