W101 Dev Messages

This account aims to inform the Wizard101 community about any news and updates shared by developers on stream, Discord, and other platforms. Follow to keep in the loop about @Wizard101 . Message documentation will begin today with @KI_Ratbeard ‘s 3/27/24 stream.

8 months later, my KingsIsle internship contract has officially expired. Time for the next quest 🪄🏴‍☠️

*Player asks about the target audience for the potential gear rental feature.* RB: nah we won't do it. it certainly doesn't appear to be necessary for tournaments.

Wizcord PvP Tournament Channel | Ratbeard Gives Update On "Gear Rentals" 12/09/25: #Wizard101

KI Live Rundown 11/20/25 W101 was 3rd most downloaded F2P game on PS last month (only behind Fortnite and Battlefield), Fishing is being audited, P101 update is coming soon but not next week, and they want 64-bit P101 next year. (pastebin.com/fG0uin4C) CODE: AUTUMNFUN1125

*Player asks about the extent of the gear that players could rent.* ROBERTO: It'd be a set you'd want to wear, if that's a complete template for a class, sure, but it wouldn't be all that.

Wizcord's PvP Tournaments Channel | Dev Roberto Floats Idea of Rentable PvP Sets 11/19/25: #Wizard101

*Player brings up spellements as another area the developers should focus on.* ROBERTO: So that's definitely not something i've missed, but this was something brought up and I wanted to gauge the feedback on the gear.

ROBERTO: Hey guys, I wanted to float the idea of rented gear past you guys to address some of the barrier to entry issues for PvP. What do you think about a set of gear you could rent for short amount of time that's PvP Only?

-changes to the Discord servers, etc. but i probably got a bit lost in the sauce and could have done a better job of keeping up with the video content side of the house

MICKEY: personally, ive been trying to focus a bit more on "true" community stuff this month, relaying console issues, trying to advocate for changes yall want to see (if im constantly agreeing with the design and product teams, im doing it wrong!), helping make some… [cont.]

Wizcord PC-General Channel | Mickey Explains Why No October KI Live 10/31/25: #Wizard101

MICKEY: but i think once a month is a good cadence. i'd like to hit that.

-excuse is almost up! to give you an idea, the goal for this month WAS to do it yesterday, but i decided to delay it so we could time it better

MICKEY: thats exactly what i was wondering if you were thinking. i think thats still the goal but its no longer a hard limit. we're putting more into it so it takes a bit more time and energy to put it together. and i still consider myself a noob but i think that… [cont.]

*Player asks for more transparency about KI Live dates.* MICKEY: im curious why you feel "it didnt happen" versus we just havent announced it yet? do you think we missed some date that you had in mind? is it because they used to be every month?

-more frequent. but we need to pick up the slack with dev livestreams and an upcoming State of the Games.

MICKEY: sorry for late response. KI live next episode is soon-ish. its a longer break than i'd like, but our focus on console launch and darkmoor are big factors. partly because we want both of those things to be underway so we can have an episode focused on launch… [cont.]

-rather than testing (and current console issues we're chipping away at). we'll get better at hitting my ideal KI live timeline over time. hope the above affords some transparency into this. i want a good show and i dont think that should be sacrificed to make them… [cont.]

-experience, and then work towards launching on the Nintendo Switch. We appreciate all of you and your excitement around Wizard101, and we'll see you in the Spiral.

FALMEA: Hiya KingsIsle community and a big hearty special welcome to all our Wizards playing on PlayStation and Xbox. We are absolutely floored at the enthusiasm around Wizard launching on these consoles a week and a half ago. It's been a dream of ours... [cont.]

Official Wizard101 Discord | Professor Falmea's Message About Wizard101 Console Launch and Hardware Updates 10/20/25: #Wizard101

-things take some time to even arrive at the location where they need to be deployed, and then time to set up, integrate, test, and test again. Thanks for your patience in the meantime while we work diligently towards this and other ways to improve the console... [cont.]