Greetings from the Erion community!
Our last update on Audiogames was in November, and we have lots of new things to share!
* New gods have come to Erion. Feel free to say hello to Merald, Arendella, Zed, and Magda when you are in game!
* We've made significant improvements to game speed. Seriously, log in and check it out if you haven't already, it is much faster!
* You can now use a new command, 'bolt', to permanently bolt crafted items to rooms in your player homes. Any craftable item can be bolted.
* To give more players from around the world the chance to participate in Erion's events, we've added 4 Erion timezones: morning, afternoon, evening, and night. Morning events take place between 4 AM and 6 AM EST, afternoon is 10 AM to 12 PM EST, evening is 16 to 18:00 EST, and night is 20 to 22:00 EST. Pick a timezone that you are most actively online in, and you'll be able to participate in all events in that zone.
* 25+ new room sectors have been added to the game (tavern, inn, castle, graveyard, library, stables, and several others), each with different ambiences ready to be downloaded into your soundpack! Download a new version of the soundpack at this link! http://erionmud.com/blindsupport.php
* The "reminder" command is in! So far there are 3 reminders: events (for which events are in progress and events starting in the next 24 hours), prayers (to remind you to pray), and gardening (a reminder to tend to it). A message will be displayed to you about 2 seconds after you log into the game .
* The area Darnok's Keep has been renamed to Darnok's Citadel and completely revamped by our lady Kextra. Missions to come!
* Bosses in your level range will now drop a random gem the same level as the boss, as well as a random strand of magic! At a lower chance, bosses may also drop a new item: a soul ember. Soul embers are the ashes left behind when a powerful soul departs the plane of Erion for the afterlife. Soul embers, when bound to an item, will expand the number of rune slots the item has by 1.
* New area: Palgrove Gallery, created by Darkbuilder! This area is unique to the game and here you can submit paintings by hanging them in the corridor of contemporary art and others can start a gallery touring mission given by Professor Humbledaub in which you walk through the gallery and pick your favorite submitted painting and give it a like with the command 'like <painting>'! On the first of each month, the gallery will have an auction and sell the paintings. Earnings will go to the painters.
* New to the game are also tattoo parlors! There you can create customized tattoos by choosing from a pool of stats, and giving your tattoo a name.
* Geldor the smith in Crafters Forge is having a bad day. Fortunately, anyone whose already completed their apprenticeship in smithing with Kercha might be able to help him out, as well as get a short introduction to crafting keys and unlocking doors.
* New leaderboard for most captives liberated!
* There's been some pretty wild activity going on in the tree of pixies recently. Not only are the pixies a good bit more insulting to anyone who talks to them, but also, they've been playing tricks on innocent travellers. Most recently they've left the tailor Andrim in a decidedly embarrassing position, interrupting an important job he's undertaken, creating a very colourful cote for a sheep farmer's son. Any adventurers of level 40 or above can help Andrim out, earning a very useful item in the process, by undertaking this light hearted, combat free mission.
* The merchant's market place has a new resident, Aurelius the arcane artificer who's set up his mysterious caravan just north of clarity square. Any adventurers interested in learning to paint magical glyphs should probably pay him a visit, though with Aurelius's memory not being what it was, he might need adventurers to gather some components for him before he'll be in a position to share his knowledge. Glyphs are magically traced messages that can be read with 'look glyph' or contemplated, to receive a buff!
* Several new achievements!
* Reeling in a fish now rewards experience!
* Many other new features and updates are waiting for you in game!
Connect at erionmud.com port 1234
See you there!