A storm is coming… will you survive?

A brand new PvP naval arena, cross-server arena capabilities, revisions to Lunagem crafting and slotting, and a new crafting UI are just a few of the features that await you in ArcheAge’s 4.0 Update!

Set sail in Bloodsalt Bay – Band together with a crew of 5 as you fight to dominate the treacherous waters of Bloodsalt Bay. Can your crew capture enough lost spirits to beat out the 3 other ships vying against you, or will you end up at the bottom of the sea?

If that wasn’t enough challenge for you, then get ready to face off against the best that ArcheAge has to offer thanks to our new cross-server arena system. More matches – and plenty more challengers – await you in the pits!

Find raids more easily – Looking for a group to take on some of ArcheAge’s greatest challenges? Visit the new Raid Recruitment Board to view raids seeking additional members, or join your raids together with the new raid link feature!

Lunagems simplified – Improvements to the Lunagem system increase the ease of crafting these precious upgrades. Success rates when using these gems has changed, meaning you can look forward to more upgrades and less shattering!

Crafting system updates – ArcheAge 4.0 a new crafting questline to help fresh players learn the ins-and-outs of the economy, from potatoes to Sunridge Ingots. In addition, veteran crafters will be able to find what they want to make faster than ever thanks to a brand new crafting UI. Less searching, more making!

Check out the trailer below, and get ready for Update 4.0 to release later this year!

A storm is coming… will you survive?

A brand new PvP naval arena, cross-server arena capabilities, revisions to Lunagem crafting and slotting, and a new crafting UI are just a few of the features that await you in ArcheAge’s 4.0 Update!

Set sail in Bloodsalt Bay – Band together with a crew of 5 as you fight to dominate the treacherous waters of Bloodsalt Bay. Can your crew capture enough lost spirits to beat out the 3 other ships vying against you, or will you end up at the bottom of the sea?

If that wasn’t enough challenge for you, then get ready to face off against the best that ArcheAge has to offer thanks to our new cross-server arena system. More matches – and plenty more challengers – await you in the pits!

Find raids more easily – Looking for a group to take on some of ArcheAge’s greatest challenges? Visit the new Raid Recruitment Board to view raids seeking additional members, or join your raids together with the new raid link feature!

Lunagems simplified – Improvements to the Lunagem system increase the ease of crafting these precious upgrades. Success rates when using these gems has changed, meaning you can look forward to more upgrades and less shattering!

Crafting system updates – ArcheAge 4.0 a new crafting questline to help fresh players learn the ins-and-outs of the economy, from potatoes to Sunridge Ingots. In addition, veteran crafters will be able to find what they want to make faster than ever thanks to a brand new crafting UI. Less searching, more making!

Check out the trailer below, and get ready for Update 4.0 to release later this year!

Stroll through the Coral Plains and visit Mermaid’s Tears in style with this summer’s stylish swimwear!

Here to help you soak in the rays is the new sleek looking Sea Krait Swimsuit. This summer selection will also be joined by the Summer Nights, Summer Racer’s, and Beach Racer’s Swimwear.



Sea Krait Swimsuit – 400 Loyalty (or potentially found in the Sea Krait Crate!)
Summer Nights Swimwear – 400 Loyalty
Beach Racer’s Swimwear – 1000 credits
Summer Racer’s Swimwear – 1000 credits



The Sea Krait Crate (450 credits) can possibly include the following items:


Common Drops:

• Superior Lunarite: Fire, Wave
  
• Fine Lunarite: Fire, Wave

Uncommon Drops:

• Clear Synthium Shard
  
• Vivid Synthium Shard

Rare Drops:

• Lucid Synthium Shard
  
• Radiant Synthium Shard
  
• Majestic Tree
  
• Mining Drill
  
• Tax Certificate
  
• Expansion Scroll
  
• Eco-Friendly Fuel
  
• Shatigon’s Sand
  
• Specialization Snowflake
  
• Salon Certificate
  
• Gender Swap Certificate
  
• Companion Crust
  
• Crest Trade pack Storage
  
• language Proficiency Spellbook
  
• Crest Brainstorm
  
• Professional Tonic
  
• Lucky Sunpoint/Moonpoint/Starpoint
  
• Lucid Wave Lunagem: Defense, Magic Defense
  
• Special Pirate Plushie Trove
  
• Wrapped Serendipity Stone
  
• Sea Krait Swimsuit

Very Rare Drops:

• Mornstone
  
• Indomitable Lunafrost: Hostility, Transcendent, Tracker, Love
  
• Distorted Lunafrost: Hostility, Transcendent, Tracker, Love
  
• Lucid Gale Lunagem: Wrath, Harbinger, Constance, Benevolence, Mercy, Fury, Destruction, Serenity

– The ArcheAge Team

Stroll through the Coral Plains and visit Mermaid’s Tears in style with this summer’s stylish swimwear!

Here to help you soak in the rays is the new sleek looking Sea Krait Swimsuit. This summer selection will also be joined by the Summer Nights, Summer Racer’s, and Beach Racer’s Swimwear.



Sea Krait Swimsuit – 400 Loyalty (or potentially found in the Sea Krait Crate!)
Summer Nights Swimwear – 400 Loyalty
Beach Racer’s Swimwear – 1000 credits
Summer Racer’s Swimwear – 1000 credits



The Sea Krait Crate (450 credits) can possibly include the following items:


Common Drops:

• Superior Lunarite: Fire, Wave
  
• Fine Lunarite: Fire, Wave

Uncommon Drops:

• Clear Synthium Shard
  
• Vivid Synthium Shard

Rare Drops:

• Lucid Synthium Shard
  
• Radiant Synthium Shard
  
• Majestic Tree
  
• Mining Drill
  
• Tax Certificate
  
• Expansion Scroll
  
• Eco-Friendly Fuel
  
• Shatigon’s Sand
  
• Specialization Snowflake
  
• Salon Certificate
  
• Gender Swap Certificate
  
• Companion Crust
  
• Crest Trade pack Storage
  
• language Proficiency Spellbook
  
• Crest Brainstorm
  
• Professional Tonic
  
• Lucky Sunpoint/Moonpoint/Starpoint
  
• Lucid Wave Lunagem: Defense, Magic Defense
  
• Special Pirate Plushie Trove
  
• Wrapped Serendipity Stone
  
• Sea Krait Swimsuit

Very Rare Drops:

• Mornstone
  
• Indomitable Lunafrost: Hostility, Transcendent, Tracker, Love
  
• Distorted Lunafrost: Hostility, Transcendent, Tracker, Love
  
• Lucid Gale Lunagem: Wrath, Harbinger, Constance, Benevolence, Mercy, Fury, Destruction, Serenity

– The ArcheAge Team

The 1-Credit Transfers begin August 16th and will continue through August 30th.

We know the Evolutions bring about many concerns, and because the process creates necessary disruptions to your adventuring there may be frustrations with it. To help smooth out the change-over we’re happy to confirm the items in the compensation packages and who they go to.

Here is a reminder of which servers will be affected by the Evolution process:

North America – These servers will no longer accept any transfers into them.

Ollo, Tahyang, and Salphira will be evolved into CONVICTION.
Morpheus, Nazar, and Hanure will be evolved into THUNDERWING.
Europe – These servers will no longer accept any transfers into them.

Kyprosa, Dahuta, and Rangora will be evolved into TEMPEST.
Leviathan, Anthalon, and Sirothe will be evolved into RETRIBUTION.
Legacy servers not affected by the Evolution will accept incoming players through the server transfer service. These servers are Aranzeb, Kyrios, and Kraken in North America, and Shatigon and Eanna in Europe.

Our Fresh Start servers – Reckoning, Vengeance, and Prophecy – will not be affected by the Evolution and maintain the same transfer rules.

Also, keep in mind that no new characters can be created on Evolution candidate servers until the Evolution is complete. Players may make characters on non-Evolution servers. Additionally, the character creation restrictions will cause a visible change in the server select UI where races will overflow onto server status. This is a known issue that will be fixed in a coming patch.

