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Ashes of Creation takes place within a medieval fantasy setting, blending imagination with cutting-edge graphics. We are putting the word massive back into massively multiplayer with unique and novel mechanics that will bring meaning to player action. Ashes of Creation will incorporate the best parts of traditional MMORPGs with innovative sandbox concepts. You will choose your fate at every opportunity. Questlines will open and close based on the interactions of the players with their world, because this is a world where choice is consequential. Monsters will roam and grow in ferocity as civilization disrupts the natural order of things. From the location of towns to the size of cities, you will determine the landscape of your world. It will be unique in culture, ecology, and economy.[2]

Ashes of Creation is an upcoming MMORPG set in a world of high fantasy where player’s choices will shape and define the world around them.[3]


The original code-name for Ashes of Creation was The World of Origins.[4]

Glorious Ashes of Creation community, the month long Alpha One testing period has come to an end. On behalf of the entire team at Intrepid I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our amazing A1 testers. They have endured a lot of spot tests, during crazy hours over the last several months. The data, feedback and conversations with our players has been a wealth of help in guiding our hands for the trek to Alpha Two.

I also want to thank our wonderful community, for following along with the testing, development updates, and giving your thoughts across the discord, forums, Reddit and all of our social channels.

Ashes is a huge endeavor and it’s being built with passion from our magnificent team at Intrepid. So I want to express mine and John’s deepest felt thanks to the hardworking colleagues we go to work with everyday. This is a big milestone for the project, and I think I speak for our community when I say, Great job Intrepid team.

We have a lot to do, and as always we will be keeping everyone informed on our progress with our monthly updates. Our goal has been and shall continue to be a quality focused MMORPG to make us all proud to call Ashes of Creation. Much love to everyone.[5]Steven Sharif

The Ashes of Creation release schedule is subject to change.[6]

Phase Release Estimated/Actual date
Pre‑alpha Alpha-0.[7] December 15, 2017.[8]
APOC Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA).[9] September 7, 2018.[10]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale stress test (NDA lifted).[11] October 19, 2018.[11]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale open beta.[12] December 18, 2018.[13]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access.[14] September 24, 2019.[15]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode PI closed testing.[16] December 19, 2019.[16]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale testing ends.[17] March 10, 2020.[18]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse castle siege mode.[9] After Alpha-1.[19][17]
Ashes of Creation Apocalypse horde mode.[9] After Alpha-1.[19][17]
Alpha Alpha-1 early preview livestream.[20] March 27, 2020.[21]
Alpha-1 limited QA testing (NDA).[22][23] May 28, 2020.[24][25]
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 1 (NDA).[26] Dec 18 - Dec 21 2020.[26]
Alpha-1 preview pre-test 2 (NDA).[26] Feb 19 - Feb 22 2021.[27][28]
Alpha-1 preview intermittent spot testing (NDA).[29][30] Mar 19 - Jul 9 2021.[29][30]
Alpha-1 preview weekend (no NDA).[29] July 9 - July 11 2021.[31][32][29]
Alpha-1 (no NDA).[29] July 14 - August 15 2021.[5][33]
Alpha-1 intermittent spot testing.[34][35] After August 15 2021.[34][33]
Alpha-2 (persistent alpha).[36][37] To be announced.[33]
Beta Beta-1. To be announced.[33]
Beta-2. To be announced.[33]
Pre‑release Head start for crowdfunding backers at the Founder level and above.[38] 1-2 days before launch.[38][39]
Release Launch (live) release. To be announced.[33][40]
Post‑launch Major releases (DLC expansions). Quarterly or six-monthly.[41][42]
Minor releases. Monthly.[41][42]

Spis treści


Pre-alpha Metropolis node.[44]

Węzły są ustalonymi w grze lokacjami, objętymi strefą wpływów. W naszym świecie mogą one przybrać postać miast różnych rozmiarów; począwszy od małego obozowiska, na rozległej metropolii kończąc. Rozmiar miast zależy od wkładu graczy oraz od tego, jak daleki jej postęp osiągnęli. Gracze nie tworzą bezpośrednio śladu Węzła, lecz w jego obrębie mają możliwość posiadania ziemi. Gracze, którzy są częścią władz danego Węzła, będą mieli możliwość dalszej modyfikacji typów budowli oraz świadczonych usług, lecz w głównej mierze Węzeł będzie rozrastał się wedle swej ustalonej ścieżki (pomyśl o tym bardziej, jako o NPC budujących te miasta, aniżeli graczach indywidualnie stawiających budowle oraz mury). Teren wkładu w Węzeł jest większy, niż miasto samo w sobie, co pozwala graczom doświadczać przygód, jednocześnie budując miasto. Tereny wkładu nazywamy "Obszarem Wpływu" i jest to strefa, w której gracze pomagają w rozwoju Węzła, w którym się znajdują.[45]

Nodes[3] są starannie umieszczonymi punktami rozbudowy, obejmujące każdy server.

Węzły są sercem świata; tworzą wzloty i upadki życia. W swym rdzeniu, Węzły są ustalonymi w świecie punktami, objętymi Obszarem Wpływu oraz otoczonymi obszarami geograficznymi, które ulegają zmianom w czasie na podstawie uczestnictwa gracza. Mapa świata jest podzielona na regiony, każdy z nich zawierający wiele Węzłów. Podczas gdy Węzeł swym rozwojem wpływa na typy zawartości, jakie zawiera wraz z otaczającymi obszarami. Gracze nie tworzą Węzłów, lecz jeśli stanowią część władzy danego Węzła, mają możliwość wpływać na dyplomację oraz modyfikować typy budowli/konstrukcji oraz usług wewnątrz Węzła. Początkowo będą 103 lokacje Węzłów; każdy z własnym wpływem na narrację oraz rozwój świata.[50]Margaret Krohn

Nodes exist all throughout the world and the location of said node will determine its type; but this type will be... seen at the first stage of development when the first stage when a node propagates real-time assets in the world; is basically these NPCs, these merchants that come into an area and they offer services and/or you know of stores or whatever the deal may be. You will see the flavor of the node from those merchants. So if it's a military node you'll see military people. If it's... an economic node you'll see merchants. If it's a scientific one you'll see scholars; and if it's a divine one you'll see priests and clerics. So players will have a very firm understanding of which node is which type in order to know how they want to progress.[54]Steven Sharif

Nodes are assigned one of four (4) node types, each of which contain unique specializations.[50]

  • Players will be able to identify the type of a node at its first stage of development (Expedition) based on its NPC population.[54]
Node type.[50] Specialization.[50] NPCs.[50]
Divine nodes Faith and skill/equipment augment focuses Priests
Economic nodes Trade and merchant focuses Merchants
Military nodes Combat and class training focuses Guards
Scientific nodes Artisan and construction focuses Scholars

Ashes of Creation allows you, the player, to decide the fate of the world around you. With each Node Type, you can change the flow of resources and goods in the world. Will you grow the largest Economic Metropolis and help guide the riches of Verra, or will you choose another path unlocking new stories filled with allies and enemies?[55]

Node types are predetermined and are the same across all servers.[50]

For example, if a level 4 Scientific Node is destroyed, it will become a Level 0 Scientific Node. It will never be any other Node Type other than a Scientific Node. The location of these Types relates to the influences of the area around the Node.[50]Margaret Krohn

Node types affect various services and systems at each level of node advancement.[50]

Node types will be definitive during the Beta testing stages.[56]

Beta testing will require that the node types be definitive; and that's because of how node types are integrated into the relating and corresponding neighboring points of interest and those quest lines. So it's not something we can swap very easily.[56]Steven Sharif

Node stages




Node stage.[3] Symbol Alternate name.[58] Timeframe to advance.[3] Player housing.[59]
0. Wilderness -
1. Expedition Expedition symbol.png Crossroads Few hours -
2. Encampment Encampment symbol.png Camp Many hours -
3. Village Village symbol.png - Few days Small houses
4. Town - Many days Medium houses
5. City - Few weeks Large houses
6. Metropolis Metro Many weeks Mansions

Node advancement

Conceptual illustration. Nodes that are in the ZOI of more advanced nodes have their progression capped by the more advanced node.[60] ZOIs will likely be irregular shapes in the game, the circles depicted here are just for the purposes of illustration.





  • The more advanced the node is, the larger its ZOI becomes.[44]



  • Players are moved to safety if they intersect with newly spawned assets during node advancement.[67]
  • Citizens of one node can contribute to the advancement of other nodes.[68]

Node experience gain opportunities will be equitable across the four node types.[69]



Node sieges

Node sieges (Pre-alpha footage).[71]


Node sieges enable players to destroy nodes.[57] This paves the way for new development and access to the locked content in surrounding nodes. Due to this dynamic, political strife and intrigue play an important role in the structure of the world.[3]


If you own a home in a node and you don't want to see that home destroyed, you need to defend that city![72]Steven Sharif

Nodes can delevel based on node atrophy.[57]




Alpha-1 PvE combat early preview.[75]

Combat is the most tactile system in the game. It's the thing you will experience most often; and outside of the systems and mechanics that are going to be present for the overarching core gameplay loop, combat needs to feel responsive. It needs to not feel floaty. It needs to feel mobile. It needs to be fluid. It needs to give a feeling of satisfaction. The audio components, the effects components, the animations themselves, the types of skills and those types of things: All of those are really our objective in fine-tuning the approach for our combat in Ashes of Creation.[76]Steven Sharif

Combat in Ashes of Creation is focused on strategy and tactics.[77]

  • Combat is the most tactile system in the game. It needs to feel responsive, mobile and fluid. It needs to give a feeling of satisfaction.[76]

We want combat to be engaging, fun... Right now we've begun the sprint toward Alpha-1 first phase deployment, so we're really looking into the action side of combat right now; and we're building systems for that. And the reason why we are doing that is because tab-targeting has been a staple of MMORPGs for a very long time, even though there's a large interest now in action for MMORPGs and there has been some successful titles with action-oriented, like TERA and BDO. We want to be able to really delve into that development so that we can better understand how to merge tab and action together in the same game, because they are vastly different play-styles.[78]Steven Sharif

A revamped combat system will be rolled out during and post Alpha-1 testing.[79][80]

  • Alpha-1 testing is initially focused on core functionality rather than combat balance.[81]



There are no predefined factions in Ashes of Creation.[82]

We present the player with these soft friction events and then that determines who your friends and your foes are.[83]Steven Sharif

Because we are non-faction based, you want to grant the user the ability to either do things that are "evil" or "good", so there has to be a plethora of choice on the evil side for them to participate in.[84]Steven Sharif

Open world

Alpha-1 open world dungeon entrance.[85]

80% of the content that will exist in Ashes of Creation is open-world and there's a specific reason for that. So because of the way that friendships and or enemies are forged in the game and people have the opportunity to create their own friends or foes. We want that to play out from a contesting standpoint as well. So a lot of these hunting grounds or raid bosses that people are going to have opportunities to kill, they're going to be essentially contested potentially by your your enemies that you've created in the game or you can work together to create alliances in order to defend those contested zones.[86]Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation will be a seamless open-world experience.[87]

  • No loading time or loading screens between regions.[87]

There will be open world dungeons and raids. The aspiration is to maintain the open world feel while being able to capitalize on the benefits of instanced mechanics.[88]

