ArcheAge
Something is Slithering Into Erenor on March 25
Laying in ruins and untouched, the Ipnya Ridge once served as a hub city for hundreds of years. Ipnysh Wardens Ardios and Lauryla request your immediate return to Mysthrane Gorge to begin your search of the ancient ridge. Will you assist in the search for more Ipnysh Guardians?
Powerful enemies, new weapons, and a brand-new skillset - Gunslinger - await you in the Akasch Invasion Update coming on March 25, 2021. Experience more with an Ancestral Level Increase, tie up loose ends with a new Chronicles update about the Nuon Dragon War, and even defend Erenor from the Akasch Invasions taking place deep within the Ipnya Ridge!
Be sure to keep an eye out on our official social media channels for teasers of all of this and more!
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The Cherry Blossom Festival Arrives in Erenor
To ensure peace reigns supreme, Villanelle will experience festival law during the festival period to keep PvP out of the grounds.
Getting to Villanelle is just a teleporting away! You will find portals in Marianople, Austera, and Diamond Shores, so see you there.
What are the Festival Happenings?
From tending to the cherry blossom trees to fending off a troublesome bee, there will be plenty to keep you busy. There will be 6 Daily Quests for your participation in to receive Cherry Blossom Coins. There will also be one normal quest that can be done: defeat the Gigantic Honeybee when it shows up to ruin the festival.
And if you're looking to score even more Cherry Blossom Coins, there are 11 Achievements to complete!
For your hard work and accomplishments, exchange your Coins at the Festival Gift Exchanger in Mirage Isle for the following items:
• Cherry Blossom Lute - 70 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Decorative Chessy Blossom Lute - 50 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Springscent Coronet - 70 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Cherry Blossom Reflecting Pool - 30 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Small Everbloom Cherry Tree - 30 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Large Everbloom Cherry Tree - 30 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Brown "Whole Yata Joy" Painting - 20 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Pink "Whole Yata Joy" Painting - 20 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Purple "Whole Yata Joy" Painting - 20 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Origin of the Cherry Blossom Festival - 20 Cherry Blossom Coins
• Manastorm Crystal - 10 Cherry Blossom Coins (F2P ONLY)
Just like the beautiful blossoms of the Sakura tree, the Cherry Blossom Festival won't last forever and ends on April 1. Be sure to use your Coins before it's too late.
Fan Art Contest - Gunslinger
The Gunslinger skillset is easily recognizable by its powerful rifles - rifles that were used by Morpheus after his awakening. And now we want to see your character wielding these rifles in action!
How do I Participate?
Create illustrations of your character using the Gunslinger skillset and Shotgun weapon, then submit it to our Twitter, Facebook Posts, Instagram, or Discord Channel using #ArcheAgeGunslinger! You can enter as often as you like, but please keep in mind that you will only receive one prize if you win. Don't worry; no one leaves without a reward of some kind! Every participant of the Fan Art contest will receive a Participation Prize, so you must provide your character and server names.
What are the Rules?
1. Do not copy, trace, or claim another user's artwork as your work.
2. Do not submit photos or in-game screenshots.
3. Your entry/entries must be in the theme of your character as a Gunslinger!
4. The entry must be submitted in the comment section of the ArcheAge Facebook Post, or ArcheAge: Unchained Facebook Post, in the Official Discord contest channel, on Twitter or Instagram using #ArcheAgeGunslinger.
5. Indicate which version of the game you would like to receive your prize.
6. You must provide your character name and server.
7. You can submit your entries during the event period from March 15, 2021, until March 29, 2021, 23:59 UTC.
Winners will be contacted on the social media platform where they submitted their entries.
What Can I Win?
The top 5 winners will receive their very own Pre-Order version of the Akasch Invasion DLC Pack for ArcheAge: Unchained OR the Pre-Order version of the Akasch Invasion Packages for ArcheAge.
The package is of the winner's choice and will be granted to the account specified by them.
Participants of the event will receive 2x Admin's Handmade Candy on the account provided if they had entered with their character and server names on their entry.
GLHF and keep your eyes on the prize!
Double The Gains!
What’s Doubled?
All ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained servers will receive a double rate increase on the following:
• 2x Loot Drop
• 2x Vocation Badges
• 2x Experience Gained
• 2x Honor Points Gained
* Please note that Kyrios Badges are exempt from this event.
This Double Event ends on Thursday, March 4, so hurry before it's too late.
Weekly Gifts for All of Erenor's Finest!
Please note: Free Trial users are not eligible to redeem these gifts.
ArcheAge Free-to-Play Gifts
You can pick up the following rewards:
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Please find the correct tooltips below for the following items:
• Bound Mana Potion - Restores 7.2% of max mana every second for 10 seconds.
• Bound Meditation Grimoire - Restores 7.2% of max mana every second for 10 seconds.
• Adventurer's Simple Sandwich - Restores 8,118 Health over 5 seconds.
These Weekly Gift packs won't last forever, so be sure to pick up yours each week before 2 PM UTC (6 AM PST) on their respective ending dates.
The Return of the Gweonid Lantern Festival
To reach Gweonid Forest, you can either travel by foot, teleport using your Teleport Book, or make use of one of the Gweonid Forest Festival Worldgates present in your Faction Base.
How do I participate?
Players level 10 and higher can begin their journey of giving thanks by speaking with NPC Denissi and assist in creating a lantern. NPCs Rojuni and Yallie offer even more ways to earn Lantern Festival Coins, too!
3 times each day, when the mysterious Yata Lantern appears, visit Mellius at 2 PM, 7 PM, and 12:00 AM UTC in Europe, or 12:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 10:00 PM PDT in North America to find out what to do with it. Mellius will hang around for an hour each time, so worry not.
Use the Lantern Candle to help light the Dimmed Yata Lantern and transform it into a Lit Yata Lantern! Once the lantern is lit, your quest will be complete, and you’ll be awarded 3 Lantern Festival Coins, 1 Glimmershine Essence, and a special Gweonid Elixir buff offering +3% Evasion, +41 Attack Speed, and -4% Cast Time for 1 hour.
Additionally, you can receive additional Lantern Festival Coins by completing Achievements!
What can I receive?
All your hard work will not go unnoticed! Receive Lantern Festival Coins from doing the Festival quests and completing the achievements. Afterward, spend your hard-earned Coins at the Festival Gift Exchanger on Mirage Isle for some pretty cool items!
Monkey Rug – 30 Lantern Festival Coins
Monkey Chair – 30 Lantern Festival Coins
Small Red Yata Lantern – 20 Lantern Festival Coins
Small Green Yata Lantern – 20 Lantern Festival Coins
Small Blue Yata Lantern – 20 Lantern Festival Coins
Small Yellow Yata Lantern – 20 Lantern Festival Coins
Red Yata Lantern – 25 Lantern Festival Coins
Green Yata Lantern – 25 Lantern Festival Coins
Blue Yata Lantern – 25 Lantern Festival Coins
Yellow Yata Lantern – 25 Lantern Festival Coins
Fortune Pipe – 50 Lantern Festival Coins
Decorative Fortune Pipe – 50 Lantern Festival Coins
Blue Salt Origins - 10 Lantern Festival Coins
Gweonid Elixir - 5 Lantern Festival Coins
Gweonid Dream - 5 Lantern Festival Coins
Manastorm Crystal - 10 Lantern Festival Coins (F2P Only)
This event ends on March 4, 2021, at 2 AM UTC, so celebrate while you can! The Festival NPCs will say their goodbyes during the regular maintenance on March 4, 2021.
Server Evolutions are coming to ArcheAge
When will the Server Evolution take place?
The Server Evolution is scheduled to take place on March 11, 2021, for the ArcheAge Free-to-Play servers.
Which Servers are Affected?
After carefully looking at the active populations of all servers, we have determined which servers will be involved in the merge process and how they will be combined. Once these servers are merged, the resulting new servers’ populations will be roughly equal to each other in terms of population.
ArcheAge Free-to-Play
On NA, Kadum and Nui will be merged to form Dochul.
On EU, Taris and Ezi will be merged to form Arkanis.
I’m on an affected server! What now?
Be sure to prepare yourself for the upcoming evolution by clearing out your mailbox, selling your additional tradepacks and that's it! Your character will be evolved onto the new server after the maintenance and everything else will be taken care of. Be sure to get in your final sales before the Auction Houses lock preventing future sales.
