Grand Schemes and Green Pastures! (v85)

New Content, Features & Improvements

Rediscover the Whitespeckle Plains!

  • The Whitespeckle Plains have received a complete revamp, with a redesigned layout that's much easier to traverse during early-game quests, and greatly improved visuals!
  • All the mobs, NPCs, and warps you know are still here, but the map's new size, layout, and decorations make exploring it feel like a whole new place! Whether you're passing through for the first time or returning after countless visits, take a moment to look around!
  • This is just the beginning! We're planning to give other important early game maps the same revamp treatment. Next up: Oakridge Crossing!

A New Business Opportunity!

  • New Quest: Be Your Own Boss! Molly has an exciting, absolutely legal business proposal that could make you filthy rich! All you need to do is bring in two more investors. Talk to her in Alcalaga at level 155 to begin your journey toward financial freedom!

A Huge Leap in Performance!

  • We've greatly improved terrain rendering and most shaders to boost performance across all devices, especially lower-end mobile devices. You should notice smoother gameplay, barely any stutters, higher and steadier frame rates, and less battery drain!
  • These terrain changes also make certain areas look considerably better. Take a look at this before-and-after comparison from Oakridge Crossing:

And There's More!

  • We've widened many bridges and stairways throughout Aetera to make them easier to navigate!
  • To celebrate Eterspire's sponsorship of EVA 2026, redeem /redeem EXPOEVA to claim the "Captain Suller's Wonderful Banner of Eloquence" cosmetic! (With art by Sandalsmin, an awesome artist from our community!) Read more about our time at the expo in the "Eterspire at EVA2026" section down below.

Bugfixes

  • Fixed a bug where disconnecting during dialogue with The Besugo in the quest “Beauty and the Frog” could cause several quest stages to be skipped.
  • Several other small bugfixes

Official Eterspire Plushies: The Final Stretch!

Our plushie campaign with Plush Wonderland is still going, and we have until November 8th to help bring all four members of the Adventurers' Guild to life!

  • Arami and Mako are fully funded and have entered production! Thank you to everyone who has helped make our first official plushies a reality!
  • Katalyn needs just 8 more preorders, and Captain Suller needs 11! We're so close to getting the whole guild together. If you've been waiting to bring your favorite adventurer home, now's the time! We have yet to buy ours (we'll do it today), so we'll surely reach 100% very soon.
  • Check out our previous news post for more information about the plushies and all the extra goodies available through the campaign!
  • Also, remember to join the plushie giveaway community event on our official Discord!

Eterspire at EVA 2026!

We're back from EVA 2026, where Eterspire was this year's Main Sponsor, and we had an incredible time!

Our official booth had a little bit of everything: photos spots with Captain Suller and Arami, scratch-off cards with merch and in-game prizes, and a favorite-character vote that received over 600 votes!

The best part was getting to meet so many of you in person! Community members stopped by to say hello and chat with us about the game, and getting to put faces to familiar names and hear from long-time players meant so much to our team.

To commemorate this wonderful EVA, here are some of our favorite moments from the event!

Character cutouts from our booth! It was so fun seeing both kids and adults getting their picture taken with Captain Suller.

Everyone who passed by our booth could vote on their favorite character! In case you're wondering, Arami won with 179 votes (Yes, we counted by hand).

Our content team gave a talk about their design process for new maps and quests! The audience loved it!

The EVA awards were held on the last day of the expo. We gave out a sponsored trophy for the People's Choice Award, aplty renamed "Captain Suller's Award for Gaming Excellence".

After the expo we were ambushed in the parking lot.

Thankfully everyone made it home in one piece. We promise!

Community

  • Our previous Community Contest, Newbie Potion Makers, has ended and the rewards have been given out! Adventurers helped Guswacha craft a new and potent potion to crush those posers in the Vestadian potion-making contest by choosing the ingredients and effects it'd have. Everyone who participated got a bunch of Manu Coins, and the exlusive epithet "Old Hag"; mods and devs picked their (our?) favorite ones, and the community voted the ranking among the five finalists! You can check it our in our official official Discord server!
  • You can expect another Community Event coming soon! You can join our Discord server so that you get notified when it starts. You'll never miss out on those sweet, sweet Manu Coins and exclusive epithets.
  • SamStar's fan event where you can dress up the Adventurers' Guild for Halloween is still running for a couple more days! Don't miss your chance. Check out more info over here! At least come check out all the cool art.
  • Wanna know more about what happened in the EVA2026? Don't worry, it's no secret. Manu has blessed us with the EVA2026 Diary this year too! You can read all about it over here, as well.

That's it!

Thank you for reading, we hope you enjoy this update very much!

The next Eterspire update will be on November 17th, according to our Release Schedule. Remember that Eterspire updates release on the first and third Tuesday of every month, unless that day falls on a holiday, in which case it will be released on the next business day.

Have fun!

Content Creators

Here's Saltycr showing us that "streamer (well, creator, really) luck" is no more than an urban myth perpetuated by the masses. Check out their channel for more short videos like these!

Affiliate Content Creators

Special thanks to Virtuoso, Rijou, PajamaGirl, Chaskiboom, Swornsword/Brienne, Misfortune, Mivadeth, Yuku, Banyu, Gordotanka, Madattack, Godspeedz, Saltycr, and NelioCastro for being part of our Content Creator Program!

Reminder that you can always apply using the link above!

Fanart

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

By Samstar
By Magulipp
By Absolute ignorance of g forces
By Remvina _ momodaikon11
By Dakota
By Dakota
By Jotalea
By Taerial
By Gabriel
By Sandalsmin
By Sandalsmin
By Remi (snailprincess)
By Sandalsmin
By Kalivoss
By Kalivoss
By Kalivoss
By Kalivoss