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12/24/2016 Congratulations to Masterbowski ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Eldriken ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/24/2016 The security checks will now have more contrast so you should not need to strain as much solving them.
12/18/2016 For the past week or so, S1 especially has been experiencing a lot of lag spikes. We're happy to admit that we've traced what we believed was an issue with hard drive performance down to a bug with the RWK sync method hanging on corrupted client requests. We will continue to monitor the situation to make sure it is actually resolved.
We are bringing back the RWK Swimsuit competition! You can set your swimsuit picture under options (we encourage you *not* to use your real photo) and players can see your swimsuit image by clicking your name three times or by using the /s command manually. Votes for your swimsuit picture will net you some ash, but we've reduced the amount of votes that give significant ash to lower the chance of exploitation.
12/10/2016 Kingdoms without owners will now show up as white on the colored map. This will help people find empty areas to settle. We recommend settling those areas little by little, so your activity doesn't show up blatantly on a daily map update.
Free Fortify relic (/fr) now gives treasury in addition to fortification.
The 10 days Templar and Access package now comes with two Free Fortify relics to help new players begin building KDs.
Tecton's ability to reduce the effectiveness of runes via aftershock (not the initial use) has been nearly doubled.
The amount of runes lost when a KD is overthrown has been reduced to 80% (from 90%). Note: Kingdoms of kings with more than 1500 kingdoms will not lose any runes when overthrown. See this.
12/8/2016 Two centuries-old bugs are believed to have been fixed: beasts that disappear without having been killed and ghost beasts that are not there but refuse to be removed from the battle list. Let us know if you find evidence of the contrary. Note, you still need to battle the existing ghosts beasts once for them to be removed from the lists.
11/30/2016 Capture even more old RWK nostalgia: Name swaps are now available for a reduced price of $20 via mail order and PayPal (refresh the order page). We will even delete banned characters to free up names for swaps in most cases. E-mail help@racewarkingdoms.com if you have questions.
11/29/2016 The first ever RWK Cyber Tuesday special is here! We are bringing back the SoSe package, and it's juicier than ever. You now can get a DD and a Goblin Head which makes it roughly $1,000 worth of purchases if bought separately. Hit F5 (or ctrl-F5 if necessary) while on the order page to refresh it if you don't see the SoSe package available. Available through PayPal as well as mail order, however, PayPal orders are restricted to 1 SoSe package per week per PayPal account.
We have also changed the way the soft cap works: rather than reducing exp gained at level 750 it will only kick in at the last 500 levels from the current cap.
11/26/2016 Congratulations to Lilsamurai ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Lilsamurai ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 24th (yes, XMAS) at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/29/2016 Congratulations to Lord Ramza ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Lord Ramza ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/24/2016 Congratulations to Raybone ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Lilsamurai ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/27/2016 Congratulations to Porn Star ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Eldriken ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sept 24th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/30/2016 Congratulations to Stormcrow2 ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Fritztacular ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Aug 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/25/2016 Congratulations to Ishara ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ishara ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jul 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/28/2016 The S2 Inquest and S1 rewards were interrupted tonight due to a DDoS attack, likely originating from botters angry for having recently been banned. Rest assured, we are taking steps to help mitigate the efficacy of these attacks in the future. The S2 Inquest has been rescheduled for Jun 4th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). We are sorry about the inconvenience, but remember that it is a good thing when botters are frustrated and retaliating. It means our anti-botting measures are working.
Congratulations to Cubsown56 ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Porn Star ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jun 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/19/2016 The RWK internal database has been modernized. Previously it was a crude beast, lacking proper synchronization and using recent backups to recover from occassional errors. It now operates under conditions that should make zone resets and player rollbacks a thing of the past, barring actual hardware failure. And we have local and remote backups in place to deal with catastrophic hardware failure and natural disasters.
5/15/2016 Some users are experiencing lag (due to some keep-alive oddities that are forcing a new connection repeatedly) when using the https SSL encrypted address. You can use a direct connection to RWK1: http://208.100.40.136/ or RWK2: http://208.100.40.137/ for a direct, but unsecure connection that should not have these issues.
5/13/2016 We are currently in the process of migrating to a new, far-superior network. Players especially in Europe will have much better pings to our servers when migration has completed. Expect substantial downtime today, however, as we transfer the database.
5/5/2016 To further limit the effect of potential third-party botters, only the actual kingdom owner can use the /pe command. Kings must now embezzle their own kingdoms.
5/4/2016 Security checks can now be triggered when playing poker. Any botting activity will result in bans for poker alts as well as mains if these security checks are repeatedly failed, moving forward.
4/30/2016 Congratulations to Natalya Simonova ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Natalya Simonova ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/26/2016 A massive amount of bannings has taken place on S2, following the recent security check update which revealed a very active botter. This person and those who used his "services" were banking on us only banning the chars linked to the IPs of the bots themselves, and were careful to keep those bots running macros on separate IPs. They failed to completely isolate the bots from other data that clearly showed who the characters belonged to, and the ban wave began, consuming anyone who shared characters with the bot's owner. Many will claim they had no idea that their bezzer was botting, but that is not an argument that will absolve them of guilt, when they repeatedly watched as the chars bezzing their kingdoms got banned for botting and replaced with new ones, and did not seem to care, so long as the money was coming in.
3/26/2016 Congratulations to Deacon Frost ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Uber Evil ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Apr 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/27/2016 Congratulations to Ksy Ghan ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ksy Ghan ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Mar 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/30/2016 Congratulations to Rectal Ranger ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Lilsamurai ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/26/2015 Congratulations to Black Knight ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Black Knight ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
11/28/2015 Congratulations to Nsane ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Heroic Monk ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/31/2015 Congratulations to Obsidian Night ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Obsidian Night ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/26/2015 Congratulations to Lord Ramza ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Vladderat ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/29/2015 Congratulations to Uber Evil ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Confederate ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sep 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/25/2015 Congratulations to Raybone ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ksy Ghan ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Aug 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/27/2015 Congratulations to Eldriken ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ksy Ghan ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/30/2015 Congratulations to Ishara ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Umop Episdn (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Cady ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/25/2015 Congratulations to Porn Star ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Heroicfool ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
3/28/2015 Congratulations to Natalya Simonova ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Skillz That Killz ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Apr 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/28/2015 Congratulations to Lord Sin ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Skillz That Killz ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Mar 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/31/2015 Congratulations to Fritztacular ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ksy Ghan ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/12/2015 Kingdom tax will no longer affect people who are under level 1,000 in order to help new players farm on surface.
1/1/2015 The kingdoms of banned players will now automatically be purged when you walk them. Happy New Year!
12/29/2014 Never miss an Inquest again! Android users can download the "Glitchless Notifier" app, now available at the Google Play Store. This app allows you to configure (or easily disable completely) the types of notifications you want to receive from Glitchless games, then to receive alerts when they occur regardless of whether the app is running. We know a good portion of our gamers use iOS instead of Android devices, and we do have plans of creating an app for that as well, provided the Android app is well received.
12/27/2014 Congratulations to Rectal Ranger ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Rectal Ranger ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
Blood Pinch and Lestat now have a 50% chance of being annulled.
12/06/2014 Congratulations to Lilsamurai ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Rectal Ranger ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
11/29/2014 The Inquest has been rescheduled for Dec 6th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/25/2014 Congratulations to Nsane ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Nsane ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/27/2014 Congratulations to Black Knight ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Werewolf689 ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/30/2014 Congratulations to Lord Ramza ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Dwarf56 ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sept 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/26/2014 Congratulations to Heroicfool ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Heroicfool ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Aug 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/28/2014 Congratulations to Cubsown56 ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Cubsown56 ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/10/2014 Corrections have been made to the initial page to allow for character creation, password changing, and password recovery on non-IE browsers. Also, RWK server 2 is now available directly via IP again (http://66.135.42.154/), in order to play where they may filter game sites. Server 1 is accessable as always via http://209.15.226.250/
6/1/2014 The first stage of the RWK conversion has been completed. Players should now be able to access RWK through virtually any browser and via smart phones. If you are still getting warnings, clear your browser cache, and if you notice any problems e-mail help@racewarkingdoms.com
5/31/2014 Congratulations to Obsidian Night ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Shadowhawk (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Goatfacekiller ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/26/2014 Congratulations to Ishara ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Bijou666 ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
3/29/2014 Congratulations to Henry ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Masterbowski (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ishara ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Apr 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/22/2014 Congratulations to Lord Sin ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Lord Sin ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Mar 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/1/2014 Congratulations to Ksy Ghan ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Ksy Ghan ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 22nd at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/25/2014 Inquest postponed until Feb 1st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/28/2013 Congratulations to Eldriken ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Eldriken (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Umop Episdn ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/14/2013 Somehow... someway... three of our four servers have died in the past 3 days, all except for RWK1. RWK2 will be down while we work to restore data from the hard drives. RWK1 will likely need to be moved to new hardware as well, and since we are afraid to reboot the server since that seems to initiate these odd near simultaneous hardware failures, we are not going to be doing daily resets or map upates until that time.
11/30/2013 Congratulations to Rectal+Ranger ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Eldriken ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/26/2013 Congratulations to Archerofsm00thness ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Henry ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/28/2013 Congratulations to Black Knight ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Hel) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Henry ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/05/2013 Players who had credit saved have had the credit automatically converted to EEoAs that are now in their inventory.
8/31/2013 Congratulations to Nsane ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (Dun) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Uber Evil ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sept 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/27/2013 Congratulations to Raybone ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Nobody (Sur) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Raybone ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for Aug 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/29/2013 Congratulations to Lord Ramza ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Lord Ramza ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/25/2013 Congratulations to Uber Evil ($100 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (SE Hev) for winning the $100 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the brawl winner Obsidian Night ($50). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). Don't be late ;)
4/28/2013 Congratulations to Cubsown56 (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hel) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Essence Of Chaos ($150), Uber Evil ($100), Umop Episdn ($100), and Henry ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/27/2013 Due to the lower population and huge credit prizes from the Inquest the player market for credit has greatly devalued to worth of RWK credit and items. Tonight's Inquest will have the normal rewards, however, after tonight victories in the Inquest will be for prestige, not for profit. Only the plex winner and Inquest winner will receive credit prizes of $100. The Inquest winner can instead choose the 3.2GHZ computer while we still have them in stock. There are currently 2 remaining. Players will still receive the 3500 ash for each victory in the Inquest and Brawl winner will get $50 credit. The amount of beasts in the invasion will now be scaled based on the amount of players online.
3/30/2013 Congratulations to Shotgun Opera (3.2GHz Computer System or $1500 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Uber Evil ($300), Essence of Chaos ($200), Dragonsfury ($200), and Raybone ($200 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Apr 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/23/2013 The Feb Inquest has been cancelled due to scheduling problems. Next month's Inquest is scheduled for Mar 30th at 6:00pm EST where combatants will get DOUBLE credit for all victories. Grats to Eldriken (NW Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex award and getting the usual $500 credit.
1/26/2013 Congratulations to Deacon Frost (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Uber Evil ($150), Heroic Monk ($100), Warlocklegend($100), and Henry ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 23rd at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/26/2013 Congratulations to Deacon Frost (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Uber Evil ($150), Heroic Monk ($100), Warlocklegend($100), and Henry ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 23rd at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/30/2012 10x poker is now in effect. Raising is done in increments of 10 instead of 1 ash. You no longer get ash just for playing anymore either, sorry bots! Let's see who can really play poker. Poker buy-in is now 10 ash istead of 100mil gold and it goes toward the pot. Happy New Year!
12/29/2012 Congratulations to Lilsamurai (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (SE Hev) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Bionic ($150), Cubsown56 ($100), Rectal Bleeding ($100), and Raybone ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
11/24/2012 Congratulations to The762 (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Nobody (No where Hel) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Archer Of Crosis ($150), Crosis The Purger ($100), Dwarf56 ($100), and Raybone ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/27/2012 Congratulations to Bijou666 (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Archer Of Crosis ($150), Dragonsfury ($100), Skillz That Killz ($100), and Deacon Frost ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 24th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/29/2012 Congratulations to Masterbowski (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Publicenemy (NW Sur) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Warlocklegend ($150), Deacon Frost ($100), Lilsamurai ($100), and Lilsamurai ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/25/2012 Congratulations to Eldriken (3.2GHz Computer System or $750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the $500 credit Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lilsamurai ($150), Black Jezus ($100), Deacon Frost ($100), and Nicho ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sept 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/28/2012 Congratulations to Cady (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (SE Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Werewolf689 ($150), Eldriken ($100), Masterbowski ($100), and Ishara ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Aug 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/30/2012 Congratulations to Vampire Of Hatred (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hel) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Vamp Of Bernardfa ($150), The762 ($100), Cronus ($100), and Bionic ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/26/2012 Congratulations to Captain Planet (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Archer Of Crosis ($150), Drakken Deathlord ($100), Cady ($100), and Cady ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/28/2012 Congratulations to Lardinho (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Warrior Of Shadows (SE Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rectal Bleeding ($150), Heroicfool ($100), Masterbowski ($100), and Bijou666 ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/16/2012 Terms of use updated to remove unnecessary language and further clarify the rules.
3/31/2012 Congratulations to Lord Ramza (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Henry ($150), Lardinho ($100), Raybone ($100), and Cronus ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Apr 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/25/2012 Congratulations to Shotgun Opera (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (SE Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Ramza ($150), Obsidian Night ($100), Dennis The Menace ($100), and Lord Ramza ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Mar 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/28/2012 Congratulations to Drunken Froggie (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hel) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Heroicfool ($150), Henry ($100), Cady ($100), and Bballplayer ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/31/2011 Congratulations to Publicenemy (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Drunken Froggie ($150), Hazonko ($100), Megan Fox ($100), and Lord Ramza ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
11/26/2011 Congratulations to Joe8mama (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lord Ramza (SE Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Bijou666 ($150), Dragonsfury ($100), Hazonko ($100), and Archer of Crosis ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/29/2011 Congratulations to Stormcrow2 (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Megan Fox ($150), Joe8mama ($100), Rectal Bleeding ($100), and Drunken Froggie ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/24/2011 Congratulations to Cubsown56 (3.2GHz Computer System or 1500 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lady Calimar (SE Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Megan Fox ($300), Homer Stokes ($200), Henry ($200), and Drunken Froggie ($200 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/28/2011 The August Inquest has been cancelled due to complications caused by hurricane Irene. Next month's Inquest is scheduled for Sept 24th at 6:00pm EST where combatants will get DOUBLE credit for all victories. The grats to Cady (SE Hel) for winning the Kingdom Plex award and getting the usual $500 credit.
7/30/2011 Congratulations to Evincarvolrath (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Mauce The Waus ($150), Henry ($100), Drunken Froggie ($100), and Lord Shinobai ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/25/2011 Congratulations to Eldriken (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Archer Of Crosis (SE Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Statutory Ape ($150), Bijou666 ($100), Archer Of Crosis ($100), and Cady ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/28/2011 Congratulations to Deacon Frost (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Drunken Froggie (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Statutory Ape ($150), Joe8mama ($100), Nicho ($100), and Bijou666 ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/30/2011 Congratulations to Lilsamurai (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (SE Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Dennis The Menace ($150), Mauce The Waus ($100), Henry ($100), and Bionic ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
3/26/2011 Congratulations to Black Knight (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hel) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Shinobai ($150), Cady ($100), Uber Evil ($100), and Cady ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/26/2011 Congratulations to Ksy Ghan (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Publicenemy ($150), Lilsamurai ($100), Druidrevolution ($100), and Hazonko ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Mar 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/29/2011 Congratulations to Nsane (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Nsane (SE Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Homer Stokes ($150), Shotgun Opera ($100), Cooldude3000 ($100), and Nsane ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/18/2010 Congratulations to Raybone (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Cubsown56 ($150), Drunken Froggie ($100), Rectal Ranger ($100), and Henry ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
11/27/2010 Congratulations to Vampire Of Hatred (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Megan Fox (NW Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Qin Shi Huangdi ($150), Black Jezus ($100), Hannibal ($100), and Ksy Ghan ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 18th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/30/2010 Congratulations to Lord Ramza (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hel) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Raybone ($150), Megan Fox ($100), Vampire Of Hatred ($100), and Archerofsm00thness ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/25/2010 Congratulations to Jadedmyst (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Archer Of Crosis ($150), Deacon Frost ($100), Drunken Froggie ($100), and Drunken Froggie ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/28/2010 Congratulations to Lardinho (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Archer Of Crosis (SE Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Ramza ($150), Drunken Froggie ($100), Shotgun Opera ($100), and Cubsown56 ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sept 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/31/2010 Inquest credit rewards will automatically be given in EEoA's after the competition. This will speed up the prize allocation and make for less time waiting for the beast invasion.
