Thanks in advance,
The Server Fusion will take place in several waves. We'll start on October 11, with the fusion of the following servers (which will be grouped together to form a single server):
- Atcham (ES)
- Crocabulia (PTBR)
- Echo (INT)
- Rubilax (ES)
On this new international server, community channels will be added to allow players to communicate more effectively with each other, just as they do already on Ilyzaelle, Jahash or even Echo.
Character Names, Guilds and Alliances
After the fusion, it may be that several characters, guilds or alliances have the same name. If that happens, the following rules will be applied.
Character Names
- The character who is level 50, who has logged in within the last 12 months and who has held a subscription will be given priority in keeping their name.
- If two players have priority for the same name, then it goes to the character with the oldest creation date.
- If two characters have the same name but neither of them has priority, then it goes to the character with the oldest creation date.
- We'll add the original server tag to the end of the other characters' names. These characters will be given the option to change their name free of charge via a potion provided (linked to the character for life). They won't have to change their name when logging in, they can change it whenever they like.
How will double nickname suffixes work?
There won't be any, since it is theoretically impossible to have two identical suffixed nicknames (players cannot use [ ] in their nicknames). So you won't be seeing names like Titouan59-[JVA]-[MRN].
Guild Names
- The guild with the oldest creation date gets to keep the name.
- The other guilds will be given a tag at the end of their name, indicating their original server. They will be able to change their names free of charge using a potion given to the leaders (linked to the character for life).
Alliance Names
- The alliance with the oldest creation date gets to keep the name.
- The other alliances will be given a tag at the end of their name, indicating their original server. They will be able to change their names free of charge using a potion given to the leaders (linked to the character for life).
Alliance Tags
- The alliance with the oldest creation date gets to keep its tag.
- The other alliances will have a number added to the end of their tag. They will be able to change their tag free of charge using a potion given to the leaders (linked to the character for life).
We don't talk about active or inactive guilds or alliances. Once they're inactive, they're automatically deleted. So, it's not possible to have an inactive guild or alliance.
Don't forget that as long as one member is active, their guild and alliance is also considered active. As it stands, guilds and alliances with no active members are automatically deleted.
The creation date of guilds and alliances will therefore be the only criteria taken into account to determine which one will have priority over any other guilds or alliances sharing the same name.
What will happen to perceptors?
Perceptors will be removed from all maps during the fusion. However, their inventory will be transferred to their owner's bank.
What will happen to alliance prisms?
Alliance prisms will be removed. Unfortunately, we can't return nuggets, but the modules present on them will be transferred to the alliance leader's bank.
Therefore, we advise you to anticipate this and collect the nuggets before the server fusion.
Will the naming of characters be relaxed?
Yes, we plan to make the naming of characters more relaxed. It will be possible, for example, to use class names, two dashes and apostrophes.
Are you going to free up the names of characters that haven't played in a long time?
Yes, we're planning on freeing up the nicknames of accounts who have never held a subscription and who haven't been logged in for over two years.
Houses and Paddocks
Several versions of houses and paddocks will be able to exist on the same server. Each owner will only be able to access their own paddock or house and won't be able to use the other instances.
When you hover over the entrance to the house or paddock with your mouse, a tooltip will display the names of all the owners.
Will it be possible own several houses on the same server?
Currently, you can only have one house per account per server.
This limit will still be in place when buying a house, but an exception will be made if an account already owns several houses over separate servers that are going to be merged together. In this case, the owner will still own all their houses after the merge.
Will it be possible to own the same house several times?
Yes. If a player owns the same house on servers that will be fused together, they will be the owner of several instances of this house.
In this particular case, in addition to the owner's name, the original server will also be displayed. This will be especially useful in choosing which instance to access.
How will mounts in paddocks with several instances be displayed?
If several guilds own the same paddock, several instances of this paddock will exist:
- The members of the guilds that own the paddock will see the mounts from their own guild;
- Characters who are not members of these guilds will see the mounts from one of the guilds.
Are you going to keep the abandoned house and paddocks system?
Yes, but abandoned instances cannot be put up for sale. Instances that become abandoned will automatically disappear and, eventually (as more and more are abandoned), there will only be one instance of each house or paddock left.
If there is only one instance of a house or a paddock, it will be possible for it to become abandoned and it will automatically be put up for sale.
When an instance is deleted, its basic purchase price is reimbursed (not the real purchase price).
Will it be possible to sell a paddock or house, even if there are several instances of it?
It will be possible to sell your instance of a paddock or house, even if there are several instances of said paddock or house.
Will mount certificates be transferred over?
Certificates (whether invalid or not) won't be deleted during the fusion and will therefore be transferred.
Will abandoned paddocks and houses be transferred over?
Abandoned paddocks and houses will not be transferred over during the server fusion. They are no longer in use and we would like to reduce the number of instances of houses and paddocks over time.
How will home potions work if a player has several houses?
If a player only has one house, it won't work any differently than with the current system. However, in the case of players who have several houses, an interface will be displayed allowing them to choose their teleportation destination.
Banks, Items and Trade
If an account has several banks over different servers that will be merged together, the contents of these banks will be combined in the new bank.
Items in Marketplaces at the time of the merge will be placed in the bank, and the sale fee will be refunded.
Characters in Merchant Mode at the time of the fusion will be removed, and the associated fees will be refunded.
The contents of public inventories (trash, for example) will be deleted at the time of the merge.
Will artisans' signatures be transferred over?
Artisans' signatures on items will be correctly kept (and automatically updated in the case of changes to the character name) following the fusion of the game servers.
What will happen to the average prices?
Information about average prices will be pooled (between servers that will be fused together) to generate new average prices.
What will happen to the rune shattering rate?
Information about shattering will be pooled (between servers that will be fused together) to generate new rates.
Kama Exchange
What will happen to my offers on the Kama exchange?
When the merger starts, we will proceed to the cancelation and refund of all the offers made on servers concerned by the merger.
Will I be able to use the Kama exchange during the server merger?
