New Content, Features & Improvements

• A new trial: the Trial of the Cartesian Dungeon! Defy the Defiler in this multiplayer challenge for an increased chance to obtain the fearsome Defiled Equipment or the new legendary Level 6 Amulets!
• Discover Sunset Keep, a mysterious stronghold located on the Seaside Islet. Explore its halls and uncover secrets tied to the strange portals that connect the islands of Aetera!
• Once slipped upon the finger, the world grows quiet, and in that silence the darkness begins to whisper: The Void in the Trial of True Darkness has been spotted clutching a mysterious ring...
• A much requested feature by you content creators out there: you can now turn off the UI, making it easier than ever to record gameplay and capture cinematic screenshots.
• By popular request, bankers all across Aetera have restocked the Capes of Wealth.

And also:

• Mod and cheat detection have been greatly improved.
• The Copper Cave has been polished a little bit, and some invisible walls have been fixed.
• The mount riding animation has been heavily improved, at long last!
• You can now use the /help command to check the syntax of other chat commands.
• The NPC dialogue box is now thinner to improve readability on wide screens (such as your phone or computer screen)!
• The in game compass now has more visible indicators for North and South.
• Dialogue options that start or advance a quest now have a different background color.
• Amulet sprites have been revamped.
• Mounts now have footsteps.
• Gasblin, Melgob, and Baltarraga have departed from the Stonehollow Fairgrounds.
• Flavor texts have been added for all equipment items that were missing them.
• The drop chance of endgame equipment has been increased from Sorrow’s Deep onwards.

Eterspire Store

• The limited edition Christmas Spirit cosmetic set box has left the store. Stay tuned for a new Chinese New Year themed loot box very soon!

Bugfixes

• A few NPCs with bugged appearances have been fixed.
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused players to appear as level 0.
• Fixed two transmogrification recipes that were not working.
• Fixed a cosmetic bug affecting cowls.
• Other players' familiars now properly turn off when you are talking to an NPC.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the in game music to play too fast.
• Fixed multiple typos.

Behind the Scenes

• Massively Overpowered has named Eterspire Indie MMORPG of the Year! We are so happy, thank you so, so very much! Read more about it here!

In Other News...

• 482 accounts have been banned for using modded or unofficial clients, which is against the Eterspire Rules. Burn!
• We are working on the 2026 Eterspire Roadmap, and we will show it to you soon.

Community

• We’re happy to welcome Nenufar to the Stonehollow Workshop team as our new Community Manager!
  
  Expanding our community team also means we’ll be able to do more exciting things throughout the year, from better communication and resources to new events, contests, and more! We’re excited to have her on board, and we hope you’ll join us in giving her a warm welcome!
  
  Also, if you haven’t already, make sure to join our Community Discord Server! We regularly host events with crystal rewards, hold Q&As, share fun content, and our dev team frequently drops in to chat with the community. You'll also find plenty of helpful resources there to help you get the most out of your time in Eterspire, plus some of the best people around.

• A new group screenshot contest with awesome crystal rewards begins today, taking full advantage of our new UI toggle option! Stay tuned for the announcement on Discord.

We hope you enjoy this update very much, we'll be back on January 28th with more!

Content Creators

Content creator Virtuoso made this in-depth fishing guide for those who want to grind their way to a Fishers Cloak!

MMO Youtuber Vagrant covered Eterspire in his "Is It Worth Playing?" video series:

But that's not all:

• Rijou made a very helpful leveling guide for progression after finishing the main quest: Watch Video!
• Dreax207 made a video of his experience with Eterspire after playing 500 hours: Watch Video!

Fanart

Here's some of the lovely Eterspire fanart that was uploaded to the Eterspire Discord since the last Eterspire Creators Spotlight: