Ok looks like Lotharia queue is legit. If you are trying to log into Miraleth, that area is just really busy.
If folks in Miraleth on Lotharia could traverse outward, that'll help folks in queue over there get in. Thanks everyone! 🙏🏽
#alpha-two-news
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
At <t:1765864800:t> Alpha Two realms will be coming down for an update (All dates/times in this message should be shown in your local time).
This downtime is expected to be up to three hours long. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes here in Discord 
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1765875600:R> at <t:1765875600:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.2 - Tuesday, December 16, 2025
- Relocated Captain Tizon Redblade slightly to reduce instances of him disappearing mid-duty.
- Treasure maps have been enabled throughout Verra, excluding the Anvils, where the land still guards its secrets.```
**Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.**  ==========================
The team is currently investigating the issue causing new users attempting to link their Steam accounts to encounter the following error:
"Your account is temporarily blocked. Please Contact Support for more information."
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The team is deploying a fix to help resolve an issue where users attempting to link their Steam accounts encounter the following error:
"Your account is temporarily blocked. Please Contact Support for more information."
This fix should be available in about 15 minutes.
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Those affected by the following error:
"Your account is temporarily blocked. Please Contact Support for more information."
A fix has been deployed. You will need to log out completely from Steam and Intrepid. Then log back into Steam to get the latest patch. You should then be able to account link.
Thank you all for your patience.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
An issue has been identified with the Settlement vassalship system, and our team is actively preparing a fix for tomorrow’s update.
As a precaution, Settlement progression will be temporarily halted to ensure stability and fairness across realms.
We appreciate your patience and continued support as we refine these systems together.
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Glorious Alpha Two Adventurers,
For people stuck in a perma-PvP state, this seems connected to Harbinger events and how you leave the area.
We've fixed this manually for a bunch of people. If you're in a perma-PvP state, if you re-enter the Harbinger event you joined and then leave it, this is a workaround for this issue.
We're working on a better fix for this issue, and it's expected to be ready very soon.
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Glorious Alpha Two Adventurers,
We wanted to share a quick update regarding Settlements and Vassalship. While the fix won’t be ready today, our team is actively working on it and will roll it out as soon as it’s ready.
To protect your progress, no Settlements will be de-leveled - we want to ensure no one loses the time and effort they’ve invested. We’ll continue to keep you updated as work progresses.
Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
At <t:1766124000:t> Alpha Two realms will be coming down for an update (All dates/times in this message should be shown in your local time).
This downtime is expected to be up to three hours long. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes here in Discord
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<@&1296581208184066129> Glorious Adventurers, all realms will be coming down for maintenance in approximately 10 minutes. Please find a safe spot to log out. Estimated downtime is less than 3 hours.
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<@&1296581208184066129> testers, all realms are now offline for maintenance. Estimated downtime is less than 3 hours.
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Patch notes for tonight's update can be located here
https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/69452/alpha-two-update-notes-0-18-3-friday-december-19-2025
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, all realms are back online after today's maintenance.
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.3 - Friday, December 19, 2025
Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
We're seeing a lot of conversations about the following. So you don't feel like you need to tag/DM staff, making a list here:
- Settlement XP and Vassalship is turned off - We're working on a fix for Vassalship issues. We do not plan to delevel any Settlements.
- HP issues with some archetypes - We're aware of the issue with Constitution and health scaling, since the recent update.
- Ban Wave - If you think you got this by mistake, you can contact Support here
- **RMT Spam **- We're aware of evolving RMT strategies. Please do not post these in public channels, this only raises awareness of these gold selling sites
- If you want to help, report this to us directly through Support. Selecting "Advertising Spam" as the reason, and typing out the "Reported Name" and "Realm" makes this faster for us to take action
We're grateful for everyone that wants to help and report issues, and we're working to address issues as quickly as we can. Thanks!
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Glorious Alpha Two testers,
We're seeing reports of people’s screens getting too bright (AKA "flashbangs") during certain times in-game.
If your screen gets way too bright, either at certain times of day in-game, or when you're doing certain things, we want your help to solve this! We want to understand the impact of graphics settings on this issue.
If this is happening to you, please share info here [Bug Hunt] Screen Brightness Issues and Flashbangs
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Hello <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers! We'll be going through and resetting mobs on all realms momentarily. You'll see an in game broadcast when this is occurring.
This should help alleviate the issue with mobs respawning. Thank you again for your patience.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1766296800:R> at <t:1766296800:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are offline for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1766307600:R> at <t:1766307600:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.4 - Saturday, December 20, 2025
- Everyone’s feeling sturdier again. Base HP for all archetypes has been restored to previous values.
- Global Chat now requires Level 5. Players must reach level 5 before using Global Chat, giving adventurers time to find their footing before addressing the masses.
- NPCs have been reminded to respawn. Improvements were made to reduce cases where they vanished unexpectedly, though a few edge cases may remain.```
**Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.**  
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Glorious adventurers, the team is currently fully engaged and hard at work troubleshooting the async loading screen issues that are currently being experienced.
Thank you for your patience!
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Glorious Adventurers,
Periodic Update : We are continuing to troubleshoot the async loading screen issues.
Thank you for all of your patience!
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Glorious Adventurers,
The async loading screen issue should now be resolved. The team is continuing to monitor the health of the realm. If you are stuck on the loading screen, please close your game and restart the loading process.
We are continuing to investigate loading screen issues as well as other issues related to general realm health.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We’re aware of the ongoing async loading issues and our team is actively working toward a resolution. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to resolve this.
We’ll share updates as soon as we have more to report.
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<@&1296581208184066129> Shol will be coming down for maintenance in approximately 10 minutes. Please find a safe spot to log out. Estimated downtime is less than 30 minutes.
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<@&1296581208184066129> Shol is now open.
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We are still investigating the async loading issues. Hoping to have some fixes to deploy with tonight’s update.
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<@&1296581208184066129> Just as an update, we are continuing to investigate the connection issues. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate the patience. We are aiming to deploy a fix in this evening’s patch.
Our scheduled downtime will begin at around 11:30pm Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8). Estimated downtime will be less than 4 hours.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1766383200:R> at <t:1766383200:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 4 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1766397600:R> at <t:1766397600:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.5 - Sunday, December 21, 2025
- Fixed an issue where some transactions could refund more than the original purchase price.
- Vehicles no longer benefit from the Bard “Pep” ability.```
**Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.**  ===========================
Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1766466000:R> at <t:1766466000:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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<@&1296581208184066129> Glorious adventures, we are aware of the connection issues and are trying to diagnose actively. Will provide an update in 1 hour.
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<@&1296581208184066129> I am moving the maintenance up tonight to 9pm pacific (gmt-8) to address current instability and deploy a prospective fix. Realms will be coming down in approximately 1 hour. Estimated downtime is under 3 hours.
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<@&1296581208184066129> All realms will be coming down for maintenance in 5 minutes. Expected downtime is 3 hours.
Tonight’s patch will include 3 prospective fixes:
- Attempted coup against the Sun God and his throne in the dusk and dawn sky.
- Attempted fix for the monster population degradation.
- Mitigation attempt for the Async loading issue being experienced.
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1766476800:R> at <t:1766476800:F>.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.6 - Monday, December 22, 2025
- Improved NPC population spawning to ensure NPCs now appear as intended.```
**Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.**  ===========================
Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1766556000:R> at <t:1766556000:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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Glorious adventurers, tonight’s patch will hopefully be the last for the next few days. I know maintenance can be exhausting. Appreciate your patience and understanding during the holiday.
Tonight’s patch hopes to further address the async issues, along with some persistence bug fixes due to the database getting spammed.
There are a couple other fixes as well with a nasty bat vfx causing screen black out and Captain Tizon NPC fix.