There will be some open dungeons that have bosses at the end of the dungeons. There will be some open dungeons that just have a multitude of dungeon bosses, not necessarily world raids or something; and there will be lots of different rooms and they'll be progressive in the sense that in the earlier parts of the dungeon they'll be lower level and then at the later parts of the dungeons deeper down they'll be higher level and more difficult; and that creates again I think an ecosystem of where players across a multitude of levels have an opportunity to coexist within certain areas of the world; and that's good from a social dynamic. It's good from a recruitment dynamic. It's good from just a liveliness and relevance of particular areas. So that you don't end up with these locations that once you pass a certain level like it's empty.[89]Steven Sharif
  • Instancing is only going to happen in certain dungeons where the desire is to have greater narrative appeal.[90] Outside of these and arenas there will not be too much instancing anywhere else.[87]
  • There will be an 80/20 split between open world vs instanced encounters.[86][91][92]
  • There is no instancing in Alpha-1.[93]

We're probably going to do instancing only in certain dungeons and in arenas. You probably won't see instancing too much anywhere else. What you see is gonna be what you get.[87]Jeffrey Bard

The PvP flagging system presents an opportunity for open conflict.[94]

Q: When you reach the bosses in [open world] dungeons can you be jumped?
A: For the most part if there are bosses at the end of dungeons, it is possible for you to get jumped.[89]Steven Sharif


Pre-alpha PAX East 2018 PvE Developer playthrough, 4 April 2018.[95]


The Node system facilitates the generation of new PvE content such as Quests, Dungeons, Raids and Monster coins.[97]

There is going to be a lot of PvE content for all portions of the playerbase... Part of that risk versus reward: Your risk is your time you're putting in to having a chance at getting the reward and successfully completing; and that should feel good based on how much time you devote. Now I know that there's a spectrum of casual and hard-core players in the time there, what we can do, but that's why we have many different content paths that play towards how you affect the world around you.[98]Steven Sharif

PvE content adapts to the development of the world to avoid repetition.[99]

Whenever you have a player versus environment setting you don't want a stagnant kind of overly repetitive because its lackluster. It does not have that a component that engages.[99]Steven Sharif



Alpha-1 open world caravan PvP.[100]


PvP (Player versus player combat) is the catalyst for change in Ashes of Creation.[101] Player combat is intended to be meaningful, ranging from Caravan battles to vast open world conflicts fought for the pride of Kings and Queens.[97]

Because players are motivated by different things, because they want something from the game that other players don't want, that's going to cause people to butt heads. Different players are going to want different experiences and the conflict between the two of them will create a bigger and better thing. Out of strife comes rebirth and that's a core symbol, it's a core theme that occurs throughout the game.[72]Jeffrey Bard

There are many reasons to engage in open world PvP in Ashes of Creation.[102]

Just because our flagging system gives corruption to pkers, doesn't mean PvP won't happen. There is plenty of reason for PvP to occur open-world. Scarce resources, open world hunting grounds, caravans, sieges, guild wars etc.[102]Steven Sharif




There may be some gear binding (BoE or BoP) but it will be an exception rather than the rule, as this doesn't facilitate the objectives for the economy.[103]

A lot of what we experienced in games that usually come before us is that many things are account bound and they're soulbound to your character... Instead very little here is character bound. Very very little. The vast majority of gear- yes you will get quest related gear as rewards- but it won't be let's say one set in one dungeon and you must run the dungeon over and over. Instead we want to really emphasize the reliance on the economy and crafters and gatherers and processors to support a majority of the gear structure in-game, combined with that of world raid bosses and dungeon bosses; not a repetitive quest line through a single dungeon.[105]Steven Sharif

Weapons and armor are not race locked, but armor will take on a racial appearance.[108][109]

Weapon types

Tank Sword concept (by Michael Bacon) and Shield concept (by Javier Perez).

There is an even split between melee and ranged weapons.[110]


Armor types

Armor types in Ashes of Creation.



Eight of the nine races in Ashes of Creation.[127]

Ashes of Creation offers nine playable races.[128][129]

Parent race Races
Aela Humans Kaelar.[130] Vaelune.[130]
Dünzenkell Dwarves Dünir.[130] Niküa.[130]
Kaivek Orcs Ren'Kai.[130] Vek.[130]
Pyrian Elves Empyrean.[130] Py'Rai.[130]

Verra is a world with rich and diverse cultures. Much of its important history has been dominated by the major races. Humans of the coast and plains, Orcs within the hills and the marshes, Elves in the forest and the riverlands, and the esteemed Dwarves of the mountains. The major races have held dominance through countless wars and skirmishes between the lesser races of Verra. Decades may pass between these flareups of violence. There are many minor races on Verra. Some of the minor races exist in makeshift villages or tribes if you will. Some of the major villages among the minor races are comprised primarily of the Giants, less reputable sects of Human, Gnomes, and Halflings. The Halflings are not Halflings in a traditional sense but actually half-bloods of different races.[132]Steven Sharif

Wandering the darker places in the world lie truly sinister abominations of creation. The great churches of civilization often dispatch heroes of the state to eliminate these threats to mortals. There currently exist four great nations on Verra. This is 25 years roughly before the fall: The Aelan Empire, Pyrian Kingdom, the Kaivek Protectorate, and the nation of the Dünzenkell. There was not always only four great nations. Long ago the races were more divided into many nations and city states.[133]Steven Sharif

In the 7,000 years of recorded history, wars upon wars were fought. Some for land, others for resources, many for beliefs. Royal houses stood and fell over the years. Some now long bereft of lordship. Many city states exist in Verra. Some self-governed bastions of democracy and republics alike. Others are vassal states at the behest of their benefactors.[134]Steven Sharif

Once selected, a character's race should be final.[135]

Your primary archetype selection and your race selection should be - because they have gameplay influences - should be final.[135]Steven Sharif



With 8 Archetypes to combine, players may choose from 64 total combinations to create their class.[136][137][138]

Bard Cleric Fighter Mage Ranger Rogue Summoner Tank
Bard Minstrel Soul Weaver Tellsword Magician Song Warden Trickster Songcaller Siren
Cleric Scryer High Priest Templar Oracle Protector Shadow Disciple Shaman Apostle
Fighter Bladedancer Highsword Weapon Master Spellsword Hunter Shadowblade Bladecaller Dreadnought
Mage Sorcerer Acolyte Battle Mage Archwizard Spellhunter Shadow Caster Warlock Spellstone
Ranger Bowsinger Soulbow Strider Scion Hawkeye Scout Falconer Sentinel
Rogue Charlatan Cultist Duelist Nightspell Predator Assassin Shadow Lord Shadow Guardian
Summoner Enchanter Necromancer Wild Blade Spellmancer Beastmaster Shadowmancer Conjurer Brood Warden
Tank Argent Paladin Knight Spellshield Warden Nightshield Keeper Guardian



Ashes of Creation has the traditional trinity of Tank, DPS (damage dealers) and Support (healer or non-healer) roles.[139][140][141]

We have our eight base archetypes; and the trinity is a pretty strong influence with regards to the eight base classes. However the area in which we actually begin to play with that line between the trinity is in the secondary classes that you can pick. That's where we begin to blend those spaces and allow people a little bit of influence over their role and whether or not they fit perfectly within a particular category within the trinity.[142]Steven Sharif


Religious temple in a Metropolis node.[44]


There are six primary religions as well as a Tulnar/Underrealm religion.[144][145][146]

  • Religion is intended to be a motivator, not an aesthetic.[147]
  • Choosing a religion enables players to walk a light or a dark path through their choice of questlines and other actions.[148][149][143]
    • Players will not be able to worship The Others at temples, but certain quest paths will allow darker forms of worship.[150]

There will be questlines. There will be certain actions that players are capable of taking to perhaps pursue the darker side of this metaverse so to speak.[148]Steven Sharif

Sometimes games in the past have tried to shy away from heavy emphasis on religion because of the parallels that can occur between what is in the real world and this fantasy realm. I don't really subscribe to that theory. I think that religion plays a very significant role in the story of what Ashes of Creation is about and it is very much this almost monolithic idea of good vs. evil; so that is really at the crux of what the overarching narrative will be in the game; and I'm not trying to pigeonhole players into "everyone has to be good", like I said earlier there will be opportunities for players to deviate from that, should they so choose to roleplay in that regard.[144]Steven Sharif

The Tulnar religion is a combination of religious beliefs of the major races as well as pagan beliefs of the minor races over time as they coexisted together in the Underrealm.[151]

The progression of the Tulnar- while they are still the staples of what were once the primary deities of the good pantheon remained for the Tulnar, over the time they existed and evolved into the society that they are at the return to Verra. It's much more similar... to the way the Creole religions advanced, with using components of Christianity as well as Voodoo and other smaller, more "paganesque" religions; and incorporated them into one. To that degree, you can correlate the way that society around the Tulnar has this almost combination of what were pagan beliefs from the minor races as well as the introductions of the major beliefs and religions from the major races, because they all came together in the Underrealm and survived in that regard. So you’re gonna see naturally a combination of those two things.[151]Steven Sharif



Character stats and attributes.[154][121]

Stat Base stat Level 1 Cleric Level 1 Mage Level 1 Tank
Health.[155][156] Health 224
Mana.[155] Mana 293
Power.[155][154][121] Power 10
Dexterity.[155][154][121] Dexterity 10
Constitution.[155][154][121] Constitution 10
Will.[155] Will 12
Wisdom.[155][154][121] Wisdom 14
Mentality.[155][154][121] Mentality 13
Physical Damage Bonus.[155] Power 13
Physical Disable Modifier.[155] Power 12
Physical Critical Damage Bonus.[155] Power 12
Physical Skill Cooldown.[155] Dexterity 6
Physical Critical Rate Bonus.[155] Dexterity 6
Physical Evasion Bonus.[155] Dexterity 7
Physical Accuracy.[155] Dexterity 192
HP Regeneration.[155] Constitution 3
Physical Defense Mitigation.[155] Constitution 7
Physical Disable Defense Constitution 7
Physical Block Chance.[154][121][157] Constitution 17
Magical Attack Damage.[154][121] Will 24
Magical Critical Damage Will 23
Magical Disable Chance Will 13
Magical Casting Speed Wisdom 6
Magical Cooldown Modifier Wisdom 7
Magical Critical Rate.[157] Wisdom 7
Magical Accuracy Wisdom 8
Mana Regeneration Mentality 3
Magical Defense Mitigation Mentality 8
Magical Disable Defense Mentality 8
Magical Block Chance.[154][121][157] Mentality 18

There will be diminishing returns on certain stats, but there won't be hard caps.[158]

Most stats are contested, which means you're kind of testing your rating versus other people's ratings. So you kind of figure out what the end result is... but we're not going to go for like hard caps for sure.[158]Jeffrey Bard

Character nameplate

A character's nameplate is displayed above their head.[159]

  • This can be the first, and optionally last name (surname).[159]
  • The name of the character's Guild is displayed next to their name.[160]
  • The character's nameplate will deteriorate to give an indication of how much damage they have taken.[161][156][162]
  • An icon will identify the character's class.[163]
  • Hovering over the user's nameplate will show information such as level, their class name and archetype combo.[163]
  • A buff icon indicates the character's gear and grade.[163][164][165]

Summoner summons' creature type appears in the nameplate above the summon. This cannot be changed by the player.[166]


There will be a "comfortable" number of character slots available for alts.[167][168]

There will be a comfortable level of character slots available to players because we are a subscription model game.[168]Steven Sharif

Character creator

info-orange.pngSome of the following information has not been recently confirmed by the developers and may not be on the current development roadmap.
Alpha-1 launcher/character selection.[176]

The character creator (or character customization screen) allows players to define the look of their character in Ashes of Creation.[179]

