News and Updates

Announcing Achievement Wave 6, which will be arriving on June 1! This wave features 48 beautiful new badges you can earn, level up, and show off on your Bloodlines profile! This achievement wave includes the following achievements:

Reaver : Achievement count is sum of River achievements in last 30 days. Level can vary up and down.

Warrior : At midnight SL time, current Reaver level is added to count, and count is kept permanently.

Reveler / Bender : Consume Shots.

Feaster / Raider : Consume apples.

Brewmaster / Bottler : Sell bottles and cans from vending machines.

Bartender / Tapster : Sell shots from bar taps.

Benefactor / Patron : Send metrics with coffins (and the equivalent device for other races).

Investigator / Detective : Due to popular request, we’ve brought back the original Investigator and Detective achievements (while keeping Detective 2 and Investigator 2).

As usual, all of these achievements start counting at release (midnight May 31st, 2022), unless otherwise specified.

All of these achievements will also count in the monthly Soul War. They have not been added to Seasons yet, but may be in the future.

Based on feedback from the community, we have decided to reverse the update we made in 2020 that made it so metrics could not be obtained from fresh victims. Originally, the reasoning for this is because we noticed that some people were using the ability to gain metrics from fresh victims as an exploit to obtain unlimited free metrics. They were just creating thousands of throwaway alt accounts, and only using them for the first free metrics. They were able to do this because Second Life allows the creation of unlimited anonymous alt accounts. The update in 2020 made it so that metrics were only transferred to an attacker from fresh victims once they joined. So, the metrics were transferred at the same time that the soul was transferred.

As of today, we have reversed this update. Everyone should now be gaining metrics on the first attack of a fresh victim. There is no limit to the number of fresh victims you may obtain metrics from in a given day. We ask that everyone please cooperate with the spirit of this: it is to incentivize hunting of real Second Life accounts.

Please do not create fresh alt accounts to attack just to get free metrics!

We will be keeping an eye on this to make sure that it is not being exploited. If we observe any large-scale operations creating alt accounts in order to farm free metrics from them, any associated Bloodlines accounts with those operations will be banned. Thanks for your cooperation.

We are pleased to announce Season 4!

As with the last Season, you will earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.

The Seasons HUD is available for free in vendors at the landing areas in our regions and we’ll be doing a blast-out delivery to all current Bloodlines players. To be clear, you don’t have to have the HUD on to be earning progress, but you do need to wear it to unlock and claim your rewards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide. Some highlights are below:

SEASON PASS

There are plenty of checkpoints and rewards by default, but there are also bonus valuable items hidden behind ‘locked’ checkpoints. These can be unlocked by purchasing a Season Pass, which can be done either with L$ or with Season Pass Tokens which can be earned along the Season path of rewards.

REWARD OPTIONS

Certain rewards will have choices, for instance if one of the rewards is a Vial, when you collect it, you choose which kind of vial you want: Blood, Lumen, Human, Ether, or Ichor. Other rewards will have alternatives. For example, say a reward is the coffin, but you already own the coffin, you’ll be given the option to get some metrics instead.

METRIC CACHES & METRIC RESERVES

“Metric Reserves” can be given at various points, and these are metrics that you unlock immediately and can access at Refill Stations.

“Metric Caches” can be given at various points, and these are metrics that you store up and unlock if or when you finally complete the season progress bar.

CURRENT SEASON DURATION

The current season, Season Three, will run from midnight* on March 31st to midnight on May 31st, 2022.

Happy achieving!

*As with all of our releases, we do not award retroactive points or achievements. Progress on Seasons will begin tallying from the time of release onward. 

**Please note, the Season Pass is not an in-world delivery, it will show as active on your Bloodlines profile page once you have purchased it. 

We are going to be retiring support for old containers on 4/3/2022. The containers being retired were sold prior to our series 5 update in 2014. These containers can be replaced with the latest versions using the Container Trade-In Machine, even after the 4/3 retirement date. What this means is that these old containers will stop working on 4/3. If you have a container purchased prior to June 2014 that you have not traded in yet using the Container Trade-In machine, we recommend that you obtain a trade-in machine and update it. You can obtain the Trade-In Machine for free in any Bloodlines main store, from the vendor to the left of the main HUD vendor. For example, the machine can be obtained at Bloodlines Midland here.

This will affect the following container versions:

1. Blood Tank Versions 1.0 – 4.0
2. Blood Cask Versions 1.0 – 4.0
3. Iron Prism Versions 1.0 – 4.0
4. Bone Prism Versions 1.0 – 4.0
5. Cider Barrel Version 1.0

This should not affect any container purchased after June 2014. This does not affect Urns or Vessels. If you are in doubt about the version of your container, you can always try the Trade-In Machine on it, and it will check the container for you and let you know if it is eligible for trade-in. If your container does not have a ‘Select’ button on the menu, then the Trade-In Machine will not work. You will need to hand your containers to LiquidDesigns Resident *in a folder with your name on it*, and have your containers manually traded out.

More information on the Trade-In machines can be found here.

We are pleased to announce Season 3!

As with the last Season, you will earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.

The Seasons HUD is available for free in vendors at the landing areas in our regions and we’ll be doing a blast-out delivery to all current Bloodlines players. To be clear, you don’t have to have the HUD on to be earning progress, but you do need to wear it to unlock and claim your rewards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide. Some highlights are below:

SEASON PASS

There are plenty of checkpoints and rewards by default, but there are also bonus valuable items hidden behind ‘locked’ checkpoints. These can be unlocked by purchasing a Season Pass, which can be done either with L$ or with Season Pass Tokens which can be earned along the Season path of rewards.

