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2/1/2026 16:15:52   
CarrionSpike
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 COMING THIS WEEK!

Happy Year of the Fire Horse
Embrace the Lunar New Year with a burst of solar intensity as the Cinder Steed armor, weapon, and shield gallop into the Lunar New Year Limited-Time Shop! Also joining the lineup in the General Limited-Time Shop, Groundhog Pets have returned to predict six more weeks of PAIN for your enemies. Gear up for game day with your Superb-Owl pets and grab the swift and formidable new Silver Hedgemog pets & guests, ready to unleash their power with gold(en rings) in battle!

6K Z-Token Package - Cinder Colt Pet
Celebrate the spirit of the New Year with the Cinder Colt! Born from the heart of a solar flare to honor the Year of the Fire Horse, this spirited yearling may be small, but its heart burns with the intensity of a thousand suns. Whether you are braving frozen tundras or facing down ancient evils, let the Cinder Colt’s inner light guide your path to prosperity and victory!

Limited-Time Shops:
  • Lunar Near Year - Arriving With Release!
  • General LTS - Arriving With Release!
  • New Years
  • Winter Season
  • Frostval
Reminders:
  • Z-Token Packages: Froststrike (NEW), Shadowstrike, and Earthstrike Guardian Dragon Blades Available for a Limited Time! - Available Until ???
Newsletter Link: https://mailchi.mp/artix.com/2026-year-fire-horse

Tag, you're it. ~Anm

Edit: Oops, sorry for the wrong link.

< Message edited by CarrionSpike -- 2/2/2026 19:00:59 >
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2/1/2026 16:27:28   
JhyShy
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 The classic sword showing up in the newsletter picture for the armor is funny, also guess that's where weapons are gonna be. Excited to see what the armor does, hoping its dire lean!
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2/2/2026 18:07:33   
MetalKnight
Member

i'm very exciting for the Cinder Set! *exciting golem knight noises*
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2/3/2026 16:36:28   
Singularity
Member
 

 You guys did something very awesome that i hope was intentional. It really helps me out though (: Im gonna keep it a secret just in case lol, but THANK YOU!
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2/3/2026 19:55:29   
ming shuen
Member

@Singularity

What's with the super vague message of appreciation lol. I am kinda curious about it. If you are on discord, can you DM me there? I am pretty much a black-box regarding all information shared in a private capacity.
AQ DF MQ  Post #: 5
2/6/2026 12:31:39   
Bolter
Member

Hmm, it's being delayed but surprisingly no post mentioning it at all.


Not on topic, but mind if I ask when will the 2026 Calendar and Pando Hoodie code items be released? Also why is code items of the TLaPD Davey Jones - Bundle still not yet released?

Just want to ask this again, since it wasn't answered in the previous thread.
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2/7/2026 0:50:54   
JhyShy
Member
 

 Is the armor skill supposed to be Spellbased? If it is, I think this would be better if it was SC or FD, maybe even Dire? Hope this can be clarified, thank you for the release!
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2/7/2026 8:34:48   
Zeldax
Member
 

 ^I would prefer if the skill was just changed to weapon-based to better fit the FO lean. We already got 3 SC Fire armors (two are premium) and 2 FD Fire armors (both premium) last year, and we'll eventually get a Rubicon-themed Fire FD Warrior armor in the future™ (unfortunately, there are no good Fire armor for FD warriors unless they spend a UR on Coal Golem, so they'll have to wait quite a bit).

On a somewhat related note, while token, package, and rare items don't usually count as item and/or elemental coverage, I do wish the staff, in general, would spread out the release of items that overlap in mechanics/element, especially armors. Between today and January 1 of last year alone, we got:
  • 4 FO Fire armors - Warforged, Pyrevein PVF, Infernal Pumpkin Pixie, and now Cinter Steed
  • 3 SC Fire armors - Warlock, Warforged, and Drakonnan
  • 4 FD Fire armors - Dominion Vanguard, Coal Golem, Gatekeeper, and Abaddon
  • 3 Earth armors - Underworld Archfiend, Coal Golem, Necrotech (Coal Golem and Necrotech both cover Earth/Dark, along with Necromech which we got in late 2024)
  • 8 Dark armors - Classic Werepyre, Resonant Beast, Shadow Cloak, Ninjachaun, Necrotech, Coal Golem, Gatekeeper, technically One Storm (3 of these armors were mentioned earlier as well)
  • 5 Light armors - Timeless Guardian, One Storm, Festive Legionary, Rubicon Legate, Frostval Overlord

    < Message edited by Zeldax -- 2/7/2026 12:37:26 >
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    2/7/2026 13:01:26   
    Andlu
    Member

    		The armor definitely needs the skill to be weapon based considering it's FO
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    2/7/2026 13:23:37   
    CH4OT1C!
    Member

    		I feel that @Zeldax's demonstration of recently-filled armour niches doesn't really capture the full story (for example, the overall number of FO armours was considerably higher than SC armours, even though the number of Fire armours specifically were more equal). Nonetheless, I do agree that it would be better for the horse to retain its FO lean. Changing it to SC now would change the primary audience base for the armour.

    As for changing the skill type: there's no doubt a weapon-based skill would be better for a FO armour. However, I don't think it's strictly necessary as @Andlu frames it. Beneficial, sure. Just not necessary.
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    2/7/2026 13:46:18   
    Kurtz96
    Member

    		Not sure if this is intended functionality or a bug but when I try to transfer the harm burn using the Hexbound Solar Photosphere, it doesn't work. The pop up saying "shield douses your burns" appears, but the burn isn't transfer and I still have it.
    AQ DF MQ  Post #: 11
    2/7/2026 20:06:19   
    CarrionSpike
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    quote:

    Not sure if this is intended functionality or a bug but when I try to transfer the harm burn using the Hexbound Solar Photosphere, it doesn't work. The pop up saying "shield douses your burns" appears, but the burn isn't transfer and I still have it.

    It's possible that status reflection is disabled for the Cinder Steed's self-burn, and also likely that the Hexbound shield doesn't actually check if a burn can be reflected before attempting to reflect said burn. I suspect that everything is working as intended.

    If my suspicions are correct, it's nice to see that the devs are using reflect/cleanse-protection when implementing item mechanics. Specifically reflect protection, because this is something that they've been able to implement for years, but have rarely done so.
    Post #: 12
    2/7/2026 23:11:28   
    Singularity
    Member
     

    		 the shield is so baller
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