As of patch 1.110 three NPC's will be experiencing a temporary layoff:

Due to an issue with the artifact replacement process, we have temporarily disabled the following NPCs:

• Albion: Apprentice Learon
• Midgard: Apprentice Kleta
• Hibernia: Apprentice Tlaula

Patch 1.110 is now live:

All live servers are now available again and version 1.110 is published!

Before you go and explore all the new content, please make sure to check three important things:

• If you are using a Custom UI, it may need to be updated. Use the Atlantis UI if you are not sure if your custom UI is ready for version 1.110.


• If you are a house owner make sure to fill your lockbox as house rent has been reactivated!


• If you have used the EU client until now, please switch to the English client. The EU client is no longer supported and for example does not allow rental payments.

Big day for DAoC tomorrow! All servers will be brought down bright and early Thursday morning, to bring the long awaited patch 1.110 live:

We will be bringing all servers offline on Wednesday, 10/26, for the implementation of Patch 1.110. All servers will be coming down at 6:00 am EDT / 12:00 pm CEST. We anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 2:00 pm EDT / 8:00 pm CEST.

As usual, keep an eye on the Herald for updates.

You can find the Patch Notes below ...

Updated Albion Items: Crescent Moon Bracer ;  Arcanium Hammered Metal Vest (Alb) ;  Gnoll's Cincture of Stealth ;  Fortress of Spikes (plate) ;  Arcanium Miasmic Pick
Updated Midgard Items: Spear of the Raven ;  Vicious Varulv Leggings ;  Runed Orm Voodoo Bone Staff ;  Twilight Impaler
Updated Hibernia Items: Bark Covered Gauntlets

Updated Midgard Mobs: Wolfaur Lunarian ;  High Lord Tarnkappe ;  Deeplurk Manslayer
Updated Hibernia Mobs: Spraggonilt ;  Sheevra Swordsman

Updated Hibernia Quests: Naois' Best Friend

Updated Albion Items: Ancient Ebony Mattock ;  Arcanium Squall Shadowed Dagger
Updated Midgard Items: Arcanium Hooked Spear of the Gale ;  Luminous Emerald Moonstruck Jerkin ;  Redeemer Composite Bow ;  Spear of the Cave Mauler ;  Volundr's Essence ;  Recruit's Tarnished Bauble
Updated Hibernia Items: Warshadow Staff of Enchantments ;  Striated Blood Vine Gloves ;  Luminous Sun-Bleached Sleeves ;  Dark Elf Battleborn Gloves

Updated Hibernia Mobs: Corpan Side ;  Siog Seeker
Updated All Mobs: Black Badger

Updated Midgard Quests: One Dwarf's Salvage ;  Reconnaissance for Rielder

Calling all testers! Be sure to log into Pendragon this weekend to try out patch 1.110 before it hits to the live servers:

Now that version 1.110d has been pushed to Pendragon, the testing period for this patch is coming to an end. This weekend might be your last chance to participate in the Pendragon Testing Contest we launched at the end of September.

If you want to win Pendragon's Ring, log onto Pendragon within the next few days and test the New User Journey.

Updated Albion Items: Maleficent Darkspire Silvery Gloves ;  War Hammer ;  Luminous Gray Flayer ;  Ritual Summoning Protection Belt ;  Warm Construct Cloak ;  Gloves of the Spectral ;  Vengeance of Deliah
Updated Midgard Items: Arcanium Axe of Demise (Mid) (str) ;  Arcanium Fang Greave of the Gale ;  Ring of Essential Conflict (Mid) ;  Webbed Shadow Helm ;  Silngorf's Hammer
Updated Hibernia Items: Shadow Walkers Great Bow ;  Laminate Astralist Vest ;  Sibylline Necklace
Updated All Items: Bronze Special Guard Breastplate

Updated Albion Mobs: Cursed Believer
Updated Midgard Mobs: Djupt Vivunder ;  Cave Trow ;  Duegarhunter

Updated Midgard Quests: Uninvited Guests

The Pendragon server will be offline Thursday afternoon to bring patch 1.110d out for testing. Patch 1.110d will introduce new quests for the level 35+ player, tweeks to class balance and UI fine tuning:

We will be bringing the Pendragon Test Server offline for maintenance on Thursday, 10/20, at 2:00pm EDT (20:00 CEST). During this maintenance we will be implementing test version 1.110d. At this time we anticipate that Pendragon will be back online no later than 6:00pm EDT (Midnight CEST).

You can find the Patch Notes below ...

New Midgard Items: Skjaerskygge Bracer

Updated Albion Items: Dura'ek's Leather Gloves ;  Tormented Trance Dirk ;  LLron's Ring of Shielding ;  Greater Rune Inscribed Robe ;  Kul's Iron-tipped Whip ;  Brilliant Stonewatch Leggings
Updated Midgard Items: Ancient Bloodbound Gloves ;  Ageless Bloodbound Cap ;  Goblin Ironsmith Cloak ;  Aegbarol Deception Blade (Mid) ;  Arcanium Thunderous Cleaver (Mid) ;  Ragnarok Fang Greave ;  Spellbound Azure Jerkin (Mid)
Updated Hibernia Items: Fomorian's Fist ;  Shimmering Masterful Agony Gloves

Updated Midgard Mobs: Leidolf ;  Nosdoden ;  Drakulv Protector ;  Ancient Sapherd ;  Svartalf Soul
Updated Hibernia Mobs: Villainous Skulker

Updated Midgard Quests: Cargila's Blessing

The pumpkin moon has appeared in the realms once again, which can only mean one thing, the Halloween festivities are back!

October is here once again, and that means haunted cities, costumes, candy for the Realms of Albion, Midgard and Hibernia, and, of course, the Pumpkin Moon.

Festivities begin today, October 18, 2011 and will conclude Wednesday, November 2 2011.

Follow the jump for a list of all the activities happening this year: