Randomness’s Arcane Recap
Continuing from part 1 which can be found here
July
July Overview
This month vetex was working on BOSS SKILLS, magic revamps, clans and a bit of story stuff!
July Updates (More boss skills)
First Up more note stuff!
Vetex knows…
Even more…
FREEDOM AT LAST!
And we got some more updates to earth! (Check the Archon of Greenwish boss for visuals)
And Argos is done, can’t wait to die to him.
We also got some weapon adjustments and ICE MAGIC
And the first strength weapon, which is good for strength/weapon hybrid builds! Can’t wait to hit some cannonballs with this and call it “Pirate Golf”
And confirmation on the boss drops!
We also got a vid for the note system here
I’ll note that down
And ice is done! Such a cool magic.
Don’t get frosty with me and my cold puns
And a bit of silent tower nostalgia. The times I spent blowing it up just to listen to the threat music.
And the start of lightning magic, flashy
Here’s the showcase of lightning magic
Here is a showcase of different tiers of magic charging
And we got the start of Magma magic! Vetex must be erupt to no good…
I’ll see myself out…
Eventually
We also get a pic of arcanium cannons! Truely fire
And Magma is finished!
Breakable wall ahead; Therefore seek riches
Reminder to look after your crew
And time for wood…
Wood you beleive it
Seriously I’ll stop now
And a decently important gamepass for those of you who like customising your character -
And an image which i won’t give the context for
BRING THE LIGHT (In more ways than 1!)
Vetex added Merchant Ships for all your merchant and ship needs (I think)
and now time for wind… vetex really is going crazy with these magics.
And it looks like Fort Talos is going to be a big place due to the addition of checkpoints during that story part. I can’t wait to for the supposed stealth parts (Explosion magic time!)
Ezia is happy about this one:
I was going to think of a cool pun but that should wait until frostmetal is added
And a ton of clan changes
Time for the next magic
And island claiming for clans!
And here is plasma, which by the way is looking fire
August
August Overview
This is about to be a big month. In August vetex was working on the last few magics, renown and rival systems and a lot more.
And on an unrelated note, did you people know insanity 5 basically instantly kills you (This is foreshadowing my eventual demise over this month)
August Updates
Sand magic!
And more progress on island claiming
Along with glass magic.
If I told a pun how many sharp looks would I get?
More clan stuff -
And this is the point where Artanaris had to ZA WARUDO (and the official beginning of the great purge or reminders for AO 2)
And now we got some ship info and crystal magic
Snow magic, we are almost finished now!
there is snow way vetex can create bad effects.
The ketch and le big kaboom
And Ash magic!
This also marks the start of the renown system which is basically revamped reputation (With a lot more features)
Flare magic, time to be sent to ravenna as a pile of ashes stylishly
And renown updates (so you can both be a pile of ashes AND a criminal.)
And you now get to see your crimes and feats
And COPPER MAGIC?!?!?!?
Also the QnA thread started around this time I think.
Wanted boards were added (I really wanted those boards)
You can now interact with the boards
And here are the ranks for the most wanted!
I also forgot to mention that vetex revamped all the weapon skills around this time (Now you can be a speed demon in style!)
And now we got assassination contracts, and mysterious peoples!
I wouldn’t speak to them If I were you, but it’s your renown. (And life)
OH MY GOD I HATE SCROLLING THROUGH REMINDERS FOR AO
On another note here are some of the revamped weapon skills, I cannot wait to pierce some people
And finally after a couple hundred messages… More game content!
What the hell has mimhere been doing?
Fish
Not Fish
Good luck to those with bad internet
Well this gives me a chance to execute a pun.
And weapon skill effects are finished!
Here are some renown images from vetex!
RIP Vetex
Famed players cannot be jailed anymore, as that would be annoying as hell (Also known as forums party)
AND MIMHERE ISLAND IS REAL!!!
For real this time
And fighting styles! which if you are the half a person who doesn’t know, are the main combat route of strength based builds. They are usually based on more martial-arts and hand to hand combat styles than weapon or energy based (There are exceptions)
— YOU BETTER SHOW US WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF —
And the start of the NPC hunting system, which basically allows you to bounty hunt and assassinate without pvp, good for those with no skill (Couldn’t be me)
NPC executions:
Random NPCs have different themes!
And even more fighting style stuff
And allied npcs?
And the actual “rival” part of the rival system has been added!
Oh my god I spent 2 hours on that month alone I am going insane.
September
September Overview
In September vetex was working on the last parts of the rival system, fighting styles and the beggining of Gravy/Evil Gravy stuff.
September updates
We start this month running… After our rivals! As of now, there are notifications to update you on your rival’s status.
We also get a little bit of variation each time you battle
your rival
And the first fighting style skill!