The refund process involves putting the entirety of the Kama exchange in maintenance for around 2 hours. During this time, the Kama exchange will be innaccessible by all players, whether or not they're concerned by the merger.
Will the Kama exchange be reopened directly after the merge of my server?
At this time, we are unable to answer precisely to this question. The Kama exchange will be reopened in the hours or days following the end of the server merger for the concerned servers. We invite you to pay close attention to our communications on the Forum and our social media to be informed of the reopening of the Kama exchange.
How will the ogrine rate be determined after the merger?
For the multi-account french servers, there will be no changes since their Kama exchange is already inter-server.
For the mono-account servers, it will be reset to zero after the merger.
For the international server, we have yet to make a final decision, and we will come back to you when we have.
Haven Bags
The chest contents of the different Haven Bags (used on the servers to be fused) will be grouped together in the new Haven Bag chest.
The chest's item limit may, therefore, be temporarily exceeded. Please note that as long as the chest limit is exceeded, you won't be able to add anything else to it.
Server Distribution
The aim of the Server Fusion is to bring together enough players on each server to guarantee an optimal game experience (like on Ilyzaelle, for example).
The criteria used for the choice of server distribution are the communities and the number of players connected at peak hours.
Ilyzaelle has had latency issues at times in the past few months. If each of the merged servers has "about the same level of activity as we currently have on Ilyzaelle," doesn't that mean we'll have similar latency on all servers?
We'd be lying if we told you there'd be no latency at all from now on. But it's our goal to ensure that latency doesn't get worse.
It's true that high server populations can cause latency, but they're not the only source of lag. Latency can occur for many reasons and on any server, sometimes even on the ones with the smallest populations.
However, we can tell you that we're now increasingly well equipped to deal with these latency issues, so we're able to react more effectively. For example, we noticed latency on the Temporis Aris server after the merger. We were able to fix it in less than 2 days, and without interrupting the server.
Reducing the number of servers also enables us to monitor them more effectively, and to provide servers with more hardware resources.
Will Agride be fusioned?
Yes, Agride will be merged. Historically, Agride was our FR host server for new players, so its population was been permanently renewed for many years and benefitted from an optimal game experience. For that reason, Agride was not included in the 2017 server merge.
Although Agride’s present economy is relatively different from that of the other multi-account servers, the choice was made to:
- merge it with another server because its population was going to be lower than that of the other servers.
- remove any server specificity.
Additionally, we would like for it to continue working the way it is now (no incoming migration, outgoing migration permitted and preferred server for the creation of new characters).
Are you taking into account the RP and PvP communities?
When determining how servers will be grouped, our main criteria is the number of simultaneous players at peak time. "PvP and RP group presence" type criteria are not taken into account, because they're difficult to quantify. Communities are going to evolve naturally, according to the players' wishes, regardless of any choices we make.
Are economic differences taken into account?
We aren't taking into account economic differences between game servers. They are far too complex to estimate (each item may have its own price) and, generally speaking, the economies all work the same way from one server to another. There are some differences, but these will all be smoothed out quickly with the fusion anyway.
Will there be more server migration spots?
We don't have anything planned for now, but we will examine how the migration service is being used and the number of available spots if a need is identified.
Are you merging servers because DOFUS is running out of players?
No, the usage figures on DOFUS servers have been relatively stable for the past several years (except for seasonal variation and special events). As explained earlier, we're taking advantage of new technical developments to make these mergers and get higher populations on all servers.
Will the migration move small servers onto existing servers?
There won't be any "host" servers. The fusions will combine multiple servers into "new" servers. We want all our players to start off again on an equal footing in this adventure.
Services
Will it still be possible to change server after the fusion?
The server transfer service will be deactivated across all servers on Sunday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. CEST, only to be reactivated once all DOFUS servers have merged. We will inform the community once the service is restored.
Miscellaneous
Are you going to adapt the number of harvestable resources?
The ecosystem for harvestable resources was planned to work on servers with a large population and we don't expect it to require any changes. As the value of resources depends in part on their rarity, it's to be expected that some resources are more difficult to obtain.
The trade value of harvestable resources is often seen as insufficient. We think that with a bit more competition, this value could increase.
Will it be possible for a French player to play on an international server?
This rule isn't going to change.
Except for mono-account servers, a French player with a FR account will not be able to play on a non-FR server.
Will the server fusion have a direct impact on the Shadow server?
The fusion doesn't concern this server, so it won't be affected by these changes.
Will we keep our friends list?
The friends list will be kept after the server fusion.
Where will the characters reappear after the fusion?
There won't be any changes to the way it currently works. When a character logs back in, they will be in the same place as where they last logged out.
What will happen to the area bonuses?
All bonuses will be reset after the merger.
Will we get to vote for the new server names?
No. As much as we would like to include you in the process, we have gone through so many servers over the years, and it isn't as simple as it seems, considering we needed names to meet certain criteria:- never used before as a server name,
- be identical in EN, ES, FR and PTBR, and
- already have existing artwork.
We will leave clues over time for you to discover the name of all future servers.
How do server mergers work in DOFUS?
In a nutshell, when we merge two servers, we don't actually move characters from the old server to the new one. We simply mark a link between the 2 servers. For example, when we merged the single-account servers to Ilyzaelle, we told each server that the Dramak server had now become the Ilyzaelle server. Then, the first time a given player logged into Ilyzaelle, the server would realize that the character was on Dramak and that it should move them to Ilyzaelle.
What was the problem?
The system in place does not allow for a link of a link to be established. Going back to our Ilyzaelle example: if we wanted to merge this server, we would specify a link between Ilyzaelle and the new server. However, for all the characters that are still on Dramak (i.e. the ones who had never logged in since the merger to Ilyzaelle in 2017), the new server would go to look for the character on Ilyzaelle the first time the player logged in after the second merger… and would fail to find that character, because it is still on Dramak.
How did we resolve the problem?
