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Alpha-1 early preview.

Alpha-1 PvE combat.

Alpha-1 starting area (Alpha-0 island).

Alpha-1 is a testing release of the Ashes of Creation MMORPG. Alpha-1 will test:

• Hybrid action/tab combat.
• Progression to level 20.
• 4 playable races.
• Character creator.
  • This may be released prior to Alpha-1.
• Cleric, Fighter, Mage, Ranger, and Tank archetypes will initially be present in Alpha-1. The Bard, Rogue, and Summoner archetypes will follow later in development.
  • Secondary archetypes will not be present in Alpha-1. These are planned for Alpha-2.
• Portions of player housing.
• Portions of crafting/artisan classes.
• Nodes will be fully featured.
  • Node progression to Village (Stage 3).
  • This was previously stated to be Town (Stage 4).
• 96 km² of world map.
  • This is approximately 20% of the total world map.
  • Alpha-1 takes place in the north west part of the map.
• Questing.
  • Questing will be placeholder until Alpha-2.
• Social organizations.
• Guilds.
• Name reservations.
• Corruption.
• Merchant systems.
• Player trading.
• Daggers (Dual weapons).
• Naval (possibly).
• Two to three servers.
  • 1,500 concurrent server population.
• Castles (hopefully).
• UI and tutorial systems will be placeholders until Alpha-2.

Video, March 23, 2020 (0:01).

Livestream, March 28, 2020 (54:48).

Livestream, March 28, 2020 (32:30).

Video, April 5, 2018 (1:01:40).

Newsletter, 7 August 2018

Livestream, July 26, 2019 (1:10:44).

Livestream, September 1, 2018 (1:02:99).

Interview, October 17, 2020 (53:50).

Livestream, March 28, 2020 (1:41:11).

Interview, October 20, 2018 (12:38).

Interview, July 19, 2020 (1:21:49).

Blog: Creative Director's Letter, October 16 2020

Interview, August 8, 2018 (18:55).

Interview, August 8, 2018 (19:02).

Livestream, January 30, 2020 (35:12).

Livestream, August 28, 2020 (1:29:17).