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'''August 2000''' - [[Announcements - 2000/08 - Taste of Twilight|Announcements Page]]
== Turbine/Microsoft Announcements ==

=== Teasers ===
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| Archive = Announcements - 2000/08 - Taste of Twilight#Teaser
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=== Rollout ===
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| Archive = Announcements - 2000/08 - Taste of Twilight#Rollout Article
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=== Release Notes ===
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| Archive = Announcements - 2000/08 - Taste of Twilight#Release Notes
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=== State of the Code ===
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| Original = http://www.zone.com/asheronscall/news/ashenewscodestate1.asp
| Archive = Announcements - 2000/08 - Taste of Twilight#State of the Code
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=== Stormwaltz Comments on the Aerlinthe Quest ===
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| Archive = Announcements - 2000/08 - Taste of Twilight#Stormwaltz Comments on the Aerlinthe Quest
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=== Cooking Contest ===
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| Archive = Cooking Contest
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=== Cooking Contest Results ===
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=== Writing Contest ===
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=== Writing Contest Results ===
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| Archive = Writing Contest Results
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== Discoveries ==
=== [[Town Crier]] Rumors ===
:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Town Crier Tells you, "Have you felt the earth shaking recently? It was volcanic activity that made the ground shake!"<br>

:Town Crier Tells you, "Have you looked up at the night sky lately? I just noticed how pretty it was... I wished on a shooting star!"<br>

:Town Crier Tells you, "I need to get a Major Sparking Stone so I can make myself some stylish purple armor."<br>

:Town Crier Tells you, "My cousin found a really nice pair of boots the other day! Much nicer that what he's used to finding, anyway."<br>

:Town Crier Tells you, "News! Adventurers recently found a way to an abandoned fiery island. The loremasters call it Aerlinthe Island."<br>

:Town Crier Tells you, "News! The inventive cooks of Dereth have developed some new recipes! Some of them sound really tasty!"<br>

:Town Crier Tells you, "Watch Out! I hear the northern forests and mountains are more dangerous these days!"<br>

:<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
:Town Crier Tells you, "Monsters have changed their migration patterns again. I guess the earthquakes, the eruptions and the rise of more powerful beasts in the Direlands has really confused some of the island's fauna."<br>

:<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
:Town Crier Tells you, "News! Cooks of Dereth have improved their recipes again! Food is much more nourishing than it used to be."<br>

:<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
:Town Crier Tells you, "News! The honored master smiths are still unable to craft armor as strong as it used to be, but there is still hope! Aliester the Loquacious has published a corollary to his treatise on fused gems! Pick one up at the libraries in Hebien-To, Cragstone, or Zaikhal."<br>

:<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
:Town Crier Tells you, "Those who have sworn to Bael'Zharon and kill their fellow humans are gathering in specially designed dungeons to do battle. I wonder who put those arenas there?"<br>

:<font color=green>You Give Town Crier Pyreal.</font><br>
:Town Crier Tells you, "Yesterday I found a Velvet Fez of Cooking Mastery! I will become the Sausage King of Dereth!"</font>

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=== [[Ulgrim]] Rumors ===

:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you,"Oswald was sighted in Hebian-To yesterday!"</font><br>

:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you,"The strongest bowstrings are made from hoary mattekar guts. Makes bloody big bows, though, so you have to use their horns too."</font><br>

:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you,"Asheron killed Elysa Strathelar! I have compromising translated notes that prove it."</font><br>

:<font color=darkgoldenrod>Ulgrim the Unpleasant tells you,"Those Lugian boards with nails in are pretty big. But I've seen bigger..."</font><br>
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=== New UI and Game Changes ===
* [[Player Killer]]
** [[PK Arena]]s introduced.
* [[Graphics]]
** Lockpicks and potions have received updated icons.
* [[Lifestone]]s
** More wonders of the Empyrean are revealed as new lifestones appear in several places.
* Sound
** The ambient sound upgrade project continues. Towns now sound more populous. Plus, geese!
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=== New [[Quests]] ===
* [[Baron's Amulet of Life Giving Quest]]
* [[Skull of High Acolyte Quest]]