We're gonna have a wide array of character customization.[180]Steven Sharif

The goal is to have a character creator that is on par with if not much better than what BDO provided.[181]

If I had to give a comparison, I would use BDO as an example of what our Character Creation is going for.[182]Steven Sharif

A character's voice may be able to be selected from preset options.[183]

There is a chance that the character creator will be released early.[181][184]

Character appearance

Vaelune character appearance options.[185]


So many options coming down the road. Our character team continues to refine our customization options![186]Steven Sharif

Vaelune beard appearance options.[188]


Character appearance can be customized in the character creator (CC)[190] and via in-game salons/barbershops.[191]

  • Character models are focused on realism.[192]
  • A player will see a generic character before customization.[193]
  • Lolis will not be in the game.[195][196]
There's going to be constraints to the sliders, so that was one of those big questions as work began on the character creator: How much agency do you want to allow pulling like the lower lip all the way down in this weird deformed look, or having like [an] offset cheek that's just asymmetrical to the side of the face. There's not going to be the ability or agency to create those types of weird character things. However you will have the ability to move, slide, change, grow, decrease all those components, but they'll be kept in a more reasonable and presented way in the same sense you won't be able to change the appearance of the dwarven, nor the Dünir or the Niküan races to, in my opinion, create what would be traditionally considered a Loli character.[195]Steven Sharif

Sliders will offer flexibility in customization.[197] There will be limits to the amount of deformation possible for a character based on their race.[195][198]

Adjustments will allow a character to appear more feminine or masculine.[199]

  • These are relative to the character's race.[199]

Character appearance is able to be saved to hard disc.[203]

A "default player appearance" may be automatically applied during sieges or other large scale battles to improve client-side performance.[204][205][206]



Rime and Regal‎ pre-order pack cosmetics.[207]


Cosmetics provide a wide array of customization in Ashes of Creation.[209]

  • Equitable cosmetics, both from a quantity and quality standpoint, are achievable through in-game means.[211] Cosmetics achievable in-game will be on-par, and in the case of legendary skins, even more elaborate than shop items.[212][213][208]
In my opinion quality of cash shop cosmetics should be equal to in game achievable cosmetics, but offer a diverse selection of unique looks.[214]Steven Sharif
The most grand looking cosmetics will be from in-game achievment only.[215]Steven Sharif
  • Different variants of store purchased cosmetic creatures (Pets and Mounts) may exist in the wild.[217][218]
  • Cosmetics can be used by all races but there may be slight variations to make them work with the body builds of each race.[219][220]
  • There will not be mascot looking/furry cosmetics.[221]

Obtaining cosmetics

Some cosmetics can be obtained in-game:[224]

Achievements may unlock some cosmetics.[224]



Cosmetic items

Cosmetic items allow players to customize their character in-game.[180]

  • Eye color.
  • Skin color.
  • Hair color.
  • Hairstyles.
  • Tattoos.
  • Scars.

Cosmetic items that produce in-game cosmetic effects will also be available.[226]

Gear appearance

Alpha-1 female plate armor 3D render.[227]


Gear is intended to be realistic in appearance.[228][229]

  • There will not be "oversized" weapons.[230]
  • Armor will not be overly sexual in appearance.[229]



Armor will take on a racial appearance.[231]

Each race is getting its custom geo pieces, which then will share thematic components such as color palette, attachments, design filigree. Those types of things will get shared across the geo but generally you're going to see unique races with unique geo.[232]Steven Sharif


Players can change gear colors using dyes.[233][234]

Helmet display can be toggled on and off.[120]

  • Hair will likely be masked if helmet display is toggled on.[235]

Particle effects are used to denote the importance and rarity of some weapons.[236]

Weapons are able to be sheathed.[237]

Crafters are able to influence what their crafted items will look like.[238][239]

Appearance slots/Transmogs

Gear will have appearance slots (Transmutation/Transmog/cosmetic slots) that are used to copy the appearance of an item (in some cases).[240][241]

  • Cosmetic slots can be toggled on or off by the player.[242]

Gear attachments

Attachments are able to be unlocked as flair pieces to armor to create a customizable look.[243]




Ashes of Creation logo.[244]


The Phoenix is the celestial avatar of the Goddess of creation. Her sacrifice protected the people of Verra during the apocalypse.[246]Steven Sharif

There are different parts to the Lore in Ashes of Creation.[247]

These story arcs drive one or more quest lines.[247]



Story arcs

Story arcs drive one or more quest lines in Ashes of Creation.[247]

  • Personal quest lines.
  • Cultural quest lines.
  • Regional quest lines.


The overarching narrative is that players are the returning children of Verra. They will not be characterized individually as "saviors".[251]



Certain story arcs can be unlocked through the bulletin board system. Certain requirements would need to be met in order to access story arc quests.[253]



Progression occurs through a variety of pathways.[254]

Multiple playstyles should be relevant and viable. Additionally, you have a spread between casual players and hard-core players; and most of us exist somewhere on that spectrum. The progression path in a society or religion is more conducive to the time we have to play. Whereas, someone else may be playing several hours a day, and they have a better opportunity for the raid/level progression that might require some more dedication. So we want to have these different progression paths available to accommodate the different times in our lives that we have to play the game. And all of those types of progressions will make us relevant in some way shape or form to the general world.[257]Steven Sharif

Having the ability to gain power at a sacrifice... That's a way to kind of reach a horizontal type of progression. It may not be entirely, because there could potentially be a meta if balancing isn't done correctly; but the objective there is to make sure we have both vertical and horizontal progression in the game.[258]Steven Sharif

Alpha-1 early iteration of the level-up effect by Jim Sanders.[259]

One of the cool abilities we all love seeing and gives us a major dopamine response is when our character levels up.[259]Steven Sharif

Leveling won't follow a traditional linear path, although classic mechanics for leveling exist.[260] Experience (XP) is gained through a variety of activities:[261]

A character's level will be visible to other players.[161]

There will not be level boosts or auto-leveling.[262]

As part of our ideals as a game we're not going to give boosts away. We're not going to auto-level up a character. You have to spend time acclimating yourself to what this game is, to what the world that you're part of is; and that's an investment- a time investment; and that plays towards our ideas of risk-versus-reward; and I've always said our game's not going to be for everybody and that's okay.[262]Steven Sharif

There won't be any damage dampening due to differences in levels in either PvP or PvE.[263]

If I have a skill that does a thousand damage to a target of equal level I don't want my skill to do zero damage to a target that's five levels above me.[263]Steven Sharif


End game

There is not going to be a typical end-game in Ashes of Creation.[264]

Part of the whole experience with nodes is that there is no real end-game, in that the world is constantly shifting every day. Month one is going to be really different from month two; and that's for the level 50s and level 1s.[264]Jeffrey Bard

We want the game to be a living game, which means that all content should be relevant at all times. I’d say that we try to make as little distinction between the leveling up experience and the end game experience as possible. The whole journey is important to us, in order to maximize the fun people have during different stages of the game.[265]Sarah Flanagan

Level cap

The level cap at launch is expected to be approximately level 50.[266]

  • The developers anticipate max level should be attainable in approximately 45 days if you play roughly 4-6 hours per day.[267][268]
  • Alpha-1 has progression to level 15.[269]

Lower level characters will have usefulness in mass combat (such as Node sieges) that is not directly dependent on their level, such as manning siege weapons, helping repair fortifications, bringing proximity-based buffs to key positions, using stealth or scaling walls. These types of things are relevant to the tide of battle and do not require the player to be max-level or have high combat stats.[270]

The idea is not to be a game where somebody can essentially no life for a week and be max level. The idea is to incorporate some significant chunk of time but still respect the casual player, because you know the way we respect the casual player is not everything is driven in our game through the adventuring progression line. Not everything is driven through your class level per-se. There's a lot of different progression paths that are available and make you relevant within certain systems and mechanics within the game; and some of those paths are more casual friendly and some of those paths are more hardcore friendly. So with regards to the adventuring class, the idea is to make sure that investment needs to be pretty significant and that the reward then is respective of that investment.[267]Steven Sharif


Repetition will not be part of progression in Ashes of Creation.[271]

  • There will be no "grindy" quests.[271]
  • There will not be repetitive quest lines through a single dungeon to obtain gear.[105]
  • The aspiration is to have more things to do in the game than a player has time to do.[271]

AFK leveling

W Ashes of Creation nie będzie levelowania AFK .[272]

Chcemy by ta gra była grana. Jeśli są rzeczy, które możesz robić nie grając ale ciągle progressować to zrobiliśmy coś źle.[272]Jeffrey Bard

Level scaling

Levels, stats, or skills will not be scaled to allow low level players to participate in encounters with higher level players.[273][264]

Mentor program




Class progression

If a Fighter were to choose Mage as a secondary archetype, the fighter would become a Spellsword. This combination opens up augments that can be applied to skills in their primary skill tree. Fighters have a Rush skill that allows them to rush towards a target; and upon reaching the target, deal an amount damage with a chance to knock the target down. A Mage's escape augment could be applied to the rush skill, which would now teleport the player to the target; thus eliminating the charge time on the skill.[276]

Class progression does not relate to a player's artisan progression.[281]

World events do not directly impact class effectiveness but there may be ancillary effects in terms of availability of equipment, enchantments or tattoos.[282]

Weapon progression

Weapons will have their own progression paths and their own applicable types of skills.[284][285]

Q: Are weapons balanced towards a proficiency system (i.e. the longer I use a sword, the better my damage will be), or will it be a normal RPG stat system with no long-term scaling?
A: We will not be using a proficiency system as described, but players will have passives available in their skill tree that will increase effectiveness of certain weapons. Becoming a master of swords will be something that is possible, just not in that particular manner.[265]Sarah Flanagan

Ashes of Creation is all about providing many progression paths... The reason why we don't like the term endgame is because with the amount of progression that's available with the amount of diversity and player agency that impacts the world... We kind of want the weapon system [to] add an element of that as well... You can determine special effects that proc from currently the combo system; you can determine ancillary effects that proc based on enchantment types; you can power stone weapons to add different either elemental types of damage and/or energy that kind of play rock-paper-scissor with player defenses ... and then you can skill tree out how those effects that are granted ... you can make them better you can branch them off into a different direction.[286]Steven Sharif

Pet progression

Combat pets will be levelable and will have gear available to them.[288][289]

Artisan progression

Players must choose a path in the artisan skill tree for each character.[291] Within each of the three parent artisan paths (Gathering, Processing and Crafting) there are different professions. A character may only ever master one of these parent paths.[292][175][293][294]

  • It is possible to master multiple professions (but not all) within a parent artisan path, but this will be a long and labor intensive feat, requiring many resources.[292][294][295]
    • A player may only master a profession if they have achieved the artisan path mastery.[296]
    • Based on testing, it may be decided to limit profession mastery certificates to a capped value.[296][297]



Artisan progression within the artisan tree occurs based on experience (repetition of tasks) within a branch and also via achievement of certain benchmarks within each branch.[299]




Religion progression

There are player progression paths within a religion.[303][147]

  • Players may follow only one religion at a time.[303][147]
  • Religious progression is based on quests that are only offered to followers of that religion.[303]
  • Religions have a ranking system based on a player's performance in these quests and the number of quests completed.[303][304]
  • Changing religion will cause loss of progress in a player's previous religion.[303][147]


Naval progression


Mariner classes (also referred to as boatsmanship classes, boatsman skills or seamanship) contain different skill trees arranged in a similar manner to Artisan classes. As a player gains experience in these different skills they become more adept at using them.[307]