Congratulations to Stormcrow2 (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Black Jesus ($150), Black Knight ($100), Porn Star ($100), and Black Knight ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Aug 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). 6/26/2010 Congratulations to Rectal Bleeding (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Murion Kerchibard (SW Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Nicho ($150), Vampire Of Hatred ($100), Publicenemy ($100), and Archer Of Crosis ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/29/2010 Congratulations to Tielos (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hell) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Ramza ($150), Jadedmyst ($100), Raybone ($100), and Lord Ramza ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/24/2010 Congratulations to Eldriken (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Henry ($150), Jadedmyst ($100), Doug ($100), and Uber Evil ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
3/27/2010 Congratulations to Lord Shinobai (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (North Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rectal Ranger ($150), Hannibal ($100), Cubsown56 ($100), and Black Jezus ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 24th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/27/2010 Congratulations to Cady (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rid ($150), Lord Shinobai ($100), Hannibal ($100), and Zone ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for March 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/30/2010 Congratulations to Lilsamurai (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Iaulus (SE Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Archerofsm00thness ($150), Cubsown56 ($100), Cady ($100), Black Knight ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
12/26/2009 Congratulations to Bacchaus (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hell) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Black Knight ($150), Cubsown56 ($100), Ksy Ghan ($100), Rectal Ranger ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for January 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). 11/28/2009 Congratulations to Werewolf689 (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Homer Stokes ($150), Lord Sin ($100), Ksy Ghan ($100), Kathstandsalone ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for December 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/24/2009 Congratulations to Bionic (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red193193 (N Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Todders ($150), Tielos ($100), Rectal Ranger ($100), Evincarvolrath ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for November 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/23/2009 Due to the overzealous spam filtering employed by most major e-mail sites we will no longer be issuing an Inquest reminder e-mail since it reaches such a small portion of our list. When Saturday night rolls around be sure to remember that it might be an Inquest night.
9/26/2009 Congratulations to Cooldude3000 (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lord Longshank (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Zone ($150), Ladyandlord Viper ($100), Lilsamurai ($100), Hannibal ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for October 24th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
9/09/2009 The special package deal has expired and there are no plans for special package deals in the future.
8/29/2009 Congratulations to Mauce The Waus (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Iaulus (SE Hev) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Evincarvolrath ($150 + $100 Brawl), Lilsamurai ($100), Kathstandsalone ($100). The next Inquest is scheduled for September 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/1/2009 Congratulations to Stormcrow2 (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Todders ($150), Lardinho ($100), Ksy Ghan ($100), and Hannibal ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). 7/25/2009 Due to a scheduling mishap the July Inquest has been pushed back to August 1st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). We apologize for the late notice. The plex award is still being judged on today's maps and will be announced in game shortly.
Cady has won this month's plex competition with their SE Hell Plex.
7/09/2009 The /guide system has been re-enabled.
6/27/2009 A new special has been added: The All of the Above + Goblin Head package! See the buy items page for details. As usual specials are not purchasable with game credit. Players who purchase this new special who also purchased one or more of the items included in the special for that same character on or after June 13th 2009 can e-mail ordersracewarkingdoms.com with their PayPal receipt(s) pasted in the e-mail to receive a full refund on the previously purchased items.
Congratulations to Nicho (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lardinho ($150), Deacon Frost ($100), Lord Sin ($100), and Nicho ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/30/2009 Congratulations to Lord Ramza (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and Brawl. Nobody qualified to win this month's Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest winners Black Jezus($150), Cubsown56 ($100), and Stormcrow2 ($100). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/26/2009 The SoSe package is only available for a few more days. It will be discontinued the night of the Inquest.
4/25/2009 Congratulations to Raybone (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Ramza ($150), Stormcrow2 ($100), Nicho ($100), and Hannibal ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/24/2009 Sacrificial Skillation relics will be destructable after tomorrow's Inquest.
3/28/2009 Congratulations to X Nimbus X (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Joshman (East Heaven) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Red193193 ($150), Hannibal ($100), Gangiskhan ($100), and Lord Ramza ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/28/2009 A new special has been added: The SoSe and Goblin Head package! See the buy items page for details. All shall rejoice in this news... except for a few bitter tyrants who's buttcheeks are clenched so tightly to power that they teleport funny. As usual specials are not purchasable via Inquest credit.
An issue with the SoSe package not containing the Templar upgrade has been fixed. It now has Templar.
Congratulations to Jadedmyst (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hell) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Stormcrow2 ($150), Red193193 ($100), Raybone ($100), and Hannibal ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for March 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
2/19/2009 Starting after this month's Inquest we will be offering a special package discount. More info will be given at the Inquest.
2/18/2009 Race War Kingdoms has been relocated to the same Virginia data center where Nodiatis is hosted. Though we are using the same high quality bandwidth as before, this is a more central location that connects to more major internet backbones and will be better for most users. The servers have also been greatly upgraded with a doubling of processor power and memory. This should help during the busy beast invasions after the Inquests.
1/31/2009 Congratulations to Eldriken (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Gzus2 (NW Dun) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners X Nimbus X ($150), Lord Shinobai ($100), Grimreaper ($100), and Cubsown56 ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for February 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
Max level has been increased by 10 and will continue to increase by 10 after every inquest as it has in the past.
12/27/2008 Congratulations to Black Knight (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to X Nimbus X (NE Sur) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ehlmaris ($150), Kathstandsalone ($100), Vampire Of Hatred ($100), and Ladyandlord Viper ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for January 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
11/29/2008 Congratulations to Mike K (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Cady ($150), Jadedmyst ($100), Hannibal ($100), and Ladyandlord Viper ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for December 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
10/25/2008 Congratulations to Henry (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to nobody for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Walker ($150), Zone ($100), and Nsane ($100 + 100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for November 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
Max level will no longer increase every month.
9/27/2008 Congratulations to Rid (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (SE Hell - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Henry ($150), Bacchaus ($100), Walker ($100), and Ksy Ghan ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for October 25th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
8/30/2008 Congratulations to Lilsamurai (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Rid (NW Dun - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ksy Ghan ($150), Eldriken ($100), Dennis The Menace ($100), and Cady ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for September 27th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
7/26/2008 Congratulations to Rectal Ranger (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lord Sin (SW Sur - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Clint ($150), Stormcrow2 ($100), and Henry ($100 + $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 30th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/28/2008 Congratulations to Drakken Deathlord (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Everclear (NW Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rid ($150), Jadedmyst ($100), Zone ($100), and Lardinho ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 26th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
6/26/2008 The previous $65 paypal special is no longer available and will not be returning. You snooze, you lose.
Several important updates have been made to the game, they can be found on the forums.
5/31/2008 Congratulations to Deacon Frost (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Iaulus (Southeast Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Khyron ($150), Eldriken ($100), Cronus ($100), and Rectal Ranger ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 28th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/27/2008 RWK now has an official forum for discussion, auctions, etc. The link should appear at the very bottom of the page labeled NEW FORUMS.
5/8/2008 If you are experiencing problems getting to Server 2 we apologize. We are correcting the DNS issue. You can use a direct link in the mean time: http://76.74.147.179
4/26/2008 Congratulations to Hopilus (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cady (Southeast Hell - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rectal Ranger ($150), Grimreaper ($100), Clint ($100), and Cwadarkone ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 31st at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
4/13/2008 As you can tell the server move is complete. Inevitably due to the new location some people have slightly higher pings, however, RWK is not a first person shooter and the most important part is that you have steady, reliable connection and we believe we now have that for the vast majority of users. You will notice that the /t command now shows central time. This is purposeful but should not impact your gameplay but just note if you use RWK time to determine when the Inquest is it will now be at 17:00. Also the daily updates on the two servers are spaced apart by 30 minutes.
4/6/2008 We are planning on moving both RWK servers later this week, probably Thursday or Friday. This will result in extended downtime lasting hopefully only until Saturday but possibly until Monday. The servers will then be located in Miami on premium Peer1 bandwidth. We hope this will eliminate the occasional lag spikes that have occured in the past. This will not fix lag associated with poor internet connections, however, so if you lag all the time that's probably not going to change for you. European and even far East users may end up with lower latency, however, our main goal is eliminating packetloss.
3/30/2008 Congratulations to Lord Ramza (3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Iaulus (Southeast Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ksy Ghan ($150), Clint ($100), Jadedmyst ($100), and Stormcrow2 ($100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 26th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
3/29/2008 Starting at tonight's Inquest the entire Inquest will be single elimination and both winners and losers will receive 1,000 ash more than before per fight. This will increase the chance of a non-regular winning the Inquest as well as increasing the importance of using your poker cards when dueling.
Starting next month the only 1 plane per month will be eligible to have a plex winner. Since a dungeon plex is likely to win this month (like always), the next month only a hell plex will be eligible, the next month only a heaven plex, then a sky plex, etc and the cycle will continue. This will minimize the impact of single plane dominance and make all RWK planes matter.
Also we are working with our host to divert all traffic off of the MZIMA network which we believe to be the cause of the lag and packetloss. You can tracert racewarkingdoms.com to see if your current route goes through MZIMA as this would explain the lag you've been experiencing.
3/27/2008 The amount of lag has been unacceptable these past few months and we believe we have isolated the problem network. We are in the process of changing the network RWK uses for bandwidth.
3/24/2008 Name swaps are no longer available due to possible kingdom exploits.
3/8/2008 Terms of Use updated.
2/23/2008 Congratulations to Iaulus (Master Magician - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Rid (Northwest Dungeon 81x81 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Qin Shi Huangdi (Master Magician - $150), Cady (Theurgal Divinator - $100), Kingoforge (Theurgal Divinator - $100), and Cady (Theurgal Divinator - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for March 29th at 6:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
1/27/2008 Congratulations to Cooldude3000 (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Unfair Destiny (Midwest Dungeon 60x60 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Heroicfool (Master Magician - $150), Lady Calimar (Master of Arms - $100), Oddbin (Master of Arms - $100), and Lardinho (Grandmaster Bowman - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 23rd at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
New Monk and Vamp PvP buffs: Master of Fists innate mesmerization resistance has been increased from 5% to 20%. Bloodletter and Blood Tyrant innate voidance resistance has been increased from 3% to 20%. The 3/29/2003 announcement in the archives has been updated to reflect this change.
1/26/2008 Some players have noticed still having corruption after dropping off the 1000+ Club list. We have instated a daily check to prevent this from occuring for more than 24 hours after dropping off the list.
12/29/2007 Congratulations to Black Knight (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cooldude3000 (Southwest Dungeon 81x81 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Heroicfool (Master Magician - $150), Cooldude3000 (Grandmaster Bowman - $100), Nsane (Armsman - $100), and Lardinho (Theurgal Divinator - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for January 26th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
11/27/2007 There have been occasional periods of extreme game lag and we are aware of the issue. We are working with our bandwidth provider to get this problem resolved. If our current provider cannot eliminate these periods of lag we will change providers, but we will not allow your gaming experience to be continuously interrupted.
11/24/2007 Congratulations to Hannibal (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Rid (Northwest Dungeon 81x81 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Unfair Destiny (Master of Fists - $150), Iaulus (Master Magician - $100), Todders (Master Magician - $100), and Hannibal (Grandmaster Bowman - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for December 29th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
11/16/2007 Working with PayPal we have determined what was causing some online orders to become backed up and delayed. Purchases through PayPal will be working more quickly now and should arrive within a few minutes of placing the order. As always you should e-mail ordersracewarkingdoms.com if you have any problems with your order.
10/27/2007 Congratulations to Ehlmaris (Theurgal Divinator - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Cooldude3000 (Southwest Dungeon 81x81 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Oddbin (Master of Arms - $150), Chaos Heretic (Master of Fists - $100), Lardinho (Grandmaster Bowman - $100), and Chaos Heretic (Master of Fists - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for November 24th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
10/3/2007 In celebration of Oktober the Tradeskill Manifesto and Scepter of Annulment have been re-added to the buy items page.
9/29/2007 Congratulations to Raybone (Theurgal Divinator - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Unfair Destiny (Midwest Dungeon 71x71 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ehlmaris (Theurgal Divinator - $150), Oddbin (Master of Arms - $100), Zone (Master of Fists - $100), and Kingoforge (Theurgal Divinator - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for October 27th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
9/21/2007 Threatening other players with nuking may be part of RWK, however, attempting to extort them for real-life money is strictly prohibited. Anyone found to be doing this will be banned. We encourage all our players to have enough backbone to not give in to the threats of other players. Nuking a properly built plex is expensive and most would-be extortionists don't want it to come to that.
Apparently the 7/5/2005 announcement has been forgotten. Here it is again: Character sharing and trading is no longer allowed. We will not be actively seeking out and punishing those who break this rule, but if you auction that you are selling a character, or e-mail us complaining that your clicker stole your character or that you were scammed in a character transaction you will be banned for failing to follow the rules. These rules are for your protection.
9/11/2007 The Trivial Gold/Kingdom Filtering option will be automatically set to "No Trivials" daily if it is on "No Filtering". It's probably safer to leave it on "No Kingdoms at All" if you own a plex. The danger is someone handing you a ton of worthless kingdoms and then nuking you since the more kingdoms you own past 1,000 the easier it is to be nuked. Also the threshold on what is considered a trivial kingdom has been increased to 45 billion.
9/9/2007 RWK's 6th Anniversary is here! To celebrate we are eliminating all interest penalties associated with runes, so pile your kingdoms up (all of them, not just the perimeters) with runes if you want extra security.
We are offering a 2 week RWK Anniversary special: A DDD + 50k Ash for $200. No person is allowed to purchase more than 3 of these specials. They are mail order only and won't be on the order page so simply write 1, 2 or 3 Anniversary Specials on a piece of paper along with your character name, server number and mail it to:Glitchless
PO Box 5184
Niceville, FL 32578 USA It doesn't matter when your order arrives but it must be postmarked no later than September 22nd. These orders will break rocks and are not purchaseable with game credit.
8/25/2007 Congratulations to Mike K (Armsman - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Ishara (Northeast Sky 70x70 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Deacon Frost (Theurgal Divinator - $150), Cooldude3000 (Grandmaster Bowman - $100), and Red193193 (Bloodletter - $100 + $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for September 29th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
8/24/2007 In order to make sure everyone who competes in the Acumen Inquest at least walks away with a little reward, losers of Inquest duels will now receive 1,500 ash whereas the winners of each duel still receive 2,500 ash.
8/19/2007 All beast spawns and invasions have been reverted to the way they used to be. Using /bnb or /bb you now teleport just 1 kingdom away from the beast and the actual location of the beast is displayed when he spawns.
The Beast Bane and Skill Potencifier have been added back to the buy items page for both PayPal and mail order.
8/14/2007 Our bandwidth provider has been having some routing issues that may be causing some periods of lag or disconnection, however, they are aware of the problem and are working to get things back to normal.
8/3/2007 The first of two mini beast invasions is rumored to be occuring on the night of the 10th.
7/30/2007 The info page has been updated with better tips on how to keep your account and computer safe from would-be theives. Read all the tips and brag that you already knew it all.
7/28/2007 Congratulations to Lilsamurai (Theurgal Divinator - 3.2GHz Computer System or 750 credit) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Unfair Destiny (West Dungeon 60x60 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Mike K (Master of Arms - $150), Everclear (Master of Arms - $100), Zone (Master of Fists - $100), and Red193193 (Bloodletter - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 25th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
7/21/2007 The amount of ash you get from swimsuit votes after obtaining a certain amount has been reduced.
6/30/2007 Congratulations to Ladyandlord Viper (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.2GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Ishara (Northeast Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Hecates Revenge (Master of Arms - $150), Mike K (Master of Arms - $100), Lilsamurai (Theurgal Divinator - $100), and Mike K (Master of Arms - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 28th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
The swimsuit system has been reinstated with some new restrictions to punish abuse of proxy voting.
6/19/2007 To make invasions a little easier beasts now only travel randomly 3 kingdoms north, south, east, and west roughly halfing the possible kingdoms the beast could be in. Also the location of slain beasts will be announced with their kill messages to prevent you from hopelessly searching for beasts that are already dead. This applies to all beast spawns not just during invasions.
6/18/2007 The beasts are coming for a late lunch tomorrow...
6/12/2007 The PayPal section of the buy items page now has a special offer: Trans & Templar for $65 ($60 if you have trial access). This packaged deal would cost $150 (Fyre Rock, Platinum Ore, and Templar) if bought separately and may not be available for long. It cannot be purchased via mail order or credit. To make sure no one who recently purchased access is upset, we are giving a 50k Ash Essence Element to anyone who made a Fyre Rock, Platinum Ore, or Templar purchase via PayPal in the past 2 weeks.
6/7/2007 Corruption will now work properly during the daily map update.
6/5/2007 Beasts just got a lot craftier. They now travel randomly up to 5 kingdoms north, south, east and west of thier last known location. This should finally hamper the macroers ability to gain an unfair advantage.
The Beastbane is required to attack the Ancient Alchemar.
6/2/2007 The changes in war damage based on being on the 1000+ list are now working properly.
A limit of 1 purchase per week has been placed on the "50k No Trade Ash Essence Element" item. This restriction applies to any PayPal account, person, or character. Failure to follow this rule will be assumed to be fraud. Anyone having exceeded this limit in the past does not have to worry, the rule goes into effect as of now.
Interest messages have been changed to separately show interest lost to both corruption (which now refers only to interest reduction based on your # of kingdoms) and over-runing. As intended the modifications to war damage only result from corruption, not over-runing. Runes still greatly add to a kingdom's defense at the expense of some interest, less risk = less reward. Many are confused by the fact that 50% corruption is resulting in far more war damage than anticipated. This is because 50% corruption actually means double normal damage when being attacked and half damage when attacking. Likewise a corruption level of 90% means you take 10x more damage and deal 1/10th normal damage in war, however, you would need 17,500 kingdoms to get to 90% corruption.
