Ten thousand NPCs
New zones, dungeons and full quest arcs across the Glacierlands, Cliffwood Naze, Talon’s Edge and the Ardent Vale, including the Leont City questline, the Frostfright Curse, the Brookberry Battles and an expanded Harbourview Crypt.
Alpha testing
Community Alpha Test 7
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 · 5:00 PM EDT / 9:00 PM UTC
A week in Adrullan, two servers, and the Siege of Leont.
Our longest test yet, Wednesday to Monday. Since the last one, the world went from 1,500 NPC spawns to over 10,000, every class was touched, and the interface was rebuilt from scratch.
For the first time, Ballast and Fenla ran as fully independent servers. Ballast kept your characters from earlier tests, and Fenla, launched in December, offered the closest thing yet to a launch-day start.
Post-mortem
How it went
1,728peak concurrent players
25,749characters from 9,156 accounts
123,174hours played, over 14 years
Both servers held 100% uptime across all 125 hours, with Fenla running on just 8 cores. No crashes, no server lag. You formed 24,474 groups, died 62,799 times, and put down 3,486 Finks along the way.
The community split almost evenly between the two servers, and each started to grow its own personality: Ballast leaned toward Rangers, Druids and Summoners, Fenla toward Beastwardens, Warriors and Shamans. Druid was the most played class again, followed by Necromancer and Bard. Humans led the races, with the Ashkin a strong second.
On the last night we ran the Siege of Leont on both servers. The dead rose from Harbourview, Gravenor the Defiled marched on the walls, and The Awoken split the earth and walked free for the first time. On Ballast and on Fenla, you held. Leont stands because of you.
What came next
Solendris, our city of elves, along with new character models and a rebuilt character creation screen.
What’s new
Since the last test
Combat and classes, reworked
Damage scales with weapon DPS now, so gear upgrades actually matter. Necromancers summon Dread commanders who lead their own minions, Druids can turn into a wolf, Bards found their place in groups, and Summoners field up to five elemental pets at once.
A new interface
Rebuilt from scratch, with paperdoll rotation, item comparison on hover, spell sets, a mail system, a social window and a recipe book. Unlimited View Distance, which started life as BognarVision, was on by default.
Frostborne Village
Ogre Beastwardens begin in a new village carved straight into a glacier at the edge of the Frostfall Glacierlands, before joining their Osgulian kin at the Brookberry Battles.
The Siege of Leont
The finale, run on both servers on the last night.
From the test
Screenshots
On the Discord
How it unfolded
Flash test
That new server smell
Unannounced, to check our move to new hardware. Fenla returned as a fresh start beside Ballast, and Far Clip Plane, aka BognarVision, got its first public outing. A quick infrastructure check turned into 33 and a half hours, with 577 players at the peak. Druids, Bards and Paladins were the most played.
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Save the date
April 1 to 6, our longest test yet.
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Combat & Class Rebalance
The first of three deep dives into what changed: every class, and damage that scales with weapon DPS.
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World & Content Changes
From 1,500 NPC spawns to over 10,000, with new zones, dungeons and questlines.
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Flash test
The public test build
Thirteen days out, a first run of the public test build on Ballast and Fenla, with the level cap raised to 20.
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UI & Systems Evolution
A rebuilt interface, mail, a social window and Unlimited View Distance.
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Flash test
One more pass at the public build
Eight days out, Ballast and Fenla opened again to keep validating the build for Community Alpha Test 7.
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The gates of Adrullan are open
Ballast and Fenla, both online and waiting.
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A record-breaking opening
500 adventurers in the first five minutes, and a new all-time high of over 1,700 at once.
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First through the Leont City questline
Congratulations to Quatos, Sunaj, Solo, Cheeks, Dirtyoldsocks and the others who finished it first.
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Halfway there
48,441 hours played already, over 5.5 years of adventure.
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Weekend XP surge
A 20% bonus on both servers, so everyone had a shot at the newer content. Who knows what will awake?
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Community Alpha Test 7 has come to a close
Thank you.
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Stats and looking ahead
The numbers from the week, now under How it went above.
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The original call
As announced
Save the Date: April 1st - 6th, 2026 at 5 PM ET
(Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET)
Mark your calendars; your next adventure in Adrullan is almost here!
Community Alpha Test 7 kicks off Wednesday, April 1st at 5PM ET and runs through Monday, April 6th at 10pm ET.✅ Already have a character? Patch and jump in!
🆕 New? Register now and grab the game installer at account.adrullan.online.
📨 Having trouble with email? You can skip it — we’re still on a new domain and some mailboxes can be finicky.🎯 Updates since our last Community Alpha Test include:
- 🗡️ Combat & Class Overhaul — Major rebalancing! Dozens of spells and abilities across all classes have been redesigned. Now many skills scale with weapon DPS, and classes like Paladins, Necromancers, and Beastwardens have powerful new abilities. Beastwardens are now fully tuning in to their primal core by donning new 1HS claws.
- 📊 Stats & Core Systems — Statistics now have secondary boosts: spell, melee, and heal power, critical chance, and hate enhancement. Damage and mitigation formulas have been revamped for smoother combat feeling as you upgrade gear, and fall damage/physics overhauled.
- 🌍 World & Quests — Expanded world events and quests to include the Ogre Beastwarden starting city, Frostborne Village.
- The Frostfright Curse questline and event in the Ancestral Ruins and new lowbie dungeon, Stilljaw Caverns.