Please note that the usage of any 7-day buffs during this time will not be compensated if they run out during the server evolution timeframe. Please use these buffs carefully!
[B]What is the Schedule for Evolution?
For ArcheAge:
March 9, 2021: Auction Houses will be locked. No new auctions can be created on any server that is evolving.
March 10, 2021: Siege slated for this day will be canceled to prepare for the server evolution
March 11, 2021: ArcheAge will be unavailable as we perform Evolution related maintenance.
March 13, 2021: North American and European servers will be brought back online at separate times. During these periods, we may launch a single server at a time in order to control server loads and give everyone a chance to log in. During this time there may be queues on Evolution worlds due to the number of players attempting to log in at once.
March 20, 2021: ArcheAge Land Rush begins on evolution servers. Time TBD.
April 4, 2021: Candidates are qualified and announced, hero elections begin.
April 11: Evolved Servers' castle claim period.
Have any questions about the upcoming Evolutions? Check out our [URL="http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?362420-Faq&p=2793102#post2793102"]FAQ[/URL] and see if we answered your question!
New Twitch Drops with New rewards!
Watch your favorite streamers play ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained on Twitch and get rewards for YOUR account. The more you watch, the more you will receive!
To take advantage of Twitch Drops, properly link your Glyph and Twitch accounts. You can find all the information on how to do this by clicking here! Once you've successfully linked your accounts, watch any ArcheAge or ArcheAge: Unchained stream that has drops enabled during the event period to receive the following rewards based on your watch time:
Watch 30 minutes daily and receive one Bound Nui's Favor once per account, every day.*
Watch 2 hours total and receive an Adventurer's Winged Elixir, once per account!
Watch 4 hours total and receive Bound Stormwail Sax, once per account!
Watch 8 hours total and receive a Dance: All Out, once per account!
Watch 12 hours total and receive a Young Orange Tabby Housepet, once per account!
Watch 16 hours total and receive a Bound Glider Customization: Blue Rainbow once per account!
* The character you first logged in with will receive this item.
Watch your favorite streamers play and enjoy ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained, and get rewarded now until March 8, 2021!
Saving Everyone's Valentine's Day
Adventurers level 30 or higher are eligible for participation in this task beginning February 11. Deliver the chocolates in one piece, and Piero may reward you with some coins for your effort.
Your quest and journey begins at the Marianople Fountain and speaking with NPC Chocolate Merchant Piero! For those not in the Nuian faction, fret not! There will be worldgates in Austera and Diamond Shores to get to Marianople. Of course, to ensure the event is lovely and cheerful, Marianople will enter the festival peace period to ensure everyone has a grand time!
My deliveries are a success! What next?
After completing your various deliveries, Piero will reward you with Valentine's Day Festival Coins, which are exchangeable for the following items at the Festival Gift Exchanger in Mirage Isle:
Bound Tax Certificate x30 – 10 Valentine’s Day Coins
Bound Lucky Elixir x2 – 10 Valentine’s Day Coins
Lucky Hiram Infusion x6 – 20 Valentine’s Day Coins
Radiant Hiram Awakening Scroll x5 – 20 Valentine’s Day Coins
Manastorm Crystal – 5 Valentine’s Day Coins (F2P Only)
White Romance Table – 50 Valentine’s Day Coins
Bound Serendipity Stone – 100 Valentine’s Day Coins
Kitty Onesie – 130 Valentine’s Day Coins
Puppy Onesie – 130 Valentine’s Day Coins
Your deliveries will expire on February 25! Be sure to spend your coins before the weekly server maintenance, also on February 25, when they will be destroyed.
Glyph Platform Maintenance – February 16, 2021
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at 10 AM UTC (2 AM PST), the Glyph platform will be undergoing maintenance. We will also upgrade the platform to prepare for the addition of new games to Glyph.
During this maintenance, you will be unable to connect to any of our games through Glyph, use the Glyph store, or manage your Glyph account. Also, if you are already logged into the game when the maintenance begins, you will be disconnected. This maintenance is expected to last approximately 5 hours but may be longer or shorter.
If you buy any of our products from Steam during this maintenance, your products will be delivered after the maintenance.