Randomness’ Arcane Recap 2024 (Pt.1)
Oh well we’re back again for the third year in a row. I love looking back and seeing how much of a mess the other recaps were, but here we go for another!
This year was admittedly a bit disappointing for a while, as development was slow and bugs were many, however with the release of Empires and the events made by the trio of Astral, Galaga and Serena, things are looking up. The Full Release update is also looking great from what I’ve seen 
. You guys are in for a treat.
Organised the same as last time, with a Patch Notes section, then a Media section, and finishing off with some general forum stuff! I’ll also be including “Notes” for anything specifically funny or important.
Welcome, to the Arcane Recap!
Patchnotes
An archive of all the AO Patch Notes posted on the trello this year.
Patchnotes: January
– Mostly basic armour additions. –
V1.14.60 - V1.14.70
Patchnotes: February
– Sameria arrives in the Nimbus Sea! –
V1.14.71 - V1.14.85
Patchnotes: March
– The final additions to the Nimbus Sea before Part 1 Release –
V1.14.86 - V1.15.1
Note: QnA 2
The second Arcane Odyssey QNA was hosted early in March, find the link to it below:
https://www.youtube.com/live/dNOKAGpBARM?si=8uZ9NGAZYbWhMEW-
Update: The Nimbus Sea, Part 1
This update introduced the second of the War Seas, the Nimbus Sea, along with five new islands including the capital of the Sameria Province, Sameria. Unfortunately a bug was also experienced due to issues with Roblox not carrying over all changes to the main game where many weapons were voided. Rip the sunkens 
.
Vetex’s summary is below:
Patchnotes: April
– The Easter Event and Port Mistral –
V1.15.2 - V1.15.18
Update: The Easter Event
Introduced another Egg Hunt event, which lasted from April into May.
Patchnotes: May
– The last additions before the Mistral Update –
V1.15.19 - V1.16
Update: The Mistral Update
Introduced Chapter 7 of the storyline, Spirit Weapons and Port Mistral.
Vet’s summary for this update is linked below:
Patchnotes: June
– The start of Empires –
V1.16.1 - V1.16.25
Patchnotes: July
– Empires Continues –
V1.16.26 - V1.16.48
Patchnotes: August
– Empires grows closer to completion –
V1.16.49 - V1.16.59
Note: The infamous monkey sail removal. Toxic players will sob.
This event just reduced my faith in the community.
Patchnotes: September
Do you remember
– An absolutely huge month in terms of patch notes, but Empires finally releases!!! –
V1.16.60 - V1.17.2
Note: Art Contest!
In September we got the first official Arcane Odyssey Art Contest! See the main thread on Twitter below, or search on the forums for some of the submissions…
https://x.com/_ArcaneOdyssey/status/1835461098579136516
Update: The Empires Update
A large update which included many new islands, new minibosses and and the Island Building feature for clans. Pretty cool 11/10 would Empires again.
If you want to see Vet’s summary for this update, link is below:
Patchnotes: October
– Spooky Scary Halloween Update –
V1.17.3 - V1.17.25
Note: Goober
look at this guy
Thanks for looking at this guy, AO’s first piece of official merchandise.
How neat!
Update: Halloween Event
Introduced a Halloween Event made by Galaga, Serena and Astralworks. It was a pretty neat event and definitely better than what we’ve had previously. It also introduced the Auction House, which is a feature I know lots of people were really looking forward to for many years.
Note: “Thanks to Bitwinder”
These exploits were quite funny though. RIP Theos’ Shovel.
Patchnotes: November
– I can bearly handle the upcoming puns. Oh wait, bears were December. Guess we’ll have to wait. Bear with me for a month. –
V1.17.26 - V1.17.44
Note: Death of the old Chat
The new chat is unfortunately a bit… flat if that makes sense. Thanks Roblox for adding a little roadbump to everything. At least Full Release Development is going well.
Patchnotes: December
– merry yuletide, and bear –
V1.17.45 - 1.17.55
Note: Bear
bear
bear (bear)
Update: Yuletide
Introduced the absolutely fantastic Yuletide event made by you guess it, Mimhere Xxael, Astralworks and Galaga!
Congrats to these guys on another event well made.
Part 2
The second part of the 2024 Arcane Recap can be found here: