It's time for some holiday fun! Spell the word Christmas in the Winter Maiden Lottery beginning December 17 for a chance to win amazing rewards.


Have a chance to drop the letters C, H, R, I, S, T, M, and A* by killing monsters level 50 or higher! Afterward, if you collect all the necessary letters to create the word Christmas, you can combine them to get a Snowflake Ticket! And if you're missing a specific letter, utilize the Winter Maiden Letter Box from the Winter Maiden Festival to pick the letter(s) you need!

* Please note: The descriptions of the letter items state that you only need enough letters to spell "Chistmas" instead of "Christmas". You will need all letters to spell "Christmas" to combine them into a Snowflake ticket.


After obtaining a Snowflake Ticket, you can exchange it at the Claw Machine in Mirage Isle for a chance to receive a Golden Winter Maiden Ball, Blue Winter Maiden Ball, or Red Winter Maiden Ball! The contents of these balls are as follows:

Golden Winter Maiden Ball
Chance to receive one of the following items: Beanstalk House, Santa's Gift Bed, Scroll: Timber Coupe v3, Scroll: Seawhip Speedboat, or Rare Awakening Scroll Crate

Blue Winter Maiden Ball (F2P Servers)
Chance to receive one of the following items: Bound Serendipity Stone x1, Bound Elixir of Vocation x2, Manastorm Crystal x10, Decrystallization Scroll x2, Building Management Title x2, Multi-Wagon Upgrade Ticket x2, or Awakening Scroll Crate x2

Blue Winter Maiden Ball (B2P Servers)
Chance to receive one of the following items: Bound Serendipity Stone x1, Bound Elixir of Vocation x2, ArchePass XP Boost x1, Decrystallization Scroll x2, Building Management Title x2, Multi-Wagon Upgrade Ticket x2, or Awakening Scroll Crate x2

Red Winter Maiden Ball
Chance to receive one of the following items: Honorable Potion Crate: Rank 3 x2, Serendipity Stone Shard x2, Adventurer's Winged Elixir x2, Mythic XP Crate x2, Fortune Box x1, Resplendent Temper Ticket x5, Bound Tempering Charm Box x5, Honorforged Medal x2

Opening each Christmas Ball will cost 100, 50, and 20 Labor respectively.


Rare Awakening Scroll Crate
Choose one of the following items:
- Immortal Warden Awakening Scroll x1
- Glorious Hiram Awakening Scroll x100

Awakening Scroll Crate
Choose one of the following items:
- Abyssal Library Awakening Scroll x1
- Brilliant Hiram Awakening Scroll x50
- Luminous Noryette Awakening Scroll x1

Mythic XP Crate
Choose one of the following items:
- Unidentified Mythic Hiram Infusion x40
- Unidentified Mythic Abyssal Enhancer x40
- Unidentified Mythic Erenor Infusion x2

Resplendent Temper Ticket
Choose one of the following items:
- Bound Resplendent Solar Temper x1
- Bound Resplendent Lunar Temper x1

Bound Tempering Charm Box
Choose one of the following items:
- Bound Weapon Tempering Charm x1
- Bound Armor Tempering Charm x4

The Snowflake Tickets and Claw Machine will disappear after maintenance on December 31, so be sure to exchange them for Winter Maiden Balls before the Winter Maiden Lottery ends!

How do you celebrate the most festive season of the year? With a Winter Maiden Festival, duh! Together, spread holiday cheer and keep Marianople and Austera safe from the icy intruders beginning on December 17. Bah humbug! During the event, festival period rules will be in effect in Marianople and Austera* to prevent PvP from occurring during the joyous season. Getting to the festival zones is pretty easy; use the festival gate in Diamond Shores.

*Please note the localization of the quest "Blessing the Basins" will direct you to Mistmerrow. However, this is incorrect and the festival is celebrated in Marianople and Austera.



During the event, visit the Winter Maiden's Messenger in your capital city to begin a myriad of festival quests! Engage in the festive activities of fending off ice-cold intruders, spreading merry tidings, building snowmen, and completing the Nutcracker to earn Festival Coins!

You can exchange your Festival Coins at a Festival Exchanger for the following stocking stuffers:
Yule Maiden Hat - 20 Festival Coins
Reindeer Headwear - 20 Festival Coins
Snowman Headwear - 20 Festival Coins
Wool Hat - 20 Festival Coins
Cupcake Whimsy Hat - 20 Festival Coins
Beribboned Cupcake Whimsy Hat - 20 Festival Coins
Snowman Cupcake Hat - 20 Festival Coins
Decorative Snowman Cupcake - 25 Festival Coins
Decorative Cupcake - 25 Festival Coins
Decorative Beribboned Cupcake - 25 Festival Coins
Winter Maiden's Lullaby - 25 Festival Coins
Winter Maiden Festival Tree - 25 Festival Coins
Manastorm Crystal - 5 Festival Coins (F2P ONLY)

As a bonus, you can earn more Festival Coins and other goodies by completing the Winter Maiden Festival achievements!

The Winter Maiden Festival ends on December 31 at 01:00 UTC, so log in and join the holiday fun before it ends.

Learn more about the ever-powerful separated lovers, Morpheus and Rangora, experience the return of Stillwater Gulf with a deadly revamp - randomized natural disasters and increasing difficulty as time goes on, and much more in our December Update.



The Chronicles: Eternal Oath
The time has come to discover the origin of a mysterious new weapon wreaking havoc on the continents of Nuia and Haranya, and the heartbreaking story of lovers - Morpheous and Rangora - divided by the jealousy of a merciless Goddess, in The Chronicles: Eternal Oath. Morpheus and Rangora reportedly have grown more powerful, dealing more damage and wielding new weapons to slay their foes.



Morpheus the Deathtrigger
Driven mad by the loss of his lover, Rangora, Morpheus has sworn to defeat as many souls as he can to get his lover back from the Goddess Dahuta. With nothing to lose, he seems all the more determined than ever.



Rangora the Oathbound
Revived by the Goddess Dahuta and led to believe Morpheus, her lover, betrayed her, Rangora has taken the power of the Gods and proven to be more lethal to her enemies and those who lie in her path.



Stillwater Gulf Revamp
Stillwater Gulf's Naval Combat returns, and better than ever! Avoid the Poison Clouds, twisters, and meteors falling from the sky and get rewarded with high-grade supplies. That's if you're lucky to survive.



Mysthrane Faction Competition
It's time to get competitive. A new faction competition begins during the War in Mysthrane Gorge, and it only ends whenever a faction reaches the score limit. Are you up to the challenge?

To read the full Patch Notes with more details, click here.

Winners have been chosen! The Winners will be contacted on the platform that they entered on.


Here are our winning entries for ArcheAge:



1st Place Winner [FB]



2nd Place Winner [FB]



3rd Place Winner [FB]



And our winning entries for ArcheAge: Unchained:



1st Place Winner [Twitter]



2nd Place Winner [Twitter]



3rd Place Winner [FB]



A special thanks to all who participated in our contest!

It's time to show off your most magical creations. We aren't talking about your Crests or house decor - we're talking about your characters! Beginning December 15, 2020, show us your ugliest but still loveable faces. Whether your creation was something handcrafted with a lot of fine-tuning and work or just a couple of quick slider adjustments, we want to see it! You can submit your ugly face creations to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using #ArcheAgeFaces.

Wonder what is there to win? Our three winners will get the following rewards:
The first prize is a Keyboard Aorus 9 and a Gigabyte Optical Gaming Mouse M6900
The second place will win a Headset Force H3 Black
Our third winner will get a Gigabyte Optical Gaming Mouse M6900

If the ArcheAge Team thinks that your character's face is the ugliest thing they have ever seen, you may be one of the few who win a hardware prize from GIGABYTE! Additionally, amongst all entries, ten winners will be chosen randomly via raffle and receive one game pack of their choice for the version they play (for ArcheAge - Nehliya Archeum Pack & for ArcheAge: Unchained - Archeum Unchained Pack). Your character's beautifully ugly face will then be used for our makeup contest, where we challenge you to recreate it with the power of makeup beginning January 11.

The winning entries as well as others of the ugliest face contest will be your inspiration for our next contest. If you can recreate the ugly faces provided with the power of makeup, then you may be in luck! If you recreate such magnificent beauty and show us starting January 11 you can be the winner of up to 1000 EUR!

Looking for more details or perhaps some inspiration? Visit our contest site {LINK REMOVED}here for more information!