REWARD OPTIONS

Certain rewards will have choices, for instance if one of the rewards is a Vial, when you collect it, you choose which kind of vial you want: Blood, Lumen, Human, Ether, or Ichor. Other rewards will have alternatives. For example, say a reward is the coffin, but you already own the coffin, you’ll be given the option to get some metrics instead.

METRIC CACHES & METRIC RESERVES

“Metric Reserves” can be given at various points, and these are metrics that you unlock immediately and can access at Refill Stations.

“Metric Caches” can be given at various points, and these are metrics that you store up and unlock if or when you finally complete the season progress bar.

CURRENT SEASON DURATION

The current season, Season Three, will run from midnight* on January 31st to midnight on March 31st, 2022.

Happy achieving!

*As with all of our releases, we do not award retroactive points or achievements. Progress on Seasons will begin tallying from the time of release onward. 

**Please note, the Season Pass is not an in-world delivery, it will show as active on your Bloodlines profile page once you have purchased it. 

The Bloodlines website will be intermittently slow and/or offline this morning for a few hours while we do some unscheduled maintenance. It should be all clear around 1pm SL / PT. Thanks for your patience!

We are pleased to announce the release of Seasons! Here’s how it works:

You will earn points for doing challenges, the points increase a progress bar, and when you reach checkpoints you unlock rewards. Both Bloodlines and Legends activities are included in the challenges. The rewards are a wide mix including but not limited to: Bloodlines Products, Legends Products, Metrics, Resources, Rare Textures and Gift Cards.

The Seasons HUD is available for free in vendors at the landing areas in our regions and we’ll be doing a blast-out delivery to all current Bloodlines players. To be clear, you don’t have to have the HUD on to be earning progress, but you do need to wear it to unlock and claim your rewards.

For full reference information, check out the Seasons Guide. Some highlights are below:

SEASON PASS

There are plenty of checkpoints and rewards by default, but there are also bonus valuable items hidden behind ‘locked’ checkpoints. These can be unlocked by purchasing a Season Pass, which can be done either with L$ or with Season Pass Tokens which can be earned along the Season path of rewards.

WEBSITE ADDITIONS

Everyone will also have a new progress page linked from their profile where people can track their progress, which rewards they have unlocked, and what their progress is on all of the challenges. The website will also be updated with a new profile section on the right column, one that can be sorted in the profile editor. There is a new Season Guide page here, which will give a broader explanation of some of the aspects of Seasons, as well as list the point-earning challenges for the current season.

REWARD OPTIONS

Certain rewards will have choices, for instance if one of the rewards is a Vial, when you collect it, you choose which kind of vial you want: Blood, Lumen, Human, Ether, or Ichor. Other rewards will have alternatives. For example, say a reward is the coffin, but you already own the coffin, you’ll be given the option to get some metrics instead.

METRIC CACHES & METRIC RESERVES

“Metric Reserves” can be given at various points, and these are metrics that you unlock immediately and can access at Refill Stations.

“Metric Caches” can be given at various points, and these are metrics that you store up and unlock if or when you finally complete the season progress bar.

CURRENT SEASON DURATION

The current season, Season One, will run from noon* on October 6th to midnight on November 30th, 2021.

Happy achieving!

*As with all of our releases, we do not award retroactive points or achievements. Progress on Seasons will begin tallying from the time of release onward. 

**Please note, the Season Pass is not an in-world delivery, it will show as active on your Bloodlines profile page once you have purchased it. 

The years seem to go faster and faster lately and suddenly it’s a new season! Fall is the perfect time to head into the forest to celebrate the warm colors and cool temperatures. Come join us Friday for a rustic evening of music, costume prizes, and Rare Texture giveaways. We will be celebrating the release of Bloodlines Seasons!

When: Friday, October 8th, 1-4pm

Suggested Attire: Anything that puts you in the mood for fall, fairies, woodland creatures, fall colors

Where: Liquid West

Music: DJ Candi | Decor: Fawn | Host: Fawn

***Note: The date of this event has been updated. It will now be October 8th, sorry for any inconvenience!

We’ve had some questions regarding Linden Labs deciding to make a policy change regarding gacha (read the original LL blog post here) and we wanted to clarify our position.

Bloodlines and Legends do not rely greatly on gacha mechanics. Where we have done gacha sales for Rare Textures and a few mesh items sets, our plans for the future will be to simply sell those items individually for limited time periods, so that they may still be collectible and retain some rarity but not violate the new SL policies regarding gacha.

We understand this LL policy change does affect some other creators and resellers greatly, and we empathize and hope that they are able to make smooth adjustments to the new way of things. Over the last 13 years we’ve watched several large sweeping changes come to SL, and after a brief period of confusion and adjustment, things generally work out and the economy continues on.

We look forward to riding out the changes and releasing mesh items, game updates and rare textures for many years to come!

We are making a minor update to the Determined achievement based on feedback that we’ve received from the Bloodlines community. As it stands, if you stop pursuing this achievement and miss a day, but never check in again, your count will be maintained in the rankings. We are updating this achievement so that if a day is missed, counts are reset at midnight SL time instead of on a new checkin where more than a day has passed. This means that any players no longer pursuing this achievement that have counts greater than 1 day will be reset to 0 days in the rankings. It also means that if you miss a day, your count will be reset at the midnight following that day, and not on a later day when you check in after the missed day. Any level badges achieved will be maintained, just like always. We think that this suggestion from the community makes the rankings more fair because they will only reflect the players currently pursuing the achievement.