History YMMV / AdventurequestWorlds

* ThatOneSidequest: The quest chains to unlock the Blinding Light of Destiny and the separate, Legends-only "Sepulchure's Doomknight Armour" are absolutely brutal. Both require copious grinding to obtain ''over three million spirit orbs each'' (though this number assumes that the player doesn't find any Auras needed to make the equipment, which would require several thousand orbs each to make) which drop in increments of 5, 10, 15, and 20 from quests that require 25 or 40 of other drops from undead, [[LuckBasedMission metal which is a random drop from a daily quest]], and high amounts of Auras that can only be obtained through a random drop which requires a separate weapon that requires the above materials to make. [[UpToEleven It takes so much grinding that Artix himself estimated that either item would take players roughly SIX MONTHS of farming to obtain, and neither chain overlaps, so you're looking at a YEAR to obtain both pieces.]] And to top it off, the armour's only practical advantage over any other is a 51% damage buff against humans (which there are barely any) and the [=BLoD=]'s only practical advantage over any other is a 75% damage buff against Undead, [[BraggingRightsReward who you've killed tens of thousands of on the way to making it and were probably enough to get you to the level cap]].

** King Drago crossed it in Darkon's backstory [[spoiler:when he turned all of Astravia against Regulus, Titania and Aurola - the third of whose eye he gouged out - and fatally wounded Suki, and later [[SadisticChoice forced Darkon to have Alprecha crown him king instead of him if he wanted to see Suki again]] before fatally injuring him with a back slash to his head as well, leading Drago himself to become TheCaligula for Astravia that he is today]].

** King Drago crossed it in Darkon's backstory [[spoiler:when he turned all of Astravia against Regulus, Titania and Aurola - the third of whose eye he gouged out - and fatally wounded Suki, and later [[TheSadisticChoice forced Darkon to have Alprecha crown him king instead of him if he wanted to see Suki again]] before fatally injuring him with a back slash to his head as well, leading Drago himself to become TheCaligula for Astravia that he is today]].

* AntiClimaxBoss: The Queen of Monsters, the GreaterScopeVillain of the Chaos Lords Saga, Drakath's secret master, the OverarchingVillain for 6 years running. All in all ultimate villain of the entire game right? [[spoiler:Malgor shows up out of nowhere and the Queen is abruptly decapitated. You [[TheUnfought never even get to fight her]]... until the "Into the Plane of Monsters" and "Queen of Monsters: First Reign" storylines, that is.]]

** [[spoiler:In the Sandsea saga, Sek-Duat tells you that you can only defeat Tibicenas with another Djinn, and the Djinn you get is Saahir, who tells you of how Tibi got kicked out of the Djinn world. Then later, [[TheWorfEffect Saahir goes to throw down with Tibi and gets owned by him. BADLY.]] [[CurbStompBattle And he doesn't even last five seconds against him.]] However, as requested by yourself, the Efreet strips Tibi of all his Djinn powers turning him into something you can actually defeat, proving that now you don't need another Djinn to beat him.]]

* MemeticMutation: Borgars. [[labelnote:Explanation]] Derived from the [[BrokenBase controversial]] [[WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers Yulgar’s Börgars]] release, which was either praised due to the event’s craziness and visiting of older maps, or criticized due to it being filler, having non [=AC-tagged=] items, and having tedious quests. [[/labelnote]]

-->'''Galanoth''': [[spoiler:(after completing the "Follow the Trail" quest) [[ThisCannotBe I can't believe it]] - this dragon was so greedy that it was actually killing its own kind for their treasure! That's a kind of evil that even other dragons can't achieve. Still I am relieved that Goregold turned out to be the culprit, rather than one of the members of our Order. That would have been hard to accept, no matter who it was.]]

*** '''Binky:''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking 1 time.]] [[SarcasmMode Have fun!]]

* ShockingSwerve:
** At the end of the Mythsong storyline, [[spoiler:Kimberly being the actual Sixth Lord of Chaos came out of nowhere and was hard to predict for people who had not seen the LateArrivalSpoiler.]]
** During the Queen of Monsters saga finale, we see [[spoiler:that the Queen has been killed, with the new BigBad Malgor holding her head in front of the hero. Then Malgor reveals that it wasn't him who killed her, but the hero who just so happened to forget those events. Keep in mind that there was no mention or hint of Malgor anywhere beforehand.]] Technically, [[spoiler:Malgor]] does actually appear during a story recap cutscene in Dreadrock Citadel, but it's rather easy to miss for newer players. This makes it moreso FiveSecondForeshadowing.

