Unlike many other dungeon crawlers, you can’t go to spot X and grab the Hammer of Destiny to crush all foes. Instead, most equipment must be crafted. There are two aspects to crafting: developing new ideas and putting them together.
Developing An Idea
The first thing to do before crafting is to develop an idea for an object. Ideas are primarily developed by taking a picture of a relevant object, such as this spear. However, ideas can also be developed by gaining traits, learning lore, reading storybooks and much more.
Taking A Photo
In order to develop an idea with your camera, you first have to find a promising object. These are often accompanied by a rare species of blue butterfly. Looking at the object with your camera will highlight it, and taking a picture will grant you the new idea.
Crafting The Object
Crafting the object itself is pretty straightforward. Head to the forge. Once there, you can either talk to the Forgemaster or simply open the crafting panel directly while you're near the forge. Click on the object, and, if you have enough resources, click 'craft' to craft it.
Crafting Is Additive
A Wooden Spear isn't very exciting on its own - the next part of crafting is where Arakion gets unique. Nearly every craftable object can be upgraded in different ways.
The spear has a number of unique upgrades. These include a Brass Spear, a Pitchfork, and a Javelin. In turn, each one of those items has their own set of upgrades - and so on.
Thanks For Reading!
There you have it - the basics of crafting! Crafting is core to your heroes' performance, and selecting which objects to craft is nearly as critical as crafting them at all! Crafting is something that I love in Arakion and just another way to customize your heroes. Arakion launches Early Access on May 15th, be sure to dive in and tell me what you think about crafting!
Have a wonderful day!
-Lavidimus
Launch | May 15th
Hey Everyone!
Arakion Early Access is rolling out on May 15th!
Get ready to begin your journey into the unique world that is Arakion. The one-of-a-kind dungeon crawling experience. Why Early Access? Well, Arakion is large. Our testers currently spend ~10 hours on current content in the first playthrough. So, although it's Early Access there is a lot to do.
As our testers have already found out, Arakion also gets updated a lot, weekly in fact! So be sure to check out the Roadmap & Updates to always stay up to date with Arakion's developments!
Over the next two weeks, I'll be showcasing all the new and awesome stuff in Arakion such as crafting, constructs, randomized dungeons and more!
Have a wonderful day!
-Lavidimus
If you haven't seen Arakion in a while, take a look!
News | Languages
Hey Everyone!
Late night update! During Steams review process they noted that Arakion may have some translation issues with the intended languages. For this reason, to expedite the review process, I have removed all supported languages except for English. You can still access Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, French, Dutch, Spanish and German in their current state within the settings menu.
Dutch, Spanish, Italian have been manually translated.
Chinese is in the process of being manually translated.
Russian, Japanese and French will begin manual translation shortly.
Have a wonderful day!
-Lavidimus
Announcement | Discord & Testing!
Hey Everyone!
Discord is now open to everyone! Chat it up on Discord if you have questions about Arakion or would like to join testing!
You can join at https://discord.gg/eN5dZeK
In other news
Arakion continues to improve and stabilize thanks to tester feedback. There is one more major area to test and Arakion will be ready to launch! A precise launch date should be announced soon but I'm hoping to have it launched by the end of April.
Depots are now being tested directly on Steam and everything seems to be running very smoothly, even low-end computer seem to be playing Arakion well and I can't wait for a wider audience to get their hands on it! Again if you have any questions, think you'd like to test Arakion or just want to chat about Blobbers, head over to the now open Discord channel!
Have a wonderful day!
-Lavidimus
News | Testers
Hey Everyone,
If you emailed me to become a tester your email may have gotten lost in spam, I deeply apologize for that I just noticed the issue today. So if you're still interested in testing, and haven't gotten an email from me already, head over to the discussion forums and sign up on the thread there. I'll be sure to get you invited straight away!
Easy Link
http://steamcommunity.com/app/528980/discussions/0/1694914735990429438/
Sorry again about that!
-Lavidimus
News | March Launch due to tester feedback.
Hey everyone!
Just a quick update here, due to the feedback from our awesome testers, I've pushed the initial launch to March. Some testers who hadn't played this genre of game before had minor difficulty understanding what to do, so I have created a new zone to handle introducing the players to the mechanics better.
I'm still bringing more testers on board and appreciate everyone's patience. The next invites should go out on Tuesday and as always, if you think you would make a great tester for Arakion head over to the forums to sign up here!
http://steamcommunity.com/app/528980/discussions/0/1694914735990429438/
-Lavidimus
News | Launching Soon and Testers
Hey everyone
Arakion is full steam ahead ever closer to launch! The launch window right now is looking likely at the end of January or early February. I'm waiting for a few more pieces to fall in place and then Arakion will be ready to go!
In the meantime, Arakion is always looking for more testers. So if Arakion is something you think you would enjoy testing, email me at contact@arakion.com and I'll get you an invite to the Discord channel! I'll also begin posting updates more frequently now that we're closer to launch, so be on the lookout!
Have a wonderful day,
-Lavidimus
News | Store Page Launch!
Hey everyone
Arakion has quietly been in development over the past year making massive amounts of progress along the way! Today I'm happy to open up the Steam Store and welcome all you awesome people in!
Be sure to check out the Early Access Trailer!
https://youtu.be/vjr6jUzlbn4
The release date for Arakion isn't definitive yet, however, the likely launch is Mid-January. The launch may include some fun community events to get everyone even more excited to dive into the game! As soon as there is a precise date set, I'll post an announcement.
Want to be part of internal testing?
Arakion is always looking for more able-bodied adventurers, to take up the call, and test out new features before they go live. If you think this is something that might interest you feel free to email contact@arakion.com.
As a heads up, I'll be gone next week (vacation) so my responses to any questions may take a little longer than usual.
