Neverwinter News

Cryptic Studios continues its efforts to make the Bards of Neverwinter more viable in combat in the D&D MMORPG’s latest patch. Before the patch rolled out, Bards were able to sing various songs to heal their player allies but not NPC ones. With the latest patch, the Bard’s AoE heals will now also affect NPCs as long as the skill [...]

Neverwinter is bringing back its Masquerade of Liars event tomorrow, bringing with it the usual array of Halloween-themed quests to complete and rewards to earn. A handful of new rewards will also be up for grabs, including an owlbear costume, a witch’s broom mount, and a Mask of the Fallen item. “The time has come, once again, for the most [...]

Neverwinter is bringing back the Hell Pit event today which will once again pit players against waves of enemies to earn various rewards. The even will run until October 14th and will require players to succeed against at least 14 encounters to be eligible for rewards. Meanwhile, Cryptic Studios has made several balance tweaks to the Band of Air ring [...]

Cryptic Studios has opened the Neverwinter vault of old content and has brought back Rothé Valley as a new Epic Adventure. The zone has been updated with improved visuals, streamlined quests, new Heroic Encounters, and a “stu-panda-ous” new battle pass. From now until November 22nd, players will be able to complete Random Queues and Major Heroic Encounters in Rothé Valley [...]

It’s a bad time to be a dragon in Neverwinter following the release of the ominously-named Dragonslayer expansion. Not only are they constantly hunted, they’ve also been hit with the big bad nerf bat in the D&D MMORPG’s latest patch. Green Dragons have been hit particularly hard as they’ve had their nasty Mass Dispel debuff ability completely removed. The five-headed [...]

Fireworks will soon be lighting up the skies over Neverwinter to honor the Goddess of Joy in the city’s annual Celebration of Lliira event which will once again be taking place in the Protector’s Enclave starting tomorrow, June 30th. “Players will honor Lliira, the goddess of joy, freedom and liberty by completing daily quests and setting off fireworks. Players will [...]

Neverwinter is celebrating its 9th anniversary with the return of the annual Protector’s Jubilee event. This year’s event features new daily tasks from Elminster along with new rewards to earn. Activities and rewards from previous Protector’s Jubilee events will also be returning for the duration of the event. “The Protector’s Jubilee is Neverwinter’s big anniversary event, when the city is [...]

Dragons are taking center stage in Neverwinter as the Dragonslayer module officially goes live on both PC and consoles today. Yes, that’s right. For the first time ever both PC and console versions of the classic MMORPG will get access to an expansion at the same time. The expansion kicks off a new dragon-centric narrative that will task players with [...]

Neverwinter players are in for a big surprise when they take on the five-headed dragon goddess Tiamat following the release of the Dragonslayer module next week. The expansion will include a rework both the Normal and Master difficulties of the Tiamat Trial with the Normal version requiring a minimum item level of 30,000 and the Master version requiring at least [...]

Cryptic Studios will be making significant balance changes to gear stats when the Dragonslayer expansion comes out next month as revealed in their latest dev blog. Of particular note is the Ruthless Might passive granted by the Bone Devil’s Rib Cage and the Tactful Leathers of the Dragon Hunter. With the expansion’s release, the 2.5% Critical Strike and Critical Severity [...]