** As of October 2021, the Chaos Avenger class is considered one of the toughest classes to obtain, as most of the item requirements for the quest to unlock it are hard to collect, one even requiring four items to merge into it that can only be obtained one at a time per week from Champion Drakath, an incredibly tough [[OptionalBoss Optional]] {{Superboss}} who's basically both versions of Drakath rolled into one with several abilities and his own ThatOneAttack for when his HP is running low. Two other items also require six Chaos Lord armors each, and since Chaos Lord armors are fairly tough to obtain and can be found on the Chaos Lords (most of which, as mentioned before, are fairly tough as well and have their own ThatOneAttack for some), you'd most certainly have a lot of work cut out for you doing all that. On the bright side? Once you finally unlock it, you'll find CA to be one of the most powerful classes in the game alongside the aforementioned Void Highlord above, and the reward is worth all that insane hard work you have to go through.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Recently, players were upset about the newest questlines requiring them to keep certain misc. items in order to proceed, which they feel is a waste of inventory space. These questlines include the ones in Luna Cove, the Golden Shipwreck, the Starsinc Fortress, and Dage the Good's Bright Fortress.

** As of October 2021, the Chaos Avenger class is considered one of the toughest classes to obtain, as most of the item requirements for the quest to unlock it are hard to collect, one even requiring four items to merge into it that can only be obtained one at a time per week from Champion Drakath, an incredibly tough [[OptionalBoss Optional]] {{Superboss}} who's basically both versions of Drakath rolled into one with several abilities and his own ThatOneAttack. Two other items also require six Chaos Lord armors each, and since Chaos Lord armors are fairly tough to obtain and can be found on the Chaos Lords (most of which, as mentioned before, are fairly tough as well and have their own ThatOneAttack for some), you'd most certainly have a lot of work cut out for you doing all that.

** As of October 2021, the Chaos Avenger class is considered one of the toughest classes to obtain, as most of the item requirements for the quest to unlock it are hard to collect, one even requiring four items to merge into it that can only be obtained one at a time per week from Champion Drakath, an incredibly tough [[OptionalBoss Optional]] {{Superboss}}. Two other items also require six Chaos Lord armors each, and since Chaos Lord armors are fairly tough to obtain and can be found on the Chaos Lords (most of which, as mentioned before, are fairly tough as well and have ThatOneAttack), you'd most certainly have a lot of work cut out for you doing all that.

** As of October 2021, the Chaos Avenger class is considered one of the toughest classes to obtain, as most of the item requirements for the quest to unlock it are hard to collect, one even requiring four items to merge into it that can only be obtained one at a time per week from Champion Drakath, an incredibly tough BonusBoss. Two other items also require six Chaos Lord armors each, and since Chaos Lord armors are fairly tough to obtain and can be found on the Chaos Lords (most of which, as mentioned before, are fairly tough as well and have ThatOneAttack), you'd most certainly have a lot of work cut out for you doing all that.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The Queen of Monsters, the GreaterScopeVillain of the Chaos Lords Saga, Drakath's secret master, the OverarchingVillain for 6 years running. All in all ultimate villain of the entire game right? [[spoiler:Malgor shows up out of nowhere and the Queen is abruptly decapitated. You [[TheUnfought never even get to fight her]].]]

** All the female characters are hot.
** Drakath is also good-looking.

** The Queen of Monsters has proven to be fairly disliked among players, especially coming off the heels of the far more popular Drakath. Her overall story arcs also tend to be quite disliked with the Elemental Titans being an AbortedArc. As if to have a TakeThatScrappy moment she is [[spoiler:unceremoniously killed off by Malgor at the end of her storyline.]]
** Eremon started out as likable when he was at first helping the players out in their search for Aria and Kolyaban, but soon shot way up to this status when [[spoiler:he betrayed them and Madra to side with Kolyaban, and later pulled off a SenselessSacrifice to save her, which, no surprise, was not mourned by a single player since Kolyaban crossed the MoralEventHorizon by turning Aria into a monster earlier]].