5/31.5/2007 There was a glitch caused by today's patch that allowed the trading of any item to the Ash Keeper to receive 50k ash in return. This was an obvious glitch not intended to occur and those who came across it would have known without a doubt that it was an illegal action. We keep excellent records of game events and were able to determine exactly who traded items to the Ash Keeper, however, we have only banned the players who actually went on to spend the ash they had illegally received - all their characters. Anyone who merely received ash from the exploit has had the ash removed from their account. Every single piece of ash has been recovered without the need for sloppy clean-ups like roll backs. The only characters to fully exploit this bug and be banned as a result were Qwertpoiuy, Mazurat, and Lost Angel.
5/31/2007 The Beast Bane, Skill Potencifier, Tradeskill Manifesto, and Scepter of Annulment can no longer be directly purchased via PayPal or Mail Order. They can still be purchased via ash by speaking to the Ash Keeper located at 150, Sur, 150 and we have added a special new item to PayPal purchases called the Essence Element of 50k No Trade Ash. As the name implies you cannot trade it between players. Buying it does not break rocks, however, many of the items you would then buy with ash from the Ash Keeper do. The $5 discount from trial access does not apply to this item.
The monthly plex award will now be judged with new criteria. The largest single color perfect SQUARE plex that exists on the current map and previous day's map will win. Borders are encouraged to help you realize if you have a stray kingdom on the edge, but they will not count toward plex size anymore, nor can multiple colors be contained by a single border to win. Players who happen to share the same map color cannot work together to enter a single plex, this will be difficult to enforce so competitors are encouraged to report any winners who attempt to cirumnavigate this rule to scamracewarkingdoms.com. In addition, the plex must be at least 50x50 kingdoms in size. If two plexes of equal size exist the person who is higher on the 1000+ Club list will win. If these requirements are not met then there will not be a winner for that month. No player can win two plex awards in a row nor can any kingdoms of the previous plex winner be included in the next winner's plex.
You cannot give kingdoms to someone who doesn't have a Transcendental Sanction (All Planes Access) but you can give your kingdom to NOBODY to abandon it.
The 2500+ Club has been changed to the 1000+ Club and the 7/20/2006 announcement has been modified to show the correct corruption amounts based on your number of kingdoms. Also note that your kingdom colors will not be forced on unless you have 2500+ kingdoms since you have no chance of winning the plex award unless you have this amount anyways.
Players on the 1000+ Club list will do less damage when waging war and also take more damage when someone is waging war on you. The amount that the damage is increased/decreased is the same as the penalties caused to your interest based on the number of kingdoms you have. See the 7/20/2006 announcements for details.
ALL INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN INCREASED! Small plex holders rejoice (but do so silently or you will be hunted down and nuked) because you can now make some decent money without investing trillions.
There is going to be a lot of complaining and crying from large plex holders for weeks after these changes. The truth is these changes were necessary to make things fair. There was a ruling party of people using macros to maintain and harvest from enourmous plexes making it impossible for anyone doing it by hand to compete. These changes slap these cheaters in the face and make them play the game more fairly. There could be some honest people complaining that they'll now have to shrink back their 2k plex to a 1k plex but the vast majority of the complainers are merely upset that they no longer have a mechanical advantage. They're so angry right now they'd like you to believe that RWK is dead, but the truth is RWK has just gotten far better for nearly everyone.
5/30/2007 The double credit rules on the money order page have been shortened and clarified. You cannot now - nor could you ever - exploit holidays in an effort to ensure double credit on an overnighted order.
5/29/2007 Players under level 500 will have their locations xxx'ed out by default to help prevent griefing. Be sure to get Templar before level 500 or the world will see your location when you chat.
Hoarding more than 5 runes in a kingdom now contributes greatly to interest reduction meaning you will get less interest in that kingdom. A kingdom with 6 runes will get 80% normal interest and a kingdom with 50 runes will get 10%, etc.
RWK geologists predict that sometime tomorrow the rune destruction rate of tectonic activity will been increased.
Despite what you may hear from the propaganda coming from large plex holders these changes will benefit the people with small hidden kingdoms allowing their profits to be more comparable with the giants.
Corruption and over runing will now affect the growth rate of all kingdom assets.
Swimsuit votes are no longer being counted or yielding ash due to too much abuse.
5/28/2007 The cost of Trial Access has been increased to $15. The discount you get on other items while having Trial Access remains at $5. We'll all be playing RWK when we're old and grey so we might as well save some money and buy permanent access anyways.
5/26/2007 Congratulations to Drakken Deathlord (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.2GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Chaos Heretic (North Dungeon - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Mike K (Master of Arms - $150), Heroic Monk (Master of Fists - $100), Lilsamurai (Theurgal Divinator - $100), and Lord Longshank (Theurgal Divinator - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 30th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
5/13/2007 Leather of Delegation and Apex relics are now destroyable.
5/7/2007 A change has been made in the interface in an effort to prevent lag and crashes caused by receiving many combat messages at once. If anyone still notices this problem occuring and can reproduce it please report it.
4/28/2007 The Inquest computer prizes have been upgraded! The new grand prize for the winner each month on both servers is a 3.2GHz Computer with Windows Vista Home Premium and a better 3D graphics card.
4/28/2007 Congratulations to Rid (Master of Arms - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lord Cadderly (NE Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ehlmaris (Theurgal Divinator - $150), Deacon Frost (Theurgal Divinator - $100), Lady Calimar (Master of Arms - $100), and Cooldude3000 (Grandmaster Bowman - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 26th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
3/31/2007 Congratulations to Stormcrow2 (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Chaos Heretic (Western Dungeon Width of 80 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Deacon Frost (Theurgal Divinator - $150), Kingoforge (Theurgal Divinator - $100), Nsane (Master of Arms - $100), and Qin Shi Huangdi (Master Wizard - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 28th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
Hypermode has been tamed a bit to help prevent any server lag that occurs though refresh times are still faster than before.
2/24/2007 Congratulations to Lord Ramza (Theurgal Divinator - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Heroicfool (Northeast Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Unfair Destiny (Master of Fists - $150), Rid (Master of Arms - $100), Everclear (Master of Arms - $100), and Grimreaper (Grandmaster Bowman - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for March 31st at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
The game interface has been upgraded to hypermode. Events will now update at a faster rate giving you better response time to things like real time duels.
2/5/2007 Players are instructed to insist that the lower level player always send first in any transaction where scamming can occur. You can test if someone is lower level than you by offering them a worthless item such as a Rusty Dagger. Simply put, if you don't follow these rules and get scammed by someone who is lower level than you then we don't want to hear about it. To report a scammer who is higher level than you send an email to scamracewarkingdoms.com and be sure to include a short description of what happened as well as your character name and server number and we will investigate.
1/27/2007 Congratulations to Ishara (Master of Fists - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Wohoo (Western Dungeon Width of 78 - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Nsane (Master of Arms - $150), Heroicfool (Master Magician - $100 and $100 Brawl), and Heroic Monk (Master of Fists - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 24th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
1/16/2007 Mail orders are now being processed as usual.
1/5/2007 Mail orders will not be processed on the second week of January until the following week. Overnighted orders received on or before the 8th of that week will receive double credit, however, no double credit will be given for orders received later in that week since you have been forewarned. This will have no effect on Paypal orders.
A MBI is scheduled for sometime on Jan 15th.
12/30/2006 Congratulations to Archerofsm00thness (Grandmaster Bowman - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Soviet (Mid-Western Dungeon - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ishara (Master of Fists - $150), Lord Ramza (Theurgal Divinator - $100 and $100 Brawl), and Rectal Ranger (Theurgal Divinator - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for January 27th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
11/25/2006 Congratulations to X Nimbus X (Theurg - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Crosis The Purger (Southern Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Longshank (Caster - $150), Rid (Fighter - $100 + $100 Brawl), and Bawbaggio (Monk - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for December 30th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
11/24/2006 An issue where corrupted packets could cause a security check even while not performing actions has been fixed. This issue did not exist long enough for anyone to be wrongfully banned from it.
11/19/2006 PayPal orders may be delayed until an issue is resolved.
The PayPal issue has been resolved and transactions should be processed nearly instantly as usual.
11/7/2006 You will not get security checks unless you are actually performing actions. This issue only occurred for a short period of time - not enough for anyone to be wrongfully banned while AFK. SoSe will now give the 10x Bloodletter damage bonus for all beasts instead of just certain uber beasts that had enhanced defenses.
11/6/2006 In the past certain actions did not trigger security checks. This loophole has been found and removed.
10/30/2006 The Attacker's Balance now works as intended. Previously it did not properly prevent certain relics from healing your enemies over the crucial 1,999,999,998 health point.
The Pentium 3.0GHz Computer prize has been slightly upgraded with a larger hard drive.
10/28/2006 Congratulations to Lord Shinobai (Theurg - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Wohoo (Midwest Dungeon - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rid (Fighter - $150 + $100 Brawl), Kingoforge (Theurg - $100), and Lord Longshank (Caster - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for November 25th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
10/23/2006 When spawning private beasts with ash you will be teleported to their location just in case you do not receive the message with their location due to lag.
9/30/2006 Congratulations to Lord Damarus (Theurg- 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Red Fang (Northeast Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rid (Fighter - $150), Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $100), Unfair Destiny (Monk - $100), and Heruvim (Theurg - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for October 28th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
9/9/2006 The anniversary updates are here! They're a little crazy too, type /girlfriend for details. Other commands that have been added to the Actions page are /gf and /dump.
Ancient Alchemars now drop between 2 and 8 Palace Elements, however, you can only kill one Ancient Alchemar per month. This month's AA list has been reset because of these changes.
The issue that caused girlfriend points to reset if you made a purchase has been fixed. Anyone who made a purchase after the day change was reimbursed their GF points. If you made a purchase before then you were not reimbursed since it also reset your day kills allowing you to easily re-acquire your points for that day.
9/5/2006 Account keys are used to recover passwords. If someone "gives" you a character's password and not the account key don't be foolish and change its password to the same as your main character's because the person will use the account key to learn the password on that account. If you don't know an account's key you don't own it and should treat it as such.
8/26/2006 Congratulations to Lardinho (Theurg - 3.0GHz Computer System and $100 Brawl) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lord Ramza (Southeast Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rid (Fighter - $150), Jadedmyst (Theurg - $100), and Kingoforge (Theurg - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for September 30th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
8/18/2006 Purchases made for characters who have trial access are discounted by $5. This way you can get trial access and if you decide to then go on to buy permanent items you will not have wasted your $5. NOTE: To get these discounts you must use the link provided in green text that will appear when you relog your account while having trial access.
7/29/2006 Congratulations to Gangiskhan (Fighter - 3.0GHz Computer System and $100 Brawl) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Iaulus (North Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Rid (Fighter - $150), Lord Shinobai (Theurg - $100), and Archerofsm00thness (Archer - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 26th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
7/20/2006 All interest rates have been slightly increased.
Any king who holds more than 1000 kingdoms in his name regardless of which plane they are in will receive diminishing interest. If you have 2500 kingdoms you will receive 70% the interest, 5,000 35%, etc.
A new tops list has been added called the 1000+ Club showing all kings with 1000+ kingdoms and the # of kingdoms. This list will be updated during the daily map update. Note that it may reflect a number that is a few kingdoms short of your true number if you have a few stray kingdoms on planes that aren't qualifying you to get on the Top Kings 250 list of that particular plane, but since the interest calculator will be using the data from this list it is all you need be concerned with.
If your name is on the 1000+ Club list then all your kingdoms will be forced as colored on the map the following day. This, along with an image editor, can prove very useful in tracking down stray kingdoms putting you over 1000.
A third option has been added under Trivial Gold/Kingdom filtering to block all kingdom trades.
The formula used to determine diminishing interest has been changed and the numbers in above announcement have been changed to reflect this. To maximize interest you will still want to have no more than 1000 kingdoms, however, having more kingdoms will not be a total waste of time as it would have been with the original formula.
7/19/2006 Kingdoms cannot be transferred to players who have active tecton or stone. Look forward to updates in the next few days that will increase interest profits from small plexes and decrease profits for megaplexes.
6/24/2006 Congratulations to Chaos Heretic (Monk - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Soviet (Southwest Dungeon - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lady Calimar (Monk - $150), Ehlmaris (Theurg - $100), Lardinho (Theurg - $100), Unfair Destiny (Monk - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 29th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
5/27/2006 Congratulations to Lilsamurai (Theurg - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Hannibal (North Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Nsane (Fighter - $150), Chaos Heretic (Monk - $100), Rid (Fighter - $100), Lardinho (Theurg - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 24th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
5/19/2006 Rule Clarification: To prevent Inquest winners from circumventing the 12 month restriction we do not allow name swaps for any characters that have won an Inquest in the past 12 months.
5/10/2006 RWK is the first to impose sanctions on Iran. In a bold move RWK has suspended the ability of all players located in Iran from nuking until Iran stops it's nuclear enrichment program and complies with international regulations and inspections. Soon you might not be safe IRL but know that even if your house is blown to oblivion that your kingdoms will still remain intact. Beast invasion rumored for May 19th.
4/29/2006 Congratulations to Ladyandlord Viper (Archer - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Heruvim (North Surface - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Unfair Destiny (Monk - $150 + $100 Brawl), Nsane (Fighter - $100), Ehlmaris (Theurg - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 27th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
4/28/2006 The skill system has been limited in that you can only divert certain %'s toward skills after reaching certain levels.
4/15/2006 Starting after this month's inquest there will be some changes made to the war system to increase the effectiveness of waging war against massive plexes. When attacking the kingdoms of a player who owns massive amounts of kingdoms in that plane you will have an increased chance of a sneak attack. If the target king owns less than 1,000 kingdoms in that plane there will not be a noticable change, but if he owns say 1/10th of the kingdoms in that plane you will have an extra 1 in 10 chance of a sneak attack...if he owns half the kingdoms in the plane you will have an extra 1 in 2 chance of a sneak attack...etc. Also sneak attacks will no longer count toward your total hourly attack limit. A trivial kingdom acceptance filter will be implemented as well to prevent exploitation of the system by purposefully giving someone many kingdoms.
4/14/2006 Using Tectons and Citadel Stones will now give you a random sleeved poker card. They still have the same very low chance of yielding a DD as well.
4/10/2006 In an effort to prevent mentor buying players under level 10 cannot receive gold and items nor can they receive or settle kingdoms. They can however still give kingdoms and send items in exchange for 1 gold to allow people to retrieve their belongings off of mules. Anyone still attempting to buy mentors off new players (or sell or buy swimsuit votes) will be banned.
3/30/2006 Shadow items are now working as intended. Previously they were only causing additional ambush chance if a red card was activated. Special thanks to Loveless and Kud of S2 for reporting the problems, both received $50 credit.
3/26/2006 You can now get overnight shipping on mail orders for free. If your order total is $200 or more and you are spending over $12 on postage you may subtract $15 from your order total.
3/25/2006 Congratulations to Cooldude3000 (Archer - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Raistlin Drakan (North Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Longshank (Caster - $150), Unfair Destiny (Monk - $100 + $100 Brawl), Kathstandsalone (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 29th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
3/23/2006 After the Inquest this Saturday the trading rules for the new Shadow set items will be simplified. Enchanting and disenchanting will both be cheap and easy. They will be downgrade-able to Crystalline for a hefty price (100k ash and 999 runes). Shadow set items will no longer be trade-able in any form, pure or enchanted. This will make the rules easier to understand and more importantly, allow you to have a full set of Shadow armor and be able to upgrade the relics on them as you see fit without costing an arm and a leg.
3/19/2006 A Citizen located in the center of Heaven now offers a quest for upgrading high end items. One of the upgrades produces an item superior to Crystallines. These items are unique because they can ONLY be traded if they are in pure form. They are cheap and easy (very low trivial) to enchant but disenchanting is extremely expensive. This should help players with single characters better compete in the Inquest against players who are using many characters and passing around full suits of armor each month.
The graphics for the new items may not be visible to you if you are loading RWK graphics off your hard drive. You can download the RWK Installer by following this link which will be available until Download.com updates its file to version 1.1.
Shadow items have been upgraded. In addition to all of the benefits of Crystalline, an innately higher Defense/Attack/Cast rating, and 10% Ambush and 10% Prevent Ambush chance in combat, Shadow items now grant a 1% Sneak Attack and 1% Ambush chance per piece for waging war. And remember that in RWK, all effects stack unless otherwise stated.
The Shrine Keeper's quest for swapping D*D's and D*Dev's has been expanded to allow you to give him an enchanted item and he'll swap the enchantment.
3/18/2006 The delay for using all types of beast teleportation has been reduced to 4 seconds.
3/14/2006 If you now use a poker card but are already in the special mode (ie Ambush Mode) that the poker card would give you, the game prevents you from wasting that card. This should help in the heat of the moment during duels in the inquest.
An issue with the Attacker's Balance quest item (type /help and read up) is believed to be fixed. Previously it had not been functioning properly, sometimes preventing double 999,999,999 attacks from killing a player who hadn't healed.
3/11/2006 Normally the monthly Mini Beast Invasion occurs at a random time. This month, however, the MBI is scheduled for March 18th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time). This will be the first invasion of any kind since the changes were made to beast teleportation, and it should be a very interesting event.
3/5/2006 Consider this your official and only warning: Clicking while not paying attention to the action of the game is strictly prohibited. This is to prevent macroers from using this as an excuse to avoid being banned after not responding to security checks. If you are clicking then your eyes must be on the screen and you must be coherent enough to respond to a security check. This will be added to the Terms of Use today, please review the Terms of Use linked at the bottom of the page.
