This month marks the 12th anniversary for the realms versus realm MMORPG.

On October 10, 2013 Mythic Entertainment celebrated the 12th anniversary of their realm versus realm MMO, Dark Age of Camelot. The producers and developers of the game recently took a look back on their history, filled with unique stories ranging from the game's early beginnings all the way through launch day. In the retrospective Mythic co-founder Rob Denton shared one of many intriguing facts, "DAOC was originally 'Darkness Falls 3D' - a three realm, PvP game based on the Darkness Falls text based MUD. Mark Jacobs, Mythic's President, developed the wonderful idea to use the popular myths around Arthurian, Norse and Celtic themes as the base story."

In celebration players can enjoy some birthday bonuses:

On Normal Ruleset servers, the following bonuses have been added:
100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons.
100% bonus to normal BP in all NF zones.
25% bonus to RP in all NF zones (including Darkness Falls)

On the PVE Ruleset server the following bonuses have been added:
100% bonus to normal XP gain in all classic zones and dungeons.
100% bonus to normal BP gain in the capital cities.
100% bonus to normal RP gain in the capital cities.

In each Capital City:
40% Bonus to Crafting Speed
20% Bonus to Crafting Skill Gain

In all Housing Zones:
20% Bonus to Crafting Speed
10% Bonus to Crafting Skill Gain

Happy Birthday to Dark Age of Camelot and here's to many more!

Ann "Cyliena" Hosler, Managing Editor

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