We will try to have the maintenance as short as possible. Hope you are all safe and warm ❤️
<@&1296581208184066129> ^
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1766566800:R> at <t:1766566800:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.7 - Tuesday, December 23, 2025
- Captain Tizon Redblade has been nudged to a safer spot, reducing his chances of mysteriously vanishing mid-duty.
- The creatures of Hell’s Pit were a little too generous - mobs have been removed to prevent unintended loot drops.```
**Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.**  <@&1296581208184066129> Glorious Adventurers, we are monitoring the steam outage. If you are already in game, you will not be affected. If you are trying to launch the game you may experience an error due to the Steam outage. You can track their progress on service restoration at the following link https://steamstat.us
Merry Christmas Eve ❤️🎄
PRO gamer tip: if you do not close your launcher, you should be able to reconnect to the game servers while Steam is addressing their outage
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We are investigating the increase in EAC issues. It is possible the underlying issue is exacerbated by global AWS issues happening now.
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Glorious Adventurers,
We’re aware that some players are currently being disconnected or kicked from Ashes of Creation, often accompanied by Easy Anti-Cheat or authentication-related errors.
This issue is not originating from Ashes of Creation servers. Epic Games is currently experiencing an outage impacting Epic Online Services (EOS), which is used for authentication and anti-cheat validation across many games. As a result, players may be unexpectedly disconnected while Epic works to restore service stability.
Impact you may experience:
• Sudden disconnects or kicks from the game
• Difficulty remaining logged in
• Intermittent authentication or EAC-related errors
Epic has confirmed this outage is affecting multiple titles and services, and they are actively working on a resolution. Until EOS services are fully restored, these disconnects may continue intermittently.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely and will provide updates as soon as service stability improves.
Thank you for your patience, and for standing with us as we navigate external service disruptions during Early Access
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1766901600:R> at <t:1766901600:F> for a restart, a little realm nap you might say. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 30 minutes.
We'll be cooking up an update for y'all in the new year with some fixes. Thank you again for your help on Verra!
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ALL realms are down for a restart. Realms are estimated to return <t:1766903400:R> at <t:1766903400:F>.
Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP after a restart!
Thank you for your patience. The team will be working on an update for y'all in the new year with fixes.
Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1766988000:R> at <t:1766988000:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1766998800:R> at <t:1766998800:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.8 - Sunday, December 28, 2025
- Fixed an issue where the Pit of Golgora was not properly assigned to a zone of influence, causing it to drop items from unintended biomes.```
**Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.**  Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We are planning on a restart of all realms starting <t:1767160800:R>. The restart procedure is expected to take up to 30 minutes. This will be a regular occurrence going forward happening every 2 days
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Dear <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
The restart of all realms has been completed successfully and all realms are now unlocked! Get back at it!
Thanks for your patience and I hope that you all have a happy new year!
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We are planning on a restart of all realms <t:1767333600:R>. The restart procedure is expected to take up to 30 minutes. This will be a regular occurrence going forward happening every 2 days
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Dear <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
The restart of all realms has been completed successfully and all realms are now unlocked!
I hope you all had a happy new year!
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<@&1296581208184066129> Glorious Adventurers, the Shol and Resna realms will be coming down for maintenance in approximately 20 minutes (9:30Pacific GMT -8). Expected downtime is less than 30 minutes.
candid mesa
Shol and Resna are back online
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<@&1296581208184066129> Resna will be brought down for maintenance in 25 minutes. At 4:45PM Pacific (GMT-8). Expected downtime is 30 minutes.
candid mesa
Resna will remain under maintenance for an additional 15 minutes.
Update: We need additional time on Resna. Expected server up is now in 30 minutes, at 6pm Pacific (GMT-8)
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Resna is now back online
<@&1296581208184066129> Glorious adventurers, all realms will be coming down for maintenance in 20 minutes at 6:10pm Pacific (GMT-8). Expected downtime is under 1 hour. We appreciate your continued support and patience ❤️
Except Resna, they were the guinea pig. And patient zero.
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All realms are up.
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Good evening, Glorious Adventurers.
