Explore crafting and gathering in Villagers & Heroes!
Looking for an MMO that features a vast, multi-layered crafting system in which players can transform the natural resources gathered from a fantastical world into dazzling armor, exquisite weaponry, magical potions, and so much more? Then welcome to V&H – where crafters thrive right alongside the adventurers!
Gathering!
Collect an endless array of natural resources from countless exotic locations throughout the Seven Realms!
Fish the tranquil ponds of Crawson’s Fen, or wield a rustic pick-axe and mine for copper in majestic Dundeen Quarry. Wander the tropical beaches of Traven in search of elusive insect ingredients, or explore the dense forests of Greenhaven, where the heartiest of timber can be felled.
Crafting!
Take that mighty timber felled and find the nearest lathe, because carpentry awaits! As does blacksmithing, cooking, and tailoring!
Forge luminous metals upon a fiery anvil and craft devastating swords, or spin exotic wool into a magically potent ice wizard’s robe. Labor over a boiling cauldron and brew enchanted potions, or whittle the finest Shadow priest’s mace in the realm! Experience the satisfaction of crafting your own gear, while perhaps even becoming an entrepreneur – trade your crafted goods with friends, or sell them in the Auction House for gold.
Gnomish Gnogmentation!
The truly unique feature of ‘gnogmenting’ allows players to design and create their own gear by combining the different attributes of weapons and armor into a one-of-a kind item, tailor-made to fit their own individual needs. And with currently 78 levels in the game, the possibilities of combinations to choose from are virtually endless! Use skill and savvy to craft the ultimate gear, and cut a dashing figure in the process!
The multi-tiered crafting system in Villagers & Heroes is both challenging and rewarding, and will provide players with endless hours of enjoyment! So what are you waiting for? Get crafting now!
Patch 3.15.22
This is another follow-up bug fix build. A very big thanks to all of you, for being so diligent about sending in-game bug reports! :)
BUG FIXES <*>Fixed: Ardent Potion Vendor sells Sugary Lollipops, which are no longer applicable
<*>Fixed: Winifred does not appear in summer's hollow as she should
<*>Fixed: can't complete Elta/Otto quests since update ( Players who are having trouble finding Elta and Otto for quests should search for a new NPC named Patrik McIver. He is in Summer's Hollow near the carpentry water wheel. If a player who has already at least started "The Mystery of The Malicious Miscreant" talks to Patrik, he will allow certain NPCs to 'show up'.)
<*>Fixed: quest Fresh Squeeze is stuck (Clarified the quest a bit so it wasn't confusing.)
<*>Fixed: fishing spots hard to see in Corkle
<*>Fixed: rebirth text needs updating to say Gandymeade Grove
<*>Fixed: typo in Dareen dialogue
<*>Fixed: lighting issues in Grogul zones
<*>Fixed: Stone Garden bug logs hard to see
<*>Fixed: Tell Me No Lies quest won't progress
<*>Fixed: Ultraquinium quest tracks incorrectly
<*>Fixed: typo with Calypso's name in Oak Valley
<*>Fixed: rare issue causing "Accept changes" button on kennel to not appear when moving animals.
<*>Fixed: bidding not actually anonymous in AH due to system messages
<*>Fixed: can lure Jadister into next room with no mobs (Jadister now summons minions around him instead of in an absolute location.)
<*>Fixed: rebirthed level 15 toon killed Loo (level 40) and got 8k xp credit
<*>Fixed: Nymphatic Comforts quest won't progress
<*>Fixed: Southern Coast is too dark
<*>Fixed: dungeon gate in castle is still broken
<*>Fixed: mob is stuck when moving toward wall in _wizard_research
<*>Fixed: map is pitch black in location in Daggertooth Caves
<*>Fixed: typo with new potions
<*>Fixed: quest text goals inconsistent with quest dialogue
<*>Fixed: Ardent too bright and BFG too dark with same settings
<*>Fixed: lighting too dark in Cook Village
<*>Fixed: Oak Valley too dark
<*>Fixed: summer's hollow too dark
<*>Fixed: briny mushrooms do not stack to 3 for quest as they should
<*>Fixed: npc says player completed quest that player never accepted
<*>Fixed: new water has two colors in shadow vega making it look strange
<*>Fixed: cooking station in Cook Village is half floating
<*>Fixed: floating tree in Rackabone Peak
<*>Fixed: npc Rando gives incorrect information about gold
<*>Fixed: garden plot highlight was not shown when advanced lighting was enabled and shadow detail past 50%.
