Neverwinter: The Cloaked Ascendancy Expansion Announced

Cryptic Studios’ free-to-play action-MMORPG Neverwinter is getting a new expansion. The Cloaked Ascendancy releases for PC on February 21, 2017 with the console release following at a later date. Here’s a bit from the press release we’ve got:

The Spellplague continues to cast a shadow over Neverwinter, as four mages torn from the Cloak Tower by a spellstorm return to usurp the throne. With this latest expansion for the free-to-play MMORPG based on the Dungeons & Dragons franchise, adventurers can look forward to several all-new features including a new campaign, adventure zone, skirmish and more.

The Cloaked Ascendancy begins following the harrowing events of Storm King’s Thunder in the northern reaches of Faerûn, as adventurers return to the city to honor a fallen hero. However, Gyrion the Ascendant and other former residents of the Cloak Tower, ravaged and reformed by the Far Realm, appear ready to wield their awesome magical powers against Neverwinter as the Cloaked Ascendancy. Players will brave their way through the latest adventure zone, The River District, to experience a new campaign exploring the trials of these powerful foes and uncovering their hidden motives. The Cloaked Ascendancy culminates in an epic return to the new high-end dungeon, Spellplague Caverns, which is now firmly under the control of the Cloaked Ascendancy. Players will also experience a new skirmish, loaded with innovative gameplay, and the original Spellplague Caverns which will be returning as a leveling dungeon.

That last part sounds quite appealing. Having picked up Neverwinter on two separate occasions, finding out that the leveling dungeons were removed from the game in my absence was quite a disappointment. Good to see them return in some capacity.