** During the Queen of Monsters saga finale, we see [[spoiler:that the Queen has been killed, with the new BigBad Malgor holding her head in front of the hero. Then Malgor reveals that it wasn’t him who killed her, but the hero who just so happened to forget those events. Keep in mind that there was no mention or hint of Malgor anywhere beforehand.]]
*** [[spoiler:Malgor]] does actually appear during a story recap cutscene in Dreadrock Citadel, but it’s rather easy to miss for newer players. This makes it moreso FiveSecondForeshadowing.

** There’s also the villains of the Throne of Darkness saga. The ending implies that [[spoiler:the hero was meant to recruit them in order to deal with a now-regenerating Sepulchure, only further proven by Artix and Gravelyn’s dialogue after finishing the saga. However, even when Sepulchure does come into play during the Queen of Monsters saga, they’re nowhere to be seen, and they aren’t even mentioned.]]

** Noxus is now better known as a [[DemBones skeletal lich]] which is a farcry for the human {{necromancer}} he was back in ''VideoGame/DragonFable''.

** Noxus has now better known as a [[DemBones skeletal lich]] which is a farcry for the human {{necromancer}} he was back in ''VideoGame/DragonFable''.

* TheScrappy: Eremon started out as likable when he was at first helping the players out in their search for Aria and Kolyaban, but soon shot way up to this status when [[spoiler:he betrayed them and Madra to side with Kolyaban, and later pulled off a SenselessSacrifice to save her, which, no surprise, was not mourned by a single player since Kolyaban crossed the MoralEventHorizon by turning Aria into a monster earlier]].
* ShockingSwerve: At the end of the Mythsong storyline, [[spoiler:Kimberly being the actual Sixth Lord of Chaos came out of nowhere and was hard to predict for people who had not seen the LateArrivalSpoiler.]]

* CompleteMonster:
** [[{{Necromancer}} Noxus]] was the Dean of the Necropolis and a loyal servant of [[Characters/AdventureQuestWorldsShadowscythe Sepulchure]]. He created an infection that turned an entire village into zombies, then took Vayle, host to the Darkness Orb, and fed her false promises of resurrecting her dead brother, while training her in necromancy in order to use her powers to craft his undead armies. Vayle eventually learned the truth and turned on Noxus, joining the heroes to kill him. However, the ghostly presence of Noxus would coerce a young girl named Sally into the Necropolis and train her to be his successor eventually resurrecting Noxus as a lich. Together, they created [[TheAntiChrist Vordred the Paladin Slayer]] and use him to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life]] by turning them undead, which would [[AndIMustScream trap their souls in skeletal cages]]. In order to make Vordred unstoppable, he must kill Artix, who is the "Champion of Darkness", to take his place and gain unparalleled power. Noxus leads an assault on Shadowfall and hijacks command of Empress Gravelyn's undead army, before [[GoGoEnslavement chaining her up and forcibly dressing her in revealing clothes]] to act as bait for the heroes, only for Gravelyn to escape by summoning her personal minion Chuckles.
** [[StrawNihilist Kezeroth]] the "[[OmnicidalManiac World Ender]]" made it his life's mission to end all life on Lore, by releasing [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Quetzal]], who would [[EndlessWinter freeze the entire planet]]. Kezeroth's first attempt 26,000 years ago was foiled by a hero named Elim, who Kezeroth murders. [[VillainousBreakdown Distraught at his life's mission failing]], a Chronocorrupter offers Kezeroth a second chance by freezing him in time for 26,000 years when the comet within which Quetzel was trapped would next return, an offer Kezeroth accepts without hesitation. Awakening in the present, Kezeroth succeeds in his second attempt to draw in Quetzal's comet, while pointing the comet's trajectory to destroy the [[LegendaryWeapon Sword of Hope]], which was capable of killing Quetzal. When the heroes make a LastStand against Quetzal and manage to stagger it, the Hero rushes to strike Quetzal with the sword, only for Kezeroth to snatch the sword from the Hero and kill Quetzal himself [[YouHaveFailedMe for daring to fail]]. Kezeroth declares he would end the world himself, leading to a climactic battle with the Hero, only ended by Athon the Chronomancer freezing Kezeroth in time for another 26,000 years, but is killed by Kezeroth as a result. Kezeorth is awakened prematurely two years later by his brother Karok the Fallen, who wanted Kezeroth's assistance in world domination, but an amnesic Kezeroth believes he was robbed of his chance to release Quetzal, and instead tries to kill his own brother.