The requirements to receive a compensation pack are noted below. Please note that some of these packs are per character, so you can receive multiple copies of them per account. This distribution is a very large undertaking, and it may take up to 48 hours after the servers open to receive your compensation packs. In addition, some of these packs are higher priority as they are required for when the servers open – Houses, Tax Certificates, Guild/Family levels, and the Worldweaver Pack.

Only Players who stay on an Evolution server for the Evolution will receive the packs below, as noted:

This pack is for each level 15+ character on an Evolution Server OR Landowners on an Evolution Server. You will receive 1 pack per character that’s level 15 or above, OR 1 pack per character who holds land on an Evolution server, regardless of level, up to a maximum of 6 per account. This pack will be in each qualifying character’s mailbox.

The pack contains the following fixed items:

• Dread Guard Armor
  
• Dread Steed
  
• Dread Steed Helm
  
• Dread Steed Saddle
  
• Dread Steed Legguards
  
• Dread Guard Nodachi
  
• Dread Guard Katana
  
• Title: Worldweaver
  
• 60 Gift Coins
  
• 1 Any-Post Owl
  
• 50 Bound Hereafter Stones

Characters who are level 50+ on an affected server OR who own land on an affected server get one of these packs PER ACCOUNT:

• 5 Bound Serendipity Stones
  
• 2 Bound Dunn’s Blessings
  
• 1 Loyalty Token 150-Pack

This pack will be granted to those with Crest Inks with UCC.

The UCC Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Bound Crest Brainstorm for each Crest Ink

Irretrievable Furniture Compensation[/h1]
This pack will be granted to anyone with furniture items that are normally unable to be retrieved via demolition.

The Irretrievable Furniture Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 piece of matching furniture for each item lost

(Note: If a player picks up these items and saves them in their inventory, they will not be duplicated. If picking up an item would destroy it (such as a plushie) the player must leave it there and let the Evolution process track and replace it.)



This pack will be granted to anyone who possessed a structure of any size on the servers involved in the Evolution.

The Housing Compensation pack contains the following:

• Full Kit for each of the completed structures you owned
  
• 1 Design (not Full Kit) for each of the non-completed structure you owned
  
• Bound Tax Certificates (Security Deposit + up to 5 Weeks of already Pre-Paid Taxes per structure)
  
• 1 of each piece of furniture/decor in the structure (chests, retrievable items from demolitions, items in chests, etc)

This pack will be granted to anyone who used a Decor Limit Increase item on a structure.

The Decor LImit Increase Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Decor Limit Increase for each 1 used on an owned structure

This pack will be granted to each character that owned a family.

The Family Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Family Growth Ticket for each ticket used on a family
  
• 1 Family Name Change Ticket for each family who changed their name
  
• Family Level Compensation items that increase the Family level to the previous state plus an extra level. Families at level 1 will become Family Level 2. Family Level 2 and 3 will become Family Level 3.

This pack will split up into two different categories – Characters that owned a Guild, and Characters in a Guild with Guild Prestige.

The Guild Compensation pack for Guild owners contains the following:

• A number of special “Oath Ribbons” to return a guild to its prior level +1 (A prior level 3 guild will become a level 4 guild post evolution).

(Note: These ribbons may be used on a newly created guild made by the owner of the previous guild that has been granted these Oath Ribbons. These ribbons will be bound and guild level specific: A level 2 ribbon will move a guild from level 1 to 2. Guild leaders will be given an additional Oath Ribbon to make up for any XP they may have had in their leveling state. )

The Character Guild Prestige Compensation pack contains the following:

• A number of ‘Prestige: 100’ tokens that meet the user’s prior prestige amount

Resident System Contribution Compensation
This pack will be granted to characters who contributed to a zone’s community center.

The Resident System Contribution Compensation pack contains the following:

• Gold equal to the contribution amount the character has provided

This pack will be granted to characters who were heroes at the time of the Evolution.

The Hero Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Golden Hero’s Chest

This pack will be granted to characters who were Lords at the time of the Evolution. This won’t be delivered until 9/13.