During tonight’s maintenance, we pushed a fix for an economy vulnerability that had been identified and actively exploited.
A coordinated group of professional farmers created approximately 80 accounts and nearly 210 characters with the sole purpose of abusing this issue. This resulted in illegitimate gold generation tied to RMT activity and the duplication of materials used to craft certain items.
While the exploit itself has been fixed, we are now in the process of identifying the duped items, and tracing the gold movement through the economy. Ongoing enforcement and database cleanup will continue over the coming days during nightly maintenance as we finalize remediation.
I want to be clear: we will take a zero-tolerance approach to RMT. Participating in RMT, on either side of the transaction, will result in a permanent ban. It is not worth risking your account and it subverts the meaning of your achievements. If you or someone you know is thinking of RMT, just say no!
We want to thank the community for helping surface this issue quickly. Your reports gave us the signal we needed to dig in, verify the behavior, and eliminate the exploit early.
We appreciate your patience, trust, and enthusiasm as we continue shaping Ashes of Creation through Early Access. ❤️
PS A list of the character names banned will be posted early next week.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1767679200:R> at <t:1767679200:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1767690000:R> at <t:1767690000:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.9 - Monday, January 5, 2026
- Corrected an exploit that allowed players to bend reality just a little too hard. The universe has been patched.
Users who used this exploit were actioned. Also, just wanted to let y'all know that we are working on a bigger bug fixing update, but it is currently going through lots of QA testing.
Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
We'll be bringing down all realms, to address an issue with Settlement buffs. Downtime for each realm is expected to be about 30 minutes. This will start at:
- <t:1767731400:t> for EU Realms
- <t:1767735000:t> for US Realms
- Times above should show in your local time.
We'll be turning off Settlement boons and Mayoral Commission boons during this downtime. This is only temporary, while the team works on a fix for a bug that allows Settlement benefits to stack more times than is intended.
We appreciate everyone that's been reporting bugs to us, and thank you all for your patience as we work on fix for these issues.
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The message above has been updated. We're now expecting this to take about 30 minutes per realm, and US realm downtime will start later than originally shared.
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The US realm downtime has been moved back. The time in the post above has been updated.
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All EU realms should be working correctly now (yes, even Lotharia).
We're still working on US realms now.
We're grateful for everyone's patience today.
lost bone
US realms are coming up shortly.
Lyneth needs a few more minutes, and will open after the other US realms.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
All realms are back up! We're grateful for everyone's patience today, we know some realms took longer than expected.
Settlement boons and Mayoral Commission boons have been disabled temporarily. The team is actively working on a fix for a bug that allows Settlement benefits to stack more times than is intended.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1767766800:R> at <t:1767766800:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1767777600:R> at <t:1767777600:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.10 - Tuesday, January 6, 2026
- **Improved mob respawn reliability: **Adjustments were made to help ensure enemies respawn more consistently across the world.
- **Crash resolved when traveling to Joeva: **Addressed a client crash that could occur when crossing server workers en route to Joeva. Travel should now be much smoother.
- Event abandonment loop fixed: Players should no longer become stuck in a loop when attempting to abandon an event. One abandon is now all it takes.
- **Grumpy Grem Outbreak stabilized: **Fixed issues causing enemies and chests to spawn incorrectly during the event. The grems are grumpy again, but in the right places.
- Map Marker logging cleaned up: Fixed an issue where Map Marker data was excessively spamming developer realm logs, improving backend clarity and performance.
Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1767938400:R> at <t:1767938400:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1767949200:R> at <t:1767949200:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.11 - Thursday, January 8, 2026
- **Warehouse storage improvements: **Warehouses should now open more reliably and respond more consistently, reducing access issues and hiccups.
- **Fishing lure behavior corrected: **Fishing lures are now properly consumed if you log out while a fish is hooked during sport fishing. The waters are fair once more.
- Ocean boundary safety added: Characters and ships will no longer be obliterated when reaching the edge of the world at sea. Instead, they’ll encounter a firm (but invisible) boundary.