The technical changes were broken down into 2 parts:
- Character migration: as explained above, it's not possible to establish a link of a pre-existing link. To achieve the desired effect, we opted for a different approach: forcing character migration. The goal is not to wait for the player to log in again to migrate his character from the old server to the new one. However, this requires a lot of computing effort for the server to migrate all of that character data (with their inventories, equipment, characteristics, achievements, houses, paddocks, quests, bank, etc.). This job is too big to do all in one go. So we came up with a way to force these migrations using a small part of the server's computational power at the same time you were continuing to play on these servers. To give you an idea of the magnitude, for the Echo, Rubilax, Atcham and Crocabulia servers, this represents 11.8 million characters to migrate. These migrations were carried out during the whole month of August and September. To optimize this process, we made a second technical modification before that.
- Deleting archived accounts: There are a certain number of archived accounts in the account databases (the vast majority of which are accounts that were banned for using bots). The problem is that the character data for these archived accounts hadn't necessarily been deleted from the game servers. As a result, these servers had a very long list of accounts, some of which were actually "useless". To avoid having to migrate all those archived accounts, we deleted all the associated data. For the Echo, Rubilax, Atcham and Crocabulia servers, we're talking about 8.78 million deleted accounts.
As a result of these two technical steps, we wound up with servers that no longer have any connection to the old servers, and are therefore ready to be merged.
Note that we've greatly simplified our explanation of this process to make it easier to understand. Even if the solution seems simple and obvious as we've presented it here, it's important to keep in mind that there are a huge number of technical constraints on any project that's been evolving for 18 years. This would never have been possible even a year ago, so hats off to the Server Developer team for making it happen.
So what happens next?
The server mergers will proceed in 3 steps. We'll get things started on October 11 with the fusion of the Echo, Crocabulia, Atcham and Rubilax servers. This merger will be an important first step – in part because it's the first merger, but also because it's the one with the most servers (4 servers being merged), one of which is Echo with its 10 links to older servers.
Two more mergers are then scheduled for October 25. Once again. And if all goes well, we'll do the last 3 mergers on November 2. This schedule was designed to let us anticipate any problems that may arise without interfering with the December update.
How did we decide on these mergers?
The decision to do these mergers was based on multiple factors:
- The server populations are very different, which creates inequalities in the economy and access to resources, and makes it more difficult for us to balance these aspects.
- Maintaining 16 servers is more difficult and expensive than maintaining 7, and the weekly maintenances take longer as a result.
- Certain sparsely populated servers (especially the international servers) have been in need of a merge for a long time, in order to make it easier for people to connect and play in groups.
- The technical constraints described above have prevented us from making progress for a long time. New ideas, new technological developments, and far-reaching technical upgrades that we've initiated over the past few years have combined to make these changes possible. So it was the perfect opportunity to move forward with these mergers.
In terms of population, the goal was to have servers with approximately the same number of simultaneous players as what Ilyzaelle can handle today. As for Agride, even though the economy is rather different than that of the other multi-account servers, we have chosen to fuse it with another server because its population would have been smaller than on other servers, and because we wanted to eliminate any major differences among servers.
After these mergers, there will be 7 servers in all (1 single-account server, 1 international server, 4 multi-account servers and one epic server). This concludes our article on server mergers. Thanks to all of you who had the wherewithal to read through the whole thing. We hope we've clearly explained all the steps that have led up to these mergers, and that the mergers will be a source of new connections and opportunities (and not just in the economic sense!) for everyone.
Happy gaming!
We've recently completed a multi-year comprehensive study, and the time has come: we're merging the DOFUS servers.
DOFUS just celebrated its 18th birthday, and our classic server numbers have been stable over the years, with spikes during the holiday season and during special events, all of which are to be expected. Its current population consists of a loyal fanbase large enough to evolve for many years to come. Other games haven't been as fortunate.
Server merges are a natural and healthy part of any MMORPG's life cycle. As a game ages, it needs to combine servers and ensure that players connect in stable, living worlds. What's vital is that it's done with an eye toward the communities of those servers, bringing together enough players on each server to guarantee an optimal game experience.
From the cradle of your DOFUS adventure to the pride of wearing your guild's colors, to the economy that surrounds you, to the glory days of your triumphs, a server with a balanced population offers many more possibilities. DOFUS reaches its full potential when you are part of an active community. Even though opportunities for interaction with players from other servers/communities have been developed over the years, many aspects of the experience are played out on the server
The topic of merging servers is not new. We currently have 16 "classic" DOFUS servers, and we continue to prepare for the arrival of the UNITY version to resolve as many obstacles as possible. The issue of uneven server populations is one of them, generating population imbalances, slow economies, etc.
By merging the servers, we are achieving our main goal of having servers with a similar volume of activity to Ilyzaelle. We have set a number of rules and objectives around this merger, namely:
- Strongly revitalize the economy of all servers;
- Reduce the population imbalance between servers, and by extension their competitiveness;
- Bring a real solution to some servers like Jahash or Crocabulia;
- Bring the international community together on a single server;
- Put an end to certain inequalities between servers (new events on certain servers, blocked renowned rewards, etc...);
- To have a category of "single account" and "multi-account" servers without any specificity for all servers, except for the epic server Shadow.
The first server merge will take place on October 11, and we start with a big challenge!
We're merging four servers that were once nineteen: Echo, Crocabulia, Atcham and Rubilax will be merged into a single international server. On this new international server, community channels will be added to allow players to communicate more effectively with each other, just as they do already on Ilyzaelle, Jahash or even Echo.
Therefore, our communications will focus initially on our international players of these four servers. We will accompany them for this first step. Only then, when everything is done, and everything is running smoothly, will we move to the French community's server mergers.
Other server mergers will follow. This process will occur in stages during the weekly scheduled server maintenance, until all servers are merged into the new ones.
Following this first merge, please note that it will take two weeks for us to ensure that the process has been completed correctly, without any major incident. This is a minimum time frame, so it can be extended if necessary. In any case, we will keep you informed of our progress.