** [[StrawNihilist Kezeroth]] the "[[OmnicidalManiac World Ender]]" made it his life's mission to end all life on Lore, by releasing [[BeastOfTheApocalypse Quetzal]], who would [[EndlessWinter freeze the entire planet]]. Kezeroth's first attempt 26,000 years ago was foiled by a hero named Elim, who Kezeroth murders. [[VillainousBreakdown Distraught at his life's mission failing]], a Chronocorrupter offers Kezeroth a second chance by freezing him in time for 26,000 years when the comet within which Quetzel was trapped would next return, an offer Kezeroth accepts without hesitation. Awakening in the present, Kezeroth succeeds in his second attempt to draw in Quetzal's comet, while pointing the comet's trajectory to destroy the [[LegendaryWeapon Sword of Hope]], which was capable of killing Quetzal. When the heroes make a LastStand against Quetzal and manage to stagger it, the Hero rushes to strike Quetzal with the sword, only for Kezeroth to snatch the sword from the Hero and kill Quetzal himself [[YouHaveFailedMe for daring to fail]]. Kezeroth declares he would end the world himself, leading to a climactic battle with the Hero, only ended by Athon the Chronomancer freezing Kezeroth in time for another 26,000 years, but is killed by Kezeroth as a result. Kezeorth is awakened prematurely two years later by his brother Karok the Fallen, who wanted Kezeroth's assistance in world domination, but an amnesic Kezeroth believes he was robbed of his chance to release Quetzal, and instead tries to [[SiblingMurder kill his own brother]].

* CompleteMonster: [[{{Necromancer}} Noxus]] was the Dean of the Necropolis and a loyal servant of [[Characters/AdventureQuestWorldsShadowscythe Sepulchure]]. He created an infection that turned an entire village into zombies, then took Vayle, host to the Darkness Orb, and fed her false promises of resurrecting her dead brother, while training her in necromancy in order to use her powers to craft his undead armies. Vayle eventually learned the truth and turned on Noxus, joining the heroes to kill him. However, the ghostly presence of Noxus would coerce a young girl named Sally into the Necropolis and train her to be his successor eventually resurrecting Noxus as a lich. Together, they created [[TheAntiChrist Vordred the Paladin Slayer]] and use him to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life]] by turning them undead, which would [[AndIMustScream trap their souls in skeletal cages]]. In order to make Vordred unstoppable, he must kill Artix, who is the "Champion of Darkness", to take his place and gain unparalleled power. Noxus leads an assault on Shadowfall and hijacks command of Empress Gravelyn's undead army, before [[GoGoEnslavement chaining her up and forcibly dressing her in revealing clothes]] to act as bait for the heroes, only for Gravelyn to escape by summoning her personal minion Chuckles.

* CompleteMonster:
** [[Characters/AdventureQuestWorldsChaos Chaos]] Lord Krellenos [[MindRape corrupted his brother Antiphuus]] and allowed his kin to blame the Horcs for his death. He proceeded to steal an Arashtite ore of the Accord of the Dark Sun from the Ravine Temple to corrupt friends and family alike, doing so to his family and to the Horcs as well. He began using the corrupted generals of both sides of the Alliance to try to shatter said Alliance and get the Hero blamed for it all. Krellenos proved willing to sacrifice anything--even family--for Chaos power, all while starting a huge war.
** [[{{Necromancer}} Noxus]] was the Dean of the Necropolis and a loyal servant of [[Characters/AdventureQuestWorldsShadowscythe Sepulchure]]. He created an infection that turned an entire village into zombies, then took Vayle, host to the Darkness Orb, and fed her false promises of resurrecting her dead brother, while training her in necromancy in order to use her powers to craft his undead armies. Vayle eventually learned the truth and turned on Noxus, joining the heroes to kill him. However, the ghostly presence of Noxus would coerce a young girl named Sally into the Necropolis and train her to be his successor eventually resurrecting Noxus as a lich. Together, they created [[TheAntiChrist Vordred the Paladin Slayer]] and use him to [[OmnicidalManiac wipe out all life]] by turning them undead, which would [[AndIMustScream trap their souls in skeletal cages]]. In order to make Vordred unstoppable, he must kill Artix, who is the "Champion of Darkness", to take his place and gain unparalleled power. Noxus leads an assault on Shadowfall and hijacks command of Empress Gravelyn's undead army, before [[GoGoEnslavement chaining her up and forcibly dressing her in revealing clothes]] to act as bait for the heroes, only for Gravelyn to escape by summoning her personal minion Chuckles.

