Ebon Gate 2025 Pre-Season Channels Start Opening up on Discord

EBON GATE: Late Thursday, GM Thandiwe announced that the Ebon Gate Announcements and Read-Only Forum at Discord is open for the season! She listed the full schedule that we can expect at this year’s Festival. The main Ebon Gate public Channel will open around 9pm on Friday, September 26 on Discord. The wiki Shop List should be ready by October 1. Even the Trove schedule is on her list:

Text of Discord Post follows:

GM Thandiwe
[Official] October 2025 – Ebon Gate Announcements (Read-only Forum
on 25 Sep 2025 9:11 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/paid-events channel

Join us once again as the Ebon Gates bring us to the distant Realm of Naidem where the Unliving reside in the town of Evermore Hollow.

Enjoy a variety of games, merchants, and more during this month-long festival that begins on Friday, October 10th at 9 PM Eastern, and closes on November 2nd at 11:59 PM Eastern.

Finer details will be added to the calendar as time goes by, but the overall schedule is below:

10/10 – 10/12 – (Suite Key Required) – SPECTRE and SHADOW Conference
10/12 – 10/16 – Storyline & Quest Introduction
10/17 – 10/24 – Merchant Week
10/22 – 11/1 – Trove Runs
10/25 – 10/26 – Live Games
10/24 – 10/31 – Storyline & Quest Closing
10/30 – 11/2 – Luminary Festival

Ticket Sales end on October 31st at approximately 11:55 PM EDT.

Discord Ebon Gate Channel opens approximately 9:00 PM EDT on September 26th.

Teasers will start on October 1st based on QC clearance.

You can follow our Saved Posts Page on the Player Wiki.

Trove Information will be shared on the Saved Posts Page under TROVE, while Items and Current Raffles are usually found on the Ebon Gate Treasure Trove wiki page. Be kind to the players that keep this updated. The Trove will start on October 22nd and run through November 1st.

You can find the Live Games schedule on the player wiki as well as on the Gemstone Calendar.

We will make a major announcement when we are ready to provide details on this year’s VAULT.

We will make every effort to quickly have the Shops Page up and live for you. Please give us time to get this going. Due to the number of shops, there will have to be two pages.

We should have the Shop List ready for you by Wednesday, October 1st.
Direct Discord Link (Right click, copy link, and paste into Discord App if you don’t want to use the Discord web interface.)

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