The problem causing many players to not be able to deposit into their kingdoms and not get ash from the daily lotto is believed to be fixed.
3/2/2006 You can now communicate with the Heaven Hermit from any kingdom in Heaven. This will allow people with the $5, 10 day Templar/access to complete the backpack quest. Also to be clear, you keep everything you get during your 10 days with Templar and access benefits, the only thing you lose after 10 days is the Templar abilities and plane access.
3/1/2006 For just $5 players can now have the benefits of being a Templar with full access for 10 days. This is currently only available via Paypal.
2/27/2006 Some changes have been implemented to both help prevent server lag during beast invasions as well as prevent players from using macros to immediately teleport to and kill beasts. You now must wait 10 seconds in between using any kind of /bb, /q, or /bnb command. This will prevent players from spamming the commands in an attempt to tele to beasts prior to someone who is paying ash to spawn them. Also, all beast teleportation commands will now teleport you to a kingdom somewhere next to the actual beast kingdom so you will have to manually move one square to get to the beast. Likewise, any teleportation used within 10 seconds of a beast being spawned will result in being 1 kingdom off. This ensures people with /bb are still the same amount faster than people simply using teleportation as they have always been. Rest assured, anyone complaining about this change is simply angry that their beast macro no longer works.
A temporary quest has been added where you can turn in your Beast Bane or SoSe to the Ash Keeper for ash compensation. If you hand in the BB you get 90k ash and lose the BB. If you hand in your SoSe you lose the SoSe and get 140k ash and all the components back from it except the BB. This quest will last for 1 week and then be removed. NOTE: Characters with /q will only get 120k ash back when trading in SoSe since SoSe takes 20k less ash for them to obtain. Also to prevent exploitation this quest can only be done once, regardless of whether it is an SoSe or BB you return.
The Puddle Keeper now gives 4 to 6 supers for a DD instead of 3 to 5.
2/25/2006 Congratulations to Eldriken (Theurg - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Unfair Destiny (Southwest Dungeon - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ehlmaris (Theurg - $150), Red193193 (Vamp - $100), Lady Calimar (Monk - $100), Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for March 25th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
1/30/2006 The Computer System prizes have been changed slightly. You now have the option to choose between an AMD 64 or Pentium4 system. We opted to remove the monitor and printer in exchange for better RAM and more expensive SATA hard drives that can offer great improvement in game performance and loading time respectively. Systems also now include CD burners.
1/29/2006 Congratulations to Hazonko (Caster - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Raistlin Drakan (North Heaven - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Cooldude3000 (Archer - $150), Kingoforge (Theurg - $100), Rid (Fighter - $100), Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 25th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
1/26/2006 This is a security reminder to make sure your password contains both letters and numbers in it so that it cannot be easily guessed. A recent attempt to brute force guess passwords was detected and thwarted, however, if your password is so easily guessable that it could be found on a list of common passwords such as "123123" or "dog" then there's no protecting you from your own stupidity.
1/19/2006 RWK's minigame Dragon Wizard has been released on New Grounds. Click here to play. Your high scores should now be visible on the tops lists in RWK (your gold left after you win or die 4 times is your score) so you should always enter your RWK name and submit your score regardless of whether or not you will get the gold that day or not. Please take the game rating votes on New Grounds seriously, the better the rating the more people will play RWK and the RWK population determines the amount of beasts spawned.
12/30/2005 Congratulations to Ximor (Fighter - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Ximor (Northeast Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Eldriken (Theurg - $150), Spectral Falconer (Monk - $100), Kingoforge (Theurg - $100), Hazonko (Caster - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 29th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
12/23/2005 Christmas D*Dev Special!For years you've been hoping for the chance to have one of the sacred, most powerful relics in the game - and for a limited time you can buy them! Until January 6th you have the opportunity to buy these relics which have never been available before. Their weaker counterparts, normal D*D's used to be sold but no longer are. If you wish to purchase one the cost is $300 and the limit is 3 per person. We will not allow you to go over the limit so do not ask to. Just print out a normal mail order form (found here http://rwk2.racewarkingdoms.com/order/money.htm) for another item such as the Fyre Rock and cross it out on the form and in its place write the D*Dev of your choice. The types are:
1) Mutilating
2) Lithe
3) Putrid
4) Resistant
5) Skillful
6) Accelerated
7) Warring
8) Opulent
Remember it MUST be postmarked no later than Jan 6th, it doesn't necessarily have to arrive here by then.
11/27/2005 Rather than having undercover characters do mentor requests for a 50 dollar credit reward there is now a chance everytime you are a guide that you will receive a 25,000 ash jackpot. The chance should be substantial enough that there will be 3 or more winners per month on each server.
11/26/2005 Congratulations to Black Knight (Archer - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Lord Ramza (Northeast Hell - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $150), Ximor (Fighter - $100), Cooldude3000 (Archer - $100 + Brawl $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for December 30th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
11/21/2005 The problem that allowed using many apex relics to actually reduce your action delay has been fixed and the honest player who reported it was well rewarded.
11/19/2005 To make up for the mini beast invasion that was several hours late today we will be having a second MBI sometime tomorrow.
11/7/2005 Paypal's Instant Payment Notification system is undergoing some maintenance which is forcing us to process all Paypal orders by hand for the time being. This may cause some slight delays in receiving your Paypal items, however, if the delay is substantial you will be compensated.
10/31/2005 Congratulations to Lord Ramza (Caster - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest and to Ximor (Northeast Sky - $500) for winning the Kingdom Plex Award. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Aribus (Archer - $150), Cooldude3000 (Archer - $100), Vampgirl Jenny (Fighter - $100), and Eldriken (Theurg - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for November 26th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
10/30/2005 It is no longer possible to trade a kingdom that is under major assault. This prevents multiple kings from sharing the benefit of the same stone drop as well as some other exploitative defensive tactics.
10/24/2005 You will notice that the address on the mail order forms has been changed to a new PO Box (and zip code). Due to the large amount of orders we have been receiving we needed a larger box. Don't worry, we will still check our old box for another month, however, from now on only mail sent to the new address will be eligible for double credit.
10/19/2005 This month's Inquest has been rescheduled to a day later than originally planned. It will be on October 30th (SUNDAY) at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
10/4/2005 Congratulations to Bloodnseige and Todders. They were the lucky ones to answer guide requests of undercover Glitchless reps and were thus awarded a free $50 purchase! We will be doing this at least once a month, so don't neglect to be a good guide to all those who request help!
10/1/2005 Congratulations to Strydor (Northeast Surface - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Raistlin Drakan (Monk - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Ramza (Caster - $150), Ladyandlord Viper (Archer - $100), Oddbin (Monk - $100), and Bacchaus (Archer - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for October 30th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
9/27/2005 Swimsuit links can now be used by players who are over level 10! This can potentially give you an extra 20k ash per month which can be used to purchase items.
A new item has been added for mail order (and credit) only. It is a 50k Ash Essence Element which is ideal for Inquest winners, SoSe questers and has the bonus of being tradeable.
D*D's are no longer on the order page, however, you can still handwrite and send your order (include Character, Server, and Item) as long as it is postmarked no later than Oct 15th.
The amount of ash a player can hold has been increased to 250,000.
9/24/2005 Unfortunately today's Inquest is being rescheduled to Oct 1st at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time). Although there is nothing wrong with the servers, the personel needed to host the event are unable to connect on anything but dial-up due to cable outages. We apologize for the inconvenience and know that many of you may have changed your schedules just to be at the Inquest. There will be a mini beast invasion in the Inquest's timeslot followed by the announcement of the plex and swimsuit context winners.
The swimsuit contest has been modified to be more rewarding to all those who participate. There will no longer be a $100 reward for the person with the most votes, instead, each person will receive 50 ash per vote for their first 200 votes and 10 ash per vote for the next 1,000. This allows you to get an extra 20k ash per month for participating.
Starting next week DD's and D*D's will no longer be sold. They will only be available via questing. This should make power in the game be derived more from skill and dedication rather than IRL wealth. Any DD or D*D orders postmarked after Oct 15th will be returned to sender.
Mentors will now receive 500 ash instead of 250.
9/18/2005 A quest has been added allowing you to convert 50k ash to 40 Palace Element credits. This will allow getting DD's from pure ash possible again at the same ratio as before but without any risk.
9/10/2005 RWK Swimsuit Edition is here! For players above level 10 you can now set a swimsuit image and show the link to people outside of RWK. If your picture receives a "Sexy!" vote then you will get a swimsuit point. The person with the most swimsuit points at the end of each month on each server (resets each month) will receive 100 dollars cash (or credit if preferred). That's right, we'll be sending you a money order instead of the other way around for once. Note the rules, however, or you will risk losing your account. Your swimsuit picture can NOT be vile, illegal, distasteful, nude, or otherwise inappropriate. The object is to post the sexiest female picture you can find - you will disqualified if you do not follow this rule regardless of your number of votes. You can use /s NAME to view people's swimsuit pictures and /sw to check how many votes you have. Repeated votes from the same IP blocks will not count. You are NOT allowed to post your link in RWK chat.
Speak with the Ash Keeper about a second way to get the Goblin Hide.
9/8/2005 RWK anniversary updates continue!A Citizen somewhere offers quests that make use of many of the essence elements that have previously had little value up until now. Features including swapping for different types, swapping for sleeved poker cards, swapping for ash and even swapping for a Devil's Deliverance at high quantities. Super relics can also be swapped for ash and DD's with these new quests.
A command that disables detailed battle text has been added. Those who are advanced enough to use it will be advanced enough to figure it out.
Crafters will be pleased to know they can now craft Demonics although the cost involves a Palace Element.
9/7/2005 The first of the anniversary updates are here early. Super relics are now purchaseable separately from Tradeskill Manifesto's, each at 50 dollars. Tradeskill Manifesto's are now purchaseable via PayPal, however, the super relics are still mail order only.
9/1/2005 A bug that was causing the use of red cards to result in Ultra Resist mode instead of Ambush mode has been fixed. Special thanks to Raistlin Drakan of S1 for reporting this problem.
8/30/2005 Congratulations to Ehlmaris. He was not the only person to respond to the /guide request of an undercover Glitchless rep, but he was the most helpful and was thus awarded a free $50 purchase! We will be doing this at least once a month, so don't neglect to be a good guide to all those who request help!
New characters now start with 50,000 gold to help them start out. This should not be enough gold to make it worthwhile to mass create accounts since there are far faster ways of earning gold.
A bug that was preventing kingdoms from triggering their morale loss due to lack of 10 billion assets has been fixed. Special thanks to Red Fang of S1 for reporting the problem.
8/27/2005 Congratulations to Bacchaus (North Dungeon Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Vampire of Hatred (Theurg - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Boko316 (Archer - $150), Lord Ramza (Caster - $100 & $100 Brawl), and Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for September 24th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
8/24/2005 Starting on the night of the upcoming Inquest you will no longer be able to add runes to kingdoms that are under major assault. The tactic of temporarily beefing up kingdom rune amounts when attacked has been deemed to be far too cost efficient. War is intended to be costly for both the attackers and defenders. If you were relying on this strategy in the past for defense you may need to build up your rune defenses before being attacked or have a couple stones handy. We believe this strategy was also much to blame for the lack of use of stones which should now be found much more necessary.
After a kingdom has been attacked with an aftershock it is considered under "major assault" until it is overthrown or until the hour change.
8/13/2005 Private messages now vary in color based on the level of the sender. Under level 10 is grey, under level 500 is blue, under level 1500 is purple and 1500 and above is vibrant red. This should prevent name "irnitators" from being able to fool you.
8/5/2005 Congratulations to Neya. He was the lucky person to respond to the /guide request of an undercover Glitchless rep and due to his patience and help he was awarded a free $50 purchase! We will be doing this at least once a month, so don't neglect to be a good guide to all those who request help!
A bug that was preventing Grandmaster Bowmen from making use of their Sanction of Serenity dodge ability has been found and corrected. Special thanks to Red Fang of S1 for reporting the problem.
8/2/2005 Purchasing PayPal items for someone else's character in trade for game assets is strictly forbidden. If seen auctioning PayPal purchases (buying or selling) you will be banned. You can trade PayPal dollars for game assets, but you cannot make purchases for others. If you want to buy an item for a friend then send him the PayPal money and let him purchase it his or herself. This rule has been in effect for years but will now be more strictly enforced. If someone purposefully buys you something in an effort to get you in trouble simply report it to ordersracewarkingdoms.com immediately.
7/30/2005 Congratulations to Hazonko (Northeast Surface Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Murion Kerchibard (Caster - 3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and brawl winners Lord Ramza (Caster - $150), Vampire Of Hatred (Theurg - $100), Eldriken (Theurg - $100), and Nsane (Warrior - $100 Brawl). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 27th at 6:00pm EST (18:00 RWK Time).
7/29/2005 A slight flaw in the map system was found today. When kings modified their show/hide map colors the actual kingdom settings were only updated if a person walking over the kingdom triggered interest for that hour. The system has since been enhanced to force the kingdoms to update when being walked but only if it is walked by the king himself. The king can still have someone else walk his kingdoms to update them, however, they must be sure to trigger interest or modify the kingdom in some way to get the map color setting to update. If this doesn't make sense don't worry, your measly plex is probably not a candidate for winning this month anyway. To make things fair for the plex contest this month, only tomorrow's map will count in judging, whereas normally your plex must be identical on the previous day's map as well.
7/21/2005 Congratulations to Astral Projection. He was the lucky person to respond to the /guide request of an undercover Glitchless rep and due to his patience and help he was awarded a free $50 purchase! We will be doing this at least once a month, so don't neglect to be a good guide to all those who request help!
7/14/2005 Players who are not able to use the /mentor command due to having already used it on another character are now also not able to use the /guide command. This will mean a much higher percentage of people using /guide will be valid players looking for help which will make being a guide more rewarding.
7/5/2005 Character sharing and trading is no longer allowed. We will not be actively seeking out and punishing those who break this rule, but if you auction that you are selling a character, or e-mail us complaining that your clicker stole your character or that you were scammed in a character transaction you will be banned for failing to follow the rules. These rules are for your protection.
6/25/2005 Congratulations to Raistlin Drakan (Northwest Hell Plex - $500 + $100 Inquest Semifinalist) for winning best Kingdom Plex award and to Lord Sin (3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest winners Peutre ($150 + $100 Brawl) and Cursed ($100). The next Inquest is scheduled for July 30th at 5:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/31/2005 There is now a button that appears to the right of your chat submit button after using most "/" commands. It takes the value of the last "/" command you used, allowing you to click the button rather than repeatedly having to paste it. This should help some make certain chores in the game easier and faster.
A major change has been made in the way kingdom maps work. By default your kingdoms will not show up on the map, only by changing your "Kingdom Map Colors" option will your kingdoms appear on the map. This should help players who aren't interested in the monthly plex award hide their plexes and build up power in the game.
5/30/2005 Upon entering RWK from http://www.racewarkingdoms.com you will now see an intro. You can skip the intro at any time simply by clicking it, however, if you want to skip it altogether merely bookmark the login page.
5/28/2005 Congratulations to our Skin Contest winners! Draken Korin received the grand prize of a 1.7GHz computer w/ 1GB RAM, Metroid was the first runner up receiving 1GB RAM while Dragons and Eldriken both receive a $50 game credit for their worthy skin submissions.
Congratulations to Hazonko (Northeast Surface Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex award and to Lilsamurai (3.0GHz Computer System) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest winners Rid ($150), Nsane ($100), Ksy Ghan ($100), and Spectral Falconer ($100). The next Inquest is scheduled for June 25th at 5:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
5/22/2005 The Ashen Rock drops have been added to the game, having them when making a purchase results in rewards. Their probability of dropping has been decreased since first implemented.
5/19/2005 The guide system has been changed to now require that the player you guide only get to level 1 in order to use the /mentor command which gives you the 250 ash reward. This is so guides can see faster results when helping players. Report level 1 characters abusing the guide feature to beg for items to abuseracewarkingdoms.com.
5/18/2005 A new feature has been added to the game that allows players over level 100 to be a mentor/guide for players under level 5. The reward for doing this is 250 ash. Check the options menu for the "Be a Guide" option and change your settings to receive complete instructions.
The idle timer that prevents the game from refreshing chat has been increased from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.
Some restrictions have been added to the new /mentor command which checks to make sure no one on the same IP or same computer has used the command before. This will help prevent exploitation of the new system. Keep in mind this does not in any way restrict your ability to simultaneously guide several new players at once and get the 250 /mentor ash reward from each and every one of them when they reach level 5. They just have to actually be different people on different computers.
Though the transformation is not 100% complete, we have given the RWK interface an overhaul. You can still use the old "Classic" skin if you prefer by using the /skin and /drive commands.
5/15/2005 We have updated our policy on deleting inactive accounts. Any account that has a purchasable quest item or super relic (MR, CR, VS or better) will never be deleted. Accounts that have no purchasable items may be deleted after 6 months of not being accessed, however.
5/14/2005 Skin contest update: the Skin.zip file has been updated and greatly simplified. The new zip only contains the 42 images that are crucial to the interface and thus are the only ones that need to be modified to make a successful skin. Any skin created should modify the vast majority if not all of these 42 images. Submissions from this point on should only contain the images in the new zip. Remember any skins that contain content that is not purely original will be disqualified.
