Ashes of Creation Alpha 2 launches October 25th, 2024 – More testing phases to come later

August 17, 2024
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Intrepid Studio has now announced a date for the anticipated Alpha 2 for Ashes of Creation. The first phase launches on October 25th

Ashes of Creation Alpha 2 launches October 25th, 2024 – More testing phases to come later

Intrepid Studio has now announced a date for the anticipated Alpha 2 for Ashes of Creation. The first phase launches on October 25th

On Friday, August 16, 2024, we broadcasted our Ashes of Creation Alpha Two Roadmap and AMA live on Twitch with Steven Sharif (Creative Director), and Margaret Krohn (Director of Communications) where we provided an in-depth overview of our Alpha Two plans. Afterwards, we went over a plethora of questions the community provided.

Reminder that Ashes of Creation is an open and transparent development project. As such, you will see work-in-progress art, systems, and mechanics, and our plans may change as we continue to move forward, but we will try to keep our community informed of what and why.

Alpha Two Roadmap and AMA

For ease, we’ve also provided the images below from the broadcast with additional clarifications. Some of the images have adjustments based on feedback and questions that came up during, and after the livestream.

Note: The below information applies to Alpha Two, and things will change as we head into Beta One, Beta Two, and Launch. As we progress into these other development phases, you can expect that we will provide further information regarding the specifics of those.

Intrepid Studios’ Goals for Alpha Two

3K CCU is the concurrent users on a realm, not the total users that can have accounts on a Realm. This is what we expect to support at primetime in any given realm during Alpha Two.

Alpha Two Roadmap

Phase I – Weekend testing starting Friday and ending Sunday will begin on October 25, 2024, and we plan to continue each following weekend.
Phase II – 5+ Day testing will begin on December 20, 2024, and we plan to continue each week following that week.
- The holiday testing week may be extended compared to the weeks following with limited community and customer support.
- Testing for the 5+ days may fall on a variety of different days. As we head into this phase, we will provide a more detailed schedule for folks to plan around
Phase III – Starting May 1, 2025, we will be up 24/7, and our aim will be only to have small windows of downtime for game updates.
- This phase does not have an ending as we will continue to add content and features until we are ready to move into Beta One.
- Alpha Two will turn into an NDA’d Test Realm which will get access to content prior to the Beta and Launch realms. This Test Realm will continue post launch.

Alpha Two Cadence of Content Updates

These cadences of content updates apply to ALL Phases I, II, and III.

Alpha Two What You Can Expect, and What We Need

We will expand the amount of realms in each of the above regions as needed.
The NA realms will be located in the central US, but we have the ability to adjust this to eastern and western as needed.
As we move into other phases of development after Alpha Two, you will see more realm regions come online. We try to keep our FAQ article up-to-date with our Launch plans for realm locations here.

Alpha One to Alpha Two

Alpha Two Phases

The features and content listed in each of these phases are not all planned at the START of each phase. You can expect that when these phases end, these features and content will be delivered prior to moving onto the next phase.
As stated many times, things are subject to change, and we may shift things into different phases, but we’ll keep you all informed as those changes occur.
Alpha 2 Phase III, is expected to last at least 1 year. This is of course subject to change due to active development.