We would like to draw your attention to the complexity of such a server merger project. This operation is technically complex due to the astronomical volume of data (19 servers, that's a lot of years and shared adventures...) That's why we chose not to share with you our provisional schedule right away, depending on the results after each merger operation. We will be sure to come back to you for the next steps!
As the project progresses, we will publish information before each server merger. We invite you to stay tuned to the different announcements as we progress in this project.
As for what you need to do before the merge, we will do the heavy lifting: our teams will take care of transferring mounts, houses, paddocks, alliances, guilds, inventories, characters, and banks for everyone. All you need to do is to keep in mind of a few things:
- All of your items and resources up for sale in the markets and in merchant mode will be transferred to your bank, and sale fees will be refunded.
- All alliance prisms will be removed during the merge. Any nuggets stored on these prisms will be destroyed during the merge. Make sure you have collected all of yours before the maintenance begins on October 11!
- Perceptors will be deleted during the merge. Their contents will be transferred to their owner's bank.
- As a precaution, we recommend that you do not delete any characters during the week before the merge.
- All server transfers will be deactivated on Sunday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. CEST. If you want to make sure you're with your friends from another World of Twelve on the same server, now is the time to join them, as the service will remain deactivated until all merges have taken place.
Remember that the purpose of the merges is to increase the active population of the servers, so you may encounter queues during the first few days.
Until more details are shared, we invite you to read our devblog post on how a server merge works and a detailed FAQ article to answer any questions you may have!
Thanks in advance!
We will let you know once the servers are back online.
Thanks for your patience!
Catch your breath, rehydrate, and crack your neck if needed. All good? Ready to go? For what, you ask?! For the new Kolossium season, obviously! There's no rest for true warriors… Season 16 is about to start!
If you've got "Becoming a Legend" on your bucket list (just behind a patio with a fountain in the Astrub suburbs and a front-row ticket to a Feline Vion concert), you've come to the right place.
3v3 fights in random groups or groups formed in advance. And of course, thrilling action, emotions, cries of agony and joy so thoroughly intermingled that you can barely tell which is which… Welcome to the Kolossium experience!
Win as many fights as you can to progress from one bracket to the next and earn legendary status!
Join us now for this new edition of the Kolossium!
As usual for the start of a season, all ratings and leagues will be reset. This means that in order to obtain a rating, a league, and a position on the leaderboard, each player will have to take part in a series of placement matches.
In 1v1, just 5 placement matches are needed to earn a leaderboard position, while in 3v3, you'll have to complete 10 matches.
Once you're done with the placement matches, all that's left is to leap into the arena with everything you've got!
We have automatically sent a compensation to all subscribed players that were active on the DOFUS game servers between September 13 at 8 a.m. CEST and September 20 at 11:10 p.m. CEST. If you have not been active on DOFUS during this time, the compensation was not sent.
Thank you for your understanding.
Purchases that were made in the store during the period impacted by the rollback have already been credited back to the accounts of the players involved.
We will let you know once the servers are back online.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
As masters of making cutting remarks (no matter what the weapon), Bontarians, just like Brakmarians, go to ridiculous lengths to make the other side feel as worthy as peki poop. Now we're giving them a chance to do exactly that and then some with an outfit that will give them yet another shot at the top spot on the podium!
There's no point in trying to deescalate some fights. For starters, because you can never be sure you won't be on the receiving end of a punch that wasn't intended for you. But also because such fights contribute to the balance of things, and they even ensure harmony somewhat. A couple that has never bickered over stealing the blanket or leaving the toilet seat up is clearly a couple that is in trouble. With an observation like that, you might deduce that all is well between Bontarians and Brakmarians! You could even say the World of Twelve's legendary harmony is down to them! (Well, alright, maybe that's taking it a bit far…)
Instead of trying to reconcile the people of the Dark City and the White City, let them wage war in peace! They could even be encouraged to take the contest a step farther by getting an outfit that will let each side impress the other!
Some will opt for Bontarian elegance with the White City Set, which includes:
- the High-Rise (cape),
- the Bontarian Aura (headgear),
- and the Bontarian Providence (shield).
Others will prefer Brakmarian brutality and will jump at the chance to get the Dark City Set, which includes:
- the Night Terror (cape),
- the Gorhelm (headgear),
- and the Impaler (shield).
So what about you? Have you made your choice?
Both these sets* will be available in the shop until Wednesday, October 5 (11:59 p.m. Paris time) for just €4.99 each.
* These sets are each made up of ceremonial items. If you dissociate a mimisymbiced item from a base item (with stats), you'll recover the mimisymbic, the ceremonial item, and the base item. The items in each set will be linked to the account for 62 days.
This problem should be resolved as of today and you should be able to login again.
Let us know if you're still experiencing this problem.
Happy gaming!
I hope this answers your question!
Happy harvesting!
To accompany this news and the Combine and Harvest event, we have decided to activate unlimited keys from 3 p.m. CEST until Sunday, September 25, at midnight.
Thank you all for your understanding, and see you in the World of Twelve!
Can you please let us know which of these bugs you are still experiencing to this day so we can investigate?
Thanks!
We will get back to you once we have an update.
We will update you tomorrow morning on the matter.
It is taking a little longer than expected.
We will let you know once the servers are back online.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Recently, at Japan Expo, we challenged you to visit us disguised as your favorite Ankama character and have your picture taken (and, most importantly, to win prizes too). And now that we've called on our community's talents as costume designers and actors, we're asking you to play one more role: that of impartial judges!
We know you've been impatient for news about this contest. Don't worry, we didn't forget you. It's just that we had to reach out several times to some of our adventurer-cosplayers, busy as they are roaming the World of Twelve to complete perilous and honorable quests, to get all the information we needed to verify their entries.
We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your participation in this event, and congratulate you for your imagination and creativity!
