On this special God's Day, it's a most mischievous of days in Meridian 59...
Lord Fool Riija, God of Illusions and Deceptions, has bestowed their "blessing" upon the land of wanderlust-filled explorers, maddened intellectuals, magic-makers, dreamers and lost souls!
* +25% Learning Chance to *all* Spells & Skills ːsteamthisː
* +25% Riija Spellpower for practitioners and acolytes of the illusionary arts
+ 25% Learning Bonus to Short Sword Fighting, Brawling, Hammer Wielding & Fire (bow, ranged combat/arrows) ːsteamboredː
+ 25% Monster Activity ːstimulationː
+ 25% Items dropped from Monsters ːsteamhappyː
+ 10% chance of finding magic weapons, armor and shields from Monsters
+ Faster Monster Spawning in the Territory of the Noble Avars, Headquarters of the Noble Avars, The Jungle Cliffs, The Cliffs, Path to the Ruins, Deep in the Jungle, The Chasm and Lair of the Bone Priestess. ːsteammockingː
**Begins 4/1 at 10am PST - Ends 4/3 at 11am PST**
Vale of Sorrows
Negative Vale Node Run!
🗓️ Date: March 29th ⏰ Time: 8:00 PM EST 🧙 Organizer: Sithicus/Marvin
Join us for a Negative Vale Node Run organized by Sithicus/Marvin! This event is a great chance for teamwork, more mana, and fun. We need 8-10 players for a smooth run, so rally your friends and get ready! Here’s the plan:
Requirements: Characters bonding with the node must have at least -1 karma; positive karma characters cannot bond.
Objective: Clear good fairies in the Vale and surrounding screens. 1-2 players with be assigned per screen to take down fairies with brown hats only—no others.
Rotation: When the node appears, those who bonded should rotate to farther screens to make space for others to get closer and bond. This way, everyone can get the node in turn.
Communication: Use /y to share your screen and status (e.g., “All good fairies down on [Screen Name]!”) to help coordinate with the group. Discord voice channels will be available for real-time comms as well.
Autumn's End
Hail Meridianites!
A new bonus event has been scheduled for this weekend into next week...
Building Event: Harvest Festival Part II Thursday Nov. 2, 12:00 PM EST - Tuesday Dec. 3, 11:00 PM EST
The days grow shorter and the darkness longer, still, more explorers continue to come to Meridian 59 with hopes of communal adventure and prosperity.
A chill wind blows through the heartland: brittle leaves fallen to the earth, kicked and swept along cobblestone streets and dirt paths, making the sound of small clawed feet following behind, though as is often the case in Meridian, they are:
Event Details:
🌄 Build: +100% (x2) Advancement to all Spells (all schools of magic) and Weaponcraft Skills! ✨ Find: More Uncommon and other Magic Items from your conquests! 🏹 Hunt: Earn more money and items from monsters, form a party for the best XP benefit! ☥ Recover:-50% Death Penalties! If you wind up 'exploring' the Underworld, dying will be half as painful!
Have Fun & Happy Hunting!
Patch V1.4.0 Announcement
Hello adventurers! Another patch is upon us. This one includes a handful of notable changes:
🇧🇷 Portuguese Support: We’re thrilled to announce that the game client now offers Portuguese support! When Windows Language Settings are set to Portuguese, all client menus and labels will appear in your preferred language, allowing you to set preferences, configure keys, manage guilds, create characters, buy and sell items, and more—all in Portuguese!
🖥️ Visual Updates: We’re excited to share some visual updates. Thanks to updated rendering techniques, the game now has a cleaner look and tackles some long-standing visual issues. Plus, we’ve refreshed many rooms throughout the game, adding a few new details and discoveries for you to explore. Just a heads-up: these changes will require remapping of the updated areas, so be prepared as you dive back in.
Thanks for your continued support, and happy gaming!
Gameplay Changes
Wielding the Princess's shield as a soldier now provides a rank-based percentage reduction in mana costs, replacing the previous fixed reduction amounts. Previously, at the maximum soldier rank, you would see a maximum savings of 2 mana per cast.
Logoff ghosts will now display masks, helms, and other items players were wearing.
Likewise, Hall of Heroes statues will now display items players use.
Adjusted NPC logic to inform players when they’ve already learned a spell, instead of stating they’re ready to learn it. This change addresses confusion where players were unaware they already possessed the spell.
Players who fall from the bridge to the Riija temple will now have their mishap broadcast to the entire server.
Faction soldier quests have been updated to assess a player’s true health, ensuring they are not turned away due to hitpoints modified by circlets and spells.
Reflections and evil twins now have neutral karma.
Ranged weapon attacks will no longer affect the durability of berserker rings.
Added a purge sound effect to weapons when they successfully trigger a purge effect on hit.
Priestess Zuxana’s hearing range is extended to her entire temple.
Client Updates
Updated hardware rendering to address several long-standing issues that caused errant texture bugs, often appearing as thin floating lines.
Moved '' slots to the bottom of the character selection dialog.
Added the ability to sort newsglobes.
Added the ability to sort mail.
Improved the scaling of player and monster markers, as well as annotations, on the map and minimap to enhance visibility at all zoom levels.
Fixed scaling and FOV issues in the software renderer when adjusting window size.
Resolved a hardware renderer issue that caused items in view to fail to render under certain window size conditions.
Added mouse wheel support for zooming the map in and out.
Steam users: You will now be properly directed to the Steam client for patch updates.
World Changes
Many NPCs will now greet players upon entering a room.
Over 40 rooms have been updated to address issues such as missing or misaligned textures, problematic geometry, visual inconsistencies, and save issues. Please note that you will need to re-map these rooms due to the alterations made.
Made a small modification to Izzio’s interactions so that he no longer responds as if you have received an item that you cannot actually hold.
Adjusted spawn locations in the Avar Village to make the experience here a little more challenging.
Bug Fixes
Fixed issues with how logoff ghosts are rendered.
Fixed an issue that occasionally caused missing textures after being blinded.
Fixed an issue that could cause players to be kicked from their current faction if they left a previous faction while a loyalty quest was still active.
Fixed an issue with Seduce that would cause the caster’s mana to drain even after the seduced monster is killed.
Fixed an issue blocking heat scrolls from use.
Developer Changes
Cleaned up the ‘/dlg’ folder to simplify future NPC dialog updates.
Miscellaneous Updates
Added audio for unwrapping gifts
Huge thank you to this patches contributors: Si, Siora, Aesica, Anthhon, Toko, playtoh, and Hektic.
Have feedback? Come join the community Discord and let us know: https://discord.gg/meridian59
Vale of Sorrows
Negative Vale Node Run!
🗓️ Date: November 22nd ⏰ Time: 7:30 PM EST 🧙 Organizer: Sithicus/Marvin
Join us for a Negative Vale Node Run organized by Sithicus/Marvin! This event is a great chance for teamwork, more mana, and fun. We need 8-10 players for a smooth run, so rally your friends and get ready! Here’s the plan:
Requirements: Characters bonding with the node must have at least -1 karma; positive karma characters cannot bond.
Objective: Clear good fairies in the Vale and surrounding screens. 1-2 players with be assigned per screen to take down fairies with brown hats only—no others.
Rotation: When the node appears, those who bonded should rotate to farther screens to make space for others to get closer and bond. This way, everyone can get the node in turn.
Communication: Use /y to share your screen and status (e.g., “All good fairies down on [Screen Name]!”) to help coordinate with the group.
Chaos Night: Blood Frenzy
**THE REIGN OF BLOOD FRENZY: *The fabric of reality shakes as an evil presence attempts to penetrate the Meridian. The servants of Qor sing out in cacophonic glee as anarchy sweeps across the land. With no Guardian Angels present, anything goes as long as the sky boils red*...**
A special event where combat is encouraged and all player characters can kill one another without permanent repercussions. ***All rooms *except for inns* will become "kill zones" where anyone can die.***
For the event, the server will be saved then, the Chaos Night begins!
Players will receive a message to tell them what's going on every time they log in during the event. Expect confusion, chaos, and fun!
Every few minutes, items will be given out - reagents, armor and weapons (including rare gear) for your character to go out and battle, and special Frenzy Food to keep your vigor high...before dying again.
Expect mini-games during the Frenzy with in-game prizes after the event ends.
The server will be brought down to end the event, then a brief maintenance break as its restored back to the way it was before the event began.
**Note: Your Player Characters and Accounts will be saved before the event, then restored to the way they were after a brief maintenance. Any accounts or server activity during the frenzy is *not* saved.
Meridian 59 Harvest
In-Game Event featuring limited-time perks, loot rewards and building boosts.
The Sun's light is brightest before the darkness takes its share...a time of reaping and sowing: goods mundane and exotic are traded while earthen bounties cultivated from seed, to crop, to harvest are gathered from farm, field and afar.
Humans gather, revisiting and making memories, telling stories by bonfires lit at dusk, the air fills with the scent of burning wood and oil; pungent incense and flickering candles appear at doorsteps in ritual tribute to spirits, gods and the honored fallen.
"Signs of Mastery" +15 %Jala, Shal'ille & Faren Spellpower
"Beneath the Hunter's Moon" +15% Learn Bonus: Short Sword, Axe, Fire & Archery
"Golden Harvest" +15% Reagents, Gear and Magic Items.
"Lessons in Stone" +30% Spell & Skill Improvement Chance
"Tribute" -25% Death Penalties
Izzio the Wandering Merchant (NPC) will be fully stocked with all manner of reagent and items for trade.
Other surprises.
~ Happy Hunting & May you suddenly feel a little tougher.
Days of the Gods: KRAANAN DAY
KRAANAN followers get their due in this annual event that celebrates one of the Gods of Meridian.
25% Advancement to all Spells & Skills
50% (!!!) learning bonus** to improve your proficiency in the art of the following Weaponcraft skills:
BRAWLING and PUNCH for close-quarters combat (thrash, pummel, slap, mangle) AXE WIELDING & SCIMITAR WIELDING (slash, cut)
MACE FIGHTING (bash, crush) FIRE & ARCHERY for range (graze, piere, lacerate)
Shrines: Dedicated to Kraanan for greater spellpower! Death Penalties: 50% lower than normal Magik & Mana: The portal to the Nexus and the Martyr's Battleground will be opened Saturday... Party: Duke Akardius will open the Feast Hall and Grand Ballroom in Blackstone Keep ~
Patch V1.3.1
We have just released a small but mighty patch with the following changes:
Client Updates
Fixed a client crash for some older CPUs.
Added the ability to submit crash reports.
Fixed an issue causing POV overlays like shields and weapons to appear oversized.
Significantly reduced CPU load when the app is not the currently active window.
Fixed translucency effects in hardware renderer mode.
Editing your hotkey aliases no longer requires a client restart.
