This article has been updated, to add: for those who prefer a clean slate, a fresh start Realm will be available on May 1st, offering a completely untouched experience from day one.
The fresh start may be an East Coast NA server, or we may do one for EU. We will have more details to share about this next week
🗺️ Alpha Two Phase II is extended to August 4 as we finalize dynamic gridding, server optimizations, and the move to UE5.5!
✨May 1 - Server merges, fresh start realm, and Third Wave Bundle holders gain access
✨Aug 4 - 24/7 testing starts!
📖Read the full update: https://ashesofcreation.com/news/alpha-two-phase-iii-testing-schedule
Read moreGlorious Ashes of Creation Community!
Our next Development Update Livestream will be Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 11am Pacific! (Click here to convert this to your local time). We'll be streaming over at www.twitch.tv/ashesofcreation. Join us as we showcase new zones, pocket dungeons, and more!
Stay up-to-date with the development of Ashes of Creation by tuning into this month’s Development Update Livestream!
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Glorious Testers,
With this week’s patch, we’ve officially kicked off the first phase of stat balancing and progression tuning in Alpha Two. This update brings foundational changes to character leveling, gear stat scaling, mana/health regeneration, enchanting, and TTK (time-to-kill). These systems will continue to receive frequent tuning passes over the coming weeks as we dial in the pacing and feel of progression. AKA Don’t lose your shit, instead help us refine the results! <3 - Steven
This is a multi-patch process, and your feedback will play a major role in shaping the outcome.
To support this effort, we’ve created a Google Form you can use to submit focused feedback directly to the dev team: https://forms.gle/oVkyogDxTVEpNyiy8
👉 Gear & Stat Tuning Survey
The survey walks through the areas we’re most interested in:
We extended Alpha Two testing this week
This current Alpha Two testing period has been extended to go through Monday, April 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM pacific time. Here's the message in the Ashes of Creation Discord where this was announced, and it will localize this to your local time
Please DM me on Discord.
We will be iterating on the mechanics over the coming weeks. I’ve asked design to include a mechanic that allows stealth to ignore the proximity cast requirements when under the effect of smoke bomb.
Keep up the feedback! 💪
This is a known issue and something we will be focusing on soon, it has taken a bit of a backseat in favor of other higher prio bugs/feature deliverables.
Also brother, I feel your passion. Might I recommend remembering, that we are real people behind the reddit screen. It's ok to remember we are still developing, and shit is gonna be a little jank in certain areas. <3
📢 🎬✨ The March Development Update is here! From the stealthy Rogue to the high seas of naval combat, Alpha Two just got even better! 🗡️⛵
https://youtu.be/mHzgod6sSt0
Which new feature are you most eager to test? Let us know! 👀
⛵ ⚔️ Set sail for battle! Ships have arrived, bringing epic ship vs. ship combat to Alpha Two! Watch the action unfold: https://youtu.be/mz5hL69UzaU
🔧 What features would you love to see added next? Let us know! ⚓ 🔥
We are solving some HLOD issues with the new zone that’s affecting large arch meshes and foliage from rendering in at a distance. Should be fixed within the next day or so
🗡️😈🗡️ The shadows have a new master. The Rogue is LIVE!
https://ashesofcreation.com/news/rogue-sneaks-into-alpha-two!
⚔️ Learn about their deadly kit, and then sneak into Alpha Two to put your skills to the test!
The open sea isn't ready yet, and we want to test lawless PvP areas during Alpha Two.
For now, as we progress in zone development, our less developed areas are planned to be lawless zones. As we build out these zones and start working on new areas, we expect that where lawless zones are will move to our newest and least developed areas.
To learn more about what we've said about lawless zones, see the Ashes of Creation wiki here.
Glorious Ashes of Creation Community!
Our next Development Update Livestream will be Friday, March 28, 2025 at 11am Pacific! (Click here to convert this to your local time). We'll be streaming over at www.twitch.tv/ashesofcreation. Join us as we showcase a new archetype, zone, and exciting new systems!
Stay up-to-date with the development of Ashes of Creation by tuning into this month’s Development Update Livestream!
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Our next live stream is scheduled for this Friday, March 29 starting at 11AM PDT over on our official Twitch channel. This livestream will be focused specifically on Nodes!
We hope you’ve checked out the start of the “Know Your Nodes” series on our website here, and hope that it’s also been sparking a lot of questions for our upcoming live stream. If you have a question related to Nodes that we haven’t answered previously, and you’d like to see it discussed on this Friday’s live stream, please post it below!
Please keep in mind that your question should be specifically related to Nodes. If you see that someone else has already posted the question you wanted to ask, go ahead and give it an upvote instead of asking the same question again. If you see a question that has been answered previously, feel free to chime in with the answer below...
Read moreHello Glorious Ashes of Creation community!
Thank you for participating in our Q&A discussion on Discord, where many of you asked questions regarding the Ashes of Creation MMO and Apocalypse.
We saw a few very detailed questions about bigger features like housing, class mechanics, and crafting professions - we’ll be sharing more in-depth looks at these topics in future blog posts so we can get to some of the specifics you’ve been asking for.
Please keep in mind that since we are still in the development phase, all design decisions are subject to change. The below information is based on our current design plans.
Without further ado, here’s a collection of the answers to some of your top questions:
GENERAL
Q: Will you have a rotating cast for Twitch streams so we can hear from some of the other leads on the team?
A: Yes! We’ll be rotating the cast on our livestreams based on what we’re talking about or showing off - get ready to see some new faces on camera.
Q: Do you ...
Read moreHm - my only other suggestion at this point would be to try resetting your password, if you haven't done so already.
You took the right steps by opening a ticket so our team can take a closer look! It's possible your account is having issues due to our recent migration, which we're still working to address (that may be why you haven't received a response quite yet - there's quite a volume of tickets).
Nope, and it's definitely not an ideal solution. Just a temporary one for now!
Hey there - our team is working to address those long queue times now and kick off matches. We appreciate you sticking out the queue!
