Start by exploring quest locations, upgrading your equipment, and finding statues for fast travel. You discover quests through exploration rather than new quest markers on the map. You can also gather, craft, farm, and trade alongside action combat. Use the steps below to get moving, then choose the system you need help with.
What should you do in your first hours?
Explore around Watchtower of Hope after the tutorial, then use your early rewards to improve your equipment.
- Visit points of interest to find quests; the map does not mark new quest locations for you.
- Find the cave near Watchtower of Hope and speak with the pirate to receive a ledger.
- Take the ledger to Gareth, accept his quest, then hand it in for experience and gold.
- Visit a blacksmith to enhance your gear; +1 requires one tempering stone, while higher enhancements can fail.
- Interact with statues for fast travel, and bring glowing collectibles to them for permanent HP increases.
- Follow the Blue Soul Brotherhood faction quests toward your first mount, housing, guild creation, and trading.
If you are still choosing a playstyle, compare ArcheAge Chronicles classes before committing your early upgrades.
How do combat and character progression work?
You fight with action combat, gain three stat points per level, and earn traits through boss encounters.
After defeating a boss, interact with its statue to receive two traits, also called skill points. You can roll, dash, block, and parry during combat. Use the bosses guide when you need help with a specific encounter.
| Question | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Does combat use tab targeting? | No. You use action combat: you roll, dash, block, and parry. |
| How do you start leveling? | You earn early experience from exploration quests, including Gareth's ledger quest. |
| What comes after early progression? | You keep fighting bosses, exploring, and leveling life skills. Endgame details are still being added. |
How do you travel, craft, and unlock community systems?
You travel through statues and progress through Blue Soul Brotherhood quests for mounts, housing, guilds, and trading.
Crafting uses materials and gold, and some recipes require you to smelt materials into ingots first. You can collect shattered blades from pirates, humanoids, and orcs.
For gathering, farming, and housing, start with life skills. For individual crafting unlocks, use the recipes guide.
| Question | Short answer |
|---|---|
| How do you fast travel? | You use statues as travel points; see how to fast travel. |
| How do you get a horse? | Blue Soul Brotherhood quests lead to your first mount. |
| How do you make a guild? | Blue Soul Brotherhood progression leads toward guild creation. |
| What are companies? | You begin the story as a member of an established trading company. |
How do multiplayer and PvP fit into your start?
You can fight alongside other players, while conflict channels enable free-for-all PvP with 10% more experience.
Choose peace while you learn combat and improve your equipment. Try conflict when you are ready for other players to attack you.
| Question | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Is ArcheAge Chronicles an MMO? | You share an MMORPG adventure with other players; see how its MMO systems work. |
| What can you do in multiplayer? | You can fight together and defend trade routes. |
| How do you join friends? | You can tackle boss encounters in a group. Invite steps are still being added. |
| When should you try PvP? | Enter conflict when you are ready for free-for-all attacks; see the PvP guide before switching. |
Where should you check access and PC setup?
Check price and console status before you buy.
| Question | Where to look |
|---|---|
| Is ArcheAge Chronicles free to play? | No. Early Access costs $29.99 on Steam; see the free-to-play guide. |
| Can you play on Xbox? | An Xbox version is announced, with no date yet; see the Xbox guide. |
| What are the best settings? | PC settings presets are still being added. |
| What are the system requirements? | Check the Steam store page for the current PC requirements. |
FAQ
You can get early experience, stronger equipment, and permanent HP through the systems below.
You can collect a ledger from the cave pirate near Watchtower of Hope. Take it to Gareth for a quest rewarding experience and gold.
You need one tempering stone for +1 at a blacksmith. Higher enhancements can fail.
You bring glowing collectibles to statues for permanent HP increases. Those statues also serve as fast travel points.
You receive three stat points per level. After a boss victory, interact with its statue for two traits, also called skill points.
You can choose peace or conflict channels. In conflict, everyone can attack everyone, and you gain 10% more experience.
