We will be performing maintenance on our Webserver cluster start at 2am CT on the 7th. This work is to move the Website, Forum, and game authentication Databases to new hardware. This work will require an intrusive work window (meaning the Website and Game logins will not be available during the procedure).

The work is expected to last up to an hour, and new logins to the game will not be allowed until the work is completed. Players already in game at the start of the work window should…

Scheduled maintenance with downtime for November 7th at 02:00am CT

Players will get the November login reward upon their next login to the game.

The last patch for R119 will be overnight between the 6th and 7th to disable 2XP, the sales and apply a couple of additional fixes.

There will be a brief period starting around 2am CT on the 7th where the website, Forums, and login server will be unavailable. This is to allow for the final step in our migration of the webservers to their new home. this final change will speed up the response to the website and…

November Login Reward and next patch date/time

This is a small patch addressing only one issue: player dungeon spawn totems can now be placed on their pedestals as intended.

Read the R119 patch notes here:

https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/?page_id=32989

On October 10th, Steam advised all game developers that we would need to set up 2FA to continue to access the site and update our games.

We made the required changes before the cutoff, but now Steam has backed off the mandatory implementation of the new authentication.

Bottom line is implementing the changes they asked for broke the API authentication (it wiped out our API key).

I am currently working to resolve the issues with sending the patch to Steam. I will post an update here when…

[RESOLVED] R119 Published, Steam clients cannot patch (yet)

On October 10th, Steam advised all game developers that we would need to setup 2FA to continue to access the site and update our games.

We made the required changes before the cutoff, (but now Steam has backed off the mandatory implementation of the new authentication.)

Bottom line is implementing the changes they asked for broke the API authentication (it wiped out our API key).

I am currently working to resolve the issues with sending the patch to Steam. I will post an update here when…

R119 Published, Steam clients cannot patch (yet)

Greetings Fellow Avatars!

Release 119 goes live October 26th at 10:30 AM CDT.

Welcome! The Catnip Games development team marks this monthly release of Shroud of the Avatar with new content and improvements. For Release 119 (R119), we offer treasure for the coffers, treasure for the mind, and a nice place to go back to when you’re done gathering them.

For those wishing to participate in any community activities ,…

Play Release 119!

We have gotten reports in the last 24 hours that people creating new accounts using Microsoft or Google based email addresses are unable to complete the registration process.

The issue is that the confirmation email that provides a link to create the account password is not being received by the new player. So far we have noted outlook.com (hotmail) and google.com email addresses being impacted.

We had just completed a move of our website from a cloud based solution to a dedicated data…

[RESOLVED] New Account Email Confirmations are not being received [RESOLVED]

The new login rewards should be delivered on your next login to the game. Enjoy!