As you'll recall, we've got some great rewards lined up for our three winners:
1st place:
- An XL Red and Yellow Dragoone stuffed toy
- A Krosmoz Temporis Iop art poster
- A Dauge pin
- A DOFUS Retro mousepad
- A DOFUS Vulbis Dragon metal poster from Displate
- A Princess Dragon bento box
- A Princess Dragon art poster (princesses back to back)
- A one-year subscription/booster for DOFUS and WAKFU
- A gift code card for the DOFUS and WAKFU games to unlock the Cire Momore Armour Shield and Wax Croum pet skin, respectively.
2nd place:
- A Royal Tofu stuffed toy
- A Krosmoz God Ecaflip art poster
- A Dauge pin
- A DOFUS Retro mousepad
- A WAKFU Aguabrial metal poster by Displate
- A Princess Dragon reusable bottle
- A 6-month subscription/booster for DOFUS or WAKFU
- A gift code card for the DOFUS and WAKFU games to unlock the Cire Momore Armour Shield and Wax Croum pet skin, respectively.
3rd place:
- A Redfoux stuffed toy
- A Temporis 7 art poster
- A Dauge pin
- A DOFUS Retro mousepad
- A Princess Dragon reusable bottle
- A 3-month subscription/booster for DOFUS or WAKFU
- A gift code card for the DOFUS and WAKFU games to unlock the Cire Momore Armour Shield and Wax Croum pet skin, respectively.
Every single one of our candidates impressed us in their own way. We know it'll be a tough choice… But there's no getting around it – you have to vote! Unless the idea of winning rewards like a Cire Momore Armour Shield (DOFUS) and a Wax Croum pet skin (WAKFU) is too scary for you…?
Two early-access cosmetic items that we'll be giving away to 5 voters selected at random who cast their votes for the 3 official winners (in any order).
For now, please take the time to look at each entry in detail so you can make an informed choice. Once you're sure of your selections, just answer the survey to vote for your three favorite cosplays!
You have until September 30 at 11:59 p.m. (Paris time) to cast your votes!
Like every year, this year's Japan Expo welcomed huge crowds of Japanese pop culture fans. And yet… Even amid this ocean of humanity, there was one person who always managed to find you, sticking to you like glue. Wherever you went, there he was. Every time you turned around, you came face to face with his intimidating armor or the razor-sharp edge of his sword. He even followed you to places where he should have let you go alone, if only as a matter of decorum. Once you'd slipped through the doors of the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition center, you thought you'd finally lost him… Ha! So naive!
After meeting him in his cave, facing him in an epic battle, and even putting up with his somewhat awkward presence in the public restrooms, now you can look forward to spotting Cire Momore in this gallery of ANK'osplay contest entries! Just don't get distracted…
Dame Echo, by ayanna_dream!
Dame Echo, by Nadresh!
"I am Echo, and the Brotherhood of the Forgotten is my family. You are merely pawns that I manipulate as I see fit… and sacrifice when needed!"An Eniripsa, by limaginaire!
"The cool thing about being an Eniripsa nurse is that I can tell you exactly which of your bones I'm breaking!"Evangelyne, by Adelie!
"Gobbowl… Such a brutal sport!"Evangelyne, by Byulki!
"Absolutely legendary!"Evangelyne, by Akisumi59!
"By Cra, you're more of a Iop than Iop himself!" Grougaloragran, by dark-krala!
"The biggest, best dragon of them all!"A Iop, by Lolochik!
"Which way's the brawl?"A Iop, by Willaar_Elven!
"I don't know about the meaning of life… but I love to dish out beatings and fight!"Master Joris and a Iop, by Moufl63!
"Use your head!"Kriss Krass, by -Omar-Sy!
"I'm the star around here!"Nox, by Petitcoyotte!
"Papa's coming, my dears…"An Osamodas, by QuinniesWonderland!
An Osamodas, by Shundandromede!
"One day, I'll be the best Osa out there… I'll hunt them relentlessly! The modsters and their mysteries… The secret of Osamodas!" A Rogue, by Geekcat!
A Sacrier, by HYYPERDRAGON!
A Sacrier, by jtmontraxor!
A Sacrier, by Gehinna!
"Berserk mode!"The Goddess Sacrier, by Mikkokoo!
"If you are suffering, then you're on the right path."A Iop, by Nushe!
"Never grow up, it's a trap!"Yugo, by Litthz!
"C'mon, Az, let's go find our friends!"Yugo, by Kyuki!
"You can always count on me, friends!"A Masqueraider, by Augaroma!
"Headed to the Masked Ball… What? Nobody told me this was a cosplay contest!"A Masqueraider, by Kikimaya!
"Come on, then! Try and beat the master!"
Following the issues with the deployment of Update 2.65, we have decided to activate the «Combine and Harvest» event for a few days. Arm yourselves with your Tingy-Catcher and help Goblaud harvest as many D'vine Tingies as you can!
The deloyment of Update 2.65 has not been an easy task. You can find the history of all the incidents by following this link, and the detail of the compensation with this one.
Starting from the end of the unscheduled maintenance of Thursday, September 22nd and until the beginning of the weekly maintenance of Tuesday, September 27, meet up with Goblaud at [4,4] (outside the Amakna Vigilante Base) to get your hands on a Tingy-Catcher. Fight the dungeon keepers to collect as many D'vine Tingies as you can, and they'll help you to complete the Eternal Harvest quest… and then, at long last, the precious Ochre Dofus will be all yours!
Your chance of obtaining D'vine Tingies will be greater in dungeons in your level bracket or a higher level bracket. There are five different brackets in all: 0 to 59, 60 to 99, 100 to 139, 140 to 189 and 190 to 200.
Contrary to last time, the dungeons containing several bosses will not let you harvest multiple D'vine Tingies in one battle.
As the teams continue to monitor the servers and address the different bug reports you have ever so kindly produced, we wish to apologize once more for all the unpleasantness that transpired these past two days. A rollback is always a dreadful thing, regardless of the compensation we offer afterwards. This is not what we had in mind in terms of excitement for the 2.65 update release, but we won’t let this past situation cast a shadow upon your adventure.
