Someone, or something, has been felling trees in Hopeforest and leaving the tree trunks littered around. No one knows why this is, but Gwen is offering bounties for woodcutters to go and clear up the mess. Woodcutter bounties are unlocked by reaching milestone 3 Woodcutter. You can collect Woodcutter bounties from the Woodcutter bounty board in Gwen's Lumber. We have also made further improvements to the shipwreck event, and the 'spotting thieves' activity.

The Halloween 2026 event has launched in Brighter Shores! There is a new visitor at the ever-popular Rabbit Cafe - the vampire hunter Ivor Ashecroft. Ivor has returned to Hopeport because he believes we are in dire need of his skills. However, it seems his home has been filled with rabbits and all his equipment is missing. You should go and talk to Dorothy in the Rabbit Cafe to start the event and find out what is going on. The lead developer for the Halloween 2026 event was Steve.

We always knew that Crenopolis was riddled with secret passages and sneaky shortcuts, but it's going to take a real detective to navigate them without getting lost. The new Crenopolis city shortcuts are available from milestone 5 Detective. They complement the existing crime den shortcuts, meaning the profession interlink from Detective to Merchant now has an unlock at every Detective milestone.

Our first world event "Shipwreck" is now live in Brighter Shores! This is one of our bigger updates. We are already working on improving the balancing a bit more to make sure it plays as intended. For example, the 'gurnard strategy' will be fixed. But its already very fun, and I hope you enjoy it! The Shipwreck world event lasts 30 minutes. During the game you earn points, which are then converted into XP and Salvage Tiles upon completion. You can trade the Salvage Tiles you earn for upgrades and transmogs at the Shipwreck world event shop. The upgrades will help you improve your score in future games, and transmogs will help you look stylish as you compete for 1st place. You must be a milestone 1 Fisher and complete the Shipwreck tutorial to be able to play Shipwreck. Make sure you complete the tutorial well in advance of your preferred time slot. You can find the entrance to the Shipwreck world event at the Get Wrecked Salvage Company, which itself can be found off Stony Coast in the north-west of Hopeport.

The combat update, and the shipwreck tutorial are now live! I hope you like them. Next on my list, more combat updates!

It will come as no surprise that Marden has forgotten she is meant to be bringing the timber bank cart closer to the Carpenter's Workshop. The cart is too heavy for a human to move, so Yulo has lent her Oxtavius, his ox, to help with the task. Unfortunately for Marden, the stubborn animal refuses to move until he is fed his favorite treat, chopped apple. At each milestone of Chef, starting at milestone 1, you can chop an apple from that same milestone and feed it to Oxtavius. With each new kind of apple, Oxtavius will move the timber bank cart closer to the Carpenter's Workshop. To be able to feed Oxtavius, you must first complete the Forgotten Things quest, so that Yulo will remember to bring him back to Timberwell Green.

The Himatik Treasure quest is now live in Brighter Shores!

Ever since the storm rolled into Hopeport, the pantry in the Delectable Dab Kitchen has been bare. The head chef has tried to persuade Kevin to help out but, unsurprisingly, Kevin is very happy with the current situation. Perhaps someone over at Fortunehold Farm on the outskirts of Crenopolis might be willing to stock the pantry? After completing the Battle of Fortunehold quest, you can talk to Porletta at Fortunehold Farm to unlock pantry contracts and stock the pantry with ingredients. There is one contract available at each milestone of Merchant, starting at milestone1. You can find more information on pantry contracts in the Merchant profession interface.

Botanist Bounties are now available in Brighter Shores. Once you are a milestone 1 Botanist, you can start completing Botanist Bounties, including growing Chameleon plants. Talk to Davis SeedFinger on Timberwell Road to get started.

Once you are a milestone 1 Bonewright, Scobu the Vague in the Cave of the Future will entrust you with a special skull. This skull can be bound to the Detective investigations bounty board, turning it into a Bonety Board. When presented with an investigation bounty, the Bonety Board has a chance to reveal one clue from that bounty. In each subsequent milestone you can etch a goat horn and bind it to the Bonety Board to increase the chance of revealing a clue. You can only attempt to divine each bounty once. If a clue is revealed, the XP and knowledge for that clue will be awarded when you complete the bounty, not when the clue is revealed. You can find more information on clue divination in the Bonewright profession interface.

