Well, here we are at last!

We have all been waiting expectantly for Wednesday, December 2, 2009, players and developers alike...

DOFUS 2.0 has arrived!

Head over to the new server that has been opened for the occasion - Zatoïshwan - where you’ll be able to rediscover the World of Twelve and create a brand new character!

As was announced on Monday, and like many of you wanted, you can still play on DOFUS 1.29 and level up your characters there. Eventually we will encourage you to join 2.0 with your existing characters. In the meantime, take the opportunity to play both versions at the same time!

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The DOFUS 2.0 adventure begins tomorrow!

The much-awaited update is about to be revealed, and it’s up to you to seize the new World of 12! That’s why we’ve made an appointment for you on the new server arranged for the English-speaking community: Zatoïshwan!

For the very first time, we are opening new DOFUS 2.0 servers! However, new-server tradition must be respected! Experience and item drop rates will be doubled for the new server’s first two weeks.

Meet back here on Wednesday, December 2nd at 10:00 am (DOFUS time) to introduce yourself to Zatoïshwan, create new characters, meet up with your friends, and be the first to install DOFUS 2.0!

Let’s use the opening of the server to review the history of the NPC it was named after:

An incorrigible gambler, a rare thing for the Pandawa race, and also blind, Zatoïshwan possessed such a reputation that even the biggest disciples of Ecaflip feared him. Struck by lightning one day, he was given a revelation by the Goddess Pandawa: he could control the ancestral art of Pandawushu. For a while, he was a righter of wrongs, but he eventually reverted and became the most-wanted robber we know today.

For NL community only : meet your community on Aermyne server!

DOFUS 1.29 + DOFUS 2.0

First things first, welcome to the new DOFUS community site!

As the title of this news might suggest, we have a very important announcement to make!

On December 2, DOFUS 2.0 was supposed to replace the current version of DOFUS.

However, we feel that version 2.0 is not yet ready and that it is too early to completely migrate the community over to it.

As such, we have decided to leave 1.29 playable and open to everyone, and to launch 2.0 in parallel.

How will that work?
We will officially launch DOFUS 2.0 the morning of 2 December, as planned, but only on new servers that will have doubled XP and drops for 2 weeks.

You will be able to play DOFUS 1.29 and DOFUS 2.0 with the same account.

Then what?

Don’t worry! DOFUS 2.0 is progressing rapidly, and performance is improving every day. The entire team is working extremely hard make this first version a success that will appeal to everyone. We are doing everything we can to achieve that goal!

From December 2 you'll be able to move in to DOFUS 2.0 on new servers with new characters, when you want, without any obligation.

Then, when everything is in order, we will encourage you to join DOFUS 2.0, with new features and new content - of which Frigost forms a part - currently being created.

These last minute changes have, of course, led to other changes. Services related to Ogrines have been pushed back because they mainly concerned characters migrating from DOFUS to DOFUS 2.0. Ogrines have been pushed back a little, and we’ll talk more about them soon. The Premium House will only be present on DOFUS 2.0.

Mea culpa

Now, on behalf of Ankama, I would like to apologize for these last minute changes and the stress that our initial decision must have caused many of you as the release date approaches.

Today, the proposed solution should - we hope - keep everyone happy. Those of you who want to continue playing 1.29 and move smoothly on to DOFUS 2.0 later, those of you who love DOFUS 2.0 and want to have the opportunity to discover all-new, unexplored servers where former DOFUS players can meet up with current players and newcomers. This solution should also fully satisfy Ankama’s DOFUS team who will have the opportunity to evolve and improve DOFUS 2.0 week after week and calmly prepare long-awaited new content!

The dates and key stages to come:

December 2: Launch of a new server: Zatoïshwan

December 15: 4 new subscription pets on DOFUS 1 and DOFUS 2.0

See you soon and thanks in advance for your understanding!

Manu

Emmanuel DARRAS, Co-Founder of Ankama
 

With our new community website, we're quite pleased to welcome the players of Shika as their UK community page is merged with the English/US community page.

We apologize for the suddeness of this news, this move was necessary for the new community sites to function correctly.

However, don't be alarmed, the UK forums are still completely intact, as you requested!

Here we go! You can start burning through the dungeon of your choice (out of the 17 chosen for this event) on the DOFUS 2.0 beta test server!

Give it your best and perhaps you can be one of the 136 competition champions and win a cuddly Sting pet, three very rare hats, and candies that give a serious bonus!

All subscribed accounts can connect to the DOFUS 2.0 Test Server and enter the contest.

Seventeen dungeons have been selected. For each of these dungeons, the 8 characters who complete the dungeon the most times will win.

Winning, however, won't be quite so simple! You must choose which dungeon to attempt to increase your chances.

Two main possibilities, among others:

• Choose a simple dungeon, relying on pure power and speed to get through as many times as possible.
• Choose a more complicated dungeon (requiring a more organized group), hoping that fewer players (or less-organized teams) also choose the same dungeon.

List of dungeons you can attempt:

• Blop Dungeon (including the Royal Rainbow Blop)
• Canidae Dungeon
• Field Dungeon
• Sand Dungeon
• Koolich Cavern
• Otomai's Ark
• Pandikaze Dungeon
• Bherb's Gully
• Dreggon Dungeon
• Grotto Hesque
• Tynril Lab
• Bworker Dungeon
• Tofu Dungeon
• Royal Tofu House
• Lord Crow’s Library
• Crackler Dungeon
• Kitsou Dungeon

Important Note: Killing the bosses of these dungeons in an arena is also counted in your final score. So make sure to capture them!

There will be 136 winners overall, each of whom will be awarded:

• The Sting pet!
• An assortment of exclusive hats for you to show off in DOFUS 2.0 (Pepitoo's Sombrero, Goultard's Headgear, Galgarion's Helmet).
• A candy giving +100 Wisdom.
• A candy giving +100 Prospecting.