==== Updated Quests ====
* [[Shadow Armor Quest]] - Armor can be upgraded with [[Major Atlan Stones]] for improved AL and elemental protection.
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=== New [[NPCs]] ===
* [[Archmage (46.0N, 8.0W)]]
* [[Archmage (Adam's Beach)]]
* [[Archmage (Bandit Castle Outskirts)]]
* [[Archmage (Lithaenean)]]
* [[Archmage (Northern Point)]]
* [[Archmage (Southern Landbridge)]]
* [[Archmage (Stonehold)]]
* [[Archmage (Xinh)]]
* [[Blacksmith (Adams' Beach)]]
* [[Healer (Lithaenean)]]
* [[Healer (Northern Point)]]
* [[Jolly Snowman]] - See page for locations.
* [[Peddler (Baishi Ridge)]]
* [[Peddler (Peril's Edge)]]
* [[Peddler (Xinh)]]
* [[Roaming Bowyer (Northern Point)]]
* [[Roaming Bowyer (Osteth North Beach)]]
* [[Roaming Bowyer (Outskirts Bandit Castle)]]
* [[Roaming Bowyer (Stonehold)]]
* [[Weaponsmith (Southern Landbridge)]]
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=== New [[Locations]] ===
* [[Acolyte Towers]] - 88.4S, 10.6W, middle of the [[Southern Landbridge]]
* [[Arena (NPK)]] - 18.5S, 3.7E, northeast of [[Yaraq]]
* [[Arena (PK)]] - 17.9S, 3.9E, northeast of [[Yaraq]]
* New Lifestones & POI:
** [[93.9N, 7.7E - Northern Point Bunkers]]
** [[86.0N, 27.7W - Roaming Bowyer and Lifestone]]
** [[79.2N, 15.6W - Vendor's House]]
** [[55.9N, 52.3W - Beach House]]
** [[54.4N, 38.3W - Vendor Camp]]
** [[29.4N, 52.0W - Peddler's Hut]]
** [[46.0N, 8.0W - Archmage Lifestone]]
** [[71.9N, 38.0E - Bandit Castle Outpost]]
** [[Lifestone|8.8S, 75.2E - Dryreach South Lifestone]]
** [[61.5S, 52.8E - Peddler and Lifestone]]
** [[73.4S, 36.1W - Peddler and Lifestone]]
** [[82.1S, 63.7E - Archmage and Peddler]]
** [[86.5S, 5.4E - Southern Landbridge Tent]]
** [[45.6N, 11.6W - Igloo]]
** [[65.4S, 44.1E - Igloo]]
** [[73.6N, 16.4W - Igloo]]
** [[73.2S, 26.8E - Igloo]]

==== Updated Locations ====
* [[73.8N, 13.7W - Igloo]] - Now contains a [[Snowman (NPC)|Snowman]] NPC
* [[57.9S, 40.0E - Sho Buildings]] - Now has a Lifestone and Peddler.
* [[Mountain Retreat]] - A [[Collector]] is now found inside the retreat.
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=== New [[Items]] ===
{{Item Table|Caption=[[Steel Toed Boots]] Introduced
 | Steel Toed Boots
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Baron's Amulet of Life Giving Quest]]
 | Cell Key
 | Small Rusted Key
 | Scratched Key
 | Treasure Chest Key
 | The Baron's Key
 | Treasure Chest
 | Baron's Amulet of Life Giving
}}