- **Embersprings stability fix: **Embersprings will no longer occasionally disappear when Settlements level up.
- **Mount health regeneration fixed: **Resolved an issue that prevented mounts from regenerating hit points over time.
- **Mount health rebalance: **Mount health values have been adjusted based on mount level for more consistent progression and survivability.
Please report any issues to us in-game using /bug.
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Addition to Known Issues:
- We have disabled rewards from Buy Orders due to a technical issue. Completing a Buy Order will not grant settlement currency or reputation.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We are planning on a restart of all realms <t:1768111200:R>. The restart procedure is expected to take up to 30 minutes.
Thanks for your patience!
next bluff
The realm restart will be starting now, see you all soon!
Realm Maintenance will likely take a touch longer than 30 minutes. We will keep you updated.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
All realms are now online! Thank you for your patience and gogogo!
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers!
We are planning on a restart of all realms at <t:1768284000:t>. The restart procedure is expected to take up to 30 minutes.
Thanks for your patience!
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We are continuing maintenance on Lotharia but all other realms are now online. We are finalizing our checklists prior to opening Lotharia.
Thanks for your patience!
The realms are now back online! Thanks for your patience everyone!
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We want to take a moment to reaffirm our commitment to keeping Verra fair, fun, and competitive for everyone. Intrepid Studios maintains a zero-tolerance policy for violations of our Terms of Service. Whether it’s buying or selling gold, botting, exploiting, or any other nefarious behavior - accounts involved will be actioned.
You can view the current permanent ban list here:
- 🔗 Link to Ban List for Player Actions
- 🔗 Link to Ban List for RMT Spam
- We’ll continue updating these as additional actions are taken, and we’re actively discussing how best to present this information going forward.
- We’re also actively working on additional tools and solutions to better combat bots and RMT spam at scale. This is an ongoing effort, and you’ll continue to see improvements as these systems come online.
You play a vital role in protecting the integrity of the game:
- If you encounter something suspicious or believe you’ve found an exploit, **please use /bug **and mark it accordingly.
- If you see a player engaging in behavior that breaks the rules, you can submit a report through our Customer Support ticket system.
- We’re also working toward an in-game reporting system - this was designed last year and is planned for development this quarter.
Thank you for your vigilance, passion, and patience. Together, we can ensure Verra remains a fair battleground where effort, skill, and cooperation truly matter.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
At <t:1768456800:t> Alpha Two realms will be coming down for an update (All dates/times in this message should be shown in your local time).
This downtime is expected to be up to three hours long. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes here in Discord
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1768469400:R> at <t:1768469400:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.13 - Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Behind the scenes, we’re actively QA testing an upcoming build packed with lots of bug fixes and improvements. As soon as Steam approves our PTR product, we’ll get it into your hands on PTR for testing - then, after validation, it will roll out to the Alpha Two realms.
As always, your reports make a real difference.
- If you encounter something suspicious or believe you’ve found an exploit, **please use /bug **and mark it accordingly.
- If you see a player engaging in behavior that breaks the rules, you can submit a report through our Customer Support ticket system.
- We’re also working toward an in-game reporting system - this was designed last year and is planned for development this quarter.
Thank you for helping us shape Verra!
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Glorious Lotharia testers,
The team is actively investigating crash issues impacting some server workers on this realm. While this may be related to the siege happening at Kal Torhum, we're looking into this now.
Appreciate the tags and bug reports for this one!
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Testers,
We've temporarily disabled certain consumables that grant artisanship quality while we work through issues related to Settlement boons.
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to report this - your bug reports make a real difference. We truly appreciate your patience and support as we work to get this resolved.
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Glorious Alpha Two testers,
Here’s the list of consumables that have been disabled. While these are disabled, you should not be able to use them. Names on this list may not match perfectly the in-game names for these consumables.
