Quantcast
Channel: Frostcaller
Viewing all 300 articles
Browse latest View live

Wizard101 Halloween Run 2017

$
0
0

Our annual Halloween Run is back, and better than ever! For the first time, we'll have activities all day long!

Edward Lifegem has organized another fun community event and invited me to co-host the 2017 edition of the Halloween Run, along with Autumn Dreamwalker, Michael Walker and many other community members, for a memorable day that you are sure to remember.



Saturday, October 28th, 2017

Official Schedule:
11:00 am CST -  Nightmare Before Christmas Run
12:00 pm CST - Dance Party
12:30 pm CST - Favorite Spooky Mount Showoff
1:00 pm CST - YouTube Stream Begins
1:30 pm CST - Raid Wizard City
2:30 pm CST - TBA
3:00 pm CST - Costume Contest
4:00 pm CST - MEGA Twitter Contest
4:30 pm CST - Small Activities/Random Gifting
5:00 pm CST - Halloween Run Countdown
6:00 pm CST - Halloween Run Begins
6:30 pm CST - Group Photo Contest
7:00 pm CST - Afterparty/Random Gifting
Meetup in Nightside
Vampire Realm
Halloween Costumes
or
Halloween colors





Family-Friendly Event
When large crowds gather, problems tend to arise. To mitigate hostilities and bad behavior from some players, we have asked KingsIsle to help us monitor the Halloween Run, so there will be several Hall Monitors in our midst, in different realms, to ensure the event is fun for everyone and runs as smoothly as possible.

Run Details
We'll run from Nightside to the Haunted Cave, near Nightshade's Tower, in all Free Areas. Shortly after the Run, the portbus wizards will add you and teleport you to the Afterparty Events.



Giveaways


A list of all current contests can be found here, so don't forget to join in and I hope to see you all there!

2017 Gloomthorn Nightmare Pack

$
0
0

Friday the 13th brings new and frightening items to the Wizard101 Gloomthorn Nightmare Pack: All Souls items, Frakenbunny Bride Pet, Giraffe Ears, Unicorn Hair and more!

This updated Day of the Dead inspired Halloween pack has new items that your Wizard has a chance of receiving, including:
  • All Souls Pegasus Mount;
  • Frakenbunny Bride Pet;
  • All Souls Gear Sets;
  • All Souls Calavera Wands*;
  • And many more wicked items!




*Note: There is a slight issue with the All Souls Cranium Wands set. They currently offer four wand attack spells instead of the intended six. This will be updated in an upcoming update to Wizard101.

Pirate101's 5th Birthday

$
0
0

Happy 5th birthday, Pirate101!

KingsIsle is celebrating the game's 5th birthday through November 2nd, 2017! Skull Island has birthday decorations for all of your Pirate parrrrtying, and there are free items for everyone!
  • New Darkling Duck Pet
  • Parrrrty Hat
  • Birthday Eyepatch
  • Mega Snack Pack
  • Ashes of Armada Pack
  • Rainbow Friendship Mask

This gift code is available until November 2nd, 2017,
at 11:59pm US Central Time.

New Birthday Items
Be sure to check out the Crown Shop to load up on fun items for your birthday party! Check out the brand new Birthday Balloons Mount and Party Room housing item that changes with the holidays and seasons! Also, all your favorite birthday items from previous years are back!

KingsIsle Launches Empyrea on Test Realm

$
0
0

The Wizard101 October 2017 update includes the addition of Empyrea Part One, Level 125 increase, new Shadow Magic Spells, Revered Crafting, more Castle Magic spells, Bank Size Increase, New Daily Assignment Quest, Treasure Card Sorting, Realm Locking, and more!
I've summed up the most relevant updates below, and you can see if you qualify for Test Realm here.

Empyrea
The center of the Spiral, Empyrea, was painstakingly created by Raven to keep the Chaos Heart safe and Spider out. The Chaos Heart sits at the center of Empyrea, secured by three great Paradox Chains, and serves as the anchor point to a world comprised of disparate lands, inhabited by diverse beings. Raven enveloped Empyrea in a violent storm, the likes of which even she cannot pass or see through. However, the brilliant minds of the Arcanum have a plan: 
  • Reach Empyrea;
  • Save Mellori;
  • Save the Spiral.

