Wizard101 crossover: The Commons (B39 to B48, October 2, 2026)
A rift in Past Sector V leads desktop players to The Commons and the Headmaster's House, followed by a run of lighting and stability builds.
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Between September 30 and October 2 the desktop client received ten builds in a row. They open a crossover with Wizard101: a walk-in rift from Sector V to The Commons. The crossover is for the desktop client only.
New
- The Commons (B39): a portal on the pavement in Past Sector V, a few steps west of the Sector V Motors dealer, takes you to The Commons, the hub of Wizard City. The characters of The Commons stand in their usual places, with their own sounds. An exit portal behind the arrival point brings you back to Sector V.
- Rifts (B40): the portal becomes a rift you simply walk through. Each rift shows a live view of the other side, so you can see Sector V from The Commons and the other way round.
- Headmaster's House (B40): a door in The Commons leads into Headmaster Ambrose's office, where Merle Ambrose waits.
- Staying safe:
/unstuckinside a Wizard101 zone puts you at that zone's arrival point. If you log out there, you come back in Past Sector V.
Who can enter
- The rift is drawn only on the desktop client. At this stage it appeared only on PCs that also had Wizard101 installed.
- Web and mobile players briefly saw a portal they could not use. From October 2 it is hidden for them.
- You must be in the Past, because the rift stands in Past Sector V.
Fixes and polish (B41 to B47)
- B41: a crash when entering The Commons through the rift is fixed. Inside Wizard101 zones only the zone's own lights are used, and interiors are darker.
- B42: Sector V scenery, grass, water and birds no longer show up inside The Commons. The pond is water, not ground you can walk on.
- B43: the flicker when stepping through the rift is gone, and clothing no longer flickers on your character inside the zones.
- B44: Wizard101 characters have toon outlines. A zone you left is fully unloaded, so the office no longer appears in The Commons.
- B45 and B46: the lighting of The Commons and its characters is balanced, and the camera stays above the ground.
- B47: characters no longer show as silhouettes through walls.
Other changes in these builds
- Announcements (B48): announcements from the game team open a message box with an OK button on desktop, as they do on web. Short notices appear in chat.
- Space on desktop: the space zones (the Moon, Mars and Etheria) are closed to the desktop client from October 2. A desktop character that was saved in space returns to Future Sector V. Use the web version to visit them.
- Leaving Club Fusion: you return to the Future if your character lives in the Future, and to Sector V in the Past otherwise.
See also: Wizard101 Crossover, Merle Ambrose (Nano 53), Desktop, Web and Mobile Differences, Play on Desktop.
