Have you checked out the official Neverwinter Wiki, hosted at Curse?

We've already seen an amazing amount of contributions on the Neverwinter Wiki, which has been a great central information source for all things Neverwinter. Players have been awesome about posting gameplay guides, Foundry tutorials, class and race details, and even lore related to Forgotten Realms!

How about winning some cool prizes? We're excited to announce that Curse is running a contribution contest for the official Neverwinter Wiki!

> Contest Details <

Contribute to an existing article, create a new one, or upload helpful screenshots for a chance to win some cool gear! For all the details, head on over to the official announcement on Curse.

Update: Curse has posted additional clarifications regarding contest submissions:

A couple notes — to ensure your contributions are counted, be sure to tweet a link to the 'diff' page of your entry. Find this by clicking 'Recent Changes', and where you see your edit listed click the link that says 'diff'. This is the correct URL to use (An example).

You could also click History, make sure your edit is selected, and click to compare the selected revisions. For your entry to count, edits should be a minimum of 30 characters.

Looking for the hottest new items in the Neverwinter Zen Market? You’ve come to the right place!

The Zen Market is the best place to find new items and sales to help you on your adventures, giving you the opportunity to obtain unique and iconic companions, mounts, outfits, account unlocks, and much more.

Remember, you can simply press “Y” in-game to bring up the Zen Market and see all of the items for sale!

This week’s items:

*NEW* Companion: Neverember Guard – Defender Companion

The Neverember Guard is a dedicated defender of Neverwinter who will fight at your side!  Hand-picked by Lord Neverember himself, this stalwart protector of Neverwinter will give you the defensive edge you’ll need in combat.

The Neverember Guard has initial points in Defense and Regeneration, as well as three Defense slots for Runestones, two Waist slots, and one Sword Knot slot.

As a rare quality companion, the Neverember Guard has a Max Rank of 25, providing you with three different skins from which to pick.

The Neverember Guard has two powers:

Shield Charge

3s cooldown, 30’ range

Deals Physical Damage

A charging attack that generates additional threat on the target.

Stab

1.2s cooldown, melee

Deals Physical Damage

Strikes the target, dealing damage.

*NEW* Item: Sunite Heart Dye Pack

A set of light and deep pink dyes initially designed for the Order of the Ruby Rose, followers of the goddess Sune. Each pack is sufficient to dye a single piece of clothing or armor – meaning that unlike dye bottles, the Sunite Heart Dye Pack changes the Accent, Primary, and Secondary colors of an item with a single use!

If you need to purchase Zen for Neverwinter, click here. After your purchase is complete, transfer Zen into Neverwinter on this page. You will then see three boxes: 1, 2, and 3. Select Neverwinter for Box 1, select the server your character is on for Box 2, and amount of Zen for Box 3.

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The Foundry

Rob Overmeyer, Neverwinter Foundry Producer

The Foundry is a content authoring tool that allows players to create their own quests and campaigns for others to play. Using the various features available, Foundry authors can create unique content, make custom interior and exterior maps, and build contacts and dialog tailored to their storytelling needs. When they’re ready, authors can publish their quests for all players in Neverwinter to experience.

There are very few limitations when it comes to the content an author can make in the Foundry. Whether it is a quick rescue of a drunken dwarf in the Chasm, or a deep delve into the history and lore of the Forgotten Realms, authors can create an array of different quests. We support this creativity with tools that allow you to customize the look and feel of everything, from friendly contacts to the critters players will fight. Our costume editor allows for nearly endless customization of every person or thing you’ll come across in a quest. Within the quests you can really tune the experience for players by having elements of your quest be special for players with specific skills. And this is just the start; there is so much more that can be done with the Foundry.
 

With the map editor, you can build both exterior and interior maps. Exterior maps come in a few varieties with lots of options to choose from. There are several sizes of detailed and prepopulated maps that are ready to be filled with content and some final details that support your story. There are also “canvas” maps that allow authors to customize every rock, tree, magic portal to Neverdeath, and blade of grass. The interior map editor allows for room-by-room customization of an instanced or interior map. You can build that unique tavern that has a secret door to the sewer that leads to a cave network that attaches to an ancient crypt that is under a castle and leads to the…well, you get the idea! There’s a lot you can build with the interior map editor, and you can add any detail pieces that you prefer, to make your quest feel areas exactly how you like them. In the map editor, you can also set the look of various background elements, like changing the sky or adding fog. You can even select the perfect ambient sounds for your maps to further customize your quest. There is so much you can do to make your world come alive and tell your story.

Every story needs a beginning, middle, and end. In video games, those points are often marked by encountering a contact, someone you might meet on your journey that changes your path. Our dialog editor allows for some truly amazing customization in this storytelling process. If you like, you can build a pretty straightforward dialog, but if you prefer something more complex, you can build an entire game within the contact dialog editor. Even better, this dialog can be ascribed to many more objects than simply a person or monster. You can place your dialog on any object available in the editor and turn your complex dialog into, say, a puzzle or riddle, that could potentially open a secret door. There is a lot of power in the contact dialog editor and we are eager to see what you do with it.

These are only a few of the very cool features in the Neverwinter Foundry. They are pretty groundbreaking, but there are so many supporting features and elements that make the Foundry a tool that enables authors to tell their stories in unique and exciting ways. The only thing left is to save, publish and see your quest be experienced by thousands of other players.

Once an author completes their quest creation process, they can publish it in the game. This puts the quest into a review state, where other authors and adventurers can play and review the quest. Once the quest gets past the initial review stage, it becomes available for everyone to play. Foundry quests are an integral piece of Neverwinter, as much a part of the game as any core quests or content. You can access them at any time, from any zone, but you can also get them from specific contacts within the game. These quests can take place and be completed right alongside your core quests and encourage all players to participate in the Neverwinter Foundry community.

The Foundry in Neverwinter is more than just a tool to create stuff; it’s a place where your stories come to life. It’s a place where you can recreate the quests and campaigns you fondly remember from pen and paper adventures. It’s a place where you can further those quests, changing their stories and writing their next chapters. It’s also a place where you can create new stories, with new quests, campaigns, and adventures to share with your fellow authors and players.  With the Neverwinter Foundry, it’s up to you what path your story takes, and the world gets to play it with you!

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Have you ever wanted to show off a dazzling action scene from one of your Foundry dungeons?  Or share a breathtaking vista from one of your fellow adventurers’ missions?

Now, you can!  With the Foundry Screenshot of the Week, your missions and dungeons will take center stage for the world to see.  Every week, we’ll be selecting the best screenshots taken from fan-created Foundry content, and sharing them here on the Neverwinter main website.

This week’s Foundry Screenshot, from nezroy, shows off the quest “Fate of the Bonnie Kate” and how, in the author’s own words, “a giant scary spider dropped on me and I had to kill it because…spiders”:

Have a Foundry Screenshot to share?  Post it in the Neverwinter forums!

And look here for more information about how to take high-quality screenshots!

Click here to register for Neverwinter, the free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG. The best part about Neverwinter: it's free to play! Become a Hero of the North today with a Founder's Pack purchase!  

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