<*>Fixed: cog trade-ins would sometimes be deducted from vault instead of bag
<*>Fixed: loading percentages didn't actually match bar (they now show a text instead).
<*>Fixed: set next target (tab key) would only select one target instead of cycling through targets.
<*>Fixed: achievement with Ginny still says Oak Valley (should be summers)
<*>Fixed: player toon stuck in tree in kingsport
<*>Fixed: hole in Crystal Spires
<*>Fixed: 'invisible wall' stops player from going down the stairs in Courtyard
<*>Fixed: hole in lament
<*>Fixed: hole in ground in sapphira's lament
<*>Fixed: carpet appears and disappears
<*>Fixed: elder fragments missing needed info
<*>Fixed: sugardews a different color when on ground
<*>Fixed: NPC continues to tell high level player that he is still too low for quest
<*>Fixed: Bones are floating in air in daggertooth caves
<*>Fixed: Maplecrest level 40 text needs updating (no more portals now)
<*>Fixed: Location in shiverspine has glitched wall
<*>Fixed: Arctic cod has sell value, but cannot be sold to vendor
<*>Fixed: Mobs spawning underground in Shadow Traven
<*>Fixed: Floating effigy in shadow traven
<*>Fixed: Toon looks like they are standing on air in shadow traven
<*>Fixed: Tooltip text for eclipse is wrong
<*>Fixed: Fishing spot not visible in stone gardens
<*>Fixed: Typo in credits
<*>Fixed: Typo on Darkstone Supply quest
<*>Fixed: Plant floating in air in Traven
<*>Fixed: Location in village causes toons to stop and cannot move forward
<*>Fixed: Knowledge book gives inaccurate/confusing info about 'Starsheep'
Get to know Ethos Island!
A large update to V&H has just been released – apart from new features and bug fixes, it also brings an overhaul of our starter area! Explore 7 distinct zones, each with their own locations, quests and secrets to be found!
Gilly Tunnel
Though it colorfully sparkles with pleasing magic and is the shortest route to Summer’s Hollow, Gilly’s Tunnel is no longer to be trusted for it now teems with twisted Kobolds, whose favorite pastime is that of deadly mayhem. This is where you enter the game. After a caravan journey gone wrong, you will have to find a way out of this Kobold-infested cavern – and in doing so, learning the basics of how to play Villagers & Heroes.
Summer's Hollow
This bustling little town, where trade and commerce abound, is a colorful mecca for merchants and revelers alike, and is the lively heart of the region especially during festival time, when travelers far and wide flock here to partake of the many merriments provided.. The busy hub of Ethos Island! In Summer’s Hollow you will find quest-givers, vendors, crafting stations, fellow players, and much more. Here is also where the main quest line starts to unfold…
Dagmar Strand
These golden meadows where turning windmills and expansive farmlands abound, are home to luscious vineyards, well-stocked fishing ponds, and more than a few hungry wolves and deadly bees, who are prone to lurk in the radiant fields. The largest zone of Ethos Island, Dagmar Strand is expansive and filled with areas to explore! Many places to gather resources can be found here, as well as entrances to the Marigold Marina and Briny Caverns.
