2x Animate Runes No Keepsake Item!

Some people have noticed that their former double charged animate dead runes changed into a stack of two runes, instead of turning into one of the new keepsake emblem runes. However, this is not a bug! As CM Mirade answered here, they are meant to transform into a stack.

Draken Boots

With the release of the summer update, we implemented many new items, among them the draken boots which were supposed to be sellable to NPC Esrik. Due to a mistake, though, these boots can currently be bought from NPC Esrik for 40,000 gold.

We will fix this bug with a client patch. Therefore, all game worlds will be offline today from 18:30 until 19:30 CEST approximately. Beforehand, we would like to inform you about the fix:
Draken boots will become "trashed draken boots". Trashed draken boots will not have any effects on your stats and will decay into nothing after 2 weeks. Until then, you can sell the trashed draken boots to Esrik for 40,000 gold.
New draken boots will be implemented to replace the old boots as loot item. The new draken boots will be sellable to Esrik.
Update: Please note that Esrik will only buy the item from you if you have reached a certain progress in the new quest line. Another NPC will buy the "trashed draken boots" within the next days. We will inform you about this as soon as possible.
We would like to apologise for the inconvenience. Thank you for bearing with us.

Into the North of Zao

As our sneak peeks already revealed, this year's summer update will take you further into the abyss of corruption and terror that yawns in Zao.

Finally, it is time to so get ready to enter the north of Zao and discover what threats and challenges are waiting for you behind the Great Gate. Are you afraid of the mighty adversary and his ravaging armies? You better be! But don't despair, you won't be alone. Zalamon, the wise old lizard priest will offer you guidance. Yet, he and the resistance still need your support as well.

Explore Zao's northern region, rice terraces and mountain paths which are fully tainted by the corruption. Approach the Emperor's realm, enter his mysterious gardens and venture into the depths of his terrifying palace. Help Zalamon and the resistance to fight against the dreadful dragonkin in order to end this terrible plague once and for all. Tibians, prepare yourself to face the unspeakable ancient evil that lurks in Zao, draining all its energy to finally plunge the world into ultimate darkness. Don't let this happen! You have to be strong and determined but you can make it. You have to - for the sake of Zao, for the sake of Tibia.



But in the midst of this epic struggle to avert the looming disaster, will you still find the time to help others who are in need? Hidden in the mountains in northern Zao, a forbidden village holds its very own secret and someone may be waiting there for you.

Furthermore, sage Cael in Farmine is looking for adventurers willing to collect corrupted samples for him in Zao. No matter if you are a newcomer or already quite experienced, Cael is grateful for any assistance. And a devoted father in Edron also needs help with the birthday gifts for his four sons.

You see, there are lots of challenges coming up this summer so you better start sharpening your swords, stringing your bows and polishing your runes. Further screenshots of the new area can be found on our supported and promoted fansites as well as on our official Tibia Facebook page.

Hunting Spot of the Week of Tibia

Despite all the test server madness, we at Tibianews still try (note: try) to let the daily news flow like usual. Therefore, with a new week comes a new Featured Hunting Spot! Today, we're taking you to the hot sands of Darama. High on top of the mountain range that divides Darashia and Ankrahmun, powerful elemental of energy roam, happily testing their immense power on anyone that passes by. This energy elemental hunting ground can be quite invasive in terms of supplies, and their hits can hurt a lot, but what is Tibia without a challenge? Of course, getting there is the first step, but an easy one through the picture below. The route is illustrated by the purple line. The red box in the first picture shows where the hunting spot is located in comparison with the ground floor.





This hunting spot isn't very large and contains four floors, each with several elementals.

The first floor can be reached by levitating up, indicated by the red arrow. You will find two energy elementals here.

The second floor contains no less than five elementals! Caution is required here, as more than three of those creatures can be enough to even take down a mid-leveled knight. Luckily, three of them are located to the top north of the floor. So, if necessary, the can be avoided in most cases.

At the third floor, you will only face two energy elementals, so this can be a good place to rest between the two major floors (2nd and 4th floor).

The last floor contains four elementals. This area is rather big and offers no place or edge whatsoever where only two creatures can hit you at a time.


