There are also special items or sets called Mastercrafts (MC for short), which are 5% stronger than normal items but cost 10% more gold/tokens. As players defeat monsters, they gain experience points, gold, and occasionally 'Z-Tokens', a secondary currency that can also be bought with real-world money. The gameplay is similar to that of traditional RPGs in that it revolves around fighting monsters in a turn-based system.
On July 14, 2010, the server cap was removed permanently.ĪdventureQuest is a single-player RPG, although character data is stored on AE servers. In response to criticism that server restrictions made logging on for non-paying players difficult, in October 2006 Artix Entertainment introduced a server in which a player could log on at any time, but with a tight level limit. In 2005, a microtransaction system was put into place. Ownership of the game transferred to the newly formed Artix Entertainment in 2004, and a server population cap was added for non-Guardian players in May of that year.
Ī one-time 'guardianship' fee was introduced in 2003, allowing the player to access extended in-game content. As of March 5, 2019, aq., the game's hosting website, and the game's homepage, have an Alexa rating of 54,521. AdventureQuest (also referred to by its website name BattleOn or abbreviated to AQ) is an online Flash-based single-player role-playing video game started in 2002 and currently developed by Artix Entertainment.
