ArcheAge News

Hey, make that a double. A Double Event! Starting February 25, 2021, ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained welcomes the return of the Double Event! You do not want to miss this opportunity to level up your characters, get that missing item, get the most out of your battles, or receive extra badges for you to spend on seeds, saplings, furniture, and more! This event offers something to adventurers of all stripes!

[h2]What’s Doubled?[/h2]
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.

Because you deserve it, the ArcheAge team is thanking you with Weekly Gift packs for keeping Erenor safe and sound! You read that right. Get your Weekly Gifts for both ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained starting February 22 at 2pm UTC (6am PST) in the Glyph Store! These goodies can be claimed once per account with a character of your choice.
Please note: Free Trial users are not eligible to redeem these gifts.

[h3]ArcheAge Free-to-Play Gifts[/h3]

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 Gweonid Lantern Festival has returned. Light up the sky in memory of the brave Aranzeb in the 2021 Lantern Festival beginning February 18. After the maintenance, watch the night sky over Gweonid Forest comes alive and sparkle in thousands of lights as the zone turns to a festival period to let the East and the West come together as one in peace to honor the fallen during the fall of Auroria.

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.

ArcheAge servers will be evolving soon, allowing you to meet new allies and forge new alliances along the way. Server Evolutions will be making their way to you this March!

[h2]When will the Server Evolution take place?[/h2]
The Server Evolution is scheduled to take place on March 11, 2021, for the ArcheAge Free-to-Play servers.

[h2]Which Servers are Affected?[/h2]
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.
[h3]ArcheAge Free-to-Play[/h3]
On NA, Kadum and Nui will be merged to form Dochul.
On EU, Taris and Ezi will be merged to form Arkanis.

[h2]I’m on an affected server! What now?[/h2]
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!

[h2]What is the Schedule for Evolution?[/h2]
[h3]For ArcheAge:[/h3]
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 FAQ and see if we answered your question!

They're baaack! Starting February 11, 2021, Twitch Drops is once again available for ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained.

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!