We made it through our first week! 🎉 ArborTales has been live for seven days now, and honestly it's been a blast. Thanks to everyone who jumped in early, put up with the rough edges, and helped us figure out what to fix first. Here's a little look back.

The first week, in numbers

• 67 adventurers signed up and 60 characters headed out into Maple World
• 95,000+ monsters slain between all of you (rest in pieces)
• Mighty is out in front at Level 60, first to crack Level 50, and 11 characters are already past Level 30
• 283 monster cards registered and 25 achievements unlocked
• 50 votes on GTOP100 from 23 of you, and every single one helps new folks find us 💚
• Every class family is represented, with Magicians and Cygnus Knights tied as the early favorites

Not bad for week one. Glad you're all here.

Stuff we added and fixed

It was a busy week. A few highlights:

A new game launcher. Download it once and it keeps your client patched and launches the game for you, so no more re-downloading the whole thing every time we push a fix. It's the recommended download now.

Quality-of-life stuff.

• A live activity feed on the homepage showing boss kills, level-ups, and shouts
• A reworked Profile page with your currencies and account info
• An achievement system tracking kills, bosses, cards, levels, PQs and more, with NX and meso rewards sent straight to Agent W
• The in-game Trade button now warps you to the Free Market, and Agent E (in towns and the FM) trades Maple Leaves for Perfect Pitch

Voting and rewards.

• Verified GTOP100 voting with a reworked vote shop and daily login rewards
• A launch welcome bonus: 5,000 NX free the first time a character hits Level 10 (through July 31)

Bug reports that actually go somewhere. Report bugs from the website or in-game with @reportbug, see all your reports in one place, and go back and forth with us on each one. And if your character ever gets stuck online, you can now unstick it yourself from the My Characters page.

A pile of quest and content fixes. We unblocked a bunch of stuff this week, including:

• The full Strange Mushrooms quest line (Zombie Mushroom Signal, Karcasa of the Desert)
• "Disciples of the Black Magician" and "Catch Valefor!"
• The Kerning City Subway Shade and the Rurumo boss in Magatia, both beatable now, just like their hints say
• Reviving after death in Monster Carnival
• Busted portals at the Bottom of the Temple and the top of Kerning Square
• A quest-item duplication bug on turn-ins
• A bunch of NPCs standing in the wrong spots around town

The full list lives on the changelog if you want the details.

Thank you

Seriously, to everyone who logged in, sent a bug report, voted, or just hung around: thank you. This little server runs on you. Extra thanks to those who patiently pointed out every broken portal and missing NPC. A lot of this week's fixes are yours.

Here's to week two. See you in game! 🍁

— The ArborTales Team