- Alchemical Amber
- Barn Raiser Bock
- Botanical Brew
- Brigandine Brew
- Buttonhole Bock
- Cordovan Cream Ale
- Crowned Jewel Cream
- Elixir of Alchemy
- Elixir of Animal Husbandry
- Elixir of Arcane Engineering
- Elixir of Armorsmithing
- Elixir of Carpentry
- Elixir of Cooking
- Elixir of Farming
- Elixir of Leatherworking
- Elixir of Lumber Milling
- Elixir of Metalworking
- Elixir of Scribing
- Elixir of Stonemasonry
- Elixir of Tailoring
- Elixir of Tanning
- Elixir of Weaponsmithing
- Elixir of Weaving
- Fent And Mugs Magic Mead
- Glyphic Goblet
- Hammer And Steel Stout
- Hide And Seek Stout
- Logger Lager
- Masons Mark Porter
- Molten Metal Maibock
- Palate Pleaser Porter
- Prospectors Porter
- Quill Quencher Quadrupel
- Ranchers Reserve
- Sawdust Stout
- Warp And Weft Wheat
- Wavuvis Ocean Breeze Lager
- Woodchip Wheat
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
At <t:1768582800:t> Alpha Two realms will be coming down for an update (All dates/times in this message should be shown in your local time).
This downtime is expected to be up to three hours long. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes here in Discord
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, all realms are back up!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.14 - Friday, January 16, 2026
- Artisanship Stat Adjustments: Quality stat value increases received from artisanship consumables and service building quality buffs has been reduced.
In addition, we've made server-side improvements, that address issues that cause some people to crash.
As a reminder, please report any bugs and issues to us in-game using /bug
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
At <t:1768600800:t> Alpha Two realms will be coming down, to roll back today's update (All dates/times in this message should be shown in your local time).
This downtime is expected to be up to two hours long. We'll keep everyone up-to-date about downtimes here in Discord
**EDIT: We are just rolling back today's update. We are NOT rolling back any character progress from today. **
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers, all realms are now back up!
We have rolled back the update from earlier today with changes to artisanship consumables and service building buffs. We have not rolled back any character progress from today.
Artisanship buffs from Settlement boons have been temporarily disabled again. We will have more testing of any artisanship changes, before they're ready for Alpha Two realms.
Thank you again for everyone's patience today, and we appreciate everyone that's joining us for testing as we go into the weekend.
As a reminder, please report any bugs and issues to us in-game using /bug
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<@&1296581208184066129> We're investigating issues with users getting Error Code: 28 upon logging into Lotharia. You may be unable to log in while we look into this!
Testers are discussing this here: https://discord.com/channels/256164085366915072/1409666117596614676
<@&1296581208184066129> In just a few minutes, we'll begin doing restarts on Lotharia. Please stand by 
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<@&1296581208184066129>
We're still investigating issues with Lotharia. We need to do some restarts that may briefly affect all EU realms.
This should only take about 15 minutes.
During that time, you may be unable to log into your EU realm. Thank you for your patience.
<@&1296581208184066129>
The investigation is done, and Lotharia should be back to normal.
Thank you for your patience
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1768888800:R> at <t:1768888800:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 4 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your help on Verra! We're working diligently to resolve the issues you're reporting. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1768906800:R> at <t:1768906800:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. Thank you again for your patience as we continue to improve Verra.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> adventurers, your quest continues - All realms are UP!
Alpha Two Update Notes 0.18.15 - Monday, January 19, 2026
- Enhanced Fair Play Measures: Additional protections and EAC enhancements are now in place. Play true, stay vigilant, and share any strange behaviors you witness.```
Behind the scenes, we’re actively QA testing an upcoming build packed with fixes and improvements. As soon as Steam approves our PTR product, we’ll get it into your hands for testing - then, once validated, it will roll out to the Alpha Two realms.
As always, your reports make a real difference.
- If you encounter something suspicious or believe you’ve found an exploit, **please use /bug **and mark it accordingly.
- If you see a player engaging in behavior that breaks the rules, you can submit a report through our [Customer Support ticket system](https://support.ashesofcreation.com/hc/en-us/requests/new).