** [[Characters/AdventureQuestWorldsChaos Chaos]] Lord Krellenos [[MindRape corrupted his brother Antiphuus]] and allowed his kin to blame the Horcs for his death. He proceeded to steal an Arashtite ore of the Accord of the Dark Sun from the Ravine Temple to corrupt friends and family alike, doing so to his family and to the Horcs as well. He began using the corrupted generals of both sides of the Alliance to try to shatter said Alliance and get the Hero blamed for it all. Krellenos proved willing to sacrifice anything--even family--or Chaos power all while starting a huge war.

* CompleteMonster: Chaos Lord Krellenos [[MindRape chaorrupted his brother Antiphuus]] and allowed his kin to blame the Horcs for his death. He proceeded to steal an Arashtite ore of the Accord of the Dark Sun from the Ravine Temple to chaorrupt friends and family alike, doing so to his family and to the Horcs as well.He began using the chaorrupted generals of both sides of the Alliance to try to shatter said Alliance and get the Hero blamed for it all. Krellenos proved willing to sacrifice anything — even family — for Chaos power all while starting a huge war.

* MagnificentBastard:
** Possibly Drakath, in a complete departure from his whiny, stubborn, and incompetent ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' self.
*** His selection for the 13th Chaos Lord definitely cements him as this. [[spoiler: It's ''the Hero''!]]
** Well, he is a MagnificentBastard in the original VideoGame/AdventureQuest.
** During the Arcangrove saga, to his surprise, he found himself outsmarted once by [[TheStarscream Ledgermayne]]! Reason? Ledgermayne was self-aware living magic that could control even his magic.
---> '''Drakath''': What did you just say to me, Ledgermayne?\\
'''Ledgermayne''': The plan will fail. This form will take matters into its own hands. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness This form no longer has any use for the master]].\\
'''Drakath''': I never should have allowed you to have free will. (starts charging up an attack only for Ledgermayne to cancel it out and then looks at his hand) '''''[[BigWhat WHAT?!]]'''''\\
'''Ledgermayne''': You will not be allowed to harm this form. This form was a mass of mana in the para-elemental plane of magic when your chaotic influence accidentally caused this form to be self-aware. This form is grateful for that gift, [[EvilIsNotAToy but this form is not one of the master's Chaos Lord puppets]] whom you have gifted with Chaos magic. This form is LIVING MAGIC. Even your powerful Chaos magic... is still just magic, which this form can control. This form has no desire to destroy you. Stay out of our way. (teleports out of the Realm of Chaos)
** The shadowed UltimateEvil of the Skyguard storyline [[spoiler:Exos]], whom you will refer to as "Master" unless you want to relive your nightmares courtesy of the Dreamweaver, started to show signs of this at the beginning of the Skyguard storyline. [[spoiler:He blew it in the end, thanks to the Dreamweaver turning against him]].
*** And later in the saga, [[spoiler:it's revealed that the real MagnificentBitch was - believe it or not - Exos' own former employee, the Dreamweaver herself]].
** How about Kitsune, the fourth lord of Chaos? He used his Chaos powers to place Emperor Daisho under a spell and stole the Hanzamune Dragon Koi Blade after waiting for the hero to defeat Ryoku. He had Neko Matta have the hero run around killing Skello Kitties and Nopperabo as a trick to buy Kitsune just enough time to use the sword to summon the O-dokuro from its prison. And what makes Kitsune even more magnificent is his affinity for illusion, trickery and lies, and the fact that, unlike the [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Shredder]], whom he's an {{Expy}} of, he is rarely cruel. He didn't count on the hero retrieving the sword from the O-dokuro's head and using it to close the rift pouring a waterfall of Yokai out of it, which led him to see him/her as more of a problem than he first thought.