Players who have completed the quest "Lost and Found" at the end of Mirage, and have reached level 120, can go speak to Fitzhume in the Arcanum to get the quest "Baba Boohooie."
For Crowns players, Empyrea Part 1 contains 3 separate Premium Zones, priced at 1995 Crowns each.

Level 125 Increase
New benefits await those who adventure through Part 1 of Empyrea! Characters can now increase their total levels to 125:
  • A Training Point will be awarded at level 125;
  • Be sure to catch Zeke's new hunt for Hootie's Blowfish, and Eloise has a fun quest for you as well! She also has brand new stitching gear;
  • Wizards who are level 121+ will now have a maximum gold allowance of 500,000.
Shadow Magic
Velma Von Venkma's chambers are now open! She will offer Wizards a new quest, which occurs as a part of the main quest line. After completing this quest, she will award you with the new Shadow Trickster spell and offer another new Shadow Magic spell for you to train: Donate Shadow Pip!
She will also offer to train the following spells if you do not have them in your spell book already:
  • Shadow Shrike
  • Shadow Sentinel
  • Shadow Seraph
  • Dark Fiend
  • Dark Nova
  • Dark Shepherd

Revered Crafting
There's an all newrank in Crafting beyond Legendary that will have you scouring the ends of the game to be a Revered Crafter. Librarian Fitzhume will direct you to Ignus to start your new quest. The Revered Crafting quests have new kinds of reagents you'll need to find!
Grady also has the new Wysteria Lore Pack spell recipes for sale, or you could just farm The Loremaster to get them.

More Space
Houses now have an additional 100 Castle Magic slots available to them. In addition, there is now an "Expand Backpack Elixir" available for purchase in the Crown Shop. Players can now buy up to two of these elixirs to increase their backpack size by fifty slots with each purchase. Also, everyone's bank space has been increased from 100 to 150!

New Daily Assignment Quest
With Empyrea comes a new classification of Daily Quests: Heavyweight. Do you have what it takes to be a new Daily Quest contender? To those ends, Aegon Statz also has a new quest to offer players on the twelfth day of Daily Assignments! Make sure to do your daily quests to continue those important pekron investigations.

And there are many more changes and minor updates that need testing! Read the complete list of Update Notes for more.

Wizard101 Spooky Carnival Bundle

$
0
0

Introducing the newest Wizard101 game card available in stores now: the Spooky Carnival Bundle! You'll find this all new game card at GameStop stores across the United States, for $29. US residents can purchase a code directly on the GameStop website.

This Game Card comes with
  • Scarousel Housing Item
  • Creepy Clown Car Mount
  • Booloon Pet
  • Spooky Carnival Outfit
  • Spooky Throwing Knife
  • 1 Month or 5,000 Crowns

Bundle Overview
The bone chilling Scarousel Housing Item is a fully rideable scary-go-round of spectral delights, with four different views, that is sure to give up to six of your friends a ride they'll never forget!

The Creepy Clown Car Mount is the first ever 4-player mount, giving a 50% speed boost, making it the perfect mount for questing groups!

The terror-ific Booloon Pet comes with a Rain of Fire card at Baby and introduces the Maycast Sunbird talent. This frightful companion has a starting pedigree of 69 and excellent stats for a first generation pet.

The Spooky Carnival Outfit goes up to Level 120 and gives remarkable overall stats to your Wizard! The robe itself has better stats that the Jade Robe of Mystery at Level 120. The Spooky Throwing Knife Weapon grants your Wizard 5% universal pierce, 85 critical rating, 8% universal damage, 1 power pip, 205 pip conversion rating, a Square jewel socket and Maycast Shift Bunferatu at Level 120+.


Pirate101 Birth-o-Ween Contest

$
0
0

Pirate101's 5th birthday festivities are still going on through November 2nd, 2017, and I have a fun and easy contest for everyone to celebrate and wrap up the Halloween season in style!

Spooky Screenshot Contest
Take a screenshot in Pirate101 with your favorite Companion and show me how you're celebrating Halloween this year (the screenshot has to include your Companion as well)! Send no more than one screenshot to frostcallerfan@gmail.com, with the title "Spooky Screenshot Contest", along with your Pirate's name (such as David Everhart) by October 30th, at 4:00PM CST.

