The Ashes of Creation Dungeon

Today Steven dropped some big confirmations about guild castles!

From Discord:

Jahlon: Do Castles influence the region around them? Or just the 3 nodes attached to the castle?
Steven: The region around them.

Ruby: Castle nodes exist outside of the traditional node system. Which parts are they excluded from?
Steven: Many systems, citizenship, zones of influence, freehold system, govt, societies.

Ruby: Caravans?
Steven: They can receive and launch caravans.

Ruby: Quests and tasks?
Steven: There are quests that are available in the castle nodes.

Jahlon: No freeholds on the 3 nodes attached to the castle?
Steven: Correct.

About taxes and its influence range:
Steven: Node taxes apply to the node itself and their freeholds. Castles impose a tax on all revenue for the nodes within its region...

Welcome! The new website style is now live!

Everyone should now have a new style enabled by default, the "dungeon style". It has been custom ported for my Xenforo 2 website, and should fit a lot more into the Ashes of Creation game\dungeon theme!

Logo/other adjustments
One major part is still not done, and that is the new logo. Will be finalized this week.
There will also be continuous adjustments throughout the week to fine-tune everything.

Feedback is important, so please tell me what you think!

Old style
"What about the old style? I kind of preferred that one.."

Fear not, you can still use the old one if you wish. Switching to the "alternative black style" is easy, just press the button with the light-bulb, labeled "Change style". It is located right above the footer. -->

The AoC Dungeon 1 year anniversary!



At this day in 2018, I made my first post on the website, thus marking the official launch. I am very proud of the progress so far! We have made detailed stream recaps of all streams in 2018, awesome feature articles (example) and more. The AoC Dungeon has become a official content creator for the game, and we’ve expanded the website with all sorts of cool new features and improvements, such as the guild list.
I’ve made lots of new friends, recruited some amazing staff members, and can’t wait to see how the site and its community evolves in 2019.

For 2019 we will...

Glorious Ashlings!

The January cosmetic skins are now live in the store!

• If you are a Kickstarter or Summer backer you can purchase each of these items as add-ons!
• If you have a previous months Pre-Order pack you can purchase the items from the same pack tier as add-ons!
• Remember these cosmetics are skins and will apply over an in-game item! No P2W!

You can take a closer look at the cosmetic skins from the media gallery! -->


Wayfarer Pre-Order Pack - 75 USD

• Access to Beta 2
• 2 months of game time ($30 Value)
• $25 in Embers (in-game marketplace credits, NO P2W!)
• Aegis of Vigilance NEW

Expeditionary Pre-Order Pack - 150 USD

• Access to...

New Senior Community Manager for AoC

Welcome to the new senior community manager for Ashes of Creation, Sarah Flanagan! She will be the main communication from Intrepid to the community (on a day-to-day basis). You can check out her AMA on Reddit for more info and wish her welcome to the Intrepid team!


Click here for a link to the Reddit thread.

Open Beta weekend for APOC

The second beta test for APOC is coming up on January 24 - January 27. It starts at 18.00 UTC (10.00 PT) on the 24th, and ends at 06.00 UTC (22.00 PT) on the 27th (Nighttime on the 28th for UTC).

The primary focus for this test will be:

• Network issues during matches
• Performance of the server
• VOIP service stability
• Bug fixes...

Special Announcements:

• Margaret Krohn is the new Community Marketing Lead for Ashes of Creation.
• Margaret will focus on the larger tasks, such as marketing, press team involvement, community management, content creator program etc.
• There will be a Senior Community Manager to handle the day-to-day communication on Discord, Twitter, forums etc. Who this is, will be announced very soon.
• Castle Siege Maps sneak peak. 2 Castles shown.
• 6 Classes for Castle Siege announced with short introductions to each.
• Alpha 1 keys were given away during the stream. (Winners: n_ah, KillerKape)

Castle Sieges Information and Sneakpeak:


Castle Siege Information:
Intrepid showcased 2 whole castles for the castle siege and Steven teased that these were 2 of the 5 castles that would exist in the MMORPG. The first castle is the Aelan human castle...

This weekend, the Ashes of Creation Apocalypse mode, will be open for all registered users to download and play!
The test will go live Friday, January 11 at 17.00 UTC (09.00 PT) and will last until Sunday, January 13 at 06.00 UTC (22.00 PT).

Download the latest launcher now

Apocalypse is a free-to-play, stand-alone action combat mode where players can compete in various arena modes. Currently, it is limited to battle royale (battlegrounds), but will later include castle sieges and horde mode. For more info on the release schedule, click here. All the data gathered is used to improve and further develop the MMORPG side of Ashes of Creation.

The main focus of the test this weekend, will be gathering data on the following:

• Login registration flow
• Download flow
• Connection to matches...

Intrepid recently updated their official website, featuring a new shop, account functionality, download options for APOC and more.
Their old website was sorely lacking in both functionality and aesthetics, being a combination of several "themes" as they had updated the website a little by little. A good website is always vital for a game, as it will be the first look for many new players wanting to know more about the game.

As so, this was a good day to take a look at the brand new, Ashes of Creation website! Also, for comparison, we took a look at the AoC My.com website, which will be the "official" website for European players.

Ashes of Creation Intrepid website



Front page
You are presented with a simple splash screen. If you click register you will be sent to accounts.ashesofcreation.com, where you can register a new account. If you want to login, you can click the small "man" icon on the top right corner, though the URL is currently broken.

The bottom...

Special Features:

• A look at the Node UI window.
• A glimpse of the Fishing NPC's and UI.
• A short look at a Caravan quest.
• Information on how the Stock Market will work.

You can find the entire stream below:


MMORPG Footage Breakdown below:


We see the devs spawn into what is a level 5 City Node, Elven themed, filled with NPC's and life.


In this detailed node window we see a bunch of systems that are working behind the scenes. We see a progression bar that shows us that this node is level 5 (City Stage) and is 1/4th of the way to becoming a Metropolis. We also see the total citizens of the node, the tax rate that is set by the mayor of the node (in this case Steven) and we got some information on the 'Trade Agreements' system. Trade agreements basically are agreements between two nodes that lets players do certain specific caravan runs...

Glorious Ashlings!

The November cosmetic skins are now live in the store!

• If you are a Kickstarter or Summer backer you can purchase each of these items as add-ons!
• If you have a previous months Pre-Order pack you can purchase the items from the same pack tier as add-ons!
• Remember these cosmetics are skins and will apply over an in-game item! No P2W!

You can take a closer look at the cosmetic skins from the media gallery!



Wayfarer Pre-Order Pack - 75 USD

• Access to Beta 2
• 2 months of game time ($30 Value)
• $25 in Embers (in-game marketplace credits, NO P2W!)
• Frostguard cloak...