You can spec into and kind of create your own class based on what things you're doing on the boat... It's gonna be very similar to in structure to like the artisanship trees, so you'll you'll have your mariner class: You'll have different trees in that class.[307]Jeffrey Bard

Zones and progression



Guild progression

Guild progression occurs through participation in different systems.[311]

Guild progression grants skill points that the guild can allocate to unlock aspects of their skill tree, such as passive skills, augments and membership count.[311][313][314]

  • Passive abilities increase certain stats relating to a guild member's ability to perform in combat or in other aspects of the guild, such as the economy.[311]
  • Augments may apply at the upper tiers of guild progression.[311]
    • This applies to guilds that have opted for the non-expansive member route.[311]
    • It benefits guild members with a classification of officer or knight.[311]
  • Guild members do not need to be citizens of the same node in order to benefit from passive skills and augments.[315]
  • Guild size can be traded off for guild progression.[311][316]
    • The higher the guild's member cap, the fewer available skill options will be available to that guild.[317]
    • Guild alliances may be a key part in creating a larger "guild".[316]
  • Guild halls can be unlocked at a certain stage of guild advancement.[313]
  • Guilds cannot respec their skill points once allocated. This is subject to testing.[318]

As you're leveling up the guild and you're getting these points to either allocate towards expanding the guilds member count or allocate towards adding certain passive abilities that your guild members can gain by being guild members. You're also going to see as you're leveling up the guild through different type of quest-based, participation-based, node-based, organization-based systems and ways that those quests hook into the world. You're also going to see perhaps some augment abilities at the upper tiers of the guild levels become unlocked for certain members that have a classification of officer or knight, will have access to those different types of augment abilities that might get unlocked should you go down the non expansive member lane; and the idea there is to offer these benefits to smaller groups.[311]Steven Sharif

It's not always going to be combat. You could have an economic focus guild. You could have a trade oriented guild; and there's all sorts of things that you can kind of put together and kind of give your guild its own identity.[311]Jeffrey Bard

Social organization progression

A player progresses through a social organization by accomplishing tasks or quests.[319] There are hierarchical paths pertaining to specific questlines for the organization's thematic.[319] These quests will either be cooperative with or adversarial against other nodes based on their mutual war status.[320]




Alliance progression

Ashes of Creation may have specific content that revolves around Alliances.[323]


Freehold progression

Freehold buildings are able to be levelled up based on the length of time and productivity of the freehold.[324]

We want there to be progression in many systems and part of the freehold progression is that when you establish these base buildings the longer and more productive you are and exist with that freehold, the more opportunity those buildings will have to both level up: offering new bonuses, new abilities, new capabilities; and just surviving in this world is a feat in and of itself, so it's rewarded by allowing progression with those things.[324]Steven Sharif

Taverns provide tiered services.[325]

  • Quests that might only be gathered from the player-owned taverns.
  • Meals that grant buffs for a period of time after a player leaves.
  • Recipes that could potentially be sold to cooking professions, that may only be obtained from a player-owned business in a certain area.

The longer the tavern is in business and the more patrons served, the faster the tavern will level up.[325]

Monster coin progression

There is a progression system that levels a player's monster skills based on how often they participate in monster events.[326]

In Ashes of Creation a large portion of world events revolve around the environment reacting to the player. This means that as players are exploring the world and developing civilization around them the environment is responding to this encroachment by spawning dynamic events and creatures to attack those developing cities. These events occur in 3 different types: the Legion level the Elite level and the Epic level.[327]Steven Sharif

As nodes advance, so does the scale of the monsters.[328] There are tiers of events denoting the caliber of the monsters being spawned.[329]

  • The tier of the monster coin dictates how powerful the monster is.[330]

Game balance

The way that the systems are being designed from a balancing standpoint we're taking into account how we would like the nodes to change per-se how often and we've designed attrition systems for certain cultures that may have more dominance over others. These are things that in Alpha and Beta we will be testing and watching and making sure that our objective is achieved from a gameplay standpoint and if it's not we'll come back and recalculate.[331]Steven Sharif

Siege balance


Class balance

The sixty four (64) classes are partitioned into eight primary archetypes. Balancing of active skills only relates to these eight primary archetypes.[333][334]

  • There are four primary groups of augments assigned to each base archetype. Balancing of augments relates to the four augment groups for each of the eight archetypes.[334]

Even though augments do radically change the way your active skills provide you abilities, there's still a primary focus on the base archetype itself and not the 64 whole classes.[333]Steven Sharif

We're not really talking about 64 true classes, we're talking about eight classes with 64 variants... There isn't as much variance between the 64 classes as you might expect. It's not like there are you know 64 different versions of... radically different classes.[333]Jeffrey Bard

Balancing in Ashes of Creation is group focused not based on 1v1 combat.[333][335]

There will be match ups in 1v1s where one class will be superior to another; and that application should be a rock-paper-scissors dynamic. We want there to be counter-play between the different classes... Instead it's going to be a group focused balance, where as long as you have the diversity of classes present, that's going to be an equal level playing field. It's going to be very dependent on skill and strategy.[335]Steven Sharif

Certain secondary archetypes are capable of "bridging the gap" between their counterpart.[336]

Certain archetypes are capable of moving the gap between their counterpart per-se. If I am a Tank archetype and a Mage is my counter, I can take a Mage secondary and kind of bridge the divide slightly; and then move my identity that direction ever so slightly.[336]Steven Sharif


Power creep

Power creep is a balance issue... When it comes to gear progression specifically, the idea is to create an open market that is not heavily dependent on soulbound items; and having many item sinks and gold sinks within that economy that allows for the potential degradation and loss of assets within that closed economy; and not introduce items from the market that companies put in from a pay-to-win perspective or from a pay-to-convenience perspective that undermines the economy that players have built. That is a huge mistake that companies have made in the past and that lends to the imbalancing of what designers maybe have actually balanced well.[337]Steven Sharif



The effectiveness of classes, skills and gear is going to depend on the adversary or the encounter. There will be optimal builds for different challenges and difficulty ratings. This design aims to avoid any obvious meta or "cookie-cutter" builds in Ashes of Creation.​[282]

  • Increasing difficulty ratings inspire more of a traditional vertical power progression that is common in other MMOs.[282]

Oftentimes you just have a very vertical power scale and that determines chase, but when you have a variety of relevance across certain types of adversaries and that variety changes over time because of player activity- and then that affects the economy and the crafter system and who was producing what for what demand- and everything gets shaken up. That's a very kind of fun environment to exist in. It presents a more dynamic situation rather than a quote-unquote cookie-cutter type selection.[282]Steven Sharif


When it comes to how MMO’s have been traditionally designed, most gamers are familiar with two distinct types of gameplay loops: the “theme park”, and the “sandbox”. The vast majority of MMO’s we’ve all seen come and go in the gaming industry have been of the theme park variety – these games put the player onto a specific path, guiding them along, with plenty of pretty sights in between the same old quest hubs, very little in divergent paths, virtually no freedom in player progression. Recently the MMO genre has seen some games of the sandbox nature come onto the scene, but despite the ultimate freedom the sandbox affords players, many are left wanting more, as there is by definition no pre built world content, no human touch, just the vastness of the “sand” for lack of a better term. Thus many MMO players often find themselves caught between the repetitive rock of the theme park or the vast dead spaces of the sandbox’s hard place. This chasm between the state of MMO gameplay loops is where we intend to inject Ashes of Creation’s Node system.[3]

In order for sandbox mechanics to mean something, there must be curated content to accompany the player’s choices. Which means, as the developers, we must create that Themebox style content but for every possible path the community may take.[338]Steven Sharif

Design pillars

The design of Ashes of Creation adheres to five main pillars.[339]

  1. Engaging and immersive story
  2. Reactive world
  3. Player interaction
  4. Player agency
  5. Risk vs reward

In designing Ashes of Creation, we adhere every detail to five main pillars: Engaging and Immersive Story, a Reactive World, Player Interaction, Player Agency, and Risk vs Reward. Even in the environment, everything you as the player do will tie into these pillars, while everything your guild does, everything your server does will ultimately keep the world fresh, ever-changing, and most importantly... exciting.[339]


Ashes of Creation has taken inspiration from various other MMORPG titles.[340]

A lot of the systems in Lineage 2 were based around a concept that got lost today in mmorpgs, and that's risk versus reward. You know this idea that the more you risk the greater potential reward should be present is a complete paradigm shift away from everyone's a winner, everybody gets a participation reward, and here you go, congratulations you're a player in this game; and that's boring. It gives nothing for a person to aspire to achieve something, or to feel the bite of loss when you fail. Those are the driving forces of why people want to play games and it's a reason why new games when they come out have such a short lifespan, because they are always competing with WOW. You don't have to compete with WOW. You don't have to be a WOW killer. You can focus on something that is different from a philosophical design standpoint; and I think that's just what a lot of studios today don't want to take the risk on.[341]Steven Sharif

In terms of what came before, we're trying to figure out who did what best and take inspiration from that: Move the genre forward; keep things updated and bring it into the 21st century.[340]Jeffrey Bard





Scope creep

I have a very very very clear vision of all of the systems designs mechanics that are present within the game and we're sticking to that vision and we're not adding additional features and prolonging the development due to that scope creep.[342]Steven Sharif

Open development

Intrepid Studios has embraced an open (transparent) development approach, rather than sharing information through carefully curated press releases and announcements.[343]

I don't answer to a board. I don't answer to a publisher. We answer to our players; and we try to be as transparent as possible with showing our progress; and showing it in a timely manner.[344]Steven Sharif

I think that we live in an age where it's easy to be transparent if you're not trying to hide something. The downside is if you're showing something that's not a completed or finished product, it is incumbent upon the viewer to understand that fact.[343]Steven Sharif

There are obviously going to be some aspects of the development that we will not reveal, like lore and some system mechanics in order not to spoil the game for release.[345][346]Steven Sharif

Payment model

Box cost

There is no upfront box cost associated with Ashes of Creation.[347]

Subscription model

Game time is currently purchasable in Pre-order packs.[348]

This allows us to avoid the pay to win mentality many free-to-play games employ, as well as maintain a steady flow of new content for all our players.[349]

Ashes of Creation (the MMORPG) is a subscription based game.[349]

I think a sub cost provides both the barrier of entry to prevent, some not all, but mitigate some gold selling bots and whatnot because there's a cost associated with playing the game, but it's also not too high that it gets on the greedy side or prevents a lot of players from participating and trying the game; and then if the game is good then people will continue to subscribe and that subscription provides funding and revenue for the developers to continue a significant content creation and expansion rollout for the game.[213]Steven Sharif

  • Subscriptions will begin at launch or, subject to change, a user may be able to choose to activate their subscription to start at a particular point in time.[354]

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse was free-to-play.[356][357]

There is no P2W in Apocalypse or the MMORPG![357]


DLC expansions (post-launch releases) are planned on a monthly, quarterly, or six-monthly basis.[41][42]

  • The frequency and size of expansions will be based on the popularity and subscription base of the game.[41]
  • New content will primarily be introduced through the node system. The goal is for existing content to remain relevant alongside the new content.[363]

Because of the modularity of a lot of the systems that we're working on, it's not too hard to iterate and implement new things... We're planning on going on a quarterly/ monthly cycle to continue to push out new content.[364]Jeffrey Bard

The quarterly cycle for the big content is good for us and then, as you said, those modular components to our mechanisms in the game allow for us to introduce smaller content patches that can be seen in real time in the world.[364]Steven Sharif