Here are some images concerning the NPC hunting and rival systems:
And another great Selectorch vid
I guess we will never find where his island is now…
Another island from vetex!
We can see the new island has an arena so you can have your epic anime battles in peace.
We also get the second fs skill, smash
And the QNA (Which I will NOT be summarising)
We also get another new island and some extra animations to your fighting styles
The description for light magic -
Third skill is here!
Does this mean the new island is an evil gravy base?
Another stat to keep track of - Notoriety
“Hey, I’ll get the navy off your back… you’ll owe me though”
And the next skill - Shot
Tsunami Time
Vetex decided to add a ton of balance changes
And the Gravy uniforms!
Next skill, focus, which serves as the fighting style version of the aura spell
And we already got AIrstep the 6th (?) fs skill
“MIMHERE ISLAND IS REAL”
Second FS - Boxing!
And A PVE vid from Kurumai, which showcases the boss fight against Cernyx, the Archon of Greenwish, a side quest boss who looks like he poses quite a challenge
If they are lvl 400 in the bronze sea how strong are they elsewhere?
Thank god this feature is gone
You can now learn the boxing style
Now FS have mastery levels
Artanaris had to ZA WARUDO again, and Cryoncial made the most Cryo post in the world telling people to use reminders for ao as reminders for ao, and with that, September is done!
October Spooky Month
October Overview
In October vetex was working on fighting styles, the Gravy and Evil Gravy.
October Updates
We start October with cannon fist, a very unique fighting style that utilizes massive balls of metal to attack opponents, and the addition of fighting styles on the file select screen
We also got a Gravy island for all the Gravy enjoyers
Silverhold also has a mini boss, which drops a unique item
You will be able to obtain cannon fist at palo town
Grand Navy ships will randomly spawn and attack anyone who has a bounty, we also get the start of the endgame story events
Rest in peace reminders
Yeah it died already
Anyway more endgame stuff
We also get the start of the GN stuff
And Ravenna has begun…
As well as Gravy rank boundaries, uniforms and adjustments.
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM
“nope”
And now you can cause anarchy
And we got our first FS leak here!
As well as some more pics from vetex!
I will 100% read vetex’s books
And Ravenna is complete!
Eye colours for the extra customizability
And the Evil Gravy is here…
NO WAY NAME DROP FOR THE SEA OF THE AO ON ROBLOX NOT CLICKBAIT
And some more story quests! (and a mini boss)
November
November Overview
Another big month, where vetex was working mainly on the story.
November Updates
A much needed swimming rework
And after a few years, a level cap raise
And a bunch of balance changes
Gunpowder barrels for the extra ANARCHY AND CHAOS
Cool badges
So you’re supposed to sell them? But what about carpet bombing?
ORGANISATION IS FUN
I might stay in the sky islands for this one…
Vitality and armour buff! Works well for my defensive armour build.
Please no…
Iron leg (Most likely as a replacement for Crane Style)
Why…
Luckily we can get away from cursed forum messages to the beautiful harvest island for all eternity!
(I am going insane)
Here is your reminder that cutscenes are a thing
270 what now
Upgrade the Edward Kenton
Minecraft reference.
Thermo fist, one fire
fighting style!
Patreon
Vetex made a Patreon, which gives you access to some extra leaks!
Back To Normal Schedule
Clearly, I won’t be getting Thermo Fist, I do not want to go to Ravenna after Lady Carina
Change to Mastery stat
“ULTIMATE ART: FROSTBORN APOCALYPSE”
And some cool-sounding items
December
December Overview
A dramatic finale to the year…
(Note this might be inconsistent as I am currently writing this before December is over, meaning formatting and chronological errors might occur)
December Updates
Doc is still the most drippy person on the planet
If Economy == dead:
Castaways!
And after over 2 years, we can finally see the end of the path
Deckhands, basically extra crew members to give you bonus stats and stuff
Some… Interesting changes. This could suggest vetex is planning for this boss to be a bit more strategy and less brute force, we also get some adjustments to ships and deckhands along with it
Similar to rivals, deckhand save to your files!
And can level up
We get some public trailer news and an epic showcase vid by selectorch. This game is looking absolutely amazing!
And the last FS! I might use this on one of my more chaotic files
And the final boss is done… Lets hope that this is a grand finale for the first sea in AO
With some (spoiler) drops
Weapon adjustments, which will help all of you speed demons out there look cooler.
And here are some of the last story parts we probably are going to get to see
So many changes, including the finish of sailor style, item drop changes, confirmation of some enemy types (Pie updates!)
I originally thought shell island was going to be similar to harvest island, but as we see in a bit, it has a slightly more lively atmosphere.
Here we have a massive pre release showcase by Soleil, it contains the bounty hunting system, ash magic, executions, cooking and so much more.