Starting December 10 and lasting until the end of maintenance on December 17, ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained welcomes the return of the Double Event! To add to the festive mood, you can also receive 2x Angel Wing Elixir every day per account during this time frame through the Glyph store. The Elixir restores 100 Labor every 5 minutes for 50 minutes, so work hard, and play hard!

Please note that the 2x Angel Wing Elixir giveaway will start separately on December 10 at 14:00 UTC (06:00 PT) and end on December 17 at 14:00 UTC (06:00 PT).


Everything! Stay in, log in daily and take advantage of Double Experience - level up your characters even faster; Double Loot Drop Rate - better your chance to get that item you've always wanted; Double Honor Points - get the most out of your battles during war; and Double Vocation Badges - exchange this currency for special vocation goods such as seeds, saplings, furniture, livestock, and much more!

Don't let this opportunity pass you by as the Double Event ends on December 17 after maintenance!

A brand new update is on the horizon for ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained. Adventurers! Heed the call of the sovereigns and investigate what or who has been wreaking havoc all across Erenor. That's not all - rumor has it a Community Center is rebuilt on the Aurorian continent, welcoming in residents once again.

Explore Erenor through an entirely new lens with the expansion of The Chronicles, and learn more about the powerful presence leaving thousands dead in their wake. Rally your faction and get ready to take on this new powerful presence in Mysthrane Gorge for a chance to win the Faction Competition to face Nehliya, Queen of Annihilation, all beginning on December 17.

That's not all. Auroria throws its gates open wide, warmly welcoming potential residents to live on its lands once more. Additionally, Auroria has plans to build its very own Community Center! Alongside the introduction of the Community Center: Community NPCs, Resident Ranks, and Resident Rewards will make their way to the continent. All of this and much more awaits you in the December Update!

Be sure to keep an eye out on our official social media channels for teasers on all of this and more!

It's time to take advantage of our incredible Black Week sales with a 50% discount on Honor Shop items! Shop to your heart's content and pay half the amount of Honor Points on Lunastones, Lunagems, Regrade Charms, and much more on both ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained. This offer begins immediately after maintenance on Thursday, November 26, 2020.


Everything! Take a peek at the new prices for the event period:



These items will stay discounted until the weekly maintenance on December 3, so don't miss out!

Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate the blessings of the past year and giving thanks. And even though the past year has presented various challenges, we are thankful nonetheless for the experiences. This Thanksgiving, stay safe and spend this holiday of gratitude with your loved ones, whether it be your real-life family and friends or the ones in ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained!

On November 26, after maintenance and during the event time, log into ArcheAge or ArcheAge: Unchained and stay online for 30 consecutive minutes to receive Thanksgiving Gift x1 as a token of our appreciation. This gift can only be claimed once per account by clicking on the activated button in the lower-left corner of the screen.


Claim your Thanksgiving Gift to receive this butterball of a companion, Drumstick (12 hrs), and some Cornbread Stuffing x100 to keep it fed during the cold months!

Drumstick possesses the following skills:

Gluttonous Gobbler: Increases EXP gained and Loot Drop Rate by 20% for 60 minutes.
Tough Turkey: Increases Attack and Defense by 10% for 60 minutes.
Fast Fowl: Increases Movement Speed by 10% and decreased Production Time by 10% for 60 minutes."
Please note that these items are unrecoverable when destroyed.


The Thanksgiving Gift is available for one day only, November 26. Log in, get your gift before 11:59 PM UTC, and spread the word to family and friends!

The Rise of Nehliya update has finally arrived, and there’s no better time than now to watch your favorite Twitch streamers experience the update while playing ArcheAge and ArcheAge: Unchained. Beginning November 16, hop on Twitch and join your favorite streamers’ chats and get some sweet loot for your in-game character and celebrate the Rise of Nehliya!

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 and get a Bound Nui’s Favor, once a day per account!*
Watch 2 hours total and receive 2 Garden Elixirs, once per account!
Watch 4 hours total and receive a Bound Autumn Wind Horn, once per account!
Watch 8 hours total and receive a Dance: Charming Dance, once per account!
Watch 12 hours total and receive a Sheepish Green Elk Housepet and a Gem Carver Crate, once per account!

* The character you first logged in with will receive this item.

Support your favorite ArcheAge casters on Twitch and get rewarded between November 16 and December 14. It’s a win-win!