We don't intend to a wordsmith around future charge for DLC content. As a subscription model, that's part of the agreement between us as a Studio and you guys: That there will be regularly scheduled updates and chapters; and that subscription is what allows you to access that content.[361]Steven Sharif

Pay to win

Ashes of Creation will not be pay to win.[365][213][366]

Ashes of Creation will not be pay to win, that is our pledge to the community. One of the core principles we set forth with Ashes of Creation is a very strong desire to maintain the game's even playing field.[366]

A lot of developers and companies have come along in the past- and I've been hit by this too- and they've said we're not going to have pay-to-win and then boom they roll out some pay-to-win. We have consistently said we won't be pay-to-win and in the pre-orders that we provide and even in the Kickstarter there were absolutely zero pay-to-win components whatsoever. So not only will we talk the talk but we will walk the walk as well.[213]Steven Sharif

Because we are a non-box purchase game, meaning there is no box price to play Ashes of Creation, it is only a subscription; and that's beneficial because it reduces the barrier of entry and we want a high population obviously; but at the same time one of the ways we augment the revenue flows to sustain constant updates and new chapter releases and additional content within the game is through a cosmetic-only marketplace; and that means absolutely no pay-to-win whatsoever; and that will be adhered to forever.[365]Steven Sharif

Inventory slots, RNG loot boxes and XP potions are considered pay-to-win.[367][368][369][370]

We will not use a loot box system for cosmetics either. We currently have a cosmetic store that offers limited time, limited quantity items to help sustain game development. These items are purely decorative and do not offer any in-game benefits.[367]

My definition of pay-to-win is really anything that affects the in-game economy, the in-game action pool, your abilities and/or skills... In my opinion the inventory slots and the XP potions would be considered pay-to-win.[369]Steven Sharif

Q: Will there be RNG boxes?
A: I dislike RNG. Archeage made me loath rng monetization gimmicks.[370]Steven Sharif


Intrepid Studios will self-publish Ashes of Creation in the NA (North American), OCE (Oceanic) and SEA (Southeast Asia) regions.[373][374]

We have learned a lot from our partnership with MY.GAMES, and we wish our friends there all the best as we have mutually decided to part ways. Looking ahead, we’re excited to announce that Intrepid Studios will be opening European offices in Amsterdam to help support our publishing operations in the EU/CIS regions. We have recently posted open positions for our new EU offices, and look forward to hiring the best and brightest in true Intrepid fashion.[375]Steven Sharif

The Ashes of Creation MMORPG will not be published on the Steam platform.[376]

Cosmetic store (micro transactions)

Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.[377]


The Cosmetic store enables players to purchase Cosmetics for use in Ashes of Creation.[224] The cosmetic store offers limited time, limited quantity items to help sustain game development.[211]


  • Cash shop cosmetics will offer a diverse selection of unique looks.[214]




Cinderhorn Steer pre-order pack cosmetic mount skin.[379]


Pets, Mounts, Costumes, Armor, Buildings and Accessories sold in the cosmetic store are skins.[380]



Artistic style



Artistic influences

You will see in the different races that are available from a player character standpoint a lot of different influences that reflect many cultures in the world: Not just European, not just Africa, not Mesoamerican. These cultures are going to be present in many of the races.[394]Steven Sharif

The idea is just to find a base component in the real world as a starting point and then to begin to fantasize.[388]Steven Sharif

Cultural references

There will be real-world cultural references, particularly with regards to real-world holidays and historical events.[395]

  • These won't be out of place in terms of immersion. They will be homages.[395]

There will be some real world references, particularly with regards to potentially real world holidays as well as some historical events or cultures. For example the PAX East kind of ship that was named Eleanor that we released a cosmetic of, you know, being a reference to the Eleanor ship that the tea was thrown off of; or kind of colonialesque look.[395]Steven Sharif

ESRB rating

Dead bodies in a Pre-alpha raid encounter.[396]

The aim is for Ashes of Creation to have a T for Teen rating, but it may end up having a M for Mature rating.[397]

  • There may be an option to turn off blood and gore in the game.[398]
  • There probably won't be swearing in quests.[399]

The antagonists in this game are definitely dark... We're not going grimdark at all, but there are parts of it that get that way.[399]Jeffrey Bard

Game difficulty

People who put more time and effort into it are definitely going to get more out of it but that doesn't mean that person who logs in once a week won't be able to have fun so it's just a matter of the scale of stuff that you're going after... Running a caravan is not gonna be the same thing every time you do it. You might be able to find like a super secret path that nobody knows about... and you exploit it for a while and nobody knows and then eventually somebody sees you and suddenly that route becomes a lot more difficult so you know that's kind of the way we really want that emergent gameplay to kind of come out of those options that we give you guys; and a lot of it is gonna come down to other players making it more or less difficult for you.[400]Jeffrey Bard

There's a ton of room for difficulty on whatever scale... In a living world everything becomes much more difficult.[400]Peter Pilone

Learning curve

Ashes of Creation will be easy to understand yet hard to master.[401]

My stance on participation trophies is that things should be hard, people should fail, the bitter taste of defeat is what makes success that much more rewarding. Helping other players learn encounter strategy, and fine tuning their play style for high end content is an important part of eliminating participation trophy. Growing together is a good thing, and that include failing together as a means to drive for success together.[402]Steven Sharif

Target demographic

I think our target demographic, obviously we have a very high graphic fidelity in the game that's attractive to younger players, but at the same time we have a very roleplay game orientation - a kind of a play back to that pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons feel that perhaps younger generations may not know but is very near and dear to the hearts of older gamers. So I think we have a broad appeal from a demographic standpoint.[401]Steven Sharif

Player types

Ashes of Creation will cater for a variety of player types; from Raiders or PvPers to Role players and Crafters.[403]

A guy who wrote a book on game design, called Bartle, breaks gamers up into different categories. We will often talk about the different categories of gamers and trying to satisfy their needs.[403]Akil Hooper

The most compelling design argument for how those different sects of gamers interact with each other is dependant from the design standpoint of interdependencies in the systems. So, for example if as a Raider or as a PvPer you're looking for the best gear, you're going to devote your time towards leveling up and going out and participating in the things you enjoy like pvping, perhaps going for caravans or sieging cities and castles and all that type stuff. If you want the best gear, you're going to have to rely on a person who's devoted their time towards crafting potentially; and they may not be a PvPer but they have a place in your wheelhouse because you need their services. And then that crafter is going to need a person who is either a gatherer or plays the economy as a merchant in the nodes with the auction houses that are regionalized. They're going to have to work with a person who specializes in trade that takes caravans with either mercenary groups or other guilds that are PvPers between the nodes to get the resources they need. Building dependencies on different groups or factions of players that exist within a large world like this MMORPG is what kind of solidifies the bonds that allow for them to exist either harmoniously, or at least in a way that they know you need those types of players.[403]Steven Sharif

Casual vs. hardcore players

The multiple progression paths in Ashes of Creation offer different "lanes" for players depending on the time they have available to play.[404]

  • Some progression paths will be more immediately achievable, which are more suited to casual players.[404]
    • Triggered events such as cravans and sieges will allow casual players to participate in impactful events without significant time investment.[405]

There are events that are happening in the world in the game that you won't need to be a hardcore player to impact and join. For example, the triggered events from the PvE standpoint against the cities; the trades of the caravans; those natural battlegrounds that exist; the castle sieges you can login for. There is a lot of systems that are at play where a person can simply log in, participate, have fun, be impactful and then log out.[405]Steven Sharif

  • Other progression paths will require a significant time investment, which casual players will take longer to achieve than hardcore players.[404]
    • The contribution of a large mass of casual players working together may have a greater impact on node progression than hardcore players. Hardcore players may be able to progress into to late-game content faster than casual players, but may lack the numbers to influence the nodes in those locations as quickly as the larger population of casual players.[404]

Traditionally in MMORPGs you're going to see a larger population of casual players than you do of hardcore players; and that's just the way the cookie crumbles from a population standpoint. And because of that and the way that nodes collect experience and advance as a result of player activity, those casual players will actually have more impact on node progression than the hardcore players will: at least as I predict, because of the sheer quantity disproportionate between the two different groups of people... You may see in Ashes the smaller hardcore group of players progress further into the late-game content, right. But they don't have the numbers to influence the nodes in those locations as quickly as the more casual... larger population has near the outskirts.[404]Steven Sharif

PvE difficulty


Mentor program





Ashes of Creation will be initially available in English, French, German, and Russian.[409][410]

  • Italian, Polish and Spanish localization will then be added.[410]
    • Spanish will be added in the near future.[411]
  • Other languages are being considered.[409]

Servers won't be language locked.[412]

  • There may be separate servers in the EU region based on language type.[410]

There's localization that will be present in the German and French Russian languages to start; and then we intend to also localize in Italian, Polish and Spanish. So servers will be allocated within the region as being one of those language type servers. So it's not going to be per country per se as it might be per language.[410]Steven Sharif

Efforts will be made to translate Ashes of Creation into multiple languages.[412][413]


Ashes of Creation will be released on the Windows PC platform.[415]


Here you see that the FPS in the top right corner is like seven or eight on average, so not too good from a rendering perspective... So by merging now you can see that the same thousand players who are wearing the same armors as previously are actually having a 300 percent increase- 300 to 400 increase- in the performance of the of the FPS. So it went from 7 to about 21 on average and that is a significant optimization point that obviously this is just the beginning of the optimization efforts.[417]Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation was running at 50-60 FPS on a 1080 Ti during early Alpha-1 testing.[419]

The game will be highly customizable from a settings standpoint. If you don't quite have the rig necessary to run it, you can dial the game settings down.[206]

  • Highly scalable options to adjust rendering and particle effects will be offered.[420]
  • Motion blur will be togglable on and off.[421]


Alpha system requirements

Alpha-1 stress testing, March 17, 2021.[422]

Funny story; So yesterday as we are stress/density testing with our NDA testers, I accidentally summoned 5k bears around our few hundred players. But hey, it didn’t crash! Can you spot Lt. Toast here?[422]Steven Sharif

These are fully operational NPCs. They have behavior trees, they have AI blackboards; you know they are functioning as an NPC would; and to my surprise, to everyone's surprise actually, the server handled it quite well: 5000 entities all within a very dense area.[423]Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation alpha testing minimum system specification.[424]

  • Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-2125 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 3.3GHz
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon 6870 HD with 1GB and DirectX 12
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 35 GB of available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Recommended specification.[424]

  • Operating System: Windows 10 64-Bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz / AMD FX-9590 4.7GHz
  • Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon R9 Fury with 4GB and DirectX 12
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 35 GB of available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

Unreal Engine 4


Unreal Engine 4 is the graphical engine for Ashes of Creation.[425]

Unreal engine makes it really fast to iterate... Compared to other gaming engines, I can do something in a hour that would take eight hours to do in another engine.[430]Jeffrey Bard

We're ripping out most of the network code that Unreal has and putting in our own just so that it works with our game and so everything is as efficient as possible. We're not going to have any replication problems because we're building it ourselves.[431]Jeffrey Bard

One of the most important things about Epic Games as the creators of Unreal Engine is the way they've allowed developers to have access to the source code. To be able to do that makes the engine very versatile.[431]Steven Sharif


The world will be the same on each server, but Nodes will develop differently. Different servers will have different narratives. Things that happen on one server may not happen on another.[432]

There will be a multitude of servers located throughout the various regions of the world.[434]

  • Post launch, users will be able to select their server by the ping or the region that's notated next to the server.[434]
  • Ashes of Creation Apocalypse server selection is driven by the party leader. Whatever region they have selected will apply to their friends and squad.[434]

