Become an Akiban Defender on Artix Entertainment

Upgrade to unlock new exclusive gear sets!

Unlock the color-custom Akiban Defender upgrade bonus sets now and channel your inner warrior! Starting this month, buy any AdventureCoin or membership package worth $10 USD or more to select an upgrade bonus set of your choice from a list of options in your Account Manager.

Pack Details

Choose the Akiban Defender bonus to unlock two full armor sets. The fabric on the armor and helms, plus the hilts and sheathes of the weapons and capes are color-customizable.

Akiban Defender armor
Enchanted Dark Samurai armor
3 helms
Akiban Samurai's Shadow cape
Dark Samurai's Shadow cape
4 more accessory capes
4 swords
3 dual-wield weapons
Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts added straight to your inventory
and a character page badge

Once you've chosen the Akiban Defender bonus on the Account Manager page, log in and find the set's shop in the Other Achievements tab in your Book of Lore.

12000 AC or 12 month membership package rewards:

ALL the Akiban Defender gear
7 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts
10 Wheel of Doom Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs!)
and a character page badge

Boosts and Doom Tickets will be added directly to your inventory.

2k and 5k AC or 1, 3, or 6 month membership package rewards:

ALL the Akiban Defender gear
5 Rep/XP/Gold/Class Points boosts
and a character page badge

This Friday, our Upgrade Bonuses Level Up... Choose your Reward!

In the past, our upgrade bonus sets would only be available for a single month, and then would become permanently rare. We made some really incredible gear... that no one can get now. I've talked with many of you individually to brainstorm and get feedback, and starting this month, our upgrade bonuses will become permanently available. We will continue to add new upgrade bonuses regularly, but the big difference is... now you can choose which upgrade bonus set you want!

Starting this Friday, when you buy any AC or membership pack worth $10 USD or more, you'll be able to choose one of the following bonus sets:

Akiban Defender
Copper Void ChronoKnight
Golden Northlands Royalty

Important Details

All future upgrade bonus packs will be added under this system.
ALL of the upgrade bonus gear for a set will be available when you buy an AC or membership pack worth $10 USD.
We will no longer be doing Tier 1 and Tier 2 sets.
Each time you upgrade, you'll be able to choose another bonus set. If you've already unlocked all the available sets, once a new one releases, you'll be able to choose it immediately.

If you buy a 12,000 AC or 12 month membership pack, in addition to choosing an upgrade bonus set, you'll also get 7x Game Boosts, a character page badge, plus 10 Wheel of Doom Fortune Tickets (worth 2,000 ACs).

Upgrade Pack Changes: Why Now?

As I talked with many of your fellow AQW players about these changes, one question repeated itself over and over: "why do we need to do this? Why now?"

Development for AQW:Mobile is going to go into overdrive. With AQW:Mobile, we will not be able to do nearly as many rare items (this is in large part for game performance reasons, like managing asset loading, just like in AQ3D). It is also a pretty big blow to the artists and future players to lose access to entire sets of gear every month.

We want to avoid that. We want to keep all the incredible art the team makes available for everyone, no matter when they start playing. And as we move into new platforms (mobile devices, Steam, ... maybe consoles?!) we want to make sure that art is available for the new heroes who will join you.

Upgrade Pack Changes: Why These Changes?

The goal with all these changes is to reward you even more -- to give you guys more options and more choices. (Plus, this new method lets people who upgrade multiple times get multiple rewards.) This is a great improvement for players who want to collect upgrade bonus sets (but may not always have the ability to when they first release).