- We’re also working toward an in-game reporting system - this was designed last year and is planned for development this quarter.
Thank you for helping us shape Verra!  <@&1296581208184066129>
We're aware of users getting an EAC Action: Kicked error message.
This should resolve itself soon. For now, you can try restarting the game and attempting to relog.
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<@&1296581208184066129> The EAC Action: Kicked error message issue should now be resolved
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
The Private Test Realm (PTR) is now available on Steam! If you have Ashes of Creation in your library, you should now also see “Ashes of Creation PTR” in your library as well.
Installing both Ashes of Creation and Ashes of Creation PTR will take up more space on your computer, so please make sure you have room before downloading this test environment.
The PTR is where new features and bug fixes will be released. On the PTR you can expect frequent character wipes, more bugs as we test features that are in development, and focused testing of specific game systems.
Information about PTR testing will generally be shared in the Ashes of Creation Discord. Make sure that you have connected your Intrepid account to Discord to participate. Information about what we’d like testers to focus on during PTR testing can be found in PTR news here: https://discord.com/channels/256164085366915072/1261399764960936047
The PTR is no longer under any kind of NDA. Feel free to take screenshots, record videos, or stream your experiences on the PTR.
We’re grateful for everyone that’s able to join us for testing on the PTR, and thank you for helping us shape Verra!
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We are planning on restarting both the EU & US realms. The expected downtime for these restarts is up to 30 minutes.
The EU Realms, Lotharia, Pelune & Tenok will be coming down on <t:1769054400:f>
The US Realms, Shol, Lyneth, Resna & Vyra will be coming down on <t:1769065200:f>
All times are displayed in your local time
Thank you for your patience!
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Restarts for EU realms has been completed.
Thanks for your patience everybody!
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We have found a source of instability on the EU realms and will be restarting the realms together with the US realms in 15 minutes.
Due to both EU & US realms restarting simultaneously, this restart is expected to take longer than 30 minutes. As we complete checks on realms, we will be opening them up one by one.
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Restarts for all US & EU realms have been completed.
Thanks for your patience everybody!
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We are planning on restarting both the EU & US realms. The expected downtime for these restarts is up to 45 minutes.
The EU Realms, Lotharia, Pelune & Tenok will be coming down on <t:1769227200:f>
The US Realms, Shol, Lyneth, Resna & Vyra will be coming down on <t:1769238000:f>
All times are displayed in your local time
Thank you for your patience!
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EU restarts have been completed!
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US realm restarts are now completed!
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Glorious Adventurers on Lotharia, we are aware of and working to resolve the reported issues with login. Thank you for your patience.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers,
We are planning on restarting both the EU & US realms. The expected downtime for these restarts is up to 45 minutes.
The EU Realms, Lotharia, Pelune & Tenok will be coming down on <t:1769400000:f>
The US Realms, Shol, Lyneth, Resna & Vyra will be coming down on <t:1769410800:f>
All times are displayed in your local time
Thank you for your patience!
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EU restarts have been completed!
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US restarts have been completed!
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Hello glorious adventurers,
Our latest Ban List is now available on the Support site. Moving forward, these lists will be published on a mostly weekly basis, pending holidays and scheduled PTO for our team.
We won’t be posting Discord news updates each time a new list goes live. If you’d like to stay up-to-date, please check the Support Notifications section, where all future Ban List updates will be shared.
Thank you for helping us keep Verra fair.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers!
We will be bringing down ALL realms <t:1769616000:R> at <t:1769616000:F> for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be up to 3 hours.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. This will include the updates folks helped us test on PTR along with some additional changes we were able to sneak in. 
Thank you again for your help on Verra! We’re actively working through the issues you’ve reported, and the team is already cooking up more changes based on your feedback. We’ll be sharing further details during our upcoming Development Update livestream - we’d love for you to join us and be part of that conversation. 💪
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ALL realms are down for an update. Realms are estimated to return <t:1769626800:R> at <t:1769626800:F>.