Gandymeade Grove
This delightful haven of twinkling trees and soft grassy knolls is the idyllic retreat for busy townspeople, picnic baskets in hand, in search of a serene getaway. Be careful though, of the notorious Troll Camp. These unseemly beasts enjoy, too, the many pleasures of the enchanting grove. The lush grove of Gandymeade contains the largest mine on Ethos Island, and ample supplies of wood. Beware though, as the ancient castle of Mallok is also located deep in the woods…
Marigold Marina
Named so for its beautiful floating gardens, which are famous throughout the land, the marina is also known for its rambunctious nightlife, where those with a taste for gambling and mead will always find their thirsts well-tended to. The Marigold Marina holds the only way off Ethos Island and into Ardent City, the massive capital of Ardent.
Briny Caverns
A watery labyrinth of twisting tunnels, and sparkling caves. Greenery abounds, as does magic, both benign and dreadful. These caverns hold many secrets, and are well worth exploring! Rumors have it that an old enemy also have made their home here…
Cronk Island
This diseased island of rotted earth and blackened soil is a haven for outcasts, or those who wish only to be left alone. It lures foul creatures with twisted yearnings whose dark needs are rarely met. Cronk Island is accessible from Summer’s Hollow, and will play an important role in events to be unfolded…
Patch 3.15.18
Hello, Everyone! We have a rather large new build for you all. Sugarsweet Summit is gone, but in its place you will find a great many bug fixes and improvements to the game in general. We have also done a massive overhaul on the tutorial zones, one which new and rebirthed players alike are sure to find, we believe, to their liking. And last but not least, we have implemented a new bug tracking software system into this build, which will benefit us all greatly from here on out! Please visit our forums to learn more about it, and all about our new, 'no-more-reporting-bugs-on-the-forums' policy. (https://forum.villagersandheroes.com/showthread.php?12847-New-Bug-Reporting-System)
IMPROVEMENTS [LIST]
<*>In-game bug reports can now take screenshots! [B]Press: 'CTRL-ALT-B'[/B]
<*>Bidders in the Auction House are now listed as being anonymous
<*>House License requirement has been removed
<*>Improved the animation of monsters so that they no longer appear to be ‘sliding.’
<*>Removed the Vim Invitational Rune
<*>The animation for Pyrrus Golems attack is a little bit faster, but their damage was lowered.
<*> No trade items can now be sold to vendors (e.g. Rings from Maldwyn's Tomb).
<*> A lot of toys and spells that involved things moving along or settling on the ground will now work even if you aren't on 'terrain' (for example, the streets of Ardent and a campfire).
<*>We have removed the old and deprecated "Superior Glittershade Pig" from the game.
<*>Players now get Grubella's eyeballs from a different source (no longer Grimbad who would only drop 1, which was a problem when more than 1 player was in a group).
<*>Removed some bounty master achievements for early zones and small zones.
<*>Elderbane and Elder Garde now have normal descriptions that will be localized (no more mention of the Rift).
<*>The buggy and broken "hunter / seeker' achievements have been removed from the game.
<*> Traven crafting recipes now marked as quest items to make sorting easier in Knowledge book
<*> Made it so when you hit the 'resurrect' or 'revive' button after death, the opposite button vanishes. This prevents players from accidentally clicking both during a lag spike, and possibly using a voltan's resurrect with no effect.
<*> Made a tweak to the quest "Eyes on the Prize" where you can't turn in the imperial documents if you are not on the quest, "Eyes on the Prize". (You still may be able to get the documents early if another player in your party has the quest and you don't, but you won't be able to turn them in until after having received the quest).
<*>Made a change so lower level enemies have less armor that scales up to be normal starting at level 11.
<*>Removed the Kingsport Insulter Achievement (it was buggy)
<*> We did a lighting pass on all of the zones in the game. (HDR has been removed.)
<*>Sugarsweet Summit has been removed
<*>A new Starter zone, 'Gilly Tunnel,' has been added
<*>Tutorial Zones (Ethos, Lower Ethos, Summer's Hollow, Cronk Island) received an overhaul:
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<*>Cronk Island now has a portal in Summer’s hollow, and can no longer be accessed via Lower Ethos
<*>Player now enters game in a central location within Summer’s Hollow
<*>Summer’s Hollow, Gandymeade Grove, and Marigold Marina are now separate zones with portals instead of Lower Ethos and Ethos on map. (The blue line boundary has been removed.)