{{Item Table|Caption=[[Skull of High Acolyte Quest]]
 | Skull of High Acolyte
 | Small Chest
 | Yucky Key
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Shadow Armor Quest]]: Elemental Greater Armor
 | Greater Amuli Leggings of Frost
 | Greater Amuli Coat of Frost
 | Greater Amuli Leggings of Flame
 | Greater Amuli Coat of Flame
 | Greater Amuli Leggings of Lightning
 | Greater Amuli Coat of Lightning
 | Greater Amuli Leggings of Acid
 | Greater Amuli Coat of Acid
 | Greater Celdon Leggings of Frost
 | Greater Celdon Girth of Frost
 | Greater Celdon Breastplate of Frost
 | Greater Celdon Sleeves of Frost
 | Greater Celdon Leggings of Flame
 | Greater Celdon Girth of Flame
 | Greater Celdon Breastplate of Flame
 | Greater Celdon Sleeves of Flame
 | Greater Celdon Leggings of Lightning
 | Greater Celdon Girth of Lightning
 | Greater Celdon Breastplate of Lightning
 | Greater Celdon Sleeves of Lightning
 | Greater Celdon Leggings of Acid
 | Greater Celdon Girth of Acid
 | Greater Celdon Breastplate of Acid
 | Greater Celdon Sleeves of Acid
 | Greater Koujia Leggings of Frost
 | Greater Koujia Breastplate of Frost
 | Greater Koujia Sleeves of Frost
 | Greater Koujia Leggings of Flame
 | Greater Koujia Breastplate of Flame
 | Greater Koujia Sleeves of Flame
}}
{{Item Table Three
 | Greater Koujia Leggings of Lightning
 | Greater Koujia Breastplate of Lightning
 | Greater Koujia Sleeves of Lightning
 | Greater Koujia Leggings of Acid
 | Greater Koujia Breastplate of Acid
 | Greater Koujia Sleeves of Acid
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Shadow Armor Quest]]: Elemental Medium Armor
 | Amuli Leggings of Frost
 | Amuli Coat of Frost
 | Amuli Leggings of Flame
 | Amuli Coat of Flame
 | Amuli Leggings of Lightning
 | Amuli Coat of Lightning
 | Amuli Leggings of Acid
 | Amuli Coat of Acid
 | Celdon Leggings of Frost
 | Celdon Girth of Frost
 | Celdon Breastplate of Frost
 | Celdon Sleeves of Frost
 | Celdon Leggings of Flame
 | Celdon Girth of Flame
 | Celdon Breastplate of Flame
 | Celdon Sleeves of Flame
 | Celdon Leggings of Lightning
 | Celdon Girth of Lightning
 | Celdon Breastplate of Lightning
 | Celdon Sleeves of Lightning
 | Celdon Leggings of Acid
 | Celdon Girth of Acid
 | Celdon Breastplate of Acid
 | Celdon Sleeves of Acid
 | Koujia Leggings of Frost
 | Koujia Breastplate of Frost
 | Koujia Sleeves of Frost
 | Koujia Leggings of Flame
 | Koujia Breastplate of Flame
 | Koujia Sleeves of Flame
 | Koujia Leggings of Lightning
 | Koujia Breastplate of Lightning
}}
{{Item Table Three
 | Koujia Leggings of Lightning
 | Koujia Breastplate of Lightning
 | Koujia Sleeves of Lightning
 | Koujia Leggings of Acid
 | Koujia Breastplate of Acid
 | Koujia Sleeves of Acid
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Shadow Armor Quest]]: Elemental Lesser Armor
 | Lesser Amuli Leggings of Frost
 | Lesser Amuli Coat of Frost
 | Lesser Amuli Leggings of Flame
 | Lesser Amuli Coat of Flame
 | Lesser Amuli Leggings of Lightning
 | Lesser Amuli Coat of Lightning
 | Lesser Amuli Leggings of Acid
 | Lesser Amuli Coat of Acid
 | Lesser Celdon Leggings of Frost
 | Lesser Celdon Girth of Frost
 | Lesser Celdon Breastplate of Frost
 | Lesser Celdon Sleeves of Frost
 | Lesser Celdon Leggings of Flame
 | Lesser Celdon Girth of Flame
 | Lesser Celdon Breastplate of Flame
 | Lesser Celdon Sleeves of Flame
 | Lesser Celdon Leggings of Lightning
 | Lesser Celdon Girth of Lightning
 | Lesser Celdon Breastplate of Lightning
 | Lesser Celdon Sleeves of Lightning
 | Lesser Celdon Leggings of Acid
 | Lesser Celdon Girth of Acid
 | Lesser Celdon Breastplate of Acid
 | Lesser Celdon Sleeves of Acid
 | Lesser Koujia Leggings of Frost
 | Lesser Koujia Breastplate of Frost
 | Lesser Koujia Sleeves of Frost
 | Lesser Koujia Leggings of Flame
 | Lesser Koujia Breastplate of Flame
 | Lesser Koujia Sleeves of Flame
}}
{{Item Table Three
 | Lesser Koujia Leggings of Lightning
 | Lesser Koujia Breastplate of Lightning
 | Lesser Koujia Sleeves of Lightning
 | Lesser Koujia Leggings of Acid
 | Lesser Koujia Breastplate of Acid
 | Lesser Koujia Sleeves of Acid
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Cooking]]
 | Heavy Grinder
 | Metal Press
 | Ground Meat
 | Ground Rabbit
 | Sausage
 | Rabbit Sausage
 | Spicy Sausage
 | Drudge Gut Sausage
 | Holtburger
 | Applesauce
 | Spiced Applesauce
 | Magic Iceball
 | Crushed Ice
 | Frozen Cream
 | Ice Cream
 | Green Tea
 | Frozen Green Tea
 | Green Tea Ice Cream
 | Bitter Milk
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Cooking]]: Chocolate Food
 | Chocolate Cookbook
 | Brown Beans
 | Roasted Beans
 | Cocoa Mixture
 | Cocoa Powder
 | Chocolate Cake Batter
 | Chocolate Cake
 | Chocolate Milk
 | Chocolate Liquor
 | Milky Cocoa Mixture
 | Dark Chocolate Candy Bar
 | Bar of Milk Chocolate
 | Bar of Dark Chocolate
 | Chocolate Ice Cream
 | Mocha Base
 | Mocha
 | Rich Mocha
 | Iced Mocha
 | Rich Iced Mocha
}}