We'll have a multitude of servers located throughout to the various regions of the world; and those servers will be good connection points for- and will be driven by- I mean there's two types of servers I'm sorry: For the alpha-1 arena those will be driven by the party leader right; and wherever whatever region they have selected if they invite friends to their squad or whatever, they'll be able to play on that region. With regards to live launch when the server's go live, you'll be selecting a server to play on; and that will be your character's home; and that server you'll be aware of where that server is located usually by either a ping or a region that's notated on next to the server.[434]Steven Sharif

The developers may occasionally release stats relating to server populations and archetype/class makeup, but there isn't going to be an official page that surfaces this information.[435]


Ashes of Creation will launch with the following server regions:[436][437]

At this stage we do not have numbers on how many different servers will exist for different regions. We've said in the past 8-10,000 concurrent users per server is what we'd like to aim for. Obviously, the number of servers that exist in a region are going to be dependent on the population that's playing.[443]Steven Sharif

Other server regions will be considered based on interest.[438][437]

  • South America is under consideration due to traffic from that region.[444]

Once we get closer to launch we'll update this information, which may include additional regions.[438]

Certain regions will have "harmonized" subscription prices that better reflect their local economies. These regions will be segregated from other regions.[352]

  • Players will be able to make characters on any server they wish. There will be no region locking (outside of harmonized regions).[445]

Folks have always been able to make characters on any server they wish. We are not region locking anyone.[445]Margaret Krohn

Server population

Population limits will be enforced on each server.[446]

  • Around 8-10k concurrent users per server is projected.[447][443][448][449]
    • Initially there will be a limited number of registered accounts (approximately 15,000) per server to help mitigate login queues.[450]
    • This limit will increase over time to around 50,000 registered accounts per server.[450][451][452]
  • The developers intend to carefully manage server populations via the use of character creation throttles to avoid the need to merge servers.[451][65] There may be queues to get into high population servers, but the aim is to avoid excessively long queues.[452]

Part of the equation of essentially watching to make sure that we don't over populate the server selection, but at the same time making sure that there's not a queue system in place that's so long it's detrimental to the concurrency of the player's will to play so to speak. It's a tough balancing act.[452]Steven Sharif


Server history

The history of each server will be tracked and visible to players.[453]


Server instancing

There won't be server channels (sharding) on a server.[454][455]

Server types

Server transfers

Server transfers will not be possible initially. The developers intend to assess the impact on housing and other systems closer to launch.[265]


eSports is not the main focus, but the game will naturally move in that direction if the game play is compelling, competitive and fun.[458]

If we make the gameplay compelling, competitive and fun, that naturally it will move in that direction; and then we will find the ability to support it afterwards.[458]Steven Sharif

Voice acting

NPCs will have voice acted audio greetings.[459][460]

  • Narrated quest lines are not currently planned.[459]
  • Adding voice acting into the game at a later point is a fairly cosmetic change.[459]

Is it difficult to add voice acting later? No, it's definitely not... It's a fairly cosmetic change.[459]Steven Sharif

Voice acting is a fun luxury to have, but it is not only a costly one, but it is also one that takes a lot of logistics.[461]Steven Sharif


Ashes of Creation's Lead Composer is Bear McCreary. His music will be unveiled in Beta-1.[462]

The soundtrack is going to incorporate either elements of intrigue or mystery or horror that's part of winding through that level to get to that boss, it's building up to the crescendo of the fight. Music is such an important part of setting the scene- the emotional presence of what you are doing in this immersive world. It elicits emotional responses. And we have a great composer Bear McCreary who has worked on God of War, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Black Sails; a lot of great franchises and great IPs; and I think he is going to do an awesome job in capturing the essence of what that emotional response should be from a player.[463]Steven Sharif

When we put out any music in our game... we want content creators to be able to create content utilizing our game. So just message us and we'll try to resolve any of those [DMCA] problems if you encounter any.[464]Margaret Krohn

The Bard archetype is intended to have musical abilities.[465]

  • Bards may be able to play musical instruments, such as Flutes and Bagpipes.[466][467]
  • Custom music creation (using the likes of the Music Macro Language) will not be present in the game on release.[468]

Tavern music

Music within taverns can be set by players.[469]

Game masters

Game masters (GMs) will be present and active on Ashes of Creation servers.[470]

  • There will be a standard escalation system, where different actions are taken based on the seriousness of each infraction. Actions could range anywhere from being stripped (of the illegitimate items or currency) to being banned for a period of time, or being permanently banned.[470]

The direction that I'm taking Intrepid as a company in is that a significant portion of the revenue created by the game goes into not only creating additional content and updates for the game but also goes into I think caretaking, as I like to call it; and that caretaking is multiple things: It's having active and present GM's on servers. It's having a an interacting community team that is always present and on-call for participating in forum discussions and streams and updates.[470]Steven Sharif

Following a standard approach to an escalation system where certain infractions are immediate and automatic bans and some infractions provide a path forward where action is taken that might ban the account or strip the account or provide some chat bans or the ability to play over a week or so... If you buy gold and depending on the the seriousness of the infraction you could go anywhere from being stripped and to being banned for a period of time to being permanently banned.[470]Steven Sharif

Security systems

Security systems will be in place to combat cheating, exploiting, botting, gold selling, item duplication and other things that affect the economy starting from Alpha-0.[471][472][473]

  • These systems collect user data and flag abnormal activities for inspection. This combined with player reporting functions generates a live "heat map" that draws attention to unusual behavior.[473]
  • Players caught cheating will be banned.[473]

Two-factor authentication


Token-based two-factor authentication (2FA) may be in place for Alpha-1.[474]



Addons and DPS meters will not be allowed.[475][476]

  • The developers don't want addons/mods to be necessary to experience the game.[477]
  • The design of the game API is still under consideration.[478]
  • The developers believe that parsers (DPS meters) can have negative effects.[480][476]


There will be leader boards.[481]

Combat logs

There are combat logs in Ashes of Creation.[482]

We will be providing combat data for individual players in their chat window, that players can filter and analyze for themselves. The goal is to mitigate and make the practice less prevalent through the ease that DPS meters provide. Also to place actionable enforcement for players who attempt to circumvent the decision by use of 3rd party programs, for which we will be monitoring.[402]Steven Sharif


December 2015 First team members were hired.[483]
February 2016 Ashes of Creation design documentation and prototyping.[484][483]
December 10, 2016 Official website was launched and project announced.[483]
January 18, 2017 Official discord was launched.[485]
May 2, 2017 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign launched with $750,000 funding goal.[486]
June 3, 2017 Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign completed with 19,576 backers raising $3,271,809.[127]
June 2017 Game production began with a team size of 15-20.[484]
June 21, 2017 Summer crowdfunding campaign launched.[487]
July 22, 2017 Summer crowdfunding campaign completed with 2,485 backers.[488]
September 1, 2017 PAX West 2017.[489][490]
November 4, 2017 Raised $16,500 for Extra Life children's hospitals.[491]
December 15, 2017 Alpha-0 released on schedule.[8]
March 19-23, 2018 Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2018.[492]
April 5, 2018 PAX East 2018.[493]
August 15, 2018 Last day for purchases of Alpha-1 through Intrepid pre-order packs.[494]
August 20, 2018 At Gamescom with[495]
August 27, 2018 100 developers working on Ashes of Creation.[496]
September 1, 2018 PAX West 2018 panel.[497]
October 19, 2018 Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale (previously called Alpha-1 phase 1 battlegrounds).[11]
November 4, 2018 Raised $20,518 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[498]
April 15, 2019 60 developers working on Ashes of Creation at San Diego offices (following disengagement with Malaysian art team).[499]
November 3, 2019 Raised $20,901 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[500]
August 21, 2020 Announced a mutual parting of ways with publisher[375]
October 17, 2020 Almost 3,000,000 registered accounts for Ashes of Creation.[501]
October 17, 2020 ~87 developers working on Ashes of Creation.[502]
November 8, 2020 Raised $88,546 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[503]
February 26, 2021 Official website redesign.[504]
May 5, 2021 Alpha-1 sales resumed with the announcement of the Adventurer pre-order pack.[505]
May 17, 2021 Verbal NDA was lifted from Alpha-1 testing.[506]
July 9, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA preview weekend began on schedule.[32]
July 11, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA preview weekend completed on schedule.[31]
July 14, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA month long test began on schedule.[507][508]
August 15, 2021 Alpha-1 no-NDA month long test completed on schedule.[5]
November 7, 2021 Raised $31,301 for Rady Children's hospital with Extra Life.[509]


  • Kickstarter's most funded MMORPG.[510]
  • Kickstarter's #7 most funded video game.[511]
  • Most anticipated MMO –'s Best of 2017 Awards.[512]
  • Most anticipated early access hands-on MMORPG – MMOs World.[513]
  • Gamescom 2018: Best Independent game.[514]
  • Gamescom 2018: Best Online game.[514]
  • Best indie MMO of 2020 – reader's poll.[515]
  • Most anticipated MMO of 2021 and beyond – reader's poll.[516]
  • Forbes: Top 10 Best Upcoming New MMORPGs For 2021 And Beyond.[517]


Ashes of Creation will be a franchise.[518]

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse early access trailer.[522][523]

The standalone prequel to the upcoming epic MMORPG Ashes of Creation - both a testing ground for new systems and content, as well as a unique last-man-standing action game where magic, steel, and chaos reign supreme in a high fantasy, free-to-play experience.[522]

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse (also referred to as APOC)[519] was a free-to-play[356] matchmaking-based arena game with three primary modes.[524]

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse utilizes action-based combat.[524][494][526]

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse battle royale early access testing ended on March 10, 2020.[18]

Ashes of Creation board game

An Ashes of Creation board game is scheduled for release at around the time of the MMORPG Beta phase.[520]

Just to be clear, a board game doesn’t impact any mmo development. They are 2 very different sets of employees.[529]Steven Sharif

It is a resource management and combat game with an action economy.[520]

  • Each player chooses a Class and attempts to build a Guild that takes over a server on Ashes of Creation.[520]
  • The more guild members, the more action tokens the guild will receive. These tokens can be spent on actions on the game board and during battles.
  • Guilds gain income by constructing Caravans.
  • Players have a pool of resources that they keep secret.
    • Followers.
    • Gold.
    • Combat resource (gained from guilds participating in PvP).

There are several types of combat in the game.[520]

  • Attacking caravans.
  • Arenas (instanced).
  • Guild wars.
  • Raid bosses.
    • Attacking a raid boss makes the game co-op. Other guilds can then join in to fight the boss.
    • The raid boss' level is based on the level that the game board is at.

The game comes as a complete set with an adjustable map that players construct every game.[520]

  • The map is comprised of six components that are placed together.
  • The game board is made of zones that evolve as players complete activities and actions.
  • Over forty different buildings can be built.

There game comes with six standardized characters.[520]

  • Players have a character sheet with tracked abilities and skill levels.
  • As a character levels they become more powerful.

Players compete for server firsts.[520]

The game is playable by two to five players.[520]

  • The game will last about 30 minutes per player.

There will be expansions, but the base game can be played stand-alone.[520]

  • Expansions will come with additional map tiles with new locations to gain resources from.
    • Map tiles from expansions can be switched out.
  • Expansions come with additional structures.
  • Expansions will have characters that are race-specific to Ashes of Creation.
    • Each race will have certain advantages and abilities.

