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As posted on the Gameforge Aion News page, there will be a celebration of spring event that lasts until the 20th of March, 2013. Daevas all over Atreia can collect Pink Petals and hand them over to Petal collectors in either Pandaemonium or Sanctum. Collected Petals will be then used as offerings during ceremonies for the Spring Festival.
Join the collectors and redeem them for rewards: Next to useful items and materials, you have a chance on grabbing one of the exotic costumes, available in either temporary or permanent version.
From the NA Aion News page comes various information about the game in March. There will be a scheduled maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday, March 6, from 5:30 AM to 9:00 AM Central Time.
This maintenance will kick off the new instance event called Shugo Kingdom Adventure. Brave the Shugo Imperial Tomb and be transformed into a Shugo! Protect your towers from waves of enemies and get the tomb's treasure.
The following changes will be implemented on Asmodian incentive surveys and Adventurer's Guide surveys on Wednesday, March 27, so make sure to claim your incentives before that date:
Tiamat has shown a dramatic increase in server population! To reflect the current active population, we will be depreciating the Asmodian incentive surveys on Tiamat.
The 50e set will only be able to be claimed by level 51 characters on Siel and Israphel.
The Tier 2 Crucible weapon will only be able to be claimed by level 55 characters on Siel and Israphel.
The Adventurer's Guide surveys will be retired.
Wealth Lockboxes Available During March
Beginning Wednesday, February 27, Wealth Lockboxes will begin dropping in place of Combat Lockboxes all over Atreia. You will need a Wealth Lockbox key in order to open it. As with Combat Lockbox Keys, you can get these in-game, purchase them from another player, or buy them on the Black Cloud Marketplace.
Lockboxes will be rotated monthly, so expect to see Combat Lockboxes back in couple of months. Please note that if you have a Combat Lockbox Key, it will not open a Wealth Lockbox - but don't throw it away because Combat Lockboxes WILL be back.
Wealth Lockboxes can provide you with different kinds of wealth. Atreia has many currencies, and most of them can be gained as a treasure from this box. The table below shows all possible drops from the Wealth Lockbox.
Every year, while the Koreans have a New Year's festival, Atreia celebrates its very own City Festival. This year, the City Festival will take place between the 6th to 27th of February in EU Aion.
During the festivities however, not everything is running smoothly: The Shugo flu is spreading and lots of helpers are bedridden. The remaining Event Staff got their hands full with obtaining materials (like Comet Powder and White Ribbons) for the festival in time.
Help the Event Staff and receive coins as a reward. You can redeem these coins by visiting Glaion (Sanctum) or Adole (Pandaemonium) for temporary costumes you can wear on the City Festival.
According to the NA online site, lockboxes for treasure are now in Atreia and keys drop in the game or may be bought at the Black Cloud Marketplace. Bother the lockboxes and keys drop in places above level 30. They also drop at a higher rate in most dungeons.
The lockboxes will be a permanent addition to Atreia with the types of lockboxes available rotating on a monthly basis. The types of boxes available are shown below:
Player-Created Design Chosen
Instrument designs were sent in for Aion's up-and-coming Bard class for a chance at having the design made into an in game weapon. A butterfly-inspired instrument by Sérgio Kishino, also known as Seey on the Tiamat server was chosen by the design team. Congratulations go out to Sérgio for his design getting picked!
There is a video and interview on the NA Aion Online site that are repeated below.
Aion: How long have you been playing Aion?
Sérgio: Tiamat server...I think 1 year.
Aion: What level is your sorcerer, Seey?
Sérgio: Level 60.
Aion: What was the inspiration for your design?
Sérgio: I had no internet (technical problems) from 12/24 to 12/29, so I decided to draw... @.@"
The 1st step was creating an outfit inspired by Guardian Commander + Kahrun (female cloth), with a blue butterfly and golden details. 2nd step, creating a weapon with same concept!
Aion: How excited were you to hear that your design had been chosen?
Sérgio: Unbelievable! Omg, Where are the cameras?! :o
Aion: Have you created any other Aion-related works?
Sérgio: Not yet, but it is a good idea! I do have one Kamel, from Lineage 2.