2013

Contributed by Zadira Kindleriver

Update notes for the May 22nd update in Free Realms:

Bug Fixes and Improvements

The options, full screen/windowed, and exit buttons have been return to their position near the minimap.

Several Farnum's Farmstead quests were tweaked for context and functionality.

Necronomicus (overworld version) will now respawn every 10-15 minutes instead of every 30 minutes.

The maximum health of Necronomicus (overworld version) has been increased.

Bixie Soldiers and Bixie Battlemages should no longer become stuck in a non-attackable state when sprayed with Bixie-B-Gone.

The stun duration of the Heart of Darkness (chest laser) attack used by Necronomicus Unleashed has been increased from 5 to 11 seconds.

The quest to defeat Necronomicus Unleashed should now update properly when Necronomicus has been defeated.

Chef Improvements

All of the overworld farming sample and seed plants will now grant stars (experience) for the chef job and a cooking bundle if that plant is used as a cooking ingredient.

New plants have been made for Choychoy, Honeytwig, Punkin, Stainberry, and Tumtumnip plants. These do not give farming seeds or samples.

Harvesting match 3 mini-games now also give stars (experience) for the chef job.

Overworld farms have new plant nodes in addition to the existing match 3 games.

Some of the quests that pointed to the match 3 games now point to the harvesting nodes.

Free Realms update 3 to 4 hours 05/21/2013

Contributed by Zadira Kindleriver

Virrago posted this update on the official forums:

We are bringing the Free Realms servers offline on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 4:00 P.M. PDT (San Diego Time) for an update. Anticipated downtime is around 1 hour.

[Edited] Virrago just added that the update is going to actually take three to four hours. :shock:

4pm Pacific
5pm Mountain
6pm Central
7pm Eastern

Aliens Discover MoM in Free Realms

Contributed by Zadira Kindleriver

What would happen if aliens happen to come across a MoM sign in Free Realms? I guess we will just have to wait and see! :lol:

Free Realms Gets a New Community Manager

Contributed by Marisol

Well, it's official... Amnerys has moved on to another game. In fact, she's become the Community Manager for the entire EverQuest franchise of games! We want to wish her the best on her new assignment!

Which means that we have a new Ambassador... his name is Virrago! If you've been on the FROF, you might be familiar with the name, since he has posted update/maintenance information over there.

Here's his Introduction from FROF. If you get the chance, go post a hello!

Hello everyone!

Some of you may know me already, but if you don’t here is your chance! I’ve been helping out on these forums quite a while, and I’m excited to let you know that I’m taking over from Amnerys as your newest Community Manager!

While I may be new here as your Community Manager, I have been with Sony Online Entertainment for twelve years and on the Community team since 2004. Not only does this mean I’m old, it also means I’m a veteran of Community Management. Ok, it just means I’m old.

I’m looking forward to working on this project. In addition to reporting your bugs, issues, and feedback up to the team, I’m looking forward to talking with all of you about Free Realms! Be sure to say hi if you see me!

Paul "Virrago" Williams
Community Relations Manager
Sony Online Entertainment

Walking on Sunshine in Free Realms

Contributed by Zadira Kindleriver

All of us at Free Realms Mayhem is so excited to see what summer is going to bring in Free Realms! We will walk on sunshine as we wait with great expectation!