History of Loathing (2016)

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These pages shall contain the history of the Kingdom of Loathing.

For an annotated list of changes to the game, see Changes.

January 01, 2016

• The 2016 Items-of-the-Year will be... two weeks late. Let's say. Two weeks. That seems like a good long time.

January 06, 2016

• The Frost Bite skill now deals the physical damage it was supposed to deal instead of the hot damage it wasn't.
• The red and green face paint from Crimbo are now free pulls.

January 14, 2016

• I'm gonna need another week to finish 2016's Items-of-the-Year. They're just that good!

January 21, 2016

• Due to losing an entire day of work to server issues today, I think we're gonna have to push the Items-of-the-Year back to Monday. Sorry. :( -Jick

January 25, 2016

• 2016's Items-of-the-Year are finally here! A cool robin and a cheap, single-use Batman... I mean Batfellow... minigame.

February 01, 2016

• You guys, I know this is gonna come as a complete surprise, but I need an extra day for the Item-of-the-Month. -XOXO, Jick

February 02, 2016

• February's Item-of-the-Month is now available in Mr. Store. Get some Wild West quests from the LT&T Telegraph Office!

February 03, 2016

• A bunch of Meatpasting recipes that were supposed to exist in the LT&T content now actually do exist.

February 07, 2016

• The LT&T office should no longer offer the same quest twice in a row. This might take one more quest to kick in 'cause of where the logic lives.

February 15, 2016

• The Spring 2016 Challenge Path is here! Play KoL as the classes from the upcoming new game West of Loathing! Yee-haw!

February 16, 2016

• A forgotten Snake Oiler patent medicine recipe has been discovered (marked public.) Sorry.

February 18, 2016

• Going forward, completing an AWOL ascension in hardcore will give you two skill points in future runs.

February 19, 2016

• Persistent Batfellow readers (completing 20+ adventures) now receive a bonus comic on Mondays -- Darkness and Brooding, Batfellow

February 22, 2016

• In AWOL, Cowrruption no longer limits the stats of Cow Punchers and can be consumed with the Absorb Cowrruption skill.
• AWOL (and other special) classes can now use Batfellow comics and Western Slang Volumes are now free pulls.
• A set of convenient links to all of the Year-in-Review podcasts I can find has been added to http://radio.kingdomofloathing.com/
• The raffle house has some new high-tech prizes. Ticket prices have been increased to reflect the high-techness.

February 29, 2016

• Long Con, the Snake Oiler skill, is now more powerful. (KoL Science Nerds: it now overrides the queue like Olfaction)
• We're hard at work on March's Item-of-the-Month, but it's going to be a day or two late. Current puzzle count: 42.

March 03, 2016

• Better late than never, you can trade Uncle Bucks for AWOL skill point in Mr. Store. (ps. You can also just play a bunch for fun) ;)
• March's Item-of-the-Month, the Witchess Set, is now in Mr. Store. Go forth, fight and puzzle.

March 15, 2016

• Witchess Set owners may now challenge friends, enemies, or the WORLD to games of Witchess! (Also, current puzzle count: 167)

March 18, 2016

• The Armorer and Leggerer now sells last year's Standard gear rewards. They can be bought with smashed wicker and bakelite.

March 30, 2016

• Peppermint Tailings from Crimbo 2014 are now tradable.
• The stories you get on A-Boo peak should now be less always-the-same.

March 31, 2016

• All three porkstone-handled-sixguns should now have special effects when used in combat.

April 01, 2016

• April's Item-of-the-Month, The Clan Floundry, is now available in Mr. Store.

April 05, 2016

• Let's all take a moment to reflect on the 2015 Standard Season, and visit the museum's third floor. Sorry for the delay!

April 06, 2016

• Chewable paper can now be pulled from Hagnk's for free.
• The Other Accomplishments page of your quest log now reports your Royalty, if you have any Royalty.

April 11, 2016

• We're going to be making some changes to KoL's server infrastructure this week, so there might be occasional turbulence.

April 12, 2016

• KoL will be down for a few hours today, starting at about 10am Pacific time.
• KoL is back up, and better than ever! We hope. Let us know if it's the same as or worse than ever.

April 13, 2016

• It's Tuesday somewhere! The Elemental Airport now has a Duty Free shop for people who don't believe in paying their taxes.

April 26, 2016

• Passive skills are now shown (by default, in non-dropdown mode) on the Skills Page. PvP HC Fame (And Fame taken) are now on your profile.

May 02, 2016

• The local drunks have started celebrating Cinco de Mayo a little early...

May 03, 2016

• Sorry, the intergnat no longer works a bunch of places if probably shouldn't, like while being batfellow.

May 07, 2016

• Oh, so May's Item-of-the-Month, the Intergnat, came out a few days ago and we forgot to announce it.

May 12, 2016

• If you have a vast collection of barrels that need smashing, you can now smash them all at once with a handy button! Also, /mobile will let you toggle in and out of mobile mode.

May 13, 2016

• West of Loathing is a finalist in the Seattle Indie Game Competition! Come see it! http://powerofplay.us/registration/

May 14, 2016

• Take the red pill and step in to the new challenge path: The Source.

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