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As a mid-month surprise, we now have Iron Coins available to purchase from the website under Artifact Packages! They will stay there until the end of the month. You can spin these coins at the Wheel of Tzaraziko found at the Cave of Chaos. Check out HELP IRON COINS for more information. Also, as the…

In May we will be running 3 weeks of auctions – first credit auctions, then gold auctions, and then credit auctions again. Each set of auctions will run throughout the week. Be sure to check out HELP AUCTIONS to learn about the system if it’s your first time taking part. Gold auctions have received two…

I would like to invite all of you to have a read over the proposed new Alliance System that I have posted on the forums. Please leave any comments on the system you have there, and I’ll make sure to review it as often as possible. You can find the thread here.

We’re excited to announce that the mobile version of the Nexus Client is finally on both Android and iPhone! That’s right, you can now carry the epicness of Iron Realms Entertainment in your pocket and experience the thrill of MUD gaming whenever the mood strikes you. We’ve got you covered no matter what phone or…

For the month of May, we have a couple things for you to take advantage of and look forward to. We’ll be having a 30% credit sale, meaning you’ll get an additional 30 credits for every 100 purchased! Extra credits will come in handy for upcoming auctions which will be opening May 8th. You will…

As those of you who have joined me on the Producer Ridealong may already know, one of our Ephemerals is working on a timeline project. Here to bring you more information on this upcoming feature is Scout himself, with a post on the forums outlining the details of the project. Be sure to check it…

Do you have an interest in helping run Lusternia behind the scenes as a volunteer administrator? We are now opening applications for Ephemerals – administrators-in-training. If you are not sure what being anEphemeral entails, you can read the thoroughly updated HELP VOLUNTEERS for an overview. We also encourage you to check out the two most…

Tired of using the Wayback Machine to get a look at our long-lost forums? So were we. When Lusternia moved to a new forum back in 2012, all previous content effectively became lost. Through some truly herculean effort on the part of one of our volunteers though, the old forums live again! They don’t look…

We are opening reports for another round over the coming days, so we are giving you a bit of a heads up so you can start planning your reports. For this round of reports, we want to focus on combat. Primarily, we would like all reports to be either combat skill changes, or combat skill…

Egg hunt or squirrel hunt? Either way, the devious duo that kidnapped baby squirrels from the Reserve appear to have unleashed them, now grown, upon the Basin of Life. Thrown overboard from the airships of the kidnappers, the squirrels have landed all over safely thanks to built-in parachutes. Many still float about, pulled by the…

We are excited to announce that our website is getting a fresh new look! Our team has been hard at work over the past few months, designing a logo that truly reflects the rich lore and history of Lusternia. We know that rebranding can be disorienting for people who are used to associating a particular…

For the month of April, we’re running a present extravaganza with a twist. For every 25 credits you purchase for the month of April, you’ll receive a present as well. Even better is that for the first 100 credits you purchase, you’ll get an additional present for every 10 credits! That means purchasing 100 credits…

Most of you are undoubtedly well-acquainted with the infamous “A very boring room. Change this” generic manse room title that comes pre-packed with a fulcrux orb and a room box. From this point onwards though, all new manse rooms will have a more in-character title and come with an actual description out of the box.…

Tomorrow, March 24th, sometime between 4-5pm server time, Lusternia will be going offline for scheduled engine updates. We’ll be sure to give you a warning ahead of time in-game and let you know as soon as the update is done. A backup will be done right before so that nothing gets lost, but be sure…

The month of March is once again the month of change, learning, and new experiences! For those of you just getting into Lusternia, or those of you ready to try something new, you can purchase lessons at discounted rates right off the website. In addition, credit purchases from the website will come with special chests…

It has been a bit over three months since we welcomed Ealix as an Assistant Producer for Lusternia and are happy to announce that he is now formally a Producer alongside myself. Orael, who had in the interim stepped down to an Assistant Producer role, has now transitioned into an Anomaly role and will continue…

Throughout the month of February, you’ll be able to purchase special seasonal cards with plenty of boons straight from the website. You can consume the cards for your own benefit, or send them to others. Consuming them will reward you with a bronze heartbox, while sending will award the bronze heartbox to the recipient. Every…

It’s that time of the year again, time to ruminate upon the past year and look toward the future. Though 2022 has certainly been a slower year in terms of development, especially as the world beyond our digital nook continued to be less than kind all around, quite a few things happened. We started by…