** [[spoiler:After he was killed by the hero, Artix, and Vayle, in ''VideoGame/DragonFable'', Noxus learned from his mistakes and evolved into a MagnificentBastard, guiding Sally to the Necropolis with his ghostly voice to train her as the supreme Necromantress of the Tower of Necromancy. After she completed her training, she repaid him by resurrecting him as a lich. Eventually afterwards, Noxus found an ancient evil that, with Sally's help, he used to create the [[NighInvulnerability Nigh Unvulnerable]] [[HeroKiller Paladin-Slaying]] Vordred. Vordred turning almost all of the paladins except Artix undead was just as Noxus planned]].
*** Even better. [[spoiler:While the hero was fighting his/her way through the Temple of Doomwood, Noxus left his office at the Necropolis for Shadowfall, after which he/she, Cysero, and Beleen stormed it only to find out that he wasn't there. Noxus and Vordred attacked Shadowfall to Gravelyn's rage, and upon finding out that she was Sepulchure's kid, he not only turned all her undead minions to his side, he also decided to use her as bait to lure the hero and Artix into a trap. Thus, setting off the scene for the Shadowfall War. And what's even better? He even makes Gravelyn wear her slave bikini as {{Fanservice}}. Had he known that Gravelyn had an undead minion of her very own who could not be affected by his magic, Noxus would've been the one who won]].
** Again, believe it or not, [[spoiler:the Twins seem to show signs of this. They manipulated the Horcs and Trolls into a war, and manipulated King Alteon and Gravelyn into sending Cynari, Tibias, and the Pactagonal Knight and undead armies to Bloodtusk to take over and keep the ravine under their control so they can prepare the ninth Lord of Chaos]].
** [[spoiler:Krellenos. Seeing how he manipulated the Horcs and Trolls into a war so he could chaorrupt everything in Bloodtusk Ravine from within without anybody noticing, you can tell he's always one step ahead of them, plus you have to admit respect for the little guy.]]
** [[spoiler:Desoloth can certainly count as well. He orchestrated for his faithful servant X'Dir to have the hero defeat the four Prime dragons and use their Dracoscintilla to open the Dragon Gate for him... and everything went according to his plan. After the plan worked, he fought against the hero in an attempt to reward him/her with a YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness by making him/her his first meal in 800 years. After his defeat it was revealed that what the hero fought was just a shade of Desoloth himself that he left in the [=DragonPlane=] so that the hero could fight it again whenever it liked. Then again, to be fair, Desoloth himself was curious how powerful the residents of Lore had become over the years he was imprisoned.]]
** [[spoiler:The Mysterious Stranger returns and once again shows off his magnificent bastardry as he unleashes shadow monsters upon Lore to test the heroes, sends his newly-created 13 Lords of Doom to attack them, and escapes as they fight against the 13th and final Doom Lord. He even comments that his puppets as he calls them dance better than expected but it doesn't matter to him as he has finally found what he has been looking for.]]

** Fa, the assistant of Darkon who is often seen playing her parody of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, seems to have attracted a lot of fans for her cute, quiet, and emotionless personality, seeing as how much fanart has been put up since the release of [[NightmareFuel the terrifying Summit of Insanity area]].

** Fa, the assistant of Darkon who is often seen playing her parody of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, seems to have attracted a lot of fans, seeing as how much fanart has been put up since the release of [[NightmareFuel the terrifying Summit of Insanity area]].

** Fa, the assistant of Darkon who is often seen playing her parody of the VideoGame/NintendoSwitch, seems to have attracted a lot of fans, seeing as how much fanart has been put up since the release of [[NightmareFuel the terrifying Summit of Insanity area]].

** Fa, the assistant of Darkon who is often seen playing her parody of the NintendoSwitch, seems to have attracted a lot of fans, seeing as how much fanart has been put up since the release of [[NightmareFuel the terrifying Summit of Insanity area]].