As compensation for the occurred events, the following will be credited today to all subscribed players that were active between September 13 at 8 a.m. CEST and September 20 at 11:10 p.m. CEST.
- 4x subscriptions days
- 4x 30 compensokens
- 2x Mango Pearldrops
- 3x Plerti’s Cylinders
Additionally, as a gesture of good faith, we reactivated the Combine and Harvest event across all DOFUS servers. A news article with all the details will be published shortly.
Once again, we wish to apologize for the unpleasantness. Please, enjoy the game once more.
The Lance Dur transmedia adventure, which started with the launch of its website, is now officially underway! It's a story packed with information, exclusive images, and tons of revelations about this new hero in the Krosmoz and the in-game impact he'll be having over the weeks and months to come… Welcome to the very first of a continuing series of Forgenews posts!
The name "Lance Dur" hides a plethora of mysteries and surprises…
The starting point is an animated series entitled The Last Adventure of Count Lance Dur. It was dreamed up by Tot, the creator of the WAKFU animated series and the movies DOFUS Book I: Julith and Princess Dragon, not to mention the MMORPGs you all know and love.
As the name of the series suggests, Tot wanted to tell the story of the final quest of an old adventurer who still had plenty of life and fight in him and much to prove despite his creaky bones (and perhaps more than that, since he'll have to overcome his age-related weaknesses).
As production on the series progressed, every aspect of Lance Dur's story – the hero, his friends and adversaries, and the places he would visit – fell into place and came to life within the Krosmoz as a whole. The settings, creatures and characters all had their own story to tell from one era to the next, and thus from one game to the next.
A new class, new areas, new bosses and other creatures will therefore be appearing in your video games, opening exciting and unexpected new doors in your adventure.
While the new character class will only be in DOFUS, each game will have its share of new content and its own story to tell.
And at the end of your journey, in January, perhaps you'll be ready to discover what started it all and is behind everything – the animated series! It is therefore both the starting point and the destination.
Background: The Stranger
Hearty laughter competed with the sound of fistfuls of kamas cascading over the bar to pay for round after round. The city once known as a den of mercenaries was gearing up for the next day's hangovers, not yet suspecting that the fun was about to grind to a halt.
The stranger stepped into the inn through the swinging doors. Their squeaking contrasted sharply with the cheery atmosphere inside. Everyone turned to stare at the unknown face, and their expressions darkened. The adventurer's keen gaze scanned the room, moving from one table to the next as though he were looking for someone. His jaw remained tightly clenched. He entered with a slow, heavy gait, each step amplified by the rattling of a thin chain against the long weapon hanging on his back.
Behind the bar, innkeeper Tek Abir set down the glass he was polishing and tapped pointedly on a sign that read, "Leave your weapons behind the bar or take your thirst elsewhere!"
Aware that he was now the center of attention, the stranger dressed in gold and azure swept his gaze around the room before passing the dark leather weapon strap over his head. He revealed a shining lance that would have been truly marvelous if it hadn't been split from base to tip. The crowd fidgeted nervously. You didn't see a weapon like that around here every day. The stranger set it behind the bar amongst countless whips, axes, daggers, hammers, shields and swords.
"Another one!"
"We're seeing more and more of 'em these days…"
"Why don't they just stay on their island?"
"Get a load of that haircut!"
The adventurer ran his hand over the tuft of hair on top of his head, then briefly rubbed the close-shaved stubble on the back and sides. He smiled. Then he walked up to the innkeeper.
"I'm looking for a blacksmith."
Tek Abir was about to answer when a voice rang out in the inn.
"What happened to your spear there, buddy? Did you jam it in a Crackler's rear end or something?"
"Come on, boys, be nice… It was his first time!"
Roars of laughter erupted around the table where a massive Iop was surrounded by a fine selection of itinerant adventurers. The stranger glanced over at the beer tap and signaled to the innkeeper, who immediately served him up a pint. He moistened his lips in the foam, took a couple of thirsty gulps, and wiped his mouth on the back of his hand.
"I had a nasty run-in on the high road," he said without turning around. He hesitated for a moment, then sighed and took another long sip.
"Well… go on, then, stranger! Tell us about it! We could use some new stories around here!" said the Iop.
"All right… Who knows, maybe you can help me. I was with my brother, Dayd. We had just come over from Albuera, and we thought the worst was over once the ship had made port. I hadn't seen my little brother in a long time and swapping stories of our adventures by the fire with him after so many years was a real blessing. We ate and laughed together for hours. Still, it felt like there was something… broken, something not quite right. He was worried about something, and he didn't want to talk about it. And that's when that… thing showed up."
The stranger paused for a moment. He seemed to be reliving the scene in his mind.
"What thing?" asked someone in the crowd.
"Some sort of armored colossus. I didn't get a good look at it… mostly I saw was my brother's face when the creature loomed up behind me. It was as though he was looking at… Death itself. Dayd went so pale. I thought he was about to die right before my eyes!" He laughed briefly. "I remember asking him: 'Hey there, little brother! Are you having a heart attack or something?' But the only answer I got was… that look of abject terror."
"Well, what happened?" asked a different voice from the crowd.
The stranger suddenly spun around, his cape swirling behind him, and began acting out the scene:
"When I heard heavy footsteps behind me, I turned around, drew my lance, and hit it with a hard jab… It was so huge that it was impossible to miss! But my trusty weapon just slid off its solid chest. Completely solid and unyielding… like a wall. After that, it was like a mountain rolling over me without taking the slightest notice of me… That thing was after Dayd, and I was just a pathetic little bump on its path to what it really wanted. It didn't even glance at me. Then, I cast my most powerful spell and attacked it from behind. Dishonorable, I suppose, but I had no other choice if I wanted to stop it and save my brother…"
"And then…?" asked Tek Abir in turn, captivated by the stranger's tale.
