Over the weekend, many players experienced occasional connection problems which were caused by new technical issues we are currently facing. Our investigations are still going on, and together with our service providers we are doing our best to solve the difficulties as quickly as possible.

For the time being, we will re-implement the free blessings option. From tomorrow's server save on, all temple NPCs will hand out all blessings again for free. You can get the blessings repeatedly so just ask a temple NPC for "blessing" in order to get protected. This temporary option will be kept ingame until further notice.

We deeply regret the unsatisfying game experience you had to put up with, and we understand your disappointment. Rest assured that we will concentrate all our efforts on making sure that you can enjoy Tibia again.

Thank you for your support!

It's time to race from Carlin depot all the way to Demona! That's right. Those crazy enough in Nerana may be up for a new challenge! Zuyax will be sponsoring a race (tentatively on May 19th) around 12:00 CET! Interested in joining? Then check out the thread over on the events board, here!

Congratulations to the top four winners for our birthday contest!

1st place: Stanley Garbrook winning a golden newspaper, heavy medal, tome of choice + 30 days premium (sponsored by TibiaLatino)
2nd place: Anikil winning a royal medal, yellow rose, rune embleme of choice
3rd place: Squall Arcalarya winning a hero's medal, frozen starlight, rune embleme of choice
4th place: Mack Kard winning a rune embleme of choice

Prizes will be sent out promptly to your depot of yoru hometown. Congratulations once again!

Thank you everyone who has participated in our 'Ai Se Eu Te Pego' contest! We have carefully evaluated the entries and are still deciding who the top ones are. We will have the big announcement for the winners this weekend, on Saturday, May 12th! Prizes will then be promptly sent next week to the winners. Stay tuned, and thank you for bearing with us!

You can read all about the planned preview game worlds in our latest featured article. Does this concept sound interesting for you? Are you planning on starting a character there? Check out the new poll and be sure to vote, here!

Tibiopedia.pl has interviewed one of Tibia's game content designers. Are you interested in what Lionet was asked and what he answered? Head on over to Tibiopedia.pl and read the interview either in English or Polish!

In April, many players repeatedly experienced connection problems such as mass kicks which were caused by heavy DDoS attacks. Since the start of these attacks, we have worked on getting the situation under control again by initiating various countermeasures.

As a temporary measure to alleviate the negative ingame impact of these attacks, we have made all blessings available for free, as we mentioned in a news at the end of April. We have carefully monitored our servers since then. The combination of countermeasures we have taken proved to be quite effective. Therefore, the free blessings option will be taken out of the game on Thursday, May 10, server save.

In addition, we also asked you for suggestions concerning ways of making further amends for the loss of fun you had to deal with. Thanks a lot of the constructive feedback you have given on this matter! Since many players pointed out that especially the skill loss hurts a lot, we have come up with the following combination:
Between the server saves of May 10 and May 17, all monsters will yield twice the usual amount of experience points, and your skill training, including magic level, will advance twice as fast! Having the choice between gaining twice as much experience points and double skill training should also ease the hunting situation a bit which some players were concerned about in case of a double experience week.

We especially like the idea of assigning a pool of bonus experience points and skill training to a character which only gets used up while playing. However, developing and implementing such a feature would require considerable time so it cannot be done quickly. Still, we consider it a promising approach for the future.

We would like to thank you all again for your patience and the confidence you have shown us during these difficult times.

Have fun!

PortalTibia.com.br has received a big makeover. Besides a new design and new structure, you can find new articles and valuable hints about Tibia there now. And if you decide to contribute to the fansite yourself, have a look at what they have to offer!

A new Refugian, semi-roleplaying guild has opened its doors for recruitment - the Wanderers! However, they are not an ordinary guild. Beside a very nice website, forum and guildhall we can offer our members a 50 missions big, self-written questline! The more missions you will complete, the higher your rank in the guild will get. Don't miss your chance to experience a mythical journey through the lands of Tibia and solve riddles and adventures, that have never been solved before. Become a part of a family, become a Wanderer! Check out more information on their thread on the forums, here.

Some of you probably already heard about our plans to set up some kind of development servers to try out and finetune features which have not been released yet. We already shared a rough concept with the PvP focus group to hear what they think about it. Since our plans have started to take more shape lately, we would like to present and explain the concept to you, provide some information on our reasons behind the idea, and inform you about what you can expect, and when. Read the full article over on the official Tibia site, here!