We also get a confirmation that you have to espace from Fort Talos
Freerunning allows you to Assasin Creed yourself around certain parts of islands!
Ravenna Quests, Optimisation and other adjustments.
Shell island has started. For all your shell and island needs (I think). It is supposed to have a small village on! That disproves my original theory of it being a wilderness type island.
More recipies = less chances of making a horrible mess (I think)
Here we have a bunch of adjustments for general quality of life and a more fun experience. (At this point AO has better quality of life than Norway)
Noble is coming for you… (Noble do be winning)
The trailer is here! (Almost) It is currently up on the patreon and let me say, the game is looking amazing! Especailly the boss fights. It will release to the public on Jan 6th on Roball’s channel as they are the one who edited it.
https://www.youtube.com/@Roball1
The third crew is here! This time you can find them in Ravenna.
And for our last (And quite fitting) update of the year, we have a grab nerf, the (not quite) completion of shell island, and Wind-Row island, the final story island of the Bronze Sea (Assumably where the awakenings take place)
Another big island, clearly Vetex wants to make to bronze sea feel very alive.
Community
Without a doubt this is the strangest community in the world, and I appreciate (almost) every one of you. So let us celebrate everyone who has made this community possible.
Random Topic of the Year
So after some consideration, I decided that only one topic could be crowned the topic of the year, that being…
@anon82052662 's
@AMultiversalEntity 's/ @AMultiversalEntity 's
@GlitchingEclipse 's
@CrimsonCreate 's
AO Ideas Trello!
Not many topics can be so popular that suggestions get merged into it, well done to the people running it.
Communtiy Shoutouts.
A list of everyone who I think have made a large positive impact to the community this year (No particular order):
Vetex
Techlevel
Headless
Cyronical
Pyronical
Divanochi
GlitchingEclipse
Maple
North
Clashmaster
Sock
Shellseawing
Fish
WarmWater
Sandal
Rayman_Axel
Usor
Tetragon_Fortress
JustDebel
Figure
Endmaster
ThatOneGuy
Camreeyan
Dog
Ezia
Noober
PersonWhosACone
Sirius
RayhanahyaR
CrimsonCreate
My Reformed Orthodox Rabbi Bill Clinton
Rake
Derp
StarForDays
LichidaDerp
Vitorgue
Lord Ellius, The Ravenna Noble
Tankatanka
AnUnnamedBoi
ArthurKingsman
Crystalys
Wyqkrn
Numswerth
Nuclearman7
F1sh
AwsomeOS
ShadowJGaming
Acid
You though it was a name, but it was me, Dio!
Nazeem
Meta
The_elment
Inferno
Mimhere
Liu
Misinput
Broly
Waping
Flare
Fluect
JTN
AMultiversalEntity
Tobi
ThatAsianInTheCorner
EdTheAcidMan
Hat (The penguin though)
Wmdrayal
Loafs_Of_Bread
Eternal_Truth
Ultimate
Lady Carina
Robotstics
Selectorch
Dr.Archipelago
Mameo
Cosmos
General Argos, Lion Of Ravenna
JDFP
UnitVector
Artanaris
DavisTheEman
Firranos
Noble
ShadeofAzure
BNTarwarn
LittleShrekSheep
A_Name
Archer
Extro
Mako
DocTheWarBird
Herodue
NaCl
Obama
Perf
A_nerd
Cernyx, Archon of Greenwish
7grandnec
Seafoam
Jar
Gaigu
Jupiter
Iris, The Anomaly
SavageWind
Anniversary
Technically this is also my 1 year anniversary post. Special thanks to @Shellseawing @Divanochi @Cryonical and @Tobi for being especially epic people
Credits
Credits
Reminders for AO 1, 2 and 3:
Reminders for AO (Part 1)
Reminders for AO (Part 2.1)
Reminders for AO (Part 3)
Odyssey Feed:
⚓ The Odyssey Feed Hub
Cryonical for technical help
Arcane Overview:
Arcane Overview - TGR in 2022
AO Trello:
Trello
Vetex’s Twitter:
https://twitter.com/_vetex?lang=en
Vetex’s Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/vetex
Vetcord:
Discord
And of course:
https://forum.arcaneodyssey.dev
Final Note
Thank you for everything, this has been quite a large project for me and I cannot believe that I’ve been on the forums for a year. You are all (Well almost all) amazing and I can’t wait for another year to come. I will (most likely) never do something at this scale ever again (On the forums at least) and that’s probably a good thing, because it drove me insane, yet I still enjoyed looking back through everything we have gone through. I do appreciate this crazy community. (And I love being apart of it)
This was such a burger year. 
what if I combined both and made a topic where I can stock all my death threaths for Light Users ?