5/13/2005 Those entering the RWK skin contest need to have their submissions in prior to the start of the Inquest. All artwork in your submission must be of your own and original creation. You cannot use graphics from outside sources.
5/4/2005 The /drive command has been improved so that it now uses your browser's cookies to make a permanent change to your graphics path. This allows you to relog in order to properly load all RWK skin graphics.
RWK is having a skin contest! The creator of the best original RWK skin will receive a 1.7GHz computer the same as described on the prizes page or $250 game credit! A runner up prize of 1 GB Kingston PC3200 RAM or $100 game credit will also be awarded and a $50 game credit will be given to anyone whose skin is deemed worthy of being hosted on the RWK site. Submissions must be e-mailed in ZIP format (EXE's not accepted) to skinsracewarkingdoms.com with the subject "SKIN SUBMISSION". Winners will be announced at this month's Inquest. Your skin must contain every graphic in the Skin.zip file but does not have to modify them all.
5/1/2005 Sometimes beasts spawn but they're not there. Ever wonder where they go? They're smarter than normal beasts, you see. They hide until they reach great enough numbers to launch a mini invasion. From now on every month a mini beast invasion will occur. When it occurs will be up to the beasts... and they're not talking. Just hope you're on when it happens and you might kill a beast or two. 4/30/2005 We are now giving away full Dell computer systems to the Inquest winners. Inquest winners on both servers will choose between $500 credit or the prizes listed here. One noteworthy rule change is that starting next month the character that wins the Inquest will not be able to compete again in Inquests for 12 months. This should help spread the prizes more evenly among the player population. If a character who has won the Inquest changes his name then his new name will also be barred from entering Inquests for the remaining 12 months.
Congratulations to Heruvim (Southeast Hell Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex award and to Peutre (Fighter - Computer + $100 Brawl) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest winners Spectral Falconer (Monk - $150), Rid (Fighter - $100), and Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for May 28th at 5:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time). 4/20/2005 Server 1 is back online. If anyone you know is having problems accessing the site tell them to clear their internet cache and hit CTRL-F5 to refresh the page. If an account you know exists is giving the player not found message then send us an e-mail to have it manually restored.
4/18/2005 Server 1's motherboard has died and we are overnighting a replacement to our datacenter. Server 1 will hopefully be back online tomorrow afternoon but may not be up until mid Wednesday. A full beast invasion is scheduled for April 22nd at 8pm EST (20:00 RWK Time) on both servers to make up for this extended downtime.
4/4/2005 An issue that allowed attackers to circumvent the Citadel defense bonus by charging through their own kingdoms has been fixed.
4/1/2005 Our host has informed us that they will be doing some network upgrades and we may experience some 10-15 minutes outages tonight between 11pm and 1am EST.
To make up for the lag being caused by the upgrades our host is in the process of doing there is a mini beast invasion scheduled for April 6th 9pm EST.
3/26/2005 Congratulations to Murion Kerchibard (Northeast Surface Dual Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Lardinho (Theurg - $250 + $100 Brawl) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest winners Peutre (Monk - $150), Rid (Fighter - $100), and Ksy Ghan (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for April 30th at 5:00pm EST (17:00 RWK Time).
3/25/2005 Players now receive 2,500 ash per fight they win in the Inquest. Read more here.
3/17/2005 Legend has it that there was a card playing Rogue who bled his opponents of their money mercilessly. He would bleed them literally as well if they ever confronted him about his cheating. His sash can now be quested for a hefty and random cost of gold, or purchased by clicking the buy items link when in the game. The sash greatly increases the power of the attack bonuses gained from sleeved black cards and also allows you to gain an Ambush ability from any sleeved red card. The Ambush ability when activated gives you a 50 percent chance of ambushing someone who attacks you, causing their attack to be useless (their relics don't fire and they can't attack) and still allowing you to perform your counter attack as always. Note that you only leave Ambush mode after it has once successfully fired, guaranteeing some usage out of every sleeved red card. Having the sash also allows your Devastating Blow, Crippling Blow, Mana Rush, and Mana Surge to work on beasts.
3/15/2005 Information is provided here concerning how your level is now displayed differently.
3/14/2005 You no longer need a graphics package to play RWK. Images may take a few seconds (or minutes if your connection is really slow) to load when you log in, however, they should only load once. If you have the same images loading repeatedly you need to click Tools->Internet Options->Settings and ensure it is set to "Automatically" and that the amount of space being utilized is between 50MB to 2000MB. Hit OK and then click "Delete Files..." which will purge your cache (won't harm anything or delete anything important) to ensure your cache isn't full.
You can now use the "/drive c" function to have RWK look for graphics on your local hard drive so you can use RWK skins.
3/8/2005 The defensive properties of Runes have been multiplied by a factor of 5 for everyone. To offset this increase in defense, damage done after dropping a tecton will be 5x greater. This change is aimed to help thwart the waging of war on small plexes which is commonly done merely to ruin the owner's day.
More importantly, an overthrown kingdom will lose 90% of its runes. War is a large part of Race WAR Kingdoms, however, it is meant to be waged for reasons of map control and alliances, rather than merely profiting at the expense of those who are not currently logged on to defend their kingdoms.
There will be a cheap but lengthy quest added in the near future that will allow you to craft an even higher level of items and greatly reduce the cost of crafting the recently added craftable items.
The effects of Besiege and Assail now stack with the effects of using a tecton.
To summarize and clarify the changes to waging war that have been made today: Normal nuking is 5x less damaging than it was yesterday. Nuking with a tecton is exactly as damaging as it was yesterday. Nuking is now far less profitable, especially so when attacking small noobish plexes.
A D*D swapping quest has been added.
2/26/2005 Congratulations to Nutcancer (West Hell Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Lardinho (Theurg - $250 + $100 Brawl) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Dennis the Menace (Fighter - $150), Ximor (Monk - $100), and Peutre (Theurg - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for March 26th at 9:00pm EST (21:00 RWK Time).
2/19/2005 More powerful items are now craftable.
New Crystalline items now drop off of select beasts. Crystalline items have the following innate benefits: +5% Additive Void Resist, +44% Ntl, +44% Str, +25% Cnt, +25% Agi, Armor +45% Dur, Weps and Spells +100% Dur. They also have the same Theurg bonuses that Earthen pieces have, see the 3/4/2004 announcement as a reference. Also See the 5/17/2004 announcement for a description on how to compute the additive Void Resist bonus.
You now need the SoFR to attack Lord Alchemars and Ancient Alchemars.
You must be level 50 to use /bnb.
2/18/2005 Due to a recent change in the format PayPal sends information to our server for instant processing, orders made in the past 48 hours for characters with spaces in their names may have been delayed. The issue has been resolved and all future orders should occur instantly.
1/29/2005 Congratulations to Hazonko (Northeast Surface Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Nutcancer (Fighter - $250 + $100 Brawl) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Peutre (Fighter - $150), Jadedmyst (Theurg - $100), and Black Knight (Archer - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 26th at 3:00pm EST (15:00 RWK Time).
1/11/2005 The /search command has been added. See the Actions page for details.
1/6/2005 A lotto feature has been added to RWK for players who are at least level 5. As each day goes by in RWK you will gain a lotto ticket. These tickets are automatically used when you do a game action and you will generally win a small amount of ash upon using them. There is a small chance of hitting a 10,000 ash jackpot as well. You can hold a maximum of 10 tickets so be sure to log on at least once a week to maximize your winnings.
1/4/2005 The attack bonuses have now been implemented for all sleeved black cards. The Black Jack gives Ultra Resist (50% void/mes resist), the Black Queen gives Negate Resist (50% anti void/mes resist), the Black King gives Ultra Revive (50% Revive), and the Black Ace gives Ultra Crit (more than doubles all criticality chances). Note that using these abilities will cause you to lose your sleeved card (which you can later get back again playing poker) and will last until you successfully kill a creature or player. These bonuses should add an extra element of strategy to inquests as players must decide when to use these abilities and may also help with slaying difficult creatures or beasts. You can only use one of these abilities at a time since they overwrite each other if used simultaneously. Currently red cards do not have any attack bonuses planned and will most likely be used for cheating in poker only.
S1 now has a more poweful processor that should prevent lag during Inquests and Beast invasions. S2 has new RAM that should prevent the crashing problems that it had when it first went live.
1/3/2005 Due to an overwhelmingly negative response to the prospect of continuing the SoS Package deal we are removing it from purchase permanently and ahead of schedule. Anyone who has an SoS Package order already in the mail will still receive their intended purchase. To compensate for this the Ash Keeper now offers some new quests. Though it would be far wiser to first purchase access to be able to collect ash in areas in Heaven and Hell where drops are more abundant, it is now possible to quest every upgrade in the game without making a single purchase.
There has been a new addition to poker: cheating. Getting certain card combos will result in you automatically slipping a card "up your sleeve" which you can later use to replace one of your existing two cards to better your hand. Be careful using this technique as there is always a 50% chance of being caught and forced to fold. Also if you try to swap a card in that is already in your hand you will be caught for cheating 100% of the time for having two of the same card.
1/2/2005 There is a mini Beast Invasion scheduled for 1/5/2005 at 7pm EST (19:00 RWK Time) which will take place first on S1 and afterwards on S2.
12/28/2004 Since Server 2 has been live it has suffered two crashes. We believe the problem to be caused by faulty RAM and are in the process of replacing it. We appreciate your patience during any downtime that may be caused due to this.
Although it is still technically against the rules, those who accidentally break the chat rules found by typing /faq can expect a warning or 1 hour mute now instead of a 2-day ban. Repeated breaking of the rules, be it intentional or not, will result in a permanent ban. This is being announced so that people don't spam chat with "Whaa, he auctioned in shout, where are the mods?" which is equally annoying and childish and will now also result in a warning or mute.
12/25/2004 Due to the fact that we don't wish to give those who pre-ordered SoS packages an unfair advantage, we are allowing the purchase of SoS packages (Mail order only, comes with DD) for exactly 2 weeks on both servers.
Server 2 is expected to go live shortly after the Inquest today.
You can now easily quest for the Transcendental Sanction after you have the Lava Splicer and Mountain Tamer. See /help for details.
Congratulations to Heroic Monk (North Hell Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Lardinho (Theurg - $250) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Black Knight (Archer - $150), Murion Kerchibard (Caster - $100 Inquest + $100 Brawl), and Petermanna (Fighter - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 29th at 8:00pm EST (20:00 RWK Time).
The new war changes and quests are now in effect.
Server 2 is NOW online. For the first week you will be able to use the /z command to morph your Race and Sex. Note: Templars can only do this once!
12/24/2004 Changes have been made to make RWK a less expensive game, allowing you to acquire several of the expensive items that were formerly "purchase only" in exchange for large amounts of ash. The amount of ash required for these items is very high - high enough so that no one who purchased these items in the past should regret making the purchase, and yet low enough so that people who simply cannot afford to buy them can look forward to one day owning them with a lot of hard work. There are only 3 items in the game that are purchase only and they are each $50, all other items can be quested in one form or another.
The SoS package and Transcendental Sanction are no longer available for purchase (if you already purchased these and they're in the mail don't worry, you will still get them).
DD's are now purchaseable for $200 and also have a very small chance of dropping everytime you use a Tecton or Stone.
Talk to the Ash Keeper for details on new ash quests.
RWK players are by nature mean...it's in their blood, but now you get rewarded for being nice! A Patron system has been added to RWK. New players have the option of specifying someone as their Patron when making their first game purchase (Mail Orders only). In order for someone to consider you their Patron you have to earn the title in their eyes. For more info read the link provided on the Mail Orders page.
12/23/2004 Previously when you made orders (PayPal or Mail Order) that came with gold bonuses and you did not have enough room for the extra gold then the gold was simply wasted. An improvement has been made that will ensure you get the proper amount of gold in the form of Livagane heal spells that you can later choose to sell. This will be especially important on Server 2 when it goes live since gold will have a higher initial value.
Game time has been set to coincide with Eastern time. The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 25th at 5:30pm EST (17:30 RWK Time). Be sure to show up at least 5 minutes early or you may miss your chance to enter.
12/22/2004 The account key system has been modified to allow you to set an account key without a waiting period if your account does not yet have a valid key.
The problem that was causing repeated "player not found" messages for some players has been resolved.
The high player population is currently straining the server, you may experience some performance problems. While the poker mini game is partly responsible for the increased amount of players, it is not itself a strain on the server. In addition to the high performance second server (see previous announcements) we will be upgrading the hardware on the existing server to match the newer one in order to ensure the highest quality gaming on both servers. We apologize for the temporary performance problems.
12/21/2004 The mini game is now available, type /poker or click the card icon next to the buy items link when you're in the game. Don't forget to first download the graphics patch on the login page, hit refresh if the link doesn't show up at first.
You can now choose to get runes instead of ash for your poker winnings. The ratio is 10 ash to 1 rune plus you keep the remaining ash that does not divide evenly, just make sure you're in the right kingdom! To modify check your options menu in game.
12/20/2004 Those of you who use the /reserve command will be able to change your race after logging on to your reserved characters on Server 2.
12/18/2004 On the same day Server 2 goes active the following changes will be made to better balance the offense and defense of kingdoms:An easily attainable quest will be added for all (even surface) players that will double the defensive effectiveness of Runes. This should half the number of Runes required to make a kingdom reasonably safe, greatly reducing the cost of building plexes. This will especially help those who do not rely on others to defend their kingdoms for them since it will be twice as hard to take someone's kingdom even if they are offline. This quest item will also give attackers the ability to enrage the armies of their kingdoms resulting in double the war damage. It will cost 10 runes to enrage a kingdom's armies which will last 1 hour. The final bonus to this quest will be the /chance ability.
When a kingdom is under major assault the cost of increasing its armies and fortifications for that hour will be 10 times greater than normal. See 8/24/2005 announcement for updated definition of major assault.
Harbringer's Scepter of Oppression will grant an additional hourly attack. The special DD relic combo will unlock your kingmanship's potential to give you additional hourly attacks.
These changes are designed to make building plexes cheaper while at the same time making the amount of money required to actively defend a kingdom closer to the amount of money required to actively attack a kingdom. No longer should the average onlooker with some spare gold be able to thwart a well coordinated kingdom attack, however, an individual or group of players willing to spend a reasonable amount of gold to actively protect their kingdoms should still be able to do so.
12/17/2004 Please make note of the warning at the bottom of the PayPal order page that goes into effect as of today.
The /info command has been added.
12/15/2004 The following is planned for RWK prior to the New Year:
New rare and difficult quests to gain advanced combat abilities.
A second instance of RWK running on a separate server. This is being done to help accomodate the increased player population and will give those who wish a fresh start on a new server. A separate Inquest will be held each month on each server to ensure everyone still has the same if not better chance of winning as before. This second server will be identical in all ways to the first except no characters or kingdoms will yet exist. Nothing at all will be transferrable between the two servers so those who wish to play on the new server will have to truly start from scratch.
A community based mini game of sorts.
12/14/2004 Due to popular demand the Tradeskill Manifesto and Super Relic combo is for sale again via mail order.
12/13/2004 The server change was successful with downtime of 2.5 hours.
12/12/2004 Some have expressed concern over the nuke upgrades that were supposedly coming out on x-mas...there are no such upgrades planned.
Tomorrow the server will be moved to higher quality bandwidth. Downtime is estimated at 2 to 3 hours.
11/27/2004 Congratulations to Dogmeat2 (Northeast Surface Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Petermanna (Fighter - $250) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Lardinho (Theurg - $150), Lilsamurai (Vamp - $100), Lady Calimar (Monk - $100), and Murion Kerchibard (Caster - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 25th at 5:30pm EST. Note that Roll Call will not begin until 5:30 as opposed to a half hour in advance like before.
11/19/2004 This is a reminder to be extremely careful when following links that you get in e-mails. There is currently a fake PayPal e-mail that begins "Recently, our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account." and later gives you a link which appears to lead to the PayPal site but takes you to a password theft site that looks identical to the real site. Similar e-mails and fake sites exist trying to steal your RWK login and password information. If you might have fallen for such a scam in the past be sure to change all your passwords and be more wise in the future.
11/10/2004 An issue was corrected for Therugists with the Attacker's Balance and one heal spell that should now allow them to do proper damage. Also note that this fix corrected the amount of life you will heal, which for Theurgists who use a heal spell is dependent on their Dur as opposed to their Ntl.
11/9/2004 Theurgists who have the Attacker's Balance can now equip a single heal spell.
11/4/2004 Previously in order to obtain the reviving benefits of healing spells you needed to heal beyond your modded durability. To make healing spells more viable for high durability players you now only need to heal beyond 999,999,999 total life in order to be revived after slain that round.
A new quest has been added.
10/30/2004 Congratulations to Eldriken (North Dungeon Plex - $500) for winning best Kingdom Plex and to Lardinho (Theurg - $250) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Lord Shinobai (Vamp - $150), Lilsamurai (Vamp - $100), Cwadarkone (Fighter - $100), and Red Drag0n (Monk - $100). The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 27th at 11:00pm EST.
10/23/2004 If you or anyone you know is having problems on certain computers where you get a blank screen upon logging in to a character you should try turning off any virus checkers or pop up blockers you have running. Some of these programs (Norton in particular) add code to existing web pages which interferes with the game's javascript interface.
10/22/2004 Be careful when handing EEo(G)T's to the Rune Keeper, you no longer have to be in your own kingdom.
10/19/2004 A new beast has been added that drops a relic that gives you the /freefort ability. See the Actions page for details.
10/12/2004 The mood of the Shrine Keeper has changed.
Due to popular request you can use a D*D instead of a DDD for one of the scepter quests.
10/11/2004 The e-mail system that was previously used for password recovery has been replaced with an account key system. All players are urged to follow the instructions when they log in to set their account key. After initiating an account key change you will need to wait at least 10 days in order to complete the change or 5 days to cancel it and try again (if you forget the key). After your account key is set you can change it again, doing so immediately as long as you know the current key. Passwords can be recovered at the login page if you know the account key to your account.
A very difficult quest has been added which is a significant amount cheaper for /q players to complete.
10/10/2004 Ancient Alchemars now drop EEoT or EEoGT in addition to their normal drops. Palace Lord Alchemars now randomly drop amazing wealth. Both beasts now flee their spawn spot to a random location.
EEoT and EEoGT are now craftable and thus can be made without ash.
Newbie Alch has been added (/na) which allows anyone to convert one rune to 999,999,999 gold. This allows all players to make use of runes and EEoT's as a source of gold for kingdom building, though without the convenience one would have with the ability to alchemize (/alch) at full value.
The trading delay has been reduced from 3 seconds to 1 second.
Two easy to slay surface beasts have been added.
Ash rushes have been added.
A quest item has been added that will allow you to teleport to the weak surface beasts only.
10/9/2004 Faulty hardware on the new server caused us to take the server down for repairs. Although we were able to repair the server much faster than anticipated, we still plan on implementing the game update as a reward for your patience during the downtime. Also there is a beast invasion scheduled for Oct 13th at 11:00pm EST.
10/7/2004 There was a short period of time where all kingdoms walked were wiped. Kings must resettle and rebuild their kingdoms and send an email to credit
with your character name, kingdom locations, and total amount of value lost (in billions). Do not send an email if your losses are less than 50 billion. Players who attempt to steal kingdoms from their rightful owners will be banned. War is temporarily disabled.
10/6/2004 PayPal orders and the Money Order page have been fixed and are now working properly.
In the future /q players will be given a bonus of some sort. No matter what, however, /q players will still need to purchase a Beast Bane in order to teleport to all types of beasts. Buying Beast Bane does NOT overwrite your /q ability and will not change your eligibility for the upcoming bonus.
A long awaited update: the selected player name in the drop down menu will not change when you move kingdoms or new players enter/leave the zone unless the selected player leaves, in which case the name should change to Nobody. This will help prevent accidents and also aid in mass transferring of kingdoms.
If you or anyone you know is blocked from playing RWK from certain locations (such as at work) you can try accessing the game by its IP address: http://69.26.162.34/
10/5/2004 RWK was switched to a new and much faster server which is now located in Virginia. This should mean better performance for all our users.
10/3/2004 The SoS package is now available via PayPal for $225 but comes without the Devil`s Deliverance.
10/2/2004 There is a new purchase only item that allows you to teleport to beasts of all kinds. It is meant to even the playing field for new players who wish to have a chance at killing beasts.
The structure of Acument Inquests is being changed to allow for more participants and more $$$ prizes. The /q ability and approbations will no longer be awarded to anyone. The winner of the best plex award will still receive $500 credit. There will now be 128 participants in the Inquest as opposed to 112 and they will all be part of the same group. The two semi finalists will receive $100 credit each. The non-victorious finalist will receive $150 credit and the winner of the Inquest will receive $250 credit. The winner of the brawl (the winner must eliminate at least 5 other players in attack) will receive $100 credit. There will still be a beast invasion, level cap increase, and beast lists reset after the Inquest as always.
9/30/2004 Congratulations to Dakilla (West Hell Plex) and Diegoth The Dark (Northeast Surface Plex) for winning best Kingdom Plex awards and to Lardinho (Theurg) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Murion+Kerchibard (Caster), Lord Sin (Theurg), Delg (Fighter), and Petermanna (Fighter). The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 30th at 10:00pm EST.
9/29/2004 Mail sent to our location is now arriving without additional delays.
9/21/2004 New graphics have been added for D*Dev relics and Earthen drops.
Mail to our location is still delayed. Within a few days USPS should be back up to speed.
Vampires have a new quest.
The lower end caster and warrior quests have been improved.
9/16/2004 The Goblin Hide Backpack has been enhanced, see the /help site for details.
9/10/2004 Archer's who have no spells equipped will now be classified as Archer Theurgists. These hybrid characters will receive the innate bonuses of being both an archer (5x Cnc 5x Dex) and a theurgist (100x Cnc), but not receive the bonuses associated with specific types of archers or theurgists such as the newly added Archer's Aide or Theurg Orb. The intent for the Archer's Aide was to allow archers to equip spells and still have the huge Cnc bonus from being a Theurgist. The Archer's Aide will drop for Archer Theurgists, however, it will only work for Master and Grandmaster Bowmen.
Archer's Aide has been increased to a 500x Cnc bonus.
9/9/2004 Today is the 3rd anniversary of RWK and we are celebrating with a huge update. You should notice a new graphics patch available on the login page which includes images for some of the new beasts. Guard images are fixed in battle. Six new beasts have been added, 5 of which you cannot use /q to get to, 1 of which spawns exclusively on the surface. Over ten quest items have been added, some which benefit specific classes and others that can benefit everyone. You'll also notice the help site is now hosted on at http://www.racewarkingdoms.com/help/ so you should always be able to access it banner free.
8/28/2004 Congratulations to Raybone for winning the best Kingdom Plex award with his north/central Hell plex and to Lardinho (Theurg) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Jesus Christ (Monk), Ohad The Devil (Monk), Mini Sammy (Monk), and Agent Of Saruman (Caster). The next Inquest is scheduled for Sept 30th at 11:00pm EST.
8/27/2004 Kingdoms with 0 morale will be automatically couped to help new players get kingdoms without angering their previous owners.
8/24/2004 If a kingdom's value is less than 10 billion (Armies, Forts, Runes, Tres, and Food count toward value) then it will lose 1 morale point every hour to help free up unfortified kingdoms for new players. Kings will receive a message when this occurs unless their Interest/Starving filter is on. There will be a 24 hour grace period for this addition where kingdoms will only lose .01 morale instead of the full point. Both Food and Morale gain interest as always.
Food now plays a role in war. If you attack a kingdom and you have more food than the target kingdom you will have a 20% war damage bonus. If the target kingdom has more food than you then you will have a 20% war damage penalty. If both kingdoms have the same amount of food there is no bonus or penalty. Remember that food is not consumed by your population when your population is greater than 10,000.
48 hour interest increases will now only work if you have BOTH the DoD and DwD equipped as was intended.
A major coup is now considered a coup of a kingdom who's value is over 10 billion instead of 10 million.
8/22/2004 The commands added yesterday to help embezzling have been changed and greatly enhanced. See the Actions page for details.
8/21/2004 The first installment of RWK's 3 year anniversary updates has arrived early. Check out the Actions page for details.
8/1/2004 Congratulations to Hannibal for winning the best Kingdom Plex award with his eastern Hell plex and to Lao (Monk) for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Oddbin (Monk), Seraph (Monk), Raistlin Drakan (Monk), and Lilsamurai (Vamp). The next Inquest is scheduled for August 28th at 11:00pm EST.
7/7/2004 The FAQ has been updated with a new auction rule regarding trading items from other games. Type /faq while in the game to read about it.
A new special zone has been added: While in the Sky Shrine you will have a 10% greater chance of gaining skills. This, of course, stacks with all other skill chance bonuses.
7/1/2004 Congratulations to Toicer for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Lardinho for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Lady Hikaru, Grodd 2, Lord Ramza, and Raistlin Drakan. The next Inquest is scheduled for July 31st at 7:00pm EST.
6/30/2004 Starting with the July Acumen Inquest, in order to be the winner of the best plex award your plex must must be fully built on the map the day of the Inquest and the previous day's map (viewed by clicking the back arrow located above the map picture). This means that instead of having to build your plex the night before the day of the Inquest, you will have to build your plex the night before the day before the Inquest and keep it defended until the maps are updated during the day of the Inquest.
5/30/2004 Congratulations to Memorix for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Lao for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Heroicfool, Murion Kerchibard, Nutcancer, and Lord Shinobai. The next Inquest is scheduled for June 30th at 11:00pm EST.
5/17/2004 Earthen items have been upgraded, each piece gives an additive chance of 3% to resist a void. This differs from the normal method used when adding chance increases, having 10 Earthen items equipped would give you a 30% chance of resisting a possible void/devoid.
The Lord Alchemar and all beasts more powerful than him have been upgraded. They now have Scepters of Annulment which will make attacking them with annul-able relics futile.
The changes of yesterday have made the game far more balanced, with monks still doing the most damage at end game with the best gear. Like all other classes, they can no longer rely on skills alone to do insane amounts of damage. Those of you who invested your time into your monk discipline and no longer wish to be a monk have been given the ability to swap some skills around. The /swapk command swaps MD with kingmanship, the /swapd command swaps MD with defensive. Anyone may now swap between those three skills freely with those commands, however, the commands will only work for the next month and a half. They will be discontinued the night of the June Inquest.
5/16/2004 The 3 day ban has been reduced to a 2 day ban and is being used more regularly as a punishment for breaking the rules found by typing /faq while in game.
In an effort to achieve greater class balance the following changes have been made:
Monk skill increases past 99 will yield a 1.1x damage multiplier each as opposed to the 1.3x multiplier that the first 99 give.
Theurgist damage is now greatly assisted by the DLD, DLDv, DMD, and DMDv relics which now also includes a component which increases Theurg damage by a factor of 6.25.
Euphoric Obliteration has been added which is a rare ability that occurs based upon your criticality causing up to 100 times your normal relic damage. Euphoric Surge and Rush cause up to 25 and 10 times normal damage respectively whereas they used to cause exactly 25 and 10 times normal damage. Euphoric Rushes, Euphoric Surges, and the new Euphoric Obliteration can now all occur on beasts and guards.
5/12/2004 Due to popular demand you may now purchase a Name Swap. Check the Money Order page for more details. This option cannot be made available through PayPal.
5/8/2004 The Devil's Deliverance and DDD relic has had a damage multiplier of 2 added to it. This will allow other classes to surpass naked 99 skill monk damage given the proper equipment. This of course affects all D*D relics as well.
5/2/2004 A new command has been added that will lower your level by 1 if it is odd. The command is /verywellthengoahead.
4/30/2004 Congratulations to Agent of Darkness for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Jesus Christ for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Monk Of Drakken, Raistlin Drakan, Brega, and Archer of Crosis. The next Inquest is scheduled for May 30th at 7:00pm EST.
4/27/2004 The drop rate for Earthen items has been increased.
4/18/2004 Enraged Strike, Precise Shot, Mana Flow, and Theurgal Reprise now have the ability to do far more damage. Instead of multiplying your normal damage by a factor of 5 they now multiply your damage by the value of your Criticality which can be up to 125. This should help other classes compete with monk damage when attacking beasts.
4/4/2004 Congratulations to Ruubz for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Divine Feline for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Warrior Of Might, Warrior Of Shadows, Lightning Striker, and Silentium Letalis. The next Inquest is scheduled for April 30th at 11:00pm EST.
3/31/2004 Due to some emergency maintenance the RWK server was offline for nearly the past 24 hours. The faulty hardware was replaced and no damage was done. The Acumen Inquest has been rescheduled for April 4th 6:00pm EST. To make up for the downtime there will be a much larger beast invasion than usual following the Inquest. As usual no beast lists will be cleared and the max level will not change until after the Inquest. Also to make things fair to those who worked hard on building plexes, there will be two plex winners for this month. The first winner is Cbmaddox for the Sky border plex. The next winner will be based on the maps on the day of the Inquest as usual. The same plex cannot win this next prize, nor can the winning plex of last month.
3/6/2004 Archer's bows will now affect "first attack" and "second attack" properly.
3/5/2004 The statistics on Demonic/Earthen items given yesterday's announcement did not include the properties given when an armor type is flagged as "Durability". This provides an additional 15% defense factor boost and 15% Dur boost and has always been present. All dropped Demonic/Earthen armor is "Durability" but no weapons have these bonuses.
3/4/2004 A problem was fixed with archers that forced left hand items to be calculated as if they were bows and right hand items to be calculated as if they were arrows even if you had an arrow in your left hand and bow in your right hand.
The stat bonuses for Earthen and Demonic items has been greatly increased. They now both yield a 44% boost to Str and Ntl as opposed to 26% and a 26% boost to Dur as opposed to 10%. Theurgists now greatly benefit from Earthen and Demonic items: each piece they equip improves their damage by 70%. Additionally, Theurgists now have a percentage chance of a second cast which is equal to 10 multiplied by the amount of Earthen/Demonic items they have equipped. With 8 equipped, for example, you would have an 80% chance of having two casts instead of one.
3/3/2004 Never view/run/unzip the attachments in e-mails you receive unless you know who sent it and were expecting it. Simply because an e-mail says it was from a certain address does not mean it truly came from that address. It is very easy to fake e-mail origination and spam viruses take full advantage of it. Glitchless, Race War Kingdoms and Paypal never send e-mails that request information such as your login/password or that have attached files. Use common sense when viewing e-mails! Chances are the "free porn screensaver" was not sent to you by a good samaritan who learned of your loneliness, but rather it was automatically sent from the computers of other idiots who opened the attachment.
2/28/2004 Congratulations to Stefan The Saint for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Lao for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Jesus Christ, Mikeyii, Warrior Of Shadows, and Soultaker. The next Inquest is scheduled for March 31th at 6:00pm EST.
2/23/2004 The hour of 5x bonus to war damage after using quake was only working on the first kingdom in your attack path, that has been fixed and thus is even more powerful.
The quake keeper now offers an element for the price of 999 runes that offers a 10x multiplier to the effectiveness of all your kingdoms' runes that lasts until the hour change. This can be used by wealthy plex owners to foil a quake attack.
War messages now reflect the recent quest additions.
2/20/2004 New options added for war message filtering. The default is now "See Some Yellow War Messages" which randomly discards 9 out of 10 of the messages so that you can keep an eye on the wars being waged without being spammed. This has no effect on the private war messages you get when you are attacked. You can still view every yellow war message if you desire by selecting that option.
2/17/2004 To further clarify the bonus effect of using a tecton element to create an earthquake: The player who used it will have a 5x bonus to all war damage for that hour. This means that any kingdom you attack for the remainder of the hour will lose 5 times the normal amount of troops and fortifications. This effect does not stack with itself (if you used two quakes with the same character during the same hour the effect would still only be 5x) nor does it stack with Besiege or Assail. It stacks with everything else, however, namely the war enhancing relics and quest items. This is a very powerful ability that few players have yet to utilize. A defensive element of similar nature will be added in the near future.
2/14/2004 Regeneration now has an effect past 99. Every skill point you get past 99 gives you an extra 1% durability boost prior to relic calculations. At a skill of 125 you would have a 26% boost to durability.
The skill Defensive has had a large increase in strength past 99. At a skill of 125 damage dealt to you will be divided by 832 as opposed to 32. The power at 99 is still the same; damage is divided by 25.
When attacking a kingdom with 250,000,000 or less troops at a time there is only a 1 in 10 chance of it going yellow.
New Quest added, speak with Quake Keeper for information on how to obtain an essence element that allows you to cause an earthquake in a single target kingdom. Quake damage has been changed since it was discovered by players this morning. There is no longer any damage done to morale, but the random damage done to Soldiers, Archers, Catapults, and Trebuchets is now twice as severe.
The reward for the best plex award has been changed from a D*D or SoS to $500 credit to spend as they wish on RWK items. The reward for the first place Inquest winner is still $250 credit. Credit can be used on any character. All plex and Inquest winners receive the /quick ability and an approbation as always.
Yet another beast has been added that has new item drops.
The effect of the new earthquake ability has an added bonus of a 5x multiplier to war damage dealt by the user for the remainder of the hour. This stacks with everything except Assail and Besiege.
The two new beasts have been upgraded and beast heals go yellow.
2/13/2004 Tradeable items are no longer purchasable via Paypal, only money order.
If you trade characters with someone who turns out to be a Paypal frauder you will be banned. If a Paypal frauder buys upgrades for your character and you accept them you will be banned. If someone buys your character an upgrade that you did not want you can report it to help@racewarkingdoms.com. Do not trade for characters that are newly created, not high level, or otherwise are not well known or you risk losing all your accounts. This has nothing to do with Paypal transactions that you do amongst yourselves for items and gold; it is only in regard to character trading or having frauders buy YOUR character paypal upgrades from Glitchless. Many of you make money by selling items and gold to other players, often new ones, and this has no impact on those types of transactions.
There will be some additions soon that will make larger plexes with rune walls safer for storing wealth than having sole 999 rune kingdoms. Consider this your warning if you have high runed kingdoms, make sure they are placed deep inside your plex if you want to ensure their safety.
A new beast has been added that has a chance of Demonic Drops, Devoid Drops, and always grants a skill when killed. It is on a seperate beast list meaning you can kill 1 per month regardless of what other beasts you have killed.
Beginning on the 15th there will be an addition to warfare. Players with the ability to attack multiple kingdoms at once will receive an offensive damage bonus to the first kingdom in their path under the following circumstances:
Assail - If you have the ability to attack 2 or 3 kingdoms at once and the first kingdom in your path is an enemy kingdom and you own the second kingdom in your path then you will do 10 times normal damage to the first kingdom.
Besiege - If you have the ability to attack 3 kingdoms at once and the first kingdom in your path is an enemy kingdom and you own the second and third kingdom in your path then you will do 25 times normal damage to the first kingdom.
Note that these warfare benefits can occur only if you attack in a cardinal direction (N, S, E, W). These changes will not weaken the strength of runed plex walls since a person must be on either side of a kingdom to gain the benefits. In fact this is more of a defensive bonus than an offensive one since it will help plex owners remove high rune single kingdom "freckles" left by attackers aimed at extortion. The maximum number of units destroyed is still capped by the amount of units you attack with which essentially means you will not notice any benefit from these unless you are attacking a kingdom with a significant amount of runes (since the amount of units killed is generally much lower than the amount of units with which you attack).
2/12/2004 A large number of macroers have been caught recently, many of which were on high level characters. Contrary to popular belief there has not been an additional macro check built into RWK but rather we have just been using an old method more frequently. Your account is locked and monitored by a person to see your reaction. When your account is locked it shows in huge lettering in the battle window (not chat) so it is as impossible to miss as a normal security check. No amount of lag or computer problems can cause an error in this check. If you continue to do actions without responding to the locked message you are banned. If you are idle or AFK we can tell since you won't be clicking any action buttons and your account will be unlocked for you. So unless you are macroing, dumber than a macro, or playing with your eyes closed you will have no problem passing this check. Also to keep the nonsense excuses to a minimum, playing with your eyes closed is not allowed.
2/1/2004 Congratulations to Raydenn for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Lardinho for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Lao, Fist Of Flames, Alacu2, and Oddbin. The next Inquest is scheduled for Feb 28th at 10:00pm EST.
1/20/2004 When a single kingdom plex or group of plexes is surrounded completely (or partially in the case of edge and corner plexes) by a clean and adjacent border of kingdoms, the entire mass will be treated as a single plex for the purposes of the kingdom plex competition. If such a plex should happen to win then the owner of the border kingdoms would receive the reward. This entire plex would then be inelligable for the reward next month although the same person may win the reward twice in a row with a seperate plex elsewhere on the map as has always been the case. This is meant to allow for cooperation in plex building, but it should be noted that border kingdoms could be placed in cooperation or aggression and the result would be the same. As always the most important factors in plex judging are cleanliness and size.
12/29/2003 Congratulations to Sweet Zombie Jesus for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Strydor for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Agent Of Saruman, Jesus Christ, Moogle of Gore, and Darkbark. The next Inquest is scheduled for Jan 31th at 8:00pm EST.
12/11/2003 The winner of the Inquest and the winner of the Kingdom Plex competition can now receive either an SoS package or D*D awarded to the character of their choice since they are both the same value.
Please note on the mail-in order forms after you print it there is now a space to write the name of the character to contact should double credit be awarded. You may leave it blank if it's the same character that is receiving the purchased item. See the bottom of this page for information on double credit.
12/4/2003 Armsman and Magician type classes no longer require an empty slot. Armsman classes can use a sword and a shield and Magician classes can use a damage spell and a heal spell. This should help single attack configurations be more viable for dueling.
11/30/2003 Congratulations to Lao for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Lardinho for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Graffix, Agent Of Saruman, Monk Of Drakken, and Drakken Deathlord. The next Inquest is scheduled for Dec 29th at 11:00pm EST.
11/29/2003 The original info for the Devoidance relic stated it was possible for a Devoidance to void another Devoidance although this was never the case nor will be as it would give too much of an advantage to the attacker. The notes about this relic on the help site have been updated. One pecularity about the Devoidance relic that will remain is that when a relic that contains Devoidance as a component is voided or devoided it is stripped of all its powers except all the Devoidance component powers meaning it keeps the 10% Mes Resist and Confusion component. This is unlike when a Voidance or a relic containing a Voidance component is voided in which case only the voiding properties remain, not the Confusion component found on a normal Voidance. Of course, if a Voidance or relic containing just a Voidance component is devoided then none of its powers remain. If this seems mind boggling don't worry, you probably won't ever own a Devoidance relic anyways.
11/27/2003 When at max level with skills set to 99% you will no longer gain small amounts of experience which may have been an annoyance to those who have already shifted their stats.
10/30/2003 The delay bar in RWK is a tool that allows players to guage how long they need to wait before they can do another action. The bar also, however, prevents the player from doing another action until it is completely expired. The delay bar cannot take into account other delays such as your latency or a poor performing computer which can cause your delay in between actions to be greater than the server requires. Some players have found it to be beneficial to disable the delay bar by editting the javascript interface that RWK uses (this is not hacking). Because we do not wish to allow some players to have this advantage we have decided to create a feature that keeps the delay bar from preventing you from doing another action before it has expired. Doing actions too quickly with this disabled will easily get you 10 second penalties. This is an advanced feature that is not recommended for the average player. The commands for toggling this are /disable and /enable.
10/29/2003 Congratulations to Draegon Carsen for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Lardinho for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Heroic Monk, Pink Pussy, Wrath, and Yourgonnagetpissed. The next Inquest is scheduled for Nov 29th at 10:00pm EST.
10/28/2003 A new command /sa has been added, see the Actions page for details. The /sa, /da, /sr, and /br commands now work in your current kingdom when a location is not specified.
A new dungeon zone of great misery, having a coordinate product of many leagues under the sea and also a sum equal to the length of a plane this new place is sure to drive you insane.
10/26/2003 The Mine Keeper offers a new quest.
10/25/2003 This is a reminder for those who hope to have a chance in the Best Kingdom Plex competition that takes place after the Inquest (judged using the maps generated the night before) that plexes are judged on how well they stand out on the maps thus size and clean or outlined edges are key. Feel free to nuke the competition.
10/21/2003 New commands for Scepter of Harnessed Hatred owners: /repair and /fortify. See the Actions page for details.
10/16/2003 New NPC added: Rune Keeper.
10/15/2003 Speak with the Pub Keeper for information regarding a new quest.
10/7/2003 The requirements for a kingdom battle to go to yellow text have been lowered to help players protect their allies when they are not online. As a reminder for those who do not wish to view the yellow war messages, you can disable them from your options menu.
10/3/2003 A new command /ash has been added to determine how much ash you have accumulated.
Muted players cannot trade or give gold.
Trading and embezzling will allow you to waste up to 1 million gold to make it easier to hit your 2 billion gold max.
10/1/2003 Congratulations to Arcanum Mortuum for winning the best Kingdom Plex award and Divine Feline for winning the Acumen Inquest. Also congratulations to the other Inquest and Brawl winners Black Knight, Lardinho, Shuckanator, and Spectral Falconer. The next Inquest is scheduled for Oct 29th at 5pm EST.
An Ancient beast has been added to the game, slaying this beast will yield a much higher chance of acquiring a Demonic or Ancient drop. The catch is if you have slain any other type of beast you will not be able to touch the Ancient beast until the next Inquest. Likewise if you have slain the Ancient beast you may not touch any other type of beast until the Inquest. There is no limit on the amount of Ancient beasts you may slay in a given month, however. This is designed to have the uber players that no longer profit much from slaying the original beasts move on to slay the new beast giving other players a better chance to kill beasts.
The Puddle Keeper now has another quest.
A filter for blocking trivial gold gives has been added to the options menu. Anything under 500 million is considered trivial by the filter.
9/30/2003 Referral system has been deactivated. It was earning RWK a bad reputation due to spammers.
A new relic combo has been added and mesmerization resistance has been added to Devoidance.
9/28/2003 Players who have a bow and arrow equipped but no spells equipped will be considered Archers, not Theurgists. The Cnc bonus remains since it is now considered a product of removing spells, not of being a Theurgist.
If you have 10 approbations or blessings all enhanced with elements and you give the Surface Hermit another element he will replace an existing element upgrade with the new one. The one that will be replaced is the first one that differs from the element you have given him.
Message Vogar for information regarding a new quest.
9/26/2003 For monks attacking accuracy now only affects agility and not dexterity. This will have no effect on combat but will be reflected by the /st and /re commands.
A power index based on all your character's modded stats has been added to the /st and /re commands.
9/24/2003 Some kingdom plexes had some unsightly freckles caused by image compression. The problem has been fixed, however, some king's colors will change slightly due to the new method. Changes will take effect after the next map update.
9/23/2003 The rewards for the Acumen Inquest and Best Kingdom Plex have been increased. From now on the Inquest will be divided into 3 groups. The highest level group will have 64 participants. The second group will have 32 and the third will have 16. Because of this new setup more people will be able to participate in the event and also more people will be in group 1 thus having a shot at the grand prize. The winner of each Inquest group, the runner-up in group 1, the winner of the Best Plex, and the winner of the all level brawl held before the Inquest will receive the usual /q ability and approbation. Rather than receive a Demonic item, however, the winner of group 1 and the winner of the Best Plex will each receive one of the new special DD relics of their choice. Keep in mind that the number 1 criteria that Kingdom Plexes will be judged on is their appearance on the map. Fortitude is merely what keeps your competitors from nuking your plex into an ugly mess. Also remember that the maps are generated after the daily reset so make sure your kingdoms are in top condition the night before the Inquest because those are the maps that will be used for judging.
9/21/2003 There are now several relic combinations that yield greater powers. Info can be found on the help site.
The /sr ability has been added to the abilities granted by the Devil's Opulent Deliverance, allowing you to purchase 1 rune at a time instead of 2.
After every Inquest there will now be a reward given to the player with the most aesthetically pleasing kingdom complex as viewed on the maps. Kingdoms will be judged on size, symmetry, fortitude, and contrast with its surroundings.
In an effort to more closely balance class strengths the following abilities that are effective on all targets except guards (players, monsters, beasts) have been added:Master of Arms and Master Berserkers now have a 10% chance of an Enraged Strike which is half the strength of a Devastating Blow. Grandmaster Bowman now have a 4% chance of a Precise Shot which is half the strength of a Devastating Blow. Master Magicians and Master Wizards now have a 5% chance of a Mana Flow which is half the strength of a Mana Rush. Masters of the Arcane now have a 3% chance of a Theurgal Reprise which is half the strength of a Mana Rush.
9/12/2003 Kingdom interest and peasants starving message filter added to the options.
9/11/2003 An error in the buy items page has been fixed and you are now able to purchase the newly added items.
9/9/2003 In celebration of RWK's 2 year anniversary a new line of relic upgrade quests has been added. The Surface Hermit is the keeper of the information necessary to unravel the quests, but he will only speak of it to those with power in its purest form. Note that the quests require drops that have an equal chance of occurring to all players so that while not everyone who plays will obviously be able to have the most powerful items in the game, (since they'd then be common and no longer powerful) everyone can still profit from the new additions with a bit of luck.
Trade restrictions on items enchanted with upgraded super relics have been removed.
The buy items page has been updated. The newest relics (details can be found by typeing /help in the game) can now be purchased via money order.
8/30/2003 Congrats to Durtze, Unfair Destiny, Voxy, Cooldude3000, Lardinho, Beasty, and Mr Wilson for their victories at the recent Inquest. The next is scheduled for September 30th at 9pm EST.
8/23/2003 To help with the confusion over the auction rules we have simplified them: You may not sell anything or ask for any price check, item, service (clickers, runners, etc), or form of payment (money order, Paypal, etc) unless it is in auction.
If you are muted and you get on another character before the mute wears off and speak in chat you will be 3 day or permanently banned without question. If you feel you've been unfairly muted your only option is to send an email to help@racewarkingdoms.com and the matter will be investigated. Mute evasion or false claims to unfair muting will result in banning.
8/7/2003 The player lists under Give Gold, Give Kingdom, and Trade will not automatically update to prevent trading with the wrong person. To update them manually simply click on any player's name and it will refresh the list. The duel list still automatically updates. Also a bug was fixed that made player names remain in kingdoms sometimes even when they moved.
8/4/2003 A new feature has been added under Options that allows you to link a picture. You may link any picture you wish as long as it is not offensive or against the Terms of Use. To view another user's picture you can click their name twice or type /p PLAYERNAME.
7/29/2003 Congrats to Trainer, Deep Throat, Bloodbath, Divine Feline, Silentium Mortis, Iaulus, and Shuckanator for their victories at the recent Inquest. The next is scheduled for August 30th at 9pm EST.
7/24/2003 New top lists showing the players with the highest total crafting skill and highest single crafting skill.
7/23/2003 New and more powerful items added to the game that are rare drops off high level beasts. The cost to chant these items is extreme but can be avoided if you have an Essence Element of Enchantment in your inventory which will be consumed instead.
The extra reward for the winner of the highest level group in the Acumen Inquest has been upgraded to a Demonic gift of his/her choice: Weapon, Spell, Heal, Bow, Arrow, or Armor Piece.
7/2/2003 The Palace Keeper now offers the ability to undo the changes on enhanced super relics so that they may be traded. You do not get the essences back that were initially used to improve the relic, however.
7/1/2003 We do not endorse, under any circumstances, the trusting of other persons with your game items and/or characters! Doing so is ill-advised and will put your items and account in jeopardy. We will not help you recover stolen or scammed items or characters, be it a clever thief or a friend who has betrayed your trust. There are far too many daily transactions for us to attempt to police them and because of this it would be unfair of us to help some but not others. Likewise, if a character you have allowed to borrow an item of yours is banned then your item will be unrecoverable.
From now on there will be a Beast Invasion following every Acumen Inquest before the monthly slayers lists are reset. Over 20 beasts will spawn in rapid succession in Heaven, Sky, Dungeon, and Hell.
Rune purchases have been upgraded to 999 instead of 500 runes on the buy items page.
6/28/2003 Congrats to Troglidite, Lagpipe, Peaceful Gremlin, Warrior of Death, Gildanster, Hung Long Dong, and Mene Mene Tekel for their victories at the recent Inquest. The next is scheduled for July 29th at 1pm EST.
6/20/2003 We apologize for the downtime RWK suffered due to an IP migration gone haywire. To make up for it we have decided to have a Beast Invasion that will occur on June 28th following the Acumen Inquest. Even surface dwellers will be able to participate in this monumental event so don't miss it!
5/31/2003 With 125,000+ active player accounts Race War Kingdoms is the world's true #1 web browser game!
The Change Email Option has been modified to allow you to change your email without confirmation from your current email address. A 7 day wait period has been imposed for using this method, however, during which it may be cancelled by typing /cancel. If you have an email change pending you will be notified of the pending address and the number of days until the change will take place everytime you log on. This will allow those of you who do not have a current valid email address to change your email to a working one if you desire. If your current email is operational you may still change your email instantly in the same way you always have been able to.
Some changes were made to the buy items page, you can now purchase 500 runes for $100 or a max kingdom with 500 runes for $125 and the price for 1.2 billion gold has been lowered to $20. These items can only be purchased via Cashier's Check/Money Order. If your order page has not been updated hit refresh on your browser.
War Message Filtering has been added to your in game Options.
5/29/2003 Congrats to Cooldude3000, Dennis The Menace, Lil Bouncer, Lao, Benghlo, Alaric Morgan, and Count Rinswind for their victories at the recent Inquest. The next is scheduled for June 28th at 9pm EST.
The ability to link (type /link for details) other potential players to the game and receive a gold reward has been altered slightly with more stringent rules concerning the originating IP address in order to prevent fraudulent links. There is nothing wrong with linking yourself to test the operation and collecting the reward; only extreme and purposeful exploitation is prohibitted. After every inquest the viable IP addresses will be reset (much like the beast lists are) and the top lists as well so the competition may begin anew for linkers.
5/20/2003 Transporting will not prevent you from moving too much of a unit anymore but rather it will transport the most that it can without causing any losses.
5/19/2003 New /alch ability added for those who have completed the latest quest which will assist in handling mass amounts of gold.
In order to make storing money in runes a more viable option, the effect that runes have on defense has risen substantially and where the effect was previously capped at 100 runes you now gain benefit all the way up to 999. Fortifications have also been upgraded to make them a more crucial aspect of a safe kingdom. Those who focus on nuking should bear in mind that the best tactics may have changed, and more attention may need to be placed on wearing down a kingdom's fortifications with catapults and trebs before sending in the troops.
5/18/2003 Archers now do twice the damage to defending soldiers, but no damage to Moats, Walls, and Cannons. The effectiveness of Moats, Walls, and Cannons has been increased.
5/17/2003 Runes now have a greater effect on a kingdom's ability to fend off attackers. A quest series has been added that grants new improved war waging techniques. Overthrowing and couping no longer resets kingdom hourly attack/transport variables.
5/16/2003 Kingdom attackers now have a chance for their attack to become a sneak attack and thus lose no attacking forces. This chance depends on kingmanship. Likewise all attackers have a chance of being ambushed depending on the defending king's kingmanship.
Archers are now immune to cannons and moats, making them a more viable attacking force.
The RWK interface now remembers your last crafted item.
4/29/2003 A new /link feature has been added that will allow for a competitive and profitable way to help spread the word about RWK! Just type /link when in game to receive full instructions.
4/26/2003 Congrats to Cooldude3000, Urdaddy, Shibbey, Vampireofdarkness, Mystic Vamp, Chosen 1, and Speedy Gonzales for their victories at today's Inquest. The next is scheduled for May 27th at 3pm EST.