"That titan batted my lance aside like it was nothing – repelling my attack, breaking my weapon and throwing me to the ground. By the time I woke up from that one powerful blow, there was no trace that it had ever even existed. And not the slightest trace of my brother…"
Then the stranger raised his fist and exhorted the crowd:
"That's why, once my lance is repaired, I'll be heading back out to find that monster and take it down. And any adventurer who's valiant enough to join me will be more than welcome at my side!!!"
An heavy silence fell over the inn… followed by a wave of raucous laughter! Guests raised their tankards with a cheer and emptied their kamas out onto their tables. The burly Iop's group surrounded the stranger to offer him a round and slap him on the back as he looked at the innkeeper in complete bewilderment.
"We haven't heard a story that epic in ages, my friend!" Tek Abir explained. "I don't think you'll be needing to pay for any of your own drinks tonight!"
"But everything I said is the truth!"
"No need to keep up the act, stranger… Your arrival in Astrub is a success! All that's left now is to keep telling your story over and over to whoever wants to pay the next round…"
The big Iop emerged from the crowd and grabbed the hero of the day by his shoulders:
"Well told, man! Now tell me this: as the greatest teller of tall tales I've seen around here in months, what name do you go by?"
The stranger took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes just a bit.
"My name is Swood. Klimti Swood."
The Iop looked at his Ouginak companion just beside him, who was already smiling with his tongue hanging out. Then they both burst out in uncontrolled laughter:
"Hahahahaha! I knew that Forgelances were bold, and I knew they were braggarts, but I never knew they could be so funny! Klimti Swood! Haha! I love this guy!" He picked up a tankard. "Now tell me a bit about Albuera…"
To be continued…
Will Klimti Swood the Forgelance ever find his brother? Will he find a blacksmith to repair his ruined lance? Will he even manage to get out of this inn?
Find out in the next FORGENEWS…
Game Design: The Forgelance Heritage
As you've probably already guessed, the name of the new character class is:
This will be a playable class in DOFUS starting at the end of 2022, and you can learn more about the Forgelances from NPCs and new areas in WAKFU, DOFUS Touch and WAVEN.
Each Forgenews post (See what we did there? "Forgenews". Like "Forgelance". Get it? Clever, right?) will reveal a different aspect of the game design for these new characters. Today, we'll start by revealing not only the class icon above, but also the class's main roles in-game. Doesn't that sound nice?
Roles
That should give you an initial idea of the new class that's on its way…
To learn more, you'll have to wait for Forgenews #2 in October!
Artistic Design: Albuera
Albuera is, in a way, Lance Dur's kingdom in the animated series. That's where it all starts – and for many of you, your own adventure will start there too, because this island will soon be appearing in-game in DOFUS, DOFUS Touch and WAVEN!
Between the Dofus Era and the time period of the anime – which takes place in the Waven Era – the city and the areas around it will experience drastic change… and that's just one of the interesting details for you to discover as you move from one form of media to the next. As we've been saying all along, Lance Dur is truly a transmedia adventure!
So, what do you think of this new island? Are you looking forward to visiting it in the games? And, in the series? Albuera won't be appearing in WAKFU just yet, but next time we'll tell you about a character who will most definitely become one of its newest iconic bosses… Patience!
Animation: Synopsis
Synopsis 1
A once-legendary hero, Lance Dur, now a grumpy old man riddled with an old man's aches and pains, takes up arms once more to free his granddaughter Ozie from a powerful demonic witch. Backed by his former companions in adventure, who are now every bit as stiff and sore as he is, he'll have to prove to the world – and more importantly, to himself – that he's still good for something.
- Original work: Ankama
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Release date: Early 2023
- Number of episodes: 7 x 10 minutes
- Original French version streaming via: ADN
- Animation studios: Ankama, Andarta Pictures
Synopsis 2
At a birthday celebration for an old king who's closer to the end of his life than the beginning, a mysterious witch interrupts the festivities and kidnaps several children, including the young princess of the kingdom.
Despite his advanced age, his tired old bones and his seeming weakness, the king decides to take up arms one last time and venture forth to save the children.
Thus begins his what will be his last adventure, accompanied by his old comrades in arms, who are just as decrepit as he is… but more motivated than ever to show off their skills one more time!
There you have it!
You now know a bit more about the Lance Dur transmedia adventure and its in-game repercussions – but we're just getting started on revealing this new content. Patience! There will be something for everyone!
See you in October for Forgenews #2!
And to find out what's in store for you in the weeks and months to come, visit the Lance Dur website.
Thank you for your understanding.
Here is a recap of what was said during today's last minute AnkamaLive with Logan and Djinn. You can find the replay of the live here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1597053836
The reason this live took place is because we all, you and us, found ourselves in a dire situation and since we are experiencing this together, we thought best to take the opportunity to explain as candidly as possible what is happening with DOFUS.
First and foremost, we understand and share your frustration.
What happened yesterday
We deployed the update and opened the game servers. Right away, there were some connectivity issues as the connection servers were struggling to handle the flow of connection requests.
It has been a few months that we have deployed some protective measures for our infrastructure (to preserve the stability and wellbeing of the servers) to access DOFUS. As we opened the servers at peak time, it took about an hour and a half for everyone to acces the game.
Once the servers were online, many issues were reported, amongst which the most predominant one being that of the paddocks.
As you know, we usually work on multiple projects simultaneously. For example, we were working on the 2.65 update and the preparation for the server merger. When the servers opened, a lot of data had to be imported and technical specificities made it so that the paddocks information uploaded before the guild data and, as such, underground paddocks (who are on a different system) were not linked to a guild and were up for grabs.
After studying the situation, and because of the improvement of our tools over time, we knew we would “rollback” the paddock situation as all transactions associated with the paddocks were logged. Althought it is an intensive manual effort, it was totally doable so to not fully disrupt the game with a complete rollback.
The CM team were on the frontlines with you on the forum and social media, giving you all the info they had as soon as they were getting it. When we said “no rollback is anticipated”, we knew the paddocks could be fixed without a rollback. Alas, at no point could we foresee what came afterwards, otherwise you would have been told immediately.