The game will probably not be funded by Kickstarter.[520]

The estimated retail price is between $50 and $100 US.[520]

It is undecided if certain editions of the game will come with Cosmetics.[520]

Collector's edition

I have personally considered a limited edition hand painted Phoenix model, with a concept art book autographed by the team as part of a collectors launch package. I cannot promise this, but if I find the right company to create the quality of product I would want it may become a thing. No promises though.[530]Steven Sharif

Gameplay videos

External links

See also


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  166. Livestream, 2021-01-29 (1:21:01).
  167. Livestream, 2017-05-15 (18:25).
  168. 168.0 168.1 Podcast, 2017-05-04 (51:52).
  169. 169.0 169.1 Livestream, 2021-04-30 (1:17:40).
  170. 170.0 170.1 Livestream, 2021-07-30 (1:14:33).
  171. Livestream, 2017-05-15 (19:15).
  172. 172.0 172.1 steven-cosmetic-reassignment.png
  173. Kickstarter item application.jpg
  174. kickstarter mounts.png
  175. 175.0 175.1 Livestream, 2017-05-24 (32:07).
  176. steven-launcher-leak.png
  177. dunircc.png
  178. steven-ren'kai-leak.png
  179. Livestream, 2017-06-30 (09:43).
  180. 180.0 180.1 180.2 180.3 180.4 180.5 180.6 180.7 180.8 180.9 Livestream, 2017-05-08 (48:49).
  181. 181.0 181.1 181.2 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (1:11:52).
  182. character creator BDO.png
  183. Livestream, 2017-05-26 (53:40).
  184. Livestream, 2019-07-26 (1:10:44).
  185. 185.0 185.1 185.2 Livestream, 2020-04-30 (46:51).
  186. steven-friday-sneak-peek.png
  187. Livestream, 2020-10-30 (46:22).
  188. 188.0 188.1 Ashes of Creation Twitter.
  189. 189.00 189.01 189.02 189.03 189.04 189.05 189.06 189.07 189.08 189.09 189.10 189.11 189.12 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (13:39).
  190. Livestream, 2017-05-08 (47:35).
  191. Livestream, 2017-05-15 (51:19).
  192. Livestream, 2017-06-30 (11:21).
  193. Livestream, 2017-06-30 (10:04).
  194. Livestream, 2017-06-30 (12:39).
  195. 195.0 195.1 195.2 Podcast, 2021-09-29 (18:19).
  196. Lollis.jpg
  197. Livestream, 2017-06-30 (13:13).
  198. 198.0 198.1 Livestream, 2020-04-30 (1:10:46).
  199. 199.0 199.1 199.2 199.3 199.4 199.5 199.6 Livestream, 2017-05-22 (54:32).
  200. Livestream, 2017-06-30 (10:27).
  201. 201.0 201.1 Livestream, 2017-05-24 (48:45).
  202. beards.jpg
  203. Livestream, 2017-05-24 (28:22).
  204. 204.0 204.1 204.2 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (54:10).
  205. 205.0 205.1 205.2 Livestream, 2019-11-22 (1:08:05).
  206. 206.0 206.1 206.2 Livestream, 2018-08-17 (1:07:51).
  207. 207.0 207.1 207.2 207.3 Rime and Regal.
  208. 208.0 208.1 208.2 208.3 Ashes of Creation Reddit - Heat and Harmony.
  209. Livestream, 2017-05-08 (48:52).
  210. 210.0 210.1 210.2 kickstarter microtransactions.png
  211. 211.0 211.1 211.2 211.3 211.4 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (58:29).
  212. 212.0 212.1 212.2 212.3 212.4 212.5 212.6 212.7 steven-cosmetic-variants.png
  213. 213.0 213.1 213.2 213.3 213.4 213.5 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (1:53:46).
  214. 214.0 214.1 equitable-cosmetics-quote.png
  215. steven-grand-cosmetics.png
  216. steven-cosmetics.png
  217. 217.0 217.1 toast-creature-variants.png
  218. Livestream, 2019-06-28 (1:25:55).
  219. 219.0 219.1 margaret-gear-appearance.png
  220. Livestream, 2020-06-26 (1:42:55).
  221. Podcast, 2020-11-15 (49:02).
  222. 222.0 222.1 Livestream, 2020-11-30 (57:50).
  223. 223.0 223.1 cash shop non tradable.jpg
  224. 224.0 224.1 224.2 224.3 cosmetics obtaining.png
  225. Livestream, 2018-07-09 (55:20).
  226. Livestream, 2017-05-26 (32:14).
  227. 227.0 227.1 Livestream, 2020-05-29 (50:20).
  228. 228.0 228.1 228.2 Livestream, 2017-05-26 (19:51).
  229. 229.0 229.1 229.2 Reddit Q&A, 8 January 2019.
  230. oversized.jpg
  231. Podcast, 2018-08-04 (53:43).
  232. Livestream, 2021-09-24 (1:25:27).
  233. Livestream, 2017-07-18 (54:56).
  234. Livestream, 2017-07-28 (9:47).
  235. Livestream, 2020-10-30 (1:13:22).
  236. Sparkly.jpg
  237. Livestream, 2017-09-03 (48:56).
  238. Livestream, 2020-11-30 (1:05:22).
  239. Livestream, 2017-05-24 (24:19).
  240. Interview, 2018-08-24 (5:28).
  241. Livestream, 2017-11-17 (22:33).
  242. Livestream, 2018-02-09 (50:29).
  243. 243.0 243.1 Interview, 2018-10-20 (3:34:46).
  244. Ashes of Creation Press Kit.
  245. Interview, 7 December 2016.
  246. steven-phoenix.png
  247. 247.0 247.1 247.2 247.3 247.4 247.5 Livestream, 2018-01-18 (39:08).
  248. Video, 2018-04-05 (37:50).
  249. Video, 2018-04-05 (37:13).
  250. 250.0 250.1 Livestream, 2019-05-30 (1:18:16).
  251. Livestream, 2019-12-17 (1:10:30).
  252. Video, 2018-04-05 (35:01).
  253. Livestream, 2017-10-31 (29:50).
  254. Livestream, 2017-05-19 (51:52).
  255. Interview, 2018-10-20 (1:55).
  256. Livestream, 2017-05-12 (42:17).
  257. Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (28:38).
  258. Interview, 2018-10-20 (2:53:53).
  259. 259.0 259.1 Livestream, 2020-07-31 (1:05:58).
  260. leveling.png
  261. Livestream, 2017-05-24 (46:27).
  262. 262.0 262.1 262.2 Interview, 2021-06-13 (48:27).
  263. 263.0 263.1 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (1:34:55).
  264. 264.0 264.1 264.2 264.3 264.4 264.5 264.6 Video, 2018-04-05 (40:08).
  265. 265.0 265.1 265.2 265.3 265.4 265.5 265.6 February 8, 2019 - Questions and Answers.
  266. Livestream, 2017-12-15 (58:48).
  267. 267.0 267.1 Interview, 2020-07-08 (1:07:59).
  268. Livestream, 2017-05-24 (19:25).
  269. Livestream, 2021-04-30 (41:18).
  270. 270.0 270.1 Interview, 2020-07-08 (1:12:51).
  271. 271.0 271.1 271.2 Livestream, 2017-05-15 (26:13).
  272. 272.0 272.1 Livestream, 2018-09-27 (52:41).
  273. Interview, 2021-06-13 (24:14).
  274. 274.0 274.1 274.2 274.3 274.4 274.5 274.6 274.7 274.8 274.9 Livestream, 2020-09-30 (1:07:22).
  275. 275.0 275.1 Interview, 2018-08-24 (8:52).
  276. 276.0 276.1 276.2 276.3 progression.png
  277. 277.0 277.1 Interview, 2020-07-29 (54:44).
  278. 278.0 278.1 Livestream, 2017-07-28 (19:05).
  279. Livestream, 2017-05-03 (50:50).
  280. Livestream, 2017-07-18 (37:43).
  281. Livestream, 2020-07-31 (1:31:11).
  282. 282.0 282.1 282.2 282.3 282.4 Podcast, 2021-04-11 (54:35).
  283. Livestream, 2019-05-30 (58:28).
  284. 284.0 284.1 284.2 284.3 Livestream, 2020-01-30 (1:28:40).
  285. Livestream, 2018-05-04 (45:37).
  286. 286.0 286.1 286.2 286.3 286.4 Livestream, 2018-06-04 (1:11:19).
  287. Livestream, 2021-06-25 (1:29:39).
  288. 288.0 288.1 Livestream, 2020-11-30 (1:26:00).
  289. Pets.jpg
  290. Livestream, 2019-06-28 (1:24:27).
  291. artisan skill tree.png
  292. 292.0 292.1 steven-profession-mastery.png
  293. 293.0 293.1 Livestream, 2019-07-26 (1:09:46).
  294. 294.0 294.1 294.2 artisan mastery1.png
  295. steven-profession-mastery-all.png
  296. 296.0 296.1 artisan mastery5.png
  297. artisan mastery3.png
  298. Interview, 2020-07-20 (18:47).
  299. Interview, 2021-02-07 (36:38).
  300. 300.0 300.1 Interview, 2020-03-27 (5:25).
  301. Livestream, 2017-05-05 (6:12).
  302. artisan mastery4.png
  303. 303.0 303.1 303.2 303.3 303.4 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (57:02).
  304. religions.jpg
  305. Livestream, 2017-06-01 (33:40).
  306. Livestream, 2020-09-30 (41:13).
  307. 307.0 307.1 307.2 307.3 307.4 307.5 307.6 307.7 307.8 Livestream, 2018-07-09 (36:05).
  308. Interview, 2020-07-19 (19:35).
  309. Livestream, 2017-05-15 (30:53).
  310. Interview: Ashes of Creation on Building Their Virtual World, 13 April 2017.
  311. 311.00 311.01 311.02 311.03 311.04 311.05 311.06 311.07 311.08 311.09 311.10 311.11 Livestream, 2018-09-27 (55:39).
  312. 312.0 312.1 312.2 Livestream, 2017-05-19 (22:10).
  313. 313.0 313.1 Interview, 2020-07-19 (36:07).
  314. guild size.jpg
  315. Livestream, 2020-06-26 (1:31:53).
  316. 316.0 316.1 Livestream, 2017-05-05 (23:26).
  317. Interview, 2018-08-08 (9:36).
  318. Livestream, 2020-10-30 (1:11:13).
  319. 319.0 319.1 319.2 Livestream, 2017-05-17 (7:27).
  320. Interview, 2020-07-19 (24:34).
  321. 321.0 321.1 321.2 321.3 Podcast, 2018-05-11 (18:52).
  322. Livestream, 2017-06-01 (31:47).
  323. 323.0 323.1 323.2 323.3 323.4 Podcast, 2018-05-11 (21:07).
  324. 324.0 324.1 324.2 Podcast, 2018-05-11 (48:29).
  325. 325.0 325.1 Podcast, 2018-04-23 (29:56).
  326. monster coin leveling.png
  327. Livestream, 2017-05-03 (31:46).
  328. Livestream, 2017-05-03 (36:25).
  329. kickstarter monster coins.png
  330. Monster coins2.jpg
  331. Video, 2018-04-05 (49:36).
  332. Livestream, 2021-06-25 (1:10:52).
  333. 333.0 333.1 333.2 333.3 Livestream, 2020-10-30 (33:26).
  334. 334.0 334.1 Interview, 2018-10-20 (2:40:17).