3/29/2003 has been revised with more innate resistances to help classes that have been lagging behind in Inquests.
4/5/2003 WARNING: When trading with another character, be it a kingdom, gold, or item, there is now a very small chance that it will be made public. This has NOT been done to eliminate the usage of "nuke mules" but to increase the risk of trying to conceal your identity for the purposes of sabotage. Do NOT take this to mean that it is against the rules to do such things, sabotage is a part of war and thus is a part of RaceWarKingdoms and is not frowned upon by Glitchless. It is up to the players to make and enforce the rules by which RWK is played.
3/29/2003 The upgraded versions of all 4 super relics now have added resistances, details can be found on the help page.
The Master Bowman class now receives an additional 10% resistance to voidance.
The Grandmaster Bowman class now recieves an additional 20% resistance to voidance.
The Armsman class now recieves an additional 10% resistance to voidance.
The Master of Arms class now recieves an additional 20% resistance to voidance.
The Berserker class now receives an additional 5% resistance to voidance.
The Master Berserker class now receives an additional 10% resistance to voidance.
The Magician class now recieves an additional 5% resistance to voidance.
The Master Magician class now recieves an additional 10% resistance to voidance.
The Wizard class now receives an additional 3% resistance to voidance.
The Master Wizard class now receives an additional 5% resistance to voidance.
The Blood Tyrant and Bloodletter class now receives an additional 20% resistance to voidance.
The Master of Fists class now receives an additional 20% resistance to mesmerization.
The Armsman class now recieves an additional 10% resistance to mesmerization.
The Master of Arms class now recieves an additional 20% resistance to mesmerization.
The Berserker class now receives an additional 5% resistance to mesmerization.
The Master Berserker class now receives an additional 10% resistance to mesmerization.
The Magician class now recieves an additional 5% resistance to mesmerization.
The Master Magician class now recieves an additional 10% resistance to mesmerization.
The Wizard class now receives an additional 3% resistance to mesmerization.
The Master Wizard class now receives an additional 5% resistance to mesmerization.
3/25/2003 Congrats to Rinswind, Agent of Saruman, Cooldude3000, Petermanna, Lady Salmakia, Mystic Vamp, and Gay Hairdresser for their victories at today's Inquest. The next is scheduled for April 26th at 9pm EST.
3/22/2003 Gold rushes now show the correct amount of gold received.
3/5/2003 This is a reminder to read the info page to learn how to keep your account(s) safe. Do not let other players know what your account's e-mail address is unless they can be trusted. Hotmail and AOL accounts are notorious for being easily hacked so be cautious and do not give people your AOL nicks or MSN addresses since this indirectly gives them your e-mail address.
2/25/2003 Congrats to Agent of Saruman, Jadar Veovis, Jesus Christ, Lady Salmakia, and Treker! The next Inquest is scheduled for March 25th at 4pm EST.
2/24/2003 A new zone was added to the surface with very rich monsters that are much more likely to give gold rushes.
2/23/2003 The kingdom interest message has been modified to reduce spam. Interest is still calculated in the same way, however, now you receive only one message with the cumulative interest total.
New kingmanship enhancement described on the Info page.
2/17/2003 The cost to craft Encephalon Decay and Vogar's Vice has been changed to be what was originally intended.
2/13/2003 New relics are now craftable. The relic crafting skill requirements have been modified slightly and do not follow an exact pattern, however, you can assume the higher a relic is on the list the higher the required skill.
2/11/2003 Several new beasts, quests, and relics added to the game. In addition to the special Essence Element drops, the new beasts and some pre-existing beasts can now drop special armor and weapons of extreme strength.
Several new items added to the buy items page.
Special high end non-craftable armor and weapon beast drops are now tradeable.
A problem was fixed that prevented Devil's Deliverance users from getting the full benefit of their relic when fighting beasts. The problem would have been most prevalent for fighters and casters.
Due to the new beast drops, the limitation put on people with 10 DotB approbations concerning which beasts they can attack has been removed. There was an easy way around it without this change, however, now players won't have to sacrifice a DotB just to be able to attack all beasts.
There has been some controversy over the recent additions to the game, namely that of the tradeability of upgraded super relics. This has been done mainly to remove some of the many super relics from circulation, thus raising their value and also to give players a new avenue by which to perfect their characters by making careful and deliberate decisions rather than simply collecting and equipping what is commonly thought to be the best relics for his or her character type.
The amount of craftable items has been increased. Relic crafting skill requirement slightly modified at the high end for balance purposes.
1/27/2003 Congrats to Guise, Rinswind, Speedy Gonzales, Jesus Christ, and Whydontwenukeyou! The next Inquest is scheduled for February 24th at 11pm EST.
1/2/2003 Unlike other games of its genre, Race War Kingdoms does not condemn the trading of game assets for real money, however, we will not take responsibility or participate in any way when it comes to such transactions. This means if someone scams you, you will not be entitled to any assistance on our part. What we do offer is the following advice and information:The safest way to do monetary transactions is by sending a money order via the United States Postal Service's Expressmail service.
All mail sent by this method will come with a tracking number that will be active the day it was shipped or at the very latest one business day after. You can check the status of the order here or by going to www.usps.com and clicking Track/Confirm. If the sender fails to produce a tracking number that is valid within the above time frame then he is, without a doubt, lying about sending the mail.
Any deal that sounds too good to be true definitely is. Make sure you can trust the person you are dealing with. Don't deal with anyone who hasn't already purchased for himself the item he claims he will be purchasing you. Asking around the RWK community to see if the person is highly regarded is a plus, but keep in mind that a person who has done successful transactions in the past is not guaranteed to continue to do so.
12/22/2002 In addition to receiving a free Max Kingdom in the location of their choice, the winners of tonight's Acumen Inquest will receive a new permanent ability that will allow them to more quickly teleport to spawned beasts.
Grats to Guise, Weyakin, Jadar Veovis, Haba The Vamp, and Deathrugg! The next Inquest is scheduled for January 23rd at 6pm EST.
12/19/2002 The move to the new server is complete! Enjoy a lag free RWK!
SoC and DH upgraded to a 60% stat boost.
Two new relics similar yet superior to Death Spike have been added and can be found only on the Surface. Special beast drop only relics also added.
Note to AOL and Compuserve users: There is a known problem between two Netrail.net routers which is causing a bottleneck in traffic for users who's packets are routed through them. This is not related to our server upgrade and is not something that we can remedy. Hopefully the problem will be fixed soon by those who have authority over the problem routers.
12/18/2002 Over the next couple days we will be moving Race War Kingdoms to a faster server with more bandwidth. The amount of time you will be unable to access the server could be anywhere from 1 to 24 hours, depending on how quickly the new DNS information propagates to your locality.
12/13/2002 The problem causing static relic damage to diminish while attacking beasts has been fixed.
12/09/2002 Base line relics, Vampire's Scorn (due to base line component), Blood Bath, and Vampiric Leech have been upgraded. Type /help in chat for more details. Note: This will NOT change which relics are available for blessings/approbations.
Blood Pinch and Calling of Lestat can no longer be annulled.
Repeated beast healing now gets you automatically muted.
12/08/2002 Nice new ability given to Templars, check out the Actions page for all the details.
12/07/2002 Drop rates in special zones have been increased again to be closer to the old insanely high rate despite the fact that this rate was originally unintentional.
12/04/2002 A series of Archer quests have been added to give them a much needed boost due to their lack of special weapons (light, heavy, precise). The quests have the ability to open some inventory space for all classes, however.
Beast defense tweaking finalized.
12/01/2002 Muted characters cannot attack beasts until mute period ends...so do not auction in shout, beg, spam, post trivial gold transfers, or misbehave!
Beasts further upgraded for a longer, more satisfying slaying sensation.
11/26/2002 Beasts upgraded.
11/25/2002 Guards upgraded.
The chance of awaking beasts has greatly increased.
11/23/2002 The Scepter of Annulment has been added to the SoS Package. If your SoS Package is currently in transit you will receive the Scepter with it, however, any SoS Packages that have already been received by characters will not gain the benefit of this upgrade.
11/22/2002 A new item has been added to the buy items page: The Scepter of Annulment.
11/21/2002 When slaying Lord Alchemar or an Unborn Torment there is a slight possibility of finding an item that exceeds the power of any crafted item. Because of this, players with 10 of the best approbations are still allowed to kill one of these beasts per month whereas they cannot attack lesser beasts.
Grats to Guise, Theonlystd, Aitrus, Wrath, and Deathrugg, the winners of today's Acumen Inquest. The next Inquest is scheduled for 9PM EST Dec 22nd.
11/19/2002 This is a reminder that The next Inquest is scheduled for November 21st, 5pm EST.
The winners of this upcoming Acumen Inquest and future Inquests will receive an approbation and 1 billion gold.
11/01/2002 The highest grade armor, Enlightened Everbearing now has a 20% bonus to Str and a 20% bonus to Ntl for each piece you equip in addition to the 5% durability bonus.
A note on class balancing issues: The strength of a particular class cannot be measured by the amount of damage it deals to a beast. Each class has different strengths and weaknesses and performs better in different areas of the game such as speed leveling, beast slaying, keep farming, Player vs. Player, etc. Any class, given an intelligent relic combo and a bit of luck, can win an Inquest. So don't complain if your max level, fully-approbated character is having trouble stealing every beast kill from up-and-coming characters of other classes - that's not how the game was designed.
10/31/2002 Typing /stat or /relic will now also show you what class your character is. Note that class is determined by things such as stat ratios, equipped items, skills and in some cases your level; the exact formula will not be revealed, however.
To eliminate problem character interference and also to prevent players from using the same equipment on multiple characters during inquests trading will not be permitted once the inquest begins.
10/30/2002 A new policy that benefits those who overnight mail orders is now in effect. Visit the mail order page for details.
10/24/2002 Glitchless does not endorse the trading/selling of characters. Glitchless will not change the e-mail address on your account for any reason, especially for that of trading characters. It is the responsibility of the character to make sure the e-mail on his/her account remains correct and accessible.
10/20/2002 Congratulations to Agent Of Saruman, Klowdz, Aitrus, Jadar Veovis, and Gay Hairdresser for their victories in today's Acumen Inquest. The next Inquest is scheduled for November 21st, 5pm EST.
10/17/2002 When an approbation/blessing replaces an older approbation/blessing (this would occur only after you have 10 approbations/blessings) it will retain it's Essence Element if it had one. This way there is no penalty for using Essense Elements as soon as you wish.
10/16/2002 Be advised, Essense Elements can now be attached to blessings as well as approbations.
The probability of finding the temple stone increases greatly after level 200.
10/13/2002 The 30 second wait has been lowered to 10 seconds when an action is sent to the server too soon. The message "Player cannot be found or busy" indicates that the player's file (which could mean your own file) is currently being accessed. This should help eliminate the rare trade problems that can sometimes duplicate or make items/gold disappear.
10/11/2002 You now can specify the amount when transporting 'all' kingdom assets. Note that transporting 'all' moves everything except for your guard. This should help speed up kingdom expansion.
The best relic in the game, Devil's Deliverance, has been upgraded to contain the Calling of Cara and Annulment.
10/2/2002 The Info page contains information regarding password safety. You are strongly advised to read it and follow the guidelines.
10/1/2002 The new quest item the Quickening has been upgraded. In addition to doubling level speed it now also doubles the chance to receive skill increases making it superior to the templar race upgrade in this respect (templar race upgrade gives you a 50% increase in chance where as this is a 100% increase). The effects are stackable with the templar race upgrade and the skillbinder.
9/22/2002 The rarest of relics, the Devil's Deliverance, now has a voidance component. Note that these relics do still drop although it is extremely rare due to their power.
9/21/2002 You can now transport into kingdoms regardless of their hourly status. You can still only transport out of kingdoms or wage war once per hour.
Voidances can no longer void other voidances. This will keep the advantage with the attacker but make it not as significant.
9/20/2002 Guards and certain powerful creatures with advanced defense relics cannot be voided.
Trade time has been lowered from 10 seconds to 3.
A bug was eliminated that allowed for a small chance of duplicating items and gold while trading during lag spikes. Over the next several days the logs will be searched for any players who attempted to abuse this and they will be banned.
9/19/2002 Congratulations to Agent Of Saruman, Guise, Hecates Revenge, Wrath, and Eternal Dragon for their victories in today's Acumen Inquest. The next Inquest is scheduled for October 20th, 11pm EST.
9/16/2002 The Chained Libertine is now active.
The top 3 crafted armor sets (weapons and spells included) have special stat bonuses.
In the interest of balance the confusion component has been removed from the theurgist relics and added to the voidance relic.
Attacker's voidances fire before defender's to eliminate stalling tactics in Inquests.
9/15/2002 The Theurgal Equalizer relic has been upgraded. It now lowers the randomness of Theurgist damage and has a confusion component in addition to the damage increase.
9/9/2002 In celebration of RWK's 1 year anniversary 12 new drop-only relics have been added to the game. These relics are not intended to be more powerful than super relics but should allow for some new interesting tactics at the next Acumen Inquest
All 12 new relics are now craftable for a very high price. Also, due to the fact that they are not an extremely rare drop, their store sell back price has been lowered to 100 million.
9/3/2002 Players are now allowed to coup as many times per hour as they wish as long as it is not a major kingdom. A player can still attempt to coup a major kingdom (combined assets over 10 million) only once per hour.
8/24/2002 People who have slain a certain type of beast already that month will no longer even be able to touch it until the next Inquest. Furthermore, those who have the max amount of the strongest approbation will only be able to attack Unborn Torments.
In addition to what was said on the 19th: Your max starting hitpoints is determined by your base durability, however, after a fight has begun and enchantments and relics have fired they increase your max durability and thus your max hitpoints. Therefore, a player cannot begin a fight with more hitpoints than his base durability, however he can reach an amount of hitpoints equal to his modified durability during a round of combat with relics or heal spells. Having a high modded durability can work against those who wish to make use of the healing spell upgrade which was added on 2/25/2002.
8/19/2002 Congratulations to Raybone, Clearrefer, Lord Magus, and Paulex, the winners of this month's Acumen Inquest!
To clarify a hazy topic: Your max starting battle hitpoints is determined by your base Durability, not your relic or item enhanced Durability.
7/17/2002 Congratulations to Bruticus, Cyril, Werewolf689, Hecates Revenge, and Lucificate, the winners of this month's Acumen Inquest!
6/24/2002 Accounts that are not accessed for 6 months will be deleted.
6/17/2002 Congratulations to Dennis The Menace, Beatofficer, Clearrefer, Lord Cadderly, Aitrus, and Draco Aileron for their victories in last night's Acumen Inquest!
5/16/2002 Congatulations to Raybone, Cyril, Gino21, and Zepplin, the winners of this month's Acumen Inquest!
5/11/2002 There will never be refunds for accidental item destroys. The sell function was downgraded so that it will no longer work with enchanted items (your most valuable ones) and the DESTROY function was added as a means to sell these items when you are sure you want to get rid of them. Unless you are purposely clearing your inventory of enchanted goods use the sell function, not the destroy function to protect yourself from accidents.
4/19/2002 Congratulations to Hatred, Bloody Balls2, Weyakin, Clearrefer, and Shahmat, the winners of the recent Acumen Inquest!
4/06/2002 Shields upgraded to protect 3 times as well as other armors.
Guard power enhanced.
New types of weapons and spells added. You will need to experiment with them to learn their exact effects.
Bows and Arrows added. Those who use bows and arrows will deal 5 times the damage with 5 times the accuracy at the cost of a greater delay. Purchasing better arrows will lower this delay, however. Arrows are infinite. Damage dealt depends on your bow and Cnc and accuracy depends on Dex.
New class, Theurgists added to the game. Theurgists are those who deal damage by casting without any spells equipped. The amount of damage these beings do is extremely random and depends on Dur, accuracy depends on Cnc, however it is extremely rare for them to ever fizzle.
2/25/2002 Healing spell upgrade: Healing spells now have the ability to bring you back to life if you are slain in combat. Whenever a heal spell heals you in excess of your durability, the excess is stored and will be used to revive you if you die during that round of combat. Thus this upgrade only is beneficial when you are initiating the attack.
2/19/2002 Kingmanship upgrade: Kingmanship now affects the amount of interest you gain. At a skill of 99 you will gain 50% more interest for a total of .6% per hour.
2/12/2002 New Skill added: Monk Discipline. Using the Monk Discipline players will be able to do damage with just their fists if they have NO weapons and NO shields in either hand. This skill promises great power to those who focus in it at length. Unlike other fighters, Monks do damage based on Cnt and their chance of landing a blow is dependant on Agi.
There is now a special bonus for people who use only one weapon or only one spell. If a hand slot is empty it will effectively double your melee damage, if a spell slot is empty it will effectively double your casting damage or healing potential.
12/17/2001 Letting someone play your account who has been banned will also get your account banned. Accounts are personal and are not meant to be shared. This is your only warning.
11/18/2001 The winners of the November 17th Acumen Inquest: Pagan Darkholm, Baraka, Hginir, Damndevildog, and Mordecai
11/1/2001 The winners of the November 1st Acumen Inquest: Odessa, Mr Floppy Tankmage, Kepa, and Rickzstik
10/10/2001 System security greatly enhanced. All account activity is stored and monitored. As a reminder, characters who break the rules will be permanently banned without warning.
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