Useful facts about and strategies for Energy Elementals:

Energy elementals are strong against physical attacks, so can be a pain to hunt by knights.
A major setback for knights is the fact that their hits can not be avoided. Their attacks include HMM, energy explosion and a strong melee. Plus, they make frequent use of their energy attacks.
Energy elementals drop lots of gold, and useful items such as mana potions and silver amulets.
Overall, their loot is worth the effort, including Wand of Cosmic Energy, Guardian Shield, Obsidian Lance and others.
For some curious reason, these elementals also drop throwing stars. We can only speculate for its cause.

Achievements and Further New Stuff

The message has already been spread all over our promoted and supported fansites: achievements are coming to Tibia! So this summer update teaser will just provide a rough overview of what achievements are about. Further, we are going to present the rest of the new items that will be available to you ingame.

Achievements bring an exciting new dimension to Tibia. Think about them as exclusive titles your characters earn on special occasions while playing. You can collect them, show them off on your character information pages and share your successes with friends. Since achievements are worth up to 10 points each you can even compete with other players on the highscore lists! A new achievement ranking will be added there.

More than 80 achievements are available from the start. Some of them are secret so you will have to find out by yourself how to get those. Achievements are account-based which means they are assigned to all characters on the same account alike. So even if you unlock an achievement like the Bearhugger with your main character you can choose to display it on your secondary character's information page as well. The achievement points, however, are character-based of course.

Apart from achievements plenty of new items will be added to the game again. Check out the screenshot below: on the left and on the right you can see some new sprites for quest items which are already ingame. They will finally get a unique look. The bottom part of the image shows different food items including the 4 winning dishes of Jean Pierre's recipe contest from May. At the top, new equipment is presented with the brand-new jewelled backpack at centre.

If you take a close look at the character's outfit in the middle you will see that we have also adjusted the hat. It is now a bit more detailed and provided with an edge that is customisable by you in terms of colour.

Achievements and Further New Stuff

It's been spoiled in several places already, but now it's finally announced on the official Tibia website as well: the coming summer update will introduce Achievements to the game! By completing specific goals ingame, like handing out exploding cookies, braving the annihilator or hugging a bear, you'll be able to assign special titles to your character page. There are more than 80 achievements, and some of them are secret. Based on the difficulty of each achievement, you will also receive points. Through the Highscores list in the community section, you can compete with other players from your world to see who has the most achievement poins!

Besides that, a lot of new items will be added after the update. Delicious vegetables and fruit like broccoli, dragonfruit, pineapple and aubergine, and of course the new meals for Jean Pierre. There will also be new equipment and weapons added. And that's not all! Several old items will receive brand-new graphics, like Lethal Lissy's shirt and the phoenix egg.

And to conclude: after receiving lots of comments about that hat of the new Wayfarer's outfit, Jan decided to tweak it a bit. The hat is now a bit more detailed and provided with an edge that has a customisable color. You can click the picture below for a link to the original tibia.com article.

On the First Day of Testing

I met with a troubled father, named Tereban. He was obviously drunk and very reluctant to talk, but after some more drinks I managed to find out why he was so troubled. His four identical sons were going to reach adulthood soon, and each of them had chosen a different vocation. Tereman wanted to become a knight, Yelloran a paladin, Melvin a sorcerer and Vestus a druid. To celebrate them surving their adolescent years, Terebran decided to hold a smashing party and give special presents that fit their vocation. But they are so special, that certain items are required which you can't buy in any shop. And that's where he needed my help! I had to look all around Tibia for pieces of a knight's shield, a paladin's bow, a sorcerer's cape and a druid's rod.





My travels took me to Thais to battle a fierce fire-breating dragon, then further to the ice island Hrodmir, to the ape village Banuta and all the way to Zao even! Some of the items could be found a little closer to home. For example, in Edron, I had to battle a wyvern named Heoni to get his strong sinew. I managed to acquire most of the items without too much trouble. Just the spectral cloth caused some problems for me. I had to travel all the way to the Isle of Kings to search its catacombs for the cloth. After I got it, I decided to take a small detour. That way, I accidently landed inside the Queen of the Banshee quest, and got stuck between two ghosts. Luckily, thanks to the help of two brave adventurers, I did survive and returned to Tereban.





The formerly troubled father was so grateful that he gave me some of his spare money and a old smelly cape. Lucky me! I didn't get an invitation to the party though ...