History VideoGame / AdventureQuest3D

* DarkerAndEdgier: All Artix Games aren't shy in showing violence but the first mission has the hero getting stabbed like a pincushion, crushed by a rock, and flailed all over by the Big Bad, setting the tone of the game.

* GenreSavvy: The Hero, like most Artix Entertainment protagonists, is quite aware of what kind of game they are in. Best shown in the Tower of Necromancy arc when they sarcastically guessed what type of boss is waiting for them on top, leaving the staff speechless as ''it is the exact boss waiting at the top''.

** Galanoth's backstory is revisited, with him having a vendetta against a Great Fire Dragon. This dragon is heavily implied (and later confirmed) to be Akriloth, who appears in both ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' and ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' as the dragon who killed Galanoth's family.

** Melodia was a minor character in ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'' during the "Throne of Darkness" Saga, here she's a battle maid in Yulgar's Inn. [[spoiler:Until Vane kills her during his attack on Old Battleon.]]

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class and any connected quests and rewards requires a membership paid with cash (19.99 for the base, 49.99 for the Dragon Guardian pack). In addition, bank vaults and a very, ''very'' substantial number of the cosmetic items can be purchased via Dragon Crystals. While the game ''does'' provide you with the means to get the in-game currency of Dragon Crystals via the daily chests and some quests, the number you get tends to be pitifully small (with only an occasional chest drop where it exceeds triple digits), requiring either coming in every day for ''months'' to gain anything of note, or being incentivized to drop some cash for more substantial amounts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class and any connected quests and rewards requires a membership paid with cash (19.99 for the base + 2500 Dragon Crystals, 49.99 for the Dragon Guardian pack + 7500 Dragon Crystals). In addition, bank vaults and a very, ''very'' substantial number of the cosmetic items can be purchased via Dragon Crystals. While the game ''does'' provide you with the means to get the in-game currency of Dragon Crystals via the daily chests and some quests, the number you get tends to be pitifully small (with only an occasional chest drop where it exceeds triple digits), requiring either coming in every day for ''months'' to gain anything of note, or being incentivized to drop some cash for more substantial amounts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class and any connected quests and rewards requires a membership paid with cash (19.99 for the base + 2500 Dragon Crystal, 49.99 for the Dragon Guardian pack + 7500 Dragon Crystals). In addition, bank vaults and a very, ''very'' substantial number of the cosmetic items can be purchased via Dragon Crystals. While the game ''does'' provide you with the means to get the in-game currency of Dragon Crystals via the daily chests and some quests, the number you get tends to be pitifully small (with only an occasional chest drop where it exceeds triple digits), requiring either coming in every day for ''months'' to gain anything of note, or being incentivized to drop some cash for more substantial amounts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class require membership paid with cash. In addition, bank vaults and a very, ''very'' substantial number of the cosmetic items can be purchased via Dragon Crystals. While the game ''does'' provide you with the means to get the in-game currency of Dragon Crystals via the daily chests and some quests, the number you get tends to be pitifully small (with only an occasional chest drop where it exceeds triple digits), requiring either coming in every day for ''months'' to gain anything of note, or being incentivized to drop some cash for more substantial amounts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class require membership paid with cash. In addition, bank vaults and a very, ''very'' substantial number of the cosmetic items can be purchased via Dragon Crystals. While the game ''does'' provide you with the means to get the in-game currency of Dragon Crystals via the daily chests and some quests, the number you get tends to be pitifully small (with only an occasional chest drop where it exceeds triple digits), requiring either coming in every day for months to gain anything of note, or being incentivized to drop some cash for more substantial amounts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class require membership paid with cash. In addition, bank vaults and a very, ''very'' substantial number of the cosmetic items can be purchased via Dragon Crystals. While the game ''does'' provide you with the means to get the in-game currency of Dragon Crystals via the daily chests and some quests, the number you get tends to be pitifully small (with only an occasional chest drop where it exceeds triple digits), requiring either coming in every day to gain anything of note, or being incentivized to drop some cash for more substantial amounts.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is most certainly free to play, with the majority of features accessible to all players. However, the Guardian class and certain items require membership or in-game purchases.

* ArcherArchetype:
** Robina Hood, as per usual, who fights with a bow and arrow.
** There's also the Ranger class, which uses bows as their primary weapon.

** The April Fools event featured VR 2D goggles with one of the warning taglines being "If your video gaming lasts longer than 48 hours, please contact a doctor immediately-- or acknowledge that you may be trapped in a [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Sword Art Online]] or [[Franchise/DotHack Dot-Hack]] scenario, in which case, let us all pray you are the [[PlotArmor main character]] and [[RedShirt not a fodder worthy side-character who is doomed to not make it past episode 2]]."

* BadassInCharge: Galanoth, leader of the {{The Dragonslayer}}s Order. He is undoubtedly the greatest Dragon Slayer to have walked Lore, slaying countless dragons in his days. His followers respect him for both his leadership and his physical power.

* MegaTwintails: One of the character customization options, is giving the player character two massive pigtails.

** [[spoiler:Upon Kord's ascension to Galanoth's rank, he is considerably less fanatical about the whole thing, focusing on protecting the innocent from evil dragons rather than the KillEmAll approach of the original Galanoth.]]

The game and its storyline are still highly unfinished, having been in open beta for years. Nonetheless, the game is open to all players, and it usually receives updates on a weekly basis.

* BalefulPolymorph: There's a horse in the guardian tower that's actually a guardian who is stuck in the form after an accident.

** In the Ashfall [=DragonSlayer=] Camp there are two books titled the "[[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey Fifty Shades of Slay]]", "[[Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo Dragon with the Girl Tattoo]]", and [[Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem "Magical Creatures and Where to Kill Them" by Toot Slaymander]].