A rollback is the hardest decision we ever take and we try to avoid it at all costs. We thought we could address the main problem by performing a “partial rollback” on just the paddock information.
Later in the evening, we noticed that a lot of players exploited a kama-generation bug. The team spent a lot of time last night trying to reproduce the bug. It turns out it was super simple.
This exploit is based on an anti-cheat system, and those who could exploit the flaw were flagged in our system as being “cheaters”; they were the only ones who could replicate this bug and generate ridiculous quantities of kamas.
We were just as shocked as you might be right now but we can assure you the bug has been fixed.
Unfortunately, some content creators decided to make it public on streams and the exploit became known to all and that is when we passed the point of no return. This is why we shutdown all DOFUS servers last night without warning.
While we do not shift the responsibility of a bug, had we been informed in private of the problem, we could have manually rectified the problem without a rollback taking place. But by the time we identified the method and the source of the problems, the kamas were simply everywhere, cross all servers and it was too late to save the economy of the servers from this exploit. Alas we have absolutely no choice but to rollback. We understand that some of you feel a rollback is a punishment for an exploit, when in fact it is simply the only solution to fix the damages caused.
When we advise you to come to us directly with a bug exploit, it isn’t to sweep it under the rug (we tell you everything, you know that) and hide it from the community. It is to act swiftly and fix it before it propagates everywhere, spiralling out of control, causing critical damages to the game where there is nothing else we can do but to rollback.
Rollback and server reopening
We will rollback to yesterday’s “pre server-maintenance” backup of 8 a.m. CEST.
We are very sorry for those who played yesterday and didn’t do anything wrong, but this is the only way we can ensure the game, the servers, the economy are healthy for everyone.
Our goal is to reopen the servers this afternoon but we cannot give you a specific time.
The longest part will be the rollback as we need to perform it for every server, which we started on already first thing this morning.
Please remember: we are taking care of you and ensuring everything will be ok with the game and with your character.
The silver lining of this is that we took advantage of the situation and part of the team started working on some other 2.65 bug fixes last night already so when we reopen the servers this afternoon, we will already include patches to fix some other bugs.
The most critical bugs will be prioritized and after the servers reopen this afternoon, we will continue to patch afterwards.
A quick update of the most reported bugs:
- Average price issues – display issue that will be fixed today
- Mount certicates, mounts without stats – will be fixed today
- Osamodas Scalding poison spell – will be fixed today
- Paddocks up for sale – will be fixed today
- Temporal anomaly subareas that disappeared - will be fixed today
- Guild chest should be reactivated today*
- Generic “display only” bugs (pushback res wasn’t displayed but the stats were still there) – will be fixed today.
- Incorrect guild XP values – will be fixed today
- Community chats – due to the preparation work done for the server mergers.
Not everything will be fixed immediately. We allow ourselves the right to deploy patches to rectify issues you reported, but that will come after this afternoon’s server reopening.
Side note post-AnkamaLive stream: Some of you reported issues related to the Common Spells. Due to the addition of level requirements to learn this type of spell, characters who had learned a spell without having the required level prior to the update have now unlearned it. It will be necessary to reach the required level and relearn the spell.
Compensations
We completely understand you are all asking about it.
As always, we focus on resolving the problems. The other reason why we do not discuss compensation is because we want it to be fair and on par with the disruption you suffered. We need to have a complete vision of all the issues impacting the game before we can assess what would be the fairest compensation for you, not just for the downtime of the game but also for the inconvenience caused, and the seriousness of the situation. As such, we focus on the problems, we fix them, we monitor and make sure the game is back to normal, we review all recorded problems and then we discuss your compensation.
Expeditions and other communications
While the Expeditions were suppose to start next week, we might have to postpone it to ensure its release takes place under the best possible conditions for everyone.
We had a few communication initiatives planned for today which we have postponed, not only because this current situation on DOFUS is our priority but also because the timing would be off. To be totally honest with you all, our enthusiam levels are not what they usually are as our minds are on all the issues and their resolutions.
All new communication content is on hold until this present situation gets back to normal.
Almanax
We will give you Plerti’s Cylinder, a quest item. Whenever there is a problem like the one encountered, a quest is activated in the Almanax Temple - “Back to Before” – that requires you to give this item to Antyklime Ax. Completing the quest gives you the same rewards as a daily Almanax offering quest.
Last but not least
Once again our most sincere apologies to you all. We are not in a critical situation, but we wanted to be upfront about what we are all experiencing together.
For those sending us encouraging messages, we thank you for your heartwarming support and they mean the world to us. For those of you who are angry, please know that we perfectly understand your frustration and position. We are not thrilled about the situation either.
As you know, we want nothing more than provide you with a fun, joyful game and environment, we want to share experiences and information with you… all in all, we want the best for you on DOFUS, but sometimes this doen’t work out quite as we planned and we are truly sorry.
We thank you for reading and for your patience.
*Update 21-09-2022 @ 17h15 CEST
The guild chest issues will be fixed next Tuesday, during the weekly DOFUS server maintenance.
Our teams are actively working on the resolution of the issue detected yesterday. As mentioned, a rollback will take place. We will keep you informed as regularly as possible of the progress. Thank you for your understanding.
Due to technical issues related to an exploitable bug, all game and connection servers have been shut down for the night. We will investigate the situation and its gravity extensively in the morning.
There will be compensation, but we will determine it once we have a better idea of the impact this exploitable bug has had and we have resolved it.
It is with the utmost regret that we inform you that a rollback will be taking place. We will update you in the morning with further details.
We end this announcement with our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused.
- Mounts: missing stats, birthing and name disappear when converting to a certificate.
- Missing paddocks.
- Issues with community channels.
- On the Brumen, Crocabulia and Shadow servers, some of the contents of the Marketplaces have been returned to the bank (the taxes have been refunded, however).
As always, we will discuss compensations once all issues are resolved and on track for an enjoyable gaming experience.
We want to thank all those who have proactively provided us with valuable information that will go a long way in helping us address the issues.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused today but thank you for your understanding and support. <3