{{Item Table Three|Caption=[[Cooking]]: Advanced Recipes
 | Hearty Applesauce
 | Healing Applesauce
 | Hearty Healing Applesauce
 | Hearty Mana Applesauce
 | Mana Applesauce
 | Hearty Spiced Applesauce
 | Healing Spiced Applesauce
 | Hearty Healing Spiced Applesauce
 | Hearty Mana Spiced Applesauce
 | Mana Spiced Applesauce
 | Hearty Ice Cream
 | Healing Ice Cream
 | Hearty Healing Ice Cream
 | Hearty Mana Ice Cream
 | Mana Ice Cream
 | Hearty Green Tea Ice Cream
 | Healing Green Tea Ice Cream
 | Hearty Healing Green Tea Ice Cream
 | Hearty Mana Green Tea Ice Cream
 | Mana Green Tea Ice Cream
 | Hearty Holtburger
 | Healing Holtburger
 | Hearty Healing Holtburger
 | Hearty Mana Holtburger
 | Mana Holtburger
}}

{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[Texts]]
 | Dusty Scrap of Paper
 | Decayed Scrap of Paper
 | Tattered Scrap of Paper
 | Complete Dispatch
 | Translated Dispatch
 | Aliester's Corollary
 | Shadow Note Translation (Amorphous Lump)
 | Shadow Note Translation (Fleshy Lump) 
 | Dark Revenant Note Translation
 | Sandy Note
 | Mu-Miyah Note Translation
 | Umbris Note Translation
}}

{{Item Table Two|Caption=[[PK Arena]]s
 | Warning for General Arena!
 | Warning for PK Arena!
}}

{{Item Table|Caption=[[Trophies]]
 | Yellow Jewel
 | Yellow Virindi Wand (Retired)
}}

==== Updated Items ====
===== New Icons for Potions =====
{|class="wikitable"
!Item
!Old Icon
!New Icon
|-
| [[Health Elixir]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Health Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Health Elixir (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Potion of Healing]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Health Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Potion of Healing (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Health Draught]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Health Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Health Draught (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Healing Tonic]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Health Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Healing Tonic (Retired)}}
|-
|-
| [[Stamina Elixir]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Stamina Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Stamina Elixir (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Stamina Potion]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Stamina Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Stamina Potion (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Stamina Draught]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Stamina Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Stamina Draught (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Mana Elixir]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Mana Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Mana Elixir (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Mana Potion]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Mana Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Mana Potion (Retired)}}
|-
| [[Mana Draught]]
| align=center|{{Icon|Mana Elixir (Retired) 2}}
| align=center|{{Icon|Mana Draught (Retired)}}
|-
|}
===== New Icons for Lockpicks =====
{{Icon|Flimsy Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Crude Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Plain Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Reliable Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Good Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Excellent Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Superb Lockpick}}
{{Icon|Peerless Lockpick}}

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=== Portal.dat ===
[[File:Portaldat 200008.png]]

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=== New [[Creatures]] ===
{|
|-valign-top
|
{{Creature Class|Banderling
 | Banderling Mangler
}}
{{Creature Class|Golem
 | Unstable Magma Golem
}}
{{Creature Class|Tusker
 | Silver Tusker
}}
|
{{Creature Class|Undead
 | Baron of Colier
 | Lesser Acolyte
 | High Acolyte
}}
{{Creature Class|Unknown
 | An evil presence
}}
{{Creature Class|Virindi
 | Virindi Observer
}}
|}
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=== Images ===
Click image for full size version.
<gallery widths=200px heights=200px perrow=3>
File:Acolyte Towers Live.jpg|Acolyte Towers (AKA The Three Towers Quest)
File:Skull of High Acolyte Quest Live.jpg|The High Acolyte
File:Colier Mines 4 Live.jpg|The Baron's Lair in Colier Mines
File:Baron.jpg|The Baron of Colier
File:Yellow Virindi Wand (Retired) Live.jpg|Yellow Virindi Wand (Old Version)
File:Arena Live 2.jpg|PK Arenas
</gallery>

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