The Lord Building Compensation pack contains the following:

• A number of Lord’s Coins, Building Materials, and Designs equal to what the Lord had built in their castle before the Evolution.

(Note: If the Golden Wyvern is not completed, it will be removed during the Evolution)



– The ArcheAge Team

The 1-Credit Transfers begin August 16th and will continue through August 30th.

We know the Evolutions bring about many concerns, and because the process creates necessary disruptions to your adventuring there may be frustrations with it. To help smooth out the change-over we’re happy to confirm the items in the compensation packages and who they go to.

Here is a reminder of which servers will be affected by the Evolution process:

North America – These servers will no longer accept any transfers into them.

Ollo, Tahyang, and Salphira will be evolved into CONVICTION.
Morpheus, Nazar, and Hanure will be evolved into THUNDERWING.
Europe – These servers will no longer accept any transfers into them.

Kyprosa, Dahuta, and Rangora will be evolved into TEMPEST.
Leviathan, Anthalon, and Sirothe will be evolved into RETRIBUTION.
Legacy servers not affected by the Evolution will accept incoming players through the server transfer service. These servers are Aranzeb, Kyrios, and Kraken in North America, and Shatigon and Eanna in Europe.

Our Fresh Start servers – Reckoning, Vengeance, and Prophecy – will not be affected by the Evolution and maintain the same transfer rules.

Also, keep in mind that no new characters can be created on Evolution candidate servers until the Evolution is complete. Players may make characters on non-Evolution servers. Additionally, the character creation restrictions will cause a visible change in the server select UI where races will overflow onto server status. This is a known issue that will be fixed in a coming patch.

The requirements to receive a compensation pack are noted below. Please note that some of these packs are per character, so you can receive multiple copies of them per account. This distribution is a very large undertaking, and it may take up to 48 hours after the servers open to receive your compensation packs. In addition, some of these packs are higher priority as they are required for when the servers open – Houses, Tax Certificates, Guild/Family levels, and the Worldweaver Pack.

Only Players who stay on an Evolution server for the Evolution will receive the packs below, as noted:

This pack is for each level 15+ character on an Evolution Server OR Landowners on an Evolution Server. You will receive 1 pack per character that’s level 15 or above, OR 1 pack per character who holds land on an Evolution server, regardless of level, up to a maximum of 6 per account. This pack will be in each qualifying character’s mailbox.

The pack contains the following fixed items:

• Dread Guard Armor
  
• Dread Steed
  
• Dread Steed Helm
  
• Dread Steed Saddle
  
• Dread Steed Legguards
  
• Dread Guard Nodachi
  
• Dread Guard Katana
  
• Title: Worldweaver
  
• 60 Gift Coins
  
• 1 Any-Post Owl
  
• 50 Bound Hereafter Stones

Characters who are level 50+ on an affected server OR who own land on an affected server get one of these packs PER ACCOUNT:

• 5 Bound Serendipity Stones
  
• 2 Bound Dunn’s Blessings
  
• 1 Loyalty Token 150-Pack

This pack will be granted to those with Crest Inks with UCC.

The UCC Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Bound Crest Brainstorm for each Crest Ink

Irretrievable Furniture Compensation[/h1]
This pack will be granted to anyone with furniture items that are normally unable to be retrieved via demolition.

The Irretrievable Furniture Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 piece of matching furniture for each item lost

(Note: If a player picks up these items and saves them in their inventory, they will not be duplicated. If picking up an item would destroy it (such as a plushie) the player must leave it there and let the Evolution process track and replace it.)



This pack will be granted to anyone who possessed a structure of any size on the servers involved in the Evolution.

The Housing Compensation pack contains the following:

• Full Kit for each of the completed structures you owned
  
• 1 Design (not Full Kit) for each of the non-completed structure you owned
  
• Bound Tax Certificates (Security Deposit + up to 5 Weeks of already Pre-Paid Taxes per structure)
  
• 1 of each piece of furniture/decor in the structure (chests, retrievable items from demolitions, items in chests, etc)

This pack will be granted to anyone who used a Decor Limit Increase item on a structure.

The Decor LImit Increase Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Decor Limit Increase for each 1 used on an owned structure

This pack will be granted to each character that owned a family.