Prizes
Grand Prize - Hoodoo Bundle + 5k Crowns + Steamier + Gloomthorn Vine Mount
First Place - 7,5k Crowns + Steamier + Engineer's + Gloomthorn Vine Mount
Second Place - 7,5k Crowns + Steamier + Engineer's
Third Place - 3.5k Crowns + Engineer's + Vorpal Bunny
4 Honorable Mentions - 1k Crowns + Vorpal Bunny

Good luck to all and feel free to leave a comment down below if you have any question!

Wizard101 Empyrea Part 1 is Live

$
0
0

The November 2017 Wizard101 update was launched this morning and it includes Empyrea Part 1, Level 125 increase, new Shadow Magic Spells, Revered Crafting, more Castle Magic spells, Bank Size Increase, New Daily Assignment Quest, Treasure Card Sorting, Realm Locking, and more!

Empyrea
The center of the Spiral, Empyrea, was painstakingly created by Raven to keep the Chaos Heart safe and Spider out. The Chaos Heart sits at the center of Empyrea, secured by three great Paradox Chains, and serves as the anchor point to a world comprised of disparate lands, inhabited by diverse beings. Raven enveloped Empyrea in a violent storm, the likes of which even she cannot pass or see through. However, the brilliant minds of the Arcanum have a plan: 
  • Reach Empyrea;
  • Save Mellori;
  • Save the Spiral.

Players who have completed the quest "Lost and Found" at the end of Mirage, and have reached level 120, can go speak to Fitzhume in the Arcanum to get the quest "Baba Boohooie."
For Crowns players, Empyrea Part 1 contains 3 separate Premium Zones, priced at 1995 Crowns each.

Level 125 Increase
New benefits await those who adventure through Part 1 of Empyrea! Characters can now increase their total levels to 125:
  • A Training Point will be awarded at level 125;
  • Be sure to catch Zeke's new hunt for Hootie's Blowfish, and Eloise has a fun quest for you as well! She also has brand new stitching gear;
  • Wizards who are level 121+ will now have a maximum gold allowance of 500,000.
Shadow Magic
Velma Von Venkma's chambers are now open! She will offer Wizards a new quest, which occurs as a part of the main quest line. After completing this quest, she will award you with the new Shadow Trickster spell and offer another new Shadow Magic spell for you to train: Donate Shadow Pip!
She will also offer to train the following spells if you do not have them in your spell book already:
  • Shadow Shrike
  • Shadow Sentinel
  • Shadow Seraph
  • Dark Fiend
  • Dark Nova
  • Dark Shepherd

Revered Crafting
There's an all newrank in Crafting beyond Legendary that will have you scouring the ends of the game to be a Revered Crafter. Librarian Fitzhume will direct you to Ignus to start your new quest. The Revered Crafting quests have new kinds of reagents you'll need to find!
Grady also has the new Wysteria Lore Pack spell recipes for sale, or you could just farm The Loremaster to get them.

More Space
Houses now have an additional 100 Castle Magic slots available to them. In addition, there is now an "Expand Backpack Elixir" available for purchase in the Crown Shop. Players can now buy up to two of these elixirs to increase their backpack size by fifty slots with each purchase. Also, everyone's bank space has been increased from 100 to 150!

New Daily Assignment Quest
With Empyrea comes a new classification of Daily Quests: Heavyweight. Do you have what it takes to be a new Daily Quest contender? To those ends, Aegon Statz also has a new quest to offer players on the twelfth day of Daily Assignments! Make sure to do your daily quests to continue those important pekron investigations.

And there are many more changes and minor updates to the game! Read the complete list of Update Notes for more.

New Crown Shop Items
With the addition of Empyrea Part 1, new items have made their way into the Crown Shop: the Cephalopod Racer mount, the Beastling pet and the Dwarven Attire & Crossbow!

Veteran's Day Giveaway 2017

$
0
0

To honor all all the brave men and women who have served their country, KingsIsle gives away a very unique and commemorative item to their players, and this year they are giving away the Eternal Flame housing item, for both Wizard101 and Pirate101. Get yours through the link below!

