On Tuesday 12th of August at 1am OW time, both servers will be going down while we perform scheduled maintenance. We expect the downtime to last 1-2 hours, however please allow for up to 3 hours of downtime.

The War of Zhul invasion has been put to a stop. Malakar, the Bone Tyrant is now vulnerable. Defeat him before he has a chance to retreat!

Congratulations to the Summoning Shard Contest winners, please submit a support ticket to claim your prizes.

Brutus and the Tier Traders will remain in Diamond City with all quests for 1 more week, at which point WoZ quest items will also be removed on Sunday the 10th of August.

We would like to share an update on some issues caused by the recent host outage:

- We have actively been working on reducing server load over the recent days caused by unintended load from users due to the downtime which has lead to high load errors during peak activity periods every 12 hours. We ask players to please ensure nothing on their end is acting unexpectedly as we have been forced to block some users from the site until they resolve these issues.
- The final spawns for the Zhulian Friar on each server will be manually killed before the event ends at 6.30am on Sunday regardless of their remaining time.
- We are aware gladiator times have been desynced, this is an issue we will look to resolve after the event has ended.
- We will require a planned maintenance period sometime after the event has ended to improve server performance. We will update players in the coming days when this will be including a rough estimate for expected downtime.

Due to the recent downtime caused by a host power outage, we have extended the War of Zhul by 2 days. The event will now end on Sunday the 3rd of August at 7am OW time.

As we have done in previous event cycles, before the War of Zhul ends there will be a 24 hour period where test items will be added to event mob loot for data collection purposes. Any item found named "Test Item 1/2/3" will have no purpose other than data collection and can safely be ignored by players. In the weeks following the War of Zhul once we have collected all event data, we plan to open a discord channel to share information as well as collect feedback and suggestions around events to assist us in making important event changes for the future. Data we plan to share includes the amount of characters defeating each mob tier as well as an overall visual representation of the type of characters participating in events.

We are now beginning the first phase of a new method of introducing content to the game which will involve players much earlier in the process, allowing us to collect feedback and ideas to help improve plans before we begin content creation. To join this discussion, please head to the #content channel on our discord server. It is important to note that what will be discussed in this channel will be much earlier in the process than when information would normally be known to players, therefore during this initial phase the content will seem very incomplete as it is a brainstorm phase to work out fundamental details. More finer details including rewards will be worked on at a later date. We ask players to have patience during this process and to please act civil and keep any offtopic discussions outside of the new discord channel.

The War of Zhul has begun! Malakar, the Bone Tyrant has spawned minions throughout the streets of Diamond City. Rally your alliances and fight with honor as you battle your way through the streets to rid this land of the Zhulian filth! Speak to Brutus to begin your defense of Diamond City.



Those with the power to do so can defeat Horrific mobs for 3x drop chances for all items. The strongest players can defeat Zhulian Paragons for 3x the drop chances of Horrific mobs for all items excluding Summoning Shards.

The Zhulian Friar has appeared to protect their new master. This 20-man daily Prime God raid has a chance to drop items including Rings of Kinetic Power, Efflorescent Spears and more.

Welx, Gladiator of Zhul is once again available to attack. Welx will remain active for 7 days before retreating. Rewards for the top 30 damage dealers include Efflorescent Spear (top 10), Ring of Kinetic Power (top 30), Doomrend Augment (top 30) and Recharge the Fury (top 30).

Players can only participate with 1 character per server in the Summoning Shard Contest. You can however choose any character on your winning RGA (winning server only) to receive the rewards.

The war will end in 2 weeks, at which point the server boss will appear. For further information on these topics, see the War of Zhul FAQ's on the Command Center page.