The Family Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Family Growth Ticket for each ticket used on a family
  
• 1 Family Name Change Ticket for each family who changed their name
  
• Family Level Compensation items that increase the Family level to the previous state plus an extra level. Families at level 1 will become Family Level 2. Family Level 2 and 3 will become Family Level 3.

This pack will split up into two different categories – Characters that owned a Guild, and Characters in a Guild with Guild Prestige.

The Guild Compensation pack for Guild owners contains the following:

• A number of special “Oath Ribbons” to return a guild to its prior level +1 (A prior level 3 guild will become a level 4 guild post evolution).

(Note: These ribbons may be used on a newly created guild made by the owner of the previous guild that has been granted these Oath Ribbons. These ribbons will be bound and guild level specific: A level 2 ribbon will move a guild from level 1 to 2. Guild leaders will be given an additional Oath Ribbon to make up for any XP they may have had in their leveling state. )

The Character Guild Prestige Compensation pack contains the following:

• A number of ‘Prestige: 100’ tokens that meet the user’s prior prestige amount

Resident System Contribution Compensation
This pack will be granted to characters who contributed to a zone’s community center.

The Resident System Contribution Compensation pack contains the following:

• Gold equal to the contribution amount the character has provided

This pack will be granted to characters who were heroes at the time of the Evolution.

The Hero Compensation pack contains the following:

• 1 Golden Hero’s Chest

This pack will be granted to characters who were Lords at the time of the Evolution. This won’t be delivered until 9/13.

The Lord Building Compensation pack contains the following:

• A number of Lord’s Coins, Building Materials, and Designs equal to what the Lord had built in their castle before the Evolution.

(Note: If the Golden Wyvern is not completed, it will be removed during the Evolution)



– The ArcheAge Team

This limited time event will be available during the following days:

North America: August 15 – September 5, starting and ending at 11 PM PDT.
Europe: August 16 – September 6, starting and ending at 1 AM UTC.

During this time, Sanddeep will be placed into Festival Law. If you’re new to these parts, Festival Law will prevent PvP attacks as if the area was in Peace, BUT you can still be attacked if your guild is fighting in a Dominion War. Be careful!

Use the worldgates found in Austera, Marianople, and Diamond Shores as a cheap way to get to Sanddeep for the festival activities.

It’s time to hit the beach! Head on out and get ready for a series of quests to have fun in the sun. Build a sand castle, help Vivalt and Mendelsson paint, eat chicken, and FIGHT HUGE BEACH MONSTERS. Enjoy yourself, relax, and you’ll earn some Festival Coins to enjoy great rewards, including:

• Beach Umbrella — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Crest Umbrella — 14 Festival coins
  
• Vivalt’s Sand Sculpture: Protection — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Vivalt’s Sand Statue: Victory — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Mendelsson’s Sand Sculpture: Peace — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Mendelsson’s Sand Statue: Prosperity — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Baked Chicken (House Furniture) — 5 Festival Coins
  
• Blue Salt Festival Empty Frame — 10 Festival Coins
  
• Blue Salt Festival Sand Castle Painting — Requires an empty frame and
• all pieces of Mendelsson’s Painting.
  
• Blue Salt Festival Beach Painting — Requires an empty frame and all
• pieces of Vivalt’s Painting.
  
• Baktehan’s Swimfins — 90 Festival Coins
  
• Granbleu’s Dive Helmet — 90 Festival Coins
  
• Fried Chicken (Buff) — 3 Festival Coins
  
• Cold Beer (100 Labor) — 3 Festival Coins
  
• Temporary Thunder Dash — 70 coins
  
• Temporary Timer Coupe 100 — coins
  
• Temporary Cogwheel Longboard — 30 coins
  
• Greenman Plushie Pet — 70 coins

This festival does have a special timed event in Sanddeep. Take out a huge monster that attacks the festival at the following times to earn more coins:

EU: 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM, and 11:00 PM UTC
NA: 12:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 9:00 PM PDT

This year’s event also features Achievements for extra Festival Coins! Please note that if you’ve been a participant in the prior years of the Blue Salt Festival, some of these Achievements may be automatically completed based on your past progress.