Veteran's Day items through the years

From now until Thursday, November 19th, 2017
at 11:59pm US Central Time

Wizard101 Empyrean Castaway Bundle

$
0
0

A brand new Wizard101 game card is available in stores now: the Empyrean Castaway Bundle! You'll find this all new game card at GameStop stores across the United States, for $39. US residents can buy it online, directly from the GameStop website.

This Game Card comes with
  • Castaway's Bungalow
  • Junk-Copter Mount
  • Puffy Packfish Pet
  • Raider Scrap Outfit
  • Raider Scrap Blaster
  • 1 Month or 5,000 Crowns

Bundle Overview
The Castaway's Bungalow is a large mansion, lost in the skies of Empyrea. This stormy deserted island offers plenty of space for avid decorators, a PvP Arena and your very own bartender. You'll also find a 'Lost & Found' box, with daily rewards!

The Junk-Copter Mount is the result of the finest Empyrean engineering. This ride grants a 50% speed boost to your Wizard, making it one of the fastest mounts in the Spiral!

The adorable Puffy Packfish Pet gives a Vengeance card at Baby, with a starting pedigree of 68 and good stats for a first generation pet.

The Raider Scrap Outfit goes up to Level 120 and gives great overall stats to your Wizard. The Raider Scrap Blaster Weapon grants your Wizard 7% universal pierce, 95 critical rating, 5% universal damage, 1 power pip, 205 pip conversion rating, a Square jewel socket and Maycast Dragonspear at Level 120+.


Wizard101 Empyrea Part 1 Review

$
0
0

Empyrea has raised the bar in terms of difficulty. The amount of tough fights in this new world is what you'd expect and want for high level Wizards. Even though most of the expansion can be soloed without much trouble, there are boss fights and dungeons you'll want your friends to tag along for more fun.

The strong points
KingsIsle has been adding cinematics since Polaris, and the ones in Empyrea are truly magnificent. From rich dialogues to the sumptuous environments, refined details and polished effects, Empyrea is a mix of several worlds we've visited so far, and the final product is beyond splendid! The planet is home to many races of the Spiral, and the diversity of faces and textures make it so unique. Not to mention the graphics are simply mesmerizing, and the soundtrack is super catchy!

In this new update, you'll have to solve a few puzzles along the way and the plethora of quests make it more entertaining and exciting. There are many pets and music scrolls to obtain, rare reagents to collect, and a lot of crafting to do. When it comes to characters, villains have never had so much depth!

The downsides
For me, the last boss' cheats are a little excessive and I can see him being nerfed in a future update. Also, the expansion felt a bit short, but that's to be expected from a world that was divided in two parts. However, side activities are sure to keep you busy for a while, especially if you want to craft one of those revered wands and farm for your Level 125 gear.

The verdict
Empyrea is filled with countless unexpected turn of events and unforseen changes of heart, leading to an epic finale that will surely leave you eager for Part 2, which is expected to see the light in the Fall 2018.

All in all, the first half of the newly released expansion is packed with Batman, Game of Thrones, Star Wars and The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings references, which add significant depth to an all-around fantastic storyline, making it one of Wizard101's greatest updates yet.

Overall grade: A

New Make-a-Wish Quest in Wizard101

$
0
0

Last month, we heard about Derrick's visit to KingsIsle through the Make-a-Wish foundation. During his time there, Derrick has worked with KingsIsle on new Wizard101 content.

The brand new quest was released during last night's KI Live episode, and Derrick's character was added into the game, right by the Bazaar.

Wizards of all levels can now visit Derrick Blaze in Olde Town to get the quest "Play It Forward", where you will be urged to help other Wizards through the Team Up Kiosk. The more people you help, the closer you are to unlocking new items that Derrick has for sale, including:
  • Join a Team Kiosk housing item;
  • Blaze's Garnet Cowl;
  • Blaze's Garnet Robe;
  • Blaze's Garnet Boots;
  • Blaze Fox Pet;
  • Sand Swarm Mount.

Note: Every item requires a specific badge to purchase,
so you'll have to help quite a lot of Wizards in order to get them.

Yuletide Season in Wizard101 & Pirate101

$
0
0

The Yuletide Season is back in the Spiral, and some cool items are returning to Wizard101 and Pirate101 for the occasion, with lots of surprises during the month!

