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News, guide, lore and Traits talent calculator for ArcheAge Chronicles.
Don (Global PM) and Jay Lee (Creative Director) explain channels and PvP in ArcheAge Chronicles: standard channels with no attacks between players, PvP channels switched at a Nui Statue, the Steam Next Fest demo, and PvP ideas still in planning.
ReadOfficial Steam post: ArcheAge Chronicles joins Steam Next Fest with a free playable demo.
ReadXL Games and Kakao Games show the first real in-game footage of ArcheAge S and outline the loop from progression to naval war.
ReadProducer Ham confirms XLGAMES will self-publish ArcheAge Chronicles, with Early Access planned for later in 2026, and reviews the first Network Test.
ReadKakao Games, via Align Studio, buys the ArcheAge IP and ArcheAge S. ArcheAge Chronicles stays at XLGAMES, according to MTN (8 September 2026).
ReadKey visual of ArcheAge S: Strait of Freedom, another game set against ArcheAge Chronicles. Launch planned on Steam: second quarter of 2027.
ReadXLGAMES answers players after the ArcheAge Chronicles FGT: buy-to-play with cosmetic-only sales, PvP after launch, open-world housing and 20-player raids.
ReadWccftech interview with XLGAMES (August 2025) on ArcheAge Chronicles: playing solo or in a group, guilds without conquest and PvE endgame for 2 to 5.
ReadIn August 2025, XLGAMES told Massively that ArcheAge Chronicles is only partly an MMO: channel housing and PvP that is no longer open-world.
ReadXLGAMES producer Ham Yongjin explains why ArcheAge Chronicles is not ArcheAge 2: an online action RPG set in Auroria 50 years after the original game.
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Pick a class, spend points across its weapons and share the link.
Full Berserk, Mage, Ranger and Warrior trees with all 12 weapons, exclusive nodes and an optional point budget.
ArcheAge World is an independent, unofficial fan site for ArcheAge Chronicles, the online action RPG XLGAMES is developing in the ArcheAge universe. The game is set in Auroria about 50 years after the original ArcheAge and is built around weapon-based action combat, open-world exploration, and the return of lifeskills, housing and trade runs.
We keep track of what the studio publishes: producer letters, Steam and @ArcheAgeChron announcements, interviews and community Q&As, always with a link to the original source. Our guide covers the classes revealed so far (Warrior, Ranger and Mage), with their weapons and key skills.
If you like to theorycraft, open the skill tree calculator: pick a class, spend points across its weapons and share your build with a single link. Shared builds go straight into the community ranking, where anyone can rate them.
An online action RPG from XLGAMES, set in Auroria roughly 50 years after the original ArcheAge. The studio stresses that it is not ArcheAge 2 or a traditional MMORPG: the world is shared and there will be guilds and 20-player raids, but the story and dungeons can be played solo or in a group.
Not yet, and there is no official date. XLGAMES plans to open Early Access on Steam “later this year”, according to executive producer Ham’s letter of 15 September 2026, and says it will share the date and price when ready. Our release date article has the full picture.
It was announced in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and it can already be wishlisted on Steam, the PlayStation Store and the Xbox store. The Early Access announced so far is on Steam; no date has been given for consoles.
No. In the producer’s July 2026 Q&A, XLGAMES said the game will be buy-to-play, with cosmetic-only item sales, and that it has no plans for pay-to-win. The price has not been announced yet.
No. ArcheAge World is a fan project with no ties to XLGAMES, Kakao Games or Align Studio. We summarize and translate public information and always cite our sources. If anything here conflicts with an official announcement, the official word wins.