When the realms are back online, we'll provide update notes. This will include the updates folks helped us test on PTR along with some additional changes we were able to sneak in.
Thank you again for your help on Verra! We’re actively working through the issues you’ve reported, and the team is already cooking up more changes based on your feedback. We’ll be sharing further details during our upcoming Development Update livestream - we’d love for you to join us and be part of that conversation. 💪
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> Adventurers - All realms are UP!
[Alpha Two Update Notes 0.21.0 - Wednesday, January 28, 2026] This update has been reverted, due to issues
Known Issue:
- Embersprings may not give the interact prompt correctly on some server workers. We’re actively investigating this issue, but if you come across an Emberspring in this state please let us know.
- Keybinds may not be saving properly between play sessions. The team is actively investigating this now.
As a reminder, your reports make a real difference.
- If you encounter something suspicious or believe you’ve found an exploit, please report this using /bug
- If you see a player engaging in behavior that breaks the rules, you can submit a report through our Support team.
- We’re also working toward an in-game reporting system, and this is planned for development this quarter.
We’ll be sharing more information about what we have coming up during our upcoming Development Update livestream - we’d love for you to join us and be part of that conversation. This stream is starts <t:1769799600:F>. Find out more here!
Thank you for joining us for testing and helping us shape Verra!
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Added to Known Issues above:
- Keybinds may not be saving properly between play sessions. The team is actively investigating this now.
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Glorious Alpha Two testers,
We’re seeing reports of realm instability and crashes. The team is actively investigating this now.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers,
We're going to revert today's update, due to issues. All realms will be coming down for this at <t:1769630400:t> (All dates/times in this message are in your local time)
This downtime is expected to be up to one hour long. EDIT: The team needs more time for this, and we're now expecting that realms will up by <t:1769635800:t>
No character progression will be lost. During this downtime, we are just reverting today's update.
We're grateful for everyone's patience today, and we'll keep everyone update to date about things here in this news channel.
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Glorious Alpha Two testers,
The team needs more time for this, and we're now expecting that realms will up by <t:1769635800:t> (All dates/times in this message are in your local time)
The post above this has been updated with this information. We're grateful for everyone's patience today, and we'll continue to keep everyone update to date about things here in this news channel.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers - All realms are up!
We have reverted the 0.21.0 update. Steam will have you update to the current build for Ashes of Creation, before you're able to login.
No character progression has been lost as a result of this update being reverted.
We know days like today are frustrating, both for testers and us over here at Intrepid. We're grateful for everyone's patience, as we work through issues. Thank you for being a part of testing for Ashes of Creation.
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Glorious <@&1296581208184066129> testers - We want YOUR help stress testing the 0.21.0 update on the PTR
You’ll get a Gilded Scarab mount if you’re active between <t:1769799600:F> and <t:1769810400:t> for at least one hour (All dates/times in this message are in your local time).
To prepare for this test, you can update “Ashes of Creation PTR” on Steam now! *NOTE: Downloading both Ashes of Creation and Ashes of Creation PTR on Steam will take up additional room on your computer. *
Testing Information:
- <t:1769796000:t>: PTR Opens
- <t:1769799600:t> - <t:1769810400:t>: Directed stress testing (you must be active for at least 1 hour during this period to qualify for the Gilded Scarab mount. This mount will be awarded to accounts in mid-February)
- <t:1769824800:t>: PTR Closes
- We will have boost NPCs set up, so testers can quickly level characters to join us for playtesting.
We will be giving direction to testers both in the Alpha Two PTR Discord channels and through in-game broadcasts. One of our goals is to get a large number of characters at specific places in the world, so we can properly stress test. Make sure your Intrepid Account is linked to Discord so you can see PTR playtest channels.
Please RSVP to help the team know how many testers to expect during this test.
EDIT: The Gilded Scarab mount will be added to your account inventory. You'll keep it through testing phases and into launch, like other cosmetics listed here.