<*>Dagmar’s Strand (an area formally part of Lower Ethos) is now its own zone
<*>Summer’s Hollow has been ‘thinned out’ – fewer NPCs, quests, and objects.
<*>A Portal to Villages has been added to Summer's Hollow
<*>Some NPC’s in the tutorial zones have been moved to make quests simpler. Some NPCs have been removed altogether
<*>All of the main quests within The Mystery of the Malicious Miscreant have had alterations made to them to improve ease of quest flow
<*>Quest markers on the map have been streamlined for clarity
<*>The World Map has been updated
<*>Some quests have been removed, some quests have been added to help players through the new portals.
<*>Some quest items have been removed
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ITEM SHOP IMPROVEMENTS [LIST]
<*>We have removed the old experience potions from the shop. These potions lasted either 30 days or 1 day, boosted xp gains by 50%, but did not stack with Ardent Society Memberships. Any player who still has any amount of these item will keep them and they will still function just as before (the only difference being they will no longer be available in the shop).
<*>New Items: Heroic Experience Booster and Villager Experience Booster. Both of these potions last for 3 days (perfect for a weekend), provide 50% experience boost (the same as the 'old' version), but DO stack with Ardent Society memberships.
<*>We have replaced The Vanguard's Pack in the item shop with a new starter pack, called The Vanguard Pack. This pack sells for 140 crowns, and contains the following items:
[LIST]
<*>Black Explorer’s Outfit
<*>Black Explorer’s Gloves
<*>Black Exploer’s Boots
<*>Black Explorer’s Mining Cap
<*> 4th Bag
<*>Rainbow Winged Hat
<*>Celestia’s Winged Slippers
<*>Voltan’s Resurrect
<*>Travel Stone
<*>Weekend Hero Potion
<*>Weekend Villager Potion
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BUG FIXES [LIST]
<*>Fixed: Location of friends shows as a % sign
<*>Fixed: Quests sometimes vanish from journals
<*>Fixed: Gardening plots flash like strobe lights
<*>Fixed: Village icon in menu is now only shown if players own a house in a village, and the icon doesn't constantly flash anymore.
<*>Fixed: Sound in Zombie Town is excessively loud
<*>Fixed: Quest Pay Out Collection. (Now progresses successfully)
<*>Fixed: Mushmonsters should be called by name
<*>Fixed: To Be Brilliant Quest (it will now update successfully)
<*>Fixed: Typo in Spider Hold quest
<*>Fixed: Lake Kiwa fishing hole #16 is bugged
<*>Fixed: Two fishing holes in Lake Kiwa are too far from land
<*>Fixed: Tiny adjustment made to livestock tooltip.
<*>Fixed: a bug that could, on certain computers and configurations, cause verify assets to happen too often.
<*>Fixed: Endless looping dialogue with Constable Dugan
<*>Fixed: Duke Reynaldo would sometimes get stuck and would prohibit progression of the Malicious Miscreant quest.
<*>Fixed: Mutagen's instant kill attack. (Mutagen is now very resistant to immobilizing effects - such as slows - that cause her AOE to break. To compensate she now has a little less health regen, does a little less damage, and casts her AOE slam every 40 seconds instead of every 30.)
<*>Fixed: hole in the wall in Daggertooth Kennel
<*>Fixed: Pertinent mining rocks missing in Fossilized forest
<*>Fixed: Hen's Eggs need to be sold by a vendor. (They are now sold by the Harvest Vendor.)
<*>Fixed: Blackfury Gorge level needs to match player level. (It is now a level 79 zone.)