Most people don't know this, but someone has been squirreling away little caches of foraging items around the outskirts of Hopeport for ages. Today they have finally decided to start sharing the locations of these buried supplies via Forager bounties. Dig into our latest update by grabbing your map and a shovel, and going in search of these buried supplies. Forager bounties are unlocked by reaching milestone 2 Forager. You can collect Forager bounties from the Forager bounty boards, which are located throughout Hopeport. All these Forager bounty boards carry the same bounties.

Seasoned Botanists can now craft Bonewright talismans at the Greenhouse in Hopeforest. Each Bonewright talisman is crafted from a particular variety of globeplant, with one variety used at each milestone of Botanist, starting at milestone 1. Each of the 9 talismans doubles the chance of crafting an uncommon or rare weapon in a specific category. For Bonewright, these categories are: - Goat Horn Ranged Weapons - Bone Spike Melee Weapons - Rams Horn Ranged Weapons - Femur Shard Melee Weapons - Shark Jaw Shields - Goat Horn Melee Weapons - Bone Spike Ranged Weapons - Rams Horn Melee Weapons - Femur Shard Ranged Weapons You can find more information on Bonewright talismans in the Botanist profession interface.

Strange ailments have started afflicting the residents of Hopeport, with lots of people turning up in the Critical Care Ward. Maeve has identified the correct remedy for each of her patients, but she needs a competent Alchemist to create them.

Stonemason talismans can now be found floating in the sea around Hopeport.

Rom Harrington, the highly renowned merchant, has a challenge for you. Prove you can barter a peanut into a diamond, without spending a single copper, and he will grant you the honor of trading with him. Rags to Riches is a 4 ⭐️ Crenopolis quest. You can start the quest by talking to Rom Harrington in the Merchants' Guild. The lead developer for Rags to Riches was Naomi.

Just spent 30 minutes trying to find some digital files I had mislaid, searched all my computers, couldn’t find them anywhere! Finally gave up and emailed the original author of the files to ask them to resend. Decided this time I would store the files in a good SAFE PLACE where I wouldn’t lose them. Went to that place and… Found the files were already there! 😡

The first of the three weapon crafting luck updates has landed. This week we have added Blacksmith talismans, which are crafted from flint using the Stonemason profession. Each of the 9 talismans doubles the chance of crafting an uncommon or rare weapon in a specific category. For Blacksmith, these categories are: - Iron Ranged Weapons - Cabranese Melee Weapons - Adathril Ranged Weapons - Flantium Melee Weapons - Duraben Shields - Iron Melee Weapons - Cabranese Ranged Weapons - Adathril Melee Weapons - Flantium Ranged Weapons You can craft one Blacksmith talisman in each milestone of Stonemason, starting at milestone 1. Once crafted, you must place the talisman on the appropriate forge to get the benefit. You can find more information in the Stonemason design book and in the Stonemason profession interface.

Babble has a lot to say about miner bounties, unless you remember to ask him for the short version. In his defense, there is a lot to say, but perhaps not quite as much as he would like. Miner bounties are unlocked by reaching milestone 1 Miner, and then talking to Babble in Goblin Well. You can collect miner bounties from the miner bounty boards, which are located throughout the Mine of Mantuban. All these miner bounty boards carry the same bounties. There are three kinds of miner bounties: Mine only - Mine ore to order. Break stone as stated. As simple as a bounty can get. Blaze mining - Weaken a rich ore seam or stone by setting a fire next to it, and then rapidly cooling the ore seam or stone at the right moment using a bucket of water. - Once weakened, the rich ore seam or stone can be mined, giving extra items as a reward. Rubblebug hunt - Rubblebugs like to hide in their favorite ore or stone. To catch one, first you must mine the correct ore or stone until the rubblebug pops out. Then you chase it down and hit it with your pickaxe.

Blacksmiths can now forge upgrades for the standard potion station. The first upgrade you install will add an action boost button to the standard potion station. Just like profession equipment, activating this action boost will give you double rewards (i.e. double XP, double knowledge and 2 potions). Subsequent upgrades will reduce the cooldown of the action boost. Apothecary upgrades are forged from iron at the goblin forge. There is one upgrade available in each milestone of Blacksmith, starting at milestone 1. You can find more information in the Blacksmith recipe book and in the Blacksmith profession interface.