The April showers are over and we are now brought into May. What does that mean? Well, it means Patch 4.0.11 - Song Festival of course! Some of you may know this event from last year, but new comers will surely learn what it is all about. With so many new features coming in, you surely will not be bored.

The patch notes for 4.0.11 can be found in our forum!

Time to unpack your instruments and enjoy the feast!

Your Runes of magic team. 

During todays server maintenance we took the last steps to prepare Patch 1.9 - Naga's Awakening.

You may now download the newest content patch to join us in making our first steps toward Chapter II: The Elven Prophecy!

At our brand new content page for Patch 1.9 you will find a lot of details about the Weeping Coast, their inhabitants and the new high-end underwater instance "Heart of the Ocean".

Until the server restart you can also read the newest patch notes (ver. 2.0.11.1863) on our forums.

The Runes of Magic wishes you great success in the battle against the Naga!

We are going to take down the Runes of Magic servers around 8am BST (GMT+1) / 9:00h CEST down tomorrow, 30. June 2009 for server maintenance and to apply patch 2.0.9.1844.

We expect the process to take until 2pm BST / 15:00h CEST.

The patchnotes will be available tomorrow before noon in our patch notes forum.

Update: The patch notes are now available.

[Update, 15:10]

While the patch process is running smoothly, the server restart will have to be delayed by one our due to this process. We expect the servers to return around 3pm BST (GMT+1) / 16:00h CEST.

We apologize for the delay.

The Servers are now up and running! Have fun in Taborea!

Tomorrow, Tuesday 23 June 2009, between 8am BST (GMT+1) / 9:00h CEST and app. 1pm BST / 14:00h CEST the Runes of Magic servers are offline for server maintenance.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 16 June 2009, between 8am BST (GMT+1) / 9:00h CEST and app. 1pm BST / 14:00h CEST the Runes of Magic servers are offline for server maintenance.

[Update]

We applied a small patch to the server during todays maintenace. This was necessary to prepare the upcoming mounts in the Item Shop for coming friday 19. June 2009.
There will be no need for a further patch regarding the mounts.

-Silberfuchs

Wednesday 10 June 2009, between 8am BST (GMT+1) / 9:00h CEST and app. 9am BST / 10:00h CEST the Runes of Magic servers will be taken down for a quick server update.

This server-side patch will fix a recurring respawn-issue with Kal'Turstan and Kal'Turssi in the Kal Turok Hive.

[UPDATE]

The maintenance will be postponed until further notice.
Currently we're preparing the servers for the small upcoming patch we announced earlier.

Additionally there will be a small change in plan regarding the functionality of the ant raid instance.
The detailed information will be given to you in due time today.

-Kerensky

Today, Tuesday 09 June 2009, between 8am BST (GMT+1) / 9:00h CEST and app. 1pm BST / 14:00h CEST the Runes of Magic servers are offline for server maintenance.

We will apply a patch during this server maintenance to fix some gameplay issues. The patch notes will be available later today.

We will bring down the Runes of Magic servers around 9:00h GMT+1 down today (03. June 2009) for server maintenance and to apply the big patch 1.7.

We expect the maintenance to be done until 14:00 GMT+1.

The patchnotes should be available to you later today. We'd like to ask your for your patience and understanding.

The servers will be back around 12:00 GMT +1.
Since the patchnotes received a larger update we will have to postpone them a little bit further. They should be up today, though.

The patchnotes are now available in the forum.

We will have to restart all Runes of Magic servers 8pm BST (GMT+1) / 21:00h CEST to relieve intermittent stability issues.
This procedure should last no longer than 15 minutes.

We apologize for interrupting your gameplay.

This week we will take the Runes of Magic servers offline for maintenance on Wednesday, 27 May 2009, between 8am BST (GMT+1) / 9:00h CEST and app. 1pm BST / 14:00h CEST.

During the maintenance, we will make the already announced "Change to Auction House Trading".

Up until now it was possible to put items up for sale against diamonds in the Auction House. We will deactivate this feature for a yet undetermined period of time for testing purposes. You will still be able to trade Diamonds for in-game gold and vice versa.

Update 1pm BST (GMT+1) / 14:00h CEST

The servers are online again!

Please note: The online survey has ended today. A second part with different questions is on its way.

We would like to thank all participants for their time!