<*>Fixed: Sort selected bag button covers bag 5 and 6
<*>Fixed: Bounty level rewards xp inconsistent
<*>Fixed: first Sword Storm blow makes no sound
<*>Fixed: a location in Saphira's Lament causing players to get stuck
<*>Fixed: Bounty Cione Draock respawns in unmanageable places
<*>Fixed: Simplified Craggej mood scripts a bit, also fixing a bug that made them easy to kill by magic effects and wizards.
<*>Fixed: Rotburgas Wardens are now normal attacking minions. They will attack the players after they are summoned. You still need to kill them to defeat Rotburga. They will no longer go aegis and bug out.
<*>Fixed: NPC Hesse is looking for bugs underground.
<*>Fixed: a case where if the player was delivering pamphlets before they help Goran he could get in a weird state (now you have to help Goran first).
<*>Fixed: a case where players could pre-trigger the statues for Shiverstead Founders, which could sometimes bug the quest.
<*>Fixed: Beginning of the End quest wrongly instructs players to Sanctorium in last step
<*>Fixed: The quests, 'Prefavors for Patrocolus' and 'Golden Quills for the Gifted Chicken' had some bad logic that made completing (and accepting) these quests a challenge. They have been fixed.
<*>Fixed: 'Daggertooth Likes' quest wrongly tracks on World Map near Auctioneer in Ardent City
<*>Fixed: an issue in which purchased items were not actually purchased, but were displayed as a zero quantity in item shop bags, which then would disappear when players would move to inventory, making it seem as though purchased items had vanished. (Even though the items had not actually been purchased.)
<*>Fixed: HUD icons would not flash upon first entering a zone. (For example, the mail icon would not flash to alert off-line players when they come back into the game that they had received mail.)
<*>Fixed: Shadow Vega has a missing ocean
<*>Fixed: Not enough Naids in the Copse (We lowered the amount of kills needed for the daily 'Copse Patrol' from 7 to 5)
<*>Fixed: Not enough zombies in Cronk to complete quest (We changed the amount of Fetid Mold needed from 4 to 2)
<*>Fixed: Webbing attack not slowing players as it should
<*>Fixed: Got stuck in a crevice after defeating Donalda
<*>Fixed: Luck Card graphics would get successively more cut off as used
<*>Fixed: Clicking on dungeon gate in Ardent Castle causes toon to spin erratically
<*>Fixed: Old quests still show after rebirthing, though relogging clears
<*>Fixed: Lake Kiwa has Incorrect Icons on Map for Wood Trees (Should Be Fruit)
<*>Fixed: You are at 510 359 83 in The Crystal Spire stuck in hole
<*>Fixed: You are at -369 -205 147 in The Crystal Spire hole that you cant get out of
<*>Fixed: flying bone parts in air instead of floor
<*>Fixed: typo in moonglade quest
<*>Fixed: You are at -60 41 103 in Vinton. Can only fish from the lvl 7 fishing spot from the water, not from the shore.
<*>Fixed: schwarzwut schlucht -53 118 21, zuerst schwebte hier eine steinspinne, dann sogar ich in der luft (location causes toon and spider to float)
<*>Fixed: A Location In Vega Causes Toon, Flowers, and Monster To Become Invisible
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The Ardent Monthly Ledger - Issue 19
Big news in this month's Ledger! Along with fan content, lore, contests and more, we have a few very significant announcements!
Click here to view the full Ledger:
http://www.villagersandheroes.com/category/ledger/
The Ardent Monthly Ledger - Issue 18
Another large issue of the Ledger! Read about new content, fan art and player interviews, behind-the-scenes articles and much more!
Click here to view the full Ledger:
http://www.villagersandheroes.com/category/ledger/
The Ardent Monthly Ledger - Issue 17
Another large issue of the Ledger! Read about new content, fan art and player interviews, behind-the-scenes articles and much more!
Click here to view the full Ledger:
http://www.villagersandheroes.com/category/ledger/
Now released: The Copse Of The Treants!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGWYtp0CEqs
If you successfully completed the journey through Bevyn’s Coille and have been eagerly awaiting the next new batch of high level content, the wait is over!