  335. 335.0 335.1 335.2 Podcast, 2018-04-23 (59:28).
  336. 336.0 336.1 Podcast, 2018-04-23 (1:01:01).
  337. Interview, 2018-10-20 (2:53:52).
  338. MMOGames interview, January 2017
  339. 339.0 339.1 design pillars.png
  340. 340.0 340.1 340.2 340.3 340.4 340.5 Interview, 2018-08-24 (8:35).
  341. 341.0 341.1 Interview, 2020-07-29 (9:02).
  342. Livestream, 2020-07-25 (1:31:44).
  343. 343.0 343.1 A chat with Ashes of Creation's Steven Sharif, 7 June 2017.
  344. Interview, 2018-10-20 (3:43:52).
  345. transparency.png
  346. Livestream, 2018-05-04 (39:41).
  347. kickstarter box cost.png
  348. Pre-order packs
  349. 349.0 349.1 kickstarter subscription.png
  350. toast-subscription.png
  351. Livestream, 2018-05-04 (53:34).
  352. 352.0 352.1 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (1:21:03).
  353. Summer Braver of Worlds.png
  354. Livestream, 2021-02-26 (1:08:47).
  355. alpha-1-and-game-time.png
  356. 356.0 356.1 356.2 Livestream, 2018-10-31 (38:47).
  357. 357.0 357.1 357.2 Blog: Steam Announce And Play Test FAQ For Ashes of Creation Apocalypse
  358. 358.0 358.1 358.2 358.3 Livestream, 2018-09-01 (1:05:10).
  359. 359.0 359.1 alpha-1-news.png
  360. screenshot 328.png
  361. 361.0 361.1 Livestream, 2018-08-17 (1:02:38).
  362. 362.0 362.1 362.2 362.3 362.4 Livestream, 2020-06-26 (1:26:54).
  363. Interview, 2021-06-13 (42:22).
  364. 364.0 364.1 Livestream, 2017-06-01 (19:12).
  365. 365.0 365.1 365.2 Livestream, 2020-11-30 (56:02).
  366. 366.0 366.1 kickstarter p2w.png
  367. 367.0 367.1 367.2 loot-boxes.png
  368. 368.0 368.1 Livestream, 2020-07-25 (48:28).
  369. 369.0 369.1 Podcast, 2018-08-04 (1:57:56).
  370. 370.0 370.1 RNG boxes.png
  371. steven-multi-boxing-3.png
  372. steven-multiple-accounts.png
  373. steven-publishing-oce-sea.png
  374. Interview, 2018-08-21 (11:20).
  375. 375.0 375.1 375.2 Blog: New Adventure Awaits.
  376. ashes-steam.png
  377. Ashes of Creation cosmetic store.
  378. 378.0 378.1 Interview, 2018-05-11 (32:36).
  379. Ashes of Creation Store: Ashes of Creation.
  380. cosmetic skins.png
  381. Livestream, 2018-12-06 (41:43).
  382. Livestream, 2020-11-30 (58:24).
  383. costumes-weapons-quote.png
  384. 384.0 384.1 toast-caravan-skins.png
  385. 385.0 385.1 margaret-caravan-skins.png
  386. 386.0 386.1 steven-best-skins.png
  387. 387.0 387.1 Interview, 2018-10-20 (2:17:43).
  388. 388.0 388.1 Interview, 2018-10-20 (3:47:17).
  389. dunirinfluence.png
  390. 390.0 390.1 390.2 Interview, 2018-05-11 (1:03:21).
  391. 391.0 391.1 391.2 Podcast, 2018-05-11 (31:35).
  392. py'rai archetecture.jpg
  393. Livestream, 2017-10-16 (15:58).
  394. Interview, 2018-05-11 (1:04:27).
  395. 395.0 395.1 395.2 Podcast, 2018-05-11 (36:28).
  396. Livestream, 2017-11-17 (23:00).
  397. Interview, 2018-08-17 (31:09).
  398. Livestream, 2017-11-17 (33:56).
  399. 399.0 399.1 Livestream, 2018-05-04 (49:45).
  400. 400.0 400.1 Livestream, 2018-06-04 (7:25).
  401. 401.0 401.1 Podcast, 2018-05-11 (33:09).
  402. 402.0 402.1 Ashes of Creation Forums - No participation trophy.
  403. 403.0 403.1 403.2 Video, 2018-04-05 (44:06).
  404. 404.0 404.1 404.2 404.3 404.4 Podcast, 2021-04-11 (18:35).
  405. 405.0 405.1 Video, 2018-04-05 (48:03).
  406. 406.0 406.1 406.2 Interview, 2020-07-19 (14:51).
  407. Interview, 2021-06-13 (22:20).
  408. Interview, 2020-07-19 (17:12).
  409. 409.0 409.1 What languages will Ashes of Creation be in?
  410. 410.0 410.1 410.2 410.3 Interview, 2018-08-24 (2:35).
  411. spanish.png
  412. 412.0 412.1 412.2 Livestream, 2017-05-17 (1:09:22).
  413. 413.0 413.1 Livestream, 2017-05-24 (45:49).
  414. Interview, 2018-08-24 (3:19).
  415. Livestream, 2017-05-26 (38:30).
  416. Livestream, 2017-05-24 (23:50).
  417. Livestream, 2021-09-24 (52:48).
  418. Livestream, 2019-12-17 (51:20).
  419. alpha-1-fps.png
  420. game system.jpg
  421. Livestream, 2018-05-04 (43:35).
  422. 422.0 422.1 steven-a1-stress-test.png
  423. Livestream, 2021-03-26 (12:34).
  424. 424.0 424.1 What are the minimum requirements for Alpha?
  425. unreal.jpg
  426. Livestream, 2017-05-03 (26:50).
  427. steven-networking.png
  428. Livestream, 2021-03-26 (10:11).
  429. Livestream, 2020-05-29 (1:07:14).
  430. Livestream, 2017-12-15 (39:23).
  431. 431.0 431.1 Livestream, 2017-05-24 (54:54).
  432. Livestream, 2017-05-19 (37:03).
  433. Official Livestream - May 4th @ 3 PM PST - Q&A
  434. 434.0 434.1 434.2 434.3 Livestream, 2018-09-27 (48:13).
  435. 435.0 435.1 435.2 Livestream, 2021-11-19 (52:35).
  436. Interview, 2017-05-08 (22:06).
  437. 437.0 437.1 Livestream, 2017-05-24 (40:50).
  438. 438.0 438.1 438.2 438.3 438.4 438.5 server-locations.png
  439. 439.0 439.1 na and eu servers.jpg
  440. 440.0 440.1 440.2 440.3 Ashes of Creation FAQ: Where will your servers be?
  441. 441.0 441.1 servers SEA OCE.png
  442. steven-oce-servers.png
  443. 443.0 443.1 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (AM) (26:41).
  444. Livestream, 2018-07-09 (47:54).
  445. 445.0 445.1 margaret-region-locking.png
  446. Livestream, 2017-05-17 (59:25).
  447. Livestream, 2021-10-29 (1:14:00).
  448. Video, 2018-09-06 (4:25).
  449. server population.png
  450. 450.0 450.1 steven-jahlon-accounts-per-server.jpg
  451. 451.0 451.1 steven-server-accounts.png
  452. 452.0 452.1 452.2 Interview, 2020-07-18 (12:56).
  453. 453.0 453.1 Interview, 2018-04-20 (9:20).
  454. Livestream, 2017-05-08 (36:26).
  455. Livestream, 2017-07-28 (35:42).
  456. Livestream, 2017-05-05 (35:27).
  457. MMORPG Interview, 12 December 2016.
  458. 458.0 458.1 Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (39:48).
  459. 459.0 459.1 459.2 459.3 Interview, 2018-10-20 (2:22:09).
  460. Livestream, 8 April 2018 (AM) (25:12).
  461. Livestream, 8 April 2018 (AM) (24:14).
  462. steven-bear-beta-1.png
  463. 463.0 463.1 Interview, 2021-06-13 (11:15).
  464. 464.0 464.1 Livestream, 2021-06-25 (1:07:45).
  465. Livestream, 2019-06-28 (1:21:02).
  466. Livestream, 2017-07-28 (40:15).
  467. Livestream, 8 April 2018 (PM) (1:18:37).
  468. Livestream, 2020-11-30 (1:15:35).
  469. The mighty beard!
  470. 470.0 470.1 470.2 470.3 Interview, 2020-07-08 (48:30).
  471. Livestream, 2017-11-17 (38:35).
  472. Massively OP, 1 June 2017
  473. 473.0 473.1 473.2 Livestream, 2018-02-09 (20:40).
  474. Interview, 2018-08-21 (40:44).
  475. 475.0 475.1 Ashes of Creation Forums - No Damage Meter?
  476. 476.0 476.1 Livestream, 2017-05-05 (20:02).
  477. 477.0 477.1 Interview, 2018-10-20 (6:29).
  478. Livestream, 2017-05-05 (21:41).
  479. Interview, 2018-05-11 (49:03).
  480. Livestream, 2020-04-30 (1:28:19).
  481. Livestream, 2017-05-05 (43:27).
  482. Ashes of Creation Forums - No Damage Meter?
  483. 483.0 483.1 483.2 MASSIVELY OP interview: Ashes of Creation on a new way to MMO.
  484. 484.0 484.1 steven-milestones.png
  485. Ashes Discord.png
  486. Ashes of Creation Kickstarter campaign
  487. Summer Crowdfunding.png
  488. summerended.png
  489. PAX West 2017 Schedule.
  490. PAX West 2017 Map.
  491. Intrepid Studios Dev Team.
  492. GDC.png
  493. PAX East.png
  494. 494.0 494.1 494.2 494.3 494.4 Newsletter, 7 August 2018
  495. gamescom.png
  496. Ashes of Creation Gamescom 2018 Interview: Responding to Criticism.
  497. Newsletter, 7 August 2018
  498. Intrepid Studios Extra Life 2018 (@MediaAoC).
  499. Interview, 2019-04-15 (5:09).
  500. extralife2019.png
  501. Interview, 2020-10-17 (18:36).
  502. Interview, 2020-10-17 (56:55).
  503. extralife2020.png
  504. Livestream, 2021-02-26 (9:51).
  505. Ashes of Creation Store: May cosmetics.
  506. steven-a1-verbal-nda.png
  507. toast-a1-launch.png
  508. Guide to Alpha One.
  509. extralife2021.png
  510. kickstarter most funded MMORPG.png
  511. kickstarter most funded video game.png
  512.'s Best of 2017 Awards.
  513. Most Anticipated MMORPGs For 2018.
  514. 514.0 514.1 DualShockers’ Gamescom 2018 Awards
  515. MassivelyOP 2020 awards reader's poll.
  516. MassivelyOP reader's poll.
  517. Forbes: Top 10 Best Upcoming New MMORPGs For 2021 And Beyond
  518. 518.0 518.1 Livestream, 2017-05-17 (41:27).
  519. 519.0 519.1 Livestream, 2018-10-31 (35:00).
  520. 520.00 520.01 520.02 520.03 520.04 520.05 520.06 520.07 520.08 520.09 520.10 520.11 520.12 Livestream, 2018-11-03 (0:00:17).
  521. Ashes of Creation Apocalypse official site.
  522. 522.0 522.1 Ashes of Creation Apocalypse Early Access.
  523. Video, 2019-09-24 (0:10).
  524. 524.0 524.1 Interview, 2018-08-24 (13:17).
  525. 525.0 525.1 525.2 Livestream, 2018-08-17 (30:29).
  526. Podcast, 2018-08-04 (1:07:59).
  527. Livestream, 2018-09-27 (9:08).
  528. Forest of Erinthia.png
  529. stevenboardgame.png
  530. Ashes of Creation Forums - Has Intrepid considered a physical collectors edition box for us box collectors?