12 Days of the Spiral
The 12 Days of the Spiral will start in 4 days! Check back on December 6 for updates.


Wizard101
Felix Navidad is back in the Shopping District, with all of his Holiday items. Other seasonal items from Yuletide are back in the Crown Shop, including the festive mounts and pets, Holiday decorations and the Yuletide & Winterland Packs! Also, there are 3 new, seasonal fish to be caught: the Cold Cod (Ice), Mistletoe Angler (Life) and Yuletoy Fish (Myth)!



Coming soon to Wizard101!
The Winter Wonder Pack isn't available in the Crown Shop yet, but it might bring new surprises this year!


Pirate101

Your favorite seasonal items are back in the Crown Shop, including the Holiday Crystal Unicorn, Polaris Express and Reindeer mounts, Festive Yeti, Ghost of Yuletide Present, Yuletide Ibis, Red & Green Baubleloons, Sky Candy Cane Dragon, Santa Claws & Ostrich in a Pear Tree pets, the Holiday Treant, Mistle Toad, Yule Trogg and Prince Yulefest companions, Holiday-themed weapons, Snowflake Eye Patch, Crystal Face Paint and even Holiday decorations!

Coming soon to Pirate101!
How will KingsIsle raise our spirits this Holiday season? I guess we'll find out soon enough!


Seasonal Dungeon
Following the Halloweenfest trend, KingsIsle has released a Holiday-themed dungeon in Wizard101. If you're ready to face off against Krampus, find him in Ravenwood, Colossus Boulevard, Celestia and Polaris!

December 2017 Pirate101 Update

$
0
0

The Festive Pirate101 update was applied to the game and includes improvements to the Auto Companion and Practice Ship PvP systems, general bug fixes and a plethora of new badges to be found!

Gingerbread raiders have invaded the Spiral skyways! Defeat enemy ships in the Skull Island, Westminster, and Calabria Skyways to find them and earn cool loot and badges for defeating these cookie criminals.

There are now more hidden snowmen for you to hunt down throughout the Spiral's skyways! It's time to set sail and see if you can find them all and earn their badges.

Monquista City, Barkley Square in Marleybone, and Florenza in Valencia now have more festive decorations (and present boxes)!

Auto Companion Improvements
Companions on automatic play will act a bit smarter now. They're more likely to do the following:
  • Use abilities like buffs and heals;
  • Avoid traps and proximity-based opponent abilities;
  • Use their critical strike powers;
  • Avoid trying to all break the same battle board props all at once.

If the Auto Companion feature is selected, you will also find a new "skip" (hourglass) icon at the tail end of the companion power bar. Clicking this icon will have your companions skip their turn if you'd rather they not act at all. 

Practice Ship PvP Improvements
KingsIsle made a few rules changes and improvements to help get you out of the Safe Harbor and into the action in Practice Ship PvP:
  • They've added temporary leaderboards that shows the current Top Ten Pirates in the Ship PvP zone so you can know your current standings. Clicking on the three skulls in the top right corner will hide/show this leaderboard;
  • There is now only one Ship PVP realm. When you leave Ship PvP, you will be returned to the realm you were previously playing on;
  • There's a new dangerous ship in the middle of the Ship PvP zone for you and your competitors to tackle – will you be one of the lucky ones to win one of its new ship horns (with new ship powers)?
  • As you drift from the Safe Harbor, you will be granted 6 seconds of safety where no other player ship can attack you.

Read the full list of updates here.

Wizard101 Winter Wonder Pack 2017

$
0
0

For the 2nd day of the 12 Days of the Spiral, KingsIsle launches the updated version of the Winter Wonder Pack for everyone to enjoy! Some of the wonderful new items you have a chance to get this year include:
  • Reindeer Knight Spell;
  • Wolf of the Winter Mount;
  • Silent Knight's Gear;
  • Silent Knight's Weapons;
  • And more!

Check it out in the Wizard101 Crown Shop and see what you get!

Spirits of Yuletide in Pirate101

$
0
0

The 5th day of the 12 Days of the Spiral brings three new festive companions to Pirate101, that you can buy as a set this yuletide season!