– The ArcheAge Team

This limited time event will be available during the following days:

North America: August 15 – September 5, starting and ending at 11 PM PDT.
Europe: August 16 – September 6, starting and ending at 1 AM UTC.

During this time, Sanddeep will be placed into Festival Law. If you’re new to these parts, Festival Law will prevent PvP attacks as if the area was in Peace, BUT you can still be attacked if your guild is fighting in a Dominion War. Be careful!

Use the worldgates found in Austera, Marianople, and Diamond Shores as a cheap way to get to Sanddeep for the festival activities.

It’s time to hit the beach! Head on out and get ready for a series of quests to have fun in the sun. Build a sand castle, help Vivalt and Mendelsson paint, eat chicken, and FIGHT HUGE BEACH MONSTERS. Enjoy yourself, relax, and you’ll earn some Festival Coins to enjoy great rewards, including:

• Beach Umbrella — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Crest Umbrella — 14 Festival coins
  
• Vivalt’s Sand Sculpture: Protection — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Vivalt’s Sand Statue: Victory — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Mendelsson’s Sand Sculpture: Peace — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Mendelsson’s Sand Statue: Prosperity — 14 Festival Coins
  
• Baked Chicken (House Furniture) — 5 Festival Coins
  
• Blue Salt Festival Empty Frame — 10 Festival Coins
  
• Blue Salt Festival Sand Castle Painting — Requires an empty frame and
• all pieces of Mendelsson’s Painting.
  
• Blue Salt Festival Beach Painting — Requires an empty frame and all
• pieces of Vivalt’s Painting.
  
• Baktehan’s Swimfins — 90 Festival Coins
  
• Granbleu’s Dive Helmet — 90 Festival Coins
  
• Fried Chicken (Buff) — 3 Festival Coins
  
• Cold Beer (100 Labor) — 3 Festival Coins
  
• Temporary Thunder Dash — 70 coins
  
• Temporary Timer Coupe 100 — coins
  
• Temporary Cogwheel Longboard — 30 coins
  
• Greenman Plushie Pet — 70 coins

This festival does have a special timed event in Sanddeep. Take out a huge monster that attacks the festival at the following times to earn more coins:

EU: 2:00 PM, 7:00 PM, and 11:00 PM UTC
NA: 12:00 PM, 5:00 PM, and 9:00 PM PDT

This year’s event also features Achievements for extra Festival Coins! Please note that if you’ve been a participant in the prior years of the Blue Salt Festival, some of these Achievements may be automatically completed based on your past progress.

– The ArcheAge Team

Join Senior Producer Merv "Khrolan" Lee Kwai, Producer Amanda "Amary" Fry, Associate Producer Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan, and Localization Tester Sophie "Socke" Pickens on the Trion Worlds Twitch channel for our next ArcheAge livestream!

This week the team is here to answer your questions on the upcoming Server Evolutions, as well as discuss what's coming to the game in the August Update!

ArcheAge Evolution & August Update Livestream
Twitch Channel: http://www.twitch.tv/trionworlds
Start Time: Friday, July 28 at 1:30 PM PDT (GMT-8)
Duration: 45-50 minutes

Make sure to stick around to the end of the livestream, because we'll be hosting our usual giveaway and you could win!

Join Senior Producer Merv "Khrolan" Lee Kwai, Producer Amanda "Amary" Fry, Associate Producer Seraphina "Celestrata" Brennan, and Localization Tester Sophie "Socke" Pickens on the Trion Worlds Twitch channel for our next ArcheAge livestream!

This week the team is here to answer your questions on the upcoming Server Evolutions, as well as discuss what's coming to the game in the August Update!

ArcheAge Evolution & August Update Livestream
Twitch Channel: http://www.twitch.tv/trionworlds
Start Time: Friday, July 28 at 1:30 PM PDT (GMT-8)
Duration: 45-50 minutes

Make sure to stick around to the end of the livestream, because we'll be hosting our usual giveaway and you could win!