- The Awoken questline and event in Leont Meadows along with the significant expansion of Harbourview Crypt
- Brookberry Battles in Pellswin Fields
- Phlegmizer questline and event in Lyrchden
- The Second Scar questline and event in Cliffwood Naze
- Gourdy the Devourer updated in Harvest Reach
- And many quest loot tables and story events have been extended or polished. Thousands of new NPCs added.
- 💻 UI & Accessibility — User interface upgrades! Check out the new recipe book (Tools window), character sheet paperdoll rotation with drag, HP% on pet windows, improved tooltips, color-coded chat filters, and Far Clip Plane (aka BognarVision™).
- 🛠️ Items & Crafting — Lots of new gear and recipes: unique loot added to rare camps and bosses, crafting recipes extended (more metals and components) and crafting created gear revamped, and default stats on many weapons/armor have been tuned.
- ❗ Quality & Polish — Hundreds of bug fixes and behind-the-scenes improvements: performance optimizations, Ambient Occlusion enhancements for better visuals, pet AI and leash fixes, and all sorts of small easter eggs and secrets waiting to be discovered!
🧑🤝🧑 Races & Start Zones
- Humans — Leont or Greenwood Cover
- Halflings — Willowbrook
- Ogres — Osgul or Frostborne Village
- Half-Elves — Treated as Humans for now
- Ashkin / Dryads — Visual variants of Humans
_All classes are available to the appropriate races._
📝 Reminder for April Test
- Characters from the last Alpha Test (and recent stress tests) are back in action on Ballast. Just log in and start playing! Those interested in starting fresh can head to Fenla (December characters retained).
- Multiboxing is allowed during open tests for server stress testing.
- Population Pressure: Expect a high population of players in the City of Leont. Try starting in Greenwood, Osgul, Frostborne Village, or Willowbrook!
- Bring your friends, guild, and pets. This week-long community test is about chaos and fun for the whole family!
Join the Discord Event
Download the patcher: account.adrullan.online/patcher_Make sure `[email protected] ` is in your email contacts to receive updates._
Thank you,
The AOA Team
Alpha testing
Community Alpha Tests
Every Community Alpha Test since the first, in June 2022.
Nov 1 – Nov 8, 2026Community Alpha Test 8Whispers of GrixiusA call to arms. The gates of Adrullan open again.You’re hereApr 1 – Apr 6, 2026Community Alpha Test 71,728 peak concurrent players
Jul 11 – Jul 13, 2025Community Alpha Test 6500 players in the first 120 seconds
Oct 18 – Oct 21, 2024Community Alpha Test 5Whispers of Grixius1,180 peak concurrent players
Apr 19 – Apr 22, 2024Community Alpha Test 4600+ players online at once
Sep 1 – Sep 3, 2023Community Alpha Test 3A brand new server, and a crowd to put it through its paces.
Dec 3 – Dec 4, 2022Community Alpha Test 2920 hours played in Adrullan
Jun 18 – Jun 19, 2022Community Alpha Test 1The first time the gates of Adrullan opened to the community.Between the tests
Updates
Flash tests, pre-tests and stress tests. Short notice, and usually announced on Discord.
Flash test
One more pass at the public build
Eight days out, Ballast and Fenla opened again to keep validating the build for Community Alpha Test 7.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 7 →
Flash test
The public test build
Thirteen days out, a first run of the public test build on Ballast and Fenla, with the level cap raised to 20.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 7 →
Flash test
That new server smell
Unannounced, to check our move to new hardware. Fenla returned as a fresh start beside Ballast, and Far Clip Plane, aka BognarVision, got its first public outing. A quick infrastructure check turned into 33 and a half hours, with 577 players at the peak. Druids, Bards and Paladins were the most played.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 7 →Flash test
Release candidate
Two days out, a quick test of the release candidate patch for Community Alpha Test 6. Progress carried over.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 6 →
Flash test
A Saturday shakedown
A few hours on a Saturday to make sure everything ran smooth for the following weekend. One name changed all night, and no bans, kicks or time outs. Progress carried over into Community Alpha Test 6.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 6 →
Stress test
Server stress test
Our first test as Adrullan Online Adventures: five hours to push the server as hard as we could, with Willowbrook and the Bard class to explore and multi-boxing encouraged. The BogBot Armada gathered at the gates of Leont, and Bognar was still bored.
Flash test
Ballast opens
A week later it was Ballast’s turn. Characters from the Tibolt flash test came along, and the Open Pre-Alpha channels opened back up.
Flash test
Tibolt, ahead of the stress test
Tibolt opened with no set length and no agenda. Just hop in and enjoy Adrullan.
Pre-test
Pre-test for Community Alpha Test 5
Tibolt opened two days early to shake out anything pressing and spread the crowd across content. Progress carried over into the test.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 5 →
Flash test
Osgul opens
Unannounced, on a Friday: the Ogre homeland of Osgul opened for the first time, Humans could play Rangers and Beastlords, and the first crafting stations went up in Leont. It went so well we kept it running through Saturday.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 4 →
Flash test
The first test on the C# server
Our first test on the server we rewrote from JS to C#, and the first time Adrullan could be played in third person. Monks and Shadow Knights made their debut. 244 characters were created, Monk was the most played class, and Morty held the longest session at 7 hours 6 minutes.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 3 →
Flash test
Come bash some rats
The server came on for a few hours to show what had changed, the same night UI 2.0 was revealed. New systems, plenty in flux, and rats to bash.
Pre-test
Pre-test for Community Alpha Test 2
Fenla opened for a few hours one Saturday night, hinted at weeks before, to make sure the test on the 3rd went smoothly. Progress carried over into the test.
Ahead of Community Alpha Test 2 →