The Spirits of Yuletide set is available in the Crown Shop for 7995 Crowns and includes:
  • Spirit of Giving Companion;
  • Spirit of Receiving Companion;
  • Spirit of Returning Companion.


Illustrated Guide to Pirate101's Hidden Snowmen

$
0
0

Pirate101 has a fun and festive way to get you into the Holiday season: a hunt for large snowmen hidden in the Skyways!
There is a known bug with the snowmen, making it very difficult to register a badge on your first attempt. In order to get them, you have to go through the snowman itself, which can prove extremely challenging with your ship alone.

Tips to register the snowmen badges
  1. Drop your anchor near the snowman by pressing the space bar, making sure it overlaps somewhere on your ship's deck;
  2. Press the TAB key on your keyboard to switch to deck mode;
  3. Once on deck, run towards the snowman and go through it to register the badge.
Avernus Skyway
Finding the Avernus Skyway snowman will get you the "Frosty Finder" badge.


Mooshu-Valencia Stormgate
Finding the Mooshu-Valencia Stormgate snowman will get you the "Frosty Voyager" badge.



Haunted Skyway
Finding the Haunted Skyway snowman will get you the "Frosty Wrangler" badge.


Skull Island Skyway
Finding the Skull Island Skyway snowman will get you the "Stay Frosty" badge.


As of December 2017, there are four hidden snowmen in the Skyways.

Wizard101 & Pirate101: Best of 2017

$
0
0

With another year coming to a close, it's time to look back on the many great things that happened in the Spiral in the last twelve months, so here's a rundown of the best things 2017 had for us!

Game Updates
It's been an exciting year for Wizard101 and Pirate101, with a few Test Realms for both games:

Bundles
A total of 4 Wizard101 game cards were launched in 2017, which include the Avalon Outlaw's BundleFantastic Voyage Gauntlet Bundle, Spooky Carnival Bundle and the Empyrean Castaway Bundle.

Game Card Packs
This year, we've seen so many new packs released in the Crown Shop! A total of four game card packs were launched in 2017 (excluding updated ones):
Community Events
Once again, I've teamed up with many community leaders and members this year to bring you more in-game events, such as our Easter Bunny Run, Santa Run in July and Halloween Run.


I hope you all have a wonderful New Year and wish you the best for 2018!

What were your favorite things in 2017? Leave a comment below and let me know!

New Wizard101 Alphoi Hoard Pack

$
0
0

The brand new Alphoi Hoard Pack is filled with funky fresh items from Zanadu's Leisure Dome in Empyrea Part One, including a wearable Khan's Disco outfit, Disco Ball Relic weapons, Light Blades mount, and even a cute little Sani-Bot pet!

With a chance to get these brand new items, the Alphoi's Hoard has cool, new epic and ultra rare items for your Wizard! Here are just some of the cool items you could receive in the Alphoi's Hoard:
  • Light Blades mount;
  • Mini Sani-bot pet;
  • Leisure Dome Gear sets;
  • Mirrored Relic weapons;
  • Empyrean House Guests;
  • And much more!

Check it out in the Wizard101 Crown Shop and see what you can get!

Limited Time Quest in Wizard101

$
0
0

In yesterday's episode of KingsIsle Live, a brand new and limited time side quest was launched in Wizard101 during the show: "Just Looking."

Renee Wooften, the new NPC that will give you the quest, has arrived to Wizard City and will require your assistance to survey The Commons. Although it is a very short and easy quest, it has no level requirements and you will get a free Range Pole staff after completing it.


You'll find Renee in The Commons, so make sure to complete the quest before it's gone!

Wizard101 Spring Test Realm Teasers

$
0
0

Spring is just around the corner and the Wizard101 Test Realm will be here very soon, according to Community Manager Tom Purdue! While little is known about the content of this upcoming update, we do know KingIsle is going to add new loading screens to Wizard101!

Dworgyn sent each fansite an exclusive teaser for us to share with our readers and followers, so here is the one I got:


The very first sneak peek was revealed in the March 2018 Newsletter!


For more teasers, please visit official Wizard101 fansites:


Blaze Lifehammer has also gotten more teasers about a mysterious egg incubator, and a brand new Olde Town boss.
Viewing all 300 articles
Browse latest View live