The Copse of The Treants is a magical woodland full of intrigue and danger which holds more than a few surprises for the adventurously inclined, as well as for any quest lovers out there who are determined to unravel the on-going mystery presented by the imprisoned Dionte in the Coille, and put an end to the civil war between the Spriggans and Treants once and for all!
What else can players expect from The Copse of the Treants? A new level cap raise, all new monsters, new dailies, new stories, and a secret second zone within the Copse where challenge after challenge awaits for those with the stamina to endure them!
But Patch 3.12.6 isn’t just for high level players. It is February, after all, that special month of romance and valentines and all things sweet, and what better place to spend it than within Villagers & Heroes where old friends and new friends alike can come together to explore the pink and purple slopes of Sugarsweet Summit, battling evil foes and gaining great rewards!
Get ready for some intoxicating delights, and all manner of lively new toys, outfits, one-of-a-kind weaponry packs, and some truly formidable enemies despite their deceptively sugary names. Great fun awaits all, in this exciting new patch!
Patch 3.13.0
Patch 3.13.0 - The Double Whammy Build!
Happy February, Everyone! This special patch contains new high level content, as well as the addition of Sugarsweet Summit, where players of any level can party down, battle candied fiends, and reap the rewards!
Improvementsv
New content is here! Enter the 'Copse of the Treants' and pick up where the story left off in Bevyn's Coille. Dionte continues to need heroes to help prove his innocence, and end the war between the Spriggans and the Treants. New Content Features:
Level cap raise to 79 for all ten skills
New items, crafting recipes, drops, harvest plants and more.
Two New zones: The Copse of the Treants and Maldwyn's Tomb
The finale conclusion of 'Defusing the Feud' main story quest
New daily quests totaling 50 quest variations
Over 65 new bounty bosses
Extensive end game content with new epic loot
New achievements
New monster types
New challenges in the form of mysteries to be solved, group content areas, rare zingara and more!
Sugarsweet Summit has just swooped in with all of its candy loving fun and deliciously evil creatures! (Not to mention some lively new outfits and toys!)
Player characters now have an all new jump animation!
We've lowered the default aggro ranges. This will effect most enemies but not all. Changes are as follows (measured in world units, which is about equal to one meter):
Short Distance and Group Enemies: 13 -> 11
Normal Enemy: 23 -> 15
Bounty Boss (Green): 23 -> 23
Venerable Boss (Blue): 45 -> 35
Elder Boss (Purple): 45 -> 45
We have added crown gifting packages. Players can buy these items and gift them to friends or sell them on the auction house (All sizes will sell for the exact amount given!):
Crown Bag
Crown Pouch
Crown Purse
Crown Satchel
Crown Chest
Royal Crown Coffer
We removed the spam message that updated every rank of a talent earned after investing talents points.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug that would break the Harbor Master from completing certain quests if the player had killed Philemon prior.
Fixed a bug that was causing the effects of the starter talent "Scion of the Forest" to be bad for the player instead of good.
Fixed: I noticed that when I claimed an achievement, that achievement kept blinking, even though it updated as being complete.
Coming soon: Copse of The Treants and Sugarsweet!
Start winding your clocks, because the countdown has begun! Very soon now, all level capped players, those who have successfully journeyed through Bevyn’s Coille and who have been eagerly awaiting access to the mysteriously locked portal known as ‘The Copse of the Treants,’ can start gearing up because the wait is almost over!
And that’s not all! This soon-to-be-released extra special build also contains the added pleasure of the always intoxicating event zone, Sugarsweet Summit. The majestic pink and purple slopes of this enchanting land, where fiendishly candied creatures lurk and where great rewards await, will soon be descending upon Ardent. Players of any level will once again be able to festively band together and battle the sugary terrors that await within, as well as partake of the many other unique delights this Valentine-themed zone has to offer.
Start your clocks! It’s going to be a wonderful month!
